A Contact Form Sent to Sen. Lamar Alexander

[The following is in reference to a quote by Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) concerning a bill filed by Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX). The bill calls on Congress to audit the Federal Reserve. The empty suit (or plaid shirt), Lamar Alexander thinks that is a bad idea. Enjoy!]

“A sorry day when Congress superimposes itself on the Fed, nosing around in monetary policy?” It is a sorry day when you have Lamar Alexander as your senator, but of course it has been several sorry years for Tennesseans. You are sir, in all due respect, what is exactly wrong with the Republican Party. What part of the Constitution gives the Fed authority to set monetary policy? Take all the time you need to find that answer because I am sure you won’t.

You sure didn’t read the Constitution as Sec. of Education of the US. Sorry to let you in on a little secret, but the Dept. of Education is also unconstitutional. That is coming from a public school teacher, who just happens to be the husband of another public school teacher.

It seems oaths and pledges mean absolutely nothing to you. You take an oath to uphold the Constitution, but you don’t follow through. That is kind of like when you said you would never again run for public office only to decide to run for Sen. Thompson’s seat. You definitely did not deserve to follow him.

Before you dismiss me as some liberal lunatic, I will let you know that I am a lifelong Republican. I have always stood for Conservative values, even in running for political office as a Republican. That is more than I can say for you. You are half-way there though. You can run as a Republican as often as you like, but a Conservative you are not. You are nothing more than a wolf in sheep’s clothing (or goofy plaid shirt). But that did seem to work out for you until you ran for President. Thank God that didn’t work out for you. There is no telling what kind of mess you would have made there. Though it may have actually paled in comparison with Obama.

You are definitely lucky that you had to run for re-election in 2008. You would not win against a real Conservative in 2010. Lucky for you, you can do damage until 2014. I will assume that you will retire at that time, because you won’t want to run against a Conservative challenger with your record.

Alas, you will probably never get this. A staffer will either press the delete button or come up with some form e-mail about how you feel my concerns. It has happened before and will probably happen again this time. If by chance you do decide to read it, listen to your constiuents for once. The American Republic is based on constitutional law. The Fed has been allowed to run all over the Constitution as it is. At least allow Congress to look at the monetary policy the Fed is following. I only worry about how much more the big government Republicans (like yourself) and the leftists can mess things up. But, I have decided that there is no way that the Fed nor Congress can do much worse than is happening now.

I don’t agree with Ron Paul on everything. I do find that he is one of the few principled people left on Capitol Hill. He is also one of the last Constitutionalists left. I even voted for him to be the Republican nominee because he seemed to really understand monetary policy. Things were not terrible, but he told us what would happen. Those things did begin to happen. He really gets it. His bill to audit the Fed is a good thing. Transparency is a good thing. I will put it this way… Transparency in government (including the Fed) is better than getting a new plaid shirt.