My reply to a stupid letter from Jim Davis' campaign.

wrote:

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>Early yesterday morning, at 6 AM, the US House of Representatives passed
>legislation introduced by Jim Davis that addresses education reforms in
>Saudi Arabia. The resolution calls on Saudi Arabia to reform its
>education
>system, abolish curriculum that promotes religious extremism and
>intolerance, and promote tolerance in schools. This is an important step
>in
>addressing the root cause of terrorism.
>
Hey Jim, you've been in Congress going on 10 years now. Why don't you introduce some legislation to improve our education system. Poor education is the root cause of Republicanism. Not to mention New Democratism.

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>Shortly after 9/11, Jim Davis traveled to Saudi Arabia to see first hand
>the
>situation in the Middle East. He learned that schools in Saudia Arabia
>encouraged intolerance and anti-Western and anti-Semitic teaching. When
>he
>returned, Jim decided to sponsor legislation addressing this issue. Jim
>has
>introduced this legislation in every Congress since. And this morning,
>it
>passed.
>

Maybe if you had put 4 years of effort into something,..like say...universal healthcare for all Americans, we wouldn't have more people dying from preventable and treatable causes each year, than die from all terrorist acts.

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>Jim Davis worked with Republican Congressman Peter King to introduce and
>pass this resolution. This is another example of Jim's leadership in
>Congress, working on homeland security and terrorism issues. Jim
>continues
>to work in Congress on homeland security issues, from funding for port
>security to support for first responders.
>

That's real leadership. Crawl into bed with the opposition to pass a meaningless bill, that does nothing. And I noticed all the money spent protecting the ports in Montana and Wyoming, while the ports in Florida and the Eastern Seaboard are left on their own. The first responders in NYC are still waiting for communications equipment that they can actually use. You're doing a heck of a job Jimmy. At least the money will be there if we ever have a shipwreck in Denver.

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>Details of H.Con.Res 275:
>
> (1) urges the Government of Saudi Arabia to reform its textbooks and
>education curriculum in a manner that promotes tolerance and peaceful
>coexistence with others, develops civil society, and encourages
>functionality in the global economy;
>
> (2) urges the President to direct the Secretary of State to use
>existing
>public diplomacy channels, international visitor exchanges, professional
>development, and educational reform programs, including those under the
>Middle East Partnership Initiative and the Broader Middle East
>Initiative,
>to focus on the issue of educational reform in Saudi Arabia in
>accordance
>with the objectives enumerated in paragraph (1);
>
> (3) expresses extreme disappointment with the slow pace of education
>reform in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia;
>
> (4) urges the President to take into account progress in meeting the
>goals outlined in paragraph (1) when determining the level and frequency
>of
>United States bilateralrelationswith the Government of Saudi Arabia; and
>
> (5) requests that the Secretary of State examine the educational
>system
>in Saudi Arabia, monitor the progress of the efforts to reform the
>education
>curriculum, and report on such progress, in classified form if
>necessary, to
>the appropriate congressional committees.
>

I'll stop being such a pessimist. At least if you're spending your time sponsoring useless bills, you aren't pushing bills through Congress that penalize people on the brink of financial disaster to increase the profits of the credit card industry. Oh, by the way. About 60 percent of the people affected by that bankruptcy legislation, were pushed there because of insurmountable health care bills. Good ole DLC America. The only industrialized country on Earth where your family can go bankrupt and tossed in the street just for getting sick or injured.

Have a nice day,


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>Jim Davis for Governor 2006
>P.O. Box 10399
>Tampa, FL 33679
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Edited to remove phone numbers.
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and you won't have that problem...

I've gotten to meet and speak with him a few times and he has it all over Davis.

Doug D.