Ref: Mr. President and Congress – FIRST, Stop and Fix Medicare Waste & Fraud

Today Grassroots America We the People is launching an EMAIL campaign to tell Washington to FIRST, Stop & Fix Medicare Waste & Fraud BEFORE making huge changes to Healthcare.

If you want to join us, copy & paste the letter into email forms for White House, Blue Dogs & your congressman. Include the reference at the bottom of letter about Grassroots (we’re a PAC now & have to follow the rules)

Tomorrow is the day to CALL & Thurs is for FAXING.

You can also access the full instructions at our website www.GAWTP.com

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Ref: Mr. President & Congress – FIRST, Stop and Fix Medicare Waste and Fraud

Mr. President & Congress:

Medicare & Medicaid spent $818 billion in 2008 (CMS Actuary). You have admitted that these two government-run health care programs contain waste, fraud, and abuse. It is immoral for you to allow the American Taxpayer to continue to be ripped off when you have the power to stop it!

You’ve told the American People that you will use savings from the reform of these programs to help pay for your new health care proposals. Grassroots America – We People want to see these savings first!

You should FIRST nominate and confirm a strong, proven private-sector administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services – a position which remains vacant, meaning that nobody is minding the health programs that cover 100 million Americans!

We the People do not want another czar!

We the People want you to prove you can do a better job with the “public plans” for which we are already taxed – so STOP and fix the mess the federal government created before you make another one!

Grassroots America – We the People

www.GAWTP.com 

 Political advertisement paid for by Grassroots America – We the People, P.O. Box 130012, Tyler, TX 75713. Jimmie Taylor, PAC Treasurer.

Time-lapsed Photography of DC March

Judge for yourself how many people showed up for the Sept. 12th march on Washington.  And this doesn’t even capture those of us who were there in spirit!! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1cqF0YkuZc&feature=player_embedded#t=21

Sept 12, 2009 in D.C.- The Personal Account from a Member of Grassroots America We the People

FYI, this is not MY account, but a fellow-member of Grassroots America We the People…enjoy!!!

Dearest Friends,

It is the Monday after 9/12 DC rally. I just wanted to share my experience with you all. As I said, I took my 77 year old mom and Daniel, my 20 year old son. It was one of the most moving things I have ever done in my entire life! If there is another DC march in the future, I STRONGLY URGE you to do whatever it takes to go…you wouldn’t be sorry!

We travelled to DC on Friday and didn’t arrive until 7 pm. We left DC on Saturday, 9/12, at 7:30 pm. So we didn’t get to participate in all of the other activities that went on before and after the rally. We met a sweet young lady at breakfast right before the march who had travelled to DC BY HERSELF from Florida and had stayed in a hostel. She is an Army vet, a police officer, and now works doing investigations for a law firm. She is Jewish, and quite the patriot. I asked her if she would like to walk with us, and so she spent the day with us. She was only one of many, many young adults who marched.

Every age and culture was represented there. The crowd was peaceful, positive, and orderly. There was electricity in the air, and to be honest, I was overwhelmed completely to tears at the beauty of what was happening. People were to meet first at Freedom Plaza, just east of the White House. It got so crowded that the march had to start 1 1/2 hours early. My “posse” followed closely behind a fabulous group of tri-point hat patriots in full historic garb playing drums and the fife. We walked among massive numbers of people down Pennsylvania Ave., trying to get as close to the front as possible so we could get a good spot at the rally on the west lawn of the Capitol.

We got to the Capitol lawn and staked out our spot. We ended up standing for 6 1/2 hours in the same place without sitting once, and without eating or drinking anything, but we didn’t notice, because we were completely focused on listening to many wonderful grassroots speakers. There was a big stage and podium with huge speakers. The crowd was impassioned and bold. We all participated by loudly answering the speakers’ questions, applauding, booing, and singing. As the crowds began to swell, the rally coordinators announced that people had to move off the Mall, as they did not have a permit for the lawn. The people chanted back, “We OWN the Mall!”

The numbers: I want each of you to know that even Fox News “official count” of 60,000 is COMPLETELY WRONG!!! This enrages and frustrates me. I can guarantee that there were AT LEAST 1 MILLION attendees, and probably many more! Daniel said, “Mom, UT football games have 100,000 people, and this is MANY times over that.” There were people jam-packed like sardines as far as the eye could see! People kept pouring down Pennsylvania Ave. all day long. Constitution Ave. was also packed. The entire north, south, and west lawn of the Capitol were completely full, as were ALL of the streets surrounding the Capitol. Pennsylvania Ave. was completely full all the way back to Freedom Plaza, where we started! Don’t believe “official numbers”! We met people from so many different states…even people that flew in from the west coast. A lady said she had met people from Hawaii!

There were so many fantastic signs…some clever, some funny, some heart-wrenching. One of my favorites was a HUGE banner (professionally done) that said, “Bankrupting America one un-read bill at a time.”

At one point in the day, the highways into the capitol were overwhelmed by people trying to get to the rally! My only regret is that we did not get to stay longer, but if the quick trip made it possible for my son to be there, it was worth it! I looked at his face as we marched and listened to the speakers, and he was inspired, impacted, and encouraged. This will be a memory-making and historical experience for him. So many children, babies, youth, truckers, doctors, housewives, grandparents, coal-miners, nurses, teachers, and the list goes on and on…. You would have been awed and inspired! It gave me the courage and motivation to keep fighting…for as many Americans that WERE there, I know deep in my heart that there were countless Americans that wish they could have been!

I saw Louie Gohmert and his family there. They briefly introduced him and Ralph Hall on stage, but he didn’t speak. It was good to see him, though. Senator Jim DeMint and Rep. Mike Pence were the only politicians to speak, but they were fantastic! I would vote for either one of them if they ran for president. I particularly like Jim DeMint from South Carolina…he gets it! He knows that it is THE PEOPLE that will preserve the republic. Although the march and rally is over, I want you to realize that the work has JUST BEGUN! Keep up your vigilance! Keep praying! Keep learning! Keep writing, calling, and informing!

Have a great day…

Lisa

Pics from Sept 12th in DC (UNRELATED to Grassroots post)

 

For more information from an eye witness, visit his blog at

http://www.lookingattheleft.com/2009/09/conservative-woodstock-rocks-the-capital/

(UNRELATED to Grassroots America post)

Tyler area folks in DC for 9-11

9/12ers and Tea Party’rs are on their way to Washington DC. This includes the chartered bus that left from Hideaway Lake this morning. I just got a text and they are now in Alabama! There will be 3 folks in DC that will try to keep you up-to-date via twitter.

You can follow them at:

tylertxteaparty

amazingdreamz

tylerteaparty

Van Jones RESIGNED

HOORAY!! We’re making progress…Van Jones resigned!!! We’re gonna get our country back!! 

Question is, will we do BETTER this time?  I don’t want us to be like the Children of Israel who would turn their backs on God, get their butts in the soup then cry out to God, get rescued and then start the whole cycle over again!!  

Let’s keep our eyes on God this time and not ALLOW corruption to rein!!!

Glenn Beck’s 2010 “In or Out” Pledge!

If our representatives don’t REPRESENT US then they don’t get to keep their jobs come next election!!  Here’s what Glenn Beck suggests is a good place to start!!  I agree!! 

Glenn Beck's 2010 In or Out Pledge

Farm Town Addiction!!

Facebook’s  Farm  Town  has  it’s  hooks  into  me…does  anyone  know  of  a  treatment  program  that  will  let  me  keep  my  sweet  little  farm  &  puppy?

Just  give  me  the  meeting  schedule  &  I’ll  arrange  my  planting  schedule  so  that  I  can  attend!! 

Billy Graham’s Prayer For Our Country

 Mom sent this to me… 

Billy Graham’s Prayer For Our Country   

  ‘Heavenly Father’, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance.  We know Your Word says, ‘Woe to those who call evil good,’ but that is exactly what we have done.  We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values.  We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery.  We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare.  We have killed our unborn and called it choice.  We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable.  We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self esteem.  We have abused power and called it politics.  We have coveted our neighbor’s possessions and called it ambition.  We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of expression.  We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it enlightenment.  Search us, Oh God, and know our hearts today; cleanse us from every sin and set us free.         Amen!’

Commentator Paul Harvey aired this prayer on his radio program, ‘The Rest of the Story,’ and received a larger response to this program than any other he has ever aired.  With the Lord’s help, may this prayer sweep over our nation and wholeheartedly become our desire so that we again can be called ‘One nation under God.’

Obama’s Call to Action

Rec’d a Call to Action from Pres. Obama (I’m keeping an eye on what’s going on) today asking for support on the Healtcare plan during the month of August. 

It’s interesting because much of what he said fits perfectly FOR US…we need to let our voices be heard this month and the months ahead so our leadership will know that we DON’T support the radical changes that are currently being proposed! 

Also, below I’ve pasted a portion of his letter (I added bold underline) to show you what he said about how he got elected!   We need to learn from them so we can do better next time!

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Home is where we’re strongest. We didn’t win last year’s election together at a committee hearing in D.C. We won it on the doorsteps and the phone lines, at the softball games and the town meetings, and in every part of this great country where people gather to talk about what matters most. And if you’re willing to step up once again, that’s exactly where we’re going to win this historic campaign for the guaranteed, affordable health insurance that every American deserves.

There are those who profit from the status quo, or see this debate as a political game, and they will stop at nothing to block reform. They are filling the airwaves and the internet with outrageous falsehoods to scare people into opposing change. And some people, not surprisingly, are getting pretty nervous. So we’ve got to get out there, fight lies with truth, and set the record straight.

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Notice that he left out a MAJORITY of American’s in the last paragraph…those who are VERY concerned about allowing the Federal Government manage healthcare since they haven’t managed ANYTHING else worth a darn…imagine that!!  

Glenn Beck’s Watch Dogs

Glenn Beck encouraged his listeners to act as Watch Dogs (see link to his website blurb about it).  Decide on a single issue (or so) that you know something about or care deeply about and WATCH what is going on with THAT issue.  This way we don’t get soooo overwhelmed by ALL of the issues that we miss things.  When we see significant things happening on the issue we’re watching then let him know so he can expose it!

I’m not sure which issue to choose, the thing I’m MOST concerned about is the freedom to meet for purposes of worship and Bible study….but since that’s not on the forefront of headines quite yet (see earlier post on CA couple), perhaps I’ll also watch immigration (see post below this one!!)

What issue would you like to watch?

http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/28438/?ck=1

Talk about STUPID!

Talk about STUPID!  According to JB Smith (Smith Co Sheriff) it is illegal for his deputies to arrest a person because they are here illegally (or even ask them if they are legal)…that is nuts!  And according to Glenn Beck, Pres. Obama has lessened the enforcement of rules that employers must follow when hiring people…in essence he’s saying, we’re NOT going to fuss if you break the law by hiring illegal aliens! 

One of the things Pres. Obama is stopping are the RAIDS on businesses who are hiring illegals.  Under Pres. Bush, the last year or two there have been record numbers of employers that have been raided but no more….HOW STUPID IS THAT!!!

Common sense has completely gone out the window on this one!

Tyler TEA Party

Amongst the hundreds that turned out for the TEA Party at Bergfeld Park in Tyler, TX were folks of all ages, backgrounds and political affliations.  One of the ladies who spoke towards the end said she voted for Obama but does NOT agree with most of the changes that he’s doing or proposing!  

Here’s our Faithful Leader, George Stephenson and his wonderful family!!

The shade of the trees kept a majority of the crowd further back from the stage then was probably ideal because it was harder to hear and it was a little less “exciting” but I was just glad to be there with so many others so it technically didn’t matter if we heard every single speaker…we all shared the common interest in turning this country back to the foundational principles of our Founding Fathers, so it was good!!! 

KLTV reporter, Philippe Djegal, 1st approached me for an on camera interview but since I couldn’t afford an EXTRA 10 POUNDS, I asked him if he’d please interview my mom instead…which he did!  She did a GREAT job and he also took a shot of her holding GAWTP sign at the end!!  I’m sooo proud of my mom…she is a fiesty (she takes after me!!) 69 yr old lady who knows how to convey her concerns (and she can handle the extra 10 pounds!!) 

There was a giant letter to the President that eveyone was invited to sign…and MANY did!

 HOORAY for Tyler for being the kinda place that turns out for events like this!!!

God DEFENDS and SUPPLIES!

Psalm 91:1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow (defense) of the Almighty  (see full definition below).           

Almighty- Elyon Shaddai:

Elyon is the Dispenser of God’s blessings in the earth.  

Shaddai is God (El), not as the source of strength, but of grace; not as Creator,  but as the Giver. Shaddai is the All-bountiful. This title does not refer to His creative power, but to His power to supply all the needs of His people.

I find comfort in this because NO MATTER WHAT God is able to DEFEND, and SUPPLY!!  I’m hoping that between Him and us and decent leadership, that our country can once again get it’s priorities straight and recover from this mess!!

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Gov Rick Perry and Leo Berman in Tyler, TX today!

6 months ago, I would have heard about what took place in Tyler, TX today…but wouldn’t have given it a 2nd thought…I was CLUELESS about politics.    Today, thanks to Grassroots America We the People (GAWTP), and Glenn Beck I not only knew about it ahead of time, but also knew how significant it was…for that I’m very thankful.  Not just cause I was “in the know” but because I was able to see for myself who these men are and what they are committing to do for our State…and I believed them…but, also because of GAWTP, I plan to diligently watch them and if needed, remind them what they promised on this date, in front of me and 150 or so other Tylerites!!

Gov. Rick Perry met with Leo Berman (in front of US) to announce that Gov. Perry has committed to key issues that Leo (and us!)  feel are MOST important for Texas!  The key issues include:

• Illegal immigration
• Sale of firearms and ammunition in Texas
• Stressing State sovereignty

Berman says that because the governor has agreed to take a stand on those issues he is endorsing Rick for Governor for another term (rather than run AGAINST him).

Leo also committed to run for re-election for another term so it looks like that IF they both keep their word, that we’ll have good leadership here in Texas!!

Interestingly, Rick said that out of all of the NEW jobs created in the NATION, Texas is responsible for 60%+…that’s an encouraging statistic!!  I’m proud to be a Texan!

Another interesting fact…when we arrived, there were 3 rows of chairs setup..approx 30 chairs. They apparently didn’t expect sooooo many of us to show up and I’d say that close to half of the 150+ people that showed up were Grassroots America members!!  Before leaving, Leo took a picture with the Grassroots folks (that were still there) so I will post it too!  

Bob Brewer also sent me audio of the speech that I’ll try to post!

Pics from today

 

 

2 Months to Read 200 Pages!

Couldn’t believe what I heard on Fox News this morning…Obama has delayed the release of the report on CIA Interrogation Techniques because the Justice Dept needs MORE TIME to review the 200 page report!! 

Holy Cow, they don’t give anyone the necessary time to read 1,000+ page bills before voting to raise taxes (and end many of our liberties) , though they clearly recognize the need to be thorough with the 200 page report?????? 

UNBELIEVABLE!!!!

Cap and Trade Votes (who to CAMPAIGN against!!)

I’m with Glenn…if they aren’t going to do their job then let’s not just fuss THEM about it but TELL them that we will CAMPAIGN AGAINST them in the next election…that may just get their attention!!)

Per Glenn Beck: Who voted for Cap and Tax?

June 29, 2009 – 22:59 ET

House Vote On Passage: H.R. 2454: American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (aka the single largest tax increase in American history)

 Those to campaign against…

http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/27312/?ck=1

How Cap & Trade affects each state

From Glenn Beck: A table that shows how much each state makes or losses under cap and trade

http://www.nma.org/pdf/061909_2454_map.pdf

Traitor Republicans who voted FOR Cap and Trade

This is SHAMEFUL and we should take note of the Republicans who betrayed us!!

From the Washington Examiner.com (ref’d to me by Glenn Beck)

Republicans who helped pass “cap and trade” benefitted from environmental donations

By: Kevin Mooney
Commentary Staff Writer
06/28/09 3:10 PM EDT

House Republicans who received campaign donations from environmental groups helped make up the narrow margin of votes needed to send the Waxman-Markey “cap and trade” bill over to the U.S. Senate.

The legislation passed by a vote of just 219 to 212 on Friday with critical assistance from eight Republicans. They are: Mary Bono Mack (Calif.), Mike Castle (Del.), Mark Kirk (Ill.), Leonard Lance (N.J.), Frank LoBiondo (N.J.), John McHugh (N.Y.), Dave Reichert (Wash.), Chris Smith (N.J.).  This support proved critical with 44 Democrats voting against the regulatory scheme.

Political Action Committees (PACs) connected with the League of Conservation Voters, the Sierra Club, Ocean Champions and Republicans for Environmental Protection have made donations to most of these same eight Republican lawmakers in recent election cycles, according to OpenSecrets.Org.

Rep. Kirk of Illinois, for instance, was among the top 20 recipients of PAC donations from environmental groups in the 2008 election cycle. He received $1,000 from the League of Conservation Voters (PAC), $4,000 from Ocean Champions (PAC) and $4,000 from Republicans for Environmental Protection (PAC). In this same cycle Republicans for Environmental Protection also donated $4,000 in PAC funds to Rep. Reichert.

The League of Conservation Voters and the Sierra Club have directed support toward the New Jersey Republicans who voted for the new regulations. Rep. LoBiondo received $1,020 from the League of Conservation Voters (PAC) in the 2008 election cycle and  $2,010 from the Sierra Club (PAC) in the 2006 election cycle.

Rep. Lance, who first elected to Congress in 2008, has already received a donation from the League of Conservation Voters (PAC) for the 2010 election cycle in the amount of $250. Rep. Smith also received a $250 (PAC) donation from the League of Conservation Voters in the 2008 election cycle.

Rep. Mike Castle, the Delaware Republican, has also attracted support from these groups. The League of Conservation Voters (PAC) donated $750 in the 2008 election cycle and Republicans for Environmental Protection donated $1,000 in the 2006 election cycle.

Environmental activists remain heavily weighted in favor of the Democratic Party, according to OpenSecrets.Org. In the 2008 election cycle 94 percent of the donations from green groups went to the Democrats and just 6 percent to the Republicans. However, this same handful of Republicans now appears to be strategically positioned.

Among the top 20 recipients of PAC funds from green groups were former Rep. Chris Shays (R-Conn.), who pulled in $9,519 in the 2008 election cycle, and Rep. Vernon Buchanan (R-Fla.) with $14,200. Only eight Republican votes were needed this time around but it would seem others remain pliable.

Gov. Mark Sanford

I’m soooo disappointed about Gov. Mark Sanford’s having an affair!! I’ve been so impressed with this man and wish people would just remain FAITHFUL to their committments???

Learn from the OPPOSITION!!

Obama has proven to be a strategic organizer and we have much to learn from his tactics….not that we want to employ the ILLEGAL tactics, but perhaps some of the techniques are worth using!  Below is one of the strategies they are CURRENTLY employing…they’re meeting on the Tyler Square THIS SATURDAY to push Health Care Reform!!!  

I went to the website that is listed and RSVP’d that I would NOT be attending.  They also allowed a brief message to be sent to them so I sent the following:

I’m opposed to Obama’s Health Care Reform!  I want the Federal Government to get back to BASICS…do those things that the Constitution allotted you to do and leave the States to do what they are assigned to do as well as the INDIVIDUAL citizen to do what they are called to do!  The Federal Government is out of order and making things WORSE, not better!!

It probably won’t make a bit of difference but at least CONSERVATIVE Tyler has been represented!!  If you’re willing to do the same, I’d encourage it!

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National Health Care Day of Service… Obama’s Organizing for America … Smith County Health Care Reform Rally (Health Care Organizing Event)

Join us at 10:00 a.m. (June 27) on the Square across from the Smith County courthouse as we put together personal video messages to our representatives in congress about what we want and why we want HEALTH CARE REFORM, NOW!

 http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/healthcareorganizingevent/gpcvsm

Glenn Beck: THE Letter (from today’s show)

Holy Cow Batman!!!!  This is BIG,  REALLY BIG!!

I just watched Glenn Beck READ the letter….mark your calendars for this day…I believe this LETTER will be a catalyst to move us towards the finish line…we WILL get our government cleaned up!!!!!!! 

Below is the link to read the letter and add your ”SIGNATURE” to it !!  ALSO, if you want a Microsoft Word version of the letter I’m working on figuring out how to POSTED it on this BLOG site…how clever is THAT!!

 I did some minor layout editing so now it’s only 3 pages with bullet points for her 12 issues!!!  Let’s spread this little baby around!!http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/26742/

Holy Cow!!!

SB 1440 just went south! Rick Perry needs to VETO!!

From Donald E. Wildmon,  Founder and Chairman    American Family Association

In a slick, last-minute move, dangerous language was tacked on as an amendment SB 1440, a bill which was just a simple two-line bill about a judge’s signature in child abuse cases. This language, added on the last days of the legislative session, adds over 3 additional pages to this bill and strips parents of fundamental constitutional parental rights. That is why we are asking you to call Gov. Perry and ask him to VETO SB 1440!

 SB 1440 allows Department of Family & Protective Services (DFPS) to enter your home and take your child from you where ever your child can be found, without prior notice, without a prior hearing, without a search warrant for an “interview, examination, and investigation.” The law previously required a showing of “good cause.” This requirement has now been eliminated under SB 1440.

This series of attacks on your family can take place “based on information available”-which could be an anonymous caller who believes “abuse” or “neglect” “may be” taking place in the home. This unconstitutional law can also be used to access your child’s medical records, without your consent, against your objections, and without prior notice.

Take Action!

Call Governor Rick Perry today and ask him to veto SB 1440.  His office number is (512) 463-2000.

Can a “handful” of people REALLY make a difference?

Sometimes it’s tempting to say “What the heck, why do I even bother because I can’t REALLY have an effect on what those in POWER are doing!” but then I remember the quote from Margaret Mead that I saw on the Grassroots America We the People website back in Feburary that got ME involved!   “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”

And then there’s Albert Einstein’s quote: “The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it.” 

Every day something unimaginable is taking place or at least being proposed and it can make the head swim….but we also have the OPPORTUNITY to rise up and take a stand to rescue our country…and I want to be a part of THAT!!

That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.

As I consider the daily challenges to our nation I am reminded that God has exhorted us to first PRAY for those in authority (he didn’t say to FIRST protest or any number of other things that so naturally come to mind when frustrated by what we see….but to PRAY…I trust that as long as I am decent and orderly, that I’m not LIMITED from other actions but I do believe that He wants me to FIRST pray for those in authority so that’s what I’m committed to do!!)

1 Timothy 2:1-2   I exhort therefore, that, FIRST of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;   For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.

And the GOAL is that we be able to lead a quiet and peaceable life…..now that’s a goal I can get behind…how about you?  

Leo Berman

Leo Berman spoke at our Grassroots America We the People lunch meeting today and gave us what appears to be great news.  Apparently there is an agreement between Leo and Rick Perry that Leo will endorse Rick as Governor (rather than RUN AGAINST him) if Rick will publically declare his committment to 4 specific items (all of which we are thrilled about) !!  If Rick really does it then it SHOULD be good for our state! 

Another thought occurred to me as Leo spoke and that is that not ALL politicians are “blood sucking creatures” (as I heard the term defined recently) so that’s really good news for us all!

ANOTHER attempt to usurp rights!

It blows my mind how QUICKLY things are changing (I know, he promised CHANGE!!)  Here’s the latest:

The U.S. already has control of all “navigable” water in these United States.  According to Senate Bill 787 this will be the new definition of “navigable” water:

 SEC. 5. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.  The Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) is amended–(1) by striking `navigable waters of the United States’ each place it appears and inserting `waters of the United States’ 

This is the new definition of Waters of the U.S.:
(25) WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES- The term `waters of the United States’ means all waters subject to the ebb and flow of the tide, the territorial seas, and all interstate and intrastate waters and their tributaries, including lakes, rivers, streams (including intermittent streams), mudflats, sandflats, wetlands, sloughs, prairie potholes, wet meadows, playa lakes, natural ponds, and all impoundments of the foregoing, to the fullest extent that these waters, or activities affecting these waters, are subject to the legislative power of Congress under the Constitution.’

 Senate Bill 787 will change federal jurisdiction over “navigable” water, to give the federal government control over ALL water EVERYWHERE… in municipal reservoirs, and on private lands, and in private wells. This bill ignores state water law authority and the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

 If the Dems have their way ALL water in the U.S. will be under the control of the U.S. Congress to do with as they please!

Please watch this 2 minute video….. and pass this information around.      www.brasschecktv.com/page/625.html

 SENATE BILL 787  -Was introduced by Sen. Russ Feingold and has 23 Co-Sponsors, all Democrats, including the likes of Barbara Boxer, Chris Dodd, John Kerry, Charles Schumer etc.  See full list below.  

• Sen. Russell Feingold [D, WI]
• and 23 Co-Sponsors

• Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA]
• Sen. Sherrod Brown [D, OH]
• Sen. Maria Cantwell [D, WA]
• Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D, MD]
• Sen. Thomas Carper [D, DE]
• Sen. Christopher Dodd [D, CT]
• Sen. Richard Durbin [D, IL]
• Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand [D, NY-20]
• Sen. John Kerry [D, MA]
• Sen. Herbert Kohl [D, WI]
• Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D, NJ]
• Sen. Patrick Leahy [D, VT]
• Sen. Carl Levin [D, MI]
• Sen. Joseph Lieberman [I, CT]
• Sen. Robert Menéndez [D, NJ]
• Sen. Jeff Merkley [D, OR]
• Sen. John Reed [D, RI]
• Sen. Bernard Sanders [I, VT]
• Sen. Charles Schumer [D, NY]
• Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D, NH]
• Sen. Debbie Ann Stabenow [D, MI]
• Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D, RI]
• Sen. Ron Wyden [D, OR]

Legal Services for Illegals!!

This is another of my “hot buttons”….while I am very compassionate towards those who want desperately to live in a better country, it’s just insanity for America to keep paying for ILLEGALS…!!!

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From the Desk of: Steve Elliott, President, Grassfire.org Alliance    (Minor editing to give emphasis by me)

The AP is reporting that Obama REVERSED a Bush administration rule…in which immigrants awaiting deportation were not entitled to legal representation.   Under Obama’s revised plan, you and I will be paying for legal services rendered to those who have no legal right to be here!

 And there’s more…

 Open border activists today are kicking off a nationwide campaign aimed at fixing America’s immigration system.  According to Gabriella Villareal of the New York  Immigration Coalition the time is right to fix our broken immigration system. “In terms of the political winds…we definitely are in a different position–and in a good position–to make immigration reform happen this year!” 

Becky, the so-called “fix” is in, and it’s up to YOU AND I to quickly prepare for what I believe will be an immigration reform tsunami–threatening to radically, and forever change our nation’s landscape unless we take a strong, proactive stand against any reform plan that includes an amnesty component!  

In two days, more than 50,000 citizens signed our new “No Anmesty” petition. This is a fabulous start, but in light of today’s news, it’s obvious we have a long way to go before we can effectively counter Obama’s actions… But I’m hopeful–especially knowing that I have committed team members like you working with me.  

Becky, in case you missed my first message, I want to be clear to team members that this is a brand new petition that requires EVERY member of our team to sign–even if you have signed our past petitions opposing amnesty!  

Take a moment right now to sign this important petition to defend against this Obamavasion of illegal aliens. Click here to sign:  

http://www.grassfire.net/r.asp?u=19410&RID=20847199