The person that said "The only way that evil will prevail is for good people to stand back!", is so true. The good people in America have been standing back for too long. We have almost given away the boat! If we don't start doing something soon it could be too late. We have elected officials that have been elected to look out for our best interests. The problem is they are looking out for their interests long before they look out for our interest. We elect them, they work (am I not correct) for us they, need to start doing just that. I wish I could pass a law giving me a raise, or setting up my retirement and medical system, totally separate and distinct from the average voter. The good people of America have stood by and let our elected officials get by with this. They find a great bill and add their own pork barrel projects for this friend or another to it. Before you know it in order to have the beneficial bill pass we have to spend billions more on junk for special interest groups! We need the line item veto passed but if you are waiting for your congressman to vote for it you will wait for a long time. How about something new just make every bill stand alone on its own merits! Have you tuned in to watch your congress at work? No wonder we don't get any thing done, nobody is at work! Your congressmen are too busy making money for themselves or going on vacation to Europe on a fact finding mission paid for by our hard earned money! They can't be bothered doing their job and working on solutions for American problems.
So if when you look around and don't like what you see, just how vocal have you been about the problems. Or have you just sat by and let things go!
At least that is what I think.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Monday, July 21, 2008
Page two
Here is something that was sent to me. It speaks volumes! When are we (the American people) going to wake up?
Subject: 545 people
545 People
By Charlie Reese
Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.
Have you ever wondered why, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, we have deficits?
Have you ever wondered why, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, we have inflation and high taxes?
You and I don't propose a federal budget. The president does.
You and I don't have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. The House of Representatives does.
You and I don't write the tax code, Congress does.
You and I don't set fiscal policy, Congress does.
You and I don't control monetary policy, The Federal Reserve Bank does.
One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one president and nine Supreme Court justices - 545 human beings out of the 300 million - are directly, legally, morally and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.
I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem was created by the Congress.
In 1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered but private central bank.
I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason. They have no legal authority.
They have no ability to coerce a senator, a congressman or a president to do one cotton-picking thing.
I don't care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash. The politician has the power to accept or reject it. No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislator's responsibility to determine how he votes.
Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con regardless of party.
What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall.
No normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for creating deficits.
The president can only propose a budget.
He cannot force the Congress to accept it.
The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating and approving appropriations and taxes.
Who is the speaker of the House?
She is the leader of the majority party.
She and fellow House members, not the president, can approve any budget they want.
If the president vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if they agree to.
It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million can not replace 545 people who stand convicted -- by present facts - of incompetence and irresponsibility.
I can't think of a single domestic problem that is not traceable directly to those 545 people.
When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise the power of the federal government, then it must follow that what exists is what they want to exist.
If the tax code is unfair, it's because they want it unfair.
If the budget is in the red, it's because they want it in the red.
If the Marines are in IRAQ , it's because they want them in IRAQ .
If they do not receive social security but are on an elite retirement plan not available to the people, it's because they want it that way.
There are no insoluble government problems.
Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power to regulate and from whom they can take this power.
Above all, do not let them con you into the belief that there exists disembodied mystical forces like 'the economy,' 'inflation' or 'politics' that prevent them from doing what they take an oath to do.
Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible.
They, and they alone, have the power.
They, and they alone, should be held accountable by the people who are their bosses - provided the voters have the gumption to manage their own employees.
We should vote all of them out of office and clean up their mess!
*********************************************************
Charlie Reese is a former columnist of the Orlando Sentinel
Subject: 545 people
545 People
By Charlie Reese
Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.
Have you ever wondered why, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, we have deficits?
Have you ever wondered why, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, we have inflation and high taxes?
You and I don't propose a federal budget. The president does.
You and I don't have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. The House of Representatives does.
You and I don't write the tax code, Congress does.
You and I don't set fiscal policy, Congress does.
You and I don't control monetary policy, The Federal Reserve Bank does.
One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one president and nine Supreme Court justices - 545 human beings out of the 300 million - are directly, legally, morally and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.
I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem was created by the Congress.
In 1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered but private central bank.
I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason. They have no legal authority.
They have no ability to coerce a senator, a congressman or a president to do one cotton-picking thing.
I don't care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash. The politician has the power to accept or reject it. No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislator's responsibility to determine how he votes.
Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con regardless of party.
What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall.
No normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for creating deficits.
The president can only propose a budget.
He cannot force the Congress to accept it.
The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating and approving appropriations and taxes.
Who is the speaker of the House?
She is the leader of the majority party.
She and fellow House members, not the president, can approve any budget they want.
If the president vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if they agree to.
It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million can not replace 545 people who stand convicted -- by present facts - of incompetence and irresponsibility.
I can't think of a single domestic problem that is not traceable directly to those 545 people.
When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise the power of the federal government, then it must follow that what exists is what they want to exist.
If the tax code is unfair, it's because they want it unfair.
If the budget is in the red, it's because they want it in the red.
If the Marines are in IRAQ , it's because they want them in IRAQ .
If they do not receive social security but are on an elite retirement plan not available to the people, it's because they want it that way.
There are no insoluble government problems.
Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power to regulate and from whom they can take this power.
Above all, do not let them con you into the belief that there exists disembodied mystical forces like 'the economy,' 'inflation' or 'politics' that prevent them from doing what they take an oath to do.
Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible.
They, and they alone, have the power.
They, and they alone, should be held accountable by the people who are their bosses - provided the voters have the gumption to manage their own employees.
We should vote all of them out of office and clean up their mess!
*********************************************************
Charlie Reese is a former columnist of the Orlando Sentinel
Thursday, June 19, 2008
What ever happened to the news just reporting the news? Now half of the time is spent analyzing and listing to "commentaries" on what the news means. Can't we make our own judgements and decisions? If the news reported the news and gave us all of it instead of just their spin on things we could make informed decisions on our own. But then maybe we would not agree with the editors and managers of the "news"! Maybe that isn't what they want?
Why do we have to make a big production of every major event in the world. Report all the news and move on. Don't try the case on TV, let our court system do it without everyone being tainted and spun in the direction the editors & managers want us to go.
Now days News journalism isn't make sure of your sources and that the news is correct, It's can we be the first to tell someone, even if it isn't correct!!!
At least that is what I think.
Why do we have to make a big production of every major event in the world. Report all the news and move on. Don't try the case on TV, let our court system do it without everyone being tainted and spun in the direction the editors & managers want us to go.
Now days News journalism isn't make sure of your sources and that the news is correct, It's can we be the first to tell someone, even if it isn't correct!!!
At least that is what I think.
GIGO
The adage of "Garbage in Garbage out" is so true.
Our personality and self are shaped by what we surround
ourselves with. We need to look closely at the things
around us the things that we allow into our life to
guide and mold it. Where do you want to be 1 year
from now? How can you get there? Look at what we
surround ourselves with and make sure that it fits
where we want to go with our life.
Our personality and self are shaped by what we surround
ourselves with. We need to look closely at the things
around us the things that we allow into our life to
guide and mold it. Where do you want to be 1 year
from now? How can you get there? Look at what we
surround ourselves with and make sure that it fits
where we want to go with our life.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
LOYALTY?
WHO IS LOYAL TO THEIR COMPANY NOW.
How many employees go to work to get paid, or do they go to work to work so they can get paid?
WHAT COMPANY IS LOYAL TO THEIR EMPLOYEES?
How many companies do you know of that think that one of their main objectives is to make money so they can provide jobs for their employees? Or do they stop after the statement, make money.
Why do we have companies and the government backing out of agreements with their employees? The US government entered in to an agreement with the men and women of the armed forces stating that if you give us 20 years of honorable service or more and retire, we will give you and your spouse lifetime benefits to include health. All you had to do is come to the nearest military facility and go to their hospital to get help. But that is costing too much so why don’t we make it cheaper for the government and harder for the retiree. After all it is just an agreement and the government doesn’t have to keep up its side. It would cost too much. How much did the men and women put on the line when they joined and fought the government’s wars? Companies have followed the government and are eliminating retirement benefits left and right. What company still has a retirement fund strictly funded and controlled by them? We have been told that it is much better for you to have your money invested in a stock fund of some sort than to have it invested with the company, (the company could go bankrupt or illegally spend your money and you would loose it all)
WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT MAKING MONEY OR JOBS?
Would the rich get richer if no one had the money to purchase the product they want to sell to get richer.
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO WORKING TOGETHER?
How many employees go to work to get paid, or do they go to work to work so they can get paid?
WHAT COMPANY IS LOYAL TO THEIR EMPLOYEES?
How many companies do you know of that think that one of their main objectives is to make money so they can provide jobs for their employees? Or do they stop after the statement, make money.
Why do we have companies and the government backing out of agreements with their employees? The US government entered in to an agreement with the men and women of the armed forces stating that if you give us 20 years of honorable service or more and retire, we will give you and your spouse lifetime benefits to include health. All you had to do is come to the nearest military facility and go to their hospital to get help. But that is costing too much so why don’t we make it cheaper for the government and harder for the retiree. After all it is just an agreement and the government doesn’t have to keep up its side. It would cost too much. How much did the men and women put on the line when they joined and fought the government’s wars? Companies have followed the government and are eliminating retirement benefits left and right. What company still has a retirement fund strictly funded and controlled by them? We have been told that it is much better for you to have your money invested in a stock fund of some sort than to have it invested with the company, (the company could go bankrupt or illegally spend your money and you would loose it all)
WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT MAKING MONEY OR JOBS?
Would the rich get richer if no one had the money to purchase the product they want to sell to get richer.
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO WORKING TOGETHER?
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