{"id":1168,"date":"2009-01-27T08:19:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-27T08:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/rebeccafrech\/2009\/01\/are-you-feeling-nutty-today.html"},"modified":"2014-08-22T15:53:33","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T20:53:33","slug":"are-you-feeling-nutty-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rebeccafrech\/2009\/01\/are-you-feeling-nutty-today.html","title":{"rendered":"Are You Feeling Nutty Today?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/458\/__cIxBvfbwM4\/SX8arhF6V9I\/AAAAAAAAAg0\/3WsCkJ3ZyW4\/s1600-h\/acorn.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width: 120px;height: 120px\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/458\/__cIxBvfbwM4\/SX8arhF6V9I\/AAAAAAAAAg0\/3WsCkJ3ZyW4\/s400\/acorn.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295981021730854866\"><\/a><br>Fox News is reporting this morning on another item in the President\u2019s Economic Stimulus Plan.  There\u2019s a $4.2 Billion dollar provision for \u201cneighborhood stabilization\u201d.  I sat and scratched my head over that one for a while until a Congressman from Louisiana revealed that that is the wording used to funnel money to ACORN.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s right.  The same ACORN still being investigated for voter fraud and voter registration irregularities will now be getting a \u201cThanks, guys!  Job well done!\u201d from our esteemed leader.  <\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t know what else to say about it except call your representative and both senators and tell them that you understand \u201cSometimes you feel like a nut, but today we don\u2019t.\u201d  Also be sure to tell them that the tripling of monies for their own personal expenses from $30,000 a year to $90,000 a year in the midst of a recession is ridiculous!  It\u2019s our money, people, why should we let them squander it?<\/p>\n<p>Go<a href=\"https:\/\/writerep.house.gov\/writerep\/welcome.shtml\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"> here <\/a>to contact your U.S. Representative and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.senate.gov\/general\/contact_information\/senators_cfm.cfm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a> for your Senator.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fox News is reporting this morning on another item in the President\u2019s Economic Stimulus Plan. There\u2019s a $4.2 Billion dollar provision for \u201cneighborhood stabilization\u201d. I sat and scratched my head over that one for a while until a Congressman from Louisiana revealed that that is the wording used to funnel money to ACORN. That\u2019s right. 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