THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, RECENTLY, ARE FEELING THE PAIN AT THE PUMP, DUE TO THE RECENT SURGE IN GASOLINE PRICES. PRICES FOR GASOLINE HAS DOUBLED IN COST PER GALLON THE LAST TWO YEARS WHILE OIL COMPANIES REPORT SCANDULOUS INCREASES IN PROFITS. EXXON MOBILE REPORTS EXCESSIVE AND SHAMEFUL PROFITS AND A RETIREMENT PACKAGE FOR ITS RETIRING CEO OF ABOUT 400 MILLION DOLLARS. ALL THIS, IN SPITE OF THE FACT IT DOES NOT COST THEM ONE CENT MORE TO PUMP THE OIL OUT OF THE AMERICAN SOIL. THEY ARE LAUGHING AND THUMBING THEIR NOSE AT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC, WHILE THEY MERRILY MARCH ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK WITH THESE EXCESS PROFITS. HOWEVER, WE HAVE NO ONE TO BLAME BUT OURSELVES FOR THIS SITUATION.
SINCE1973, THAT IS 35 YEARS AGO, WHEN OPEC FIRST EXERTED CONTROL OVER OIL PRICES, WE HAVE BEEN AT THE MERCY AND WHIM OF OPEC AND THE GREEDY OIL COMPANIES IN THE U.S. AND OTHER OIL PRODUCERS. YET, WE LEFT IT TO OUR LEADERS TO SOLVE OUR PLIGHT.
SINCE 1973 THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF THE U.S. HAS FAILED TO CAJOL AND DEMAND CONGRESS AND SUCCESSIVE ADMINISTRATIONS TO FIND SOLUTIONS TO THIS PROBLEM, INCLUDING ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF ENERGY. IN THE MEANTIME, OUR DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC OIL HAS DOUBLED, WHILE WE SOLD OUR NEWLY FOUND ALASKAN OIL TO JAPAN.
IT IS TIME FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO LEARN THAT THEY CANNOT DEPEND ON THEIR CONGRESSMEN OR ANY ADMINISTRATION TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM AND, IN FACT, MOST OTHER PRESSING PROBLEMS.
ORDINARILY, WE SHOULD EXPECT A MAJORITY OF OUR CONGRESSMEN TO HAVE ROCOGNIZED THE PROBLEM AND TO LEGISLATE SOLUTIONS. OUR TRADITIONAL TWO PARTY POLITICAL SYSTEM DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS ARE CONTENT TO SIT IN THEIR “DO NOTHING CONGRESS” AND LAMBAST EACH OTHER WHILE WASHINGTON BURNS AND THE COUNTRY’S NEEDS ARE IGNORED.
IN ADDITION, CONGRESS HAS VOTED TO STAY IN SESSION ONLY ABOUT 94 DAYS A YEAR, WHILE MOST AMERICANS WORK 240 DAYS AT THEIR JOBS. OBVIOUSLY, SINCE THESE ARE PRESSING NATIONAL PROBLEMS TO SOLVE, THEY SHOULD SPEND ALL THEIR TIME IN SESSION TO SOLVE THEM. THERE IS NO REASON FOR RECESSES.
THEREFORE, IF THE AMERICAN VOTER CONTINUES TO WAIT FOR CONGRESS AND THE ADMINISTRATION TO SOLVE THIS OIL PRICE CRISIS, THEY CAN BE ASSURED THEY WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE LIP SERVICE, STOP GAP TEMPORARY PATCHES AND ASSURANCES OF SOLUTIONS YEARS DOWN THE LINE, WHILE THE PRICE OF GASOLINE CONTINUES TO RISE UNABATED. AS A RESULT THE COST OF TRANSPORTING RISES, RESULTING IN INCREASED COSTS FOR OUR GOODS IN THE MARKET PLACE.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND VOTERS, HOWEVER, HAVE IT WITHIN THEIR POWER TO PUT AN END TO THIS CRISES, BY TAKING THE FOLLOWING SIMPLE STEPS:
1. MAKE YOUR GASOLINE PURCHASES FROM ANYONE BUT EXXON MOBIL. THEIR CEO RECENTLY SAID THAT PRICES ARE CONTROLLED BY SUPPLY AND DEMAND. IF ENOUGH PEOPLE STOP BUYING EXXON MOBIL GASOLINE, THE DEMAND FOR THEIR PRODUCT WILL BE REDUCED IN HALF, THEY WILL BE FORCED TO REDUCE PRICES OR GO OUT OF BUSINESS. THE CONSUMER CALLS THIS A BOYCOTT. ONCE EXXON MOBIL REDUCES PRICES, ALL OTHER U.S. OIL COMPANIES WILL BE FORCED TO REDUCE THEIR PRICES ALSO, BASED ON THE THEORY OF COMPETITION.
2. THE AMERICAN PUBLIC CAN AND SHOULD FIND WAYS TO ELIMINATE UNNECESSARY TRAVEL, THEREBY REDUCING DEMAND AND LOWERING GASOLINE PRICES. MANY AMERICANS CAN WORK AT HOME AND, THUS, AVOID TRAVEL TO AND FROM WORK.
3. THE AMERICAN VOTER SHOULD INFORM THEIR CONGRESSMEN TO DO SOMETHING DURING THIS SESSION TO REDUCE THE PRICE OF GASOLINE AT THE PUMP. IF THEY FAIL TO DO SO, WE SHOULD VOTE THEM OUT OF OFFICE, STARTING IN NOVEMBER, 2008 AND ELECT CONGRESSMEN WHO WILL PROMISE TO LOWER SAID PRICES AND VOTE LEGISLATION TO SPONSOR ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF ENERGY. THIS EDICT APPLIES TO BOTH DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS ALIKE.
IT IS TIME FOR CONGRESS TO BE SEATED TOGETHER IN CONGRESS IN ALPABETICAL ORDER RATHER THAN THE PRESENT REQUIREMENT OF SEATING ACCORDNING TO PARTY AFFILIATION. THE CONSTITUTION MAKES NO MENTION OF POLITICAL PARTIES. ONCE THEY ARE ELECTED TO OFFICE CONGRESSMEN SHOULD REPRESENT ALL THE PEOPLE IN THEIR CONSTITUANCY REGARDLESS OF PARTY AFFILIATION. ANY REFERENCE TO POLITICAL PARTIES SHOULD BE BANNED WHILE CONGRESS IS IN SESSION. IT IS THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHOM THE CONGRESSMEN REPRESENT, FIRST AND ALWAYS, NOT ANY POLITICAL PARTY, OR LOBBYIST. THIS SAME PRINCIPLE APPLIES TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE U.S. AND HIS OR HER ADMINISTRATION, ONCE THEY ARE ELECTED TO OFFICE, THEY HAVE THE OBLIGATION TO REPRESENT ALL THE PEOPLE NOT THEIR POLITICAL PARTY.
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
JUST WHO IS OBAMA? COMMENTS ON OBAMA'S PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FUNDNG FOR THIS PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN:
I WAS PLEASED TO LEARN OF SENATOR CLINTON’S APPROPRIATE COMMENTS ON OBAMA’S FLIPFLOP ON HIS PROMISE TO LIMIT HIS CAMPAIGN TO PUBLIC FUNDING. WHO IS THE POLITICIAN?
IT IS OBVIOUS TO MOST AMERICANS THAT, OPRAH WINFREY IS NOT ONLY OPENLY ENDORSING OBAMA AND CAMPAIGNING FOR HIM BUT ALSO HAS ARRANGED TO POUR MILLIONS OF HER MONEY AND POWER INTO HIS CAMPAIGN COFFERS. WITH HIS SUPPORT FROM THE RICHEST AND MOST POPULAR BLACK WOMAN IN AMERICA, IT IS NO SMALL WONDER OBAMA PLANS TO BUY THE ELECTION BY NOVEMBER. I SUPPOSE THIS IS LEGAL, BUT NOT WHAT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC EXPECTS AND THE VERY REASON CONGRESS PASSED THE PUBLIC FUNDING LAW. PEOPLE SHOULD NOT USE MONEY AND THE RESULTING POWER TO BUY ELECTIONS. THIS IS THE VERY REASON MITT ROMNEY WAS DENIED THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION, BECAUSE, EVEN WITH THE 50 MILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT OF HIS MONEY IN THE CAMPAIGN, SENATOR McCAIN EXPOSED THIS PLOY PUBLICLY.
I WANT TO PRESS THE THEME, THAT HE CANNOT BUY THIS ELECTION WITH MONEY, EVEN WITH HIS SWEET TALK AND CHARISMATIC LOOKS. HE SHOULD CONVINCE THE VOTERS HE HAS THE EXPERIENCE TO SOLVE ALL OUR PRESSING PROBLEMS QUICKLY, TO KEEP US OUT OF A RECESSION AND UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEMS, THE LIKES OF WHICH WE HAVE NOT SEEN OR EXPERIENCED SINCE THE GREAT DEPRESSION OF THE 1930’S. WHERE ARE HIS PLANS FOR SOLUTIONS TO OUR PROBLEMS, HE DOESN’T HAVE ANY (“WHERE’S THE BEEF”). HE SAYS THIS IS NOT A GENDER OR RACE CAMPAIGN, BUT THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HE HAS DONE TO HIS CAMPAIGN, HE HAS TURNED IT INTO A BLACK AND WHITE AND NO WOMAN CAN DO IT RACE. HE SAYS SENATOR CLINTON REPRESENTS THE OLD SCHOOL IN WASHINGTON AND THAT HIS GENERATION, CAN DO IT.
WHY DID HE TAKE THE ENDORSEMENT OF SENATORS KENNEDY, AND SENATOR KERRY AND OTHER OLD SCHOOL POLITICIANS? HE IS TALKING FROM BOTH SIDES OF HIS MOUTH. THIS IS A LOW BLOW TO WOMAN, IN GENERAL, BUT NOT MEN THAT SUPPORT HIM, THAT IS SO HYPOCRITICAL. WHITE MEN SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES FOR NOT GIVING A WOMAN EQUAL RIGHTS FOR THE PRESIDENCY. THE WIVES OF THESE MEN, SHOULD COME OUT AND BE FREE AS THEY SHOULD BE AS A GOD GIVEN RIGHT THAT HAVE BEEN DEPRIVED TO WOMAN FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS TO THIS DAY. WOMEN NEED NOT BE SUBSERVIANT TO MALE CHAUVINISM. IF HE WINS HE WILL CHANGE THE WHITE HOUSE TO THE BLACK HOUSE. THEY SAY, HE IS NOT AMBITIOUS, BUT WHY DO THEY SAY HE ALWAYS WANTED A WHITE CHAUFFEUR. I’M TOLD; HE PLANS TO REPLACE ALL THE BLACK WORKERS IN THE WHITE HOUSE WITH WHITE PEOPLE TO SHOW HIS NON-DISCRIMINATION. IT IS NOT AMERICAN FOR UP TO NINETY PERCENT OF BLACKS TO SUPPORT OBAMA. WHITE PEOPLE DO NOT SEE THIS COLOR LINE AND EVEN GAVE A MAJORITY OF THEIR VOTES TO OBAMA IN MANY STATES. WHEN ARE THE WHITES GOING TO WAKE UP AND SEE THIS MAN FOR WHAT HE IS?
WITH A NAME LIKE BARAK HUSSIN OBAMA, HOW DO WE KNOW HE IS NOT A PLANT OF THE TERRORISTS OR A TERRORIST SYMPATHIZER? WHY DID HIS MUSLIM PARENTS SEND HIM TO A MUSLIM SCHOOL IN INDONESIA? WHY DID HE CHANGE HIS RELIGION FROM MUSLIM TO CHRISTIAN, IS THIS ANOTHER PLOY? I REMEMBER MANY BLACKS CHANGED THEIR RELIGION TO THE MUSLIM FAITH AS A FORM OF PROTEST AGAINST THE WHITE DOMINATED AMERICA AND TO AVOID THE DRAFT IN THE PAST. HOW COME OBAMA NEVER SERVED IN THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY, AS MOST AMERICANS HAVE DONE, WAS HE REALLY BORN IN HAWAII AFTER IT BECAME A STATE IN 1959?
WHY HAS HE CONSISTANTLY VOTED PRESENT ON VOTES IN THE SENATE DURING HIS TWO-YEAR TENURE THERE? IT IS SAID HE COULDN’T MAKE UP HIS MIND TO MAKE UP HIS MIND. IN THE MEANTIME, HE IS ONE REASON NOTHING GETS ACCOMPLISHED IN CONGRESS. THE LEAST A SENATOR CAN DO IS VOTE, THAT’S HIS JOB!
OPRAH WINFRY WAS A CHAMPION FOR WOMEN’S RIGHTS AND THAT IS ONE MAIN REASON SHE WAS SO SUCCESSFUL. WHY IS SHE ABANDONING THESE PRINCIPALS NOW TO SUPPORT OBAMA? THE SIMPLE ANSWER IS BECAUSE HE IS BLACK AND HER BLACK COLOR COMES BEFORE HER WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN HER CHIEF SUPPORTERS FOR YEARS. NOW I HEAR THERE IS A MOVE AFOOT TO BOYCOTT OPRAH WINFRY AS A PAYBACK FOR ABANDONING WOMAN.
LASTLY, PLEASE LOOK AT WHAT OBAMA HAS ACCOMPLISHED SINCE AGE TWENTY-ONE. HE WENT TO HARVARD, BUT WHEN I APPLIED IN 1955, WITH THE MONEY I SAVED TO ATTEND, THEY DENIED MY APPLICATION SAYING THEY NEEDED TO MAKE ROOM FOR BLACKS AND MINORITIES. AS AN ITALIAN-AMERICAN, I ALWAYS THOUGHT I WAS A MINORITY, ALSO, BECAUSE I WAS TREATED AS ONE MOST OF MY LIFE. I HAD TO PROVE I WASN’T A MAFIA PERSON WITH HARD, HONEST WORK ALL MY LIFE.
AFTER A FREE HARVARD EDUCATION, DID HE HELP MINORITIES, AS HE SHOULD HAVE, NO HE PREFERRED TO HELP THE UNION AUTO WORKES FOR PAY, HE DIDN’T WORK FOR CHARITY, HE WAS PAID HANDSOMLY FOR HIS UNION ORGANIZING WORK. THEN, HE TURNED TO POLITICS AND AN AMBITIOUS PLAN TO BECOME PRESIDENT AGAINST THE WHITE PEOPLE THAT HELPED HIM GET ELECTED IN THE FIRST PLACE. BEWARE OF AMBITIOUS MEN THAT WILL STOP AT NOTHING TO GET ELECTED. WHO DOES HE REALLY WANT TO HELP, HIMSELF, BECAUSE FOR TWENTY-FIVE YEARS WHEN HE HAD AN OPPORTURNITY TO HELP OTHERS, HE MANAGED, ONLY TO HELP HIMSELF? WHY DOESN’T HE TALK ABOUT HIS DAD?
IF HE IS ELECTED PRESIDENT, ONLY GOD CAN HELP US!
IT IS OBVIOUS TO MOST AMERICANS THAT, OPRAH WINFREY IS NOT ONLY OPENLY ENDORSING OBAMA AND CAMPAIGNING FOR HIM BUT ALSO HAS ARRANGED TO POUR MILLIONS OF HER MONEY AND POWER INTO HIS CAMPAIGN COFFERS. WITH HIS SUPPORT FROM THE RICHEST AND MOST POPULAR BLACK WOMAN IN AMERICA, IT IS NO SMALL WONDER OBAMA PLANS TO BUY THE ELECTION BY NOVEMBER. I SUPPOSE THIS IS LEGAL, BUT NOT WHAT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC EXPECTS AND THE VERY REASON CONGRESS PASSED THE PUBLIC FUNDING LAW. PEOPLE SHOULD NOT USE MONEY AND THE RESULTING POWER TO BUY ELECTIONS. THIS IS THE VERY REASON MITT ROMNEY WAS DENIED THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION, BECAUSE, EVEN WITH THE 50 MILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT OF HIS MONEY IN THE CAMPAIGN, SENATOR McCAIN EXPOSED THIS PLOY PUBLICLY.
I WANT TO PRESS THE THEME, THAT HE CANNOT BUY THIS ELECTION WITH MONEY, EVEN WITH HIS SWEET TALK AND CHARISMATIC LOOKS. HE SHOULD CONVINCE THE VOTERS HE HAS THE EXPERIENCE TO SOLVE ALL OUR PRESSING PROBLEMS QUICKLY, TO KEEP US OUT OF A RECESSION AND UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEMS, THE LIKES OF WHICH WE HAVE NOT SEEN OR EXPERIENCED SINCE THE GREAT DEPRESSION OF THE 1930’S. WHERE ARE HIS PLANS FOR SOLUTIONS TO OUR PROBLEMS, HE DOESN’T HAVE ANY (“WHERE’S THE BEEF”). HE SAYS THIS IS NOT A GENDER OR RACE CAMPAIGN, BUT THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HE HAS DONE TO HIS CAMPAIGN, HE HAS TURNED IT INTO A BLACK AND WHITE AND NO WOMAN CAN DO IT RACE. HE SAYS SENATOR CLINTON REPRESENTS THE OLD SCHOOL IN WASHINGTON AND THAT HIS GENERATION, CAN DO IT.
WHY DID HE TAKE THE ENDORSEMENT OF SENATORS KENNEDY, AND SENATOR KERRY AND OTHER OLD SCHOOL POLITICIANS? HE IS TALKING FROM BOTH SIDES OF HIS MOUTH. THIS IS A LOW BLOW TO WOMAN, IN GENERAL, BUT NOT MEN THAT SUPPORT HIM, THAT IS SO HYPOCRITICAL. WHITE MEN SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES FOR NOT GIVING A WOMAN EQUAL RIGHTS FOR THE PRESIDENCY. THE WIVES OF THESE MEN, SHOULD COME OUT AND BE FREE AS THEY SHOULD BE AS A GOD GIVEN RIGHT THAT HAVE BEEN DEPRIVED TO WOMAN FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS TO THIS DAY. WOMEN NEED NOT BE SUBSERVIANT TO MALE CHAUVINISM. IF HE WINS HE WILL CHANGE THE WHITE HOUSE TO THE BLACK HOUSE. THEY SAY, HE IS NOT AMBITIOUS, BUT WHY DO THEY SAY HE ALWAYS WANTED A WHITE CHAUFFEUR. I’M TOLD; HE PLANS TO REPLACE ALL THE BLACK WORKERS IN THE WHITE HOUSE WITH WHITE PEOPLE TO SHOW HIS NON-DISCRIMINATION. IT IS NOT AMERICAN FOR UP TO NINETY PERCENT OF BLACKS TO SUPPORT OBAMA. WHITE PEOPLE DO NOT SEE THIS COLOR LINE AND EVEN GAVE A MAJORITY OF THEIR VOTES TO OBAMA IN MANY STATES. WHEN ARE THE WHITES GOING TO WAKE UP AND SEE THIS MAN FOR WHAT HE IS?
WITH A NAME LIKE BARAK HUSSIN OBAMA, HOW DO WE KNOW HE IS NOT A PLANT OF THE TERRORISTS OR A TERRORIST SYMPATHIZER? WHY DID HIS MUSLIM PARENTS SEND HIM TO A MUSLIM SCHOOL IN INDONESIA? WHY DID HE CHANGE HIS RELIGION FROM MUSLIM TO CHRISTIAN, IS THIS ANOTHER PLOY? I REMEMBER MANY BLACKS CHANGED THEIR RELIGION TO THE MUSLIM FAITH AS A FORM OF PROTEST AGAINST THE WHITE DOMINATED AMERICA AND TO AVOID THE DRAFT IN THE PAST. HOW COME OBAMA NEVER SERVED IN THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY, AS MOST AMERICANS HAVE DONE, WAS HE REALLY BORN IN HAWAII AFTER IT BECAME A STATE IN 1959?
WHY HAS HE CONSISTANTLY VOTED PRESENT ON VOTES IN THE SENATE DURING HIS TWO-YEAR TENURE THERE? IT IS SAID HE COULDN’T MAKE UP HIS MIND TO MAKE UP HIS MIND. IN THE MEANTIME, HE IS ONE REASON NOTHING GETS ACCOMPLISHED IN CONGRESS. THE LEAST A SENATOR CAN DO IS VOTE, THAT’S HIS JOB!
OPRAH WINFRY WAS A CHAMPION FOR WOMEN’S RIGHTS AND THAT IS ONE MAIN REASON SHE WAS SO SUCCESSFUL. WHY IS SHE ABANDONING THESE PRINCIPALS NOW TO SUPPORT OBAMA? THE SIMPLE ANSWER IS BECAUSE HE IS BLACK AND HER BLACK COLOR COMES BEFORE HER WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN HER CHIEF SUPPORTERS FOR YEARS. NOW I HEAR THERE IS A MOVE AFOOT TO BOYCOTT OPRAH WINFRY AS A PAYBACK FOR ABANDONING WOMAN.
LASTLY, PLEASE LOOK AT WHAT OBAMA HAS ACCOMPLISHED SINCE AGE TWENTY-ONE. HE WENT TO HARVARD, BUT WHEN I APPLIED IN 1955, WITH THE MONEY I SAVED TO ATTEND, THEY DENIED MY APPLICATION SAYING THEY NEEDED TO MAKE ROOM FOR BLACKS AND MINORITIES. AS AN ITALIAN-AMERICAN, I ALWAYS THOUGHT I WAS A MINORITY, ALSO, BECAUSE I WAS TREATED AS ONE MOST OF MY LIFE. I HAD TO PROVE I WASN’T A MAFIA PERSON WITH HARD, HONEST WORK ALL MY LIFE.
AFTER A FREE HARVARD EDUCATION, DID HE HELP MINORITIES, AS HE SHOULD HAVE, NO HE PREFERRED TO HELP THE UNION AUTO WORKES FOR PAY, HE DIDN’T WORK FOR CHARITY, HE WAS PAID HANDSOMLY FOR HIS UNION ORGANIZING WORK. THEN, HE TURNED TO POLITICS AND AN AMBITIOUS PLAN TO BECOME PRESIDENT AGAINST THE WHITE PEOPLE THAT HELPED HIM GET ELECTED IN THE FIRST PLACE. BEWARE OF AMBITIOUS MEN THAT WILL STOP AT NOTHING TO GET ELECTED. WHO DOES HE REALLY WANT TO HELP, HIMSELF, BECAUSE FOR TWENTY-FIVE YEARS WHEN HE HAD AN OPPORTURNITY TO HELP OTHERS, HE MANAGED, ONLY TO HELP HIMSELF? WHY DOESN’T HE TALK ABOUT HIS DAD?
IF HE IS ELECTED PRESIDENT, ONLY GOD CAN HELP US!
Sunday, February 17, 2008
THE SOLUTION TO THE TRADE DEFICIT WITH CHINA, ETC.
THIS YEAR, THE TRADE DEFICIT CHINA IS EXPECTED TO REACH ABOUT 800 BILLION DOLLARS. THEIR GOODS ARE FLOODING THE U.S. MARKET BECAUSE THEY ARE ABLE TO MANUFACTURE GOODS WITH CHEAP LABOR AND WITH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT’S CONTROL OF THE VALUE OF THEIR CURRENCY TO KEEP PRICES AS LOW AS NECESSARY TO COMPETE WITH AMERICAN GOODS.
ALL THIS, MAY BE AN ADVANTAGE TO THE AMERICAN CONSUMER, BUT IT IS DRIVING THE AMERICAN WORKER TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT LINE WHILE MANY WORKPLACES ARE CLOSING AND MOVING OVERSEAS. OUR STEEL PLANTS ARE CLOSING, WE DON’T BUILD SHIPS IN THE U.S.A. ANYMORE AND OUR AUTO INDUSTRY CANNOT COMPETE WITH FOREIGN MADE VEHICLES.
SOME AMERICANS SAY, TOO BAD, IF THEY CAN’T MAKE DEPENDABLE GOODS AND CAN’T COMPETE, THAT’S PART OF THE AMERICAN PRINCIPAL OF FREE COMPETITION AND THE SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST.
ALTHOUGH, THERE IS A LOT OF TRUTH IN THAT STATEMENT, THE SAD RESULT IS THAT WE ARE HELPING TO BUILD A COMMUNIST NATIONS WHO HELPED NORTH KOREANS WHEN THEY INVADED OVER THE CHINESE BORDER TO SEIZE A CERTAIN VICTORY AWAY FROM THE AMERICAN FORCES HELPING TO DEFEND THEIR COUNTRY FROM INVASION BY THE NORTH KOREANS IN 1951. THE RESULT WAS A STALEMATE AT THE NORTH-SOUTH BORDERS WHERE MANY THOUSANDS OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS HAVE DIED AND WHERE MORE THOUSANDS HAVE BEEN STATIONED GUARDING THE BORDERS FOR ABOUT FIFTY-FIVE YEARS AND COUNTING. IN THE MEANTIME, THE NORTH KOREANS, COMMUNISTS THEMSELVES, WITH HELP OF CHINA, HAVE BEEN MOBILIZING THEIR ARMIES FOR AN EVENTUAL INVASION OF SOUTH KOREA, WHILE BUILDING A NUCLEAR ARSENAL THAT IS A VERY SERIOUS THREAT TO THE ENTIRE WORLD.
CHINA IS BUYING UP ALL THE OIL IT CAN IN THE WORLD TO FUEL ITS ECONOMY, INCLUDING ATTEMPTED BUYOUTS OF AMERICAN COMPANIES. WE HAVE ALL LOST OUR LEADERSHIP IN THE STEEL, AUTO AND COMPUTER INDUSTRIES WHILE CHINA IS COURTING AIRPLANE MANUFACTURERS TO LEARN OUR TECHNOLOGY AND BUILD PLANES AND WIPE OUT THIS INDUSTRY HERE. OUR COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY HAS ALREADY MOVED FROM THE SILICON VALLEY OF CALIFORNIA TO CHINA. EVEN GOOGLE HAS SOLD OUT TO THEM. THE GREEDY DOMESTIC OIL COMPANIES HAVE EXASPERATED THE PROBLEM BY RAISING PRICES EVEN THOUGH THEIR COSTS TO EXTRACT THE OIL FROM THE GROUND REMAIN CONSTANT.
IF WE NEED TO START A WAR TODAY, WE MAY NEED TO HIRE CHINA TO SUPPLY US WITH THE WEAPONS OF WAR. WOE TO US, IF THE WAR WE WAGE IS WITH CHINA, WHO INEVITABLY WILL BE OUR MAIN ADVERSARY.
FREE TRADE SOUNDS GREAT, BUT, IN PRACTICE IT IS CRIPPLING MOST OF OUR INDUSTRIES. OUR TEXTILES COME FROM EVERYWHERE BUT THE U.S.A. AND WE SOON WILL BE ONLY A SERVICE INDUSTRY COUNTRY, WITH EVERYTHING WE NEED IMPORTED EXCEPT THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY HERE WHICH NOW FINDS ITSELF IN A SERIOUS SLUMP BECAUSE OF OVERBUILDING. EVEN THESE INDUSTRIES ARE FUELED BY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, FLOODING OVER OUR UNPROTECTED BORDERS WILLING TO WORK FOR MIMNIMUM WAGE OR LESS.
IF THIS TREND CONTINUES, ALL OUR CASH WE ARE SENDING TO CHINA WILL BE USED TO BUY OUT ALL OUR ASSETS IN THE U.S. THE JAPANESE HAVE ALREADY MADE SERIOUS INROADS HERE. IF THEY DON’T BEAT US ECONOMICALLY, THE WILL BEAT US MILITARILY, WITHIN THE NEXT FEW YEARS. EVENTUALLY, WE WILL BE REDUCED TO AN AGRARIAN AND SERVICE SOCIETY AND WE MIGHT AS WELL RETURN TO THE FARM, BECAUSE ALL THE WORK FOR OUR COLLEGE GRADUATES AND TECHNICIANS WILL BE OVERSEAS FOR LOW WAGES.
FINALLY, THE QUESTION IS WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT? THE ANSWER IS SIMPLE, INSTEAD OF FREE TRADE WE NEED A FAIR, BLANCED TRADE. FAIR, BALANCED TRADE IS DEFINED IN THIS CASE AS FOLLOWS:
FOR EVERY DOLLAR OF GOODS CHINA OR ANY OTHER COUNTRY SELLS TO THE U.S. THEY MUST BUY AN EQUAL NUMBER OF AMERICAN GOODS IN DOLLARS HERE IN THE U.S. THIS FAIR BALANCED TRADE HELPS BOTH COUNTRIES, EQUALLY AND ELIMINATES THE TRADE DEFICIT, WHILE OUR CASH ASSETS REMAIN IN THIS COUNTRY.
1. WE MUST REPEAL ALL THOSE LAWS THAT ENCOURAGE AND SUBSIDIES COMPANIES TO MOVE THEIR MANUFACTURING OUT OF THE COUNTRY WHILE WE SHOULD, CONVERSELY, GIVING TAX BREAKS TO ALL U.S. COMPANIES THAT EMPLOY LABOR HERE IN THE U.S., AT LEAST TEMPROARARILY.
2. IF A FOREIGN COUNTRY PUTS TARIFFS, EMPLOYS CHILD LABOR OR TREATS US UNFAIRLY ON THE IMPORTATION OF OUR GOODS, WE MUST PUT RECIPROCAL ROADBLOCKS AND TARRIFS ON THEIR GOODS.
3. LABOR UNIONS IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR SHOULD BE ELIMINATED AS ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL CAUSES OF OUR NON-COMPETITIVENESS, WORKER COMPLACENCY AND LACK OF CONCERN OF THE INDUSTRY. UNIONS WILL BE UNNECESSARY IF THESE INDUSTRIES MAKE THEIR WORKERS PART OF THE COMPANY AND MANAGEMENT TEAM BY INSTITUTING A FAIR PROFIT SHARING PLAN BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF LABOR AND OVERHEAD THE PRODUCT PRODUCED AS AGAINST THE MONETARY INVESTMENT BY THE OWNERS.
4. IN THIS MANNER, WORKERS WILL POLICE THE EFFICIENCY OF EACH FELLOW WORKER AND THE OPERATION IN GENERAL, RESULTING IN THE BEST PRODUCT AT THE BEST PRICE. THIS WILL AUTOMATICALLY RESOLVE THE PROBLEM WITH THE CEO’S AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RAIDING THE TREASURY WITH RIDICULOUS WAGES AND PERKS THAT DRIVE UP COSTS AND ROB SHAREHOLDERS OF THEIR FAIR SHARE OF THE PROFITS. THESE PLUBLIC CORPORATIONS MUST BE CONSTROLLED BY CONGRESS AND THE S.E.C., WITH TOUGH LAWS AND LIMITS ON MANAGEMENT WAGES, STOCK OPTIONS AND RETIREMENT BENEFITS.
CONGRESS HAS THE POWER TODAY TO CORRECT THIS VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM, THE QUESTION IS, AND DO THEY HAVE THE GUTS TO DO IT? INSTEAD OF PASSING LAWS TO HELP THE LARGE NATIONAL CORPORATIONS OUTSOURCE LABOR AND THEIR MANUFACTURING OVERSEAS AS POLITICAL FAVORS, THEY SHOULD BE PASSING LAWS THAT HELP THE AVERAGE AMERICAN, WHO PUT THEM IN OFFICE AND DO WHAT IS RIGHT FOR THE U.S. AND ITS CITIZENS, WHOM THEY SHOULD REPRESENT.
THE INFIGHTING BETWEEN THE DEMOCRATS AND THE REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS MUST STOP OR THEY SHOULD BE BANNED FROM THE DOORS OF CONGRESS AND THE WHITE HOUSE BECAUSE THE PARTYS AND LOBBYISTS ARE PREVENTING THE SOLVING OF THE COUNTRY’S PRESSING PROBLEMS. OTHERWISE, THE VOTER HAS A SURE WAY TO END IT BY VOTING TO, “RE-ELECT NOBODY’ IN THE NEXT NATIONAL ELECTION IN THE FALL OF 2008.
RESPECTFULLY YOURS,
JOSEPH E. MARINO, SR.
ALL THIS, MAY BE AN ADVANTAGE TO THE AMERICAN CONSUMER, BUT IT IS DRIVING THE AMERICAN WORKER TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT LINE WHILE MANY WORKPLACES ARE CLOSING AND MOVING OVERSEAS. OUR STEEL PLANTS ARE CLOSING, WE DON’T BUILD SHIPS IN THE U.S.A. ANYMORE AND OUR AUTO INDUSTRY CANNOT COMPETE WITH FOREIGN MADE VEHICLES.
SOME AMERICANS SAY, TOO BAD, IF THEY CAN’T MAKE DEPENDABLE GOODS AND CAN’T COMPETE, THAT’S PART OF THE AMERICAN PRINCIPAL OF FREE COMPETITION AND THE SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST.
ALTHOUGH, THERE IS A LOT OF TRUTH IN THAT STATEMENT, THE SAD RESULT IS THAT WE ARE HELPING TO BUILD A COMMUNIST NATIONS WHO HELPED NORTH KOREANS WHEN THEY INVADED OVER THE CHINESE BORDER TO SEIZE A CERTAIN VICTORY AWAY FROM THE AMERICAN FORCES HELPING TO DEFEND THEIR COUNTRY FROM INVASION BY THE NORTH KOREANS IN 1951. THE RESULT WAS A STALEMATE AT THE NORTH-SOUTH BORDERS WHERE MANY THOUSANDS OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS HAVE DIED AND WHERE MORE THOUSANDS HAVE BEEN STATIONED GUARDING THE BORDERS FOR ABOUT FIFTY-FIVE YEARS AND COUNTING. IN THE MEANTIME, THE NORTH KOREANS, COMMUNISTS THEMSELVES, WITH HELP OF CHINA, HAVE BEEN MOBILIZING THEIR ARMIES FOR AN EVENTUAL INVASION OF SOUTH KOREA, WHILE BUILDING A NUCLEAR ARSENAL THAT IS A VERY SERIOUS THREAT TO THE ENTIRE WORLD.
CHINA IS BUYING UP ALL THE OIL IT CAN IN THE WORLD TO FUEL ITS ECONOMY, INCLUDING ATTEMPTED BUYOUTS OF AMERICAN COMPANIES. WE HAVE ALL LOST OUR LEADERSHIP IN THE STEEL, AUTO AND COMPUTER INDUSTRIES WHILE CHINA IS COURTING AIRPLANE MANUFACTURERS TO LEARN OUR TECHNOLOGY AND BUILD PLANES AND WIPE OUT THIS INDUSTRY HERE. OUR COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY HAS ALREADY MOVED FROM THE SILICON VALLEY OF CALIFORNIA TO CHINA. EVEN GOOGLE HAS SOLD OUT TO THEM. THE GREEDY DOMESTIC OIL COMPANIES HAVE EXASPERATED THE PROBLEM BY RAISING PRICES EVEN THOUGH THEIR COSTS TO EXTRACT THE OIL FROM THE GROUND REMAIN CONSTANT.
IF WE NEED TO START A WAR TODAY, WE MAY NEED TO HIRE CHINA TO SUPPLY US WITH THE WEAPONS OF WAR. WOE TO US, IF THE WAR WE WAGE IS WITH CHINA, WHO INEVITABLY WILL BE OUR MAIN ADVERSARY.
FREE TRADE SOUNDS GREAT, BUT, IN PRACTICE IT IS CRIPPLING MOST OF OUR INDUSTRIES. OUR TEXTILES COME FROM EVERYWHERE BUT THE U.S.A. AND WE SOON WILL BE ONLY A SERVICE INDUSTRY COUNTRY, WITH EVERYTHING WE NEED IMPORTED EXCEPT THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY HERE WHICH NOW FINDS ITSELF IN A SERIOUS SLUMP BECAUSE OF OVERBUILDING. EVEN THESE INDUSTRIES ARE FUELED BY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, FLOODING OVER OUR UNPROTECTED BORDERS WILLING TO WORK FOR MIMNIMUM WAGE OR LESS.
IF THIS TREND CONTINUES, ALL OUR CASH WE ARE SENDING TO CHINA WILL BE USED TO BUY OUT ALL OUR ASSETS IN THE U.S. THE JAPANESE HAVE ALREADY MADE SERIOUS INROADS HERE. IF THEY DON’T BEAT US ECONOMICALLY, THE WILL BEAT US MILITARILY, WITHIN THE NEXT FEW YEARS. EVENTUALLY, WE WILL BE REDUCED TO AN AGRARIAN AND SERVICE SOCIETY AND WE MIGHT AS WELL RETURN TO THE FARM, BECAUSE ALL THE WORK FOR OUR COLLEGE GRADUATES AND TECHNICIANS WILL BE OVERSEAS FOR LOW WAGES.
FINALLY, THE QUESTION IS WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT? THE ANSWER IS SIMPLE, INSTEAD OF FREE TRADE WE NEED A FAIR, BLANCED TRADE. FAIR, BALANCED TRADE IS DEFINED IN THIS CASE AS FOLLOWS:
FOR EVERY DOLLAR OF GOODS CHINA OR ANY OTHER COUNTRY SELLS TO THE U.S. THEY MUST BUY AN EQUAL NUMBER OF AMERICAN GOODS IN DOLLARS HERE IN THE U.S. THIS FAIR BALANCED TRADE HELPS BOTH COUNTRIES, EQUALLY AND ELIMINATES THE TRADE DEFICIT, WHILE OUR CASH ASSETS REMAIN IN THIS COUNTRY.
1. WE MUST REPEAL ALL THOSE LAWS THAT ENCOURAGE AND SUBSIDIES COMPANIES TO MOVE THEIR MANUFACTURING OUT OF THE COUNTRY WHILE WE SHOULD, CONVERSELY, GIVING TAX BREAKS TO ALL U.S. COMPANIES THAT EMPLOY LABOR HERE IN THE U.S., AT LEAST TEMPROARARILY.
2. IF A FOREIGN COUNTRY PUTS TARIFFS, EMPLOYS CHILD LABOR OR TREATS US UNFAIRLY ON THE IMPORTATION OF OUR GOODS, WE MUST PUT RECIPROCAL ROADBLOCKS AND TARRIFS ON THEIR GOODS.
3. LABOR UNIONS IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR SHOULD BE ELIMINATED AS ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL CAUSES OF OUR NON-COMPETITIVENESS, WORKER COMPLACENCY AND LACK OF CONCERN OF THE INDUSTRY. UNIONS WILL BE UNNECESSARY IF THESE INDUSTRIES MAKE THEIR WORKERS PART OF THE COMPANY AND MANAGEMENT TEAM BY INSTITUTING A FAIR PROFIT SHARING PLAN BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF LABOR AND OVERHEAD THE PRODUCT PRODUCED AS AGAINST THE MONETARY INVESTMENT BY THE OWNERS.
4. IN THIS MANNER, WORKERS WILL POLICE THE EFFICIENCY OF EACH FELLOW WORKER AND THE OPERATION IN GENERAL, RESULTING IN THE BEST PRODUCT AT THE BEST PRICE. THIS WILL AUTOMATICALLY RESOLVE THE PROBLEM WITH THE CEO’S AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RAIDING THE TREASURY WITH RIDICULOUS WAGES AND PERKS THAT DRIVE UP COSTS AND ROB SHAREHOLDERS OF THEIR FAIR SHARE OF THE PROFITS. THESE PLUBLIC CORPORATIONS MUST BE CONSTROLLED BY CONGRESS AND THE S.E.C., WITH TOUGH LAWS AND LIMITS ON MANAGEMENT WAGES, STOCK OPTIONS AND RETIREMENT BENEFITS.
CONGRESS HAS THE POWER TODAY TO CORRECT THIS VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM, THE QUESTION IS, AND DO THEY HAVE THE GUTS TO DO IT? INSTEAD OF PASSING LAWS TO HELP THE LARGE NATIONAL CORPORATIONS OUTSOURCE LABOR AND THEIR MANUFACTURING OVERSEAS AS POLITICAL FAVORS, THEY SHOULD BE PASSING LAWS THAT HELP THE AVERAGE AMERICAN, WHO PUT THEM IN OFFICE AND DO WHAT IS RIGHT FOR THE U.S. AND ITS CITIZENS, WHOM THEY SHOULD REPRESENT.
THE INFIGHTING BETWEEN THE DEMOCRATS AND THE REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS MUST STOP OR THEY SHOULD BE BANNED FROM THE DOORS OF CONGRESS AND THE WHITE HOUSE BECAUSE THE PARTYS AND LOBBYISTS ARE PREVENTING THE SOLVING OF THE COUNTRY’S PRESSING PROBLEMS. OTHERWISE, THE VOTER HAS A SURE WAY TO END IT BY VOTING TO, “RE-ELECT NOBODY’ IN THE NEXT NATIONAL ELECTION IN THE FALL OF 2008.
RESPECTFULLY YOURS,
JOSEPH E. MARINO, SR.
Saturday, February 2, 2008
THE SOLUTION TO THE "DO NOTHING" CONGRESS
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JANUARY 25, 2008
OUR CONGRESS IS A PROBLEM THAT JUST WILL NOT GO AWAY. IN NOVEMBER, 2006 THE AMERICAN VOTERS SENT A LOUD AND CLEAR MESSAGE TO CONGRESS THAT THEY WERE NOT SATISFIED WITH CONGRESS'S LACK OF ACTION, BY TURNING OUT ENOUGH INCUMBENT CONGRESSMEN TO SHIFT CONTROL FROM THE REPUBLICANS TO THE DEMOCRATS. IN REALITY, THE VOTE WAS NOT SO MUCH AGAINST REPUBLICAN CONTROL BUT AGAINST CONGRESS AS A WHOLE. THE DEMOCRATS WOND CONTROL BY DEFAULT, NOT ACCLAIM. THERE WERE TWO MAIN REASONS FOR THE VOTER'S ACTIONS, ONE WAS THE DISSATISFACTION OVER THE COURSE OF THE WAR IN IRAQ AND THE OTHER WAS THE CONSTANT BICKERING BETWEEN THE TWO POLITICAL PARTIES, RESULTING IN THE LACK OF ACTION ON VITALLY IMPORTANT PROBLEMS FACING THE COUNTRY. THESE INCLUDE SUCH MATTERS AS HEALTH CARE AND PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS, SOCIAL SECURITY, IMMIGRATION AND GASOLINE AND FUEL OIL PRICES, UNEMPLOYMENT AND THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN. GASOLINE AND FUEL OIL PRICES HAVE PLAGUED THIS NATION SINCE 1972 WHEN THE ARAB CONTROLLED, O.P.E.C. NATIONS, RAISED PRICES AND TEMPERS AT THE PUMP. TO COMPOUND THE PROBLEM, LOCAL OIL PRODUCING COMPANIES HAVE SINCE RAISED THEIR PRICES TO REAP HUGE PROFITS, AS EVIDENCED BY THE DISGRACEFUL BONUSES AND RETIREMENT PACKAGE OFFERED TO EXXON-MOBIL'S CEO. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE BY CONGRESS FOR THIRTY FIVE YEARS TO RID US OF THIS DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN FUEL. WE NEED TO PUT ALL OUR ENEMPLOYED WORKERS TO WORK ON WATER POWER, WIND POWER AND SOLAR POWER, ALL SOURCES OF RENEWABLE ENERGY AT LOW COST, SINCE THE SOURCE IS FREE. WE COULD BE OUT OF THE ENERBY CRISES IN FIVE YEARS AND THUMB OUR NOSES AT THE ARAB O.P.E.C. NATIONS. THIS VOTER DISSATISFACTION, DID NOT END WITH THE ELECTION, THEY HAVE LOST PATIENCE AND HOPE THAT THE TWO POLITICAL PARTIES WILL COME TOGETHER AS THEY MUST, CONSTITUTIONALLY, TO WORK TOWARD A COMPROMISE AND FIND SOLUTIONS TO ALL THESE PRESSING PROBLEMS THAT DESERVE ACTION IMMEDIATELY. THE VOTERS WAITED FOR THE NEW CONGRESS TO MEET IN JANUARY, AND GO ABOUT THIS TASK, BASED ON THE VOTER'S MESSAGE IN NOVEMBER. HOWEVER, WITH THE DEMOCRATS IN CHARGE, NOTHING REALLY CHANGED, EXCEPT SOME "PLAYERS". SPEAKER PELOSI DID MANDATE A FIVE DAY WORK WEEK FOR LEGISLATORS, WHICH WAS LONG OVERDUE, BUT SHE STOPPED THERE. NOW I UNDERSTAND CONGRESS HAS VOTED BACK THEIR THREE DAY A WEEK SESSION IN 2008 WHILE VOTING THEMSELVES A PAY INCREASE. WHY DOES CONGRESS WORK THREE DAYS WHILE WE MUST WORK FIVE DAYS OR MORE JUST TO SURVIVE? CONGRESS IS STILL SEATED SEPARATELY ON THE RIGHT AND LEFT IN A SEGREGATED POSITION TO ACCENTUATE EACH POLITICAL PARTY. THIS IS NOT CONDUCIVE TO WORKING TOGETHER, IT PRODUCES THE OPPOSITE. CONGRESS SHOULD BE MADE TO STAY IN SESSION UNTIL THE PEOPLES WORK IS DONE WITH "VACATIONS" LIMITED. WITH THE AGE OF TELEPHONES, COMPUTERS AND FAXES THERE IS NO NEED FOR A CONGRESSMAN TO MEET WITH THEIR CONSTITUENTS IN THEIR DISTRICT ANY TIME. THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S FIRST SO-CALLED "100 HOURS" PRODUCED A MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE THAT WAS SHOT DOWN IN THE SENATE, WHO ADDED AMENDMENTS THAT DOOMED IT'S PASSAGE, TO A TOKEN RAISE. OTHER BILLS JUST AS IMPORTANT, HAVE ALSO BEEN INSTALLED AND FAILED TO BECOME LAW. THE NET EFFECT IS, THAT IT IS "NO BUSINESS AS USUAL" IN CONGRESS WITH THE SAME POLITICAL PARTY BICKERING THAT HAS EXISTED FOR TOO MANY YEARS, LEAVING ALL THE MAJOR PROBLEMS, YET UNSOLVED. IS NOT IT A FACT THAT THE ROLLS OF INDEPENDENT VOTERS NOW ARE LARGER THAN EITHER PARTY IN MANY STATES? IT WOULD BE BETTER NOT TO HAVE ANY POLITICAL PARTIES, BECAUSE OUR FREEDOM IS BASED ON BEING INDEPENDENT. EACH CONGRESSMAN IS OBVIOUSLY PUSHING THEIR PARTY'S AGENDA OR LOYALTY BEFORE THE NEEDS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, JUST AS THEY HAVE ALWAYS DONE THE CURRENT PRESIDENT, THREATENS A VETO TO ANY LEGISLATION THAT DOES NOT MATCH HIS AGENDA. THIS ATTITUDE, ONLY EXASPERATES THE PROBLEM. IT HAS BECOME ABUNDANTLY CLEAR THAT CONTRESS HAS DESICED, BECAUSE OF PARTY LOYALTY, NOT TO COME TOGETHER TO SOLVE PROBLEMS. THEREFORE, THE VOTERS' SIGNALS, LAST NOVEMBER, HAS FALLEN ON DEAF EARS AND THERE IS ONLY ONE ANSWER TO THE PROBLEM. THE VOTER MUST NOT RE-ELECT ANY CONGRESSMEN NOT JUST THE MAJORITY, OR A FEW MEMBERS. ALL OF THE "DO NOTHING CONGRESS MEMBERS" MUST NOT BE RE-ELECTED IF THE VOTER WANTS TO END THIS STALEMATE. THE RESPONSIBILITY FALLS ON ALL OF US, NOT JUST A FEW. THIS IS THE ONLY WAY THE NEW CONGRESSMEN WILL TAKE NOTICE AND WORK FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, BY WORKING TOGETHER AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PEOPLE AND NOT THEIR POLITICAL PARTIES. I HAPPEN TO AGREE WITH EACH POLITICAL PARTY, WHEN THEY SAY THE OTHER IS NO GOOD. THE INTERNET TODAY IS ONE SURE WAY TO GET ATTENTION AND CONTRIBUTIONS WITH HARDLY ANY COSTS. THE POINT OF NO RETURN IS FAST APPROACHING. WE ARE IN DEBT UP TO OUR EARS, OUR BRAVE SOLDIERS ARE DYING AND BEING MAIMED DAILY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT, WE AR TRYING TO HOLD TOGETHER, AS FRAGILE AND SEEMINGLY HOPELESS AS IT IS. WE MUST END THIS BLEEDING OF OUR FORCES NOW, RATHER THAN LATER. IT IS NOT FAIR TO THEM OR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHO, BY A MAJORITY OF SEVENT PERCENT WANT IT ENDED, QUICKLY AND NOW. AS A RESULT OF THIS WAR AND ITS DURATION THE GOVERNMENT IS SO DEEP IN DEBT OUR GRANDCHILDREN WILL HAVE TROUBLE PAYING OUR DEBTS. WE ARE ON THE THRESHOLD OF AN ECONOMIC CRISIS, THE LIKES OF WHICH WE HAVE NOT SEEN SINCE THE 1929 STOCK MARKET CRASH AND THE GREAT DEPRESSION OF THE THIRTIES. OUR FACTORIES HAVE GONE OVERSEAS LOOKING FOR CHEAP LABOR WHILE OUR UNEMPLOYMENT RATE CLIMBS. CITIES AND STATES HAVE LOST THEIR TAX BASE AND INCOME, AND CANNOT AFFORD TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES THEIR RESIDENTS NEED AND DESERVE. IN THE MIDST OF THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN WE FIND OURSELVES FIGHTING WITH CONGRESS TO SHUT OFF THE FLOW OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS JUMPING OVER THE BORDER FENCES THAT ARE NOT THERE AND SHOULD BE THERE, EVEN AFTER CONGRESS VOTED FOR A FENCE, WITHOUT THE NEEDED FUNDING. GAS PRICES HAVE REACHED AN ALL TIME HIGH WHILE PRICES OF FOOD AND SERVICES HAVE ALSO RISEN DUE TO THE ADDED TRANSPORTATION COSTS. YET, THE U.S. OIL COMPANIES DO NOT PAY AN EXTRA CENT TO PUMP THE OIL OUT OF THE GROUND. THE OIL COMPANIES USE THEIR SURPLUS MONEY TO BUY THE FUTURE OIL OUTPUT IN THE STOCK MARKET TO KICK UP THE PRICES. THEY BUY THEIR OWN OIL, THEN, THEY TAKE ALL THAT EXTRA MONEY AND LAUGH AT THE AMERICAN CONSUMER, ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK. WE NEED PRICE CONTROLS ON GASOLINE AND HEATING FUELS WHILE BANNING SHIPMENT OF OUR OIL TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES. WHY ARE OUR PRESCRIPTION PRICES ON DRUGS, MADE HERE IN THE U.S. TWICE THAT OF DRUGS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. THE ONLY WAY TO REWARD THE DO NOTHING CONGRESS IS TO "RE-ELECT NOBODY" TO CONGRESS THIS YEAR. WE NOT ONLY NEED A CHANGE, WE NEED A DRASTIC CHANGE. AS A RESULT, WATCH THE NEW CONGRESSMENT MAKE SURE THEY TAKE CARE OF THE PEOPLE'S BUSINESS. IF WE DO NOT TAKE THIS DRASTIC BUT NECESSARY STEP, WE CAN EXPECT THE SAME TYPE OF DO NOTHING CONGRESS FOR TWO MORE YEARS. WE MUST GIVE OUR NEW PRESIDENT, A COMPLETELY NEW CONGRESS WHO WILL WORK WITH HIM OR HER TO SOLVE THE PRESSING PROBLEMS IN OUR COUNTRY WITHOUT DELAY. IT IS THE ONLY WAY WE CAN GET THE JOB DONE AND SAVE OUR COUNTRY FROM ANOTHER DEPRESSION LOOMING OVER US. FINALLY, IF YOU AGREE THAT WE NEED A DRASTIC CHANGE OF CONGRESS, PLEASE OPENLY EXPRESS YOUR FEELINGS AND VOTE IN NOVEMBER 2008.
YOUR COMMENTS ARE WELCOMED. YOU CAN COMMENT AND POST YOUR COMMENTS VIA THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE.
ANDY LOONY
JANUARY 25, 2008
OUR CONGRESS IS A PROBLEM THAT JUST WILL NOT GO AWAY. IN NOVEMBER, 2006 THE AMERICAN VOTERS SENT A LOUD AND CLEAR MESSAGE TO CONGRESS THAT THEY WERE NOT SATISFIED WITH CONGRESS'S LACK OF ACTION, BY TURNING OUT ENOUGH INCUMBENT CONGRESSMEN TO SHIFT CONTROL FROM THE REPUBLICANS TO THE DEMOCRATS. IN REALITY, THE VOTE WAS NOT SO MUCH AGAINST REPUBLICAN CONTROL BUT AGAINST CONGRESS AS A WHOLE. THE DEMOCRATS WOND CONTROL BY DEFAULT, NOT ACCLAIM. THERE WERE TWO MAIN REASONS FOR THE VOTER'S ACTIONS, ONE WAS THE DISSATISFACTION OVER THE COURSE OF THE WAR IN IRAQ AND THE OTHER WAS THE CONSTANT BICKERING BETWEEN THE TWO POLITICAL PARTIES, RESULTING IN THE LACK OF ACTION ON VITALLY IMPORTANT PROBLEMS FACING THE COUNTRY. THESE INCLUDE SUCH MATTERS AS HEALTH CARE AND PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS, SOCIAL SECURITY, IMMIGRATION AND GASOLINE AND FUEL OIL PRICES, UNEMPLOYMENT AND THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN. GASOLINE AND FUEL OIL PRICES HAVE PLAGUED THIS NATION SINCE 1972 WHEN THE ARAB CONTROLLED, O.P.E.C. NATIONS, RAISED PRICES AND TEMPERS AT THE PUMP. TO COMPOUND THE PROBLEM, LOCAL OIL PRODUCING COMPANIES HAVE SINCE RAISED THEIR PRICES TO REAP HUGE PROFITS, AS EVIDENCED BY THE DISGRACEFUL BONUSES AND RETIREMENT PACKAGE OFFERED TO EXXON-MOBIL'S CEO. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE BY CONGRESS FOR THIRTY FIVE YEARS TO RID US OF THIS DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN FUEL. WE NEED TO PUT ALL OUR ENEMPLOYED WORKERS TO WORK ON WATER POWER, WIND POWER AND SOLAR POWER, ALL SOURCES OF RENEWABLE ENERGY AT LOW COST, SINCE THE SOURCE IS FREE. WE COULD BE OUT OF THE ENERBY CRISES IN FIVE YEARS AND THUMB OUR NOSES AT THE ARAB O.P.E.C. NATIONS. THIS VOTER DISSATISFACTION, DID NOT END WITH THE ELECTION, THEY HAVE LOST PATIENCE AND HOPE THAT THE TWO POLITICAL PARTIES WILL COME TOGETHER AS THEY MUST, CONSTITUTIONALLY, TO WORK TOWARD A COMPROMISE AND FIND SOLUTIONS TO ALL THESE PRESSING PROBLEMS THAT DESERVE ACTION IMMEDIATELY. THE VOTERS WAITED FOR THE NEW CONGRESS TO MEET IN JANUARY, AND GO ABOUT THIS TASK, BASED ON THE VOTER'S MESSAGE IN NOVEMBER. HOWEVER, WITH THE DEMOCRATS IN CHARGE, NOTHING REALLY CHANGED, EXCEPT SOME "PLAYERS". SPEAKER PELOSI DID MANDATE A FIVE DAY WORK WEEK FOR LEGISLATORS, WHICH WAS LONG OVERDUE, BUT SHE STOPPED THERE. NOW I UNDERSTAND CONGRESS HAS VOTED BACK THEIR THREE DAY A WEEK SESSION IN 2008 WHILE VOTING THEMSELVES A PAY INCREASE. WHY DOES CONGRESS WORK THREE DAYS WHILE WE MUST WORK FIVE DAYS OR MORE JUST TO SURVIVE? CONGRESS IS STILL SEATED SEPARATELY ON THE RIGHT AND LEFT IN A SEGREGATED POSITION TO ACCENTUATE EACH POLITICAL PARTY. THIS IS NOT CONDUCIVE TO WORKING TOGETHER, IT PRODUCES THE OPPOSITE. CONGRESS SHOULD BE MADE TO STAY IN SESSION UNTIL THE PEOPLES WORK IS DONE WITH "VACATIONS" LIMITED. WITH THE AGE OF TELEPHONES, COMPUTERS AND FAXES THERE IS NO NEED FOR A CONGRESSMAN TO MEET WITH THEIR CONSTITUENTS IN THEIR DISTRICT ANY TIME. THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S FIRST SO-CALLED "100 HOURS" PRODUCED A MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE THAT WAS SHOT DOWN IN THE SENATE, WHO ADDED AMENDMENTS THAT DOOMED IT'S PASSAGE, TO A TOKEN RAISE. OTHER BILLS JUST AS IMPORTANT, HAVE ALSO BEEN INSTALLED AND FAILED TO BECOME LAW. THE NET EFFECT IS, THAT IT IS "NO BUSINESS AS USUAL" IN CONGRESS WITH THE SAME POLITICAL PARTY BICKERING THAT HAS EXISTED FOR TOO MANY YEARS, LEAVING ALL THE MAJOR PROBLEMS, YET UNSOLVED. IS NOT IT A FACT THAT THE ROLLS OF INDEPENDENT VOTERS NOW ARE LARGER THAN EITHER PARTY IN MANY STATES? IT WOULD BE BETTER NOT TO HAVE ANY POLITICAL PARTIES, BECAUSE OUR FREEDOM IS BASED ON BEING INDEPENDENT. EACH CONGRESSMAN IS OBVIOUSLY PUSHING THEIR PARTY'S AGENDA OR LOYALTY BEFORE THE NEEDS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, JUST AS THEY HAVE ALWAYS DONE THE CURRENT PRESIDENT, THREATENS A VETO TO ANY LEGISLATION THAT DOES NOT MATCH HIS AGENDA. THIS ATTITUDE, ONLY EXASPERATES THE PROBLEM. IT HAS BECOME ABUNDANTLY CLEAR THAT CONTRESS HAS DESICED, BECAUSE OF PARTY LOYALTY, NOT TO COME TOGETHER TO SOLVE PROBLEMS. THEREFORE, THE VOTERS' SIGNALS, LAST NOVEMBER, HAS FALLEN ON DEAF EARS AND THERE IS ONLY ONE ANSWER TO THE PROBLEM. THE VOTER MUST NOT RE-ELECT ANY CONGRESSMEN NOT JUST THE MAJORITY, OR A FEW MEMBERS. ALL OF THE "DO NOTHING CONGRESS MEMBERS" MUST NOT BE RE-ELECTED IF THE VOTER WANTS TO END THIS STALEMATE. THE RESPONSIBILITY FALLS ON ALL OF US, NOT JUST A FEW. THIS IS THE ONLY WAY THE NEW CONGRESSMEN WILL TAKE NOTICE AND WORK FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, BY WORKING TOGETHER AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PEOPLE AND NOT THEIR POLITICAL PARTIES. I HAPPEN TO AGREE WITH EACH POLITICAL PARTY, WHEN THEY SAY THE OTHER IS NO GOOD. THE INTERNET TODAY IS ONE SURE WAY TO GET ATTENTION AND CONTRIBUTIONS WITH HARDLY ANY COSTS. THE POINT OF NO RETURN IS FAST APPROACHING. WE ARE IN DEBT UP TO OUR EARS, OUR BRAVE SOLDIERS ARE DYING AND BEING MAIMED DAILY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT, WE AR TRYING TO HOLD TOGETHER, AS FRAGILE AND SEEMINGLY HOPELESS AS IT IS. WE MUST END THIS BLEEDING OF OUR FORCES NOW, RATHER THAN LATER. IT IS NOT FAIR TO THEM OR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHO, BY A MAJORITY OF SEVENT PERCENT WANT IT ENDED, QUICKLY AND NOW. AS A RESULT OF THIS WAR AND ITS DURATION THE GOVERNMENT IS SO DEEP IN DEBT OUR GRANDCHILDREN WILL HAVE TROUBLE PAYING OUR DEBTS. WE ARE ON THE THRESHOLD OF AN ECONOMIC CRISIS, THE LIKES OF WHICH WE HAVE NOT SEEN SINCE THE 1929 STOCK MARKET CRASH AND THE GREAT DEPRESSION OF THE THIRTIES. OUR FACTORIES HAVE GONE OVERSEAS LOOKING FOR CHEAP LABOR WHILE OUR UNEMPLOYMENT RATE CLIMBS. CITIES AND STATES HAVE LOST THEIR TAX BASE AND INCOME, AND CANNOT AFFORD TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES THEIR RESIDENTS NEED AND DESERVE. IN THE MIDST OF THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN WE FIND OURSELVES FIGHTING WITH CONGRESS TO SHUT OFF THE FLOW OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS JUMPING OVER THE BORDER FENCES THAT ARE NOT THERE AND SHOULD BE THERE, EVEN AFTER CONGRESS VOTED FOR A FENCE, WITHOUT THE NEEDED FUNDING. GAS PRICES HAVE REACHED AN ALL TIME HIGH WHILE PRICES OF FOOD AND SERVICES HAVE ALSO RISEN DUE TO THE ADDED TRANSPORTATION COSTS. YET, THE U.S. OIL COMPANIES DO NOT PAY AN EXTRA CENT TO PUMP THE OIL OUT OF THE GROUND. THE OIL COMPANIES USE THEIR SURPLUS MONEY TO BUY THE FUTURE OIL OUTPUT IN THE STOCK MARKET TO KICK UP THE PRICES. THEY BUY THEIR OWN OIL, THEN, THEY TAKE ALL THAT EXTRA MONEY AND LAUGH AT THE AMERICAN CONSUMER, ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK. WE NEED PRICE CONTROLS ON GASOLINE AND HEATING FUELS WHILE BANNING SHIPMENT OF OUR OIL TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES. WHY ARE OUR PRESCRIPTION PRICES ON DRUGS, MADE HERE IN THE U.S. TWICE THAT OF DRUGS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. THE ONLY WAY TO REWARD THE DO NOTHING CONGRESS IS TO "RE-ELECT NOBODY" TO CONGRESS THIS YEAR. WE NOT ONLY NEED A CHANGE, WE NEED A DRASTIC CHANGE. AS A RESULT, WATCH THE NEW CONGRESSMENT MAKE SURE THEY TAKE CARE OF THE PEOPLE'S BUSINESS. IF WE DO NOT TAKE THIS DRASTIC BUT NECESSARY STEP, WE CAN EXPECT THE SAME TYPE OF DO NOTHING CONGRESS FOR TWO MORE YEARS. WE MUST GIVE OUR NEW PRESIDENT, A COMPLETELY NEW CONGRESS WHO WILL WORK WITH HIM OR HER TO SOLVE THE PRESSING PROBLEMS IN OUR COUNTRY WITHOUT DELAY. IT IS THE ONLY WAY WE CAN GET THE JOB DONE AND SAVE OUR COUNTRY FROM ANOTHER DEPRESSION LOOMING OVER US. FINALLY, IF YOU AGREE THAT WE NEED A DRASTIC CHANGE OF CONGRESS, PLEASE OPENLY EXPRESS YOUR FEELINGS AND VOTE IN NOVEMBER 2008.
YOUR COMMENTS ARE WELCOMED. YOU CAN COMMENT AND POST YOUR COMMENTS VIA THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE.
ANDY LOONY
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