Say NO to Solar Power?
Got this email from LAVote.org today. An example of Big Business and Local Government
coming together and proposing a wasteful spending program that "sounds good" to the
voter, yet wastes money, uses obsolete technology, and only benefits one big company
and creates more bureaucracy.
I hope the Los Angeles voters will see through this thin-veiled attempt and
vote NO on prop B. This is a vote of YES for more efficient, free market-based
solar energy!!!
[Please Print This Info and Use When Voting]
Election: Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009
Measure B: Solar Energy and Job Creations Program
Charter Amendment and Ordinance Proposition B
Click Here for "Vote NO on Measure B" Info:
http://www.LAVote.us/measureb.htm?a=48&t=1
Statement: Against - Vote NO on Measure B
Argument:
Support Solar Power, Vote NO on Proposition B.
There is a more efficient way to produce more solar power and at a lower
cost using better technology. But, if Prop B passes, the City will be
forced to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on outdated technology
that benefits no one except the people and special interest groups who
paid to put this measure on the ballot.
This multi-billion dollar plan was placed on the ballot at the last
minute as the result of typical City Hall back-room dealings. There was
no engineering or operational input from DWP. The Council did not
consider the impact on people already struggling to pay their
electricity bills, the overall cost of this massive project, or the
impact on the already burdened city infrastructure. With the cost of
electricity just recently raised 24%, the people cannot afford another
rate hike.
The Council's own analyst explained that it would be simpler for the DWP
to design a solar plan with the public's involvement and then have the
Council vote on an ordinance.
Trade union members, environmentalists, solar equipment manufacturers,
DWP customers and ratepayers, and citizens are disgusted with secret
self-serving deals that favor special interests.
Don't be fooled by another City Hall "bait and switch" gamble on the
future of our great City of Los Angeles. Stand up and demand honesty
and transparency from City Hall.
Vote NO on Proposition/Measure B.
Read What Others Are Saying About "Vote NO on Measure B":
"I will be voting no on Measure B because I think the entire process of
how it ended up on the ballot stinks. I don't think it's been done in an
open and understandable, much less thoughtful, way."
- Laura Chick, Los Angeles City Controller
"Los Angeles can have smart solar power without a deceptive and rushed
charter amendment. The Times urges voters to reject this cynical attempt
to manipulate the policymaking process. Vote no on Measure B."
- Los Angeles Times
"Not only do I not support Measure B, if I have one message to get
across to voters this election season, it is please vote NO on Measure
B. The measure was rushed onto the ballot without much discussion or
input. It will drive up the cost of DWP rates."
- David "Zuma Dogg" Saltsburg, Los Angeles Mayoral Candidate
"Proposition B, despite a warm and friendly title that reads 'Green
Energy and Good Jobs for Los Angeles', would create a huge, expensive,
inefficient pie-in-the-sky solar power program."
- Daily Breeze
"Speaking for many retired employees of the Los Angeles Department of
Water and Power, don't be dazzled by the words 'solar' in the ballot
proposal Proposition B. Vote NO to protect your pocketbook."
- Daily News
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Senator Tom Coburn Speech 2/10/2009
Some 'stimulating' plain talk...
Written by Senator Tom Coburn
Tuesday, 10 February 2009
[Senator Coburn recently gave this speech on the floor of the Senate]
We are going in exactly the wrong direction. We ought to be standing on the principles that made this country great.
There ought to be a review of every program in the Federal Government that is not effective, that is not efficient, that is wasteful or fraudulent, and we ought to get rid of it right now. We ought to say, Gone, to be able to pay for a real stimulus plan that might, in fact, have some impact.
I would be remiss if I didn't remind everybody that next week we are going to hear from the Obama administration wanting another $500 billion. Outside of this ["stimulus" bill], they are going to want another $500 billion to handle the banking system.
I want to make sure the American people know what is in this Stimulus bill. I think once they know what is in this bill, they are going to reject it out of hand. Let me read for my colleagues some of the things that are in this bill.
The biggest earmark in history is in this bill. There is $2 billion in this bill to build a coal plant with zero emissions. That would be great, maybe, if we had the technology, but the greatest brains in the world sitting at MIT say we don't have the technology yet to do that.
Why would we build a $2 billion powerplant we don;t have the technology for that we know will come back and ask for another $2 billion and another $2 billion and another $2 billion when we could build a demonstration project that might cost $150 million or $200 million? There is nothing wrong with having coal-fired plants that don't produce pollution; I am not against that. Even the Washington Post said the technology isn't there. It is a boondoggle. Why would we do that?
We eliminated tonight a $246 million payback for the large movie studios in Hollywood.
We are going to spend $88 million to study whether we ought to buy a new ice breaker for the Coast Guard. You know what. The Coast Guard needs a new ice breaker. Why do we need to spend $88 million? They have two ice breakers now that they could retrofit and fix and come up with equivalent to what they needed to and not spend the $1 billion they are going to come back and ask for, for another ice breaker, so why would we spend $88 million doing that?
We are going to spend $448 million to build the Department of Homeland Security a new building. We have $1.3 trillion worth of empty buildings right now, and because it has been blocked in Congress we can't sell them, we can't raze them, we can't do anything, but we are going to spend money on a new building here in Washington.
We are going to spend another $248 million for new furniture for that building; a quarter of a billion dollars for new furniture. What about the furniture the Department of Homeland Security has now? These are tough times. Should we be buying new furniture? How about using what we have? That is what a family would do. They would use what they have. They wouldn't go out and spend $248 million on furniture.
How about buying $600 million worth of hybrid vehicles? Do you know what I would say? Right now times are tough; I would rather Americans have new cars than Federal employees have new cars. What is wrong with the cars we have? Dumping $600 million worth of used vehicles on the used vehicle market right now is one of the worst things we could do. Instead, we are going to spend $600 million buying new cars for Federal employees.
There is $400 million in here to prevent STDs. I have a lot of experience on that. I have delivered 4,000 babies. We don't need to spend $400 million on STDs. What we need to do is properly educate about the infection rates and the effectiveness of methods of prevention. That doesn't take a penny more. You can write that on one piece of paper and teach every kid in this country, but we don't need to spend $400 million on it. It is not a priority.
How about $150 million for a Smithsonian museum? Tell me how that helps get us out of a recession. Tell me how that is a priority. Would the average American think that is a priority that we ought to be mortgaging our kids' future to spend another $150 million at the Smithsonian?
How about $1 billion for the 2010 census? So everybody knows, the census is so poorly managed that the census in 2010 is going to cost twice what it cost 10 years ago, and we wasted $800 million on a contract because it was no-bid that didn't perform. Nobody got fired, no competitive bidding, and we blew $800 million.
We have $75 million for smoking cessation activities, which probably is a great idea, but we just passed a bill, the SCHIP bill, that we need to get 21 million more Americans smoking to be able to pay for that bill. That doesn't make sense.
How about $200 million for public computer centers at community colleges? I mean, did we talk with Dell and Hewlett-Packard and say, How do we make you all do better? Is there not a market force that could make that better? Will we actually buy on a true competitive bid?
No, because there is nothing that requires competitive bidding in anything in this bill. There is nothing that requires it. It is one of the things President Obama said he was going to mandate at the Federal Government, but there is no competitive bidding in this bill at all.
We have $10 million to inspect canals in urban areas. Well, that will put 10 or 15 people to work. Is that a priority for us right now?
There is $6 billion to turn Federal buildings into green buildings. That is a priority, versus somebody getting a job outside of Washington, a job that actually produces something, that actually increases wealth?
How about $500 million for State and local fire stations? Where do you find in the Constitution us paying for local fire stations within our realm of prerogatives? None of it is competitively bid.
Next is $1.2 billion for youth activities. Who does that employ? What does that mean?
How about $88 million for renovating the public health service building? You know, if we could sell half of the $1.3 trillion worth of properties we have, we could take care of every Federal building requirement and backlog we have.
Then there's $412 million for CDC [Centers for disease Control] buildings and property. We spent billions on a new center and headquarters for CDC. Is that a priority? If we are going to spend $412 million on building buildings, let's build one that will produce something, one that will give us something.
How about $850 million for that most 'efficient' Amtrak that hasn't made any money since 1976 and continues to have $2 billion or $3 billion a year in subsidies?
Here is one of my favorites: $75 million to construct a new 'security training' facility for State Department security officers. We already have four other facilities already available to train them. But they want theirs. By the way, it is going to be in West Virginia. I wonder how that got there.
So we are going to build a new training facility that duplicates four others that we already have that could easily do what we need to do. But because we have a stimulus package, we are going to add in oink pork.
How about $200 million in funding for a lease - not buying, but a lease - of alternative energy vehicles on military installations?
We are going to bail out the States on Medicaid. Total all of the health programs in this, and we are going to transfer $150 billion out of the private sector and we are going to move it to the Federal Government. You talk about backdooring national health care.
Henry Waxman has to be smiling big today. He wants a single-payer Government-run health care system. We are going to move another $150 billion to the Federal Government from the private sector.
We are going to eliminate fees on loans from the Small Business Administration. You know what that does? That pushes productive capital to unproductive projects. It is exactly the wrong thing to do.
We are going to spend $524 million for information technology upgrades that the Appropriations Committee claims will create 388 jobs. If you do the math on that, that is $1.5 million a job. Don't you love the efficiency of Washington thinking?
We are going to create $79 billion in additional money for the States, a 'slush fund,' to bail out States and provide millions of dollars for education costs. How many of you think that will ever go away?
Once the State education programs get $79 billion over 2 years, do you think that will ever go away? The cry and hue of taking 'our money' away, even though it was a stimulus and supposed to be limited, it will never go away. So we will continue putting that forward until our kids have grandkids of their own.
There is about $47 billion for a variety of energy programs that are primarily focused on renewable energy. I am fine with spending that. But we ought to get something for it. There ought to be metrics. There are no metrics. It is pie in the sky, saying we will throw some money at it.
Let me conclude by saying we are at a seminal moment in our country. We will either start living within the confines of realism and responsibility or we will blow it and we will create the downfall of the greatest nation that ever lived.
This bill is the start of that downfall. To abandon a market-oriented society and transfer it to a Soviet-style, government-centered, bureaucratic-run and mandated program, that is the thing that will put the stake in the heart of freedom in this country.
I hope the American people know what is in this bill. I am doing everything I can to make sure they know. But more important, I hope somebody is listening who will treat the 'pneumonia' we are faced with today, which is the housing and mortgage markets. It doesn't matter how much money we spend in this bill. It is doomed to failure unless we fix that problem first.
Failing that, we will go down in history as the Congress that undermined the future and vitality of this country. Let it not be so.
Written by Senator Tom Coburn
Tuesday, 10 February 2009
[Senator Coburn recently gave this speech on the floor of the Senate]
We are going in exactly the wrong direction. We ought to be standing on the principles that made this country great.
There ought to be a review of every program in the Federal Government that is not effective, that is not efficient, that is wasteful or fraudulent, and we ought to get rid of it right now. We ought to say, Gone, to be able to pay for a real stimulus plan that might, in fact, have some impact.
I would be remiss if I didn't remind everybody that next week we are going to hear from the Obama administration wanting another $500 billion. Outside of this ["stimulus" bill], they are going to want another $500 billion to handle the banking system.
I want to make sure the American people know what is in this Stimulus bill. I think once they know what is in this bill, they are going to reject it out of hand. Let me read for my colleagues some of the things that are in this bill.
The biggest earmark in history is in this bill. There is $2 billion in this bill to build a coal plant with zero emissions. That would be great, maybe, if we had the technology, but the greatest brains in the world sitting at MIT say we don't have the technology yet to do that.
Why would we build a $2 billion powerplant we don;t have the technology for that we know will come back and ask for another $2 billion and another $2 billion and another $2 billion when we could build a demonstration project that might cost $150 million or $200 million? There is nothing wrong with having coal-fired plants that don't produce pollution; I am not against that. Even the Washington Post said the technology isn't there. It is a boondoggle. Why would we do that?
We eliminated tonight a $246 million payback for the large movie studios in Hollywood.
We are going to spend $88 million to study whether we ought to buy a new ice breaker for the Coast Guard. You know what. The Coast Guard needs a new ice breaker. Why do we need to spend $88 million? They have two ice breakers now that they could retrofit and fix and come up with equivalent to what they needed to and not spend the $1 billion they are going to come back and ask for, for another ice breaker, so why would we spend $88 million doing that?
We are going to spend $448 million to build the Department of Homeland Security a new building. We have $1.3 trillion worth of empty buildings right now, and because it has been blocked in Congress we can't sell them, we can't raze them, we can't do anything, but we are going to spend money on a new building here in Washington.
We are going to spend another $248 million for new furniture for that building; a quarter of a billion dollars for new furniture. What about the furniture the Department of Homeland Security has now? These are tough times. Should we be buying new furniture? How about using what we have? That is what a family would do. They would use what they have. They wouldn't go out and spend $248 million on furniture.
How about buying $600 million worth of hybrid vehicles? Do you know what I would say? Right now times are tough; I would rather Americans have new cars than Federal employees have new cars. What is wrong with the cars we have? Dumping $600 million worth of used vehicles on the used vehicle market right now is one of the worst things we could do. Instead, we are going to spend $600 million buying new cars for Federal employees.
There is $400 million in here to prevent STDs. I have a lot of experience on that. I have delivered 4,000 babies. We don't need to spend $400 million on STDs. What we need to do is properly educate about the infection rates and the effectiveness of methods of prevention. That doesn't take a penny more. You can write that on one piece of paper and teach every kid in this country, but we don't need to spend $400 million on it. It is not a priority.
How about $150 million for a Smithsonian museum? Tell me how that helps get us out of a recession. Tell me how that is a priority. Would the average American think that is a priority that we ought to be mortgaging our kids' future to spend another $150 million at the Smithsonian?
How about $1 billion for the 2010 census? So everybody knows, the census is so poorly managed that the census in 2010 is going to cost twice what it cost 10 years ago, and we wasted $800 million on a contract because it was no-bid that didn't perform. Nobody got fired, no competitive bidding, and we blew $800 million.
We have $75 million for smoking cessation activities, which probably is a great idea, but we just passed a bill, the SCHIP bill, that we need to get 21 million more Americans smoking to be able to pay for that bill. That doesn't make sense.
How about $200 million for public computer centers at community colleges? I mean, did we talk with Dell and Hewlett-Packard and say, How do we make you all do better? Is there not a market force that could make that better? Will we actually buy on a true competitive bid?
No, because there is nothing that requires competitive bidding in anything in this bill. There is nothing that requires it. It is one of the things President Obama said he was going to mandate at the Federal Government, but there is no competitive bidding in this bill at all.
We have $10 million to inspect canals in urban areas. Well, that will put 10 or 15 people to work. Is that a priority for us right now?
There is $6 billion to turn Federal buildings into green buildings. That is a priority, versus somebody getting a job outside of Washington, a job that actually produces something, that actually increases wealth?
How about $500 million for State and local fire stations? Where do you find in the Constitution us paying for local fire stations within our realm of prerogatives? None of it is competitively bid.
Next is $1.2 billion for youth activities. Who does that employ? What does that mean?
How about $88 million for renovating the public health service building? You know, if we could sell half of the $1.3 trillion worth of properties we have, we could take care of every Federal building requirement and backlog we have.
Then there's $412 million for CDC [Centers for disease Control] buildings and property. We spent billions on a new center and headquarters for CDC. Is that a priority? If we are going to spend $412 million on building buildings, let's build one that will produce something, one that will give us something.
How about $850 million for that most 'efficient' Amtrak that hasn't made any money since 1976 and continues to have $2 billion or $3 billion a year in subsidies?
Here is one of my favorites: $75 million to construct a new 'security training' facility for State Department security officers. We already have four other facilities already available to train them. But they want theirs. By the way, it is going to be in West Virginia. I wonder how that got there.
So we are going to build a new training facility that duplicates four others that we already have that could easily do what we need to do. But because we have a stimulus package, we are going to add in oink pork.
How about $200 million in funding for a lease - not buying, but a lease - of alternative energy vehicles on military installations?
We are going to bail out the States on Medicaid. Total all of the health programs in this, and we are going to transfer $150 billion out of the private sector and we are going to move it to the Federal Government. You talk about backdooring national health care.
Henry Waxman has to be smiling big today. He wants a single-payer Government-run health care system. We are going to move another $150 billion to the Federal Government from the private sector.
We are going to eliminate fees on loans from the Small Business Administration. You know what that does? That pushes productive capital to unproductive projects. It is exactly the wrong thing to do.
We are going to spend $524 million for information technology upgrades that the Appropriations Committee claims will create 388 jobs. If you do the math on that, that is $1.5 million a job. Don't you love the efficiency of Washington thinking?
We are going to create $79 billion in additional money for the States, a 'slush fund,' to bail out States and provide millions of dollars for education costs. How many of you think that will ever go away?
Once the State education programs get $79 billion over 2 years, do you think that will ever go away? The cry and hue of taking 'our money' away, even though it was a stimulus and supposed to be limited, it will never go away. So we will continue putting that forward until our kids have grandkids of their own.
There is about $47 billion for a variety of energy programs that are primarily focused on renewable energy. I am fine with spending that. But we ought to get something for it. There ought to be metrics. There are no metrics. It is pie in the sky, saying we will throw some money at it.
Let me conclude by saying we are at a seminal moment in our country. We will either start living within the confines of realism and responsibility or we will blow it and we will create the downfall of the greatest nation that ever lived.
This bill is the start of that downfall. To abandon a market-oriented society and transfer it to a Soviet-style, government-centered, bureaucratic-run and mandated program, that is the thing that will put the stake in the heart of freedom in this country.
I hope the American people know what is in this bill. I am doing everything I can to make sure they know. But more important, I hope somebody is listening who will treat the 'pneumonia' we are faced with today, which is the housing and mortgage markets. It doesn't matter how much money we spend in this bill. It is doomed to failure unless we fix that problem first.
Failing that, we will go down in history as the Congress that undermined the future and vitality of this country. Let it not be so.
The Real Change Requires R3volution
Just got this from C4L today. It shows the face of the Real Obama: More of the same old, reckless lobbyists payoffs, pork-laden spending and little regard for market forces. The real change requires R3volution.
February 18, 2009
Dear Friend of Liberty,
Yesterday, Barack Obama signed the $787 BILLION “stimulus” bill into law. This marks his first major legislative action, but just one of many already broken campaign promises.
He promised transparency and accountability in the legislative process, but the details of the bill were negotiated in closed-door sessions. Then, only a very limited number of physical copies were made available.
In addition, lawmakers had less than 24 hours to review the over 1,000 page bill before the vote was taken, hardly enough time to read a bill with such critical implications for our economy.
So far, one thing is clear from these early weeks of the Obama administration:
Barack Obama has brought no real change to Washington.
He is continuing the reckless spending and out of control debt of the last administration. He is playing the usual Washington games of partisan bickering and exempting those who work for him from standards required of every other American. His “stimulus” is packed with lobbyist payoffs and special-interest pork.
Barack Obama is right about one thing – we ARE facing a serious economic crisis. But he is wrong that “only government can break the vicious cycle.”
Big Government economic policies are the cause of the cycle, not the solution!
Reckless spending and socialist meddling will only prolong the economic turmoil our government has created. We cannot allow the new administration continue down this same destructive path.
Only fiscal restraint, free markets, and individual liberty can return us to stability and prosperity.
Click here to see Dr. Paul discussing this pork-laden spendfest and its hurried passage on CNN's American Morning.
And for an interesting explanation of the problems with these Keynesian policies, read best-selling author Tom Woods’ Campaign for Liberty featured article Tooth Fairy Economics.
In Liberty,
John Tate, President
Campaign for Liberty
P.S. Real change requires R3volution, not empty promises. Campaign for Liberty is dedicated to relighting the fire of our Founders’ Revolution.
To stay involved and up-to-date on Campaign for Liberty’s fight for freedom, be sure to visit www.CampaignforLiberty.com regularly.
A Letter From Ron Paul to Patriots 2/16/2009
I got this letter from Ron Paul today. The letter clearly states the objectives of the C4L and what is at stake. Do we really want an Obama's "army" of young government workers???
Read on! It is a great opportunity for all of us.
February 12, 2009
Dear Friend of Liberty,
I hope you share my firm conviction that our fight is just beginning!
You’ve stood alongside me in our battles for Liberty and the Constitution before. Now, an even bigger threat – and an even bigger opportunity – is upon us.
Please read the enclosed letter from C4L’s President, John Tate. John isn’t just a friend of mine. He’s also someone who worked side by side with me in the Revolution as my National Political Director. Now he’s agreed to take up the fight in a way I cannot – by leading the Revolution on the outside, while I return to Congress.
In Liberty,
Congressman Ron Paul
FROM THE DESK OF:
John F. Tate, President
C4L
Dear Patriot,
Please take a moment to fill out the Campaign for Liberty Membership Ballot.
It’s important you do so at once.
Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and Ben Bernanke are all hoping you don’t. They’re counting on you and me to sit on the sidelines and lick our wounds from last year.
Well, I for one intend to fight.
And since you are a supporter of Ron Paul and his Campaign for Liberty(C4L), I’m confident you’re ready for the brutal battles ahead as the forces of tyranny stand ready to take away more and more of our freedoms – if you and I don’t act today.
Make no mistake, the fight begins NOW.
If you and I don’t act today, the first 100 days of the Obama Administration could well be an even bigger disaster for freedom-loving proponents of constitutional government than were the last 8 years.
Already we have seen the type of assaults on limited government Barack Obama has in mind. He wasted no time in pushing forward the one TRILLION DOLLAR boondoggle he cunningly packaged as a “Stimulus Plan.”
And if the new Administration and their allies get their way, this will be just the tip of the iceberg.
And that’s not all. You and I are up against:
*** More government bailouts – for the auto industry, for more banks and financial institutions – and who knows how many others. What we can be certain of is more and more of our tax dollars are being flushed away each and every day.
*** Continued FED secrecy and practices that devalue our currency and create bubbles, malinvestment, and the volatile business cycle.
*** Expansion of federal powers under the Homeland Security Department and Patriot Act to position government to suspend your freedom at will.
*** Huge new federal bureaucracies staffed with freedom-taking enemies, intent on doing Big Government’s bidding.
*** A new Obama plan for mandatory federal service, forcing America’s young people into his “Army” of government workers.
And that’s just the beginning.
With so much at stake in the coming months, and so much to fight back against, it’s critical I have two things from you today.
First, your advice.
It is important that you share your thoughts and input with us on our Membership Ballot by following this link:
https://www.campaignforliberty.com/membershipballot.php
Secondly, it’s vital that the Revolution have your continued financial support as well.
You see, you and I are going to face some tough decisions in the near future. I may well have to decide which bills to fight and which we can’t afford to do battle over!
That’s why it’s vital your advice – and your support – come to C4L right away.
You and I have some work to do. And we must start today. This hour. This minute.
You know you can count on Ron Paul and C4L to fight when no one else will.
That is why C4L was established: to fight for common-sense principles such as freedom and limited government, and to reinsert these ideals into the American political conversation when others falter.
C4L, born out of Ron Paul’s decades-long crusade for Freedom everywhere, is the only vehicle committed to fighting the tyranny of BOTH parties in Washington, DC.
There’s no doubt that you and I are in a battle right now for the survival of our nation and its constitutional form of government. There’s so much at stake this year – and so much out there to fight. It can all seem very overwhelming at times.
But if you and I don’t lead the fight, who will?
Who will stand for our Constitution?
Who will lead the charge to take back our freedom?
Who will stand up to Barack Obama’s big government philosophy?
Ron Paul’s C4L is the ONLY nationwide organization, beholden to NEITHER party, that can do just that.
In fact, we are already mobilizing the grassroots supporters of Liberty for this battle.
But we have much work to do.
If C4L can raise the necessary funds, we will fight on each and every one of these vital issues this year:
- Fighting to preserve our freedom and Constitution.
- Opposing more government bailouts and stimulus packages.
- Fighting to stop Congress’ automatic pay raise scheduled for 2010.
- Passing legislation forcing a full audit of the Federal Reserve as we work toward eliminating that institution and restoring our money to being backed by more than just the assurances of bureaucrats.
- Strongly defending the Second Amendment from the many attacks to come.
- Protecting workers’ rights from the coercive power of Big Labor, Big Government, and Big Business.
- Working to end a foreign policy that has our troops stretched beyond the breaking point, leaving America more vulnerable.
- Promoting legislation to restore national sovereignty by cutting our ties with, and ultimately getting the U.S. out of, the U.N.
- And so much more ….
There are many crucial decisions to be made in the days and weeks ahead. Our goal is to fight each and every one of these battles, and I hope you’ll help me do just that.
You see, as an organization that stands on principle, we cannot demand fiscal responsibility while behaving recklessly ourselves. So unlike the Federal Government, we are unwilling to go into debt to finance our operations. It is only with your loyal support that C4L can hope to fight and win these many battles before us.
If you can help us financially in any way, please do. Every donation, even $25 or $50, will make a difference. And if you can afford a larger donation -- $250, $500, or even more -- it will go a very long way toward restoring freedom.
But first it is vital I have your advice on where and when to fight. That’s why I’m asking you to fill out our Membership Ballot along with your donation.
https://www.campaignforliberty.com/membershipballot.php
Our country is ailing. That is the bad news. The good news is that the remedy is simple: return to the principles of our Founders.
Respect for the Constitution, the rule of law, individual liberty, sound money, and a noninterventionist foreign policy constitute the foundation of C4L.
Join the fight today by filling out a Membership Ballot and continuing your support of Campaign for Liberty.
We are reliant on the generosity of our fellow patriots to succeed in this important struggle. After helping by sharing your input, please help us further by making a generous contribution of $250, $100, $50, or whatever you can afford.
Our Founders prevailed in their Revolution due to their unshakable resolve and unerring faith in the principles now championed by C4L.
With your help, we too can beat back the forces of Big Government, reclaim our Republic, and restore respect for our Constitution.
In Liberty,
John F. Tate
President
PS: With more government bailouts, trillion dollar “stimulus” packages, and nearly daily threats to our liberty on the agenda this year, it’s vital your C4L fight back today – before we see the total destruction of the U.S. dollar.
Please share your thoughts on how best to win these battles by clicking here. C4L relies on the input and financial support of freedom-loving Americans for our continued success.
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Commentary on Robert Scheinfeld: Busting Loose From the Money Game
Busting loose from the money game is the second title I read by Bob Scheinfeld. A friend of mine read the first book and was able to make over $200,000 in two years starting from nothing. The Busting Loose book seems to be a quantum leap beyond the 11th element. It shows the illusions we create, including the illusions associated with money and gives a recipe to bust loose from them. It is a fabulous piece of work. What follows is my review and the commentary on the core part of the book. Obviously this book is not for everyone. It requires a prior Phase 1 experience, making money the hard way, working harder OR smarter. It may require being sick and tired of doing that for a long time, it may require a level of frustration with Phase 1, so you become more open minded and accepting of the "other" way of being, the Phase 2, where the illusions are torn down. On to the commentary:
Robert Scheinfeld: Busting loose from the money game.
An excerpt found athttp://lenny-rose.onlinestoragesolution.com/Busting%20Loose/The%20Process.pdf
BUSTING LOOSE FROM THE MONEY GAME In part one RS describes the characteristics of the money game as played by most. It makes it clear it is the game you can not win. Describes its rules.
An Overview of The Process
When you experience discomfort of any kind: you'll know it by increased negative emotion such as anger, sadness, despair, fear, hopelessness, discouragement, apathy. Also note in you there may be an automatic process going on called Automatic Emotion Regulation (AER) that could down regulate emotion and make it harder to detect. High alertness is therefore needed. For a paper on AER see http://www.du.edu./psychology/erl/sppc_AER.pdf.
· Dive right smack into the middle of it . This is really important as it enables you to feel the emotion fully and is not working against you. Big difference between going into this emotion/discomfort consciously and following RS vs. going in unconsciously and just feeding on it a-la Tolle's painbody.
· Feel the discomfort energy fully. See above. Really allow yourself to feel it fully, this will increase the available energy.
· When it reaches a peak of intensity, tell The Truth about it. RS at this point recommends saying something like "I am the power and the presence of God". Or "I am the power of the Pure Consciousness" This seems to be the point where you want to do the Byron Katie's questioning/work. Yet maybe not, we'll see.
· Reclaim your power from it. Reclaim by saying "I reclaim my power from this creation NOW". This sounds good, it goes to turn the energy of the creation into its opposite...is that what I need? This could also be the step of turnaround in Byron Katie, where power seems to be appearing by observing both the creation and the opposite of it....unknown power emanates from it somehow.
· Open up more and more to who you really are. This builds up on the previous point maybe. Maybe not. Who I really am is infinite consciousness etc, so I am in a way above and beyond the experience or its opposite. Yet I invited this leading edge space into my experience (cf. Abraham Hicks) so I enjoy immersing myself into this leading edge space. RS calls this Feeling of Infinite Energy. Okay.
· Express appreciation for yourself and the creation. I can hear Arnold Patent here. Feeling appreciation in the midst of a big turnaround is very powerful.
If you feel any form of discomfort at all,
you apply The Process.
Step 1: Dive Right Smack into the Middle of It
The tremendous power that's disguised as discomfort is very real and very tangible. You can feel
it. You might experience it as a gigantic vibrating ball of energy. You might experience it as
feeling like a hurricane or tornado of energy. It might feel like a whirlpool or vortex of rushing
water. It doesn't matter how you experience it. We’re all different and have different ways of
experiencing emotions, energy, and power. Just notice what's there for you. Whatever your
experience of the discomfort is, in Consciousness, you dive right into the middle of it (or run or
walk or jump or whatever action works for you). However you choose to do it, fully immerse
yourself within the discomfort energy. In the beginning, it will be easier if you apply The Process
with your eyes closed. Later, it won't matter and you'll be able to do it on the fly, even while
engaged in conversation with others.
Step 2: Feel the Discomfort Energy Fully
Once you're fully immersed in the discomfort energy, feel it as fully as you possibly can. Just
feel it, the intensity, the waves, the raw power in it, whatever it feels like for you. If you can
escalate the intensity and allow yourself to feel even more of what's there, do it because the more
you feel, the more power you can reclaim. I say this because in Phase 1, many of us create a
dynamic where we automatically decrease the intensity of all our emotions before we allow
ourselves to feel them. For example, the true intensity of the emotion might be at level 100, but
we knock it down to level 60 before we allow ourselves to feel it because that feels safer.
Therefore, in that example, there would actually be 40 additional units of power available we're
not generally consciously aware of. You have the opportunity to reclaim power from all the
available units when you apply The Process. If you feel comfortable doing it, do it. If you don't,
no big deal. You can go back and get the rest of the power later.
KEY POINT
Just feel the energy of the discomfort as much as you'll
allow yourself to. No thinking, no logic, no intellect, no
judgment, no labeling. Just feel it.
The intensity you feel, no matter how you might judge or label it, is your power. It's who
you really are. It's what you had to put in the egg/pattern to pop that experience into your
hologram and convince yourself it was real. If you get to the point where you feel like you're
going to be overwhelmed by the energy, you can stop, but I invite you to stretch yourself. The
feelings of danger are just an old trick you used in Phase 1 to keep yourself away from your
power. You can ignore the trick - completely safely - if you choose to. Your Expanded Self is
always protecting you and keeping you safe and would never give you more than you can
handle, no matter how it appears.
The core structural component of step two is feeling the feelings as fully as you possibly
can. How you do it, what you see, feel, hear, and create for yourself in the experience is all up to
you and you can evolve and change what you do over time. As I've explained, there are no rules
or formulas for anything in Phase 2 of The Human Game.
Step 3 : When It Reaches a Peak of Intensity, Tell The Truth about It
As you immerse yourself in the discomfort energy and feel it as fully as you possibly can, you'll
notice the energy reaching its own natural peak of intensity - or you'll notice yourself reaching
the limit of how much you're willing to feel in that moment. Trust yourself on knowing when the
peak or your limit has been reached. Resist the Phase 1 temptation to get overly analytical and
beat yourself up by saying something like this to yourself, "I have to find the perfect peak point,
and if I miss it I screwed it up and I'm an idiot." You just do your best and trust your Expanded
Self, especially at the start. It’ll get easier as you apply The Process more and more.
When the intensity reaches its peak, you call it what it really is, which means you tell The
Truth about it. What does that mean? You affirm who you really are, how powerful you really
are, that you created it, it's not real, just a creation of your Consciousness. To do that, you must
come up with a phrase to describe the Real You that resonates with you and supports you in
feeling as powerful and infinite as you possibly can. Following are some examples you can use
or adapt, or you can make up your own phrase. The words don't matter. How they make you feel
is the only thing that matters. The first phrase is what I use. It's a phrase that was given to me by
Arnold Patent and I liked it so I use it. The others are examples of phrases my clients and
students use:
"I am the Power and Presence of God."
"I am the Power of Infinite Intelligence."
"I am the Power of Pure Consciousness."
"I am the Ultimate Power in the Universe."
Once you choose a phrase, and it may change and evolve over time, you then add your
affirmation of The Truth after it and expand the phrase. For example, this is what I say in step
three of The Process:
"I am the Power and Presence of God creating this. It's not real. It's completely made up.
It's a creation of my Consciousness."
KEY POINT
The core structural component of step 3 is telling The Truth about your creation and
whatever appears to be causing it. You must tell The Truth about it and really feel the
truthfulness and power of the words you use to describe it. Why? Because throughout Phase 1,
you lied to yourself about it. You told yourself the illusion was real, it was scary, it had power
and you did not, and those lies locked you into limitation. When you apply The Process, you
must reverse that trend and call it what it really is. How you do it, what words you use, and how
you use them is up to you.
Step 4: Reclaim Your Power from It
After you tell The Truth about your creation, you then simply reclaim your power from it by
affirming it using words like this: "I reclaim my power from this creation NOW!" Those are the
words I used at the beginning of my Phase 2 journey. However, I later added the following
wording to that first sentence: "As I reclaim that power, I feel it coming back to me." (And I
really feel it "flowing" back to me.) Then I say, "I feel it surging through me." (And I feel it
surging through me.)
Reclaiming the power in step 4 is a critical step in The Process, especially at the start.
Steps 5 and 6 are also important, and will become more and more important as you move more
deeply into Phase 2, but as you'll see, they may take some time to master. If you follow steps 1
through 4, you will reclaim power and your hologram will change.
Step 5: Open Up More and More to Who You Really Are
In step 5, you open up to The Truth and Power of who you really are, and you really feel it. I call
this feeling the Infinite Energy. For purposes of discussion, suppose you chose to use the same
description I do for who you really are: "The Power and Presence of God." You must then learn
to cultivate the feeling of really being that - the feeling of actually being infinitely powerful,
infinitely wise, and infinitely abundant . You start by asking yourself questions like these, "What
would it feel like if I had infinite power, wisdom, and abundance? What would it feel like if I
could just snap my fingers and anything I wanted instantly manifested? What would it feel like to
be in absolute joyfulness and peace all the time?"
The way I was able to cultivate and expand those feelings was by repeating the following
phrases to myself, over and over, and feeling, really feeling, the Truth and power of them:
I am the Power and Presence of God creating everything I experience, everything.
There's no power out there, not in anyone, not in anything.
I am in Infinite Abundance, right here, right now.
Infinite power to create anything I want.
Infinite knowledge and wisdom.
Infinite feelings of joyfulness and peace.
Infinite feelings of unconditional love and appreciation for all my creations.
Infinite supply of money to express appreciation with, right here, right now.
There's no magic to it, but as I say those words, I also raise my hands and arms, palms up,
so when I'm at the end and saying "right here, right now," my open palms are above my head.
For me, the feeling of rising movement as I feel the power expand within me is supportive.
Now, in your present state, you don't know what it actually feels like to be an Infinite
Being who possesses all the qualities I just listed. You don't remember what the Infinite Energy
feels like. So, you do your best at the start with full confidence that your capacity to feel the
Infinite Energy will expand over time. If you use words like I did, they may seem empty and
hollow at first. That's okay. Say them anyway. If you use another strategy to feel the Infinite
Energy, it may feel weak at first. That's okay, too. Just do your best and resist the Phase 1
temptation to beat yourself up for not doing it perfectly, for getting "better" too slowly, doubting
yourself or The Process. Your goal is to be able to feel the Infinite Energy on command - and
you will get there if you commit to playing in Phase 2 of The Human Game. And remember,
you're not alone when you do the Phase 2 work. Your Expanded Self is always there with you,
helping you and supporting you perfectly at all times.
In the beginning, everything may sound like empty words. That's
okay. Say them anyway and feel them as much as you can. Over
time, they become more and more and more real to you - naturally.
Coming back to The Process, after you affirm that you've reclaimed the power from your
creation in step 4, you then open up into the Infinite Energy and immerse yourself in it. Here's
what I say - and feel - as I do it:
“As I feel the surge, I feel myself expanding more and more into who I really am. I feel
myself expressing more and more of who I really am in my hologram, in my Human
Experience... I AM the Power and Presence of God. I AM in Infinite Abundance, right here
right now."
You must always really feel The Truth behind the words you use!
Then, while immersed in the Infinite Energy, in Consciousness, you replay the experience
that triggered the original discomfort. If you still feel any discomfort as you experience the scene
again, merge the discomfort energy into the Infinite Energy and let the discomfort dissolve into the
Infinite Energy. Replay the scene as many times as you feel moved to and merge it into the Infinite
Energy until you can replay it, and feel only the Infinite Energy.
Step 6 : Express Appreciation
In the sixth and final step, you take a look at the "movie scene" you created to stimulate the
feelings of discomfort, and you appreciate how magnificent that creation was, how amazing you
had to be to create it, and how amazing it is that you could actually believe it was real when it was
really just smoke and mirrors. In essence, you want to say and feel "WOW!" about the creation
you just reclaimed power from and bask in the why of that wow and in all your magnificence. I
call this "The Wow Effect." Therefore, at the end of applying The Process, you're in an extremely
joyous and expanded state.
BUSTING LOOSE FROM THE MONEY GAME In part one RS describes the characteristics of the money game as played by most. It makes it clear it is the game you can not win. Describes its rules.
An Overview of The Process
When you experience discomfort of any kind: you'll know it by increased negative emotion such as anger, sadness, despair, fear, hopelessness, discouragement, apathy. Also note in you there may be an automatic process going on called Automatic Emotion Regulation (AER) that could down regulate emotion and make it harder to detect. High alertness is therefore needed. For a paper on AER see http://www.du.edu./psychology/erl/sppc_AER.pdf.
· Dive right smack into the middle of it . This is really important as it enables you to feel the emotion fully and is not working against you. Big difference between going into this emotion/discomfort consciously and following RS vs. going in unconsciously and just feeding on it a-la Tolle's painbody.
· Feel the discomfort energy fully. See above. Really allow yourself to feel it fully, this will increase the available energy.
· When it reaches a peak of intensity, tell The Truth about it. RS at this point recommends saying something like "I am the power and the presence of God". Or "I am the power of the Pure Consciousness" This seems to be the point where you want to do the Byron Katie's questioning/work. Yet maybe not, we'll see.
· Reclaim your power from it. Reclaim by saying "I reclaim my power from this creation NOW". This sounds good, it goes to turn the energy of the creation into its opposite...is that what I need? This could also be the step of turnaround in Byron Katie, where power seems to be appearing by observing both the creation and the opposite of it....unknown power emanates from it somehow.
New: Busting Loose from the Business Game
· Open up more and more to who you really are. This builds up on the previous point maybe. Maybe not. Who I really am is infinite consciousness etc, so I am in a way above and beyond the experience or its opposite. Yet I invited this leading edge space into my experience (cf. Abraham Hicks) so I enjoy immersing myself into this leading edge space. RS calls this Feeling of Infinite Energy. Okay.
· Express appreciation for yourself and the creation. I can hear Arnold Patent here. Feeling appreciation in the midst of a big turnaround is very powerful.
If you feel any form of discomfort at all,
you apply The Process.
Step 1: Dive Right Smack into the Middle of It
The tremendous power that's disguised as discomfort is very real and very tangible. You can feel
it. You might experience it as a gigantic vibrating ball of energy. You might experience it as
feeling like a hurricane or tornado of energy. It might feel like a whirlpool or vortex of rushing
water. It doesn't matter how you experience it. We’re all different and have different ways of
experiencing emotions, energy, and power. Just notice what's there for you. Whatever your
experience of the discomfort is, in Consciousness, you dive right into the middle of it (or run or
walk or jump or whatever action works for you). However you choose to do it, fully immerse
yourself within the discomfort energy. In the beginning, it will be easier if you apply The Process
with your eyes closed. Later, it won't matter and you'll be able to do it on the fly, even while
engaged in conversation with others.
Step 2: Feel the Discomfort Energy Fully
Once you're fully immersed in the discomfort energy, feel it as fully as you possibly can. Just
feel it, the intensity, the waves, the raw power in it, whatever it feels like for you. If you can
escalate the intensity and allow yourself to feel even more of what's there, do it because the more
you feel, the more power you can reclaim. I say this because in Phase 1, many of us create a
dynamic where we automatically decrease the intensity of all our emotions before we allow
ourselves to feel them. For example, the true intensity of the emotion might be at level 100, but
we knock it down to level 60 before we allow ourselves to feel it because that feels safer.
Therefore, in that example, there would actually be 40 additional units of power available we're
not generally consciously aware of. You have the opportunity to reclaim power from all the
available units when you apply The Process. If you feel comfortable doing it, do it. If you don't,
no big deal. You can go back and get the rest of the power later.
KEY POINT
Just feel the energy of the discomfort as much as you'll
allow yourself to. No thinking, no logic, no intellect, no
judgment, no labeling. Just feel it.
The intensity you feel, no matter how you might judge or label it, is your power. It's who
you really are. It's what you had to put in the egg/pattern to pop that experience into your
hologram and convince yourself it was real. If you get to the point where you feel like you're
going to be overwhelmed by the energy, you can stop, but I invite you to stretch yourself. The
feelings of danger are just an old trick you used in Phase 1 to keep yourself away from your
power. You can ignore the trick - completely safely - if you choose to. Your Expanded Self is
always protecting you and keeping you safe and would never give you more than you can
handle, no matter how it appears.
The core structural component of step two is feeling the feelings as fully as you possibly
can. How you do it, what you see, feel, hear, and create for yourself in the experience is all up to
you and you can evolve and change what you do over time. As I've explained, there are no rules
or formulas for anything in Phase 2 of The Human Game.
Step 3 : When It Reaches a Peak of Intensity, Tell The Truth about It
As you immerse yourself in the discomfort energy and feel it as fully as you possibly can, you'll
notice the energy reaching its own natural peak of intensity - or you'll notice yourself reaching
the limit of how much you're willing to feel in that moment. Trust yourself on knowing when the
peak or your limit has been reached. Resist the Phase 1 temptation to get overly analytical and
beat yourself up by saying something like this to yourself, "I have to find the perfect peak point,
and if I miss it I screwed it up and I'm an idiot." You just do your best and trust your Expanded
Self, especially at the start. It’ll get easier as you apply The Process more and more.
When the intensity reaches its peak, you call it what it really is, which means you tell The
Truth about it. What does that mean? You affirm who you really are, how powerful you really
are, that you created it, it's not real, just a creation of your Consciousness. To do that, you must
come up with a phrase to describe the Real You that resonates with you and supports you in
feeling as powerful and infinite as you possibly can. Following are some examples you can use
or adapt, or you can make up your own phrase. The words don't matter. How they make you feel
is the only thing that matters. The first phrase is what I use. It's a phrase that was given to me by
Arnold Patent and I liked it so I use it. The others are examples of phrases my clients and
students use:
"I am the Power and Presence of God."
"I am the Power of Infinite Intelligence."
"I am the Power of Pure Consciousness."
"I am the Ultimate Power in the Universe."
Once you choose a phrase, and it may change and evolve over time, you then add your
affirmation of The Truth after it and expand the phrase. For example, this is what I say in step
three of The Process:
"I am the Power and Presence of God creating this. It's not real. It's completely made up.
It's a creation of my Consciousness."
KEY POINT
The core structural component of step 3 is telling The Truth about your creation and
whatever appears to be causing it. You must tell The Truth about it and really feel the
truthfulness and power of the words you use to describe it. Why? Because throughout Phase 1,
you lied to yourself about it. You told yourself the illusion was real, it was scary, it had power
and you did not, and those lies locked you into limitation. When you apply The Process, you
must reverse that trend and call it what it really is. How you do it, what words you use, and how
you use them is up to you.
Step 4: Reclaim Your Power from It
After you tell The Truth about your creation, you then simply reclaim your power from it by
affirming it using words like this: "I reclaim my power from this creation NOW!" Those are the
words I used at the beginning of my Phase 2 journey. However, I later added the following
wording to that first sentence: "As I reclaim that power, I feel it coming back to me." (And I
really feel it "flowing" back to me.) Then I say, "I feel it surging through me." (And I feel it
surging through me.)
Reclaiming the power in step 4 is a critical step in The Process, especially at the start.
Steps 5 and 6 are also important, and will become more and more important as you move more
deeply into Phase 2, but as you'll see, they may take some time to master. If you follow steps 1
through 4, you will reclaim power and your hologram will change.
Step 5: Open Up More and More to Who You Really Are
In step 5, you open up to The Truth and Power of who you really are, and you really feel it. I call
this feeling the Infinite Energy. For purposes of discussion, suppose you chose to use the same
description I do for who you really are: "The Power and Presence of God." You must then learn
to cultivate the feeling of really being that - the feeling of actually being infinitely powerful,
infinitely wise, and infinitely abundant . You start by asking yourself questions like these, "What
would it feel like if I had infinite power, wisdom, and abundance? What would it feel like if I
could just snap my fingers and anything I wanted instantly manifested? What would it feel like to
be in absolute joyfulness and peace all the time?"
The way I was able to cultivate and expand those feelings was by repeating the following
phrases to myself, over and over, and feeling, really feeling, the Truth and power of them:
I am the Power and Presence of God creating everything I experience, everything.
There's no power out there, not in anyone, not in anything.
I am in Infinite Abundance, right here, right now.
Infinite power to create anything I want.
Infinite knowledge and wisdom.
Infinite feelings of joyfulness and peace.
Infinite feelings of unconditional love and appreciation for all my creations.
Infinite supply of money to express appreciation with, right here, right now.
There's no magic to it, but as I say those words, I also raise my hands and arms, palms up,
so when I'm at the end and saying "right here, right now," my open palms are above my head.
For me, the feeling of rising movement as I feel the power expand within me is supportive.
Now, in your present state, you don't know what it actually feels like to be an Infinite
Being who possesses all the qualities I just listed. You don't remember what the Infinite Energy
feels like. So, you do your best at the start with full confidence that your capacity to feel the
Infinite Energy will expand over time. If you use words like I did, they may seem empty and
hollow at first. That's okay. Say them anyway. If you use another strategy to feel the Infinite
Energy, it may feel weak at first. That's okay, too. Just do your best and resist the Phase 1
temptation to beat yourself up for not doing it perfectly, for getting "better" too slowly, doubting
yourself or The Process. Your goal is to be able to feel the Infinite Energy on command - and
you will get there if you commit to playing in Phase 2 of The Human Game. And remember,
you're not alone when you do the Phase 2 work. Your Expanded Self is always there with you,
helping you and supporting you perfectly at all times.
In the beginning, everything may sound like empty words. That's
okay. Say them anyway and feel them as much as you can. Over
time, they become more and more and more real to you - naturally.
Coming back to The Process, after you affirm that you've reclaimed the power from your
creation in step 4, you then open up into the Infinite Energy and immerse yourself in it. Here's
what I say - and feel - as I do it:
“As I feel the surge, I feel myself expanding more and more into who I really am. I feel
myself expressing more and more of who I really am in my hologram, in my Human
Experience... I AM the Power and Presence of God. I AM in Infinite Abundance, right here
right now."
You must always really feel The Truth behind the words you use!
Then, while immersed in the Infinite Energy, in Consciousness, you replay the experience
that triggered the original discomfort. If you still feel any discomfort as you experience the scene
again, merge the discomfort energy into the Infinite Energy and let the discomfort dissolve into the
Infinite Energy. Replay the scene as many times as you feel moved to and merge it into the Infinite
Energy until you can replay it, and feel only the Infinite Energy.
Step 6 : Express Appreciation
In the sixth and final step, you take a look at the "movie scene" you created to stimulate the
feelings of discomfort, and you appreciate how magnificent that creation was, how amazing you
had to be to create it, and how amazing it is that you could actually believe it was real when it was
really just smoke and mirrors. In essence, you want to say and feel "WOW!" about the creation
you just reclaimed power from and bask in the why of that wow and in all your magnificence. I
call this "The Wow Effect." Therefore, at the end of applying The Process, you're in an extremely
joyous and expanded state.
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Treasury Overpaid For Bank Stocks
We have previously reported on the ways
top US banks were "forced" to sell
significant amounts of their stocks
in a meeting organized by Paulsen:
http://echoesofwisdom.blogspot.com/2008/10/all-your-banks-is-belong-to-us.html
Just short few months later,
it turns out Treasury way overpaid
on these stocks:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Watchdog-Treasury-overpaid-apf-14274415.html
A great example of government's inability to
run anything effectively and efficiently.
There will be more bailouts and stimulus
like that unless we voice our opinion against
it:
http://echoesofwisdom.blogspot.com/2009/02/stop-stimulus-plan.html
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Stop the Stimulus Bill
February 5, 2009
Dear Friend of Liberty,
This week, the U.S. Senate is debating the so-called "Stimulus"
bill, a nearly TRILLION DOLLAR boondoggle being carefully
marketed as a treatment for our economic woes.
In reality, this big government disaster-in-the-making will only
further devalue our dollar, increase our national debt, and
continue our country's descent into socialism. You may think
there's nothing you can do to make a difference, but you can.
More on that in a moment.
Just last week, House Democrats passed their pork-laden
"stimulus" package over the surprisingly united opposition of
House Republicans. The Senate bill is, amazingly, an even more
inflated version.
Our economy cannot survive this type of continued limitless
spending and reckless disregard for free market principles.
Our country is already over $10 TRILLION in debt, with tens of
trillions in unfunded liabilities on top of that.
This "stimulus solution" to our economic problems is exactly the
type of disastrous big government policy that created the crisis
in the first place, and passing it will certainly prolong the
suffering.
What can YOU do?
For starters, you can contact your Senators today and urge them
to oppose this bloated federal spending spree. There is mounting
outrage over this pork-laden disaster, and the politicians are
getting nervous.
You can get contact information for your Senators by clicking
here: http://www.campaignforliberty.com/usa.php then selecting
your state from the map and clicking "Congressional Information."
Our website not only allows you to speak out and hold your
Congress accountable, but it also keeps you updated on all
Campaign for Liberty activity in your state and across the
country.
To make your voice heard and to stay involved with the
Revolution in your state, follow this link:
http://www.campaignforliberty.com/usa.php
Campaign for Liberty was founded to deliver the message to the
bureaucrats in D.C. that "Enough is enough!" It is our mission
to stop this extravagant spending, educate our fellow countrymen
on sound economics, and turn the tide back toward liberty and a
balanced federal checkbook.
It is crucial that you help us by making your voices heard.
Calling and writing Congress can seem hopeless at times, but
that's exactly the feeling politicians want you to have. They
want you to think you don't matter. They want you to sit
quietly.
Let them know that you won't be quiet, that you are watching
them, and that you are not going away. Demand that your
Senators defend the constitutional values they have sworn to
uphold.
Encourage them to call this "stimulus package" what it really is
- a socialist repudiation of our nation's values -- and to vote
it down.
Again, please contact them today by following this link:
http://www.campaignforliberty.com/usa.php
With your help, we can win this battle in our fight to restore
our Constitution and reclaim the Republic our forefathers fought
to give us. And even if it does still pass, we will use it to
further the Revolution that you and I are bringing about.
In Liberty,
John F. Tate
President, Campaign for Liberty
P.S. Radical Socialism is currently being debated in the halls
of Congress. Please write and call your Senators and demand that
they oppose this so-called "Stimulus Package" and other Big
Government power grabs.
P.P.S. Campaign for Liberty practices the principles we preach.
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