'CHANGES" david bowie

Sometimes change is good, sometimes not so good.

First off I respect the Republican party as well as most people who claim to be Republicans. Most  I find are reasonable people who just have a different view on an issue. Most I know want progress and the best for America. Then there are the scammers. Don't worry Democrats have them too.

During the last election I heard of many ways blue states under  Republican  control were coming up with new ideas to "suppress" the vote. More ID less opportunities for longer voting times. From Florida to Ohio. What happened? Go out and tell a person he can't do something and those people come out in groves to vote. This might be why President Obama won re-election by over 5 million votes.
It's simple human nature to react in this way.

Now Florida, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin along with our state of Ohio  theses Blue states controlled my Republicans want to "change" how the electoral college.votes a counted for the better?

What we do first is gerrymander congressional districts, this is how easily it is for one district to start in Cleveland and a narrow strip almost to Toledo.

Ohio has 16 congressional districts. 12 controlled Republicans 4 by Democrats. This even with the fact that President Obama won the state by 200,000 votes.
Under the Republican plan  the electoral college vote would be 4 for President Obama 12 for Mitt Romney.

If all the states mentioned above used this formula we would have just celebrated Mitt Romneys inauguration this past week. This even with the fact that President Obama had 5 million more votes nationwide.

If the shoe was on the other foot I would be calling out Democrats out for such an ill-conceived plan.

I overheard a Republican leader and  I'm sure I could find a Democrat leader making the same statement "We're in the business of winning" That's the problem both parties should be in the business of making a better country. The citizens of this country must remember  both parties are beholding to one special interest group or another. Try doing what's best for the American people.

The election is over. President Obama is the President you can't change that but what you can change is instead of being the party of "NO' or the party of "WE WON" become the parties that cares about  this country.

To many view politics as a game, it's not. What the Republican electoral plan  change would do to the game of baseball. The baseball  team with the most hits after nine innings is ruled the winner. Many victories in Baseball do not show up this way in the win-loss column this way.

A final thought on this foolish plan if you want to win elections try get people to want to vote for you as well as your ideas..

CHANGES  2.0

The brains in congress have now past a 'No budget,no pay' measure.

Meaning that if Congress or the Senate don't pass a budget. they would not receive a paycheck.

'Hard working people that I represent wouldn't get paid if they didn't show up and do their job' a Republican lawmaker mentioned
 Sounds good but now look at the FINE print. All pay will be put in escrow until the last day of the 113th Congress. Then they will get their paychecks. I believe this was done to not violate the 27th Amendment.

Still sounds good? I don't know the finances of our own Congressman David Joyce but can he go without a paycheck until January 2015?
Seems like Congress is sending a message don't run for Congress unless your a multi-millionaire
Don't count on a check from the government. The lobbyists must be salivating now.
Another half truth from people who don't have a clue.