Now I realize I have said this is not going to be a political blog. Aggie already has that covered, and covered well! 
But, I can’t live in a hole, either. I know that I’m not the only person who is just fed up to the gills with the way our elected oficials run roughshod over the needs and desires of the American public. And some days, it just seems like there’s no solution.
But today I read this on a friend’s Facebook posting. And a tiny glimmer of hope shone out through my cluttered mind. I’ve thought many of these things…but who is going to listen to me? I’m no financial genius billionaire. Well, maybe someday…but Warren Buffett is, and people actually DO listen when he speaks. So I’m gonna share, and share, and share. Because I can. 
Warren Buffett, in a recent interview with CNBC, offers one of the best quotes about the debt ceiling:
“I could end the deficit in 5 minutes,” he told CNBC. “Y
ou just
pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more
than 3% of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible
for re-election.
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, e-mail,
cell phones, etc.
Of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, seven (7) took one (1) year
or less to become the law of the land – all because of public pressure.
Warren Buffet is 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 2012
1. No Tenure / No Pension.
A Congressman/woman collects a salary while in office and receives no
pay when they’re out of office.
2. 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. It may not be used for any other purpose.
3. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all
Americans do.
4. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise.
Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.
5. Congress loses their current health care system and
participates in the same health care system as the American people.
6. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the
American people.
7. All contracts with past and present Congressmen/women are void
effective 12/1/12. The American people did not make this
contract with Congressmen/women.
Congress 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. Don’t you think it’s time?
THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS!
Star Light, Star Bright
27 Dec 2011 4 Comments
by Nomstress in Comments, Funneh, Holiday, INFORM-ational, OFF the SUBJECT Tags: as in STARS, Deep Thoughts, edumacational, Funneh, Heavenly, Katz, learning is GOOD, LOLZ
Actually seeing the stars tonight!
After many days of much needed rain, the gloomy grey cloud cover cracked open this afternoon and the sun shone onto our soggy part of the world. Joyfully. Warmly. There was great rejoicing.
The maintenance guys also came by and fixed our heat. Yay heat! Much appreciated, guys!
Overall, it was a lurvley afternoon and evening. Still nomming on the ribs that Mum decided would be Christmas dinner this year, my fridge currently full of leftovers.
What did you guys have for Christmas dinner? Traditional, modern, or an eclectic mix just your own?
I have a friend whose family picks a country at random every year, and then does traditional foods of the chosen country for Christmas dinner. Great idea, but not going to happen here with only 1 person to cook!
Today’s blogging will be, instead of food, about stars and imagination, and heavenly bodies
I know I have one, it’s just hiding behind the cookies!
Today is the birthday of German astronomer Johannes Kepler.
He was born in Weil der Stadt, Württemberg in 1571, and intended to become a theologian. He was sidetracked when he read Copernicus’s Six Books Concerning the Revolutions of the Heavenly Orbs, in which Copernicus posits that the planets revolve around the Sun, not the Earth.
Kepler saw Copernicus’s theory as evidence of a divine blueprint for the universe, and set out to prove the theories through scientific observation. Over his lifetime, Kepler came up with three laws of planetary motion stating:
1. That the planets travel in elliptical orbits around the Sun.
2. The planet (Earth) moves faster during the portion of its orbit that is closest to the Sun.
3. A description of the mathematical relationship between the distance of a planet from the Sun and the length of the planet’s orbital period.
Pretty genius stuff for the Middle Ages. His contemporaries were busy wiping out cats…because they helped witches communicate with the Devil. Never mind the cats (good kittehs) killed rats, and held the plague at bay. Irony, right?
Kepler was also the father of modern optics. He had poor vision himself, as a result of a childhood case of smallpox. He was the first scientist to describe the mechanics of vision in the eye, and developed lenses to correct nearsightedness and farsightedness.
He also explained how both eyes work together to produce depth perception.
Good to know, right?