Like Thelma and Louise......

**Please note that there are hyperlinks to sources with information pertaining to what I explain here**

Well readers, here we go again.

WE are about to do like Thelma and Louise, and go over a cliff. This cliff, however, will not kill us in the physical sense, it will kill what we have come to know and love of this country called America.

Our politicians claim to be scrambling to get us to a resolve before we reach the barrier, and tumble over, so they say.

WE hear it day in and day out "cut medicare/entitlement reform, Cut planned parenthood, cut this cut that" then we hear from another side, "raise this tax, eliminate these loop holes, revenue this revenue that". It does get quite tiresome does it not?


But there is one thing that you never hear them discuss cutting, their salary. The whole government shut down thin we hear is really them not getting paid, there for they won't "go to work".

Did you know the average congressman makes about 200k/year? The senate (for example) has 2 per state, in 50 states.

2x50= 100 x 200,000 = 20 MILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR!!!

The average salary in the 1950's was between 33-45k. That is what most teachers begin to make in their first couple of years....

Take the presidential salary:

400k X 4 years is 16million!!

Not to mention they actually get that for life!!! On top of 10 years of secret service protection and other perks I am sure. And I'm pretty sure the same goes with congress that their salaries are for life!

In the house they get about 150K, and with there being nearly 450 of them, well you do the math for just one year of pay roll.




Brace yourselves America, this is going to be one HELL of a New Year in 2013!!!!

It's your right... DO IT TOMORROW!!!

Tomorrow is the big day.

The day we can use our voice to choose who leads our country and, in some cases, state and how our state will lean towards a certain policy.

It is Election day.

I encourage everyone to vote, I don't care who you vote for, really I don't.

The beauty of this country is we are allowed to differ on opinion, despite any disagreement, or lack thereof. Use your power to vote.

Now there are technicalities to your vote and how it is counted. This varies by your state. Some states require the Electoral College to follow the popular vote. There are some states that do not require it, and if the delegate is a GOP member, they are allowed to "change" the vote per new GOP rules enacted in the previous convention.

Understand that no matter how it could be 'wasted' ie:

• blindly voting, "straight party" or uneducated
• voting for one simply because you do not like the other.
• voting 3rd party because they ARE the right choice FOR YOU

Your vote is still not a total waste, it is your opinion and voice.

Between the two main parties we may not have a decisive winner, it is possible. Both Romney and Obama are nearly tied at this point (depending on the poll you look at). Thousands have turned out for early vote, and some states (including those affected by Sandy) are on a provisional and email-ballot system due to problems with power and locations to vote. 

Keep in mind to be declared an official winner, one must have a certain number of electoral college votes.

You should also know, there are people that will try and intimidate you to vote certin ways, or not at all. THIS IS 1000% ILLEGAL!!!

See this video to understand how you can combat it. You can also contact your local DA's office for problems.


Regardless of this, USE YOUR VOICE AND VOTE.

Obama AND Romney cannot stress this enough, and neither can I.

It's your vote, use it!