FUBAR

F***ed Up Beyond All Recognition -- a good old military acronym that pretty well describes the state of the US government at this point. I swear, our biddies have more sense than some of the partisan ideologues wasting our time and endangering our future just now.

As one of my friends recently said on Facebook, "Some days you just don't have enough middle fingers."
Here's a suggestion that might help our Congress to focus. I received it as an email yesterday. If you feel inclined to pass it along, please do.

 
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, before e-mail, before cell
phones, etc.
           
Of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, seven (7) took 1 year or less
to become the law of the land... all because of public pressure.
           
I'm asking each addressee to forward this email to a  minimum of twenty
people on their address  list OR MORE;  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 2011
           
1.    No Tenure / No Pension.
 
A  Congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when
they are 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 are void effective
1/1/12. The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen.
Congressmen 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.  Maybe
it is time.
            THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS!!!!! 

(Well, it sounds like a start...)