Rep. James Moran, D-Va., a stockbroker before he was a politician

• Congress is free of checks and balances that inconvenience the average citizen. In this case, a Washington Post puff piece still reveals another mess.

5/25/10, Washington Post: "Rep. James P. Moran Jr. (D-Va.), a member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, in 2000...acknowledged borrowing $25,000 from a pharmaceutical lobbyist. The next year, he took a $50,000 loan from an America Online executive. He continued to make options bets, documents show."...

• The Post does things like cite a Moran staff official saying no big deal, nothing new here. I only mention the article as a point of interest. ed. via Michael Savage.com