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HONOR AMONG THIEVES br> Re: The Prowler's Yes, West Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus : /p>

Your plea for Congress to put some teeth back into their ethics committees is sure to fall on deaf ears.

Lawyers, a profession(?) to whom the majority of Congress claim membership, are the only group who require ethics committees to ensure they don't stray from what the rest of us use the Ten Commandments for.

It will be a cold day in Hades when Congress truly gets around to policing its membership. Maybe, after the Cubs win the World Series.

p>We have the best Congress money can buy. Anyone who doubts this only has to look at the actions of all those who have been bought. br> -- R. Goodson br> Vero Beach, Florida /p>

One Lyndon Baines Johnson was pretty much broke when he won a disputed/dirty election for the Senate some years ago -- and worth how many millions when he finally retired?

Adding to the comedy, here's a question -- just how many years did it take for Austin, Texas, to get a second and third TV channel; LBJ's monopoly (the FCC feared granting another license?) might not have lasted nearly as long, if...

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