A Meet and Greet with Dan Rutherford

A Meet and Greet with Dan Rutherford

  I was invited to a Meet and Greet with Dan Rutherford at POP'S Banquets, 817 Nerge Road in Roselle last night.

Dan is Illinois’s State Treasurer and he is running for Governor of Illinois. I was glad that I went. I got there a little early so I sat up front where Dan would be speaking. The room soon filled up fast and the pizza they served went just as fast.

 Dan came in smiling and went around greeting everyone. He is a very friendly person. Then he got up in the center of the room and talked about what he will do as governor. I liked what I heard.

http://www.danrutherford.org/default.aspx

I was there for two and a half hours and enjoyed every minute of it.  I asked him if I could have my picture taken with him. He was more than happy to stand with me while I handed my camera to someone. He also signed one of his posters for me. “Thanks Dan.”

Dan Rutherford Answers peoples questions on the Joe Walsh Show

We The People

 

We may be screwed as far as getting our Social Security and Veterans Disability Checks in November. I went on line and saw what Reuters had to say about Social Security and then went to the Veterans Affairs.

 I am hopefully optimistic about the out-come because "We The People" of this country will not stand for such a thing to happen.

 http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_transcript.html

Bill Kaufman

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From Reuters:

COLUMN-Will you get your Social Security check if the U.S. defaults?

  

Tue Oct 8, 2013 12:53pm EDT

By Mark Miller

Oct 8 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama warned last week that Social Security benefits might not go out "on time" if Congress does not raise the debt ceiling.

Should seniors and disabled American really be worried about their benefits if the U.S. government runs out of borrowing capacity later this month?

The answer is yes - but only if the Obama administration insists on making Social Security a pawn in the debt ceiling battle. And that's a move it has no business making.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/08/column-miller-socialsecurity-idUSL1N0HY0XP20131008

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http://www.va.gov/

Updated Oct. 7, 2013

VETERANS

FIELD GUIDE

TO

GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

Services to Veterans

impacted

by

a lapse in appropriations

               

               

Claims processing and payments

in the compensation, pension,

education, and vocational

rehabilitation programs are

anticipated to continue through

late October.

However, in the event

of a prolonged shutdown, claims

processing and payments in these

programs would be suspended when

available funding is exhausted

               

VBA Regional Oóces public contact

services will not be available

•

VBA’s processing of appeals and

remands will be suspended. In the

event of a prolonged shutdown, no

decisions on appeals or motions will

be issued by the Board of Veterans

Appeals, and no Board öeld hearings

on appeals will be held

•

Freedom of Information Act queries

will not be processed

•

Privacy Act requests will not

be processed

•

VA’s homepage (www.va.gov)

will be updated intermittently

•

VA’s main and hospital Social

Media Web sites will be updated

intermittently (Facebook, Twitter,

Blog, etc.)

•

Recruiting and hiring of Veteran

job applicants will cease

with the

exception of the Veterans Health

Administration

•

Presidential Memorial certiöcates will

not be processed

•

Interments at National Cemeteries

will be conducted

on a reduced schedule

•

Military services coordinator

operations will be suspended,

including overseas

•

VA Secretary correspondence with

Veterans and VSOs suspended

•

Outreach and Public Awareness

Activities

•

VetSuccess on Campus suspended

•

Vocational Rehabilitation and

Education Counseling will be limited

•

VBA will not be able to continue

overtime for claims processors

•

Claims processing and payments

in the compensation, pension,

education, and vocational

rehabilitation programs are

anticipated to continue through

late October.

However, in the event

of a prolonged shutdown, claims

processing and payments in these

programs would be suspended when

available funding is exhausted.


http://www.c-span.org/Events/VA-Secretary-Shinseki-Testifies-on-Government-Shutdown/10737441940-1/ 

I'm Gonna See Cher

 I have been wanting to see Cher for so long. I missed her in Las Vegas back in 2008 by 2 days but now Cher will be going on tour across the county starting March 22^nd 2014.  http://tour.cher.com/

I found out that she will be in Chicago on June 7^th 2014 and then again in Des Moines  on June 9^th 2014. I emailed my daughter to let her know. I was going to see Cher by myself in Chicago but my daughter said, “Why don’t you come out here and you and I can go together and see her?  We’ll go out and have dinner and then go the concert.” I said, “You have a date,” I’m so thrilled, just my daughter and me going to see Cher. That’s one of the things in my life that I always wanted to do. This is going to be sooo Cool. Now I have something to look forward to. I get to see two fantastic girls that night.