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From:  Anonymous
Title: Congressional Reform Act of 2011
 

The 26th amendment (granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds) took only 3 months & 8 days to be ratified!  Why?  Simple!  The people demanded it.  That was in 1971...before computers, before e-mail, before cell phones, etc.

 

Of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, seven (7) took 1 year or less to become the law of the land...all because of public pressure.

 

I'm asking each addressee to forward this email to a minimum of twenty people on their address list; in turn ask each of those to do likewise.

 

In three days, most people in The United States of America will have the message.  This is one idea that really should be passed around.

 

Congressional Reform Act of 2011

 

1. Term Limits.

 

12 years only, one of the possible options below..

 

A. Two Six-year Senate terms

  B. Six Two-year House terms

  C. One Six-year Senate term and three Two-Year House terms

 

2.  No Tenure / No Pension.

 

A Congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are out of office. 

 

3.  Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security.

 

All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security system immediately.  All future funds flow into the Social Security system, and Congress participates with the American people.

 

4. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do.

 

5. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise.  Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.

 

6. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.

 

7. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people.

 

8. All contracts with past and present Congressmen are void effective 1/1/11. 

 

The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen.  Congressmen made all these contracts for themselves.

 

Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career.  The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, so ours should serve their term(s), then go home and back to work.

 

If each person contacts a minimum of twenty people then it will only take three days for most people (in the U.S. ) to receive the message.  Maybe it is time.

 

THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS!!!!! If you agree with the above, pass it on.   If not, just delete

 

You are one of my 20+.  Please keep it going.

I also feel campaigns need to be publicly funded so there will be no more conflict of interest and outlaw lobbying.  Congressmen should not be able to pedal special interest and become lobbyists after they retire!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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From:  Kacper

Dated: 2/7/11

Re:  Climate Change

 

Hey there,

 

I thought you should know this...

 

This is private information that won't hit the news for another few weeks, or

might not even get there.

 

The recent weather anomalies on our planet just keep getting weirder and

weirder... From the abnormally cold temperatures and the insane floods

in Australia.

 

I had a private source that's connected to a lot of the agri-biz companies

in Mexico tell me that they've experienced a mind-blowing 50%-90% crop loss a few days ago all across Northern Mexico. (Where most of the food is grown)

 

A few days ago it was warmer in Edmonton, Canada than in parts of Northern Mexico,

where it was -5 C (20F) in Mazatlan! (If you're planning a trip to the Ocean, might

want to check the weather first)

 

Pretty much all our produce in the grocery stores comes from Mexico in the winter.

 

This means no more Tomatoes, No More Avocadoes, Zuchinni, Cucumbers, or Strawberries, as well as many other foods.

 

In the next weeks to come the prices on all these goods will go up 50% to 100%, this

has already happened in the town I live in.

 

Yesterday I bought Tomatoes at $7 per pound, and guess where they were imported from?

 

ISRAEL!

 

Yeah, Israel!  I've never seen a "Product of Israel" sticker on tomatoes before.

 

This is how ridiculously we have become dependent on the long and thin "food pipeline" that feeds most of us today.  And this is just the effect of a little FROST.

 

Now, imagine what will happen when the oil prices will go up 200% like they're forecast to over the next 18 months.

 

This is why I feel it's extremely important we all start learning how to provide for ourselves, and why I'm building a 40' Biodome on our property that will house a large Biodynamic garden and Aquaponics system to nourish my family and provide

food for us YEAR ROUND.

 

I'm currently writing an eBook that will show you how you too can do this and build your own bio-dome for almost nothing compared to what it would cost you to buy one pre-fabricated.

 

The book should be out by Thursday of this week, and I'll send you a note when you can download it.

 

Thanks for reading,

 

Kacper.

 

PS. If you missed my "Nikola Tesla" link from last week here it is:

 

http://www.KacperPostawski.com/tesla2

 

It shows how you how to kick the utility company from your home by tapping into Tesla's 4.5 Megawatt "radiant energy", after almost 90 years of suppression.

 

From: Sen. Michael Bennet
Dated: 2/4/11
Re: Clean Air Act
 

Dear Michele:

 

Thank you for contacting me regarding the Clean Air Act (CAA) and comprehensive energy and climate change legislation. I appreciate hearing from you.

 

As you may know, the CAA defines the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s responsibilities for protecting and improving the nation's air quality and regulating airborne emissions of substances that are detrimental to U.S. public health and the environment. The last major change to the CAA, the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, was enacted by Congress and signed into law by President George H. W. Bush. These changes were seen as successful in mitigating the challenges posed by acid rain, urban air pollution, and toxic air emissions.

 

In accordance with a 2007 Supreme Court decision that directed the EPA to review the scientific case for regulating greenhouse gases (GHGs) under the CAA, the EPA has announced that GHGs endanger human health and it has begun efforts to regulate these emissions. I would not support stripping the authority of the CAA from the Obama administration.

 

The CAA is one of our nation's strongest and most effective pieces of legislation, and for 40 years we have seen that protecting the air we breathe does not have to come at a cost to the national economy — both can improve hand-in-hand.  The CAA has been successful in reducing dozens of different air pollutants and protecting the health and environment of millions of Americans, particularly our most vulnerable populations. 

An excellent example of this is the forthcoming mobile source rule, which would not only reduce harmful carbon pollution from cars and trucks, but will also allow Coloradans to go farther on a gallon of gas and save them money at the pump. Automakers favor the rule as good for their business as well.

 

A comprehensive climate and energy policy that builds upon the successes of the CAA will create new, good-paying jobs for Coloradans, make our nation safer and more secure, and reduce harmful carbon pollution at the same time. Colorado is already leading the way in cleaning up our air by combining our abundant renewable energy resources — wind, solar and biofuels — and clean-burning natural gas with our entrepreneurial spirit to create new jobs in our rural and urban communities. This new generation of energy development is spurring economic growth across the board.

While it is still too early to tell what form a comprehensive climate and energy bill will take, my first priority as your Senator is to find ways to help Colorado’s economy and environment. I will keep your concerns in mind as I work to responsibly address our nation’s energy needs. 

 

For more information about my priorities as a U.S. Senator, I invite you to visit my website at http://bennet.senate.gov/.  Again, thank you for contacting me.

 

Sincerely,

 

Michael Bennet

United States Senator

 

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 From:  Michael M.

Dated: 2/7/11

Re:  Green Bay Packers

 

 

Here’s a Super Bowl story that you won’t find in the mainstream media:

 

For decades now around the globe, the privatizing of public services have been tacitly justified based upon a presumed superiority of corporations in areas of efficiency. And this belief has gone largely unchallenged in the media, making it one of the most sacrosanct and untested myths of our age. The argument is, whatever publicly financed workers can do, the private sector (for profit corporations) can do better.

 

The facts tell us otherwise.

 

Unknown to most Americans, the Green Bay Packers -- the world champions, the best team in football since the 1950s (12 National championships) – are owned by the Public, the people of Wisconsin. They have been so since 1923.

 

Best Regards,

 

Michael Melio

 

End corporate rule.

Legalize democracy.

Move To Amend.

 

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From:  Brian

Dated: 2/7/11

Re:  Fracking and Our Water

http://www.examiner.com/green-initiative-in-denver/fight-over-water-and-energy-on-hold-public-to-learn-more-at-upcoming-event

 

Fracking does have potential for impacts on watersheds and water supplies depending on where it is being conducted. Even surface water supplies that end up in reservoirs come from surface run-off as well as springs supplied by recharge areas. Fracking has the potential to contaminate recharge areas from a geologic standpoint.

Brian