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It is 12 inches across - no maker on it . Just a 12 on the bottom and an A on the handle.

Lets be honest - Congress & media pundits talk about it but then

they start on .....oh that idea is too small or we have to slash Social

Security (which seems to be a scare tactic to get elderly people behind

doing nothing)

Here is a starting point to consider........

We should cut Congress salaries to nil..... they just want to "serve"-

That is the rhetoric we listen to every 2 years - so let them serve our

needs not line their pockets .

We need to do away with their expense accounts - put them in

military dorm type housing ,take away the big cars -shuttle buses

to sessions would be cost efficient Their private or chartered planes

would have to go - commercial flights for all. .

If they own a plane & use it great - but don't charge the American people

for its upkeep or fuel - because we are paying for the bus.

How about getting tools at Sears ,Lowe's or Home Depot - no reason

the American tax payer should pay $800 for a pipe wrench.

My budget is tight so like many I cut the small things first.

Many Congress members are worth millions why should we pay

and pay and pay for their "willingness to serve" while they rack up

contacts and connections that make them more ?

Lets be honest if it wasn't for the government telling the banks

to give people loans for houses beyond their means those

people won't need "protected by that same government"

As for credit cards - yeah they are easy to get but you know

if you can't afford to buy that big screen tv,

I heard interviews of people that knew they couldn't afford that

$60,000 - $250,000 home but they took it because they could -

sounds lame

So she said "Children of illegals" that had no choice as they were

brought here by their parent/parents would be given a chance of

citizenship after 2 years of college or 2 years of military service

if they are under 16.

Sounds good on the surface - BUT lets be honest they can't stay

in the US by themselves. Democrats aren't expecting them to be

parent-less minors wondering the streets homeless after school

so there will have to be some safe guards for their caregivers .

And who is paying for college if they decide against the military?

What if they flunk out or quit after the first year? Get discharged

for some reason before the 2 years?

These are things that need & should be addressed

before a vote - not after like every other bill this year has

been.

My fridge needed dust removed & cleaned around the fan - so did that.

Should it keep running quietly?

Is it due to...

1) Arizona is in the western part of the US & closer to the border

2) Their Governor is Republican

3) Obama isn't aware that other states have laws on their books

that mirror the federal law

4) The federal law is to be ignored when it contradicts much needed

votes

According to the article in the Boston Globe - Rhode Island's

Governor signed their law in 2008 - guess it was a slow news week

and the Congress and Obama missed that one

Which of these (made up) books would you give a new politician?

Why?

1) How to spot the best lobbyist for you at 200 yards

2) The New Age Thesaurus/500 ways to say the same thing

but never really answer the question

3) Who's who when it comes to slinking out of a scandal

4) My votes can be swayed & my constituents will never know

5) If the media loves me - nothing else matter

This is for fun ....So stay so what polite.

If the Congressional Budget Office can just give proposed estimates -

such as

1) 23 million people will still be uninsured by 2019

2) The cost of over $900 Billion might be on the low side

3) If you don't carry insurance - the IRS will fine you -

because fines will be based on a percentage of your income

4) 94% of Americans will be insured by 2019

( seems to contradict to #1 but CBO states both)

Why are they quoted so often ?

Just wondering how many people believe we are out of Iraq

The democrats voted against the funding - so what was

it for ? What is this executive order going to cover?

I watched the State of the Union - have seen it replayed

on the news in clips but missed what the issue is about.

What is really confusing me is aren't they all Democrats -

they have the majority (House & Senate ) and still voted

against it - so Obama just ignores them and literally goes

over their heads and does whatever he want by executive order?

Seems a bit -%&*- can't think of a good word.

So it just seems plain out and out wrong......to me

Opinions?

Did anyone notice that?

Small businesses need help not lip service

Would one lousy tax cut focused on Small Business -

really bankrupt the country?

The Scott Brown's win in Massachusetts was due to the fact voters want

the current Health Care bill - is what I thought he said but I would really

like to read over the transcript to get a clear picture.

On the local news today - they were showing news clips out of Haiti.....

Garbage trucks picking up the dead with garbage , garbage truck drivers

that have no idea how many bodies they are carrying or any idea who

those poor souls are.

Just pick them up , load them with garbage and dump them in an open pit

for mass burial - it just seems so crass

Im confused - but at least Sharpton say he is offended by "***** dialect"

but he was more offended by Imus because Imus was a "national pundit"

while Harry Reid is merely a senator.

Does that even make sense? I have to stop flipping through channels -

Im going back to the Weather Channel.

These Senators were both Dems and Reps , they took the spouses and even

a child . They took 3 jets, stayed at 5 star hotels and had limos all while talking

about the effects of global warming. Ironic ?

There is who went.......

Democrats - Pelosi, Hoyer, Rangel, Waxman, Miller, Markey, Gordon, Levin,

Blumenauer, DeGette, Inslee, Ryan, Butterfield, Cleaver, Giffords

Republicans - Barton, Upton, Moore Capito, Sullivan, Blackburn , Sensenbrenner

Sound a bit far fetched ? Truth is stranger than fiction sometimes.

Check out the CBS report...........

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/01/11/cbsnews_...

Just wonder how this health care package is to be equal for all Americans ......

when it seems like the only ones benefiting are special interest groups

Opinions ?

This was on CBS and a CBS website

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/01/1%E2%80%A6

Personally , I think Washington needs to tighten their belts and watch their wallets.

I don't care if they are Dem or Rep - they were wrong and need to go......soon

What are your thoughts?

This was on CBS and a CBS website

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/01/11/cbsnews_...

Personally , I think Washington needs to tighten their belts and watch their wallets.

I don't care if they are Dem or Rep - they were wrong and need to go......soon

What are your thoughts?

Nelson secured a provision for Nebraskans that will require the federal government to permanently pay the entire cost of Medicaid expansion in his state, while paying the costs of expansion in the other 49 states for just three years.

Was your state this special?

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/new...