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Comment by CCR on January 20, 2010 at 8:54am

I am so thrilled at Scott Browns Victory last night. Couldn't send a clearer message.

Comment by CCR on January 20, 2010 at 8:41am

Scott Brown victory sends a clear message to Washington.

Comment by steve on January 20, 2010 at 12:46am

Hey Rex,I have been following this story for about 2 weeks now and I think you are 100% correct.This is just the beginning of what should be an interesting time leading up to the elections in November of this year!
I do not think that the dems that are trying to cram all of this health care B.S. down our throats really think that the American people can or will do anything about their antics(the senate)...
Like somebody said a while ago,don't have to vote (R) or (D),just vote in the ones that believe that they are there to serve the people of this great country!
They have received their notice tonight in Mass.!!!!!!!!!!!

Comment by Rex on January 19, 2010 at 9:56pm

Ahh not to change the subject but check this out .

Has the revolution started ? or i must be dreaming ?

http://whitehouse.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/01/19/wh-reacts-to-massach...

Comment by Mike Stark on January 19, 2010 at 6:06pm

@pat -- I agree with everything you said, although I suspect our "intellectually honest ballots" would not agree!

Comment by Randy Weston on January 19, 2010 at 3:42pm

I really should have kept up with this group. I see ctyankee is really on roll. Great job!

Mike, I took the same oath as you when I made CWO2. It differs from the enlisted oath by a key significant difference. "that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; ". And yes it is the same oath our congressmen and senators take. Therefore I say we need to get rid of every single congressman and senator that has violated this oath of office (which will probably be everyone currently sitting). Going into office knowing damn good and well that you are going to do everything possible to benefit the special interest that got you elected is in itself a violation of the oath. "Purpose of Evasion"

Yes, the oath is binding. In the military you can go to courts-martial for violating it. There are also ethics rules of congress that cover this.

With congress having an approval rating of less than 30% should be telling everyone something. They are obviously NOT doing their jobs. And this is a true non-partisan comment. Therefore, we do not re-elect a single incumbent. Then we elect the best person for the job, based on character, job performance in what ever they have done, and their lack of attachements to any special interest. Should this dream of mine ever happen, we push for term limits on congress and the senate. Do we want another Ted Kennedy or Byrd? New blood every so often so the DC corruption is minimized.

OK, enough of my dream. I just felt compelled to express my opinion.

Comment by Mike Stark on January 19, 2010 at 3:00pm

@ctyankee -- ask the air traffic controllers Reagan fired about whether the oath is to be taken seriously.

Comment by Rex on January 18, 2010 at 1:52pm

ctyankee great comments !
No need to apologize for the political push it may be the start of a revolution.
Come on November ! it cant get here fast enough.

Comment by Rex on January 18, 2010 at 1:48pm

Comment by ctyankee on January 18, 2010 at 12:44pm

Hey Mike,

Is that Civil Service Oath binding??? Because if it is then I'd like to start a movement to eliminate all the bureaucrats that have demonstrably failed to uphold the oath! Because I don't see any sentences or revisions in the oath that allows the bureaucrats to disregard the Constitution based on expediency...

The point would not be to discharge the actual workers, but to start to look back up the chain of command, which is where all responsibility ultimately lies. Somewhere someone violated that oath and issues new directives to a subordinate that violated that oath, whether intentionally, or through gross negligence or carelessness, or incompetence.

I don't see where an error once made and detected cannot be corrected by law. I'm going to go out on a limb and state that if the *only* consequence is the offending of the god to which the oath was sworn, then the oath is wholly inadequate. It's either got teeth in the world or it's meaningless.


Yeah, I noticed that Paul dropped, I urged him to continue to participate in a non-admin role... I hope he returns and keeps the dialog active, or at least continues to lurk. But Paul wasn't the one that made no argument. He spoke up, so unless I'm mistaken the e-mail referred to someone else.

I apologize for the following political push.

Tomorrow, Tuesday Jan 19 2010 is the date of the Socialist health care referendum.

I urge all eligible Massachusetts people of good conscience to deny the Democrats the 60th vote and the rubber stamp!

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE vote Brown and the GOP -- If you cannot bring yourself to do that or simply don't understand the consequences to one party rule -- at least don't vote for Coakley.

Regards.

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