Congress Makes Me Sick

The latest issue of Rolling Stone, of all the magazines in this country, has a brilliant and nauseating article on how, exactly, Congress works. Or doesn't work. I'd always assumed that the majority of congressmen and women were a bunch of lying, corrupt bastards, but it's gross to see how true that is and how the corruption and lying actually happens.

The article follows Rep. Sanders, an independent from Vermont and seemingly one of the few honest men in Congress, as he tries to get several measures passed in Congress. Three of the four amendments he introduced before the summer recess passed by large margins, but none of them made it into law. Wanna know how and why? Read the article. It's truly disgusting, and it makes me think there needs to be some serious housecleaning in Washington, which involves more than sweeping out the Republican leadership, though that would help a lot.

And on a final note, I also think it's very sad that this article appeared in Rolling Stone, rather than Time, or Newsweek, or the New York Times, or some other publication that should be covering stuff like this. Not that Rolling Stone can't have serious journalism in it, obviously they do, but for God's sake, they're a music magazine! Their bread and butter is writing about Britney Spears and the latest flop by Oasis! OK, they've covered political stories since Day 1, I know, but I still think this is one more instance where the major, mainstream news outlets are completely and totally failing to do their job.