Obama throwing OUR hard earned tax down a rat hole to help other countries while millions of OUR citizens are out of work Americans.
Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida can’t help himself in voting for BIG government and against the people. Bill Nelson is just another ELITIST living large on your hard earned money.
Keystone XL Pipeline – Vote Rejected … More American jobs lost and our energy prices continue to go up.
Repeal Big Oil Tax Subsidies Act – Vote Rejected (51-47, 2 Not Voting). These are the same business breaks all companies receive although many are already dined to BIG oil! Why does Bill Nelson think if oil companies continued to be treated different than other companies and their costs are increased GAS will become CHEAPER!!!! No this is just government GREED by Big GOVERNMENT spenders Like Bill Nelson.
TSA Reveals Passenger Complaints … Four Years Later
by Michael Grabell
From intrusive pat-downs to body scans to perceived profiling, the Transportation Security Administration always seems to be the target of complaints [1].
Here’s another one: It took the TSA almost four years to tell me what people complained about — in 2008 [2].
In my first week at ProPublica in June 2008, I filed a public records request for the agency’s complaint files. Such records can provide good fodder for investigations.
For example, amid the brouhaha over the agency’s introduction of intensive full-body pat-downs in 2004, I requested complaints and discovered an untold story of the pain and humiliation suffered by rape victims and breast cancer survivors. In one incident that I found from that request — while I was a reporter at the Dallas Morning News — a woman complained that a screener asked her to remove her prosthetic breast to be swabbed for explosives.
When I made a similar FOIA [3] request in 2008, I assumed the TSA would respond in a few months. Government agencies have about a month [4] to respond to public record requests, though they often take longer. I figured even if their response took months, I’d be able to repeat it regularly to get a timely, inside look as to what passengers were complaining about and find out about incidents that required some more digging.
Boy, was I wrong.
After waiting and waiting and narrowing my request and some more waiting, the files finally arrived this week.
The information is now four years old — but it echoes much of what people are still complaining about.
For instance, an elderly woman in a wheelchair was asked to walk through security and fell at Orlando International Airport.
In another case, someone expressed concerns about a lethal plastic knife [6] that can reportedly pass through metal detectors. (This was two years before the TSA widely deployed body scanners [7], which can detect plastic.)
In another complaint, a man flying to Cancun demanded an investigation after finding that the bottle of Jack Daniels he packed in his luggage was empty by the time he arrived.
Rather than let the files gather dust at the bottom of my desk drawer, I’m posting them for your perusal [2].
Why did the files take so long to release? Various FOIA officers over the years blamed the delay on the agency’s backlog and on the volume of the records that had to be reviewed. It turned out to be 87 pages.
When I reached out again today to the TSA, spokeswoman Lorie Dankers provided a statement pointing out that the agency has received an average of more than 800 requests annually over the past four years. Then the TSA apologized.
“TSA should have responded to ProPublica’s request sooner,” the statement said. “TSA currently is working on 12 requests that are more than three years old. The agency is working diligently to finalize and respond to these requests.”
I just filed my request for the 2012 complaints.
Hopefully, we won’t have to wait until 2016 to see those.
May be this is why the Democratic Socialist can’t pass any bills or vote them down. The DEM’s in the Seante are just there picking up their checks and doing NO WORK!!!!
See what Harry Reid and the Democrats thinks of Seniors.
It is time to listen to Obama in his own words.!!!!! This is why believing a liar like Obama. The people cannot trust a President that wants to punish the middle and lower income people as well as senior citizens for his own political purposes .
Florida Senator Bill Nelson once again wants to use smoke and mirrors to hide his big government support instead of letting the free market set prices. Read to email he sent out below that clearly shows his support for government interference in the market.
What big government Bill Nelson does not support is energy independence for the United States. If Big Government Bill Nelson was right the speculators would be getting killed with the drop in the price of OIL. It sounds good but the reason for commodities prices is to have a good flow of product in the market.
Let the Democratic Socialist movement in the government stop trying to control the markets and FREE the market and let the United States start producing oil and gas without constant interference. Once the United States is allowed to produce all the energy this country needs, foreign countries will not longer be able to bleed us for funds to support terrorist.
Bill Nelson has let the people of Florida down and thrown SENIORS under the BIG GOVERNMENT bus. We can not longer tolerate Bill Nelsons support of a planned Socialist economy. Why does Bill Nelson continue to vote for programs that hurt and undermine our seniors. Florida needs a NEW Senator that will support the free market and produce jobs.
Please call Senator Nelson (Phone: 202-224-5274) and ask him why he has not called for a special prosecutor to investigate the Solyndra scandal. White House officials discussed the political ramifications of a possible default by a troubled solar energy company that received more than $500 million in federal loans, newly released emails show. WHERE is Bill Nelson hiding on this?
Let the people of Florida start demanding the oppressive government stops killing jobs and destroying our America energy companies. Bill Nelson has voted in lockstep with Harry Reid in pushing BIG government. Tell Bill Nelson to vote to help business succeed not punish them.
Florida NEEDS jobs and NOT more taxes and government interference.
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After my email on gas prices, below, it looks like a lot of people decided to let regulators know how they feel about speculators trading oil contracts. We got a few calls this morning, however, that the email link was incorrect and prompted an error message. If you sent a note to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission that bounced back, you can go directly to the agency’s website for comment, which the agency may publish, or feel free to send it to me and I’ll make sure to share your sentiments with the Chairman of the CFTC. Sorry for any inconvenience, and thanks for taking the time to be involved on this issue.
With No budget for 2 years, No plan to fix overspending and No idea why they can not vote on bills passed by the House, The Democratic Socialist are urging the Obama to act against the United States Constitution like he was a dictator.
House Democratic Leaders To Obama: Use The 14th Amendment
WASHINGTON — House Democratic leaders emerged from a Wednesday Caucus meeting with a message for President Barack Obama: Invoke the Constitution to resolve the debt standoff.
If Congress can’t reach a deal on a long-term debt limit increase by August 2, Obama should “sign an executive order invoking the 14th Amendment,” said Assistant Minority Leader James Cyburn (D-S.C.).
“I am convinced that whatever discussions about the legality of that can continue,” Clyburn said. “But I believe that something like this will bring calm to the American people and will bring needed stability to our financial markets.”
House Democratic Caucus Chairman John Larson (D-Conn.) acknowledged that Obama has previously expressed doubts about his legal authority to unilaterally raise the debt limit. But circumstances have changed, Larson said, and “we just want to let him know that his Caucus is prepared to stand behind him” if Congress fails to pass a long-term deal.
“We have to have a fail-safe mechanism,” Larson said. “We believe that fail-safe mechanism is the 14th Amendment and the president of the United States.”
Section 4 of the 14th Amendment states: “The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payments of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned.” Essentially, Democrats are arguing that since the “public debt” cannot be questioned, then the debt ceiling itself is unconstitutional.
Democratic Senators have been eying this option since late June. Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.), an attorney, predicted at that time the the constitutional option may get “a pretty strong second look as a way of saying, ‘Is there some way to save us from ourselves?’”
The issue here is the Democratic Socialist Party did not do the job they were suppose to do by passing a budget for 2 YEAR and instead spent without limits. It is time for shared sacrifice and since the American people were sacrificed for the last 2 YEARS it is time for Government to be sacrificed.
It is time to CUT spending and lower taxes and protect OUR seniors.
Why thousands of U.S. citizens above age 55 are worried about “Capps’ Law”
The U.S. Gov’t has begun enforcing a little-known new law. It could affect your retirement income… Your healthcare benefits… Even your ability to travel and purchase gold.
Watch for yourself: http://www.stansberryresearch.com/pro/1107REMCAPVD/LREMM726/PR
It is time for Florida seniors to ask why Bill Nelson is voting against SENIORS over and over again.
On the Motion to Table; Cut, Cap, and Balance Act of 2011 – Vote Agreed to (51-46, 3 Not Voting).
__Sen. Bill Nelson voted to approve the bill
__Sen. Bill Nelson voted to debate the bill and make changes to it
__Sen. Bill Nelson voted like a weasel to table or pretend the bill didn’t exist
In other words did Bill Nelson vote to work on solving the issue or vote to put SENIORS at risk of losing their checks?
Sen. Marco Rubio voted to do something about solving the problem.
In the House Rep. Tom Rooney voted to do something about the debt crisis also.
Ok, lets give the ANTI Senior citizen Sen. Nelson another look as may be that was just bad judgement.
How did Sen. Bill Nelson vote on the house budget passed months ago that would have delt with the debt crisis.
Oh he never voted on the budget because once again Bill Nelson and his anti Senior party refused to voted on the budget passed by the house and put seniors at risk. No debate, no counter offer, no budget as a response. But then the Democrats have been in control of the congress for 4 1/2 year and in control of the Presidency for 2 1/2 yrs. Bill Nelson and his party that was in complete and total control of the government never offered a budget as required by LAW. WHY??????? Why Bill Nelson????
We are sure the workers at NASA wish Bill had given them the support they had given him.
Pat Boone: Ignored Seniors Can Win 2012 White House for GOP
By Henry J. Reske and Kathleen Walter
President Barack Obama has ignored the concerns of senior citizens because his only interest is “gaining absolute power over government,” a position that could hurt him in 2012, legendary singer and seniors advocate Pat Boone tells Newsmax.TV.
The spokesman for the 60 Plus Association and recent recipient of the Conservative Political Action Conference’s Lifetime Achievement Award said the senior vote could swing the election in 2012. “I think if seniors all get exercised, we do have enough votes to make the difference,” he said.
“I don’t think President Obama has really taken seniors much into account,” he explained. “But still he has an agenda, a political agenda, and he is only interested in gaining absolute power over government. He wants it to be a one-party nation.
“He wants to get Democrats [and] unions so entrenched, and he’s buying their vote, that no other party will have a chance. They’re even saying we cannot lose because we’ve got the unions, we’ve got Hispanics, we’ve got African-Americans in our pocket so nobody can beat us. That’s what they’re looking for and if seniors get hurt along the way then so be it.”
Boone said that he, along with 60 Plus, often described as the conservative alternative to the AARP, is doing everything he can to swing senior citizens to the GOP column.
“We’ve been around long enough to be able count, we can add two and two and we’ve got common sense, we know, no rational person can think that you can decrease debt by adding trillions of dollars to it,” he said. “It makes no sense whatsoever. And we want to make sure that all seniors realize that Paul Ryan’s plan with not take anything away from seniors that we paid for all these years. We will get every last benefit. However, President Obama said he will take $500 billion out of Medicare over the next 10 years. Now he said he can find that much in waste and fraud. We think that’s going to mean a lot less care for fewer people.”
Boone said if he was running for office he would tell seniors what he often tells himself.
“Let’s do what’s right for the country,” he said. “We seniors have been through several times when we were called on to sacrifice. We can do it. … If it’s good for the country we’ll help our neighbors, we’ll help the more elderly, we’ll help the infirm, we’ll help the hungry, but we can only spend what we have. And we cannot say we have more by simply printing more paper with nothing to back it. … We’ve got common sense, we’ve got to regain control and elect people that will control the government in a good common-sense way.”
On other issues, Boone said:
That the government is currently bringing in $200 billion a month in revenue, and “if we can’t take care of our Social Security and other needs and commitments with $200 billion a month then that tells us what the problem is.”
If he had to choose a GOP presidential ticket now, he would pick Texas Gov. Rick Perry and either Rep. Michele Bachmann or Herman Cain as a running mate “because either one will knock a huge hole in what Mr. Obama thinks is his guaranteed support.”
The Fats Domino tune “Ain’t That a Shame” would be the perfect anthem for the Obama administration. The song was a million seller for both Domino and Boone, who covered it. During the interview, Boone sang a slightly edited version of the song. “You made us cry, when you told those lies, ain’t that a shame,” he warbled.
U.S. gives billions of dollars in foreign aid to world’s richest countries – then asks to borrow it.The U.S. is providing hundreds of millions of dollars of U.S. gives billions of dollars in foreign aid to world’s richest countries – then asks to borrow it.
The U.S. is providing hundreds of millions of dollars of foreign aid to some of the world’s richest countries - while at the same time borrowing billions back, according to report seen by Congress.
The Congressional Research Service released the report last month which shows that in 2010 the U.S. handed out a total of $1.4bn to 16 foreign countries that held at least $10bn in Treasury securities.
Four countries in the world’s top 10 richest received foreign aid last year with China receiving $27.2m, India $126.6m, Brazil $25m, and Russia $71.5m.
Mexico also received $316.7m and Egypt $255.7m.
And yet despite the massive outgoings in foreign aid, the receiving countries hold trillions of dollars in U.S. Treasury bonds.
China is the largest holder with $1.1trillion as of March, according to the Treasury Department.
Brazil held $193.5bn, Russia $127.8bn, India $39.8bn, Mexico $28.1bn and Egypt had $15.3bn.
Foreign aid is earmarked for causes including HIV/AIDs prevention, combating weapons of mass destruction, fighting tuberculosis, and counter-terrorism efforts.
The news has caused grave concern, with Senator Tom Coburn, R-Okla, who requested the report seen by Fox News, calling the policy ‘dangerous’.
‘If countries can afford to buy our debt, perhaps they can afford to fund assistance programs on their own.
THE TOP 10 COUNTRIES RECEIVING THE MOST AID
Colombia $461.2m
Mexico $316.7m
Egypt $255.7m
Philippines $128.2m
India $126.6m
Russia $71.5m
China $27.2m
Brazil $25m
Thailand $16.75m
Turkey $8.2m
‘At the same time, when we borrow from countries we are supposedly helping to develop, we put off hard budget choices here at home.
The news arrives as lawmakers in Washington battle over the conditions for increasing the nation’s ability to borrow money before defaulting on its obligations.
The government reached its $14.3trillion borrowing limit last month and both parties agree that spending cuts are needed, although Republicans refuse to raise taxes that Democrats insist on.
President Obama has met with both sides over the issue, but no progress has been made. The State Department did not comment.
to some of the world’s richest countries – while at the same time borrowing billions back, according to report seen by Congress.
The Congressional Research Service released the report last month which shows that in 2010 the U.S. handed out a total of $1.4bn to 16 foreign countries that held at least $10bn in Treasury securities.
The government reached its $14.3trillion borrowing limit last month and both parties agree that spending cuts are needed, although Republicans refuse to raise taxes that Democrats insist on.
President Obama has met with both sides over the issue, but no progress has been made. The State Department did not comment.
