It came to my attention that, in the State of Colorado, State offices hire out the task of changing light bulbs. Not only do they hire this simple task out to a maintainence company, that company, in turn, then hires out someone else to do the actual job. On one hand, I suppose this is keeping some people employed that might not otherwise be employed, however, it seems like an additional government expense that could be allieviated if someone in the office actually managed to change the light bulb when it no longer functioned.
Overheard at one State office was a comment that the person hired to change the light bulb made that might cause some concern. It was mentioned that these light bulbs would, in the very near future, blow out the ballast, requiring further repair work and more cost every time a light bulb met the end of its expected lifetime. These new light bulbs, according to the installer, were being deliberately designed to blow out the ballast. So, instead of just replacing the bulb, complete replacement of the entire ballast and the bulb would be required.
This seems like a huge waste of money having to replace the entire unit, and the bulb, every time a bulb expires...but I suppose that is just 'efficient' use of the tax payers money, right?
Perhaps, we need to let our representatives know our opinions on this matter as soon as possible.
Contact your Governor's office, and any State office that deals with appropriation of money, as well as any energy office and voice your concerns. This may be going on in every State.
Here's another helpful link:
www.contactingthecongress.org
The new light bulbs most likely will be sold to every business in the near future as well. Our officials need to have these issues brought to their attention and the situation corrected before these deliberate ballast destroying bulbs make their way into every school, business, and public building.
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Monday, November 7, 2011
WRECKING THE VOTE AND OUR BORDER PROTECTION
Did you know that there is a couple of House Resolutions being presented that will to allow voting without photo ID, and that this is being pushed for all 50 states?
Just walk into a polling location, register, and cast a ballot immediately. No questions asked, no ID required.
According to an recent article written by Bob Unruh(© 2011 WND), Rep. Keith Ellison
a Minnesota congressman, has proposed federal legislation that would impose this type of voter registration- which Minnesota already has- on the other 49 states. Critics have launched online campaigns to make people aware of the dangers of Rep. Keith Ellison's H.R. 3316 and its companion H.R. 3317. Minnesota leads the nation in voter fraud cases. (Think there's a corelation there?)
Cited in Unruh's article were the following comments, which had been posted on the Election Integrity Watch site:"Our votes control trillions of public dollars, yet Ellison would have us believe nobody would ever steal them. We can trust everybody, right?"
"Would you keep your money in a bank that allowed people to make withdrawals without checking their identity and verifying that they are entitled to the money?"
The dangers inherent in promoting Ellison's H.R. 3316, and in H.R. 3317 are obvious to anyone with any sense. H.R. 3316 would banish all photo identification requirements, and H.R. 3317 would allow people to walk into a polling location, register, and vote immediately. Ellison claims the intent is to curb "voter suppression". Common sense dictates that these would be greatly abused by those NOT entitled, nor of age to cast a legal vote.
However, Ellison claims that "The Same Day Registration Act would require states to provide for same day voter registration for a federal election. The Voter Access Protection Act would make sure election officials cannot require photo identification in order to cast a vote or register to vote."
Could this be WHY Minnesota runs rampart in voter fraud? hmmm...
If you no longer require photo ID, then how do you know who they rightfully are, and if they are of legal age to vote? How do you know whether or not they are even a citizen, and are even entitled to vote? For example, felons are not allowed to vote, and it is through identification that we find out whether or not these votes were cast legally.
If we no longer utilize mandatory identification of who is voting, and we allow 'instant voting', that opens the floodgates for anyone(citizen or NOT), including every illegal anywhere, to come here, dash in, cast a vote (legally qualified or NOT), and dash out. This will ultimately cost us heaps more money.
What's next, allowing our dogs to vote in our stead? Or maybe for their own selves???
Perhaps, that is exactly what Obama is hoping for....?
Personally, I think we have enough illegals draining the pockets of all our hard working, tax paying citizens. Do we really need more abuse of the system?
Oh, and just for those of you who did not know...they have recently "relaxed" the border patrol, by issuing a directive ordering these officials to no longer do their standard checks on buses, trains, and in airports. One has to REALLY question WHY??????
According to an article run by Associated Press[SEATTLE (AP)]on November 4, "halting the practice has baffled the agents. Agents may still go to train and bus stations and airports if they have specific "actionable intelligence" that there is an illegal immigrant there who recently entered the country. It's not clear how agents are supposed to glean such intelligence, and even if they did, under the new directive, they still require clearance from Washington, D.C. headquarters before they can respond.
Gene Davis, a retired deputy chief in the Border Patrol's sector in Blaine, Wash., emphasized how effective the checks can be. He noted that a check of the Bellingham bus station in 1997 yielded an arrest of Palestinian Gazi Ibrahim Abu Mezer. Abu Mezer skipped out on a $5,000 bond - only to turn up later in Brooklyn, where New York police shot him as he prepared to bomb the city's subway system. Davis also noted that would-be millennium bomb suspect Ahmed Ressam was arrested at the border in late 1999 when he left a ferry from British Columbia to Washington in a rented car full of explosives.
"We've had two terrorists who have come through the northern border here. To put these restraints on agents being able to talk to people is just ridiculous," Davis said.
The Border Patrol informed officials at the Bellingham airport on Thursday that, from now on, they would only be allowed to come to the airport "if there's an action that needs their assistance," said airport manager Daniel Zenk. "I'm shocked," Zenk said."
Let's see...if we relax our security checks at the border that monitor illegals coming into the country, AND we relax the mandatory requirements for voting....hmmmm...Does anyone smell a HUGE PROBLEM?????
It is TIME to DEMAND that we maintain our voter requirements, AND that we DEMAND our officials to ALLOW our Border Patrol to DO their job!
I don't think paying these people to work out cross word puzzles or sit in the cars we pay for, staring at the lakes while on duty is an effective use of our tax dollars, while illegals skip into the country unchecked.
And I definitely think it UNWISE to lower the requirements necessary in the U.S. to cast a legal vote. BOTH these moves are DANGEROUS to the well-being of our country.
Just walk into a polling location, register, and cast a ballot immediately. No questions asked, no ID required.
According to an recent article written by Bob Unruh(© 2011 WND), Rep. Keith Ellison
a Minnesota congressman, has proposed federal legislation that would impose this type of voter registration- which Minnesota already has- on the other 49 states. Critics have launched online campaigns to make people aware of the dangers of Rep. Keith Ellison's H.R. 3316 and its companion H.R. 3317. Minnesota leads the nation in voter fraud cases. (Think there's a corelation there?)
Cited in Unruh's article were the following comments, which had been posted on the Election Integrity Watch site:"Our votes control trillions of public dollars, yet Ellison would have us believe nobody would ever steal them. We can trust everybody, right?"
"Would you keep your money in a bank that allowed people to make withdrawals without checking their identity and verifying that they are entitled to the money?"
The dangers inherent in promoting Ellison's H.R. 3316, and in H.R. 3317 are obvious to anyone with any sense. H.R. 3316 would banish all photo identification requirements, and H.R. 3317 would allow people to walk into a polling location, register, and vote immediately. Ellison claims the intent is to curb "voter suppression". Common sense dictates that these would be greatly abused by those NOT entitled, nor of age to cast a legal vote.
However, Ellison claims that "The Same Day Registration Act would require states to provide for same day voter registration for a federal election. The Voter Access Protection Act would make sure election officials cannot require photo identification in order to cast a vote or register to vote."
Could this be WHY Minnesota runs rampart in voter fraud? hmmm...
If you no longer require photo ID, then how do you know who they rightfully are, and if they are of legal age to vote? How do you know whether or not they are even a citizen, and are even entitled to vote? For example, felons are not allowed to vote, and it is through identification that we find out whether or not these votes were cast legally.
If we no longer utilize mandatory identification of who is voting, and we allow 'instant voting', that opens the floodgates for anyone(citizen or NOT), including every illegal anywhere, to come here, dash in, cast a vote (legally qualified or NOT), and dash out. This will ultimately cost us heaps more money.
What's next, allowing our dogs to vote in our stead? Or maybe for their own selves???
Perhaps, that is exactly what Obama is hoping for....?
Personally, I think we have enough illegals draining the pockets of all our hard working, tax paying citizens. Do we really need more abuse of the system?
Oh, and just for those of you who did not know...they have recently "relaxed" the border patrol, by issuing a directive ordering these officials to no longer do their standard checks on buses, trains, and in airports. One has to REALLY question WHY??????
According to an article run by Associated Press[SEATTLE (AP)]on November 4, "halting the practice has baffled the agents. Agents may still go to train and bus stations and airports if they have specific "actionable intelligence" that there is an illegal immigrant there who recently entered the country. It's not clear how agents are supposed to glean such intelligence, and even if they did, under the new directive, they still require clearance from Washington, D.C. headquarters before they can respond.
Gene Davis, a retired deputy chief in the Border Patrol's sector in Blaine, Wash., emphasized how effective the checks can be. He noted that a check of the Bellingham bus station in 1997 yielded an arrest of Palestinian Gazi Ibrahim Abu Mezer. Abu Mezer skipped out on a $5,000 bond - only to turn up later in Brooklyn, where New York police shot him as he prepared to bomb the city's subway system. Davis also noted that would-be millennium bomb suspect Ahmed Ressam was arrested at the border in late 1999 when he left a ferry from British Columbia to Washington in a rented car full of explosives.
"We've had two terrorists who have come through the northern border here. To put these restraints on agents being able to talk to people is just ridiculous," Davis said.
The Border Patrol informed officials at the Bellingham airport on Thursday that, from now on, they would only be allowed to come to the airport "if there's an action that needs their assistance," said airport manager Daniel Zenk. "I'm shocked," Zenk said."
Let's see...if we relax our security checks at the border that monitor illegals coming into the country, AND we relax the mandatory requirements for voting....hmmmm...Does anyone smell a HUGE PROBLEM?????
It is TIME to DEMAND that we maintain our voter requirements, AND that we DEMAND our officials to ALLOW our Border Patrol to DO their job!
I don't think paying these people to work out cross word puzzles or sit in the cars we pay for, staring at the lakes while on duty is an effective use of our tax dollars, while illegals skip into the country unchecked.
And I definitely think it UNWISE to lower the requirements necessary in the U.S. to cast a legal vote. BOTH these moves are DANGEROUS to the well-being of our country.
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