The Government re-opens.....now what?

Hello all,

  At the 11th hour...quite literally, the Republicans sat with head in hands because they knew their chances at re-elections or future take overs in the House or Senate died with the closure.

  At best, systems are up and running and my VA claim for disability may actually move forward, albeit slowly, as the VA still has the same backlog before the closure.

  In the last three weeks I have seen so many post a photo of Amendment 28 and dreams of what may come.

  Since I can't find an official reference to the Amendment, I shall paraphrase. " Congress shall pass no law that applies to everyone except themselves ". Yadda yadda, etc, ad infinitum.

  It took Congress over 80 years to pass S.2038. In short, it prohibits members of our Legislature from profiting from Insider Trading. The full text follows in the hyperlink.

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/s2038/text


 If elected in 2016, I KNOW OF A WAY to make Amendment 28 a reality. It is really quite simple. An executive order. Except that Executive Orders can only be applied to Laws already in existence. 

  Here is where S.2038 comes into play. Since it is a Law that already limits what Legislators can do ( Insider Trading has been Illegal for a long time ), an Executive Order can be attached to not only limit their supposed powers, but make them like us. Even as far as requiring them to purchase their own Health Care and an addendum that prohibits Lobbyists from occupying any area within miles of our Capital. 

 Anyone with me yet? If not, I should hope so soon. The next Federal Election is in 2016 and I may be the only Candidate with the cojones to make this happen.

Let me know your thoughts or if you are certain that the Supreme Court could reverse this decision.

 Thanks all.

Trevor M Dodge

The unknown cost of the Government Shut Down.....Part One

Hello folks,

 I didn't seem to receive any criticism recommending that House Speaker Boehner find a nice warm place in hell. The following posts may enlighten people as to why that would be so deserving.

 A lot of folks believe that that the shut down hinged on changes to ObamaCare, also known as The Affordable Care Act. The House Speaker attached a laundry list of demands to the Bill requesting changes and/or a repeal of the A.C.A. A few of his demands include:

1. Adoption of House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s tax-reform plan 2. Construction of the Keystone XL pipeline 3. More offshore oil drilling 4. More drilling on federally protected lands 5. Looser regulations around ash coal 6. A suspension of the Environmental Protection Agency’s regulation of carbon emissions 7. More power over the regulatory process in general 8. Reform of the federal employee retirement program 8. Changes to the Dodd-Frank Act 9. More power over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s budget 10. Repeal of the Social Services block grant 11. Expanded means-testing for Medicare benefits 12. Repeal of the public health trust fund and more.

The cost of this fiasco? Huge.

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/10/08/2749031/government-shutdown-cost-16-billion/


 More than 800,000 jobs lost or furloughed. Delayed Social Security and VA benefit payments. National parks areas closed. What can we do as a Nation? Vote out the offenders that created this. Can't blame the President or vote him out. He's lame duck, in his 2nd term and cannot , by law, be re-elected. I am looking very closely at the Majority Republicans in the House and Senate. 

 I am Independent. I once though I leaned a bit toward Democrat, but have no affiliation with either Major party. More on this development as it slowly continues.

Trevor M Dodge

Mr Boehner....try and keep a stiff upper lip

An open letter to Speaker J. Boehner

  Mr. Boehner. You will receive no accolades or gentile introduction from me. You underhandedly tried to ransom the Government to your benefit and further put, We The People, at risk. Had I been President, I would have tried you and your ilk ( The Tea Party, etc ) in Superior Court for Treason and you would have either been shot or hanged. Had I televised such an event, I can be certain of two things. One. The country would be better off. Two. The televised event would garner more views than any or all combined episodes of "Duck Dynasty".

  I have absolutely nothing positive to say to you. It is bad enough that my VA Claim is further buried due to the shut down and furloughs, but now you suspend payments to widows of my fallen Comrade? Despicable. You truly do suck!

  I can only hope that there is room in hell for you, right next to the lawyers, lobbyists, CEO's and whichever Demon has inhabited Miley Cyrus.

Sincerely,

An American and Patriot

SSG Trevor M Dodge ( ret )