National Rifle Association: An organization that claims to support the 2nd Amendment but, in reality, distorts the meaning of that Amendment for its own purposes in order to promote Republican candidates. Tens of thousands of people, including children, have died because of the work of this group to place guns in the hands of millions. The US is the only country in the world that has such a huge number of gun-related crimes and people are always at a loss to understand why. The answer: The NRA.

The 2nd Amendment states, "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." Over the years, there has been much discussion and many legal battles over the meaning of this poorly-constructed sentence. If only the Founders had written it in an unambiguous way, perhaps many more citizens today would be alive to read it. Regardless of how the 2nd Amendment is written or interpreted, it's just common sense that millions of guns should not be in the hands of US citizens. The Founders would be turning over in their graves if they knew that as the result of some group's activities, 200 million guns were now in the hands of people in the US.

The NRA is one of the primary threats to national security and should be forced by the federal government to immediately dissolve. Members' houses should be searched and all weapons seized. The NRA's assets as well as those of its members should be frozen and then used to compensate victims of gun violence as well as their families.

Ted Stevens: Republican Senator from Alaska found guilty on October 27, 2008, of seven felony counts of making false statements on his financial disclosure forms.

Despite being a convicted felon, he is not required to drop out of the Senate race or resign from the Senate. If he wins re-election, he can continue to hold his seat because there is no rule barring felons from serving in Congress. The Senate could vote to expel him on a two-thirds vote.

The 28-page indictment -- the latest in an ongoing probe of corruption in Alaska politics -- states that Stevens concealed his receipt of more than $250,000 dollars worth of benefits from oil services company Veco Corp. and its former chief executive, Bill Allen, from 1999-2006. Federal agents searched his home on July 28, 2008, focusing on records related to his relationship with an oil field services contractor jailed in a public corruption investigation. Stevens has been under a federal investigation for a 2000 renovation project more than doubling the size of his home in Girdwood that was overseen by Bill Allen, a contractor who has pleaded guilty to bribing Alaska state legislators.

The federal corruption investigation of Alaska politics has seen three state lawmakers sent to federal prison, one found guilty awaiting sentencing, and one more awaiting trial. All five are Republicans.

George W. Bush: Lied to the world about reasons for going to war in Iraq. Increased the national debt to over $8 Trillion with tax cuts for the rich and two wars. Directly responsible for the near-collapse of the US economy with millions of US citizens having lost their jobs. Created a poisonous atmosphere of anti-Americanism around the globe. Supports irresponsible foreign, economic, social and environmental policies. Obscene ties to big business and the Religious Right. He has spent more than 40% of his time in office either on vacation, going to or returning from vacation. He's spent the remainder of his time trying to form meaningful sentences and to clear his mind of the perpetual fog that seems to linger there. The voters in the US booted out many republicans from Congress, turning over control to the democrats, to voice their contempt of this president and his support by republican representatives.

Former President Jimmy Carter said on October 10, 2008, the "atrocious economic policies" of the Bush administration had caused the worst global financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Read More

8/5/2008: A new book by the author Ron Suskind claims that the White House ordered the CIA to forge a back-dated, handwritten letter from the head of Iraqi intelligence to Saddam Hussein falsely showing that there was an operational link between Saddam and al Qaeda, as a justification to invade Iraq. Read More

Dick Cheney: Directly responsible while CEO of Halliburton for corporate tax evasion, illegal arms sales, bribing of foreign officials, and price gouging the US government. Responsible for the granting of no-bid contracts while holding the position of VP to Halliburton. Lied to the US public about Iraq's nuclear activities. Blasted his hunting partner in the face and chest with a shotgun while illegally hunting in Texas in February 2006.

Sued in federal court on July 13, 2006, along with presidential advisor Karl Rove by CIA officer Valerie Plame and her husband, Joseph Wilson, a former U.S. ambassador accusing them and other White House officials of conspiring to destroy her career.

John Boehner: Elevated to the position of republican house leader to replace disgraced former leader Tom Delay. Boehner himself is a prime example of congressional corruption. His political action committee collected nearly $300,000 from private student lending companies and for-profit academic institutions from 2003-2004. He has taken more than $157,000 in free trips, placing him in 7th place for such questionable activity. More than 20 of his staff members have taken jobs in the private sector as lobbyists or corporate public affairs specialists. He handed out checks to his colleagues from tobacco company political action committees on the floor of Congress in 1995.

In September 2006, shortly after the five-year anniversary of the World Trade Center destruction, he stated to the disbelief of everyone that Democrats "are more interested in protecting the terrorists than protecting the American people." Just another corrupt Republican extremist.

Karl Rove: White House political adviser who has appeared five times before a federal grand jury investigating the leak of the name of a CIA operative. Close ties to corrupt Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Forced to give up his role as senior policy coordinator at the White House in April 2006. Rove originally failed to disclose to prosecutors that he had talked to Time magazine reporter Matt Cooper about the outed CIA operative, Valerie Plame, back in 2003. Months before Rove acknowledged speaking to Cooper about the CIA status of Plame, reporter Robert Novak told Rove's lawyer the Rove might have disclosed Plame's CIA work to Cooper.

Sued in federal court on July 13, 2006, along with vice-president Dick Cheney by CIA officer Valerie Plame and her husband, Joseph Wilson, a former US ambassador accusing them and other White House officials of conspiring to destroy her career.

Announced his resignation from the White House on August 13, 2007. Good riddance.

Jerry Falwell: Born-again Christian bigot who stated that the attacks on September 11, 2001, were the result of God removing a protective barrier from the United States as punishment for the nation's acceptance of homosexuals and feminists.

Falwell's "protective barrier" was removed on May 15, 2007 and he died then.

Rick Santorum: Former junior senator from Pennsylvania. An anti-gay bigot who dishonors family values by spreading false and inflammatory rhetoric against gays and lesbians. Named as one of the 13 most corrupt members of Congress.

Booted from office by the people of Pennsylvania in November 2006. History will look back on him with contempt.