similar to when grandmas take on congress, it's the sequel:

"when mamas take on congress, or 'mamas: don't let your representatives go up and vote the wrong way'":

below is a letter my mama has sent to congress and her state reps. to let them know what's what:

"I have several concerns about our government programs being dismantled such as Social Security, and Medicaid. Also I have concerns on the environment.

"First I am very concerned about the President’s plan for Social Security. He talks about getting government out of our lives and letting us make our own choices with our money but investments can be so risky. People are loosing their pensions because of unwise investments by people who supposedly know what they are doing. If we make the wrong investments with Social Security we will have nothing. If we take money out of Social Security how will there be enough money to pay the retired? If we could keep everyone from dipping their fingers into social security and only use the money for which it was intended there would be plenty of money. I pray you will make wise decisions about social security for us and for the future of our children.

"I also am concerned about the fate of Medicaid. My mother-in-law is 98 years old and living at Truman Medical Center of Lakewood. If you do away with Medicaid where is she supposed to go? I have been a Methodist all my life and as a Christian I care about the poor and elderly. I hope and pray when this issue comes to a vote you think of how it will affect the poor of this country.

"Finally I want to let you know how worried I am about our environment. I’m concerned about the fate of our National Parks and other wild places such as the Artic Refuge, and the fate of our wild horses. We must preserve this land that was set aside, and keep the oil and logging companies out! If we don’t our National Treasures won’t be there for our children to enjoy. We need to become less-dependant on oil and continue to build more environmentally friendly cars. I keep hearing about cars that run on water or soybean oil. We could put farmers back in business by having them plant soybeans for fuel.

"I pray you will take my thoughts into consideration and I look forward to hearing back from you soon."-- Independence, MO

my mama and grandma are getting out there and telling congress what's what. what are you doing in this time of great need?