mary shaw has a GRAND idea

no r&r for our troops, NO R&R FOR CONGRESS

A Challenge to the U.S. Senate: If the troops must forego R and R, so should you.

by Mary Shaw
Last November, the American people voted for change. We were fed up. So we sent more Democrats to Washington with the expectation that we would finally see some positive change, some real efforts to reverse the direction in which this country has been led (and misled) over the past six years.No such luck

And now they've outdone themselves.All along, Congress has been rubberstamping Bush's misguided Iraq war policy. They fear that if they don't, they'll be accused of not supporting our troops.So now what do they do? They block legislation that would support .....