I Just Wrote My Congressmen

Writing

and I think you should too.

Go here to find your senators
and
here to find your representative

Just to let you know I told mine 4 main things:

1. I blame the shutdown on the liberals and the President
2. I want them to stand with Sen. Cruz
3. I want them to vote yes on any measure to partially or fully fund any government agency as long as ObamaCare is not funded
4. In the upcoming debt limit fight, I only want them to vote for an increase in the debt limit if it is balanced with an equal or greater amount of spending cuts.  I would prefer “real” cuts over decreases to the rate of increase.

If you can’t tell, I’m glad the conservatives are finally fighting the President.  I wish they would have done this two years ago…better late than never, I guess.

[Update 2013-10-04 19:24:33] I heard back from my senators.  In short, one is working and trying to resolve the problem.  Who knows what the other is doing.

Image from jeffrey james pacres via flickr

Fiber / Fibre

Fibre optique

Well, BT just installed FTTC (fibre to the cabinet) in our neighborhood.  I just signed up for service…for an increase of £4.50 per month, we’ll increase our download speeds by a factor of more than 5.  (From 7ish Mbit/sec down to an estimated 40Mbit/sec down).  I’m stoked.

The install should happen on 16 October!

[Update 2013-10-18 22:17:57] Our fibre is installed!

image from fredrick bisson via flickr

I heard this guy this evening/afternoon

And I actually like his idea.

I think that the House needs to stop playing backcourt basketball and put the ball in the forecourt and make the Democrats play defense. And one way to do that might be to send the funding back as it is but with an attachment that says, “Okay, we’ll go ahead with Obamacare as you want it, but no exemptions. Nobody gets an exemption. Everybody has to have play on the same playing field. That’s only fair.” Fairness is the Democrats offer. Then the Democrats, if they reject that, are going to have explain to the American people why they’re willing to shut down the government in order to keep the exemptions for their favorite groups.

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2013/09/30/what_should_republicans_do_next