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Apostate93
22 October 2009 @ 03:03 pm
It is live now! There is art in all forms there this issue, and some really good articles by some really good people. Check it out now. http://rendingtheveil.com
20 October 2009 @ 03:13 am
Yesterday, the Hillsboro store manager at Fred Meyer called police to arrest three union representatives for talking with workers—a right guaranteed to workers under federal law. Two Union representatives were arrested.
19 October 2009 @ 02:38 am
If you support Union Workers, and you live in the Portland area, please do not shop at Safeway of Fred Meyers. They are in violation of their contract.
For example, Safeway can afford to fund things like the Oregon Blues Festival and the Ladies Professional Golf Association but can't seem to honor a Union contract for its workers.
Shop where employees are treated as though they mattered instead.
Thank you.
For example, Safeway can afford to fund things like the Oregon Blues Festival and the Ladies Professional Golf Association but can't seem to honor a Union contract for its workers.
Shop where employees are treated as though they mattered instead.
Thank you.
18 October 2009 @ 07:13 pm
Jupiter Recording Studio Robbed: Seattle area musicians and studio types watc for someone trying to sell 2 Neumann M147s, 2 vintage AKG C414EBs, Royer R122, 2 Crown CM700s, Oktava ML52 Ribbon, Lots of SM57s and SM58s, AKG D12E, and a .........Mac G5, Radial J48 Active DI Box, Proco DI Box, ProTools 8 HD TDM Software. All stolen early today from Jupiter Studios in Wallingford. Please help spread the word.
13 October 2009 @ 04:32 pm
Dear friend,
As the vote on health care reform works its way through Congress, the insurance industry is doing its best to weaken already too weak bills. In fact, the bills Congress is considering will give the insurance industry hundreds of billions in new annual revenue by forcing Americans to buy their overpriced insurance. But, even with this massive giveaway the insurance industry is twisting the screws to squeeze every bit of profit out of "reform," consistently putting profits before patients.
Prosperity Agenda has been urging a different approach, the most popular reform among Americans, a single payer national health care system - improved Medicare for all. We've protested in Congress, written letters, emails, faxes and called. We are not giving up. Our Mobilization for Health Care is going national in two days and is already catching fire.
When we launched the campaign we sought 100 people willing to risk arrest in protests of the insurance industry, already 700 have signed up. We hoped for 3 to 4 cities by this stage, now "Patients Not Profit" sit-ins will be happening in at least 9 cities across the country this Thursday! There is a hunger in America for a vision like this. The incredible response of people has left no doubt - people want to end insurance company abuse. Click here for the list of cities where mobilizations will occur on Thursday, and there will be even more on the next day of action, October 28th (coincidentally, my birthday!). If you have not signed up to participate, please visit www.MobilizeForHealthCare.org and do so now.
The Congressional leadership took single payer off the table, but we pushed and now we have two important single payer votes before the full House of Representatives. First, this week Rep. Anthony Weiner will be introducing an amendment on the House Floor to replace the current bill with a single payer system. Second, Rep. Dennis Kucinich's amendment, making it easier for state's to pass single payer, will also be voted on in the House. Please click here to write your representative to urge support for both these amendments and urge the House to not force people to buy overpriced insurance.
We do not expect the Weiner Amendment to pass - there have been no hearings and little public discussion - but it is important that this vote receive as high a vote total as possible. Similarly, the Kucinich Amendment faces a challenge to pass with the insurance corporations working hard to defeat it. But, both of these historic, first-ever votes on single payer health care give us a chance to see who our allies in Congress are and who are our opponents. Push now. Contact your representative to support these amendments and oppose the requirement forcing Americans to buy overpriced private insurance.
Congress has demonstrated that the multi-payer, private health system cannot work. The plans pushed by President Obama and the congressional leadership will leave tens of millions without health care and not control costs. In fact, the insurance industry issued a report this week that said insurance costs will rise by 111% by 2019 under the reform bill to $25,900 for the average family and $9,700 for the average individual.
Since Congress failed to solve America's health problem, we are also working at the state level. Several states are near passage of single payer systems. When Canada created its national health system it first passed in one province. After it worked there it became national policy. There's a bi-partisan bill working its way through the Pennsylvania legislature right now, and Prosperity Agenda is already working to help pass it. Join me on October 20 in Pennsylvania's capitol rotunda in Harrisburg for the Healthcare4allPA Rally. We're urging everyone in surrounding states to attend so Pennsylvania can create a model for the rest of the country to follow.
Other states - California, Illinois, Massachusetts and Ohio - are also close to passage of a single payer system that rids the nation of the scourge of private insurance.
This year has seen tremendous growth in the vitality of the Medicare for All movement. On October 15th the Mobilization for Health Care will demonstrate a new political force in the American landscape - Americans fed up with the real death panels, the insurance industry who are seeking to end their abuse once and for all. Join us in seeking a health care system that guarantees the right to health care for all. The status quo cannot continue, and current reform proposals simply will not solve the problem. Sign up to join us on the national days of action this Thursday and on October 28th.
Thank you to all who have donated so far - we could not do this without you! If you can make a donation to help build this campaign, please donate now.
Sincerely,
Kevin Zeese
Executive Director
Prosperity Agent
As the vote on health care reform works its way through Congress, the insurance industry is doing its best to weaken already too weak bills. In fact, the bills Congress is considering will give the insurance industry hundreds of billions in new annual revenue by forcing Americans to buy their overpriced insurance. But, even with this massive giveaway the insurance industry is twisting the screws to squeeze every bit of profit out of "reform," consistently putting profits before patients.
Prosperity Agenda has been urging a different approach, the most popular reform among Americans, a single payer national health care system - improved Medicare for all. We've protested in Congress, written letters, emails, faxes and called. We are not giving up. Our Mobilization for Health Care is going national in two days and is already catching fire.
When we launched the campaign we sought 100 people willing to risk arrest in protests of the insurance industry, already 700 have signed up. We hoped for 3 to 4 cities by this stage, now "Patients Not Profit" sit-ins will be happening in at least 9 cities across the country this Thursday! There is a hunger in America for a vision like this. The incredible response of people has left no doubt - people want to end insurance company abuse. Click here for the list of cities where mobilizations will occur on Thursday, and there will be even more on the next day of action, October 28th (coincidentally, my birthday!). If you have not signed up to participate, please visit www.MobilizeForHealthCare.org and do so now.
The Congressional leadership took single payer off the table, but we pushed and now we have two important single payer votes before the full House of Representatives. First, this week Rep. Anthony Weiner will be introducing an amendment on the House Floor to replace the current bill with a single payer system. Second, Rep. Dennis Kucinich's amendment, making it easier for state's to pass single payer, will also be voted on in the House. Please click here to write your representative to urge support for both these amendments and urge the House to not force people to buy overpriced insurance.
We do not expect the Weiner Amendment to pass - there have been no hearings and little public discussion - but it is important that this vote receive as high a vote total as possible. Similarly, the Kucinich Amendment faces a challenge to pass with the insurance corporations working hard to defeat it. But, both of these historic, first-ever votes on single payer health care give us a chance to see who our allies in Congress are and who are our opponents. Push now. Contact your representative to support these amendments and oppose the requirement forcing Americans to buy overpriced private insurance.
Congress has demonstrated that the multi-payer, private health system cannot work. The plans pushed by President Obama and the congressional leadership will leave tens of millions without health care and not control costs. In fact, the insurance industry issued a report this week that said insurance costs will rise by 111% by 2019 under the reform bill to $25,900 for the average family and $9,700 for the average individual.
Since Congress failed to solve America's health problem, we are also working at the state level. Several states are near passage of single payer systems. When Canada created its national health system it first passed in one province. After it worked there it became national policy. There's a bi-partisan bill working its way through the Pennsylvania legislature right now, and Prosperity Agenda is already working to help pass it. Join me on October 20 in Pennsylvania's capitol rotunda in Harrisburg for the Healthcare4allPA Rally. We're urging everyone in surrounding states to attend so Pennsylvania can create a model for the rest of the country to follow.
Other states - California, Illinois, Massachusetts and Ohio - are also close to passage of a single payer system that rids the nation of the scourge of private insurance.
This year has seen tremendous growth in the vitality of the Medicare for All movement. On October 15th the Mobilization for Health Care will demonstrate a new political force in the American landscape - Americans fed up with the real death panels, the insurance industry who are seeking to end their abuse once and for all. Join us in seeking a health care system that guarantees the right to health care for all. The status quo cannot continue, and current reform proposals simply will not solve the problem. Sign up to join us on the national days of action this Thursday and on October 28th.
Thank you to all who have donated so far - we could not do this without you! If you can make a donation to help build this campaign, please donate now.
Sincerely,
Kevin Zeese
Executive Director
Prosperity Agent
11 October 2009 @ 02:55 pm
The Oregon Legislation has proposed a tax to increase the corporate tax from $10 (yes, ten bucks. This was set in the 30's) - There is also a proposed tax to raise the SSI tax to over 100k.
Until now, people making millions of dollars only had to pay SSI tax in the first 100k, while the rest of us pay on all our earnings. The revenue collected from this tax will help schools. This tax will only effect the most affluent 3%. I urge you to vote in favor of this tax.
http://tinyurl.com/ylmmoc2
Until now, people making millions of dollars only had to pay SSI tax in the first 100k, while the rest of us pay on all our earnings. The revenue collected from this tax will help schools. This tax will only effect the most affluent 3%. I urge you to vote in favor of this tax.
http://tinyurl.com/ylmmoc2
05 October 2009 @ 01:56 pm
Netting $2.5 billion in profits last year wasn't enough for WellPoint, the nation's largest insurance company.
Now, WellPoint's affiliate, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, is suing the state of Maine for refusing to guarantee it a profit margin in the midst of a painful recession.
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Now, WellPoint's affiliate, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, is suing the state of Maine for refusing to guarantee it a profit margin in the midst of a painful recession.
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04 October 2009 @ 07:19 pm
01 October 2009 @ 07:28 pm
The plan
PGE wants to invest $600 million in pollution-control equipment at the aging Boardman coal plant in northeast Oregon to sustain use until 2040. PGE is also considering building two additional natural gas power plants.
The impact
The Boardman coal plant spews a total of 5 million tons of carbon dioxide, mercury, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide into the atmosphere every year. Studies have pinpointed it as one of the prime causes of pollution in the Columbia Gorge. Building additional power plants reduces the incentive for conservation and efficiency and encourages more consumption.
What you can do
PGE is taking public comments through October 5th on the proposed plan. Let them know what you think -- and feel free to use any of the key points listed below to help make your case.
Key points
* The proposed pollution controls at Boardman would not address the plant’s huge carbon dioxide emissions, which means it might fail to meet expected tougher federal guidelines and risk a substantial investment of ratepayer money. That money could be spent on cleaner energy. Phasing out this coal plant would have the effect of removing nearly 900,000 cars from Oregon’s roads. Right now, PGE’s proposal would nullify steps Oregon is taking to curb pollution and global warming.
* Though PGE’s plan calls for increased conservation and wind power, we need more. The potential for conservation through weatherproofing homes, more energy-efficient washing machines and refrigerators, and improving lighting in homes and businesses is immense. According to The Oregon Power and Conservation Council, such conservation efforts in Oregon, Washington and Idaho could avoid millions of tons of greenhouse gas emissions and eliminate 85 percent of the expected increase in electricity demand by 2029. That’s the equivalent of 20 new power plants.
* The great majority of ratepayers want to do the right thing - pay a little more so we can all pollute less. The public gets that the decisions we make today will have tremendous impact on our children and grandchildren. We have to act now to stem pollution that threatens our air and water, and puts the entire planet in jeopardy through global warming. Make sure PGE gets it too!
Onward,
The Team at Onward Oregon
www.OnwardOregon.org
PGE wants to invest $600 million in pollution-control equipment at the aging Boardman coal plant in northeast Oregon to sustain use until 2040. PGE is also considering building two additional natural gas power plants.
The impact
The Boardman coal plant spews a total of 5 million tons of carbon dioxide, mercury, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide into the atmosphere every year. Studies have pinpointed it as one of the prime causes of pollution in the Columbia Gorge. Building additional power plants reduces the incentive for conservation and efficiency and encourages more consumption.
What you can do
PGE is taking public comments through October 5th on the proposed plan. Let them know what you think -- and feel free to use any of the key points listed below to help make your case.
Key points
* The proposed pollution controls at Boardman would not address the plant’s huge carbon dioxide emissions, which means it might fail to meet expected tougher federal guidelines and risk a substantial investment of ratepayer money. That money could be spent on cleaner energy. Phasing out this coal plant would have the effect of removing nearly 900,000 cars from Oregon’s roads. Right now, PGE’s proposal would nullify steps Oregon is taking to curb pollution and global warming.
* Though PGE’s plan calls for increased conservation and wind power, we need more. The potential for conservation through weatherproofing homes, more energy-efficient washing machines and refrigerators, and improving lighting in homes and businesses is immense. According to The Oregon Power and Conservation Council, such conservation efforts in Oregon, Washington and Idaho could avoid millions of tons of greenhouse gas emissions and eliminate 85 percent of the expected increase in electricity demand by 2029. That’s the equivalent of 20 new power plants.
* The great majority of ratepayers want to do the right thing - pay a little more so we can all pollute less. The public gets that the decisions we make today will have tremendous impact on our children and grandchildren. We have to act now to stem pollution that threatens our air and water, and puts the entire planet in jeopardy through global warming. Make sure PGE gets it too!
Onward,
The Team at Onward Oregon
www.OnwardOregon.org
29 September 2009 @ 02:44 pm
These are the Democrats that joined with the Republicans to defeat the Single Payer option which would guarantee health care for all Americans.
Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) and Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.), Sens. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) and Tom Carper (D-Del.)
So if you live in these states, consider this: Your Democratic "representatives" have voted against your financial best interests while they and their families enjoy a cradle-to-grave insurance policy that YOU pay for with your tax dollars.
By the way, this thing isn't over yet, but if you guys don't care about this enough to make phone calls, write letters and inform others, then no bitching from you next time you can't afford health care, or loose your house so you can try to save some one you love from cancer.
The democratic process requires involvement beyond pulling some lever at the voting polls.
Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) and Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.), Sens. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) and Tom Carper (D-Del.)
So if you live in these states, consider this: Your Democratic "representatives" have voted against your financial best interests while they and their families enjoy a cradle-to-grave insurance policy that YOU pay for with your tax dollars.
By the way, this thing isn't over yet, but if you guys don't care about this enough to make phone calls, write letters and inform others, then no bitching from you next time you can't afford health care, or loose your house so you can try to save some one you love from cancer.
The democratic process requires involvement beyond pulling some lever at the voting polls.
28 September 2009 @ 02:00 pm
Dear MoveOn member,
Tomorrow, Senator Ron Wyden will be voting on the public health insurance option—can you call his office right away?
Here's what's happening:
The Senate Finance Committee, of which Sen. Wyden is a member, is debating an awful health care bill that doesn't include the public option—the key to expanding coverage and bringing down costs.
Progressives have offered amendments that would add the public option to the bill, and the committee will begin voting on them tomorrow. Meanwhile, conservatives are pushing a bogus "trigger" amendment that would kill the public option through indefinite delay.
So we've got to show Sen. Wyden that his constituents are demanding real health care reform with a strong public health insurance option that's available immediately. Tell him to vote "yes" on the public option amendments, and "no" on the trigger.
Here's where to call:
Senator Ron Wyden
Phone: 202-224-5244
Then, please report your call by clicking here:
http://pol.moveon.org/call?tg=FSOR_
Four other congressional committees have already passed good bills that include the public option, but the Finance Committee has been dragging its feet and considering half-measures—like the trigger—that won't fix our nation's broken health care system.
Make no mistake: the trigger is a Trojan horse designed to kill the public option by delaying its availability and then offering it only in a limited number of states after certain conditions are met.
So we need to send a strong message to the Senate Finance Committee that health care reform must include a strong public health insurance option that's available immediately—not a trigger.
Can you call Sen. Wyden right now?
Senator Ron Wyden
Phone: 202-224-5244
Then, please report your call by clicking here:
http://pol.moveon.org/call?tg=FSOR_
Thanks for all you do.
–-Nita, Wes, Kat, Joan, and the rest of the team
Tomorrow, Senator Ron Wyden will be voting on the public health insurance option—can you call his office right away?
Here's what's happening:
The Senate Finance Committee, of which Sen. Wyden is a member, is debating an awful health care bill that doesn't include the public option—the key to expanding coverage and bringing down costs.
Progressives have offered amendments that would add the public option to the bill, and the committee will begin voting on them tomorrow. Meanwhile, conservatives are pushing a bogus "trigger" amendment that would kill the public option through indefinite delay.
So we've got to show Sen. Wyden that his constituents are demanding real health care reform with a strong public health insurance option that's available immediately. Tell him to vote "yes" on the public option amendments, and "no" on the trigger.
Here's where to call:
Senator Ron Wyden
Phone: 202-224-5244
Then, please report your call by clicking here:
http://pol.moveon.org/call?tg=FSOR_
Four other congressional committees have already passed good bills that include the public option, but the Finance Committee has been dragging its feet and considering half-measures—like the trigger—that won't fix our nation's broken health care system.
Make no mistake: the trigger is a Trojan horse designed to kill the public option by delaying its availability and then offering it only in a limited number of states after certain conditions are met.
So we need to send a strong message to the Senate Finance Committee that health care reform must include a strong public health insurance option that's available immediately—not a trigger.
Can you call Sen. Wyden right now?
Senator Ron Wyden
Phone: 202-224-5244
Then, please report your call by clicking here:
http://pol.moveon.org/call?tg=FSOR_
Thanks for all you do.
–-Nita, Wes, Kat, Joan, and the rest of the team
23 September 2009 @ 01:29 pm
Hi, I'm the public health insurance option.
People have been saying all sorts of untrue things about me lately, so I decided it was time to stand up and set the record straight.
First off: the reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated. I'm happy and healthy. And I'm proud to play a starring role in four of the five health reform bills currently on the table.
Second: I have a lot of friends. President Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi support me—as do 77% of the American people.1 In fact, I'm feeling pretty popular.
But there is one area where I could use your help. Your senator, Ron Wyden, sits on the Senate Finance Committee, which is considering a "trigger" proposal that could kill me through indefinite delay.
Can you call Sen. Wyden and tell him that real health care reform must include a real public health insurance option that's available immediately?
Here's where to call:
Senator Ron Wyden
Phone: 202-224-5244
Then click here to report your call:
http://pol.moveon.org/call?tg=FSOR_
A "trigger" that would make me wait to become available is just a trap designed to kill me. As Senator Charles Schumer has pointed out, "any reasonable criteria for triggering a public plan has already been met" because insurance companies have already failed to rein in costs and expand coverage.2
Here are some other things you might not know about me:
* I like candlelit dinners, overseas travel, and long walks on the beach. Whoops, sorry—wrong email.
* Some people say they don't like me because I'm too expensive, but that's just a flat-out lie. Keeping me around will actually save money—I'd cost 10% less than the typical private plan.3
* I'm the best way to keep insurance companies honest. Like my friend Senator Jay Rockefeller has said, "Without the steady, positive influence of a public plan option in the marketplace, we will never truly solve the health care crisis in this country. Private health insurance has a long history of cutting people off or charging too much for too little."4
* Over 60 House progressives have publicly pledged to only vote for a bill that has me in it.5 So without me, health care reform doesn't have enough votes make it through Congress.
And I'm counting on your help to make it through the Senate. Can you call Sen. Wyden today?
Senator Ron Wyden
Phone: 202-224-5244
Then click here to report your call:
http://pol.moveon.org/call?tg=FSOR_
Thanks for all you do.
–The public health insurance option (and the MoveOn team)
Sources:
1. "New Poll: 77 Percent Support 'Choice' Of Public Option," The Huffington Post, August 20, 2009
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51799&id=17304-14388865-eKmqI1x&t=4
2."A 'trigger' for the public health insurance option? Already triggered." NOW! Blog, May 20, 2009.
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51443&id=17304-14388865-eKmqI1x&t=5
3. Letter to Rep. Charles B. Rangel, Congressional Budget Office, July 14, 2009
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=84763&id=17304-14388865-eKmqI1x&t=6
4. "Rockefeller Unveils Public Plan Option," Office of Sen. Jay Rockefeller, June 10, 2009
http://rockefeller.senate.gov/press/rec
5. "60 Members of Congress Say 'No Public Plan, No Conference,'" Firedoglake, August 17, 2009
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51784&id=17304-14388865-eKmqI1x&t=7
People have been saying all sorts of untrue things about me lately, so I decided it was time to stand up and set the record straight.
First off: the reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated. I'm happy and healthy. And I'm proud to play a starring role in four of the five health reform bills currently on the table.
Second: I have a lot of friends. President Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi support me—as do 77% of the American people.1 In fact, I'm feeling pretty popular.
But there is one area where I could use your help. Your senator, Ron Wyden, sits on the Senate Finance Committee, which is considering a "trigger" proposal that could kill me through indefinite delay.
Can you call Sen. Wyden and tell him that real health care reform must include a real public health insurance option that's available immediately?
Here's where to call:
Senator Ron Wyden
Phone: 202-224-5244
Then click here to report your call:
http://pol.moveon.org/call?tg=FSOR_
A "trigger" that would make me wait to become available is just a trap designed to kill me. As Senator Charles Schumer has pointed out, "any reasonable criteria for triggering a public plan has already been met" because insurance companies have already failed to rein in costs and expand coverage.2
Here are some other things you might not know about me:
* I like candlelit dinners, overseas travel, and long walks on the beach. Whoops, sorry—wrong email.
* Some people say they don't like me because I'm too expensive, but that's just a flat-out lie. Keeping me around will actually save money—I'd cost 10% less than the typical private plan.3
* I'm the best way to keep insurance companies honest. Like my friend Senator Jay Rockefeller has said, "Without the steady, positive influence of a public plan option in the marketplace, we will never truly solve the health care crisis in this country. Private health insurance has a long history of cutting people off or charging too much for too little."4
* Over 60 House progressives have publicly pledged to only vote for a bill that has me in it.5 So without me, health care reform doesn't have enough votes make it through Congress.
And I'm counting on your help to make it through the Senate. Can you call Sen. Wyden today?
Senator Ron Wyden
Phone: 202-224-5244
Then click here to report your call:
http://pol.moveon.org/call?tg=FSOR_
Thanks for all you do.
–The public health insurance option (and the MoveOn team)
Sources:
1. "New Poll: 77 Percent Support 'Choice' Of Public Option," The Huffington Post, August 20, 2009
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51799&id=17304-14388865-eKmqI1x&t=4
2."A 'trigger' for the public health insurance option? Already triggered." NOW! Blog, May 20, 2009.
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51443&id=17304-14388865-eKmqI1x&t=5
3. Letter to Rep. Charles B. Rangel, Congressional Budget Office, July 14, 2009
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=84763&id=17304-14388865-eKmqI1x&t=6
4. "Rockefeller Unveils Public Plan Option," Office of Sen. Jay Rockefeller, June 10, 2009
http://rockefeller.senate.gov/press/rec
5. "60 Members of Congress Say 'No Public Plan, No Conference,'" Firedoglake, August 17, 2009
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51784&id=17304-14388865-eKmqI1x&t=7
18 September 2009 @ 02:35 pm
It is for you "tea baggers" (man, what an unfortunate name) and good 'ol boys out there who think we are under socialist attack.
I, ________________________, do solemnly swear to uphold the principles of a socialism-free society and heretofore pledge my word that I shall strictly adhere to the following:
I will complain about the destruction of 1st Amendment Rights in this country, while I am duly being allowed to exercise my 1st Amendment Rights.
I will complain about the destruction of my 2nd Amendment Rights in this country, while I am duly being allowed to exercise my 2nd Amendment rights by legally but brazenly brandishing unconcealed firearms in public.
I will swear the time-honored principles of fairness, decency, and respect by screaming unintelligible platitudes regarding tyranny, Nazi-ism, and socialism at public town halls.
Also.
I pledge to eliminate all government intervention in my life. I will abstain from the use of and participation in any socialist goods and services including but not limited to the following:
* Social Security
* Medicare/Medicaid
* State Children's Health Insurance Programs (SCHIP)
* Police, Fire, and Emergency Services
* US Postal Service
* Roads and Highways
* Air Travel (regulated by the socialist FAA)
* The US Railway System
* Public Subways and Metro Systems
* Public Bus and Lightrail Systems
* Rest Areas on Highways
* Sidewalks
* All Government-Funded Local/State Projects (e.g., see Iowa 2009 federal senate appropriations)
* Public Water and Sewer Services (goodbye socialist toilet, socialist shower, socialist dishwasher, socialist kitchen sink, socialist outdoor hose!)
* Public and State Universities and Colleges
* Public Primary and Secondary Schools
* Sesame Street
* Publicly Funded Anti-Drug Use Education for Children
* Public Museums
* Libraries
* Public Parks and Beaches
* State and National Parks
* Public Zoos
* Unemployment Insurance
* Municipal Garbage and Recycling Services
* Treatment at Any Hospital or Clinic That Ever Received Funding >From Local, State or Federal Government (pretty much all of them)
* Medical Services and Medications That Were Created or Derived >From Any Government Grant or Research Funding (again, pretty much all of them)
* Socialist Byproducts of Government Investment Such as Duct Tape and Velcro (Nazi-NASA Inventions)
* Use of the Internets, email, and networked computers, as the DoD's ARPANET was the basis for subsequent computer networking
* Foodstuffs, Meats, Produce and Crops That Were Grown With, Fed With, Raised With or That Contain Inputs From Crops Grown With Government Subsidies
* Clothing Made from Crops (e.g. cotton) That Were Grown With or That Contain Inputs From Government Subsidies
If a veteran of the government-run socialist US military, I will forego my VA benefits and insist on paying for my own medical care
I will not tour socialist government buildings like the Capitol in Washington, D.C.
I pledge to never take myself, my family, or my children on a tour of the following types of socialist locations, including but not limited to:
* Smithsonian Museums such as the Air and Space Museum or Museum of American History
* The socialist Washington, Lincoln, and Jefferson Monuments
* The government-operated Statue of Liberty
* The Grand Canyon
* The socialist World War II and Vietnam Veterans Memorials
* The government-run socialist-propaganda location known as Arlington National Cemetery
* All other public-funded socialist sites, whether it be in my state or in Washington, DC
I will urge my Member of Congress and Senators to forego their government salary and government-provided healthcare.
I will oppose and condemn the government-funded and therefore socialist military of the United States of America.
I will boycott the products of socialist defense contractors such as GE, Lockheed-Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, Raytheon, Humana, FedEx, General Motors, Honeywell, and hundreds of others that are paid by our socialist government to produce goods for our socialist army.
I will protest socialist security departments such as the Pentagon, FBI, CIA, Department of Homeland Security, TSA, Department of Justice and their socialist employees.
Upon reaching eligible retirement age, I will tear up my socialist Social Security checks.
Upon reaching age 65, I will forego Medicare and pay for my own private health insurance until I die.
SWORN ON A BIBLE AND SIGNED THIS DAY OF __________ IN THE YEAR ___.
_____________ _________________________
Signed Printed Name/Town and State
I, ________________________, do solemnly swear to uphold the principles of a socialism-free society and heretofore pledge my word that I shall strictly adhere to the following:
I will complain about the destruction of 1st Amendment Rights in this country, while I am duly being allowed to exercise my 1st Amendment Rights.
I will complain about the destruction of my 2nd Amendment Rights in this country, while I am duly being allowed to exercise my 2nd Amendment rights by legally but brazenly brandishing unconcealed firearms in public.
I will swear the time-honored principles of fairness, decency, and respect by screaming unintelligible platitudes regarding tyranny, Nazi-ism, and socialism at public town halls.
Also.
I pledge to eliminate all government intervention in my life. I will abstain from the use of and participation in any socialist goods and services including but not limited to the following:
* Social Security
* Medicare/Medicaid
* State Children's Health Insurance Programs (SCHIP)
* Police, Fire, and Emergency Services
* US Postal Service
* Roads and Highways
* Air Travel (regulated by the socialist FAA)
* The US Railway System
* Public Subways and Metro Systems
* Public Bus and Lightrail Systems
* Rest Areas on Highways
* Sidewalks
* All Government-Funded Local/State Projects (e.g., see Iowa 2009 federal senate appropriations)
* Public Water and Sewer Services (goodbye socialist toilet, socialist shower, socialist dishwasher, socialist kitchen sink, socialist outdoor hose!)
* Public and State Universities and Colleges
* Public Primary and Secondary Schools
* Sesame Street
* Publicly Funded Anti-Drug Use Education for Children
* Public Museums
* Libraries
* Public Parks and Beaches
* State and National Parks
* Public Zoos
* Unemployment Insurance
* Municipal Garbage and Recycling Services
* Treatment at Any Hospital or Clinic That Ever Received Funding >From Local, State or Federal Government (pretty much all of them)
* Medical Services and Medications That Were Created or Derived >From Any Government Grant or Research Funding (again, pretty much all of them)
* Socialist Byproducts of Government Investment Such as Duct Tape and Velcro (Nazi-NASA Inventions)
* Use of the Internets, email, and networked computers, as the DoD's ARPANET was the basis for subsequent computer networking
* Foodstuffs, Meats, Produce and Crops That Were Grown With, Fed With, Raised With or That Contain Inputs From Crops Grown With Government Subsidies
* Clothing Made from Crops (e.g. cotton) That Were Grown With or That Contain Inputs From Government Subsidies
If a veteran of the government-run socialist US military, I will forego my VA benefits and insist on paying for my own medical care
I will not tour socialist government buildings like the Capitol in Washington, D.C.
I pledge to never take myself, my family, or my children on a tour of the following types of socialist locations, including but not limited to:
* Smithsonian Museums such as the Air and Space Museum or Museum of American History
* The socialist Washington, Lincoln, and Jefferson Monuments
* The government-operated Statue of Liberty
* The Grand Canyon
* The socialist World War II and Vietnam Veterans Memorials
* The government-run socialist-propaganda location known as Arlington National Cemetery
* All other public-funded socialist sites, whether it be in my state or in Washington, DC
I will urge my Member of Congress and Senators to forego their government salary and government-provided healthcare.
I will oppose and condemn the government-funded and therefore socialist military of the United States of America.
I will boycott the products of socialist defense contractors such as GE, Lockheed-Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, Raytheon, Humana, FedEx, General Motors, Honeywell, and hundreds of others that are paid by our socialist government to produce goods for our socialist army.
I will protest socialist security departments such as the Pentagon, FBI, CIA, Department of Homeland Security, TSA, Department of Justice and their socialist employees.
Upon reaching eligible retirement age, I will tear up my socialist Social Security checks.
Upon reaching age 65, I will forego Medicare and pay for my own private health insurance until I die.
SWORN ON A BIBLE AND SIGNED THIS DAY OF __________ IN THE YEAR ___.
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Signed Printed Name/Town and State
16 September 2009 @ 05:23 pm