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About me: I have 85 years of life experience involving solving problems. I'm a retired attorney, living in Florida.  Andy Looney is my pen name because I just might be "looney" to think the American people can solve these long standing problems in America. We know congress hasn't been able and continues to not be able to for years. I welcome your comments, so let's start some dialog people!

 

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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

 

Vice President Biden's Fatal Foot in Mouth Disease

September 28, 2010


Dear American Voter:


          Joe Biden, as our Vice President, is and has been an affable man, intelligent, well informed and never at a loss for words. 


          That last description may be his downfall, especially this latest gaff, when he visited New Hampshire the other day and called the American people, "Whiners" when they complain about the bad economy.


          Joe, a former 40 year U. S. Senator from Delaware, who has overcome personal tragedy and worked hard in the Senate for the American people, while taking the extra time to become an expert in Foreign Policy, just cannot stop shooting from the hip with stupid remarks one after the other, since he was selected as President Obama's Vice Presidential running mate in 2008.  Since then, his mouth has become an orifice from which to spew four letter words, and vulgar and insulting utterances he learned as a kid in the streets of Scranton, Pennsylvania and, apparently, has not outgrown and still lurks as part of his persona.


          Here he was, in New Hampshire specifically sent there to drum up votes and reassure the American people that he and the Obama Administration had done as much as possible to turn the economy around and put the 15 million unemployed Americans back to work, so they should vote for the Democratic ticket come election day on November 2nd, as a vote of confidence.


          So, what did he say to those 15 million unemployed people, who are barely living from hand to mouth while facing foreclosure of their homes and are about to be put out in the street?  "Stop your whining!" That is what he said.


          It is not surprising that the American people, at this point, are disappointed, discouraged and desperate because they feel the President and his Administration, in whom the American people put all their faith and trust, has failed to improve the economy as promised, have doubled the loss of jobs, have wasted trillions of dollars on projects that have not supplied the jobs needed, and have, instead helped the financial institutions that were the principal cause of the economic meltdown, instead of the victims who have continued to suffer because of it and find themselves worse off since Obama became President.


          It seems the President and Vice President have acted much like Napoleon and Josephine of France when their economy was in shambles because of the wars waged.  An advisor announced to them that matters were so bad the people did not have bread to eat and Josephine reportedly and facetiously responded, "Let them eat cake!"


          For the last 20 months, Obama and Biden have acted as the elite and the nobility of many countries, in their ivory towers in Washington.  They have sold out to the lobbyists and do their bidding and that of the Democratic Party.


          Annoyed by the claimed unjustified complaints and far removed from the suffering of the masses, they chastise the populace for their complaints and uttered disappointments and expectations by openly blaming the previous the previous administration, but forget they were elected on the premises to fix the economy and put the people back to work, not make it worse, as they have done, squandering money we didn't even have in the Treasury, in the process and have brought us to the brink of bankruptcy.  They have no strategy, only tragedy.


          The people and the Country will die if they do not receive the bread to sustain them.  It is not enough to say, "...things are improving...," and, "...we are on the road to recovery..."  When you have lost your dignity, are hungry, have lost hope and are withering away in a cold house on a death bed, and the doctor says, "...stop your whining...", the people need to see, feel and partake of the bread, the staff of life to sustain them, not empty promises, failure and then outright lies, in an attempt to escape responsibility for your misdeeds.


          The day of reckoning is fast approaching.  The American people have irretrievably lost faith in the Obama Administration, and they intend to get rid of Obama and Biden, and the Democratic Congress, who have deliberately failed to help them in their hour of need.


          Do they care?  No!  Because they have arranged to receive fat pensions, lifetime protection and plush offices, along with free medical and dental care for life at the expense of the very people they were duty bound to help but have ignored and abandoned for the lobbyist money and bidding.


          Instead of serving the American people, these professional politicians have served themselves, year after year, but soon, it will all end in their disgrace and shame.  The American people intend to personally take a back to the health and vigor it deserves and has received in the past, since 1776.  Another revolution is coming at the polling places, this November!
8:28 pm 

Sunday, September 26, 2010

 

It is Time to correct our High Gasoline, Diesel Fuel and Heating

Oil Prices

Article:  I

September 5, 2010


          The high price of gasoline, diesel fuel and heating oil may not be the biggest problem facing our country at this time, but it is surely the longest lasting problem without a solution.  Ever since the Arab OPEC Nations unilaterally doubled the price of these oil products in 1972 and shut off the supply, because our country had sided with Israel during the attack and War in 1969, by the Arab League Nations, they have been in an economic war with us over the price of oil.


          Only this young generation, could not remember or suffer the trauma of the long lines and pain over the sudden high jump in prices at the pump, although they must have felt the same pain last year when oil prices hit four dollars a gallon!


          Adding insult to injury, the American oil producers, joined in with the Arab OPEC Nation Cartels and also raised their prices at the same time, thereby beginning a thirty eight year period of inflated prices and profit for all oil producers, worldwide.


          Therefore, it should be no surprise when Exxon Mobile last year, reported record excessive profits and a retirement package for its CEO of about 400 million dollars.


          Ever since 1972, the American public grudgingly accepted these high prices, while cutting back on other expenditures as a matter of necessity since Congress and each successive administration have done nothing to correct this "hold up" at American gasoline pumps.  At the same time, this submission by the public and the USA, encouraged and signaled the OPEC Oil Cartel to continue this overcharging making the Arab Nations today among the richest in the world.


          Now, it has been made abundantly clear that the reason our government has not come to the aid of the American people is because our representatives and each administration has been "bought off,"  each year, with huge campaign contributions to keep a hands off  attitude in the matter.


          Even when the recent recession starting in 2007 slowed the purchase and use of gasoline and diesel fuel, the oil producers artificially raised the price of oil, in the stock market, by investing huge sums of their profits in the futures market.


          As a result, we are importing more oil than ever before, while we are adding about a trillion dollars more each year to our imbalance of trade, while losing that much of our net worth each year because of oil imports alone.  At this rate coupled with other trade deficits we should be bankrupt before 2030 or all our assets owned by the Chinese and Arab Nations.


          When you see what is happening in the Gulf of Mexico, with the BP spill of the century and yesterday, another fire and spill at another site by another company, it is obvious that the proper controls are not in place due to the admitted corruption of our Washington representatives and their inspection teams.  President Obama has set a ban on deepwater drilling, as he should, but the ban should not be lifted before this whole process is reviewed and real tough safeguards are imposed.  It will be interesting to see if the ban is really legitimate or just another shake down of the oil companies by our politicians for more contributions.


          Under the circumstances, the time has long been due to rid our country of this "gun to our head" dependence on oil products and start a crash program for alternative energy, stop the imbalance of trade and, at the same time, put millions of Americans back to work and off the unemployment dole.


          However, as the American public has seen, for the last nearly forty years, this will not happen with our present Congress and President since they have steadfastly refused to help reduce the cost and dependency on oil for monetary and selfish reasons.  Nor will the situation change if we throw out one member of a political party for the other, since they are both corrupt and controlling.  I challenge all elected officials in Washington to prove me wrong.


          Things cannot change for the better, until the American people, by a majority, realize the two political parties and their elected members are the problem and the stumbling block to solving all our problems in this country because they are being paid to do so by big business unions and their lobbyists, for more than fifty years, now.


          The only way the American people can solve the oil and other problems and the dilemma with these two political parties and their elected party members, is to cast them out of office while forming and Independent political party, run by "We the People" whose sole aim is to elect Independent representatives who act for the benefit of all Americans, in a government of, "By the People and for the People," exclusively.  They will have no need to accept money from lobbyists, since, all they need to be elected is the united votes of the American people, if they represent the people who elect them and no one else.  Please vote Independent and change your registration to the "We the People, Independent Party," if you desire to join hands with us in this only way to help our country survive.

8:39 pm 

Sunday, September 19, 2010

 

ALASKAN SENATOR MURKOWSKI IS NO LADY


September 18, 2010


      At the Alaskan primary election, last August, long lasting Senator, Lisa Murkowski, was voted out of office by the people in favor of a relatively unknown, Joseph Miller, backed by the now famous "Tea Party" and former Governor of Alaska and Vice Presidential candidate, Sarah Palin.

   

      This came as no surprise to many Americans who are hurting from a bad economy, unemployment, two winless wars and the lack of Congress and the last two administrations to come to the aid of the people.

  

      This is not a good year for incumbents and it should not be, since Congress's esteem is at the lowest ever.  The American people are looking for relief and they are not getting it from their representatives, so they are bound and determined to kick out the incumbents and get the "change" and can do, promised but not delivered, by the Obama administration.

   

      This is the very reason for the success of the conservative Tea Party wing of the Republican Party for the last year or so and for the popularity of Sarah Palin, nationwide.   Presidents Bush and Obama, with the help of Congress have wasted and spent so much money in the last ten years, this Country is in a debt and yearly budget deficit, we can never pay or remove.


      Under these obvious circumstances, Senator Murkowski, does not know enough to expect and accept her fate, to lose her bid for re-election, the same fate faced by at least a dozen U. S. Senators this year. Instead, she has announced her intention to stay in the race, hoping for a miracle of write-in votes to win a campaign she is bound to lose again.        When you wonder about her motivation to do this, you must consider her as a vindictive and poor loser, since she is putting the chances of her fellow Republican, Joe Miller, at serious risk of losing to the Democratic candidate in the race. 


     What has happened to party loyalty and the unity expected after a primary election? We realize that Sarah Palin and Lisa Murkowski may have been at political odds over the years, but, in the final analysis, the people have spoken.  But, as usual, with these long standing politicians, she thinks she knows best what is good for the Alaskan people.


     However, this is a Country of, by and for the people and the people have spoken, and she should accept her fate, but her greed, can't.

8:47 pm 

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

 
The Tea party is the start of another revolution against the Government and their Republican Party, by the people, just like the, "Taxation without Representation" cries of 1776 that finally gave the people their freedom they have enjoyed until today.  As they are now threatened, by the very party that should represent them.


ARTICLE: H.    This article is a little out of sequence, but we thought the timing was right.

September 15, 2010



            The American people have been dissatisfied with their representatives in Washington for the last ten years.  After six bad years under President Bush with the economy weakening and unemployment and the country involved in two wars that never seem to be won or end.  The American people voted out the Republican majority of Congress in 2006 and gave the Democrats the majority, hoping at least, that the change would improve things in Washington for the economy and end the war.


            After two more years of President Bush, with rising unemployment, a crashed economy and a Congress without the common sense to end the funding for the wars, the American people seized upon the premises of a glib and charismatic Democratic young Senator from Chicago, Illinois, Barack Obama and elected him their President.


            During the next eighteen months, the economy collapsed and the unemployment doubled, while the Democratic President with a majority of both houses of Congress did little to help the economy and put Americans back to work.  Congress instead, began feeding at the trough, like unfed pigs on pork projects, to the point the country's National Debt doubled to 13 trillion dollars a year to this unprecedented debt, our children and grandchildren can't repay.


            It is obvious, at this point that Congress and both Democratic and Republican members and their political parties, are unwilling or unable to solve the problems with the unending wars, the economy and unemployment and so the American people are looking again for the "Change and Can Do" that was promised but not delivered.  No one in Washington, seems to know just what must be done, while the American people are disgusted and discouraged with all that money spent and two costly wars with casualties and mounting costs without any real results.  But plenty of unfulfilled promises into the political arena came the so called, "Tea Party," a very conservative wing of the Republican Party with members bent on seizing the opportunity to influence the ousted Republican Party, breathing new life into that conservative wing of the party, president Bush and party leaders had ignored and cast aside for the previous ten years.

            With the Country in search of new faces and ideas to solve our pressing problems, the Tea Party quickly gained support, especially when former Governor, Sarah Palin, joined them as a spitfire speaker with the enthusiasm of a warrior.  Poor Sarah had run the gauntlet of criticism and abuse from both Presidential parties after John McCain had chosen her as his Vice Presidential running mate in his unsuccessful run for the Presidency.  That loss and her subsequent resignation from the Governor's seat in Alaska, cast more ridicule on her as a quitter.  The Republican Party leaders shunned her like a plague, but Sarah was in the process of getting even and making her mark in politics entirely on her own power.


            For the last year and a half, Sarah has crisscrossed the country making speeches of encouragement to the American people and conservative Republican voters, with her down to earth demeanor and common sense arguments, which have caught the admiration and respect of many American people.


            She and the Tea Party had the foresight, courage and intelligence to endorse Tea Party members during this year's election, many of whom were running for State office also to date, about a dozen incumbents have been replaced by successful Tea Party candidates, some, Republicans.


            Unfortunately, the Republican Party bosses resent this, since they wrongly feel that the party has the sole right to select candidates for office.  This is patently wrong, since any member of the Republican Party should have the right to seek political office and the party should be controlled by its members and not the party.


            For example, the party bosses have publically announced that they will not help Christine O'Donnell win the runoff election against the Democratic candidate in November, because she, fairly and squarely, beat their selected candidate, Mike Castle a present US Congressman from Delaware.


            As a result, it will not be long before one or the other will emerge as the winner as leaders of the Republican Party.  I believe the Tea Party will eventually win out by the end of the 2012 Election, because the people should control their party.  Just read the preamble to the US Constitution.  It starts with, "We the People..." and not, "We the Political..."


            I am asking each of you to please forward or recommend this web site: http://www.politicalsolutions.info/ to a minimum of ten people, in turn ask each of those to do the same and so on and so on.  If we all do this, before we know it, most people in the United States of America will be better informed.  Thank you.
10:04 pm 

Sunday, September 12, 2010

 

THE WANING POWER OF THE DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN PARTIES

Article H.      

September 2, 2010


            For the last one hundred years the two political parties have alternately controlled our political process and our Government of the USA.  The net result is that everything that happens in Washington is purely political and a ceaseless battle royal between the Democratic and Republican parties, each searching for political points for the next election.  This is why the peoples' problems are rarely addressed, since success by the ruling party is blocked by the minority party as a matter of political tactics.


            Then again, there are exceptions to this tactic when the interests of lobbyists are involved.  Since they are the major contributors to members of Congress, their interests always come first, that is why the peoples' problems and needs always come second, if at all.


            Our founding fathers, never considered that political parties should be included in our Government.  It is a fact that political parties are not mentioned in the US Constitution and that was deliberate.  Our first President, George Washington, referred to them in his farewell address, upon leaving office, making a firm warning of danger to the Nation of the political party's tendency to control the operation of our Government.


            This warning fell on deaf ears, almost immediately thereafter, Congress, under its own rules have seated their members in accordance with their party affiliation, the Democrats on the left and the Republicans on the right.  The party in power controls the Speaker's choice and that of President of the Senate, along with a majority of the members of all the Committees in both Houses.  This arrangement accentuates the interest and aims of the party in power and not at the needs of the American people, they were elected to represent.  Somehow, the Democratic term, "We the People" has been replaced with, "We the party in power."


            The resulting consequence, has been that member of Congress traditionally vote along party lines to show unity with their party, than what is best for the country and the people.  Political parties have aided our Congressmen financially at election time, to the point they are beholden and prisoners of their own party.


            This process has been amply demonstrated over the last ten years while a collapsing economy with double digit unemployment, and two never ending wars have forced us into a deficit spending mode year after year, that weakens our dollars and has caused a 13 trillion dollar deficit, even our children and grandchildren cannot pay.


            Since the end of World War II, politics has consumed the attention of this Nation.  The advent of radio and then television in the mid 1940's, brought the operation of our Government, especially Congress, into our homes as if we were present, for all of us to see and hear.  Like the afternoon soaps and dramas and the daily news it drew us into the process of our Government with interest and participation from a distance.  Unfortunately, we were also drawn in by one political party or the other, who by that time already had a strong stranglehold on the operation of our Government.


            With one or the other political parties in control of our Government you can readily see the resulting stalemate in Congress, the lack of co-operation and compromise on every issue that may need resolution to American people.


            For the last twenty years, Americans have become so disenchanted with both political parties, they have become Independent voters.  This year the Independent votes in each state is growing fast and now outnumber the members of either party.  It is obvious that the Independent vote will decide the result of every election in the future.


            Yet, since these Independent voters are not organized into a recognized party, they are prohibited from voting at e very primary in every state, unless they are willing to vote for one it is obvious, as Independents, they do not desire to join or vote for either party since they have proven to be not worthy of such a vote.


            What does make sense is that Independent voters should join an Independent party with their own selected candidates.  It is time for the American people to join hands with disgusted and disgruntled members of the other parties and use the power of their unified vote to take back the operation of our Government with an Independent party who representatives will swear to represent the people of America and no one else.  We call it a, "We the Independent Peoples' Party," a grass roots party run, "By the People and for the People."  Please join us.  I am asking each of you to please forward or recommend this web site: http://www.politicalsolutions.info/ to a minimum of ten people, in turn ask each of those to do the same and so on and so on.  If we all do this, before we know it, most people in the United States of America will be better informed.  Thank you.
3:00 pm 

Monday, September 6, 2010

 

MONEY, THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL

 

Article, "G"


          When I read about banks and people being robbed of their money and people are killed or wounded, how drugs are sold for large sums of cash, how people work for cash and don't pay their fair share of income taxes, I decided to write this article about MONEY.


          I propose that Congress vote a recall period of six months to cancel all paper money in the United States of America.  Of course those people that have, on hand legitimate sums of money, will receive a government check for said sums which must be deposited into a banking institute or spent on goods in the open market, during this period.


  • 1. In this day and age of checks, credit and debit cards, money orders and American Express or other traveler's checks, there is no practical need for cash in our economy, except coins for machines.
  • 2. The very act of a money recall will cancel out all lost, destroyed and all the ill got money in the hands of the wrong people. I estimate this act alone may save the government a few trillion dollars to help reduce the National Debt.
  • 3. We can save additional billions of dollars engraving, producing and circulating paper money which in reality is nothing but a government promissory note. The Constitution, under Section 8, gives the power to Congress, under part b. "to borrow money, and under part e the power "to coin money, regulate the value thereof..." Once the United States of America went off the government promissory note and has no extrinsic value, anyway, except the credit of the United States of America. As a result, under my plan, we can reduce the function of the Treasury Department to making and distributing coins, exclusively for the principal use in coin operated machines. The elimination of paper money is not a Constitutional issue.
  • 4. The Treasury Department anti counterfeiting section, will be eliminated or drastically reduced to prevent the counterfeiting of our coins of course all counterfeiters will go out of business and be unemployed.
  • 5. Banks will rest easy and require almost no security since they will handle only United States of America coins, a very small quantity as usual. They will not need to worry about holdups for paper money since none will be available. This will eliminate injuries and deaths connected with robberies for cash at banks, business and homes.
  • 6. The need to collect and destroy old worn paper money will also be eliminated, as will the attending cost.
  • 7. State and Federal jails would not be needed to house those who are convicted of robberies for cash, or counterfeiting so these costs will be eliminated.
  • 8. The Federal and State Court system will be spared the time and money in prosecuting counterfeiters, robbers, and thieves who steal paper money. Law enforcement units will be freed to fight other crimes.
  • 9. All, so-called "under the table work," transactions and sales for cash would be eliminated and as a result they would be forced to the surface, be recorded and taxed.
  • 10. So called drug dealers would be deprived of their cash and non traceable transactions, all drug deals by check, credit card or other means would be traceable and easily identified and with to the full extent of the law. Money laundering will be eliminated, because there will be no money to launder.
  • 11. Paper money has always posed a real, health problem, because of handling by thousands of people, many of whom may have infectious diseases. All these dangers will be eliminated.
  • 12. The use of paper money as a traditional means of untraceable bribery of public employees, officials and politicians will stop. If you see a politician walk out of City Hall with a refrigerator on his or his or her back, you can bet it is a bribe, he or she is a common thief. Only dishonest politicians and people will oppose this plan.
  • 13. Banks and credit card companies will obviously experience a surge in business and resulting profits, and interest rates a surge in business and resulting profits, and interest rates charged would drop in this lucrative field. They will find tamper proof credit cards and checks, and eliminate identity theft which is necessary.
  • 14. People will have peace of mind from robberies for paper money and from kidnapping for money ransom, since only traceable assets will be available.
  • 15. Paper money will still be available to collectors as souvenirs, and many collectors will want to buy this redeemed paper money, thereby paying the price and offsetting the government's cost of the recall and redemption process. Of course, redeemed money will be marked, "Redeemed" to avoid problems.

          In conclusion, the time has come for the elimination of paper money.  We will win the fight against such cash crimes and criminals and hurt them where it really counts, in their pocketbooks.  We will eliminate the business of stealing cash and the death, injury and costs of defending these thefts and prosecuting offenders.  We will fight terrorism since all United States of America money and illegal transactions will be traceable.  We will all be required to pay our fair share of taxes, thereby reducing taxes for honest people.  Our lives will be safer, less costly in this area and we would be assured that everyone in the United States of America will be treated equally as the Constitution requires.  Everyone but thieves will be happy and thieves will be made more hones as a consequence of this plan or move overseas to greener (paper money) pastures.

         

          Now is the time to remove this "Root of all Evil," paper money.


          I am asking each of you to please forward or recommend this web site: http://www.politicalsolutions.info/ to a minimum of ten people, in turn ask each of those to do the same and so on and so on.  If we all do this, before we know it, most people in the United States of America will be better informed.  Thank you.

9:52 pm 

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

 

THE RISE AND FALL OF OUR AMERICAN DEMOCRACY


September 1, 2010


Article "F"


As I write this sad epitaph, few, if any Americans will believe we could ever lose the freedom our hardworking forefathers have fought so hard and long to have and enjoy, since 1776.


But that will certainly be our fate, soon, if something is not done to save our cherished way of life.  Today, we are faced with a challenge to our freedom not from the usual foreign enemies, but from within our borders, and from our own Government and our leaders.


            Under our Democratic system of Government we vote for representatives to Congress to represent our interests in the United States Government.  Our representatives are elected for a short period of two years, while our Senators serve a term of six years in staggered two year periods, two each from our fifty states.  All this was provided in our United States Constitution of 1787, as amended.


            The House of Representatives is assigned the task of proposing necessary legislation and spending money for the Government to function and provide the needed services country needs, while the Senate confirms the laws passed by the House after argument and compromise between themselves and the two branches of Government.  This is the process by which it was meant for the Congress to act on behalf of all its inhabitants.  However, for the last forty years, ever thing has changed and the people are not represented by their elected officials, as they should be.


            Washington has been invaded by an increasing number of lobbyists, from various moneyed interests, bent on convincing the members of Congress, to pass legislation designed to favor the interests and not the interests of the American people.  They also object to proposed legislation which may favor the American people but not the interest of the companies that hired them.  These lobbyists have spread around enough money to most congressmen, that they have become addicted to this readily available cash.  These lobbyists come to their offices at the capitol in such large numbers that the Congressmen feel it more convenient to accept these large sums than to ask or look for those small, limited contributions from their constituents.  It is estimated, on the average, each Congressman receives between one and two million dollars a year from lobbyists, while their pay is less than $200,000.00 a year.


            It is for this reason, the money involved, that most Congressmen feel more obliged to protect the interests of these large donors, than the people who elected them into office and whom they are obligated to represent for free.


            Now you know why important issues and matters that need Congress's attention for actions and solutions have been neglected for the last 40 years.  It is the Congressman's drive for money, ostensibly for their re-election that gets their attention first and foremost.  Their quest for money is their principle driving force and it occupies most of their time each day.  Now that the sessions of the House and Senate are televised each day, have you ever seen the speakers speak to a full House and Senate?  It is more likely they speak to an empty Chamber.  When the last 1100 page Stimulus Package was passed last February, the members had about three hours to read it, and most went to bed instead, but voted for it because of the pork projects they manage to include in the dead of the night.


            As an example, some of the important matters that have needed attention, but have been neglected for many years include:


  • 1. The Social Security System needs complete overhauling but has only had temporary, band aids and patches attached, because no one wants to be responsible to vote for the additional taxes needed to fix it.
  • 2. The National Health System proposed by Presidents for the last 20 years will be passed. However, President Obama is afraid we will read the multi- thousand pages Bill, and realize it will cost more to run, while costs have not been reduced as promised and needed, and while it cannot run without new taxes on the already burdened Americans. Lastly, the Insurance Lobby likes our system just as it is. As they get richer by the day and Congress is afraid to offend them less their big political contributions are cut off.
  • 3. The price of prescription drugs and pharmaceuticals will remain at twice the world average, simply because our Congress has been paid off for years not to interfere, witness the prescription plans pass by Congress at the insistence of President Bush, whereby Americans are prohibited from overseas purchases of prescription drugs, while the Government is paying exorbitant prices to their lobbying companies. In this case both the President and Congress are plainly, paid and bought off.
  • 4. The cost of gasoline and fuel oil has been a cancer on Americans since the first oil embargo by OPEC in 1972. Today we continue to import twice the amount we imported then and we are at their mercy and that of the equally greedy domestic oil companies even more. Congress has done nothing about promoting legislation for the alternative energy we need to rid ourselves of the stranglehold except a token amount when a full speed-ahead approach is sorely needed. The foreign and local oil lobbies have been greasing the palms of Congressmen for thirty five years and counting so, as long as these Congressmen are left in office, do not hold your breath for the needed relief, but expect to suffer even more.
  • 5. The present rising unemployment problem in the U S A will never be corrected and reduced as long as Congress continues to reward companies that move overseas in search of cheap labor. The free trade system this country adopted twenty years ago has caused this and also produced a record trade imbalance throwing our money overseas instead of our trade good. The steel, construction and auto unions have caused this problem and President Obama seems set to continue to favor unions in this endeavor, while all the employers either go bankrupt or sail away overseas.
  • 6. The mortgage foreclosure problem in the U S A caused by greedy financial institutions and Wall Street, preying on unsuspecting and unqualified applicants, will continue unabated while real estate prices keep falling on all American homes, causing a wave of new foreclosures every month while increasing unemployment adds to the problem all the while our last two Presidents, including Obama have come to the aid of the very institutions that caused this problem while every American is losing more equity every day. Now the banks that Obama said, "are too big to fail" are making record profits and awarding huge bonuses, with our tax money while every American continues to suffer because of the greed of the banks and Wall Street, who are prospering more than ever before.

            Do not expect Congress to vote or the President to propose any legislation, to solve any of these real, long standing problems, or to shut off this lucrative source of money from the world's lobbyists.  This is their perceived money for re-election and to insure their power and longevity in office.


            In the meantime, members of Congress have been entrenched in office for their own personal gain while the needs of their constituents are ignored and left unresolved.  When you have such a situation in the operation of our Government, you have a breakdown of the Democratic process, under our Constitution, decay from within, and based on the mistrust of our servants, the elected officials we voted into office to run our government.


            So, if you want more of the same, continue to re-elect our greedy selfish Congressman.  However, if you want to produce the change you need to return the power of your vote to the people of this Country, as it should be, then you must have the courage and outrage and good sense to vote out of office those scoundrel congressmen.  You must replace them with persons who pledge to represent the people in their district and no one else.


            It does not matter whether you vote for a registered Democrat or Republican, neither one deserves your vote, since they have proven to be the culprits who have caused this problem for the last twenty years.  We have cast out one party over the other, time and time again always with the frustration and the result that no improvement has been made.  What this Country needs now, is a list of Independent Candidates, not beholden to any political party or group.


            You do not need money to get elected or re-elected, if you do the bidding of the people who elected you.  They will know and recognize your efforts and accomplishments and they will re-elect you without any need to spend a nickel for advertising.


            Soon, the Independent people of America, along with many disillusioned and disgusted Democrats and Republicans, will band together in a new Independent party to acquire the strength in numbers to replace our do nothing incumbent representatives with those that will represent the people of America and no one else.

9:55 pm 


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