Dunlap letter frankly ridiculous

It is evident Dallas Dunlap and his cohorts have emerged from their closets to defend their hero, U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass.

If they had read the article, they would have realized that Frank was chairman of the House Finance Committee and, according to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Sens. Barack Obama, D-Ill., Chris Dodd, D-Conn., and Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., were accomplices in the scheme while they were receiving large campaign donations from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac executives who, incidentally, were receiving government-guaranteed bonuses for the number of mortgages they sold every year.

Hustling mortgages to people with poor credit and inadequate credit was bound to fail. Anyone can figure that out, but Congress did nothing. Why?

Well, in Congress, they do not wear white hats and black hats. As Jack Paar once said, "Congress is the most exclusive club in the nation." So, again, according to the FOIA: "Many Republican leaders also received campaign contributions from Fannie and Freddie so they failed to muster the votes for an investigation."

Please, Dallas and company, read the facts - not the fantasy. All too many of our elected representatives need to be investigated, but, with their executive privilege, they are able to get away with practically anything. The founders of the Declaration of Independence vowed "for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, or fortunes and our sacred honor."

Do you think our Congress would make that pledge today?

It is your constitutional right to take advantage of free speech, but please, make sense and do not make you and your cohorts seem ridiculous. You definitely need better scribes and, if you want to shake the hand of Barney Frank, please count your fingers.

Joseph Tomaselli

Spring Hill