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

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

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

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

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

www.ncpa.org/petition-resources

Thanks for your help in this important fight for freedom.

Jeanette Nordstrom

National Center for Policy Analysis

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>>EPA Gets Additional Pressure On Suppressed Climate Change Report
Senator Inhofe Calls for Inquiry
 
The EPA Silences a Climate Skeptic
 
CEI Demands the EPA Reopen Global Warming Proceedings:
Get the full scoop on the report and the author:
 
 
>>Shaping the Debate 
ACES Up Her Sleeve
William Yeatman and Jeremy Lott in The American Spectator
 
Media Ignore Negative Aspects of Obama Agenda
Hans Bader in The Washington Examiner
 
Standing Athwart Nationalization
John Berlau in The American Spectator
 
Why the Madoff Sentence is Too Long
Eli Lehrer in The National Review Online
 
Nationalization Review
John Berlau in The American Spectator
 
 
>>Best of the Blogs
Obama Silences Science: Is This the Change We Were Promised?
by William Yeatman
President Barack Obama rode into the White House promising open and honest government. So why did his administration bully a career official at the Environmental Protection Agency into silence? Last week, the Competitive Enterprise Institute released a 98 page report written by Alan Carlin, a 38 year veteran of the EPA, on the shaky science employed by global warming alarmists. . . But the EPA would not consider Carlin’s report.
 
Goodbye, Mary Lou: Tribute to a Great Journalist and Editor
by John Berlau
CEI President Fred Smith yesterday expressed all of our condolences on the death of Washington Times Commentary editor and veteran Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Mary Lou Forbes. . . "In 1959, she became one of the first female reporters to garner a Pulitzer Prize, for her coverage of desegregation for the Washington Star."
 
Supreme Court Rules in Favor of White and Hispanic Firefighters in Ricci v. DeStefano
by Hans Bader
The Supreme Court has just ruled in favor of white and Hispanic firefighters, who were denied promotions when the City of New Haven threw out the exam they scored highest on, citing the fact that no black firefighter scored high enough. In Ricci v. DeStefano, the Court reversed a decision by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, including Judge Sonia Sotomayor, whom Obama has nominated to the Supreme Court.
 
Obama's Call for Light Bulb Regulation Not a New or Bright Idea
by Alex Hankins
The White House now wants to force lamp and light bulb manufacturers to make their products use less energy.  This plan appears modeled after the ambitious fuel efficiency standards applied to the now decimated auto industry and Obama’s orderto the Department of Energy to mandate increased efficiency for household appliances.
 
America's Ranking Crisis
by Jack O'Connor
Much ink has been spilled over the claim that the US is “falling behind” in broadband. . .We did some digging, and if we are in a ranking crisis, it’s even broader than we feared. The US ranks 12th in the world in per capita pork consumption, behind such unlikely competitors as Spain, Sweden, and Canada. We’re 12th and 13th in coffee and beer drinking, trailing Northern Europe by embarrassing margins.
http://www.openmarket.org/2009/07/01/americas-ranking-crisis/ 
 
 
>>CEI in the News 
The Washington Examiner--Sam Kazman
 
The San Francisco Chronicle--William Yeatman
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/01/MN0T18GI3P.DTL 
 
CNS News--Myron Ebell
 
Insurance and Financial Advisor News--Eli Lehrer
 
The National Review--John Berlau
 
 
 >>Podcast
Episode 49: Censoring Science at the EPA
We begin with discussion of the abominable Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill, the scandal of suppressed science at the EPA and some liberating technology news. We then move on to some heartening beer news, regime change in Honduras and up-to-the minute analysis of the Supreme Court’s verdict in Ricci v. DeStefano with CEI Senior Attorney Hans Bader. As always, we wrap the program up with a little forward-looking Olympic News.
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The Freedom Revolution Continues on July 4th

Dear Friend,

I just wanted to send you a quick note about how you can celebrate and defend freedom this weekend. Many of you are already working hard this week to meet with your Congressman and Senators to talk to them about the national energy tax that just passed the House of Representatives. You are also spending some time at town hall meetings and other events trying to corner Members of Congress to ask them tough questions about government-run health care. Working together this week, across the country, advocates of liberty can and will make a difference in these two hugely important legislative battles.

But I also wanted to make sure you are aware of the hundreds of events taking place around the country on July 4th to celebrate and defend our liberty. My staff has put together this interactive map that you can use to locate an event near you, get driving directions to the event, and get in touch with the local organizers. I hope that you will attend one of these events this weekend, and connect with the thousands of other advocates of freedom who are celebrating our Independence Day in a unique way. Also, be sure to download and print out copies of the flyer for our September 12th March on Washington.

We are working hard to make sure that we bring thousands of Americans together on that day to take our message directly to lawmakers at the U.S. Capitol. The March on Washington will feature grassroots training seminars, issue education and grassroots lobbying on Thursday and Friday. But Saturday is the big event when we will gather together in one voice to tell the politicians ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! I hope that you will join us as we march down the streets and right up to the steps of the U.S. Capitol building.

The far left, including Janeane Garofalo, Keith Olbermann, Nancy Pelosi and the mainstream media have laughed us off, or called us derogatory names. But we know that this is because they fear this grassroots movement against the growth of government, and the debt, deficits and taxes that are bankrupting our country. This July 4th and September 12th, we will send a powerful message to them, to the U.S. Congress and the president, that we are a force more powerful than anything they ever expected. I hope that you will attend an event on July 4th to make your voice heard, and help us spread the word about our historic March on Washington on September 12th. Enjoy your Independence Day celebration, and keep working hard to defend liberty. Our efforts will pay off sooner, rather than later.

Sincerely,
Dick Armey
Chairman
FreedomWorks.org
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Friends of John Boehner

Dear Fellow American,

Last Friday, I stood on the House floor and went line-by-line through 300 pages of Speaker Pelosi's national energy tax (also known as "cap and trade"). For more than an hour I highlighted dozens of provisions that will destroy American jobs, raise prices for gasoline and electricity, and devastate middle-class families and small businesses.

Democrats didn't like their plans being exposed like that and tried to shut me down.

Now I need your help to shut them down.

The national energy tax Speaker Pelosi forced her party to support is "likely to be the biggest tax in American history," according to The Wall Street Journal. President Obama himself said energy costs will "skyrocket" for families and small businesses under a "cap and trade" plan.

We have to stop it.

Please make an immediate contribution of $10, $25, or $50 to help me fight the national energy tax and deliver a common sense "all of the above" energy plan that lowers gas prices and creates new jobs. Every dollar you can spare will help me wage a sustained, public campaign against the national energy tax and in support of my "all of the above" energy plan.

Remember, this isn't just about energy - it's about American jobs.

Speaker Pelosi's national energy tax will ship millions of jobs overseas to countries like China and India. It will devastate American manufacturing and raise prices for anyone who drives to work or dares to flip on a light switch.

And make no mistake: Democrats will use this massive tax hike for more of the same wasteful Washington spending that's burying our children and grandchildren in debt.

American families can't afford a new jobs-killing tax. So please make a generous contribution of $10, $25, or $50 today and help me make sure Democrats come to regret this vote.

We can create new jobs, keep energy costs low, and promote a healthy environment without raising taxes. I hope I can count on your help today!

Sincerely,

John Boehner (R-OH)
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Help us Stop Socialized Medicine in America!

 

President Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have been working tirelessly over the last several weeks to put a positive spin on their proposed government takeover of America’s health care system.

During next week’s July 4th Congressional Recess (effectively running from June 29th to July 6th) Members of Congress will be gauging their constituents’ reaction to the Obama plan. Some will be doing a sales-pitch, others will be bashing it, and still others will just be testing the waters to see what the voters think.

But no matter where these legislators are on the political spectrum, it’s time to get past the lofty promises that Obama and others have made and find out the details.

That is why FreedomWorks is issuing our July 4th Call to Action to put these 3 questions
before politicians.

Three Questions Politicians Must Answer Before They Vote on Obama’s Proposed Government Takeover of Health Care

1. The Congressional Budget Office has said the proposed government takeover of health care could cost $1.6 trillion.  Other estimates put the cost much higher.  Various officials have proposed raising taxes on soda and alcohol, a higher payroll tax, taxing current employer-provided health plans, and even a new national sales tax to fund this massive government program.  Do you support any of these middle-class tax hikes to fund government-run health care?  If not, how would you pay for it?

2. Under Obama’s plan, can you guarantee that I would get to keep my current health care plan and doctor?  President Obama himself has actually said both “yes” and “no” to this question.

3. Provisions in the Obama plan call for “comparative effectiveness research” to be used to decrease costs.  “Savings” are achieved by denying treatments based on criteria such as cost, a patient’s health and/or a patient’s age.  Isn’t this health care rationing?  Can you guarantee that a new government plan will not deny care to individuals in order to control costs?

We want to put every Member of Congress on the record.  What is their understanding of the Obama health care plan?  How will it effect how patients get treatment and how will it impact your pocket book?

We don't have much time to waste, since Obama wants to have a bill on his desk within a matter of weeks! Please download the Health Care Action Kit and bring copies with you to town hall meetings, district office visits and the taxpayer tea parties occurring in your area. Help us build opposition to the takeover of our health care system, and send shock waves back to Washington, D.C. with a message that we refuse to become a European-style welfare state.

July 4th is a time to remember who we are as a people, and what makes us special: our freedom. Let's re-dedicate ourselves to that principle and work together to defend our freedom this Independence Day by derailing the plan to give the federal government control over our health care.

Sincerely,
Dick Armey
Chairman
FreedomWorks.org
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No, I'm not referring to the ridiculous wall-to-wall coverage of St. Michael's death. I'm referring to the cap&tax boondoggle passed last night...you know, the huge outrage of a bill that has nothing to do with "climate change" and everything to do with higher taxes and more government control. I'm especially outraged that these so-called "Republicans" voted FOR this piece of crap legislation. Write to them. The bums need to be THROWN OUT next year. I'm furious right now...not a great way to start the day!

One can only hope this can be stopped in the Senate, but honestly, I'm losing faith in our party by the minute. This could have been stopped in the House, but no. These fools would rather do their Master's bidding any any cost, and I do mean ANY COST. Money. Freedom. Who cares? As long as the child King gets his way, all will be well with the world, right?

Wake me when it's over.

JASmius adds: Well, this is a first - Jen quoting Victor Creed.  The respective provocations are similar, though.

Remember when Red Barry insisted we had to pass Hogzilla RIGHT NOW or we were ALL ECONOMICALLY DOOMED!!!!!?  How'd that work out, hm?  I guess the Dems have dropped all pretense of stimulating anything except their own usurpations of power, 'cause Waxman-Markey will have the diametically opposite effect:

America’s biggest oil companies will probably cope with U.S. carbon legislation by closing fuel plants, cutting capital spending and increasing imports.

Under the Waxman-Markey climate bill that may be voted on today by the U.S. House, refiners would have to buy allowances for carbon dioxide spewed from their plants and from vehicles when motorists burn their fuel. Imports would need permits only for the latter, which ConocoPhillips Chief Executive Officer Jim Mulva said would create a competitive imbalance.

“It will lead to the opportunity for foreign sources to bring in transportation fuels at a lower cost, which will have an adverse impact to our industry, potential shutdown of refineries and investment and, ultimately, employment,” Mulva said in a June 16 interview in Detroit. Houston-based ConocoPhillips has the second-largest U.S. refining capacity.

The same amount of gasoline that would have $1 in carbon costs imposed if it were domestic would have 10 cents less added if it were imported, according to energy consulting firm Wood Mackenzie in Houston. Contrary to President Barack Obama’s goal of reducing dependence on overseas energy suppliers, the bill would incent U.S. refiners to import more fuel, said Clayton Mahaffey, an analyst at RedChip Cos. in Maitland, Florida.

“They’ll be searching the globe for refined products that don’t carry the same level of carbon costs,” said Mahaffey, a former Exxon Corp. refinery manager.

One in six U.S. refineries probably would close by 2020 as the cost of carbon allowances erases profits, according to the American Petroleum Institute, a Washington trade group known as API. Carbon permits would add 77 cents a gallon to the price of gasoline, said Russell Jones, the API’s senior economic adviser.

Maybe they should have called it "Tax Here, Tax Now, Tax More".  On the other hand, it might just create booms in the cave dwelling and hippity-hop markets.

But may I please make one request of my right-wing brethren?  Yes, I know that eight 'Pubbies - including my very own congressman - greened themselves.  And predictably, there's Double-M whipping up a frenzy of rage, not against America's domestic enemies, but in yet another effort to shrink the GOP remnant still further.  You'll have to forgive me if I can't help but notice how utterly god-awful her timing is.  The time for purity purges is when we've flipped the House partisan alignment and can afford to toss eight seats to the four winds, not now when we're under Donk occupation.  Sheesh, even the French waited until after they'd been liberated from the Germans after World War II to carry out their vengeance against collaborators.  "Not-one-centing" Dave Reichart & friends will accomplish nothing other than to replace him with Darcy F'ing Burner and fellow-travelers, and that would be an offense committed against me that I would consider unforgiveable.

Besides, do you really think that replacing eight Republican apostates with eight Democrat extremists will improve a blessed policy thing from a center-right perspective?  And, more to the immediate point, do you seriously believe that Crazy Nancy couldn't have camel-clutched a few more "Blue Dogs" into voting "yea" if a refreshing absence of "bipartisanship" had made it necessary?

Remember how we got into this perilous predicament in the first place: tighty-righties grown so complacent about the supposed effortlessness of shucking off and putting on political power like a suit jacket that they helped torpedo their own majorities in 2006 for the sin of [drumroll please] "overspending".  One would think that looking at the fiscal apocalypse they wrought, those same tighty-righties would be looking back fondly upon those days of frugal sanity and humbly at the horrific economic consequences of their own arrogance.

Guess not.  Instead, Pachyderm cannibalism will evidently grisle on until there's nothing left of the Grand Old Party but fond, fading memories.

Ironic indeed that it would save False Messiah a lot of the trouble.  Makes me wonder if there's ANYbody in this party who truly is on its side.

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Pelosi Pushes "Carbon Tax" TODAY
To Go On Vacation

Cap and Trade = "Carbon Tax"

Pelosi, Waxman and the Democrats are fast-tracking Obama's "Carbon Tax" to double your ALL your energy costs.

A VOTE IS SCHEDULED FOR TODAY 6/26/09

Pelosi plans a House Floor Vote TODAY to raise taxes for Obama with the NEW "Carbon Tax". She suddenly forced House committees to finish their work on the massive bill in less than 24 hours. Congressmen did not even get time to read the bill with hand written notes in the margin. Why you ask because it is time for her Summer Vacation and Pelosi and Waxman promised Obama they would push the “Carbon Tax”.

Congress Must Know About This Bad "Carbon Tax" Bill NOW!

Select Below to Tell Congress About the Carbon Tax Bill
FAX All Congressmen Educate Them About Obama's "Carbon Tax"!
 
It is poor judgment and bad policy to raise taxes in difficult economic times, Congress must not pass new taxes on the American people during a recession!

A Heritage Foundation study shows that electricity costs would go up 90% and gas prices would go up another 58%. In turn this will lead to an additional 2.47 million people losing manufacturing jobs.

Obama Pushes Democrats To Get In Line

Waxman and lawmakers on the House Energy and Commerce Committee met with Obama on to discuss climate change legislation. The result "We said we're moving it this year and Obama didn't object," Waxman said.

House Democrats leading the charge on President Obama's energy bill said they expect to mark up a bill by the Memorial Day recess and have final legislation passed by the end of the year.

Many Democrats Want Nothing To Do With BTU Tax II

Obama's ambitious agenda has some House Democrats are fearing a repeat of 1994, when the Clinton BTU Tax was a priority and the party lost control of both the House and the Senate.

At a leadership meeting in the Pelosi's Capitol conference room is has been reported that, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) argued that the House should move cautiously on a cap-and-trade bill if it doesn't look like the Senate will approve it.

With a lack of consensus on the varying proposals in the energy plan, Van Hollen has said the House should proceed cautiously on climate change and doesn't want vulnerable House Democrats - especially the freshmen under his care - to be forced to take difficult votes on the measure if it's not going to pass anyway.

A Typical Democrat Voter Response - Is the Spin Working?

This response it typical of what Democrats are saying: "Whatever it is...we're against it! Grand Obstructionist Party first...screw the country (may the economy and President fail for the greater good of the GOP we pray). These people are irrelevant. Pay no attention to those nude hikers behind the bushes." griff, seattle (Sent Tuesday, June 23, 2009 3:48 PM)

The Truth Obama's "Carbon Tax" Plan Taxes All Americans

It's sneaky. The Obama "Carbon Tax" or "Green Energy Tax" is a "Regressive Cap-and-Trade" plan that taxes every single person in America. Every time anyone flips on a light switch, tax dollars are collected. The Obama "Carbon Tax" plan doubles the price of your electric bill immediately. The tax money goes straight to Obama and his Federal Government bureaucrats.

Select Below to Tell Congress About the Carbon Tax Bill
FAX All Congressmen Educate Them About Obama's "Carbon Tax"!
 
Obama's "Carbon Tax" Plan Cost: $150-billion in NEW Taxes and a 10-Year Program To Develop Renewable Energy Supplies That Don't Even Exist Yet!
  • Wind and solar combined can't even produce 1 percent of our needs yet
  • Gas prices will be deliberately raised to make us cut back
  • Heating bills will be forced up so much we'll be freezing in the dark
  • Ethanol schemes are already shooting food prices through the roof
  • Emission rules will be so harsh that jobs will flee to other countries
The Great Carbon Lie - Carbon Emissions Cause Global Warming

The basis of the Obama "Green Energy Tax" is the "Great Carbon Lie" that carbon emissions cause global warming. This has been proven to be completely wrong and based on bad science. Proof of this comes from Gore's own eco-friends at the United Nations with two simple pieces of data.
  1. Average Global Temperatures Have Decreased in the Last 10 Years.
  2. Carbon Emissions Have Increased 10 fold in the Last 10 Years.
Government Extortion of American Companies

This bill is just government extortion that aims at reducing greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent by 2050. The Obama "Caron Tax" proposal requires energy companies to buy licenses from the government in order to emit carbon while producing electricity.

The bottom line here is that under the Obama administration's plan money from ordinary energy consumers will be taken out of their pockets to fund big government special interest spending programs in Washington and bailouts on Wall Street. That's why the White House put the expected revenue from its "Carbon Tax plan into the budget to pay for its spending programs.

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of faxes are needed to be delivered to EACH AND EVERY Congressman right away. Be sure to send this Alert to EVERYONE you know who wants to help FORCE our government to STOP the EXCUSES and Save Taxpayers Not Spend More and Raise Taxes!

Select Below to Tell Congress About the Carbon Tax Bill
FAX All Congressmen Educate Them About Obama's "Carbon Tax"!

Keep calling your Congressmen today, toll free numbers include 1-877-851-6437 and 1-866-220-0044, or call toll 1-202-225-3121 AND REGISTER YOUR OUTRAGE at expanding the Obama Green Energy Tax Bill!

CALL PRESIDENT OBAMA 202-456-1111 and 202-456-1414 expressing your outrage at incompetence in wasting tax dollars to increase energy costs.

DO NOT BE SILENCED - MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD!

NOTE: We need TENS OF THOUSANDS of faxes and PHONE CALLS and EMAILS delivered to ALL Congressmen right away!

Your voice can be heard - we need your urgent help at AmeriPAC.

Even smaller donations are going to help.

Any amount - $1000, $500, $250, or even $100 will help us fight the battle in Congress to tell Congress about the "Green Energy Tax Bill". It's time we stood up and said enough is enough! Please join us with your AmeriPAC donation TODAY. Thank you.

DONATE NOW. Stop Obama's "Carbon Tax" Increase!

For more information, visit www.ameripac.org

Defend America,

Alan Gottlieb
AmeriPAC
President and Founder
www.Ameripac.org
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>>CEI Unveils Findings That the EPA Wouldn't Disclose
An EPA senior analyst's findings on climate change are repressed because of its likely negative impacts on the Administration's campaign regulate carbon dioxide. 
 
 
 
>>Shaping the Debate 
Waxman-Markey: Death Knell for U.S. Jobs, Low Cost Energy
Bob Murray in The Hill
 
Trojan Hearse: 'Cap and Trade' = Economy-Killer
Myron Ebell in The New York Post
http://cei.org/articles/2009/06/25/trojan-hearse
 
Will Congress Switch Off the Lights?
Iain Murray in The Washington Times
  
Accident Chasers
Christian R. Camara in The Panama City News Herald
 
 
>>Best of the Blogs
Commission Asks Justice Department Why Pro-Obama Thugs Got Away With Menacing White Voters
by Hans Bader
By dismissing the case, political appointees in the Obama Justice Department blocked action against a racist, anti-semitic hate group whose members included an Obama poll-watcher and city democratic official, who used racial epithets and physical intimidation to drive white voters away from a polling place in Philadelphia last year.
 
Minneapolis Drops $75k to Defend Stinky Tap Water
by Angela Logomasini
Minneapolis recently dropped $75,000 just to build a website encouraging people to drink only tap water. . . The site is part of a total $180,000 paid to a public relations firm to address this “pressing” issue. Why does Minneapolis need this campaign? Because their tap water stinks—literally!
 
Obama Administration's Anti-Travel Policies Hit New Low
by Marc Scribner
Now the Obama administration is imposing new restrictions on civilian aviation, requiring private pilots to reveal detailed personal information about their passengers and to seek government permission to leave the country, a first in American history. Even more frightening is the Department of Homeland Security’s claim that it is free to conduct random, warrantless searches of civilian aircraft.
 
FTC to Monitor Blogs for Undisclosed Compensation
by Elizabeth Jacobson
The Federal Trade Commission is drafting new rules that would extend its authority to encompass bloggers who promote products in exchange for compensation or giveaways.  . . Applying these rules to independent, small-time consumer product reviewers and noncommercial bloggers who use AdSense oversteps any reasonable exercise of regulatory power in the name of “consumer advocacy.
 
 
>>CEI in the News 
Politico-- Eli Lehrer
 
Atlanta Journal Constitution-- Wayne Crews
 
Miami Herald-- Eli Lehrer
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1112293.html
 
 
 >>Podcast
Episode 48: Total Privacy Awareness
We begin with the top story of the week – the presidential election and resulting protests in Iran. We then move on to bad energy policy in Virginia, radio royalties for big music companies and the scandalous waste of bailout money. We finish with an interview with Ryan Radia on Internet privacy and some real estate-related Olympic News.
Americans for Prosperity

TELL NANCY PELOSI AND HARRY REID:
Hands Off My Health Care!

Sign the Petition Today!

Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid are trying to seize control of our health care, and to pay for it they want to cut existing Medicare benefits and raise our taxes! Their government -takeover of health care will drive us deeper into debt and it won't even help most of those they claim they want to help - the uninsured.
Patients like us have been left out. We can't sit by and let this happen, or else we lose:

  • Our choice of doctors
  • All control of our health insurance options
  • Timely access to quality health care
  • Money by paying for a government takeover

Tell Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid
Hands Off My Health Care!

Visit www.JoinPatientsFirst.com to sign the petition! Contact your senators and tell them to keep their hands off your health care!

Patients First is a project of Americans for Prosperity ® (AFP), a 501(c)4 non-profit organization recognized by the IRS. AFP is the nation's premier grassroots organization committed to advancing every individual's right to economic freedom and opportunity. It has more than 500,000 members, including members in all 50 states, and 23 state chapters.

For more information on AFP, please visit http://americansforprosperity.org

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Hands Off My Health
   

 

 

The Future of Health Care is at Risk

The need for a more affordable, responsible and higher-quality health care system is something that most Americans can agree on. But more government control over your health and treatment decisions is not the answer. The public plan for health care before Congress now sets the stage for a government-run system.

We've seen how government-run health systems result in long lines and rationing of care in other countries, and we know that we can do better. Don't let government-run health care happen here!

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Don't Wait Until It's Too Late!

  • Under the proposed plan, the Lewin Group estimates that over 119 million Americans could lose their private insurance and be pushed into a government-run plan.
     
  • The American Medical Association has announced that it will oppose a government-run plan.
     
  • The Commonwealth Fund's own report on its public plan option says federal government spending would increase by $593 billion by 2020.

Now's the time to make your voice heard.

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