I had a fellow state to me that Republicans are for big business and don’t care about the black community. He went on to spew forth how they (the government) should tax the rich and provide tax breaks to the people at the bottom. He seemed to blame the deficient economy and the state of the black community on capitalism and the Republicans. Thus, he voted Democrat.
When street thugs rob at gunpoint to pilfer possessions from another person it is another example of misguided hoodlums who feel that they cannot ---and will not--- compete for a share in our economy. They believe that they must deprive others of their material goods in order to gain an economic advantage. Armed robbers must continue to commit crimes because their income will only resume through swindle. Lacking the intellectual capital and patience to participate in the free market, they cheat and steal from those who possess wealth.
Time after time the media reports this kind of action and it is justified by shifting the blame to a legacy of slavery, racism, fiscal predicament, or capitalism.
Political speeches about taxing the rich and redistributing their wealth are no different than a robbery that hasn’t yet turned bad. When liberal socialists go after companies who make an honest living and attempt to redistribute their wealth (communism) they are stealing. If big business fails, there are no employees to provide with a tax break because they will lack employment.
As a Republican I understand that businesses manufacture a product that consumers purchase. Therefore, a fair exchange takes place. When those consumers turn around and accuse business owners of making too much money, this is nothing short of envy and wanting to “buy” the cake, eat it, and then want your money back. Also, such folks elect government officials who will penalize companies for being successful by taxing them severely; this is nothing short of criminal ---- professional stick-ups that results in loss of capital that translates into unemployment and higher prices.
Entrepreneurs did not become wealthy by swindling citizens out of money. Companies satisfied the consumer by providing a product or service. When General Motors mass produced the automobile, the Ford Model T, they provided a manufactured good that pleased the world. We bought it. The Fords got rich. In the process, GM created a middle class who put in the work. In 1913 Henry Ford paid his employees at a rate of $5.00 per day! The highest wage in manufacturing at that time! Profits were good until competition, coupled with collective bargaining agreements, entered the picture. Vehicles were priced too high and were less efficient than the competition.
Pathetically, now the government (under Democratic control) wants to borrow money from me (the taxpayer) to “invest” into companies “too big to fail”. Rather than provide me with a dividend (at least a discount), they want to sell me the product I help build. That’s like borrowing my car to burglarize my home only to turn and sell me my stuff back.
It doesn’t matter if Obama is president. The community (especially the black community) will still suffer because the problems are self inflicted. Those black folks who voted for Obama just because he’s black are racists and no different from the Southern Democrats who initiated the poll tax to keep white candidates in office and poor blacks from voting despite the possible economic advantage.
He will not “change” the 50 percent school drop-out rate among African-Americans, or the 70 percent illegitimacy rate regarding two parent households in black communities; and he will not transform the high murder rate (over 50 percent) committed by black males in this country.
If blacks do not save, there will be check cashing centers in predominantly black neighborhoods with a five dollar fee rather than commercial banks. There will be corner stores and clothing outlets rather than grocery stores and malls. If the police are too busy, Wal-Mart will never open a store within the city limits.
The same candidates who say that they will create jobs are promoting the very policies that cause businesses to lay off employees and slow production. The same candidates who are soft on crime are the same ones who “prevent” businesses from opening in certain communities.
Governments do not create jobs. Citizens generate employment by starting businesses constructing products that benefit society. They hire the labor to bring this innovation to pass. The government’s job is to supervise fair enterprise----not socialize. The proper role of supervision is to create an atmosphere for growth. This involves cutting taxes to free up reinvestment capital for business owners; improving public safely, and prohibiting business regulatory fees implemented to raise money.
Time will tell how many government robberies will bring about the fatal wound to our financial prudence. In other words: time will tell which straw will finally break the camel’s back.
Tommy Davis, A.R.E., Th.G., Th.B., DDCS
ME
Friday, September 25, 2009
Thursday, August 13, 2009
From Sarah Palin - Concerning the "Death Panels"
Yesterday President Obama responded to my statement that Democratic health care proposals would lead to rationed care; that the sick, the elderly, and the disabled would suffer the most under such rationing; and that under such a system these “unproductive” members of society could face the prospect of government bureaucrats determining whether they deserve health care.
The President made light of these concerns. He said:
“Let me just be specific about some things that I’ve been hearing lately that we just need to dispose of here. The rumor that’s been circulating a lot lately is this idea that somehow the House of Representatives voted for death panels that will basically pull the plug on grandma because we’ve decided that we don’t, it’s too expensive to let her live anymore....It turns out that I guess this arose out of a provision in one of the House bills that allowed Medicare to reimburse people for consultations about end-of-life care, setting up living wills, the availability of hospice, etc. So the intention of the members of Congress was to give people more information so that they could handle issues of end-of-life care when they’re ready on their own terms. It wasn’t forcing anybody to do anything.” [1]
The provision that President Obama refers to is Section 1233 of HR 3200, entitled “Advance Care Planning Consultation.” [2] With all due respect, it’s misleading for the President to describe this section as an entirely voluntary provision that simply increases the information offered to Medicare recipients. The issue is the context in which that information is provided and the coercive effect these consultations will have in that context.
Section 1233 authorizes advanced care planning consultations for senior citizens on Medicare every five years, and more often “if there is a significant change in the health condition of the individual ... or upon admission to a skilled nursing facility, a long-term care facility... or a hospice program." [3] During those consultations, practitioners must explain “the continuum of end-of-life services and supports available, including palliative care and hospice,” and the government benefits available to pay for such services. [4]
Now put this in context. These consultations are authorized whenever a Medicare recipient’s health changes significantly or when they enter a nursing home, and they are part of a bill whose stated purpose is “to reduce the growth in health care spending.” [5] Is it any wonder that senior citizens might view such consultations as attempts to convince them to help reduce health care costs by accepting minimal end-of-life care? As Charles Lane notes in the Washington Post, Section 1233 “addresses compassionate goals in disconcerting proximity to fiscal ones.... If it’s all about obviating suffering, emotional or physical, what’s it doing in a measure to “bend the curve” on health-care costs?” [6]
As Lane also points out:
Though not mandatory, as some on the right have claimed, the consultations envisioned in Section 1233 aren’t quite “purely voluntary,” as Rep. Sander M. Levin (D-Mich.) asserts. To me, “purely voluntary” means “not unless the patient requests one.” Section 1233, however, lets doctors initiate the chat and gives them an incentive -- money -- to do so. Indeed, that’s an incentive to insist.
Patients may refuse without penalty, but many will bow to white-coated authority. Once they’re in the meeting, the bill does permit “formulation” of a plug-pulling order right then and there. So when Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) denies that Section 1233 would “place senior citizens in situations where they feel pressured to sign end-of-life directives that they would not otherwise sign,” I don’t think he’s being realistic. [7]
Even columnist Eugene Robinson, a self-described “true believer” who “will almost certainly support” “whatever reform package finally emerges”, agrees that “If the government says it has to control health-care costs and then offers to pay doctors to give advice about hospice care, citizens are not delusional to conclude that the goal is to reduce end-of-life spending.” [8]
So are these usually friendly pundits wrong? Is this all just a “rumor” to be “disposed of”, as President Obama says? Not according to Democratic New York State Senator Ruben Diaz, Chairman of the New York State Senate Aging Committee, who writes:
Section 1233 of House Resolution 3200 puts our senior citizens on a slippery slope and may diminish respect for the inherent dignity of each of their lives.... It is egregious to consider that any senior citizen ... should be placed in a situation where he or she would feel pressured to save the government money by dying a little sooner than he or she otherwise would, be required to be counseled about the supposed benefits of killing oneself, or be encouraged to sign any end of life directives that they would not otherwise sign. [9]
Of course, it’s not just this one provision that presents a problem. My original comments concerned statements made by Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, a health policy advisor to President Obama and the brother of the President’s chief of staff. Dr. Emanuel has written that some medical services should not be guaranteed to those “who are irreversibly prevented from being or becoming participating citizens....An obvious example is not guaranteeing health services to patients with dementia.” [10] Dr. Emanuel has also advocated basing medical decisions on a system which “produces a priority curve on which individuals aged between roughly 15 and 40 years get the most chance, whereas the youngest and oldest people get chances that are attenuated.” [11]
President Obama can try to gloss over the effects of government authorized end-of-life consultations, but the views of one of his top health care advisors are clear enough. It’s all just more evidence that the Democratic legislative proposals will lead to health care rationing, and more evidence that the top-down plans of government bureaucrats will never result in real health care reform.
[1] See http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/08/president-obama-addresses-sarah-palin-death-panels-wild-representations.html.
[2] See http://edlabor.house.gov/documents/111/pdf/publications/AAHCA-BillText-071409.pdf
[3] See HR 3200 sec. 1233 (hhh)(1); Sec. 1233 (hhh)(3)(B)(1), above.
[4] See HR 3200 sec. 1233 (hhh)(1)(E), above.
[5] See http://edlabor.house.gov/documents/111/pdf/publications/AAHCA-BillText-071409.pdf
[6] See http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/07/AR2009080703043.html].
[7] Id.
[8] See http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/10/AR2009081002455.html].
[9] See http://www.nysenate.gov/press-release/letter-congressman-henry-waxman-re-section-1233-hr-3200.
[10] See http://www.ncpa.org/pdfs/Where_Civic_Republicanism_and_Deliberative_Democracy_Meet.pdf
[11] See http://www.scribd.com/doc/18280675/Principles-for-Allocation-of-Scarce-Medical-Interventions.
SCORE ONE FOR SARAH PALIN ON HEALTHCARE REFORM
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/peter-roff/2009/08/13/score-one-for-sarah-palin-on-the-healthcare-reform-death-panels.html
The President made light of these concerns. He said:
“Let me just be specific about some things that I’ve been hearing lately that we just need to dispose of here. The rumor that’s been circulating a lot lately is this idea that somehow the House of Representatives voted for death panels that will basically pull the plug on grandma because we’ve decided that we don’t, it’s too expensive to let her live anymore....It turns out that I guess this arose out of a provision in one of the House bills that allowed Medicare to reimburse people for consultations about end-of-life care, setting up living wills, the availability of hospice, etc. So the intention of the members of Congress was to give people more information so that they could handle issues of end-of-life care when they’re ready on their own terms. It wasn’t forcing anybody to do anything.” [1]
The provision that President Obama refers to is Section 1233 of HR 3200, entitled “Advance Care Planning Consultation.” [2] With all due respect, it’s misleading for the President to describe this section as an entirely voluntary provision that simply increases the information offered to Medicare recipients. The issue is the context in which that information is provided and the coercive effect these consultations will have in that context.
Section 1233 authorizes advanced care planning consultations for senior citizens on Medicare every five years, and more often “if there is a significant change in the health condition of the individual ... or upon admission to a skilled nursing facility, a long-term care facility... or a hospice program." [3] During those consultations, practitioners must explain “the continuum of end-of-life services and supports available, including palliative care and hospice,” and the government benefits available to pay for such services. [4]
Now put this in context. These consultations are authorized whenever a Medicare recipient’s health changes significantly or when they enter a nursing home, and they are part of a bill whose stated purpose is “to reduce the growth in health care spending.” [5] Is it any wonder that senior citizens might view such consultations as attempts to convince them to help reduce health care costs by accepting minimal end-of-life care? As Charles Lane notes in the Washington Post, Section 1233 “addresses compassionate goals in disconcerting proximity to fiscal ones.... If it’s all about obviating suffering, emotional or physical, what’s it doing in a measure to “bend the curve” on health-care costs?” [6]
As Lane also points out:
Though not mandatory, as some on the right have claimed, the consultations envisioned in Section 1233 aren’t quite “purely voluntary,” as Rep. Sander M. Levin (D-Mich.) asserts. To me, “purely voluntary” means “not unless the patient requests one.” Section 1233, however, lets doctors initiate the chat and gives them an incentive -- money -- to do so. Indeed, that’s an incentive to insist.
Patients may refuse without penalty, but many will bow to white-coated authority. Once they’re in the meeting, the bill does permit “formulation” of a plug-pulling order right then and there. So when Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) denies that Section 1233 would “place senior citizens in situations where they feel pressured to sign end-of-life directives that they would not otherwise sign,” I don’t think he’s being realistic. [7]
Even columnist Eugene Robinson, a self-described “true believer” who “will almost certainly support” “whatever reform package finally emerges”, agrees that “If the government says it has to control health-care costs and then offers to pay doctors to give advice about hospice care, citizens are not delusional to conclude that the goal is to reduce end-of-life spending.” [8]
So are these usually friendly pundits wrong? Is this all just a “rumor” to be “disposed of”, as President Obama says? Not according to Democratic New York State Senator Ruben Diaz, Chairman of the New York State Senate Aging Committee, who writes:
Section 1233 of House Resolution 3200 puts our senior citizens on a slippery slope and may diminish respect for the inherent dignity of each of their lives.... It is egregious to consider that any senior citizen ... should be placed in a situation where he or she would feel pressured to save the government money by dying a little sooner than he or she otherwise would, be required to be counseled about the supposed benefits of killing oneself, or be encouraged to sign any end of life directives that they would not otherwise sign. [9]
Of course, it’s not just this one provision that presents a problem. My original comments concerned statements made by Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, a health policy advisor to President Obama and the brother of the President’s chief of staff. Dr. Emanuel has written that some medical services should not be guaranteed to those “who are irreversibly prevented from being or becoming participating citizens....An obvious example is not guaranteeing health services to patients with dementia.” [10] Dr. Emanuel has also advocated basing medical decisions on a system which “produces a priority curve on which individuals aged between roughly 15 and 40 years get the most chance, whereas the youngest and oldest people get chances that are attenuated.” [11]
President Obama can try to gloss over the effects of government authorized end-of-life consultations, but the views of one of his top health care advisors are clear enough. It’s all just more evidence that the Democratic legislative proposals will lead to health care rationing, and more evidence that the top-down plans of government bureaucrats will never result in real health care reform.
[1] See http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/08/president-obama-addresses-sarah-palin-death-panels-wild-representations.html.
[2] See http://edlabor.house.gov/documents/111/pdf/publications/AAHCA-BillText-071409.pdf
[3] See HR 3200 sec. 1233 (hhh)(1); Sec. 1233 (hhh)(3)(B)(1), above.
[4] See HR 3200 sec. 1233 (hhh)(1)(E), above.
[5] See http://edlabor.house.gov/documents/111/pdf/publications/AAHCA-BillText-071409.pdf
[6] See http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/07/AR2009080703043.html].
[7] Id.
[8] See http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/10/AR2009081002455.html].
[9] See http://www.nysenate.gov/press-release/letter-congressman-henry-waxman-re-section-1233-hr-3200.
[10] See http://www.ncpa.org/pdfs/Where_Civic_Republicanism_and_Deliberative_Democracy_Meet.pdf
[11] See http://www.scribd.com/doc/18280675/Principles-for-Allocation-of-Scarce-Medical-Interventions.
SCORE ONE FOR SARAH PALIN ON HEALTHCARE REFORM
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/peter-roff/2009/08/13/score-one-for-sarah-palin-on-the-healthcare-reform-death-panels.html
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
August Recess Health Care Blitz - Many Town Hall Meetings Listed - Talking Points, Strategy, & Educational Backgrounder -
STEP ONE: Identify Your Local Town Hall Meetings
Find events in your area. See Bottom (got tons of info from resistnet)
STEP TWO: Call your members of Congress
If a town hall meeting is listed, call your member(s) of Congress and let them know you will be attending. If there are no town hall meetings listed, call your Senators and Reps now and find out when they are holding town hall meetings. If they are not holding a town hall meeting, tell them you are disappointed and then request an appointment with the Member or a staffer at the office closest to you. (If they reject even that, then notify them of the time you will arrive!)
Contact numbers for Congress : http://www.congressmerge.com/onlinedb/index.htm
STEP THREE: Post Town Hall events on your state group page
If you identify a town hall meeting or set up an appointment that is not listed , post that event please
STEP FOUR: ATTEND A MEETING AND DELIVER PETITIONS!
lets have every member of Congress to receive a set of “No to Socialized Health Care” petitions. See Resistnet if interested in more info on this
Here are Some Talking Points for when you attend events: - But PLEASE HAVE YOUR OWN, Wat concerns you most - maybe some of these will help stir your thoughts
1) I oppose the President's socialized healthcare plan.
2) Don’t take my health care hostage. I want to make the best choices concerning my healthcare.
3) Eighty-four percent of Americans say they don’t want Obamacare or any form of socialized healthcare.
4) I do not want the government to have more control and influence over my health care. That is why I reject the so called “public option” which is really socialized health care and will destroy private options.
5) Americans cannot afford the $1.5 trillion price tag of socialized health care during these difficult economic times. I flatly reject any health care proposal that increases costs or imposes new taxes on any American.
6) The keys to a consumer-centered health care system:
a. Competition
b. Market Incentives to Control Cost and Improve Services
c. Price, Quality, and Value
7) America’s healthcare system is in desperate need of substantial reform. Policy makers should take decisive steps to move today’s bureaucracy driven, heavily regulated third-party payment system to a new patient-centered system of consumer choice and real free-market competition.
8) Look at the evidence: the TennCare plan in Tennessee and the government run health care plans from Hawaii and Massachusetts were deeply flawed and have failed. Universal healthcare is a bad idea that will end up devastating our nation.
9) What is exactly covered under Obamacare? Please be specific.
10) Have you ever been treated in a Veteran’s hospital? Ask a veteran if they are happy with government run health programs, they wait months for substandard, low quality service. Our veterans and citizens deserve better.
Below is a list of Townhall Meetings being held in the coming weeks by your Members of Congress.
Please look for your Representative's name below which are in alphabetical order. Some Representatives
are holding multiple meetings. If you do not see your Representative listed please call their office and ask
when they will be holding a meeting and express your concerns over the Health Care Bill.
If you are unsure of which district you live in and who your Representative is, please use our ACU Action
Center and your zip code at this link: ACU Action Center
First Local Rochester stuff I found then others
Democrat Congressman Eric Massa will be holding a Town
Hall Meeting at the Mendon Community Center this Thursday, August 6th, from 7:30-9:00pm.
also for Eric Massa
Wednesday, August 26
5:30PM-7:30PM
Perinton Community Center
1350 Turk Hill Rd
Fairport, NY 14450
Chris Lee's Health Care Event is a TeleTownhall on Thursday, August 13th from 10:40am til 11:40am. To participate, you'll call in to the Automated Conference Center at 1-877-229-8493. You'll be prompted for a PIN: 14687, then hit # and you will be directed into the call.
let me know if you know of any others please
US Rep. Dan Maffei will be having a TeleTownhall meeting, not yet scheduled. Call the office at (585) 336-7291 and give them your name, address and phone number. They will call you the day before it's to happen to let you know.
NYS Assemblyman Joseph Errigo's staff said they used to have them but no one showed up so they stopped. She laughed when I suggested people would show up this time. Call and let them know you'd like to see him work while he's home - (585) 334-5210 Henrietta, (518) 455-5662 Albany
NYS Assemblyman Joseph Morrelle held a Senior Health Care event today at Irondequoit High. There are no others scheduled - they usually do them the end of August but changed it this year. (585) 467-0410, (518) 455-5373 Albany
NYS Senator Jim Alesi has nothing planned for this month. Call him and tell him to get something on the calendar. (585) 223-1800 Fairport, (518) 455-2015 Albany
Louise Slaughter is posting information for constituents on her website. Will not have any public events. Also, see the editorial in today's Democrat & Chronicle. (585) 232-4850 Rochester, (202) 225-3615 Washington
(From her website today: "August is a critical time for all Americans to make their voices heard by their representatives in Congress. ..
No matter which path to health care reform you support, I encourage you to let me or your own representatives know your thoughts on this issue. In just the first few days of August, reports of corporate sponsored protests are already pouring in, and it is important that Americans who support true reform let their friends, neighbors, and elected officials know."
Kirsten Gillibrand has no plans yet, though there surely will be, to meet with constituents. She usually posts such things on her website so check back often. (585) 263-6250 Rochester, (202) 224-4451 Washington
Charles Schumer has not scheduled any yet, but might. Check his website for dates. (585)263-5866 Rochester, (202) 224-6542 Washington
It's fun, try it yourself with these folks:
Representative Christopher Lee (585) 663-5570 Rochester, (202) 225-5265 Washington, (716) 634-2324 Williamsville
Rep. Michael Arcuri (315) 793-8146 Utica, (315) 252-2777 Auburn, (607) 756-2470 Cortland, (202)225-3665 Washington
NYS Assembly Members:
Susan John (585) 244-5255 Rochester, (518) 455-4527 Albany *Staff in Rochester said to call Scheduler, 'Hilary,' at the Albany office.
William Reilich (585) 225-4190 Rochester, (518) 455-4664 Albany
Daniel Burling (585) 786-0180 Warsaw, (518) 455-5662 Albany
NYS Senate:
Dale Volker (716) 656-8544 Depew, (585) 786-5048 Warsaw, (518) 455-3471
Joseph Robach You'd need to speak with his Chief of Staff who was unavailable when I called and I declined to leave a message. (585) 225-3650 Rochester, (518) 455-2909 Albany
Batavia Daily news reports yesterday (Monday, July 27) that Sen. Kiersten Gillibrand will visit Geneseo on Aug. 17 at Sweet Briar, located at 5126 Geneseo-Mt. Morris Rd. (Rt. 63). This is a DemocRATick (socialist/communist) Party fundraiser with a $25 minimum donation. The story relates that Sweet Briar is renowned for its views of the Genesee Valley. What if she was met by a large contingent of people picketing with signs against her more recent stand (flip flop from her stand as Democrat Representative in her district) on 2A issues?
OK BY ALPHABETICAL ORDER
Representative Party State District Topic Start Time End Time Date Location Room Address City State Zip Additional Info
Rep. John Adler DEM NJ 3 Congress on Your Corner 11:00 AM 03:00 PM 08/01/2009 TBA TBA TBA NJ
Rep. John Adler DEM NJ 3 Congress on Your Corner 11:00 AM 03:00 PM 08/03/2009 Rittacco Center 1245 Old Freehold Road Toms River NJ 08753
Rep. Michele Bachmann REP MN 6 Telephone Town Hall 02:30 PM 03:30 PM 07/30/2009 To participate please dial (877) 229-8493 and enter the pin: 13533 at anytime during the meeting.
Rep. John Barrow DEM GA 12 Congress on the Corner 03:00 PM 04:30 PM 08/01/2009 Scoops 125 South Wayne Street Milledgeville GA 31061
Rep. John Barrow DEM GA 12 Congress on the Corner 01:00 PM 02:00 PM 08/01/2009 Hancock County Library 8984 East Broad Street Sparta GA 31087
Rep. John Barrow DEM GA 12 Congress on the Corner 11:00 AM 12:00 PM 08/01/2009
Country Buffet 117 West Haynes Street Sandersville GA 31082
Rep. Joe Barton REP TX 6 Town Hall 05:00 PM 06:00 PM 08/17/2009 Lovelady Church of Christ Fellowship Hall 150 South Read Street Lovelady TX 75851
Rep. Joe Barton REP TX 6 Town Hall 12:00 PM 01:00 PM 08/17/2009 Community Center 141 North Pearl Street Marquez TX 77865
Rep. Joe Barton REP TX 6 Town Hall 07:30 PM 08:30 PM 08/19/2009 Kennedale City Hall
Rep. Joe Barton REP TX 6 Town Hall 12:30 PM 01:30 PM 08/27/2009 Wortham Presbyterian Church 201 South 3rd Street Wortham TX 76693
Council Chambers 405 Municipal Drive Kennedale TX 76060
Rep. Joe Barton REP TX 6 Town Hall 06:00 PM 07:00 PM 08/19/2009 Mansfield City Hall Council Chamber 1200 East Broad Street Mansfield TX 76063
Rep. Joe Barton REP TX 6 Town Hall 06:00 PM 07:00 PM 08/20/2009 Arlington City Hall Council Chambers 101 West Abram Street Arlington TX 76004
Rep. Michael Burgess REP TX 26 Town Hall 02:00 PM 03:00 PM 08/08/2009 North Central Texas College Administration Building, Little Theater 1525 California Street Gainesville TX 76240
Rep. Michael Burgess REP TX 26 Town Hall 10:00 AM 11:00 AM 08/08/2009 Center for the Visual Arts 400 East Hickory Street Denton TX 76201
Rep. Kathy Castor DEM FL 11 Office Hours 10:30 AM 12:30 PM 09/02/2009 Jan K Platt Library 3910 S. Manhattan Avenue Tampa FL 33611
Rep. Jason Chaffetz REP UT 3 Town Hall 07:00 PM 08/25/2009 Utah County Courthouse 3rd Floor Ballroom 51 S. University avenue Provo UT 84601
Rep. Jason Chaffetz REP UT 3 Town Hall 07:00 PM 08/26/2009 South Jordan Library 10673 S. Redwood Road South Jordan UT 84095
Rep. Tom Cole REP OK 4 Town Hall 12:00 PM 01:00 PM 08/11/2009 Moore Public Library Room A 225 S. Howard Avenue Moore OK 73160
Rep. Tom Cole REP OK 4 Town Hall 12:00 PM 01:00 PM 08/14/2009 Red River Technology Center Main Seminar Room 3300 W Bois D' Arc Duncan OK 73533
Rep. John Conyers DEM MI 14 Community Forum 11:00 AM 03:00 PM 08/01/2009 Ernest T. Ford Recreation Center 10 Pitkin Street Highland Park MI 48203
Rep. John Conyers DEM MI 14 Community Forum 03:00 PM 07:00 PM 08/02/2009 Fellowship Chapel 7707 W. Outer Drive Detroit MI 48235
Rep. Joe Courtney DEM CT 2 Telephone Town Hall 06:00 PM 08/05/2009 The number to call in to the teleconference has not yet been determined, please check back closer to date indicated for the number.
Rep. Joe Courtney DEM CT 2 Town Hall 06:00 PM 08/06/2009 Woodstock Academy 57 Academy Road Woodstock CT 06281
Rep. Danny Davis DEM IL 7 Back-to-School Event 01:00 PM 08/15/2009 Columbus Park S. Central Avenue and W. Jackson Boulevard Chicago IL 60644
Rep. Danny Davis DEM IL 7 Back-to-School Event 10:00 AM 08/15/2009 N. Central Avenue and Bloomingdale Avenue Chicago IL 60639
Rep. Danny Davis DEM IL 7 Town Hall 01:00 PM 08/15/2009 Columbus Park Central and Jackson Chicago IL 60604
Rep. Danny Davis DEM IL 7 Town Hall 10:00 AM 08/15/2009 Kickoff Central and Bloomingdale Central and Bloomingdale Chicago IL 60639
Rep. Danny Davis DEM IL 7 State of the district Town Hall 09:00 AM 08/22/2009 Malcolm X College 1900 West Van Buren Chicago IL 60612
Rep. Danny Davis DEM IL 7 Town Hall 09:00 AM 08/29/2009 2nd Baptist Church of Maywood 36 South 13th Avenue Maywood IL 60153
Rep. Susan Davis DEM CA 53 Workshop 06:00 PM 07:00 PM 08/24/2009 Bayside Community Center 2202 Comstock Street San Diego CA 92111
Rep. Susan Davis DEM CA 53 Workshop 06:00 PM 07:00 PM 08/25/2009 USD Joan Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice 5998 Alcala Park San Diego CA 92110
Rep. Susan Davis DEM CA 53 Workshop 12:30 PM 02:30 PM 08/26/2009 NTC Promenade Command Center 2640 Historic Decatur Road San Diego CA 92106
Rep. Susan Davis DEM CA 53 Neighborhood Day 01:00 PM 02:00 PM 08/29/2009 836 Kempton Street Spring Valley CA 91977
Rep. Susan Davis DEM CA 53 Neighborhood Day 01:00 PM 02:00 PM 08/29/2009 Spring Valley Library 836 Kempton Street Spring Valley CA 91977
Rep. Donna Edwards DEM MD 4 Town Hall 06:00 PM 07:30 PM 08/06/2009 Oxon Hill Branch Library 6200 Oxon Hill Road Oxon Hill MD 20745
Rep. Keith Ellison DEM MN 5 Health Forum 10:00 AM 12:00 PM 08/01/2009 North Point Health and Wellness Center 1313 Penn Avenue N. Minneapolis MN 55411
Rep. Mary Fallin REP OK 5 Public Event 06:30 PM 08:30 PM 09/28/2009 Kingfisher County Fairgrounds Exhibit Building 300 S. 13th Street Kingfisher OK 73750
Rep. Trent Franks REP AZ 2 Town Hall 01:00 PM 08/22/2009 First Assembly of God Church 1850 Gates Avenue Kingsland AZ 86401
Rep. Martin Heinrich DEM NM 1 Congress On Your Corner 02:30 PM 04:00 PM 08/22/2009 Jerry's Market 7553 Isleta Boulevard SW. NM The one-on-one sessions are limited to 5 minutes each. There are 18 spots at each event, so RSVP today to reserve your spot (505) 346-6781.
Rep. Martin Heinrich DEM NM 1 Congress On Your Corner 12:30 PM 02:00 PM 09/12/2009 MAC's La Sierra Restaurant 6217 Central NW NM The one-on-one sessions are limited to 5 minutes each. There are 18 spots at each event, so RSVP today to reserve your spot (505) 346-6781.
Rep. Martin Heinrich DEM NM 1 Congress On Your Corner 12:30 PM 02:00 PM 09/19/2009 Kathy's Carry Out 823 Isleta SW NM The one-on-one sessions are limited to 5 minutes each. There are 18 spots at each event, so RSVP today to reserve your spot (505) 346-6781.
Rep. Martin Heinrich DEM NM 1 Congress On Your Corner 12:30 PM 02:00 PM 09/26/2009 Pro's Ranch Market 4201 Central Avenue, NW. NM The one-on-one sessions are limited to 5 minutes each. There are 18 spots at each event, so RSVP today to reserve your spot (505) 346-6781.
Rep. Martin Heinrich DEM NM 1 Congress On Your Corner 12:30 PM 02:00 PM 10/03/2009 Abuelita's 6083 Isleta Boulevard SW NM The one-on-one sessions are limited to 5 minutes each. There are 18 spots at each event, so RSVP today to reserve your spot (505) 346-6781.
Rep. Bob Inglis REP SC 4 Town Meeting 07:00 PM 08/03/2009 Mauldin City Hall 5 East Butler Road Mauldin SC 29662
Rep. Bob Inglis REP SC 4 Town Meeting 06:30 PM 08/04/2009 Cowpens Library 181 School Street Cowpens SC 29330
Rep. Bob Inglis REP SC 4 Town Meeting 07:00 PM 08/06/2009 Upstate Family Resource Center 1850 Old Furnace Road Boiling Springs SC 29316
Rep. Bob Inglis REP SC 4 Town Meeting 07:00 PM 08/17/2009 Sue Cleveland Elementary School 375 Woodmont School Road Piedmont SC 29673
Rep. Bob Inglis REP SC 4 Town Meeting 07:00 PM 08/18/2009 Travelers Rest Library 17 Center Street Travelers Rest SC 29390
Rep. Bob Inglis REP SC 4 Town Meeting 07:00 PM 08/20/2009 R.D. Anderson Applied Tech. Ctr. 1151 Moore Duncan Hwy 290 Moore SC 29369
Rep. Bob Inglis REP SC 4 Town Meeting 07:00 PM 08/24/2009 New Prospect Elementary School 9251 Highway 9 Inman SC 29349
Rep. Bob Inglis REP SC 4 Town Meeting 07:00 PM 08/25/2009 Lake Forest Elementary 16 Berkshire Avenue Greenville SC 29615
Rep. Jesse Jackson DEM IL 2 Town Hall 06:00 PM 07:30 PM 08/18/2009 Sheldon Heights Church of Christ 11249 S. Halstead Street Chicago IL 60628
Rep. Timothy Johnson REP IL 15 Town Hall 06:30 PM 07:30 PM 08/05/2009 Normal Library Community Room 206 W. College Avenue Normal IL 61761
Rep. Timothy Johnson REP IL 15 Town Hall 07:00 PM 08:00 PM 08/10/2009 Pontiac City Hall 115 W. Howard Street Pontiac IL 61764
Rep. John Linder REP GA 7 Constituent Outreach 04:00 PM 06:00 PM 08/05/2009 Grayson Library 700 Grayson Parkway Grayson GA 30680
Rep. John Linder REP GA 7 Constituent Outreach 05:00 PM 07:00 PM 08/13/2009 Suwanee Library 361 Main Street Suwanee GA 30024
Rep. John Linder REP GA 7 Constituent Outreach 10:00 AM 12:00 PM 08/13/2009 Piedmont Regional Library 189 Bell View Street Winder GA 30017
Rep. John Linder REP GA 7 Constituent Outreach 01:00 PM 03:00 PM 08/19/2009 Covington Library 7116 Floyd Road Covington GA 30014
Rep. John Linder REP GA 7 Constituent Outreach 10:00 AM 12:00 PM 08/19/2009 Monroe- Walton Library 217 West Spring Street Monroe GA 30655
Rep. Frank Lucas REP OK 3 Town Hall 04:00 PM 05:00 PM 08/06/2009 Western Oklahoma State College Room H-9 2801 N. Main Street Altus OK 73521
Rep. Frank Lucas REP OK 3 Town Hall 09:00 AM 10:00 AM 08/06/2009 Fire Department Community Room 115 E. Main Street Hinton OK 73047
Rep. Frank Lucas REP OK 3 Town Hall 11:00 AM 12:00 PM 08/06/2009 Anadarko City Hall 501 W. Virginia Avenue Anadarko OK 73005
Rep. Frank Lucas REP OK 3 Town Hall 02:00 PM 03:00 PM 08/06/2009 Western Technology Center Seminar Room 1000 S. Bailey Street Hobart OK 73651
Rep. Frank Lucas REP OK 3 Town Hall 04:00 PM 05:00 PM 08/07/2009 Cordell Police Department Community Room 105 W. Main Street Cordell OK 73632
Rep. Frank Lucas REP OK 3 Town Hall 01:30 PM 02:30 PM 08/07/2009 Mangum Brick Company Conference Room 2316 N. Louis Tittle Avenue Mangum OK 73554
Rep. Frank Lucas REP OK 3 Town Hall 11:00 AM 12:00 PM 08/07/2009 Hollis Civic Center 208 W. Jones Street Hollis OK 73550
Rep. Frank Lucas REP OK 3 Town Hall 04:00 PM 05:00 PM 08/19/2009 City Hall Commission Chamber 516 East Grand Avenue Ponca OK 74601
Rep. Frank Lucas REP OK 3 Town Hall 10:00 AM 11:00 AM 08/19/2009 Medford City Hall 615 North Front Street Medford OK 73759
Rep. Frank Lucas REP OK 3 Town Hall 01:00 PM 02:00 PM 08/19/2009 Newkirk Public Library 116 North Maple Avenue Newkirk OK 74647
Rep. Frank Lucas REP OK 3 Town Hall 02:30 PM 03:30 PM 08/19/2009 Kay Electric Kay Room 300 West Doolin Avenue Blackwell OK 74631
Rep. Frank Lucas REP OK 3 Town Hall 04:00 PM 05:00 PM 08/20/2009 Autry Technology Center Room 22 1201 West Willow Road Enid OK 73703
Rep. Frank Lucas REP OK 3 Town Hall 12:00 PM 01:00 PM 08/20/2009 Perry Municipal Building 729 Cedar Street Perry OK 73077
Rep. Frank Lucas REP OK 3 Town Hall 01:30 PM 02:30 PM 08/20/2009 Billings City Hall 122 West Main Street Billings OK 74630
Rep. Frank Lucas REP OK 3 Town Hall 09:30 AM 10:30 AM 08/20/2009 Park Pavilion Casey's Trail and Highway 64 Morrison OK 73061
Rep. Frank Lucas REP OK 3 Town Hall 03:30 PM 04:30 PM 08/21/2009 City Hall Community Room 123 S. 6th Avenue Fairview OK 73737
Rep. Frank Lucas REP OK 3 Town Hall 12:00 PM 01:00 PM 08/21/2009 Northwest Oklahoma State University Wyatt Room in
Student Center 709 Oklahoma Boulevard Alva OK 73717
Rep. Frank Lucas REP OK 3 Town Hall 01:30 PM 02:30 PM 08/21/2009 Alfalfa Farm Bureau 113 South Grand Avenue Cherokee OK 73728
Rep. Dan Lungren REP CA 3 Town Hall 07:00 PM 08:30 PM 08/18/2009 Citrus Heights City Hall 6237 Fountain Square Drive Citrus Heights CA 95621
Rep. Dan Lungren REP CA 3 Town Hall 10:00 AM 12:00 PM 08/22/2009 Jackson City Hall 33 Broadway Jackson CA 95642
Rep. Dan Lungren REP CA 3 Town Hall 07:00 PM 08:30 PM 08/26/2009 Rancho Cordova City Hall 2729 Prospect Park Drive Rancho Cordova CA 95670
Rep. Patrick McHenry REP NC 10 Town Hall 06:00 PM 08/04/2009 Avery County Commissioner?s Board Room 2nd Floor 175 Linville Street Newland NC 28657
Rep. Patrick McHenry REP NC 10 Town Hall 06:00 PM 08/06/2009 Spruce Pine Public Library Community Meeting Room 142 Walnut Avenue Spruce Pine NC 28777
Rep. Patrick McHenry REP NC 10 Town Hall 06:00 PM 08/10/2009 Mooresville Town Hall Town Commissioners Chamber 413 North Main Street Mooresville NC 28655
Rep. Patrick McHenry REP NC 10 Town Hall 06:00 PM 08/11/2009 Hickory City Hall City Council Chambers 76 North Center Street Hickory NC 28601
Rep. Patrick McHenry REP NC 10 Town Hall 06:00 PM 08/12/2009 James Warren Lincoln County Citizens Center Commissioners Chambers 115 West Main Street Lincolnton NC 28092
Rep. Patrick McHenry REP NC 10 Town Hall 06:00 PM 08/13/2009 Lenoir Library Meeting Room 6, Lower Level 120 Hospital Avenue Lenoir NC 28645
Rep. Patrick McHenry REP NC 10 Town Hall 06:00 PM 08/17/2009 Western Piedmont
Community College Phifer Learning Resource Center (LRC), Second Floor, Room 120 1001 Burkemont Avenue Morganton NC 28655
Rep. Patrick McHenry REP NC 10 Town Hall 06:00 PM 08/18/2009 Rutherford County Schools Offices School Board Chambers 382 West Main Street Forest City NC 28043
Rep. Patrick McHenry REP NC 10 Town Hall 06:00 PM 08/19/2009 Cherryville Fire Department 411 East Church Street Cherryville NC 28021
Rep. Patrick McHenry REP NC 10 Town Hall 06:00 PM 08/20/2009 Charles A. Harry Cleveland County Administration Building County Commissioners Chambers 311 East Marion Street Shelby NC 28151
Rep. Jerry Moran REP KS 1 County Tour Stop 09:30 AM 10:30 AM 08/04/2009 Sauder Community Center 110 South 1st Street Madison KS 66860
Rep. Jerry Moran REP KS 1 County Tour Stop 01:00 PM 02:00 PM 08/13/2009 Chamber of Commerce 306 N. Main Street McPherson KS 67460
Rep. Jerry Moran REP KS 1 County Tour Stop 04:30 PM 05:30 PM 08/13/2009 TBD TBD Cottonwood Falls KS
Rep. Jerry Moran REP KS 1 County Tour Stop 02:30 PM 03:30 PM 08/13/2009 Tabor College Wolhgemuth Music Education Center 400 South Jefferson Street Hillsboro KS 67063
Rep. Tim Murphy REP PA 18 Town Hall 09:00 AM 11:00 AM 08/01/2009 Moon Township Municipal Building 1000 Beaver Grade Road Moon Township PA 15109
Rep. Ed Perlmutter DEM CO 7 Government in the Grocery 01:00 PM 08/08/2009 King Soopers 500 Bromley Lane Brighton CO 80601
Rep. Tom Perriello DEM VA 5 Tom In Your Town 06:00 PM 08:00 PM 08/03/2009 Martinsville High School 351 Commonwealth Boulevard Martinsville VA 24112
Rep. Tom Perriello DEM VA 5 Tom In Your Town 06:00 PM 08:00 PM 08/04/2009 Laurel Park Middle School 280 Laurel Park Avenue Martinsville VA 24112
Rep. Tom Perriello DEM VA 5 Tom In Your Town 06:00 PM 08:00 PM 08/05/2009 O.T. Bonner Middle School 300 Apollo Drive Danville VA 24540
Rep. Tom Perriello DEM VA 5 Tom In Your Town 06:00 PM 08:00 PM 08/06/2009 Chatham Middle School 11650 Highway 29 N. Chatham VA 24531
Rep. Tom Perriello DEM VA 5 Tom In Your Town 06:00 PM 08:00 PM 08/07/2009 Halifax High School 310 High School Circle South Boston VA 24592
Rep. Tom Perriello DEM VA 5 Tom In Your Town 11:00 AM 01:00 PM 08/08/2009 Bedford Elementary School 806 Tiger Trail Bedford VA 24523
Rep. Tom Perriello DEM VA 5 Tom In Your Town 06:00 PM 08:00 PM 08/10/2009 Ruckersville Elementary School 105 Progress Place Ruckersville VA 22968
Rep. Tom Perriello DEM VA 5 Tom In Your Town 06:00 PM 08:00 PM 08/11/2009 Charlottesville High-MLK Performing Arts Center 1400 Melbourne Road Charlottesville VA 22901
Rep. Tom Perriello DEM VA 5 Tom In Your Town 06:00 PM 08:00 PM 08/17/2009 Fluvanna County School Board Office 14455 James Madison Highway Palmyra VA 22963
Rep. Tom Perriello DEM VA 5 Tom In Your Town 06:00 PM 08:00 PM 08/18/2009 Charlotte Court House 250 LeGrande Avenue Charlotte Court House VA 23923
Rep. Tom Perriello DEM VA 5 Tom In Your Town 06:00 PM 08:00 PM 08/19/2009 Kenbridge Community Center Auditorium 511 E. 5th Avenue Kenbridge VA 23944
Rep. Tom Perriello DEM VA 5 Tom In Your Town 05:30 PM 07:30 PM 08/20/2009 The Nelson Center 8445 Thomas Nelson Highway Lovingston VA 22949
Rep. Tom Perriello DEM VA 5 Tom In Your Town 06:00 PM 08:00 PM 08/21/2009 Mecklenburg County School Board Office 175 Mayfield Drive Boydton VA 23917
Rep. Tom Perriello DEM VA 5 Tom In Your Town 01:00 PM 03:00 PM 08/22/2009 Tiger Express 137 W. Hicks Street Lawrenceville VA 23868
Rep. Tom Perriello DEM VA 5 Tom In Your Town 06:00 PM 08:00 PM 08/24/2009 Buckingham Middle School Auditorium 1184 High School Road Buckingham VA 23921
Rep. Tom Perriello DEM VA 5 Tom In Your Town 06:00 PM 08:00 PM 08/25/2009 Prince Edward Middle School Cafeteria 35 Eagle Drive Farmville VA 23901
Rep. Tom Perriello DEM VA 5 Tom In Your Town 06:00 PM 08:00 PM 08/26/2009 Cumberland Restaurant 1465 Anderson Highway Cumberland VA 23040
Rep. Tom Perriello DEM VA 5 Tom In Your Town 06:00 PM 08:00 PM 08/27/2009 Victory Hall 401 Valley Street Scottsville VA 24590
Rep. Tom Perriello DEM VA 5 Tom In Your Town 06:00 PM 08:00 PM 08/28/2009 Campbell County Technical Center 194 Dennis Riddle Drive Rustburg VA 24588
Rep. Tom Perriello DEM VA 5 Tom In Your Town 11:00 AM 01:00 PM 08/29/2009 The Franklin Center for Advanced Learning 50 Claiborne Avenue Rocky Mount VA 24151
Rep. Tom Perriello DEM VA 5 Tom In Your Town 06:00 PM 08:00 PM 08/31/2009 Appomattox Community Center 220 Community Lane Appomattox VA 24522
Rep. Thomas Petri REP WI 6 Town Hall 11:00 AM 12:00 PM 08/05/2009 Town of Buchanan Town Hall N178 County Road N Darboy WI 54911
Rep. Thomas Petri REP WI 6 Town Hall 09:00 AM 10:00 AM 08/05/2009 Calumet County Courthouse Room 025 206 Court Street Chilton WI 53014
Rep. Thomas Petri REP WI 6 Town Hall 09:30 AM 10:30 AM 08/06/2009 City Hall Council Chambers 205 South Webster Avenue Omro WI 54963
Rep. Thomas Petri REP WI 6 Town Hall 02:30 PM 03:30 PM 08/07/2009 Manitowoc Public Library Balkansky Community Room 707 Quay Street Manitowoc WI 54220
Rep. Thomas Petri REP WI 6 Town Hall 10:00 AM 11:00 AM 08/07/2009 Village Hall Community Center 913 South Wisconsin Drive Howards Grove WI 53083
Rep. Thomas Petri REP WI 6 Town Hall 02:30 PM 03:30 PM 08/10/2009 City Hall Activity Room A 404 East Lake Street Horicon WI 53032
Rep. Thomas Petri REP WI 6 Town Hall 09:30 AM 10:30 AM 08/10/2009 Caestecker Public Library Conference Room 518 Hill Street Green Lake WI 54941
Rep. Thomas Petri REP WI 6 Town Hall 03:30 PM 04:30 PM 08/13/2009 Municipal Building City Council Chambers 106 Jones Street Watertown WI 53094
Rep. Thomas Petri REP WI 6 Town Hall 09:00 AM 10:00 AM 08/13/2009 Community Center 130 North Main Street Oakfield WI 53065
Rep. Thomas Petri REP WI 6 Town Hall 03:00 PM 04:00 PM 08/14/2009 Marquette County Courthouse Public Safety Training Room 77 West Park Street Montello WI 53949
Rep. Thomas Petri REP WI 6 Town Hall 01:00 PM 02:00 PM 08/14/2009 Community Center 500 Division Street Wild Rose WI 54984
Rep. Thomas Petri REP WI 6 Town Hall 10:00 AM 11:00 AM 08/14/2009 Municipal Building Council Chambers 101 North Main Street Adams WI 53910
Rep. Ted Poe REP TX 2 Town Hall 06:00 PM 08/05/2009 American Legion Hall 14890 Fm 2100 Road Crosby TX 77532
Rep. Steven Rothman DEM NJ 9 Listening Session 07:00 AM 09:00 PM 08/10/2009 Borough Hall 182 Market Street Elmwood Park NJ 07407
Rep. Steven Rothman DEM NJ 9 Listening Session 01:00 PM 03:00 PM 08/10/2009 Borough Hall 214 Ridge Road North Arlington NJ 07031
Rep. Steven Rothman DEM NJ 9 Listening Session 07:00 AM 09:00 PM 08/11/2009 Municipal Complex 275 Broad Avenue Palisades Park NJ 07650
Rep. Steven Rothman DEM NJ 9 Listening Session 01:00 PM 03:00 PM 08/11/2009 Senior Center 24 Union Boulevard Wallington NJ 07057
Rep. Steven Rothman DEM NJ 9 Listening Session 07:00 AM 09:00 PM 08/12/2009 Borough Hall 176 Park Avenue Rutherford NJ 07070
Rep. Steven Rothman DEM NJ 9 Listening Session 01:00 PM 03:00 PM 08/12/2009 Municipal Complex 10 Kahn Terrace Englewood Cliffs NJ 07632
Rep. Steven Rothman DEM NJ 9 Listening Session 07:00 PM 09:00 PM 08/13/2009 City Hall 65 Central Avenue Hackensack NJ 07601
Rep. Steven Rothman DEM NJ 9 Listening Session 01:00 PM 03:00 PM 08/13/2009 Municipal Complex 1203 Paterson Plank Road Secaucus NJ 07094
Rep. Steven Rothman DEM NJ 9 Listening Session 01:00 PM 03:00 PM 08/14/2009 Borough Hall 59 Anderson Avenue Fairview NJ 07022
Rep. Steven Rothman DEM NJ 9 Listening Session 10:00 AM 12:00 PM 08/14/2009 Borough Hall 510 Route 46 West Teterboro NJ 07608
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard DEM CA 34 Open Foreclosure Forum 09:00 AM 02:00 PM 08/08/2009 Downey Adult School 12340 Woodruff Avenue Downey CA 90241
Rep. Janice Schakowsky DEM IL 9 Town Hall 06:30 PM 08/31/2009 Niles West High School Auditorium 5701 Oakton Street Skokie IL 60077
Rep. Kurt Schrader DEM OR 5 Meet and Greet 07:00 PM 08:30 PM 08/06/2009 Brewer's on the Bay Board Room 2320 OSU Drive Newport OR 97365 Please RSVP to Jay Clark at 503.723.6174, or jay@kurtschrader.com.
Rep. David Scott DEM GA 13 District Health Fair 10:00 AM 02:00 PM 08/15/2009 Mundy's Mill High School 9652 Fayetteville Road Jonesboro GA 30238
Rep. Adam Smith DEM WA 9 Town Hall 07:00 PM 08:30 PM 08/25/2009 Lakewood City Hall 6000 Main Street SW Lakewood WA 98499
Rep. Adrian Smith REP NE 3 Community Event 06:45 PM 08/03/2009 Custer County Bull Riding Competition Custer County Fairgrounds Broken Bow NE
Rep. Adrian Smith REP NE 3 Mobile Office Hours 10:00 AM 12:00 PM 08/04/2009 Adams County Office Building Assembly Room 300 N. Saint Joseph Hastings NE 68901
Rep. Adrian Smith REP NE 3 Mobile Office Hours 03:45 PM 08/05/2009 WNCC Room 115 371 College Drive Sidney NE
Rep. Adrian Smith REP NE 3 Town Hall Luncheon 11:30 AM 08/06/2009 Lexington Senior Center 407 East 6th Street Lexington NE
Rep. Adrian Smith REP NE 3 Mobile Office Hours 10:00 AM 08/07/2009 Courthouse 301 N Jeffers Street North Platte NE
Rep. Adrian Smith REP NE 3 Mobile Office Hours 10:30 AM 12:30 PM 08/11/2009 Courthouse Drivers Exam Room 501 Lincoln Avenue York NE 68467
Rep. Jackie Speier DEM CA 12 Family Forums 11:00 AM 08/23/2009 Cypress Meadows Conference Center 343 Cypress Avenue Moss Beach CA 94038
Rep. Jackie Speier DEM CA 12 Family Day 08/29/2009 Burton Park 1017 Cedar Street San Carlos CA 94070 Time TBA
Rep. Fortney Stark DEM CA 13 Town Hall Meeting 12:00 PM 08/15/2009 Alameda City Hall 2263 Santa Clara Avenue Alameda CA 94501
Rep. Fortney Stark DEM CA 13 Town Hall Meeting 09:00 AM 08/15/2009 Fremont Senior Center 40086 Paseo Padre Parkway Fremont CA 94538
Rep. Fortney Stark DEM CA 13 Town Hall Meeting 10:30 AM 08/15/2009 San Leandro City Hall 835 E 14th Street San Leandro CA 94577
Rep. Fortney Stark DEM CA 13 Town Hall Meeting 12:00 PM 01:00 PM 09/12/2009 Alameda City Hall Council Chambers 2263 Santa Clara Avenue Alameda CA 94501
Rep. Fortney Stark DEM CA 13 Town Hall Meeting 09:00 AM 10:00 AM 09/12/2009 Ruggieri Senior Center 33997 Alvarado Niles Road Union City CA 94587
Rep. Fortney Stark DEM CA 13 Town Hall Meeting 10:30 AM 11:30 AM 09/12/2009 Hayward City Hall Council Chambers 777 B Street Hayward CA 94541
Rep. Gene Taylor DEM MS 4 Town Hall 06:00 PM 07:30 PM 08/03/2009 Waynesboro City Hall 714 Wayne Street Waynesboro MS 39367 For more information call 1-800-273-4363
Rep. Diane Watson DEM CA 33 Open Small Business Forum 01:00 PM 03:00 PM 08/07/2009 Los Angeles District Office 4322 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angelos CA 90010
Rep. David Wu DEM OR 1 Town Hall 05:00 PM 06:00 PM 08/10/2009 McMinnville Police Station 121 SW Adams Street McMinnville OR 97128
Rep. David Wu DEM OR 1 Town Hall 12:00 PM 01:00 PM 08/11/2009 Good Samaritan Hospital Building 2 Auditorium 1040 NW 22nd Avenue Portland OR 97210
Rep. David Wu DEM OR 1 Town Hall 04:00 PM 05:00 PM 08/13/2009 Seaside Public Library 1131 Broadway Street Seaside OR 97138
Rep. David Wu DEM OR 1 Town Hall 04:00 PM 05:00 PM 08/14/2009 Columbia Learning Center 375 South 18th Street St. Helens OR 97051
Find events in your area. See Bottom (got tons of info from resistnet)
STEP TWO: Call your members of Congress
If a town hall meeting is listed, call your member(s) of Congress and let them know you will be attending. If there are no town hall meetings listed, call your Senators and Reps now and find out when they are holding town hall meetings. If they are not holding a town hall meeting, tell them you are disappointed and then request an appointment with the Member or a staffer at the office closest to you. (If they reject even that, then notify them of the time you will arrive!)
Contact numbers for Congress : http://www.congressmerge.com/onlinedb/index.htm
STEP THREE: Post Town Hall events on your state group page
If you identify a town hall meeting or set up an appointment that is not listed , post that event please
STEP FOUR: ATTEND A MEETING AND DELIVER PETITIONS!
lets have every member of Congress to receive a set of “No to Socialized Health Care” petitions. See Resistnet if interested in more info on this
Here are Some Talking Points for when you attend events: - But PLEASE HAVE YOUR OWN, Wat concerns you most - maybe some of these will help stir your thoughts
1) I oppose the President's socialized healthcare plan.
2) Don’t take my health care hostage. I want to make the best choices concerning my healthcare.
3) Eighty-four percent of Americans say they don’t want Obamacare or any form of socialized healthcare.
4) I do not want the government to have more control and influence over my health care. That is why I reject the so called “public option” which is really socialized health care and will destroy private options.
5) Americans cannot afford the $1.5 trillion price tag of socialized health care during these difficult economic times. I flatly reject any health care proposal that increases costs or imposes new taxes on any American.
6) The keys to a consumer-centered health care system:
a. Competition
b. Market Incentives to Control Cost and Improve Services
c. Price, Quality, and Value
7) America’s healthcare system is in desperate need of substantial reform. Policy makers should take decisive steps to move today’s bureaucracy driven, heavily regulated third-party payment system to a new patient-centered system of consumer choice and real free-market competition.
8) Look at the evidence: the TennCare plan in Tennessee and the government run health care plans from Hawaii and Massachusetts were deeply flawed and have failed. Universal healthcare is a bad idea that will end up devastating our nation.
9) What is exactly covered under Obamacare? Please be specific.
10) Have you ever been treated in a Veteran’s hospital? Ask a veteran if they are happy with government run health programs, they wait months for substandard, low quality service. Our veterans and citizens deserve better.
Below is a list of Townhall Meetings being held in the coming weeks by your Members of Congress.
Please look for your Representative's name below which are in alphabetical order. Some Representatives
are holding multiple meetings. If you do not see your Representative listed please call their office and ask
when they will be holding a meeting and express your concerns over the Health Care Bill.
If you are unsure of which district you live in and who your Representative is, please use our ACU Action
Center and your zip code at this link: ACU Action Center
First Local Rochester stuff I found then others
Democrat Congressman Eric Massa will be holding a Town
Hall Meeting at the Mendon Community Center this Thursday, August 6th, from 7:30-9:00pm.
also for Eric Massa
Wednesday, August 26
5:30PM-7:30PM
Perinton Community Center
1350 Turk Hill Rd
Fairport, NY 14450
Chris Lee's Health Care Event is a TeleTownhall on Thursday, August 13th from 10:40am til 11:40am. To participate, you'll call in to the Automated Conference Center at 1-877-229-8493. You'll be prompted for a PIN: 14687, then hit # and you will be directed into the call.
let me know if you know of any others please
US Rep. Dan Maffei will be having a TeleTownhall meeting, not yet scheduled. Call the office at (585) 336-7291 and give them your name, address and phone number. They will call you the day before it's to happen to let you know.
NYS Assemblyman Joseph Errigo's staff said they used to have them but no one showed up so they stopped. She laughed when I suggested people would show up this time. Call and let them know you'd like to see him work while he's home - (585) 334-5210 Henrietta, (518) 455-5662 Albany
NYS Assemblyman Joseph Morrelle held a Senior Health Care event today at Irondequoit High. There are no others scheduled - they usually do them the end of August but changed it this year. (585) 467-0410, (518) 455-5373 Albany
NYS Senator Jim Alesi has nothing planned for this month. Call him and tell him to get something on the calendar. (585) 223-1800 Fairport, (518) 455-2015 Albany
Louise Slaughter is posting information for constituents on her website. Will not have any public events. Also, see the editorial in today's Democrat & Chronicle. (585) 232-4850 Rochester, (202) 225-3615 Washington
(From her website today: "August is a critical time for all Americans to make their voices heard by their representatives in Congress. ..
No matter which path to health care reform you support, I encourage you to let me or your own representatives know your thoughts on this issue. In just the first few days of August, reports of corporate sponsored protests are already pouring in, and it is important that Americans who support true reform let their friends, neighbors, and elected officials know."
Kirsten Gillibrand has no plans yet, though there surely will be, to meet with constituents. She usually posts such things on her website so check back often. (585) 263-6250 Rochester, (202) 224-4451 Washington
Charles Schumer has not scheduled any yet, but might. Check his website for dates. (585)263-5866 Rochester, (202) 224-6542 Washington
It's fun, try it yourself with these folks:
Representative Christopher Lee (585) 663-5570 Rochester, (202) 225-5265 Washington, (716) 634-2324 Williamsville
Rep. Michael Arcuri (315) 793-8146 Utica, (315) 252-2777 Auburn, (607) 756-2470 Cortland, (202)225-3665 Washington
NYS Assembly Members:
Susan John (585) 244-5255 Rochester, (518) 455-4527 Albany *Staff in Rochester said to call Scheduler, 'Hilary,' at the Albany office.
William Reilich (585) 225-4190 Rochester, (518) 455-4664 Albany
Daniel Burling (585) 786-0180 Warsaw, (518) 455-5662 Albany
NYS Senate:
Dale Volker (716) 656-8544 Depew, (585) 786-5048 Warsaw, (518) 455-3471
Joseph Robach You'd need to speak with his Chief of Staff who was unavailable when I called and I declined to leave a message. (585) 225-3650 Rochester, (518) 455-2909 Albany
Batavia Daily news reports yesterday (Monday, July 27) that Sen. Kiersten Gillibrand will visit Geneseo on Aug. 17 at Sweet Briar, located at 5126 Geneseo-Mt. Morris Rd. (Rt. 63). This is a DemocRATick (socialist/communist) Party fundraiser with a $25 minimum donation. The story relates that Sweet Briar is renowned for its views of the Genesee Valley. What if she was met by a large contingent of people picketing with signs against her more recent stand (flip flop from her stand as Democrat Representative in her district) on 2A issues?
OK BY ALPHABETICAL ORDER
Representative Party State District Topic Start Time End Time Date Location Room Address City State Zip Additional Info
Rep. John Adler DEM NJ 3 Congress on Your Corner 11:00 AM 03:00 PM 08/01/2009 TBA TBA TBA NJ
Rep. John Adler DEM NJ 3 Congress on Your Corner 11:00 AM 03:00 PM 08/03/2009 Rittacco Center 1245 Old Freehold Road Toms River NJ 08753
Rep. Michele Bachmann REP MN 6 Telephone Town Hall 02:30 PM 03:30 PM 07/30/2009 To participate please dial (877) 229-8493 and enter the pin: 13533 at anytime during the meeting.
Rep. John Barrow DEM GA 12 Congress on the Corner 03:00 PM 04:30 PM 08/01/2009 Scoops 125 South Wayne Street Milledgeville GA 31061
Rep. John Barrow DEM GA 12 Congress on the Corner 01:00 PM 02:00 PM 08/01/2009 Hancock County Library 8984 East Broad Street Sparta GA 31087
Rep. John Barrow DEM GA 12 Congress on the Corner 11:00 AM 12:00 PM 08/01/2009
Country Buffet 117 West Haynes Street Sandersville GA 31082
Rep. Joe Barton REP TX 6 Town Hall 05:00 PM 06:00 PM 08/17/2009 Lovelady Church of Christ Fellowship Hall 150 South Read Street Lovelady TX 75851
Rep. Joe Barton REP TX 6 Town Hall 12:00 PM 01:00 PM 08/17/2009 Community Center 141 North Pearl Street Marquez TX 77865
Rep. Joe Barton REP TX 6 Town Hall 07:30 PM 08:30 PM 08/19/2009 Kennedale City Hall
Rep. Joe Barton REP TX 6 Town Hall 12:30 PM 01:30 PM 08/27/2009 Wortham Presbyterian Church 201 South 3rd Street Wortham TX 76693
Council Chambers 405 Municipal Drive Kennedale TX 76060
Rep. Joe Barton REP TX 6 Town Hall 06:00 PM 07:00 PM 08/19/2009 Mansfield City Hall Council Chamber 1200 East Broad Street Mansfield TX 76063
Rep. Joe Barton REP TX 6 Town Hall 06:00 PM 07:00 PM 08/20/2009 Arlington City Hall Council Chambers 101 West Abram Street Arlington TX 76004
Rep. Michael Burgess REP TX 26 Town Hall 02:00 PM 03:00 PM 08/08/2009 North Central Texas College Administration Building, Little Theater 1525 California Street Gainesville TX 76240
Rep. Michael Burgess REP TX 26 Town Hall 10:00 AM 11:00 AM 08/08/2009 Center for the Visual Arts 400 East Hickory Street Denton TX 76201
Rep. Kathy Castor DEM FL 11 Office Hours 10:30 AM 12:30 PM 09/02/2009 Jan K Platt Library 3910 S. Manhattan Avenue Tampa FL 33611
Rep. Jason Chaffetz REP UT 3 Town Hall 07:00 PM 08/25/2009 Utah County Courthouse 3rd Floor Ballroom 51 S. University avenue Provo UT 84601
Rep. Jason Chaffetz REP UT 3 Town Hall 07:00 PM 08/26/2009 South Jordan Library 10673 S. Redwood Road South Jordan UT 84095
Rep. Tom Cole REP OK 4 Town Hall 12:00 PM 01:00 PM 08/11/2009 Moore Public Library Room A 225 S. Howard Avenue Moore OK 73160
Rep. Tom Cole REP OK 4 Town Hall 12:00 PM 01:00 PM 08/14/2009 Red River Technology Center Main Seminar Room 3300 W Bois D' Arc Duncan OK 73533
Rep. John Conyers DEM MI 14 Community Forum 11:00 AM 03:00 PM 08/01/2009 Ernest T. Ford Recreation Center 10 Pitkin Street Highland Park MI 48203
Rep. John Conyers DEM MI 14 Community Forum 03:00 PM 07:00 PM 08/02/2009 Fellowship Chapel 7707 W. Outer Drive Detroit MI 48235
Rep. Joe Courtney DEM CT 2 Telephone Town Hall 06:00 PM 08/05/2009 The number to call in to the teleconference has not yet been determined, please check back closer to date indicated for the number.
Rep. Joe Courtney DEM CT 2 Town Hall 06:00 PM 08/06/2009 Woodstock Academy 57 Academy Road Woodstock CT 06281
Rep. Danny Davis DEM IL 7 Back-to-School Event 01:00 PM 08/15/2009 Columbus Park S. Central Avenue and W. Jackson Boulevard Chicago IL 60644
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If we really want to argue a"fix" for health care we really need to fix the premise in which we discuss the issue.
Just a couple of quick food for thoughts here. As some how I have less time to think lately than I used to :(. But still felt the need to get a quick thought out
As people address health care it always seems to come done to how the system is broken (which yes ok I will give you that point) but why is it broken. Everyone talks about The HMO's, insurers and the medical field getting rich (like being rich is a bad thing but that is another thing all together, kinda). On the Flip side conservatives argue about how the Obama care is population control (agreed) or will drive up costs and kill jobs and invade on privacy etc.. which are all valid but still not the heart of the problem. All these things are symptoms of what is broken. Though Health care has its problems in the USA and sure is inferior to what it used to be and what it could be it is also superior to most.
If we really want to argue or "fix" health care we really need to fix the premise in which we discuss the issue.
Well, it’s coming down to the wire, and with the far left (Nancy Pelosi and alikes) making deals with the Blue Dog democrats. Like saying that they will not force insurance companies to pay for abortions (like I believe that anyway) or doctors to perform them unless it is under extreme life and death situations for the mother (yeah until they finally do away with the conscience clause as they are trying to do). Never mind that is how they got abortion to pass saying it was for EXTREME cases and when the health of the mother was at stake, then later changing that wording to include the mental health of the mother, who says they wont change that too later on. This is all a slippery slope.
Any way back to the point. We conservatives and pro-liberty need to not be goated into false arguments and start communicating the real issue here.
It is simple, everyone says that the Free-Market Health care system is broken and we need a change we need the government to come in and fix the out of control costs. They tell us how the free market is the cause of people being denied care etc.. and that we need to do something to "fix" the system and that government intervention or state run universal health care is the answer.
The problem being in all this is we don't have a free market health care system. Everything from Wall Street to Health care always seems to boil down to Capitalism vs Socialism or worse a Marxist/Orwellian society. We must get back to the basics and remind people that over the years government has imposed over 2,000 mandates to insurance companies saying what they have to cover or what they cant cover or deny etc... and there are 133,000 pages of health care regulation in the U.S. Federal Register. Please tell me why you would consider that to be free market. Each time the government steps in to fix it has driven up prices not only to individuals but to the population as a whole. Every time the government interferes with the private sector they cause more red tape, more inefficacy and less control to doctors. Take a look at medicade and medicare we go on these programs when we have to not cause we want to and now they want to tell people they want to make everyone have to be on programs like this. If the government wants a state run health care then fine so be it. Let them make their Amtrak health care and run it and see who signs up.
When the USA had a market-based medical/health care system it was brilliant the best in the world and for those with or with out money. Over the last 40-50 years the government has inched its way into this part of the privet sector (as if you control health you can certainly more easily control the people, ask any dictator). Why should we have to beg our president to decided who lives and dies, who is convient or who is worthy of what treatment. That should not only be the doctors say but mine and my families. I would like for not only congress but proponents of State run government controlled health care to tell me how that system works? They act like every thing the government touches turns to gold when in fact everything they touch goes bankrupt (as they are not out for profit, nor should they be, but out for our tax dollars)
Something has to change, Agreed, I can admit like I think the majority can that something has to give but it certainly should not giving up more civil liberties, privacy and control to the government. I say re-frame the argument to the left. Let us go on the offensive as the Free-Market works every time. Profit not only is a great motivator but the best way to increase customer service. Basic economics 101.
I am, as is every conservative I know, very compassionate and want to see anyone in need taken care of and anyone who really needs care get it. But as the democrats would have us believe it is only them who care and only them who know what is best for me, you, the poor, the sick and the rich.
I honestly believe we need to start re-framing the debate, not just this one but most of the issues. We are constantly trying to debate on their false dilemma so it is imperative we not only educate ourselves on the issues and Legislation being offered but as well correct the debate, we want to solve for the problem not the symptoms. And the problem is government, government needs to get out of the way and let the free-market highlight it's many benefits and beauty. We have been the leaders of the free world almost since our inception as a country for a reason, our founding fathers believed in you as an individual not just as a business owner but as consumers as well. It has always been about We the people verses they the government and the elitist mentality that most of the rest of the world seems to subscribe to even to this day the world is riddled with dictators and communists and other oppressive regimes who control and dictate every aspect o peoples lives.
Not only must we be consistent and diligent to not let them suck us back into a false argument but as well once we get to the point that they can see reason and see how government is trying to suck us dry from the inside out we must also be able to offer a solution. The solution must be concise as well not just make government get out of the way. But to explain how the government has interfered over the years in the free market health care system that used to work so wonderfully. Nothing is perfect so we can always find things to fix or try to perfect in a system but when ever we find flaws in a system that need fixed we as a people need to remember that solutions never come from government.
As people address health care it always seems to come done to how the system is broken (which yes ok I will give you that point) but why is it broken. Everyone talks about The HMO's, insurers and the medical field getting rich (like being rich is a bad thing but that is another thing all together, kinda). On the Flip side conservatives argue about how the Obama care is population control (agreed) or will drive up costs and kill jobs and invade on privacy etc.. which are all valid but still not the heart of the problem. All these things are symptoms of what is broken. Though Health care has its problems in the USA and sure is inferior to what it used to be and what it could be it is also superior to most.
If we really want to argue or "fix" health care we really need to fix the premise in which we discuss the issue.
Well, it’s coming down to the wire, and with the far left (Nancy Pelosi and alikes) making deals with the Blue Dog democrats. Like saying that they will not force insurance companies to pay for abortions (like I believe that anyway) or doctors to perform them unless it is under extreme life and death situations for the mother (yeah until they finally do away with the conscience clause as they are trying to do). Never mind that is how they got abortion to pass saying it was for EXTREME cases and when the health of the mother was at stake, then later changing that wording to include the mental health of the mother, who says they wont change that too later on. This is all a slippery slope.
Any way back to the point. We conservatives and pro-liberty need to not be goated into false arguments and start communicating the real issue here.
It is simple, everyone says that the Free-Market Health care system is broken and we need a change we need the government to come in and fix the out of control costs. They tell us how the free market is the cause of people being denied care etc.. and that we need to do something to "fix" the system and that government intervention or state run universal health care is the answer.
The problem being in all this is we don't have a free market health care system. Everything from Wall Street to Health care always seems to boil down to Capitalism vs Socialism or worse a Marxist/Orwellian society. We must get back to the basics and remind people that over the years government has imposed over 2,000 mandates to insurance companies saying what they have to cover or what they cant cover or deny etc... and there are 133,000 pages of health care regulation in the U.S. Federal Register. Please tell me why you would consider that to be free market. Each time the government steps in to fix it has driven up prices not only to individuals but to the population as a whole. Every time the government interferes with the private sector they cause more red tape, more inefficacy and less control to doctors. Take a look at medicade and medicare we go on these programs when we have to not cause we want to and now they want to tell people they want to make everyone have to be on programs like this. If the government wants a state run health care then fine so be it. Let them make their Amtrak health care and run it and see who signs up.
When the USA had a market-based medical/health care system it was brilliant the best in the world and for those with or with out money. Over the last 40-50 years the government has inched its way into this part of the privet sector (as if you control health you can certainly more easily control the people, ask any dictator). Why should we have to beg our president to decided who lives and dies, who is convient or who is worthy of what treatment. That should not only be the doctors say but mine and my families. I would like for not only congress but proponents of State run government controlled health care to tell me how that system works? They act like every thing the government touches turns to gold when in fact everything they touch goes bankrupt (as they are not out for profit, nor should they be, but out for our tax dollars)
Something has to change, Agreed, I can admit like I think the majority can that something has to give but it certainly should not giving up more civil liberties, privacy and control to the government. I say re-frame the argument to the left. Let us go on the offensive as the Free-Market works every time. Profit not only is a great motivator but the best way to increase customer service. Basic economics 101.
I am, as is every conservative I know, very compassionate and want to see anyone in need taken care of and anyone who really needs care get it. But as the democrats would have us believe it is only them who care and only them who know what is best for me, you, the poor, the sick and the rich.
I honestly believe we need to start re-framing the debate, not just this one but most of the issues. We are constantly trying to debate on their false dilemma so it is imperative we not only educate ourselves on the issues and Legislation being offered but as well correct the debate, we want to solve for the problem not the symptoms. And the problem is government, government needs to get out of the way and let the free-market highlight it's many benefits and beauty. We have been the leaders of the free world almost since our inception as a country for a reason, our founding fathers believed in you as an individual not just as a business owner but as consumers as well. It has always been about We the people verses they the government and the elitist mentality that most of the rest of the world seems to subscribe to even to this day the world is riddled with dictators and communists and other oppressive regimes who control and dictate every aspect o peoples lives.
Not only must we be consistent and diligent to not let them suck us back into a false argument but as well once we get to the point that they can see reason and see how government is trying to suck us dry from the inside out we must also be able to offer a solution. The solution must be concise as well not just make government get out of the way. But to explain how the government has interfered over the years in the free market health care system that used to work so wonderfully. Nothing is perfect so we can always find things to fix or try to perfect in a system but when ever we find flaws in a system that need fixed we as a people need to remember that solutions never come from government.
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Racism or Post-Discrimination Syndrome
With the recent arrest of Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. by Cambridge police, there was an outcry of “racism” from some in the black community. These undertones were further stirred by some elites in the Democratic Party who specialize in fueling the accusations of racism for political reasons.
President Barack Obama referred to the arrest as “stupidly” for one sole reason —the skin color of the accused. Had this been a white person in Mr. Gates’ position, I doubt if the incident would have incurred so much attention.
Ethnic relations in America continue to suffer severe setbacks due to those who resurface accusations of cultural disparities. Undeniably, there exists racism, but we must admit that if we were all the same color, we would find something else to hate one another about.
Many in the black community suffer from what I call “post-discrimination syndrome.” While understanding that scores of African-Americans have and will be discriminated against, there needs to be a cognitive restructuring that would allow people to overcome the temptation to believe that others’ treatment of them are due strictly to bigotry. A magnified assumption of prejudice based on race prevents the subject from truly examining areas of life that would allow real success.
Rather than presuppose a reason for judgment, the African-American should observe other possible factors such as communication patterns, education, dress, experience, etc. that may shed light on areas previously excluded from one’s own examination. Continuous failure can be a result of one not identifying real factors that need change.
Every group of people who have immigrated to America understood that to capitalize off the existing arrangement in society would lead to some form of equity. Immigrants realized that becoming assets, they could contribute to —and in some cases— command change. The Irish opened their own businesses, became police officers, legislators and judges. Eventually, the “Irish need not apply” signs disappeared.
The early Republicans, in passing and implementing all the civil rights legislation, attempted to clear the way for black Americans to achieve victory as a free people —without the restraints of involuntary servitude and the Black Codes, a system of laws enacted by Democrats in the south that gave whites virtual police powers over freed blacks after the abolition of slavery.
Despite weighty unfairness, American blacks persisted in their economic agenda and built businesses and schools that would produce honorable mentions. Such achievements required a psychological reconstruction that included a drive to persevere amid a hostile arrangement; a plan that depended on making major contributions to the market whether in education or craft.
It would prove well worthy to examine the predicament before arriving at conclusions that unnecessarily divide America based on mere conjecture. America comprise of many ethnic peoples who covet her citizenship of free enterprise. Some folks would benefit sometimes by just keeping their mouths shut.
by Tommy Davis (July 2009)
I guess I cannot comment on my own post lol so
Chaplin AGREED 100% Extremely well said I must say i feel rather sad i did not write that LOL :D - and If I May I just also add though a second part to that. Though many are eager to simply accept that treatment of them is some how due to bigotry and or racism and or some sort of profiling when in fact it is more due to as you mentioned other factors - It is also worth mentioning that even if you are a victim of bigotry,racism, prejudiced, profiling etc... although profiling is in place for very legitimate reasons (it works), We as Christians first and foremost need to "go the extra mile" and be above retaliation/revenge. I like you Tommy and probably any other black, Jew, Christian, Irish etc.... have faced some sort of racism (more than once) or being the "token black" etc.... or stopped due to being in the "wrong neighborhood" what ever - YEP that is part of life but it is US, Individually which has to purpose how we handle the situation we can freak out and act a fool further propagating that Image or "profile" or we can turn the other cheek and act as Jesus or Dr. MLK Jr. suggested and did. We have to overcome by overcoming and then as Christians by letting "vengeance is mine says the Lord" If we as a people purposed to be insulted with integrity we would as a culture not be so far Indoctrinated into the African Colonial mind set. The Democratic party would not have been so infiltrate us as a people and mentally enslave generations of us to the point of where we are now. Having willingly given up our values and love of God and Country for the color of a mans skin who despises the very country built of the fundamentals of the Bible that has given us and other "minorities" such liberty. We now live in a country where a Black man is president and still we the people are going around NOT LETTING IT GO. Keeping the past alive verses remembering the past so it does not repeat itself. So Again I have to say that even if and when I am profiled or someone is racists towards me I have a choice how to act Like a trained dog or monkey or I can lift my chin and say I am above that - they must have me twisted with someone else and then maybe just maybe (and probably) the next time they see a black (or what ever other prejudice you can interject here) they will think twice about assuming who that person is. God says for everything there is a time and a season and that He has a purpose for all these things all we need to do is reflect who Jesus is and God is in charge of the rest. And the Beauty of the majority of Conservatives though is that even the Godless ones are united with us as the Constitution binds us and the constitution is based on God's Law. That is why the left wants to reconstruct our constitution and Barry calls it our fundamental flaw. GREAT ARTICLE CHAPLIN!!!!
President Barack Obama referred to the arrest as “stupidly” for one sole reason —the skin color of the accused. Had this been a white person in Mr. Gates’ position, I doubt if the incident would have incurred so much attention.
Ethnic relations in America continue to suffer severe setbacks due to those who resurface accusations of cultural disparities. Undeniably, there exists racism, but we must admit that if we were all the same color, we would find something else to hate one another about.
Many in the black community suffer from what I call “post-discrimination syndrome.” While understanding that scores of African-Americans have and will be discriminated against, there needs to be a cognitive restructuring that would allow people to overcome the temptation to believe that others’ treatment of them are due strictly to bigotry. A magnified assumption of prejudice based on race prevents the subject from truly examining areas of life that would allow real success.
Rather than presuppose a reason for judgment, the African-American should observe other possible factors such as communication patterns, education, dress, experience, etc. that may shed light on areas previously excluded from one’s own examination. Continuous failure can be a result of one not identifying real factors that need change.
Every group of people who have immigrated to America understood that to capitalize off the existing arrangement in society would lead to some form of equity. Immigrants realized that becoming assets, they could contribute to —and in some cases— command change. The Irish opened their own businesses, became police officers, legislators and judges. Eventually, the “Irish need not apply” signs disappeared.
The early Republicans, in passing and implementing all the civil rights legislation, attempted to clear the way for black Americans to achieve victory as a free people —without the restraints of involuntary servitude and the Black Codes, a system of laws enacted by Democrats in the south that gave whites virtual police powers over freed blacks after the abolition of slavery.
Despite weighty unfairness, American blacks persisted in their economic agenda and built businesses and schools that would produce honorable mentions. Such achievements required a psychological reconstruction that included a drive to persevere amid a hostile arrangement; a plan that depended on making major contributions to the market whether in education or craft.
It would prove well worthy to examine the predicament before arriving at conclusions that unnecessarily divide America based on mere conjecture. America comprise of many ethnic peoples who covet her citizenship of free enterprise. Some folks would benefit sometimes by just keeping their mouths shut.
by Tommy Davis (July 2009)
I guess I cannot comment on my own post lol so
Chaplin AGREED 100% Extremely well said I must say i feel rather sad i did not write that LOL :D - and If I May I just also add though a second part to that. Though many are eager to simply accept that treatment of them is some how due to bigotry and or racism and or some sort of profiling when in fact it is more due to as you mentioned other factors - It is also worth mentioning that even if you are a victim of bigotry,racism, prejudiced, profiling etc... although profiling is in place for very legitimate reasons (it works), We as Christians first and foremost need to "go the extra mile" and be above retaliation/revenge. I like you Tommy and probably any other black, Jew, Christian, Irish etc.... have faced some sort of racism (more than once) or being the "token black" etc.... or stopped due to being in the "wrong neighborhood" what ever - YEP that is part of life but it is US, Individually which has to purpose how we handle the situation we can freak out and act a fool further propagating that Image or "profile" or we can turn the other cheek and act as Jesus or Dr. MLK Jr. suggested and did. We have to overcome by overcoming and then as Christians by letting "vengeance is mine says the Lord" If we as a people purposed to be insulted with integrity we would as a culture not be so far Indoctrinated into the African Colonial mind set. The Democratic party would not have been so infiltrate us as a people and mentally enslave generations of us to the point of where we are now. Having willingly given up our values and love of God and Country for the color of a mans skin who despises the very country built of the fundamentals of the Bible that has given us and other "minorities" such liberty. We now live in a country where a Black man is president and still we the people are going around NOT LETTING IT GO. Keeping the past alive verses remembering the past so it does not repeat itself. So Again I have to say that even if and when I am profiled or someone is racists towards me I have a choice how to act Like a trained dog or monkey or I can lift my chin and say I am above that - they must have me twisted with someone else and then maybe just maybe (and probably) the next time they see a black (or what ever other prejudice you can interject here) they will think twice about assuming who that person is. God says for everything there is a time and a season and that He has a purpose for all these things all we need to do is reflect who Jesus is and God is in charge of the rest. And the Beauty of the majority of Conservatives though is that even the Godless ones are united with us as the Constitution binds us and the constitution is based on God's Law. That is why the left wants to reconstruct our constitution and Barry calls it our fundamental flaw. GREAT ARTICLE CHAPLIN!!!!
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
Monday, June 29, 2009
Since when does anyone in Politics think this is ok? GROW UP
Since when does anyone in Politics think this is ok?
"Partisan politics should never be more prominent than the Pledge of Allegiance. This may come across as a partisan story, but I can't deny the facts on this one. Republicans stood for the pledge, while every Democrat remained seated. Come on, guys...you're supposed to be senators!"
Normally I might get mad a bit or frustrated here and there but this actually just disgusts me and ticks me off. But hey what can you expect from a but of power hungry, agenda driven collectivists. This is just another example of why, I left the democratic party. These people are babies and so emotionally controlled that common sense, righteousness, truth and liberty are all just words meant for manipulation.
GROW UP!!!!!
Stop Embracing Poison - The Church and the Liquor store
Another one not written by me but by one of my strong brothers Akindele Akinyemi and I had to pass it along
There are two poisons in our community that continues to plague us as Black people. The Church and the Liquor store.
If you drive down any main street in Detroit you will find churches and liquor stores. When people leave church on Sunday they go next door to the liquor store to buy a pack of cigarettes and rum.
Or whiskey.
Or beer.
Some buy weed right out of the liquor stores and gas stations.
You would think the church would give our people some spiritual insight on how to live. With the advent of welfare and other nonsense we have fallen into a trap of decadence.
Decades of it.
This is why the church in our communities need a urban revolution based on family, health and prosperity. Our Black men are dying younger and our Black women are becoming widows and single at an earlier stage in their lives. We are becoming less interested in marriage due to the distrust in our households. We trust the bottle more so than each other.
Building Urban Regional Power through urban conservatism is the key to our crisis in our community. Not social programs that create a handout or dependency mentality. Not the NAACP or other outdated civil rights organizations. Not the Black Nationalist community. All mentioned have had their turn to bat and all have struck out.
The Black Church in our community must seriously work to develop ways of ministering to young Black families who are trying to live God's law, or else it must stop preaching an all accepting, all liberating gospel and calling itself a church. The good news of the gospel is that God's love is for all people unconditionally.
For the last 400 years our people developed a wealth of mechanisms and structures for survival in spite of this society's commitment to our destruction. The church was one such structure. It was through the Christian church that the "business" of the Black community was conducted and implemented. The Black church provided a forum for dealing with the politics of our oppression (as well as the economic deficiencies brought on by racism) and a place for healing the despair and loneliness of a people denied respect for their human dignity. The church was the center from which real life sprang, presenting the good news that all people have been liberated by the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Our love for, and loyalty to, the All Living God guaranteed this freedom.
Today, some of our Black churches have fallen off and embrace foolishness like homosexuality and killing Black children through abortion. We accept the fact that our children are failing in public schools and instead of taking the time to open up our own institution we give them a "social" program to try to save them.
Urban conservative have banned together to try to find a way to cure the problem. We fully understand that it's easy to accept certain policies and hard to accept conservative principles. The same principles that we have been following forever since day one. Conservative principles are not a White or Black thing. It is a human thing that God has placed here for us to follow and obey. When we deviate from God's law our society goes to hell in a hand basket.
Young urban conservatives also must begin to step up in leadership roles in the church structure to guide young people back to Christ. We have our instructions and now is the time to take back our community by rejecting bad health and embracing a more conservative way of living.
Young Urban Conservatives must begin to elevate the plight of the Black man by doing the following:
Getting Black parents, Black families and the Black community properly involved in the education of Black male children.
Creating and maintaining nurturing, effective, supportive, child-centered, two-parent families.
Reconnecting Black fathers to their children.
Instilling strong educational and conservative values in young Black men.
Developing positive community structures, principles, morals and activities to help with the social development of young Black men.
Finding strong, positive role models for young Black men.
We are responsible for this transformation not the government. We are responsible for teaching our youth in the church and at home about sexuality, personal responsibility and education. The government is not responsible for this.
When we embrace Jesus Christ and not the State of Michigan as our Savior we will begin to build urban regional networks on conservative principles across the region.
by Akindele Akinyemi
There are two poisons in our community that continues to plague us as Black people. The Church and the Liquor store.
If you drive down any main street in Detroit you will find churches and liquor stores. When people leave church on Sunday they go next door to the liquor store to buy a pack of cigarettes and rum.
Or whiskey.
Or beer.
Some buy weed right out of the liquor stores and gas stations.
You would think the church would give our people some spiritual insight on how to live. With the advent of welfare and other nonsense we have fallen into a trap of decadence.
Decades of it.
This is why the church in our communities need a urban revolution based on family, health and prosperity. Our Black men are dying younger and our Black women are becoming widows and single at an earlier stage in their lives. We are becoming less interested in marriage due to the distrust in our households. We trust the bottle more so than each other.
Building Urban Regional Power through urban conservatism is the key to our crisis in our community. Not social programs that create a handout or dependency mentality. Not the NAACP or other outdated civil rights organizations. Not the Black Nationalist community. All mentioned have had their turn to bat and all have struck out.
The Black Church in our community must seriously work to develop ways of ministering to young Black families who are trying to live God's law, or else it must stop preaching an all accepting, all liberating gospel and calling itself a church. The good news of the gospel is that God's love is for all people unconditionally.
For the last 400 years our people developed a wealth of mechanisms and structures for survival in spite of this society's commitment to our destruction. The church was one such structure. It was through the Christian church that the "business" of the Black community was conducted and implemented. The Black church provided a forum for dealing with the politics of our oppression (as well as the economic deficiencies brought on by racism) and a place for healing the despair and loneliness of a people denied respect for their human dignity. The church was the center from which real life sprang, presenting the good news that all people have been liberated by the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Our love for, and loyalty to, the All Living God guaranteed this freedom.
Today, some of our Black churches have fallen off and embrace foolishness like homosexuality and killing Black children through abortion. We accept the fact that our children are failing in public schools and instead of taking the time to open up our own institution we give them a "social" program to try to save them.
Urban conservative have banned together to try to find a way to cure the problem. We fully understand that it's easy to accept certain policies and hard to accept conservative principles. The same principles that we have been following forever since day one. Conservative principles are not a White or Black thing. It is a human thing that God has placed here for us to follow and obey. When we deviate from God's law our society goes to hell in a hand basket.
Young urban conservatives also must begin to step up in leadership roles in the church structure to guide young people back to Christ. We have our instructions and now is the time to take back our community by rejecting bad health and embracing a more conservative way of living.
Young Urban Conservatives must begin to elevate the plight of the Black man by doing the following:
Getting Black parents, Black families and the Black community properly involved in the education of Black male children.
Creating and maintaining nurturing, effective, supportive, child-centered, two-parent families.
Reconnecting Black fathers to their children.
Instilling strong educational and conservative values in young Black men.
Developing positive community structures, principles, morals and activities to help with the social development of young Black men.
Finding strong, positive role models for young Black men.
We are responsible for this transformation not the government. We are responsible for teaching our youth in the church and at home about sexuality, personal responsibility and education. The government is not responsible for this.
When we embrace Jesus Christ and not the State of Michigan as our Savior we will begin to build urban regional networks on conservative principles across the region.
by Akindele Akinyemi
Friday, June 26, 2009
Obama, the African Colonial
This Lady has just totally Peg Obama, Good show old girl good show
Obama, the African Colonial
By L.E. Ikenga Had Americans been able to stop obsessing over the color of Barack Obama's skin and instead paid more attention to his cultural identity, maybe he would not be in the White House today. The key to understanding him lies with his identification with his father, and his adoption of a cultural and political mindset rooted in postcolonial Africa.
Like many educated intellectuals in postcolonial Africa, Barack Hussein Obama, Sr. was enraged at the transformation of his native land by its colonial conqueror. But instead of embracing the traditional values of his own tribal cultural past, he embraced an imported Western ideology, Marxism. I call such frustrated and angry modern Africans who embrace various foreign "isms", instead of looking homeward for repair of societies that are broken, African Colonials. They are Africans who serve foreign ideas.
The tropes of America's racial history as a way of understanding all things black are useless in understanding the man who got his dreams from his father, a Kenyan exemplar of the African Colonial.
Before I continue, I need to say this: I am a first generation born West African-American woman whose parents emigrated to the U.S. in the 1970's from the country now called Nigeria. I travel to Nigeria frequently. I see myself as both a proud American and as a proud Igbo (the tribe that we come from -- also sometimes spelled Ibo). Politically, I have always been conservative (though it took this past election for me to commit to this once and for all!); my conservative values come from my Igbo heritage and my place of birth. Of course, none of this qualifies me to say what I am about to -- but at the same time it does.
My friends, despite what CNN and the rest are telling you, Barack Obama is nothing more than an old school African Colonial who is on his way to turning this country into one of the developing nations that you learn about on the National Geographic Channel. Many conservative (East, West, South, North) African-Americans like myself -- those of us who know our history -- have seen this movie before. Here are two main reasons why many Americans allowed Obama to slip through the cracks despite all of his glaring inconsistencies:
First, Obama has been living on American soil for most of his adult life. Therefore, he has been able to masquerade as one who understands and believes in American democratic ideals. But he does not. Barack Obama is intrinsically undemocratic and as his presidency plays out, this will become more obvious. Second, and most importantly, too many Americans know very little about Africa. The one-size-fits-all understanding that many Americans (both black and white) continue to have of Africa might end up bringing dire consequences for this country.
Contrary to the way it continues to be portrayed in mainstream Western culture, Africa is not a continent that can be solely defined by AIDS, ethnic rivalries, poverty and safaris. Africa, like any other continent, has an immense history defined by much diversity and complexity. Africa's long-standing relationship with Europe speaks especially to some of these complexities -- particularly the relationship that has existed between the two continents over the past two centuries. Europe's complete colonization of Africa during the nineteenth century, also known as the Scramble for Africa, produced many unfortunate consequences, the African colonial being one of them.
The African colonial (AC) is a person who by means of their birth or lineage has a direct connection with Africa. However, unlike Africans like me, their worldviews have been largely shaped not by the indigenous beliefs of a specific African tribe but by the ideals of the European imperialism that overwhelmed and dominated Africa during the colonial period. AC's have no real regard for their specific African traditions or histories. AC's use aspects of their African culture as one would use pieces of costume jewelry: things of little or no value that can be thoughtlessly discarded when they become a negative distraction, or used on a whim to decorate oneself in order to seem exotic. (Hint: Obama's Muslim heritage).
On the other hand, AC's strive to be the best at the culture that they inherited from Europe. Throughout the West, they are tops in their professions as lawyers, doctors, engineers, Ivy League professors and business moguls; this is all well and good. It's when they decide to engage us as politicians that things become messy and convoluted.
The African colonial politician (ACP) feigns repulsion towards the hegemonic paradigms of Western civilization. But at the same time, he is completely enamored of the trappings of its aristocracy or elite culture. The ACP blames and caricatures whitey to no end for all that has gone wrong in the world. He convinces the masses that various forms of African socialism are the best way for redressing the problems that European colonialism motivated in Africa. However, as opposed to really being a hard-core African Leftist who actually believes in something, the ACP uses socialist themes as a way to disguise his true ambitions: a complete power grab whereby the "will of the people" becomes completely irrelevant.
Barack Obama is all of the above. The only difference is that he is here playing (colonial) African politics as usual.
In his 1995 memoir, Dreams From My Father -- an eloquent piece of political propaganda -- Obama styles himself as a misunderstood intellectual who is deeply affected by the sufferings of black people, especially in America and Africa. In the book, Obama clearly sees himself as an African, not as a black American. And to prove this, he goes on a quest to understand his Kenyan roots. He is extremely thoughtful of his deceased father's legacy; this provides the main clue for understanding Barack Obama.
Barack Obama Sr. was an African colonial to the core; in his case, the apple did not fall far from the tree. All of the telltale signs of Obama's African colonialist attitudes are on full display in the book -- from his feigned antipathy towards Europeans to his view of African tribal associations as distracting elements that get in the way of "progress". (On p. 308 of Dreams From My Father, Obama says that African tribes should be viewed as an "ancient loyalties".)
Like imperialists of Old World Europe, the ACP sees their constituents not as free thinking individuals who best know how to go about achieving and creating their own means for success. Instead, the ACP sees his constituents as a flock of ignorant sheep that need to be led -- oftentimes to their own slaughter.
Like the European imperialist who spawned him, the ACP is a destroyer of all forms of democracy.
Here are a few examples of what the British did in order to create (in 1914) what is now called Nigeria and what Obama is doing to you:
- Convince the people that "clinging" to any aspect of their cultural (tribal) identity or history is bad and regresses the process of "unity". British Imperialists deeply feared people who were loyal to anything other than the state. "Tribalism" made the imperialists have to work harder to get people to just fall in line. Imperialists pitted tribes against each other in order to create chaos that they then blamed on ethnic rivalry. Today many "educated" Nigerians, having believed that their traditions were irrelevant, remain completely ignorant of their ancestry and the history of their own tribes.
- Confiscate the wealth and resources of the area that you govern by any means necessary in order to redistribute wealth. The British used this tactic to present themselves as empathetic and benevolent leaders who wanted everyone to have a "fair shake". Imperialists are not interested in equality for all. They are interested in controlling all.
- Convince the masses that your upper-crust university education naturally puts you on an intellectual plane from which to understand everything even when you understand nothing. Imperialists were able to convince the people that their elite university educations allowed them to understand what Africa needed. Many of today's Nigerians-having followed that lead-hold all sorts of degrees and certificates-but what good are they if you can't find a job?
- Lie to the people and tell them that progress is being made even though things are clearly becoming worse. One thing that the British forgot to mention to their Nigerian constituents was that one day, the resources that were being used to engineer "progress" (which the British had confiscated from the Africans to begin with!) would eventually run out. After WWII, Western Europe could no longer afford to hold on to their African colonies. So all of the counterfeit countries that the Europeans created were then left high-and-dry to fend for themselves. This was the main reason behind the African independence movements of the1950 and 60's. What will a post-Obama America look like?
- Use every available media outlet to perpetuate the belief that you and your followers are the enlightened ones-and that those who refuse to support you are just barbaric, uncivilized, ignorant curmudgeons. This speaks for itself.
America, don't be fooled. The Igbos were once made up of a confederacy of clans that ascribed to various forms of democratic government. They took their eyes off the ball and before they knew it, the British were upon them. Also, understand this: the African colonial who is given too much political power can only become one thing: a despot.
Cap & Tax (Cap & Trade)! Let's pray this is true, and please take action ASAP!! The votes are reportedly very close!
Cap & Tax (Cap & Trade)! It could potentially pass today, but there's some good news: Democrats had an emergency meeting last night and again this morning, reportedly because they haven't yet gathered enough votes to pass their tax-raising, prosperity-destroying, economy-busting, tax-hiking, anti-growth Cap and Trade legislation. Let's pray this is true, and please take action ASAP!! The votes are reportedly very close!
The Democrat swing votes on H.R. 2454, the Cap and Trade legislation, according to RedState.com (if you live in their district, call now):
Representative
CALL! but email if you want http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW.shtml BUT really CALL!!!!
Name - District - phone number
Bright AL-02 334-277-9113
Wilson OH–06 740-633-5705
Griffith AL-05 256-551-0190
Space OH-18 330-364-4300
Berry AR-01 870-972-4600
Altmire PA-04 724-378-0928
Ross AR-04 501-520-5892
Thompson PA-05 814-353-0215
Mitchell AZ-05 480-946-2411
Murphy PA-08 215-826-1963
Giffords AZ-08 520-881-3588
Carney PA-10 570-585-9988
Cardoza CA-18 209-527-1914
Holden PA-17 717-234-5904
Costa CA-20 559-495-1620
Herseth-Sandlin SD 605-367-8371
Schiff CA-29 626-304-2727
Davis TN-04 202.225.6831
Harman CA-36 310-643 3636
Cooper TN-05 615-736-5292
Baca CA-43 909-888-2222
Gordon TN-06 615-896-1986
Sanchez CA-47 714-621-0102
Tanner TN-08 731-885-7070
Salazar CO-03 970-245-7107
Cuellar TX-28 210-271-2851
Boyd FL-02 850-561-3979
Matheson UT-02 801-486-1236
Bishop GA-02 229-439-8067
Nye VA-02 757-326-6201
Marshall GA-08 478-464-0255
Perriello VA-05 434-293-9631
Barrow GA-12 706-722-4494
Melancon LA-03 225.621.8490
Scott GA-13 770-210-5073
Kravotil MD-01 202-225-5311
Boswell IA-03 515-282-1909
Michaud ME-02 207-942-6935
Minnick ID-01 208-667-0127
Childers MS-01 662-841-8808
Donnelly IN-02 574.288.2780
Taylor MS-04 228.864.7670
Ellsworth IN-08 812-465-6484
Shuler NC-11 828-252-1651
Hill IN-09 812-288-3999
Pomeroy ND 701-224-0355
Moore KS-03 785-842-9313
Arcuri NY-24 315-252-2777
Chandler KY-06 859-219-1366
The Republicans (list is far shorter b/c most are with us); tell them to vote no on H.R. 2454:
Representative
Buchanan FL-13 202-225-5015
Gerlach PA-06 202-225-4315
Cao LA-02 202-225-6636
Johnson IL-15 202-225-2371
Ehlers MI-03 202-225-3831
Kirk IL-10 202-225-4835
Frelinghuysen NJ-11 202-225-5034
Smith NJ-04 202-225-3765
The Democrat swing votes on H.R. 2454, the Cap and Trade legislation, according to RedState.com (if you live in their district, call now):
Representative
CALL! but email if you want http://www.house.gov/house
Name - District - phone number
Bright AL-02 334-277-9113
Wilson OH–06 740-633-5705
Griffith AL-05 256-551-0190
Space OH-18 330-364-4300
Berry AR-01 870-972-4600
Altmire PA-04 724-378-0928
Ross AR-04 501-520-5892
Thompson PA-05 814-353-0215
Mitchell AZ-05 480-946-2411
Murphy PA-08 215-826-1963
Giffords AZ-08 520-881-3588
Carney PA-10 570-585-9988
Cardoza CA-18 209-527-1914
Holden PA-17 717-234-5904
Costa CA-20 559-495-1620
Herseth-Sandlin SD 605-367-8371
Schiff CA-29 626-304-2727
Davis TN-04 202.225.6831
Harman CA-36 310-643 3636
Cooper TN-05 615-736-5292
Baca CA-43 909-888-2222
Gordon TN-06 615-896-1986
Sanchez CA-47 714-621-0102
Tanner TN-08 731-885-7070
Salazar CO-03 970-245-7107
Cuellar TX-28 210-271-2851
Boyd FL-02 850-561-3979
Matheson UT-02 801-486-1236
Bishop GA-02 229-439-8067
Nye VA-02 757-326-6201
Marshall GA-08 478-464-0255
Perriello VA-05 434-293-9631
Barrow GA-12 706-722-4494
Melancon LA-03 225.621.8490
Scott GA-13 770-210-5073
Kravotil MD-01 202-225-5311
Boswell IA-03 515-282-1909
Michaud ME-02 207-942-6935
Minnick ID-01 208-667-0127
Childers MS-01 662-841-8808
Donnelly IN-02 574.288.2780
Taylor MS-04 228.864.7670
Ellsworth IN-08 812-465-6484
Shuler NC-11 828-252-1651
Hill IN-09 812-288-3999
Pomeroy ND 701-224-0355
Moore KS-03 785-842-9313
Arcuri NY-24 315-252-2777
Chandler KY-06 859-219-1366
The Republicans (list is far shorter b/c most are with us); tell them to vote no on H.R. 2454:
Representative
Buchanan FL-13 202-225-5015
Gerlach PA-06 202-225-4315
Cao LA-02 202-225-6636
Johnson IL-15 202-225-2371
Ehlers MI-03 202-225-3831
Kirk IL-10 202-225-4835
Frelinghuysen NJ-11 202-225-5034
Smith NJ-04 202-225-3765
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Getting your voice back and Refuting Liberal Guilt
We really need to wake up in the USA and really purpose to get our voice back. We each have an individual voice, do not negotiate out of fear, do not be silent out of fear, use it. We are listening to a world based on self, The USA was founded on What? Do you remember? Does anyone remember?
We cannot afford to sit down and be silent or listen to tyrannical dictators to tell us what is “Right”. God Gave us each a conscience to tell us what is right, who to help and how to give etc. Listen to these words and let them speak to you
We cannot afford to sit down and be silent or listen to tyrannical dictators to tell us what is “Right”. God Gave us each a conscience to tell us what is right, who to help and how to give etc. Listen to these words and let them speak to you
From Bill of Rights
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed
From Our constitution
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure Domestic Tranquility, provide for the common Defence, promote the General Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America
See people like Jimmy Carter prefer dictatorships, because "I only have to talk to one person"
People sit around and just casually let all these freedoms go, not realizing what's happening because they are taken away by demanding that we use certain things or not allowing us to use certain things spewing what is best for "The Greater Good" and All of this is done within the framework of liberal guilt. Well, it is time people start taking a hard look around and seeing where "The Greater Good" is taking us as a people, a country and as individuals. The State is taking your individuality and trying to make you feel guilty for it when it is the one thing that sets you apart from everyone else and gives you the opportunity to be any and everything you want to be, and for those of us who got a rough start well....good it will make every success all the sweeter and we will value life in a way others cannot, so excuses are bull-crap. We must each start taking that liberal guilt they try to push on us and say no way.
Pearl of Wisdom: "Silvio Berlusconi is a huge conservative, pro-American leader in Italy, and he beat a guy running as the Italian Obama by 11 points. Sarkozy and Merkel did too. This talk that we're hated in the world, the only place it appears to be true is the Arab world -- and Obama can fix that. He understands bitterness."
The Power of USA comes from our faith in GOD and that every single person on the face of the planet has been given a set of unalienable rights FREEDOM from GOD which should not be taken away.
War - how is that our fault. Why do so many blame those who only understand death as a way of change, not those who try to do best to avoid it, do they so easily forget War it is part of any history.
War is sometimes and unfortunately necessary because there are those out there who believe in bullying others and making others submissive to them and only thing they understand is being beat up. I know that is not a popular thought but it is true, just like in school and school yard bully who will not stop till everyone comes together against him/her to stop.
We in America are free thinkers and maybe we think highly of ourselves and take pride in who we are because we have reason to. Because we have a history of perseverance and freedoms that many, in most of the world will never see. Are you ready to give that up and keep apologizing for it? WHY? and Who is behind that. What about the other systems of the world and how they have tried since our inception to defeat us and yet envy us.
In the beginning of our history we were sought out to find out how we over came and how those enslaved and oppressed have now come along to rule and live side by side with all as equals. This is something to be proud of and fight for and die for and live for and shout from the mountain tops. Even in part with the election of Barack Hussain Obama, though he was not elected because of the content of his character it is still a testament to how far we have come as a nation so I can take away a bit of a smile (kind of), though we must never forget, it was the original intent of our foundign fathers that all men be created equal. Only those (the democratic party) fond of slavery kept slavery in tact after we were estabished as a free nation.
There are other amazing histories and they should be something to be proud of too, do we as Americans go around and try to make Germany or Japan or Poland feel guilty for success and overcoming communism or Hitler etc… each of us who have a history that has brought freedom, in any form, should celebrate it and be proud of it. Each unique but still a powerful voice to be cherished and respected. That is spirit of USA.
It is like hating someone because they are beautiful or hating someone because they are smart, why should someone apologize for these things. And why not celebrate your friends who are smarter than you or prettier or what have you. Why be angry and lose good friends because they have or have over come or were just born with it? What is the sense in that?
I am not fond of anger or envy. Life is about Love and forgiveness and understanding. There is nothing wrong with that except to those who love to control and keep people in fear and subservient so sure we can back down and sur-come to the pressure of a good image to china and Iran and Egypt and what have you or we can Stand up and be who the USA has always been FREEDOM FOR ALL!!!!!!!! Maybe we need to take the time to re-educate ourselves, our children, our neighbors, opur neighbors children and then the world to what Dictatorships, Facism, Communism and the alikes have brought to the world, like genocide.
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Can we press abort
I Wonder about someone who would appoint a racist judge to the supreme court, appoint a tax cheat to head the federal reserve and appoint 35 lobbyists to his administration (especially when he said he wouldn't appoint ANY lobbyists during his campaign). hmmm? Crooked?
And Well I want to say that I Ayesha officially invite all the Obama worshipers to step outside of the Matrix and see what is really happening...or just go back to sleep
And Well I want to say that I Ayesha officially invite all the Obama worshipers to step outside of the Matrix and see what is really happening...or just go back to sleep
Ok yeah and I am the ignorant one....So who is supporting this guy and why?
Yes just a little venting sorry .........................................
Has anyone even heard of the 10th amendment or know what it is anymore
Obama administration supports Saudi immunity in 9/11 lawsuit
Families of the 9/11 victims, however, have expressed outrage over the Obama administration's filing.
Fifteen of the 19 terrorists who hijacked U.S. aircraft and crashed them into the World Trade Center and Pentagon on 9/11 were from Saudi Arabia and were affiliated with al-Qaida. Intelligence and past actions link the Saudi government and the four princes with al-Qaida.
Telling Turkiey we are not a Christian nation
Inviting Iranian Diplomats to July 4 Parties
Giving Terrorists American Citizen rights
Closing Gitmo with no place to go
Breaking ties with Isreal
Trying to split up Jeruselum
Throwing Israel under the bus
Obama...Iran has the right to Nuclear power
Supporting a two state solution with a people unable to govern themselves as it is.
Obama Taking U.S. in Descent into Marxism with breath-taking speed
Obama administration’s now-dominant control over General Motors
chosen stooges will now redesign the entire automotive industry and will even be the guarantee of automobile policies
the U.S. and Canadian governments will own nearly 75 percent of General Motors, with the U.S. holding a 60 percent controlling stake and Canada with 12.5 percent. The UAW would get a 17.5 percent stake and bondholders would end up with the remaining 10 percent. Existing stockholders would be wiped out. (that is not even legal not to mention unconstitutional)
Controlling Banks
nearly 600 banks nationwide have received a total of $199.2 billion
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
It stopped short of nationalizing insurance giant American International Group
what about inflation and not just inflation but Hyper inflation
Unemployment rate is 9% and amongst blacks it is 15% and rising (and the only one hiring is the Feds....can we say communism)
Corruption at DOJ: Case Dismissed Against Black Panthers Who engaged in Voter Intimidation (thanks eric holder)
We are out of money and yet have a purposed 3.7 trillion dollar budget
Printing money on the ACORN tree out back
His spending and money printing has been a record setting, not just in America’s short history, but in the world. If this keeps up for more than another year, and there is no sign that it will not, America at best will resemble the Wiemer Republican and at worst Zimbabwe.”
Thug like tactics from His administration
from the Threatening of stock holders to the threatening of David Kellerman, the CEO of Freddie Mac
the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to deny ... DOJ has now barred Georgia from continuing the citizenship verification program that DOJ ... does not match information reported on the voter registration form
Where is Obama's Birth Certificate anyway
Obama purposefully goes out of his way to silence people who disagree with him
Fairness doctrine
N. Korea testing Nukes left and right and we are just busting out the strong adjectives
A whole slew of anti-life/pro-choice agenda policies (born alive act - FOCA - etc..)
Obama as totally disregarded any Christian values
The list goes on (feel free to add on if you want) but let me just get to my point
does anyone see a trend here
So who is supporting this guy and why? From a secular (liberal & non-God fearing) point of view ok I can say ok I can see it but as a Christian, what God and what Bible are you people reading. Our alliance should be with God and God alone not man or a man. If a person goes against the very Word that gives us life and breath should we not stand up and say hold on wait a minute? You are going down not only a wrong path but a dangerous path and one opposite of the Will of God. We are being judged as a nation, God says He will give us a "king" after the peoples own hearts, well is this our heart in America now? Is this what we stand for. A dumbed down education system where our population knows more about TV stars than our founding fathers and documents. Where people can quote a sitcom more than the Holy scriptures, where we cultivate a culture of death over life? Is this who we are now as a whole? Is this who you are? We are called to repent not only for ourselves but for our nation as a whole. Jeremiah warned of this in His time. What are we doing, how do we want our country to emerge from this? Are we still a Christian and Capitalistic nation bringing light to the world. Striving for the American dream and exceptionalism or are we digressing into whiners with an entitlement mentality so that Marxism, Fascism, Communism and the a likes can rule the day and us as people. The Bible warns of times like this and it is only us who can push back the end and reach out to the nations sending Gods Word to all People that ALL would be saved. We are at a point where failure is not an option.
Oh wait and lets not forget the Muslim Pirates or the Muslim/Islam convert who just opened fire and killed recruit at Military Recruiting Center; Police Cite Religious Motivation. Or Sotomayor the admitted Judicial Activist or the fact we are being made fun of by the UK, Putin, the Chi-coms and even the Russians as they tell us not to go down the ... Read Moreroad of socialism and Marxism and that we have a president with a Messiah complex yet on the most free country in the world Ignorance runs rampant and the masses sit around waiting for some stimulus...how about stimulate yourself with some information not spoon fed you by the mass agenda driven media, hows that for some stimulus,
Has anyone even heard of the 10th amendment or know what it is anymore
Obama administration supports Saudi immunity in 9/11 lawsuit
Families of the 9/11 victims, however, have expressed outrage over the Obama administration's filing.
Fifteen of the 19 terrorists who hijacked U.S. aircraft and crashed them into the World Trade Center and Pentagon on 9/11 were from Saudi Arabia and were affiliated with al-Qaida. Intelligence and past actions link the Saudi government and the four princes with al-Qaida.
Telling Turkiey we are not a Christian nation
Inviting Iranian Diplomats to July 4 Parties
Giving Terrorists American Citizen rights
Closing Gitmo with no place to go
Breaking ties with Isreal
Trying to split up Jeruselum
Throwing Israel under the bus
Obama...Iran has the right to Nuclear power
Supporting a two state solution with a people unable to govern themselves as it is.
Obama Taking U.S. in Descent into Marxism with breath-taking speed
Obama administration’s now-dominant control over General Motors
chosen stooges will now redesign the entire automotive industry and will even be the guarantee of automobile policies
the U.S. and Canadian governments will own nearly 75 percent of General Motors, with the U.S. holding a 60 percent controlling stake and Canada with 12.5 percent. The UAW would get a 17.5 percent stake and bondholders would end up with the remaining 10 percent. Existing stockholders would be wiped out. (that is not even legal not to mention unconstitutional)
Controlling Banks
nearly 600 banks nationwide have received a total of $199.2 billion
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
It stopped short of nationalizing insurance giant American International Group
what about inflation and not just inflation but Hyper inflation
Unemployment rate is 9% and amongst blacks it is 15% and rising (and the only one hiring is the Feds....can we say communism)
Corruption at DOJ: Case Dismissed Against Black Panthers Who engaged in Voter Intimidation (thanks eric holder)
We are out of money and yet have a purposed 3.7 trillion dollar budget
Printing money on the ACORN tree out back
His spending and money printing has been a record setting, not just in America’s short history, but in the world. If this keeps up for more than another year, and there is no sign that it will not, America at best will resemble the Wiemer Republican and at worst Zimbabwe.”
Thug like tactics from His administration
from the Threatening of stock holders to the threatening of David Kellerman, the CEO of Freddie Mac
the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to deny ... DOJ has now barred Georgia from continuing the citizenship verification program that DOJ ... does not match information reported on the voter registration form
Where is Obama's Birth Certificate anyway
Obama purposefully goes out of his way to silence people who disagree with him
Fairness doctrine
N. Korea testing Nukes left and right and we are just busting out the strong adjectives
A whole slew of anti-life/pro-choice agenda policies (born alive act - FOCA - etc..)
Obama as totally disregarded any Christian values
The list goes on (feel free to add on if you want) but let me just get to my point
does anyone see a trend here
So who is supporting this guy and why? From a secular (liberal & non-God fearing) point of view ok I can say ok I can see it but as a Christian, what God and what Bible are you people reading. Our alliance should be with God and God alone not man or a man. If a person goes against the very Word that gives us life and breath should we not stand up and say hold on wait a minute? You are going down not only a wrong path but a dangerous path and one opposite of the Will of God. We are being judged as a nation, God says He will give us a "king" after the peoples own hearts, well is this our heart in America now? Is this what we stand for. A dumbed down education system where our population knows more about TV stars than our founding fathers and documents. Where people can quote a sitcom more than the Holy scriptures, where we cultivate a culture of death over life? Is this who we are now as a whole? Is this who you are? We are called to repent not only for ourselves but for our nation as a whole. Jeremiah warned of this in His time. What are we doing, how do we want our country to emerge from this? Are we still a Christian and Capitalistic nation bringing light to the world. Striving for the American dream and exceptionalism or are we digressing into whiners with an entitlement mentality so that Marxism, Fascism, Communism and the a likes can rule the day and us as people. The Bible warns of times like this and it is only us who can push back the end and reach out to the nations sending Gods Word to all People that ALL would be saved. We are at a point where failure is not an option.
Oh wait and lets not forget the Muslim Pirates or the Muslim/Islam convert who just opened fire and killed recruit at Military Recruiting Center; Police Cite Religious Motivation. Or Sotomayor the admitted Judicial Activist or the fact we are being made fun of by the UK, Putin, the Chi-coms and even the Russians as they tell us not to go down the ... Read Moreroad of socialism and Marxism and that we have a president with a Messiah complex yet on the most free country in the world Ignorance runs rampant and the masses sit around waiting for some stimulus...how about stimulate yourself with some information not spoon fed you by the mass agenda driven media, hows that for some stimulus,
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