07.18.09
Where is the Donald?
Like most of my friends, I am so disappointed and disgusted with Congress that I don’t know where to start. In spite of massive objections and so many phone calls that it shut down the capital phone system, the house passed the egregious Waxman-Markey bill known as Cap and Trade. Many representatives who had presented themselves as being against the bill voted for it in the end in exchange for special consideration for their districts in some instances and in exchange for bribes in others. (I am here defining bribes as promise of funds from the Congressional war chests to help with reelection in the 2010 campaign.) In other words, our elected representatives voted in their best interest rather than in ours. And lied and continue to lie to us about the repercussions of this bill. We can only pray that the Senate will listen and not pass it.
Then there is the anti-majority hate bill, otherwise known as the Matthew Sheppard bill. It is hard to discern why Matthew Shepperd was killed but sexual orientation seems to be a motive more to those who are promoting this bill than to those who committed the crime. Regardless, many states passed laws that cover this type of crime. The law passed by the House and pending in the Senate creates a protected class that covers much more than just homosexuals. Application of parts of this bill restricts civil and religious rights of the majority of the population. Under this bill, you could be prosecuted for what you think and believe. NOT a good bill. What are they thinking?
Congress knows all this. They know bow much opposition there is to this bill. So, instead of dropping the bill, or trying to pass it over opposition, Harry Reid and Senate Democrats have attached the bill to a Defense Appropriations bill as an amendment. Can we all spell underhanded?
And then there is health insurance. The Senate and House leadership (Democrats) are writing bills and the house version was recently released. You might want to read the text of H.R. 3200. I would encourage you to do so. If you do, you will know more about the bill than your elected representative because, as we have learned of late, they don’t read the bills they pass. Indeed, Steny Hoyer thinks it is expecting far, far to much to ask that they do so. 
And what is being said in support of this bill is in direct contradiction to what the bill says.
There is so much other legislation being fast tracked that it makes ones head spin. I really believe the only cure for this Congressional madness is to fire them all. Fire each and every representative who voted for these horrible pieces of legislation and for the huge deficits under T.A.R.P. and all the other funding bills that have come down the pike in the last 6 months. I don’t care whose financial policies created the mess. Our government, President and Congress alike, are not helping … they are making things worse. They need to be fired for incompetency. Every Representative and Senator up for reelection in 2010 need to have their votes on these issues help up for scrutiny and they need to be fired.
Let’s get the Donald to teach us to say it … You’re FIRED!