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Had Enough? Sign the 'Citizen’s Petition to Rein in the Environmental Protection Agency'
The Heartland Institute ^
| August 24, 2012
| Jim Lakely (seamus)
Posted on 08/23/2012 4:29:09 PM PDT by seamus
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To: tacticalogic
looks like this is the only way...
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posted on
08/23/2012 8:19:31 PM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: WVNan
Sorry to hear that WVNan. I'm 42 next month. I expect to work until I drop. All I have earned in nearly 30 years of work since a teen has gone to keeping above water paying my taxes and bills. I've never expected Social Security to be there for me, and I expect even less of Medicare.
But, when I start to get down, I think about my grandparents who came here from Ireland in the 1920s with nothing in their pockets but lint. They didn't complain, and I hope I won't either despite the fact that the generations from those days until today have enjoyed the blessings of wealth in this country, and have let their government squander it all on the welfare state. We're broke as a country. The brokest country that has ever been.
But I believe in the American spirit. I believe the rising generations can fix this country, because they will realize that they need to do it. And I guess I'll do my part by not complaining (too much) that all my labor goes into paying off the debts of the previous generations so that ones in the future can prosper again.
All that said: I'm sorry your wealth and the retirement you thought you'd have is gone. I really am. I hope you live long enough to say "tough break for me," but are heartened to see the turn-around to the values and vibrancy this nation once had. I think that's the best we can hope for. I'm 37 years your junior, and I have my doubts that I'll see that before I'm "retired." But there's no chance of it happening if we don't all work to fixing things starting right now.
Yours in liberty,
seamus
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posted on
08/23/2012 8:39:47 PM PDT
by
seamus
To: tacticalogic
A petition won't overturn Wickard. Only a good case to SCOTUS would do that. Of course, all Originalists hoped the Obamacare ruling would do that, because it was a great challenge. Alas ... Roberts! (which is now a swear word to me, and many others.)
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posted on
08/23/2012 8:45:29 PM PDT
by
seamus
To: seamus
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posted on
08/23/2012 9:36:24 PM PDT
by
SuziQ
To: SuziQ
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posted on
08/23/2012 10:10:11 PM PDT
by
seamus
To: PA Engineer
I lived in Kennedy Township in the 80s. Went to Montour. College at Pitt.
Go Steelers!
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posted on
08/23/2012 10:11:27 PM PDT
by
seamus
To: seamus
Monroeville and Gateway. College at Pitt. Moved away and travelled with work for about 12 years and moved back in 94.
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posted on
08/23/2012 10:52:51 PM PDT
by
PA Engineer
(What if the rabbit hole is endless?)
To: seamus
Very astute observations seamus. Thank you for your patriotism and concerns. You are probably right that you won't be able to stop working to support yourself. I am not complaining about my situation from day to day. I am blessed in so many ways to be healthy and strong enough to continue working. Of course, my work is caring for others, so it is not a burden. I just get ticked when I think of my parents who had a huge acreage that was found to be mostly low sulfur coal (500 acres). They contracted with a coal co to mine it and turn it into usable land. Then came the EPA and lawsuits to stop them. That mess turned their retirement years into a roller coaster of hopes and disappointment.
When they passed, my siblings and I inherited the land. We have gone through the same ups and downs and still we cannot get a permit. We decided to get rid of the aggravation and sell the land. Guess what? The real estate bubble crashed and we can't sell it. Sometimes I think of what life would have been like for all of us if we had been able to mine the coal. We would all be millionaires. Such is fate. Takes me back to a book I read years ago where the author proposed an eleventh commandment. "Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall not be disappointed."
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posted on
08/24/2012 5:36:12 AM PDT
by
WVNan
To: seamus
Ironic, isn’t it, that Roberts was the swing vote in both cases?
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posted on
08/24/2012 9:55:11 AM PDT
by
tacticalogic
("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
To: WVNan
Wow. That is an amazing story, WVNan. And so sad.
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posted on
08/25/2012 11:31:22 AM PDT
by
seamus
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