The phrase 'shadowy groups with harmless-sounding names.' brings the Association of Community Organizers and Reform Now.

Yep, shadowy group with innocuous name that intends to subvert the election process.

Maybe Obama got something right after all, but not as he intended.

The analysis of Obama's quote from the Constitution perhaps overlooks another possible reason for his failure to give God credit where credit is due. Perhaps he is indeed Muslim and to recognize the true God in his speach would anger his god and disrupt his union with the promised virgins in his afterlife.

GOP pledge to America!!! What a joke. Will we the people be fooled again? & again? & again?

What makes us think the GOP will do anything different this time around than what they did when the piped piper of Hamlin, Newt the "grinch" was heading the charge? Since both major parties are owned and controlled at the top by the same international financial interests, there would be no significant changes of direction of freedom should the GOP win the congress. Just more smoke and mirrors.

Our only hope is to create a new political party insulated from the power brokers. The Constitution Party stands in that position. As Einstein is quoted as having said...."doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results is the height of insanity!!" or words to that effect.

When it comes to our "FREEDOMS" there can be NO COMPROMISES.

Semper Fi, Bill

While I agree with most of the items outlined in the Pledge to America, the pledge falls a bit short in my opinion...it makes no mention of getting the US out of the UN. THAT would have made it just about perfect.

Re: GOP Pledge

Forget about going back to 2008 spending levels, get real and cut spending back to 2001 levels. Also cut federal pay schedules back to 2008 (before the recession) rates. Last year Social Security recipients did not get a cost of living increase; so why did federal workers get a COLA? If SS recipients did not see an increase in their cost of living, how did federal workers see one?

I have got to see more R clean-up.

You have the finest news letter I have ever read.

Thank you.

my friend, how about having a discussion page on job losses in America. I was born in Chattanoogs, attended CSTI, am now in Houston,TX sanctuary capital of the world and everytime I turn around I am being replaced by a "green card, gov't subsidised (tax dollars) India, Nigera or Arab person" Big oil here is sinfully greedy and does not care about USA citizens. Nothing will change due to the 2 morons running for state governor, Glenn Beck made sure of that...he called Debra Medina everything but Satan....Texas has not a prayer. What can be done to save Texas..or is it a lost cause. If I ever get another stable job, you have a truckload of stuff i want to buy, i can't even afford tithes.

Self-proclaimed Constitutional Law professor/expert Barack Hussein Obama "slips up" on "endowed by their Creator." I think not.

He just keeps at it. One by one he is destroying America and setting us up to beg from the floor under his table. I wish the microphone addicts would quit saying "They just don't understand" or

"They just won't listen". They understand exactly -- so take off the blinders.

GOP Pledge to America !!?? More grandstanding by politicians !! Let's be honest, Washington is broke, both financially and funtionally !! The only fix is to abolish both Parties and their political representatives and start from scratch with new, HONEST people, Term Limits, No Retirement, No Health Benefits upon Retirement and citizen controlled pay raises (by vote-every two years). We need people who want to SERVE their country for the good of the country and not for personal gain...

Gosh GOP, you did this sort of things before and it blew up in your face...

Just go do what is right, because as we go along we find that the message may be different but the actions are real similar... I don't want to hear promises...

I want to see sincere actions of people that are doing their jobs for the country NOT for themselves. Funny how the poorer than church mice go to work for the country come out rich and famous!

We already have a Pledge for America it is called the Constitution. Only when the elected stand up holding that document and declare that they will restore those protections will they have more than my contempt.

I have enjoyed the Patriot Post for many years and believe in God, Country & Family. This country under President George W. Bush, whom is being blamed for everything and if I remember correctly he had a Demoncratic congress, (yes it is spelled correcty by my definition) that wrote the bills he signed into law. I was an avid supporter of President Bush until the bailouts started the mess we are in. When Mr. Hope & Change was elected most people seemed to be all for the Senator from Gangland. The sky was blue and the earth green. Then the desolation began. The sky grew gray and the earth brown. The only answer tax everthing that moves and if it doesn't move tax it twice. Then give it to the under privileged. I really find it hard to believe that this is the America I grew up in and LOVE so much. I was born very poor lived in a house with no running water and no indoor bathroom, Two brothers my mother and I shared a two room house. But it was paid for by us not the government. I grew up and bettered myself because that was the American way.

If the government were smart, it would arrest Ahmadinejad for spying and exchange him for the remaining hikers held in Iran.

The Establishment Republicans tipped their hand with their "Pledge". They should have pledged to a term limit law for themselves, which tells me that they intend to continue to be life members and of Congress. They also should have pledged to do away with the IRS, while implementing either a Flat Tax or Fair Tax law.

They fell short of what their pledge should have been, in my opinion.

Ed - if the obama were not in cahoots against America with Ahemadouchbag, they would.

The obamanation says that the Republican economic proposals are disastrous. He says that this is not a jobless recovery. He is right on both counts.

The jobs are being sent to Asia.

And the Demoncrat economic proposals are so far beyond disastrous that they will guarantee national suicide.

I deeply resent the assumption that liberals seem to make that the people remember nothing that they said "yesterday". Or perhaps they just assume we are stupid. Our country has been dumbing down so rapidly it is beyond worrisome.

Our President can't seem to remember the things he said only a few months ago. He contradicts them constantly and then denies having said it. I am almost 70 and have never feared for our country as much as I do today. People...please wake up and do something: talk, move around, contribute, take action. America is on the verge of socialism. And we have a leader who can't wait to get us there. The more people HAVE to depend on the largesse of a liberal government the easier his reelection will be. God help us. Bill

"Republican House members ... issued a Pledge to America. ... One [commitment] is to roll back non-defense discretionary spending to 2008 levels."

Why exactly is defense spending such a sacred cow? Are we to assume that every penny the Pentagon spends is spent wisely? The phrasing of this sentence might lead one to conclude there id defense discretionary spending, but that the Republicans are not interested in cutting it.

"Republican House members ... issued a Pledge to America. ... One [commitment] is to roll back non-defense discretionary spending to 2008 levels."

Why exactly is defense spending such a sacred cow? Are we to assume that every penny the Pentagon spends is spent wisely? The phrasing of this sentence might lead one to conclude there id defense discretionary spending, but that the Republicans are not interested in cutting it.

Just some comments. First - excellent brief as always.

Regardng the GOP Pledge:

The Pledge is OK, but just OK. In general, it --

a) lacks specificity in many places, where specific measures with their justification could have been provided; Cut congress' budget? By how much?

b) is not bold enough in many places. Putting a freeze on hiring and resetting spending to 2008 levels and holding weekly votes on spending cuts are either insufficient or just symbolic gestures.

c) is vague in a bad way: inserting the words "job killing" in certain places (see the pocket card) is disingenuous: Who will define what is a "job killing" tax hike or mandate or regulation? It gives Congress too much wiggle room to reneg on commitments because of vague wording.

Here are some specific thoughts:

1. How about reducing the government? I can think of numerous un-necessary or un-constitutional agencies right now. Government's only legitimate function is defense and road building, etc. Welfare, and wealth re-distributuion are inappropriate.

2. How about some specifics no your budget ideas: Paul Ryan proposed some. Whay can't you? I am kind of tired of hearing commitments of "plans to "put us on the road" to reducing the "deficit": How about an absolute requirement to balance the budget? How about an absolute requirement to reduce the debt?

3. require legislation to be made available for three days? Come on. How about 30? How about slowing down on legislation. Sometimes, often, LESS IS MORE. And if you think three days is sufficient to read and grasp a 2,000 page mind-numbing far reaching bill and understand its contents.... you've probably indulged in some mind-altering drugs.

OK enough ranting. Thanks for a great publication!

If indeed the Republicans are cleaning up their act, why did the Senate in conference agree to let independent Murkowski keep her high profile position in her committee instead of reassigning it to a true Republican?

The pledge is a weak start and it must get much stronger. If the Republicans win in November then there had better be some very good changes or I suspect the Republican Party will die of a sudden death. In 2012 there will either be a strong Republican win or a new party in its place. The old establishment Republican may not realize the depth of the new movement. However they will learn and we do not care if they learn it easily the right way or learn it the hard way. We the people are on a roll and we intend to win with or with out the Republican Party.

@ Bill Randolph & Bob Payton

This has been my belief for the past several years. This is the message that I have been trying to make understood in this election cycle in particular.

The "party???" faithful can not one iota about the balance of America. Tey can about themselves and what can they gain. This includes Newt, W, Rove and the rest.

Some of the pundits (idiots, really) that appear with their columns have been trying to tell us that an "R" is better than any "D;" and sometimes we have to take the bad with the good.

I cannot use the language here that is the only PROPER response to that insanity. ALL 535 members MUST GO and MUST GO NOW.

Start over fresh with new rules of engagement. Bill said it today and others have siad it before and will say it again in all of tomorrows; NO COMPROMISES WITH OUR FREEDOMS.

Duke

One item that HOULD be in the pledge is that any signer of the pledge who does NOT adhere to the pledge 100% should give back his seat to a democrat. In other words put some teeth into the pledge, put your money where your mouth is. Ed

Republican pledge--phooey! Phooey, phooey, phooey!

I agree with the commentator above, hold up a copy of the Constitution and pledge to tear down all the unconstitutional parts of the general government NOW!!!!

Pledge that all laws currently on the books and all future laws give book and verse what part of the Constitution allows for government intervention which the particular law demands.

And first of all-destroy the IRS!

That would be something I could support!

Term limits! The Pledge To America should never have been necessary ... and it falls way to short of the mark. Just look at the reps who presented it, complete with 'scripted' costumes (i.e. khaki pants, blue shirts, rolled up sleeves). They can't even get this piece right. In order to garner more votes, merely to stay in office, they are scripting wardrobes to look like 'every Joe'. Well, then put something on that just happens to be what you like. Miss a shower because you were running late (instead of having a staffer wake you with croissants and violin music while laying out your prescribed attire for the event).

We are not fools, which is why your terms ending!

Also, with defense spending. Bring back out troops from Korea and western Europe. South Korea, Japan and China are more threatened by North Korea than we are and their economies are healthier. Europe can defend itself against Russia. If it can't, then sorry, you shouldn't have spent so much on socialism, bozos and bozettes! Also, no more undeclared wars!

I don't believe any politician. Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me. They are all a bunch of liers. Until we start putting some of this trash in prison, we won't see any changes. Some of them should be brought to justice. They need to be held accountable for destroying the country.

In times of Tyranny and Injustice, When Laws oppresses the People, The Outlaw takes his place in history.

I am glad to see that I am not the only American who sees clearly the troubles ahead of us! Like all of you, I am sick of being lied to and I cancelled my support for the RNC. I told them that I would support conservative candidates, but I would no longer support the RNC with financial support until they PROVED to me that they were supporting the Constitution. They are the lesser of two evils, but by design, that also means that they are an evil. The Republican Party is not dead, but they are at a crossroads - either they continue going down the same road the once proud and conservative Democratic Party has gone or they do a 180 and start supporting the Constitution again. I have sworn to uphold the Constitution - that doesn't mean parts, but the ENTIRE Constitution - they must do the same. Arnold Ahlert wrote one of the best commentaries I've seen in a long time. The Democratic Party is dead (actually Red). Wake up RNC or be replaced!

On your For The Record segment: There is nothing 'Democratic' about the Democrats.

In times of Tyranny and Injustice, When Laws oppresses the People, The Outlaw takes his place in history.

'shadowy groups with harmless-sounding names.'. Yes & they are Legion, ACLU, ACORN, SEIU, ETC. ad nauseum.

I have noticed lately that the liberals once attacked Christianity without mercy, but supported the Jews. Every movie or show had a Jewish wedding and rarely would you see a Christian one. Now I see the liberals attacking both Christianity and Judaism, but embracing Islam. Why? It makes no sense to me. Liberals could never be at peace with Islam, yet they defend the "faith" as if they were Muslims. I can only think of two reasons.

1) Both are totalarists demanding that institutions run our everyday lives. Liberty has no place for either the Left or radical Islam. I believe liberals see it as a means to an end - they can bring our republic to socialism quicker by using our Christian roots against us and wearing us down.

2) Obama's influence on liberals, the Left, and our governmental institutions to use them to eventually bring about the Islamification of America through a socialist agenda. Once we are socialist, our Judeo/Christian backbone will be broken and Islam is being postured perfectly to take its place.

I may be wrong, but it seems like an interesting change which I can't quite put my finger on.

MEMO to the Duke of Earl, re: "I cannot use the language here that is the only PROPER response to that insanity."

The classic word is Buncombe, for which too many substitute that other term that begins with b.

Those in our national, state and local government no longer govern by the rule of law. As an illustrious politician recently said, “We make up the rules as we go along.” Sounds a lot like the tyranny we shed with our Declaration of Independence in 1776 and protected ourselves against with the adoption of our Constitution in 1787.

It is abundantly clear for those who have an ear to hear and an eye to see that our elected do not follow the limits we instituted to protect our God given rights and to protect ourselves from the very governmental tyranny we face today.

We have again come to another line in the sand.

Instead of an enemy without, we face power hungry elites that have developed nothing less than a royal tyrannical attitude toward those who have granted them governmental power; those pukes in our government who have the entitlement attitude that the power is theirs will demonize all who do not fall in lockstep with their tyrannical agenda. It makes no difference if you have lived a moral God fearing life when it comes to their power. Oppose them and you will become a criminal with the full weight of tyrannical governmental brute force arrayed against you.

Freedom is won by many battles, some won, some lost, but the sacrifice, recognized or not, however small is the fertilizer that will grow the restoration of our God granted rights and freedom.

We have the numbers but we still don’t really have their attention YET.

I am sure there were many who were aghast at the actions of those who fired the shot heard round the world. Many, unknown to all but their families, gave all they had to free us from tyranny. Their names are lost to history but their sacrifice is not.

Everyone's time comes eventually. November 2nd is the

time for those in Washington working for themselves and not the people who sent them there to go back home. It never ceases to amaze me how some supposedly intelligent people, i..e., politicians still think being "Just a little bit crooked" is the same as "Being just a little bit pregnant".

I know that there is a lot of frustration and anger about the current political situation but my biggest fear is that people are only venting their frustrations online. Unless people really get out and vote we are doomed for more of the same. If you are really angry and frustrated, take the time to register and vote. This November it's time to take out the trash. Be a part of the clean up!

As far as the 24 page pledge goes, that is a good start, however there are many more areas that need to be addressed. The Tea Party movement is right on target and they would do wise if they identified those incumbents that are skating on thin ice, such as Missouri's senate race this year which has a liberal Republican Rep running against a liberal Democrat, for the junior Senator position. Not a tough one for me, but the word needs to go to his corner that he best see things as the majority of conservative Missourians see thing or he will be a one term wonder.

In the first paragraph of "For The Record" you list our current "President" and "supermajorities" as Democratic. In my mind, they were (and always have been) a Democrat President and a Democrat supermajority!

2008 levels ? How about 1968 levels with much less bureaucracy, government and patronage. Lets close up most of these BS government agencies and get rid of the bureaucrats. WE ARE FED UP ! WE ARE TAKING OUR COUNTRY BACK from these traitors.

While I agree with the "Pledge to America", the repeal of Obamacare and the wreckless spending by the Hill needs to be a commitment not banter used to get elected or re-elected. Also, how about some good old fashion Reganomics to get this country rolling again. A strong defense, economic growth and a small, non-intrusive government.

Remember in November!

Socialism or Capitalism, More Government or Less Government, Government Control of Our Lives, or Citizen's Control of Our Government, Increased Taxation or Less Taxation, Individual Freedom of Choice or Government Over-Reach and Oppression, and Constitutional Intergrity or Cnnstitutional Degradation.

Seems a simple chocie, but which one will it be?

The Republican Pledge is fine, as far as it goes...but no one wants to talk the fine nitty gritty.....stop the waste in GOVERNMENT! Cut out those departments that are freeloaders and don't even have a function, get rid of the dead wood....stop the waste of 200.00 hammers...25.00 bolts....25,000.00 coffee pots that withstand the crash of a 150 million dollar aircraft (what complete moron, came up with that one)....I have not heard one politician talk the real issues on this!!!!

I guess I should go a little farther....cut out all the millions and millions of dollars going to the corrupt UN...stop all monies to them!!! Stop 90% of the multiple billions going to countries that can't stand us...and are in reality, our enemies...why support them? There is enough waste that could be stopped to literally pay off the deficit!!!

Gee thanks guys, another "list". We gave you a fine list in 1776. Why not use that one? All we ask is that Congress abides by the Constitution. You still don't get it. I'll say it one more time S...L...O....W...L...Y, Article 1 Section 8, read it and apply it retroactively and perpetually.

I sure wish the “Pledge to America” included a plank on Term Limits and a plank limiting Congressional Sessions. Too much time generates costly, arbitrary laws which can eventually lead to tyranny and or despotic abuse of power.

Since members of congress would not want to restrict or diminish their power I believe Article 5 of the Constitution should be implemented. State Legislatures should be petitioned by “We the People” to call for a Convention to amend The Constitution. Specifically, that part of Article 1, Sections 2 and 3 which refers to term limits. If the intent of “The Founders” was to elect/appoint a “Ruling Class” they would have established ‘Life Time Terms” for The President, Senators and Representatives.

The second sentence, Article 1, Section 4, clearly indicates “The Founders” regarded Membership in Congress as a part time job; NOT A CAREER! Directing Congress to meet once a year indicates Senators and Representatives had higher priorities back home; full time jobs, maintaining their farms, businesses, raising a family etc.

Seems to me, The Government of Virginia convenes two months and occasionally for special sessions, also limited. That should be good enough for our Federal Government if they get back to the basics of governing versus ruling and associating with lobbyists.

What I did not see in the Pledge to America is a promise to abandon the "we are better than you are" retirement and health benefits enjoyed by members of congress. Until they bring themselves down to our level, I don't trust any of them.

Don't just cut government, cut the overhead in government. In Arizona, Gov. Brewer and fans cut government services while increasing taxes. So Phoenix is still filled with worthless bureaucrats, while services to the citizens of Arizona have been reduced.

"The Pledge" will only last till they get back in power, remember "Contract with America"?

The definition of a "Cartel" is when competition joins to form a monopoly and that's what the Democrats and Republicans have created, is a

"Political Cartel".

Our Government is like an engine that has been so drastically modified it won't run any longer, it needs to be completely torn down, modifications removed and put back to specs. (the Constitution).

Not to mention the Illegal amendments, such as the 16th

"......we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor."

This is the mother of all pledges. how many of us that claim to love the United States of America, will when the time comes, and it is coming, pledge our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor to each other.

...we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor."

I am in.

I wonder how many of the contributors to "Readers Comments" actually research their points, and are not just "Lemmings" following the leader! It seems to be the "Same ol' same ol' ", day after day. I can't help but wonder, "do they really know what they are lamenting, or are they just echo'ing what they hear someone else saying. The T E A Partiers are lambasted on a daily basis, along with the top three at Fox News. Yet all the other media outlets and all their talkin heads get a pass! Here, everybody agree's with everybody else. I am reminded of a once popular Country Music Song; What we need is "A little less talk, and a lot more action"!

" 'We are here trying to reclaim our country by rededicating ourselves to those timeless principles that made us exceptional.' The pledge, he said, contains the basic building blocks to get us back on the right track."

I pray that we are not too late to do just that--reclaim our country. We need to clean house--from the White House all the way down to our School Houses. I love that Texas is looking at having "pure" history written in their text books. Too long our students have been subjected to a very biased, politically correct version of the history of America. If we are truly going to take back our country, doesn't it make sense to start with education? Young minds are so vulnerable and so easily molded, and too many teachers are the products of the invasion of secular humanism into higher public education.

DrACP, before you say "phooey" on the Republican Pledge to America, you should read it.

Introduction:

"With this document, we pledge to dedicate ourselves to the task of reconnecting our highest aspirations to the permanent truths of our founding by keeping faith with the values our nation was founded on, the principles we stand for, and the priorities of our people. This is our Pledge to America.

We pledge to honor the Constitution as constructed by its framers and honor the original intent of those precepts that have been consistently ignored – particularly the Tenth Amendment, which grants that all powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people."

Page 33:

"Adhere To the Constitution For too long, Congress has ignored the proper limits imposed by the Constitution on the federal government. Further, [Congress] has too often drafted unclear and muddled laws, leaving to an unelected judiciary the power to interpret what the law means and by what authority the law stands. This lack of respect for the clear Constitutional limits and authorities has allowed Congress to create ineffective and costly programs that add to the massive deficit year after year. We will require each bill moving through Congress to include a clause citing the specific constitutional authority upon which the bill is justified."

Isn't that what you complained was not in there?

Like many other readers, I would have liked to see some stronger, more specific language in the Republican Pledge to America. I would have liked to see more promises to eliminate unconstitutional and worthless federal programs and less talk of "holding the line" and fixing inefficiencies in programs that should not exist.

The reality is that there is still a very large constituency for these programs. The Democrats have raised several generations of children dependent on the Federal government well past retirement age. We will have to coax them to finally grow up and take care of themselves, their families and neighbors instead of expecting government to do it for them. It would be too painful for the 65+ crowd to give up its Medicare and Social Security next January. Too many states have transportation departments and welfare agencies that are dependent on federal funding. Too many legislatures, county commissions, school districts, and city councils expect federal handouts to pay for their special projects and balance their budgets. Too many people expect federal money to finance their college tuition or home purchase, fund their research or art project, pay for their utility bills, medical care, etc.

The massive cultural shift away from government dependency is necessarily an incremental process. It will not happen overnight. It will take more than throwing out the bums in Congress and reducing the supply of handouts. We must also reduce the demand. This starts at home and with your local governments. We must insist that our local elected officials be honest about their real costs instead of disguising them by stealing money from out-of-state taxpayers.

From that perspective, the Pledge to America is only a starting point. The Republicans don't want to do the Democrats' work of scaring the over-age children into voting Democrat yet again, but they want to convince the adults among us that they are on our side. Let us hold them to the Pledge (as Ronald Reagan said, "Trust, but verify"), then push on to the next steps towards our goal of restoring the rule of Constitutional law.

What is missing from the Republican Pledge to America is a restated commitment to the enumerated powers of the constitution, including restraint of the Commerce Clause to it's original and intended limits and the 10th Ammendment.

I think that Paul Ryan (in David Limbaugh's comments) has it wrong. These are not "bold steps". They are the minimum the Republicans think they need to promise to get reelected. I agree with Professor Angelo Cordevilla ("The Ruling Class" who feels that Republicans are basically the same as Democrats - it's all about keeping themselves in power and they think no more of us "the country class" than do the Democrats. All of them are professional politicians and as long as that is true, NONE of them will truly represent the vast majority of Americans. Can you say TERM LIMITS for everyone?

As for the Republican pledge: It's a nice, strategic start to help them grab their power back from the Democrats, but where's the real change of heart? They burned us, then got burned themselves, now they court us again with those Valentine hearts full of chocolates filled with strange who-knows-whats that most of us bite into and spit out. Pledge to us what we want! A government abiding by the Constitution as written then, not twisted now. Pledge term limits! Pledge to repeal the outrageous benefits package given to members of Congress at the expense of and unobtainable by the people they claim to serve. Congress is the American Aristocracy - pledge to end this royal reign. Anything less is not a pledge of allegiance to this country, but a pledge of allegiance to political power.

Does anyone know where I can obtain a copy of the Anti-Federalist Papers?

@Charles Sproull

Here's one resource Charles.

http://www.constitution.org/afp/afp.htm

"You give me a credit to which I have no claim in calling me 'the writer of the Constitution of the United States.' This was not, like the fabled Goddess of Wisdom, the offspring of a single brain. It ought to be regarded as the work of many heads and many hands." ~ James Madison, 1834 — letter to William Cogswell

Reform is quite simple in downsizing government. Disband any duplicate department(s)including law enforcement. Disband the so called Department of Education. Give the money back to the states and let them decide how to spend it. Cut all support to the UN and tell them they have 12 months to leave US soil. They are nothing more than a base for spy's anyway and are not America's friend. Reform the welfare base now!! Cut back all federal department personnel by 10%. Staffs are bloated because managers are paid now by how many employees they have. Cut all remaining personnel wages by 10%. Seal the Mexico-American border. Deport all illegal Mexicans and tell them to come back under a new worker program. Eisenhower deported over 11 million illegals after WW II. Cut back all trips for congress except for those that are truly necessary. No paid vacations overseas for them and their families. No family members going on official trips. Take away the speaker's personal Air Force jet. Cut all foreign aid by 80%. We don't owe the world a living either. Make all fed departments do base zero budgeting. No more adding 10% to last year's budget. If money is not spent it goes back to treasury. No buying equipment and supplies to use up the budget so you get the same next year. If all the above isn't enough I'll be glad to come to Washington and finish up the job.

Bob, Hampton, Va

That's a good post. The Federal level was never to be a "Full-time Job", the Founders only meant for government to be very limited and part-time, because of human nature.

I can not understand why the republicans have had to put out this "Pledge", they are already under solemn "Oath of Office" before God, "to uphold and defend the Constitution." They can read the Constitution and see what they need to be doing and the REPEALING that needs to be done.

How many "Pledges" do they have to take before we, the people, can determine that "their word is good" and they Fear God rather than man?????

For God & Country

The American

Why all the hallabaloo? Why couldn't the GOP

just hold up a copy of the constitution

and say, we are going back to this

document? Some of the Grand Old Party are the

problem as well.

a new contract for America is as bad as the old one! Hogwash! There same garbage then is the same garbage now!! Look, writing any contract, is not a contract unless someone is honoring this contract! The rupublicans did NOT honor what they said they would the last time...so, that means they are not trustworthy!!!