I BELIEVE MY EXPERIENCE ATENDING DEM REP PAULTONKO WAS A POSITIVE ONE FOR MYSELF AND THE TEA PARTY.

I WAS NOT OBNOXIOUS, AND MY POSITIVE QUESTIONS WERE DESIGNED TO DRAW ANSWERS THAT DISPLAYED THE NEGATIVITY OF THE DEMOCRATS THINKING. I WAS WELCOMED WELL BY THE DEMOCRATS IN ATTENDANCE EVEN THOUGH I IDENTIFIED MYSELF AS A FREE THINKING MEMBER OIF THE TEA PARTY, I WAS POSITIVE, RESPECTFULL AND FRIENDLY AND RECIEVED THE SAME TREATMENT. I BELIEVED I DISPELLED SOME OF THE NEGATIVE PERCEPTIONS THAT THE LIBERAL HIERCHY PREACHES ABOUT US AND I ENCOURAGED THE PEOPLE IN ATTENDENCE TO MAKE THEIR OWN OPINIONS AND TO NOT REFLECT THE OPINIONS OF THE LIBERAL LEADERSHIP. I THINK MORE OF US SHOULOD ATTEND SOME DEMOCRAT TOWN HALLS AND LET OUR INDIVIDUAL PERSONALITIES SHOW THE FOLLOWERS THAT WE ARE NOT THE TERRORISTS, HOSTAGE TAKERS ETC. THAT THEIR LEADERS PAINT US AS.  THE MORE OF THEM THAT WE CAN CONVINCE THAT THE LIBERAL RHETORIC ABOUT THE TEA PARTY IS PLAIN B S. THIS IS THE BESY WAY WE CAN COMBAT THE B S IN THE LIBERAL MEDIA AND SHOUTED OUT BY THE LIBERAL PUNDITS.

there were about 20-25 people there, after the uysual congressspeak, I asked tonko if he had voted for "cut, cap and balance", he said he did not and when I asked him why not, he said because it did not have any revenue increase. I asked him how he felt about reid not allowing a debate in the senate. surprise, he said that any legislation passed by the house deserved to be debated in the senate.

I observed a few democrats who appeared to be a little disturbed by the lack of action on the part of senate democrats on the debt crisis.  I found that none of them ever watched Fox News because they were told not to by the local democrat leadersd.  They were surprised that JUAN WILLIAMS, BOB BECHTEL, ALAN COLMES AND OITHER LIB ERAL DEMOCRATS WERE REGULARS ON FOX. I ADVFISED THEM TO CHECK IT OUT FOR THEMSELVES INSTEAD IN TQAKING OTHER PEOPLES WORD. I ALSO INFORMED THEM THE TEA PARTY TO THEM OF AN OPEN FORUM FOR AMERICANS OF EVERY POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS,  ETC MIX OF AMERICANS WHO DON'T ALWAYS AGREE WITH EACH OTHER BUT ALWAYS RESPECT EACH OTHERS RIGHT AND DUTY TO EXPLORE THE ISSUES AND FORM THEIR OWN OPINION, I TOLD THEM WE WERE NOT COMMITTED TO ANY ONE PERSON OR MANAGEMENT GROUP BUT WERE FREE TO EXPRESS OUR OWN OPINIONS AND THOUGHTS IN AN OPEN FORUM. I HOPE THAT I CONVINCED SOME OF THEM THAT THEY SHOULD NOT FOLLOW BLINDLY ANY POLITICAL ORGINIZATION BUT TO BE IN DEPENDENT IN THEIR OWN THINKING.

I WAS SHOCKED THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW THAT IN A FREE SOCIETY WE ARE ALL FREE TO VOTE FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL CANBDITATE. THEY WERE BELIEVING THAT BEING REGHISTERED IN A POLITICAL MEANT THAT THEY COULD NOT VOTE FOR ANY ONE EXCEPT THAT PARTY CANDITATES. I HOPE I WAS ABLE TO EDUCATE SOME OF THEM THAT THEIR VOTE WAS A FREE AND NON OBLIGATORY DUTY.

WATCHING C SPAN ALL LAST WEEK AND TODAY. A BUNCH OF POLITICAL HACKS PRETENDING TO SHARE THE BLAME FOR THE MESS WE ARE IN WHILE CONTINUALLY REFERING TO THOSE WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE. HEY IT AINT MY FAULT!!! THE ONLY PEOLPLE WHO WERE STICKING TO THE ISSUES OF TODAY WERE THE TEA PARTY TERRORISTS, BUT THEN THEY WERN'T AROUND BACK THEN.  THE BLANK CHECK-NO ACCOUNTABILITY CROWD CRYING ABOUT TRIMMING GOVERNMENT WHICH IS SO CROWDED WITH DUPLICATE, TRIPLICIT, QUADRUPLICATE ETC BEAURACRATIC DEPARTMENTS, ADVISORS, AND WHATEVER ELSE THE CAT DRUG IN. THEY SCREAM THAT THE SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEM WOULD CREATE MASSIVE UNEMPLOYMENT.  SURE IT WOULD BY GETTING RID OF ALL THE WIVES, HUSBANDS, LOVERS, AUNTS, UNCLES, BROTHERS, SISTERS, IN LAWS, ETC ETC OF THE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, EXECUTIVE BRANCH, ETC ETC.WHO HAVE BEEN GIVEN NON RESPONSABLE JOBS AT THE TAXPAYERS EXPENSE.  THE TEA PARTY FOLKS HAVEN'T BEEN THERE LONG ENOUGH TO PAD THE GOVERNMENT PAYROLLS.

I REMMEMBER THE GOOD OLD DAYS WHEN AL GORE SENIOR, HENRY CABOT LODGE, BOB DOLE, SAM STRATTON, GERRY SOLOMON ETC HAD ABOUT ONE QUARTER OF THE STAFF THESE JOKERS HAVE AND THEY DID MORE WORK.

THESE CONGRESSMAN AND SENATORS HAVE BEEN THERE SO LONG, THEY DON'T HAVE THE SLIGHTEST IDEA OF THE RIGORS OF LIVE OUTSIDE OF POLITICS AND IT SHOWS IN THE SPEECHES THEY WASTE OUR TIME WITH. THE ONLY ONES WHO HAD ANY SUBSTSANCE, SINCERITY AND PASSION TO THIER SPEECHES WERE THE TEA PARTY FOLKS. WE HAVE TO GET RID OF THOSE OLD FARTS WHO CAN ONLY OPERATE IN WHAT HAS BECOME "CONVENTIAL POLITICS" WE ARE WAY OVERDUE FOR THE CHANGE IN THE WAY OUR SYSTEM OPERATES.  WE NEED A BALANCED BUDGET CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT WHICH REQUIRES ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE PEOPLE OF HOW OUR MONEY IS BEING USED AND GET RID OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS, RELATIVES AND LOVERS OFF THE GOVERNMENT PAYROLL. GET RID OF THE TOP HEAVY BEAURACRACY AND TRIM GOVERNMENT DOWN TO THE AGENCIES, COMMISSIONS,

ETC THAT MAKE A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE LIFE STYLE OF ALL THE PEOPLE INSTEAD OF SOMETHING FOR ANY AND EVERY WILD ASS ACTIVITY THAT CAN BE DUG UP FROM UNDER THE ROCK.  

WE NEED TERM LIMITS FOR ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS, EARLY RETIRMENT FOR THE SO CALLED PROFFESSIONAL POLITICAL EXPERTS. WE ARE ALL HUMAN AND BEING IN A POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME CAN ERODE THE CONSIENCE OF THE STRONGEST OF US. WE NEED THE PEOPLE REPLACEING THE PROFFESSIONALS WHO HAVE BECOME TO COMFORTABLE WITH THE POWER THEY HAVE AQUIRED. 

All the rhetoric  about the debt crisis on network news is confusing and contradictory to what we have been told in the past.  How does social security, medicare and unemployment figure into the crisis.  These are all supposed to be self funded programs.  Social security tax withheld from the workers pay and and the corresponding employers contribution are supposed to go into the social security trust fund and are not supposed to be used for any other purpose, these funds are remitted on a weekly, monthly or annual basis by the employers.  and as far as fairness for the lower, middle class income earners it is non existent.  Those earning in excess of $106,800 are exempt from withholding and employer contributions to the fund.  This very effectively exempts all of those million $ bonus's.  If the earnings cap for SS contributions were to be eliminated, it would result in equal contributions of income percentages for ALL workers and provide several million of additional dollars to the program but that would require all these political contributors to be equal to every person and the political establishment could not allow that to happen to their financial angels or czars and political crony appointments.

The same concept hold true for unemployment funding.  Every employer must contribute a percentage of wages to each of the individual states. These percentages are revised every year with the relationship of contributions received to benefits paid for each individual employer.  The current employee layoffs we have  been experiencing has increased unemployment claims and this has affected the contribution rate of every employer as the number of each employers employees has increased for the past 3 years.

Could all of these politicians claims in including these programs in the debt crisis be an admission that these programs are being financially canalized by the current political establishment. 

THE DICTIONARY DEFINATION OF HEIROGLYPHICS-1. PICTURE OR SYMBOL STANDIN FOR A WORD, IDEA OR SOUND USED BY THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS ETC.   2  ANY WRITING THAT USES HEIROGLYPHICS  3 A SECRET SYMBOL. MY DICTIONARY IS ALMOST AS OLD AS ME (THORNDIKE-BARNHART).

THIS IS A GOOD DEFINATION OF THE MODERN DAY "CONVENTIAL POLITICS" POLITICIANS WHO PAINT A WORD "PICTURE' WHICH HAS MANY MEANINGS DEPENDING WHO THE PAINTER IS.   I WATCH A LOT OF C-SPAN COVERAGE OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE AND I FIND IT INTERESTING HOW 4 DIFFERENT POLITICIANS CAN EACH PAINT A DIFFERENT PICTURE OF AN ISSUE PRESENTING CONFLICTING CONCLUSIONS OF THE ISSUE.

ANOTHER ESSENTIAL ITEM NECESSARY IN CONVENTIAL POLITICS IS THE ABILITY TO TALK FOREVER ON ANY ISSUE WITHOUT CONTRIBUTING ANY BASIC, FACTUAL OR TRUTHFULL  INFORMATION TO SUPPORT THE CONCLUSION OF THE SPEAKER..  A THIRD ESSENTIAL ITEM OF CONVENTIAL POLITICS TODAY, IS THE ABILITY TO DIVERT ATTENTION AWAY FROM AN OPPOSING VIEW OF THE ISSUE BY ATTACKING THE PERSONALITY WITH IMPLIED AND FALSE STATEMENTS STATEMENTS ABOUT ANYONE WHO REFUSES TO FALL IN LINE WITH A DISTORTED VIEW OF THE FACTS.

DOES CONGRESSSPEAK RESEMBLE HEIROGLYPHICS ???  

ARE WE OVERDUE FOR A MAJOR OVERHAUL TO CONVENTIAL POLITICS ??