Quite a letter to Barbara Boxer from a retired military officer . . .

Babs:

You were so right on when you scolded the general on TV for using the term,

"ma'am," instead of "Senator." After all, in the military, "ma'am" is a term of

respect when addressing a female of superior rank or position.

The general was totally wrong. You are not a person of superior rank or

position. You are a member of one of the world's most corrupt organizations,

the U.S. Senate, equaled only by the U.S. House of Representatives.

Congress is a cesspool of liars, thieves, inside traders, traitors, drunks (one

who killed a staffer, yet is still revered), criminals, and other low level

swine who, as individuals (not all, but many), will do anything to enhance

their lives, fortunes and power, all at the expense of the People of the United

States and its Constitution, in order to be continually re-elected. Many

democrats even want American troops killed by releasing photographs. How many of

you could honestly say, "We pledge our lives, our fortunes and our sacred

h onor"? None? One? Two?

Your reaction to the general shows several things. First is your abysmal

ignorance of all things militaire. Your treatment of the general shows you to be

an elitist of the worst kind. When the general entered the military (as most of

us who served) he wrote the government a blank check, offering his life to

protect your derriere now safely and comfortably ensconced in a multi-thousand

dollar leather chair, paid for by the general's taxes. You repaid him for this

by humiliating him in front of millions.

Second is your puerile character, lack of sophistication, and arrogance which

borders on the hubristic. This display of brattish behavior shows you to be a

virago, termagant, harridan, nag, scold or shrew, unfit for your position,

regardless of the support of the unwashed, uneducated masses who have made

California into the laughing stock of the nation.

What I am writing, Senator, are the same thoughts countless millions of

Americans have toward Congress, but who lack the energy, ability or time to

convey them. Under the democrats, some don't even have the 44 cents to buy the

stamp. Regardless of their thoughts, most realize politicians are pretty much

the same, and will vote for the one who will bring home the most bacon, even if

they do consider how corrupt that person is.

Lord Acton (1834 - 1902) so aptly charged, "Power tends to corrupt and absolute

power corrupts absolutely." Unbeknownst to you and your colleagues, Mr. Power has

had his way with all of you, and we are all the worse for it.

Finally Senator, I, too, have a title. It is "Right Wing Extremist Potential

Terrorist Threat." It is not of my choosing, but was given to me by your

Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano.

And you were offended by "ma'am"?