Open Letter to Federal Legislators for 2009

To Those Whom it Concerns:

You must resist the temptation to yield your integrity to lobbyists, and other special interests who seek only to promote their own schemes at the expense of the American citizenry. Self-aggrandizing politicians must be removed from office for they are no longer serving their electorate, but rather are continuing to line their own pockets.

The Christian scriptures exhorts us to remember that, “. . . the kingdom of God will never belong to the wicked . . . Don’t be under any illusion—neither the impure, the idolater or the adulterer; neither the effeminate, the pervert or the thief; neither the swindler, the drunkard, the foul-mouthed or the rapacious shall have any share in the kingdom of God. And such were some of you!” [1 Corinthians 6:9-10—J. B. Phillips translation]

Some of your cohorts fall into one or more of the above categories even if you don’t.

This is a call to return to the professed moral standards upon which this nation was founded. Granted, that our founding fathers were not always perfectly moral men, but they tried!

We have drifted so far away from the ethical guidelines present at the founding of this great nation that we have placed ourselves in danger of the very judgments promised by Almighty God.

Specific concerns of many Americans at this juncture in our morally and economically degraded situation include:

• Preservation of our 2^nd Amendment rights. The threats against our right to bear arms are rife. Obama’s stated position to raise taxes on the ammunition used in the arms the 2^nd Amendment guarantees us to have a right to bear constitutes a challenge worthy of the very remedies the founding fathers cited so articulately in the Declaration of Independence.
  
• The separation of powers provisions of the Constitution mandate resistance to abrogation by Presidential fiat of the Posse Comitatus Act (18 U.S.C. § 1385).
  
• We must stop illegal immigration and proffering of citizenship rights to illegals: medical care, unemployment payments, housing, licensing aliens to drive, etc. In the present economic climate and extreme need to move toward economic recovery, we can no longer afford to support those who do not enter this country legally.
  
• We must prosecute to the fullest extent of the law under the RICO Act the men and women responsible for the present economic crisis: the likes of Chris Dodd — Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee; Barney Frank — Chairmen, House Financial Services Committee; and the rest of the band of thieves and conspirators who are responsible for the financial collapse of the USA. To name just a few of the culprits: Henry Paulson Jr, — Secretary of the Treasury, Alan Greenspan & Ben Bernanke — Chairman Federal Reserve, Christopher Cox — SEC Chairman. Former Presidents Carter and Clinton should be included in this indictment for their part in advancing the initiatives which brought us to this place.
  
• We must stop bailing out every organization which has followed unwise policies and procedures resulting in flushing their enterprises and our nation down the economic toilet.
  

Essential Matters

As a voter there are certain issues that are essential to me that I want my elected officials to attend to:

Regarding the 1^st Amendment—Preserve the rights of Americans to speak publicly on subjects of importance to them—Resist with all effort the proposals to hobble talk-shows and requiring radio and television stations to submit to the so-called “Fairness Doctrine.”

Regarding the 2^nd Amendment—Preserve my 2^nd Amendment rights.

Regarding Environmental Issues—Fight against the environmental hoax of man-made global warming and the attendant “Cap & Trade” initiatives being proposed to fight this fictitious pseudo-science. Certainly the earth is experiencing a period of warming. However that is a normal cyclical occurrence. The perpetrators of this hoax are enriching themselves and their friends at the expense of the rest of the world and should be prosecuted to the maximum extent of the law. The RICO Act may apply here!

Regarding Social Security—While it was likely a bad idea at the outset, too many Americans have factored it into their end-of-work-life planning to allow it to go down the tube now. Protect those currently on or soon to be on Social Security from harm. They have no recovery time to employ alternate retirement schemes. One way to do this is for Congress and the Senate to place their members under Social Security.

Regarding Health Care—Health care is the responsibility of every American to provide for themselves and their families and should not be managed under the Federal government.

Regarding Welfare Programs—While Obama calls them “tax refunds” the fact is that what he has proposed is nothing less than handouts under a socialist system. Look what happened to the Soviet Union and the failure of the socialist/communist system. Certainly Americans should help one another, but at their own initiative, not under government mandates and the resultant higher taxes!

Regarding Legislation—Set up rules that prohibit bills being introduced that contain unrelated “earmarks” (pork). Certainly amendments to sharpen and focus the intent of a bill should be allowed, but not the sneaking in of unrelated legislation to hide it from the public.

Regarding Government—Minimize the involvement of government in the market economy except to provide guidance for rules of conduct by individuals or corporate entities.