Most Ethical Congress Has Dozens of Democrats Under Investigation

One of the things that brought down Republicans in the 2006 mid-terms was a series of ethical violations that had been covered up or just not dealt with. Democrats brayed that they would run the "most ethical Congress EVAR," but we knew that wouldn't be true. How do we know that? Because dozens of Democrats are under investigation for violations.

House ethics investigators have been scrutinizing the activities of more than 30 lawmakers and several aides in inquiries about issues including defense lobbying and corporate influence peddling, according to a confidential House ethics committee report prepared in July.

Before Perry decides to tell us that the fact that dozens of Democrats are under investigation is evidence of how uber ethical Democrats are, let's remind the readers that Democrats have, in fact, have tried to avoid investigating wrongdoing by fellow Dems. Transparency, indeed.

Cass Sunstein: People Should Have to Donate Organs

It's one thing to encourage organ donation. It's another to advocate taking people's organs if they haven't explicitly said not to do so.

Cass Sunstein, President Barack Obama’s nominee to head the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), has advocated a policy under which the government would “presume” someone has consented to having his or her organs removed for transplantation into someone else when they die unless that person has explicitly indicated that his or her organs should not be taken.

Under such a policy, hospitals would harvest organs from people who never gave permission for this to be done.

I can't imagine how family members would feel having their loved one's organs harvested without their consent. This policy seems to violate a variety of religious prohibitions as well as just common decency.

And then there's the fact that the plan could discourage the hiring of poor and minority workers.

It's All Relative

Chuck sent this excellent article on the corruption of relativism on society.

Once people accept that there is no absolute truth, anything is possible, from the Constitution to the the Final Solution. If we don't believe that there are immutable truths, then we can't argue that certain things are wrong simply because they are.