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It’s over, or is it?
November 7th, 2010 | 
Author: 
The election mess is over and everyone can relax and enjoy life. I don’t think so. Did you see how many millions-billions were spent by the candidates and their supporters? Do you think there will be pay back for the millions-billions spent? You can bet on that.
Now the resounding voice of the people says there must be a smaller Government. Can that be done or is it a Mission Impossible? This is what I think can be done for starters.
*Reduce Government payroll by 10% every year through attrition.
*A hiring freeze for all departments. Any workers eliminated but not eligible for retirement should be offered jobs opened by those retiring. Job transfers are common in the private sector.
*No new departments except for emergencies like national disasters.
*Cancel all “lifetime pay and insurance” for elected positions. They made their money from special interests and do not need a “welfare” check every month for the rest of their lives.
*Eliminate any division that can be replaced by private enterprise.
*All Government employees must pay no less than 30% into their retirement funds if they are not doing that now because their wages are generally high than private companies.
This is a start I can believe in. How about you?
HEALTH CARE PANEL/RATIONING BOARD VIDEO
Subject: Health Care Video
IF YOU NEVER WATCH ANOTHER 6 MINUTE VIDEO – WATCH THIS ONE! DR. DAVID JANDA FROM ANN ARBOR AND A NATIONALLY KNOWN HEALTH CARE EXPERT SPOKE TO US ON SUNDAY, OCT. 10TH IN SALINE, MI.. THIS IS WHAT IS ‘GOING’ TO HAPPEN IF OBAMACARE IS NOT REPEALED. DR. JANDA, AS HE STATES IN THE VIDEO, TESTIFIED BEFORE CONGRESS AND THIS IS WHAT HE WAS TOLD. THIS WILL SEND CHILLS DOWN YOUR SPINE – GUARANTEED.
CARE ENOUGH ABOUT YOUR FAMILY, FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS, CO-WORKERS AND SEND THIS TO THEM ALSO.
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National press “Nudge” on meds for elderly
Have you noticed the national press has articles about the high cost of cancer medicine and “wasting” it on the elderly? Is this a “nudge”? Should there be a cut off age for those who built and worked all their life for the betterment of their fellow man? Do they forget who paid into the system during their productive years. You know that they are trying to cut costs, one step at a time. Pity the elderly. Will the elderly be written out of the history books like so much litter in our society?
Do you see any articles on cutting off welfare for those that never wanted to work and never will work as long as Uncle Sam gives them money for their votes? Do you see any articles about union workers funding their own retirement? Do you see stories about the impact of illegals in our country?
Let us pray that “We the people” will Fundamentally Change America Nov. 2 by voting. Talk to your friends and neighbors and encourage them to vote.
PELOSI ON 1% TRANSACTION TAX
Pelosi says you wont mind a 1% transaction tax, this means EVERY transaction…EVERY! Can you believe they want to destroy America and make us a socialist country……… I say yes they do!!!!!!!!
Listen when she says this should go global….. What next, prison camps for those that can’t pay???? Does this
include the 40 % that are on welfare checks now? If so, get out your riot gear!
Will this include UNION pensions?????? Bet not.
View her video below………
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U.S. Army — Lying With The Truth
The Army Times article below shows how the Obama Administration is using the US Army to lie to the American people.The official huckster line is that we have removed our last “Combat Brigade” from Iraq.That is true only if you agree to the Name Game being used for propaganda purposes.You see, there are seven or more brigades, that were combat brigades, which are still in Iraq.The only difference is that they have been renamed “Advise and Assist” brigades, so they are not “Combat” brigades, even though they are fully capable of reverting to full combat operations at the drop of a hijab, or whatever.Not to mention the additional two National Guard Infantry Brigades that are not Combat brigades because they are doing security duty.And, don’t forget the two Combat Aviation Brigades that are still in Iraq … no mission change, but they apparently don’t count as Combat brigades.Just remember that the Obama Administration says that our last Combat Brigade has withdrawn from Iraq.Oh, and don’t forget to remember that there is no such thing as a Death Panel, and pray that you don’t get sick with and expensive-to-treat disease.Sleep well, for the Obama Administration wouldn’t lie to you … would they?
7 Advise and Assist Brigades, made up of troops from BCTs, still in IraqBy Kate Brannen – Staff writer
Posted : Saturday Aug 21, 2010 16:10:59 EDTSoldiers from the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team of the 25th Infantry Division are deployed in Iraq as members of an Advise and Assist Brigade, the Army’s designation for brigades selected to conduct security force assistance.
So while the “last full U.S. combat brigade” have left Iraq, just under 50,000 soldiers from specially trained heavy, infantry and Stryker brigades will stay, as well as two combat aviation brigades.
Compared with the 49,000 soldiers in Iraq, there are close to 67,000 in Afghanistan and another 9,700 in Kuwait, according to the latest Army chart on global commitments dated Aug. 17. Under an agreement with the Iraqi government, all U.S. troops must be out of Iraq by Dec. 31, 2011.
There are seven Advise and Assist Brigades in Iraq, as well as two additional National Guard infantry brigades “for security,” said Army spokesman Lt. Col. Craig Ratcliff.
Last year, the Army decided that rather than devote permanent force structure to the growing security force assistance mission, it would modify and augment existing brigades.
The Army has three different standard brigade combat teams: infantry, Stryker and heavy. To build an Advise and Assist Brigade, the Army selects one of these three and puts it through special training before deploying.
The Army selected brigade combat teams as the unit upon which to build advisory brigades partly because they would be able to retain their inherent capability to conduct offensive and defensive operations, according to the Army’s security force assistance field manual, which came out in May 2009. This way, the brigade can shift the bulk of its operational focus from security force assistance to combat operations if necessary.
To prepare for their mission in Iraq, heavy, infantry and Stryker brigades receive specialized training that can include city management courses, civil affairs training and border patrol classes.
As far as equipment goes, the brigades either brought their gear with them or used equipment left behind that is typical to their type of brigade, said Ratcliff.
The first Advise and Assist Brigade — the 4th Brigade Combat Team of the 1st Armored Division from Fort Bliss, Texas — deployed last spring to Iraq, serving as a “proof of principle” for the advisory brigade concept.
Of the seven Advise and Assist Brigades still in Iraq, four are from the 3rd Infantry Division, based at Fort Stewart, Ga. The 1st Heavy Brigade of the 1st Armored Division, based at Fort Bliss, and the 3rd Brigade Combat Team of the 4th Infantry Division, based at Fort Carson, Colo., are also serving as Advise and Assist Brigades.
The 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team of the 25th Infantry Division is based at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. A combat medic from that unit was killed Aug. 15 when his Stryker combat vehicle was hit with grenades, according to press reports.
Two combat aviation brigades also remain in Iraq, according to Dan O’Boyle, Redstone Arsenal spokesman. Three more are deployed in Afghanistan, where there are currently no Advise and Assist Brigades.
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Interesting video from Uncommon knowledge w/ Peter Robinson
http://www.humanevents.com/UncommonKnowledge.php
Very interesting interview showing where America is heading. Have we passed the point of no return?
Can the nation rebuild after Obama?
ACORN- Court Case
By BRUCE GOLDING
Last Updated: 10:06 AM, August 14, 2010//
The federal Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan overturned a lower-court ruling that said the move violated the Constitution by punishing ACORN without a trial.
“Despite that evidence of punitive intent on the part of some members of Congress . . . there is no congressional finding of guilt in this case,” the three-judge panel ruled.
But the appeals court also sent the case back to Brooklyn federal Judge Nina Gershon to consider ACORN’s claims that its free-speech and due-process rights were violated.
Congress cut off funding for ACORN last year after conservative activists recorded workers offering advice on how to set up a proposed prostitution business.
WHAT THE AGE OF DRAFT DODGING/POT SMOKING AQUARIUS HAS DONE FOR YOU
INTERESTING READING
WHAT THE AGE OF DRAFT DODGING/POT SMOKING AQUARIUS HAS DONE FOR YOU~!!!
August 11, 2010
A Rather Angry America
by Victor Davis Hanson
Pajamas Media
Unemployment is still high, growth low, deficits huge. States are cutting out everything from streetlights to paving. Public pensions are exploding everywhere.
A class war looms between retirees who want their sweet-heart obligations honored, and strapped, poorer taxpayers who feel about those bloated payouts as they do their underwater mortgages.
What Did You Expect?
In a progressive (liberal) culture, where ads blare hourly about skipping out on credit card debt, shorting the IRS, and walking away from mortgages, did the public employee unions really think they were exempt from a Chrysler-like renegotiation?
In the age of Obama, there is no real contractual obligation: everything from paying back bondholders to fixing a BP penalty is, well, “negotiable.” When the money runs out, the law will too. Law? There is no law other than a mandated equality of result.
The Talkative Crowd
On the Internet recently appeared the pictures of the JournoList [1] bunch, who at least between themselves gave up their usual pretense that the media was unbiased. With all due respect (confession: I was briefly mentioned by the list as someone that the racist card might work on in connection with the illegal immigration debate), they appear to the eye as a sort of nerdish group.
They remind me of what we used to call the “wimp table” at a pretty tough Selma High around 1970. It was there that the high school’s handful of geeks, toadies, and picked-upon used to eat, under the protective eye of yard-duty teachers. The assumption was that with a few steps further onto the grounds, the entire sorry bunch was fair game for every bully on campus. And that sad outfit filters, disseminates, and arbitrates our news? Most from their writing and appearance seemed either neurotic overachievers or twenty-something bloggers who confuse calling someone something with erudition.
Up Is Down
No wonder aristocratic golf became needed presidential relaxation, the old first lady hysteria over things like Nancy’s china cooled when Michelle hit the Costa del Sol, and Guantanamo became A-Okay. The news now for these guys is sort of like writing boilerplate race/class/gender oppression papers for a Yale undergrad gut class.
Populism Is Now Bad?
In contrast, the proverbial people seem angry. A book will have to be written explaining how in 19 months Obama blew a 70% approval rating and is headed for under 40% — something that took Bush six years. A handful of judges nullified what millions voted for in Arizona and California, apparently on the premise that wanting federal immigration law enforced, and seeing marriage as a traditional bond between a man and woman as it has been for 2,500 years in the West, was bigoted, analogous to the racism of the Jim Crow South, and thus in need of judicial intervention.
A guy in Bakersfield might think it prejudicial that a gay judge struck down an amendment to the Constitution passed by a majority of voters and opposed by the gay lobby; a guy in DC would think the guy in Bakersfield prejudicial for coming up with that preposterous conclusion.
Meanwhile, in our postracial age, race is everywhere: Charles Rangel, who won’t follow the tax laws he writes, whines about an “old-English, Anglo-Saxon procedure.” [2] Maxine Waters (under the cloud of insider bank influence peddling) and the Black Caucus (recipient of federalized GM donations) cite racism as the source of their ethical dilemmas (at least Larry Craig did not cite gay-bashing and Duke Cunningham reverse discrimination and Chris Dodd ageism and the late John Murtha girthism).
A mass murderer at a beer distribution center (so much for Van Jones’s assurances that such mayhem was a white thing) is portrayed on the airwaves as an aggrieved victim of racism lashing out. Not a word about the shattered lives of those gunned down and their families. Welcome to the post-racial Obama age — with much more to follow. (Nemesis gives no quarter: once Barack Obama years ago went down the patronize-and-use-Rev.-Wright path, the payback was only a matter of when, not if.)
History Is Negotiable
We sent our first delegation to the services marking the bombing of Hiroshima. Fine, but will we do the same with the Philippines, Manchuria, South Korea, and all the other places where the Imperial Japanese Army by early 1945 was killing on average well over 5,000 a day in its occupied co-prosperity sphere? To understand why Hiroshima, understand 50,000 American casualties, 100,000 Japanese dead, and 100,000 Okinawan dead at the conclusion of Okinawa ten weeks earlier, and then multiply it by a factor of 10 for the upcoming Japanese homeland invasion.
The Rising
At home, a huge mosque near Ground Zero in Manhattan will rise up before the new World Trade Center (maybe Bruce Springsteen can do a sequel to “The Rising”?). To suggest this is bad taste is bigoted. To suggest that we don’t know the where, how, and why about the funding, or why a self-proclaimed ecumenical group of Muslims wants to build ties by picking this provocative spot, or who exactly is behind the idea (or where exactly the promoter now is [3]) is the worst sort of Neanderthal right prejudice.
No problem. We can assure the 3,000 dead that their passing was marked by the enlightened harmony of a mosque preempting a new tower. What we do know is that in about a year, all over the Middle East, al-Qaeda videos will have photo-shopped “strong horse” posters and CDs of the ruins of 9/11 in the shadow of a towering mosque, with the accustomed boilerplate about how Atta et al. knocked down the looming towers in order to have Islam’s shrine rise up in their place. It all sort of reminds one of the nasty reception the president’s envoy on Islamic outreach just got from a Muslim audience in India. He was “shocked” at his reception — or translated into Valley Girl parlance: “Like, I can’t believe this is happening to me.”
I don’t think the polls quite capture the present public anger, which in not abating. Everything seems to channel into a general furor: Michelle’s movable feast from Costa del Sol to Martha’s Vineyard; the president suing Arizona and counting on a judge to nullify the public will, as part of a larger effort either by judicial nod or administrative fiat to get amnesty for 15 million future voters who will reciprocate at the polls; politicians bragging about handing out another $100 billion of someone else’s money here, another $200 billion there; the constant assumption that popular expression is retarded, and those who go to a tea party rally, vote to enforce immigration law, want to see marriage as it has been for millennia, want to cut federal spending, or are tired of identity politics are Palinesque clingers.
The Best and the Brightest
The common denominator? If one were to survey the elite campuses around 1975 and talk to those in law school, political science, or the humanities, then imagine them 35 years later as our elite leaders in government, the media, the universities, the foundations, and the arts, one could pretty much expect what we now have.
The present symptoms that characterize both our popular culture and current governance — shrill self-righteousness; abstract communalism juxtaposed with concrete pursuit of the aristocratic good life; race/class/gender cosmic sermonizing with private school and Ivy League for the kids; crass and tasteless public expression; a serial inability to take responsibility for one’s actions; the bipartisan mega-deficits; the inability to cut pensions and social security for the baby boomers — from the trivial to the fundamental, all derive from a bankrupt cohort that came of age in the sixties and seventies.
We see the arrested adolescence and hypocrisy that come from that sermonizing generation, whether in Al Franken’s puerile face-making, the ideologically driven suicide at Newsweek, the steady destruction of the New York Times, John Kerry’s tax-avoiding yacht, the Great Gatsby Clinton wedding, Michelle on the Costa del Sol, Nancy Pelosi’s jet, Tim Geithner’s tax skipping, or the constant race-card playing of a Charles Rangel and Maxine Waters. Yes, one walk across the Yale or Stanford campus circa 1975, and one could see pretty clearly what sort of culture that bunch would create when it came of age and was handed power. If that is reductionism, so be it.
©2010 Victor Davis Hanson
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Conservatives have run out of ideas.
Conservatives have run out of ideas.
An article by Jose de la Isla from the Hispanic Link appeared on my local editorial page. I wonder where he gets his news. Out of ideas? You have to be blind and deaf not to know about the real changes the majority wants. The biggest on my hit list is term limits. How about cutting taxes and cutting wasteful spending? What about cutting out “earmarks” and lifetime pay with insurance for the PEOPLE’S representatives? What about reducing the size of our monster Government?
What about enforcing our border and immigration laws? What about cutting aid to countries that hate us? What about those on the welfare free hand out wagon that have cell phones, buy booze and tobacco products? Well, the list goes on and on. Please add your favorites in the comment section.
What’s so bad about being a conservative? Our older generations saved a lot and borrowed little. If they didn’t have the money, they went without. It was not shameful to make your possessions last a long time. They worked hard and had a good life. Today, we want the latest gadgets, big homes, and big cars as long as we had good credit…. Now we are taking a step back and reevaluating our spending habits. What’s wrong with that? The Government has to do the same thing or all suffer from their socialistic policies. Anyone that says conservatives are out of ideas to make America better IS blind and deaf. Really out of touch.
Florida Politics- Fair Districts
Over the past few months, we have celebrated unanimous statewide editorial support and legal victories. Now it’s time to take the fight for FairDistricts to your community! We have to tell every voter about our amendments, what they do and how important they are to our state.
Mark the date on your calendar! On Saturday, August 28th, we invite you to host a house party for FairDistricts Amendments 5 and 6. Our goal is to have 56 house parties across Florida in support of our effort.
WE NEED YOUR HELP to achieve our goal! Will you host a house party on August 28th?
Hosts will be able to sign up on our website. We will help you invite friends and colleagues to your house party. Most importantly, as part of the house party agenda, you will be able to show your guests a DVD of exclusive Florida outtakes from the movie Gerrymandering (to be released in theaters in October). In addition to the DVD, we will also send other materials to help educate guests about how FairDistricts Amendments 5 and 6 will put power back in the hands of the people to choose their representatives.
Amendments 5 and 6 will STOP politicians from drawing districts to favor themselves.
Will you spread the word by signing up to host a house party?
We hope you will help us educate voters throughout Florida’s cities to vote YES on Amendments 5 and 6!
Thanks,
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Jackie Lee
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VOTE YES ON AMENDMENTS 5 & 6
Must see Police video with illegal aliens
Just one more reason to close the borders….. God bless our police!
These two guys qualify as “undocumented aliens,” our tax dollars will be used to feed, cloth, and provide medical care for the remainder of their lives.
Subject: ROUTINE STOP
Proof that our “Catch And Release” program does not work. See to it that there are no incumbents left standing in November!!
And our government has 2nd thoughts on protecting our US Border???
Horrifying video! Not only do these dirtballs shoot the officer but they continue shooting him after he has been hit and is down. They keep shooting until they are out of bullets. No regard for life… no regard for law and order… no regard for authority…
Chilling!
This is a video from the dashcam of a Texas policeman who stopped two illegal aliens near Tyler. I understand it is being forwarded all over Arizona as a warning of what will continue in the border states if the federal government continues to not only fail to do its job but also stops the states from getting involved.
Video of Cop Shot by Illegal Aliens -
http://blutube.policeone.com/media/4115-Dashcam-footage-of-officer-being-shot/
A MUST SEE VIDEO- NEWT GINGRICH
If you have one ounce of Americanism in your body, you will view this many times and pass it on.
Forget the messenger and listen to the message. WE have to turn this country around now. The longer we wait, the harder it will be. Get involved, get others involved. We can’t depend on the press to tell us what is going on in Washington. Wake up!
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=qtjfMjjce2Y cut and paste to your browser.
The Real Unemployment Rate: 21.5%
The Real Unemployment Rate: 21.5%
If you’re only paying attention to President Obama, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the mainstream media, you’d think that the employment situation in America was getting much better.
The BLS reports that the unemployment rate dropped from 9.7% in May to just 9.5% in June. The recovery is well under way if you’re simply looking at headlines.
The fine print, however, tells a different story.
First, for those unaware of what the 9.5% reported rate for June means, it’s referred to by the BLS as the U3, or, the “official” unemployment rate. Here’s a basic definition of the U3:
The official definition of unemployment used by the BLS includes anyone age 16 or older who is not institutionalized and is not currently employed, but able to work, available for work, and actively seeking work.
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The official definition of unemployment also excludes certain groups who are sometimes thought of as being unemployed or “underemployed.” Those who would like to work, but who have stopped looking for work – so-called discouraged workers – are not counted in the official definition because they are not actively seeking work. People working part time who would prefer full-time work are also not counted as unemployed because they are working – albeit fewer hours than they would like.
source: OLMIS
You can see the problem almost immediately with the “official” numbers touted by Washington and the talking heads on television. Most mainstream news you watch or read will provide information only on the U3.
They stop short of going to the next BLS number, referred to as the U6. According to John Williams, this is how the U6 is defined:
The U-6 unemployment rate is the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) broadest unemployment measure, including short-term discouraged and other marginally-attached workers as well as those forced to work part-time because they cannot find full-time employment.
This month’s U6 unemployment number? Down from 16.6% in May to 16.5% in June.
Remember, though, that even the U6 is a government manipulated number, so we need to look a little bit deeper to see what the REAL unemployment rate is in America.
John Williams of Shadow Stats runs the numbers each month, and according to his most recent report, we’re actually hovering at around 21.5%. According to Williams, this is how the Shadow Stats “SGS Alternative” is calculated:
The seasonally-adjusted SGS Alternate Unemployment Rate reflects current unemployment reporting methodology adjusted for SGS-estimated long-term discouraged workers, who were defined out of official existence in 1994. That estimate is added to the BLS estimate of U-6 unemployment, which includes short-term discouraged workers.
Williams’ unemployment numbers are more than double what Washington is telling us.
For those intent on preserving their personal and financial well-being, who are you going to believe?
Will you believe that Government Actions Have Prevented Depression, Financial Meltdown, and Martial Law ?
Or are you preparing for the Greatest Depression and potential monetary and financial chaos yet to come?
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Author: Mac Slavo
Date: July 2nd, 2010
Visit the Author’s Website: http://www.SHTFplan.com/
Did you see this in the press?
Lindsay Lohan, 24, gets her name & face all over the news because she went to jail. Justin Allen, 23, Brett Linley, 29, Matthew Weikert, 29, Justus Bartett, 27, Dave Santos, 21, Chase Stanley, 21, Jesse Reed, 26, Matthew Johnson, 21, Zachary Fisher, 24, Brandon King, 23, Christopher Goeke, 23 and Sheldon Tate, 27 are all Marines that gave their lives for you this week. Please Honor THEM by re-posting.
How can “non voting members ” vote?
What do Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands have in common? They all have non-voting delegates in the U.S. House of Representatives. They voted in the Natural Resources committee last week to stop Congress from killing the Obama moratorium on drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. How do “non-voting” delegates have a vote? Brace yourselves and read all about it.
UPDATE 3:24 pm
It was brought to my attention that some are suggesting here that the article is incorrect in stating that inhabitants of insular territories are not American citizens. In fact, those native born inhabitants living in insular areas are constitutionally barred from citizenship under the Citizenship Clause of the United States Constitution. They are not allowed to vote in presidential elections and they are represented by a non-voting delegate in the House and do not have representation in the U.S. Senate. They do not pay federal income tax but instead in some cases pay an equivalent that goes directly to the territorial treasury–not the U.S. federal government.
They were granted statutory (revokeable) citizenship rights on the mainland in some cases but, as the article states, not citizenship with voting rights as constituents of the representative House delegates residing in the insular areas. That would change if any of these territories became states.
Original article:
In a stunning turn of events late last week, a five-vote bloc of U.S. “non-voting” territorial delegates were the deciding votes blocking an amendment to kill the Obama administration’s moratorium on offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
Rep. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) offered an amendment in the House Natural Resources Committee markup of the CLEAR Act that would have banned the moratorium that has already been thrown out twice by a U.S. federal court. The Obama administration has ignored the court orders issuing an additional ban.
The moratorium is currently wreaking havoc on the Gulf Coast economy.
The CLEAR Act is another of the myriad energy bills Democrats seek to ram through Congress as a result of the oil spill aftermath that have little to do with the spill and everything to do with their faux green energy power grab.
Cassidy’s amendment was killed by the “non-voting” members of the U.S. territories who have been granted the right to vote by the majority in any committee on which they serve.
These delegates represent territories of the United States whose constituencies are not U.S. citizens: Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands. Natives of these territories pay no U.S. federal income taxes.
In 2007, Democrats granted these delegates the ability to vote on amendments on the floor of the House with the concession that the vote will be done over if their votes are the deciding factor.
During the fierce 2007 debate, House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) called granting these delegates floor voting rights, “An outrageous grab of power by the majority.”
Then Republican Whip Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) said allowing these “non-voting” delegates a House Congressional floor vote amounted to, “Representation without taxation.”
Delegates are not allowed to vote on final passage of a bill and deciding votes on amendments cause a second round of voting without their participation. That only pertains to the House floor. In committee, their amendment votes are binding.
All of the House delegates caucus with the Democrats. The Senate does not have territorial delegates.
The drilling moratorium ban amendment was killed by these House U.S. territorial votes. The committee vote tally sheet is posted here on local Louisiana blog The Hayride.
Cassidy told HUMAN EVENTS in an interview post-vote that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has stacked the committee with votes against domestic energy development on the whole.
“There is an ideological bias in this Congress starting at the top against domestic energy production unless it is the ephemeral promise of windmills and solar panels,” Cassidy said. “If it were not for the representatives of the territories, she would have stacked it with someone else. There are only three Democrats on that committee who represent areas that produce energy: the Chairman [Nick Rahall (W.V.)], Jim Costa (Calif.) and Dan Boren (Okla.). Those are the three that voted for my amendment to end the moratorium.”
Cassidy said there’s a great sense of relief that no new oil is currently leaking into the Gulf but there’s a sense of impending doom in Louisiana over the drilling moratorium.
“There’s just a sense here that Obama hates Louisiana,” Cassidy said. “This moratorium is not hurting Tony Heyward or BP. They’re just going to move their rigs to Libya and start drilling there. The people it is hurting are families. Imagine the typical middle class family if you interrupt their income for six months what that would do to their finances. This is a people moratorium.”
For more on the Cassidy amendment and the vote, read it here on The Hayride.
Connie Hair writes daily as HUMAN EVENTS’ Congressional correspondent. She is a former speechwriter for Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) and a former media and coalitions advisor to the Senate Republican Conference.
You can also follow Connie Hair and Human Events on FACEBOOK.
Iowa Judges rules in favor of Iowa Gun Owners member
 I’ve got exciting news to share with you. In Iowa, a Federal judge has ordered the Osceola County Sheriff to issue a concealed handgun permit to a political activist and take a remedial course on Free Speech and the 1st Amendment. Iowa Gun Owners member Paul Dorr, father of IGO director Aaron Dorr, successfully sued Osceola County Sheriff Douglas Weber, after his ccw permit application was denied. Sheriff Weber testified that he denied Dorr’s permit application because of Dorr’s political activities and views — the same grassroots activism that gun owners like you participate in with the National Association for Gun Rights. In the ruling Federal District Judge Mark Bennett said: “In denying Paul a concealed weapons permit, Sheriff Weber single-handedly hijacked the First Amendment and nullified its freedoms and protections. Ironically, Sheriff Weber, sworn to uphold the Constitution, in fact retaliated against a citizen of his county who used this important freedom of speech and association precisely in the manner envisioned by the founding members of our nation …” As a result of his outrageous infringement upon Mr. Dorr’s rights, Sheriff Weber was ordered by Judge Bennett to complete a college level course on the U.S. Constitution, “including — at least in part — a discussion of the First Amendment.” Sheriff Weber is also required to file an affidavit proving his completion of the course with the court. This is a huge victory for the right-to-carry in Iowa. Congratulations are due to Paul Dorr and Iowa Gun Owners for this important victory. For liberty,
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Newt’s news could be seriously funny
Attack anyone that even mentions running for office.
Call them crazy, lunatics and make sure you call Americans non-thinkers.
Be sure to attack the Tea Party and any other group that wants to stop the Democratic madness.
Warn about what will happen when the Democrats lose office… the end of the world. OMG, I can’t take this any more…… See how you feel about this.
Newt’s news could be seriously funny
In a column that likes a joke, here is no joke: Newt Gingrich is thinking of running for president. Sure, why not? It is no crazier than any other political thought that has been expressed lately.
The former U.S. House speaker told The Associated Press Monday that his focus for the moment was on helping Republican candidates in advance of the midterm elections in November, but that he would decide in February or March whether to run for the White House. “I’ve never been this serious,” he said.
And I have never been this serious in saying that I hope he does. A candidate who was having an extra-marital fling while hounding President Bill Clinton over the Monica Lewinsky affair is a gift from humor heaven. That this candidate shares a first name with small salamanders is a special bonus.
Let them all step forward. Sarah Palin? You betcha. Just contemplating her candidacy makes the sides ache with anticipated merriment. Why not the broadcaster Glenn Beck? He’s very popular in the lunatic community. Perhaps he could bring his chalkboard to explain his theories and cause sane people to roll around in the aisles.
Turkey vultures (with emphasis on the turkey) are circling because the Democrats are doing a fair impersonation of roadkill. They are at that moment of Custer’s Last Stand when the general says: “Don’t worry, boys. In the dime novels, this is the part where the cavalry rides to the rescue.” Then an arrow-absorbent trooper says, “But Gen. Custer, sir, we are the cavalry.”
Thus conventional wisdom holds that the midterm elections are going to be a disaster for the Democrats. They may lose the House. They may be humbled in the Senate. Why, they may lose their pants if they do not wear suspenders.
It may be so. The moderates and independents who often decide elections are in a mood to be typical Americans, contrarian souls who like to cut the ruling party down to size just for the heck of it. Additionally, everybody hates the incumbents, except their relatives.
The trouble with the conventional wisdom is that it is so conventional. What if the American people start to wake up and think a little before November? Admittedly, this is unlikely — we are No. 1 in all things except thinking, but that could change.
You see, ladies and gentlemen, I believe in the American people. ( more BS)I believe that if they are hit in the head by a two-by-four, they might not necessarily see the forest for the trees but they can have a greater appreciation for timber.( Nudge- push)
Doubters may scoff at the possibility of a sudden outbreak of public self-awareness, but alarm clocks have been lately sounding to wake people from their slumbers if they would only listen. The very idea that Newt Gingrich might run for president is one. The absurdity of that should wake the dead.
But mostly it is the silly season in full flower that should bring people to their senses. We see Republicans insisting that the unemployed get no further benefits because they are a lazy lot and it will only spoil them if they can feed their families. ( didn’t mention that we are broke did he?)
That’s the sort of thing that happens when extremists on the right — emboldened by tea party activists — think it is safe to come out now.
Consider Rand Paul, the GOP candidate for the U.S. Senate in Kentucky, who lost no time measuring his foot with his mouth. Consider Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, who, like Rand Paul, has a soft spot for poor, picked-on BP. (Party leaders rushed to disown Mr. Barton’s apology to BP with all the insincerity they could muster, but it was like the time the nudist camp manager had to tell his secretary: “It’s fine to parade around naked, my dear, but just don’t walk into town where regular folks can see you.” ( Attack the party)
Everywhere you look conservative candidates are spouting more than the usual nonsense about big government and over-regulation. If they succeed in taking over Congress, you know what they will do, don’t you? That’s right! Nothing. Not a darn thing, except say “no” to everything that the president suggests, with the possible exception of funding the endless war in Afghanistan. We will have a do-nothing Congress where the majority have propellers on their caps. (No is a good thing in this case.)
Other countries have a loyal opposition. We have a boil opposition, angry, inflamed and close to bursting. If you independents and moderates think more of this would be good for the nation, I defer to your judgment. In an America gone mad, Hello President Newt! Or is it: Hello President Sarah! ( more fear mongering)
Do they actually pay this guy???????
Reg Henry: rhenry@post-gazette.com
Milwaukee Baseball Protest
Look at these wild racist protesters. Hope the NAACP speaks out about this ugly display…… ha
Just look at that HATE sign the speaker has in her hand. OMG!
Immigration-rights protester Christine Neumann-Ortiz calls on baseball commissioner Bud Selig to move next year’s All-Star game out of Arizona , during a news conference in downtown Milwaukee . The rally, held outside the building where Selig’s office is located, was in protest of Arizona ‘s tough new law on immigration enforcement.
TEA PARTY UNDER ATTACK
Insider information reports the “attack” plans for the present administration and the NAACP VS. The Tea Party Movement.
DISCREDIT… BELITTLE… ACCUSE THEM OF BEING “RACIST”.
INFILTRATE, DISRUPT AND BREAK UP MEETINGS AND RALLIES.
PUBLISH PICTURES WITH DISFIGURED SIGNS OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AT RALLIES .
They will USE EVERY TRICK IN THE BOOK TO MAKE THE MEMBERS LOOK LIKE FOOLS. THE LIST OF GORILLA TYPE ATTACKS IS ENDLESS.
Here is the counter plan that must be implemented immediately.
Number one defense. ATTACK THE ISSUES only. Lower taxes, cut spending, need for small government, end the war……….No Cap and Trade etc..
Do not allow anyone in your groups to display signs other that of the ISSUES. No more personal attack signs. Do not give the enemy anything to discredit the movements. If someone in your group insists on using attack signs, suspect an infiltrator. If someone shows up at a rally with personal attack signs ask them to leave and get their pictures for the record.
Pass this along to every organization in the country…. now!
