CAPITOL PHOTO SESSION

I used to respect Congress. But lately I becoming aware of how common and inept most of our congressmen and women and senators are. Not special, not inordinately bright, not paragons of integrity, certainly not hard workers, not dependable, not courageous, not especially patriotic, and not responsive to their constituents, except when they feel their cushy jobs are in danger. This photo expresses how I see many members of congress these days. The Democrats, of course, are more responsive than the Republicans. But none of them seem to have a clue how to compromise or even care.  Although on second thought, though I feel that most members of congress are as clueless about the cares of state as the Little Rascals, this really isn't a fair comparison. The rascals are cute, and there's nothing cute about today's U.S. Congress.