ONE SURVEY WILL GET YOU TWO!

Hahahaha.

I've just received another survey from
"Senator Bill Frist, M.D., Senate
Majority Leader"

That's the way the envelope shows who the
letter is from, "Senator Bill Frist, M.D."
Interesting return address don't you think?
He puts his "M.D." after his name. Which
makes me wonder, was he elected to be a
Senator or a Doctor? Don't know. He could
have just as easily indicated his return
address as "Doctor Bill First, Senator."
I guess it all depends on which hat he's
wearing today, hun?

On to the survey.

These questions! WHO is coming up with these
questions? Would Senator Frist allow such
questions if he needed a 'medical' survey?
Would he operate on a patient based on
such questions? Would he prescribe medication
based on such questions? Is he really a
doctor?

THE QUESTIONS:

1. Should the United States hold accountable
those nations and groups that support or
shelter terrorists?

Well, of course! ALL of us should be held
accountable, for whatever we do, every single
one of us. The question in my mind is not
"whether" but "how", accountable how?
THE SURVEY SAYS: no answer.

2. Should the United States do everything in
its power to stop proliferation of Weapons of
Mass Destruction, Ballistic Missiles, and
related materials?

Does that mean WMD, B.Missiles and related
materials owned by the United States? Or just
everyone except the United States?
"..everything in its power..."
GOD, NO! I don't want to see our ballistic
missles heading to any country that 'someone
in government thinks might' be developing such
weapons! I think we're right in the middle of
"been there and done that," aren't we?

3. Should there be an increase in federal
funding for border security and port
security?

Why? We beef up security, "they" beef up ways
around it. We beef up security again, "they"
beef up ways around that. Is there not some
way off this merry-go-round? Seems congresses'
solution to pretty much everything is to
throw money at it. Term Limits just might
bring in fresh ideas, current thinking, maybe?

4. Should we make the tax cuts that have helped
fuel our economic recovery permanent?

Hahahahaha. Seems like every 'economic recovery'
we've had in the past was going to be the
'permanent' one. Yet, just like in question #3,
we've found ways around every permanent recovery.
Oh, pardon me. That may not be what the question
is asking. Perhaps the question is really asking
if we should make the 'tax cuts permanent' that
have helped fuel our economic recovery, maybe?
Who wrote these questions?

5. Do you believe making the tax code fairer and
simpler will help sustain economic growth?

Excuse me? If we make the tax cuts permanent,
won't that sustain our 'permanent' economic growth
and then we can still keep 'unfair and complex'
tax codes? Can't we have our cake and eat it
too? No?

6. Do you favor permanent elimination of the
death tax?

Hahahaha. OK, qualify 'death tax.' Is this the same
as 'estate taxes' or 'inheritance taxes' or are we
just taxing someone because they die? A little help
is needed here.
THE SURVEY SAYS: no answer.

7. Should we establish a constitutional amendment
for a balanced budget?

You know, what this is really saying is that
our country is run on the premise that an
"unbalanced budget" is ok. No, let's make that
more accurate...our country is run on the
premise that an "unbalanced checkbook" is ok.
What happens in the real world when an individual
makes an error in his checkbook? What if you
forget to record a couple of checks you have
written? Large checks?
Since Nixon, our government can just print more
money to cover any loses it encounters. Our
governmnet has a blank check book. True, we
still have a sembalance of an accounting system,
barely.
Oh well, what does a bookkeeper know?

8. Do you support the creation of free enterprise
zones in the Gulf region to encourage growth in
the wake of Katrina?

Qualify "free enterprise zones." Define it. Would
they be for Enron's sister companys?

9. Do you favor medical liability reform to
help reduce health costs and improve patients'
access to affordable health care?

Ahha! A medical question for Doctor Frist.
This question makes 'affordable health care' dependent
on reducing the accountablility of doctors making
the correct diagnosis and follow-through treatment.
Refer back to question No. 1-'should we make those
nations and groups that support or shelter
terrorists "accountable".' Now re-read question
No. 9.
Doctor Frist seems to be saying that, simply by
implication of inclusion, we do need to hold those
nations accountable while at the same time we
should not hold doctors accountable for practicing
bad medicine! Duhhhh!

10. Do you believe class action lawsuits drive up
the cost of consumer products?

No.
Why are class action suits formed?
It is the fact that someone in business allowed
shoddy goods to reach the market, they got caught
and now they have to pay for having let those
shoddy goods reach the market. That, among other
things, is what drives up the cost of consumer
products!
Consider the alternative.
If class action lawsuits were outlawed, the shoddy
goods would remain on the market and the company
that kept shoving them out the door would
reap bigger profits... until consumers caught on
and stopped buying them altogether. Then the
company files bankruptcy, a time-honored tradition,
for companys. The officers of the company get
rich, legally divest themselves of responsibility
of the shoddy goods AND the company,
and are free to start all over again, with a new
company, in another state.

See Part II for the remainder of the questions.