The Flogging Shall Continue. Part 2

SONNET XIX
ON HIS BLINDNESS

When I consider how my light is spent,
Ere half my days in this dark world and wide,
And that one talent which is death to hide
Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent
To serve therewith my Maker, and present
My true account, lest He returning chide,
'Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?' I fondly ask.
But patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies,
'God doth not need either man's work or his own gifts.
Who best bear his mild yoke, they serve Him best.
His state Is kingly: thousands at his bidding speed,
And post o'er land and ocean without rest;
They also serve who only stand and wait.'

John Milton

A New Use For Speed Dial...

I've just completed reading a news report that further proves the banking industry "just doesn't get it." The report laid out the rewards still being granted to retired or fired CEOs from Citibank, Wells Fargo, Wachovia and Merrill Lynch. Seems the old farts, who previously raided their companies for millions in salary and fringes, remain today on the balance sheets. These banks, and the slugs currently in charge allow the replaced managers office and seceraterial support; cars and drivers, free air transportation for any purpose, and millions more dollars in on-going retirement or severance pay. Guess who's footing the bills for these feather beds!

Because the banks "just don't get it," and because Congress "just doesn't get it," I think its' time for all of us to put our local Congressman/woman & our duly (ha!) elected U.S. Senators on our speed dial on our personal phones. Doing this could be fun--informative--blood pressure reducing, and; simply maddening for our Representatives. It's the right thing to do!

If we all put these dolts on speed dial, imagine the ease we'd all have in communicating our sheer disgust to any of our Representatives after we read heard or witnessed their latest follies on the news or in print. Let's say my Congressman/woman represented 132,000 people here in the neighborhood. He/she says something really stupid; or votes for some onerous bit of legislation loaded with pork...Imagine the impact of say, 90,000 really, really angry calls into the Congressional switchboard during the standard business day. (Does Congress have a standard business day?)
I think a month, or so of being under the microscope this way might open up some eyes inside the Beltway.

It is after all our Country; is it not?