unethical committee?

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jF7SXGgu8OLW-FiUWbzInTE4pBEgD9C3CFO80
Ethics committee: No punishment for Burris

The Senate Ethics Committee states that: Senators must meet a much higher standard of conduct.

Than what? Serial killers? Rapists? Bank robbers?

Personally, I think someone who sticks a gun in my face and asks for my money is much more ethical than someone who signs the no new taxes pledge, and then decides that the pledge doesn't apply to additional fees, service charges, .... And the gunman will take much less money in the process.

Heck, influence peddling did not exist as a crime until there were politicians. Of course, no politician will ever punish a politician for doing what comes naturally. ie. hiring a secretary that can not type or take dictation, allowing a passenger in his car die when the driver flees the scene, voting for legislation without reading and understanding it-when their only job is to read and understand the legislation they are voting on, accepting bribes (I mean campaign contributions) to act against the interests of the voters, ...