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Join Me in Faxing Congress to Stop Fascist ObamaCare and Obey Their Oath of Office

jlmartin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:33:35 -0700

The Fascists and Lobbyists are calling Congress continuously to Vote Against the Constitution and For Fascist National "Health Care"!

Please contact me to give me your name and district info (US Rep district #, zip-code, county, address, whatever), so that I can add you to the list of senders instructing and advising our elected officials to ignore the bankers, corporations, and their lobbyists and minions in the White House; to vote against and stop any unconstitutional acts; and to investigate those officials that are violating their oaths and betraying their constituents, our country, and all of us.

Now is the time to renew our efforts to contact our Representatives and Senators on your behalf and tell them to reject the Illegal, Un-Constitutional, Socialized, Abortion-Funding, Taxing-and-Arresting, End-of-Life-Counseling, Insurance- and Pharmaceutical-Company-Pleasing, Criminally Fraudulent "Health" Care Bill.

Body of Faxed Message

RE: I Instruct You to Stop National HealthCare and Obey Your Oath!

I Instruct you to Stop both the current healthcare plan on the table and plans of using the reconciliation process to make it even easier to sell out America to special interests, including Big Pharma and the Major Insurance companies.

DON'T VIOLATE YOUR OATH OF OFFICE WHEREIN YOU SWORE TO DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AGAINST ALL ENEMIES FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.

SCRAP THE CURRENT HEALTH CARE PLAN!

ANY SUCH FEDERALLY IMPOSED HEALTH CARE PLAN IS OUTSIDE THE LIMITED POWERS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT!

FORCING AMERICAN PEOPLE AND BUSINESSES TO PARTAKE IN A SERVICE AGAINST THEIR WILL IS NOT COMMERCE BUT TYRANNY!

INVESTIGATE THE COLLUSION AMONG CORPORATE INTERESTS AND CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS TO VIOLATE THE CONSTITUTION OPENLY AND WITH CONTEMPT FOR OUR RIGHTS!

Americans rightly reject any socialized or mandated plan that takes away each one's right to choose (by including a public option; or individual mandates; or imposition of fines, taxes, and/or prison time).

Americans rightly reject any unconstitutional seizure of power that dramatically increases the reach and size of the federal government. We want less government - not more!

The American voters want actions in Congress that are constitutional and that do not sell our country out to banks and corporations!

We are watching your actions in Congress:

Either you will fulfill your oath of office and defend us against these assaults by special-interests, banks, corporations, their lobbyists, and the sell-out traitors among you that are violating their oaths and assisting in the assaults upon their constituents' rights and property,

Or you will join in the ranks of the piratical plunderers that are robbing and enslaving your constituents and all Americans in the service of the anti-American banking, pharmaceutical, chemical, insurance, and penal industries.

Americans are not obliged to obey illegal, unconstitutional acts. We will be working to impeach and/or indict the officials that have conspired to deprive us of our God-given, constitutionally protected rights and freedoms, including life, liberty, property, and pursuit of happiness.

Joe Bellis - My response to President's State of the Union Address"

joebellis — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:45:30 -0700

I have given thought to how to respond the President's State of the Union address last night. There was so much wrong with that I just can't comment. I can only say that this is the speech The President should have given last night.

"Madame Speaker, Vice President Biden, members of Congress, justices of the Supreme Court, distinguished guests, and fellow Americans, good evening:

Our Constitution declares that I shall from time to time give the Congress information of the State of the Union and recommend for their consideration such measures I shall judge necessary and expedient. It is this event that brings us together tonight.

The State of Union is grim and we, the Congress and I, all to blame for that. So starting now, things are going to change.

First, stop with the applause. Our nation is suffering and doesn't want hear your applause.

Secondly, sit down, listen and open your minds, as you are about to hear concepts never before made from this podium.

Third, let's get down to business.

Join Me in Faxing Congress to Reject the Illegal, Un-Constitutional, Socialized "Health" Care Bill

jlmartin — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:19:09 -0700

I faxed the following message to several US Representatives and Senators, in my name, and in the name of others that agree.

Please let me know if you want me to send similar faxes to the some or all of the Representatives and Senators on your behalf. Join me in telling them to reject the Illegal, Un-Constitutional, Socialized, Abortion-Funding, Taxing-and-Arresting, End-of-Life-Counseling, Insurance- and Pharmaceutical-Company-Pleasing, Criminally Fraudulent "Health" Care Bill.

Body of Faxed Message

RE: REJECT Illegal, Un-Constitutional, Socialized "Health" Care!

You can Still Stop the Attempt to Force Socialized Health Care with Government-Mandated Health Insurance on American Men and Women and Businesses.

The Plans currently being Pushed by the Democratic Leadership on Behalf of Major Insurance and Pharmaceutical Companies would Impose Rationing through Un-Elected Committees; Force All Americans to Buy High-Priced, Low-Quality, Politically-Created Health Insurance; Establish "End-of-Life" Panels that Recommend Despair and Death; Create an Economically Unsustainable Government-Run Insurance Plan that Will Force Small, Private Companies out of Business; Use Taxpayer Funds to Insure Illegal Aliens; and Impose Economy-Crushing Taxes and Liberty-Killing Prison-Terms.

In Pursuing this Illegal, Un-Constitutional, Corporate-Monopoly-Building Bill, the Tactics for Obtaining Support for this Bill have been Secrecy, Back-Room Deals, Extortion, "Cash for Cloture," and Other Illegal Political Pay-Offs -- Exposing the Bald-Faced Lies that the Health-Care Debates would be Open and Transparent, and Ignoring the Polls showing that the Majority of Americans are OPPOSED to ANY Attempts to Impose Government-Controlled and Mandated Health-Care.

In Your Oath of Office, You Swore to Defend the Constitution Against All Enemies Foreign and Domestic, Including Those that Bribe Elected Officials for Their Own Interests.

Join Me in Faxing Senators to Reject Un-Constitutional Socialized Health Care

jlmartin — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:29:12 -0700

I have faxed this message to several US Senators that can make a difference on the Health Care vote.

If you want me to send similar faxes on your behalf to these Senators and your own Senators, give me your contact info to include on the fax, and any notes on the message, and I can submit them.

Body of Faxed Message

You Can Stop the Un-Constitutional Health Care Bill. Obey your Oath of Office rather than Selfish Corporate and Globalist Interests.

This plan would create rationing through government committees, force all Americans to buy over-priced, politically created health insurance, establish “end-of-life” panels, create an economically unsustainable government-run insurance plan, use taxpayer funds to insure illegal aliens, and impose economy-crushing taxes. More than 88 million Americans could LOSE their private, employer-based coverage. Yearly premiums for Americans with private coverage could jump as much as $460 per person as a result of more cost-shifting. ...

This is Outrageous, Outside the Limited Federal Powers, and Un-Constitutional, and Your Oath of Office Instructs You to Stop it.

Do the RIGHT thing: REJECT H.R. 3962 (the “Affordable Health Care for America Act”), S.1796 (the “Healthy Families Act”), and/or any OTHER attempt to force socialized health care or government-mandated health insurance on Americans.

Join Me in Instructing Senators NOT To Give In To Executive Pressure But Rather To Vote NO on ObamaSCare S.1796

jlmartin — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:06:35 -0700

I faxed the following admonition against voting for ObamaCare/ObamaSCare/O-No-Care to multiple US Senators, since I heard about a Nebraska Senator getting threatened with the withdrawal of a military base from his state if he didn't support it.

Please let me know if you want me to send similar faxes to the same or other senators on your behalf.

Body of Faxed Letter

The Imposition of any Mandatory National Health System upon all Americans and American Businesses would be Outside the Limited Powers of the Federal Government and therefore Un-Constitutional.

Even if Not Mandatory, the Collection of Taxes for such a System and the Allocation of Federal Funds and Resources to Implement such a System would be Outside the Limited Powers of the Federal Government and therefore Un-Constitutional.

Your Oath of Office to Uphold and Defend the Constitution
Against All Enemies Foreign and Domestic
Enjoins You to Vote NO to Any Proposed National Health Care System.

Do Not Give In to Pressures, Foreign or Domestic, to Violate Your Oath of Office.

Emergency Alert! Instruct Senators to Vote NO on O-No-Care S.1796 The Healthy Family Act (The Happy Insurance Companies Act)

jlmartin — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:53:37 -0700

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Stop S.1796 The Healthy Family Act (aka The Happy Insurance Companies Act aka ObamaCare aka PelosiCare)!

Regarding coverage of abortions: It assures that there will be at least one plan that covers abortions that are prohibited from receiving federal funding! Nice contradiction in a federal bill.

Regarding the power of Congress to impose this fascist assault on our liberties and the Constitution: Pelosi said (of course) that the power is from the "Commerce Clause", and yet I do not see any reference to employers or employees being involved in interstate commerce or not.

Call your SOBs (Servants Of Bankers) at 877 SOB U SOB - Call once for each Senator: ask by name and/or state.
Tell his/her staffer that you are instructing the Senator to vote against this unconstitutional assault upon our personal rights and liberties, upon the privacy of Americans and our employers, and upon state sovereignty.
Tell the staffer that residents and businesses in your state are not the slaves of the federal government, and that they will not be obliged to follow this unconstitutional seizure of power that was never granted to the federal government.
Tell the staffer that you will work to instruct your state legislators to oppose enactment of this unconstitutional, illegal act in your state, and also to instruct them to impeach any Senator from your state that supported or voted for this assault upon the very Constitution that every Senator swears an oath to defend and uphold.

Call 877 SOB U SOB early and often to instruct our SOBs in D.C.

Emergency Alert! NAIS Funding Sped Through House and Now in Senate! Contact Senators Now!

jlmartin — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:06:47 -0700

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Every Thursday for the past 6 Months, Government Officials have raided homes and businesses -- sometimes at Gunpoint, sometimes with a Warrant, and sometimes with nothing more then the burly bodies that intimidate those about to be oppressed.

Some cases of oppression by NAIS and government enforcers that deserve much wider attention: Stowers, Greg Niewendorp, Steve Hixon, Emmanuel Miller, Paul Griepentrog, Sharon Palmer. The oppressors plan to oppress us all.

Today -- Thursday of course -- H.R. 1105 is awaiting assignment to Committee in the U.S. Senate. It stands poised to allocate $289 million to APHIS for the implementation of the National Animal Identification System. It also outlines the time frame to implement in 2009 the tracking of 33 species.

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:HR01105:@@@X

The treacherous U.S. House managed to pass this "Omnibus 2009" in 24 hours, and we have no reason to believe that the U.S. Senate will not pass it quickly and eagerly as well.

What are you going to do? We as living human beings do not go to the polls to elect officials to represent Multi-National Corporations or Lobbyists paid by groups attempting to get their piece of the pie.

THE LARGEST UNPAID LOBBYIST GROUP IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS SITTING IN THAT CHAIR IN FRONT OF THE KEYBOARD! YOU BELONG TO IT!

Contact your Elected Officials and related Organizations -- as many as you can right now, today, and for the next several days.

The first person to contact is AgSec@USDA.gov and then your U.S. Senators.

Call Congressional switchboard at (202) 224-3121. Ask for Pat Roberts (KS) and then Sam Brownback (KS). Find complete contact info at http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/.

The message is simple:

We don't want -- and we will not comply with -- the National Animal Identification System.
We do not want H.R. 1105 out of Senate Committee.
We do not want H.R. 1105 passed by the Senate, either by itself or together with other bills.
NAIS is an assault on our food supply and our economy.
NAIS is an unconstitutional assault on our Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness.
NAIS subjugates our production, selling, distribution, purchasing, and consumption of food to the whims of beaurocrats and agents of a government that is more interested in serving multi-national corporations and trading organizations than in upholding and defending the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic.
We want it stopped! Stop it on Friday 27, 2009!

Then call (202) 224-3121 and complain to your Representatives that the fast-tracking of the "Omnibus" Bill was unconscionable, un-Constitutional, and a betrayal of all Americans: Jerry Moran (KS-1st), Lynn Jenkins (KS-2nd), Dennis Moore (KS-3rd), or Todd Tiahrt (KS-4th).

National Grassroots Demonstration (NGD) - Home/DC Offices of Congress/Senate - May 1, 2008 or May 2, 2008

jlmartin — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:18:50 -0600

Start: 2026-06-09 06:17

End: 2026-06-09 06:17

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

Description:

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WHY:

To solve serious USA problems of jobs exported/out-sourced, illegal immigration/drugs, terrorism, trade/budget deficits, credit card debt problems, etc.
To greatly reduce and stabilize gasoline prices (e.g. regular 87 octane close to $1.25 to $1.30 per gallon), utility bills, transportation/other energy costs.
To improve USA sovereignty and solve other related non-peaceful national and world problems.

WHEN: May 1st or 2nd - Between 11:00 am - 2:00 pm.

Event Web-Site: http://www.votekansas.org/reform/f/ngd/20080501

Details:

URGENT ISSUES: Emphasize the Following Urgent Issues; demand a prompt, written response and the following legislative actions:

By 5/15/2008, pass legislation to eliminate the REAL ID Act of 2005, helping solve illegal immigration and keep Mexico's Trucking Companies from having any of their trucks coming beyond the current 2-25 mile limit into the U.S.A. where they exchange freight with U.S.A. trucks. President Bush should enact this legislation by 5/19/2008. By 5/28/2008, the U.S.A. Congress and President Bush should enact the Absolute Advantage Foreign Trade Policy (at least for Mexico) explained below in Urgent Issues 2 and 3.

KS Says NO to NAU - State Rep. Judy Morrison - Hearing on Resolution against KS Participation in North American Union

jlmartin — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:57:37 -0600

Start: 2026-06-09 06:17

End: 2026-06-09 06:17

Timezone: US/Central

Description:

Hearing on a resolution against KS participation in the North American Union!
[Printable PDF Flyer]

Location Link: http://www.votekansas.org/reform/f/action/2008-03-17/no-nau-in-ks

Details:

There is a hearing on a resolution by Judy Morrison at the KS state house on St. Patrick's Day, Monday, Mar 17, 2008, at 1:30 PM Central time in room 313-S (third floor, south wing, the "old supreme court room"). The resolution is supposed to be against KS participation in the NAU/SPP.

Please let everyone know about the meeting. Perhaps bring some medium sized posters with anti-NAU, pro-American sovereignty themes.

National Grassroots Demonstration (NGD) - Home/DC Offices of Congress/Senate - Jan. 15, 2008 or Jan. 16, 2008

abner.d — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:07:23 -0700

Start: 2026-06-09 06:17

End: 2026-06-09 06:17

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

Description:

[Printable PDF]

WHY:

To solve serious USA problems of jobs exported/out-sourced, illegal immigration/drugs, terrorism, trade/budget deficits, credit card debt problems, etc.
To greatly reduce and stabilize gasoline prices (e.g. regular 87 octane close to $1.25 to $1.30 per gallon), utility bills, transportation/other energy costs.
To improve USA sovereignty and solve other related non-peaceful national and world problems.

WHEN: Jan. 15th or 16th - Between 11:00 am - 2:00 pm.

Event Web-Site: http://www.votekansas.org/reform/f/ngd/20080115

Details:

URGENT ISSUES: Emphasize the Following Urgent Issues; demand a prompt, written response and the following legislative actions:

By 2/5/2008, pass legislation to eliminate the REAL ID Act of 2005, helping solve illegal immigration and keep Mexico's Trucking Companies from having any of their trucks coming beyond the current 2-25 mile limit into the U.S.A. where they exchange freight with U.S.A. trucks. President Bush should enact this legislation by 2/9/2008. By 2/15/2008, the U.S.A. Congress and President Bush should enact the Absolute Advantage Foreign Trade Policy (at least for Mexico) explained below in Urgent Issues 2 and 3.

National Grassroots Demonstration (NGD) - Home/DC Offices of Congress/Senate - Sept. 25, 2007 or Sept. 26, 2007

abner.d — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 02:13:29 -0600

Start: 2026-06-09 06:17

End: 2026-06-09 06:17

Timezone: US/Central

Description:

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WHY: To Stop Mexican Trucks coming beyond the 2 to 25 mile buffer zone along the U.S.A./Mexico border.

WHEN: Sept. 25th or 26th, 2007 -- Between 11:00 am - 2:00 pm.

WHERE: Every office in home states of all 100 Senators and 435 Representatives, or their Washington, DC, offices.

WHO / HOW:

Representatives of groups/organizations (with a hundred or more voters): visit the home offices of Senators and Representatives in person to urge the legislative actions below (WHAT).

Event Web-Site: http://www.votekansas.org/reform/f/ngd/2007sep25

Details:

WHAT:

Emphasize the Following URGENT Issues to all offices and demand a prompt, written response and the following legislative actions:

By 10/2/2007, U.S.A. Congress must pass legislation to keep all of Mexico's Trucking Companies from having any of their trucks coming beyond the current 2-25 mile limit into the U.S.A. where they exchange freight with U.S.A. trucks. President Bush should enact this legislation by 10/5/2007. By 11/5/2007, the U.S.A. Congress and President Bush should enact the Absolute Advantage Foreign Trade Policy (at least for Mexico) explained below in Urgent Issues 2 and 3.

House Betrayal: FDA tyranny to become law: HR.2900 analysis by Byron Richards

byron_richards_posts — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 00:52:32 -0600

On Wednesday, July 11, 2007 the House passed HR.2900 without allowing the Ron Paul (R-TX) amendments to protect dietary supplements. Representatives Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), John Dingell (D-MI), Henry Waxman (D-CA), and others falsely proclaimed that they were doing America a favor by passing this sweeping FDA-supported legislation that grants the rouge agency more power and money, and even transforms it into a quasi drug company.

Both the House and Senate (S.1082) have made the fatally flawed assumption that the reason for so many deaths and injuries from drugs was due to the FDA's lack of resources. In reality, it is the INTENTION of FDA management that is the problem, combined with the simple fact that multiple drugs are extremely toxic and don't work as advertised. Giving the FDA more power and money will only cause the agency to speed more drugs onto the market faster with even less safety testing -- while abusing its power and actively stamping out competition to drugs.

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House Betrayal: FDA tyranny to become law: HR.2900 analysis by Mike Adams

mike_adams_posts — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 18:29:38 -0600

On July 11, 2007, the U.S. House of Representatives passed HR 2900, blocking debate on the law and preventing the introduction of any amendments that might have provided meaningful drug safety protections for consumers. This action demonstrates that the House of Representatives, much like the Senate, is utterly controlled by Big Pharma and has abandoned any responsibility to defend the interests of the voters. Drug companies now have complete control over the U.S. Congress, and through a campaign of intense lobbying and financial influence, they have managed to easily water down a law that once proposed to end the American monopoly on pharmaceuticals and ban advertising on new drugs.

Instead of placing new restrictions on Big Pharma and the increasingly dangerous power of the FDA, this new law (a combination of HR.2900 and S.1082, when it is hammered out in conference) grants more power to the FDA while deepening the financial ties between the agency and drug companies. The law effectively surrenders America to a system of medical tyranny under which a criminally-operated FDA will continue to promote pharmaceuticals, censor nutritional education and discredit alternatives that threaten drug company profits. Nothing in the new law protects consumers' access to dietary supplements or natural medicine.

Congress had the potential to pass a really good law here -- one that would have ended direct-to-consumer advertising, banned conflicts of interest at the FDA, required the open source publication of drug trials and ended the U.S. monopoly on pharmaceuticals. Instead, Congress chose to do none of these things. It staged a song and dance about "FDA reform" while selling out the future of America's health to a tiny but powerful group of ultra-wealthy corporations that now virtually rule this country. There is nothing in the new law worth celebrating unless, of course, you are the CEO or major shareholder of a Big Pharma corporation, in which case you will like be stunned at just how cheaply and easily U.S. lawmakers can be bought.

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Senate Betrayal: Senate Voted to Give FDA Control of Health - Call House Now

Ellen — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 06:28:02 -0600

EMERGENCY ALERT! House Set to Vote to Allow FDA to Eliminate Vitamin Companies!
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As we reported earlier, the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is boldly working to regulate your health care choices down to the level of third world countries; in effect, health-care rationing, as envisioned for you by your government and Codex. The Senate has passed (S. 1082, by a vote of 93-1) legislation which grants the FDA authority to regulate "food and food ingredients." Today, July 10th, the House is poised to take testimony on the companion bill, H.R.2900 (presented unanimously out of committee) followed by a forced vote! You Must Take Immediate Action to STOP THIS, or You Will Lose Your HEALTH FREEDOM!

Call Congressional switchboard at (202) 224-3121. Ask for Jerry Moran (KS-1st), Nancy Boyda (KS-2nd), Dennis Moore (KS-3rd), or Todd Tiahrt (KS-4).

Direct Contact Info
Jerry Moran (KS-1st, Repub.)
202-225-2715 (DC Phone) - 202-225-5124 (DC Fax) - E-Mail Form
Nancy Boyda (KS-2nd, Dem.)
202-225-6601 (DC Phone) - 202-225-7986 (DC Fax) - E-Mail Form
Dennis Moore (KS-3rd, Dem.)
202-225-2865 (DC Phone) - 202-225-2807 (DC Fax) - E-Mail Form
Todd Tiahrt (KS-4th, Repub.)
202-225-6216 (DC Phone) - 202-225-3489 (DC Fax) - E-Mail Form

FULL STORY

National Grassroots Demonstration (NGD) - Home/DC Offices of Congress/Senate - Jun 4, 2007 or Jun 5, 2007

abner.d — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 23:28:15 -0600

Start: 2026-06-09 06:17

End: 2026-06-09 06:17

Timezone: US/Central

Description:

[Printable PDF]

WHY:

Solve the Serious Problems of Jobs Exported/Out-sourced, Illegal Immigration/Drugs, Terrorism, Trade/Budget Deficits and Credit Card Debt Problems.
Greatly Reduce and Stabilize Gasoline Prices (e.g.: regular 87 Octane close to $1.25/gal.), Utility Bills, Transportation/Other Energy Costs, etc.
Improve USA Sovereignty and Solve Other Related National and World Problems.

WHEN:

June 4th or 5th, 2007 - Between 11:00 am - 2:00 pm.

Event Web-Site: http://www.votekansas.org/reform/f/ngd/2007jun04

Details:

HOW:

Individuals:
Preferably, FAX this National Grass-roots Demonstration (NGD) page to these offices, or phone the essence of this page to them.

Emphasize the Following URGENT Issues to all offices and demand a prompt, written response and the following legislative actions:
1. By 6/15/2007, U.S.A. Congress must pass legislation to keep all of Mexico's Trucking Companies from having any of their trucks coming beyond the current 2-25 mile limit into the U.S.A. where they exchange freight with U.S.A. trucks. President Bush should enact this legislation by 6/18/2007. By 6/28/2007, the U.S.A. Congress and President Bush should enact the Absolute Advantage Foreign Trade Policy (at least for Mexico) explained below in Urgent Issues 2 and 3.

Press Release - Reform Party USA Endorses Summer-Long Gas Boycott

jlmartin — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:50:05 -0600

The Reform of the United States of America, through its National Committee, sponsors and endorses a symbolic Summer National Gas Boycott, extending through Aug. 31, 2007 and asks all who are alarmed by the unprecedented gas prices and gas price increases which appear to have little relation to crude oil prices, to join the Reform Party of the United States of America ("RPUSA") and participate in this Summer expression of public outrage by boycotting all gasoline purchases from all major oil companies and purchasing only from independent or locally owned gas stations.

A public press release notice of the endorsement of this Summer 2007 gas boycott is authorized and directed by the RPUSA National Committee for immediate media distribution, e-mail reflector, and website publication by the RPUSA.

All other responsible RPUSA Committees are discharged of this matter.

Poem - Johanns' Pie in the Sky

steve.a — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 22:10:55 -0600

Those (so called) champions of less government,
Farm Bureau and NCBA,
Are creating a new monster
in collusion with the USDA.

Call it animal ID or insane delusion
or whatever you please,
Cost of implementation
will bring ranchers to the knees.

ID cost the Australians
$37.28 per head just last year.
Of course, NCBA's glib spokesmen
say we have nothing to fear.

In Farm Bureau promotions
they claim it's just another tool.
I say if you believe that
You're certainly a fool.

The IRS just keeps smiling;
they'll figure taxes when the calves are born.
And ranchers meekly sign up
just like sheep getting shorn.

Taxpayers Subsidize Loss of Jobs and Increased Imports

steve.a — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 21:57:13 -0600

The dog and cat food deaths from wheat gluten imported from China should, but won't, change people's minds on free trade.

It's all about money. In fact, USDA paid US wheat gluten producers millions to offset losses from imports. Smart, huh?

"Midwest Grain" of Atchison, KS, annual report showed 3 years of payments.

Thanks, Taxpayers.

Ron Paul - The Federal Reserve Monopoly Over Money

ron_paul_posts — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 07:00:00 -0600

Recently I had the opportunity to question Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke when he appeared before the congressional Joint Economic committee. The topic that morning was the state of the American economy, and many of my colleagues raised questions about how the Fed might better "regulate" things to ease fears of an economic downturn. The tenor of my colleagues' questions suggested that Mr. Bernanke's job is nothing less than to run the U.S. economy, like some kind of Soviet central planner.

Certainly its true that Mr. Bernanke can drastically affect the economy at the drop of a hat, simply by making decisions about the money supply and interest rates. But why do members of Congress assume this is good? Why do we accept without objection that a small group of people on the Federal Reserve Board wields so much power over our economic well-being? Is centralized, monopoly control over our money even compatible with a supposedly free-market economy?

Few Americans give much thought to the Federal Reserve System or monetary policy in general. But even as they strive to earn a living, and hopefully save or invest for the future, Congress and the Federal Reserve Bank are working insidiously against them. Day by day, every dollar you have is being devalued

Full article here: http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul380.html

Eminent Domain - Scranton Targets Popular Pizzeria for Eminent Domain

jlmartin — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 00:37:14 -0600

Four decades ago, Italian immigrant Mario Piccolino landed in Scranton via the Bronx and opened a pizzeria. He knew nobody and spoke little English -- but his pizza shop not only survived, it thrived.

Today, Buona Pizza has a large, loyal following, and remains a downtown landmark even as many other stores have fled to the suburbs. The Piccolino family -- Mario and his brother, and now their sons -- thought they'd stay in business another 40 years.

But the city has other ideas.

Mayor Chris Doherty wants to seize Buona Pizza ("The best in town since 1966") through eminent domain and give the real estate to a politically connected developer as part of a $20 million redevelopment project along Lackawanna Avenue, one of the city's main thoroughfares.

Source Article: http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/ news/cityregion/s_500617.html

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