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| Grumpy Old Pharts Board Gerritol, Ex-Lax, Immodium, Bad Breath - all requirements for the Grumpy Board |
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07-30-2008, 11:40 AM
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Registered Grandpa
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: east coast
Posts: 8,592
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Congressional recess--
These guys go on vacation with all the stuff our country is going through.  pfft
On second thought maybe it's the best thing ,6 weeks they can't screw things up even more.
Remember when my company was in the doldrums's one year and vacations were cancelled .We worked 6 days a week without a raise that year.
No one got laid off either.  Too old fashion, now a days people get cut first.  |
" Choose Life "
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07-30-2008, 12:10 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Hyde Park, MA
Posts: 4,152
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The only time they REALLY work is if there is an election year, there is an important piece of legislation (like congressional pay-raises), and it's been leaked to the media. Otherwise, they just say "screw it" and take their undeserving vacations. It NEVER ceases to amaze me that the state and national "powers that be" have the right to vote on their own pay raise, whereas the rest of the real world has to prove our worth each and avery day. What a setup!
How many of us would, in all due respect, leave for vacation knowing we didn't finish our work? Once again, what a beautiful setup!
I wish we had term limits for each and every political office, and would hold these individuals accountable/responsible for each and every one of their decisions, and a no-show for a vote would actually have some bearings on their future.
Of course, I then wake up and realize when and where I am, and I realize that we are pretty much screwed.
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07-31-2008, 09:14 PM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
Posts: 8,760
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I am so glad they passed that law in MASS that it is now LEGAL to drink on a golf course. My goodness, it was such a crisis without that!
What happened to taking on the 'paid detail' crowd? How about tax overhaul? Oh yeah, it's vacation time.
I went thru town today, they had 6 policeman on 1 detail for a town project, we're getting fleeced, but, we can drink on the golf course now. Just don't head for your car after 18 at the 19th.
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07-31-2008, 09:48 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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politics = corruption
at our expence
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08-01-2008, 07:08 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Back to C.Cod x'd Rangeley Me.
Posts: 922
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Personnally I will not vote for ANY incumbent with more than 2 terms.I'm totally fed up.
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08-01-2008, 07:16 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 3,650
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Most congressman are millionaires - they're not doing for the paycheck, but rather for the opportunity to get some of the gravy or to structure favorable tax liabilities. You can draw a direct line from politician, to contributor, to recipients of government funds or contracts, to the drafting of favorable legislation.
Hitler used the concept of " The Big Lie," a lie so "colossal" that no one would believe that someone "could have the impudence to distort the truth so infamously". |
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08-01-2008, 08:50 AM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 61° 30′ 0″ N, 23° 46′ 0″ E
Posts: 8,158
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Quote:
Originally Posted by justplugit
On second thought maybe it's the best thing ,6 weeks they can't screw things up even more.
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To roughly quote Mark Twain: "No man's pocketbook is safe while Congress is in session".
It's even more relevant 100 years later. |
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something.
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