<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>And why, every year, does Congress take a FIVE-WEEK RECESS during August; prime time to discuss/debate the debt ceiling and federal budget?</div><div><br><div>Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</div><div><br></div><div>"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</div><div><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com">http://www.MoscowCares.com</a></div><div> </div><div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Moscow, Idaho</div><div><br></div><div>"<span style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">There's room at the top they are telling you still</span><span style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "> </span></div><span style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill </span><br style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><span style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><font size="3"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);"><br></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);">- John Lennon<br></span></font><div> </div></div><div><br></div></div><div><br>On Oct 7, 2013, at 8:57 AM, Paul Rumelhart <<a href="mailto:godshatter@yahoo.com">godshatter@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt">Is anyone talking about passing an actual budget that doesn't end up with us banging our heads on the debt ceiling every year? Because that would make way too much sense.<br><br>Paul<br><div><span><br></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Tom Hansen <<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</a>><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Nicholas Gier <<a href="mailto:ngier006@gmail.com">ngier006@gmail.com</a>> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> vision2020 <<a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a>> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, October 7, 2013 8:31
AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Vision2020] "School the House Rock" by Roy Zimmerman<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv0580534549"><div><div>All the Senate is asking is to pass a clean (nothing attached) resolution which will fund the government for <b>six weeks</b>. During the course of those <b>six weeks</b> the House and Senate can debate the Affordable Care Act while federal employees go to work and continue to get paid.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Yet, even with a majority of the House wanting to vote on a clean six-week resolution, Speaker Boehner refuses to bring it to the floor.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Again, I ask "<b>WHY?</b>"</div><div><br clear="none"><div>Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</div><div><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.moscowcares.com/">http://www.MoscowCares.com</a></div><div> </div><div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Moscow, Idaho</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>"<span style="font-size:medium;">There's room at the top they are telling you still</span><span style="font-size:medium;"> </span></div><span style="font-size:medium;">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill </span><br style="font-size:medium;" clear="none"><span style="font-size:medium;">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><font size="3"><span style=""><br clear="none"></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="">- John Lennon<br clear="none"></span></font><div> </div></div><div><br clear="none"></div></div><div class="yiv0580534549yqt8394605389" id="yiv0580534549yqt98444"><div><br clear="none">On Oct 7, 2013, at 8:23 AM, Nicholas Gier <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:ngier006@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:ngier006@gmail.com">ngier006@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr">Hi Gary,<div><br clear="none"></div><div>You forgot to mention hundreds of thousands of small businessmen such as yourself who have always voted GOP. . . until now. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is now siding with Obama on a clean bill to fund the government and extend the debt limit.</div>
<div><br clear="none"></div><div>A conservative GOP rep. from CA has called is colleagues lemmings, but then he turned around and voted just as mindlessly. Will Boehner come to his senses?</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Nick</div></div><div class="yiv0580534549gmail_extra">
<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv0580534549gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 8:19 AM, Gary Crabtree <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:moscowlocksmith@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:moscowlocksmith@gmail.com">moscowlocksmith@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv0580534549gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div dir="ltr"><div>Without a moments thought General Electric, Apple, Starbucks, Google, <span>MSN</span>, Home Depot, and McDonald's leap immediately to mind.</div><span class="yiv0580534549HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"></font></span><div> </div>
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<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv0580534549gmail_quote">On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 7:35 PM, Nicholas Gier <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:ngier006@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:ngier006@gmail.com">ngier006@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv0580534549gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div dir="ltr">Since when are businesses, large or small, Demo friendly? They are starting to be more friendly now that the GOP has gone crazy.<div><br clear="none"></div><div>Nick</div></div><div class="yiv0580534549gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv0580534549gmail_quote">
On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 2:09 PM, Gary Crabtree <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:moscowlocksmith@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:moscowlocksmith@gmail.com">moscowlocksmith@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv0580534549gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;">
"But once it's been decided it's a law<br clear="none">
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Yes, it's the law of the land, and all the negotiations and<br clear="none">
compromises have happened already."<br clear="none">
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If your Tom Lehrer never be pal had this right in this particular<br clear="none">
case, why was the law changed 19 times since being signed and passing<br clear="none">
a supreme court challenge with zero GOP input and with a goodly number<br clear="none">
of the changes being exemptions for Obama and dem friendlies?<br clear="none">
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once there is a Republican president in the whitehouse ( and there<br clear="none">
eventually will be, of course) using this new normal order optional<br clear="none">
process ought to be a hoot.<br clear="none">
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On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 6:33 AM, Tom Hansen <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">
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> <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-mE0hUh0sE">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-mE0hUh0sE</a><br clear="none">
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> SCHOOL THE HOUSE ROCK<br clear="none">
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> (Sing along . . . )<br clear="none">
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> "Hey, Tea Party House members: This one's for you!<br clear="none">
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> You dress up like a Founding Father<br clear="none">
> So you might think you'd bother<br clear="none">
> To read the Constitution in your pocket<br clear="none">
> But you need some schooling, so let's rock it!<br clear="none">
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> There are three branches<br clear="none">
> Three branches of government<br clear="none">
> Three branches of government<br clear="none">
> Like the three corners of your hat<br clear="none">
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> That should make it easier for you to remember.<br clear="none">
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> There's the legislative branch - that would be you<br clear="none">
> The Executive Branch - that's ... You-Know-Who<br clear="none">
> And then there's the branch that you call the Ju...<br clear="none">
> Diciary<br clear="none">
> And that's necessary for the<br clear="none">
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> Checks and balances<br clear="none">
> Checks and balances among the three branches<br clear="none">
> Three branches of government<br clear="none">
> Like the three corners of your hat<br clear="none">
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> With me so far?<br clear="none">
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> Now, you can pass a bill, and when you do<br clear="none">
> It's signed into law by you-know-who<br clear="none">
> Or vetoed, and then it comes back to you<br clear="none">
> And you might override it,<br clear="none">
> But once it's been decided it's a law<br clear="none">
><br clear="none">
> Yes, it's the law of the land, and all the negotiations and compromises have<br clear="none">
> happened already.<br clear="none">
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> Now you may say the law's "Unconstitutional"<br clear="none">
> Then the Constitution tells us the solution'll be<br clear="none">
> To take the question of its constitutionality<br clear="none">
> To the Supreme Court to decide it's ultimate legality<br clear="none">
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> Now you can repeal a law, unless you try 42 times and you don't have the<br clear="none">
> votes. But you can't find a law unconstitutional; that power belongs to the<br clear="none">
> Judicial Branch. And withholding funding from a law you don't like is, in<br clear="none">
> effect, vetoing that law. And funding only certain parts of the law is an<br clear="none">
> attempt to exercise a line-item veto. You don't have the power to veto; that<br clear="none">
> power belongs to the Executive Branch. So, if the Legislative Branch -<br clear="none">
> that's you - usurps the power to determine constitutionality and the veto<br clear="none">
> power, what's really being vetoed is the Rule of Law. And what's really<br clear="none">
> being compromised is the Constitution.Still with me?<br clear="none">
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> So you can pass a bill, and when you do<br clear="none">
> If you cry "Boo hoo, it's unconstitu...<br clear="none">
> tional," then try to veto it, well here's a clue:<br clear="none">
> Your hat only has one point<br clear="none">
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> That's the School the House Rock<br clear="none">
> That's the School the House Rock<br clear="none">
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> Seeya at the Wingding on June 6th, Moscow, because . . .<br clear="none">
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> "Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)<br clear="none">
> <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.moscowcares.com/">http://www.MoscowCares.com</a><br clear="none">
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> Tom Hansen<br clear="none">
> Moscow, Idaho<br clear="none">
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> "There's room at the top they are telling you still<br clear="none">
> But first you must learn how to smile as you kill<br clear="none">
> If you want to be like the folks on the hill."<br clear="none">
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