I Do Not Think the Congress is Bulletproof

 

There are 535 members in the Congress, with 100 in the Senate and 435 in the House, but there are about 317 million Americans.  Yet these 535 have us all at their mercy. To them we are just numbers, so it seems and they really don't care about us. Now they are threatening to shutdown the U.S. Government, if President Obama does not repeal Obamacare.  The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act called Obamacare which I think is good for America.

 

Personally it does not really effect me directly, one way or the other. Because I am a Army Veteran and get my healthcare through the Veterans Healthcare System, but there are many Americans who simply couldn't afford healthcare and now they will.  While we are the riches nation in the world our Congress wants to refuse healthcare for all Americans.  I think it is bad enough that certain States are able to opt out of Obamacare, that is not fair in my opinion.  And what kills me is their opposition to Obamacare is its cost, yet they found it to be alright to spend $10 trillion on Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya.  And now their only argument about Syria is President Obama's plan does not go far enough.  They want an all out war over in Syria, they want regime change. At a cost of?

 

We are in a tough economy and many Americans depend on the Federal Government, due to the huge jobless rates.  Over 101 million Americans depend on food stamps to feed their families.  Over 62 million people get some sort of subsidy from Social Security.  There are about 1.5 million people in the armed forces and this doesn't count all of their dependents.  Then there is our law enforcement groups, such as the FBI, DEA, Homeland Security, CIA and so forth.  Hell even the Secret Service operates under the Federal umbrella.  I feel for them as well for these people to make such a threat is an act of treason.

 

I guess, I must ask, can a Congressman commit an act of treason?  We know the price for treason is death by a firing squad or it use to be. Who knows maybe they now use lethal injections, being we are a humane society today.  This is not a joke and I am very serious about what I am saying.  To who does the Congress stand accountable?  And I am certain there are other ways of dealing with traders than simply voting them out.

 

Hell a young man who knew no better joins the Army and they destroy his life before it even starts for a simple act of disobedience.  Most certainly elected official stands to a higher standard than that a little kid trying to escape oppression by joining the military.   We even hear about Presidents being impeached, before their term of service is up, should not Congressmen be held accountable for their actions?  Hell we have RICO for the Mafia, I mean mobsters cannot conspire against the government.  Does that mean the Congress or the American people?  Who can they not conspire against?  So how can the Congress conspire against the American people and talk about shutdowns?

 

Is the Congress actually above the law?  Can they vote anyway they please about the livelihoods of over one hundred million of Americans? How can this be in a democracy?  Because from the look of things the Congress is not accountable for their actions, they can simply do as they please or choose to do nothing at all and all we can do is wait to the next elections?

 

All this mayhem going on in America.  People killing kids at schools, at the movies and now at Navy Yards, all to make a point.  "I am unhappy with America."  But it seems like the Congress are untouchables. Yet they are the culprits to all this chaos, but nobody seems to make them accountable for what they are doing to America as a whole.  But they are only 535 strong.  Their faces are all over the internet and their names are printed in large letters for everyone to see.  But because they are our lawmakers, they are honored, revered and overlooked by the disgruntled, who give up on their lives.

 

I say let them shutdown the government.  Force 101 million people to make a choice on hunger or fighting back. Force another 62 million into possible homelessness, stop the checks of the fighting men and women in uniform.  And stop law enforcement and all the other federal government agencies.  And what will you have?  "Anarchy."  And nobody will be safe, especially the Congress of the United States of America

 

And sooner or later someone who is tired of all this worrying about their fate into the next day, sooner or later someone who is tired of their poor living conditions that are not even stable or secured, as it is being taken from them from an uncaring Congress.  Someday someone will wise up and vent their anger in a direction where it will produce a change in the hearts of those who are causing us all this hell and worrying about daily living essentials.  And the target will not be a little kid going to school or a person  going to work just to make ends meet or to a movie for some relaxation, but at the people who careless about them and is causing all this mayhem and confusion.

 

"I Do Not Think the Congress is Bulletproof."

 

They just have respect they don't deserve.  Which is an illusion among Americans that can wear off.  The Congress is not above the law and they have a responsibility to the American people. And to not carryout their responsibility out, is in fact an act of treason.  And a treasonous should be dealt with accordingly.

 

The Apostle Paul aka Paul Castellano

 

 

 

 

America is Committing Crimes Against it own People Also

 

President Obama decided to ask the Congress for authorization to attack Syria, a change from his stance to go it alone without U.S. Congressional or United Nations approval.  Though every president since 1973 claimed the wars powers act of 1973 is unconstitutional, in this case President Obama decided to seek congressional approval and one must wonder why.  He didn't in Libya!

 

Since President Obama publicly considered attacking Syria, it seems that all the News talked about is America's problems such as, President Obama saving face, his creditability in world affairs, as if it is our war and we have been attacked.  However, we must remember this is a civil war in Syria and over 100,000 people already died and hundreds of thousands have been badly injured due to this war.  There will be no winners, even when this war ends and rebuilding process of this nation and the region will cost a lot of money and time.  It is not all about America, in Syria!

 

Now my concern is if the Congress approves an act of war against Syria, will there be an exit plan that can and will be carried out.  This war is a Syrian civil war, however, nations are already taking sides and America's involvement could even escalate their involvement and the war could become even wider in scope than it is already.  If we get sucked into a regional conflict, how will we get out of it?  Or even worst, will we be able to get out of it?

 

I do not think the American people or our military can withstand another Iraq or Afghanistan.  We cannot handle another drawn out war.  The wars we recently fought is costing us dearly.  Because we spent perhaps ten trillion dollars on Iraq and Afghan, we were not caretakers of our own people here at home.  This is the costs we are paying at home.

 

Over 8,000 veterans commit suicide per year, which is about 22 veterans committing suicide per day. At one time based on a statistic for every combatant killed in war 25 veterans were killing themselves.  So one must ask why?  Most of the kids joining the military today are Americas choice crop.  They joined the military for a future in the America dream, educational benefits that they will probably never be able to use due to mental problems, they join to get out of the streets and to avoid a life of crime in this terrible economy and yes some may have had Hollywood fantasies of fighting a war, only to learn that killing and be sought after to be killed is not actually fun.

 

While the average is 33 fatalities a day are the result of gun violence and gun violence is the number two killer of people age 18 to 34, behind automobile accidents, what is the number one killer of veterans for age 18 to 34?  And how does these new suicide rates effect the statistics overall?  Because the suicide rate has to be in the top three.  Because between gun violence and suicide we are losing over 20,000 of our youth each year.

 

Then we have to look into the incarceration rates of our youth and the dropout rates of our youth, which has a direct correlation to committing crimes.  We have to recognized  that America has a major problem.  We have to look at the jobless rate of Americans as a whole.  Only 6 of 10 Americans have a job and many of them are part time jobs.  Over 32% of Americans are without an income or is on some type of disability, while about 8% get unemployment insurance. 101 million Americans get food stamps assistance or about 1/3 of the United States population.  1 out of 3 Americans cannot afford to feed themselves without assistance from the federal government.

 

These wars are not only costing us money that we need to spend on our economy, but it is destroying our labor force.  The men an women in uniform are being misappropriated by the United States Government.  But we talk about crimes against humanity in  Syria, how about the crimes against our own people here in America?  We are destroying the lives of our youth through wars, failing schools, no jobs for civilians, the industrial prison complex, this fake war on drugs that destroyed the lives of millions and the inaction of the legislative branch of government to do anything, while President Obama beats the war drums .  Like they say, when you point your figure at someone, three are pointing back at you.  America is at war with Americans and these foreign wars are characteristic of this.

 

Frank Paul Jones