Here's a news story that should interest those of us who actually care about who controls our government.  It seems that a group of Democratic Senators sent a scolding letter to a local Mental Health care provider on official senate letterhead, as senators.  The problem with this is that the Senate, or any local government, has no business in telling anyone how to conduct their business.  That is, unless they are acting in an official capacity such as an arbiter.  However, if they are just acting as senators without any specific role, then there's a problem.

Several Democratic legislators may have violated state ethics laws when they signed a letter scolding a private nonprofit mental-health-care provider for using "hostile" and "anti-union" bargaining tactics in recent contract talks.

The letter, which was sent this month to the director of Olympia-based Behavioral Health Resources (BHR), was written on official Washington state Legislature letterhead.

The Legislative Ethics Board has ruled recently that it is illegal for lawmakers to use public resources to advocate for one side in a private dispute.

One other small detail that I think is very telling of how our local government is beholden to certain groups is this little tidbit...

The letters were done at the behest of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1199, which at the time was in the midst of a bitter contract fight with BHR.

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During this year's legislative session, SEIU 1199 and others successfully lobbied lawmakers for a $36 million increase for community mental-health services. Lawmakers directed that two-thirds of the money was to go to wage increases.

Can you guess which groups I'm talking about?

"Clearly, a majority of Americans believe the current set of outdated fallacies passed around mainstream media like watered down drinks at happy hour. Why wouldn’t they? The cloned copy they get comes from the same sources that list the specials at the local grocery store, and the hours and locations of polling places for town elections. These same news sources print obituaries and birth announcements, give play-by-play for local high school sports, and chronicle all the painful details of the latest celebrity to fall from grace."

Dear Mr. Ex President Clinton,

 

    I recently saw a bumper sticker that said, 'Thank me, I voted for
Clinton-Gore.'  So, I sat down and reflected on that, and I am sending my 'Thank
you' for what you have done, specifically:

 

1. Thank you for introducing us to Jennifer Flowers, Paula Jones, Monica Lewinsky, Dolly Kyle Browning, Kathleen Willey, and Juanita Broderick.  Did I leave anyone out?

 

2. Thank you for teaching my 8 year old about oral sex. I had really planned to wait until he was a little older to discuss it with him, but now he knows more about it than I did as a senior in college.

 

3. Thank you for showing us that sexual harassment in the work place (especially the White House) and on the job is OK, and all you have to know is what the meaning of 'it' is. It really is great to know that certain sexual acts are not sex, and one person may have sex while the other one does NOT have sex.

 

4. Thank you for reintroducing the concept of impeachment to a new generation and demonstrating that the ridiculous plot of the movie 'Wag the Dog' could be plausible after all.

 

5. Thanks for making Jimmy Carter look competent, Gerald Ford look graceful, Richard Nixon look honest, Lyndon Johnson look truthful, and John Kennedy look moral.

 

6. Thank you for the 73 House and Senate witnesses who have pled the 5th Amendment and 17 witnesses who have fled the country to avoid testifying about Democratic campaign fund raising.

 

7. Thank you, for the 19 charges, 8 convictions, and 4 imprisonment's from the Whitewater 'mess' and the 55 criminal charges and 32 criminal convictions (so far) in the other 'Clinton' scandals.

 

8. Thanks also for reducing our military by half, 'gutting' much of our foreign policy, and flying all over the world on 'vacations' carefully disguised as necessary trips.

 

9 Thank you, also, for 'finding' millions of dollars (I really didn't need it in the first place, and I can't think of a more deserving group of recipients for my hard-earned tax dollars) for all of your globe-trotting. I understand you,the family and your cronies have logged in more time aboard Air Force One than any other administration.

 

10. Now that you've left the White House, thanks for the 140 pardons of convicted felons and indicted felons-in-exile, many of which were covering for you in the White Water Scandal. We will love to have them rejoin society.  (Not to mention the scores you pardoned while Governor of Arkansas)

 

11. Thanks also for removing the White House silverware. I'm sure that Laura Bush didn't like the pattern anyway. Also,enjoy the housewarming gifts you've received from your 'friends.'

 

12. Thanks to you and your staff in the West Wing of the White House for vandalizing and destroying government property on the way out. I also appreciate removing all of that excess weight (China,silverware, linen, towels, ash trays, soap, pens, magnetic compass,flight manuals,etc.)out of Air Force 1.  The weight savings means burning less fuel, thus less tax dollars spent on jet fuel. Thank you!

 

13. Please ensure that Hillary enjoys the $8 million dollar advance for her 'tell-all' book and you, Bill, the $10 million advance for your memoirs.  Who says crime doesn't pay!

 

14. The last and most important point - thank you for forcing Israel to let Mohammed Atta go free.

 

Terrorist pilot Mohammed Atta blew up a bus in Israel in 1986. The Israelis captured, tried and imprisoned him. As part of the Oslo agreement with the Palestinians in 1993, Israel had to agree to release so-called 'political prisoners'. However, the Israelis would not release any with blood on their hands. The American President at the time, Bill Clinton, and his Secretary of State, Warren Christopher, 'insisted' that all prisoners be released. Thus Mohammed Atta was freed and eventually thanked the US by flying an airplane into Tower One of the World Trade Center. This was reported by many of the American TV networks at the time that the terrorists were first identified. It was censored in the US from all later reports. Why shouldn't Americans know the real truth?

 

What a guy!!

 

SINCERELY,

 

A US Citizen

 

PS. Please pass along a special thank you to Al Gore for 'inventing' the Internet, without which I would not be able to send this wonderful, factual e-mail.

 

AND THE REST OF THE STORY Hillary Rodham Clinton, as a New York State Senator, now comes under the 'Congressional Retirement and Staffing Plan,' which means that even if she never gets reelected, she STILL receives her Congressional salary until she dies. (Would it not be nice if all Americans were pension eligible after only 4 years?)

 

If Bill outlives her, he then inherits HER salary until HE dies. He is already getting his Presidential salary until he dies. If Hillary outlives Bill, she also gets HIS salary until she dies. Guess who pays for that?  WE DO!

 

It's common knowledge that in order for her to establish NY residency, they purchased a million dollar-plus house in upscale Chappaqua, New York. Makes sense. They are entitled to Secret Service protection for life. Still makes sense.

 

Here is where it becomes interesting. Their mortgage payments hover at around $10,000 per month. BUT, an extra residence HAD to be built within the acreage to house the Secret Service agents.

 

The Clintons charge the Federal government $10,000 monthly rent for the use of that extra residence, which is just about equal to their mortgage payment.  This means that we, the taxpayers, are paying the Clinton's salary, mortgage, transportation, safety and security, as well as the salaries for their 12 man staff -- and, this is all perfectly legal!

 

When she runs for President, will you vote for her?

 

How many people can YOU send this to?

 

WAKE UP AMERICA..................