Normally being generous in my assessments of others, it has taken an empty suit combined with even more loudly echoing empty heads doing their darndest to turn this country inside-out to make me realize that I am very, very comfortable in my previously-unacknowledged Conservative skin.  And part of being a Conservative is being responsible.  Responsible for my own actions.

I have been thinking a lot about civic responsibilities.  These are very basic and inherent with being a citizen of the United States; we use a hierarchy called elected representation to get done all those things that must be done to protect us as a collective.  When we elect people to represent us in Washington, we are, however, in effect hiring them to do a job.  A job that today has become little more than never-ending campaign trail and a pathetic pandering to criminals, using the sacred responsibility for spending American taxpayers’ money to do little more than buy votes at the expense of the laws and freedoms of this land.

Each of us is responsible for sending these people to Washington.  Whether or not we voted for them directly, or allowed them to get there because we failed to exercise our right to vote, we have been extremely negligent bosses and our business has now been run into the ground and is just this short of being ground into the dirt by a fascist’s gleeful heel.

I have decided that it is time to stand up and let these employees know that their services are no longer considered satisfactory.  In fact, if you would do your homework and check on what YOUR personal employees have been doing in Washington, I suspect you will find that, like mine, their performance is not only sub-par, but so bad that it calls for nothing short of immediate firing.

 To that end, I have prepared a letter of dismissal to send to my employees.  It is being sent first to those who are up for reelection in 2010.  Along with Tea Parties, letters, petitions, and other means of making our voices heard, this is a critical step in taking back our power from those who would use it only for their own selfish gain.  It will be printed and sent by regular U.S. postal mail since email is nowadays so often too easily ignored.

Dear Senator or Representative Wanker,

As the new administration moves forward to enact an ideology of “hope and change” that seems to have nothing to do with the Constitution of the United States or the Bill of Rights, I have been closely monitoring your efforts on behalf of those who sent you to Washington to represent us.

What I have been seeing bears no resemblance to our wishes, nor to anything except moving this country deeper into debt and stripping its citizens of their rights.

You voted for the stimulus package and apparently only read enough of it to make sure it included a nice helping of pork ribs for yourself – an embarrassing frivolity considering current economic conditions.  You voted in favor of the EFCA, thereby effectively removing the right of business owners to run their company as they see fit and subjecting workers to union dues that only line the pockets of union organizers.  You voted to give the District of Columbia voting rights in Congress, thereby removing the neutrality of the district as is intended in the Constitution.  And included in that vote was your support for the “Fairness Doctrine”, which seeks to remove your constituents’ right to free speech. 

You also agreed to tax corporate bonuses, even though you agreed to hand them out in the first place; effectively removing “free” from the free market and stripping capitalism of the inherent balance created by supply and demand.

Though I gave you and the new administration the benefit of the doubt, after these first 60 days I am even more disappointed and more truly alarmed than I could ever have imagined.  From your actions, you make it clear that you support the President’s goal that the Republic of the United States turn its back on its hard-won, globally-envied history of independence and freedom and instead embrace the slavery inherent in socialism. 

That, however, is not the wish of this constituent.  Therefore, I hereby put you on notice that you will never again have my support.  In fact, it is my duty as an American citizen to strive to remove the dangers you pose by seeing that you are not given the opportunity to return to Washington ever again.

In your post-Congress life, I suggest you join the rest of us and try to embrace the failure.  Remember, it’s patriotic.

Sincerely,
Your Utterly Disgusted Constituent

     

 This is the list of Congress critters whose terms are ending in 2010.  Is one of yours here?  If so, and you are not intimately familiar with how they have voted to represent your rights and interests, you can find that information easily enough here.  Feel free to copy my letter and replace paragraphs 3 and 4 with the problems applicable to your specific employee.  Conversely, if you have a good representative, let them know you will support them in 2010; praise for good work can never be said too much.

State	What	Congress Critter	Party	Status (as of this writing)
AK	Senate	Lisa Murkowski	R
AL	House	Artur Davis	D	To run for Governor of Alabama.
AL	Senate	Richard Shelby	R	Running for reelection
AR	Senate	Blanche Lincoln	D	Running for reelection
AZ	Senate	John McCain	R	Running for reelection
CA	Senate	Barbara Boxer	D	Running for reelection
CO	Senate	Michael Bennet	D	Running for election
CT	Senate	Chris Dodd	D	Running for reelection
DE	Senate	Ted Kaufman	D	Retiring
FL	House	Kendrick Meek	D	To run for the U.S. Senate.
FL	Senate	Mel Martinez	R	Retiring
FL	House	Adam Putnam	R	To run for Florida Commissioner of Agriculture.
GA	Senate	Johnny Isakson	R	Running for reelection
HI	Senate	Daniel Inouye	D	Running for reelection
HI	House	Neil Abercrombie	D	To run for Governor of Hawaii.
IA	Senate	Chuck Grassley	R
ID	Senate	Mike Crapo	R
IL	Senate	Roland Burris	D
IN	Senate	Evan Bayh	D
KS	Senate	Sam Brownback	R	Retiring
KS	House	Jerry Moran	R	To run for the U.S. Senate.
KS	House	Todd Tiahrt	R	To run for the U.S. Senate.
KY	Senate	Jim Bunning	R	Running for reelection
LA	Senate	David Vitter	R	Running for reelection
MD	Senate	Barbara Mikulski	D
MI	House	Pete Hoekstra	R	To run for Governor of Michigan.
MO	Senate	Kit Bond	R	Retiring
MO	House	Roy Blunt	R	To run for the U.S. Senate.
NC	Senate	Richard Burr	R
ND	Senate	Byron Dorgan	D
NH	House	Paul Hodes	D	To run for the U.S. Senate.
NH	Senate	Judd Gregg	R	Likely retiring
NV	Senate	Harry Reid	D	Running for reelection
NY	Senate	Chuck Schumer	D
NY	Senate	Kirsten Gillibrand	D
OH	Senate	George Voinovich	R	Retiring
OK	Senate	Tom Coburn	R
OK	House	Mary Fallin	R	To run for Governor of Oklahoma.
OR	Senate	Ron Wyden	D
PA	Senate	Arlen Specter	R	Running for reelection
SC	Senate	Jim DeMint	R
SC	House	Gresham Barrett	R	To run for Governor of South Carolina.
SD	Senate	John Thune	R	Running for reelection
TN	House	Zach Wamp	R	To run for Governor of Tennessee.
UT	Senate	Bob Bennett	R	Running for reelection
VT	Senate	Patrick Leahy	D
WA	Senate	Patty Murray	D
WI	Senate	Russ Feingold	D	Running for reelection

     

I hear so much that basically tells me many people are feeling paralyzed by fear.  But we don’t have to take the destruction of our country laying down.  This is just one simple and effective step towards making things right again and all it will cost you is a stamp.