What Congress is voting on while your gas bill has been rising

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http://www.hsus.org/wildlife/wildlif..._business.html

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[Frame57]

Originally Posted by Platapus

Since congress is elected to office by the people, it is the people who must ultimatly accept responsibility for the state of congress.

Congress is like the weather, everyone complains but no one does anything about it. Clearly congress is doing just fine if the incumbents have a 90%+ chance of being reelected. By reelecting the same congress members we are sending the clearest signal we possibly can -- everything is OK with us.

Wanna know what is wrong with Congress?

First look in the mirror
Second look outside your house.

That is what is wrong with congress. The citizens continue to reelect the wrong people to office and think they can make it better by complaining about it.

We do not need a constitutional amendment limiting terms for Congress. The citizens have that power already. It is called a ballot. We just choose not to use it.

"Men at some time are masters of their fates:
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
But in ourselves, that we are underlings." --Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

The people are complacent. Yes, there should be term limits. I cannot vote outside of my district. The problem is the choices that are available, which is crap 9 out of 10 times. So people do not even bother to vote, so one of the bilge rats will get in. Until the Constitutional party gains momentum I will complain about the system, because it is broken. Gridlock is a perfect example of this. A Congressional seat should not be filled because of lack of voters. Each state and every citizen should be required to vote. I consider it a duty to this country as well as a right. We get conjured u[p for jury duty, then i think citizens need too vote. Another consideration would be to reject a candidate fully. Meaning if I do not like my parties rep. what can I do? Not vote for them, so then by sheer logic the vote really goes for the other guy. Nonesense! A ballot rejection option should be available for each candidate. Then if a majority vote of rejection come up, that seat remains open until a fitting candidate is accepted by the people, rather than the crap that rises to the top of our political chain as it stands. A man or woman who wants to seek public office has to be a millionaire by todays standards, again a huge flaw in the requirements for public service. Think what you wish, this is not a problem of the people, but is a disfunctional and abused system that Americans are lulled into thinking is the only way. Nonesense! There is always a better way and this Country needs it as never before.

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The Recall Process should be made a bit easier to do, or encouraged more often.

[FIREWALL]

Originally Posted by Stealth Hunter

Fuel has actually gone down by a sh**load. I'm paying $3.52 for it right now. I WAS paying $4.08 for it... maybe I should move in with my brother and his family in Missouri.:hmm: It's under $3.40 there, or so I have been told.

However, in the long run, let us raise our goblets and toast to George W. Bush and the Republican-Controlled Congress of 2005. That was when the prices started to rise. Then they came down, then up, then down, then they went back up after this deal with Iran. Now they've started to go down. Will they come back up? Probably, but we can't be sure.

And your source is biased towards the Democrats (see the bottom folks):

Compiled by the Office of the Republican Whip [national average of gas from the EIA]

Roy Blunt's site take jabs and puts crap out about the Democrats all the time.

The American political system of today consists of senators campaigning and raising money for themselves (not to mention, giving themselves raises). The whole lot is a rotten bunch.

U think gas prices have dropped !!!

U are a feckin idiot.

[ASWnut101]

Originally Posted by FIREWALL

U think gas prices have dropped !!!

U are a feckin idiot.

Mabye not where you live, but yeah, prices are dropping (dropped) quite noticeably.

P.S. What you said is probably not going to go over well...