Posted on 03/20/2002 1:06:31 PM PST by diotima
"Cut their pay in half, and send them home half the year..."
I still think it is good advice. These clowns pass laws that impact all of us, including the businesses that pay our checks, then cut exemptions for themselves.
( To mention just one of innumerable grievances I bear against them! )
It's time to get their attention.
One of the things I count against both Condit and clinton is the fact that neither one of them ever did an honest day's work in their sorry lives- went right from college to "public service," without ever having to wonder if this week's check would pay last month's bills, or know what it's like to have to dip into their own pockets to meet a payroll.
Politicians need a dose of reality, like everyone else gets every day.
D1
Exactly
If ONLY the American People understood what this stupid bill is all about. They would be up in arms. Most people don't give a rats behind.
THIS BILL WILL NEVER STAND UP IN COURT.
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So, the Senate has approved the so-called "Campaign Finance Reform" bill by a vote of 60-40; this after the House of Representatives passed it by a vote of 240-189. Florida's own two Senators, Bob Graham and Bill Nelson, signed it. It should come as no surprise, really. After all, once people obtain positions of power, it only stands to reason that they will alter the game to assure that they remain there. This also explains why the mainstream media has almost universally supported this, since this bill gives those agencies almost complete domination of election information thirty to sixty days prior to an election.
You have to love the way that politicians can work the language. "Campaign finance reform" sounds so much better than "incumbent protection act", doesn't it? And most of the American public, as usual, have their opinions formed by misinformation, or are simply unaware of what is happening, or worse, don't care.
Let it be known right here and right now that every one of the 249 members of the House of Representatives and 60 members of the Senate have acted in deliberate and direct violation of the Oaths of Office, which states that those who hold office in the federal legislature shall "support and defend the Constitution of the United States". The First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, which is the Supreme Law of the Land, begins with "Congress shall make no law... abridging the freedom of speech". What part of "Congress shall make no law" don't these "educated" people understand? A rhetorical question, of course -- these people know exactly what they are doing.
It also seems that no one perceives the supreme irony that this bill embodies -- that our so-called "leaders" must pass a federal law to supposedly keep themselves honest? At the very least, this bill is a vote of no confidence against themselves.
What will become of all this is quite uncertain. If President Bush signs it into law, it is almost assured that some portions of it will be immediately challenged on First Amendment grounds and struck down. But the law of unintended consequences looms large in this corrupt and blatantly unconstitutional piece of legislature. It may turn out for those who supported this bill that the old phrase, "Be careful what you wish for -- you might just get it", will turn out to be all too true.
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So, the Senate has approved the so-called "Campaign Finance Reform" bill by a vote of 60-40, after the House of Representatives passed it by a vote of 240-189. Florida's own two Senators, Bob Graham and Bill Nelson, signed it. It should come as no surprise, really. Once people obtain positions of power, it only stands to reason that they will alter the game to assure that they remain there. This also explains why the mainstream media has almost universally supported this, since this bill gives those agencies almost complete domination of election information thirty to sixty days prior to an election.
You have to love the way that politicians can work the language. "Campaign finance reform" sounds so much better than "incumbent protection act", doesn't it?
Let it be known right here and right now that every one of the 249 members of the House of Representatives and 60 members of the Senate have acted in deliberate and direct violation of the Oaths of Office, which states that those who hold office in the federal legislature shall "support and defend the Constitution of the United States". The First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, which is the Supreme Law of the Land, begins with "Congress shall make no law... abridging the freedom of speech". What part of "Congress shall make no law" don't these "educated" people understand?
It also seems that no one perceives the supreme irony that this bill embodies -- that our so-called "leaders" must pass a federal law to supposedly keep themselves honest? At the very least, this bill is a vote of no confidence against themselves. What will become of all this is quite uncertain. The law of unintended consequences looms large in this corrupt and blatantly unconstitutional piece of legislature.
The Inner Ring: On Making Good Men Do Bad Things (C.S. Lewis)
With a SALUTE TO THE GOP CONGRESS inside!
I'll get a link up to the petition at Declaration Foundation.
Keyes and I are both urging the President to veto, joining a list that is virtually a who's who of the conservative movement.
Cheers,
Richard F.
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