They should get paid according to the way they vote on issues that would help the common American and boost our economy.  This would mean that the majority of Republicans would not get a raise and in fact could lose a year of senoirty thereby reducing their income.  The same for those democrats who have not got the bal...more

Unfortunately-having worked for my government all over the world and experienced so many dumb Americans making fools of themselves as if they were better than their hosts, I suspect that it was Americans at this temple who instigated doing show off actions such as climbing the temple walls.

My apologies for making my answer so short and thoughtless.  Mr Adkins made his leanings clear in the recent presidential election and spewed the same garbage that the extreme side of the Repubs were trying to make a case against President Obama being reelected.  Yes, we should be proud of our heritage as this Nation f...more

Typical Republican-Lives in the past, can't accept defeat and wants no government at all.