| Happy Presidents Day! | | | | including things that didn't belong to them. They said |
| Well, let's get right to it. | | | | they had a mandate from our government. |
| The problem with our government is that it is controlled | | | | Well, that didn't work in Arizona. The site director was |
| by two parties taking turns. Now it's the Republicans | | | | out of there within a few hours and a new one came |
| who control the House and Senate. Combined with a | | | | in with humanity in her veins. All it took was a phone |
| Republican president, it is a dictatorship. The result is a | | | | call from a prominent citizen. |
| stupid war, uncontrolled spending, the favoring of | | | | The Red Cross, their reputation again soiled, had to get |
| powerful lobbyist, and corruption. | | | | on television and thank the other organization for their |
| The Vice President has assumed unprecedented | | | | superb job of handling refugees while they were |
| power. I thought he was supposed to spend his time | | | | getting organized. |
| fishing and playing golf. What does the Constitution say | | | | Where was the government all this time? |
| about the duties of the Vice President? He is to | | | | Ask the Gulf Coast folks hit by Katrina. They will |
| replace the President if conditions dictate that he does | | | | explain things to you. |
| so and he presides over the Senate. | | | | (Yes, the Forest Service put out the fires. I salute them. |
| He has limited voting power in the senate, being | | | | We lost a herd of over 400 elk in that fire, or more |
| allowed to vote only if there is a tie in voting. | | | | precisely, when the two fires joined forces trapping the |
| He actually does not run the Senate. Most of the time | | | | elk. That was a loss of 4% of the elk population on the |
| the president pro tempore does this. See more at | | | | Mogollon Rim. Can you say mugy yawn?) |
| Spend more time fishing and hunting Mr. Cheney. | | | | To improve our government we first must do what |
| Watch where you are pointing that rifle or shotgun. | | | | the Congress did to the presidency, they limited the |
| A definition of the current administration is arrogance | | | | number of terms he could serve. |
| and name calling. The result is stupid actions. | | | | It's time to limit the term of service in Congress to 12 |
| Take the MedicareRx Plan. (Nobody else will take it.) | | | | years. Members of the House that have already |
| Other than giving two billion to the pharmaceutical | | | | served 10 years would be restricted to one more |
| companies, putting a zillion insurance companies into | | | | 2-year term. If a congressman can not get what he |
| the spoils system, and confusing the zimdeezus (new | | | | wants in that amount of time, he is just too blasted |
| word just for this article) out of us old folks, what has it | | | | greedy. |
| done? | | | | I also would like to see a law that prohibits acting |
| I've tried to get through to AARP to decide what I | | | | members of Congress from putting their names on |
| should do but I can't get through their telephone lines. | | | | public projects. Unneeded roads and bridges to build |
| I've sent them e-mails but they don't answer. They are | | | | their egos are not in the public interest. |
| swamped by the confused. | | | | Lobbyist would not be allowed to give money or any |
| Today, a competitor is coming to our home. I think it is | | | | other perks to members of Congress. They could |
| called Humana®. They don't charge for Medicare | | | | speak for their clients but they could not donate |
| Supplemental Insurance or for the MedicareRx Plan. | | | | financially or in any other way to benefit a member of |
| Some of my friends have joined them recently. I can | | | | Congress. No hunting or fishing or golf trips; not even |
| hardly wait until the agent gets here. My problem will | | | | lunch. |
| be how to get into AARP to cancel my supplemental | | | | If money does the talking, the people do the walking. |
| insurance which is costing us over $500 each month. | | | | (Did you thing that phrase was cute? If it's original, |
| The Iraq war exemplifies the spoils system. When | | | | credit me.) |
| Cheney was Secretary of Defense he found that | | | | We Americans need to think more about others than |
| contractors could supply troops at lower cost than the | | | | ourselves. When our media covers the news of the |
| military. This gave Halliburton a tremendous windfall. | | | | world, the story usually gets broadcasted only if |
| Cheney resigned from government and joined | | | | Americans are involved. When we count war |
| Halliburton (who is charging about $20.00 for each | | | | casualties, we only count American casualties. |
| meal served in Iraq). | | | | The New York Times claims to publish all the news. |
| Who says those Wyoming boys are dumb? | | | | Take a newspaper like that. I think the Christian |
| Cheney is loved in Wyoming. He is the reason | | | | Science Monitor covers the world too. |
| Wyoming has over a billion dollars surplus in their state | | | | During Bush War I, I listened to foreign news stations to |
| budget (I think our local rag said $2 billion). Why couldn't | | | | learn what in the heck was really going on. Did you |
| Cheney do that for the country too? He still has time | | | | know that there were others there fighting besides the |
| to work on it. | | | | Marines? |
| The administration is mixing church and government. | | | | I use to travel abroad frequently. That is when I would |
| The reason is explained as financial. Someone told me | | | | learn what is going on in the world. Foreign |
| that Catholic relief efforts are mainly paid for by our | | | | newspapers and television stations actually cover |
| government. Is that so? Well the Catholics are more | | | | world news. |
| efficient than the government. (The Knights of | | | | I think that Fox® covers the world news in 80 |
| Columbus also make a mean hamburger at out county | | | | seconds. |
| fair.) | | | | Not knowing world events and not understanding what |
| What ever happened to the separation of church and | | | | other peoples think and do continually gets us into |
| state anyway? | | | | trouble. I will say this for the President. He told his pilot |
| Katrina proved that we are not safe. If a disaster | | | | that he wanted to go to Mongolia and the pilot actually |
| happens, you had better be a Mormon or a member | | | | found the place. Mongolia is a supporter of Bush War II. |
| of the Salvation Army. They were the first to help the | | | | Bush was there for four hours. I don't know if he rode |
| fire victims in Arizona a couple of years ago. The Red | | | | a Mongolian pony. |
| Cross came drifting in more than a week later and | | | | Don't you just hate it when old men rattle on? |
| immediately tried to take over all relief operations | | | | |