No Stuffed Christmas Cards from Capitol Hill This Year!

One of the many priveleges granted to US Congressmen is the franking privilege. Members of Congress are allowed to mail anything (for “official” use only) at no cost to their offices.  This year the Obama Administration and the Pelosi and Friends team were hoping to stretch this privelege in mailing Christmas cards to Americans informing them that the government would provide federally funded health care… Their plan that would cost the US approximately 1 trillion dollars. We all know that this originally proposed health care option would see that the US would be placed in MORE debt than we’re currently in and we’d also see the government not only intruding in our pockets but in our doctor’s offices.

Fortunately, however, these Christmas cards will have to wait- as once this bill reached the Senate it was picked to pieces. The very liberal Senate was quite moderate- or shall I say that they were more CONSERVATIVE in the debate of this bill. 

However, fortunately, members of Congress will not be sending out stuffed Christmas cards to the “qualified millions of Americans” that are claimed to have no health care insurance. And now every American who is not “qualified” to receive these Christmas Cards will not be paying for the card and its delivery! In the spirit of the holiday season can’t our leaders get in the spirit of giving and find some compromise? I’d like the liberals to “give” us some of their genuine time to discover how farfetched and costly this health care insurance pitch is and ditch it!

So in the spirit of this holiday season, let’s celebrate that in 2010 we will be welcoming a federal government healthcare intrusion scheme.
I shall leave you all with a quote from Harry Potter: “Progress for the sake of progress must be discouraged. Let us preserve what must be preserved, perfect what can be perfected and prune practices that ought to be… prohibited! “- Dolores Umbridge (Harry Potter)

As usual I would like to thank you for reading and would appreciate comments.
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Right- wingers, Unite! We Must Stop the Attacks and Get Serious!

This week I was planning on addressing how the members of the GOP need to unite and display to left- wingers a strong battle front.  However, the behavior of quite a few right- wingers has been disgraceful, rude and absolutely distasteful- and to our very own colleagues, nonetheless. 

Just a couple of weeks ago, President Obama urged all Americans to contact their Congress members to urge them to sign the Health Care Reform Bill (HR 3200).  In doing so, I think it is obvious to the naked eye that he was urging the leading American Party of Democrats to help him in this never- ending silent  and usually cordial battle of Politics.  This is a brilliant example of how united the Democratic Party is.  Did anyone look at how many calls Democrats made to their Congress members? It was a whopping number and they succeeded their quota in telephone calls. 

Did anyone from the GOP get out there and urge right- wingers to get on their phones and busy the lines of our Congress members? If they did, I know I didn’t read or hear about it.  We’re like sitting ducks out there people.  It’s almost as if we’re waiting for the Democrats to tell us when to come out and play.  We’ve got to get back on track, especially if we want to get a GOP’er elected into the seat of POTUS when 2012 rolls around. 

Moreover, we should not and we simply cannot afford to continue to attack our fellow GOP’ers.  And since when has attacking someone (let alone a colleague) in regards to their weight had anything to do with politics? I refuse to name these people who find it amusing, at best, to harass members of this now struggling party.  How about instead of going back- and- forth in relations to one’s weight we find an alternative? Idea: How about we tweet and retweet each other about new political ideas to better and broaden the GOP!? Wouldn’t that be some positive action, opposed to that of simply sitting at our desks and writing humor jokes about one’s weight?  Now I am not a chauvinist in the least, but I was always taught that it is disrespectful and a mockery of the word, gentleman to discuss a woman’s weight.  It is insensitive to discuss anyone’s weight, but to discuss that of a woman is in my opinion, sad.

I find it pathetic that I am discussing this at all, but for the few of you who lack enough “social skills” and intelligence to actually discuss the topic at hand and instead simply display your ignorance to the rest of us, why don’t you pick up your luggage and run to the left.  The GOP is having a hard enough time carrying- on without your rubbish.  Now, back on to something relevant: revitalizing and broadening the GOP.

Drive Safely, the Left Road is Misleading

What happened to “Honesty” in our Nation’s Capitol? In the past few months the US President, Barack Obama, and his comrads in the House have been attempting to pass the Health Care Reform Act Bill.  However, the men and women we voted into the House to represent us and protect our interests and well- being have been misinforming us. 

Perhaps its started with Speaker Pelosi, the Representative from California, influencing her colleagues in the House.  I mean come on my fellow citizens, Nancy Pelosi, is a representative of FREAKING CALIFORNIA! One of the richest states in the country.  Where do you think he interests lay? I dont think actors (who voted for Obama) like Ashton Kutcher (who I’m sure Tweets about the HCR Bill being positive) and Arnold Schwartzenegger need better Health Care plans.  I mean come on- they are RICH and can afford as much insurance as they want. 

You’d thnk that after many years of SILENT celebrities, America would find it suspicious that all these celebrities came out of their sealed mansions and advocated the election of Obama.  Obviously, they would benefit in some manner.  Whoever believes that these celebrities voted for him to better the Middle Class are out of their minds. 

Back to Pelosi and Friends, how did we get here my fellow citizens? How did we get to this wretched spot where our $200K plus earning representatives lie to us as such.  Treating us like sick patients in their own little rehab… They treat us as if we’re stupid because to some extent WE ARE.  For instance, President Obama and Nancy Pelosi and Friends tell us that this National Health Care Reform Act Bill is “already paid for” and “wont place us in any more debt.”  Well, Mr. President and Friends, indeed by undertaking this Health Care Reform Act we are placing a larger burden on our National debt- obviously without it, we would not go as far into the deficit as we are already going.  In addition, what about who’s paying for this?? Eventually it will need additional costs to keep funded… Americans will have to cough up more taxes every year to pay for this.  Not acceptable.  What about the liberties restricted by medical offices under this Reform Bill?

Doctors’ abilities to perform certain tests and prescribe medications will be restricted under this act (unless you’re rich like Nancy Pelosi and can pay the Doctor to keep his mouth shut).  The Government will have even more power to control what we can and cannot do. 

People, come on! The Constitution delegates that the Power be kept in the hands of the People.  Not a large Government.  What would our Founding Fathers be thinking right now?

So do me and yourself a favor- not to mention the generations of Americans who will be paying for this in the future.  Think about it… think about who is suggesting it… and think about the severities of the Consequences.  Email, call, Tweet your Congress members.  They’re being paid too much not to answer your questions.  Challenge them! WE ARE THE PEOPLE.  Let’s show the People we elected that they won’t mislead us anymore. 

Just some food for thought.  Thanks for reading as always.  And I look forward to blogging more in the future- so let me know what you think!