The next Great Newsman- Go Lou Go!

Not since Edward R Murrow have we had a newsperson ready willing and able to put the real news and country first.

Sorry Bill O – Lou Dobbs stepped up and did the right thing – Lou is bold and Bill’s just fresh.

Another rant by: BettyJean Kling

“Allahu Akbar”, are the words Nadal Hasan used over and over again as he mowed down 44 fellow American citizens. Fourteen are dead leaving 19 children behind. He would have continued shooting more had he not been taken down.

He illegally brought weapons to an Army base with enough ammunition to kill as many innocent unarmed soldiers as he could. Clearly he was giving away his positions and probably did not expect to survive but based on the number of folks he shot and intended to continue to shoot – he wanted to take out as many non Muslims as he could. Based on his failure to find a suitable virgin on earth – I assume he was opting for a selection of 70 awaiting him in paradise if he pleased Allah.

He expressed over and over again that he could not – would not – raise arms against his fellow Muslims but apparently had no problem shooting infidels. If that does not meet the criteria of an Islamic terrorist – I am not sure what criteria is missing. He terrorized the base, he terrorized the unarmed servicepersons he hunted down and shot at and he terrorized the families left behind. His ranting “Allahu Akbar”, continues to terrorize the base and all Americans everywhere as we wonder who else is a sleeper just waiting to terrorize us next.

Islamic terrorists have promised to infiltrate and destroy us in our homeland and we would be fools to ignore them or to ignore the very Imam he was in contact with who immediately congratulated him for a job well done. Islamophobia? I think not. To ignore what is this obvious would be downright stupidity.

When Muslims who insist their religion is peaceful begin preaching long and hard against the less than peaceful Sharia Law, honor killings, Jihad and terrorism then they will have the right to cry foul bringing their religion into the picture but so far they sit tight lipped and dare to ask us not to blame Islam. Indeed it is not Islam that I blame but it is Islamic extremism that exists and that obviously refuse to denounce –Islamic: Sharia Law; honor killings; Jihad and Terrorism — I cannot call it anything else!

Allahu Akbar!

I would like to direct you to a piece written by Phyllis Chesler- She writes a very indepth and logical piece that you should read and save.
http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2009/11/11/talking-%E2%80%98bout-ft-hood-terrorism-on-lou-dobbs-on-cnn-pajamas-media-vs-nation-magazine/ 

Dangerous to tolerate haters and terrorists

We must not tolerate haters. Islamists hate infidels, Jews, Zionists, Christians, Americans, and Westerners. Islamists hate women, beginning with their own. Fundamentalist Islamists support suicide/homicide bombers. They glorify violent jihad in order to subdue the infidel as well as the fearful Muslim masses. Islamists dream of a caliphate that will dominate the world.

* Sexual Assaults, Inadequate Healthcare Among Spate of Issues Facing Women Service members *

The rate of sexual assaults within the US military also exceeds that of the general population. A Pentagon report earlier this year found one in three female service members are sexually assaulted at least once during their enlistment. Sixty-three percent of nearly 3,000 cases reported last year were rapes or aggravated assaults. Despite what some have called an epidemic of military sexual trauma, the delivery of healthcare to women veterans remains grossly inadequate.

Listen/Watch/Read

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/11/11/

By BettyJean

Update: I have listened to Lou’s resignation- I am firmly convinced that he is going to continue to speak truth to power! Lou is going to be our next great newsman.

 Sorry Bill O- you missed the boat- Lou has put Country first! He has earned my respect and is the next great EdR murrow or better! Go Lou Go!

CNN looses Lou Dobbs the only shed of truth worth listening to. Let’s hope he goes to FOX- we deserve Mr Independence! Then we can have  someone besides Beck who will speak truth to power on FOX.

Apparently, O’Reily isn’t independent enought to speak up on what used to be the no spin zone. He is too busy either trying to sweet talk Obama on to FOX and specifically on to his show to stand up for what he used to be known as. Either that or he is afraid bullets may start flying at his house. Either way – he is backing down where Lou Dobbs wont.

Lou Dobbs was too Good for the now crooked CNN – wherever he goes – I will follow him and expect that he will always tell it like it is and I can depend on Lou not to sell out to Obama or anybody else.

TBC! Let’s bring Lou to FOX!

PS- I was just at FOX today calling out O’Reiley telling him he was no LOU DOBBS and that he ought to step up and face the truth and stop coddling Bambi- who knew 3 hours later – he may be up against LOU on FOX- one can only hope. I  bet his producer who I can an earful to – is wondering how I knew! hehhehehheh – Let’s hope there is a you tube on me forshadowing this 3 hours before it happened!

This is the story of women who were ground-breakers. These brave women from the early 1900s made all the difference in the lives we live today. Remember, it was not until 1920 that women were granted the right to go to the polls and vote.The women were innocent and defenceless, but when, in North America, women picketed in front of the White House, carrying signs asking for the vote, they were jailed.And by the end of the first night in jail, those women were barely alive.Forty  prison guards wielding clubs and their warden’s blessing went on a rampage against the 33 women wrongly convicted of ‘obstructing sidewalk  traffic.’
They beat Lucy Burns, chained her hands to the cell bars above her head and left her hanging for the night, bleeding and gasping for air.They hurled Dora Lewis into a dark cell, smashed  her head against an iron bed and knocked her out cold. Her cellmate, Alice Cosu, thought Lewis was dead and suffered a heart attack. Additional affidavits describe the guards grabbing, dragging, beating, choking, slamming, pinching, twisting and kicking the  women. Thus unfolded the ‘Night of Terror’ on Nov. 15,  1917, when the warden at the Occoquan Workhouse in Virginia ordered his guards to teach a lesson to the suffragists imprisoned there because they dared to picket Woodrow Wilson’s White House for the right to vote.For weeks, the women’s only water came from an open pail. Their food–all of it colorless slop–was infested with worms.                                                                                                                                                    

When one of the leaders, Alice Paul, embarked on a hunger strike, they tied her to a chair, forced a tube down her throat and poured liquid into her until she vomited. She was tortured like this for weeks until word was smuggled out to the press.All women who have ever voted, have ever owned property, have ever enjoyed equal rights need to remember that women’s rights had to be fought for in Canada as well.  Do our daughters and our sisters know the price that was paid to earn rights for women here, in North America ?   2009 is the 80th Anniversary of the Persons Case in Canada, which finally declared women in Canada to be Persons!
Please, if you are so inclined, pass this on to all the women you know, so that we remember to celebrate the rights we enjoy.“Factual Knowledge is Freedom: hide it, and it withers; share it, and it blooms” P. Hill. 

Contributed by CeCi

Remember the “paper” condemning “right wing extremists”? 

If Republicans return to their conservative roots (elephants don’t forget!)or a third party assumes that mantra, perhaps it will consider adding to “Don’t Tread On Me” with Remember … (as in the Maine) Obamacare, Cap and Trade, TARP no Stimulus no ?, Cash for Clunkers, 25,000 New Jobs (not created but saved? Oops, that includes anyone who got a raise, oops didn’t Congress give themselves a raise as well as made sure their healthcare benefits remain unchanged no matter what happens to yours?), Afghanistan Indecision – 10 weeks and holding, FT. HOOD – All Change You Can Believe In!

Do you remember the Homeland Security paper (April 2009) that warned about “right wing extremists” and the threat that they may pose to the government? Among other things, the report said, ”The return of military veterans facing significant challenges reintegrating into their communities could lead to the potential emergence of terrorist groups or lone wolf extremists capable of carrying out violent attacks.” That is on top of warning about, ”The possibility of violence by unnamed “right-wing extremists” concerned about illegal immigration, increasing federal power, restrictions on firearms, abortion and the loss of U.S. sovereignty.” Read here for more… http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=94803 

Isn’t it strange that citizens like you and me can be referred to as terrorists, yet a Muslim mass murderer can’t be?  It is politically correct to trash U.S. citizens and America as a whole, but it is hate talk, bordering on a terrorist act, to speak out against an administration that is destroying what we and – especially – our military has fought for generations to preserve. Why is the Department of Homeland Security using the “T” word when talking about our troops when they refuse to call the actual terrorists what they are?

Now get this… Nidal Hasan, the killer at Fort Hood, was on 0bama’s Homeland Security Transition team, part of the same group responsible for moving Homeland Security toward white and conservative groups as being “dangerous.” The report that Hasan took part in was released just six months ago.

The file attached below names him on page 29 as a participant. It is a long report, so I have extracted a few excerpts for you to see below. No wonder they are trying to cover this whole thing up and say he had post- (that would actually be pre-) traumatic-stress syndrome. Our government is actually trying to convince us that PTSD is contagious! 

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The second item below states that the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee (one of eight lawmakers in the House and Senate who are briefed on intelligence activities deemed too sensitive to share with the full intelligence committees), is being denied access to “critical information” being withheld by the Obama administration on the Fort Hood murders allegedly committed by Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan . He is demanding that the Central Intelligence Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the National Security Agency and the Director of National Intelligence preserve documents relating to the incident for use in potential congressional investigation.

“President Obama said people should not jump to conclusions about what happened at Fort Hood, but the administration is in possession of critical information related to the attack that they are refusing to release to Congress or the American people,” Hoekstra said in a statement. “I intend to push for intense review of this and other issues related to the performance of the intelligence community and whether or not information necessary for military, state and local officials to provide for the security of the post was provided to them.”

The Michigan lawmaker sent a letter Saturday to the top administration intelligence officials, saying he saw “serious issues” with their performance related to the Fort Hood murders, and indicating that the intelligence community had refused to comply with his request to review certain information related to the case.

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Founded in 2003, The George Washington University Homeland Security Policy Institute (HSPI) is a nonpartisan “think and do” tank whose mission is to build bridges between theory and practice to advance homeland security through an interdisciplinary approach. By convening domestic and international policymakers and practitioners at all levels of government, the private and non-profit sectors, and academia, HSPI creates innovative strategies and solutions to current and future threats to the nation.

PROCEEDINGS REPORT OF THE HSPI PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION TASK FORCE – April 2008-January 2009
Issued May 19, 2009

Recommendations The President should:
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employ a strategy that amplifies voices within the Muslim world that seek to counter radicalization and recruitment, and that exercises care regarding the use of lexicon;
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foster respect for and adherence to international law in the form of longstanding, fundamental and widely accepted norms; and
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engage productively with international organizations and institutions to build security abroad

Flynn urged the next administration to identify the things Americans value and to reinvest in them, because these are the same values that the rest of the world admires. Crowley specified, saying it was imperative for the next ad-ministration to practice transparency and the rule of law, which means closing Guantanamo Bay. HSPI Director Frank Cilluffo went further, stating that we ought to abandon the label “Global War on Terror”, which has the effect of elevating our adversaries and isolating our allies. In response, Crowley agreed and suggested the British term, “struggle against violent extremism,” as a more viable” alternative. Fundamentally,” said Flynn, “We must step back and be an open society that engages the world.” 
 

 In the current “information tempest,” America is required to communicate more effectively in a variety of new ways. U.S. public diplomacy must be nimble in an era where winning public support is “increasingly more important.” Among her recommendations towards that effort, Lord proposed “USA World Trust” a new non-profit organization to complement current U.S. public diplomacy efforts. With a goal of bringing “together new voices and talent,” Lord sees the World Trust as a dynamic agency that could tap into existing expertise and “translate it into useful formats for public diplomacy professionals” in the field. The new organization would also work with the private and non-governmental sector, provide grants and experiment with new media technology, all while bringing together U.S. government, private and foreign “media professionals in a way that is not currently possible. 
 
During the question and answer session, a question was raised concerning specific goals of U.S. public diplomacy within larger foreign policy objectives. Lord responded with several suggestions under the theme that the U.S. can and should legitimately try “to inform and advocate for specific policies overseas.” Her suggestions included “promoting values that are not exclusive to the United States, such as disgust of suicide bombings and promoting free trade,” helping people overseas better understand America, and incorporating a public diplomacy dimension into all U.S. foreign policy and national security objectives. In response, von Hippel noted that she is “more concerned with America understanding other cultures better, and less concerned with foreigners understanding Americans.”

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 Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.), the ranking Republican on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, said Monday that the Obama administration has been withholding ”critical information” on the Fort Hood murders allegedly committed by Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan and is demanding that the Central Intelligence Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the National Security Agency and the Director of National Intelligence preserve documents relating to the incident for use in potential congressional investigation.

“President Obama said people should not jump to conclusions about what happened at Fort Hood, but the administration is in possession of critical information related to the attack that they are refusing to release to Congress or the American people,” Hoekstra said in a statement. “I intend to push for intense review of this and other issues related to the performance of the intelligence community and whether or not information necessary for military, state and local officials to provide for the security of the post was provided to them.”

The Michigan lawmaker sent a letter Saturday to the top administration intelligence officials, saying he saw “serious issues” with their performance related to the Fort Hood murders, and indicating that the intelligence community had refused to comply with his request to review certain information related to the case.

As the ranking member on the House intelligence committee, Hoekstra is one of the so-called Gang of Eight–a group of lawmakers that included the leaders of the House and Senate and the leaders of the House and Senate intelligence committees–who are briefed on intelligence activities deemed too sensitive to share with the full intelligence committees.

“Over the past 24 hours, I have been made aware of information from the intelligence community that suggests the possibility that serious issues exist with respect to the performance of U.S. intelligence agencies in connection with what appears to have been a terrorism-related attack on Fort Hood, Texas by Nidal Malik Hasan,” Hoekstra wrote. “I am disappointed that the administration has not been more transparent with the American people.” 
 
Hoekstra’s letter was addressed to Dennis Blair, the director of national intelligence (DNI); CIA Director Robert Mueller; FBI Director Leon Panetta and Lt. Gen. Keith Alexander, the director of the National Security Agency (NSA).

“Given the potential seriousness of these issues, I am troubled that the intelligence community has not been more immediately forthcoming with the congressional oversight committees and has refused to provide specific information I have requested to review in connection with this matter,” said Hoekstra.

According to a committee source, Hoekstra’s conversations were with Blair, and the congressman was told that the additional information he requested would not be shared at this time.

As a result, Hoekstra requested that the CIA, FBI, NSA and DNI preserve all documents relating to the Fort Hood attack and related matters for potential investigation by Congress. 

“I am requesting that you immediately issue a preservation order to all personnel in your agencies with respect to all documents and materials related to the Fort Hood incident and any related investigations or intelligence collection activities, including other potentially related threats,” Hoekstra wrote. ”The record must be clear and complete with respect to these matters, which I am beginning to fear will require significant and serious oversight activity by the Committee.”

In a statement released Monday, Hoekstra explained why he sent the letter to the intelligence chiefs.

“I have requested this information be preserved because I believe members of the full committee on a bipartisan basis will want to scrutinize the intelligence relevant to this attack, what the agencies in possession of that intelligence did with it, who was and wasn’t informed and why, and what steps America’s intelligence agencies are taking in light of what they know,” he said. “At some point, it becomes necessary for us as a nation to address the uncomfortable threat of homegrown terrorism and radicalism, and Congress has an obligation to review how federal agencies are handling and disseminating information related to the threat.
 
“The horrific shootings at Fort Hood are a tragic reminder of the potential deadly consequences of the threat posed by homegrown jihadism and the failure of the government to adequately respond to it,” said Hoekstra.

Thirteen people died and 29 more were injured after Hasan allegedly opened fire on the Fort Hood Army base… http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/56879

Another Rant by: Bettyjean Kling

I was going to go off on another rant but Phyllis Chesler did it so much better than I ever could have, so I am going to send you to her blog piece. Suffice it to say MS. Magazine and Kim Gandy can kiss my sweet bippy for selling this man as a feminist. So far he has not done a damned thing for them and their signature issue nor for ERA or much of anything for stopping violence against women which is the single most detrimental issue facing women here and the world over! If that is what a feminist looks like the women’s groups need to fold up their tents and go home.  Ladies better join up with some real women and start looking at the real issues that affect all of us and our country and our futures as American citizens!

Women’s Reproductive Rights Thrown Under Obama’s Bus

by Phyllis Chesler Pajamas Media November 10, 2009

Excerpt:

After Obama was elected, Ms. magazine ran a cover with an image of him opening his shirt, Clark Kent style, to reveal a T-shirt which reads: “THIS IS WHAT A FEMINIST LOOKS LIKE.”

Given how quickly reproductive rights were just jettisoned in the House, and mainly by Democrats, I wonder if there is any breast-beating going on over there. I certainly hope so, but I doubt it.

It seems like only yesterday that Hillary was running against Barack—but it also seems like a hundred years ago.

However, long before the Ms. magazine cover, I remember The List, which first came out during the Democratic primary race. I was shocked and disheartened by it. How could so many educated American women be so foolish, so desperate, so easily conned? 

 Read the complete original version of this item…

Another Rant by: BettyJean Kling

Right away letters asking us to thank the Dems who stood against Pelosi hit the internet and crowded our email boxes. Thank them for what? This was an orchestrated  production  in order to fool us into believing that at least half of the dirty dogs in Congress are listening to “We the People” I ain’t buying it!

As far as any rational citizen should be concerned – they all gotta go! Vote em out vote em all out! 220 fell on the sword or in the words of Ms Pelosi  “did the work for the ‘American People’” but if you look at those who did — they are the safest of the dogs. Those who did not – are those most at risk. The lone Republican- what a joke- was bought and paid for and won’[t be able to wipe the smile off his face until we vote his sorry ass out of there- but then again he will be bringing so much money home they will probably keep him forever. I suggest we watch and follow that money every dollar of it !!!What a show- but it only works if we fall for this bullshit!

Don’t fall for it- they are all dirty rotten scoundrels and they all must go! Vote em out – vote em all out 2010! Did any of them come to your table and talk to you? Did any of them come out to the White House lawn or the steps of the Capital and talk it over with you? No – they sat behind closed doors and connived on how to pass this without jeopardizing  more seats then they had to and doing it  just enough to screw us and get us to kiss the asses of the others who did not. Now there are emails flying around telling you to thank those who did not vote for the bill. Don’t you dare!

I will kiss no asses – not now and not next November. Instead I suggest we kick ass now and next November. Kick their sorry asses right out of DC! This was what Ringling called the greatest show on earth- where during the three ring circus there is a sucker born every minute. I am not about to buy this bullshit – no not I and I suspect many others are also now swallowing this sleight of hand either!

Next – we have Republicans ready to pounce looking for every opportunity to turn this into an opportunity to turn the tables and get back into power for powers sake. And so to my Republican friends who would have us believe the Republicans are any better – Oh Pleassssse!  Vote em out vote em all out! My mantra will be 435 House incumbents plus 38 Senate incumbents must go! That will give the House and Senate over to the Republicans for a season but I will then again be saying the same in 2012- vote em out vote em all out! Both are wings of the same vulture and always will be!

Neither party can be trusted – let’s get back to the Constitution of the US. Never again listen to anyone from any party who tells you that one party or the others is better – they lie! They all drink Kool-Aide for their party! Tell all party animals the “the party is over” this is our country and we are tired of politics as usual. Below please find the Republican- right wing -- die hard pitch- but remember wherever and whenever you can – vote out an incumbent and where there is no incumbent vote to even the numbers so no one party has enough power to roll over the people.  We must never again give the power over all three to any one party and while we are at it – let’s start kicking some media ass too!

Subject: Blue Dogs or Mangy Dogs? We Report . . . You Decide

Are there some "good Democrats" you might consider voting for?  Yes, there are, although they're few in number.  And the problem is that electing "good Democrats" empowers the bad ones, the socialists and the enemies of basic American freedoms.  Thanks to Sharon Caliendo of OK for the following:

Blue Dog Votes on Stimulus, Cap and Trade, and Healthcare -- Targets for 2010!
Blue Dog Democrat Listing ^ | 8 Nov 2009 | Sharon Caliendo

The Blue Dog Democrats have 53 members who are considered Fiscal Conservatives, but the analysis of their three votes on the Stimulus, Cap and Trade, and Healthcare tell a different story for the vast majority.

There are two members of the Black Caucus who are Blue Dogs: Rep Sanford Bishop (GA-02) and Rep David Scott (GA-13) both of whom voted for all three bills.  [Note:  In DC, Rep Scott competes with John Murtha for the title of:  "Most Corrupt Member of Congress."]

With so many people on here [she's referring to FreeRepublic.com] attacking Republicans for not doing more, decided to look into the numbers. Since the loss of a Republican seat on Tuesday to a Dem in NY-23, the breakout is: 177 Republicans and 256 Democrats, with 218 needed to pass bills in the House.

Used the following links for Roll Call votes:

Stimulus Package, Roll Call 46
Cap and Trade, Roll Call 477
Healthcare, Roll Call 887

 

First I looked at Republicans to see how many voted “YES” on these three bills:
Stimulus – 0

Cap and Trade – 8 (Bono-Mack (CA-45); Castle (DE – at large; Kirk (IL-10); Lance (NJ-7); LoBiondo, (NJ-2); McHugh (NY-23) resigned [to serve in Obama Administration]; Richart (WA-8), and Smith (NJ-4th)

Healthcare: 1 – CAO (LA-02) Very liberal district of the former Rep Jefferson [the guy with the $90,000 bribe money in his freezer].

There has been a lot of talk about what fiscal conservatives the 53 members of Blue Dog Caucus are, but their votes don’t show that face.
Blue Dog “YES” votes on the three major bills:

Stimulus: 43

Cap and Trade: 22

Healthcare: 28

 

Blue Dogs voting NO on all three bills:

Rep Bobby Bright (AL-02;
Parker Griffith (AL-05);
Walt Minnich (ID-01),
Gene Taylor (MS-04).

Even though they voted NO on the three major bills, they did all vote for Pelosi for Speaker. That said, these four should be talked to about switching to Republican. 

[Note:  We might also go after Blue Dogs who voted YES on just one of the three bills, especially Dan Boren of OK, Travis Childers of MS, Glenn Nye of VA, Stephanie Sandlin of SD, and John Tanner of TN Any of them determined to be eminently beatable in 2010 should be encouraged to remain as Democrats.]

Blue Dog Leadership

Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (SD), Blue Dog Co-Chair for Administration (Voted YES on Stimulus)
Rep. Baron Hill (IN-09), Blue Dog Co-Chair for Policy (Voted YES on all three)
Rep. Charlie Melancon (LA-03), Blue Dog Co-Chair for Communications (Voted YES on Stimulus)
Rep. Heath Shuler (NC-11), Blue Dog Whip (Voted YES on Cap and Trade)

Blue Dog Members:

Altmire, Jason (PA-04): Yes- Stimulus
Arcuri, Mike (NY-24): YES – Stimulus/Healthcare
Baca, Joe (CA-43): YES – all three
Barrow, John (GA-12): YES – Stimulus
Berry, Marion (AR-01): YES – Stimulus/Healthcare
Bishop, Sanford (GA-02): YES – Stimulus/Healthcare – Black Caucus
Boren, Dan (OK-02): YES – Stimulus
Boswell, Leonard (IA-03): YES – all three
Boyd, Allen (FL-02): YES – Cap and Trade
Bright, Bobby (AL-02)
Cardoza, Dennis (CA-18): YES – all three
Carney, Christopher (PA-10): YES – Stimulus/Healthcare
Chandler, Ben (KY-06): YES – Stimulus/Cap and Trade
Childers, Travis (MS-01): YES – Stimulus
Cooper, Jim (TN-05): YES – Cap and Trade/Healthcare
Costa, Jim (CA-20): YES – Stimulus/Healthcare
Cuellar, Henry (TX-28): YES – all three
Dahlkemper, Kathy (PA-03): YES – Stimulus/Healthcare
Davis, Lincoln (TN-04): YES – Stimulus
Donnelly, Joe (IN-02): YES – Stimulus/Healthcare
Ellsworth, Brad (IN-08): YES – Healthcare
Giffords, Gabrielle (AZ-08): YES – all three
Gordon, Bart (TN-06): YES – Stimulus/Cap and Trade
Griffith, Parker (AL-05)
Harman, Jane (CA-36): YES – all three
Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie (SD): YES – Stimulus
Hill, Baron (IN-09): YES – all three
Holden, Tim (PA-17): YES – Stimulus
Kratovil, Jr., Frank (MD-01): YES – Cap and Trade
McIntyre, Mike (NC-07): YES – Stimulus
Marshall, Jim (GA-08): YES – Stimulus
Matheson, Jim (UT-02): YES – Stimulus
Melancon, Charlie (LA-03): YES – Stimulus
Michaud, Mike (ME-02): YES – All Three
Minnick, Walt (ID-01)
Mitchell, Harry (AZ-05): YES – Stimulus/Healthcare
Moore, Dennis (KS-03): YES – All Three
Murphy, Patrick (PA-08): YES – All Three
Nye, Glenn (VA-02): YES – Stimulus
Peterson, Collin (MN-07): YES – Cap and Trade
Pomeroy, Earl (ND): YES – Stimulus/Healthcare
Ross, Mike (AR-04): YES – Stimulus/Healthcare
Salazar, John (CO-03): YES – Stimulus/Healthcare
Sandlin, Stephanie (SD): YES – Stimulus
Sanchez, Loretta (CA-47): YES – all three
Schiff, Adam (CA-29): YES – all three
Scott, David (GA-13): YES – YES – all three (Black Caucus)
Shuler, Heath (NC-11): YES – Cap and Trade
Space, Zack (OH-18): YES – all three
Tanner, John (TN-08): YES – Stimulus
Taylor, Gene (MS-04)
Thompson, Mike (CA-01): YES – all three
Wilson, Charles (OH-06): YES – Stimulus/Healthcare

We need to look closely at each of these seats and get input from people on the ground in their districts on how they can be beaten.

[Frankly, I know some people are disappointed that Republicans in the House didn't "do more" to defeat NancyCare.  However, they spoke out against it, presented alternatives, and voted against it.  Thus, I give them an "A" or an "A-minus."  We lost many fine conservative voices in 2006 and 2008, and it's ultimately up to us, as Americans, to rectify that situation. ]

Steve Maloney
Ambridge, PA
SteveMaloneyGOP
TimBurnsforCongress (Burns — R — against Murtha – D, PA 12th)
KeithRothfussforCongress (Rothfuss — R — against Altmire – D, PA 4th)
KJeneretteforCongress (Jenerette — R — against Brown – R, SC 1st)
CarlyforSenate  (Fiorina – R — against Boxer — D, CA, U.S. Senate)
RubioforSenate (Rubio – R – against Crist — R, FL, U.S. Senate)
ToomeyforSenate (Toomey – R — against Specter or Sestak, PA, U.S. Senate)

Contributed by: Dianne

In addition OBAMA bribed Louisiana Congressman Cao by promising to forgive a huge debt owed by Louisiana from Katrina.  Cao, who speaks broken English flat out lied on Fox news this morning.  In addition, this COWARD waited until the DNC had the 218 votes before he added his vote.  Starting today we are actively seeking a true Conservative Republican to run against this RINO in his district.

Please send on to all your groups and if you are still a member of AARP, please, rethink it.

OBAMACARE ENDORSEMENTS: WHAT THE BRIBE WAS
By DICK MORRIS & EILEEN MCGANN
Published on TheHill.com on November 6, 2009As the suicidal Democratic congressmen proceed to rubber-stamp the Obama healthcare reform despite the drubbing their party took in the ‘09 elections, the president trotted out the endorsements of the AMA and the AARP to stimulate support. But these — and the other endorsements — his package has received are all bought and paid for. 

 

Here are the deals:

* The American Medical Association (AMA) was facing a 21 percent cut in physicians’ reimbursements under the current law. Obama promised to kill the cut if they backed his bill. The cuts are the fruit of a law requiring annual 5-6 percent reductions in doctor reimbursements for treating Medicare patients. Bravely, each year Congress has rolled the cuts over, suspending them but not repealing them. So each year, the accumulated cuts threaten doctors. By now, they have risen to 21 percent. With this blackmail leverage, Obama compelled the AMA to support his bill…or else!

* The AARP got a financial windfall in return for its support of the healthcare bill. Over the past decade, the AARP has morphed from an advocacy group to an insurance company (through its subsidiary company). It is one of the main suppliers of Medi-gap insurance, a high-cost, privately purchased coverage that picks up where Medicare leaves off. But President Bush-43 passed the Medicare Advantage program, which offered a subsidized, lower-cost alternative to Medi-gap. Under Medicare Advantage, the elderly get all the extra coverage they need plus coordinated, well-managed care, usually by the same physician. So more than 10 million seniors went with Medicare Advantage, cutting into AARP Medi-gap revenues. 

Presto! Obama solved their problem. He eliminates subsidies for Medicare Advantage. The elderly will have to pay more for coverage under Medigap, but the AARP — which supposedly represents them — will make more money. (If this galls you, join the American Seniors Association, the alternative group; contact sbarton@americansen iors.org. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .)

* The drug industry backed ObamaCare and, in return, got a 10-year limit of $80 billion on cuts in prescription drug costs. (A drop in the bucket of their almost $3 trillion projected cost over the next decade.) They also got administration assurances that it will continue to bar lower-cost Canadian drugs from coming into the U.S. All it had to do was put its formidable advertising budget at the disposal of the administration.

* Insurance companies got access to 40 million potential new customers. But when the Senate Finance Committee lowered the fine that would be imposed on those who don’t buy insurance from $3,500 to $1,500, the insurance companies jumped ship and now oppose the bill, albeit for the worst of motives.

The only industry that refused to knuckle under was the medical device makers. They stood for principle and wouldn’t go along with Obama’s blackmail. So the Senate Finance Committee retaliated by imposing a tax on medical devices such as automated wheelchairs, pacemakers, arterial stents, prosthetic limbs, artificial knees and hips and other necessary accoutrements of healthcare.

So these endorsements are not freely given, but bought and paid for by an administration that is intent on passing its program at any cost.

We’ve got to hold on to hope, and we’ve got to fight hard because Congressional action tonight just put America on a path toward an unrecognizable country.

The same government leaders that got us into the mortgage business and the car business are now getting us into the health care business.

Despite Americans’ decisive message last Tuesday that they reject the troubling path this country has been taking, Speaker Pelosi has broken her own promises of transparency to ram a health “care” bill through the House of Representatives just before midnight. Why did she push the 2,000 page bill this weekend? Was she perhaps afraid to give her peers and the constituents for whom she works the chance to actually read this monstrous bill carefully, if at all? Was she concerned that Americans might really digest the details of a bill that the Wall Street Journal has called “the worst piece of post-New Deal legislation ever introduced”?

This out-of-control bureaucratic mess will be disastrous for our economy, our small businesses, and our personal liberty. It will slam businesses at a time when we are at double-digit unemployment rates – the highest we’ve seen in a quarter of a century. This massive new bureaucracy will cost us and our children money we don’t have. It will rob Americans of more of our freedom and further hamper the free market.

Make no mistake: we’re on course to have government commandeer one-sixth of our economy. The people who gave us Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac now want to run our health care. Think about that.

All of us who value the sanctity of life are grateful for the success of the pro-life majority in the House this evening in its battle against federal funding of abortion in this bill, but it’s ironic because we were promised that abortion wasn’t covered in the bill to begin with. Our healthy distrust of these government leaders made us look deeper into the bill because unfortunately we knew better than to trust what they were saying. The victory tonight to amend the bill and eliminate that federal funding for abortion was great – because abortion is not health care. Now we can only hope that Rep. Stupak’s amendment will hold in the final bill, though the Democratic leadership has already refused to promise that it won’t be scrapped later.

We had been told there were no “death panels” in the bill either. But look closely at the provision mandating bureaucratic panels that will be calling the shots regarding who will receive government health care.

Look closely at provisions addressing illegal aliens’ health care coverage too.

Those of us who love freedom and believe in open and transparent government can only be dismayed by midnight action on a Saturday. Speaker Pelosi’s promise that Americans would have 72 hours to read the final bill before the vote was just another one of the D.C. establishment’s too-common political ploys. It’s broken promises like this that turn people off to politics and leave them disillusioned about the future of their country.

But despite this late-night maneuvering, many of us were paying close attention tonight. We’ll keep paying close attention. We need to let our legislators in Washington know that they still represent us, and that the majority of Americans are not in favor of the “reform” they are pushing. After all, this is still a country “of the people, by the people, and for the people.” We will make our voices heard. It’s on to the Senate now. Our legislators can listen now, or they can hear us in 2010. It’s their choice.

- Sarah Palin