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4 Bills
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S.1959 Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007
- Anonymous : I just want everyone to know something, due to the fact that we live in a surgar coated world with our mp3's and our pc and our high speed internet and cable we our selves have turned a blind eye on the government and by doing this we are now to late in trying to stop them. For example let a leaky faucet leak and next thing you know your whole house is flooded and you r screwed, you see this is what happened. Kennedy tryed warning you Ron Paul tryed to warn you Alex Jones tryed to warn you micheal moore tryed to warn you and what did we do as a nation we flipped on the next episode of the simple life or listened to a new song. We did it to our selves and now unless we wake up right now and i mean right now we are going to have to live with it and if that happens we are all screwed feel free to e-mail me joshuasefton21@yahoo.com my english writing might not be that well but i do know what im talking about !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Anonymous : I just want everyone to know something, due to the fact that we live in a surgar coated world with our mp3's and our pc and our high speed internet and cable we our selves have turned a blind eye on the government and by doing this we are now to late in trying to stop them. For example let a leaky faucet leak and next thing you know your whole house is flooded and you r screwed, you see this is what happened. Kennedy tryed warning you Ron Paul tryed to warn you Alex Jones tryed to warn you micheal moore tryed to warn you and what did we do as a nation we flipped on the next episode of the simple life or listened to a new song. We did it to our selves and now unless we wake up right now and i mean right now we are going to have to live with it and if that happens we are all screwed feel free to e-mail me juoshuasefton21@yahoo.com my english writing might not be that well but i do know what im talking about !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 18 More
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S.2191 Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2007
- Anonymous : Factually speaking, global warming is happening. I personally subscribe to the viewpoint that human actions are a causal factor. I'll go as far as to say CO2 is a major portion of that human causal factor. Thus, I am in favor of reducing our CO2 output. That said, this bill is a mistake. Instead of using existing market economics and governmental regulations to address the issue, it creates a new "market" from nothing. Worse, it creates a negative market by taking, without due cause or due process, an existing commodity on which the global economy is founded and suddenly nationalizes it. Image the government suddenly deciding to nationalize all our businesses - this bill may not go to that extreme, but it makes a bigger step towards it than ever before in the history of the US. Next, the government - not you, not the market - gets to decide who has to play in the new game, how much it'll cost, and who will benefit. Do you have enough confidence in our Congress (which has a 19% approval rating, even lower than Bush) to make such a monumental change in your life? Remember, the cost for this is projected at $1,700,000,000,000 (yes, $1.7 Trillion) over the first 7 years. That's about $4600 for every man, woman, and child in the US (About $17,000 for every household). Can you afford that? I can't. If this bill passes, I have no choice but to pay up. At least when the price of gas goes up, I can drive less. Worse, the bill goes on to create an elaborate transfer of payments to "help" those hurt by the bill, or just favored by Congress (can you say special interests?). For those of you who like the help part, consider this - while it'll cost the average household $2700 per year, the assistance will be about $800 a year, IF you qualify. And this transfer of payments won't be simple. Do you like our tax code? Do you think it's too complicated? Well, guess what, this bill is creating another monster just like it. This bill might get the job done. BUT, it will do it like our government does most things - slowly, inefficiently, and poorly. Think taxes, think public schools, think medicare. This bill will give us another large does of that. No matter how we tackle global warming, it will be painful. As an example, the 25% run up in gas prices this year has cut driving by 3%. Run it up another 25%, we might cut 6%. By $6/gal, I'd be riding my bike to work. That'd cut my carbon footprint by a third. If we want to tackle CO2 emissions, do it at the source - a large, global increase in the costs of fossil fuels. This can happen by market forces (long time to happen), overt government intervention in the supply (through taxes or OPEC like production limits), or covert government intervention like this bill. I don't think the market will get us there fast enough. I favor supply management by governments, but doubt anyone will put up with $100+ per barrel taxes or OPEC cutting their output in half. It's a tough situation that requires tough decisions. Unfortunately, instead we get bills like this that promise big change with no pain. Cheers, Steve
- Anonymous : I really don't pretend to understand what the fall out would be if this bill becomes law. I do know that proposals for more government involvment should be judged stringently. If the idea is to promote development of alternative sources of energy, then I suspect it can be done through private enterprise and not through government regulation. 17 More
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S.223 Senate Campaign Disclosure Parity Act
- skrap : This is an absolute no-brainer. Ensign has no suitable reason to hold up this bill.
- textdog : here's a testimony from feingold in march '07: http://feingold.senate.gov/~feingold/statements/07/03/20070314.htm what was josh marshall's idea for this? also, here's a link to the sunlight video on this bill: http://www.citizensforethics.org/taxonomy/term/1190 1 More
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H.R.6304 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008
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- donnyshaw : Check out these awesome flow charts explaining how this bill changes the old FISA law: http://tinyurl.com/6s4go4
- Anonymous : Jump to: navigation, search For the 4 Non Blondes song, see What's Up (song). For the Boston, Massachusetts street newspaper, see Whats Up Magazine What's up? is an informal question meaning, depending on situation and emphasis: "What are you doing?", "How are you?", "What is happening?" or "What gives?" It is sometimes used as an informal, casual greeting in itself. This expression was made popular by the cartoon character Bugs Bunny who used it as early as 1940 as part of his catch phrase "What's up Doc?" (where each word was pronounced distinctly). Whassup (sometimes spelled Wussup or wassup) is also a commonly used African American Vernacular English term of the same meaning. It was the central theme of an advertising campaign for Anheuser-Busch owned "Budweiser" beer brand in the early 2000s. The phrase is often shortened to "sup", and this term is commonly used as internet slang. It also sometimes but very rarely used to mean "nice to meet you" "What's up?" is now rephrased in many ways, mostly for Internet slang and chatting. A few include: "sup" "wassapening" "waz up" "waz^" "wts up" "wts new" "waz happenin" "WUZZAH!!" "wuzzup" "whussup" "wuzzgoinon" "wattup" "Zappening" "Zup" [edit] See also What's Up, Doc? What's Up Fox [edit] External links Look up what's up in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.A video of a myna bird at Honolulu Zoo imitating human speech, including several instances of "What's up?" "What's up" at Urban Dictionary Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What%27s_up%3F" Categories: Slang | Greeting words and phrases | Sociolinguistics | Language varieties and stylesViewsArticle Discussion Edit this page History Personal toolsLog in / create account Navigation Main Page Contents Featured content Current events Random article Search Interaction About Wikipedia Community portal Recent changes Contact Wikipedia Donate to Wikipedia Help Toolbox What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Printable version Permanent link Cite this page 14 More
2 Senators
Sen. Boxer
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- gkdaw_usa : Yes Pass it to help your Fellow Americans people, not the people that are Killing this Country Like The Princess of OIL you know your Boss the one that has the world in this mess, just look at it just think you helped make it this way are you a proud Republi=cannot's are you a American or not? answer this then is your Boss telling the Truth! ? What is the Idea of Independents ? Oil or America ? or for the king of Oil is in S.A. and you Live where ? THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ! Happy Independents Day America!? We have a longer way too go! I think we are further from American Independents than ever Befor in History!, We where from the start ! It started out to be U.S. verses British Rule and now it is the United States of America Verses The rule of OIL but are we fighting to help the rule of Oil or are WE fighting to brake away from Oil it is all the to be looked at but we are on the wrong side at this time in history of true Independents we have the technologies to brake away from the RULER of Oil but our Leader in not for Independents he is for the Rule of OIL and the Rule of Oil is not IN this Country so the Ruler is not in this country and so the people of this country is too suffer the poor to suffer and most of all because the ruler of Oil has sent job's away so the people would have more to complain about and still not really do a thing to fix this mess , the Rule has taken away all your Rights from are True INDEPENDENTS to try to replace it with the rule of Oil , and not to use the TECHNOLOGIES of yesterday to bring it to the Future, so by doing so we are not so Independent as WE should be. I can not stand it, I could be thronging names or Businesses names but most people know the truth and it is just a mater of time when the people of this country start dying for this U.S.A. country agian ! Here! Electric could be are NEW INDEPENDENTS! FROM THE RULER OF OIL! NISSAN | Super Motor, Thay Still do not know what I do , My Idea is better then this , There's still needs a Battery's or a gas motor to run it I am talking about running Big rigs as well as cars, trucks, SUV's, Tractors, and small motors, but still I'm not getting the help I have asked for. I will need help to make it happen her in the USA! Can you help me ! Please! 4 your Country! call me at 1-269-236-5019 Ask for Glen to have a meeting gkdaw_usa@msn.com Just becouse I am Disabled dose not mean I am not Bright. or have I been BUSH-Wacked again U.S.A. Or Not What I would like to see is an address to the American People from are President that is talking To the American People not Iraq, not Afghanistan, not any thing But The People of The United States of America. Just look back at the address's in the Past and the History of real Presidents of this Country. He has not even been close to the People and your Party has been the same! just look at Hitler's Party just one to follow and A real American is no guts no glory! so what is your Party ? American OR not ?
- dantk : Senator Boxer, I am Respectfully asking you to use your influence in the Senate and pass the Legislation for the War Funding Supplement, The New GI Bill, Disaster Relief Funds and the Unemployment Extension. Please pass this as is no more additions to it please. I am an Ex-Marine who served Honorably four years. I went and done what ever my Country ask without Question. I have worked Union Construction in the Detroit area for over 20+ years. Times are tough and people who have dedicated themselves to a better life now see it fading away. Please push this Legislation through our Senate as is, so the money can get to Americans who need it badly. Thank You for your time and consideration. Respectfully and Sincerely, Timothy 10 More
Sen. Feinstein
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- MattAgnello : I recently sent an e-mail to the senator asking her to vote down the FISA amendment. Her office sent back a very verbose but complete reasoning on why she will still vote for the bill: basically, keeping our intelligent up and running is more important than bringing the telecoms to trial. I can understand that reasoning, but she failed to recognize how this bypasses the rule of law. The e-mail said that she would support any amendment that "improves the current bill" and seemed to imply that she would support retroactive immunity. After hearing about Senator Dodd's amendment that provided for such a clause, I sent her another e-mail asking her to vote for it. Check her voting record to find out what happens. We'll see.
- Patriotist : Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), a member of the Trilateral Commission and a leading gun control advocate in Congress, criticized the ruling regarding lifting the gun ban in DC. "I believe the people of this great country will be less safe because of it," she said. "He who would trade liberty for some temporary security, deserves neither liberty nor security." - Benjamin Franklin Vote Feinstein out of office. 10 More
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