Some weirdnesses encountered in the course of business...

[alexpgp]

Those AOL CDs that tout "700 free hours" intend for the unwitting victim to use up these hours (or lose them) within a month of signing up. Seeing as there are only 720 hours in a 30-day month, it would appear to be mightily difficult to take full advantage of this offer. And for such service...it's a shame.

From the Libertarian Party: "Just two months after accepting a raise to an exorbitant $145,100 a year, House representatives are working behind the scenes to enact a 'per diem' expense allowance of $165 per working day. With about 151 legislative days per year, the raise would amount to a $25,000-a-year, tax-exempt pay hike." Basically, it turns out that, over the past several years, our Congresscritters have voted themselves increases totaling more than $80,000 annually. The average Joe (and Jane) make less than the amount of the increase. I don't often write my Congresscritter, but I may just do so in this case.

Ye gods.

Cheers...

Comments

[bandicoot.livejournal.com]

While my last congressman, a moderate Republican, had small and frequent town meetings, sent out a newsletter, had a website and answered his own email, my current creature, a liberal democrap, still has no website and has apparently been too busy ingratiating himself with lobbyists to bother with a newsletter or answering his email at all. I don't hold out much hope for improvement, either. He's too busy representing himself to bother to represent the rest of us.

Mumble, mumble...

Bipartisanship

[alexpgp.livejournal.com]

Yeah, about the only issue in Congress that enjoys "bipartisan" support is the wisdom of repeatedly upping Congressional salaries and other bennies.

Sorry to hear about your Congresscritter's rather obvious disparagement of his constituency.

Cheers...