Do something

How much intelligence does it take to figure out that both political parties have been more friendly to banks and moneyed interests than to those hurt by the practices of those interests in this recession? The real question is, are Americans willing to do something about it?

Pronography, the hidden national tax

"Imagine a drug so powerful it can destroy a family simply by distorting a man’s perception of his wife. Picture an addiction so lethal it has the potential to render an entire generation incapable of forming lasting marriages and so widespread that it produces more annual revenue — $97 billion worldwide in 2006 — than all of the leading technology companies combined. Consider a narcotic so insidious that it evades serious scientific study and legislative action for decades, thriving instead under the ever-expanding banner of the First Amendment." From Online NATIONAL REVIEW March 31, 2010

One can only guess how many broken and unsupported homes this means are dumped on our welfare system, not to mention the pain to innocents. You would think the two parties could get together and find a way to put the skids on this. They seem to be too busy trying to find a way to put each other down than solving what clearly they ought to agree needs to be fixed.

Proposed 28th Amendment

From a recent email chain letter-

For too long we have been too complacent about the workings of Congress. Many citizens had no idea that members of Congress could retire with the same pay after only one term, 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 Healthcare Reform that has just been passed...in all of its forms.

The proposed equal rights amendment looked good at first. Later, when we realized some pitfalls many changed their minds. It might be well to ask your congressman what he would have against this bill and find in what form it would work the way we really want (if the current form is not best).

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/or Representatives; and, Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators and/or Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States ."

Any insights into this proposal would be appreciated.

9/11 CONSPIRACY: FBI whistleblowers are obstructed, silenced

Link to a short video on whistleblowers.
FBI whistleblowers

Sibel Edmonds

"Sibel Edmonds, a 32-year-old Turkish-American, was hired as a translator by the FBI shortly after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 because of her knowledge of Middle Eastern languages. She was fired less than a year later in March 2002 for reporting shoddy work and security breaches to her supervisors that could have prevented those attacks."ACLU

Also from this article are multiple times the FBI retroactively classified materials, some of which had previously been cleared. For example.

JUNE 2002: Senators Grassley and Leahy write the Justice Department Inspector General a letter asking specific questions about Edmonds' allegations and write that the FBI has confirmed many of her allegations in unclassified briefings. This letter is later retroactively classified in May 2004.

This is far from a joke and congress has yet to intervene. If you know any good reason please share with us.