Shhhhhhhh

Silence is golden, especially when Congress goes home. Wait, what's that tugging at my back pocket? (To be continued)

Get Out of Town!

Dear Santa,

Yes that is my Christmas wish, is that Congress will get out of town. Come on Santa, give me a little help here. The longer they are in session the worse things get. It is time for us to look at the U.S. House of Representatives and the U. S. Senate as part-time jobs and not full time. When I was in the legislature in Indiana we did it on a part time basis and it worked just fine. When they are there too long they just keep finding ways to sponsor legislation to justify their existence. You and I pay the price.

The extension of the tax cuts was a good thing for the current economy we are in. All the pork that was added in order to get it signed was reprehensible! The START treaty, and I have read it, is not the best we could have negotiated. We were weak in our posture and if it is signed will be seen that way by the world.

All money bills are supposed, by law, to start in the House of Representatives. It will be interesting to see if the new House leadership got the message on November 2nd or if we will have to turn them out again. Speaker-elect Boehner is saying the right things, BUT will he do them. If we keep the pressure on as a people that will push him that way. Remember, he is part of the long entrenched establishment that has been in Washington for a long time. I was pretty impressed with the interview I saw with him and his wife, and no his crying doesn't bother me a bit. I hope it is an indication of his humanity. Now what I need to see is an indication of his commitment to the people of this country. Talk and tears are cheap! Ask Santa for a part-time legislative branch of our government.

Merry Christmas to each of you. I am looking forward to 2011 and the opportunities that it will give us to participate in the process. We now have nearly 2000 people on the Talk With America mailing list and that is thanks to you. Happy New year as well to you and your families. Families are forever and that is a good thing!!

The Pinnacle of Absurdity

Congress is out of session while unemployment is 9.8%, 13million people are unemployed, the tax legislation is a shambles, the very hard left is mad at Obama and it all looks like a circus to those of us who are paying billions to watch the show. They are taking a break in the middle of all this. How irresponsible is that UNLESS, now think about it.

The show is a ruse, a sham! Obama has to move to the center if he has any chance of avoiding a primary challenge little lone winning re-election. This was his opportunity and he took it. BUT not before choreographing it all behind closed doors with his Democrat colleagues, that's right, it's all a script. Obama needed a way to look like a compromiser and this was his perfect storm. The House and Senate only have small, in comparison to the President, constituents to please and so they can take "hard nosed" positions like they are.

This is a good example of just how partisan things have become. We have too many people in Congress whose only goal is POWER, that's it!! They are angry that the American people had the gall to take some of them out on November 2nd. They believe they are entitled to govern and that we are not smart enough to know what is best for us. WE have taught them that they can ignore us and get away with it. If you think we did our house cleaning on November 2nd, think again. There are still members of Congress on both sides that They don't think we can or have the will to do it. ONLY TIME WILL TELL IF THEY ARE RIGHT!

They argue over this tax bill while billions are being wasted by them and they won't do anything about it, and when we call them on it they just change the subject, i.e, Lindsay Graham of Florida, how pathetic. The SYSTEM is the root of the problem. If we don't change how it works, seniority, term limits etc, NOTHING IS GOING TO CHANGE!!!!! And if you are setting there saying it is too big a problem to tackle, then you are a part of the problem, not a part of the solution. It can be fixed, it must be fixed and we must fix it. OR just sit there saying I am too busy to help, let someone else do it. If you do that, THEY WIN! Get it! They are guilty of sins of commission and we are guilty of sins of omission. What is it going to take to wake us up!