Renter from Kansas
The New York Times' cynical story about Senator Pat Roberts, a Kansas senator, is another example of the class divisions that are roiling the nation of late, as though a renter who was also a senator was some kind of scandal. Senator Roberts stays in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. while he's working, and rents in his home state. So what -- what's he suppose to do, commute to Kansas everyday? As for these congresspersons that commute very long distances, even continental ones, every weekend, that's their prerogative, but it's quite understandable if somebody doesn't want to do that, not that we know how often Senator Roberts gets back to Kansas. The point is that the Times is subtly implying that renters are somehow not real citizens and have no business being in the Senate, which is ridiculous and quite disrespectful to the multitude of citizens who don't own homes.
[revised on 3/28/14]
Mark is probably the only politician in Washington that had the temerity to keep the 2004 election shenanigans in the news as late as 2013 and to call out names. Help us solve the mystery of "The Other Curious Election of 2004" (WA 9th Congressional District U.S. Rep. primary) by contacting real journalists and asking them to look into it. Please, ask these journalists to use "Freedom of Information" requests to get to the bottom of this case. For more information: see 2/26/13 post entitled "Major Election Irregularities (Graph & Essay). Elections are too important for shams to be ignored and for accountability to be neglected.
If possible, please, consider contributing to the Party of Commons, by sending a check or money order ($10 recommended) to Mark Greene's Party of Commons or $10 to the U.S. Representative Campaign that will be on the ballot in 2014 (to Mark Greene for Congress); for either address, write to P.O. Box 612, Bellevue, WA 98009. Thank you!
[revised on 3/28/14]
Mark is probably the only politician in Washington that had the temerity to keep the 2004 election shenanigans in the news as late as 2013 and to call out names. Help us solve the mystery of "The Other Curious Election of 2004" (WA 9th Congressional District U.S. Rep. primary) by contacting real journalists and asking them to look into it. Please, ask these journalists to use "Freedom of Information" requests to get to the bottom of this case. For more information: see 2/26/13 post entitled "Major Election Irregularities (Graph & Essay). Elections are too important for shams to be ignored and for accountability to be neglected.
If possible, please, consider contributing to the Party of Commons, by sending a check or money order ($10 recommended) to Mark Greene's Party of Commons or $10 to the U.S. Representative Campaign that will be on the ballot in 2014 (to Mark Greene for Congress); for either address, write to P.O. Box 612, Bellevue, WA 98009. Thank you!
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