Congress has failed the American citizen
Published: July 6, 2009
Updated: July 6, 2009
Let’s look at the recent performance of Congress as it relates to you, the American citizen. On each one of these issues, they ignored you and you did nothing:
1. Largest spending bill in hstory passed without reading
2. Largest tax bill, called Cap and Trade, passed without reading
3. Failed to secure our borders and enforce immigration laws
4. Gave $300 billion to illegal welfare
5. Bailed out failed business
6. Failed to implement the system-verification
7. Gave U.S. jobs to non-U.S. citizens
8. Failed to drill here and drill now
Now it’s time to act. You can call, write or e-mail your congressional representatives and tell them we have had enough, and if they don’t fix these problems by October we will vote them out in November and:
1. Make all laws apply to Congress
2. Delete congressional privileges
3. Restrict Congress from voting for its own raises
4. Make Congress pay into Social Security, live within their means
5. Stop giving benefits to 20 million illegal immigrants
6. Limit congressional representatives to no more than two terms
7. Get own 401(k) plan and reform congressional medical insurance
8. Throw out all congressional members who vote for bills without reading them
9. Do not reward lawbreakers
10. Start no war unless willing to win
11. Speak only English
12. Defend our borders
13. Balance budget
14. Protect our currency
John J. Callahan
Culpeper
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rjma, that’s where I agree with you 100%. Only those that attack us, and that is what I said, isn’t it?
Opa, thanks on the apology! Have you thought what you said through? Do you really think Pakistan is going to escalate a war with us to the point they bomb the Pentagon just because we bomb some terrorist training camps or hangouts? Otherwise, I agree with you on our right to pursue objectives and not committing acts of war.
My problem with an occupied war is that they are not win-able, and history does bear that out. We lose thousands of our fellow citizens and for no win-able reason or needed solution.
What is it that you see where Obama has remained consistent? He’s gone from “removing all combat troops (2006 young Senator), to leaving 50,000 as of February 2009. Is that not a change?
Gotta go till evening.
OW, have you thought your position through? What would you think if say Pakistan dropped bombs on our Pentagon saying that some general there had bombed/attacked them and killed many civilians? Would you support Pakistan’s action? Bombs are OK but bullets are taboo? I don’t buy your position.
OW writes: “I do believe in going after someone or groups of people who have
attacked us.“?
What Iraqis attacked us? Grenadians? Panamanians? Somalis? Serbs? Lebanese? Vietnamese? Dominicans?
OW, thank you. Your apology is accepted. As far as future debates are concerned, welcome. But I’ll play by the same rules. Cite sources to back up your claims. Truth is all that’s important.
BTW, I do not agree that Obama constantly changes his stances. To the contrary, he’s been very consistent.
Neither the USA nor its President has any “right” to forcefully go anywhere outside the USA in pursuit of its objectives. If and should we, we are committing an act of war.
rjma, yes and no in having what I said right. I said I don’t believe in OCCUPYING. I do believe in going after someone or groups of people who have attacked us. But occupying and thinking we can help them change into a better way of life is absurd. By going after them, bombs from the air work for me. No need to go on foot and lose thousands of young men and women. Please don’t interpret bombs as being nuclear either.
OW writes: “If this paragraph is true, then Bush had every right to go where ever he could to root out these people, and that should include Pakistan.“
But then you say: “ I happen to NOT believe in many things we do overseas ..... and one of them is occupying other countries.
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So you’re saying that Pres. Bush had every right to do something (implying that you think it was OK) although you say such actions are things you do “NOT believe in”.
Have I got that right?
Opa, let me apologize in regards to Pres. Obama’s plans to withdraw ALL troops. You are right that his plan did not involve Afghanistan. I’ve been doing a lot more reading and that’s the gist of it. He’s always felt that the real war we should be fighting was in Afghanistan and that goes back to 2001 when he served in the IL house. In this August 1, 2007 article: http://www.barackobama.com/2007/08/01/the_war_we_need_to_win.php
My only problem with Obama’s stance besides its constant changing is that in this his own blog, he seems to overlook exactly what he blames the Bush administration for overlooking, which is a National Intelligence Estimate of theat, and I quote here that paragraph:
“According to the National Intelligence Estimate, the threat to our homeland from al Qaeda is “persistent and evolving.“ Iraq is a training ground for terror, torn apart by civil war. Afghanistan is more violent than it has been since 2001. Al Qaeda has a sanctuary in Pakistan. Israel is besieged by emboldened enemies, talking openly of its destruction. Iran is now presenting the broadest strategic challenge to the United States in the Middle East in a generation. Groups affiliated with or inspired by al Qaeda operate worldwide. Six years after 9/11, we are again in the midst of a “summer of threat,“ with bin Ladin and many more terrorists determined to strike in the United States.“ If this paragraph is true, then Bush had every right to go where ever he could to root out these people, and that should include Pakistan.
The overall problem with Obama’s stances on the whole war on terror is that his stance has evolved and changed from 2007 till now. Before he said ALL troops, now he is going to leave 50,000 (estimated, that could change too. Even 10,000 is a lot). That’s a big change. Obama is being met with a Democratic uprising over his plans changing, and there are quotes from Harry Reid, Charles Schumer, Nancy Pelosi, John Murtha, and Carl Levin on that. Because I am a patriot to my country and to my President, I would much rather do as Obama’s wants than any of these other Dems mentioned.
I happen to NOT believe in many things we do overseas in which the Republicans and Democrats both seem to go for, and one of them is occupying other countries. Another would be giving/pledging billions and billions of dollars that we simply don’t have. We have to borrow from China to get!!
But that’s another argument. I do sincerely apologize, and did enjoy the challenging debate, and hope you will accept a future one.
OW, as I’ve shown over and over again, what you think reality is, is not. Rave as you do, Obama has never said that “he would stop the war and bring our kids home.” Disagree? Cite a credible source. You have thus far not cited one source for it. I’ve quoted what he did say and gave the sources. If you think that I “re-used” any source you gave “my way” then don’t put the cite before me. “My way” is truth. As I’ve repeatedly said, I think you must have a reading comprehension problem. There is nothing in your cited source that even hints that Obama’s ever planned “to get us out of Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and the whole REGION.” Wrong? I’ve cited what was said and given my sources. You have not.
There are only two “war areas.” They are Iraq and Afghanistan, separate and not equal. Obama has always opposed our presence in Iraq and championed our presence in Afghanistan. That’s a fact, accept it or not. If not, cite a source.
It seems to me that it is you who does no research and refuses to post cites to support claims and assertions. Why should I spend my time researching what you say? Do it yourself, and cite it. I do. You can’t.
And finally, if you think about it, your stated belief that Obama rose to center stage based on his “ANTI-WAR STANCE” shows how ill-informed/ignorant you are (on many levels.) OW, you haven’t a clue.
The whole point was, Opa, that I said Obama said early on that he would stop the war and bring our kids home. And he did, and I’ve cited enough sources for you to easily find. And the one I gave you, that you re-used your way, you’ve refused to understand. That being, when his plan as a Senator was revealed in the cite I gave you, it was to get us out of Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and the whole REGION, (region being capitalized because that is the exact word Obama used), means that is exactly what he meant. He wanted ALL our troops out of there, meaning ALL the WAR area, not just Iraq like you want to take out of context and believe.
So when someone takes something out of context, it becomes pointless. Just like you don’t want to go and look up all the times during his campaigning, (not just from July 2008 on, but when he really started in early 2007), which is what made him rise to center stage in the first place was his “ANTI-WAR” stance.
I don’t see how you can deny that. You don’t need me to give you the answer to that, go and see for yourself.
You also obviously do not want to look into why the Senator from Hawaii had to tell the Obama administration that what he wanted (suggested or proposed), was not going to make it out of his committee.
Thus, pointless. Believe what you want. It’s also why you can’t address why the left-liberal-people are now upset with Obama…because like I said…he’s not doing what he told them he’d do when he was campaigning. And that’s only one area of his untruths. He also said he would not tax any further those households making less than $250,000 a year. And look what is happening now. So, Obama’s lies, just like prior administrations, will catch up with him too.
OW, you say I “just want to use recent sources, and not dig into 2007 and prior? Seems to me you don’t want to use any sources no matter what the year. My cites are appropriate to the events being discussed. You say that you know what Obama has been saying for about a year (since July 2008)? Give me a hint. So far you’ve been shown to be 100% wrong. You say hundreds of sources of what Obama said as a candidate are in US News and World Report? Then, cite one. You think I’m trying to convince you to like Obama or not? Wrong again. I could care less. But you are right. It is pointless. There is no getting through to you. It appears that your mind is too tightly closed.
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