IF IT LOOKS LIKE A DUCK...

Senator Nelson (and others dangling from the government teat),

If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck and swims like a duck it has to be a duck.  Likewise, if it is $400 million in untraceable bills from multiple sources, delivered by an unmarked plane, and Americans are returned the same day it has to be a ransom.  I know you do not understand this so I tried to keep it as simple as possible.  To top it off it was my money and I was not asked!

I spent 20 plus years in the military protecting our country from communism and terrorism only to find out you went and stabbed me in the back.  There is no excuse, no apology, nor sadly, recourse when you perform acts of sabotage against the country as you have done.  You elite in Washington have decided common sense needs to be replaced by a new world order where “intellectuals” know better than the proletariat paying them. 

I really don’t know how you sleep at night!

Respectfully,

Edward Rodda

A Simple Thing Called Flood Insurance

Mr. Curbelo,
A little history first, last year I called your office after you and the rest of the so called Republicans voted for Obama's spending bill. I told the young man who answered I was concerned nothing was done to curb the largess of the government and wanted to know why the "Republicans" did not hold the proverbial gun to the head of the administration in an attempt to lower spending and possibly balance the budget. I was told by this young man it would have had the possible outcome of shutting down the government. I told the young man if that is what it takes to get spending in check then so be it. The young man called me an anarchist as I was espousing a government shut down. I told the young man we as citizens are required to live within our means so why is the government who we give our hard earned money allowed to rack up trillions of dollars of debt. I received no answer.

Now to the present. I purchased my yearly flood insurance for my rental today and found a $250 surcharge to offset the subsidies you in government are giving to those who you believe need the money (and may possibly vote for you in some future election). The sad part is the surcharge is almost one and a half times the cost of my actual insurance. The PDF file does state the surcharge may only go away when the subsidies also disappear, but then it also states there are always mitigating circumstances and the surcharge may continue to offset future losses of a government run insurance venture (so there is no chance of it ever going away) and I will continue to pay for something I will never receive.

In closing, the anarchist from Key West is looking for the day when people are responsible for their lives and their actions, where politicians are more interested in preserving the country than their Office, and truth is never silenced because it may not be politically correct.

Respect given to the Office you hold,
Edward Rodda

P.S. You might want to limit the cost of someone else's subsidy, oops, my surcharge to the actual cost of the insurance or $250, whichever is less as a start to lowering the cost to your constituents who are actually paying you... Just a thought.

Just a Simple Little Question

Sir/Madam,
Where in the Constitution does it say I am responsible for your/your daughter’s/your granddaughter’s contraceptives/morning after pill/abortion?

I choose life, personal responsibility, and God. Your choices are somewhat different.

I used to give respect to your station but it is now my choice not to,
Edward Rodda

Rep Rips Offshore Rigs

Really Congresswoman,
Your concerned because Cuba is attempting to become energy independent from the Middle East? Just because we happen to be at the beck and call of the Crowned Prince of Saudi Arabia and our elected representative decides to bow to him does not mean other countries have to follow. Your breast beating does nothing but placate your voting base. You have done nothing to improve the situation in this country and you have no right to say what goes on in another country.

Madam, you have shown you do not understand what the world requires which, of course, is energy. You wring your hands when a dirt poor nation, albeit communist, attempts to pull itself out of a third world rating but you in Congress do nothing as our country slips into it as energy costs continue to climb.

Ma’am, you in Congress are idiots. I say that kindly but honestly. We have the energy, we have the technology to deliver it, and we have the people to fill the jobs required to manufacture equipment, fabricate pipe, drill, weld, build refineries, and put product at the pump. These same people will refill the tax coffers with the money you give away to entitlement receivers and occupiers. The only thing we don’t have is a spine in Washington to get the job done.

When you finely discern cost effective energy and a minimalist government are the keys to a prosperous nation please feel free to contact me. Until then please be sure and fluff Mr. Obama’s pillows because you are already in bed with him.

With the respect due your Office,
Edward Rodda

When Is a Promise Not a Promise...

To whom it may concern (obviously none of you…),

The plan to force the military to pay more for health care is no surprise. It is no surprise because you pay nothing for health care. It is no surprise because you believe we are not educated and we cling to our faith and our guns, which, unlike you, have not let us down. It is no surprise because you believe you know better than your lowly constituents/serfs/proletariat, your choice. It is no surprise because we have served our country quietly, and you think we have no voice, unlike the “occupiers” who are heralded as democracy in action.

We have paid for our health care with our service to the country. We have paid for our health care with our months and years away from home. Wwe have paid for our health care with our blood, our limbs, and for many, with our lives. Your efforts to reduce cost by giving it to those who have served and continue to serve go beyond the pale. You have no shame. You have no conscience. You have no god but the holy entitlement receiver who will get you back sucking on the teat of those who still pay taxes.

I recommend you look inward. You ask us to do much. We ask little in return. When will you require the rest of the citizens, including yourselves, to provide for those who protect this great nation? If history is any indication, you will weasel your way out of it as you always have in the past.

Edward Rodda, USN, Retired

Washington 1, Christians 0

To whom it may concern (as if anyone reads this anymore),

As a practicing Catholic and a Knight of Columbus, what Comrade Obama and his Czars have just ruled regarding Obamacare and its’ takeover of the healthcare system tells me I must look elsewhere to practice my religion. On a regular basis we speak for the unborn to provide them the same rights your murderers and rapists on death row have. You have relegated the unborn to the position of a fly needing extermination because it is interfering with your lunch. Your continued onslaught on Christian religion is a telling story about the morals of this country and where they have gravitated to.

When did what I believe become an issue? It became an issue when it interfered with Comrade Obama’s takeover of my daily life. Who knows better than I what I should believe and practice? You, you who have guaranteed my child many years of poverty because of your fiscal irresponsibility? You, you who have bought votes with your promises of entitlements instead of employment opportunities? You, you who have given your RESPONSIBILITIES as elected representatives to administrators of regulations who stifle growth and ensure their own continued existence?

This country was founded on religious freedom and now this government is attempting to take it away. You have become an anathema to me. It has become a country of rights with no responsibility and a government whose motto should be “Whatever It Takes” instead of “In God We Trust”.

What is amazing to me is I spent twenty plus years in defense of the Constitution, including the Bill of Rights, and with the stroke of a pen my government has ensured the deaths of many at the hand of my religion. I commend you on the audacity of your actions and look forward apprehensively to your next onslaught on Christianity. Perhaps you will be able to label Christians as enemies of the State as we stand up against you because of our belief.

A Christian Citizen,
Edward Rodda

No Taxation Without Representation

Senator,
I have sat back for several months and not written any of my “elected” officials because I am disenchanted, no, angry, no, not even that, incredulous. I have written my representatives in Congress and the White House on numerous occasions, which you can review at http://musings-of-a-concerned-american.blogspot.com/, trying to explain my position and concerns. In return I have received platitudes and double speak. I will make this short. I am not being represented by my elected officials. I call and say I have no more money for you to borrow and you continue to borrow. I write and show how Obamacare is a takeover of our free market medical system (yes, I tried to read a good part of it) and it is voted in. I write stating we must close our borders to protect our nation and watch as we give illegals free medical and instate tuition, at my expense of course. I write expressing my concerns as to why we are not drilling for our own oil and not building refineries and watch as China is planning to drill between here in Key West and Cuba while we pay for your regulations preventing exploration, drilling, and transportation of oil. I request more power plants to provide for our power requirements in the future and am told I can no longer buy a 60 watt bulb but I must buy a mercury bulb to reduce my energy usage. I write explaining how the free market system increases the size of the pie and am told we must all sacrifice to provide for those less fortunate.

In short, those of us who are still paying taxes are being held in contempt by the establishment and their supporters because we are productive. You in Washington have lost touch with your constituents who actually pay you. If there was a way to stop paying taxes until you come to your senses I would do it… Oh wait, there is, I could occupy someplace and collect handouts. But alas, I cannot. I must continue to be part of the silent majority, at least for a little while longer, while what I defended for over twenty years is torn apart by those who want something for nothing.

With the respect due your Office,
Edward Rodda, ETC(SS), Retired