Post by PA Hillbilly on Feb 11, 2009 14:51:04 GMT -5
> > CIVICS 101
> >
> >
> > One of our brightest of the bright friends sent this to
> > us... and it gives you cause to ponder. See what YOU
> > think!
> >
> > 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
> > Newspaper.
> >
> > What you do with this article now that you have read it is
> > up to you, though you appear to have several choices.
> >
> > 1. You can send this to everyone in your address book, and
> > hope they do something about it.
> > 2. You can agree to vote against everyone that is currently
> > in office, knowing that the process will take several years.
> >
> > 3. You can decide to run for office yourself and agree to
> > do the job properly.
> > 4. Lastly, you can sit back and do nothing, or re-elect the
> > current bunch.
> >
> > YOU DECIDE
> >
> >
> > One of our brightest of the bright friends sent this to
> > us... and it gives you cause to ponder. See what YOU
> > think!
> >
> > 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
> > Newspaper.
> >
> > What you do with this article now that you have read it is
> > up to you, though you appear to have several choices.
> >
> > 1. You can send this to everyone in your address book, and
> > hope they do something about it.
> > 2. You can agree to vote against everyone that is currently
> > in office, knowing that the process will take several years.
> >
> > 3. You can decide to run for office yourself and agree to
> > do the job properly.
> > 4. Lastly, you can sit back and do nothing, or re-elect the
> > current bunch.
> >
> > YOU DECIDE