Posted by
Nita Derouen on Friday, March 06, 2009 8:58:18 PM
Once again Mississippi is number one! We rank number one in teenage pregnancy, obesity, and we held the number one spot for illiteracy for many, many years until Louisiana took over for us last year. We now have the number one senator for pork additives to the country's budget. Senator Thad Cochran was named on FOX news as having added more pork to the budget than any other senator. After voting "no" against the stimulus bill, senator Cochran now inserts more earmarks into the budget than anyone else. How do our representatives live with themselves? How do they look into their mirrors each morning? Their jobs are temporary appointments. They are employees of their constituents and they should answer to us; however, they do not! I take some of the blame for this myself. Americans have adopted an apathetic attitude towards politics. Our legislatures don't know how we feel if we don't tell them! I encourage everyone that will listen to me to write to their congressmen and to write often. I often feel extremely alone in my quest. Many do not take our political landscape seriously and I have to admit that when I write my legislators, I feel that my thoughts are filed into the same black hole as my tax money because I hear nothing in return. LEGISLATORS, DO YOU HEAR US??????