Corruption Junkies in the U.S. House...

Seeing as how Congress, led by the corruption kingpin himself, Jack Murtha, is jones'n on earmarks and other freewheeling spending with other people's money (ours); perhaps it is time for a bit of exploration as to the root causes of our congresscritters' poor behavior.

After all, it is feasible that the poor congresscritters, once elected, and once presented with the aphrodisiac that is big time power and money, simply cannot help themselves. Perhaps it is a disease that has taken over, and they simply are powerless in acting in any other manner than as profligate buffoons who couldn't run a lemonade stand without taking a bribe of some sort or another.

Since I feel so sorry for these congresscritters, In the interest of compassion I offer the following program so that our elected congresscritters may climb out of the agony that is corruptoholism:

The 12 Steps for combating corruptoholism

1. We admitted we were powerless over spending other people's money like a drunken wino who just found a five-spot—that our lust for power and money had become unmanageable.
2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves (*gulp--ahh fahgetabout it. They're ain't no power greater than Congress!)

They wouldn't get past Step 2, would they?

On second thought, perhaps the only real solution for our poor, downtrodden genetically-corrupt congresscritters is what I will term the "cold turkey" solution.

Throw the bums out!

But that will mean that in the interest of helping their congresscritter, the enablers will have to cease their co-dependency on the largesse that their corruptoholic congresscritter brings home.

For that I propose, Corruptohol-anon; for those voters who rather than confront profligate corruption in their congresscritters, actually reward it by creating monuments in their congresscritters' name, not after they've died, but while they're still in office!

This presents an even bigger hurdle in aiding the congresscritter in battling his or her corruptoholism.

I guess when it comes down to it, "throw the bums out" is a great idea-- but only if their enabling constituents are willing to climb out of their comfortable hammocks to do it.

In the end, I guess the problem of corruptoholism is a multi-faceted malady that needs to be treated on a number of fronts.

Maybe we need a government program to address it.

Perhaps a John P. Murtha Center for Corruptoholic Congresscritters in PA-12 would do the trick.

Whaddya say, Jack?