Roger that. Murray and Cantwell could give two craps about the letter writer(righter!). Cantwell won’t have to worry about money in any case. She could refuse to take any senatorial retirement money and she’s still set for life. Maybe she could move to Dumbassistan. Or the Island of Moronica.
This is OK as far as it goes.
However the tables will get turned when the “We The People” who volunteered to take charge of the USA through its main charter, the Constitution, actually DO that again.
They can complain till they are blue in the face about what Senators do to get re-elected, but until these shenanigans of Senators actually begin to fall on deaf ears, “We The People” are getting just what they invited.
The USA started off well because most of its people had a firm sense of a second, larger, more powerful kingdom to which they belonged or at least owed some sort of allegiance. This was the kingdom of God. Little by little the people have let the infernal powers steal their allegiance to this larger kingdom away. The result: they expect the earthly kingdom to do what only God’s could. It because a humongous mess, a train wreck, a nemesis. And God jolly well knows it and intends the chaos to be a wake up call. The gospel never vanished. Only the esteem in which it was held, dwindled.
Nicely phrased.
” I wonder what would happen if the Senate received a few million copies of it, with an ‘I agree’ on top.”
Good idea...Thank you for sharing.
The house at this address is valued at around $600,000. That is not the house of a median income person; as a result, it rings a little false for this person to be complaining about the high salaries of politicians.
I do like the sentiment, however. I wish this letter were verifiable.
The author says it all.
America’s political elite live very much like the kings and queens they believe they are. For the great majority of them, once they cross the Potomac into their cushy, “Senator/Congressmember-for-life” existence, their singular goal.. above all.. is preservation of that lofty status for themselves.
You were 26 when JFK was elected.
You were 31 when LBJ imposed the great society on us.
Your young 69 year old sibling was a part of the late 60's youth movement that has done so much of lasting harm. You were 35 when Teddy went swimming at Chappaquiddick, and continued to win election after election.
You were 42 when Jimmy Carter was elected.
When you reached retirement age, in your 60's, you were part of the social security focused seniors that helped keep Clinton in office. In short, your generation oversaw the greatest expansion of socialist doctrine in our history, and started the programs and policies that led to the decline of public education, the skyrocketing debt, and the destruction of the family.
I'm not saying that you are personally responsible, but your generation certainly has a lot to to answer for, that you cannot pin on younger folks.
Boy..is he in for the audit of his life.
Too bad this letter will only be read by a college intern working in the office and never be forwarded to the Sainted Senator herself.
The “Miss Me Yet?” graphic really needs George Washington’s face, or Paul Revere’s, or some other troublemaker’s face.
Good post. Makes me wonder why millions of us lowly citizens are not pushing to recall the idiots in charge. If your state has a recall procedure, then get started on recalling the elites. If your state doesn’t have such a procedure, push to get one on the ballot. The enemy is active while we sit and assume our birth given rights will never perish. Bad move on our part. What our government is currently doing to the public is a sham, coordinated with corrupt media outlets. Stand and fight!
Look at the bright side, Bill.
The Death Panel is going to greatly improve the financial outlook for SocSec and Medicare.
If your grandkids squawk about your premature demise, we may offer them a discount on their student loan debt.