End Corruption Now!

Wow! I just discovered that there is a growing anti-corruption movement going on in India! My mind is blown!  I am aware that our system here in America is not quite the same, but I am truly impressed with Indian government for trying to improve. But speaking of America, do you think that maybe we could get an  an anti-greed decree here in America? Better yet, can we get an anti-Party dispute decree here in America? Or how about a “Don’t stand in the way of everything good President Obama tries to accomplish” movement. Seems like Washington has become like Judas who sold Jesus for 30 pieces of silver. On the other hand, you have INDIA, who has decided that corruption in government is not only wrong, but some are no longer willing to sit by and tolerate it any longer. You go India!

(CNN) -- India's anti-corruption movement may be basking in the warm afterglow of success after getting the undivided attention of the country -- and its parliamentarians -- on the question of an independent watchdog body to deal with dishonest politicians and government employees.

But many observers are saying it is just one victory, albeit a significant one, in the battle against pervasive corruption in India. The war, they point out, is still a long way from being won.

The Indian Parliament passed a resolution last week supporting many of the protestors' demands. In turn, Anna Hazare, the 74-year-old leader of the movement, called off his 13-day hunger strike after the resolution acknowledged his central demands, including the creation of the post of the ombudsman known as the Jan Lokpal.

The Jan Lokpal bill is not a done deal, but there's no going back on the idea, said Coomi Kapoor, a contributing editor with the national Indian Express newspaper and longtime political observer in New Delhi.

A so-called standing committee of parliamentarians will now weigh the proposals to bring the judiciary as well as high-ranking officials, including the prime minister, under the ambit of anti-corruption laws.

Kapoor said some of the proposals could yet be watered down, especially one that would create a large and unwieldy bureaucracy to enforce the proposed act. But she added that the anti-corruption movement had been a "game changer in Indian politics."

"It showed people's strength," Kapoor said, "and it also succeeded in painting politicians as a symptom of the problem.

This is a great start! I commend the Indian activists and I wish them luck!

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By the way, I try not to interject too much political opinion. I leave the conjecture and debating to those who are much better at it than I am, but even a child can see that where there is corruption, no one wins…in the end. Peacefulness, fairness, pure intentions, service and looking after the interests of the most needy is what this country “says” it’s based on, but somehow, some way America has lost that objective. The “greatest country” in the world needs a reality…