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The courtesy of a reply

Glenn Greenwald has been busily debunking the idea that the reason Congress is deemed unpopular is that it's spending too much time investigating and not enough time doing. See here and here. He points out that people who self-identify as Democrats are at least as unhappy with the Democratically-controlled Congress as the self-identified Republicans are; however, he comes to a different conclusion than that of the esteemed pundits. He looks at the polls and finds that, in fact, the majority of Americans (both Dems and Repubs) think the President and his Administration should be investigated for possible wrongdoing in Iraq and at DOJ, to name two areas (see the second link for details).

Speaking as one of those who's unhappy with the Democrats because I think they've been entirely too acquiescent to the Bush Administration (see below), here's another reason for my discontent: I wrote the following to our senior Senator after his vote in favor of giving AG Gonzales authority over wiretapping Americans without notice:

Dear Senator Inouye
I'm writing to express my disappointment and consternation at the Senator's vote in favor of the FISA bill as demanded by President Bush.

Why on earth would the Senate cede more authority to an Administration which has already shown its contempt for the Constitution and the Legislative branch of government?

I made a call to Australia the other day. The passage of this bill would allow the NSA to listen to any such call I might make in the future with no oversight by a court at all.

Is this the kind of society the Senator approves of? What's next, the East German Stasi?

I'm angry about this, Senator Inouye. What on earth were you thinking when you voted for this?

That was on August 4, 2007. It's nearly three weeks later. I've yet to receive a response.