We Should Have Known

We fought a war to get away from taxation without representation. After victory one of the first taxes the new government forced on the people was a tax on liquor. We should have learned something. Now it is too late.

Old Enough

On the subject of Warren Jeff and his young brides, any girl (woman) old enough to request or authorize an abortion is old enough to be married. Why is government so interested in who marries whom?

Who is Making Money off of Casey Anthony?

Is it a bit odd that the cable networks are dedicating paid-by-sponsor hours complaining how Casey Anthony wants to make money off of her situation? Who is making money off of Casey Anthony? Cable networks that is who.

 

 

Debt Ceiling

President Obama should forget congress and raise the debt ceiling. Congress approved the spending that is causing the problem. Congress is irrelevant.

Where are Our Fighting Generals

How do we expect to win a war when after the leaders start the war and lead their troops into the war the leaders leave. They retire or take other assignments. Safe and secure while the men who trusted them continue to fight and to die. How many of our military leaders retired during WWI and WWII? We need fighting generals not retiring generals.

No Rich Friends Creating Jobs

The Republicans have no rich friends creating jobs only rich friends who will give the Republicans money. The rich friends have shipped the jobs to other countries and have received obscene bonuses for doing same. It is well past time for Republicans to put the voters ahead of their rich friends.

Hazing is Bullying

Hazing is an initiation behavior that involves humiliation, harassment or abuse particularly in universities and in the military.

Bullying is an act of intimating, a weaker person to do something especially such repeated coercion.

Hazing is bullying and must not be tolerated.

 

Fixing Congress

Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career.  The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work.

No Tenure / No Pension: A congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are out of office.

Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security:

All funds in the Congressional retirement fund moves to the Social Security system immediately.  All future funds flow into the Social Security system, Congress participates with the American people.

Congress can purchase their own retirement plan just as all Americans.

Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise.  Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.

Congress looses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.

Congress must equally abide in all laws they impose on the American people.

All contracts with past and present congressmen are void effective 1/1/12 .

The American people did not make this contract with congressmen, congressmen made all these contracts for themselves.

Media Should Do Their Job

Curious how the media has permitted the district attorney on the Casey Anthony trial to have a pass. He was depending on public outrage and a demand for vengeance instead of PROOF. Casey Anthony will walk not because she is innocent of the crime we all believe she committed but because the district attorney over charged and under performed.

Soap Operas

 

Did you know soap operas can change people's attitudes on a number of areas? Mexico's national television network broadcast a series of soap opera segments on the subject of literacy. The day following an episode where one of the characters in the soap opera went to a literacy office wanting to learn to read and write, over 250,000 people did the same thing in Mexico City alone. Eventually 840,000 people enrolled in literacy courses all in response to those soap opera segments.

 

On another subject, birth control, a drama series on contraception, resulted in Mexico's birth rate by over 30 percent.

 

Following as series of radio serial dramas on such issues as reproductive health and gender equity surveys indicated that just after two years over 60 percent of people seeking reproductive health care had listened to one of those dramas. On the subject of HIV, male listeners sought HIV tests at a rate 4 times non-listeners and female listeners at a rate of 3 times non-listeners. Demand for contraceptives increased 150 percent and the number of children per woman declined to 4.3 from 5.4.

 

The United Nations reports providing effective contraception to 200 million women without access to such services could prevent almost 100 million unwanted pregnancies, induced abortions and infant deaths.   

 

Considering the influence soap operas wield is it any wonder the affect sex centered soap operas have on the United States? And do not forget violent movies, violent television shows, and violent video games.

 

Knowing vs Proving

The problem is a judicial system that permits the government to incarcerate an individual for years while they do not have the evidence to prove the charges against the individual so imprisoned.

 

Knowing and being sure are not the measure of our judicial system. It is proving. In the Casey Anthony situation the government failed. The government should be required to pay Anthony's legal bills. If the attorneys were working gratis for the client they should be able to bill the government. If the government can do it to her it can do it to YOU!!!!! Check the Constitution!!

 

Get Government Out of the Marriage Business

On the subject of Gay Marriage why is government involved in a decision between two people to commit their lives to the each other regardless of gender? Heterosexuals have no more business to be in on the decision of homosexuals to "marry" than homosexuals have on heterosexuals decision to marry. It is past time to get government out of the marriage business.

NFL and NBA?

I figure the pros will be surprised by the lack of interest in their strikes. We will watch more college games. Maybe not the same level but then again the NFL and NBA are different than they used to be. Kind of like cameras. Ten years ago 3 mega pixel cameras were just fine today 12 mega pixels are a must but 3 worked just fine. Screw the pros. College will do just fine.

Gates and the Presidential Medal of Freedom

The PMF means nothing unless it is given for exceptional service, service beyond what would be expected. Gates was paid for what he did and he did nothing more. The PMF is political and means nothing. Similar to honorary doctorates for donating money to a university. Means nothing.