2-12-2012 *Med   WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THIS PARLIAMENT WOULD BE SO BAD THAT I WOULD WANT THE OLD ONE BACK.  AT LEAST THE OTHER ONE MET, THEY HAD QUORUMS AND EVEN THOUGH MOST OF THE LAWS PASSED WERE JUST BENEFITS FOR THEM AND THIS BECAME SO SERIOUS THAT SOMEONE HAD TO STEP UP CUZ ALLAWI AND MALIKI BOTH WERE READY TO LET THIS FALL APART OVER EGO'S.  NEITHER OF THEM TO ME BELONG IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS.
THE NATIONAL  CONFERENCE WHICH INCLUDES MORE THAN JUST PARLIAMENT.  THIS IS SUPPOSE TO BE THE DO ALL TO SETTLE ALL. THEY ARE PUTTING ALLOT ON THIS.  THIS IS NOT ABOUT WHO GETS THE MOST BUT HOW TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE DONE.  WHAT IS EXPECTED TO COME FROM IT - THERE IS OIL EXPECTATIONS, PARLIAMENT NEWS ON THE BUDGET, NEWS THAT TOUCHES MANY ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE RESOLVED IN IRAQ. THIS HAS BEEN REDICULOUS AND IT HAS PARALYZED THE COUNTRY FOR GOING ON TWO YEARS.  THE ELECTIONS WERE TWO YEARS AGO AND SINCE THE UPSET BY ALLAWI AND THEN MALIKI'S BLIND SIDE LEGAL RULING AND THEN 7 MONTHS OF NO GOVT.  EVERY DIME PAID TO THESE PEOPLE HAS BEEN A TOTAL WASTE OF PUBLIC FUNDS, EVERY DIME  AND THESE ARE THE HIGHEST PAID POLITICIANS IN THE WORLD IN A PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM.
			
		




