I spent 20 years working for the feds, including numerous meetings with Mr. Neeley. What happened at GSA should come as no surprise, but the bureaucratic response will be all wrong. The problems with GSA are not the optics of hot tubs or humorous videos by younger staff, but the total disconnect of federal agencies from their citizens. In the coming weeks, memos will fly out of Washington banning spouses on business trips, conferences in Las Vegas and intern videos, but nothing about why does GSA exist. For example, does GSA obtain office space for the government at a lower cost than the private sector? Hint: It doesn't. That one question is worth billions, not a few hundred thousand dollars.

Very predictably, the approach to the latest scandal from GSA by our politicians is a traditional "your guys are corrupt and my guys are pure." Unfortunately, after all the grandstanding, we'll miss the real issue, GSA and other large bureaucracies are to far removed from the taxpayer to be accountable. It's not about getting the "right guy" in charge, but "no guy" in charge...in other words drain the swamp by downsizing central government and returning functions to local government or the private sector. What happened at GSA will be a footnote in history once Obamacare gets going and federal government bureaucrats command another 18% of the American economy.

Yes, the charge of a Republican "war on women" is ridiculous, but it was gaining traction with the voters. The Obama team are political pros and I was seeing their success with women in my workplace. In today's partisan media world, you can't let these charges go unanswered and the Romney 92% was a creative response. They have successfully changed the conversation from contraception back to the economy.

Wow...I'm overwhelmed by your logic...and your charm. You must have a degree in nuclear physics... Don't let the fact that California is a bankrupt state get in the way of your argument. Let's see what the average credit score looks like in five years when all the small businesses have left California for Texas.

Excellent point!

"Baggers?" Wow, a great appeal to reason. Do get paid by the word or only when you insult others?

Whether the USA should ensure the integrity of an other nation is a legitimate foreign policy debate. Nothing in the Constitution prevents an alliance, but practicality warns against extensive ones. Personally, I think Poland needs to develop alliances with other newly freed Eastern European nations to ensure it's defense against either a resurgent Russia or Germany. "Stabbing in the back" refers to making an assurance to Poland, then withdrawing it without a counterbalancing action by Russia. Appealing to the Founding Fathers is irrelevant as Geo. Washington was making a political/policy argument, not a Constitutional one. BTW, how much are you getting paid to make these irrelevant postings? Is it better than unemployment?

Sorry, your point is not relevant. In the 18th Century, an arm in the context of the Constitution meant small arms carried by an individual for personal defense. It did not mean canons or other military weapons. A Stinger or nuclear weapon does not fall into the category of small arms. Playing clever games with language does not make your point, but rather shows its shallowness.

A limited government following an agreed set of rules is inherently far more moral than an unlimited government following a set of unpredictable rules. A limited government can not impose morality...it is up to the citizens to chose morality. Otherwise, we are no different than a sharia state.

A "right" that cost me money is not a "right," but a wealth transfer. Real "rights" are granted by natural law and do not infringe on anyone else. Santorum is falling into the left's trap: Rather than arguing government having no role in morality, he is arguing his view of government morality, which can change at every election. Morality is the role of non-governmental institutions, such as the church or charitable organizations and the decline of family results from government subsidies to non-family alternatives. Direct government management of any service, including health care, will only create more morality conflicts, which the left will always win as they control the institutions of power, such as the courts and the bureaucracy.