tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post6659198030619208905..comments2023-11-03T05:34:26.880-05:00Comments on The Whited Sepulchre: Let's regulate Barney Frank's payThe Whited Sepulchrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17657366124122012622noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-15605918576782941712010-08-31T15:38:00.688-05:002010-08-31T15:38:00.688-05:00Someone posted a video on YouTube of a lobbyist go...Someone posted a video on YouTube of a lobbyist going down on a Senator.<br /><br />I commented that it was actually the other way around.<br /><br />An appropriate metaphor should involve a reach around. While I accept and appreciate that businesses have their interests and freedom of speech too, I don't believe campaign contributions fall into the realm of "free speech." They can Hot Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10848778804406692799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-77810240011275982792010-08-30T20:59:58.570-05:002010-08-30T20:59:58.570-05:00There's probably a GREAT metaphor for the enti...There's probably a GREAT metaphor for the entire lobbying industry in that last paragraph. <br />I just don't know if I can turn it into something without offending too many people !The Whited Sepulchrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17657366124122012622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-83747573826382002872010-08-30T16:24:07.524-05:002010-08-30T16:24:07.524-05:00I always like to ask what a politician would be do...I always like to ask what a politician would be doing if they had not gone into politics.<br /><br />Frank graduated from Harvard college before becoming a political advisor and a state legislator. He got his law degree from Harvard but soon thereafter he became a Congressman.<br /><br />So he's a very bright guy who probably would have been a decent lawyer, but he's never worked a real Hot Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10848778804406692799noreply@blogger.com