MoveOn, trying to intimidate the Blue Dog Democrats, asked their members to pledge money for campaigns to keep them in line:
But the vote never happens—because one Democratic senator joins Republicans to filibuster and block a vote. 2009 becomes just another year when health care reform failed.
If someone decided to take on that senator in the Democratic primary afterwards, would you chip in to help the challenger? I know I would.
Here’s the thing: If thousands of us make it clear we’d do the same, and Democratic senators know it, we might just be able to keep this nightmare scenario from ever coming to pass.
That’s why, today, we’re launching the Health Care Accountability Pledge. Everyone says how much they’d contribute, we publicize the amount, and anyone thinking of running a primary challenge against a Democrat who blocks a vote on health care reform knows how much support they’d have right off the bat. You don’t have to enter your credit card info. Just click on an amount below to pledge:
Problem is: these ‘pledges’ required no credit card information and nothing but a MoveOn login to ‘commit’ to. So, in the spirit of that, I ask people to ‘pledge’ their support for Blue Dogs who vote to protect their constituents from government takeover of Health Care. Will you help out? Click your pledge below!
Come on, people; dig deep in that fictional pocket! It’s just as real as the available money currently available to fund the government takeover of Health Care (and a whole lot less damaging to future generations!)
The Republican Party continues to surrender principle for compromise, a strategy that continues to be a losing one. It is no wonder that 73% of Republican voters say te leadership does not represent them. That leadership needs to be replaced with solid conservatives who understand that becoming the Democrats Lite will never be a winning strategy against the real thing. And only works to roll our country that much fasther toward the fiscal cliff.
As long as the GOP gives active support to liberals in the Party, and their members continue to vote for just slightly smaller paths to national bankruptcy, and support corrupt practices such as massive earmark usage, they will not see a single dime from me. And the days of pulling single-party levers are long over. This from someone who was once a GOP County Chairman.
I am an independent conservative and proud that my principles matter. Consisider me a Rogue; I have better company there. The NRC keep sending this mail to me and I’ll start adding a pound or so of iron plate to the envelope, so they can pay return postage on that as well.
The first is based on my Africa experience (and I SO need to get back; next year, when my girl graduates from college):
The second is related to that: unkept political promises are one thing; personal ones are more serious:
The guy just won an undeserved Nobel Peace Prize; the least he could do is use a little of it to honor the personal commitment he made while in Africa. If he were to do so, I’d send a letter of appreciation to the man (even while disagreeing with the politician’s policies).
Also participated in a soap box session; did so-so (though the crowd thought well enough of me that I finished 2nd out of 4):
This picture at the protest and counter-protest at Sen. Cornyn’s Dallas office Oct. 14th speaks volumes.
One sign hand-assembled from a printer’s output, the other professionally printed at significant expense with the proud MoveOn.org logo in the bottom right corner… and MISSPELLED! It’s “Whose Side are you on?”, Dolt!
After an English teacher in the Tea Party group (far larger; 80-28) pointed it out for them, another pro-Private Care supporter said’ “An example of government-run education.” When the English teacher was asked if she was offended by that statement, she said “Goodness, no! I teach in private schools!”
Maybe the ‘Obamanation’ sign was referring to the English mutilation by Obama supporters.
Oh, there are plenty of the signs made with marker and posterboard that the Tea Parties wave with misspellings and bad grammar; and you’ll fine both offenses on this blog. But all that does is diminish the individuals involved; that printshop sign reflects directly on a multi-million dollar operation. And that is amusing.
They also tried some street theater of wit, but only got halfway there. The MoveOn minions put on a street play with four dressed up as filthy rich Insurers protesting against Government Health Care. Problem is, when they mingling in with all the VERY middle class jeans and working slacks or REAL opponents of Government Health Care, it was only laughable. One of the Tea Partiers recognized the blond as someone who was arrested for deliberately spitting on a 9-12 rally participant in Ft. Worth.
The Patriot on the left has history of serving his country honorably; the Bad Actor on the right spits on such if she disagrees with them. Any questions?
If your going to imitate your opposition, learn to do it right, like Chuck does here (another vet of honorable service):
The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) have long had a huge disconnect between their liberal, big-government ‘leadership’ (a lot of which is not even old enough to be members themselves) and their rank-and-file. Nothing has so enlarged that disconnect as the current ‘under-the table’ support the AARP leadership is giving the current healthcare proposals (which counts on it ’savings’ by taking a half-trillion from medicare). I am proud to be a member of the small group (though wasn’t there personally) that generated the video that visualized it for the nation. (As you watch the video at the link, note the age of the leadership ‘defenders’; only one qualifies to actually be a member of the group).
This problem with this disconnect is that it is as wide as the video indicates and is long-term. AARP was built on an outdated model of retiring at 65 and counting on the federal ‘insurance policy’ to keep you afloat as you sit in your rocker for the next decade and kick off with little fuss (or expense). That model may have changed in advertising mindset to a more positive model, but the background structure changed to something far more negative; a greater and greater dependency on and advocacy for growing federal involement in the elder’s lives. Medicare was the beginning (and I am old enough to remember it); that program has done some good things, but it established an unsustainable model (as Reagan lectured on before it was passed) and- more seriously- a mindset of entitlement that has massively exceeded the intitial insurance concept.
Now many elders are realizing the fallacy behind this and also that the AARP is no longer their advocate, if they desire to retain as much independence from the government as possible.
Maybe it’s time for a new organization; one that recognizes those of us willing to continue to work (at least part-time, or in charitable efforts) in our retirement. one who organizes elders to help take care of themselves, to rely less on government and family. and to keep elders busy on productive activities, rather than ‘make-busy’ work. And an organization that works to protect elder from the government, rather than turn them over to the government.
So I propose the formation of the American Association of Elder Independents, a group to counter the direction of AARP. An organization to support:
Elders wishing to continue to work and not be penalized for it
Elders interested in forming cooperatives to to support each other and reduce dependency on institutions and family for day-to-day support and healthcare
Elders wanting to continue to contribute to the world right to the end of their days.
Anybody with big resources willing to take a crack at forming this?
Now that the Tea Party movement seems to be an ongoing concern, I and many others are being approached about supporting this candidate or that. One of the first I was approached about (who shall rename nameless) almost made me laugh. For he is one of the biggest local examples of the problem within the GOP; fiscally conservative until you get to what big business wants government to do to save them the expense. Then no billion-dollar bond project is too big if it helps to sustain the corporately unsustainable. Government spending beyond its means- for things government should not be involved in- is a cancer in all levels of government, not just Washington DC. And you don’t fix the problem by putting the advocates and beneficiaries of that largess into office.
A true fiscal conservitive is just that; in all dealings, especially when their own financial interest is at stake. And you can rest assured that I will not only withold my support from such false prophets, I will shout their falseness from the rooftops. No matter how big they are as a politician, or a celebrity.
And then there are those who refuse to allow the movement to move by the natural progression of development mission and identity, then voluntary organization and out-of-pocket dodnation, then working up to the professional components of paid staff and major fund-raising. You see, fundraising is the big ticket item and those professionals around the periphery of such large spontaneous movements are always in the hurry to get that going so they can gain power, contacts and income.
The Tea Party has not reached the ‘identity’ level to support large efforts, as we are likely to find out soon. Hopefully, then we’ll get back to mission development, education,and grass roots neighborhood organizing; modern internet technique makes it possible to advance quite far inexpensively.
This means the EPA will be in the business of limiting… heavy breathing, sweatiness, and flatulence.
Are all of us fat, old coots in trouble! They’ll round us up and feed us into solar-powered tree shredders, turning us either into eco-friendly compost or an all-natural flavor ingredient to the new environmentally-neutral food stuff Soylent Green. Look for yellow tape around the local Mexican restaurants, as crews in full hazmat suits bring out the refried beans for proper disposal.
GlaxoSmithKline (which holds the key patent) becomes the fastest growing employer in the UK from the fact that American cattlemen are scurrying all over the countryside trying to dose their cattle with Beano (that is, until ‘burpless’ grass takes root; no joke.) GlaxoSmithKline’s U.S. units donate millions to the Democrats, even though they lose some of their gain from the 25% heavy-breathing/sweatiness tax on their Cialis product. Pzfizer losses on Viagra are more significant; that company donates millions to the GOP.
The last stage will result in trees being granted American citizenship, as eco-productive members of society; logging will be banned. Acorn will make sure they are all registered, down to the last sapling. Their absentee voting rate will be most impressive.
All joking aside, this action will likely result in the rapid migration of the last manufacturing businesses from the U.S. The coal industry will be destroyed and the petroleum industry taxed even heavier. All for the sake of a vain attempt to reduce the 3.4% of the 3.6% of ‘greenhouse gases (the CO2) we might be responsible for; the part that is biologically active and controlled by vegetation. The EPA has declared plant food as dangerous pollutant. Wait until they try to control water vapor.
The only way to force the MSM is break the Obama Propaganda Division role is to have such massive turnouts at things like this that they actually have to report some level of dislike for the fact the Big O and his Congressional henchmen (including a few GOP buffoons) are turning this country into a bankrupt socialistic state that will never let our children and grand-children prosper.
These things are getting huge enough that some of the Left are actually going to show up, a few with disruptive intent or to generate negaticve images. The goal is to have a peaceful huge gathering to influence this COngress… or more likely, organize to replace the problem members from both parties.
When the National Republican Committee keeps 
The guy just won an undeserved Nobel Peace Prize; the least he could do is use a little of it to 
