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 QUOTE OF THE DAY:
 

"IF YOU LOVE THE LAW AND YOU LOVE GOOD SAUSAGE, DON'T WATCH EITHER OF THEM BEING MAKE." Betty Talmadge
Posted by The Peever at 12:57 PM - 1 Comment   Add a Comment  
 

 DEMOCRATS NEED TO ACT NOW
 

As Progressive, Liberal, Democrats we are asking you to honor our wishes and pass legislation during the Lame Duck Session. This is very important to us and could be our last chance for many years. We don't wish for you to compromise with the conservatives on these.

1) Repeal DADT

2) Pass the Dream Act (either as part of DADT or separately)

3) Extend the Bush Tax Cuts for the middle class and the poor but NOT for the wealthiest 2%.

4) Pass the Disclosure Act

5) Pass the FRAC Act

6) Pass the Employee Free Choice Act

7) Pass the Fair Elections Act

8) Support Donna Edwards' and John Conyers' Amendment to the Constitution that will limit Corporate spending in elections and correct the poor decision made my the Supreme Court in the Citizens United vs. FEC ruling.

9) Pass Cap and Trade *see note below

10) Extend Unemployment benefits

11) If there is time please consider the Colorectal Cancer Prevention, Early Detection, and Treatment Act

12) We prefer you to cut Defense spending rather than Social Security, Medicare or Education.

In addition to the above we would like for our voices to be heard over the next couple of years on Health Care Reform. Please do not compromise with the Republicans on this. We can't afford to give up what we have gained. However, we would really like for there to be either a public option added to it or a 'Medicare For All' plan. Without an option like this the lower middle class and the poor will still not be able to afford health insurance because there will be no competition and prices will sky rocket.

We would like to see an end to the wars as soon as possible. Far too many lives have been lost and they have gone on long enough. They have also caused too much dept that the American people cannot afford. We would also like to see an end, or at least a drastic decrease, in offshore drilling, stricter environmental regulations and clean energy incentives. We wish for education reform that doesn't include the privatization of our public school system. One of our biggest concerns is the outsourcing of American jobs and we wish to see tax incentives only for corporations and businesses that bring American jobs back to the United States, not for those that ship them overseas.

* We only want cap and trade passed as a temporary stop gap until better legislation can be written that will keep greenhouse gases and other pollutants down, whether this be stricter regulations or fines.

We want to move forward and we hope that you will keep this in mind over the next two years. Please do not allow the conservatives to bully you into compromising our progressive values away. There were only slots for 20 names so please share this letter with other Democrats in the House and Senate.

Thank you to those of you who have served us over the last many years and we appreciate your consideration on these very important Progressive issues.

In Solidarity,

The Peever
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 SPEAKING OF THE ELECTION
 

"Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule-and both parties commonly succeed, and are right." Henry Louis Mencken

"If you love the law and you love good sausage, don't watch either of them being made." Betty Talmadge
Posted by The Peever at 10:15 AM - 1 Comment   Add a Comment  
 

 QUOTES OF THE DAY:
 

"HEAVEN AND HELL ARE IN THE PRESENT MOMENT, AND WE ARE EITHER IN HEAVEN OR HELL AS WE LIVE OUT OUR LIVES EACH DAY." CHARLES SCOTT GILES

"BEWARE OF THE MAN WHOSE GOD IS IN THE SKIES." GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
Posted by The Peever at 9:30 AM - 3 Comments   Add a Comment  
 

 IN THE NEWS:
 

* Four in five Americans are overweight. The fifth is still standing in line at McDonald's waiting to be served.
* The New England Journal of Medicine recently reported that everyone has something.
* If you hold your breath long enough, you will eventually understand politics.
* Psychiatrists are now saying that you can never be sure about going to heaven. Something naughty lingers in all our pasts.
* Someone tried to jump off the Sears Tower without a parachute on Tuesday. The funeral was yesterday.
* The Tea Party got it's name from Starbucks. Or at least so says Dunkin Donuts.
* Don't ask, don't tell, has been dumped for, why the hell are you joining the military in the first place?
* And finally, get out and vote. Unless, of course, you have something better to do.
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