Support OH's Freedom of Choice Health Care

From The Cleveland 9.12 Project --

We're still in limbo on the healthcare bill in DC. Earlier this week, in a blog titled “The State of the Undead Bill,” Hot Air argued that “The only safe conclusion is that the Democrats are, at some level, still trying to pass ObamaCare, including the politically risky step returning it to the front burner closer to the election.” http://hotair.com/arc...

While the legislation in Congress is stalled, many states have been formulating legislation to inoculate residents from any federal healthcare mandates. Good news. The Washington Post reported the other day that “Virginia's Democratic-controlled state Senate passed measures Monday that would make it illegal to require individuals to purchase health insurance, a direct challenge to the party's efforts in Washington to reform health care.” http://www.washington...

Here is a website that is monitoring "Freedom of Choice Health Care" legislation in all 50 states : http://www.alec.org/A...

As most of you know, last summer, members of the Ohio House of Representatives proposed HJR3, a joint resolution to free Ohioans from federally mandated health insurance. You can read the resolution here http://www.legislatur...

Rep. Ron Maag is one of the sponsors of this resolution. I am told by Rep. Maag’s office that the HJR3 had one hearing and is now stuck in the Insurance Committee. Rep. Dan Dodd is the chair of this Committee, and he needs to hear from us.

The message: the Chair of the Insurance Committee needs to put the second hearing of HJR3 onto the calendar, so it does not die in committee. We want to see this resolution get voted out of committee and onto the House floor, and then get on a ballot before Ohio voters. Ohio should follow Virginia's lead, and join other states (per the link above) that are proposing similar resolutions or bills to protect citizens from federally mandated healthcare insurance.

In addition, Rep. Maag will be grateful for any ammunition you can provide him, with your calls / faxes/ e-mails to him on this resolution. The committee and the House are both Democrat-majority, so this alert needs to be sustained. For those of you who prefer, snail mail is also an option. Be sure to cc: your own representative.

Here are details:

Representative Dan Dodd (D-District 91), Chair of Insurance Committee
77 S. High St., 11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215-6111
Tel: (614) 466-2500 Fax: (614) 719-6991
Email: district91@ohr.state.oh.us

Representative Ron Maag (R), co-sponsor of HJR377
S. High St., 10th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215-6111
Tel: (614) 644-6023 Fax: (614) 719-3589
Email: district35@ohr.state.oh.us

If you live in District 10, your representative is:

Representative Robin Belcher (D- District 10)
77 S. High St., 13th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215-6111
Tel: (614) 466-7954 Fax: (614) 719-0010
Email: district10@ohr.state.oh.us

If you live in another district, find your representative here: http://www.house.stat...

Let's let them start hearing from us!

A Bailout for Greece?

Central Valley Tea Party Patriots (CA) Question Congressman Costa about his Lies

The below video is from our buddy Ben Bergquam of the Central Valley Tea Party Patriots (CA).

In the video Ben & his fellow Patriots question Congressman Jim Costa (D-Fresno) and his lying about votes in which he supported cutting of water to the Central Valley farmers.

Politics 101 Class (Replay)

Patriots,

The Cleveland 9/12 Project and the Cleveland Tea Party Patriots are teaming up and hosting Politics 101 Workshops.

What: Politics 101 Workshop #2 (Replay)
When: February 14, 2010 3:00 PM
Where: Pinnacle Condos
Address: 701 West Lakeside Ave. 3rd floor lobby Cleveland, OH 44113

We are repeating this workshop #2 for members who have expressed interest in the meeting they missed, or for those who want to repeat the experience -- it's a lot of information. This is the second of several must attend workshops to provide some ABC's on how politics in Cleveland and environs, Cuyahoga County, and Ohio are organized.

The Cleveland 9.12 and The Cleveland Tea Party Patriots are scheduling these to give all of us as voters insights into the process of identifying and selecting candidates, or working on issues. These workshops will also detail the structure of the political partys and exposing how the party County Central/Executive Committee and State Central Committee operations are conducted.

It is in these committees where all the back room political deals get made. It is at these levels and on these committees that your involvement is needed most. If you are tired of voting from the lesser of two evils -- you will not want to miss this class.

It will also provide those brave members who are considering running for office -- from local City Council to US representative - valuable information on how to proceed.

Workshops like these are being held all over Ohio to give us the tools and information we need to make a difference. Bring with you your ward and precinct details. Look on your Cuyahoga County Board of Elections voter location card, which shows your ward and precinct.

If you can’t find your voter location card, go to the Board of Elections website at http://boe.cuyahogaco... to find out. If all else fails, call the Board of Elections at 216.443.3200. The deadline for applying for committee slots in Feb. 18, 2010.

If you are interested in attending please RSVP at the Cleveland 9.12 Project (click here) or email: clevelandteaparty@gmail.com with Politics 101 RSVP in the reference line. Due to size constraints seating is limited to the first 50 people.

Power of Coalitions event

There is a Power of Coalitions event being hosted by Cuyahoga County for Liberty occurring this Saturday, Feb 6th at the Beachland Ballroom is shaping up to be a great afternoon! There will be several individuals and groups giving presentations on a wide range of pro-Liberty, pro-Constitution topics. The doors open to the public at 11:30am and the presentations run until 3:30pm. The representative groups will have tables setup so you can gather information and learn more about them. Food and beverages (alcoholic and non-alcoholic) will be available for purchase.

By capitalizing on the strengths and similarities of all the groups in Cuyahoga County and by creating a friendly exchange between groups, we will strengthen our mutual interests and pave the way to government from the bottom up as the Constitution intended.

When: Saturday, February 6, 2010
Time: 11:30 AM-4:00 PM.
Where: The Beachland Ballroom
Address: 15711 Waterloo Rd. Cleveland, Ohio 44110

THIS IS A FREE EVENT, THE PUBLIC IS NOT ONLY WELCOME BUT ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND. (http://www.beachlandballroom.com/menu.html)

Keynote Speakers

• Jason Gloyd Chairman – C.O.A.S.T., Cincinnati, OH Coalition Opposed to Additional Spending & Taxes

• William Peirce, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus CWRU & former Chair of the Economics Department Former Libertarian Party Gubernatorial Candidate.

• Walker Todd, J.D., Ph.D. Research Fellow, American Institute for Economic Research Former Adjunct Professor, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Former Officer Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland & New York

Local Groups Presenting;

• Cuyahoga County for Liberty
• Libertarian Party of Cuyahoga County
• Westlake-912
• Cleveland Tea Party Patriots
• Young Americans for Liberty – CWRU
• Oath Keepers
• We the People
• Ohio Freedom Alliance
• John Birch Society
• Fully Informed Jury Association
• American Open Currency Standard

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH); Words of Economic Wisdom

Pelosi still pushing for Health Care Bill

San Fran Nan, the PVC-faced Princess of the Progressives and Squawker of the House, is still determined to push a broken Health Care Reform plan on the citizens of this country.

Politico is reporting that Pelosi is expected to schedule a vote next week on a scaled down version of a health care baill that will rescind a half-century-old exemption from antitrust laws for the health insurance companies....

The vote is part of her new two-track strategy to tackle things that won’t be included in a more sweeping bill — if Congress ever passes one — while giving her members something politically popular to vote on. The move also puts pressure on Republicans, the industry and wavering Democrats, who wish their leaders would abandon the push altogether.

The bill comes as party brass struggles to find a path forward in the broader health care reform effort and amounts to a concession to her caucus as more sweeping legislation twists in the wind. The House bill would resemble a section of the House health care bill that ends an exemption for health and medical malpractice insurers and grants the federal government more authority to regulate antitrust laws.

The Senate didn’t include an antitrust provision in its health care legislation because Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) couldn’t muster the 60 votes needed to include it.

Also, Nebraska Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson — himself a former state insurance commissioner — opposed the House measure, so the bill would face long odds in the Senate. More...