Posted on 01/19/2022 4:26:48 AM PST by Lazamataz
..got it Laz
Ping
Well said.
Spot-on my brother from another mother. I wish I could write as thoughtfully and well as you can. Well done.
Appreciate ya. I put some real time into this one. I wanted to speak in a voice they might be able to hear.
Thank you sir. Please spread it far and wide on any internet outlet you might have.
There are different meanings depending on each state, but in PA, an absentee ballot had to be requested by a registered voter, but mail in ballots could have their origination without request, and could be collected via a 'drop box'.
Way more opportunity to cheat via drop box collection.
Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. - Lord Acton, UK................
This is an example of your quote from Acton.
But I don’t think average citizens understand the differences.
You're right, but this letter isn't really to average citizens. This is directed at Manchin and Sinema.
I sure don't *mind* if average citizens read it... heck, it might change the mind of even a liberal!
Every Communist regime that takes power in any country eventually becomes so corrupt that the entire government works solely on bribes and graft....................
I was in Russia some time after the 1993 collapse, in 1998 or so. I saw the Kleptocracy in action, up close, personal-like.
Well stated.
From an anonymous Freeper:
Suggest you print it, put in in an envelope, mail it USPS.
Eventually, after being scanned and sniffed, it will at least arrive at their offices; where some 23-y-o staffer who got to DC via some kind of incestuous political patronage will have an opportunity to peruse it.
Who knows, they might even share it with their senator?
FAX numbers used to be available, but I can’t find them anymore.
These poltroons no longer wish to hear from the public they serve.
If they ever did, they no longer believe ‘government derives its just powers from the consent of the governed.’
I am reminded of Queen Amidala in the Star Wars franchise The Phantom Menace?
“I will not condone a course of action that will lead us to war.”
“I was not elected to watch my people suffer and die while you discuss this invasion in a committee!”
“It is clear to me now that the Republic no longer functions. I pray you will bring sanity and compassion back to the Senate.”
”So this is how liberty dies...with thunderous applause.”
Our country is broken (and broke). https://www.usdebtclock.org/
Worse, our mechanisms of responsible government are broken; deliberation, checks and balances.
As our Founders feared, government no longer serves the people, it serves only itself.
Very excellent post - thank you for the Ping.
How many "average citizens" read and post on FR?
Free Republic has a very small audience and most people that visit are way above average, some are asshats, but not just average.
It always amazes me how Democrats believe they can legislate out of the concept of actions have consequences.
I'll be happy to send copies out.
However, considering only the number of trolls we've had on FR, I'd bet we would be astonished at the number of TPTB who at very least monitor FR and especially "certain posters" (including you...but don't blush).
I certainly would. This may *not quite* be a shooting war, but I still don't like surprises.
Just gotta know what the opposition is talking about.
Laz asked us to post this far and wide.
You can send it via email by providing your name,address, etc here:
https://www.sinema.senate.gov/contact-kyrsten
You can fax Manchin:
Washington D.C.
306 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington D.C. 20510
P: 202-224-3954
F: 202-228-0002
You can email to him providing your name, address, etc:
https://www.manchin.senate.gov/contact-joe/email-joe
I don’t have access to a fax machine.
(Great post Laz!)
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