Jeb Bush Endorses McCain

Um...Jeb left Florida with the highest approval ratings of any Florida governor. I guess you would still rather have that crook Lawton Chiles as governor (rotting in his grave) you snapperhead.

Hello? Is anyone home? Jeb Bush is W's YOUNGER brother, not older. Duh, Duh, Duh! I'm a New York Observer reporter! Oh Di Oh Di Oh. Jeeze.

Bush v. Gore - Florida

Yeah: JB is the younger brother of W. All said, public leadership is not the less-complex (albeit not easy) job it once was. One problem is that us Americans have become addicted to the media to show us how well or how poorly our public officials are performing. Although it would be constitutionally impossible to implement, wouldn't it be nice if we Americans could live with a situation wherein we were required to apply for and maintain a license to vote? Not too difficult, just pass a test that helps assure all of us that those who close the curtain on election day actually know what America is, what it stands for, and what a candidate's duties, responsibilities and qualifications should be. I guess that idea would be opposed by the majority of elected officials who currently administer affairs on our behalf, since, of course, they campaigned for their jobs by appealing to our most momentary or emotionally leveragable interests.

2007 Jeb Bush joins board at Lehman (August 2007) Former Gov. Jeb Bush already a handsomely compensated member of the Tenet Healthcare board, has been given another high-level seat at the table.
Lehman Brothers was the same firm that had sold the state fund $842 million of mortgage - backed debt in July & August 2007.
**> Those securities defaulted within four months, and totaled more failing debt than any other bank sold the state, Florida records show.

The 545 People Responsible For All Of U.S. Woes

BY Charley Reese
(This article was first published by the Orlando Sentinel Star newspaper)

(Date of publication unknown) -- Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.

Have you ever wondered why, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, we have deficits? Have you ever wondered why, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, we have inflation and high taxes?

You and I don't propose a federal budget. The president does. You and I don't have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. The House of Representatives does. You and I don't write the tax code. Congress does. You and I don't set fiscal policy. Congress does. You and I don't control monetary policy. The Federal Reserve Bank does.

One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one president and nine Supreme Court justices - 545 human beings out of the 235 million - are directly, legally, morally and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.

I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered but private central bank.

I excluded all but the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason. They have no legal authority. They have no ability to coerce a senator, a congressman or a president to do one cotton-picking thing. I don't care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash. The politician has the power to accept or reject it.

No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislation's responsibility to determine how he votes.

A CONFIDENCE CONSPIRACY
Don't you see how the con game that is played on the people by the politicians? Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con regardless of party.

What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall. No normal human being would have the gall of Tip O'Neill, who stood up and criticized Ronald Reagan for creating deficits.

The president can only propose a budget. He cannot force the Congress to accept it. The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating appropriations and taxes.

O'neill is the speaker of the House. He is the leader of the majority party. He and his fellow Democrats, not the president, can approve any budget they want. If the president vetos it, they can pass it over his veto.

REPLACE SCOUNDRELS

It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 235 million cannot replace 545 people who stand convicted -- by present facts - of incompetence and irresponsibility.

I can't think of a single domestic problem, from an unfair tax code to defense overruns, that is not traceable directly to those 545 people.

When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise power of the federal government, then it must follow that what exists is what they want to exist.

If the tax code is unfair, it's because they want it unfair. If the budget is in the red, it's because they want it in the red. If the Marines are in Lebanon, it's because they want them in Lebanon.

There are no insoluble government problems. Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power to regulate and from whom they can take it.

Above all, do not let them con you into the belief that there exist disembodied mystical forces like "the economy," "inflation" or "politics" that prevent them from doing what they take an oath to do.

Those 545 people and they alone are responsible. They and they alone have the power. They and they alone should be held accountable by the people who are their bosses - provided they have the gumption to manage their own employees.