Strong And Conservative, Maybe A Canidate In 2012

Beloit - If anyone thought Diane Hendricks would fade into the shadows of a widow's sorrow, they thought wrong.

Of course she grieves for her late husband, Ken.

"I can count on my hand the number of nights I wasn't with him in those 40 years," she said recently as she sat at the small oval conference table in her office.

"But she's also a businesswoman - the richest in Wisconsin, the employer of thousands and, by her account, "probably one of the most responsible people you'll ever meet."

So when a competitor circled in on her company, ABC Supply, with a buyout proposal that Hendricks believes was driven partly by an assumption that Ken's death would soften her as a target, she turned the tables.

She bought the competitor."
Widow a power in Beloit, beyond - JSOnline

You can read just how conservative she is. Maybe a candidate for Herb Kohls job in 2012? Yea , I like the idea.

Why Not Every Day Congress Begins

From the Washington Times.

"We the people' to open next Congress
House to read Constitution
By Stephen Dinan
The Washington Times
8:23 p.m., Thursday, December 23, 2010

The Constitution frequently gets lip service in Congress, but House Republicans next year will make sure it gets a lot more than that - the new rules the incoming majority party proposed this week call for a full reading of the country's founding document on the floor of the House on Jan. 6.

The goal, backers said, is to underscore the limited-government rules the Founders imposed on Congress - and to try to bring some of those principles back into everyday legislating.
'We the people' to open next Congress - Washington Times

So what's wrong with reading it before every session? Maybe for the next two years?

Big Gov, Time For A Change

"Until the late 1960s, with the exception of a few big states, most legislatures met for only a few months a year - some met only every other year - and there were few professional politicians among their members. People viewed public service as a necessity rather than as a career, and so duty was done quickly so they could return to their farms and shops to work just like everybody else."
Legislative necessity: A constitutional certification for all bills

Richard Moore at the Lakeland Times writes about what needs to be done in state and federal government.

Admirable though it was in many ways, the citizen Legislature had resulted in what many thought was a severely distorted balance of power. Because legislators were rarely in the capital, state agencies ran the show, along with party bosses and a few good-'ol-boy legislative kingpins.

Professionalism was welcomed, then, in the beginning. The thinking was, a professional, full-time Legislature would re-establish its authority, with the proper reforms, and power would flow back to the elected body.

Well, the times, they have a-changed, and things didn't turn out quite as expected. In fact, exactly the opposite has happened.

You need to read it to see what he proposes and hope politicians have the back bone to follow through with what they promised in November.

How Can A Bill Start In The Senate

"WASHINGTON (AP) -- A massive tax package that would save millions of Americans thousands of dollars in higher taxes is headed for a vote in the House Thursday even as rebellious Democrats complain it is too generous to the wealthy.

House Democratic leaders plan to pass the bill Thursday. But first, they will hold a vote on imposing a higher estate tax than the one negotiated by President Barack Obama.

The Senate overwhelmingly passed the package Wednesday, with broad bipartisan support. Now, Obama is urging the House to pass it without changes, so he can sign it into law."
Tax package heads toward high stakes vote in House - Yahoo! Finance

As mentioned by Rush yesterday, aren't all bills to start in the peoples house. The House of Representatives and then go to the Senate?

Are we not trampling all over our constitution?

The Birth Of Our Freedom 237 Years Ago

From EyeWitness to History.com on this day back in 1773.

"The Boston Tea Party, 1773"

In Boston, the arrival of three tea ships ignited a furious reaction. The crisis came to a head on December 16, 1773 when as many as 7,000 agitated locals milled about the wharf where the ships were docked. A mass meeting at the Old South Meeting House that morning resolved that the tea ships should leave the harbor without payment of any duty. A committee was selected to take this message to the Customs House to force release of the ships out of the harbor. The Collector of Customs refused to allow the ships to leave without payment of the duty. Stalemate. The committee reported back to the mass meeting and a howl erupted from the meeting hall. It was now early evening and a group of about 200 men, some disguised as Indians, assembled on a near-by hill. Whopping war chants, the crowd marched two-by-two to the wharf, descended upon the three ships and dumped their offending cargos of tea into the harbor waters.

Most colonists applauded the action while the reaction in London was swift and vehement. In March 1774 Parliament passed the Intolerable Acts which among other measures closed the Port of Boston. The fuse that led directly to the explosion of American independence was lit.
The Boston Tea Party, 1773

Seems Washington did not hear us on November 2nd

So Why Are Republicans Voting For It !!!!!!!!

From Real Clear Politics.

"Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) says Democrats have not shown Republicans the almost 2000-page omnibus page.

McConnell says the lame-duck Congress should pass a short-term budget and not the current $1.1 trillion bill."
RealClearPolitics - Video - Sen. McConnell On 2000-Page Omnibus Bill: "No One Has Seen It"

So why are republicans lining up to vote for it? So they are voting yes for something they haven't seen yet?

This is INSANE!!!!!!

Kill the bill!!!!!