Your Representatives in Washington

I have recently taken to burning up the e-mail airways with posts to my Representative Doug Lamborn and our senators Mark Udall and Michael Bennett. I know that they don't really read the posts but I just feel good about a good old fashioned rant directed toward my public servents every so often. I feel especially vindicated when I received a reply from the Honorable Mark Udall on senatorial letter headed stationary that says he is happy to hear from his constituents and then asked me if I'm having a hard time getting a flag or a tour of the White House. It makes me feel good to know that somebody on his staff has the time to set up a program that answers all of his e-mail queries with a computer-generated answer that basically covers all of his bases. But I digress.

I typically end my messages in these e-mails with sincerely William M. Rhea. Then the thought occurred to me that maybe, just maybe these three individuals might have been living in a cave and were not aware that organizations such as "we surround them" or "912" even existed. Yes I am a member of these organizations and proud of it.

So I took it upon myself to educate these three individuals as to our organizations and how we felt about the way things were going in Washington. First of all I called each of these individuals and of course spoke with their receptionists and then asked about the voting history on the stimulus package, the omnibus spending bill, et cetera. I found that, sure enough, Doug Lamborn, a Republican, voted against the assorted porkulus packages. As for the two Democratic senators, one of which was appointed, I received what can be only described as a dissertation from a 5 x 7 card spouting the party line. That the senators were overjoyed at the opportunity to vote for the Obama omnibus spending bill and the stimulus packages because it was going to bring jobs and federal monies to the state of Colorado. Before nausea set in and I would be unable to speak I asked the receptionist this question. Why do you think it is such a good deal for the citizens of Colorado to send billions of dollars to Washington and then we are supposed to feel that we are fortunate to recoup 124 million? I must admit the young lady didn't have any very good answer for me and so I closed with the same statement I had closed with Representative Doug Lamborn. I let her know that we surround them, and 912 are a bunch of citizens who are sick and tired of Washington spending our money just as fast as they can possibly take it from us. I was civil enough and left her with my full name, my address, and my telephone number here in Colorado Springs. Lets see what happens.