Today, I went to AMC and saw the movie Real Steel starring Hugh Jackman and Evangeline Lilly. It is a terrific movie and so much more than just a bunch of robots fighting each other. See it if you get a chance.
We were supposed to have rain yesterday evening and all day today, but so far it hasn’t rained yet. I have a feeling we’re going to get drenched pretty soon. I’ve heard some rumblings of thunder in the last few minutes.
HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS
According to an email I received today, Warren Buffett, in a recent interview with CNBC, offers one of the best quotes about the debt ceiling:
"I could end the deficit in 5 minutes," he told CNBC. "You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for re-election.
The 26th amendment (granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds) took only 3 months & 8 days to be ratified! Why? Simple! The people demanded it. That was in 1971...before computers, e-mail, cell phones, etc. Of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, seven (7) took 1 year or less to become the law of the land...all because of public pressure.
Warren Buffet is asking each addressee to forward this email to a minimum of twenty people on their address list; in turn ask each of those to do likewise. In three days, most people in The United States of America will have the message. This is one idea that really should be passed around.
*Congressional Reform Act of 2011*
1. No Tenure / No Pension. A Congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are out of office.
2. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security. All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system, and Congress participates with the American people. It may not be used for any other purpose.
3. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do.
4. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.
5. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.
6. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people.
7. All contracts with past and present Congressmen are void effective 1/1/12. 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, so ours should serve their term(s), then go home and back to work.
If each person contacts a minimum of twenty people then it will only take three days for most people (in the U.S.) to receive the message. Maybe it is time.
If you agree with the above, pass it on. If not, just delete. You are one of my 20+.. Please keep it going.
8 Miracles That Saved America
Chuck Norris has written an interesting article titled “8 Miracles That Saved America?” You can read it here:
http://townhall.com/columnists/chucknorris/2011/10/18/8_miracles_that_saved_america/page/full/
Class Warfare
There’s another article you might find interesting titled “Why Is Class Hatred Morally Superior to Race Hatred. The crux of it is:
“For Hitler, first Jews and ultimately Slavs and other "non-Aryans" were declared the enemy and unworthy of life. For the Communists, the rich -- the bourgeoisie, land owners, and capitalists -- were labeled the enemy and regarded as unworthy of life.”
Find the full article at: http://townhall.com/columnists/dennisprager/2011/10/18/why_is_class_hatred_morally_superior_to_race_hatred/page/full/
Until next time…
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