Almost there...

I was a bit optimistic (to say the least) when I thought I could get through over 16 thousand emails in two days. I did have a few other things come up during those two days and it stretched into two weeks. I had this idea that most of the emails would be things I'd signed up to read, but nope, the vast majority were actual emails from real people. Wow, you guys have been so busy doing great things!

However, I'm happy to report I've read all the emails, cleaned up the inbox and found about 20 plus of you who've asked to be members of the Read My Lipstick Network.

This weekend I'll be getting caught up on that most important area! I'll be zapping you emails just as soon as I check out your sites to make sure they "fit" with this network. If you don't fit with this one, we have another one that'll probably be perfect for you... it's for conservative writers who don't always focus on political stuff.

I'm looking for some help if anyone is interested. Haven't figured out what you could do yet , but I obviously need some replacements for my friends who've moved on to other parts of the country, who're doing their best to keep families together while out of work, etc., etc.

I've gotten involved with a local tea party group. I'd been going to tea parties, but hadn't gone to meetings, etc. Talk about an on-fire group of people! Loved the fact that I was mixing with people from all sides, Democrats, Independents, Republicans, and even some who hadn't voted in forever but are now involved!

Keep calling...

Let these key political votes know you don't want a coop (government option ultimately), a trigger (which equals government 'public' option not too far down the road after passage) OR the public option:

Sen. Mary Landrieu (LA) 202-224-5834
Sen. Blanche Lincoln (AR) 202-224-4843
Sen. Mark Pryor (AR) 202-224-2353
Sen . Russ Feingold (WI) 202-224-5323
Sen. Joe Lieberman (CN) 202-224-4041
Sen. Jon Tester (MT) 202-224-2644
Sen.Byron Dorgan (ND)202-224-2551
Sen. Ben Nelson (NE) 202-224-6551
Sen. Bill Nelson (FL) 202-224-5274
Sen. Olympia Snowe (ME) 202-224-5344
Sen. Kent Conrad (ND) 202-224-2043

This is SO much bigger than health care as I'm sure all of you already know. Saw a Rassmussen poll yesterday that said 56% were now against Obamacare. The more details that come out, the more we hear things from Obama (like his promise on Wednesday to Hispanics to make all 12 million plus illegals legal, giving them free health care...), the scarier it gets and the higher the opposition. Keep sharing the facts, don't let the Demtactic of calling you a racist because you factually oppose an idea or ideas or policies stop you, or even faze you (, I know it's not, just like to reinforce). They're pulling out the stops and, as you saw with Nancy Pelosi's ridiculous choke-up tactic, they've gone past the believable to the land of Oz.

On Pelosi choking up remembering the 70's... trying to compare lawful, peaceful opposition to where she and her friends are taking the country... this is the person who is 3rd in line to be our President. I don't even like to imagine that scenario, and I'd love to see a woman in the top slot at some point in the future... about three years in the future . Hard to believe we're less than one year into this presidency. It's going to be a tough few years and then it's going to be decades to undo all the damage.

The one good thing Obama is doing is he's waking up Americans all over the country who've never felt the need to get involved. He's awoken a sleeping giant and thus far all the giant has done is lifted its head, stretched and looked around. Wait until all of us who comprise the so-called silent majority 'giant' sit up, then stand up, then completely wake up...

If we still have legal elections in 2010 I firmly believe we'll see some changes. With ACORN shooting themselves in their own proverbial foot, we may have leveled the playing field a little. Of course, I think they're just going to reorganize under a different name of some sort. They'll get a little smarter, go a little further underground, be maybe a little harder to catch.

Hmmm... a whole lot of topics for an early Saturday morning.

RedState: House of Representatives Votes to Take Over All Student Loans

I passed along a few tidbits yesterday on this one. Here's a good write-up from RedState:

If you want an indication of just how radical the Democrats in Congress have become, consider the vote on H.R. 3221. The legislation, which I wrote about yesterday, shuts down all private lenders for higher education student loans, requires that colleges and universities adhere to a new federal bureaucracy, creates a new Green Schools Czar, and hints that any school not complying will see its students denied federal student loans.

Last year, Congress passed the Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act (ECASLA). The bill passed in the House 388-21, including 221-0 among Democrats. The Senate passed it by unanimous consent. President Bush signed it. The legislation was a bi-partisan piece of legislation that allowed private sector involvement in student loans without a new federal bureaucracy.

This year, the Republican substitute to HR 3221 would extend ECASLA programs through 2014 and create a commission to develop a new private sector model for student lending. The amendment failed 165-265. 257 Democrats unanimously voted no.

Final passage of HR 3221 was 253-171. 4 Democrats voted no, 6 Republicans vote aye.

The Democrats have now rejected the same legislation they unanimously supported last year in favor of a new, expansive federal bureaucracy.

Please click here for the rest of the post.

FRC: We Don't Need No (Government) Education

While most of Washington is concentrating on health care, the President and the Democrats in Washington hope to inflict some major "change" on the nation's education system. Today in the House of Representatives, H.R. 3221, the "Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009," is expected to be voted on. The bill accomplishes one of President Obama's campaign promises to eliminate the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program and trade it in for a completely government-run lending plan, ultimately turning the Department of Education into a lending institution that controls all college lending programs.

Just as the Democrats are trying to overhaul the American health care system instead of addressing specific flaws, they are doing the same with student lending. This is a typical response whenever education policy is debated; liberals automatically assume the answer to the problem is more federal tax dollars and federal involvement. The comparisons to the health care debate are many. When the direct loan component was added to FFEL by President Clinton and a Democratic Congress it was described as a "government option" to "promote competition." Here we are now with a new Democratic President and the Democrats back in control and one of the first things they do on education is eliminate the private sector's role in the program.

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Another government (i.e. Obama) takeover...

Read this one carefully and all the way through please... When I first started reading it I kind of shrugged my shoulders, a subsidy ends, could be good news... While I'm not real hot on subsidies, and maybe I'd like to find a different way to do this without them (that said without really looking into the history and details), it's another massive shift to government control of yet another area. Put this on your list of "watch and research".

Bill Would End U.S. Subsidy For Lenders of College Aid
9/17/09 The federal government would end its four-decade practice of subsidizing private lenders that make college loans under a bill the House took up Wednesday that would steer tens of billions of dollars in savings to student aid over the next decade.

Republicans and the lending industry say the bill would engineer a risky shift in higher-education finance that could prove costly to taxpayers and diminish quality of service to borrowers. But Democrats and the Obama administration say the government could save an estimated $80 billion by ending a subsidy system that they contend benefits banks rather than students... Click here to continue reading (opens new window)

First-hand account of the 9-12 Rally in D.C.

OMGoodness!

Mary Rakovich: WE SHUT DOWN DC!

Over 2 million Patriots gathered in D.C. on Saturday! (regardless of what the press says!) I was there - Incredible masses!

Ron and I were on our way in a taxi to Freedom Plaza Saturday morning about 10:00 am where the March was to begin at 11:00. Here comes waves of people! What the heck! So we got out of the taxi right there. I asked what was going on. The people marching said there were too many people and the plaza could not contain us!

It was lucky, God puts us where we need to be - I never would have made it to the Capitol with the walker (silly me) and we would not have gotten on the green. The Capitol green was barricaded and the police only let in a certain number of people. No idea how they determined it. There was tons of room still inside the barricades - not crowded at all. Maybe so it would look like less of us in photos?

We turned around and looked down Penn. Ave from the Capitol - SOLID wall of people! And it didn't stop. I cannot tell you how amazing it was/is, energizing, overwhelming - talk about HOPE & CHANGE! Many of us started crying when we saw the number of people. They announced from the stage - 1.5 million reported, 450 busses arrived Saturday alone, the freeways were backed up for 15 miles in every direction.

I am still so geeked! We got home last night about 11:00 and I slept until 10:00 this morning! Protesting is exhausting work. I was hoarse by the time we reached the Capitol and still don't have my voice back. I met so many wonderful people. It was so good to see patriots of every age - families with strollers, young people, every stripe and color! Not a race issue, not a partisan issue, an AMERICAN issue!

Our work has just begun. This has happened because so many of us were asleep. We are AWAKE and we have INSOMNIA!

There is so much inside me right now. I am tearing as I write (and listening to Glenn Beck) Overwhelmed by what we have done and what we have left to do. I am praying I can get the website to upload - there is too much to send in email. I worked for hours a couple of weeks ago on new info and could not get it to upload. If anyone could help me out I would appreciate it. I have been using Filezilla (or rather trying to).

I got into this "activist thing" through Freedom Works and a workshop they had in Tampa in January. If you have not joined Freedom Works please check it out.
Link to Freedom Works
http://www.freedomworks.org/

Our Florida co-ordinator, who is a volunteer with a family and a full-time job by the way, Tom Gaitens, is fantastic. Brendan Steinhauser, the grassroots co-ordinator out of D.C. (one of the few paid positions) was the driving force in bringing the patriotic forces together. This is what we need to do. I get invites every day from a new group. We need to pull TOGETHER!

Some Links to 9.12 March Videos etc:
Time lapse of the March
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoPud1TeubM
Lots of great pics, vids
http://alligatorfarm.wordpress.com/2009/09/13/more-excellent-9-12-09-dc-march-videos-photos-citizen-coverage/
CSpan Coverage
http://www.c-span.org/Watch/Media/2009/09/12/HP/A/23055/FreedomWorks+Rally+in+DC.aspx

I love you all!
Keep up the great work Patriots!
For Freedom (it works!) and Liberty,
Mary

I'm here...

Well, sort of . I checked my email about 2 weeks ago and had well over 42,000 (yes thousand) emails. I figured at first someone was spamming me but nope, they're all legit. There are so many I can't even re-sort them so I can delete the daily updates.

I've been whittling through them, have gotten down to around 30 thousand.

Tomorrow is the day. I'm going to get through them, then I'm going to add all you folks who've sent emails asking to be a member of the Network on Monday. I cleared my calendar to tackle this one and am determined to get back on track as I consider fighting this fight for our country to be the ultimate, most important thing to include in my busy life. If we lose our country to the elements who're tearing it down right now then I won't have the life I'm leading, nor will you.

So... once again I ask for your forgiveness and forbearance in tolerating the delays through the summer.

Hey kiddies, let's pledge to serve Obama...

This is a very balanced story via video: http://connect2utah.com/content/video/?cid=48702. Maybe too balanced, maybe even a bit over the top balanced...

As a parent I would be completely bent out of shape to learn that my children were encouraged to pledge to Obama at school. In one part of the video the students watched during assembly Hollywood "stars" "pledge to be a servant to President Obama", in another a guy pledges to be of service to Obama as he kisses his upraised arms (huh? what's that all about... must be some message in the tattoos on his biceps...).

The Principal is saying she didn't watch the video before it was shown. Ummm... shouldn't someone be vetting anything and everything being shown to kids during school? I don't expect the Principal to watch everything, but I'd at least have someone in my office check out a video being shown to the entire student body.

Aside from the issue of showing this piece of propaganda to our kids, is the very overt message of service and servitude to Obama. To a man. To serve him... You can attach religious overtones to it, you can attach communistic / socialistic/ dictator-type undertones... there is absolutely no way of looking at this as anything other than scary if you are a right thinking person. And I don't mean "right" as in conservative. I mean balanced, correct, normal.

If you can get past the Obama worship pledge, maybe the inclusion of pledging to support stem cell research will tweak your worry buttons.

I'm telling you folks, they're slipping stuff in and so many are asleep at the wheel.

http://connect2utah.com/content/video/?cid=48702

Obama infiltrates the public schools...

This past week most of us have heard about the National Endowment for the Arts conference call where Obama's White House is co-opting artists to spread his message / propaganda... As an artist I was appalled to hear how the President was trying to subvert fellow artists to sell his plans for our county. (If you missed it, do a search on Patrick Courrielche.)

Now Obama and his minions are reaching down into our children's school rooms. I'm not surprised, and I know you're not either!

Folks, we better be spreading the word and waking people up out there. In some cases the moves Obama and friends are making are subtle, in other they're more overt. Put the entire package together and we're rushing, running, tumbling, toward an America we won't recognize or like on any level in a few years.

Keep your children home on Sept. 8th if your school is participating in this. Better yet, get them out of public school altogether if you possibly can. Complain. Write.

Spread the word. If you work out of your home or have the ability, volunteer to watch your friends kids that day.

Critics Decry Obama's 'Indoctrination' Plan for Students

A suggested lesson plan that calls on students to write letters to themselves about what they can do to help President Obama following his address to students nationwide is troubling and establishes the president as a "superintendent in chief," education experts told FOXNews.com.

A suggested lesson plan that calls on school kids to write letters to themselves about what they can do to help President Obama is troubling some education experts, who say it establishes the president as a "superintendent in chief" and may indoctrinate children to support him politically.
But the White House says the speech is merely "designed to encourage kids to stay in school."

Obama will deliver a national address directly to students on Tuesday, which will be the first day of classes for many children across the country. The address, to be broadcast live on the White House's Web site, was announced in a letter to school principals last week by Education Secretary Arne Duncan....

...But in advance of the address, the Department of Education has offered educators "classroom activities" to coincide with Obama's message.

Students in grades pre-K-6, for example, are encouraged to "write letters to themselves about what they can do to help the president. These would be collected and redistributed at an appropriate later date by the teacher to make students accountable to their goals."

Teachers are also given guidance to tell students to "build background knowledge about the president of the United States by reading books about presidents and Barack Obama."

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/09/02/critics-decry-obamas-lesson-plan-students/

Snitch Listed

Well, well, well... I guess I'm on Obama's list. Ya know, the "snitch list"?

Today I received an unsolicited email from David Axelrod telling me all kinds of wonderful things about Obamacare.

I haven't signed up for anything from the White House. The only way I can figure that they could have that email address is if someone snitched on me (unless I want to put my super paranoid hat on...).

I've heard that our emails and calls are overloading the White House. I would bet they're wishing they had never asked Americans to snitch on other Americans.

Protest Against Acorn

Pirra invited you to "PROTEST AGAINST ACORN" on Friday, August 14 at 8:00am.

Event: PROTEST AGAINST ACORN
"EVERY FRIDAY UNTIL WE GET OUR TAX DOLLARS BACK AND THEY ARE CLOSED DOWN!"
What: Protest
Host: PROTEST AGAINST ACORN
Start Time: Friday, August 14 at 8:00am
End Time: Friday, August 14 at 6:00pm
Where: Your local ACORN office

To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below:
http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=115967354005&mid=ebfaf3G5d770abcG34c3deG7

This is a plea for you to invite more people to this group. You've seen the ACORN/SEIU thugs at the town hall meetings. You've seen their violent acts. NOW is the BEST time to start organizing, getting more group members and PROTESTING ACORN and SEIU! We need to get out there and make it WELL KNOWN we will NOT tolerate their attacks and bullying and we WILL take our tax dollars BACK from them!

The great thing about this group is you do not have to show up, you can make phone calls and email the ACORN offices and still be effective.The sleeping giant is awake and now its time to roar!

Apologies to those waiting...

We've had a bit of turn-over here at the Read My Lipstick Network this summer... some folks moved, others had family difficulties / concerns, and yours truly had a few very hot fires that took my attention away from this very important passion for the most part.

We have a back-log of new members in the pipe-line and I apologize if you've been waiting, not getting a response.

A couple of us had planned a RMLN "work day" this week to catch up, but it's the last week before school and another family fire popped up, and, and, and... and it hasn't happened.

No matter what, next week we're going to go through all the emails you've sent, all the requests to be added to the blog roll and we're going to do it!

Thanks for hanging in there with us! Once school starts and things get back to normal (ha, is life ever going to be normal again with the Obama in office?) we'll be back just as strong if not stronger.

My Dad, the Brownshirt Mob Member

My Dad is in his mid-70's. He's a quiet, hard-working, church-going, live what you preach kinda guy. He's never been to a protest and frowns on that kind of thing. He doesn't call radio stations or get excited about things. He's the guy that feeds the neighbors dogs and picks up their mail when they go out of town. He's the guy everyone calls to help build a new room on the house or when they need a tool.

He goes to church every Sunday, volunteers a couple of days a week at Habitat for Humanity and makes sure that he tithes. He'd give the shirt off his back to help someone in need. He is a wonderful, down-to-earth, practical and thrifty man.

I called July 3rd to let him know what time we'd be up for the annual "do" at the house. All the kids get together for a cookout, homemade ice cream and fun at my parents'.

I had planned on being there around 11.

My Dad, who's never written a letter of complaint, never organized a protest, never yelled at anyone, told me he wouldn't be home until later as he was going to their local Tea Party.

Pin drop silence, jaw drop shock.

I actually shook my head thinking I must have heard wrong. I briefly wondered if I was living in some alternate reality.

My Dad at a Tea Party? I'm still surprised.

He even dug out Mama's camera and took a few photos for me!

He guessed that roughly 500 people showed up in their little north Georgia town of Greenville.

When I think of my Dad feeling the need to take part in a Tea Party that to me is the best barometer of the seriousness of where we are in America. We are in deep doo-doo.

Now I hear that, according to Pelosi, Boxer, Obama and their ilk, people like my Dad are swastika carrying brown-shirt mob members.

Obama and friends are trying to minimize my father's voice. My voice. My concerns. Your voice. Your concerns.

If we did 1/10th of what "they" did to vilify, distort and trash Bush and his fellow Republicans during the past 6 plus years, we'd be in jail given the current climate where we're being asked to snitch on those who don't walk the liberal party line.

Middle-class America is rising up and we're saying what we believe. They're trying to shut us up. It's going to backfire. More and more people like my mild-mannered, strong back boned father are standing up for what they know and believe.

This country was built by people who had strong values who'd finally had enough. They stood up for what they believed and fought for their freedoms. We're still here. We will stand up and be counted. Our voices matter and the more Obama's crowd dumps on us, the louder and stronger we will become.

Mr. President, I'd suggest you listen rather than belittle.

Snitch on me...

So, now we're supposed to be telling Obama when we get emails or see something on the web that seems fishy regarding health care? What are they going to do about what they deem "fishy"? Shut down our computers? Send the gestapo to our homes and confiscate literature? Tap our phones? Put our names on a Hoover type "watch-list"? Call us to come visit the President at the White House to share a beer?

Maybe they just want to come up with good counter-strategies, but it's really strange (and scary) seeing the following on the White House website:

There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform out there, spanning from control of personal finances to end of life care. These rumors often travel just below the surface via chain emails or through casual conversation. Since we can’t keep track of all of them here at the White House, we’re asking for your help. If you get an email or see something on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to flag@whitehouse.gov.

My suggestion? Flood them with emails. Send every comment, every email, everything that sounds fishy that comes from Obama, CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, Congress, etc., etc.

Be aware though that if you do, they may put YOU on the watch-list.

I wonder how much of our tax dollars are being spent on staff in Obama's White House to monitor fishy emails and info?

Geez, we are still in America aren't we????

Here's my fishy comments on health care: No matter how you feel about health care, name one program that the government touches that is run well, efficiently, in a cost-saving manner??? Even if you LIKE Medicare, it's another program riddled with waste and fraud. Do you want health care to be run like Welfare? the IRS? etc., etc., etc. Once you set up a government agency to monitor health-care, you're talking life-time jobs, waste, people protecting their jobs, power trips, and more. We have ALL had experience with those in government who make it bad news. Yep, there are good people. I don't want to lump everyone into the same basket who works for the government. But I used to be one of 'em. I speak from personal experience when I say we don't need the government hacks messing up one more aspect of our lives.

Snitch on me. I think that if Obama and his government hacks get their hands into our health care system it will be one of the worst things that could ever, ever happen to our country.

Thanks to Steve Maloney and Red State for bringing this to my attention. I wouldn't use their names, but I'm sure they're both already on the watch-list.

Links:

http://www.redstate.com/jeff_emanuel/2009/08/04/call-for-informants-if-you-oppose-obamacare-the-white-house-wants-to-know-about-it/

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Facts-Are-Stubborn-Things/

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Obama and Democrats multiple direct links to destroy Palin

August 2, 2009 - This video from our friends at NakedEmperorNews (www.nakedemperornews.com) chronicles ties between left wing bloggers and Democrat party apparatchiks to harass and tie-up Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) with frivolous lawsuits...

Activities which are potentially illegal under Alaskan law.

The left has successfully had this video removed from YouTube and are aggressively seeking to have it taken down from other venues on which it appears, including NMATV.

WHAT ARE THEY AFRAID OF?

See for yourself - and then pass it on: http://www.nmatv.com/video/3002/Obama-and-Democrats-multiple-direct-links-to-destroy-Palin

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Herman Cain: Health Care "De-form" may be slowing down

Hello Intelligent Thinkers,

Good News! The "Health Care De-form" legislation is slowing down as the feedback from voters to Congress intensifies. Moderate Democrats are sticking together so far, and most of the Republicans are standing firm against "Obamacare".

The President's prime time press conference last night gave people more doubt than confidence in the legislation moving through Congress. It is NOT the right solution to some problems with our health care system, which is not in crisis.

Even the mainstream media is starting to question many of the President's claims and "numbers" used to support the glowing picture he continues to paint about government controlled health care.

There is a definite disconnect between what the President keeps saying and the legislation that is moving through Congress. People are waking up to that reality. Let's keep the pressure on.

There are better alternatives to many of the problems that need to be fixed, but neither the President nor the Democrat leaders in Congress are listening to them.

Thanks for lending your voice!
Herman Cain - Head Coach
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Americans for Prosperity Update

Last week thousands upon thousands of Americans for Prosperity activists like you fought back against the false claim made by Parade Magazine that you don’t exist. You crashed Parade’s email servers with your overwhelming response...

You do exist, that’s for sure. And, to win the health care battle raging right now in Washington, D.C. we're going to need you standing and fighting like never before.

In today’s Wall Street Journal, former Bush advisor Karl Rove has a fascinating piece making note of Americans for Prosperity’s efforts to stop the Obama/Pelosi health care takeover:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203517304574304161389163586.html#mod=article-outset-box

Last night, President Obama made yet another prime-time national television pitch – basically calling opponents of government health care obstructionists. The president, of course, was wrong. But he did make one point that was accurate: Now is the crucial time in the health care battle. In August, every member of the Senate and House will go home for the month-long August/Labor Day break.

Our challenge is simple but daunting: put the maximum pressure humanly possible on them during their town hall meetings, district office hours, and listening tours.

Just last Friday, thousands of you all across the country rallied at your local Senate district offices to tell Congress in a resounding voice: Keep Your Hands Off Our Health Care! I stood with activists from Virginia at the Arlington office of Senator Webb.

I’m asking you to help us prepare for the crucial August congressional break now by taking three steps.

1) Contact the local district offices of your Senators and Representatives, and ask when they plan to speak face-to-face with constituents like you during August Recess.

2) Reply to this email timphillips@afp-mail.com with the details of any town hall meetings or other events you find out about in your area. I’ll make sure that information is posted to our Americans for Prosperity website so that other folks in your community can join you in attending.

3) Take a moment right now to email Karl at karl@rove.com, and thank him for taking a stand with you while the liberal media attacked. I know he’ll appreciate hearing from you.

Don’t let the politicians sit on their hands during this recess. Let’s make them earn their paychecks by listening to you and taking your message back to Washington with them.
Thank you for all you do on behalf of our shared values. Together, we’re making a difference – we can beat these threats to our freedom and prosperity. But only if folks like you and me get involved and follow through. We can’t do this without your help.

Can you help us keep the rallies and TV ads going across the country to fight the government takeover of health care? Please consider a financial contribution to help us turn up the pressure.

Sincerely,
Tim Phillips

P.S. Remember, August is crucial for our lawmakers as they travel back to their home states – they need to hear from you! Don’t forget to send us the details of their local meetings and office hours so we can post them on our website. And thank Karl Rove for acknowledging you and your passionate grassroots activism!

Health Care & Cap / Trade Alert

The time has come to take action on the Health Care Reform debate!

Now that the health care proposals are starting to be unveiled...
YOUR VOICE NEEDS TO BE HEARD!

A few things you should know before you call...

There are several bills currently on the table:

On Wednesday, July 15, 2009, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee voted (13-10) and passed a $600 billion version that would expand coverage to almost all Americans by requiring individuals to get insurance and employers to help cover the costs. The Senate Finance Committee is also working to present a version of the bill. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wants floor debate, on these bills, to begin by July 20. President Obama and the Democrats are trying to pass the bill by the August congressional break.

The House Democrats' health care proposal was also unveiled last week. Their plan calls for the federal government to be responsible for ensuring that every person (regardless of income or state of their health) has access to an affordable insurance plan.

It also calls for a 5.4% tax increase on individuals making more than $1 million and a gradual tax beginning on individuals who make $280,000. Employers who fail to provide health coverage will be faced with a penalty equal to 8% of the worker's wages, with an exemption for small businesses.

Take a look at the Organizational Chart of the House Democrat's Health Plan to see the web of bureaucracy this proposal creates.

How will health care reform be funded? The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report clearly explains the "cost explosion" that would occur under the House Democrats' proposal. Currently, the federal government cannot afford existing health care commitments. The Democrats have failed to answer how we will fund the additional health care programs implemented under these bills. Read it here.

CONTACT YOUR REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS TODAY!

Tell them we want health care reform-but not this approach!

CAP ALERT!

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Update on Georgia Tea Party events

From Facebook message. On a side note, I'm researching to find a list of Simon Properties... I will not be shopping at anything owned by them. As you all probably know, the big honcho at Simon Properties is a huge Obama supporters, donator, etc. Enough has been shared via blogs, websites, Glenn Beck and others so I won't re-blog the history and details. Here's the latest on all a bunch of Georgia events:

As many of you know, Gwinnett Place Mall (Simon Properties) forced us to cancel the Atlanta Independence Day Tea Party, based on "reciprocal property easement agreements" - even thought it was held on private property NOT owned by the Mall/Simon. We have since found out the covenants and restrictions expired in 2004, and there were no current restrictions that would have allowed them to make us cancel. We were bluffed and bullied.

Regardless of this temporary set-back, we are already planning a bigger, even better event than April 15th, so please stay tuned for more information. In the mean time, we encourage everyone to attend a Tea Party near you and show we will not be silenced.

The Cobb County Tea Party is more of an educational event, not a protest. They will not allow protest signs at the event but there will lots of fun.

If you live in the metro area and want to attend a protest, please attend one of the ones listed below. Many in the North Metro Atlanta area will be attending the one at the Georgia Capitol. I have also listed a link to find Tea Parties throughout Georgia in case you don't live in the Metro area.

Georgia State Freedom Keeper's Rally & Tea Party - July 4th - 6:00 - 9:00 pm Georgia State Capitol Washington St, Atlanta
Contact Dr. Bob Frady - 706 968 9150

http://www.facebook.com/l/;http://www.rightmarch.com/atlteaparty.htm

http://www.facebook.com/l/;http://atlantajuly4teaparty.chipin.com/atlanta-freedom-rally-and-tea-party

We will have many great speakers. Speakers include talk show host Martha Zollers, Jonathon Krohn, Joel Aarons of WGKA has been invited to speak. Some of the organizers of the Atlanta Tea Party will also be speaking. We are adding more speakers to our line up so check our web site for updates..

Please rally to support the US Constitution, Bill of Rights, Personal Liberties, Sound Money, a Free Market System Economy, and state sovereignty. Help US Speak OUT AGAINST: Unconstitutional & Unfair Taxation; The International Banking cartel known as the Federal Reserve System; Large, Out of Control Government; Bailouts of Banks & Corporations; Monumental Deficits; Elected Officials who support Socialistic Government and forced re-distribution of wealth; Lack of strong Immigration Policy; Nationalization of Banks, Corporations, Health Care, and more.

We will be Protesting the cancellation of the Atlanta Independence Day Tea Party at Gwinnett Mall by the Liberal Obama Contributor Simon Corp.

Come out & Hit the Streets in Protest of the passage of the CAP & Trade bill. Help US kick every congressman who voted YES on the bill OUT !!!

Come Join the REVOLUTION - Have your voices heard, share your concerns, and support OUR Constitutional Government, liberties, and our fight against BIG GOVERNMENT. Support your natural rights to:

LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUITS OF HAPPINESS

Bring your protest signs, voices, hearts, and friends to help US take our nation back !!

PEACHTREE CITY : July 4th Independence Day Rally
You are invited to our free-admission July 4th 2009 rally 4:00 - 5:30pm at the Frederick Brown Jr. Amphitheater (The Fred), Peachtree City, Ga. Guest speakers, food, music and entertainment.
Speakers include: Herman Cain -
Congressman Lynn Westmoreland (R-Ga 3rd district)
Marty Harbin - local businessman

http://www.facebook.com/l/;http://www.ptcteapartypatriots.org/

LOGANVILLE/WALTON COUNTY Loganville, Georgia Saturday, July 4, 2009 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM or until the fireworks are over The Loganville American Legion American Legion Loganville Post 233 - 4632 Atlanta Hwy., Loganville, GARSVP Count 0 ->Patrick Acree (organizer) 404)317-8131 / John Sauers on 678-777-7968 (organizer phone)

ROME - Rome GA Rome, Georgia Saturday, July 4, 200910:30am - 12:30pmOpis Waterfront Grill112 West 2nd AveRSVP Count 0 ->Layla Shipman (organizer) 706-235-0914 (organizer phone)
We will have speakers including Mel Funk, owner Opis Waterfront Grill, Virginia Galloway, Debbie Dooley,Sherri Reece, and Jonathan Krohn. Opis will be grilling hot dogs and hamburgers for sale and Leslie Gaddy will be providing music. Please feel free to come to Rome and hear some of the speakers that would have been speaking at Gwinnett.

GRIFFIN - Spalding County Tea Party Griffin, Georgia Saturday, July 4, 200911 Am until 1 PMSpalding County Courthouse Griffin, Ga119 E. Solomon StRSVP Count 0 ->Kathy Harper (organizer) 770-843-3399 (organizer phone)

COBB COUNTY
http://www.facebook.com/l/;http://www.cobbteaparty.com/
More of an educational event. No protest signs allowed Cobb Independence Day Tea Party
Join us in celebrating liberty and freedom on Friday, July 3rd at 6:00pm
Location: Jim R. Miller Park, 2245 Callaway Road, Marietta, GA
Program: 920am WGKA's Joel Aaron will "Fire Up The Crowd"
Broadcasting Live On the Air from 7-9pm 750am WSB's Herman Cain!
Musical Guests of "Banks & Shane" Will Provide Patriotic Music to Celebrate Freedom & Liberty!

Atlanta Tea Party to Join with Cobb for Metro-Wide Tea Party July 3rd

Atlanta Tea Party in Gwinnett forced to cancel

The Atlanta Tea Party was forced to cancel it's Independence Day celebration in Gwinnett, after losing it's location due to the objection of Gwinnett Place Mall (a Simon company.) The Tea Party had been scheduled to take place in the parking lot of the old Macy's building at Gwinnett Place since March.

"It is unfortunate the event had to be canceled," said Julianne Thompson, event co-organizer. She continued, "The old Macy's building is on private property, and not owned by Simon Malls, however the mall manager asked the property owner and I to come in the office on Thursday of this week, and told us Simon does not want political events on it's property. They were also concerned about the fact we were using the term "protest." Although the event was on private property, the mall was able to assert authority on the matter due to recipricol property easement agreements."

Event Co-Chair Debbie Dooley stated, "Our Atlanta Tea Party team tried for the next day and a half to find an alternative location large enough for the event, and with the proper layout for our vendors, children's activities, and fireworks show, but we could not find anything suitable that would have been available on July 4th."

Thompson said, The Atlanta Tea Party organizers want to thank everyone in Gwinnett who worked hard to try to make this event a success: Judi Quigley, Bill Simon, Mark Williams (Printing Trade Company,) Kathy Hildebrand, Theresa Kenerly, Brett Harrell, and George Thorndyke (who was graciously allowing us to use his property free of charge, and sponsoring fireworks.) I also want to thank the Gwinnett Place Community Improvement District for welcoming us to the area, and the Gwinnett and 7th District GOP for promising volunteers for the event."

Dooley stated, "The most important thing to do at this point is to stay on message, so we are joining forces with the Cobb for a large metro-area Tea Party on Friday, July 3rd, at 6 PM. The event is at Jim Miller Park at 2245 Callaway Road in Marietta. For information on the event, contact Cobb organizer Ben Mihalski at 770-726-7188, or visit http://www.facebook.com/l/;www.cobbteaparty.com."

If you are not in the Metro Atlanta area, then please attend a Tea party near you. For more information, please visit http://www.facebook.com/l/;www.teapartypatriots.org.

Thompson added, "The Atlanta Tea Party has a great team and is already planning for the July 17th Tea Party Patriots Protests at Congressional offices all across Georgia over nationalized healthcare. We will work hard to make sure our voices are heard and our message is clear."