Get it right.

I just received an e-mail from my state Republican Party. They made some errors, that unfortunately are very common these days. The folks that do this show, despite their paper education, they uninformed and uneducated. Dangerous for those in the political venue.
OK, here is what I'm talking about, titles for elected persons.
Lets start with the U.S. Congress. For the confused among you, the CONGRESS is composed of both the House of Representatives and the Senate. A Senator is a 'Senator', a member of the House is a 'Representative'. BOTH are 'congressmen'. Generally, however, that is reserved when referring to the collective. e.g. the whole bunch.
Another frequent error is to call one "Arkansas' Senator". Nope, never. They are UNITED STATES Senators from Arkansas, or whatever state elected them. They were elected to represent all of America.
The House Members are UNITED STATES Representatives from a particular district in their home state. Again, they were elected to represent all the citizens of the United States.
The situation is similar at state level. However, at state level it is not generally the practice to call the combined House and Senate a congress. Usually the combined bodies are referred to as the Legislature.
And, a member of a state house is a 'representative', never a congressman. A member of the senate is a Senator.
Just like at the federal level, they are elected to represent, and serve, the entire state but were elected from a particular district.
I will admit, though, that, in practice, all usually focus their voting decisions and other actions on the wants of the people who elected them. They are, in the final wash, home folks who are expected to serve the needs of those who elected them.

Just kill the old people.

Most Americans are confused by the contradiction that President Obama’s health care plan can do more and be less expensive for the country.
It is a conundrum seemingly with no answer. But, there is a way.
You just kill the old people.
This is not a new concept. Some of us can remember the 1970’s sci-fi movies Soylent Green and Logan’s Run. The foundation of both of these movies, classics in my opinion, was that the highly socialistic leadership could only afford to run their governments if the expensive to maintain old people were killed. In Soylent Green, people we would consider ‘elderly’ were killed in a pleasant ritualistic manner. In the movie Logan’s Run age 30 was considered “old”. One’s thirtieth birthday was referred to as the “final day”.
Already U.S. Senator Tom Daschle has said, “Health care reform will not be pain free. Seniors should be more accepting of the conditions that come with age instead of treating them.” Scary. Seniors will not receive treatment but will just be left to suffer and die.
President Obama said that seniors “…will just have to take a pain pill.” More bureaucratic dictated withholding of treatment and suffering for the sake of saving money. Our President, apparently, wants to kill old people.
This means that our Senators , may be voting to kill old people. Same with our Representatives. Next time you see one of these people ask them “Do you want to kill old people?”