But....Why???

Article Beyond Delay, The 22 most corupt members of Congress

Why are we continuing to elect such a man? Do we want this state to continue to be a state of dependency? Waiting for the next politician to dump a few dollars in the trough? What happens when the endless stream of cash runs out with the next election?

Why are conservatives still holding to their registration as Democracts? Does voting in the Democrat primary still outweigh the desire to make known that this state is a Conservative, family values upholding state?

How long will the great benefactor KKKeep funneling money in and right back out of our state?

Is it fair for an active politician to name any and every public structure after himself? Do I want to run against Robert C. Byrd when most of my constituents have to go into *** Byrd high scholl to cast a vote? Confused as to which Namesake High School I am referring to? Just take the Robert C. Byrd Highway system, exit at the Robert C. Byrd interchange, ask the kid on a field trip, in the RCB t-shirt standing at the statue of the Honorable Robert C. Byrd in the state house where to go. Am I the only person to wonder about the future of our state in the post-RCB era? And why is everything named after a politician who is still in office running campaigns every six years? How is that fair?

Serious questions awaiting some serious answers.

I was an auditor for ISR (Institute for Scientifc Research) as a Toothman Rice, PLLC staff member. Of course that was before the architectural marval they built next to the NASA facility in Fairmont, WV. By the way I was able to tour NASA's over-planned facility (I say that because a huge floor area was planned for super computers that were quickly reduced to 1/20th of the size alloted for the servers which equals empty, wasted floor space...thanks Mr and Mrs Tax Payer) that, according to my high level escort, was built, sold to WVU for $1 then leased back to NASA for annual rent (again, thank you Mr and Mrs Taxpayer, I hope you have budgeted for this and other projects like Jesse Jackson, Jr.'s "future" airport.

Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s Airport Earmark , afterall, we are going to need those work-projects down the road to keep this economy rolling!). Feel free to re-read that last one to make sure you got it...I wrote it and had to re-read it several times.

What struck me most is that the charges cited in this article are likely considered IMMATERIAL. That means that the budget for said NON-profit is TOO BIG to worry about 10K here or 10K there. Under a pre-specified threshold, it didn' t warrant investigation. So, of course, twin 60 inch plasma TVs in the conference room were necessary for ISR, as were the EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE curtains in the CEO's office (of course they may have been twin 50 inch plasmas, not 60 inch as my memory seems to recall). Upon questioning, I was commended for being so thorough as to discover 3 plasma TV charges, but only 2 registered TVs, then the whole thing was ignored because one was "faulty" and, afterall, the price tag was not a material amount to be considered., even though it was probably half that of the average persons annual income for the are...per TV!!! Without any further evidence it was swept aside because, after all, it was immaterial.

Let me close with this question, how many immaterial charges does it take to make one material charge? (remember not to add them together because each incident is a unique occurence...!) Said another way, who is going to guarantee that the "State of Dependency" created by Senator Byrd and his fellow Democrats will continue when Mr Byrd decides to no longer serve as the Senator for our great state? Can a well-respected...er...uh...honest...er...uh...incorru...er uh...current member of Congress keep the dollars flowing? Let's start planning for the future of this state or we may no longer be "OPEN".