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Ignorance subsidized by stupidity equals Bigotry. This statement sums up my feelings about folks who believe everything they read and hear with no filters. Many of us ascribe to one political faction or another and often cross lines because they misunderstand their  Constitutional rights. These rights while broad do not allow for the extreme measures some people (and States) take on certain issues and in some cases. This country which is , if not the freest  is one of the freest allows for personal actions and thinking up to a point of trampling on the rights of others. When these outlaws (as it were) gain followers through radical actions and writings then the time for the general public to look cautiously at them for their beliefs and actions is at hand. Many other countries would immediate attempt to eradicate these people along with their beliefs but here we allow it up to a point. What is apparent is that some who take up their cause for often ill conceived and under informed reasons  are many times the victims in  events that could result in death and imprisonment. This sense of self and being are many times fueled by the nattering’s of the “white” politicians who unfortunately have the innate sense that no one can run the government as well as they can. The current Congress while recently in the majority has never been a good force in the Government as  a whole, primarily because of the  backing received by big money donors (not the “American people ” they are so fond of citing). These Dupublicans have for so long spoken from both sides of their mouths that they can no longer speak straight. (this is true too for the other “major party” too). We have to look and listen carefully at what is being actually said and what is reported to in the media. On the subject of the media we have to closely monitor what is said and printed, the modern media outlets have become more entertainment than information and begs us to depend on what we actually read elsewhere. An example of misrepresentation is the Keystone XL pipeline, this is one item being pushed to show that the majority party has power and is working for “the American people”. This pipeline will connect to the gulf states via an existing (through Nebraska pipeline and will initially provide thousands of jobs in several states but thereafter only about 50 jobs will be permanent. The Dupublicans are gearing up for the 2016 Presidential race and nothing more. If we are not careful we will have a Government of the Richest and not the people.

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Congress- much ado about nothing


Again the media blurbs that do no more than appease constituents instead of doing the right thing. Will  this will be the beginning of doing nothing of importance for the next several years? We as voters never hold these idiots accountable for their poor performance

WASHINGTON – Emboldened House Republicans issued a stern but symbolic rebuke to President Barack Obama over immigration Thursday, passing a bill declaring his executive actions to curb deportations “null and void and without legal effect.”

Outraged Democrats, immigrant advocates and the White House said the GOP was voting to tear families apart and eject parents.

“Rather than deport students and separate families and make it harder for law enforcement to do its job, I just want the Congress to work with us to pass a common-sense law to fix that broken immigration system,” Obama said before the vote.

Even supporters acknowledged that the bill by Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., which says Obama was acting “without any constitutional or statutory basis,” was mostly meant to send a message. It stands no chance in the Senate, which remains under Democratic control until January.

The real fight may lie ahead as conservatives push to use must-pass spending legislation to block Obama.

For now, Republicans insisted they must go on record denouncing what they described on the House floor as an outrageous power grab by Obama.

“The president’s decision to defy the Constitution by using executive actions to change immigration law cannot go unopposed,” said Rep. Steve Pearce, R-N.M., who voted for the bill. “The legislation passed today is a proactive response to this gross abuse of power It clarifies that the president’s use of executive authority does not extend to exempting millions from legal action at once. This is a needed step in any legal challenge to the president’s abuse of power.”

New Mexico’s other two representatives, Democrats Ben Ray Luján and Michelle Lujan Grisham, voted against the bill.

“The president thinks he can just sit in the Oval Office and make up his own laws. That’s not the way our system of government works,” said Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La. “This legislation says you can’t do that, Mr. President. There is a rule of law.”

The vote was 219-197, with three Democratic “yes” votes and seven Republican “no” votes. Three Republicans voted “present.”

Obama’s executive actions last month will extend deportation relief and work permits to an estimated 4 million immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally, mostly those who have been in the country more than five years and have children who are U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents.

He also reordered law enforcement priorities and expanded an existing deportation deferral program for immigrants brought illegally as kids.

Compounding the GOP’s anger, Obama’s executive action came barely two weeks after Republicans trounced Democrats in the midterm elections, winning control of the Senate and increasing their majorities in the House.

Even as emotions ran high in debate on the bill, many involved acknowledged it was mostly a sideshow as Republicans struggled to find some way to undo what Obama has done – not just register their disapproval. Party leaders acknowledged their options were limited.

The Yoho bill was part of a two-part strategy by House GOP leadership to appease conservative immigration hard-liners without risking a government shutdown. Their hope was that after approving it, Republicans would move on next week to vote on legislation to keep most of the government running for a year, with a shorter time frame for the Homeland Security Department, which oversees immigration.

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Still InTrouble


Congress has moved the fastest against the Presidents Immigration effort than they have on any other measures including their normal work. It is apparent that our non functioning Congress will not improve under the Dupublicans. We as voters need to understand that “we” are the term limits for elected officials and we need to use that to limit the amount of time a Congressman or woman can serve. It should not take more than 2 terms for work to be done. The election cycle is offset to insure the opportunity  for “other” candidates to campaign for office. We have become so complacent that we have allowed ourselves to be “conned” by the long term office holders. Mitch McConnell has had one aspiration and that is to be the top guy in the Senate, he has flip flopped all his career to get where he needed to be and therefore has no loyalty to anyone but himself. If it served his agenda, he would gladly throw Mr. Boehner under the bus as would I suspect Mr. Boehner would do to him. The current rulers of the Congress are not friends but rivals for power and media attention while doing nothing for the country as a whole let alone their “constituency”. They both are fond of quoting what “the  American people ” want while doing what they will for themselves and their own. The current political makeup of Congress is one of the most dangerous and possibly inept groups in history. We the voters need to be very afraid and wary of what they do and say. No one is exempt from the havoc they may bring down on us over the next several years and beyond. The Dupublicans  have some serious issues within their party with the younger members being a bit more radical and vocal. This will all play out over the next few election cycles and we as voters need to remember “anyone who spend millions to gain a position that pays so little in comparison should be suspect”.

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Message From The President


This post is from the feed I receive weekly from the White house information services. After reading this it important for all to remember that the Dupublicans are in control of both houses and have been obstructive for 6 years. There could be some racial divide in their past and present actions but even with that issue in play they have not been very forthcoming in doing what’s best for us as a nation. It is our responsibility to pay attention to what they do or do not do. We need to always be vigilant of our “leaders” as they could be our worst enemies.

Yesterday, millions of Americans cast their ballots. Republicans had a good night, and I congratulate all the candidates who won.

But what stands out to me is that the message Americans sent yesterday is one you’ve sent for several elections in a row now. You expect the people you elect to work as hard as you do. You expect us to focus on your ambitions — not ours — and you want us to get the job done. Period.

I plan on spending every moment of the next two years rolling up my sleeves and working as hard as I can for the American people. This country has made real and undeniable progress in the six years since the 2008 economic crisis. But our work will not be done until every single American feels the gains of a growing economy where it matters most: in your own lives.

While I’m sure we’ll continue to disagree on some issues that we’re passionate about, I’m eager to work with Congress over the next two years to get the job done. The challenges that lay ahead of us are far too important to allow partisanship or ideology to prevent our progress as a nation.

As we make progress, I’ll need your help, too. Over the weeks and months ahead, I’ll be looking to Americans like you, asking you to stay engaged.

I am optimistic about our future. Because for all the maps plastered across our screens today, for all the cynics who say otherwise, we are more than a simple collection of red and blue states. We are the United States.

And yesterday, millions of Americans — Democrats and Republicans, women and men, young and old, black and white — took the time out of their day to perform a simple, profound act of citizenship. That’s something we shouldn’t forget amid the din of political commentary. Because making progress starts with showing up.

Let’s get to work.

President Barack Obama

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Mo’ Money


 

It has been reported that the two (2) major political parties have raised in excess of 50 million dollars in campaign funds for the upcoming elections in 2016. Given that the very purpose of being elected to Congress is to serve the people- why does it take so much money to campaign for the position and for the long termers, what does it take to stay in office beyond doing the job you were elected to do? The minority party at this time is fighting hard to have complete control of the both houses and hopefully the Whitehouse but to what end? We have seen the legacy of neer do wells in the Congress on both sides and between the two of them no work of any importance has been done without a lot of media coverage and hyperbole. This media coverage has accomplished little more confuse and confound  us with a lot  more  inanity and absurd  assertions about the economy, the other party and the current President. It is easy to weigh in on events even if you have zero to a lot of knowledge about them but to really understand an issue you have to learn to raise your self above what is presented and involve your  “mother wit” (common sense). What is most important currently is to step out of your comfort zone of thought and embrace the obvious events we see and hear.

The idea that we can trust our Congress is a fallacy, the idea that “politricians” (not a misspell) have your interest in mind is now a national joke to anyone who pays attention to the news and looks behind the curtain. Too many of us are concerned about our personal issues to realize that we are all affected by the same events sooner or later. The Politricians use our own issues against us in order to stay in office. One example: The Senator from Kentucky used the statement that President Obama is “anti coal” since he wants to push the country towards clean energy to assist in curbing global warming and more efficient and cleaner energy sources. These measures will futuristically improve the lives of our children and generations to come. It would be more practical for that Senator to work on improving the use of coal in a cleaner manner and look to providing more jobs aside from the coal mines for his constituents. Since this Seat filler has elected not to do that then where is his concern for his constituents? If one would look at all of the 535 it would be surprising how many speak with “forked tongue”. The two definitions below are very much alike but the 2 party’s we follow in this country are not. This brings about the question, who is really representing who?

Democracy :  a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections

Republic: a country that is governed by elected representatives and by an elected leader (such as a president) rather than by a king or queen

We all should be reminded that there is another factor in all of this and that is the supper rich whose largess has fueled the political scene for years and now through the actions of the high court is allowed to fund and back l groups with tax exempt status and who act like Political Action Committees (PAC’s) without having to account for their funding sources. These groups are as subversive as any enemy we have had in the past and the worst is that they are often our neighbors. It is not to say that they are actually against us but they certainly do not necessarily have our” backs” in the way we commonly perceive it. Every warning we have known is in play here especially-“Caveat emptor” (let the buyer beware) and we are being sold a  future that may not include us!

Middle of The Road- Extends to Both sides


The long “Ruining ”  saga    of Congress has moved to a new low. The Dupublican lead House is prepping for the upcoming elections by not doing the work required by the job (They were elected to do) but seeking to sue the President for doing what they have been requested and required to do. This tactic is designed to cast a pall on the Scamocrats who will be running for election and re-election. This ploy is designed to pull the political wool over the eyes of the voters of America. There are and will always be people who dislike the Scamocrats no matter what they do good, bad or indifferent and vice versa with the Dupublicans yet those hardened voters who adhere to the party lines apparently fail to realize that this tight line thinking is why we have an ineffectual Congress. All of the “labeled” factions of the major left, right and center political party’s   have specific agendas that most often do not help or aid the mainstream voters. These today decisions (good or bad) will have a long and often disastrous affect for years to come. The key is READ as much as is available on what the party’s are proposing and listen less to people who are selling books, getting advertising money to present outside the box opinions and the special PACs that represent special interests who want to keep the ineffective legislators in office.

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More???


Recent developments in Europe, Eastern Europe and the Middle East has held everyone’s attention. These developments while newsworthy have taken the focus off of the inept representatives here at home. The Congress of the United States is a broken and potentially corrupt group (both sides). These bozo’s have spent more time trying to stay in office and gain control than doing any real work. They have routinely assailed the President when he moved unilaterally to get work done, they have assailed him when he did nothing (as quick as they wanted) and yet they want to come across as the grown ups in the issue. When you have people like Sarah Palin, Dick Cheney and Karl Rove as spokes persons, one has to wonder about their agenda. This is not to say that the other party is any better but they have avoided putting their fate in the hands of radical and possibly racist headliners. I have watched as the Speaker announced a lawsuit against the President for doing “their” job, this means we will pay for yet another round of expensive legal battles which may or may not resolve or result in anything worth mentioning. What more could we ask for as a reason to vote for someone else when we have a legislature so obsessed with the pursuit of money and power that they do nothing of merit for the people who elected them (often)?

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Why The Congress Needs To Be Replaced


The article below is a perfect example of why we have an ineffective Government. It is no real importance which party has control of which house as neither are prime examples of what the government is supposed to be. This suit is more a media stunt and time waster as the issues have been resolved long before the recent SCOTUS ruling. In effect Mr. Boehner is suing on a dead issue. If one looks at what has happened : the Congress has stalled many initiatives from the White house and discussed them in the media rather than in the Congressional rooms where they should be addressed. This is yet another ploy to get misinformation, disinformation and half truths in the public eye for the purposes of elections and elections only. If you pay just a little attention to the news after this, you will see many pundits and Dupublicans hopping on “pop”. Meanwhile the Congress is still ineffective.
“John Boehner explains why he ‘must’ sue Obama
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Alex Wong / Getty Images

Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) writes in a Sunday op-ed for CNN that he is compelled to sue President Obama to restore balance to the federal government.

Obama, Boehner says, has repeatedly “circumvented the American people and their elected representatives through executive action.” In doing so, the president has shown a “flippant dismissal of the Constitution we are both sworn to defend,” Boehner says, adding that Obama’s actions are “utterly beneath the dignity of the office.”

Here’s the crux of his argument for filing suit:

In the end, the Constitution makes it clear that the President’s job is to faithfully execute the laws. And, in my view, the President has not faithfully executed the laws when it comes to a range of issues, including his health care law, energy regulations, foreign policy and education. […] Congress has its job to do, and so does the President. When there are conflicts like this — between the legislative branch and the executive branch — it is my view that it is our responsibility to stand up for this institution in which we serve, and for the Constitution. [CNN]

Obama has rejected the lawsuit as a “stunt.” And skeptics of the House GOP’s litigious streak are quick to point out that Obama has signed fewer executive orders than any president in the past century.

– – Jon Terbush

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History,Greed=Results


T.E. Lawrence attempted to tell the British high command how the Middle east should be handled and was ignored, Generals Patton and Mac Arthur attempted to tell the American high command about Russia and China but no one listened. We now have desperate situations in the Mid east and  Eastern Europe yet our  Congress is intent on following the same path of illogical thinking of how they can win control of the government and avoid assisting the President in any way at all. This Congress has spent all of their political capital on winning elections instead of serving the people who elected them. Anyone who believes that Congress is OK doing what they are doing is either blind or completely cut off from the everyday. Our current ability to receive news in a timely fashion has put us at a disadvantage rather than an advantage as we have become so inured by  events and especially events that have been in evidence for centuries (middle Eastern religious wars), Russian pogroms and other mass human near extinctions in other near third world countries. America has just 250 years of existence as compared to Europe and the Far to middle east having thousands of years in existence while committing the same criminal acts against their neighbors and citizens.t  Our Congress unfortunately has adopted a “cut off your nose to spite your face” attitude that has divided our country in a way unseen since the Civil war. The Congress has been bought and paid for by deep pockets, by association the highest Judiciary which has all but gutted the civil rights act of 1965 along with all associated changes. This Congress has said no to Presidential initiatives and publicly denounced them with misinformation and innuendo hoping to sway us toward voting their party into the “driver’s seat”. Our option is accept them no matter what or vote against them to save our nation.

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Can It Be any Clearer?


I am concerned that our Congress for the past 15 to 20 years has been driving towards ineffectiveness and inadequacy yet remain perfect at fund raising for reelection and  their party’s. With all of the problems that are becoming known  now  and have been in evidence for some time but under reported, where has the Congress been? They have in the last 10 years done their best to gut any programs that benefit the poorest of us and assist their large money donors. We are still backing these neer do wells as seen by the swarming win by one Dupublican stalwart in Kentucky, where the one of the Koch brother’s non profits successfully defeated an attempt to get a bill passed allowing for mass transit in Nashville. Recently Eric Cantor , a Dupublican stalwart was defeated in a primary and the President  was verbally assailed for the current uprising in Iraq. Our some what lackluster Congress in its entirety has done nothing more than collect a paycheck. The American voters have been deluded with incomplete facts and massive innuendo  to lull us into a sense of trust about our Government. Our sole purpose should be controlling who represents us in Congress. there is no old guard just 535 people looking for a paycheck, pension and lucrative payouts after under serving us in Congress. The time is now and actually was 15 plus years ago to renew the representatives in Congress. There should be no time for these folks to make contacts that do not serve the people who elected them for service .

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