I say yes, you say no, OR People are Strange

Here is the link. I found the article to be very interesting.

http://capitolnewsconnection.org/news/congress-operating-costs-skyrocket

Nope .. I'm not worried about how much Obama spent on his vacation .. I'm just jealous I couldn't go too.

Bren

Edited: typo

Once the HC bill is repealed, alot of unnecessary government jobs will be eliminated. Thank goodness...government needs to get smaller, not bigger.

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Medigal - btw...I am VERY involved with my congressmen - I helped to get him elected (we unseated the dem incumbant). I volunteer for 4 elected officials in my area, helping them to address the government problems discussed in the past few pages. The squeaky wheel gets oiled.

Erica, doesn't bother me about BO's vaca. IMHO, he needs a rest like anyone would.

Laura:  I figured you were politically active from your posts.  Too many people just think it takes a lot of "squeaky" wheels to get something done but I am glad you have shown that we "all" can make a difference if we just take the time to do our part.  

Whether I am for the Tea Party or not, it is very gratifying to see people get actively involved in making changes for the better in their government.  I hope you will be able to continue your work with the politicians since this year can be very concerning with the Repubs and Dems butting heads now.  It's going to be scary to see what "cuts" they are forced to make to bring down the deficit. I hope you have stocked up on a "lot" of oil!

Thanks for the link Barbara .. it isn't cheap for him to leave D.C. that's for sure.  I didn't read anything about Pelosi vacationing on the taxpayers dime.

Bren

Me thinks, after attaining the ripe old age of 54, that while many politicians, regardless of the party to which they belong, start out with a sense of purpose and to help. By the time they start amassing power it seems that the purpose starts to fade and all begin to resemble each other. Neither of the major parties are all bad or all good. There are good and bad fairly divided among them all. I learned a long time ago to kind of just start humming when the discussion gets a bit too heated. I remember meeting Tom DeLay years ago and being so creeped out. Whenever I would mention it through the years as his power grew, I was shouted down as a liberal yankee who should never have moved to Texas! Ahem. mind you, whenever I brought him up I merely was pointing out he made my skin crawl on personal level. That any married man that hit on a married woman was was a puke. And a puke couldn't be good for anyone. I don't care what his party affiliation. There are, I am sure, an equal amount of pukes in the Democratic party. As for money, they all spend too much on too many things that mean nothing to anyone other than amassing said power (see above:)  Personally, it drives a lot of people crazy who know me who refuse to accept that I agree with some things on one side, and others on another side. They insist it has to be either or. I say nope, not true, at least for me. But having BC has proved my theory that nothing is truly black or white...lots of gray in there.

Laura:  I was just kidding with you.  I really didn't think you had to squirt oil in your ears to work politically.  I have done it for years and never used a drop of oil unless I had an earache.  Sorry you misunderstood.  I see I forgot to put my face behind the remark.  I'll try to do better next time. 

Medigal - I TOTALLY knew you were kidding. No problem at all.

Anne, Obama can end the wars any time he wants.     All he has to do is make sure our troops get out safely. 

Shirley, you're losing me. I know exactly what was said about the WMDs. Do you really want to go down that road again?

Oh Blue!  Last I heard it was 3-0 Canadians, then I went to watch the HBO Winter Classic special and came back online to this.  It's going to take those boys a lifetime to recover.  Argh!

Anyone know why Pelosi joked about Boehner's 'giant' gavel being the biggest one ever seen in the House? When her gavel she used when health care passed (lent to her my John Dingell) was way bigger?

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/03/21/4426869-pelosis-giant-gavel