LIFE IN A DAY STREAM

Congressional Reform Act of 2011

This is an email that I received today from a friend. I forwarded it on to approximately 35 people. Perhaps we *can* make a difference, because the system as it has been MUST BE FIXED!! NOW!! 

The 26th amendment

(granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds) took only 3 months & 8 days to be ratified! Why? Simple! The people demanded it. That was in 1971...before computers, before e-mail, before cell phones, etc.

Of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, seven (7) took 1 year or less to become the law of the land...all because of public pressure.

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I'm asking each addressee to forward this email to a minimum of twenty people on their address list; in turn ask each of those to do likewise.

In three days, most people in The  United States of America will have the message. This is one idea that really should be passed around.

Congressional Reform Act of 2011

1. No Tenure / No Pension.

A Congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are out of office.

2. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security.

All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system, and Congress participates with the American people. It may not be used for any other purpose.

3. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do.

4. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.

5. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.

6. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people.

7. All contracts with past and present Congressmen are void effective 1/1/12.

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The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen. Congressmen made all these contracts for themselves. Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, so ours should serve their term(s), then go home and back to work.

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If each person contacts a minimum of twenty people then it will only take three days for most people (in the U.S. ) to receive the message. Maybe it is time.

THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS!!!!!

If you agree with the above.... copy this and 

pass it on!

iPHONE WAITING . . . RESPOND . . . PLEASE

Always, we are in some various state of waiting, but never so much as the tech age has laid upon us. We wait for:

Text responses

Twitter @ replies / comments to carry on the least little hint of a virtual "conversation"

Facebook status updates and notifications to whatever it was we said or responses to a photograph we posted

Email to us from people we actually know

and so

. . . the weight of the wait . . . ticks by
as we keep checking. . . just to see. . .
that mostly, no one gives a crap!

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[via iPhone]

THE PSYCHOLOGY WITHIN THE LAND OF SOCIAL MEDIA

FIVE FEELINGS: Internet Emotions (as yet unnamed)

by Leigh Alexander 

"...the Internet - fast becoming the primary method by which we interact with others and consume information - might be changing us." 

Boston Globe:

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2011/02/20/five_new_feelings/

Mobile Link:
http://mobile.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2011/02/20/five_new_feelings?camp=misc:on:twit:rtbutton

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I was relieved to read about this phenomenon, as i have felt a lot of these "Internet emotions" at various times. It's an interesting and yet hilarious bit on the underlying psychology of social media. 
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[via iPhone]     

70s BP DISASTER BOARD GAME

A 1970s Prophetic Oil Spill Board Game touted as "Fun for the Whole
Family"! Yep! That's a good one to pretend about.

What ignorance, even back then!!

Link: http://thedailywh.at/post/776960693/things-that-are-real-of-the-day-this-is-an-actual

Photo of game: http://twitpic.com/22y4z3

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Gulf Oil Spill 6-25 Photos

Gulf Oil Spill 2010 Photos: Images from June 25, 2010
Link: http://bit.ly/aOYjPZ

(via Twitter @GulfOilCleanup)

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[posted via iPhone]

SOCIAL MEDIA - GETTING The NEWS

This is certainly true for me relative to the topic of weather and
storm chasers.

As I found more weather people to follow on my original cat/ weather/
general topic Twitter account, I decided to go for an additional "all
weather" Twitter account, mswxChick. It began growing and becoming so
interesting to have related tweets in one location! Plus, I got great,
real-time info during the Yazoo City, MS tornado!

Then came the disasterous BP OIL SPILL! I found myself looking for
more groups and newspaper Tweeters. Now my Weather Tweets are mixed
with Oil Spill Tweets. So, it keeps growing and now Oil Tweets are
ending up on my Facebook page... which is really giving me a workout -
It's a lot of news to deal with, but I see it as a way to be more of
the activist I already was due to Katrina: thus my blog: http://katrina-in-mississippi.blogspot.com
which now "contains oil."

"Social Networks Play a Major Part in How We Get News - [STATS]"

Link: http://bit.ly/cigKGm

(via Twitter: @mashable)

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[posted via iPhone]