A friend sent this along. I can't think of a reason to disagree.

I am posting this here and sending this to everyone on my e-mail list and that includes conservatives, liberals, and anyone in between. Even though we may disagree on some issues, I count all of you as friends and, most importantly, fellow Americans.

A Congressional Reform Act of 2010 is needed. It would contain eight provisions, all of which would probably be strongly endorsed by those who drafted the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

I know many of you will say this is impossible. Let me remind you, Congress has the lowest approval of any branch of Government. NOW is the time when Americans can join together to reform Congress - the government entity that was formed to represent US!

We need a Senator to introduce this bill in the US Senate and a Representative to introduce a similar bill in the House. These brave individuals will be remembered FOREVER as TRUE PATRIOTS in American history.

THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS!!!!!
Congressional Reform Act of 2010

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

A. Two 6-year Senate terms
B. Six 2-year House terms
C. One 6-year Senate term and three 2-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, serve 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 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 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.

If you agree with the above, pass this link to all in your address list. If not, just delete.

Ciao.......Moe

Super Sunday

1 --- Super Sunday. Mardi Gras comes early to the Big Easy….I hope they win but I suspect it will be party time any way win or lose. 2 --- How big was the snowstorm in Washington, DC? Big enough to cover all the dirt. 3 --- Is Sarah Palin the new Barry Goldwater? She does seem to be the conscience of conservatives. One difference, the moderate to conservative people finally understand themselves and are lining up to do battle. When Goldwater made his move in 1964 he was vilified by liberal Republicans like Nelson Rockefeller, George Romney, Henry Cabot Lodge and the usual Eastern Establishment.

Out of the Lyndon Johnson landslide Ronald Reagan was born and a whole new generation of conservatives and now Governor Palin is leading the next generation of conservatives. She is among those leading the country back to its roots.

The women in this household have one message for Mrs. Palin: You Go-Girl-Go.

4 --- Hey Al Gore, I think there are a few million people digging out your global warming. 5 --- Time to revisit Ronald Reagan’s Date with Destiny speech he gave for Barry Goldwater in 1964. It is in twoparts:

Part One - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCM9NFN3u9s&feature=related

Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNI9kcElowo&feature=related

Here is Sarah Palin keynote speech yesterday at the Tea party Convention:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7gVp3diPbI

Please note she made mention of the Massachusetts chowder revolution. Massachusetts once again fires the shot heard around the world.

Enjoy the Super Bowl.

Ciao.......Moe

IN IT TO WIN!!!!!

Christy Mihos - I Am In It To Win It

Posted by: Christy Mihos

My name is Christy Mihos, your Republican candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, and contrary to any rumors, I’m in it to win it!

I’m in it to win for you, the people, who have suffered at the hands of the lawmakers that have squandered your taxes while neglecting your needs, your rights and your laws to serve special interest rather than your interest.

Our current fiscal crisis has more to do with misplaced priorities than a shortage of tax revenues. It is a lack of leadership and the absence of courage to live within our means. It is placing an unfair burden on hardworking men, women and small business to pay for a bloated government payroll and redundant programs.

I’m in it to win it to protect your individual rights and freedoms. The purpose of government is not to create "new rights", as is the case with Massachusetts healthcare when escalating costs force businesses to close and citizens to leave. The purpose of government is to preserve our natural rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness while allowing a free market with increased competition and choices for all.

I’m in it to win it for small businesses, farmers and fishermen, shop owners and start up firms who are heavily burdened by high taxes, fees and assessments. These folks are the backbone of the Massachusetts economy. It is their entrepreneurial sprit and hard work that drive our economic engine. They risk their money and put their lives on the line every day to follow the American dream. It seems our government has no comprehension of the negative impact high taxes and over regulation has on their bottom line.

I’m in it to win it for our future. It is time we take our economic engine out of neutral and move forward with solutions rather than blame. I am a job builder, not a resume builder. I say its time we get Massachusetts working again. I am proud to say I am the only candidate for Massachusetts governor who proposes we cut our sales tax from 6.25% to 3%. It will generate over 39,000 new jobs and put an annual average of $688.00 back in the pockets of the average taxpayer. It will make our state more competitive and attract more businesses to feed the growing Massachusetts economy while lowering the cost of living.

Question 1 on the November ballot will give the people the ability to vote on their own stimulus package. It’s up to you, not the politicians and power brokers.

I'm in it to win it for our state's patients and health providers. The so-called Massachusetts healthcare "reforms" of 2006 don't need to be "tweaked", they need to be terminated. If elected governor of Massachusetts, I plan on focusing on clear, patient-centered and fiscally responsible solutions. I believe that reforms, such as allowing insurance companies to compete across state lines, letting individuals purchase health savings accounts, tort reform, and investigating the constant double-digit increases in our Massachusetts health insurance premiums over the past ten years by HMOs and other "nonprofit" organizations are essential for empowering patients and saving money.

Finally, unlike my opponents, I am NOT in it to win it for big business, big government, big labor or any other special interests. If you're looking for a bailout (like Baker) or any other special insider deals (like the ones given by Patrick and Cahill), then I am not your candidate for Massachusetts governor. It's time that the privileged few stop profiting from the rest of us. But, if you're for a candidate who’s stood up to big government and big business before, who's really for lowering taxes, cutting the size of government, returning rights and money to the people, and getting Massachusetts working again for you, then I'm your candidate for governor of Massachusetts 2010.

And, in case you heard otherwise, I'm in it to win it.

Amen Christy. I'm with you. May we call your quest The Battle for Bacon Hill?????

Ciao.......Moe

Grade Obama's First Year in Office with CBS Poll....

CBS has done an interesting poll on the performance of President Obama in office on various issues. It is safe to assume CBS would have viewers who are generally center to center left so the poll results should be considered favorable to the president.

Please take the poll for yourself and then see where you fit in. I was rather generous in my rating the prsident than the overwhelming majority on a few issues.

After you have completed the poll please let us know how you compare with the majority. You can leave a message here by clicking on the last line of this post by clicking on "comments".

Here is the link, after completing the poll you will see the results of the poll thus far. I hope you enjoy the experience:

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2010/01/19/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry6116297.shtml?tag=+stack

Well, how do you compare?

Ciao.......Moe

Of spies and stupidity.......

--- Have the Red Chinese stopped spying on us? Absolutely……not. Then why have we trimmed back our CIA activities and FBI from searching out Chinese Communist espionage here? Is this a sort of bow by Obambi?

--- A recent Zogby poll asked: “When it comes to air travel, do you feel safer under President Obama, or did you feel safer under President Bush?”

How do you think that question was answered?

By a margin of 36% to 22% respondents answered George Bush. 25% say they feel equally safe under both Bush and Obambi and 16% say neither.

Military families are not in Obambi’s corner either. Their response is just 18 percent feel safer under President Obama, and 39 percent felt safer under President Bush. Families with children don’t give Obambi any better treatment. Only 14 percent of voters with a child in their household feel safer under President Obama and 47 percent say they felt safer under President Bush.

The Zogby poll asked:

What grade would you give for the job Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is doing in keeping America safe?

Only 8 percent of voters give Napolitano an “A” and 28 percent give her an “F”. Roughly 18 percent give her a “D”, 15 percent give her a “C” and nearly 25 percent give her a “B”.

Among Independent voters, only 4 percent give Napolitano an “A” and 35 percent give her an “F”. Nearly 22 percent give her a “D”, 13 percent give her a “C” and 18 percent give her a “B”.

Just 9 percent of military families give Napolitano an “A” and 33 percent give her an “F”. Roughly 18 percent give her a “D”, 14 percent give her a “C” and nearly 22 percent give her a “B”.

I’d give Obambi and Bushie an F. Old George screwed up big time in handling Iraq and his nation building nonsense.

--- What did Joe Biden say now?

--- Did I hear a White House press spokesman tell El Qaeda the crotch bomber was singing like a canary? Yes, he did when he told the world. What a bunch of rank amateurs. If the enemy had a doubt about what he knew and how much he could hurt them they now know to make adjustments to make the twit’s information useless.

Mirandize enemy combatants? Dumb!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S25y7XB7ofw&feature=player_embedded

--- I am so proud of my congressman:

The results are in! Citizens Against Government Waste has announced House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank, my very own congressman, is the “winner” of CAGW’s online poll for 2009 Porker of the Year. Chairman Frank finished first in a field of six with a whopping 49 percent of the vote, outdistancing his closest “porky” competitor by nearly a 2 to 1 margin.

I am flattered to know he is such a big, big man, Big Barney.
---- Ronny Reagan wants your vote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNDckA_ge1k&feature=player_embedded

Have a good night.

Ciao.......Moe

Truth in humor......

The following is from old pal Jim Zoppo. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did:

Subject: Fw: The Economy

The economy is so bad:

--- I got a pre-declined credit card in the mail.

--- I ordered a burger at McDonald's and the kid behind the counter asked, "Can you afford fries with that?"
---CEO's are now playing miniature golf.
--- If the bank returns your check marked "Insufficient Funds," you call them and ask if they meant you or them.
--- Hot Wheels and Matchbox stocks are trading higher than GM.
--- McDonald's is selling the 1/4 ouncer.
--- Parents in Beverly Hills fired their nannies and learned their children's names.
--- A truckload of Americans was caught sneaking into Mexico .
--- Dick Cheney took his stockbroker hunting.

--- Motel Six won't leave the light on anymore.
--- The Mafia is laying off judges.
--- Exxon-Mobil laid off 25 Congressmen.
--- Congress says they are looking into this Bernard Madoff scandal. Oh Great!! The guy who made $50 Billion disappear is being investigated by the people who made $1.5 Trillion disappear!

And, finally....

--- I was so depressed last night thinking about the economy, wars, jobs, my savings, Social Security, retirement funds, etc., I called the
Suicide Lifeline. I got a call center in Pakistan, and when I told them I was suicidal, they got all excited, and asked if I could drive a truck.

Good job Jimmy

Ciao.......Moe

Another week....

1 --- This may be a little hard to believe but Obama the Magnificent is now interested in the system employed by the NCAA to determine a national champion. We now have a Bowl Championship Series where eight of the highest rated teams using a complicated (and contriversal) system to establish a champion.

The Associated Press reports today: “The Obama administration is considering several steps that would review the legality of the controversial Bowl Championship Series, the Justice Department said in a letter Friday to a senator who had asked for an antitrust review.”

Gosh, doesn’t the Justice Department have enough on its plate. Maybe they could conduct trials in Guantanamo since there will be space there shortly.

Does the national championship of college football belong on the agenda with so much already on the president’s plate.

2 --- Church attendance was a big deal during the presidential campaign. Barack Obama abruptly left the church he and his wife had attended for more than twenty because of the bombastic and bigoted positioned of the church’s pastor, the man who married them and baptized his children. Obama at the time said he did not realize his pastor was such an outspoken bigot.

We were told after he was elected he would find a church in Washington, DC. Frankly I don’t care whether he and/or his family attend church on Sunday. Bill Clinton made a sad joke of attending church hours before or after his treasured moments with Monica. He always made it a point to carry a Bible with him and made certain to flash it in speaking with reporters.

Obama made it a big show by attending a few different churches before the inauguration. That was mere symbolism. He never did join a church and does not attend one on Sundays.

3 --- In an interview with CNS News presidential mouthpiece David Axelrod asks:

In an interview with CNSNews.com after Wednesday’s State of the Union Speech, Senior White House adviser David Axelrod asked: "Is the Republican Party going to take the position that they are simply going to sit on the sidelines and hope that the president fails and the country fails?"

Frankly David, yes.

Many of us want to see him fail with his global warming initiatives because they will wreak havoc on our economy for decades, I want the president to fail in his socialized medicine scheme, I want him to fail in hid ambition to spend more and more on the economic problems of the nation because he has only made matters worse. We should be out of the current recession by all past economic standards. Instead unemployment continues to rise and new business is sluggish at best.

Yes, David I hope, he falls on his face completely. His success will be our failure.

There are many of us who hold that his success would be our undoing. May his plans go down in flames.
4 --- Has anyone found the whereabouts of Janet Napolitano. Even the Democrats on the House Homeland Security chewed her out for not showing up at a Wednesday hearing where the committee examined the attempted Christmas Day suicide bombing of Northwest Flight 253. One Democrat on the committee said he wanted to know “where the hell” Napolitano was.

It’s time for this genuine dummy to go before she does some serious harm to our security.

5 --- Funniest joke of the week was President Obama telling Republicans he is no idealogue.

Have a good week.

Ciao.......Moe