Hard to believe I got up at 6:30 this morning and checked in-house thermometer for the outside temperature to see if I needed to start a fire in the fireplace......uh, no....because (think about this) the temperature was 64 degrees!! And that's not all. A line of thunderstorms is moving across Misssouri and we're under a Tornado Watch all day. Immediately follwing the tstms we'll have freezing rain (ZR) followed closely by snow! Come on, it's the end of December!
Otherwise, we had a really great Christmas. Everyone pretty much got what they asked for from Santa. Michelle got her Wii Fit to go with her Wii (she got as an early Christmas present from herself and Harvey), a BlueTooth earpiece, and some books and other assorted stuff; Harvey got a new speaker phone (so he can hear!), a portable Vac he's been wanting, three Blue-Ray movies to go with the Blue-Ray player Brian got for M/H as an early Christmas present, some other nice stuff, and, oh yes, a fifth of Chevas Regal scotch. Brian, Sam and Amanda shared Christmas Eve and Christmas day with us and they, of course, got some very nice presents from Santa.
Well, gonna get set to wait out the storms, ice, and snow and get set to watch some football bowl games on TV (which went out on Christmas Day and fixed late yesterday!). Everyone have a happy New Year!
The 545
Really, this is a must read--very thought provoking and interesting. Please read and forward to all you know who are interested in an ethnically, morally, honestly, intelligently, and worthily astute government.
This author taught College History for Univ. of Houston.
THE 545 PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR AMERICA 'S WOES------------BY CHARLEY REESE
This author taught College History for Univ. of Houston.
THE 545 PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR AMERICA 'S WOES------------BY CHARLEY 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.
A CONFIDENCE CONSPIRACY
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 G.W. BUSH 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 Democrats, not the President, can approve any budget they want. If the president vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto.
REPLACE THE SCOUNDRELS
It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million cannot replace 545 people who stand convicted -- by present facts - of incompetence and irresponsibility.
I can't think of a single domestic problem, from an unfair tax code to defense overruns, that is not traceable directly to those 545 people. When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise 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 .
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 exist 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.
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.
A CONFIDENCE CONSPIRACY
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 G.W. BUSH 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 Democrats, not the President, can approve any budget they want. If the president vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto.
REPLACE THE SCOUNDRELS
It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million cannot replace 545 people who stand convicted -- by present facts - of incompetence and irresponsibility.
I can't think of a single domestic problem, from an unfair tax code to defense overruns, that is not traceable directly to those 545 people. When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise 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 .
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 exist 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.
This is my first post to my new blog....bear with me. Hope you get a chance to read/view my profile (ugh).
I think first I have to comment on the political scene....getting nasty isn't it? Well, right off the bat you should know that Obama is my man. I've gravitated toward him upon his speech to the Dem. National convention in 2004. Mainly I think it's because he just comes across sincere, with a lot of heart, and he is certainly an inspirational leader. And that's what we need right now, an inspirational LEADER. Sorry, Shrub, er, I mean Dubya, you just didn't hack it--not that you could if you even wanted to--you just don't got "It." Okay, no more name calling--that's the R's methodology.
I think first I have to comment on the political scene....getting nasty isn't it? Well, right off the bat you should know that Obama is my man. I've gravitated toward him upon his speech to the Dem. National convention in 2004. Mainly I think it's because he just comes across sincere, with a lot of heart, and he is certainly an inspirational leader. And that's what we need right now, an inspirational LEADER. Sorry, Shrub, er, I mean Dubya, you just didn't hack it--not that you could if you even wanted to--you just don't got "It." Okay, no more name calling--that's the R's methodology.
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