This call for real reform must transcend political parties. The grass-roots movements of the right and the left should embrace this. The tea party's mission has always been opposition to waste and crony capitalism, and the Occupy protesters must realize that Washington politicians have been "Occupying Wall Street" long before anyone pitched a tent in Zuccotti Park.

◼ How Congress Occupied Wall Street - Sarah Palin/Wall St. Journal

Politicians who arrive in Washington as men and women of modest means leave as millionaires. Why?

◼ REPORT: Pelosi's credit card bonanza - The Daily Beast
◼ PELOSI: "I'M NOT CORRUPT" - CNN
◼ Abramoff: Congress Members Took Part in Insider Trading - CNBC

"These people should not be using whatever information they gain as public servants to benefit themselves, any more than they should be taking bribes," he said.

...Abramoff has been making the rounds, speaking with the media this week, to promote his new book, "Capitol Punishment: The Hard Truth About Washington Corruption From America's Most Notorious Lobbyist," which went on sale Monday.

◼ Sheldon Whitehouse, luckiest investor in America? - Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island also made a flurry of trades in the days after the Paulson-Bernanke meeting with legislators.

At minimum, Whitehouse sold $250,000 in the stocks below between September 18-24, 2008. He may have sold as much as $600,000 in the stock below according to disclosures.