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Archive for January 11th, 2009

Since the Illinois legislature failed to pass a bill to hold a special election for the vacant seat of the president-elect, and did not act to forbid indicted Governor Rod Blagojevich from appointing a replacement to the seat, Roland Burris is legally the new senator from the state of Illinois and should be seated. Period.

Instead the Secretary of State is playing games with his signature not really certifying Burris is the new senator and Harry Reid and Company seem to think the rules of the senate will prevail over the Constitution of the United States.

Like it or not, Blagojevich had the authority to appoint Burris and the new Congress was being sworn in. He had an obligation to fill the seat so the state of Illinois had two senators instead of one.

Adam Clayton Powell, the late Congressman from New York, had a similar thing happen to him before he died. Congress refused to seat him and after two years the Supreme Court decided against the stand of Congress and for Powell. This set a precedent and I hope it doesn’t take two years to settle this case.

Now in Minnesota Norm Coleman is contesting the election, claiming some votes were counted twice and in some cases more voters than were on the rolls were casting ballots.

It’s a long shot for Coleman and it looks as though we will have a real comedian in the senate. Al Franken isn’t very funny, though, and is such a partisan I fail to see how he can help in what is being called a “post-partisan” era.

But Reid and Company want to seat him.

Nancy Pelosi has laid down her iron hand and decided Republicans will not get a say in debates, if there are any, and if she decides to bypass committees she will do it.

Republicans will be unable to offer amendments or offer a resolution to recommit.

It seems in 2006 she was the one whining the most about not having certain rights as the minority in the House and now she’s clamping down on the very rights the minority party did have.

In normal times it would cause her party to be thrown out in two years, but we are not in normal times. Many people in this country have wool over their eyes and think this is the best thing since sliced bread.

But there is a downside to this. With the Democrats completely in control, to the point of not allowing Republican representatives a voice in legislation other than a yes or no vote, everything that happens in the next two years can be laid at the feet of the Democratic party. Maybe it will be good, as I hope, but maybe it will make things worse, as I fear.

It appears Pelosi and Reid think they have served longer than the president-elect so they don’t really have to take orders or suggestions from this young whippersnapper. After all, five years ago he was a state senator from Illinois. Who does he think he is now, the incoming President of the United States?

Bush will be blamed for the economy when many things and people caused it for years to come. The Democrats will try to milk it for eight years at least.

The president-elect wants to spend our way out of this recession, but the fact is Roosevelt did the same thing and extended the Depression by a couple of years.

We just are not ready to build that many roads and bridges to get the economy working, and even if we do, what of the people who are not doing the building? How do they make it while construction workers do?

I just go along with what Jesus said, Don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will take care of itself.” It’s worked so far for us and I can’t think of Anyone better to give me advice.

See you after jury duty, unless something inspires me in the middle of the night as it did tonight.

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