Mr. Murphy and Mr. Rubio -- and press secretaries:
The email, which I wrote below, I wrote as an "angry voter," expressing my views - and my promise to only vote for Sen. Rubio 'if' he does his job, as outlined below.
However, I am now writing in my official capacity as a news reporter (see, for example, the Election coverage in the front-page news of The Register, http://GordonWatts.com or http://GordonWayneWatts.com my official blog - which is a highly-ranked website due to my having almost won in court as Terri Schiavo's next friend, eventually losing 4-3 before the Fla. Sup. Ct., as documented below).
Here are my questions for the candidates:
Mr. Murphy - I see you are not a cosponsor of said legislation https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/449/cosponsors can you tell me why (or why not) you failed to get on board? And, by extension, would you support legislation to reduce loan limits, and reverse the effects of the horrible John Boehner bill, as discussed in the links below?
Mr. Murphy - I see you are not a cosponsor of said legislation https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/449/cosponsors can you tell me why (or why not) you failed to get on board? And, by extension, would you support legislation to reduce loan limits, and reverse the effects of the horrible John Boehner bill, as discussed in the links below?
Mr. Rubio - do you (or do you not) plan to sponsor companion leglislation for HR449, the student loan bankruptcy bill (a 'cure'), - and, by extension, are you amenable to legislation to remove tax dollars from making or guaranteeing college loans (which would be a 'prevention' measure)? -- Tip: Congressman Dennis A. Ross (R-FL-15th) is on record as supporting both of these measureshttp://gordonwatts.com/BraveRepublicanBreaksRanksWithGOP-HigheEd.html and http://gordonwaynewatts.com/BraveRepublicanBreaksRanksWithGOP-HigheEd.html - See the Town Hall Meeting video to clarify, or the links on that page to see the bills in question)
Mr. Murphy - I see here https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2014/05/for-profit-educations-million-dollar-letter/ that you were 1 of 36 members of Congress to sign a letter urging the U.S. House Appropriations Committee to block a U.S. Dept of Ed proposal to tighten regulation of for-profit universities. While you might argue that this would "lessen bureaucratic red tape" (a good argument), I would like to know if their contributions to your campaign influenced your vote.
Moreover, I would like to know what is wrong with the proposal to limit Federal Aid at all? (You know that, according to the 'Bill Bennett Hypothesis,' when you subsidise college, the tuition goes up, since colleges & lenders know the student have "deep pocket" loans.) What would you say about that theory, which would suggest you were wrong to oppose limiting aid to students who could not repay?
Mr. Rubio -- what are your thoughts on the above 2 questions to your Democratic opponent?
To both of you -- what are your views on my email below, which I wrote as an "angry voter" - and the email attachments in this email (some of which are Editorials, columns, etc.)?
College used to be free (or very low cost) AND the best in the world, yet it has declined. -- Do you know why? And, even if you don't, do you not see the problems here - which both of you kept failing to address while you were both in office? (It is the fault of both parties, who kept encouraging increases in loan limits, and removal of bankruptcy, and other standard consumer protections, both of which would have been a check against predatory lending, so my party - I am a right-leaning Republican - my party is partly at fault, I will admit - in the interests of full disclosure and fairness.)
I look forward to your replied - so that I may both write Endorsements - and vote - accordingly - and, these subjects may be of import in your 3 upcoming debates.
G.W. Watts, Editor-in-Chief, The Register
In a message dated 9/13/2016 10:52:24 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, Gww1210@aol.com writes:
In a message dated 9/13/2016 10:52:24 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, Gww1210@aol.com writes:
-----Original Message-----
From: Gww1210@aol.com <Gordon Wayne Watts>
Date: Tuesday, 13 September 2016 10:30:09am -0400 (EST-EDT)
Subject: RE: BREAKING NEWS (via MurphyforFlorida.com)
To: info@MarcoRubio.com, Gww1210@aol.com
CC: info@MurphyForFlorida.com, gww1210@gmail.com
Subject: RE: BREAKING NEWS (via MurphyforFlorida.com)To: Rubio for Senate campaign (ATTN: Marco Rubio)Cc: Murphy for Florida campaign (ATTN: Patrick Murphy)Mr. Rubio:You remember me, correct? I'm the guy who almost won in court for Terri Schiavo (the 'feeding tube' girl) - ALL BY MYSELF - doing better than Jeb Bush or Schiavo's own blood family (proving my Conservative credentials) - You, since you are a lawyer, should understand how significant this is for me to have gotten past the Fla. Supreme Court's clerk, and had the FULL FLORIDA SUPREME COURT review my petition on the merits...Proof:[1] In Re: GORDON WAYNE WATTS (as next friend of THERESA MARIE 'TERRI' SCHIAVO), No. SC03-2420 (Fla. Feb.23, 2005), denied 4-3 on rehearing. (Watts got 42.7% of his panel) http://www.floridasupremecourt.org/clerk/dispositions/2005/2/03-2420reh.pdf
[2] In Re: JEB BUSH, GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA, ET AL. v. MICHAEL SCHIAVO, GUARDIAN: THERESA SCHIAVO, No. SC04-925 (Fla. Oct.21, 2004), denied 7-0 on rehearing. (Bush got 0.0% of his panel before the same court) http://www.floridasupremecourt.org/clerk/dispositions/2004/10/04-925reh.pdf
[3] Schiavo ex rel. Schindler v. Schiavo ex rel. Schiavo, 403 F.3d 1223, 2005 WL 648897 (11th Cir. Mar.23, 2005), denied 2-1 on appeal. (Terri Schiavo's own blood family only got 33.3% of their panel on the Federal Appeals level) http://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/200511556.pdf
... anyhow ... I saw the contact link on your Spanish translation page (http://es.marcorubio.com bottom right corner), but I do NOT see a similar link in THIS page (http://marcorubio.com) - anywhere on the page, and I only "guessed" at the contact link for your English version (and guessed correctly).As proof of my complaints regarding your campaign pages, please see the screen-shots in the attached PDF file. (Please also see the other attachments to document my other claims.)Anyhow, I attempted to get representation in my Apr 15, 2016 email: http://gordonwatts.com/email-to-Lawmakers-and-Press.html and http://gordonWAYNEwatts.com/email-to-Lawmakers-and-Press.html and when I didn't hear back from you, in my follow-up email http://gordonwatts.com/letter-senators.pdf and http://gordonWAYNEwatts.com/letter-senators.pdf (yes, it's addressed to Sen. Nelson, but I used the Rubio.Senate.gov contact form to email Sen. Rubio.) -- Since you all are tone-deaf and care for the rich, but not the college student (who represent a HUGE voting block!!), I took pains to get The Lakeland Ledger to publish my guest column directed at my Federal Lawmakers: http://www.TheLedger.com/article/20160804/COLUMNISTS03/160809884/1382/edit?p=all&tc=pgall [["A Polk Perspective: Fix our bankrupt policy on student debt," By Gordon Wayne Watts, Guest columnist, The Ledger, August 04, 2016]] and cached here: http://gordonwatts.com/TheLedger-print-version-WATTS-GuestColumn-Thr04Aug2016.jpg and http://gordonWAYNEwatts.com/TheLedger-print-version-WATTS-GuestColumn-Thr04Aug2016.jpg --- Moreover, here is an unabridged version: http://GordonWatts.com/BraveRepublicanBreaksRanksWithGOP-HigheEd.html
and:
http://GordonWayneWatts.com/BraveRepublicanBreaksRanksWithGOP-HigheEd.html
Look, I appreciate that you have a high ranking in Conservative Review, Sen. Rubio, but if you don't introduce companion legislation to H.R.449 (bankruptcy for college loans), which is a Free Market check against predatory lending (read: 'cure') and/or also introduce legislation such as 'H.R.1,' this bill: http://www.gordonwatts.com/DennisRoss-on-HigherEd/BILLS/one-of-several-GREAT-proposed-BILLS-114hr-GWW-proposed-ih.pdf MIRROR: http://www.gordonWAYNEwatts.com/DennisRoss-on-HigherEd/BILLS/one-of-several-GREAT-proposed-BILLS-114hr-GWW-proposed-ih.pdf --- and found in THESE folders: http://www.gordonwatts.com/DennisRoss-on-HigherEd/BILLS/ or http://www.gordonWAYNEwatts.com/DennisRoss-on-HigherEd/BILLS/ then I will vote for Patrick Murphy, and recognise him as the more fiscally conservative candidate, one who will use free market checks against predatory lending to stop the higher ed bubble from crashing the US Dollar (which is will do if left unchecked, since higher-ed debt is about 1.5 TRILLION, which is close to TEN PERCENT of total national debt, putting the taxpayer on the hook for these predatory loans). -- How hard is it to cosponsor companion legislation to H.R.449, which has bipartisan support, or similar legislation, this session? I know you all are busy with ZIKA and a possibly continuing resolution for an appropriation (spending) bill, but look - I've waited long enough: I didn't leave the GOP -- the GOP left me, and if you don't represent me, I will vote for the Democrat, as I vote on the person - not the party - and in spite of Mr. Murphy's problems in other areas (abortion, gay marriage, etc.), he defends LIFE in regard to his likely support for protecting college students from both an illegal monopoly and illegal predatory lending schemes and scams. -- I will wait to see what (if anything) you do before I vote or update my Endorsements section to my own Editorials http://GordonWatts.com/Register_endoresements2016.html and http://GordonWayneWatts.com/Register_endoresements2016.html -- It's your move - do you want our vote (we are like 45 million strong college loan borrowers) or not? Yours truly, - Gordon Wayne Watts, constituent, LAKELAND (between Tampa & Orlando), FL, USA///PS: I am including an email to my US Congressman with both thanks and complaints which - also - are applicable to your represenation - and my consideration of getting your vote this November. (And, I do plan to vote early, so be apprised.)With kind regards, I am, Sincerely,Gordon W. Watts - full contact data below...In a message dated 9/10/2016 4:11:13 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, info@marcorubio.com writes:
Friend,
Did you see the email my Democrat opponent, Congressman Patrick Murphy sent out this week?
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"First, they [Nazis] came for the Jews. I was silent. I was not a Jew. Then they came for the Communists. I was silent. I was not a Communist. Then they came for the trade unionists. I was silent. I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for me. There was no one left to speak for me."(Martin Niemöller, given credit for a quotation in The Harper Religious and Inspirational Quotation Companion, ed. Margaret Pepper(New York: Harper &Row, 1989), 429 -as cited on page 44, note 17,of Religious Cleansing in the American Republic, by Keith A. Fornier,Copyright 1993, by Liberty, Life, and Family Publications.
Some versions have Mr. Niemöller saying: "Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up, because I was a Protestant"; other versions have him saying that they came for Socialists, Industrialists, schools, the press,and/or the Church; however, it's certain he DID say SOMETHING like this. Actually, they may not have come for the Jews first, as it's more likely they came for the prisoners, mentally handicapped, &other so-called "inferiors" first -as historians tell us-so they could get "practiced up"; however, they did come for them -due to the silence of their neighbors -and due in part to their own silence. So: "Speak up now or forever hold your peace!"-GWW
