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Bozita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-20-06 01:13 PM
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Congress has dumped its toll-free phone service -- WTF?
Edited on Wed Sep-20-06 01:14 PM by Bozita
Just heard it from Thom Hartmann.

$9 BILLION in CASH is missing from GWB's Iraq venture. Congress saves the day by killing the toll-free lines?

No wonder this country's all fucked up.
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-20-06 01:14 PM
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1. Like ostriches, they assume the answer is to just bury their head
in the sand
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ComerPerro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-20-06 01:15 PM
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2. Don't want people calling for free. Its pay to play, baby
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peace13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-20-06 01:15 PM
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3. They work for us.
And cut the lines of communication. I think I will cut my boss off too and see how that works for me!
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-20-06 01:16 PM
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4. they forget who they work for:
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woodsprite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-20-06 01:16 PM
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5. I guess they figure they don't work for us, so they don't need to
hear us bitch and moan. All they really seem to need is a hotline to *.
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radwriter0555 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-20-06 01:18 PM
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6. Are you getting the message? Congress doesn't WANT to hear from you.
Life under the GOP Rule.
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Individualist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-20-06 01:19 PM
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7. Government of, by and for the corporations
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Tesla Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-20-06 01:26 PM
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9. Yeah like Haliburton's CEOs cut is 100 million!!
I've been mad ever since I heard Keith say that!!
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brokensymmetry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-20-06 01:25 PM
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8. Actually, I haven't called my rethug congresscritter
in years. Why bother?

They don't want to hear from us. They don't care
what happens to us. They ship our jobs overseas,
destroy our pensions, help eliminate our health care,
and seek to destroy social security and medicare.

To H--- with them.
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texpatriot2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-20-06 01:36 PM
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10. I was just wondering what that toll-free # was this morning. I guess
the criminals in the Cover-up Congress don't want to talk to the American citizens.
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KoKo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-20-06 02:07 PM
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11. Good Grief! Must have been swamped with so many calls they just
couldn't stand the heat anymore. Pretty soon the fax machines will be turned off and only the $l,000 a platers will be given the "private number" to call. Sheesh... Every day it seems things get worse.

Why can't our Dems continue service by getting their own toll free lines? :shrug:
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FoxOnTheRun Donating Member (829 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-20-06 02:09 PM
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12. Who cares about billions?
you have missing trillions


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TheWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-20-06 02:11 PM
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13. Another sign we are living in a Dictatorship
This is a clear meassage they no longer work for us, so they no longer have to answer to us or listen to us.

Wake Up America.

The hour is very late.
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Bozita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-20-06 08:50 PM
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14. kick
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Generator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-20-06 09:00 PM
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15. Am reading the education of a 9/11 widow
by Kristin Breitweiser. Wish I could tell you (legally) what I think of congress. But mostly, I think we need to start over. They are filth.
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Telly Savalas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-20-06 09:39 PM
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16. Well, it was a waste of money.
Now maybe if they actually listened to us, it'd be worth funding.
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Nutmegger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-20-06 09:42 PM
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17. Amazing...
Edited on Wed Sep-20-06 09:42 PM by Nutmegger
Who made the decision to do this?
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eleny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-20-06 09:42 PM
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18. K&R!
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