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Do Not Be Alarmed!

Like you, I've been mainly focused on the Holiday's recently, but I have still been paying attention to current events...I just haven't felt motivated enough to write about it. So, if you have been following the news, I want to assure you that there is NO need to be alarmed. We are in good hands.

For example, after much wrangling, arm-twisting and minimal debate in the Senate, Harry Reed has finally managed to cobble together a fragile coalition in order to pass health care. But there are many reasons not to be alarmed: 1) No one has seen the actual bill yet. 2) All of the taxpayers in the U.S. will be paying an extra $10 million to the state of Nebraska in return for the Honorable Sen. Ben Nelson's vote. 3) That goes along with the $30 million, we will be sending to Louisiana for Sen. Mary Landrieu's vote. 4) Oh, and let's not forget that the White House and Democrat leadership threatened to shut down Offutt Air Force Base. "According to a Senate aide, the White House is now threatening to put Nebraska's Offutt Air Force Base in the BRAC list if Nelson doesn't fall in line. The base employes some 10,000 military and federal employees in Southeastern Nebraska." (The Weekly Standard, Michael Goldfarb, Dec. 15, 2009) 5) It is obviously more important to extort a vote out of Ben Nelson than it is to concern ourselves with national security and jobs.

I just want to reassure all of you that this is exactly the kind of business-as-usual that we as citizens want out of Washington DC. We should not be alarmed in the slightest in regards to their morals, ethics and the desire to do what's is best for the entire country. Our representatives can not be bought. They would never do anything outside of the rules of the Senate or beyond the purview of the Constitution. Do NOT be alarmed; we are in good hands. I can't think of a better group of people to determine my future and my children's future. It almost brings a tear to me eye...

If only that were the reason for my tears.

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