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Inside the Beltway

by AliceDem
Sat May 19th, 2007 at 10:04:20 PM EST

That phrase has become a synonymous with everything that is wrong with our political culture. It was made so by the very talking heads that have brought our country into disrepute. As someone who has lived in greater Washington, DC for most of her life, I resent it.

The truth is that it is the worker bees of greater Washington who are saving our democracy. Just this week the worker bees of the World Bank drove out Wolfowitz. It should not have been possible for Bush to nominate him. The Democrats should have put a stop to that. But when the opposition party failed to do its job, the worker bees stepped up to the mark.

This is just one example of worker bees who have put their career on the line when their political masters and the press who covers them let American down. Other examples of worker bee heroism:

The Wilsons

Bunnatine Greenhouse

Russell Tice

Ray McGovern

Larry Johnson

Teresa Chambers

Lt CMDR Charles Swift

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility

The Project on Government Oversight

When the history of our times is written, it will show that when our political elite, press, and judicial elite failed us, the worker bees of the civil service saved democracy.



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Thank you for drawing our attention to these heroes.
by ask on Sat May 19th, 2007 at 10:49:16 PM EST
thank you for reading
by AliceDem on Sat May 19th, 2007 at 11:10:28 PM EST
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My thanks as well.

A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward. Franklin D. Roosevelt
by Steven D on Mon May 21st, 2007 at 07:11:07 AM EST
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With the vast corruption and cronyism awash in DC it's nice to be reminded that their are people out there-honorable people- who are trying to make a difference.  It's too bad that Congress-the people-worker bees if you will-who are supposed to be working for us have become for the most part part of the problem.

'Poverty is the worst form of violence'--Gandhi
by chocolate ink on Sun May 20th, 2007 at 04:41:17 PM EST
Corruption and cronyism is concentrated at the very top, like surface scum on still water.
by AliceDem on Sun May 20th, 2007 at 08:04:14 PM EST
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