Malclom Little, In that form of "protest" is so effective how have we ended up with such unresponsive, crappy leadership in recent history? The political dynamics of this country NEED to be changed, desperately.
On Nov 5, 1:39 am, Malclom Little <[email protected]> wrote: > You know.......... telling people to not vote for an incumbent is very > ridiculous. It wont change anything. Instead how about encouraging folks to > write their senators and representatives and peacefully protest. You > know......... the way that has been effective for, oh I'd say......... the > past 200 years. Your plan could change all of the political dynamics in this > country. And the problem will still be there. We are already having enough > trouble dealing with more important issues than getting the incumbent out of > office. Nice try though. > > On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 5:18 PM, dick thompson <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > *Subject:* Fw: COLA increases > > > *Obama recently approved a 2% salary increase for all federal employees > > effective January 1, 2010. Members of the executive, legislative > > and judicial branch are due for an automatic pay increase in January as > > well. All this on the backs of seniors who will not incur any COLA (cost of > > living) increases for several years.** > > * > > > *For the first time in history, the Congress will not allow > > an increase in the social security COLA (cost of living adjustment). > > > In fact, the Henry J.. Kaiser Family Foundation predicts there may > > not be any COLA for the next **three** years.** > > ** > > However, the per person monthly Medicare insurance premium will > > be increased from the 2009 premium of $96.40 to $104.20 in 2010 > > and to $ 120.20 for the year 2011.* > > > * > > **Send this to all seniors that you know. Remind them to** **NOT** > > **vote for the incumbent senators and congressmen in the 2010 and the > > 2012 > > elections.*- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
