Adding Injury to Injury
Consider the case of Democrat Charles Rangel. After serving in the military Rep. Rangel was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives where he rose to the extremely powerful position of Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. As chairman of that committee he oversaw the development of the tax code to which you and I have to comply. During his ascension to power Mr. Rangel seems to have accumulated a great deal of wealth, perhaps even beyond the amount you would expect on his government salary. Recently found guilty of breaking house ethics rules and censured Rangel does not seem to understand what he really did wrong…for the most part.
It’s hard to imagine what could drive public __________ (disgust, love, approval, opinion) of Congress even lower than it has been this year. But a pending public ethics trial of one of the House’s most senior __________ (Democrats, Republicans, Democrats, Democrats) (and possibly a second) and an angry, prolonged__________ (hissy fit, tirade, weiner session, melt-down) on the House floor that has gone around the cable networks and YouTube just may be the answer.
Brief 1: The first story is about a 
. Based on the descriptions, I half expected to be treated to a barrage of 1960’s “kill the establishment” claptrap. Being born in the early part of that decade, I was more worried about tomorrow’s pick up baseball game than world politics, but I was aware of the strife. Much of my perceptions of the period was formed in front of the television. 