Pass A Balance Budget Amendment

Sent to President Obama, Senator Boxer, Senator Feinstin and Congresswoman Woolsey:

The time for political games is over. I am not a "Tea Party" individual nor am I to be disrespected or misrepresented. I am (along with those who are associated with the Tea Party) a constituent, an American who is using my right to inform Congress that it is their duty to pass a balanced budget amendment to avoid the mismanagement of the American taxpayers money in the future!

This is in the interest of the American people and in the interest of America, period! I'm asking Congress to use common sense by making sure that fiscal responsibility be a priority and not left for your predecessors to deal with!

Do not go down in history as the ones who refused to keep America credible!

Sent August 8, 2011

It's The Constitution Baby!: Are California Public Employees Overpaid?

It's The Constitution Baby!: Are California Public Employees Overpaid?: "At the DMV the other day, every employee had an SEIU mouse pad. That says it all. via The Heritage Foundation http://www.heritage.org/Resea..."

We Must Reflect On Our Past

I woke up this morning and tuned into the reading of the Constitution being read in The House of Representatives by members of the 112th Congress on their second day "on the job." This is a start in the right direction, I thought to myself. It should be mandated that each government official should have to know the Constitution of the United States....after all each government official swears to preserve, protect and defend it.

During the past two years our Nation has gone through promised fundamental changes, but not the changes the majority of American’s had in mind. The Obama Administration, The Democratic Senate and Congressional majority have managed to shock and dumbfound the American people out of their slumber with their bold and blatant disregard for the people they serve, the seats they hold and for the laws of the land that set us apart from other Nations and made America great. We suddenly found ourselves concerned for our future and the future of our families and began to pay attention to our leaders, the issues and a Government we barely recognize.

We watched as hundreds of American’s across the Nation began to speak up and begin to question the decisions coming out of Washington. Rather than acknowledging the growing concern from American’s across the Nation, the President, the Speaker of the House, Senators, Congressmen and women and the mainstream media demonized, dismissed and disrespected us with malice and without shame. As the behavior in our leaders intensified, it sparked something greater than our collective imagination could have foreseen. Hundreds of thousands of American Patriots began to reach out to one another and arm their selves with America’s history, the Constitution, they read the bills and legislation as they came to the floor, they used every source of information available to determine facts from fiction, truth from blatant lies and they wrote their Representatives and officials and even confronted them face to face at Town Hall Meetings across the Country. They organized and united peacefully while they protested despite of the constant attempts from the media all the way to those in the White House as they tried to discourage, degrade and intimidate them into silence.

Many have said, “The Sleeping Giant has awaken” and I couldn’t agree more with that reference, but we woke up to America at a major fork in the road and there are two major roads that will either destroy or preserve our freedoms and liberties and the third is key to which road we take. While we were sleeping, living our own lives, we were unaware that we were taking for granted our freedoms. While we were sleeping the enemy of the American Experiment was hard at work chipping away at the very foundation that made us great for over 200 years, they have been violating our laws of the land, rewriting our Nation’s history and infiltrating our education system, deceiving and indoctrinating our children and intruding and twisting our society on every aspect. The road these anti-America individuals are shoving us down are the same we fought from going down over two centuries ago. The same anti-America individuals George Washington warned us about in his farewell speech. They have many titles and with each title are distinctive visions for our Country. Socialists, Marxists, Communists, Progressives, Leftists and they can have a “D” or “R” as their alias, but they can be determined by their love of power, money and their dismissal of our Constitution. There are those more than others that are calculating, experienced, organized and determined and they have been successful in their mission of deceiving their prey, the young, poor and uneducated into hating, demonizing and categorizing Republican’s and anyone who doesn’t agree with their agenda.

America’s heart and spirit lives within the majority of Americans and although we allowed this to happen to ourselves and our children, we are still the heart of America and we know we are capable of great things. We rose up in droves, with God leading us every step as we began stepping up and out of our comfort zone, educating ourselves, talking to our families, friends and strangers, knocking on doors, walking our neighborhoods, making phone calls, supporting candidates, protesting, becoming leaders and making a difference. It did not take decades for us to make a difference; we did this in 2 years. We know we made a mistake and admit it. We are not political people and we come from all walks of life but we all share the same passion, we all realize this is greater than all of us and it is now or never. We will take our Government back! We know the necessity of truth and history, we believe in questioning and not accepting what we hear as fact. Educating ourselves is becoming second nature and empowering. We understand with God on our side we can do anything. We know which road we are to go down. Our Forefathers knew our Creator is the key to happiness and if we keep Him at the center of our lives, we will prosper in love, faith, hope and in charity.

These are the two obvious roads we are to take. We know which road leads to freedom, liberty, prosperity and happiness, but what about that third road? Where does that lead? I believe that is the road that holds the keys. I believe that is the road we were on while we were sleeping and that is where we are going to get our strength. I believe that is where the uninterested, uneducated, poor, lonely, lost, confused and deceived people are. I believe those who are out to destroy this Nation know that these people are key to their numbers for power, but what they don’t know is these people are America and sooner or later they will see truth through the lies if they are armed with truth. It is up to us to reach out to them with the persistence and commitment that America’s enemy has been using for all these years and believe me; they are ramping up their outreach. I know this is the key. For decades these people have been prey. They have been used and lied to by these Progressives who fake sincerity in the name of their agenda. They are being deceived and used because these people, these victims are searching for something.

Ever since “The Sleeping Giant” rose from its slumber, miracles upon miracles have been occurring across the Nation and have not been observed as so. Our history books show how The Word of God was a part of everyday life. Applying the lessons Jesus taught, placing the Father before all, living in love and in prayer, was encouraged and evident in America’s great documents. I’m sure our Forefathers viewed the trials and victories as miracles. The Declaration of Independence and Constitution were a miracle because they were conceived with God at the head of each thought, each conversation, each meeting. Learning from our Nation’s history is needed to take back our freedoms and preserve them for our children and grandchildren. Reaching out to our community in love, charity, truth, education and unwavering will save unsuspecting people from what we are fighting against. I know this will open the eyes of people who are like some of us use to be….not interested. They deserve the truth and we need them to understand the dangers that we face.

We have hard work ahead of us. We woke up one day and realized we were in danger of losing what we took for granted, our freedoms and liberties. We stood up and stood together and saw miracles. We realized we are the keepers of this Great Nation and we continue to learn how great this Nation really is. In our unity, we know we are the people and our message has been heard by many in Washington and the need to hold their feet to the fire. We now know that we are not the only ones who failed at the helm, we are not the only ones who don’t know our history or Constitution, it seems our leaders are in need of education as well. I woke up this morning and tuned into the reading of the Constitution being read in The House of Representatives by members of the 112th Congress on their second day "on the job" only to find out later, they purposely left out 2 Amendments because they did not want to offend other members. The Amendments left out are crucial parts of history and it shows our leaders do not understand the meaning or history of our Nation. We must demand our officials know our history and laws of our land and that they honor and respect the oats they recite as they take office. We must know who we vote for.

We must reflect on our past in order to keep from repeating our failures and mistakes. We must talk to our children and grandchildren and pass on our heritage, our history, our freedoms and liberties. We must reflect on our past in order to preserve our future.

U.S. Constitution read in the House today - 1-6-2011

Congress reading the Constitution

Urgent: House leaving out portions of the Constitution

Per Pergram-Capitol Hill

The House is leaving out reading portions of the Constitution that have been amended.

In other words, portions of the Constitution are never DELETED. Just amended. Yet, Republicans are LEAVING OUT portions of the Constitution that no longer have power. But are STILL THERE in the Constitution. For instance, the part about counting slaves and Native Americans as 3/5ths of a person, et al.

But they are skipping over some of these sections or parts which are antiquated or in some cases, perhaps offensive.

For instance, they did not read the 18th Amendment which imposed prohibition in 1919. However, they did read the 21st Amedment which repealed prohibition in 1933.

This is why Reps. Jay Inslee (D-WA), Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL) and even Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) raised hackles on the floor.

Now here’s the inherit issue with reading the Constitution this way.

Congress’s own Joint Committee on Printing (which is an official committee, not an ad hoc organization)…has printed HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of copies of the U.S. Constitution which they shop around the Hill. They are in numerous Congressional offices for constituents and passersby to pick up, et al.

ALL of those copies of the Constitution…which Congress itself has authorized to print and distribute…contain the original language and the amendments. Yet that is not what is being read today.

I should point out however that the Joint Committee on Printing that authorized the printings of those Constitutions…came under Democratic control. The Chair and vice chairs were Rep. Robert Brady (D-PA) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA). Others on the committee includes Reps. Michael Capuano (D-MA), Susan Davis (D-CA), then-Rep. Vern Ehlers (R-MI) and House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA). The Senate members include President Pro Tempore Daniel Inouye (D-HI), Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), then-Sen. Robert Bennett (R-UT) and Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA).

Something to watch: What will those copies of the Constitution contain once the new Joint Committee on Printing is consituted?

http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/45645-upcoming-newsouth-huck-finn-eliminates-the-n-word.html

http://www.glennbeck.com/2011/01/06/footnotes-research-from-tv-162011/