IT IS BECOMING VERY OBVIOUS THAT THE REAL MOTIVES OF NANCY PELOSI AND HARRY REID AND COMPANY ARE TO TANK THIS ECONOMY FULLY TO CAUSE US TO VOTE IN OBAMA.

WE ARE NEARLY A YEAR NOW INTO THE MORTGAGE CRISIS, NOW SPREAD TO THE FOLLOWING AREAS:
A.  CREDIT CRISIS
B.  HOUSING CRISIS
C.  STOCK MARKET TRAIN-WRECK
D.  OIL AND ENERGY CRISIS
E.  CONSUMER DISPOSABLE INCOME CRISIS
F.  LOOMING SMALL BUSINESS OWNER CRISIS

YET TOTAL CONGRESSIONAL INACTION AND IN FACT, A RECESS WHEN THE REPUBLICAN'S PROPOSED ACTION AND NO RECESS. 

ARE WE THAT STUPID THAT THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH MAKING US ALL SUFFER FOR THEIR POLITICAL GAIN?

AND WHAT DOES THIS SAY ABOUT OBAMA'S DEBTS THAT WILL DEFEAT THE PROMISE TO CHANGE THINGS?

Article I, Section 8 of the US Constitution gives the Congress the power of: Defining and Punishing Piracies and Felonies committed on the high seas, and OFFENSES AGAINST THE LAW OF NATIONS.

Yet the Congress has yet to act (since at least 1974) against the Oil Cartel (OPEC) as an illegal restraint of trade.

There are those that process a belief in free trade.  But in the case of China, which managed their currency to be undervalued against the US Dollar by about 40%, isn't that also an artificial restraint of free trade by definition?  Who did it damage?  American workers as they lost jobs to the Chinese and Chinese workers who were paid in an undervalued currency.

I would call that an offense against the law of nations in that the currency was 'managed' and there never was any 'free trade' by definition.

Who was hurt by this failure of Congress to act?  By now, nearly all American Companies have built new modern factories in China and trained their workers in best practices while America's resources have become aged and discouraged.

On the other hand, who benefited?  Obviously Chinese infrastructure, obviously by the Middle East, obviously by politicians in America who cling to their jobs for perhaps not-so-obvious reasons. 

We, the people have become complacent.  Every two years there is an election in the fall and we now accept the fact that Congress will steer clear for that year of doing the people's business so they can get re-elected. 

So, in conclusion, have the people become complacent or has Congress become complacent?

My vote is 12 years maximum term limits so Congress has less desire to make it a career and instead represent us for a change, and with no pension.

My final comment here is we will not probably get a vote on these issues and since our Constitution was written in the days of horse-back riding and originally required Congress to meet in Early December to avoid the flooded rivers, the only revision I know of is that Congress can meet later now due to our bridges, air travel, internet, telephone, etc.  Time for a change? 

Let the people vote as it is their government of laws and taxes.