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	<title>Grim Observations &#187; Congress</title>
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		<title>Letter to my Senators</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:37:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jnials</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below is the text of an email I sent to my senators today. Please vote against the bailout bill.  I have already contacted my Representatives office (Mike Conaway) and thanked him for voting against it.  I hope to be able to thank you as well on Wednesday. The bailout has been necessitated by poor policy [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Below is the text of an email I sent to my senators today.</p>
<blockquote><p>Please vote against the bailout bill.  I have already contacted my Representatives office (Mike Conaway) and thanked him for voting against it.  I hope to be able to thank you as well on Wednesday.</p>
<p>The bailout has been necessitated by poor policy that was the enabled by the Community Reinvestment act and poor oversight by Congress.  The activities of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the stewardship of Henry Paulson, John Snow, and their predecessors.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Out of the comfort zone</title>
		<link>http://www.worrygeek.com/index.php/2008/09/28/out-of-the-comfort-zone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 01:08:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jnials</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve decided it is time to re-engage with politics in my life.  I do not like the way that things are going.  I&#8217;ve always been center-right, but since Reagan I&#8217;ve pretty much voted and not much else.  So what have I gotten for my inaction? Eight years of Bill Clinton, almost 4 years of Al Gore [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve decided it is time to re-engage with politics in my life.  I do <em>not</em> like the way that things are going.  I&#8217;ve always been center-right, but since Reagan I&#8217;ve pretty much voted and not much else.  So what have I gotten for my inaction?</p>
<p>Eight years of Bill Clinton, almost 4 years of Al Gore (shudder), and 8 years of a weak George Bush.  A congress lead by Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi, who do not seem to know how to lead, but only to blame.</p>
<p>Now, I&#8217;m not happy with my own party <em>at all.</em>  But what alternative do I have?  A party that would rather see a weakened America, with good paying jobs shipped overseas so as not to offend the radical environmentalist wing of their party?  A media willing to lie to get their candidate elected?  A nearly trillion dollar bailout because the Democrats created a system that required and encouraged and enabled banks to make bad loans to people who shouldn&#8217;t have gotten them?</p>
<p>I can&#8217;t continue being part of the problem, I&#8217;ve got to start being part of the solution, or at least to stop enabling the corruption that is destroying our country.</p>
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