I haven't been so happy to see a news flash from California, since the person I share a name with, Randy "Duke" Cunningham, went to jail. Any more good news like this and I will have to reconsider my traditional disbelief in a god.

Randy Cunningham

Randy Cunningham

Yes it has been wonderful to see the changes in leadership in the congress,but ever the pessimist.I would like to remind everyone that big business is still there and still powerful and still very big and rich,with a powerful friend in the whitehouse.Also remember that politics is politics and just because some one running for office said one thing doesn't mean that they will adhere to what was said.We still have to vote and watch what these people do while in congress and hold them to their promises.There still are the Pombo's,Nixon's,bush's,de Lay's and Rove's and Rumsfeld's of the world out there and they still want ALL of the pie at any cost.Sorry to be a wet blanket,but life goes on and we can not get lazy again and let powerful people and organizations do what ever they want at our expense.The environment has been dealt a severe blow in the past and will continue to need our help and watchfullness,and to this date nothing has changed YET!We still don't have a real plan for renewables,or oil independence,or cleaner oceans in place,so that battle must go on.

Why not ask why!?

I don't hear anything about anyone pursuing the criminal activities of Dick Pombo. Did the crimes evaporate when he put his cowboy boots on and left Washington for good? Seems odd.