Congress. Above the Law?

One Good Idea

For far too long we have been complacent about the workings of Congress.
Many citizens had no idea that Congress members could retire with the same pay after only one term.
Or, that they didn't pay into Social Security.
That they specifically exempted themselves from many of the laws they have passed (such as being exempt from any fear of prosecution for sexual harassment) while ordinary citizens must live under those laws.
The latest is to exempt themselves from the Health care Reform that is being considered....in all of its forms. We do not have an elite that is above the law.
I truly don't care if they are Democrat, Republican, or Independent. The self-serving must stop.
The time has come.
Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution:
"Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators and Representatives; and, Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators and Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States ".

"Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as you ever can." John Wesley

Obama's State of the Union Address..and....JOBS

The graph above depicts unemployment immediately after Obama's $787 Billion Stimulus. It looked frightening even then and is much worse today, less than one year later.

Obama will be using his first State of the Union Address to focus on jobs. Interesting, when you consider he spent the majority of his first term in office talking about jobs. Guess now he's really going to FOCUS on jobs? Let's go back to 2009 and take a quick look at the Obama job talk.
Obama promised unemployment would not go above 8% if we hurried and pushed through his $787 billion stimulus plan. Congress, hinged on every word Obama speaks, passed the Stimulus.

Unemployment continued to rise and is currently hovering at 10.2%...or so they tell us. If they were being honest with 'We the People', unemployment is factually at 17.6% nationwide, and as high as 25%-40% in some cities.

Obama held at least three job summits in 2009. He invited the young CEO's to the White House. He invited the founder of Twitter to the White House. He invited the big corporate executives like Bill Gates, Warren Buffet and the like, to the White House. All the heads together in the big house discussing how to create jobs, and how to save jobs. That didn't pan out so well either, as unemployment continues to rise.

In June, 2009, Obama held a press conference and promised that he would 'save or create 600,000 jobs within 100 days. That one didn't work well either, as unemployment continued to rise.

Then, mix it all together with global warming and Cap and Trade..translation: Green Jobs. Obama promised and continues to promise lots of green jobs as we battle toxic air. Hmmm. Another one that's not seemingly going anywhere.

Will the State of the Union Address become Obama's last ditch effort to promise jobs to the American people? We wait in much anticipation.

INTERPOL And Obama

An executive order President Obama signed earlier this month regarding INTERPOL, an issue that has exploded on the conservative blogosphere with all sorts of nefarious insinuations and accusations.

Here are some background and the facts:
On June 16, 1983, President Reagan signed Executive Order 12425, which designated the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) as a public international organization entitled to enjoy the privileges, exemptions and immunities conferred by the International Organizations Immunities Act.
The International Organizations Immunities Act, signed into law in 1945, established a special group of foreign or international organizations whose members could work in the U.S. and enjoy certain exemptions from US taxes and search and seizure laws.
Experts say there are about 75 organizations in the US covered by the International Organizations Immunities Act -- including the United Nations, the International Atomic Energy Agency, the International Monetary Fund, the International Committee of the Red Cross, even the International Pacific Halibut Commission and Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission.
(These privileges are not the same as the rights afforded under "diplomatic immunity," they are considerably less. "Diplomatic immunity" comes from the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, which states that a "diplomatic agent shall enjoy immunity from the criminal jurisdiction of the receiving State." That is NOT what the International Organizations Immunities Act is.)
Basically, recognizing a group under the International Organizations Immunities Act means officials from those organizations are exempt from some taxes and customs fees, and that their records cannot be seized.
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/12/just-what-did-president-obamas-executive-order-regarding-interpol-do.html

Pelosi says Health Care not possible now....WHAT??

First of all, remember, we are talking about Nancy Pelosi here. Less than one week ago, she said 'Health Care is going to happen, without a doubt.' What is really going on here? With Pelosi you always have to watch out for a head fake. Health care reform is what defines Pelosi. It is her legacy. She is not going to let it go this easy.


http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=2....

Jan. 21 (Bloomberg) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said her chamber lacks the votes to pass the Senate’s current health-care plan.

“In its present form,” Pelosi of California told reporters today, “I don’t think it’s possible to pass the Senate bill in the House.”

Even so, she said everything is on the table in health-care talks. “We have to get a bill passed. We know that,” she said.

Notice her last line..'we have to get a bill passed, we know that.' And, her previous statement, 'in its present form......'

What Nazi Pelosi is really saying is that they're going to have to make some changes in the bill. So, the big question is: Who are they going to strong arm now? Who can they bribe this time?

Welcome!

Are you paying attention now? Good! There is so much information regarding Obama and his administration that it is a bit overwhelming, but we hope to wade through it and sort it out to make sense out of what I believe is a real danger to our nation.