Think your elected officials, regardless of party, are hard at work doing the business of the American people? Think again.... WASHINGTON -- When 10 members of Congress wanted to study climate change, they did more than just dip their toes into the subject: They went diving and snorkeling at the Great Barrier Reef. They also rode a cable car through the Australian rain forest, visited a penguin rookery and flew to the South Pole.
..The 11-day trip -- with six spouses traveling along as well -- took place over New Year's 2008. Details are only now coming to light as part of a Wall Street Journal analysis piecing together the specifics of the excursion.
Here are some other low lights of these fat-cat politicians living it up on our dime...
-Brian Baird (D., Wash.) and some others, along with their families, took an excursion to the Galapagos Islands to "study climate change"...cost-$200-300K.
-Ted Stevens (R., Alaska) and others, along with families, went to the Paris Air Show to "study the aviation industry"...cost-$500K.
Isn't it funny how politicians' fact-finding missions always seem to include stopovers at Hawaii, New Zealand, Paris, The Great Barrier Reef, etc.? Who here thinks it's a coincidence that "fact-finding" trips are almost always to popular and expensive vacation spots? If you raised your hand, you are a gullible moron and, in the best interests of your fellow Americans, you should relinquish your right to vote and leave the important decisions to us grown-ups!
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