Sunday, June 28, 2009

HOT! Picnic Speakers Don't Cool Down...

I attended my first official political party picnic on Saturday, June 27th. I went to the Olathe Republican Party Picnic at the Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop. It is one thing to see a politician give a speech on TV and an entirely different thing to hear them in person and see them interact with their constituents. But first a little personal history...
I have to admit that I am a political novice. Until last November I hadn't attended a meeting of any major political party unless you count the Reform Party as a major party. The only campaign I ever worked on was for Ross Perot and you know how that turned out. Yes, I was one of those people who never did anything but yell at my TV screen to voice my displeasure with the political soup dejoure. I did write to a few politicians over the years but this last Presidential campaign changed that for me. I became a blogger and now I am a proud Right Wing Terrorist!
I have become a Tea Party Activist. I stood in the 20 degree weather last winter to protest Dennis Moore's continued defiance of his constituents desires by voting yes on the Stimulus bill. I stood in a howling snow storm in front of Claire McCaskill's office for the same reason. I braved strong winds on a chilly morning in Olathe to make my voice heard. I protested for hours at JOCO at the Tax Day Tea Party. Now I have spent four hours in 100 degree heat to see and hear my political future. I believe I am beginning to become a committed activist.
I chose the Republican Party as my political home for many reasons, not the least of which is my conservatism. Now, I am acting on the pledge my husband and I made to each other last fall, to not just sit and yell at the wind but to get involved. We've gone in the deep-end.
I am at a disadvantage as a new Republican because I come from a county that, as far as I can see, is only barely tolerated by the mainstream Republican Party. I live in Wyandotte County. There aren't many Republicans in Wyandotte County. We are out numbered at least two to one by the Democrats but there were a few of us WyCo Republicans at the picnic on Saturday.
Paul Milton Hamn, the Wyandotte County Republican Chairman was there. He sat jovially under a tree and greeted longtime friends as they wandered in and out of the shade trees next to the stage. He just as cheerfully greeted the new comers to this genre. 

Daniel Gilyeat, Wyandotte County's popular local hero, was there as well as Macie Houston, another 'dot. They faced one and another in the Straw Poll for the challenge to Dennis Moore's seat in the coming elections next year, along with Olathe's Patricia Lightner. (See results of the Straw Poll at the end of this article.)
Jerry Sullivan and his wife Debbie and some of their family also attended. I saw familiar faces from the Tea Party Patriots such as Amanda Grosserode, one of the original founders of the Tea Party Movement here in the Kansas City area. I recognized many politicians I had only seen on TV. It was a very interesting and inspiring day.
I was delighted to hear a familiar voice as my husband, Joe and I made our way into the big tent in front of the stage. One of my favorite local personalities, Jack Cashill, who is a wonderful speaker, a fantastic writer, a great videographer and sometimes a talk radio host, was speaking as we sat down.
He was telling a story about the late, great, conservative, Rich Nadler, the wonderfully cherubic pit bull of local newspapers and public television fame. Rich Nadler wrote for the Kansas City Star, Mother Jones and also for many national publications.
The story went something like this. Rich always spoke, or as Jack puts it ranted, at various functions. One time the host of an event questioned if they should have someone like Nadler speak in their program, Jack told them that Rich Nadler was exactly the kind of speaker that these events needed and he was right.
Many of us remember Rich, with his "clipboard of facts", doing battle with the evil liberals on Mike Shanin's, Ruckus program, a public television show. He wrote his last article for the American Spectator. It was published on the day he died, and you can read it here.
Mr Nadler is held in high esteem in this community and he will be missed. In his honor, Jack Cashill presented the first annual Rich Nadler Freedom Fighter Award to Barbara LeClerq, Rich's widow, for her unwavering support of her husband. The entire day was dedicated to Rich, a man who made a difference for Conservatives voices in our community and around the country.
The Olathe Republican committee should be commended for their wonderful group of speakers throughout the afternoon. The Town Crier opened up the day with a reading of the Declaration of Independence. That really got the crowd fired up.
Greg Smith spoke next, to announce the signing of the Kelsey Smith Act into law. Kelsey, many of you will remember, was the young woman abducted at a Target store in Olathe about two years ago. She taken to Missouri where she was murdered. Her body was found, using cell phone pings, but only after four agonizing days of pleading with their cell phone carrier to release their data to law enforcement. It only took 45 minutes to find her body after the records were accessed.
A signed copy of the act was presented to Gregg Smith by State Representative, Rob Olsen, who sponsored the bill in the Kansas Legislature. Sprint and Verizon have voluntarily been using the practice of cooperating with law enforcement around the country,using cell phone ping data for to locate missing persons and it is already saving lives. This is truly a fitting legacy for Kelsey Smith and her family

Representative Arlen Sigfreid spoke briefly. He was still walking with a cane after his recent knee surgery but he toughed it out and came on stage. Also speaking were State Representative Lance Kinzer and Macie Houston.

One of the most rousing welcomes of the day was given when SS gt. Daniel Gilyeat came on stage. he was given a standing ovation by the crowd to thank him for his Service to his Country. If SSgt. Gilyeat can translate some of that good will into votes he could have a good chance in next year's Primarys. Dennis Moore's seat looks like it's going to be hotly contested. Daniel is still learning the ropes of political campaigning but Gilyeat is a fighter. Marines never give up.

Kris Kobach also received a r
owdy welcome as well as Todd Tiahrt and Sam Brownback. They all presented solid platforms and the Kansas citizenry could be the beneficiaries if this is the outcome of next year's races for Secretary of State, the Senate and the Governors race, respectively.

Finally the moment everyone was waiting for came in the form of Darla Jaye's Keynote speech. Many of the picnickers had been wearing "Draft Darla" stickers as she participated in the straw poll for the coveted 3rd District, Dennis Moore seat. She did not disappoint her supporters. The audience cheered her rousing words and booed in the appropriate places. At the end of her well received tome the crowd gave her a standing ovation that was loud, long and rowdy. This is just a snippet of her speech.



It was getting near the end of the event and the temperature was over 100 degrees. I took one more stroll around the beautiful grounds of the Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop and through the booths I hadn't visited yet. That may have been a bad idea for me as I started to feel dizzy. Diabetics really shouldn't go out in this heat. We had to leave.

I went back to the tent to sit while Joe went to get the Explorer. I was just in time to see Amanda Grosserode announcing the demonstration at 4:00 pm at the Johnson County Court house to express our anger at the tone-deaf
House of Representatives who passed the Cap and Tax bill Friday evening.

I had my Pork Barrel Pig in the truck, fully intending to go protest but alas my body had the final say with low b
lood sugars. Damn this disease. One thing I know for sure is that if they pass Health Care in the same manner they did Cap and Trade, I don't believe there will be a Democrat running next year, still standing, after the election and some Republicans need to be punished, too. I know every person who attended yesterday's event is dedicated to unraveling the mess Washington politics has twisted us in.

The time has come to take back our C
ountry! Commonsense must win out! Every member of Congress should be made to live under the same laws, tax system and health care that all other Americans have to. These systems were made law by the selfish behavior of Our President , the House and Senate. There is a new organization that is working along these lines to make this possible. You can check it out at paylikeus.com. They also are proposing that all political contributions be taxed.

There is too much money being spent on political campaigns that is being funneled through hundreds of Foundations by community organizers and crooks. It's time to make it STOP! The more we hold Washington D.C. accountable the better off our children and grandchildren will be.

Let's send a strong message to all Congressmen, Congresswomen and Senators: the days of being sent to Washington D.C. and immediately starting to run for re-election, or spending the people's money as if there's no tomorrow, are over. They need to do what we sent them to Washington for and that's to do the people's business.
Serve us or serve hambugers. Sounds like a slogan to me.

The Straw Poll Results
US Senate
Todd Tiahrt -- 165
Jerry Moran -- 46
Others -- 8
Congress
Patricia Lightner -- 74
Macie Houston -- 33
Daniel Gilyeat -- 30
Darla Jaye (write-in) -- 24
Other Write Ins -- 21
Governor
Sam Brownback -- 197
Other Writer Ins -- 12
Secretary of State
Kris Kobach -- 192
JR Claeys -- 22
President -- 2012
Sarah Palin -- 76
Mike Huckabee -- 54
Mitt Romney -- 52
Bobby Jindal -- 19
Ron Paul -- 9
Write ins -- 6

Friday, June 26, 2009

Our rights in a cartoon...



Please make the calls to your Representatives to oppose the Climate Change bill.
See the article below for Kansas and Missouri Representatives Phone numbers and links to their
their websites.

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Call Now to Stop Climate Bill

912'rs, and Fellow Patriots In Kansas and
Missouri this is urgent!

I know we see every day a new call to action and some of you are have been anesthetized by the rhetoric coming from Washington and the Administration. This is what "polarization" is. Obama is counting on this happening. We must fight.

The Cap and Trade bill is being voted on tomorrow and we must make sure our legislators know we are opposed to this hidden tax increase.

Call your Senators and Representatives today!
Be polite and just state your case. Identify yourself and tell them that if they pass legislation that is not read before it is passed we will use every tool at our disposal to see they never hold public office again.. We must be heard

I just called Congressman Moore's Washington D.C. office and got through immediately which means not many people are calling Washington D,C. today. This is a $3,400 a year tax on every family in America. Please call your Representative. I know it seems it is a useless effort, nobody is listening, but that isn't true.
This is a call to action!
I've done the hard work for you by looking up phone and fax numbers. I've included links to their websites so you can e-mail them. Now do your part. Call, Fax and e-mail them today!

Nancy Pelosi
(202) 225-0100

Harry Ried

Phone: 202-224-3542
Fax: 202-224-7327

Kansas Representatives

Dennis Moore
Washington D.C
Phone: (202) 225-2865
Fax: (202) 225-2807
Overland Park
Phone: (913) 383-2013
Fax: (913) 383-2088
Kansas City KS
Phone: (913) 621-0832
Fax: (913) 621-1533
Lawrence
Phone: (785) 842-9313
Fax: (785) 843-3289

Jerry Moran

Washington, D.C.
P: (202) 225-2715
F: (202) 225-5124
Hays, KS
P: (785) 628-6401
F: (785) 628-3791
Hutchinson, KS
P: (620) 665-6138
F: (620) 665-6360
Salina, KS
P: (785) 309-0572
F: (785) 827-6957

Lynn Jenkins

Washington, D.C.
Phone: (202) 225-6601
Fax: (202) 225-7986
Pittsburg, KS
Phone: (620) 231-LYNN (5966)
Fax: (620) 231-5972
Topeka, KS
Phone: (785) 234-LYNN (5966)
Fax: (785) 234-5967

Todd Tihart
Washington D.C.
P: 202-225-6216
F:202-225-3489
Wichita
Phone Toll Free: 1-866-668-8478
P:316-262-8992
F:316-262-5309

Missouri Representatives

Todd Akin
Washington, D.C.
Voice: (202) 225-2561
Fax: (202) 225-2563
St. Louis, MO
Voice: (314)-590-0029
Fax: (314)-590-0037
Toll free: 1-866-236-3392 (for residents where long distance fees apply)
St. Charles, MO
Voice: (636)-949-6826
Fax: (636)-949-3832

Roy Blunt
Washington DC
202) 225-6536
202) 225-5604 Fax
Springfield, Missouri
(417) 889-1800
(417) 889-4915 Fax
Joplin, Missouri
(417) 781-1041
(417) 781-2832 Fax

Russ Carnahan
NO PHONE NUMBERS LISTED

William Lacy Clay

Washington D.C.
Phone: (202) 225-2406
FAX: (202) 226-3717
St. Louis, MO
Phone: (314) 367-1970
FAX: (314) 367-1341
8021 West Florissant Ave.,
St. Louis, MO 63136

Phone: (314) 383-5240
FAX: (314) 383-8020

Emanuel Cleaver II
Washington, D.C.
phone: 202-225-4535
fax: 202-225-4403
Independence, MO
phone: 816-833-4545
fax: 816-833-2991
Kansas City, MO

phone: 816-842-4545
fax: 816-471-5215

Jo Ann Emerson

Washington, DC
(202) 225-4404 tel
(202) 226-0326 fax
Cape Girardeau, MO
(573) 335-0101 tel
(573) 335-1931 fax
Rolla, MO
(573) 364-2455 tel
(573) 364-1053 fax
Farmington, MO
(573) 756-9755 tel
(573) 756-9762 fax
West Plains, MO
(417) 255-1515 tel
(417) 255-2009 fax

Sam Graves

Washington, D.C.
Phone: (202) 225-7041
Fax: (202) 225-8221
Liberty, Missouri
Phone: (816) 792-3976
Fax: (816) 792-0694
St. Joseph, Missouri
Phone: (816) 233-9818
Fax: (816) 233-9848

Blaine Luetkemeyer

Washington, D.C.
Phone: (202) 225-2956
Fax: (202) 225-5712
Columbia, MO
Phone: (573) 886-8929
Fax: (573) 886-8901
Hannibal, MO
Phone: (573) 231-1012
Fax: (573) 231-1014
Washington, MO
Phone: (636) 239-2276
Fax: (636) 239-0478

Ike Skelton

Washington, DC
Telephone: 202-225-2876
Blue Springs, MO
Telephone: 816-228-4242
Jefferson City, MO
Telephone: 573-635-3499
Lebanon, MO
Telephone: 417-532-7964
Sedalia, MO
Telephone: 660-826-2675

Kansas Senators

Sam Brownback

Washington, DC
Phone: (202) 224-6521
Fax: (202) 228-1265
Topeka, KS
Phone: (785) 233-2503
Fax: (785) 233-2616
Overland Park, KS
Phone: (913) 492-6378
Fax: (913) 492-7253
Wichita, KS
Phone: (316) 264-8066
Fax: (316) 264-9078
Pittsburg, KS
Phone: (620) 231-6040
Fax: (620) 231-6347
Garden City, KS
Phone: (620) 275-1124
Fax: (620) 275-1837

Pat Roberts
Washington, DC
Phone: (202) 224-4774
Fax: (202) 224-3514
Overland Park, KS
Phone: (913) 451-9343
Fax: (913) 451-9446
Topeka, KS
Phone: (785) 295-2745
Fax: (785) 235-3665
Wichita, KS
Phone: (316) 263-0416
Fax: (316) 263-0273
Dodge City, KS
Phone: (620) 227-2244
Fax: (620) 227-2264

Missouri Senators

Kit Bond

Washington, DC
(202) 224-5721
Jefferson City, MO
(573) 634-2488
Kansas City, MO
(816) 471-7141
St. Louis, MO
(314) 725-4484
Cape Girardeau, MO
(573) 334-7044
Springfield, MO
(417) 864-8258
Columbia, MO
(573) 442-8151

Claire McCaskill
Washington, D.C.
(202) 224-6154
FAX (202) 228-6326
Kansas City, MO
Phone 816-421-1639
Fax 816-421-2562
St. Louis, MO
Phone:314-367-1364
Fax: 314-361-8649
Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Phone 573-651-0964
Fax 573-334-4278
Columbia, MO
Phone:573-442-7130
Fax:573-442-7140
Springfield, MO
Phone 417-868-8745
Fax 417-831-1349

Please pick up your phone and call or fax our Representatives today. Call all of them because this affects all of us.
Stand Up for Yourselves and America!


Sunday, June 21, 2009

Pray for the Iranian Protesters!
This is an important moment in history. Pray for the protesters and give them strength in the coming days. Our Tea Party Patriots should support these people as fiercely as we defend our constitution. We must do everything within our power to show the world we support a Free Society in Iran. A free Iran could only help the Mideast situation. Older people in Iran who remember the 1979 Revolution may have hope now to see Iran as a free a nation again. The students deserve our respect. They are brave in the face of such manifest evil. Down with the Dictators!

Saturday, June 13, 2009

545 vs 300,000,000

Hat Tip to the Grassroots in Nebraska Blog

This is the truest description of who is actually responsible for the current chaotic mess that exists in Washington D.C. and affects every American Citizen. This article was originally published on March 7th, 1985 under the title "The 545 People Responsible for America's Woes" and he has updated it as needed through the years...

545 PEOPLE
By Charlie Reese

Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.

Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits,
WHY do we have deficits?

Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes,
WHY do we have inflation and high taxes?

You and I don't propose a federal budget. The president does.

You and I don't have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. The House of Representatives does.

You and I don't write the tax code, Congress does.

You and I don't set fiscal policy, Congress does.

You and I don't control monetary policy, the Federal Reserve Bank does.

One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one president, and nine Supreme Court justices 545 human beings out of the 300 million are directly, legally, morally, and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.

I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered, but private, central bank.

I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason. They have no legal authority. They have no ability to coerce a senator, a congressman, or a president to do one cotton-picking thing. I don't care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash. The politician has the power to accept or reject it. No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislator's responsibility to determine how he votes..

Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con-job regardless of party.

What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall. No normal human being would have the insolent gall of a Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for creating deficits. The president can only propose a budget. He cannot force the Congress to accept it.

The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating and approving appropriations and taxes. Who is the speaker of the House? Nancy Pelosi.

She is the leader of the majority party. She and fellow House members, not the president, can approve any budget they want. If the president vetoes it, they can pass over his veto if they agree to.

It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million can not replace 545 people who stand convicted -- by present facts -- of incompetence and irresponsibility. I can't think of a single domestic problem that is not traceable directly to those 545 people. When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise the power of the federal government, then it must follow that what exists is what they want to exist.

If the tax code is unfair, it's because they want it unfair.

If the budget is in the red, it's because they want it in the red .

If the Army & Marines are in IRAQ , it's because they want them in IRAQ..

If they do not receive social security but are on an elite retirement plan not available to the people, it's because they want it that way.

There are no insoluble government problems.

Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power to regulate and from whom they can take this power. Above all, do not let them con you into the belief that there exists disembodied mystical forces like "the economy," "inflation,"
or "politics" that prevent them from doing what they take an oath to do.

Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible.

They, and they alone, have the power.

They, and they alone, should be held accountable by the people who are their bosses.

Provided the voters have the gumption to manage their own employees.

We should vote all of them out of office and clean up their mess!

Charlie Reese is a former columnist of the Orlando Sentinel Newspaper.

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

the Late, Great, Country...America

RIP United States of America...

I've been curled up on my bed in a fetal position for the past few days. Fear has gripped my heart. America is being murdered at the hands of Barack Hussein Obama.

The obituary of America is being written before our very eyes, day by day, as Obama and his Administration dismantle every vestige of American tradition, honor, and principles of right and wrong. He has bankrupted our Country's future and is now working on enslaving future generations to live in the proletariat of his flawed philosophy.

Today, even the Supreme Court has abandoned all principles of the constitution by upholding this Administration's abuse of Capitalism. The Chrysler deal stands. The President's "remaking of America" continues.

The speed at which the President is accomplishing the assassination of America is breathtaking. The Democrats are giddy with power and the Republicans in Washington are spineless and cowed by Obama's prowess. The Republicans hands are tied because of their own overreach of power under George W. Bush. It left them as the minority party in the House of Representatives in 2006.

The last election left Republicans with almost a Democratic majority in the Senate. It will be filibuster proof if Al Franken is allowed to be seated. When that happens, there is no stopping Obama. There really isn't any way to stop his massive expansion of the Federal Government at this point. He is creating, unelected, unaccountable, Government Bureaucrats with alarming power over all Americans lives. It will be hard to move back from the brink of the extinction of the American way of life.

Every Czar appointed will control huge sums of cash. Much of that money may be used only to fund the expansion of the Bureaucrats taking up office space in Washington D.C. and their salaries and benefits. D.C. is having an office space crisis. Not enough office space to house all of the new Obamanoids.

These czars will apparently have more power than cabinet officials – and report directly to Obama. “These czars will be accountable to him alone and no one knows precisely how much power each of these individuals will wield over our nation’s policies during the next four years,” said TVC Executive Director Andrea Lafferty. “They will impose Obamunism upon our nation.”
The people he is appointing are far left of the American people in their ideology. They are bringing in staff people they are in step with their views. Obama is taking extraordinary power away from the American people by creating an unelected bureaucracy.

Today, he has once again changed the language of his appointees names. Rumors in D.C. had said Obama would appoint a "Pay Czar" to monitor salaries of executives of companies that took the TARP money. As resistance has grown to the term "Czars" the Administration has announced he will appoint a Pay "Master". Change the language not the purpose.

He is taking control or attempting to take control of huge parts of the American Free Market system. He has already dismantled the Housing Industry, the Banking industry, the U.S. Auto Industry, and he wants to so the same for Energy and Health Care. It is an ambitious task and an extremely dangerous one.

The Democrats laid the ground work for the Financial Bubble since their takeover of Congress in 2006. Obama and Rahm Emanuel were both in the Senate during that time. The Republicans didn't have enough clout to stop the Democrats taking over the Budget process. The programs that burst those Bubbles were engineered by the Democrats.

President Obama's ideas are always masked in some form of high minded rhetoric. He is a very powerful orator and therein lies the danger. Most people don't pay attention to anything other than the way the words make them feel. They forget words have meaning beyond the inference of a great speaker.

How long can Americans believe a word he says. He so often says one thing and then does another. He is beginning to be perceived as a Machiavellian beguiler. He is artful in delivering a speech. In front of a teleprompter he is eloquent and cajoling almost mesmerizing.

Obama controls the Economy, the Housing Industry, The Auto Industry and will control the Health Care and Energy soon. His biggest asset in this coup is the Media. Sometimes called the Fourth Estate or the fourth branch of government, the mainstream media are attached to Obama at the hip. They love him...


Wake Up America!

I say that so often. I feel my eyes drooping now and my heart aches. I'm curling up again in the fetal position. My memories of what America was is playing inside of my head. It's so much better in my memory...my dreams. I only hope I wake up from this nightmare of what's happening to my Country. I only hope America is America when I wake up.