EDIT - OOPS... I obviously made a big boo-boo on my math and the figure should have been BILLION's, not TRILLION's... but still, that is a LOT of money and should still be cut from the budget. Obviously, I should have double and triple checked my math before posting this one! :-P
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So... I was just watching Fox News Channel reporting about Obama naming Immelt to head a new "Advisory Board" and in their follow-up reporting, they found that the Federal Government has OVER 1,000 different advisory boards with over 74,000 members sitting on these various boards. FNC further reported that just in the year 2000, the taxpayers paid OVER $200 MILLION for theses boards and that figure grew to OVER $350 MILLION in 2010 and is expected to be OVER $400 MILLION in 2011.
So... a little math and just between 2000-2010, the taxpayers paid AROUND $3 TRILLION for these boards. Now, with the national debt being over $14 TRILLION AND GROWING BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS, if we just got rid of all these boards, we would save OVER $4 TRILLION over the next 10 years but more importantly, if we did NOT have all these political patronage boards in the first place, we would not have a national debt at all. If we wasted AROUND $3 TRILLION in the past 10 years, extrapolating that even further back, I'm pretty sure we've spent MORE THAN $14 TRILLION over the past 50-70 years... the time frame that Washington, DC and all of the crooked-assed politicians started growing by leaps and bounds and pissing away so much of the taxpayers money on bullshit and frivolous programs... including these thousands of boards.
The President should end all of these boards by executive order but since he has been creating more and more boards in the past two years, I'm sure he won't... so it's up to the Republicans and hopefully some Democrats in Congress to pass legislation and budgets that defund these boards so they'll all just go away.
And... since I'm sending this email to ALL of my politicians from Louisiana and Washington, how about Louisiana getting rid of all of their bullshit boards and committees that cost us money at the state level. We elect you politicians to do YOUR JOB... not to hire boards and committees to do your job for you. If you can't do the job, then quit and let us hire/elect someone who can do the job without stealing more of our hard earned money!!!!
Lenny Vasbinder
NOTE - THIS WAS ALSO SENT TO ALL OF MY POLITICIANS USING THE TEA PARTY CITIZEN ACTION CENTER. http://www.votervoice.net/Core.aspx?AID=1219&APP=GAC&SiteID=0&IssueID=21315
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Friday, January 21, 2011
Friday, July 23, 2010
WalMart vs. Congress a/k/a The Morons In Washington, D. C.
So... I got this email today and after checking things out, decided it was worth of posting and it kind of fits in with the "545 PEOPLE" blog from yesterday.
The email contained the following subject lines but I decided on my own "Title" above!
Walmart vs The Government
Wal-Mart vs. The Morons
1. Americans spend $36,000,000 at Wal-Mart every hour of every day.
2. This works out to $20,928 profit every minute!
3. Wal-Mart will sell more from January 1 to St. Patrick's Day (March 17th) than Target sells all year.
4. Wal-Mart is bigger than Home Depot + Kroger + Target + Sears + Costco + K-Mart combined.
5. Wal-Mart employs 1.6 million people, is the world's largest private employer, and most speak English.
6. Wal-Mart is the largest company in the history of the world.
7. Wal-Mart now sells more food than Kroger and Safeway combined, and keep in mind they did this in only fifteen years.
8. During this same period, 31 big supermarket chains sought bankruptcy.
9. Wal-Mart now sells more food than any other store in the world.
10. Wal-Mart has approx 3,900 stores in the USA of which 1,906 are Super Centers; this is 1,000 more than it had five years ago.
11. This year 7.2 billion different purchasing experiences will occur at Wal-Mart stores. (Earth's population is approximately 6.5 Billion.)
12. 90% of all Americans live within fifteen miles of a Wal-Mart.
You may think that I am complaining, but I am really laying the ground work for suggesting that MAYBE we should hire the guys who run Wal-Mart to fix the economy.
This should be read and understood by all Americans... Democrats, Republicans, Independents... EVERYONE!!
To President Obama and all 535 voting members of the Legislature, it is now official... you are ALL corrupt morons:
a. The U.S. Postal Service was established in 1775. You have had 234 years to get it right and it is broken.
b. Social Security was established in 1935. You have had 74 years to get it right and it is broken.
c. Fannie Mae was established in 1938. You have had 71 years to get it right and it is broken.
d. War on Poverty started in 1964. You have had 45 years to get it right; $1 trillion of our money is confiscated each year and transferred to "the poor" and they only want more.
e. Medicare and Medicaid were established in 1965. You have had 44 years to get it right and they are broken.
f. Freddie Mac was established in 1970. You have had 39 years to get it right and it is broken.
g. The Department of Energy was created in 1977 to lessen our dependence on foreign oil. It has ballooned to 16,000 employees with a budget of $24 billion a year and we import more oil than ever before. You had 32 years to get it right and it is an abysmal failure.
You have FAILED in every "government service" you have shoved down our throats while overspending our tax dollars.
AND YOU WANT AMERICANS TO BELIEVE YOU CAN BE TRUSTED WITH A GOVERNMENT-RUN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM???
MAYBE WE OUGHT TO KICK YOUR EGG-HEAD BUDDY BUMS OUT OF OFFICE AND HIRE WALMART TO RUN THE GOVERNMENT???
WALMART SEEMS TO KNOW HOW TO RUN A BUSINESS... WHY DON'T YOU GUYS JUST ADMIT IT'S WAY BEYOND YOUR PAY GRADE, AND QUIT?
Folks, keep this circulating. It is very well stated. Maybe it will end up in the emails of some of our "duly elected' (they never read anything) and their staff will clue them in on how Americans feel.
(END OF EMAIL)
I have checked this out with Snopes.com who have have verified the information about WalMart as "Mostly Accurate". You can read the Snopes.com report here... http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/bigwalmart.asp
Lenny Vasbinder
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Click this link, http://lennyvasbinder.blogspot.com/search/label/Congress, to read all of my other related blogs about Congress.
You can click on the Comments link below to open the Comments section to
leave your comments.
The email contained the following subject lines but I decided on my own "Title" above!
Walmart vs The Government
Wal-Mart vs. The Morons
1. Americans spend $36,000,000 at Wal-Mart every hour of every day.
2. This works out to $20,928 profit every minute!
3. Wal-Mart will sell more from January 1 to St. Patrick's Day (March 17th) than Target sells all year.
4. Wal-Mart is bigger than Home Depot + Kroger + Target + Sears + Costco + K-Mart combined.
5. Wal-Mart employs 1.6 million people, is the world's largest private employer, and most speak English.
6. Wal-Mart is the largest company in the history of the world.
7. Wal-Mart now sells more food than Kroger and Safeway combined, and keep in mind they did this in only fifteen years.
8. During this same period, 31 big supermarket chains sought bankruptcy.
9. Wal-Mart now sells more food than any other store in the world.
10. Wal-Mart has approx 3,900 stores in the USA of which 1,906 are Super Centers; this is 1,000 more than it had five years ago.
11. This year 7.2 billion different purchasing experiences will occur at Wal-Mart stores. (Earth's population is approximately 6.5 Billion.)
12. 90% of all Americans live within fifteen miles of a Wal-Mart.
You may think that I am complaining, but I am really laying the ground work for suggesting that MAYBE we should hire the guys who run Wal-Mart to fix the economy.
This should be read and understood by all Americans... Democrats, Republicans, Independents... EVERYONE!!
To President Obama and all 535 voting members of the Legislature, it is now official... you are ALL corrupt morons:
a. The U.S. Postal Service was established in 1775. You have had 234 years to get it right and it is broken.
b. Social Security was established in 1935. You have had 74 years to get it right and it is broken.
c. Fannie Mae was established in 1938. You have had 71 years to get it right and it is broken.
d. War on Poverty started in 1964. You have had 45 years to get it right; $1 trillion of our money is confiscated each year and transferred to "the poor" and they only want more.
e. Medicare and Medicaid were established in 1965. You have had 44 years to get it right and they are broken.
f. Freddie Mac was established in 1970. You have had 39 years to get it right and it is broken.
g. The Department of Energy was created in 1977 to lessen our dependence on foreign oil. It has ballooned to 16,000 employees with a budget of $24 billion a year and we import more oil than ever before. You had 32 years to get it right and it is an abysmal failure.
You have FAILED in every "government service" you have shoved down our throats while overspending our tax dollars.
AND YOU WANT AMERICANS TO BELIEVE YOU CAN BE TRUSTED WITH A GOVERNMENT-RUN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM???
MAYBE WE OUGHT TO KICK YOUR EGG-HEAD BUDDY BUMS OUT OF OFFICE AND HIRE WALMART TO RUN THE GOVERNMENT???
WALMART SEEMS TO KNOW HOW TO RUN A BUSINESS... WHY DON'T YOU GUYS JUST ADMIT IT'S WAY BEYOND YOUR PAY GRADE, AND QUIT?
Folks, keep this circulating. It is very well stated. Maybe it will end up in the emails of some of our "duly elected' (they never read anything) and their staff will clue them in on how Americans feel.
(END OF EMAIL)
I have checked this out with Snopes.com who have have verified the information about WalMart as "Mostly Accurate". You can read the Snopes.com report here... http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/bigwalmart.asp
Lenny Vasbinder
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Click this link, http://lennyvasbinder.blogspot.com/search/label/Congress, to read all of my other related blogs about Congress.
You can click on the Comments link below to open the Comments section to
leave your comments.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
545 People - Updated And Amended From The 1985 Version
545 PEOPLE - By Charlie Reese
(Originally written in 1985 with updates by many others over the years)
Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.
Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have deficits?
Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, WHY do 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 equates to 545 human beings out of the 307 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? Nancy Pelosi. She is the leader of the majority party since 2006. 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 307 million cannot 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 Army & 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.
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End of original piece (with updates). The succeeding was added by an unknown author or authors... including some updates above and below by me, Lenny Vasbinder.
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We should vote all of them out of office and clean up their mess!
Charlie Reese is a retired columnist of the Orlando Sentinel Newspaper.
What you do with this article now that you have read it.......... is up to you.
This might be funny if it weren't so darned true.
Be sure to read all the way to the end:
Tax his land,
Tax his bed,
Tax the table
At which he's fed.
Tax his tractor,
Tax his mule,
Teach him taxes
Are the rule.
Tax his work,
Tax his pay,
He works for peanuts
Anyway!
Tax his cow,
Tax his goat,
Tax his pants,
Tax his coat.
Tax his ties,
Tax his shirt,
Tax his work,
Tax his dirt.
Tax his tobacco,
Tax his drink,
Tax him if he
Tries to think.
Tax his cigars,
Tax his beers,
If he cries
Tax his tears.
Tax his car,
Tax his gas,
Find other ways
To tax his ass.
Tax all he has
Then let him know
That you won't be done
Till he has no dough.
When he screams and hollers;
Then tax him some more,
Tax him till
He's good and sore.
Then tax his coffin,
Tax his grave,
Tax the sod in
Which he's laid.
Put these words
Upon his tomb,
Taxes drove me
to my doom...'
When he's gone,
Do not relax,
It's time to apply
The inheritance tax.
Accounts Receivable Tax
Building Permit Tax
CDL license Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Death Tax
Dog License Tax
Excise Taxes
Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Gasoline Tax (currently 60 cents to nearly a dollar per gallon in some States)
Gross Receipts Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges
IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
Liquor Tax
Luxury Taxes
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Personal Property Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
Service Charge Tax
Social Security Tax
Road Usage Tax
Sales Tax
Recreational Vehicle Tax
School Tax
State Income Tax
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
Telephone Federal Excise Tax
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Taxes
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax
Telephone State and Local Tax
Telephone Usage Charge Tax
Utility Taxes
Vehicle License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Vehicle Transfer Tax
Watercraft Registration Tax
Well Permit Tax
Workers Compensation Tax
STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY? Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago, and our nation was the most prosperous in the world. We had absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class in the world, and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.
What in the hell happened?
Can you spell 'politicians?'
And I still have to 'press 1' for English!
NOTE - Verified as "Correctly Attributed" by Snopes and you can view the original version at http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/reese.asp
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Click this link, http://lennyvasbinder.blogspot.com/search/label/Congress, to read all of my other related articles related to Congress.
You can click on the Comments link below to open the Comments section to leave your comments.
(Originally written in 1985 with updates by many others over the years)
Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.
Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have deficits?
Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, WHY do 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 equates to 545 human beings out of the 307 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? Nancy Pelosi. She is the leader of the majority party since 2006. 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 307 million cannot 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 Army & 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.
----------------------------------
End of original piece (with updates). The succeeding was added by an unknown author or authors... including some updates above and below by me, Lenny Vasbinder.
-----------------------------------
We should vote all of them out of office and clean up their mess!
Charlie Reese is a retired columnist of the Orlando Sentinel Newspaper.
What you do with this article now that you have read it.......... is up to you.
This might be funny if it weren't so darned true.
Be sure to read all the way to the end:
Tax his land,
Tax his bed,
Tax the table
At which he's fed.
Tax his tractor,
Tax his mule,
Teach him taxes
Are the rule.
Tax his work,
Tax his pay,
He works for peanuts
Anyway!
Tax his cow,
Tax his goat,
Tax his pants,
Tax his coat.
Tax his ties,
Tax his shirt,
Tax his work,
Tax his dirt.
Tax his tobacco,
Tax his drink,
Tax him if he
Tries to think.
Tax his cigars,
Tax his beers,
If he cries
Tax his tears.
Tax his car,
Tax his gas,
Find other ways
To tax his ass.
Tax all he has
Then let him know
That you won't be done
Till he has no dough.
When he screams and hollers;
Then tax him some more,
Tax him till
He's good and sore.
Then tax his coffin,
Tax his grave,
Tax the sod in
Which he's laid.
Put these words
Upon his tomb,
Taxes drove me
to my doom...'
When he's gone,
Do not relax,
It's time to apply
The inheritance tax.
Accounts Receivable Tax
Building Permit Tax
CDL license Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Death Tax
Dog License Tax
Excise Taxes
Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Gasoline Tax (currently 60 cents to nearly a dollar per gallon in some States)
Gross Receipts Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges
IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
Liquor Tax
Luxury Taxes
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Personal Property Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
Service Charge Tax
Social Security Tax
Road Usage Tax
Sales Tax
Recreational Vehicle Tax
School Tax
State Income Tax
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
Telephone Federal Excise Tax
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Taxes
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax
Telephone State and Local Tax
Telephone Usage Charge Tax
Utility Taxes
Vehicle License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Vehicle Transfer Tax
Watercraft Registration Tax
Well Permit Tax
Workers Compensation Tax
STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY? Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago, and our nation was the most prosperous in the world. We had absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class in the world, and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.
What in the hell happened?
Can you spell 'politicians?'
And I still have to 'press 1' for English!
NOTE - Verified as "Correctly Attributed" by Snopes and you can view the original version at http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/reese.asp
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The "Contract From America", the new Contract based on the "Contract With America" led by Newt Gingrich's 1994 Highly Successful Republican Revolution
You may not remember Newt Gingrich's Republican Revolution from 1994... two years after Bill Clinton was elected and tried to start socializing America with Hillary-care... so here's a couple of links to remind you:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newt_Gingrich#Contract_with_America
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contract_with_America
http://www.house.gov/house/Contract/CONTRACT.html
Based on that HIGHLY successful campaign from 1994, many of the 2010 congressional races being fought by some Republicans and most Tea Party activists are using the Contract With America as part of their rallying cry! The "Contract From America" was built by the American people's suggestions and online voting to come up with the ten pledges that make up the contract.
Read and support the actual contract here:
http://www.thecontract.org/support/
Here's the short version of the "Contract With America":
http://www.thecontract.org/2010/07/the-contract-from-america/
We, the citizens of the United States of America, call upon those seeking to represent us in public office to sign the Contract from America and by doing so commit to support each of its agenda items and advocate on behalf of individual liberty, limited government, and economic freedom.
1: Protect the Constitution
2: Reject Cap & Trade
3: Demand a Balanced Budget
4: Enact Fundamental Tax Reform
5: Restore Fiscal Responsibility & Constitutionally Limited Government
6: End Runaway Government Spending
7: Defund, Repeal, & Replace Government-run Health Care
8: Pass an ‘All-of-the-Above” Energy Policy
9: Stop the Pork
10: Stop the Tax Hikes
Please go and sign the Contract From America to let your local politicians know how you feel and where you stand!
Lenny Vasbinder
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You can click on the Comments link below to open the Comments section to leave your comments.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newt_Gingrich#Contract_with_America
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contract_with_America
http://www.house.gov/house/Contract/CONTRACT.html
Based on that HIGHLY successful campaign from 1994, many of the 2010 congressional races being fought by some Republicans and most Tea Party activists are using the Contract With America as part of their rallying cry! The "Contract From America" was built by the American people's suggestions and online voting to come up with the ten pledges that make up the contract.
Read and support the actual contract here:
http://www.thecontract.org/support/
Here's the short version of the "Contract With America":
http://www.thecontract.org/2010/07/the-contract-from-america/
We, the citizens of the United States of America, call upon those seeking to represent us in public office to sign the Contract from America and by doing so commit to support each of its agenda items and advocate on behalf of individual liberty, limited government, and economic freedom.
1: Protect the Constitution
2: Reject Cap & Trade
3: Demand a Balanced Budget
4: Enact Fundamental Tax Reform
5: Restore Fiscal Responsibility & Constitutionally Limited Government
6: End Runaway Government Spending
7: Defund, Repeal, & Replace Government-run Health Care
8: Pass an ‘All-of-the-Above” Energy Policy
9: Stop the Pork
10: Stop the Tax Hikes
Please go and sign the Contract From America to let your local politicians know how you feel and where you stand!
Lenny Vasbinder
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You can click on the Comments link below to open the Comments section to leave your comments.
Monday, June 21, 2010
CONTINUE TO OPPOSE H.R. 5175, The "DISCLOSE ACT" OR ANY FORM OF IT!!!
WARNING - The below email, sent to ALL of my elected officials, contains adult language. I use to write them professional emails all of the time but lately, since they're acting like a bunch of useless buffoons, I'm not treating them so professional from time to time... especially when then need to be cursed out and heavily scolded!
I sent the below email using the Tea Party Citizen Action Center and I hope you do the same to YOUR elected officials. The TPCAC makes it so simple to send an email to everyone from your State Senators and Representatives, to your Governor, to your U.S. Senators and Representatives and even to the V.P. and President, ALL of them at once, in a couple of simple clicks.
-----Original Message-----
From: donotreply@votervoice.net
Sent: Friday, June 18, 2010 2:39 PM
To: Leonard Vasbinder
Subject: CONTINUE TO OPPOSE H.R. 5175, the "DISCLOSE ACT" OR ANY FORM OF IT!!!
***Please do not reply to this email--this confirmation simply lets you know that your message was sent.***
Leonard Vasbinder:
Your message has been sent to the following recipients:
* President Barack Obama
* Vice President Joe Biden
* Senator Mary Landrieu
* Senator David Vitter
* Representative Steve Scalise
* Governor Bobby Jindal
* Secretary of State Jay Dardenne
* Attorney General Buddy Caldwell
* Senator Conrad Appel
* Representative Kirk Talbot
The content of your message is as follows:
Re: CONTINUE TO OPPOSE H.R. 5175, the "DISCLOSE ACT" OR ANY FORM OF IT!!!
Dear [The message(s) you sent had each recipient's name here]:
I HEAR THAT NANCY PELOSI HAS PULLED THIS CROOKED ASSED LEGISLATION FOR NOW BUT WE VOTERS KNOW THAT YOU CROOKS UP IN WASHINGTON DO THIS ALL THE TIME, ONLY TO SNEAK IT IN AS A LAST MINUTE AMENDMENT TO SOME OTHER LEGISLATION AT A LATER DATE... SO WE WILL BE WATCHING.
THIS MEANS YOU BETTER GET OFF YOUR F'ING ASSES AND MAKE SURE YOU READ EVERYTHING BEFORE YOU VOTE ON IT!!!!
WE VOTERS ARE TIRED OF GETTING FUCKED OVER BY ALL YOU CROOKS, LIARS AND THIEVES UP IN WASHINGTON AND MANY OF YOU WILL GET YOUR ASSES FIRED THIS NOVEMBER OR WHENEVER YOU'RE UP FOR RE-ELECTION. IT'S TOO BAD YOU ALL HAVE PROTECTED YOUR JOBS BY MAKING IT SO DIFFICULT TO REPEAL YOUR CROOKED ASSES OR WE WOULD PROBABLY BE DOING THAT IMMEDIATELY... BUT COME NOVEMBER, YOU'LL HEAR OUR VOICES LOUD AND CLEAR!!!!
WE'RE FUCKING TIRED OF YOU ALL PISSING AWAY AMERICA'S FORTUNES... PISSING AWAY OUR SAVINGS.. PISSING AWAY OUR CHILDREN'S AND GRANDCHILDREN'S SAVINGS AND GENERALLY FUCKING UP AMERICA AT EVERY CHANCE THAT YOU ALL DO ANYTHING.
I THINK CONGRESSMAN CAO WAS RIGHT ABOUT TONY HAYWARD COMMITTING HARA-KIRI... EXCEPT IT'S A SHAME CAO AND MANY OF THE REST OF YOU THAT ARE FUCKING UP AMERICA DON'T DO THE SAME!!!
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/06/16/rep-cao-suggests-bp-exec-commit-hari-kari-spill/
I CAN ONLY PRAY THAT RUSSIA, CHINA, N. KOREA OR IRAN WILL JUST NUKE WASHINGTON AND GET RID OF ALL OF YOU IN ONE FELL SWOOP... BUT UNTIL THAT DREAM HAPPENS, WE WILL CONTINUE TO VOTE THE FUCK-UPS, THOSE THAT REFUSE TO LISTEN TO THE VOTERS, OUT OF OFFICE!!! I DON'T KNOW WHAT MAKES YOU THINK YOU CAN GET ELECTED AND THEN JUST DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO WITHOUT BEING PUNISHED FOR YOUR ACTIONS.
NANCY PELOSI SPENDING $18,000.00 A MONTH FOR RENT ON HER NEW OFFICE SPACE... AND OTHER CONGRESS MEMBERS SPENDING TEN THOUSAND A MONTH OR MORE... THAT'S A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR ON RENT PAID FOR BY US TAX PAYERS. FUCK ALL OF YOU... GET A LITTLE EFFICIENCY MOTEL ROOM FOR $50.00 A NIGHT OR BETTER YET, TURN ONE OF YOUR HOME'S ROOMS INTO A HOME OFFICE. WE'RE FUCKING TIRED OF YOU ALL PISSING AWAY MONEY LIKE IT GROWS ON TREES. OH, THAT'S RIGHT.. Y'ALL THINK MONEY DOES FUCKING GROW ON TREES.
GOD, Y'ALL ARE A BUNCH OF USELESS FUCKING DOUCHE-BAGS!!!
Seriously,
Leonard Vasbinder
Here's another more reserved call for almost all politicians to commit Hari-Kari.
http://restoringbiblicalfoundations.org/articles/congress-resign-or-commit-hari-kari.html
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I sent the below email using the Tea Party Citizen Action Center and I hope you do the same to YOUR elected officials. The TPCAC makes it so simple to send an email to everyone from your State Senators and Representatives, to your Governor, to your U.S. Senators and Representatives and even to the V.P. and President, ALL of them at once, in a couple of simple clicks.
-----Original Message-----
From: donotreply@votervoice.net
Sent: Friday, June 18, 2010 2:39 PM
To: Leonard Vasbinder
Subject: CONTINUE TO OPPOSE H.R. 5175, the "DISCLOSE ACT" OR ANY FORM OF IT!!!
***Please do not reply to this email--this confirmation simply lets you know that your message was sent.***
Leonard Vasbinder:
Your message has been sent to the following recipients:
* President Barack Obama
* Vice President Joe Biden
* Senator Mary Landrieu
* Senator David Vitter
* Representative Steve Scalise
* Governor Bobby Jindal
* Secretary of State Jay Dardenne
* Attorney General Buddy Caldwell
* Senator Conrad Appel
* Representative Kirk Talbot
The content of your message is as follows:
Re: CONTINUE TO OPPOSE H.R. 5175, the "DISCLOSE ACT" OR ANY FORM OF IT!!!
Dear [The message(s) you sent had each recipient's name here]:
I HEAR THAT NANCY PELOSI HAS PULLED THIS CROOKED ASSED LEGISLATION FOR NOW BUT WE VOTERS KNOW THAT YOU CROOKS UP IN WASHINGTON DO THIS ALL THE TIME, ONLY TO SNEAK IT IN AS A LAST MINUTE AMENDMENT TO SOME OTHER LEGISLATION AT A LATER DATE... SO WE WILL BE WATCHING.
THIS MEANS YOU BETTER GET OFF YOUR F'ING ASSES AND MAKE SURE YOU READ EVERYTHING BEFORE YOU VOTE ON IT!!!!
WE VOTERS ARE TIRED OF GETTING FUCKED OVER BY ALL YOU CROOKS, LIARS AND THIEVES UP IN WASHINGTON AND MANY OF YOU WILL GET YOUR ASSES FIRED THIS NOVEMBER OR WHENEVER YOU'RE UP FOR RE-ELECTION. IT'S TOO BAD YOU ALL HAVE PROTECTED YOUR JOBS BY MAKING IT SO DIFFICULT TO REPEAL YOUR CROOKED ASSES OR WE WOULD PROBABLY BE DOING THAT IMMEDIATELY... BUT COME NOVEMBER, YOU'LL HEAR OUR VOICES LOUD AND CLEAR!!!!
WE'RE FUCKING TIRED OF YOU ALL PISSING AWAY AMERICA'S FORTUNES... PISSING AWAY OUR SAVINGS.. PISSING AWAY OUR CHILDREN'S AND GRANDCHILDREN'S SAVINGS AND GENERALLY FUCKING UP AMERICA AT EVERY CHANCE THAT YOU ALL DO ANYTHING.
I THINK CONGRESSMAN CAO WAS RIGHT ABOUT TONY HAYWARD COMMITTING HARA-KIRI... EXCEPT IT'S A SHAME CAO AND MANY OF THE REST OF YOU THAT ARE FUCKING UP AMERICA DON'T DO THE SAME!!!
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/06/16/rep-cao-suggests-bp-exec-commit-hari-kari-spill/
I CAN ONLY PRAY THAT RUSSIA, CHINA, N. KOREA OR IRAN WILL JUST NUKE WASHINGTON AND GET RID OF ALL OF YOU IN ONE FELL SWOOP... BUT UNTIL THAT DREAM HAPPENS, WE WILL CONTINUE TO VOTE THE FUCK-UPS, THOSE THAT REFUSE TO LISTEN TO THE VOTERS, OUT OF OFFICE!!! I DON'T KNOW WHAT MAKES YOU THINK YOU CAN GET ELECTED AND THEN JUST DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO WITHOUT BEING PUNISHED FOR YOUR ACTIONS.
NANCY PELOSI SPENDING $18,000.00 A MONTH FOR RENT ON HER NEW OFFICE SPACE... AND OTHER CONGRESS MEMBERS SPENDING TEN THOUSAND A MONTH OR MORE... THAT'S A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR ON RENT PAID FOR BY US TAX PAYERS. FUCK ALL OF YOU... GET A LITTLE EFFICIENCY MOTEL ROOM FOR $50.00 A NIGHT OR BETTER YET, TURN ONE OF YOUR HOME'S ROOMS INTO A HOME OFFICE. WE'RE FUCKING TIRED OF YOU ALL PISSING AWAY MONEY LIKE IT GROWS ON TREES. OH, THAT'S RIGHT.. Y'ALL THINK MONEY DOES FUCKING GROW ON TREES.
GOD, Y'ALL ARE A BUNCH OF USELESS FUCKING DOUCHE-BAGS!!!
Seriously,
Leonard Vasbinder
Here's another more reserved call for almost all politicians to commit Hari-Kari.
http://restoringbiblicalfoundations.org/articles/congress-resign-or-commit-hari-kari.html
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You can click on the Comments link below to open the Comments section to leave your comments.
Thursday, June 03, 2010
America's Ultimatum AND Economic Crisis Summit... COMING SOON!!!
Thanks to Newsmax for alerting me to this new website, America's Ultimatum, with a GREAT new petition to Obama and Congress. Check it out and sign the petition and then register for the FREE Economic Crisis Summit, featuring Bill O'Reilly, Dick Morris and many more!!!
Here is the America's Ultimatum information and petition...
Dear Concerned Citizen,
If you are worried about:
• The current state of our economy. . .
• How our elected officials are handling it, and. . .
•The effect of inflation and higher taxes on your ability to achieve financial prosperity in the future. . .
I encourage you to take a few moments to participate in the important petition below. On June 11, 2010 it will be delivered to the White House and members of Congress.
And it will put them on notice that we will no longer stand by as they allow the $13 trillion federal deficit to grow larger.
And we will not let them raise our taxes to solve a problem they’ve created.
Please help us in creating a unified voice that will be impossible to ignore.
By signing this petition, you will also get FREE access to attend an online webinar with Fox News’s Bill O’Reilly and Dick Morris, International Investment Expert Jim Rogers, other special guests, and me for the Economic Crisis Summit on June 17. Details will be emailed to you after signing the petition.
Thank you for your support!
Christopher Ruddy
CEO & Editor in Chief
Newsmax & Moneynews
America’s Ultimatum
A Petition to President Obama and All Congressmen
We the citizens of the United States of America demand that our elected officials in Congress and the White House take immediate action to curb the threat of inflation and higher taxes to this great nation and its people.
We have all witnessed you enact legislation and overreaching programs that have added over $13 trillion to our national debt.
We also realize that your first methods for addressing this drastic situation will be to raise our taxes and allow the onslaught of inflation to attack the wealth of American citizens. And these are not acceptable solutions. In the immortal words of Thomas Jefferson:
“To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.”
We the People realize this is not an overnight catastrophe. It has occurred over many years and multiple administrations, and we demand it cease now. We of this petition represent all parties and all people of this country. And we are united. We will not stand silently anymore as years of reckless spending have put at risk our wealth, our retirement savings, and our future. And we will not allow you to hurt the promise we’ve made to our children and grandchildren — that they have the right to achieve financial prosperity and claim their piece of the American Dream. We realize that the only way to get the message across to you is in the voting booths. And this petition serves warning. Inaction on your part will not go unnoticed.
We Are Issuing This Ultimatum to You
1.) Under no circumstances are you to allow the Federal Reserve or any elected official to enact further programs to weaken our monetary system causing crippling inflation to take hold.
“Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man.”
– Ronald Reagan
2.) Do not raise our taxes.
“An economy hampered by restrictive tax rates will never produce enough revenue to balance the budget — just as it will never produce enough jobs or enough profits.”
– John F. Kennedy
3.)You will immediately fix the fiasco you’ve caused by implementing a balanced budget program, ceasing over borrowing from foreign lenders, and putting an end to the historic increase in our money supply.
“It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.”
– Henry Ford
Ignore these three directives and you will hear our voices of dissent in the polls and at the elections.
We the People of the United States of America owe it not only to our Founding Fathers, but to future generations to stop you from harming this great country any further.
When united together our voices will be too loud to ignore.
With Outrage,
The Citizens Of The United States Of America
Here is the America's Ultimatum information and petition...
Dear Concerned Citizen,
If you are worried about:
• The current state of our economy. . .
• How our elected officials are handling it, and. . .
•The effect of inflation and higher taxes on your ability to achieve financial prosperity in the future. . .
I encourage you to take a few moments to participate in the important petition below. On June 11, 2010 it will be delivered to the White House and members of Congress.
And it will put them on notice that we will no longer stand by as they allow the $13 trillion federal deficit to grow larger.
And we will not let them raise our taxes to solve a problem they’ve created.
Please help us in creating a unified voice that will be impossible to ignore.
By signing this petition, you will also get FREE access to attend an online webinar with Fox News’s Bill O’Reilly and Dick Morris, International Investment Expert Jim Rogers, other special guests, and me for the Economic Crisis Summit on June 17. Details will be emailed to you after signing the petition.
Thank you for your support!
Christopher Ruddy
CEO & Editor in Chief
Newsmax & Moneynews
America’s Ultimatum
A Petition to President Obama and All Congressmen
We the citizens of the United States of America demand that our elected officials in Congress and the White House take immediate action to curb the threat of inflation and higher taxes to this great nation and its people.
We have all witnessed you enact legislation and overreaching programs that have added over $13 trillion to our national debt.
We also realize that your first methods for addressing this drastic situation will be to raise our taxes and allow the onslaught of inflation to attack the wealth of American citizens. And these are not acceptable solutions. In the immortal words of Thomas Jefferson:
“To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.”
We the People realize this is not an overnight catastrophe. It has occurred over many years and multiple administrations, and we demand it cease now. We of this petition represent all parties and all people of this country. And we are united. We will not stand silently anymore as years of reckless spending have put at risk our wealth, our retirement savings, and our future. And we will not allow you to hurt the promise we’ve made to our children and grandchildren — that they have the right to achieve financial prosperity and claim their piece of the American Dream. We realize that the only way to get the message across to you is in the voting booths. And this petition serves warning. Inaction on your part will not go unnoticed.
We Are Issuing This Ultimatum to You
1.) Under no circumstances are you to allow the Federal Reserve or any elected official to enact further programs to weaken our monetary system causing crippling inflation to take hold.
“Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man.”
– Ronald Reagan
2.) Do not raise our taxes.
“An economy hampered by restrictive tax rates will never produce enough revenue to balance the budget — just as it will never produce enough jobs or enough profits.”
– John F. Kennedy
3.)You will immediately fix the fiasco you’ve caused by implementing a balanced budget program, ceasing over borrowing from foreign lenders, and putting an end to the historic increase in our money supply.
“It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.”
– Henry Ford
Ignore these three directives and you will hear our voices of dissent in the polls and at the elections.
We the People of the United States of America owe it not only to our Founding Fathers, but to future generations to stop you from harming this great country any further.
When united together our voices will be too loud to ignore.
With Outrage,
The Citizens Of The United States Of America
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Are Congressmen Hypocrites Or Are Banking CEO's Spineless???
While catching glimpses of Fox News Channel today, I got the ear-wrenching opportunity to hear a snip of the House Financial Services Committee hearing on the way the banks spent the first part of the TARP money.
Part of this snip entailed an exchange between an unidentified Congressman and some unidentified banking CEO's where the Congressman was asking the banking executives to raise their hands if their banks owned or leased private jets. I think all of the them did... duh! This Congressman then went on to chastise them for running their companies into the ground, taking bailout money (which are really loans, not outright bailouts) from the taxpayers and then having the gall to fly around in these outrageously priced private jets. These CEO's... who are supposed to be strong willed, aggressive leaders sat humbly and took this chastising... much to my chagrin.
I kept hoping and praying that at least one of these CEO's would grow a pair of gonads and stand up and turn the tables on Congress. This is what is should have sounded like....
"So Mr. Congressman, you all and the current CEO and former CEO of your company have run it into the ground over the past eight years by not balancing your budget, spending recklessly and wastefully, borrowing money from any one who would lend it to you and even in the past month have proposed overspending another couple of trillion dollars in money you will have to borrow and pass on in debt to generations to come... and where has your CEO been the past couple of days? Flying around in the most expensive private jet in America... Air Force One. That's right Mr. Congressman... neither Congress nor the President, for the past eight years has balanced the budget and yet you all go around spending money like it's coming out your wazoo and personally, I think you should go blow it out your ass instead!" (And then the CEO walks out of Congress having delivered them a bit of truth that nobody else is willing to tell them!)
The next CEO could get up and add to the chastising of Congress by informing them that it was Congress that gave them the TARP money with no strings attached and that if Congress thought they were so almighty, why didn't they have the forethought to include stipulations to go with the acceptance of TARP money?
Each of the succeeding CEO's could pile on the chastising of Congress and then walk out and tell Congress to kiss their respective asses while they walked out the door.
What could Congress do? If they don't give the banks more TARP money, they'll be biting off their noses to spite their faces because Congress already preached to the people that if they didn't do this, the world would come to an end.
I'm not sure about all other Americans, but I would be far more willing to invest in the stock of a bank where the CEO isn't a dribbling coward and I'm betting that first CEO that started this Congressional chastising would see his company's stock rise dramatically as word spread of the heroism shown. Heck.. he might even take over Sully's spotlight! ;-)
Lenny Vasbinder
February 11, 2009
Part of this snip entailed an exchange between an unidentified Congressman and some unidentified banking CEO's where the Congressman was asking the banking executives to raise their hands if their banks owned or leased private jets. I think all of the them did... duh! This Congressman then went on to chastise them for running their companies into the ground, taking bailout money (which are really loans, not outright bailouts) from the taxpayers and then having the gall to fly around in these outrageously priced private jets. These CEO's... who are supposed to be strong willed, aggressive leaders sat humbly and took this chastising... much to my chagrin.
I kept hoping and praying that at least one of these CEO's would grow a pair of gonads and stand up and turn the tables on Congress. This is what is should have sounded like....
"So Mr. Congressman, you all and the current CEO and former CEO of your company have run it into the ground over the past eight years by not balancing your budget, spending recklessly and wastefully, borrowing money from any one who would lend it to you and even in the past month have proposed overspending another couple of trillion dollars in money you will have to borrow and pass on in debt to generations to come... and where has your CEO been the past couple of days? Flying around in the most expensive private jet in America... Air Force One. That's right Mr. Congressman... neither Congress nor the President, for the past eight years has balanced the budget and yet you all go around spending money like it's coming out your wazoo and personally, I think you should go blow it out your ass instead!" (And then the CEO walks out of Congress having delivered them a bit of truth that nobody else is willing to tell them!)
The next CEO could get up and add to the chastising of Congress by informing them that it was Congress that gave them the TARP money with no strings attached and that if Congress thought they were so almighty, why didn't they have the forethought to include stipulations to go with the acceptance of TARP money?
Each of the succeeding CEO's could pile on the chastising of Congress and then walk out and tell Congress to kiss their respective asses while they walked out the door.
What could Congress do? If they don't give the banks more TARP money, they'll be biting off their noses to spite their faces because Congress already preached to the people that if they didn't do this, the world would come to an end.
I'm not sure about all other Americans, but I would be far more willing to invest in the stock of a bank where the CEO isn't a dribbling coward and I'm betting that first CEO that started this Congressional chastising would see his company's stock rise dramatically as word spread of the heroism shown. Heck.. he might even take over Sully's spotlight! ;-)
Lenny Vasbinder
February 11, 2009
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