The following is a terrific proposal !!

Congressional Reform Act of 2010

It would contain eight provisions, all of which would probably be strongly endorsed by those who drafted the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.  

Many of you will say, “this is impossible”.   Keep in mind, Congress has the lowest approval of any entity in Government. Americans can join together to reform Congress – the entity that “represents” US the citizens of the USA. 

Congressional Reform Act of 2010

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

        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.

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

 

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 looses their 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 by 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 1/1/2011.  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.

Print this article and take it, in person, to your local congressional representative and ask them if they support this, sound like fun?

We Really Need to Do This !

On December 19, 2009, Senator Ben Nelson, democrat, from Nebraska was granted immunity by the democratic Senate leadership from Medicaid funding mandates that all other states will be required to pay in return for his vote to pass the Senate Health Reform Bill.  Two weeks ago, Senator Mary Landrieu,  democrat from Louisiana acquired $300,000,000.00 from the Senate democratic leadership for the State of Louisiana in return for her vote to save the Senate Health Care Reform Bill.  Would you consider this blackmail, bribery, corruption at its highest level?  
Certainly an option very worthy of your consideration!
 
And the memory of our Founding Fathers?
  
At least read this.  Form your own opinion, even if you disagree with this issue, but at least read it..   You and I owe that to our country
All I ask is that you consider the suggestion here.

all 435 of them.  One third of the Senate, a total of 33 of them, will also stand for re-election.
Vote every incumbent out.
 And I mean every one of them.  No matter their Party affiliation.
Let’s start all over in the House of Representatives with 435 people who have absolutely no experience in running that body, with no political favors owed to anyone but their own constituents.  Let’s make them understand that they work for us.
They are answerable to us and they simply have to run that body with some common sense.

Two years later, in 2012, vote the next third of the incumbents in the Senate out
.  

I am also suggesting term limits on the NEW BUNCH — 8 YEARS FOR REPRESENTATIVES.  
AND
12 YEARS  [2 terms]   FOR SENATORS.
NO EXCEPTIONS.  THE LONGER THEY STAY IN OFFICE THE MORE POWER THEY GET AND THEY LOVE IT AND WILL DO ANYTHING TO GET RE-ELECTED.
WE HAVE TERM LIMITED THE PRESIDENT –
NOW LET’S TERM LIMIT THE LEGISLATORS.
And we do away with their Special Retirement system and their health program (they should have same health programs everyone else in America does). When they are through serving their country they go back to being private citizens.  They should view their service as a privilege; after all it was designed to be a part time job to represent the voice of the people, NOT the special interest groups and those who can do favors for them.
If they don’t like this proposal then don’t run for office…

 Please, if you love this Country,
send this (as I have done)
to  absolutely everyone whose email address
appears in your address book.

Let’s make it happen.

IF YOU LIKE THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING IN OUR COUNTRY,
THEN DO NOTHING………
THIS MOVEMENT IS A RAPIDLY GROWING GRASS ROOTS MOVEMENT TO TAKE BACK CONTROL OF OUR GOVERNMENT.

VOTE THE POWER ABUSERS OUT……..LET’S TAKE AMERICA BACK !!!!!!!!!

This thing can permeate this Country in no time.  

We can do the same thing in 2014 and, by that time we will have put all new people in that body as well.

We, the People, have got to take this Country back and we HAVE to do it peacefully.

That’s what the Framers of our Constitution envisioned.

The entire Congress of the United States is corrupt..  And I mean both Houses and I mean both major parties.

I realize that a few Members of each House are trustworthy, but, as a group
they are absolutely the most corrupt bunch to ever disgrace our Nation.
 
In November of 2010 the entire House of Representatives will stand for re-election;

I Believe Mayor Duffy Wants to Take Over the World !

camera red     These 50 or so red light traffic cameras being installed in the city of Rochester, New York  are wrong. What ever happened to having the right to confront your accuser? If you loaned your car to a friend, who subsequently runs a red light or commits a rolling stop on a right turn, and in the mail comes a fine of $75 dollars addressed to you. Who would your accuser be? The camera lens or the digital computer? This whole thing is wrong! The mayor says this will improve safety. Won’t you be taking your eyes off of the road to look for cameras? How safe is that?  No, this is about money. God, I hate to be lied to. Its all about the revenue to be gained from the fines, or so it seems.

     Lets take a closer look at these fines, or more precisely the costs. A private non-Rochester company from Arizona called Redflex Traffic Systems will install, operate, and monitor  the cameras at up to 50 intersections. Redflex will be paid $3740 each month per camera. That’s $187,000 per month or $2,244,000 before we even make a dime. That means 30,000 of us would have to be nailed to the wall without due process. Can anyone say “Fast Ferry” or “Midtown Plaza?”. Not to mention that a police officer has to review the information and process it, that costs money too doesn’t it? And the city has to collect the fines, that costs money too I think.

     Ok, suppose I decide that this is not fair and goes against the very principals of our country, and do not pay my fine? They will add on late fees, they will suspend my drivers license and basically ruin my life.

     If you still don’t think that this absolutely stinks, then think of this. If you have to pay that $75 fine you are not spending that money in your local restaurant, grocery store, or lumber company. Everyone suffers.

    The typical law enforcement response was predictable. Executive Deputy Chief George Markert said, “If you’re not doing anything wrong you don’t have anything to worry about.” That’s a real caring and thoughtful comment now isn’t it? The City of Rochester doesn’t give one rats ass about its residents, only the revenue.

     Its time for a change!

     Read this!

     The city of Dalton Georgia is making a move that will make a lot of drivers very happy – city leaders want to get rid of those red light cameras. Mayor David Pennington says they don’t make his city any safer, and now they are costing more money than what they bring in to the city with tickets. The camera’s that catch drivers not completely stopping at red lights in Dalton have made a lot of drivers see red when they get the $75 ticket in the mail. The camera operated systems have been promoted as making streets safer and reducing crashes. But in Dalton, we’ve discovered the numbers don’t show it. Mayor David Pennington said, “Does it really enhance the public safety in a community? We see no evidence that it does.” Mayor Pennington says at one intersection, Waugh Street and Thornton Avenue, the number of crashes increased after the red light cameras were installed. “Because of rear-enders, and maybe some of it is some people when they see the sign and suddenly thought hey, there’s a traffic camera here and they slam on their brakes and then somebody rear-ends them,” he said. Besides having no safety benefits the city is now losing money on the camera systems, before taking into account the number of man hours it takes to process the pictures and mail out tickets. 

Now isn’t that just great! The very first thing a government does when it wants to subvert it’s people is to keep a close eye on them:) Next there will be check points located in various spots around Rochester where they will say to you “let me see your papers”, sound familiar? Never, ever say to yourself in your own head or to anyone else ” I would be willing to give up a little freedom if it meant I would be safe”. You will not have freedom or safety.