EMERGENCY CALL TO ACTION

Greetings,

I have explained in previous Economic Updates how the proposed Health Care bill is nothing but a means for the Federal government to steal a lot more of our money in order to offset the bank caused credit destruction that’s occurring.

This is the week when we need to pull out ALL of the stops and get this Health Care bill defeated.

You can help in doing this by relentlessly calling your US Representative and your two US Senators. Tell them that you demand their “No” vote on Health Care, and that you will be watching the vote very carefully.

Use this link for finding your Representative’s phone number: http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/index.html

Use this link for finding the phone number of your Senators: http://senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

Folks, the hour is at hand. This is largest legislative battle that has occurred in decades.

Please don’t think that we’re fine since the Senate version of the bill currently contains an allowance for health care organizations such as Samaritan Ministries. This allowance can EASILY be stripped out during the budget reconciliation process, leaving us with nothing.

Take the time to not only call, but physically visit the local offices of your Representative and Senators. If you’re anywhere near Washington, D.C. then go to their offices on Capitol Hill. That is the absolute best way to get the message across.

Here’s the VITALLY IMPORTANT information that needs to be sent to everyone that you know:

These are the 20 Democrats who voted “NO” on the House bill last November. CALL THEM if they any are in your district and thank them for their previous vote. Also encourage them to vote “NO” again and let them know you will be watching their vote with great expectations.

AL (2) - Bobby Bright
AL (7) - Artur Davis
AR (4) - Mike Ross
GA (8) - Jim Marshall
ID (1) - Walt Minnick
KY (6) - Ben Chandler
LA (3) - Charlie Melancon
MD (1) - Frank Kratovil
MN (7) - Collin Peterson
MO (4) - Ike Skelton
MS (4) - Gene Taylor
NC (7) - Mike McIntyre
NC (8) - Larry Kissell
NC (11) - Health Shuler
NY (13) - Mike McMahon
OH (10) - Dennis Kucinich
OK (2) - Dan Boren
PA (17) - Tim Holden
SD (AL) - Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
TX (17) - Chet Edwards

Here are 5 Democrats that voted “YES” in November, but are now looking at voting “NO” because of the abortion language in the Senate bill. CALL THEM and encourage their “NO” vote. Thank them for standing up for life! Let them know that you’ll watch their vote with great anticipation.

AR (1) - Marion Berry
IL (3) - Dan Lipinski
IN (2) - Joe Donnelly
MI (1) - Bart Stupak
PA (3) - Kathy Dahlkemper

Here are 12 Democrats that voted “NO” in November, but are now looking at voting “YES”. THESE FOLKS NEED TO BE RELENTLESSLY INSTRUCTED TO VOTE “NO”!!! If you live in their districts then burn up those phone lines. Hop in the car and visit their local offices – each day this week if possible. Make signs (encouraging – but with warnings about November if they fail in their mission) and picket the street area in front of their local offices. If none of these people are in your local district then PLEASE CALL friends, relatives, etc. that live in the same state as those listed – or just send them this email.

FL (2) - Allen Boyd
FL (24) - Suzanne Kosmas
GA (12) - John Barrow
MS (1) - Travis Childers
NJ (3) - John Adler
NM (2) - Harry Teague
TN (4) - Lincoln Davis
TN (8) - John Tanner
UT (2) - Jim Matheson
VA (2) - Glenn Nye
VA (9) - Rick Boucher

Here is the list of Democrats that voted “NO” last November, but are now seeing a “new light” hurtling down the tracks at them next November. These folks need to be made well aware that their political futures hinge on this one vote. If they vote anything except “NO” then they had better begin packing their bags now. The more that you can make them uncomfortable (phone calls, visits, signs on street corners where their local office can see them) the better.

AZ (1) - Ann Kirkpatrick
AZ (8) - Gabrielle Giffords
IL (12) - Jerry Costello
IN (8) - Brad Ellsworth
IN (9) - Baron Hill
ND (AL) - Earl Pomeroy
NY (1) - Tim Bishop
NY (23) - Bill Owens
NY (24) - Mike Arcuri
NY (25) - Dan Maffei
OH (1) - Steve Driehaus
OH (18) - Zack Space
OH (9) - Marcy Kaptur
PA (10) - Chris Carney
PA (11) - Paul Kanjorski
PA (14) - Mike Doyle
TX (27) - Solomon Ortiz
TX (28) - Henry Cuellar
WV (1) - Alan Mollohan
WV (3) - Nick Rahall

Please take the time to read the following – and apply it to your own life. The battle is now…

The Dinner Roll ..

Once upon a time I was invited to the White House for a private dinner with the President.

I am a respected businessman, with a factory that produces memory chips for computers and portable electronics.

There was some talk that my industry was being scrutinized by the administration, but I paid it no mind. I live in a FREE country. There's nothing that the government can do to me if I've broken no laws. My wealth was EARNED honestly, and an invitation to dinner with an American President is an honor.

I checked my coat, was greeted by the Chief of Staff, and joined the President in a yellow dining room.

We sat across from each other at a table draped in white linen. The Great Seal was embossed on the china. Uniformed staff served our dinner.

The meal was served, and I was startled when my waiter suddenly reached out, plucked a dinner roll off my plate and began nibbling it as he walked back to the kitchen..

"Sorry 'bout that," said the President. "Andrew is very hungry."

"I don't appreciate..." I began, but as I looked into the calm brown eyes across from me, I felt immediately guilty and petty. It was just a dinner roll. "Of course," I concluded, and reached for my glass.

Before I could, however, another waiter reached forward, took the glass away and swallowed the wine in a single gulp. "And his brother, Eric, is very thirsty," said the President.

I didn't say anything. The President is testing my compassion, I thought. I withheld my comments and decided to play along. I don't want to seem unkind..

My plate was whisked away before I had tasted a bite.

"Eric's children are also quite hungry."

With a lurch, I crashed to the floor. My chair had been pulled out from under me.

I stood, brushing myself off angrily, and watched as it was carried from the room.

And their grandmother can't stand for long."

I excused myself, smiling outwardly, but inside feeling like a fool. Obviously I had been invited to the White House to be sport for some game. I reached for my coat, to find that it had been taken.

I turned back to the President.

"Their grandfather doesn't like the cold."

I wanted to shout, "that was my coat!" But again, I looked at the placid smiling face of my host and decided I was being a poor sport. I spread my hands helplessly and chuckled.

Then I felt my hip pocket and realized my wallet was gone. I excused myself and walked to a phone on an elegant side table.

I learned shortly that my credit cards had been maxed out, my bank accounts emptied, my retirement and equity portfolios had vanished, and my wife had been thrown out of our home.

Apparently, the waiters and their families were moving in. The President hadn't moved or spoken as I learned all this, but finally I lowered the phone into its cradle and turned to face him.

"Andrew's whole family has made bad financial decisions. They haven't planned for retirement and they need a house. They recently defaulted on a subprime mortgage. I told them they could have your home. They need it more than you do."

My hands were shaking. I felt faint I stumbled back to the table and knelt on the floor.

The President cheerfully cut his meat, ate his steak, and drank his wine. I lowered my eyes and stared at the small grey circles on the tablecloth that were water drops.

"By the way," he added, "I have just signed an Executive Order nationalizing your factories.

I'm firing you as head of your business. I'll be operating the firm now for the benefit of all mankind.

There's a whole bunch of Erics and Andrews out there and they can't come to you for jobs groveling like beggars...we need to spread YOUR wealth around..."

I looked up. The President dropped his spoon into the empty ramekin which had been his crème Brule.

He drained the last drops of his wine. As the table was cleared, he lit a cigarette and leaned back in his chair.

He stared at me. I clung to the edge of the table as if it were a ledge and I were a man hanging over an abyss.

I thought of the years behind me, of the life I had lived. The life I had earned with a lifetime of work, risk and struggle.

Why was I punished? How had I allowed it to be taken? What game had I played and lost? I looked across the table and noticed with some surprise that there was no game board between us.

What had I done wrong?

As if answering the unspoken thought, President Obama suddenly cocked his head, locked his empty eyes to mine, and bared a million teeth, chuckling wryly as he folded his hands.

"You should have stopped me at the dinner roll," he said.

WAKE UP AMERICA!!!

Warmly,

Brad

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