Why Are GOP Women in Elected Office, Professional Careers

We see them everywhere -- women in Congress and state legislatures, with law firms, on Fox TV, writing for so-called conservative publications -- women who are cheerleaders for the current crusade against females' access to effective pregnancy prevention measures and other critical healthcare.

I'm amazed every time I hear or read an attack by these women on their sisters.

First, because they are fighting so hard against their own interests and have such a low opinion of themselves as women.

Second, and even more astounding, is why we are seeing and hearing them at all. If they really do believe that women should be subservient to men -- especially to their husbands (and being good Christian or whatever women, they should have husbands, right?) -- without access to affordable reproductive healthcare and self-determination, what in the world are they doing in public office or having professional careers, such as TV personality, university professor or serving in any other public/professional position. Shouldn't they be home cleaning the house, doing laundry, having babies and fixing dinner?

Seems completely hypocritical to me -- and certainly not truly conservative.

Lawmakers Pass Laws that Enrich Lawmakers

New York Times headline two days after Christmas:

Economic Downturn Took a Detour at Capitol Hill

By ERIC LICHTBLAU

"Rarely has the financial divide appeared so wide, or the public contrast so stark, between lawmakers and those they represent."

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/27/us/politics/economic-slide-took-a-detour-at-capitol-hill.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha2

No wonder Congress -- particularly some members -- consistently pass legislation that favors big biz and the rich to the detriment of the rest. Shouldn't an elected official work for his/her constituents and not those who will fill the Congress members' coffers? This sure looks like a cronyism/quid-pro-quo/conflict-of-interest form of government, not democracy.

I am very conservative about people who are elected to represent the people getting rich in their elected positions by passing laws that make themselves richer. Sounds like a corrupt banana republic to me.

A REAL Fiscally Conservative Budget Proposal

Perhaps its supporters haven't noticed, but since the 112th Congress took office last month, it has engaged in a bait-(promise to focus on jobs, jobs, jobs)and-switch tactic that has included misreading the U.S. Constitution, two members being AWOL at the House's swearing in ceremony, all things abortion, reality-evading redifinition of rape and, especially, spending). Maybe that's to hide the fact that it has done zip on the jobs, jobs, jobs front.

So Congress's lazer been the focus has shifted almost entirely to spending. Cut this, eliminate that, screw everyone except themselves.

Needless to say, this body has less credibility than Lucy holding a football. So, here's a very brief primer on how they can gain at least a little credibilty:

Start with yourself. Yes, members of Congress. You set an example.

Now that you have been elected/re-elected, you are now part of the government that Ronald Reagan said is the problem.

So you can take a truly conservative approach to start setting things right.

1.   Introduce and vote for a bill to cut your and all members of Congress pay back to 1990 levels.

2.   Introduce and vote for a bill to cut the size of your staff at least by half.

3.   Introduce and vote for a bill to end all government-funded Congressional travel except for one weekly round trip between a member of Congress's district and Washington, D.C.

4.   Introduce and vote for a bill to eliminate your government-funded healthcare.  (Yes, you will have to buy your own private coverage, but that will have two positive benefits: One, put you in the same fix as the people you work for and, two, greatly please one of your biggest campaign funders -- the insurance industry.)

5.   Introduce and vote for emergency legislation to end the Bush tax cuts for the rich, including you, that will become effective immediately.

Granted all but ending number 5 don't even qualify as small potatoes when it comes to reducing the deficit. So here are a few other measures that will really make a huge difference and, in fact, might actually move the budget from the red territory it's been in since GWBush got a hold of it back to being in the black, like WJClinton left it.

1.   Introduce and vote for legislation to end U.S. funding of other countries' defense by closing U.S. bases in other countries, except South Korea, which we are obligated by treaty to defend from North Korean aggression.

It is time to be truly conservative and take care of ourselves and end the very liberal government spending on defending countries, like Germany, Japan, Italy, and others, that are capable of taking care of themselves.