Action Alert: Government Waiting Rooms & Senate Office Emergency Calls

Fellow Patriots,

For those that don't know.... we are going back to D.C. and combining this effort with rallys at the Senators local offices.

Disregard the latest and 20th time Senator Reid has claimed he has the votes to pass the Senate version of the health care bill. We are not out of this fight yet and unless we quit, this battle is not even close to being over!

Here are some important updates for December 14th and 15th events....

Candlelight Vigil in Medina – Dec. 14th

The light of freedom shall not be extinguished! Join us as Medina Tea Party Patriots host a candlelight vigil of “prayer and patriotism.”

• Date: Monday, December
• Time: 7 p.m. to 8 p.m
• Location: Medina City Square

We will gather by the Gazebo for a short time of prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. We will then walk around the Square.

Purpose: Our goal is to voice our concerns as a community about government-run healthcare and to help others see the dangers of the current Senate healthcare bill. We also will commemorate the anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, which took place December 16th.

What to bring: Please bring your flags, signs, candles and flashlights.

(Please note: While the national group has moved the candlelight vigil to the 16th to honor the anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, we will still be holding our vigil on Monday, December 14th.)

Government Waiting Rooms/Senate Emergency Call in DC – Dec. 15th

If you can make it, we need you in DC on December 15th! There are 2 separate events that are happening in DC that day: Government Waiting Rooms and Senate Emergency Call. The events are being hosted by several groups, including: Tea Party Patriots, Freedom Works, Patients First - a project of Americans for Prosperity, Let Freedom Ring, National Taxpayers Union and others.

Government Waiting Rooms Event

For those who can be in DC early on December 15th, you can participate in the Government Waiting Rooms event. The meet-up time will be at or about 8:00 a.m. (National Tea Party coordinators are still working on the details for the exact meet-up location, before people begin visiting the targeted Senators' offices.) To make this successful, we need at least 1,000 people to participate.

The objective of the Government Waiting Rooms event is to show the impact of rationing and long waiting lists that will occur if our government takes over our healthcare. The event will start as a sit-in; however, throughout the day, we will have people dying from causes like not getting preventive treatment (i.e. mammograms until 50) or waiting for cancer treatment.

Senate Emergency Call Event

For those who cannot be in DC until later in the morning, you can participate in the Senate Emergency Call event. There will be a demonstration at 1:00 p.m. in Upper Senate Park , which people can attend before they visit the Senators' offices. There will be a few speakers from the Patients First group; however, the rally will be short, so people can focus on visiting with their Senators. It is our understanding one organization already has 100 buses lined up to take people to DC on the 15th.

Take a Bus to D.C.

If you are interested in going to DC via bus, Mike Prokop of the Cleveland Tea Party Patriots is organizing buses for the event. To reserve a seat, please email the Cleveland Tea Party Patriots at: Clevelandteaparty@gmail.com.

In the subject heading please put: “Att: Mike / Reserve Seat for Bus Trip to D.C.” The cost is $50 per person. Mike must have payment in hand by Thursday, December 10.

Make checks payable to:

Mike Prokop
983 Helmsdale Rd
Cleveland Heights , OH 44112

The Cleveland buses are planning to depart for D.C. around midnight or 1:00 a.m. (December 15th). Departure from D.C. will be around 4:00 p.m. or 5:00 p.m. When you reserve your seat, you will be given the exact departure location as well as the specific itinerary of departure and arrival.

Senate Emergency Call in Cleveland – Dec. 15th

If you cannot go to DC on the 15th, the Cleveland Tea Party Patriots, Medina Tea Party Patriots and other local Tea Party groups are planning to make an “emergency house call” to Voinovich’s office in Cleveland . Our goal is to urge Senator Voinovich to vote NO for government-run healthcare.

• Date: Tuesday, December 15th
• Time: 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m
• Location: 1240 East 9th Street , Room 3061, Cleveland , OH 44199

Hand Delivering Letters to Our Senators – Dec. 15th

Cleveland Tea Party Patriots and other local groups will be hand delivering letters to our Ohio Senators in DC and locally on the 15th. We are urging all patriots to write four letters – two for Voinovich (one to his DC office and the other to his local office) and two for Brown (one to his DC office and the other to his local office). Your letters will be delivered to Senators Voinovich and Brown.

Please mail your letters to:

Letters to Senators
PO Box 46378
Bedford , Ohio 44146

Keep Focusing on the 13 Targeted Senators

Keep contacting the 13 key Senators. (See the list below.) The top 5 to focus on are: Sen. Bayh ( Indiana ), Sen. Nelson ( Nebraska ), Sen. Landrieu ( Louisiana ), Sen. Lincoln ( Arkansas ) and Sen. Jim Web ( Virginia ). If you know anyone in these 5 states, tell them to call their Senators and demand they vote NO on cloture.

List of targeted Senators

(Plus Snowe)

Senator Evan Bayh (IN)
Washington, DC: (202) 224-5623 / (202) 228-1377 fax
Email: http://bayh.senate.gov/contact/email/

Senator Michael Bennet (CO)
Washington, DC: (202) 224-5852 / (202) 228-5036
E-mail: http://bennet.senate.gov/contact/

Senator Joe Lieberman (CT)
Washington, DC: (202) 224-4041 / (202) 224-9750 fax
E-mail: http://lieberman.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm?regarding=issue

Senator Ben Nelson (NE)
Washington, DC: (202) 224-6551 / (202) 228-0012 fax
E-mail: http://bennelson.senate.gov/email-issues.cfm

Senator Blanche Lincoln (AR)
Washington, DC: (202) 224-4843 / (202) 228-1371 fax
E-mail: http://lincoln.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm

Senator Mary Landrieu (LA)
Washington, DC: (202) 224-5824 / (202) 224-9735 fax
E-mail: http://landrieu.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm

Senator Mark Pryor (AR)
Washington, DC: (202) 224-2353 / (202) 228-0908 fax
E-mail: http://pryor.senate.gov/contact/

Senator Mark Warner (VA)
Washington, DC: (202) 224-2023 / (202) 224-6295 fax
E-mail: http://warner.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Contact

Senator Mark Begich (AK)
Washington, DC: (202) 224-3004 / (202) 224-2354 fax
E-mail: http://begich.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=EmailSenator

Senator Robert Byrd (WV)
Washington, DC: (202) 224-3954 / (202) 228-0002 fax
E-mail: http://byrd.senate.gov//contacts/index.cfm?ID=54

Senator Thomas Carper (DE)
Washington, DC: (202) 224-2441 / (202) 228-2190 fax
E-mail: http://carper.senate.gov/contact/

Senator Jim Webb (VA)
Washington, DC: (202) 224-4024 / 202-228-6363 fax
E-mail: http://webb.senate.gov/contact/

Senator Jon Tester (MT)
Washington, DC: (202) 224-2644 / (202) 224-8594 fax
E-mail: http://tester.senate.gov/Contact/index.cfm

Senator Olympia Snowe (ME)
Washington, DC: (202) 224-5344 / (202) 224-1946 fax
E-mail: http://snowe.senate.gov

Driving to D.C.?

Here are some ideas for parking in Northern Virginia....

Arlington, Virginia

• Pentagon City Mall 1250 South Hayes St., Arlington, VA 22202
  Park at the mall (it does require paying, but it beats dealing with the outrageous parking fees in D.C.) Metro access is inside the mall.

• Crystal City 1750 South Clark St., Arlington, VA 22202
  Park on 22nd or S. Eads in Arlington (there are 12 and 24 hour meters so that gives you plenty of time) Metro is by the Crystal Gateway Marriott

JUST A FEW MILES OUT

Falls Church, Virginia

• East Falls Church 2001 N. Sycamore St., Arlington, VA 22205
  Paid parking ($4.50 all day) is at the metro
  Metro access is right at the station.

• West Falls Church 7040 Haycock Road, Falls Church, VA 22043
  Paid parking ($4.50 all day) is at the metro
  Metro access is right at the station

Federal Government will Pressure States in Health Care Revenue Collecting

Kevin Price
From Facebook

As the states desperately try to pass legislation to protect itself from the many potentially adverse effects of the President's health care proposal, the federal government is working all the harder to make sure state governments do the heavy lifting for the bill's funding.
According to a recent article by Dick Morris and Eileen McGann, the amount of spending required for the new Medicaid package is so staggering, it requires state as well as federal funding. Southern states have tended to try to contain costs by keeping Medicare spending in check. The Obama administration is planning on forcing states to bring more dollars to the table.
The authors cite the following examples:


My home state of Texas will be hit the hardest ($2.8 billion in additional state spending), Pennsylvania will be second ($1.5 billion), followed by California ($1.4 billion), and finally Florida ($909 million).

The amount is so high, financially strapped Florida may believe it has no choice but to impose an income tax. This is a practice the state has long tried to avoid.

The impact may include political tones, since for many of the states represented by swing senators in the health care debate, the required increases in state spending are likely to be quite high, say Morris and McGann:

In the state of Arkansas, where swing Senators Mark Pryor and Blanche Lincoln live, the increased spending required under the Obamacare bill would come to over $400 million (not counting the federal share). This adds up to a 10 percent increase in state spending. Lincoln is considered one of the most vulnerable Senators in 2010, so this debate has particular meaning to her.

In Louisiana, Senator Mary Landrieu is literally being accused of selling her vote in return for more Medicaid funding, the increase would come to $432 million (a 5 percent hike in state spending), more than wiping out the extra funds she got in return for her vote. What is so myopic about this is that, not only will the amount of dollars she got be offset due to the costs on the state from day one, the "pay off" will only benefit for a limited period of time. The new cost on the state will be annual and without an expiration date.

In Indiana, where the more moderate (by Democrat standards) Evan Bayh is senator, spending would go up by $586 million. This is a significant increase of 4 percent.
Ben Nelson of Nebraska has been one of the health care bill's stronger Democrat critics. His state will require an additional spending under the bill of $81 million, a 2 percent increase.

The pain continues to other states, as North Dakota, home of Senators Kent Conrad and Byron Dorgan, will face a spending increase of $14 million, and in South Dakota, represented by moderate Democrat Tim Johnson, Medicaid spending would have to rise by $33 million.

These increases in spending do not include the direct cost that will have to be carried by Americans in federal tax. This bill remains complicated and the extent of the financial injury it provides only grows daily.


Kevin Price is a syndicated columnist whose articles frequently appear at ChicagoSunTimes.com, Reuters.com, USAToday.com, and other national media. Kevin Price is Host of the Price of Business (M-F at 11 AM on CNN 650) and Publisher of the Houston Business Review. Hear the show live and online at PriceofBusiness.com. Visit the archive of past shows here.

Obama trying to backdoor American's with his Nuts

They say an apple doesn't fall far from the tree... it looks like ACORN's don't either!

Apparently upset that ACORN isn't able to feed from the federal trough anymore, President Obama is trying to backdoor some love for his Nuts....

From Washington News Observer --

Video: Rep. Issa Asks If Decision To Continue ACORN Funding Is Obama's Payback To The Political Machine

(0:05) "While Americans were enjoying Thanksgiving holidays with their family and friends, they learned that the Obama Administration had released an opinion designed to overturn the very law Congress passed and the President signed that intended to cut off federal funding to ACORN. This decision raises obvious questions that now deserve an answer. Is this Barack Obama's payback to the political machine that helped get him elected?" –Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA)

Who: Congressman Darrell Issa (R-CA), Congressman Lamar Smith (R-TX), Congressman Steve King (R-IA), Todd Rokita (IN Secretary of State)
What: Forum on ACORN
Where: House of Representatives
When: Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

Soundbite 1: Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) Calls For Special Prosecutor For ACORN Investigation.

(0:59) "The President's ties to ACORN taint any conclusions the Justice Department may reach with regard to whether or not to investigate and prosecute ACORN employees. That is why I have requested that the Attorney General appoint a special prosecutor to oversee the investigation of ACORN." -Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX)

Soundbite 2: Rep. Steve King (R-IA) Says Obama Worked For ACORN.

(0:37) "We are going to find out that these roads following ACORN do lead to the White House. We know that the President has worked for ACORN and he has been part and parcel of that. He has talked about it openly, Project Vote in particular." -Rep. Steve King (R-IA)

Soundbite 3: Todd Rokita (IN Secretary of State) Says ACORN Investigations Should Not Be A Partisan Issue.

(2:44) "I'm not sure why this is a partisan issue quite honestly. When I get asked as Indiana Secretary of State about where we are with ACORN in our investigation into what is happening it's not just Republicans asking me; it's Democrats, it's everyone." - Todd Rokita , IN Secretary of State

Gore Confronted on Climategate

David Horowitz: The Art of Political War

There was a very good article written by David Horowitz on Front Page that I found on the tea Party Patriot site. In this article Horowitz details "The Art of Political War for the Tea Parties."

Though we do not support or endorse candidates, there are many interesting items in the article that can be applied to our groups and what will be the drag on all the new groups. I took a couple paragraphs out of the article that can be applied to the groups the same as Horowitz has applied them to the Republican problems. But, many of what Horowitz points out is spot on about why the Republicans, especially here in Ohio, fail to win elections and support from outside the party.

The first paragraphs that should be singled out is the single biggest problem faced growing the groups -- conservatives want to much structure and bureaucracy within the groups. This is deadly for the movement and exactly what we are fighting against in our government. An overly structured group and especially formal alliances is like dead weight. It is far too restrictive. Loose-knitted working relationships between the groups is what is needed for this to succeed....

Republicans play right into the Democrats’ trap because they approach politics as a problem of management. To Republicans, every issue is a management issue—the utility of a tax cut, the efficiency of a program, the optimal method for running an enterprise. Republicans talk like businessmen who want a chance to manage the country so that it will turn a profit.

There is nothing wrong with instituting good policies and running things efficiently or turning a profit. But while Republicans are performing these Gold Star activities, Democrats are engaged in a different kind of drama. They are busy attacking Republicans as servants of the rich, oppressors of the weak and defenders of the strong. And enemies of “the people.”

Interpretation --- as some want to install more structure, positions, alliances, councils, etc and talk about what to do or how to do it -- the democrats are out casting the Tea Party's and 9.12 groups as tools for the Republican party and extremists.

We need to concentrate on doing rather than structuring. The key really is to keep it simple -- and this is the hard thing for the well-intentioned & structured-minded conservatives to do. We need the freedom and flexibility to address the issues as they surface. Too much structure takes away from this flexibility and creates tunnel vision within the groups, alliances, councils, etc...

The above leads to the next paragraph being cited -- too much preaching to the choir and worrying about too many things.... (emphasis added)

Of course, you have a base of supporters who will listen for hours to what you have to say if that’s what you want. In the battles facing you, they will play an important role. Therefore, what you say to them is also important. But it is not going to decide elections. The audiences that will determine your fate are audiences that you will first have to persuade.

Therefore it is absolutely essential to focus your message and repeat it over and over again. Lack of focus will derail your message. If you make too many points, your message will be diffused and nothing will get through. The result will be the same as if you had made no point at all.

Discussing topics, new developments, opinions, etc... within our groups is essential and very, very important. Good debate is crucial -- but continually talking about the same issues or wasting time on the daily "Reid or Pelosi just said...." amongst ourselves gains no ground and is counterproductive. Politicians love when you lose focus and we turn our efforts to their latest press release or statement. Why? It takes time away from where we need to be focused.

We already know where we stand -- it is vital to get our message out for the Independents and the voters still watching American Idol or Dancing with the Stars.

We must keep our messages short, sweet and to the point. The average person does not care if Nancy Pelosi or Harry Reid just made another statement about health care. Many people get turned off by this stuff and only want to know how it will affect them -- but only if it takes a couple minutes and is easy to understand and digest.

Think about it -- how politically active were you before the Tea Party's and 9.12 groups came around? Did you want to hear every detail about a bill or the daily political events? Most likely the answer is no. We need to remember that as we talk to others that are not yet involved.

To read the whole article click here.

People are getting fed up!

Sign Glenn Becks "Open Letter to our Nation's Leadership" Petition

These principles come from an open letter to America that was sent from a listener to the Glenn Beck Program. Currently there are 152,751 signatures You can read & sign by clicking here.

Principles

I. Illegal immigration

I want you to stop coddling illegal immigrants and secure our borders. Close the underground tunnels. Stop the violence and the trafficking in drugs and people. No amnesty, not again. Been there, done that, no resolution. P.S., I'm not a racist. This isn't to be confused with legal immigration.

II. TARP

I want it repealed and I want no further funding supplied to it. We told you no, but you did it anyway. I want the remaining unfunded 95% repealed. Freeze, repeal.

III. Czars

I want the circumvention of our checks and balances stopped immediately. Fire the czars. No more czars. Government officials answer to the process, not to the president. Stop trampling on our Constitution and honor it.

IV. Cap and trade

The debate on global warming is not over. There is more to say.

V. Universal healthcare

I will not be rushed into another expensive decision. Don't you dare try to pass this in the middle of the night and then go on break. Slow down!

VI. Growing government control

I want states rights and sovereignty fully restored. I want less government in my life, not more. Shrink it down. Mind your own business. You have enough to take care of with your real obligations. Why don't you start there.

VII. ACORN

I do not want ACORN and its affiliates in charge of our 2010 census. I want them investigated. I also do not want mandatory escrow fees contributed to them every time on every real estate deal that closes. Stop the funding to ACORN and its affiliates pending impartial audits and investigations.

I do not trust them with taking the census over with our taxpayer money. I don't trust them with our taxpayer money. Face up to the allegations against them and get it resolved before taxpayers get any more involved with them. If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, hello. Stop protecting your political buddies. You work for us, the people. Investigate.

VIII. Redistribution of wealth

No, no, no. I work for my money. It is mine. I have always worked for people with more money than I have because they gave me jobs. That is the only redistribution of wealth that I will support. I never got a job from a poor person. Why do you want me to hate my employers? What do you have against shareholders making a profit?

IX. Charitable contributions

Although I never got a job from a poor person, I have helped many in need. Charity belongs in our local communities, where we know our needs best and can use our local talent and our local resources. Butt out, please. We want to do it ourselves.

X. Corporate bailouts

Knock it off. Sink or swim like the rest of us. If there are hard times ahead, we'll be better off just getting into it and letting the strong survive. Quick and painful. Have you ever ripped off a Band Aid? We will pull together. Great things happen in America under great hardship. Give us the chance to innovate. We cannot disappoint you more than you have disappointed us.

XI. Transparency and accountability

How about it? No, really, how about it? Let's have it. Let's say we give the buzzwords a rest and have some straight honest talk. Please try %u2011%u2011 please stop manipulating and trying to appease me with clever wording. I am not the idiot you obviously take me for. Stop sneaking around and meeting in back rooms making deals with your friends. It will only be a prelude to your criminal investigation. Stop hiding things from me.

XII. Unprecedented spending

Stop it now. Take a breath. Listen to the people.

(Click here to sign)