[DeTomaso] Very little Pantera content

Will Demelo wdemelo at cogeco.ca
Thu Nov 19 12:45:21 EST 2009


Can't blame congress?? Are you kidding? Just because they were elected 
doesn't mean they shouldn't be held accountable for their actions. 
Especially when they are involved in scandals, theft and lying.
They shouldn't be excempy from criminal prosecution.
Will
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brent Stewart" <bjbstewart at yahoo.com>
To: "Garth Rodericks" <garth_rodericks at yahoo.com>; "DeTomaso Mail List" 
<detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 11:47 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Very little Pantera content


> Don't you dare blame congress.  They are merely the elected officials that 
> WE put in there.  Point that finger right back at yourself, your neighbor, 
> and everyone else you come across...
>
> BTW, if there is any incumbent still in the CA congress after the next 
> election, WE are the idiots...
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Garth Rodericks <garth_rodericks at yahoo.com>
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> Sent: Thu, November 19, 2009 8:31:32 AM
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>
> One of my favorite pieces on politics and the mess our country is in...
>
> Journalist Charley Reese (now retired) was part
> of the Orlando Sentinel's staff for three decades between 1971-2001,
> during which time he (among other duties) penned a thrice-weeklycolumn 
> which
> was distributed to other newspapers nationwide by King Features Syndicate.
> During the 1980s Reese wrote the first version of an editorial opining 
> that 545
> people (i.e., the President of the United States, plus all the members of
> Congress and the Supreme Court) "are directly, legally, morally and
> individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this
> country," and he has amended, updated, and republished that piece several
> times since then. The version cited below is taken from the 7 March 1995
> edition of the Orlando Sentinel, where it ran under the title
> "Looking for Someone to Blame? Congress Is a Good Place to Start."
>
>
> EVERY CITIZEN NEEDS
> TO READ THIS AND THINK ABOUT WHAT THIS JOURNALIST HAS SCRIPTED IN THIS
> MESSAGE.  READ IT AND THEN REALLY THINK
> ABOUT OUR CURRENT POLITICAL DEBACLE.
>
> Charley Reese has been a journalist for 49 years.
>
> 545 PEOPLE
> By Charlie Reese
>
> Politicians are the only people in the world who create
> problems and then campaign against them.
>
> Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the
> Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have deficits?
>
> Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against
> inflation and high taxes, WHY do we have inflation and high taxes?
>
> You and I don't propose a federal budget.  The president does.
>
> You and I don't have the Constitutional authority to vote on
> appropriations. The House of Representatives does.
>
> You and I don't write the tax code, Congress does.
>
> You and I don't set fiscal policy, Congress does.
>
> You and I don't control monetary policy, the Federal Reserve
> Bank does.
>
> One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one president, and
> nine Supreme Court justices  545 human
> beings out of the 300 million are directly, legally, morally, and 
> individually
> responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.
>
> I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because
> that problem was created by the Congress.   In 1913, Congress delegated 
> its Constitutional duty to provide a sound
> currency to a federally chartered, but private, central bank.
>
> I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a
> sound reason. They have no legal authority.   They have no ability to 
> coerce a senator, a congressman, or a president
> to do one cotton-picking thing.  I don't
> care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash. The politician 
> has
> the power to accept or reject it. No matter what the lobbyist promises, it 
> is
> the legislator's responsibility to determine how he votes.
>
> Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing
> you that what they did is not their fault.   They cooperate in this common 
> con regardless of party.
>
> What separates a politician from a normal human being is an
> excessive amount of gall.   No normal
> human being would have the gall of a Speaker, who stood up and criticized 
> the
> President for creating deficits.   The
> president can only propose a budget.   He
> cannot force the Congress to accept it.
>
> The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land,
> gives sole responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating 
> and
> approving appropriations and taxes.    Who is the speaker of the House? 
> Nancy Pelosi.  She is the leader
> of the majority party.   She and fellow
> House members, not the president, can approve any budget they want. If the
> president vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if they agree to.
>
> It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million
> can not replace 545 people who stand convicted -- by present facts -- of
> incompetence and irresponsibility.   I
> can't think of a single domestic problem that is not traceable directly to
> those 545 people.  When you fully grasp
> the plain truth that 545 people exercise the power of the federal 
> government,
> then it must follow that what exists is what they want to exist.
>
> If the tax code is unfair, it's because they want it unfair.
>
> If the budget is in the red, it's because they want it in
> the red.
>
> If the Army and Marines are in IRAQ,
> it's because they want them in IRAQ.
>
> If they do not receive social security but are on an elite
> retirement plan not available to the people, it's because they want it 
> that
> way.
>
> There are no insoluble government problems.
>
> Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats,
> whom they hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts 
> and
> advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power to 
> regulate
> and from whom they can take this power.   Above all, do not let them con 
> you into the belief that there exists
> disembodied mystical forces like "the economy,"
> "inflation," or "politics" that prevent them from doing
> what they take an oath to do.
>
> Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible.
>
> They, and they alone, have the power.
>
> They, and they alone, should be held accountable by the
> people who are their bosses.
>
> Provided the voters
> have the gumption to manage their own employees.
>
> We should vote all of
> them out of office and clean up their mess!
>
> Charlie Reese is a
> former columnist of the Orlando Sentinel Newspaper.
>
> What you do with this
> article now that you have read it is up to you, though you have several
> choices:
>
>
>
>
> More to ponder...
>
> This might be funny if it weren't so darned true.
> Be sure to read all the way to the end:
>
> Tax his land,
> Tax his bed,
> Tax the table
> At which he's fed.
>
> Tax his tractor,
> Tax his mule,
> Teach him taxes
> Are the rule.
>
> Tax his work,
> Tax his pay,
> He works for peanuts
> Anyway!
> Tax his cow,
> Tax his goat,
> Tax his pants,
> Tax his coat.
> Tax his ties,
> Tax his shirt,
> Tax his work,
> Tax his dirt.
>
> Tax his tobacco,
> Tax his drink,
> Tax him if he
> Tries to think.
>
> Tax his cigars,
> Tax his beers,
> If he cries
> Tax his tears.
>
> Tax his car,
> Tax his gas,
> Find other ways
> To tax his ass.
>
> Tax all he has
> Then let him know
> That you won't be done
> Till he has no dough.
>
> When he screams and hollers;
> Then tax him some more,
> Tax him till
> He's good and sore.
> Then tax his coffin,
> Tax his grave,
> Tax the sod in
> Which he's laid.
>
> Put these words
> Upon his tomb,
> Taxes drove me
> to my doom...'
>
> When he's gone,
> Do not relax,
> Its time to apply
> The inheritance tax.
> Accounts Receivable Tax
> Building Permit Tax
> CDL license Tax
> Cigarette Tax
> Corporate Income Tax
> Dog License Tax
> Excise Taxes
> Federal Income Tax
> Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
> Fishing License Tax -     Food License Tax  - Franchisee income
> Tax
> Fuel Permit Tax - Gasoline Tax (currently 44.75 cents per gallon)
> Gross Receipts Tax -   Hunting License Tax
> Inheritance Tax
> Inventory Tax
> IRS Interest Charges IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
> Liquor Tax
> Luxury Taxes
> Marriage License Tax
> Medicare Tax
> Personal Property Tax
> Property Tax
> Real Estate Tax
> Service Charge T ax
> Social Security Tax
> Road Usage Tax
> Sales Tax
> Transient hotel rental tax  -    Recreational Vehicle Tax
> School Tax -      State Income Tax
> State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
> Telephone Federal Excise Tax
> Telephone Federal Universal Service FeeTax
> Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Taxes
> Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
> Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax
> Telephone State and Local Tax
> Telephone Usage Charge Tax
> Utility Taxes
> Vehicle License Registration Tax
> Vehicle Sales Tax
> Watercraft Registration Tax
> Well Permit Tax    Job Training Tax
> Workers Compensation Tax-
>
>
>
>
> STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY? Not one of these taxes existed 100
> years ago, and our nation was the most prosperous in the world.  We had
> absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class in the world,
> and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.
> What in the hell happened? Can you spell 'politicians?'
> And I still have to 'press 1' for English!?
>
>
>
>
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