The First and the Second

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."



"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. "

Just a little refresher, in case you still think your government is benign.  After all, no one in Washington disagrees with, nor deliberately ignores the Constitution, right?  Right?  Anyone?  

Hmmm. Does freedom "of the press" include the internet?  I mean, who uses printing presses anymore, anyway?  Hallmark? Like, Dude, where's my typewriter?  This phrase is totally archaic: let's toss it!  And why should we worry about how grievances are dressed or re-dressed?  Barney Frank?  No, wait, that's cross-dressed.  Toss it!  A well-regulated Militia?  Isn't that like a posse, or something?  Who uses posses anymore?  Ctrl-alt-delete!

Now we're becoming civilized, just like the President-pro-tem would have us to be. 

I find it odd, even though confronted by black-and-white, ink-on-parchment, that your Senate and House continue to debate these two portions of the Constitution, and yet somehow both have found between-the-lines unwritten references to their responsibility to coerce you into a state-run healthcare-insurance program, and they have the unconscionable hubris to use Social Security and Medicare as shining examples of how well they can run your life.  I guess that's the "Audacity of Hope" we've been hearing about, as in "I hope they never catch on to our audacity!"

Democrats Save the Economy AGAIN!!

1.  All 60 sitting Democrat Senators voted to increase the debt limit to $14.3 TRILLION, or just over $45,000 per person in the U.S.  (Apparently winning an election in Massachussetts does not qualify one to become a Senator, particularly if he usurps the  Ted Kennedy Chappaquiddick Memorial thro, er, seat).  Once again, Democrats solve financial pressures by paying their Mastercard bills with your Visa!  Problem solved!
   Send those rat-bastards a bill for your share of that debt, and a "pink slip" for November, 2010.
   
   

Letter to Senator Wyden

Dear Senator Wyden;

Thank you for your service to Oregon and the United States.

Federal healthcare is rapidly becoming a toxic career move. Are you certain that you want to rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic?

neonleonpdx

Offsetting Carbon

Senator Wyden (D-OR) assures me that:

"I respect the right of everyone to form their own opinion about global climate change. As a U.S. Senator, however, it is also my job to make decisions based on the best scientific evidence available -- the overwhelming majority of which suggests human actions do impact the world’s climate. While I am concerned about recent revelations of potential data misuse by a university in the United Kingdom, decades of peer-reviewed research has consistently shown that climate change is real and is a critical threat to our planet."

So, in my humble effort to wean myself from Canadian Natural Gas (Oooohh: bad, eh?) and hydroelectric heat ( Oooohh: fish die! Feed the Seals!) I have vowed to use only renewable energy this winter to heat my home: my woodstove. Oh, it smokes a little, but I'm proud to do my part to save mother earth. Popcorn, anyone?