Its about time Nancy get a time out!

*From:* Arthur Andrews >
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*Sent:* Sunday, July 8, 2012 9:09 PM
*Subject:* Fw: USAF TOOK NANCY 'S JET AWAY

    USAF TOOK NANCY 'S JET AWAY
    (verified by Snopes)

 The real reason that Nancy Pelosi is considering retiring is that
    they took her Jet away.
    Ah, poor baby!

    As a result of a Judicial Watch filing under the Freedom of
    Information Act, the USAF released documents detailing House Speaker
    Pelosi's use of United States Air Force aircraft between March 2009
    and June 2010. The data are published in the Judicial Watch Verdict
    of December 2010, Volume 16, Issue 12.

    Here are the main highlights revealed by the USAF. Keep in mind that
    all the data below relate to United States Air Force aircraft used
    by one woman over a sixteen month period.

    Several of these flights included Ms. Pelosi's guests, such as grown
    children, grandchildren, various in-laws, friends and hangers-on.
    Over 95% of the trips were between the west coast and Washington ,
    DC , for what you might call a commute between home and the office.
    READ it and WEEP!!

    -Total trips: 85 over a 68 week period, or 1.25 average trips per week.
    -Total mileage: 206,264 miles, or 2,427 average miles per trip.
    -Total flying time: 428.6 hours, or an average of 5 hours per trip.
    -Cost to the taxpayers: *$2,100,744*, or $27,715 per trip, or
    $1,285,162 per year!
    -Cost of in flight food and alcohol: $101,429; $1,193 per trip;
    $62,051 per year.

    On one junket to Baghdad, according to the Air Force report, she had
    the aircraft bar stocked with Johnny Walker Red Scotch, Grey Goose
    Vodka, E&J Brandy, Bailey's Irish Cream, Maker's Mark Whiskey,
    Courvoisier Cognac, Bacardi Rum, Jim Beam Whiskey, Beefeater Gin,
    Dewar's Scotch, Bombay Sapphire Gin, Jack Daniels Whiskey, Corona
    Beer and several varieties of wine. This was obviously a very
    important "gubment bidness" trip.

    Evidence generally speaks for itself, and in Ms. Pelosi's case it
    speaks the language of abuse and (evidently) a serious familial
    drinking problem, for in a single year she and her spawn drank an
    amount in excess of the net income of the average employed American!
    When she said, "... If the stimulus doesn't pass, five hundred
    million people might lose their jobs...", I thought she was
    unintentionally revealing her ignorance. I'm now more inclined to
    think she was pickled.

    Even though she can no longer abuse the USAF, she can either fly on
    her broom, or fly Southwest Airlines, where bags fly free.

    If you are an AMERICAN citizen it is YOUR DUTY to PASS THIS ON!!
    Because, you won't see this reported on MSNBC.

How to fix Congress, we need it now more than ever!

THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS!

I know it's been around before but someone might have missed it, so please send it out again. We really need some action!!!

Warren Buffett, in a recent interview with CNBC, offers one of the best quotes about the debt ceiling:

"I could end the deficit in 5 minutes," he told CNBC. "You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for re-election."

The 26th amendment (granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds) took only 3 months & 8 days to be ratified! Why? Simple! The people demanded it. That was in 1971 - before computers, e-mail, cell phones, etc.

Of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, seven (7) took one (1) year or less to become the law of the land - all because of public pressure. We are asking each addressee to forward this email to a minimum of twenty people on their address list; in turn ask each of those to do likewise.

In three days, most people in The United States of America will have the message. This is one idea that really should be passed around.

"CONGRESSIONAL REFORM ACT OF 2012"
It should have been done in 2011 but wasn't!

1. No Tenure / No Pension. A Congressman/woman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they're out of office.

2. Social Security. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security. All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system, and Congress participates with the American people. It may not be used for any other purpose.

3. Retirement Plan. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do.

4. Pay Raises: Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.

5. Healthcare: Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.

6. Law of the Land. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people.

7. Past & Present Contracts. All contracts with past and present Congressmen/women are void effective 1/1/12. The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen/women.

Congressmen/women made all these contracts for themselves. Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, so ours should serve their term(s), then go home and back to work.

If each person contacts a minimum of twenty people then it will only take three days for most people (in the U.S.) to receive the message. Don't you think it's time? THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS!