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Renewed Wishes

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I wish a number of common sense people could move to the congressional districts of stubborn uncompromising representatives and vote them out of office. I wish we had term limits for all elected officials. I wish Congress would have our Social Security System and our health care and not the elitist systems they voted for themselves way back when. I wish we each had the power to demand certain drivers retake the written and road test. I wish there were a universal code of behavior…

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March Rants

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March rants… Mitt and Ann Romney on Fox Television last weekend criticizing President Obama as ruining the country and blaming the media for Mitt’s loss. Somebody please tell them the election is over. Sequestration is about to hurt a lot of just plain folks. I think everyone is for cutting the fat out of the budget, with the exception of members of Congress. BUT…why are we giving Egypt 250-million dollars in aid when we’ve got such fiscal troubles here at home? When will America’s foreign…

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Why’s Again

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This is another one of my “why?” blogs. Why is the Romney/Ryan campaign restricting reporters from some fundraisers? Are they hiding what they promise to the big money donors? Don’t you wonder why Mr. Romney won’t release his tax returns? Don’t we who vote have a right to know whether he hides his money from the government he hopes to run and what tax he pays and what percentage of tax compared to the rest of us? It seems to me all candidates should be…

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Winds of Change

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Have you seen this email circulating around the country? It’s interesting, provocative and I wonder if any member of congress would introduce this bill for consideration. Probably not, but we can hope. I do know that this was not endorsed by Warren Buffet. It really doesn’t matter. These are possible thoughts that could someday manifest into reality.   Congressional Reform Act of 2012 1. No Tenure / No Pension. A Congressman/woman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they’re out of…

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