Congressional Reform Act of 2010

I need to find link to this but I like the idea.



Congressional Reform Act of 2010 [NOTE: I cannot take credit for this text, it was forwarded to me via email - but I agree with it 100%]


1. Term Limits: 12 years only, one of the possible options below.

A. Two Six year Senate terms
B. Six Two year House terms
C. One Six year Senate term and three Two Year House terms

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.


2. No Tenure / No Pension:

A congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are out of office.

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.


3. 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.

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


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

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.


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

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.


6. Congress loses its current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.

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.


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

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.


8. All contracts with past and present congressmen are void effective 1/1/11.

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

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.

America's Ruling Class- and the Perils of Revolution

http://spectator.org/archives/2010/07/16/americas-ruling-class-and-the/print


Excellent article defining the "ruling class". Are they Republicrats or demopublicans???

I say they are liberals and are basically the same coin just two sides of it.

I definitely fall into the definition of "country class".

http://market-ticker.denninger.net/archives/2471-Our-Douchebag-Government-Midyear-Debt-Update.html

http://market-ticker.denninger.net/archives/2471-Our-Douchebag-Government-Midyear-Debt-Update.html

Karl is a good read and tough medicine ( cutting spending) IS the cure.

Ya gotz to laugh.....

Four guys have been going to the same deer camp for many years.. Two days before the group was to leave, Darwin's wife puts her foot down and tells him he isn't going. Darwin's friends are very upset that he couldn't go, but what can they do. Two days later the three get to the camping site only to find Darwin sitting there with a tent set up, firewood gathered, and dinner cooking on the fire. Dang man, how long you been here, and how did you talk your wife into letting you go? Well, I've been here since yesterday.

Yesterday evening, I was sitting in my chair and my wife came up behind me and put her hands over my eyes and said, 'Guess who?' I pulled her hands off, and she was wearing a brand new see thru nightie. She took my hand and pulled me to our bedroom. The room had candles and rose pedals all over. On the bed she had ropes! She told me to tie her to the bed, and I did. And then she said, Do whatever you want. So, Here I am!!!!

Meet Hank- our new tribe mate!!!

Hank was a shelter dog rescued from the Roscommon area as an owner surrender. He is very well behaved, a little scared at times, and has the softest ears going for a dog. He is the first boy dog added to the tribe's history so we will see how that goes. His first play was to climb the kids clubhouse and slide down the slide.

The cats are not impressed.

The-US-economy-needs-fewer-public-school-jobs-not-more

http://biggovernment.com/acoulson/2010/06/05/the-u-s-economy-needs-fewer-public-school-jobs-not-more/

Over the past forty years, public school employment has risen 10 times faster than enrollment (see chart). There are only 9 percent more students today, but nearly twice as many public school employees. To prove that rolling back this relentless hiring spree by a few years would hurt student achievement, you’d have to show that all those new employees raised achievement in the first place. That would be hard to do… because it never happened.

Good explanation of oil well failure

http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6559#more

Link to 12 BP ROV cameras

http://mxl.fi/bpfeeds2/

Individual cameras here

http://www.bp.com/genericarticle.do?categoryId=9033572&contentId=7062605

Picture of oil well in Gulf

Amazing that the technology exists to do this. Stopping the leak may only be possible with the relief wells.