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    Who are the NERD fund donors Mr Snyder?

    Raise the curtain.

    Time to Apply the Pressure!


    By kenmatesevac, Section Multimedia
    Posted on Tue Aug 04, 2009 at 01:48:47 PM EST
    Tags: elections, socialism, Congress (all tags)

    From: http://biblemathpoliticsandmore.blogspot.com/2009/08/time-to-apply-pressure.html

    Congress is embarking upon its summer recess. When your Congressman or Senator comes to your area, you need to introduce yourself and politely make a few things known to him or her. For your convenience, here are some talking points:

        * Under no circumstances whatsoever is a government takeover of heathcare acceptable. None. No compromises are acceptable, either. Government simply needs to get out of the way.
        * Government spending is ridiculously out-of-control and must be severely curtailed. Pork projects, bailouts, "stimuli," and presidential date nights to far-off locales need to stop (OK, maybe your congressman can't do much about that last one).
        * Taxes must not go up. Welfare, including such forms as the EIC, needs to shrink.

    [Commentary on that last point: Given the ludicrous complexity of the U.S. Tax Code, it has become nearly impossible to change it in any way without affecting someone with higher taxes. I really don't have a problem with people who pay no taxes now, due to the EIC or other similar targeted tax credits, paying something more equitable if those tax credits are removed.]

    If your Congressman hasn't extricated himself from the discussion by this point, select your favorites from this list below:

        * Illegal immigration, since it is illegal, needs to be stopped. With vigor.
        * Guantanamo is the ideal place for terrorist enemies of our country.
        * The Second Amendment is every bit as much a part of our Constitution as the First Amendment.
        * Abortion is murder, and since murder is illegal, it needs to be stopped. With vigor. The Supreme Court was supremely wrong on that one.
        * Car manufacturing should be in the hands of the private sector.

    The point here is to impress upon your Congressman that there are many voters--like you--who have strong feelings on these issues, and that these people will vote in the next election. We want them to return to Washington next month with the strong feeling that many voters are watching and taking notes, and that if they support the Obama/socialist agenda, they do so at their own electoral peril.

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    The Floor is Open... (none / 0) (#1)
    by kenmatesevac on Tue Aug 04, 2009 at 01:55:04 PM EST
    ...to any other suggestions.  These were just some I thought about today.  What would you add?

    Compromise or twisted tolerence? (none / 0) (#3)
    by maidintheus on Tue Aug 04, 2009 at 03:50:10 PM EST
    A few years back the Republicans took a hit in the mid term elections. I believe it's because rather then staying true to the things that are right, they make too many deals. This is twisted tolerance. This lesson in 'compromise' should be remembered: Use it wisely. The health care fiasco and Sotomayor hearings are such. There is no room to make deals with the devil.

    This is apparently hitting... (none / 0) (#4)
    by KG One on Tue Aug 04, 2009 at 04:30:05 PM EST
    You may certainly believe . . . (none / 0) (#5)
    by Kevin Rex Heine on Tue Aug 04, 2009 at 08:34:48 PM EST
    . . . that the TEA Party of West Michigan has Congressmen Ehlers, Hoekstra, and Upton squarely in our sights.  Although, frankly, the responsibility for Upton is on the Southwest Michigan cell of TPWM.

    Also, the way to eat an apple (none / 0) (#6)
    by maidintheus on Tue Aug 04, 2009 at 10:02:15 PM EST
    is one bite at a time. You can't gulp the whole thing down at once.

    So, streamline and simple.

    Pick the fight wisely. Some are for another day.

    Balance: Ya wanna be always right or ya wanna win?

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