Houston Area Liberty Campaign

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July 1, 2010

Dear Friend in Liberty,

Yesterday, the House rejected Ron Paul’s Audit the Fed by a vote of 198-229.  The Audit was included in a Republican motion to send the Dodd-Frank Fed Empowerment Act (H.R. 4173) back to committee.

If the measure had been approved, H.R. 4173 would have been changed to include the thorough Audit.

Even worse, the majority of those who voted against it were cosponsors of H.R. 1207.

( http://www.campaignforliberty.com/materials/HR1207-Shame-List.pdf )

Check out our “Hall of Shame” to see if your representative is on the list of those who abandoned their so-called “support” for Audit the Fed (while voting to further empower the secretive Fed) when real action was required.

*[Editor's Note: These are the TX representatives voting 'no' on the Audit the Fed:  Ruben Hinojosa – TX-15, Silvestre Reyes – TX-16, Ciro Rodriguez – TX-23, Lloyd Doggett – TX-25, Solomon Ortiz – TX-27, Henry Cuellar – TX-28 and Eddie Bernice Johnson – TX-30]

Be sure to let them know you will make your fellow constituents aware of their failure to support full accountability from those responsible for this latest economic crisis.

If your representative stood with Ron Paul by supporting Audit the Fed, thank him for his support and urge him to fight any future efforts to expand the Fed’s powers.
See the complete roll call on the motion here.    http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2010/roll412.xml

There’s still time to stop this Fed powergrab in the Senate.

Find your senators here.  After you contact your congressman, please call your senators and demand they stand up for the American people by defeating H.R. 4173 and taking a standalone vote on S. 604, Audit the Fed.

We’ve come too far to let the Fed off the hook for its actions.  Call Congress today!

In Liberty,
John Tate
President
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Thanks to this HALC author’s friend, Rick, in MN….

 OK, I did my part.  Now You FIRE this around the world to everybody you know.  GRRRRR!!  I’m MAD AND YOU WILL BE TOO!
 
 Your   U.S.  House & Senate have voted themselves raises at $4,700 in the House
and $5,300 in the Senate.

1.     They voted to not give you a Social Security cost of living raise in 2010 and 2011 

2.     Your Medicare premiums will go up $285.60 for the 2-years and you will not get the 3% COLA: $660/yr. Your total 2-yr loss and cost is -$1,600 each or -$3,200 for husband and wife.                                                        

3.     Over 2-yrs The House & Senate each get $10,000 raises

4.     Do you feel SCREWED?

5.    WILL your cost of drugs – doctor fees – local taxes – food, etc., increase?  You better believe they will!
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April 30,2010 – Houston
The Houston Tea Party Society hosted an event at the Crowne Plaza Hotel to allow candidates for the 2010 Congressional Races in the Houston and Southeast Texas to participate and sign the Contract From America.    The event was open to all congressional Candidates in the South East Texas area including incumbents and challengers.

The Contract from America is self described as a grassroots-generated, crowd-sourced, bottom-up call for real economic conservative and good governance reform in Congress.   The initative was developed within the decentralized tea party and 912 movements. Ryan Hecker, a Houston Tea Party Society activist, developed the concept of creating a grassroots-generated call for reform prior to the April 15, 2009 Tax Day Tea Party rallies.

John Culberson (R ) of Texas District 7 was the only incumbent present for the signing.    The candidates in attendance included Libertarians Bruce West of the 8^th district, David Smith of the 2^nd District and Steve Susman of the 22^nd District.   Republican signers for the contract were John Faulk – District 18.

Congressional candidate David Smith, CD 2-TX

John Culberson was the first to sign the contract.   Before signing the contract, he took exception to the 9^th item which was to reduce pork.   The contract states that congress will not pass any earmarks until the budget is balanced and only then with a 2/3 majority vote.    Culberson declined to include that item and used a “Line item veto” with that rule.

All other candidates signed the contract without any exceptions or exemptions.   David Smith who is opposing Ted Poe of the 2^ndCongressional District, used his time to mention “Fiscal Responsibility is vital to our economy and our government.”   He also noted that he had been busy campaigning in a non-stop door to door campaign.

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Rep. Poe, we can’t capture the thousands of people who cross the border on the southern border of the United States because the members of the Committee on the Judiciary, the  Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law Membership, and the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security,  like YOU, keep giving retarded speeches that don’t do a damn thing except expel tons of CO₂, which Mr. Gore is so fond of exploiting.  Except maybe you can inflate your preening ego so you can try to keep attracting those 18-24 yr old females of whom you’re so fond… but I digress.

Rep. Poe Compares Immigrants To Grasshoppers

Besides Rep. Poe, you just voted to let Puerto Rico decide if they want to be annexed by voting YEA on one of the earlier votes for HR 2499, home to approximately 3.6 million people.  In fact, you were a co-sponsor of H.R. 2499.  Never mind the fact that Puerto Rico has had similar proposals on the ballot at least three times in the past 2o yrs and overwhelmingly turned it down EVERY time.

The median income (in 1999 dollars) for “households” is $14,412 and $16,543 for “families”.  Per capita income (in 1999 dollars) is $8,185; of all ages of Puerto Ricans, 48.2% have  income below the poverty level (in 1999 dollars) and an astounding 58.3% of related children under 18 yrs of age are living below the poverty level (in 1999 dollars).  [See U. S. Census Bureau income and poverty statistics in 1999 & 2000 for Puerto Rico.]

Only 46% of Puerto Ricans are employed.  (Ironically, “puerto rico” means “rich port” or “rich harbor.”)  Of the Puerto Ricans who are employed, nearly half of those salaried people work either directly or indirectly for the government.  Welfare payments (transfer payments) paid to individuals have increased drastically, skyrocketing from $69 million in 1968 to well over $8 billion in 2002.  One-fifth of the islanders’ personal income is received in the form of disability, unemployment, and welfare payments. “This massive social spending, which began in the 1970s and continues today, has resulted in severe domestic disinvestment in the economy. Domestic capital investment has declined from 32 percent of GDP in 1970 to 16 percent in 2000. This means that the Puerto Rican government, rather than supporting the creation of jobs and market incentives, relies primarily on tax-induced revenue and foreign investment for any growth in the island’s GDP.”

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U S Rep. Ted Poe,
CD 2 (Republican)

U S Rep. Kevin Brady,
CD 8 (Republican)

U S Rep. Pete Olson,
CD 22 (Republican)

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF THESE THREE HOUSTON-AREA CONGRESSMAN.
SEE HOW MANY YOU CAN GUESS CORRECTLY. ANSWERS ARE BELOW.
BUT NO MATTER HOW MANY YOU GUESS CORRECTLY,
IF THESE GUYS KEEP GETTING ELECTED, WE ALL LOSE!!!!

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This Congressman, Rep. _(1)_,  is on the Committee of Foreign Affairs but yet said and held the outward opinion until recently “there is little that can be done about the border situation.”  Mexican military units have been as far as 30 mi. inland in the U S and have fired upon residential neighborhoods on American soil and also upon Border Patrol agents.  [View video from of “border incursions” here, first video in the list, about half-way down the page.]

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This Congressman voted for the renewal of the Patriot Act (H R 3961), which now “gives permission” to the federal government to snoop into your medical records without a warrant and for causes unrelated to any ongoing criminal investigation (i.e., whenever a government bureaucrat wants to and thinks you’re up to no damn good!!)  His last name is alphabetically the first Rep. of this horrid trio.  [See Roll Call Vote for H R 3961.]  He is Rep. _(2)_.

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This Congressman also voted for the renewal of the Patriot Act (H R 3961), which now “gives permission” to the federal government to snoop into your medical records without a warrant and for causes unrelated to any ongoing criminal investigation (i.e., whenever a government bureaucrat wants to and thinks you’re up to no damn good!!)  His last name is alphabetically the second Rep. of this horrid trio. [See Roll Call Vote for H R 3961.]  He is Rep. _(3)_.

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Here is the link to the “amendment” which was the legislation that was passed on Sunday, March 21.

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[From ExposeObama.com, article here.]

Well, I have done it! I have read the entire text of proposed House Bill 3200: The Affordable Health Care Choices Act of 2009.* I studied it with particular emphasis from my area of expertise, constitutional law. I was frankly concerned that parts of the proposed law that were being discussed might be unconstitutional. What I found was far worse than what I had heard or expected.

To begin with, much of what has been said about the law and its implications is in fact true, despite what the Democrats and the media are saying. The law does provide for rationing of health care, particularly where senior citizens and other classes of citizens are involved, free health care for illegal immigrants, free abortion services, and probably forced participation in abortions by members of the medical profession.

The Bill will also eventually force private insurance companies out of business and put everyone into a government run system. All decisions about personal health care will ultimately be made by federal bureaucrats and most of them will not be health care professionals. Hospital admissions, payments to physicians, and allocations of necessary medical devices will be strictly controlled.

However, as scary as all of that is, it just scratches the surface. In fact, I have concluded that this legislation really has no intention of providing affordable health care choices. Instead it is a convenient cover for the most massive transfer of power to the Executive Branch of government that has ever occurred, or even been contemplated. If this law or a similar one is adopted, major portions of the Constitution of the United States will effectively have been destroyed.
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Help John Dennis, U S Rep CD 8, fire Nancy Pelosi!!
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Dear Fellow Concerned American:

I want to remind you of the scariest words in Washington – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. If that name still causes you to squirm, get angry and grind your teeth, then keep reading.

Like you, I’m tired of waking up every day to see Nancy Pelosi and her cronies work to fulfill the agenda of Barack Obama without regard for how it chips away at our national sovereignty, undermines our national economy and mortgages our children’s future. As a father, I’m worried about how their actions will impact my daughter, your children and future generations of Americans.

My concerns for our nation’s welfare are not strictly based on my affiliation with the Republican Party, but as a father, small business owner and patriotic American. I’m concerned that we continue to lose our rights and liberties daily as Washington politicians, led by Speaker Pelosi, want to force us to submit to socialism.

I’m a proud American who wants our nation to succeed in the vision of our Founding Fathers and refuses to see it continue down this wayward course of a death spiral.

That’s why I’m running for Congress against Nancy Pelosi.
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Help Rand Paul (KY Senate) fight for all Americans against the health care travesty!!
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Dear friend,

Today is the big day. It’s your chance to show the establishment once and for all that we’re here to take our government back!

As I’ve traveled around Kentucky the last few weeks, I’m sensing an energy that is growing. It started with the Tea Parties. It’s been fueled by the continued of of control spending and lust for power of our elected officials.

The beginning of the end for out of control government is this race. Here in Kentucky, we will take that message and bring it to Washington.

As noted in Politico magazine last week, “A win by Paul…would represent the first true electoral success of the Tea Party movement.” I’m humbled to think that could be true. And I will work every day from now til November to make sure it’s true.

But first, I need YOUR help.

My establishment opponent isn’t running to change Washington, he’s running to be part of Washington. He’s not running to end bailouts, he’s running with campaign cash FROM recipients of bailouts.
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Help Adam Kokesh (NM, CD 3) fight for all Americans against the health care travesty!!
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Dear supporter,

Today Barack Obama signed into law the costly government health care bill that takes away your freedom and raises your taxes. The effect of this bill will be to put more Americans out of work, and further increase the cost of health care in this country.

US Rep. Ben Luján (D-NM) voted for the bill, proving once again that he holds no respect for the Constitution, or the individual liberties enshrined within it. With your help, we can hold Luján accountable, and stop the out-of-control spending in Washington that he supports.

As a representative for New Mexico’s Third District, I will hold the line against waste, fraud, and abuse. I will work to restore the free enterprise system that keeps our economy strong. I will stand up for New Mexico small businesses and families by cutting taxes and reducing burdensome legislation.

But I need your help.

Luján receives half of his funding from special interest groups and lobbyists who buy his votes. As someone who upholds the Constitution, I rely on concerned Americans like you to keep our campaign going.

By supporting this campaign, you can help ensure that legislation like the health care takeover never sees the light of day. You can help put our country back on the right track and restore our economy’s health.

Please contribute the most generous amount you can now at our website, and help me stop the Luján-Pelosi-Reid agenda in its tracks.

Freedom is under attack. But with your help, we will fight back.

In Liberty,

Adam Kokesh

P.S. I need your help to make sure out-of-touch bureaucrats like Luján don’t get re-elected in 2010. Please help us fight big government and preserve individual freedom, and make the most generous contribution you can today.

Kokesh for Congress | 6771 Camino Rojo | Santa Fe | NM | 87507

Good news, folks!! Ms. Debra Medina (recent Republican Gubernatorial candidate), the good doctor Ron Paul himself, Mr. David Smith (CD 2, TX), Mr. Guy McLendon (Harris County Libertarian Party Chair), Mr. Pat Dixon (Libertarian Party of Texas Chair) and several other politicos were mentioned in a recent Houston Chronicle story.