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1.     Sprint

2.     LEADTHEPACK

3.    DRIVER’S CAR

4.     SADDLE

5.     CTS SPORT SEDAN

6.     COBBLESTONES

7.     ENERGY

8.     PODIUM

9.     DOMESTIQUE

10.    SRX LUXURY CROSSOVER

11.     ROTTERDAM

12.     SPEED

13.     DOMESTIQUE

14.     CRAFTSMANSHIP

15.     POWER

16.     LEAD OUT TRAIN

17.     AUTHENTICITY

18.     GAP

19.     HELMET

20.     CTS SPORT WAGON

21.     PELOTON

22.     DRIVING DYNAMICS

23.     SUPERCHARGED V8

24.     MOBILE

25.     TEAM RADIOSHACK

26.     TEAM CAR

27.     CERVELO

28.     HIGH DEFINITION

29.     ECHELON

30.     CLIMB

31.     HANGING ON

32.     PEDAL

33.     DRAFTING

34.     VERSUS

35.     ONSTAR

36.     DISC WHEEL

37.     ICONIC BRAND

38.     TEAM DIRECTOR

39.     BREAKAWAY

40.     BICYCLING

41.     GRADIENT

42.     EPIC CYCLE

43.     556 HORSEPOWER

44.     DIRECT INJECTION V6

I do not understand how people could be considering the passage of this type of bill.  The power and the control that is turned over to the Federal Government with this proposed bill has only been dreamed about in the past…  not only by the progressive-Americans some 80 to 100 years ago… but this is what the Socialist / Marxist / Stalinist / Castroist (is that a word?) Dictatorships have wanted to do the the U.S. since they theorized their non-working Great Society…

The only way the U.S. will fall…  is from within….  and this could be the beginning of the end.  Pay attention.  Do not fear.  Speak with truth and honor.

Don’t Tread On Me.

Consider that a warning…  you were elected, and you will be ‘un’ elected and held accountable.  Pitch Forks and Torches.

Right now in the State of Iowa, each county sheriff chooses whether or not to issue CCW permits and to whom and who not to issue them.  This is a totally subjective procedure to which there is no recourse if you are denied.  This bill would change that and make the State of Iowa a “shall issue” state, meaning that unless a predefined reason can be demonstrated by the issuing authority, a CCW permit shall be issued to all that apply.

There are other points in the bill that are worth considering as well, like the length of time that a CCW permit is valid, and the ability of the State of Iowa to enter into reciprocity agreements with other states, as well as the education requirements for obtaining and retaining CCW permits.

Get involved and stand up for your rights.  Go here to find out how to contact your representatives.

The tactics being discussed to pass this bill should be, and will be if the bill is written into law, a humiliating affair for all involved that have not been standing up and shouting NO.  Apparently in the Senate, 60 votes are hard to come by, so a little used Reconciliation tactic will need to be used to pass the bill…  in the House, the Slaughter Rule, which in short, will allow the candy of the bill to be voted on, and then the rest of the bill will be passed by association.  These are some of the smoke and mirror tactics that we can be proud of….  NOT

Now is the time to  call and write your legislators and inform them that we are on to them…  even if you agree with everything that’s in the bill, I don’t know how you could feel good about passing any legislation using these manors.

Recently, I found this video that, albeit one sided and I hope, overly dramatic, is on the right track.

Looking briefly at the two versions of the bills and from what I’ve heard…  they are a mistake for this country.  The backroom deals that were made to get the magic 60 votes needed to take a final vote in the Senate, were, I believe, illegal.  Even if the majority of people thought that this was a good idea, this is not the way to go about getting the laws changed to reflect that. 

Well, can you say bigger and bigger government and intrusion into your life???  I can, HR3962_ObamaCare.

Click on HR3962_ObamaCare and take a look at the nearly 2000 page version of the bill that passed the House of Representatives on Saturday, 11-7-2009.  I’ll update it as newer versions become available, but nothing I have (or you have for that matter) will be current….  (this version was obtained from http://docs.house.gov/rules/health/111_ahcaa.pdf )
Hope you have a pot of gold buried in the back yard… your kids are going to need it….  now where’s your back yard?

Do you like charts??  This is an organizational chart for the original version of this bill…  Now I know that whoever made this chart made it intentionally hard to understand….  but read that 2000 page bill and come up with a better one.

Organization?

Voting Records:

Latham                    Nay

Loebsack                Aye

Braley                     Aye

Boswell                   Aye

King                         Nay

Last Friday afternoon, when everyone was worried about Michael Jackson’s death, Iowa’s 5 Congressional Representatives voted right down party lines to eventually pass the American Clean Energy and Security Bill (H.R. 2454).  The break down is like this:

Bruce Braley D    Aye

David Loebsack D    Aye

Leonard Boswell D    Aye

Tom Latham R    Noe

Steve King R    Noe

The best place I’ve found to track the travesty that is taking place in D.C. is at GovTrack.us GovTrack will allow you to follow specific representatives and/or bills and sends you emails about what is going on.

I urge you to do some research on the Cap & Trade Bill (American Clean Energy and Security Act) that the House passed last week and help to educate your friends and family on what exactly this is…  a huge transfer of power as well as a huge tax on everyone.  I highly doubt that any of our representatives read this bill in it’s entirety…  there was a 300 page amendment added to the bill at 3 am the day of the vote…  That right there should be reason enough to boot our representatives out of a job…  that just pisses me off…  we send these people to D.C. to do a job, to represent us, to make a good faith effort to do what we the will of the people want…  and they can’t even read the bill that they are voting on??

Contact your Senator by every means possible and tell them that this is not a good idea…  that we will remember, and we will find replacements when and if needed when the time comes. The Senate will now take this bill up, tear it apart, change it (for better or worse), and most likely eventually vote on it.  Contact these guys and tell them you don’t want it:

Senator Chuck Grassley R

Senator Tom Harkin D

Good Luck.

I’m not much for fighting the machine, but I, and I believe others, have reached a point of discontent that will not be silenced any more.

I’m linking to some sites that have been of interest to me lately on the right hand column and encourage you to read, learn, and become engaged.  The people that are ruining (I mean running) our government, have forgotten what their jobs are…  It’s time to remind them.

We’re going to be at the Tax Day Tea Party in Iowa City on the 15th, and I encourage you to find a local Tea Party and join in.  Below are some ideas for some signs that I’ve found on other web sites…  Come up with your own too…  it isn’t that hard right now…  there’s plenty to gripe about.

• Free markets, not free loaders
• We the People…are now owned by the Chinese.
• Atlas will shrug
• Stimulate business, not government
• Honk if I’m paying your mortgage
• You can’t borrow prosperity
• Home ownership is not an entitlement
• I’ll pay for my house, you pay for yours
• Party like it’s 1773
• Proud American capitalist
• Repeal the pork or your bacon is cooked
• Your mortgage is not my problem
• No taxation without deliberation
• Give me liberty or give me debt!
• You can’t spend your way out of debt
• Wake up America, stop the insanity!
• R.I.P. Free market economy
• Save trees, stop printing money
• Don’t tread on me (Gadsden Flag or First Navy Jack)
• I want your money (recruiting picture of Uncle Sam)
• Wall Street got a bailout and all I got was the bill
• TARP = $750 Billion
  Stimulus = $870 Billion
  2009 Deficit = $1.75 Trillion
  U.S. Dollar = WORTHLESS!!
• Just Say No (word “Socialism” with circle and slash)
• Liberty is all the stimulus we need
• Next Time, Read the Bill Before You Sign It
• Join Our Cause: Restore the Republic

Check out these web sites too:

The 9 12 Project

Glenn Beck

Tax Day Tea Party

The Heritage Foundation

Ask Heritage

The Constitution

The Constitution .mp3

The Amendments .mp3

The Constitution Download directly from here.

The Founding Fathers

The American Revolution

There’s a lot of information, but it’s worth it to be informed and be able to debate and discuss intelligently the important points that our government has forgotten and needs to relearn.

Stand up and be heard.