I'm pretty open about the fact that I have a number of issues with the politicians who run the country, supposedly in our name. This has been the case through at least two decades at this point. Today there's a story about a state senator from Virginia who's resigning from his position. Ostensibly in order to take a more prestigious political appointment and to clear the way for his daughter to get an appointment that his current position precludes her from holding. That in and of itself is pretty shady if you ask me. I mean, the guy was elected by his constituents to represent them and now he's all, "Oh, yeah, sorry about that... you won't mind if I just step down and get a better job over here, right?" Not. Cool. What makes it even less cool … Continue reading →