You missed me. Admit it.

It's been a while since I last blogged, so to the handful of loyal readers, I apologize.
the Bush administration has recently accused 15 states of improperly obtaining Medicaid money. According to officials, these particular states are using some fancy accounting to get more money than they are entitled to.
It's a New York Times article, so I don't know if you can get to it from here.
My question is, have the states been doing this with the fed's knowledge and the Bushites are trying to make themselves look better, or are these states really guilty of some impropriety?
Of course state people are claiming their innocence and Bush is crying "foul," but who's right? Will we ever know?
Perhaps this is a symptom of an excessively large and powerful government. If that's true, than every American eligible to vote needs to take responsibility for the situation they have contributed to.
In a Washington Post story, "Recent Washington Scandals Test 'Honesty Is the Best Policy'," by John F. Harris, the ability and willingness of our elected officials to come clean is called into question.
There is no doubt we, as citizens, have no need or use for all of the activities of the government. But each of us needs to examine our willingness to let our government use the authority we have granted to keep information away from us because it's "official government business" or "classified information."
Elected officials are charged with upholding the laws and representing the interest of their constituents when creating new policy.
Obviously the interests of 294 million people cannot be represented in every piece of legislation, but the interests of the majority HAVE to be while balancing the interests and rights of the minorities.
Americans are divided by countless boundaries: Political parties, race, religion, age and income, just to name a handful. There is no clear method for reaching popular consensus, so when politicians say they know what people want, they are stretching the truth at the very least.
It's time for every American who can to register to vote. One voice may not seem like much, but all those "just one" votes add up. We as a population can be a powerful political voice, and it's time we're heard.
Well, enough of that rant.
Here's something a little more fun.