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We have a new member in our family, Florzinha (Little flower), a seven week old rabbit. Last week I went to school to pickup my daughter (5 yo) and the first words out of her mouth were "Anna is selling her rabbits tomorrow, for free, Daddy really really really want one". She then took me outside to show me the baby rabbits, it only took me a few seconds to realize how innocent and cute they were. A few hours later I found myself talking to my wife explaining just that, the baby rabbits are so cute.

If you have been listening to the news lately I'm sure you have heard that our taxes are going to go up, on the state level and federal level. It is a crying shame that our government is broke and doesn't know how to deal with the situation, outside of raising our taxes.

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If you need help (or know someone who does) on your Drupal project or just need some direction, drop me a line. I am flexible and willing to meet in person if necessary.

Evan Bayh says he is for smaller government and less taxes. Yet, he voted for the Senate version of health care reform recently, nearly a trillion dollar piece of legislation. 3 days before the healthcare vote, Bayh sent out an email message to his constituents bashing our government spending.

It seems the FairTax is getting some deep thought in other parts of the world.

A friend forwarded me an email the other day. I normally don't read forwards but this one I did. My question to the community (the wolrd wide web :-]): Is this story based on a true story? I am curious to know. Here is the email / forward / story.

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Would you have made the same choice?

Last month Nancy Pelosi brought up "tax reform" and the idea of a National Sales Tax. That is the second or third time this year she has brought it up. Not to mention President Obama, he brought it up early in the year.

I decided to write the Democratic Party and encourage them to rally behind Pelosi and her push for tax reform. Below is a copy of my letter (some sources were used from here) to all Democratics members of congress:

I am pleased to hear that some democrat congress members are beginning  to use sound logic when mulling over the HR 3200 health care reform bill. I am mostly pleased with Sen. Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas who recently said she opposes the public option in its current form because it's too expensive.

As you can tell by my blog I am a FairTax supporter. I did some research recently and found the congress members who "oppose" the H.R. 25 and/or the S 296 bills.

Everyone needs compassion,
Love that's never failing;
Let mercy fall on me.

Here is the fax I sent today to our representatives. If you haven't started reading the Health Care Reform bill (HR 3200), you should. This is the only way we can question the legislation and ask our representatives what different parts of the bill mean and why they support it. I tried to remain professional and party neutral throughout the questions. The questions are real and should not depend on which party I support.

I know you can't believe everything you hear in the media, but from the past 8 months history of bailouts, stimuluses etc, many congress members admitted they didn't read those bills. Let's keep them honest this time around. If they need more time, plead with the Whitehouse and ask President Obama to grant more time to for the Congress to read the entire bill before voting.

I have spent some time trying to find a complete list of phone numbers, fax, and emails to contact any or all of our US Representatives and Senators. With all the congress related websites, I am surprised no one has compiled such a list.

American Express Executive Office
( aka Executive Customer Service)

American Express
200 Vesey Street
New York, NY 10285
(800) 297-6197
or (212) 640 - 2000

Card holders, tired of getting no where with American Express customer service? Give the Executive Offices a call and raise your issue.

A great reminder of how our King, Lion of Judah, remembers us! And, how we can trust Him!