District 41B Blog: 7/1/09

Friday, July 31, 2009

The First Four Months

And Again from the G-man, this jewel of a horse manure pile

First 4 Months Accomplishments

(Have a stiff upper lip when you are reading this!)

Observations on the President's Early Days:
1. Offended the Queen of England.
2. Bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia.
3. Praised the Marxist Daniel Ortega.
4. Kissed Hugo Chavez on the cheek.
5. Endorsed the Socialist Evo Morales of Bolivia.
6. Announced we would meet with Iranians with no pre-conditions.
7. Gave away billions to AIG also without pre-conditions.
8. Expanded the bailouts.
9. Insulted everyone who has ever loved a Special Olympian.
10. Doubled our national debt.
11. Announced a termination of the space defense system the day after
the North Koreans launched an ICBM.
12. Despite the urgings of his own CIA director and the prior 4 CIA
directors, released information on intelligence gathering.
13. Accepted without public comment the fact that five of his cabinet
members cheated on their taxes and two others withdrew after they
couldn't take the heat.
14. Appointed a Homeland Security Chief who quickly identified as
"dangers to the nation", groups including veterans of the military, and
opponents to abortion on demand, and who ordered that the word
"terrorism" no longer be used but instead referred to such acts as "man
made disasters".
15. Circled the globe so he could openly apologize for America's
greatness.
16. Told the Mexican President that the violence in their country was because of us.
17. Politicized the census by moving it into the White House from its
Department of Commerce origins.
18. Appointed as Attorney General the man who or chestrated the forced
removal and expulsion from America to Cuba of a nine-year old whose
mother died trying to bring him to a life of freedom in theUnited States.
19. Salutes as heroes three Navy SEALS who took down three terrorists
who threatened one American life and the next day announces members
of the Bush administration will likely stand trial for "torturing" a terrorist who
had played a part in killing 3000 Americans by pouring water up their nose.
20. Air Force One over New York City.
21. Sent his National Defense Advisor to Europe to assure Europe that
the US will no longer treat Israel in a special manner and they might be
on their own with the Muslims.
22. Began the process of nationalizing the Auto Industry and the
Insurance industry.
23. Announced that for intents and purposes the Health Insurance
Industry will be nationalized.

1360 more days to go... God help us all!

Values Voter Summit, 8th grade Final exam

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Hey all, Check out the star studded line up speaking at the Values Voter Summit in Washington DC
Sept 18-20

and This... passed on to me from G-Man. Thanks G-man

1895 . . . 8th Grade Final Exam



    This is absolutely *ASTOUNDING* to me .. well worth the read!
    Doubt there are many college grads today who could pass this 1895 8th grade final exam.

   (from Moderator...this was before the teachers unions, a Totalist Construct, got a hold and destroyed our educational system)

    Read this test and pass it on to your more literate friends.
What it took to get an 8th grade education in 1895...

Remember when grandparents and great-grandparents stated that they only had an 8th grade education? Well, check this out. Could any of us have passed the 8th grade in 1895?

This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 in Salina , Kansas , USA . It was taken from the original document on file at the Smokey Valley Genealogical Society and Library in Salina , and reprinted by the Salina Journal.

8th Grade Final Exam:
Salina , KS - 1895

Grammar (Time, one hour)
1. Give nine rules for the use of capital letters.
2. Name the parts of speech and define those that have no modifications
3. Define verse, stanza and paragraph
4. What are the principal parts of a verb? Give principal parts of 'lie,''play,' and 'run.'
5. Define case; illustrate each case.
6 What is punctuation? Give rules for principal marks of punctuation.
7 - 10. Write a composition of about 150 words and show therein that you understand the practical use of the rules of grammar.

Arithmetic (Time,1 hour 15 minutes)
1. Name and define the Fundamental Rules of Arithmetic.
2. A wagon box is 2 ft. Deep, 10 feet long, and 3 ft. Wide. How many bushels of wheat will it hold?
3. If a load of wheat weighs 3,942 lbs., what is it worth at 50cts/bushel, deducting 1,050 lbs. For tare?
4. District No 33 has a valuation of $35,000. What is the necessary levy to carry on a school seven months at $50 per month, and have $104 for incidentals?
5. Find the cost of 6,720 lbs. Coal at $6.00 per ton.
6. Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months and 18 days at 7 percent.
7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and 16 ft.. Long at $20 per metre?
8.. Find bank discount on $300 for 90 days (no grace) at 10 percent.
9. What is the cost of a square farm at $15 per acre, the distance of which is 640 rods?
10. Write a Bank Check, a Promissory Note, and a Receipt

U.S. History (Time, 45 minutes)
1. Give the epochs into which U.S. History is divided
2. Give an account of the discovery of America by Columbus
3. Relate the causes and results of the Revolutionary War.
4. Show the territorial growth of the United States
5. Tell what you can of the history of Kansas
6. Describe three of the most prominent battles of the Rebellion.
7. Who were the following: Morse, Whitney, Fulton , Bell , Lincoln , Penn, and Howe?
8. Name events connected with the following dates: 1607, 1620, 1800, 1849, 1865.

Orthography (Time, one hour)
[Do we even know what this is??]
1. What is meant by the following: alphabet, phonetic, orthography, etymology, syllabication
2. What are elementary sounds? How classified?
3. What are the following, and give examples of each: trigraph, subvocals, diphthong, cognate letters, linguals
4. Give four substitutes for caret 'u.' (HUH?)
5. Give two rules for spelling words with final 'e.' Name two exceptions under each rule.
6. Give two uses of silent letters in spelling. Illustrate each.
7. Define the following prefixes and use in connection with a word: bi, dis-mis, pre, semi, post, non, inter, mono, sup.
8. Mark diacritically and divide into syllables the following, and name the sign that indicates the sound: card, ball, mercy, sir, odd, cell, rise, blood, fare, last..
9. Use the following correctly in sentences: cite, site, sight, fane, fain, feign, vane , vain, vein, raze, raise, rays.
10. Write 10 words frequently mispronounced and indicate pronunciation by use of diacritical marks
and by syllabication.

Geography (Time, one hour)
1 What is climate? Upon what does climate depend?
2. How do you account for the extremes of climate in Kansas ?
3. Of what use are rivers? Of what use is the ocean?
4. Describe the mountains of North America
5. Name and describe the following: Monrovia , Odessa , Denver , Manitoba , Hecla , Yukon , St. Helena, Juan Fernandez, Aspinwall and Orinoco
6. Name and locate the principal trade centers of the U.S. Name all the republics of Europe and give the capital of each.
8. Why is the Atlantic Coast colder than the Pacific in the same latitude?
9. Describe the process by which the water of the ocean returns to the sources of rivers.
10. Describe the movements of the earth. Give the inclination of the earth.

Notice that the exam took FIVE HOURS to complete.

Gives the saying "he only had an 8th grade education" a whole new meaning, doesn't it?!

NO, I don't have the answers!

Saturday, July 25, 2009

NRA, Preisdent O's Speech to the AMA via USA Today, Grizzly Groundswell

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Tune into blogtalkradio.com/grizzlypolitic show Sunday evenings a 8-9pm come check it out if you have the time.

Wayne takes the truth to the delusional Left again, All Totalists know is power, they simply cannot tolerate the truth.

Wayne LaPierre Speaks Out on National Right To Carry Bill see it here

And This...

from USA Today, PBHO's speech to the AMA. He sounds like the ACORN "Community Activist" he really is as opposed to our President. He calls for rationing here folks and the nationalization of our medical records and the fascist health food/obesity trap laid out by Mussolini, Sorel, and Hitler. It is not in Govt.s
nature to have the ability to handle these kind of things. Government is here for one purpose to protect our Life, Liberty, and Property. Instead it has done what its nature prescribes. Grow like a cancer and control thus destroy what lies outside it abilities to do.

Welcome to the DHS Watch List Society.

I have a blogtalkradio.com/grizzlypolitic show Sunday evenings a 8-9pm come check it out if you have the time. We have a whole listing of Grizzly Groundswell shows from 7pm to 10pm seven day a week
GrizzlyGroundswell 7-8PM CST http://www.blogtalkradio.com/grizzlygroundswell

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Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Conflict of Interest for Rep. Ellison???

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Islamic nonprofit paid for Rep. Ellison's pilgrimage to Mecca
KEVIN DIAZ, Star Tribune

WASHINGTON - Days after his return from an unannounced pilgrimage to the Islamic holy site of Mecca, U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison talked about it as a transformational personal experience, saying "I didn't want to turn it into a politics thing."

Nearly eight months later, the Minneapolis DFLer faces a House Ethics Committee review of his decision to keep the trip's costs under wraps -- even though it was paid for by a local Islamic nonprofit and typically would be reported as a gift to a public official.

Asked about the trip Tuesday, Ellison said that he is "not privy to the internal workings of the organization" that covered his costs, and that he complied with all House Ethics panel disclosure requirements. "Why should I waive a right that's accorded me under the rules?" he said.

Tax records show the group that paid Ellison's expenses, the Muslim American Society of Minnesota, received nearly $900,000 in taxpayer money in 2006 and 2007 from a rental arrangement for Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy (TiZA), an Inver Grove Heights charter school.

The man who accompanied Ellison to Mecca, Asad Zaman, is executive director of the TiZA school, a political contributor of Ellison's and was president of the Muslim American Society until August, when the Mecca trip was planned.

TiZA has been sued by the American Civil Liberties Union and probed by state officials for allegedly promoting Islam, which would violate the church and state separation required of public schools -- including charter schools.

The school received state funding to pay rent to the Muslim American Society Property Holding Corp., a nonprofit spinoff of the Muslim American Society that owned the building. The corporation then turned over $879,000 to the Muslim society as a grant.

Those close connections have opened Ellison to questions about the nature of the trip. Ellison on Tuesday called it "a private trip," adding that he had told the ethics committee of the trip beforehand and received its approval. A spokesman for the school says no public money was used for the trip, or Hajj, which Ellison took as a once-in-a-lifetime fulfillment of his religious duty as a practicing Muslim. The 16-day pilgrimage is considered one of the most solemn acts in Islam, one that is supposed to be undertaken free of debts and unmet family obligations.

Ellison has justified withholding the cost by citing the religious nature of his journey to Saudi Arabia, saying it had nothing to do with his duties as a congressman.

Such trips generally must be reported under congressional gift rules that call for full financial disclosure. IRS rules, moreover, bar nonprofit religious groups from furthering individuals' "private interests."

Ellison, however, reported the trip under more permissive House rules for outside business activities -- Boy Scout trips, for example -- that are unrelated to congressional duties, but which are not purely for private benefit. Those rules do not require cost accounting.

A public figure who has faced some hostility as the first Muslim member of Congress, Ellison has been reluctant to reveal details of the trip, which is estimated to have cost several thousand dollars.

School connection

The Muslim American Society's grants -- for $550,000 in 2007, and $329,000 in 2006 -- represented the proceeds of rent paid by the state of Minnesota for TiZA.

The financial connection to the school rent money is spelled out in the holding company's tax filings for 2006 and 2007: "Receives rent from government agency and donates to MAS of MN [Muslim American Society of Minnesota]."

Zaman did not respond to several inquiries seeking comment on the Mecca trip. In the ACLU's lawsuit, which alleges that the property holding company effectively transferred government charter school funds to the Muslim American Society of Minnesota, the ACLU quotes Zaman as saying that "Islam makes no distinction between public and private life."

Twin Cities public relations executive Blois Olson, who is serving as a spokesman for the school, said there is no connection between the TiZA rent money and Ellison's trip, which took place in late November and early December of 2008.

Olson said the Muslim American Society of Minnesota stopped getting the rent funds for the school in early 2007, more than a year before the trip.

At that time, the school property was transferred to the Minnesota Education Trust, Olson said, a separate nonprofit that now acts as TiZA's leaseholder. As part of that transfer, Olson said, the Muslim American Society of Minnesota Holding Corp. turned over $315,000 in rent proceeds to the trust.

The rest of the lease aid, Olson said, went to retire a private $1.3 million loan on the school property.

As a religious organization, the Muslim American Society of Minnesota is not required to make its finances public.

Olson said the Muslim group funded Ellison's trip because it wanted to improve communications "between Muslim-Americans and the broader Muslim world."

'Public trough'

The connection between the school and Ellison's trip has propelled him squarely into at debate in the Minnesota Legislature about leasing organizations like the Muslim American Society Property Holding Corp. and how they use their public rent funds.

Rep. Mindy Greiling, DFL-Roseville, who chairs the K-12 Education Finance Division Committee, said the state funds were intended to help charter schools rent space.

She said she is troubled by the large grants to the Muslim American Society of Minnesota, whether or not the money can be tied directly to Ellison's trip.

"It calls into question the sensibility of the people who lead the school," Greiling said. "And to send Keith Ellison off to Mecca just compounds it."

State officials say the arrangement illustrates long-standing concerns about the relationship between charter schools and the affiliated groups who hold their leases.

Chas Anderson, deputy commissioner for the state education department, said that state law does not regulate how lease dollars are spent by such property-holding corporations.

"While this type of relationship is legal, it is nonetheless concerning," she said of the TiZA payments.

TiZA, which also has a campus in Blaine, received an estimated $4.7 million in state aid this year, including more than $520,000 in annual lease aid. The school also got more than $873,000 in federal charter school grants last year.

Chuck Samuelson, executive director of the Minnesota ACLU, said the flow of any public funds to a sectarian group that funded a public official's trip to a religious site heightens the questions Samuelson's group has raised about the separation of church and state.

"The group that paid for it [the trip] gets a large part of its money from the public trough," Samuelson said.

Staff writer Eric Roper contributed to this report. Kevin Diaz • 202-4082753

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Tuesday, July 21, 2009

La Raza Wants Illegals Covered for Healthcare by Taxpayers

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FAIR Legislative Update - June 22,2009

La Raza Demands Obama's Health Reform Plan Cover Illegal Aliens

["On Monday, June 15, the National Council of La Raza (La Raza), an open borders advocacy group, issued a statement calling upon Congress to ensure that illegal aliens are given health benefits if and when Congress considers health care reform.

La Raza's statement "strongly urge[d] President Obama and Congress to make every effort to ensure that health care reform reaches all communities" in the United States, and stressed that "one out of every three uninsured persons and roughly 40% of all uninsured children [in the United States] are Latino," and demanded "health care reform that makes coverage affordable and accessible for everyone — all families and all children." ]

Star Parker and US Debt Clock

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Government health care plantation looms by Star Parker as published on Townhall.com

"What is now being billed as health care reform is but the latest chapter in a process I described in an earlier column as "Back on Uncle Sam's Plantation."

Rather than moving dysfunctional America off the welfare state, as we did with welfare reform in 1996, we are now moving the free, functioning, and once prosperous part of our nation onto the welfare state."

Monday, July 20, 2009

HOMH/CMPI,

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Leftfoot Leeds

This article came my way via- Hands Off My Health-CMPI

World Renowned Mayo Clinic Declares Government Health Care Unsustainable
"While we appreciate this recognition, we question whether our political leaders realize that many doctors and hospitals that offer this high-value care are reaching the point where we cannot afford to provide it to patients with government-sponsored insurance such as Medicare and Medicaid. We worry that the same could hold true for patients in a new government-run public insurance plan. Despite the fact that we strive to give patients the right level of care -- everything they need, no more and no less -- we consistently suffer huge financial losses due to the government price-controlled Medicare payment system, which financially punishes providers who offer higher quality care at a lower cost. Last year alone, Mayo Clinic lost hundreds of millions of dollars caring for Medicare beneficiaries -- the very patients with complex, complicated illnesses that we want to see and can serve well. Because of this shortfall, our other patients pay more to make up the difference. Someday soon, neither Mayo Clinic nor those other payers will be able to afford this situation." - OpEd, Dr. Denis Cortese and Jeffrey Korsmo, Chicago Tribune

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CMPI-Advance President Exposes the Truth Behind New House Health Plan
"AAHCA really isn't about creating a low-cost plan that promotes quality and access to care. Most of all it's just a way to take care of the interest groups that got the Dems elected. Secondarily it's about establishing a single payer health plan...Now you might be wonder, how the government plan recruits doctors and providers to this exciting new enterprise? Actually, it forces any provider getting paid by Medicare to join the plan...If you want access to affordable health care of reasonable quality, don't go to Congress or President Obama. Go West. There is only one place left where health care will flow like milk and honey. And that is in the new medical Republic of Waxmania. That might be funny if it weren't true." - OpEd, Dr. Robert Goldberg, American Spectator

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If Government-run Health Care Doesn't Work Abroad, Why Would it Work Here?
"To wit, tax increases that would take U.S. rates higher even than most of Europe. Yet even those increases aren't nearly enough to finance the $1 trillion in new spending, which itself is surely a low-ball estimate. Meanwhile, the bill would create a new government health entitlement that will kill private insurance and lead to a government-run system...The public insurance "option" doesn't even begin until 2013 and the costs are heavily weighted toward the later years, but the tax hikes start in 2011. So under Congress's 10-year budget window, the House bill is able to pay for seven years of spending with nine years of taxes. Andy Laperriere of the ISI Group estimates the bill would add $95 billion to the deficit in 2019 alone." - Review & Outlook, Wall Street Journal

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Government WILL Ration Care
"Now first of all, if there are problems with Medicare, the laws and regulations governing Medicare--a government program--can be changed, without a government take-over of the rest of the system...For in reality the government isn't going simply to reward 'good' and penalize 'bad' admissions. It's going to prevent insurance companies from paying for 'unnecessary' admissions and procedures, if those companies want to participate in the government system. In other words, government bureaucrats are going to deem entire categories of treatment inefficient for all or certain categories of patients, and put those treatments out of bounds for doctors and hospitals." - OpEd, William Kristol, Weekly Standard

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Friday, July 17, 2009

Club For Growth

Czarist Amerika....

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

From Glen Beck

The Constitution of the United States Banned from Parade....

GLENN: Helen Glover is with us from our affiliate in Providence, Rhode Island, 920 WHJJ. Helen, tell me about the tea party that happened this July 4th?

read the rest here

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Gary North

This has been forwarded to me I pass it on to you:

This 3-minute, low-budget, home-brew video is the most effective presentation I have seen on the national debt.

Reagan accelerated it. Bush 2 was worse than Reagan. Obama is worse than Bush. The point is: there seems to be no turning back.

Hooray for YouTube. It allows unknown people to get the message out.

This deserves wide circulation. Forward it.

The National Debt Road Trip (Video)

Thanks to Gary North

Alert! HR 2076 seeks to gut border security!

Alert! HR 2076 seeks to gut border security!

New legislation would stymie efforts to gain control of our border. HR 2076 by Representative Raul Grijalva [D-AZ] would delay indefinitely all efforts to stop illegal immigration at our borders.

Ostensibly, the Border Security and Responsibility Act of 2009 seeks to avoid environmental and community disruption in building infrastructure to secure our border, but the reality is that it would create an open border by prohibiting all efforts to control illegal immigration.

CLICK HERE to learn more and to take action!
(If above link does not work, cut and paste the following into your address bar: http://capwiz.com/caps/issues/alert/?alertid=13704041)

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Ride The Thunder, CBO Scores Kennedy-Dodd bill a gotta see!

WND

"Finally! A War Story the State-Run Media Hate to Reveal

Forget what you think you know, here's the real Vietnam account

Ride the Thunder

Everything Americans know about the end of the Vietnam War is wrong,
contends Richard Botkin, author of "Ride the Thunder" and former Marine
infantry officer. He reveals the heroic, untold story of how Vietnamese
Marines and their U.S. advisers fought valiantly, turning the tide of
an unpopular war and actually winning – while Americans 8,000 miles
away were being fed only one version of the story."

And This:

From Keith Hennessey.com

CBO Scores The Kennedy-Dodd Bill

"The Congressional Budget Office has released a preliminary estimate (”score”) of the draft Kennedy-Dodd health care bill. Some in the press are reporting that this is a “$1 trillion bill.” This poorly explains the true budgetary impact of the bill for several reasons. The bill would increase spending by more than $1.3 trillion (that’s “thirteen hundred billion dollars”) over ten years, and even that understates the impact because the bill phases in over the first five years."

Sunday, July 5, 2009

Invitations, NCPA, IBD

"2nd Annual SD40 Family Picnic" on Saturday, July 25 at 2:00pm.

Event: 2nd Annual SD40 Family Picnic
"Patriotic Fun!"
What: Barbecue
Host: MN Republican Senate District 40
Start Time: Saturday, July 25 at 2:00pm
End Time: Saturday, July 25 at 7:00pm
Where: Neill Park, Burnsville MN

To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below:
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"Wednesday, JULY 8 - CCHC's BABY DNA CELEBRATION" on Wednesday, July 8 at 5:30pm.

Event: Wednesday, JULY 8 - CCHC's BABY DNA CELEBRATION
What: Barbecue
Host: CCHC (Citizens' Council on Healthcare)
Start Time: Wednesday, July 8 at 5:30pm
End Time: Wednesday, July 8 at 8:30pm
Where: Long Lake Regional Park

To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below:
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Friends -

Thanks to you, we now have more than 235,000 Americans who have declared their support for a free market health care system by signing the Free Our Health Care Now! petition. The groundswell of support for private health care could not come at a more important time. As we celebrate July 4th, the 233rd anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the Administration and Congress are making good on their campaign promise to increase America's patriotism by increasing our taxes.

The House Democratic health reform plan includes a provision in section 401 that creates a new "tax on individuals without acceptable health care coverage." That means if the government doesn't approve of the type of health insurance you have, you will be taxed as much as 2% of your yearly income. And there's no exemption for people making less than $250,000 per year! I do not believe increasing our taxes is a patriotic way to celebrate Independence Day.

Additionally, Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) recently proposed legislation estimated by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to cost $1.6 trillion over ten years. Despite this unprecedented budgetary outlay, more than 15 million uninsured Americans would remain unprotected under the Baucus Health Plan. Baucus now says that the cost has been pushed down to $1 trillion, but that may be wishful thinking.

In an effort to continue in the same spirit of those Founding Fathers who met at Independence Hall in Philadelphia 233 years ago, we want to be free of burdensome and illegitimate taxes, regulation and control. To help in this effort we have prepared an "Action Pac" tool kit to educate the public on health care. It includes links for learning and teaching materials including a power point slide presentation with teachers notes, all available for you to use.

American taxpayers and American patients deserve better. Please help us educate the public. Send the "Action Pac" education kit to all your friends and family. Remember, the health care that you're fighting for is your own!

www.ncpa.org/petition-resources

Thanks for your help in this important fight for freedom.

Jeanette Nordstrom

National Center for Policy Analysis

Czarred and Feathered from IBD ( Is this Czarism not outside the protection of the Law?)

"Government: It's been suggested that the White House has more czars than the Russian Romanov dynasty. Has the administration forgotten that we have a government of elected officials, not of imperial appointments?"

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Letter to The Editor SUN Newspaper re: POS/RIBS/etc

Before I get to the LTE a little editorializing of my own.

People you have got to understand that everything has a nature. Squirrels (especially socialist squirrels) do what they do because they are squirrels. Rocks have a nature, againg they do what they do because they are rocks. Government does what it does because it is its nature to do so. What is the nature of government, you ask? Government is stupid brute force. Period...dot, as some congressman said to emphasis his point. Government grows and controls things. Now regardless of intent with regard to RIBS/POS, government will not provide anything, but more control over your individual lives which means more governmental power over you. And with all that is happening in Washington DC with the unprecedented power grab there, this is just another nail in the coffin of Liberty here. We need to tell them NO!

Here is the LTE (Letter To The Editor)
SUN FOCUS

"The North Metro REALTORS Association agrees with the goal of improving the Columbia Heights city housing stock. Realtors have every interest in healthy, safe, and livable properties. Our homebuyers expect no less."
Hit link above to read whole letter

Freedom Alliance

Dear Proud American,

Tomorrow, on July 4, our nation celebrates Independence Day -- when, 233 years ago, 56 Patriots signed their names to the Declaration of Independence, pledging "to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor." With the signing of the Declaration, they conceived a nation whose people would enjoy the blessings of liberty.

Nearly 20 years ago, Freedom Alliance was founded to preserve our hard-fought liberty and to promote the American heritage of freedom by honoring and encouraging military service, defending the sovereignty of the United States and promoting a strong national defense.

Freedom Alliance has provided millions of dollars to our troops and their families. This support is given in the form of college scholarships for the sons and daughters of America's military heroes who have made the ultimate sacrifice; care packages for our warriors in the field; and, financial support for combat-wounded soldiers, sailors, airmen, Guardsmen and Marines recovering in military hospitals. We do all this through the Freedom Alliance Scholarship Fund and the Support Our Troops program.

The support Freedom Alliance provides to our men and women in uniform is possible only through the generosity of Americans, like you, who care deeply about this great nation and its future.

The Freedom Alliance Scholarship Fund, which provides college scholarships to the children of our military heroes who have been killed or permanently disabled in service to our country, has awarded more than $2.5 million in scholarships to young Americans, reminding them that a grateful nation will NEVER FORGET the sacrifice of their parents.

One of our scholarship recipients is LeAnna Felts of Fayetteville, North Carolina, who will be a sophomore this Fall at Eckerd College in Florida, where she is majoring in Marine Science. LeAnna's father, Colonel Thomas Felts, served in the United States Army until he was tragically killed in action when his humvee was hit by an IED during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

LeAnna told Freedom Alliance: "My dad would never settle for work to be left half-finished and now I will not allow myself to see any job I do to be half-finished either." LeAnna's sister, Sara, is also a Freedom Alliance Scholarship recipient.

We cannot bring LeAnna's and Sara's father back to them, but we are deeply honored that the Freedom Alliance Scholarship Fund is making their father's dream of a college education for them, come true. PLEASE GO HERE to make your most generous, tax-deductible contribution to the Freedom Alliance Scholarship Fund, "A Living Memorial to America's Military Heroes."

Thank you. May God bless you and yours and God Bless the United States of America.

Semper Fidelis,

LtCol Oliver L. North, USMC (Ret.)
Founder and Honorary Chairman
Freedom Alliance

Friday, July 3, 2009

Conservative for Change

"Senate Bill Fines People More Than $1,000 For Refusing (Govt.) Health Care Coverage"

"WASHINGTON -- Americans who refuse to buy affordable medical coverage could be hit with fines of more than $1,000 under a health care overhaul bill unveiled Thursday by key Senate Democrats looking to fulfill President Obama's top domestic priority."

Click here to read more

Meet Potential Gubernatorial Candidate Tom Emmer

Event: MNLG Meeting: Special Guest Tom Emmer (R)
"Potential Gubernatorial Candidate Tom Emmer (R) will be our guest"
What: Club/Group Meeting
Host: Minnesotans for Limited Government (MNLG)
Start Time: Monday, July 6 at 7:00pm
End Time: Monday, July 6 at 8:30pm
Where: Sunray Library

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Wlak a Parade

This from Turning Minnesota Red:

Subject: 4th of July events!! Great events happening tomorrow! Volunteers wanted.

Several great 4th of July events of note:
Hi folks.... Just a few events happening on the 4th of July that I wanted to let you know about!

Walk with Team Bachmann in the Forest Lake 4th of July parade!
When: July 4th
Start: 10am
Line up: 9am
Unit: 141
Line up is North of Broadway between 7th st and 3rd St in Forest Lake.
**Michele will be there!**
Contact: Jack Tomczak - Political Director
Bachmann for Congress
651-324-9825

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Walk with David Carlson for Senate in the Eagan 4th of July parade!
When: July 4th
Time: 9:00am - 12:00pm
The Eagan Fourth of July Parade and Fun Fest is the second largest fourth celebration in the state, and a great time for all ages. We are the only Republican unit in the parade, so bring a friend or two, kids are welcome too!

Line up at 08:30 at the corner of Yankee Doodle Road and Blue Cross Road, we are parade unit #68. The parade will start promptly at 10:00. For more information, please write the Carlson campaign or email at info@carlsonforsenate.com.

Location: Streets of Eagan and Central Park
Street: Yankee Doodle Road and Blue Cross Road
City/Town: Eagan, MN

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Independence Day TEA PARTY at the MN State Capitol
When: July 4th
Time: 3-6pm
Where: MN State Capitol steps

The spirit of 1776 is alive and well!
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Thursday, July 2, 2009

St. Paul Tea Party

Hey all just found out (sadly) today Thur7-2 that there is a tea-Party...
Event to be held at the State Capitol grounds on Saturday, July 4th from 3 to 6 PM.

In keeping with the tone of the Tax Day Tea Parties, We the people are gathering to celebrate our independence. Let’s declare the values and principles that have made our nation the greatest in the world! Let’s celebrate Limited Government, Fiscal Responsibility, and Free Markets. Ladies and Gentlemen Let Freedom Ring! The Tea Party Patriots of the Twin Cities are hosting a rally on the upper and lower malls of the State Capitol on July 4th 2009. The event will run from 3:00pm to 6:00pm. Let’s show them how Tea Partiers Party!

Mitch Berg of AM1280 The Patriot will be a featured speaker

Dennis Madden - Fair Tax

Barb Davis White

and Possibly Michelle Bachmann

will be speaking

For more information visit:
http://teapartypatriotsofthetwincities.org
e-mail: saintpaulteaparty@gmail.com

Volunteer Opportunities:

612-386-3565

Donations to:

Tea Party Patriots of the Twin Cities

P.O. Box 21418

Columbia Heights, MN 55421

Information on Tea Parties in Minnesota can be found at http://mnteapartypatriots.org

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

4th of July Greetingg

Sent to me from SM @ Soldier's Angels (official) thouhgt I'd pass it on to you. Have a great 4th of July Holiday stay safe all!

Have a safe 4th of July weekend! LET FREEDOM RING!

Independence Day specifically recognizes the Second Continental Congress’ adoption of the Declaration of Independence. But we can extend our thoughts and reflections on this day, and honor the United States’ continuing commitment to protecting freedom and the spreading of democracy. Since declaring independence from Great Britain in 1776 (and sacrificing dearly to win it), the United States has risen as the world’s champion of liberty and freedom.

We should include in our thoughts on July 4th, 2009 not just the forefathers who resolved to sever ties with England, but also the men who fought so dutifully to defend the decision. And we should also take time to honor the sacrifice of all men and women who have worn U.S. military uniforms in the ensuing 232 years. These people have served to ensure our freedom and the freedom of people in foreign countries. Today we continue this struggle in Afghanistan and Iraq—and we know that freedom and liberty will prevail. People say “support the troops.” They could also say “support freedom.” Troops and freedom: The two are one and the same.

Service members who serve literally keep freedom alive and well.The men who signed that declaration in Philadelphia long ago would today be proud of our nation's heroes accomplishments. Proud, to see that their beliefs and convictions have been upheld and protected.

Happy Fourth of July! Please be safe and continue to support our troops!

A big thank you from all of us at Soldiers' Angels.

Young Americans for Liberty

Young Americans for Liberty has there great new website upand running. Go check out their project to get the US Constitution into the hands of 25,000 young people. Help out with a measly $2.00 donation. I donated a measly $6.00 can you match it?

CCHC, HOMH,

Thursday, July 2, 2009 - Tea Party on Socialized Medicine (flyer)
Place: Sioux Falls Fairgrounds, Sioux Falls, S.D.
12:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Program/Speakers)
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (Health Fair)
Speakers include: Twila Brase, president of CCHC
Join with us to oppose national health care!

Wednesday, JULY 8 - CCHC's BABY DNA CELEBRATION
Celebrating the hard-won 2009 CCHC defeat of the MN "Baby DNA" bill (HF 1341)
Time: 5:30 p.m. - 8:00 a.m.
Place: Long Lake Regional Park in the SHELTER (look for CCHC sign)
City: New Brighton, Minnesota
Food: BYOP - Bring your own picnic (food and drink)!
Coming?? Let us know for seating/technical purposes. (info@cchconline.org)
Map to Park
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Citizen Petition on "Baby DNA" for 2010 Legislature (HF 1341 remains alive)

ALERT: Released by CCHC yesterday and now online: CCHC Analysis finds President Obama's Statements on ABC News Forum Imply Support for Health Care Rationing (CHART).
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FROM THE WASHINGTON POST:
Blood Samples Raise Questions of Privacy
By Rob Stein
June 30, 2009

Matthew Brzica and his wife hardly noticed when the hospital took a few drops of blood from each of their four newborn children for routine genetic testing. But then they discovered that the state had kept the dried blood samples ever since -- and was making them available to scientists for medical...

..."Once learning the genetics of one child, you could see an insurance company seeing that possibility for the next child and making it clear that this is a preexisting condition that the company would not cover. Or perhaps an employer that found out about it wouldn't want to have us as an employee," said Twila Brase of the Citizens' Council on Health Care in St. Paul.
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FROM THE SAINT PAUL LEGAL LEDGER's Capitol Report:

Battle over health data
By Betsy Sundquist, Staff Writer
June 29, 2009

Organization blasts new health data-collection law; state counters it’s cost-efficient

An organization that advocates “patient and physician freedom” is decrying a new Minnesota law that directs state health plans to transfer “de-identified” patient medical records to a data warehouse in Maine....

The new state law, which goes into effect Wednesday [JULY 1]...

But Twila Brase, president of the St. Paul-based Citizens’ Council on Health Care, said the law constitutes an “extraordinary intrusion into the patient-doctor relationship and a complete violation of patient and citizen rights.”

“Private patient data will soon become publicly owned data, allowing government interference in medical decisions,” Brase said....
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AAHF, CCHC, CMPI and...
Announcing another weapon of defense from Totalist Government take over of our health care:

Hands Off My Health
Go, learn and fight!
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Give Me Money-American Vision

From American Vision: Give Me Money

"The Bible does not minimize the importance of economics. The Garden of Eden makes mention of gold and precious stones: “The gold of that land is good” (Genesis 2:11-12). Jesus used money as a teaching device in many of His parables. John MacArthur, pastor of Grace Community Church, Panorama City, California, said that

16 out of 38 of Christ’s parables deal with money; more is said in the New Testament about money than heaven and hell combined; five times more is said about money than prayer; and while there are 500 plus verses on both prayer and faith, there are over 2,000 verses dealing with money and possessions.[1]

One of the criteria for leadership in the church is based on how a man uses money (1 Tim. 3:3). This includes management of his own household (v. 4). As Christians we have no biblical warrant to avoid the topic of money, investments, savings, and inheritance. A case could be made that an elder who does not have money to manage is not a good candidate for the office. And what applies to church government should apply as well to civil government. One of the reasons our economy is in a mess is that most of the men and women holding office have never owned a business. Economics is a biblical word rich with meaning."

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Rep Party of MN, AAHF, Cap n Trade,

This is a copy of a e-mail sent to me from the new Leader of the the Republican Party in MN
Thanks Tony

Let me be very clear: I disagree with the Minnesota Supreme Court's decision in Sen. Coleman's appeal. The court's ruling wrongly disenfranchises thousands of Minnesotans. There were unacceptable disparities in the way Minnesotans' ballots were treated based upon the counties in which they reside. Democrats seized on these disparities and hunted for ballots so they could win the election through the courts. This is completely unacceptable and we will never let it happen again.

While we respect Senator Coleman's decision to not appeal, we believe that this ruling wrongly leaves thousands of Minnesotans silenced. In 2010, we must defeat the ACORN Secretary of State Mark Ritchie to ensure our state's elections are conducted in a fair and non-partisan manner.

Senator Al Franken* will always have an asterisk next to his name. However, we must resolve to fight the Democrats as they chip away at our liberties with higher taxes, unsustainable spending, and 21st century socialism.

Finally, I would like you to join me in thanking Norm Coleman. For 30 years he worked tirelessly as a public servant for the betterment of our state and of our country. Norm's dedication and leadership for our state makes us proud to be Minnesotans.

I am attaching the statements I released to the press today:

"Today's ruling wrongly disenfranchised thousands of Minnesotans who deserve to have their votes counted. Alongside Senator Coleman, the Republican Party of Minnesota has fought to make sure every vote counts and all voters are treated fairly and uniformly. As we move forward, our deeply flawed election system must be dramatically improved to ensure our state's elections are fair, accurate and reliable."

"Senator Coleman's gracious remarks following a long and hard fought campaign are to be commended. For over three decades, Norm Coleman has served Minnesotans with high distinction and honor as a prosecutor, mayor and United States senator. Norm's commitment to Minnesota will never waver. He is a good man who has fought the good fight."

Sincerely,

Tony Sutton

Chairman-Elect, Republican Party of Minnesota

And This from the American Association for Health Freedom:

We have received numerous comments from our advocates who have experienced difficulty in submitting their comments to the FDA, they don't make it easy!

To help make it easier for your voice to be heard, we are asking you to respond to this email with your comments and we will print them out and hand deliver to the FDA.

Alternatively, we have uploaded some instructions on how to submit your comments electronically. Click on this link for those instructions and for some suggested wording.

We are sorry for any confusion this may have caused, and we do appreciate you taking the time to make your comments heard.

Thank you!
AAHF

I would suggest you sign up on the AAHF website for info on health care. Also join CCHC we need to be active to stop this socialized medicine takeover that will destroy the great health care we have in this country.

This sent to me from RLCMN:Re Cap and Trade

The Government Is About to Pull $3,000 Out of you Pocket

"On Friday, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, by a vote of 33 to 25.

According to the bill's sponsors, it is "a comprehensive approach to America's energy policy that will create millions of new clean energy jobs, save consumers hundreds of billions of dollars in energy costs, enhance America's energy independence, and cut global warming pollution."

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