FBI. Don't You Dare Touch Our Royalty.

As you know by now, the Federal Bureau of Investigation raided Louisiana Congressman Jefferson's office on Capitol Hill. Documents were seized and are under scrutiny pending prosecution. The action brought immediate protests from leaders Republican Dennis Hastert and Democrat Nancy Pelosi. These two claim the House of Representatives is immune to office searches because of the doctrine of separation of powers.

Maybe yes; maybe no. When Senator Joe McCarthy was investigating an office in the executive branch, President Eisenhower stopped everything. He ordered no files be opened for any authorized peeks from one branch of government to the other. No one challenged his action.

The public was denied the data, not just Congress. This is our FBI that is gathering data in our office. We pay them to do that. Let all branches of government be honest and open with nothing to hide. If Jefferson is corrupt and taking bribes, we deserve to know all about it.

The FBI is the investigator, who do Hastert and Pelosi think they are?


Thoughts While Jaywalking

* About a quarter of a century ago, a representative of the U.S. Treasury spoke to The House of Representatives in full session. He told the history of American currency and coin. He held up a tray of gold coins which had been in use from the beginning of our nation. He carried the tray to the first row and suggested they pass it around so that each honorable member could have a closer look. By the time the tray was handed to the last lawmaker, 14 coins were missing. No effort was made to retrieve the coins from our royalty. Later, the treasury official said, "While there is no honor among thieves, there are thieves among the honorable."

* Senator Bob Bennett visited Gitmo for five hours and returned home with a glowing report. He doesn't see what others see, he hears not the cries of men held for four years without a charge of any crime and no legal defense. Bunker Busting Bob is a war hawk, a rubber stamp for Bush and Cheney, and arrogant with power.

* St. George smog turned up missing this morning.


Twenty-Years-From-Now News

The municipal swimming pools are now open seven days a week, but the golf courses are closed on Sundays.

Federal officials are concerned that most illegal immigrants crossing our border appear to be Asian, not Mexican.


IT'S ALL SO SIMPLE.