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2009-08-31 Home Front: Politix

57% Would Like to Replace Entire Congress

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Posted by Fred 2009-08-31 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Not only should they all be turned out of office, but they should be stripped of their pensions and other government benefits. All retired congressturds should similarly lose their pensions and benefits, effective 1/20/2011.

Posted by Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2009-08-31 00:49|| 2009-08-31 00:49|| Front Page Top

#2 The problem is that if you ask people, they will often say that they like their congrescritter. He or she should be re-elected, it is just the rest of those idiots in Congress who should be thrown out. As a result, the same crowd gets re-elected and re-elected ad nauseum.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia">Rambler in Virginia 2009-08-31 07:27|| 2009-08-31 07:27|| Front Page Top

#3 GLENN BECK: I got a letter from a woman in Arizona . She writes an open letter to our nation's leadership:

I'm a home grown American citizen, 53, registered Democrat all my life. Before the last presidential election I registered as a Republican because I no longer felt the Democratic Party represents my views or works to pursue issues important to me. Now I no longer feel the Republican Party represents my views or works to pursue issues important to me. The fact is I no longer feel any political party or representative in Washington represents my views or works to pursue the issues important to me. There must be someone. Please tell me who you are. Please stand up and tell me that you are there and that you're willing to fight for our Constitution as it was written. Please stand up now. You might ask yourself what my views and issues are that I would horribly feel so disenfranchised by both major political parties. What kind of nut job am I? Will you please tell me?

Well, these are briefly my views and issues for which I seek representation:

One, illegal immigration. I want you to stop coddling illegal immigrants and secure our borders. Close the underground tunnels. Stop the violence and the trafficking in drugs and people. No amnesty, not again. Been there, done that, no resolution. P.S., I'm not a racist. This isn't to be confused with legal immigration.

Two, the TARP bill, I want it repealed and I want no further funding supplied to it. We told you no, but you did it anyway. I want the remaining unfunded 95% repealed. Freeze, repeal.

Three: Czars, I want the circumvention of our checks and balances stopped immediately. Fire the czars. No more czars. Government officials answer to the process, not to the president. Stop trampling on our Constitution and honor it.

Four, cap and trade. The debate on global warming is not over. There is more to say.

Five, universal healthcare. I will not be rushed into another expensive decision. Don't you dare try to pass this in the middle of the night and then go on break. Slow down!

Six, growing government control. I want states rights and sovereignty fully restored. I want less government in my life, not more. Shrink it down. Mind your own business. You have enough to take care of with your real obligations. Why don't you start there.

Seven, ACORN. I do not want ACORN and its affiliates in charge of our 2010 census. I want them investigated. I also do not want mandatory escrow fees contributed to them every time on every real estate deal that closes. Stop the funding to ACORN and its affiliates pending impartial audits and investigations. I do not trust them with taking the census over with our taxpayer money. I don't trust them with our taxpayer money. Face up to the allegations against them and get it resolved before taxpayers get any more involved with them. If it walks like a duck and talks like a du ck, hello. Stop protecting your political buddies. You work for us, the people. Investigate.

Eight, redistribution of wealth. No, no, no. I work for my money. It is mine. I have always worked for people with more money than I have because they gave me jobs. That is the only redistribution of wealth that I will support. I never got a job from a poor person. Why do you want me to hate my employers? Why -- what do you have against shareholders making a profit?

Nine, charitable contributions. Although I never got a job from a poor person, I have helped many in need. Charity belongs in our local communities, where we know our needs best and can use our local talent and our local resources. Butt out, please. We want to do it ourselves.

Ten, corporate bailouts. Knock it off. Sink or swim like the rest of us. If there are hard times ahead, we'll be better off just getting into it and letting the strong survive. Quick and painful. Have you ever ripped off a Band-Aid? We will pull together. Great things happen in America under great hardship. Give us the chance to innovate. We cannot disappoint you more than you have disappointed us.

Eleven, transparency and accountability. How about it? No, really, how about it? Let's have it. Let's say we give the buzzwords a rest and have some straight honest talk. Please try -- please stop manipulating and trying to appease me with clever wording. I am not the idiot you obviously take me for. Stop sneaking around and meeting in back rooms making deals with your friends. It will only be a prelude to your criminal investigation. Stop hiding things from me.

Twelve, unprecedented quick spending. Stop it now. Take a breath. Listen to the people. Let's just slow down and get some input from some non politicians on the subject. Stop making everything an emergency. Stop speed reading our bills into law. I am not an activist. I am not a community organizer. Nor am I a terrorist, a militant or a violent person. I am a parent and a grandparent. I work. I'm busy. I'm busy. I am busy, and I am tired. I thought we elected competent people to take care of the business of government so that we could work, raise our families, pay our bills, have a little recreation, complain about taxes, endure our hardships, pursue our personal goals, cut our lawn, wash our cars on the weekends and be responsible contributing members of society and teach our children to be the same all while living in the home of the free and land of the brave.

I entrusted you with upholding the Constitution. I believed in the checks and balances to keep from getting far off course. What happened? You are very far off course. Do you really think I find humor in the hiring of a speed reader to unintelligently ramble all through a bill that you signed into law without knowing what it contained? I do not. It is a mockery of the responsibility I have entrusted to you. It is a slap in the face. I am not laughing at your arrogance. Why is it that I feel as if you would not trust me to make a single decision about my own life and how I would live it but you should expect that I should trust you with the debt that you have laid on all of us and our children. We did not want the TARP bill. We said no. We would repeal it if we could. I am sure that we still cannot. There is such urgency and recklessness in all of the recent spending.

From my perspective, it seems that all of you have gone insane. I also know that I am far from alone in these feelings. Do you honestly feel that your current pursuits have merit to patriotic Americans? We want it to stop. We want to put the brakes on everything that is being rushed by us and forced upon us. We want our voice back. You have forced us to put our lives on hold to straighten out the mess that you are making. We will have to give up our vacations, our time spent with our children, any relaxation time we may have had and money we cannot afford to spend on you to bring our concerns to Washington . Our president often knows all the right buzzword is unsustainable. Well, no kidding. How many tens of thousands of dollars did the focus group cost to come up with that word? We don't want your overpriced words. Stop treating us like we're morons.
We want all of you to stop focusing on your reelection and do the job we want done, not the job you want done or the job your party wants done. You work for us and at this rate I guarantee you not for long because we are coming. We will be heard and we will be represented. You think we're so busy with our lives that we will never come for you? We are the formerly silent majority, all of us who quietly work, pay taxes, obey the law, vote, save money, keep our noses to the grindstone and we are now looking up at you. You have awakened us, the patriotic spirit so strong and so powerful that it had been sleeping too long. You have pushed us too far. Our numbers are great. They may surprise you. For everyone of us who will be there, there will be hundreds more that could not come. Unlike you, we have their trust. We will represent them honestly, rest assured. They will be at the polls on voting day to usher you out of office. We have canceled vacations. We will use our last few dollars saved. We will find the representation among us and a grassroots campaign will flourish. We didn't ask for this fight. But the gloves are coming off. We do not come in violence, but we are angry. You will represent us or you will be replaced with someone who will. There are candidates among us when he will rise lik e a Phoenix from the ashes that you have made of our constitution.

Democrat, Republican, independent, libertarian. Understand this. We don't care. Political parties are meaningless to us. Patriotic Americans are willing to do right by us and our Constitution and that is all that matters to us now. We are going to fire all of you who abuse power and seek more. It is not your power. It is ours and we want it back. We entrusted you with it, and you abused it. You are dishonorable. You are dishonest.

As Americans we are ashamed of you. You have brought shame to us. If you are not representing the wants and needs of your constituency loudly and consistently, in spite of the objections of your party, you will be fired. Did you hear? We no longer care about your political parties. You need to be loyal to us, not to them. Because we will get you fired and they will not save you. If you do or can represent me, my issues, my views, please stand up. Make your identity known. You need to make some noise about it. Speak up. I need to know who you are. If you do not speak up, you will be herded out with the rest of the sheep and we will replace the whole damn congress if need be one by one. W e are coming. Are we coming for you? Who do you represent? What do you represent? Listen. Because we are coming. We the people are coming.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-08-31 07:41|| 2009-08-31 07:41|| Front Page Top

#4 CASCA: Why, there was a crown offered him: and being offered him, he put it by with the back of his hand, thus; and then the people fell a-shouting.

BRUTUS: What was the second noise for?

CASCA: Why, for that too.

CASSIUS: They shouted thrice: what was the last cry for?

CASCA: Why, for that too.

BRUTUS: Was the crown offered him thrice?

CASCA: Ay, marry, was't, and he put it by thrice, every time gentler than other, and at every putting-by mine honest neighbours shouted. - Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

It is by the work of all such politicians, of life employment and retirement benefits, that the people will welcome Caesar into office.

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-08-31 08:02|| 2009-08-31 08:02|| Front Page Top

#5 I'd vote to replace them in a heart-beat. Alas, I also think their replacements would soon sink to the same level.
And since P2k brought up Julius Caesar: The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves...

Posted by Spot">Spot 2009-08-31 08:52|| 2009-08-31 08:52|| Front Page Top

#6 People hate Congress but love their own congressman."

Behold the earmark! The rubes in my congressional district have been bought off with Union built bicycle trails and the prospect of a high speed Choo-Choo train. Imagine the gravy train from the likes of Byrd and Murtha.

Posted by DepotGuy 2009-08-31 11:11|| 2009-08-31 11:11|| Front Page Top

#7 I'll take mine down if you take yours down.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2009-08-31 11:48|| 2009-08-31 11:48|| Front Page Top

#8 Rep and Senators elected from a randomly choosen jury like pool and not from parties.

Nobody who wants the job permitted to run.

Posted by 3dc 2009-08-31 12:08|| 2009-08-31 12:08|| Front Page Top

#9 Under no circumstances should those who desire to rule be allowed to do so.

I read that quote (or something very much like it) somewhere. Can't remember where - I think it might be biblical...

Posted by CrazyFool 2009-08-31 13:01|| 2009-08-31 13:01|| Front Page Top

#10 The quote was in "The Hitch-hiker's guide to the Galaxy".

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2009-08-31 15:45|| 2009-08-31 15:45|| Front Page Top

#11 The Hitch-hiker's guide to the Galaxy -- the bible for many a CrazyFool :)

Posted by regular joe 2009-08-31 16:21|| 2009-08-31 16:21|| Front Page Top

#12 42

Posted by European Conservative 2009-08-31 16:32|| 2009-08-31 16:32|| Front Page Top

#13 Term limits. Two terms across the board for Federal positions (well state positions as well but that's another bag of worms).

Posted by rjschwarz 2009-08-31 18:42|| 2009-08-31 18:42|| Front Page Top

#14 Under no circumstances should those who desire to rule be allowed to do so.

Equally true of your friendly neighborhood HOA, the local school board and Congress.

Posted by AzCat 2009-08-31 20:23|| 2009-08-31 20:23|| Front Page Top

#15 I thought that was in a Heinlein book

Posted by Hellfish 2009-08-31 21:05|| 2009-08-31 21:05|| Front Page Top

#16 Heck, I've been trying to get rid of my senators for years. I vote against them every time.

Posted by Broadhead6 2009-08-31 21:50|| 2009-08-31 21:50|| Front Page Top

#17 When I was in college 40+ years ago, I had a professor who said that he always voted against the incumbent in any election. His philosophy was that the purpose of democracy and voting was to provide an orderly transition of power.
I am beginning to think he was very wise indeed.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia">Rambler in Virginia 2009-08-31 22:08|| 2009-08-31 22:08|| Front Page Top

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