The difference of one letter

We live in some exciting times.

For the better part of this week I have been absorbed in thought, pondering the events that have occurred. I have been trying to determine how to phrase the thoughts that are racing through my mind. Harnessing those thoughts and placing them here in a logical, non-confrontational format is my challenge.

The difference is the letter "e". A vowel which stands in position 5 in the English alphabet. It doesn't stand out as some of the other letters- like z or w. It isn't even a "sometimes" like in "...a,e,i,o,u and sometimes y". None threatening just "e".

Vigilant. Dictionary.com defines it as thus: 1) keenly watchful to detect danger; wary or 2) ever awake and alert; sleeplessly watchful.

Over the past month or so our congress has passed a bill that was pushed through congress with little thought as to what was in the final version. It was a bill that was over a 1,000 pages long. No one read through it completely. The people that we elected to be vigilant, those that we hire every two and six years, failed in being vigilant. They did not do there jobs. So what did they do?

One letter- the letter "e".

Vigilante- noun- 1) a member of a vigilance committee or 2) any person who takes the law into his or her own hands, as by avenging a crime. Adjective- 3) done violently and summarily, without recourse to lawful procedures. (Dictionary.com)

Knowing that our representatives are not watching out for our best interest what are they doing? At the beginning of this week the headlines have been blaring about AIG and bonuses that were going to be given or already given. Congress, the media, the White House, everyone was jumping on the bandwagon.

Legal contracts were in place and congress, in their vigilante mentality, were trying in some manner to get that money back.... but they do so with the possibility of violating the constitutions that they swore to uphold. For those of us who may have forgotten what that is just a small reminder. Article 1 Section 9 of the United States Constitution states "No bill of Attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed." In other words laws can not be passed specifically to attack something that has already occurred. These are contracts that are legal and binding. It is a precedent that should not be set.



A bandwagon that could become extremely large as they create a net that could bring in many others as well...for example....(end of part 1)jsf