new links

http://www.tenthamendmentcenter.com/
http://www.texasnationalist.com/

teapartyforliberty.com

breakthematrix.com

http://www.truthed.com/

Legistalker.org - track congress members

http://legistalker.org/

Vote NO on Sotomayor!

This is what I sent to my senators today:

Vote NO on Sotomayor!

Vote NO on Sotomayor! Vote NO on Health Care! Vote NO on Energy! Read the bill before you vote. If you need more time, ask for it. Don't rush. Sign the petition to promise to read all legislation in its entirety prior to supporting it.

As well, I called and asked them to oppose Harry Reids sneaky Hate Crimes Bill that he slipped into the Department of Defense Support Bill. There was supposed to be a late night vote; around midnight tonight.

Hate Crimes Prevention Act - sneaky Harry

Today I learned about the Hate Crimes Prevention act through the Liberty Counsel.

I submitted the following (that I borrowed from Liberty Counsel) to my senators Barbara Mikulski and Benjamin Cardin:

I am very disturbed that the Senate is moving to fast-track the "Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act" (S. 909) by attaching it as an amendment to another bill. I oppose fast-tracking this bill. This bill has serious ramifications for our society and deserves the full deliberative process in committee and on the Senate floor.

In addition, I oppose this bill and urge you to oppose it as well. Bills like this that grant special protections based on "sexual orientation and gender identity" pose a direct threat to the rights of people of faith and could ultimately lead to the criminalization of Christian teachings on marriage.

I urge you to oppose the Hate Crimes Prevention Act. I will be monitoring this situation closely.

Liberty counsel also suggested alternative text as an example for use in contacting your senators:

As a concerned citizen, I am signing this petition opposing the efforts to pass legislation that creates special rights based on sexual orientation and as a result criminalizes beliefs that oppose the homosexual rights agenda. This includes so-called “non-discrimination,” “hate crimes” and “hate speech” legislation.

Such legislation and policies put the sincerely-held beliefs of people of faith at odds with our laws. Even the Bible can be classified as prohibited literature under such measures. I am standing with citizens across the Nation in opposing efforts by Congress or the President to implement these anti-faith measures. I also am joining others in my state in opposing similar state-level laws and policies.

I also signed a petition at:

http://www.libertyaction.org/292/petition.asp?pid=20709064

I encourage you to do the same: contact your senators and sign the petition; then notify others to follow suite.

Reject Sotomayors Nomination

congress.org makes it easy to send an email to both your senators at once: http://www.congress.org/congressorg/issues/alert/?alertid=13730881&type=CO

This is what I sent: "Sotomayor is unfit for duty. There has got to be better. Reject her nomination and lets take a look at some other nominations. There is no rush; let's get this right."

Now, follow the link above and let your senators know that you also reject the nomination of Sotomayor. Oh, and if you support her nomination, you can alternatively send an email of support to your senators; but, I'm not going to provide you with the link; you should be able to figure it out.

After you submit your input, you will be presented with a page that includes a notification that your senators have been notified; like this, that I got:

our message was sent to:

Senator Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD) Sign up for this official's e-newsletter.

Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-MD)

Adopt Chinese Orphans

Report on calls to Congress

Yesterday, on my drive home from work, I called all three of my representatives in congress:

1. Representative Steny Hoyer
2. Senator Barbara Mikulski
3. Senator Benjamin Cardin

I have them all in my address book on my mobile phone, so it's pretty easy to do driving into work or back home.

I always ask to speak directly with the Senator or Congressman.

Steny Hoyer had just stepped out of the office. Barbara Mikulsi was in a meeting. Benjamin Cardin was busy voting on the floor.

So, my only recourse was to leave a message with the aide on the phone. I have learned that it's best to stick to one issue per call. For this round of calls, I asked if the Senator had yet signed the pledge to promise to actually read all bills before voting on them from this time forward. In both cases the aide seemed clueless, so I told them to have the Senator see Senator Diment, as he was the first to sign. So there were know answers this round, but I promised to call back soon and follow up. Since I wasn't sure if the pledge had been circulating in the House of Representatives yet, for Hoyer, I simply asked the aide if Steny had read the cap and trade bill in its entirety before voting on it and encouraging others to vote on it as well. Of course the aide didn't have an anser. I let them know that I was awayre that it was 1200 pages long with 300 pages of ammendments added to the bill at 3:09 AM the day of the vote. ALso, that Steny had been encouraging others to vote for the bill as well.

This morning, on my drive into work, I decided to try and get them before their offices opened; to leave a voice mail message about opposing government health care reform.

Both Mikulski's and Hoyer's in-boxes were full, but I was able to leave a message for Cardin.

On my drive home, I called Hoyer's office and got an aide on the line again; sounded like the same guy. I explained to him that I wanted to let the Congressman know that I was opposed to the current government health care legislation. This was actually one of the best call experiences I've had. The aide asked me my name and where I was calling from. He then asked me if I was opposed to health care reform in general or just the current legislation. I told him, "the current legislation". He then asked what kind of reform I would like. I told him that I would support encouraging companies to leave the aquisition of health care to individuals and to simply let employees keep more of their money. I explained that it is immoral for the government to be involved in health care.

evil Walmart - supports oppresive government health care reform

I saw a commrecial tonight while watchin Hannity, of Walmarts that supports and promotes national health care legislation. I was shocked!

What will I do now?

I live between two Walmarts that are almost equidistant from me; one is 10 miles south, the other 10 miles north. There is basically no where else to shop. We get everything there. However, I can't support any entity that is in on the government's secret combination to control people through ownership and management of their health care.

see http://www.latimes.com/news/columnists/la-fi-lazarus5-2009jul05,0,4358896.column

Boycott Walmart!

The referrenced LA Times article above, states the falacy given by Obama that 46 million Americans are without health care.

The article also states that Walmart "supports a mandate for all uninsured people to buy reasonably priced coverage". So, Walmart things it is right for our government, that has very limited powers as enumerated in our constitution, to force us, the people, to expend our property in a specific way. This seems obvious to me to be a blatant violation of our individual inalienable right to pursue happiness. How does the government or Walmart know what makes us happy. Furthermore, it is wrong for one man to force another to use their own property, their income, in the way that he desires; much less that a creation of his, government, would do likewise.

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see also:

• http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/07/06/wal-mart-eyes-super-savings-by-backing-obamas-health-care-p/
• http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31667110/ns/business-consumer_news/
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DC Tea Party - 2009/07/04

With my U.S.S. Independence hat proudly on, and my Gadsden "Don't Tread On Me" flag (buy yours at http://www.flagline.com) in hand, I met up with my friend Ron Miller at the New Carrolton Metro station and rode into Union Station and marched on over to the north side of the U.S. Capitol to participate in the March For Liberty (http://www.marchforliberty.org) Independence Day Tea Party!

CNN was there:

read article here:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/04/tea.party/index.html?iref=werecommend#cnnSTCText

watch video here:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/04/tea.party/index.html?iref=werecommend#cnnSTCVideo

Lisa Miller was the organizer

http://www.marchforliberty.org

watch her speak here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KojJno6y9Pc

A REVOLUTIONARY IDEA

Tea parties from sea to shining sea

More than 2,000 tax, Big Government protests in all 50 states

Posted: July 05, 2009

11:28 am Eastern

© 2009 WorldNetDaily

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=103126

Honduran president ousted by military - constitution upheld

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/28/secretary-soldiers-arrest-honduran-president/

Perhaps our military should follow this example; except, they would have to oust most of our congress as well. I ask, "WHEN?"! When will our military live up to their oath of defending our constitution from enemies both foreign and DOMESTIC? I say, it's about time! It's nice to see a society where the constitution is honored and defended. This article is a breath of fresh air and gives hope to freedom lovers the world over. Just watch, the leftist tyrannical statists will insist that this was bad and that Zelaya should be reinstated. We, and our elected leaders, should commend the military, congress, and people of Honduras; then, follow their lead!

Rep. Bachman stands for Liberty; against Tyranny, on the House floor

The new national energy tax just passed in the House will result in 2.5 million job losses every year and cost $2,000,000,000,000. Thank your congressman! This 1200 page bill was still being written when they voted on it. Don't we deserve to have our representatives read and comprehend what they are voting for? I'm not ranting, I'm just paying attention. (inspired by Minnesota Representative Michell Bachmann and posted as my status update on facebook today)

seems like a no-brainer, doesn't it. If I was elected to represent my fellow citizens, the least I would feel obligated to do, and the least that I would expect that they would want of me, is to make sure that I carefully read and comprehend anything that I vote on, in their behalf; and, to demand more time if insufficient time was given. In thiscase, 300 pages of amendments were introduced at 3:09 AM the day of the vote. Any person who voted for it is unethical, unfit for duty, has betrayed those whom they represent, and broken their oath to defend, uphold, and honor our constitution. If we the people don't hold them accountable, then who will?

Hear and watch Rep. Bachmann speak on the house floor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hd-ERDBs4ek

Michelle Bachmann is consistently speaking out for common sense and the right in the battle being waged between good and evil in the House of Representatives. She speaks about liberty and tyranny; and making a choice for one or the other. The master tyrant is Satan himself who continues to wage his war against the forces for freedom, which of course is led by Christ himself. There's nothing new under the sun going on here. It's the classic battle between good and evil, yet again, and on going.

Senator John Thune - Government Ownership Exit Plan Act of 2009

Senator John Thune of South Dakota has put together a plan to get government out of our business; out of the private sector by July 1, 2010.

Check it his Government Ownership Exit Plan Act of 2009 here http://www.johnthune.com/exitplan

You can also help him stop a national energy sales tax: http://www.johnthune.com/take-action/cap-and-trade/

"Not only does the Administration's budget increase taxes on families and small business owners, it also calls for a massive National Sales Tax on Energy as well." --Senator John Thune

Stop Cap & Trade - Stop H.R. 2454, the Waxman-Markey legislation

I got this today from eric at redstate dot com, via email:

I need your immediate help.

Go here and call your Congressman right now.

Tell your Congressman to vote against H.R. 2454., the Waxman-Markey legislation.

We don't have a moment to delay.

Congress is going to vote on Cap and Trade legislation, which even Democrat John Dingell (D-MI) says is "a tax and it's a great big one."

Democrat Charlie Melancon (D-LA) says, "I believe this bill would create an undue burden on families who are already paying too much in energy bills."

Democrat Mike Ross (D-AR) says of Cap and Trade, "'If you don't like $4-a-gallon gasoline, you're really not going to like your electric bill sometime between now and 2030."

Go here, put in your zip-code, and call now.

A Witness and a Warning - 30 years later

In the wake of current events unfolding in Iran, threats from North Korea, and the rapid transformation we see unfolding within our country today, President Ezra Taft Benson's words from 30 years ago seem to be just as relevant today, if not more so, than when he uttered them.

All Christians and patriots throughout America should find his words insightful even if you are not a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Ezra Taft Benson, “A Witness and a Warning,” Ensign, Nov 1979, 31

Ezra Taft Benson (August 4, 1899 – May 30, 1994) was the thirteenth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1985 until his death and was United States Secretary of Agriculture for both of the administrations of U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower

EDITORIAL: Uh-oh, Cheerios - Washington Times

EDITORIAL: Uh-oh, Cheerios - Washington Times

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ref: IBD - Oppose 'Empathy,' Defend The Law

the best judge has no empathy; yet another poor choice by the usurper in the white house: BHO

Supreme Court: The first Latina Supreme Court pick is hailed as a political home run, but Judge Sonia Sotomayor is vulnerable. Americans simply don't want justices making law.

http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=328229941213971

ref: LA Times - Prop. 8 upheld by California Supreme Court

ok, maybe California can stay in the Union for a little longer. It's somewhat refreshing to see that the judges decided to uphold what the people there voted for.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-prop8-decision27-2009may27,0,6677891.story

oh yeah, don't forget to where flowers in your hair if you goin to San Francisco ...

referral: Greek nationalists protest Bilderberg Club meeting

By DEMETRIS NELLAS

2009 May 16

http://www.campaignforliberty.com/wire.php?view=5169

referral: Notre Dame, Trustees and Father Jenkins’ Final Word

Friday, May 15, 2009
By Judie Brown

Judy includes article by Frank Walker

http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=48163

referral: Top Vatican Official: Notre Dame’s Honoring ‘Anti-Life and Anti-Family’ Obama ‘Is a Source of the Gravest Scandal’

Monday, May 11, 2009
By Fred Lucas, Staff Writer

http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=47914

referral: Gun-Control Advocate: Napolitano Report on ‘Rightwing Extremists’ Makes Case for Gun Ban

Thursday, May 14, 2009
By Edwin Mora

http://cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=48116

our second ammendment says "... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."

referral: Obama Adminstration Wants to Slash Defense Contractors by Hiring More Than 30,000 New Federal Employees

Friday, May 15, 2009
By Matt Cover

http://cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=48171

This is the wrong way to go.

referral: More Americans Choose Pro-Life Than Pro-Choice

Posted by Duane Lester on May 15th, 2009

http://www.allamericanblogger.com/7375/more-americans-choose-pro-life-than-pro-choice/

somd.com: Anti-Tax Protest Draws Hundreds on Solomons

Anti-Tax Protest Draws Hundreds on Solomons

Posted on April 01, 2009 

By Guy Leonard, County Times 

somd.com

this is the tea party that I attended on March 22nd in Solomns MD

somd.com: Md. Guard Issues Warning to Staff about Local TEA Party Protestors

Md. Guard Issues Warning to Staff about Local TEA Party Protestors

Posted on April 15, 2009

By David Noss

somd.com: 

thelibertypapers: omeland Security document targets most conservatives and libertarians in the country

April 12, 2009

Homeland Security document targets most conservatives and libertarians in the country

by Stephen Gordon

thelibertypapers.org

americanthinker: DHS, 'Rightwing Extremism' and Information Warfare

April 15, 2009

DHS, 'Rightwing Extremism' and Information Warfare

By Lance Fairchok

americanthinker.com

washingtontimes: Federal agency warns of radicals on right

Federal agency warns of radicals on right

9-page report sent to police

By Audrey Hudson (Contact) and Eli Lake (Contact) | Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Washington Times

Porn Flick Screening at U-Md.

Porn Flick Screening at U-Md. Still On, as Is Funding Threat

By Maria Glod

Washington Post Staff Writer 

Sunday, April 5, 2009; Page C01

I Support Veterans & American Legion, Not Obama

The other day I heard that the leader of the American Legion met with Pres. Obama and discussed health insurance and govt. coverage of medical needs for veterans. The Legion leader was enraged with Obama's words and actions. Obama wants the veterans to get financial payment for their medical treatment and needs from their private health insurance. Yet, it is the at the governments bidding and service and duty that these valiant young men and women make the most ultimate sacrifices out of all citizens in service to our country and citizens. This is a complete absurdity; a travesty, that the leader of the free world, the prs. of the U.S. does not even make it a priority to provide for and care for the best and most deserving among us, yet spends more money that we dont even have yet, to fund those that have made poor decisions.

So, for my facebook status today I have "Hyrum supports my fellow veterans and the American Legion, not Obama."