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Six states are starting to make plans to opt out of any federal government health care program. That's Arizona, Indiana, Minnesota, North Dakota, New Mexico and Wyoming. I bet Texas will be right behind them.

I'm so glad states are starting to turn on the federal government.
Let me know what you think of this. I haven't thought it fully out, but it seems plausible on its face.

Since postal employees are already being paid, they should be the ones doing the census. That would save a whole lot of money training and paying 710,00 census workers. There are 750,000 postal workers.

Let's say it takes them two days to accomplish the task. Two Saturdays the mail is not delivered but the postal workers are doing the census instead.

That could save us a WHOLE lot of money and it also prevents organizations like ACORN manipulating data to fit their unscrupulous agenda.
It's really a Cap and Tax. Obama and Congress is hoping none of us realize that Congress is trying to put through ANOTHER tax on us so that we can pay for Al Gore's HUGE environmental movement that Al Gore has already made millions at and is about to make more millions at.

Call your Congresspeople today and tell them you don't want this tax. The numbers are: 202 225-3121 or 202 224-3121. I've been trying to get through all day. It's been busy and Verizon has been saying the number is no good. I'm just figuring that so many people are calling at once.
The post said IN ENGLAND IF YOU'RE 59 OR OLDER, YOU CAN'T GET A HEART STINT OR BYPASS. It hasn't posted yet. Do the moderators come in on Monday and then let the posts through. It said it was flagged.

I'm figuring the Obama gang doesn't want Americans to know that in England they don't take care of your heart if you're 59 and over. That would look bad for Universal Health Care, which is government run and government paid for health care.
I can't find it anywhere. I commented on that posting to creek and he/she commented back and I wanted to respond. I can't find it anywhere?

Can someone tell me if I'm looking in the wrong place?
Celebrities make lots of money. Obama should be assigning a Salary Czar for all celebrities. Oprah makes a lot of money. Obama should assign a Salary Czar to Oprah and Barbra Streisand and all the other Hollywoods that make a ton of money.

If Obama wants CEOs to stop making a lot of money, why doesn't Obama want Oprah to stop making a lot of money? Obama should also be assigning a Bill Gates Salary Czar.
I am not into capping anyone's salary. That should be left up to the market. But since Obama believes in the Socialist way of capping salaries, then he should cap Union leaders' salaries and also Congress' salaries and all federal politicians' salaries. He should not ONLY cap CEO salaries.
It's been great talking with you all and hearing what everyone has to say. I won't be back except maybe to check in once in awhile and see what's going on. But I'm spending too much time here because I enjoy it and it's time to get back to my life.

Take care, everyone, and God bless us all, even those that don't want it. :)

If I've been chatting with you and you want to continue our discussion, here's an email that I don't mind having to dispose of it I get a million emails that I don't want. SoCaDeb@aol.com Please just those that I've been chatting with are invited to email. I would appreciate that. :)
Is it just me? I'm not overly computer smart, but I'm having a difficult time navigating this site.

When I leave for a few hours, I come back and I don't know which topics I've been involved in because there's so many new ones that appeared while I was gone. I then find myself going there every topic finding conversations that I was involved in with others.

Also it appears that after a several-hour period the topics that were like from yesterday are so many pages back that they are no longer of interest to people, but if you put up the topic again it really is justifed as being a duplicate.

Can someone tell me an easier way to navigate this or is this just how it is?

I would appreciate your comments.
Obama and his wife and family seem to be taking a lot of vacation time. How do we as taxpayers have all of this extra money for the Obamas to be vacationing, sightseeing and having date night at taxpayer expense?

The Obamas should be cutting back just like the rest of us are.
I'd like to know why all of a sudden we have all of this money to hire all of these people appointed by Obama. Each of these appointments needs a staff. It becomse a huge proposition. It's not just the pay for the person appointed by Obama; it's the cost of the entire staffing.
I think the public, taxpayers, should govern how much politicians should be paid. I think no raises should be given to any politician unless it's put on the ballot for the taxpayers to vote on it.
Can you believe this? How can people stand this?

I don't want anyone from the government telling private industry how much they should be paid. That is a business decision that should be based on what the market will bear and profits.
ACORN and the 300 or so companies that are listed as part of that funeral parlor in New Orleans should all be investigated as far as the money they've received from taxpayers. What should be addressed is how much they all received and where that money has gone to.

ACORN and those 300 companies should be investigated to see how they all are intertwined with each other.

ACORN should be questioned as to why they allowed the brother of the man who started ACORN to embezzle one million dollars and never had him prosecuted.

ACORN should be investigated for paying people for individual signatures in registering to vote when that is illegal in the State of Nevada.
Since I've been asking this question on the board, I've been accused of being a knuckle dragger, a wingnut and a kook. I am not a knuckle dragger, nor a wingnut, nor a kook. I'm a person with an honest question wanting to know why the President of the United States does not show his birth certificate.

I'm planning on giving President Obama the same level of respect that the Democrats gave to President Bush and Governor Palin.
This does not appear to be a difficult request. All Americans should be demanding this, whether you are Democrat or Republican or other.

When Obama was at Occidental College, I bet he put on his admission papaers that he is a resident of Indonesia, and that's why he's blocking those papaers from being shown.
There has got to be a reason that President Obama will not show his birth certificate, and I'm making the assumption it is not a good reason.

I'm also figuring that on Obama's school records in the past he's put on the forms that he was a resident of some other country -- I'm figuring Kenya and/or Indonesia -- because he wanted to receive money from the US Government. That is why President Obama doesn't want his previous school records revealed.

I'm looking forward to the day when the majority of Americans are disgusted with Obama which will then make the mainstream media do their jobs properly and become journalists again and also when the Clintons will stop taking a back seat and start revealing what they know. I'm not a Clinton supporter, but have you noticed how the Clintons are sitting back quietly? Obama has put them in their place and they have to stay quiet......until the country starts seeing the fake Obama.
I feel that President Obama should make available to everyone his birth certificate and also the previous documents that he's filled out earlier in his life in order to get in certain schools that would indicate which country President Obama felt he was a resident of.

I don't understand the non-transparency of not showing documents. These documents should be available to everyone if President Obama wants to be the president that has the most transparancy.
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csrbev 8 months ago
so do I, isO.
csrbev 8 months ago
We have to work hard to let the public know that this is a tax being brought about by the Democrats before it gets to the Senate.
csrbev 8 months ago
It's not a matter of being ignored. There's a Public Information Act that the Whitehouse MUST adhere to. When the taxpayers pay for something, it's public information...unless it would disclose confidential information or classified infomation. So it doesn't matter whether I, we, anyone, moans if they do it or don't do; they have a legal obligation to produce.

Now they're spending more NOT TO PRODUCE -- the same as with the birth certificate. There's NOTHING at all transparent about President Obama's presidency like he promised it would be. But then we're watching ALL of his promises dwindle away every day.
csrbev 8 months ago
The only reason for the Whitehouse NOT to show those Air Force Manhattan flyover pictures is because they know the country will realize that we taxpayers paid $350,000 for photos that can easily be done with Photoshop.

I'm a Level 1 Photoshop user. I could have created those same photos for the Whitehouse for $500 and got the same look.

But those photos are public knowledge. There's nothing that needs to be confidential about it.

Most likely the Whitehouse is going to spend another $350,000 in attorney fees trying to keep the news organizations from obtaining them.

We know ABC won't be trying to get those photos because ABC already probably asked the Whitehouse for them and the Whitehouse told ABC no and ABC said, "Sure, Comrad Obama. We're sorry we even asked."
csrbev 8 months ago
That's because the unions pay a TON of money into the pockets of Democrats. They're just like lobbyists. Obama is not going to do anything to hurt the unions.
csrbev 8 months ago
sallie, I've spent the past hour calling each one of the numbers you put out there. Some of them are busy. But I'm getting a chance to talk to a few aids and tell them to vote against this Cap and Trade bill.

I'm having interesting conversations with these people. You learn a lot doing this. I just called Boxer and Feinstein also at their Washington office numbers.
csrbev 8 months ago
sallie, around 2:00 a.m. California time I called each of those numbers you put up there. All of their mailboxes were full except for Butterfield's, so I left a message on his saying to vote against Cap and Trade.

Do you think if I call around 7:30 a.m. California time they will get the messages in time?

I try to call Barney Frank and none of his numbers have voicemail. Either does Pelosi. I hate that. I'm figuring they get so many negative messages that they do make voicemail available to them.
csrbev 8 months ago
mrbuzz, I'm from CA also. Yesterday I called Diane Feinstein and Barbara Boxer to tell them I wanted them to vote against Cap and Trade. I also told them that I wanted them to vote AGAINST President Obama's government health care but that if it did pass that I wanted an amendment to it saying that EVERY politician and their families HAD to use that government health care plan and not use a Cadillac plan and I also told them that I would refuse to answer any census questions if ACORN or any of its affiliates had anything to do with the census. I told them to have the postal employees do the census.

I spoke with their aids.

Diane Feinstein 310 914 7300
202 228 3841

Barbara Boxer 213 894 5000
202 224 3553
csrbev 8 months ago
Yes. I like them on Page 1 also.

csrbev 8 months ago
and that works for me. :)
csrbev 8 months ago
sobi, how does it know which topics to "waiting for moderator approval" and which ones not?

I did three New Ideas in a matter of ten minutes. Two ideas went through and one is waiting for approval.

Do you think it's certain words that trigger the "waiting for approval"?
csrbev 8 months ago
I posted a New Idea stating that I would refuse to answer any census questions if ACORN or any company having anything to do with ACORN or ACORN's new name is involved with the 2010 census. I said that I would also refuse to pay the $5,000 fine for not answering questions.

It said that that New Idea is waiting for moderator approval.

I think the 2010 census is going to get very interesting.
csrbev 8 months ago
Any news organization that prohibits opposing sides to give their view on what the President is proposing is a biased news source. ABC is now a biased news source for the Whitehouse.

ABC did not even allow the opposing side to buy time. The Democrat Party, or Obama himself, should have been required to pay for that infomerical since the opposition was not permitted to give opposing views.
csrbev 8 months ago
elihusmith, I totally agree with you. I want ALL politicians to ONLY have access to government health care if Obama's Socialist Government Health Care, Universal Health Care wins.

csrbev 8 months ago
As rejean said, the best thing that Obama has done for America is redefined the need for all of us "conservatives" aka Republicans to realize the need to come together and fight this unscrupulous progressive army.

It snuck up on us. We now know what we're fighting and we now realize that even if we're moderate Republicans or conservative Republicans, we're in the same boat. We have the same enemy, which is also the enemy of America, and that enemy is the Progressives.

Thank you, President (which has yet to be proven) Obama.
csrbev 8 months ago
"Forcing" ABC and NBC to be Obama's inhouse news source to the nation. No president should have any of our news stations as their own source to give out information to the public without having all sides available for debate.

Obama and ABC would not even allow opposing information to be bought in the form of a commercial during Obama's infomercial on ABC that Obama did not have to pay for.

That's deplorable. We should NEVER allow the Presidency to have that much power over our news agencies. That is the same power that Russia had over its news agencies and it's also the same power that Hitler had over Germany's news sources.
csrbev 9 months ago
mrbuzzsaw, I'll join as well. :) Let me know.
csrbev 9 months ago
vince, one way President Obama can be the leader in transparency is to be transparent about his birth certificate and his prior school records. He's hiding both. That's no way to start a "transparency" movement.
csrbev 9 months ago
What the government should do is arrest all the credit card companies that are charging the high interest rates they're charging -- it's usury -- like they do when the Mafia charges loansharking (high interest) fees.

Clinton is the one that uncapped how much interest credit card companies can charge. It is illegal the rates they're charging. We arrest the Mafia for that.

Obama walking around saying he made changes to the credit card comapanies was a big farce. The ONLY ONE thing that needed to be done is to cap how much interest credit card companies can charge.
csrbev 9 months ago
sunjenshine: In England where they have the health care system you want here, no one over 59 can have a heart bypass or a heart stint put in. In England by 59 they don't think it's worth it to spend the government health care system money on you because they think you're too old.

In the system you want, the government decides which treatments they're going to pay for and which ones they're not going to pay for.

Now, when you look at every other system that government oversees or owns or runs, the masses -- that's us -- NEVER benefit from.

csrbev 9 months ago
Black,

There's nothing stupid about defending someone who does the right thing like Sarah Palin does. Sarah brought forth some ugliness that was going on in the Republican Party, which is her own party, the Democrat Party and the oil business up in Alaska.

Sarah Palin is someone who I want watching over my taxpayer dollar. She doesn't cowtail to even the staunch cigar smoke blowers and she obviously didn't cowtail to the Liberals or Democrats. Sarah Palin keeps standing with her head held high while the Left and Democrats unsuccessfully try to disgrace her.
csrbev 9 months ago
juan,

I'll promise you this now. If you and I are in the same place and a criminal wants to shoot you with his gun that you and your ilk successfully made illegal (only the criminal didn't care that you made it illegal), I will shoot him first before he shoots you, even though you've already pooped your pants at the sight of his gun pointing between your eyes. I'll save your silly butt in spite of your naivete.
csrbev 9 months ago
Ah, that must be the reason she uses words like "propaganda" when she really doesn't understand what words like that mean.
csrbev 9 months ago
Universal Health Care, government health care, single payer health care are all titles for the same thing.
csrbev 9 months ago
In England if you're 59 or older they won't give you heart stints or a heart bypass.

Just let it be known that if we go to Universal Health Care, which is government paid and government managed health care, our system will be just like England's, and if you're 59 and you need heart care, forget about it. They don't allow you to have it.

I made two NEW POSTS about this, and they both say "Pending Moderator Approval." I'm figuring the Obama gang doesn't want Americans over 59 to know this.
csrbev 9 months ago
In England if you're 59 or older they won't give you heart stints or a heart bypass.

Just let it be known that if we go to Universal Health Care, which is government paid and government managed health care, our system will be just like England's, and if you're 59 and you need heart care, forget about it. They don't allow you to have it.

I made to NEW POSTS about this, and they both say "Pending Moderator Approval." I'm figuring the Obama gang doesn't want Americans over 59 to know this.
csrbev 9 months ago
In England if you're 59 or older they won't give you heart stints or a heart bypass.

Just let it be known that if we go to Universal Health Care, which is government paid and government managed health care, our system will be just like England's, and if you're 59 and you need heart care, forget about it. They don't allow you to have it.

I made to NEW POSTS about this, and they both say "Pending Moderator Approval." I'm figuring the Obama gang doesn't want Americans over 59 to know this.
csrbev 9 months ago
In England if you're 59 or older they won't give you heart stints or a heart bypass.

Just let it be known that if we go to Universal Health Care, which is government paid and government managed health care, our system will be just like England's, and if you're 59 and you need heart care, forget about it. They don't allow you to have it.

I made to NEW POSTS about this, and they both say "Pending Moderator Approval." I'm figuring the Obama gang doesn't want Americans over 59 to know this.
csrbev 9 months ago
Is sobi a kid?
csrbev 9 months ago
Black, you are comparing apples and oranges here. You're trying to justify Obama's spending whatever money he's spending trying to hide his birth certificate AND his school records by saying, "What is Palin trying to hide because she's spending money on attorneys."

Here's the difference: Obama is spending money to hide the fact that he's not met the criteria for his position and also he's spending money because he doesn't want anyone to know what's in his school records, for whatever reason. (As an aside, this is the man who promised transparency in government....except for him.) I have my speculations on why he doesn't want his school records exposed.

Palin, on the other hand, is spending money to avoid losing lawsuits and ethics investigations by default, by not answering to allegations.

I look at the lawsuits thrown at Palin as a badge of honor on her behalf. Anyone who blows the whistle on as many politicians who were doing unethical things in Alaska is, of course, going to get this type of backlash. They are, of course, going to make sure that she pays dearly. This is their only recourse.

I was in government for 25 years. I know this is how the paybacks work. So everytime I hear of Palin getting ANOTHER lawsuit thrown at her AND it gets thrown out or the results are unfounded, I know that she really went after the big politicians and ruffled a LOT of feathers. That's the person I want handling taxpayer money. All the other politicians appear to be running on a greed mode and filling their pockets.

csrbev 9 months ago
Barbara Boxer did not work hard to be a Senator like she said she did. Boxer just got majority of the vote in that nutty place of San Francisco. It's not hard to get a majority vote in San Francisco if you're a nutcase. Check out Pelosi.
csrbev 9 months ago
That last post was meant for sobi. I forget to address it to him/her.
csrbev 9 months ago
Representative democracy is not saying "my side is 100 percent and the other side is 0 percent."

Representative democracy does not mean that something is or is not propaganda.

You still haven't explained how this 10-minute take is propaganda like you said it was. I'd love you to break down this 10-minute video and say which part is propaganda.

If you'd like, I can give you the definition of "propaganda," if that would be helpful. I know sometimes people use words to criticize something even if they don't understand what those words mean.
csrbev 9 months ago
Steven, myself and my entire family have had health care ALL of our lives. Some family members are young, some are middle aged and some are seniors. Every single time we were ill we got excellent health care. No one lost their homes. If it was an emergency, we went to emergency. It it wasn't an emergency, we went to our doctors. If we needed surgery, we got surgery. All of this was in a timely manner.

And I'm talking about approximately 100 people that I'm talking about just in my family. And then there are the families of friends that I've had over the years. None of them lost their homes because of health care. None of them waited for a long time to get the health care they needed.....unles, of course, it was something they did.

My mother right now badly needs knee surgery. She's refusing to have it. She's needed it for two years. The doctors want her in right now. She's CHOOSING not to follow their instructions. Any negative results of that will be my mother's fault; not the health care system's fault and not the doctors' fault.

I'm talking about all of this being health care in AMERICA. Seniors have Medicaid and Medicare. So you should not be trying to say that seniors lose their homes in America because of health issues.

Any government program ALWAYS loses money. And if we wind up having a government health care system, not only we will ALL lose as taxpayers, we'll all lose because we will get substandard care.

As in England, no one over 59 can get heart stints or heart bypass surgeries. That will happen here. If we go to universal health care (government paid health care), we'll go to the backward system that Canada and England have.
csrbev 9 months ago
Carpenter, you mean no one believes the crook Obama?
csrbev 9 months ago
I doubt it.
csrbev 9 months ago
Sarah Palin has to pay out this money to answer frivolous ethics violations and lawsuits, whether she's guilty or not.

She must hire lawyers to put together the answers to these things otherwise she'll lose just because of default.

Black, I know you know this. You're trying to mislead people by saying the fact that she hired an attorney makes her guilty. You know that is SO far from the truth.
csrbev 9 months ago
sobi, no wonder Democrats are the dumb ones.

You don't care if government takes a business that someone has worked hard for. How can you not care about that? But I bet you care for the illegal immigrant who came here illegally and you think we need to provide him/her with some type of benefits, some type of health care and some type of education.

I bet you allow that to "become your issue."
csrbev 9 months ago
sobi said: "I watched enough to recognize exaggeration, black and white thinking, otherwise known as absolutes, and I arrived at the point where it said our side is 0% and their side is 100% and I knew it was not a reasoned political argument, it was propaganda."

sobi, I didn't see anything in this short clip that said our side is anything and the other side is something. The clip was defining the different types of rule. I don't see where there was any propaganda in it.


csrbev 9 months ago
I would like to know how any of your Democrats feel about the fact that Government Motors closed down dealerships, but if the owners were Democrats and got in touch with Barney Frank their dealership managed to stay open.

I also would like you Democrats to tell me how you feel about the fact that the forced closed dealerships had to give Government Motors the list of their service customers without any money for it.

I would like to know how you all feel about the government impeding on private business this way. And these are businesses who did NOT request nor get bailouts.

How would you feel if it were a dealership in your family for a century and you were forced to close down by Government Motors and then turn over your customer list to them without paying your family for it.
csrbev 9 months ago
"In England anyone over 59 cannot receive heart repairs or stents or bypass."

I just read that this morning. I made a new post for it and the it's pending moderator approval. I'm interested to see if it actually comes on the board.

I don't want any government telling me when I'm 59 that I cn have a heart bypass. I don't wany any government telling me what my doctor(s) can and can't do.

As far as you saying seniors are losing their homes, they're not losing their homes because of health care. Seniors have medicare and medicaid. Now, I've heard that medicaid will take a house AFTER a person dies AND AFTER the spouse dies to repay medical bills. So it basically comes down to the offspring that were to inherit that house that loses out.

I don't have a problem with the offsprings losing the house that was not theirs in order for the government to recapture some of the cost of what was laid out in order to help the parents.

If we want to look at how successfully government will run health care, let's just look at the government run Social Security system, medicare and medicaid. All of those programs are on the brink of bankruptcy or should have been bankrupt decades ago.
csrbev 9 months ago
Rooster, thank you for the "The American Form of Government" search. I'm going to do it and send it off to several people.

Sobi, how could it be "sheer propaganda"? It's just defining the different types of governments. A better dialogue would have been to see how their description of a type of government was incorrect. To say it is "sheer propaganda" -- well, what is it trying to say that's propaganda? I'd like to know.
csrbev 9 months ago
I am not interested in any health plan that is using ILLEGAL aliens to further their argument. I discount that number. ILLEGAL immigrants can go to their own countries and get health insurance or live without it or buy health insurance on the private market. It's their choice.
csrbev 9 months ago
I'm showing everyone of my family members it today as they're coming through. A lot of my family lives within a few miles of me and we all just come and go to each others' homes.

My sister was just here and loved it. We're trying to figure out how to get it so we can send it to others online.
csrbev 9 months ago
Big, is there anyway we can get this to the attention of Glenn Beck? I don't know how to do such things. Even if he doesn't put it on his show, he can always put it on his website. His site is well read.
csrbev 9 months ago
That was absolutely fabulous. I didn't think it could be explained in 10 minutes either. They did an excellent job.

This should be sent to Glenn Beck. I know he'd be able to incorporate it into his show.

I have tried many times to explain the difference between Democracy and Republic in conversation, but I never could get it this clear. This video gave me short, succinct, understandable ways to explain it.

Thank you very much, Big. :)
csrbev 9 months ago
robhix, well said. Boxer is a disgrace to California. The mess we're in is very much related to a lot of things that she has proposed.
csrbev 9 months ago
creek, unemployment is up, interest rates are creeping up, oil prices are rising, home prices are still lowering and people are still not spending money (which I totally understand. I'm not either). The stock market goes up a few points for a few days and then goes down a few points for a few days.

What in that scenario is telling you that the economy is turning around? The economy is in the toilet and it will be in the toilet for about the next six years or so, whether Obama is in office or someone else.

The only thing we can hope for is to keep the Socialist agenda of Obama at bay until the economy plays itself out.
csrbev 9 months ago
john, thank you for responding. It just said that before I could post that I needed to sign in. I can't find a sign in place. I'll look tomorrow and see if my post gets put up.

Yes, I'm back because I actually missed it here. I've come in regularly just to vote on issues, but I didn't say anything.
csrbev 9 months ago
I tried to make a post and it's not here. Then I read the paragraph where it said we had to sign in. I can't find where we have to sign in. My post is not here. Can someone tell me about the changes? Thanks in advance. :)
csrbev 9 months ago
lol

Big, I think someone should cap the President's pay as well. I understand last year he made four million. I'm fascinated how rich these guys get never working a day outside the government.
csrbev 9 months ago
evreport, oh, I'll still be asking "Where's the birth certificate," but I will be doing it in avenues that I know actually get heard, such as emailing ALL Congresspeople, Representatives, etc. I even do that on a local level.

I've enjoyed chatting with you and others on this site, even those that we have opposing opinions. :) Take care.
csrbev 9 months ago
Lady, thank you. I just found that. It makes it easier.

But this is definitely a tough site would to navigate. I'm hearing, though, that the purpose of the site has come and gone.
csrbev 9 months ago
evreport, if one wanted to have a discussion on the lack of a legitimate birth certficate or lack of vetting of President Obama, where would one put that to make it not break down and easy to navigate?
csrbev 9 months ago
And when the Lost Wingers have no issues with the Obamas vacationing so much and he's only been in office a little more than 100 days and relentlessly complained about Bush being on vacation, I find that another hypocrisy of the Lost Wingers.
csrbev 9 months ago
GM is going to wind up being a government program that will never make a profit and none of the employees will ever get fired. It's going to be a taxpayer money pit just like Amtrak is.
csrbev 9 months ago
The most famous racist I know of is Obama's reverand, Reverand Wright.
csrbev 9 months ago
karidgn: If the stockholders want to pay the CEO, then have at it. It's not the government's money.

(That position I just stated does not apply to companies that took bailout money from the taxpayers, which I didn't agree with. But since we paid it, then it's a different position).
csrbev 9 months ago
blackmon, if I were a politician, I'd check to see if a person addressing me was a registered voter or not. Certainly I would have hoped that they voted for me, but if I'm their representative and they didn't vote for me, I would still feel it my duty to address their concerns.

I didn't mean to indicate that I would only address registered voters who voted for me. I would only address registered voters.

I am very much of the opinion if a person doesn't bother to vote than they shouldn't complain; they should just bounce through life accepting what the rest of us vote for them.

I write to Diane Feinstein and Barbara Boxer regularly when I feel strongly about an issue. I also see them at some events I've been to. I also call them on the phone. I talk to their aids. I always give my name. I'm not into being anonymous. I'm sure they've looked me up and found out I vote Republican. Both Diane Feinstein and Barbara Boxer have always gotten back to me in email about what I've addressed. (Feinstein gets back a whole lot quicker than Boxer). lol But be that as it may, at least they get back to me.

I write to Pelosi and I also call her phone numbers. She doesn't ever respond. I write to the Whitehouse and I also call there whenever I feel the need and I leave my thoughts. I never get a return on that. But I didn't get one either during the Bush Administration and I did the same thing. (I always got a Christmas card from the Bushes, though, which I appreciate).
csrbev 9 months ago
karidrgn, it is not a lie that money has been given to ACORN. Board members for ACORN said that ACORN no longer needs taxpayer money because it has so much now. Also, Barney Frank said that ACORN was given a lot of taxpayer money during the Bush Administration.

It is not a right wing lie that ACORN got taxpayer money because it did.
csrbev 9 months ago
blackmon, I agree with the politicians ONLY answering to registered voters. If I were a politician, I would do the same. I can only imagine they can get swamped with requests from all over the place. You would need to do a cut off somewhere. And I feel if a person doesn't bother to vote, then I'm not really all that interested in what they have to say, unless they're a young person like James on this board who is 15 and can't vote. If I were a politician, I'd address his concerns the best I could.

All of the other things you've said, I really don't like the idea that they vote themselves raises, bennies, etc. I like Photo's idea that their pay should be connected to how the budget is going.

As far as being a birther, I'm TOTALLY ticked off about Obama's lack of birth certificate and vetting. But that's not for this post.
csrbev 9 months ago
William, most Americans do NOT want a One World Government nor a Socialist government. The fact that Californians voted down the tax increases and Terry McCullogh (well-known Democrat) lost to Deeds (hardly known Republican) shows that the country is NOT going to stand for what's going on.

I believe many Obama voters are beginning to realize what they voted in, and it was NOT what they expected.
csrbev 9 months ago
If I had unlimited funds and did not have to be obligated to other things in my life, I would spend my whole life trying to change just THAT one aspect.

I would totally push for all politicians to have the same benefits as the masses.

But I'm not in that situation, so I do the next best thing: I come to a Whitehouse whatever this is called and whine. :)
csrbev 9 months ago
blackmon, I understand the phenominal cost of having us, the masses, getting the Cadillac deal that the politicians get. As an alternative, I think that the politicians should get the same health care that we, the masses, get and the same retirement options as well.

I'm figuring if that became the case, then our health care and our retirement plans would miraculously become viable for the entire country.
csrbev 9 months ago
Photo, I love the idea of policitians' pay being connected to whether there is a surplus or not. I believe that should happen at every level of government.
csrbev 9 months ago
blackmon, if Obama said -- which I'm not doubting you -- then when do you think Obama is going to put in place for politicians to have the same health care as us and the same retirement plan choices that we have?
csrbev 9 months ago
ladyhawk, it doesn't matter if Bush or Obama takes "12 weeks off flying around the country." They're office follows them and they are on call 24/7. It really doesn't matter. The Left just making a hoopla out of it because they wanted to bash Bush every chance they got.

But they just have no issues with the Obamas having their time off.

After what Photo said, I agree now. It's more than hypocrisy. At this time of sacrifice for the entire country, to have the Obamas traipsing around the world vacationing and "date night" in New York and the in-your-face fun time is thoughtless, conceited and shows lack of leadership.
csrbev 9 months ago
Photo, yes, on second thought I agree with you that it shows Obama's lack of leadership and thoughtfulness. A more local "date night" and a more quiet one during these times of struggle would have been more in good taste.
csrbev 9 months ago
James, I'm impressed with your posts and your thoughts and I understand your concern. You express yourself quite well. I enjoy reading your posts.

If I were you, I would take Hairlip's advice that there are much better places than this forum to learn about government.

I started coming here a few days ago. I like reading what I'm reading, I like discussing thoughts with those around here and I like hearing different points of view and disputing them.

But I know from what people are saying we're much older than you and this is not a learning tool so much for us as it is a venting tool. (Although I do learn things).

If I were your age, I go to different places on the internet and at school and at the library and find places that are divised to learn, rather than vent. (Just my thoughts).

But if you choose to stay here, I will be delighted to read your thoughts and I applaud your desire to know all there is to know. :)
csrbev 9 months ago
My understanding is that America was 46 percent Socialist 20 years ago. Before Obama came in, we were 57 percent Socialist.

I would take a guess that after 100 days of Obama we're most likely at 70 percent Socialist and gaining quickly.

We are a Republic. We are not a Democracy, so there will be some social programs. But I want those social programs to stay as minimial as possible.
csrbev 9 months ago
Big, I'm all for cutting off everything in California going to illegal immigrants. It's going to wind up happening. California has been giving pablum to everyone for the past several decades. Now we're all paying for it.

I figure if the illegals get cut off, they'll go back to the countries they came from and then, if they want, they'll come in legally, which is the correct way to enter another country.
csrbev 9 months ago
Bob, and I'm figuring if the politicians were forced to have the same health care as us, they'd make it an absolutely fabulous program. Either way it would be a win-win for all of us. Whether we got their Cadillac health care plan or whether they were forced to have our plan and improve it, it would be a win-win for us all.
csrbev 9 months ago
BigRooster, I think you have something there. I hope Sheriff Joe decides to run for President. I'd back that man in a second. I think he'd make an awesome President.

I totally admire the fact that he does his job, no bolstering, no looking for the pat on the back. He does his job and nothing stops him. He just keeps moving forward.

You can tell he knows the way to get it done and then gets it done.
csrbev 9 months ago
Bob, I totally agree with you.

All I heard the entire time Bush was in office was how much time he was taking on vacation, which I never felt was a problem because I do know that the President, whether it's Obama or Bush, is on call 24/7.

I just love how the Left has no issues with any of the time Obama is taking, but they were relentless about any time Bush was taking. I just enjoy pointing out the hypocrisy.
csrbev 9 months ago
John, right now I don't think any government employee throughout the entire country should be getting a raise, primarily ANY elected position. As a matter of fact, I think all elected people should say that they're going to take a 10 percent pay cut.

"Nondisclosure rules" just should not be allowed. In California we have the Brown Act that does not allow for that, in most cases. I don't know if Brown Act is federal or state, now that I think about it.
csrbev 9 months ago
I love Sheriff Joe's idea of making them all wear pink and forcing them to take English speaking classes.
csrbev 9 months ago
BigRooster, I have an acre of land. I started growing my own foods. I think it's going to real ugly in this country. I hate to say that, but I feel a lot of unhappiness with the way things are going everywhere I go. People are very upset.
csrbev 9 months ago
wbb, I'm going to start a discussion with your question. It's a good one.
csrbev 9 months ago
Rooster, I'm sad to say that you're right. I have not seen politicians on either side doing what's right for the country. :(
csrbev 9 months ago
black, I've never heard Obama say that!!

Well, if he did, then how come it's not done yet? He's not hesitating stepping on all kinds of toes quickly. If Obama REALLY feels this way, then how come he hasn't made it come to pass yet?

And if he did say this, then, yes, I do agree with Obama. But I won't believe Obama REALLY feels this way until I see it accomplished. Other than that, I'm going to figure it's just lip service on Obama's part.
csrbev 9 months ago
fgstone, very well said.

I chose years ago not to have children for a myriad of reasons. Today I'm so glad I made that choice. My heart goes out to all the young today that will be paying for all of this for years to come.
csrbev 9 months ago
webmann, I agree with everything you said.

Anyone who feels so angry about something politically to the point where they feel they need to kill someone over it really needs to get help. Killing people does not help your point at all. That type of violence is despicable and has no place in our society, or any society.
csrbev 9 months ago
I'm going to go out on a limb here and ask both Black and Rooster not to say any personal insults. :)

Should both of you choose to take on this mission, perhaps you can each go five posts without ANY personal insults. :)
csrbev 9 months ago
Rooster, there's appearing to be a lot of truth to what you're saying.

I'm getting so disgusted by the day. I can't believe people are actually accepting this stuff without being totally upset.
csrbev 9 months ago
sobi, you're saying this pay CZAR is ONLY going to govern what someone is paid that works in a company that got a bailout?

If that is the case, once that bailout is paid, is the pay CZAR no longer controlling how much is made by that company?

P.S. We should not have bailed out any company. But now that we have, I ALMOST agree -- I'm not entirely sure yet -- that we should monitor pay. But I don't want the pay CZAR's authority going outside a company that hasn't gotten a bailout.
csrbev 9 months ago
Sandra:

Well said. The fact that Obama is totally disregarding the Constitution is a travesty. Thankfully people are beginning to see and his ratings are starting to decline.
csrbev 9 months ago
caroebturr, I totally agree with you. The fact that the government is forcing themselves into private business is an outrage and totally against the Constitution, and I can't believe the bankruptcy court was in on this with the Obama Administration.

We are moving more and more into Socialism everyday.
csrbev 9 months ago
infashion, I agree with your comments. They are well stated and show the difficulties that the public has in getting court information.

My experience has been that the counties across the country are working hard at getting that information out to the public. Actually what they're doing is working on ways to make the information flow more quickly and efficiently through their own systems, the result of which allows for more information flow to the public.

But I do know it's a time-consuming and expensive process. It also involves retraining sometimes upwards of 30,000 or more employees. It also sometimes involves purchasing, at great expense, expensive equipment and new technology only to find that it was not what it was meant to do and then you have to start over.

There's many hurdles and difficulties trying to attain what you describe in your post. In the past decade counties have moving forward on this process, and I feel it's going to get more free-flowing in the next decade.
csrbev 9 months ago
Well said. Thank you.
csrbev 9 months ago
The "bankrupted country" was as a result of a Republican President and a Democrat Congress. Most of the real financial problems happened during Bush's last two years because of the Democrat Congress.

I have always felt that greatest thing about America was our political divisiveness. I love the fact that the country is just about half Republican and half Democrat. That to me creates checks and balances. I always liked counting on that figuring that Democrat politicians would be kept in check by the Republican politicians and the Republican politicians would be kept in check by the Democrat politians.

Well, what was allowed to go on financially in this country for the past few years made me realize that both sides were lining their pockets and both sides were satisfying their own personal agendas and no "checks and balances" were taking place.

But be that as it may, I am so hoping that Obama's Socialist agenda fails. I don't want this financial fiasco be anyone's reasoning to take anymore down the Socialist past.

The best thing the government can do right now is sit back, stay out of, we'll all hurt for a little while, and let it all correct itself. The more the government gets involved the more deep we get in this cesspool.

csrbev 9 months ago
Obama said if the stimulus package was not passed "right now," that the unemployment would definitely reach 8 percent in May. Well, the stimulus package was passed, much to my chagrin, and the unemployment is now up at 9.5 percent.
csrbev 9 months ago
infasion: I'll address your second paragraph first. I'm going to be general because, as we know, there are different State laws, County laws and Code laws all of which address what can and cannot be done. It's not universal. So I'll give you my best general take on it.

The court systems that I know of are more and more becoming "public and user friendly" as much as they can within the constraints of the law.

But to make the "doors to the courthouse be opened up to the public" online would be difficult with the technology as it is today. Let's take, for example, a civil court case that is being held today. The possibility of someone never ordering the original transcript of today's proceedings is great. Therefore, how could a stream of that be happening online for someone to see who could not make it into the courthouse? No one is paying to have that done. Generally speaking, the original order for today's proceedings to be transcribed wouldn't happen for several months, sometimes years.

In the case of a criminal case, if the verdict is not guilty, the chances are almost 100 percent that a transcript of those proceedings will never be ordered. That criminal case could have been going on for months and no transcript of those proceedings would be ordered.
Since the preparation of transcripts is costly to government agencies, they generally ONLY order them when there is a legal need. After a not guilty verdict, the defendant is set free, off the hook, so to speak, so there's no need for the taxpayers to go through the expense of a court transcript.

Now, if a verdict of guilty is rendered, then the defendant or his or her counsel will appeal and the appellate court will order the original transcript. The court reporter is given approximately 60 days to prepare the transcript and then the public after that can order a copy at a reduced rate.

As far as you as the public wanting to order a copy, you could call the courthouse and/or go to the courthouse and ask the clerk for the court stenographer's name and phone number, which they will give you. You can then call the court stenographer directly and see if the original of the court proceedings were prepared and you can order a copy. If the original hasn't been prepared, that's where you would then have to decide whether it's worth it to you to have it prepared.

You mentioned a "complaint." That is entirely different than court transcripts. But you can find the complaint in the court file.

I know some courts throughout the country have more inclusive websites than others. So as far as seeing if a business has been sued, you can always go to the courthouse and look up that company and see if there is a file on them. As far as finding that information online, in some counties you could look it up on their websites and other counties are still trying to catch up.

I hope I explained it so you can understand what I'm saying. And with technology changing as it does, the above procedures will change accordingly. :)
csrbev 9 months ago
blackmonrikker said, "They don't really want to know the truth. They just want to get rid of the president by any means necessary."

No, it's not that I want to get rid of the President by any means necessary. I want to see the President's birth certificate and his school records and ALL the past records that Obama has been doing his best not to let the public see.

The "smoking gun" there is: If you do all you can to keep people from seeing paperwork about your past, you must be hiding something, especially if you're a public figure.

It's not only the birth certificate; it's school records also. The only records of Obama's past that we Americans have seen are selective pieces that Obama has thrown out to us. Mostly because they're mundane. He's keeping ALL the other stuff away from public view and, therefore, from public scrutiny. That is the behavior of someone with something to hide.
csrbev 9 months ago
The two Board members that are out on the talk circuit condemning ACORN have both stated that the original mission of ACORN was a good one, but they're saying now ACORN has been taken over by VERY big money and that the VERY big money is keeping the books hidden from the Board and both Board members are saying that a lot of shenanigans are going on at ACORN, and they themselves are asking for an investigation.
csrbev 9 months ago
jennifere:

That's already the case. IF -- that is IF -- the State or the County has already ordered the transcript, then anyone can get a copy at a low rate. The great expense comes to the one ordering the original. Not all proceedings in court are ordered by the State and/or the County to be prepared.

But anyone just getting a copy is getting a very discounted rate. That's already in place.
csrbev 9 months ago
The other smoking gun is that Rathke's (sp) brother who embezzled one million dollars was allowed to stay on the payroll at ACORN for eight years after they found out he embezzled the million.
csrbev 9 months ago
The smoking gun is the two ACORN Board members who are asking to see the books and are told they can't. They are out on the talk circuit talking about all the wrongdoings going on in ACORN.
csrbev 9 months ago
ttemple:

That is WELL said. I think I'm going to have some T-shirts made with that on it. Thank you. :)
csrbev 9 months ago
Transcripts in court are never prepared until someone pays for them. Once a transcript is ordered and paid for, then it is prepared. The preparation takes a long time and is done by professionals who should be, and are, paid for this service.

The transcripts are generally prepared by the court stenographer who works nights and weekends to prepare them and should be paid for that.

Courtrooms are open to the publice, except in specific cases, therefore, the public can listen to whatever is public record. But if they want a transcript prepared, then that professional deserves to be paid for that service.
csrbev 9 months ago
I agree that one of our immediate changes that needs to be made in this country is the education system, but my opinion is that the Democrat Party has generally wanted to keep the masses "dumbed down." That's the best way to control people. It's been done all throughout history. You keep the masses "dumbed down" and they will want you to take care of them and "fix" everything for them. That way you can stay in control of them.

So I don't see this administration looking to "fix" the education system for the masses. It's against their interests.

P.S. I appreciate you getting the tongue-in-cheek message of my correcting your initial post and not feeling the need to insult over it. :)
csrbev 9 months ago
I think it's humorous when someone insults others by saying things like "based on some of the grammar, we are talking either English as a second language or Public School Graduates" and then they misspell or when they make their own grammatical error like putting a comma between "You" and "know" where there should NOT be a comma. :)
csrbev 9 months ago
Obama is the "do as I say not as I do" administration. Obama wants everyone else to be transparent, but doesn't feel he needs to be transparent.
csrbev 9 months ago
There's no "rule" that is being asked for. What is being asked for is "transparency" by Obama showing his birth certificate and school records. This is especially important since Obama wants to be the "transparent" administration; yet he doesn't feel he needs to be transparent.
csrbev 9 months ago
Then what do you surmise is the reason that Obama will not release any of his college records?

I still say that Obama put himself as a resident of another country on his college records in order to receive money. I can't think of another reason why Obama doesn't want his college records released and also his birth certificate. He doesn't want to confirm what is being speculated about and he doesn't want to show inconsistencies regarding residency. That's my speculation. I'd love to hear what your reasoning is as to why Obama won't release his college records nor his real birth certificate.

There are several areas that offer non-residents money for college.
csrbev 9 months ago
creeksnearker:

You're incorrect. There are many grants and governmental programs that give education money to people who are residences of different countries. I'm making the assumption that Obama leaped on to some of those programs as a resident from other countries, and that is why he's keeping his educational records non-"transparent."

For a President that seems to be so adamant about "transparency," he can start that transparency with his own life and all of these questions and concerns would be put to rest.
csrbev 9 months ago
creeksneakers,

To also answer your question, when Obama was going to different higher education schools, he was most getting money from the government. They always ask you what country you're a resident of. I'm figuring that Obama doesn't want to show those records because those records will most likely show Obama himself saying he's a resident of another country. I'm figuring that Obama has said he was a resident of Kenya or Indonesia in order to get himself some money, thereby, making him a liar either to get government money to go to school or to get himself elected as President.
csrbev 9 months ago
And you've proven to be a fraud just like President Obama.
csrbev 9 months ago
This idea is important so that we know we have a legitimate man pretending to be at the helm of our country.