PSALM 2009
Obama is the shepherd I did not want.
He leadeth me beside the still factories.
He restoreth my faith in the Republican party.
He guideth me in the path of unemployment for his party’s sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the bread line,
I shall fear no hunger, for his bailouts are with me.
He has anointed my income with taxes,
My expenses runneth over.
Surely, poverty and hard living will follow me all the days of my life,
And I will live in a mortgaged home forever.
I am glad I am American,
I am glad that I am free.
But I wish I was a dog …..
And Obama was a tree.

How about a little fun in the new year?  This is a letter I wrote in response to a letter Sen. Claire McCaskill wrote January 12 to  “..clear up some widespread misinformation” on the so called health care bill.

January 14, 2010

Dear Senator Claire CONNER McCaskill,

At first, I thought I would respond point by point to the half hearted letter I received from you to “clear up some wide spread misinformation” in regards to H.R. 3590 (Senate Bill) and your support of said bill.

But then I thought, why bother?  You didn’t write this letter; you didn’t care about the phone calls and the previous correspondence; you didn’t care about the private meeting you “granted” to nineteen of us concerned citizens of Missouri late last summer. I have to tell you, I was getting kind of down.  But, as I continued reading I came to the sentence that read…”there has been an unprecedented amount of transparency during the debate…..”

Wee doggies! That there is just durn funny!  I guess I’s jest a dum gal frum Mizzurah.  I don’t know nothing ‘bout no health care debate, Miz Claire!          HA!

And with that, I knew I had to write something, if just for the fun of it—you know—- kind of like the letter you “wrote” to me!  Frankly, Miss Claire, I don’t give a damn if you read my letter or not.  Someone will and I will feel better tomorrow.  So, with apologies to Margaret Mitchell, here goes.

First of all, I am not proud to share the name Conner with someone so unscrupulous, so ambitious, so manipulative and so unacquainted with the truth.  It seems you are also unacquainted with the citizens of Missouri.  It turns out Missourians are not as naïve and uninformed as you had hoped.  You are supporting this Health Care bill for one reason only.  Your party and your President are hell bent to pass SOMETHING and you, Claire McCaskill, are determined to be counted as a loyal soldier to the “cause”.    Your ambitions are such that you are willing to prostitute yourself to whatever degree it takes.  You know this health care bill is a worthless piece of legislation without merit or constitutional authority.   But, if Barry wants it, by golly, you are going to support it!  (After all, tomorrow IS another day and they DID consider me once for VP and really, Barry isn’t that happy with Biden—it could be ME, it could be ME in 2012!)

You have acknowledged the incredible number of phone calls and letters you have received elsewhere.  What was the gist of those calls and letters, Sen. McCaskill?   What WERE those pesky calls about?  Perhaps we should have saved our stamps and phone time because you were NOT listening to your constituents.   What you ARE doing is exhibiting a smooth political disconnect between what your constituents are telling you and how you are spinning that message to suit your ends.  You know we do NOT want this health care bill.   Furthermore, you take us for STUPID by telling us it will reduce the deficit!  Lord have MERCY!   Cook the books and pass the potatoes!

Missourians are stubbornly independent.  Didn’t you already know that?  We want to be LEFT ALONE.  Big government is NOT welcome, because every FREE thing the government offers comes with a big fat price tag.   In this bill, we lose our freedoms and our money—just like every government intrusion throughout our history, including, but not limited to (do you like the legal speak?):  Medicare and Social Security.

I have heard you sneeringly and repeatedly say, that Medicare and Social Security were called socialism when they were signed into law.   They were then, they are now.  As soon as these programs were put into effect, the monies collected from the citizens IMMEDIATELY went somewhere else and now after all these years of paying into those bankrupt programs, you disdainfully ask people to give them up?!  Hello, pay me back every cent with interest and penalties and I WILL.  The government is not a good steward of our money.  Never has been and never will be.  We do not want to send our hard earned money to Washington, so you inbred, irresponsible, insulated outlaws in D.C. can use it as bribery, move it around to your own ends and then tell us you are “taking care” of Missouri’s interests.

Hey, and how about that abortion funding tucked into this bill?  “Disease prevention, reproductive rights, medical procedures”; all those cute little euphemisms you people like to use to “fool” dummies like your rube constituents in Missouri. You are a nervy gal.  I will give you that; to actually refer the Catholic Bishops to the Gospels and fill THEM in on what Jesus taught and urging them to give up on this abortion thing is pretty darn cheeky!   Really Claire, I don’t think the Catholic Church is the right place for you.  You seem better suited to the Episcopalian’s who are fond of bending the “rules of faith” to suit themselves.   Give it up, Claire.  The true reason you cannot support the wording of the Stupak Amendment for the Health Care debacle, is that your Emily’s List funding will then become a thing of the past!  Gee, haven’t you already logged in $500,000 plus from that bunch towards your next run at……whatever?

We also know you will never support free market reforms that really work or tort reform because that would put off your biggest supporters, i.e. your fellow attorney’s to the tune of $1 million plus.  It’s about the power AND the money.  Please, please, PLEASE don’t insult us again by calling us “your bosses”.  We know who your real bosses are and it is not us Missourians.

Ahh, Claire, I could go on and on, but I have been really sick.  I wasn’t able to get a flu shot for H1N1, because, uh, the government sort of mismanaged THAT whole affair.  But you know that vaccine manufacturing process was so complicated with the eggs and stuff……..    Although I went to a tonsil taking, foot amputating health care provider the other day, I’m still a bit run down.   Therefore, I must close for now.    Just remember Miz Claire: you fooled us once by pretending to be a moderate and any number of things you are not.    Then this past summer, you said you didn’t care if you got re- elected.     That’s good, because Missourians have long memories……….…….no matter where your name turns up on a ballot.

Signed and Feeling Better Already,

Original Letter Sent by Senator Claire McCaskill

January 12, 2010

Dear,

Thank you for contacting me regarding health care reform.  I welcome the opportunity to update you about what is contained in the Senate health care bill and clear up some wide-spread misinformation.

According to independent analyses of the bill, including the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, the recently-passed Senate health care reform legislation will reduce the deficit, protect Medicare, and stabilize healthcare costs for over 90% of Americans.  This reform is necessary because the soaring cost of medical care is crippling our economy, bankrupting our nation’s families, and becoming an unsustainable financial burden for American employers.  In the last eight years, health care premiums have grown four times faster than wages, and insurance companies have made millions of dollars in profits while routinely denying coverage.

On November 18^th, 2009, Senate Majority Leader Reid introduced The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.  On December 24^th, after five weeks of debate, I voted for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, embodied in H.R. 3590, which passed by a vote of 60 to 39.  The Senate bill (H.R. 3590) and the previously passed House bill (H.R. 3962) must now go through a reconciliation process.

I want you to know that I have read The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act thoroughly and plan to read all of the provisions in a final, reconciled health reform bill before casting my vote on final passage.  If you would also like to read the full text of the legislation, you can find the complete text of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act at http://democrats.senate.gov/.  While there has been an unprecedented amount of transparency during this debate, including hundreds of televised hours of committee work and debate, I disagree with the decision not to have a conference committee to resolve the differences between the House and Senate legislation. I believe that those negotiations should be open to the public.

I supported the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act because it would expand health care coverage to more than 94 percent of Americans, curb skyrocketing healthcare costs, and ensure patient choice of care, all while significantly reducing the government deficit.  The bill would also stop insurance company abuses that prevent people from getting the health care they need, such as denying coverage based on pre-existing conditions.  In addition to consumer protections, the bill establishes state-based health insurance exchanges where individuals and small businesses can compare and purchase insurance plans online at more competitive prices.

I have heard from some Missourians who have concerns regarding certain provisions in the Senate bill.  The Senate bill upholds current federal law which requires that no federal funds can be used to pay for an abortion except in the case of rape, incest, or danger to the life of the mother.  To ensure this, the measure requires insurance plans to keep federal funds completely separate from private premium dollars, and further requires that anyone purchasing abortion coverage do so with a separate private payment.

The bill also expressly exempts illegal immigrants from any of the health care programs and the ability to participate in the health insurance exchange.  Some non-citizens who lawfully reside in the United States and pay taxes on their earnings may be eligible to purchase health insurance in the exchange, provided they meet prescribed eligibility requirements.

In addition, there are provisions that will strengthen seniors’ Medicare benefits and significantly reduce fraud, abuse, and inefficiencies in the program, which could extend the life of the Medicare Trust Fund beyond 2022.  Let me emphasize that none of these changes would reduce the guaranteed benefits that seniors are entitled to under the Medicare program.

Finally, the bill requires that Members of Congress and their staffs buy their insurance on the same exchange that will be available to those who don’t get insurance from their employer.  In other words, Members of Congress will be required to be part of the new insurance exchange that we are creating.

I am opposed to any special deals in this bill for particular states.  This earmarking process is an ingrained culture in Washington, where every year members go into back rooms and negotiate special deals for their states.  This is a problem on both sides of the aisle and I find it hypocritical that some of the same Senators who are criticizing the earmarks in the health care bill were in line for special deals for their states in the annual spending bills passed just a few weeks ago.  I’m proud that I am one of the few Senators of either party that refuses to participate in this flawed earmarking process.  I’m hopeful that some of these special earmarks will be removed from the bill before our final vote.

This bill is not perfect, but in the end, I supported this legislation because it will reduce the federal deficit and contain health care costs.  With one out of every six dollars in our economy going toward health care in the United States, it is imperative that our government work to rein in the soaring cost of health care.  The bill will not only reduce the cost of insurance for families but also decrease the national deficit in the long term.  In fact, the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the bill would reduce the federal deficit by $130 billion over the next decade, followed by another $650 billion cut in the deficit in its second decade.

Health care reform holds the promise of lowering government budget deficits, curbing unsustainable health care costs, and expanding access to health coverage.  As the health care debate continues, I will continue to work with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to find meaningful solutions to these difficult and complex problems.

Again, thank you for contacting me. Please do not hesitate to contact me in the future if I can be of further assistance to you on this or any other issue.

Sincerely,

Claire McCaskill
United States Senator

P.S. If you would like more information about resources that can help Missourians, or what I am doing in the Senate on your behalf, please sign up for my email newsletter at www.mccaskill.senate.gov.

Putin asks to call Russia and talks for 5 minutes. When he was finished the devil informs him that the cost is a million dollars, so Putin writes him a check.

Next Queen Elizabeth calls England and talks for 30 minutes.
When she was finished the devil informs her that cost is 6 million dollars, so Queen Elizabeth writes him a check.

Finally George Bush gets his turn and talks for 4 hours.
When he was finished the devil informed him that there would be no charge for the call and to feel free to call the USA anytime.

When Putin hears this he goes ballistic and asks the devil why Bush got to call the USA free.

The devil replied, ¨Since Obama became president of the USA, the country has gone to hell, so naturally it’s a local call.

This venerable and much honored WW II vet is well known in Hawaii

for his seventy-plus years of service to patriotic organizations and causes

all over the country. A humble man without a political bone in his body,

he has never spoken out before about a government official, until now.

He dictated this letter  to a friend, signed it and mailed it to the president.

Dear President Obama,

My name is Harold Estes, approaching 95 on December 13 of this year.  People meeting me for the first time don’t believe my age because I remain wrinkle free and pretty much mentally alert.

I enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1934 and served proudly before, during and after WW II retiring as a Master Chief Bos’n Mate.  Now I live in a “rest home” located on the western end of Pearl Harbor, allowing me to keep alive the memories of 23 years of service to my country.

One of the benefits of my age, perhaps the only one, is to speak my mind, blunt and direct even to the head man.

So here goes.

I am amazed, angry and determined not to see my country die before I do, but you seem hell bent not to grant me that wish

I can’t figure out what country you are the president of.

You fly around the world telling our friends and enemies despicable lies like:

” We’re no longer a Christian nation” ” America is arrogant” – (Your wife even announced to the world,”America is mean- spirited. ” Please tell her to try preaching that nonsense to 23 generations of our

war dead buried all over the globe who  died for no other reason than to free a  whole lot of strangers from tyranny and  hopelessness.)

I’d say shame on the both of you, but I don’t think you like America, nor do I see an ounce of gratefulness in anything you do, for the obvious gifts this country has given you.  To be without shame or gratefulness is a dangerous thing for a man sitting in the White House.

After 9/11 you said,” America hasn’t lived up to her ideals.”

Which ones did you mean? Was it the notion of personal liberty that 11,000 farmers and shopkeepers died for to win independence from the British?  Or maybe the ideal that no man should be a slave to another man, that 500,000 men died for in the Civil War?  I hope you didn’t mean the ideal 470,000 fathers, brothers, husbands, and a lot of fellas I knew personally died for in WWII, because we felt real strongly about not letting any nation push us around, because we stand for freedom.

I don’t think you mean the ideal that says equality is better than discrimination.  You know the one that a whole lot of white people understood when they helped to get you elected.

Take a little advice from a very old geezer, young man.

Shape up and start acting like an American.  If you don’t, I’ll do what I can to see you get shipped out of that fancy rental on Pennsylvania Avenue.  You were elected to lead not to bow, apologize and kiss the hands of murderers and corrupt leaders who still treat their people like slaves.

And just who do you think you are telling the American people not to jump to conclusions and condemn that Muslim major who killed 13 of his fellow soldiers and wounded dozens more. You mean you don’t want us to do what you did when that white cop used force to subdue that black college professor in Massachusetts, who was putting up a fight?  You don’t mind offending the police calling them stupid but you don’t want us to offend Muslim fanatics by calling them what they are, terrorists.

One more thing.  I realize you never served in the military and never had to defend your country with your life, but you’re the Commander-in-Chief now, son.  Do your job.  When your battle-hardened field General asks you for 40,000 more troops to complete the mission, give them to him.  But if you’re not in this fight to win, then get out.  The life of one American soldier is not worth the best political strategy you’re thinking of.

You could be our greatest president because you face the greatest challenge ever presented to any president.

You’re not going to restore American greatness by bringing back our bloated economy.  That’s not our greatest threat.  Losing the heart and soul of who we are as Americans is our big fight now.

And I sure as hell don’t want to think my president is the enemy in this final battle.

Sincerely,

Harold B. Estes

So they created a night watchman position and hired a person for the job.

Then Congress said, “How does the watchman do his job without instruction?” So they created a planning department and hired two people, one person to write the instructions, and one person to do time studies.

Then Congress said, “How will we know the night watchman is doing the tasks correctly?” So they created a Quality Control department and hired two people. One to do the studies and one to write the reports.

Then Congress said, “How are these people going to get paid?” So They created the following positions, a time keeper, and a payroll officer, then hired two people.

Then Congress said, “Who will be accountable for all of these people?”

So they created an administrative section and hired three people, an Administrative Officer, Assistant Administrative Officer, and a Legal Secretary.

Then Congress said, “We have had this command in operation for one Year and we are $18,000 over budget, we must cutback overall cost.”

So they laid off the night watchman.

NOW slowly..

Let it sink in.

Quietly, we go like sheep to slaughter.

Does anybody remember the reason given for the establishment of the DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ….. During the Carter Administration?

Anybody?

Anything?

No?

Didn’t think so!

Bottom line. We’ve spent several hundred billion dollars in support of an agency ….

the reason for which not one person who reads this can remember!

Ready??

It was very simple … and at the time, everybody thought it very appropriate.

The Department of Energy was instituted on 8-04-1977. TO LESSEN OUR DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN OIL.

Hey, pretty efficient, huh???

AND NOW, IT’S 2009 — 32 YEARS LATER — AND THE BUDGET FOR THIS “NECESSARY” DEPARTMENT IS AT $24.2 BILLION A YEAR. THEY HAVE 16,000 FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AND APPROXIMATELY 100,000 CONTRACT EMPLOYEES; AND LOOK AT THE JOB THEY HAVE DONE! THIS IS WHERE YOU SLAP YOUR FOREHEAD AND SAY, “WHAT WAS I THINKING?”

Ah, yes — good ole bureaucracy.

AND, NOW, WE ARE GOING TO TURN THE BANKING SYSTEM, HEALTH CARE AND THE AUTO INDUSTRY OVER TO THE SAME GOVERNMENT?

John was in the fertilized egg business.
He had several hundred young layers (hens), called ‘pullets,’
and ten roosters to fertilize the eggs.

He kept records, and any rooster not performing
went into the soup pot and was replaced.

This took a lot of time,  so he bought some tiny bells
and attached them to his roosters.

Each bell had a different tone,  so he could tell from a distance,
which rooster was performing.

Now, he could sit on the porch And fill out an efficiency report
by just listening to the bells.

John’s favorite rooster, old  Butch ,  was a very fine specimen,
but this morning he noticed old  Butch ’s bell hadn’t rung at all!

When he went to investigate, he saw the other roosters were busy chasing
pullets, bells-a-ringing, but the pullets, hearing the roosters coming, could run for
cover.

To John’s amazement, old  Butch had his bell in his beak, so it couldn’t
ring.

He’d sneak up on a pullet, do his job and walk on to the next one.

John was so proud of old  Butch ,  he entered him in the Renfrew County Fair
and he became an overnight sensation among the judges.

The result was the judges not only awarded old Butch the No Bell Piece Prize
but they also awarded him the Pullet surprise as well.

Clearly old  Butch was a politician in the making.

Who else but a politician could figure out
how to win two of the most highly coveted awards
on our planet by being the best at sneaking up on the populace
and screwing them when they weren’t paying attention.

Vote carefully next year, the bells are not always audible.

Conclusion:      The U.S. should pull out of Washington DC .

→ Next Chicago!!

restoring the American Republic one piece at a time… During the summer We tea partied, protested, burned up the telephone lines, and attended town halls trying to get the attention of our elected representatives in DC. Throughout it all The media degraded us, berated us, lied about us or just flat out ignored us. That’s about to change… On Saturday, October 17 from 4:00PM to 7:00PM we will be letting those in the media know how we feel about what they are doing… their complicity, their bias, and their abysmal reporting. A Nationwide Effort In over 115 cities across this great land protests will be held outside media outlets. All major networks will be included. Obviously, the “mainstream” media are hard of hearing and seeing. About 2 million mad-as-hell taxpayers assembling in Washington, D.C. for the largest (and most well-behaved and respectful) protest ever did not make it onto their radar screens (or our TV screens). Seems they need our help We cannot easily repeat what happened in D.C. on 9/12, but here’s your chance to be part of Operation: “Can You Hear Us Now?” Join us Saturday Oct. 17, 2009 at the local NBC affiliate: KSHB – NBC 41 4720 Oak Street Kansas City, MO 4-7PM See the protest advertisement video for Kansas City! This location has been chosen due to NBC’s affiliation with CNBC, MSNBC and GE. This event has been organized by your local KC Metro 9/12 Project and PAL. Action Plan A pre-protest plan of action in the days leading up to Saturday can be found here. It involves calling, faxing & emailing media outlets. Logos and graphics can also be found on this site if you want to get creative and dress up your email and fax communications or your signs for Saturday. See you Saturday!

October 11, 2009 Save the Date! Preserving American Liberty is currently in the planning stages of several exciting events! Be sure and save the dates of November 10th and 11th! Details coming soon! Please feel free to pass this important information on to your friends and families. They can also join our mailing list by using the Manage Subscription link below or sending an email to townhallkc@gmail.com Thanks again to all who joined us for the Town Hall at the Hyatt recently! Action Plan As you know, the Senate is set to vote Tuesday on Obamacare. Dick Morris writes that Senator Lincoln of AR and Senator Snowe of ME are important people to call. FreedomWorks, co-sponsors of the DC march, have put together a terrific list of movers and shakers and have included a helpful list of talking points. It’s long, but  if we each make some of the calls we CAN stop this.

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I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter.  So help me God.

Military Oath of Office

“I, _____, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God.”

Our Military is doing their part; lets hold those elected to serve the people accountable.