Danger! Read the Fine Print...

A friend of mine (YvonneCB@comcast.net) sent me this post. I have researched some of it before but simply haven't had time to do more. Everything I've found out about this health care(?) bill is truly evil. Most of the things in this e-mail are based on fact. Please use every method of communication you can, send an e-mail, write a snail mail, fax and phone your Senators and Representatives and as many of the power brokers in the House and Senate to stop this monstrosity. This is real. This is dangerous. This is Nazi Germany!

I am including Phone Numbers for Pelosi and Reid and the Kansas and Missouri Delegations at the end of this article so there's no excuse for you not to call your Representative or Senator!

This is from Yvonne:

Am sending this to almost every single person within my e-mail address book. I am Astounded. Fearful. Angry. In total disblief this could be true/could be happening......

This was sent to me from someone other than the man who put it all together (Peter Flekstein who also writes under Fleckman). I haven't changed any of the listings; as he states, the comments that may follow each page statement are his.

Since he's listed each page and the lines with the regulation, (although it's nearly impossible to believe they can be true), will ask any of you to PLEASE prove to me that they are NOT true....

This legislation is impossible to defend. If you can't prove they're not true, can you defend them?

No wonder the Democrats want to immediately pass.....want to do so before all of us find out about these mostly mandatory and non-American regulations (and what else???) within the bill....

This isn't a health bill. This is total power and control over our lives and the majority (or all) listed below is truly macabre and Nazi-like! If you aren't scared yet, when?

You haven't been politically involved, you haven't been interested in thinking through how the government affects your life (and the lives of your children....and parents.....), you haven't cared enough in the past....you didn't pay attention during the election....you don't follow politics.....think it hasn't been that important and that you couldn't make a difference anyway......well, duncha think it's now time to re-think the situation???

We the People MUST stop this atrocity from happening in America. This isn't freedom. This isn't hope. This isn't good for any of the people of America....except the heads who are exempt from what they're foisting upon us.....and believe they should control the world by controlling us. Plus all else below, they will also incorporate as much as possible under the "health umbrella"....food, housing, sex, weight, travel, media (mental health, you know...not emotionally healthy to hear "the anti-government argument").....exercise (remember Big Brother's exercise program every morning through the "reality television" in Orwell's 1984? Read it NOW if you haven't....the Democrats have now brought us to both 1984 and Brave New World......). You name it. It'll fit under their agenda. Remember, it's about control and power.

Just a few samples.....

Pg 59: Direct access to your bank account?

Pg 239: Reduce physician services for Medicaid, Seniors, low income, and poor?

Pg 425: Death decisions to end your life? Power of attorney? Mandatory.

Pg 429: Doctor assigned to write end of life order?

Doctor wages and value determined by government....rationing for seniors and others not meeting government's "cost efficiency".....mental health defined by government......penalties....fees....National ID cards.....government authority to deny...hospitals must get government approval.....illegals included....employers forced to enroll, pay, penalized....

Not mentioned here, but have heard that also included is that elective abortions are covered as well as forcing hospitals and doctors who do not believe in performing abortions will be mandated to do so. Prove me wrong....PLEASE!

The Democrats can pass this without the Republicans. The Democrats have WRITTEN all this legislation.

There are some Democrats (more rational or cowardly in fear of losing their 2010 re-election) who are not sure they want to go forward with this legislation.

And, there may be some wayward Republicans who will go along to get along....or be as power hungry and socialist as these majority of Democrats dictating this atrocity.....

SO.....we ALL NEED TO CALL ALL OUR LEGISLATORS......if you believe this isn't what you had thought Hope and Change would be....... and don't want this for our country....and for our lives.

Each of us is important to state our views to the people who are supposed to be representing us!

The House and Senate will be going on recess from Washington D.C. in August and should be in their local districts and states. They need to hear from you BEFORE THEY RETURN TO WASHINGTON TO DO DAMAGE!

It's easy to find their local office phone numbers and local office addresses in your phone books or through directory help. You can also call Washington D.C. and ask for your senator or respresentative at 202-224-3121.

The web address www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml. should give you your representatives' e-mail address. CALL. WRITE snail mail. WRITE e-mail. If you have to research or call someone else for help, please don't give in to apathy.

Yvonne

P.S. Would you want to become a member of the medical field after reading this? Invest $150,000, work 80 hour weeks to train, lifetime of continual knowledge and training, even devote pro bono in goodness....for this????

Remember, Obama's choice for Surgeon General has stated she does not believe doctors should make a profit!

Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 3:52:58 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
Subject: Shock: Inside the Healthcare Bill - Comments on by Peter Fleckman

Shock: Inside the Healthcare Bill

It’s worse than you can possibly imagine. Peter Fleckstein (aka Fleckman) is reading it and has been posting on Twitter his findings.

This is from his postings (Note: All comments are Fleckman’s)

Pg 22 of the Bill MANDATES the Govt will audit books of ALL EMPLOYERS that self insure!!

Pg 30 Sec 123 of bill – THERE WILL BE A GOVT COMMITTEE that decides what treatments/benefits you receive.

Pg 29 lines 4-16 in the HC bill – YOUR HEALTHCARE IS RATIONED.

Pg 42 of HC Bill – The Health Choices Commissioner will choose your Health care Benefits for you. You have no choice in the decision.

PG 50 Section 152 in HC bill – Healthcare will be provided to ALL non US citizens, illegal or otherwise.

Pg 58 – Govt will have real-time access to individual finances & a National ID Healthcard will be issued.

Pg 59 HC Bill lines 21-24 Govt will have direct access to your bank accounts for direct funds transfers.

PG 65 Sec 164 is a payoff subsidized plan for retirees and their families in Unions & community orgs (ACORN).

Pg 72 Lines 8-14 Govt is creating a Healthcare Exchange to bring private healthcare plans under Govt control.

PG 84 Sec 203 HC bill – Govt mandates ALL benefit packages for private Healthcare plans in the Exchange

PG 85 Line 7 HC Bill – Specifics for Benefit Levels of Plans = The Government rations Healthcare based on cost benefits to government.

PG 91 Lines 4-7 HC Bill – Govt mandates linguistic appropriation services or translation services for illegal aliens.

Pg 95 HC Bill Lines 8-18 The Govt will use groups like ACORN & Americorps to sign up individuals for Govt Healthcare plan

PG 85 Line 7 HC Bill – Specifics of Benefit Levels for Plans. #AARP members – your Health care WILL be rationed.

-PG 102 Lines 12-18 HC Bill – Medicaid Eligible Individuals will be automatically enrolled in Medicaid.

pg 124 lines 24-25 No company can sue GOVT on price fixing. No “judicial review” allowed against Govt monopoly

pg 127 Lines 1-16 HC Bill – Doctors/ AMA – The Govt will dictate what wage you are allowed to make. (Wage limits).

Pg 145 Line 15-17 An Employers MUST enroll their employees into the public option plan. THEY HAVE NO CHOICE, and neither do the employees.

Pg 126 Lines 22-25 Employers MUST pay premiums for every employee, part time employees AND their families as well.

Pg 149 Lines 16-24 ANY Employer with a payroll of $400,000 will have an 8% tax levied on all payroll.

pg 150 Lines 9-13 Employers with payroll between $251,000 & 400,000 who does not provide in full, the public option, will have a 6% tax on all payroll levied.

Pg 167 Lines 18-23 ANY individual who doesn’t have acceptable HC coverage according to Govt mandate, will be taxed at 2.5% of their income for healthcare. So, you will have government healthcare coverage, or you will be punished.

Pg 170 Lines 1-3 HC Bill Any NONRESIDENT Alien is exempt from individual taxes. (Americans will pay)

Pg 195 HC Bill -officers & employees of HC Administration (GOVT) will have total and complete access to ALL your personal financial, bank and investment information.

PG 203 Line 14-15 HC – “The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax” Yes, it says that.

Pg 239 Line 14-24 HC Bill Govt will reduce physician services for Medicaid, Seniors, low income, and poor.

Pg 241 Line 6-8 HC Bill – Wages for all doctors will be made the same. Specialists like Brain Surgeons will make the same money a General Practitioner makes.

PG 253 Line 10-18 Govt sets value of Doctor’s time. Govt. decides value of humans.

PG 265 Sec 1131Govt mandates & controls productivity for private HC industries.

PG 268 Sec 1141 Fed Govt regulates rental & purchase of power driven wheelchairs

PG 272 SEC. 1145. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN CANCER HOSPITALS – Cancer patients – welcome to rationing!

Page 280 Sec 1151 The Govt will penalize hospitals for what Govt deems preventable re-admissions.

Pg 298 Lines 9-11 Doctors that treat a patient during initial admission will be penalized.

Pg 317 L 13-20 PROHIBITION on ownership/investment. Government dictates what Doctors can make and how much they can own.

Pg 317-318 lines 21-25,1-3 PROHIBITION on expansion- Govt mandates hospitals cannot expand without government approval.

pg 321 2-13 Hospitals have opportunity to apply for exception BUT community input and approval is required. Can you say ACORN?!!

Pg335 L 16-25 Pg 336-339 – Govt mandates establishment of outcome based measures. Rationing

Pg 341 Lines 3-9 Govt has authority to disqualify Medicare Advance Plans, HMOs, etc. Forcing people into the Govt plan.

Pg 354 Sec 1177 – Govt will RESTRICT enrollment of Special needs persons for care. Can euthanasia be far behind for “undesirables”?

Pg 379 Sec 1191 Govt creates more bureaucracy – Telehealth Advisory Committee. Can you say HC by phone?

PG 425 Lines 4-12 Govt mandates Advance Care Planning Consultation. Euthanasia and Doctor-Assisted Suicide.

Pg 425 Lines 17-19 Govt will instruct & consult regarding living wills, and assume power of attorney of all enrollees. Mandatory!

PG 425 Lines 22-25, 426 Lines 1-3 Govt provides approved list of end of life resources, guiding you in death decisions to end your life.

PG 427 Lines 15-24 Govt mandates program to mandatory end of life programs. The Govt will mandate how your life ends.

Pg 429 Lines 1-9 An “advance care planning consultant” will be used frequently as a patient’s health deteriorates

PG 429 Lines 10-12 “advance care consultation” may include an ORDER to initiate end of life plans. AN ORDER from GOV to terminate a life.

Pg 429 Lines 13-25 – The govt will specify which Doctors can write an end of life order.

PG 430 Lines 11-15 The Govt will decide what level of treatment you will have at end of life

Pg 469 – Community Based Home Medical Services=Non profit orgs. Hello, ACORN Medical Services here!!?

Page 472 Lines 14-17 PAYMENT TO COMMUNITY-BASED ORG. 1 monthly payment to a community-based org. Like ACORN?

PG 489 Sec 1308 The Govt will cover Marriage & Family therapy. Which means government will now be involved in marriage and family decisions.

Pg 494-498 Govt will cover Mental Health Services including defining, creating, rationing those services.

Nancy Pelosi

Harry Ried

Kansas Representatives

Dennis Moore

Jerry Moran

Lynn Jenkins

Todd Tihart

Missouri Representatives

Todd Akin

Roy Blunt

Russ Carnahan

Willian Lacy Clay

Emanuel Cleaver II

Jo Ann Emerson

Sam Graves

Blaine Luetkemeyer

Ike Skelton

Kansas Senators

Sam Brownback

Pat Roberts

Missouri Senators

Kit Bond

Claire McCaskill

One Man's Pork is Another Man's Carne de Cerdo...

Click on the links to see the actual Recovery.com page.

The Drudge Report had been pounding reports from Recovery.gov all day yesterday with banner headlines...

RECOVERY.GOV // AWARDED: $2,531,600 FOR 'HAM, WATER ADDED, COOKED, FROZEN, SLICED, 2-LB'...
RECOVERY.GOV // AWARDED: $1,191,200 FOR '2 POUND FROZEN HAM SLICED'...
RECOVERY.GOV // AWARDED: $351,807 FOR 'REPLACE AND UPGRADE THE DUMBWAITER'...
RECOVERY.GOV // AWARDED: $1,562,568 FOR 'MOZZARELLA CHEESE'...
RECOVERY.GOV // AWARDED: $5,708,260 FOR 'PROCESS CHEESE'...
RECOVERY.GOV // AWARDED: $16,784,272 FOR 'CANNED PORK'...
RECOVERY.GOV // AWARDED: $1,444,100 FOR 'REPAIR DOOR BLDG 5112'...

so the Administration found it necessary to strike back...

At first glance, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack's defense of Government expenditures listed on the Drudge Report yesterday morning seem reasonable but....yes there is a but. The sums of money being spent on foodstuffs for the Stimulus is mind boggling. If this is a stimulus plan then why did the Federal Government have to include so much "Pork" for food banks and shelters in this particular bidding. Secretary Vilsack responded with a statement:

"Press reports suggesting that the Recovery Act spent $1.191 million to buy '2 pounds of ham' are wrong," Vilsack retorted. His explaination was the "2 pound frozen ham sliced" was the packaging size and that the USDA in fact purchased 760,000 pounds of ham for $1.191 million which translates to approximately $1.56 a pound. The food is being distributed to food banks, soup kitchens and other local organizations that assist the needy, via the state-run Emergency Food Assistance Program.

"This program will help reduce hunger of those hardest hit by the current economic recession," Vilsack said.

He added, "While the principal purpose of these expenditures is to provide food to those hardest hit by these tough times, the purchases also provide a modest economic benefit of benefiting Americans working at food retailers, manufacturers and transportation companies as well as the farmers and ranchers who produce our food supply."

The reasonableness starts to falter when you examine all of the information provided at Recovery.com For instance,

RECOVERY.GOV // AWARDED: $2,531,600 FOR 'HAM, WATER ADDED, COOKED, FROZEN, SLICED, 2-LB'...
RECOVERY.GOV // AWARDED: $1,191,200 FOR '2 POUND FROZEN HAM SLICED'...

Add up these two items and you get $3,722,800 from the Stimulus which goes to California District 34, the district served by Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard, first Mexican-American elected to House of Representatives. It benefits Clougherty Packing, LLC, It is a Union Shop in Los Angeles CA and is owned by Hormel Foods. It employees a large Hispanic workforce. Hormel also supports Hispanic Farms throughout Southern California and Arizona.

RECOVERY.GOV // AWARDED: $1,562,568 FOR 'MOZZARELLA CHEESE'
Rep Marcia Fudge (D) who replaced the late Stephanie Tubbs Jones in Ohio's District 11, considered the most Democratic District in Ohio, secured $1,562,568 for Miceli Dairy Products Company to provide Mozzarella Cheese to the Stimulus Program.

The population of District 11 breaks down to approximately 49% White, 49% Black, with only 2% Hispanic. The demographic becomes clearer when as look at Ohio's Hispanic population.

There seems to be a pattern developing that would suggest that at least in these two districts there is a heavy Hispanic population in or near the district from which to draw workers.


RECOVERY.GOV // AWARDED: $5,708,260 FOR 'PROCESS CHEESE'
Joe Klien (R) Minnesota, District 2, brought home $5,708,260 in Process Cheese from Bongards' Creameries and can draw upon heavy Hispanic populations.


RECOVERY.GOV // AWARDED: $16,784,272 FOR 'CANNED PORK'
In perhaps the most well named item in the Recovery.com report was for "Canned Pork". Rep.Thomas Evert Petri (R), Wisconsin, District 6, really brought home the bacon to the tune of $16,784,272 to Lakeside Foods Inc. The District is in the most Hispanic part of the state.


RECOVERY.GOV // AWARDED: $351,807 FOR 'REPLACE AND UPGRADE THE DUMBWAITER'
Dept. of Veterans Affairs receives $351,807 in Rep. Nita Lowery's (D) District 18, Brooklyn, New York for a new dumb-waiter upgrade. In 2000 District 18 had a 16% Hispanic population. The population of New York City is approximately 8.1 Million.

RECOVERY.GOV // AWARDED: $1,444,100 FOR 'REPAIR DOOR BLDG 5112'
Texas of course has a 25% Hispanic population. One in every four possible votes is Hispanic. Rep. Charles A. "Charlie" Gonzalez (R) secured 1,444,100 to repair a door in Bldg. 5112 at Dyess AFB in Texas, District 19. That must be some door.

I don't know if this really means anything; it may all be a huge coincidence but in an era when demographics are king in politics and Hispanics are a key voter block in the 2010 Congressional elections and the 2012 Presidential race I see a disturbing pattern developing. I first thought I was going to find mostly Democratic Districts getting the money but Rep.Thomas Evert Petri from Wisconsin, District 6, has an (R) after his name. I think the bigger picture that is developing is the Administration is actively going after the support of Hispanic populations, nationwide, for future elections by literally buying votes with Stimulus money.

In every passed or proposed piece of legislation there are huge sums of money allocated for unemployment insurance, food stuffs for shelters and food pantries. There seems to be a distinct desire on the part of this administration to destroy as many jobs as possible so were going to need those benefits. I guess we are going to need that unemployment unless of course we are Retired. The Government has a plan for us too that has already been funded. It is for counselors for us to get used to the idea of "Death with Dignity". Guess we Seniors won't need any unemployment or commodities. Yep! The Government has a plan. Unfortunately, we Seniors won't benefit unless we are illegal Hispanic immigrants.

Web of Lies Entangles American Lives...but there is hope...

I sincerely hope that all the people who gave us this President last November are happy with the Hope and Change they are getting. There is not even a scant, square inch of American life that hasn't been changed or is going to be changed in some negative way, and unfortunately, it is going to get worse.

The web grows larger and more complex every day. The reams of paper in the form of legislation flowing into the House and Senate are so complex that there is no one there to explain to the American people what is happening to them. No one would want to. The laws being passed without even a sideways glance by the very people we sent to Washington D.C. to protect us haven't been read by them. They have been dropped on the desks of the leadership who demand they be passed or the bogeyman will get us.

Lobbyist, business interest, Unions and God knows who else have written parts of all the legislation passed or being considered since the TARP bill. Anyone who believes that any member of the current Democratic side of Congress could have written these bills is working with the same lone braincell that these members of Congress possess.

One year ago we were in the midst of a contrived energy crisis with gasoline hovering at $4.50+ per gallon. The futures traders, in George Soro's stealthy attack on American free markets, were in full swing. Experts told us that the markets weren't being manipulated even as these trading cannibals drove the price of a barrel of oil up to $146 dollars. They said it was a supply and demand problem. They lied. There wasn't and isn't an oil shortage. Oil has been as low as $36.00 dollars a barrel since the high of last year and supply is at it's highest levels in recent memory. The myth of Peak Oil is being shown for what it is: manipulation and outright lies.

Where is the truth in all of this mess. The truth is that people who are vastly wealthy and think they are above the law, above the American people and above America were and still are pursuing an agenda to bring about radical change in America. It started with the election of the most far left President in American history. It was done, willfully, to enact programs, only now coming to light, that will enslave every American man, woman and child, no matter what color they are, in insurmountable debt.

The financial markets have being manipulated as well. The Goldman Sacs debacle was coming to a head, last year, like a huge, rancid boil, befouling every other related financial market. The markets were bathing in an orgy of insider trading as huge profits were taken out of the every institution selling credit default swaps and in general any financial derivative. Hedge funds that had shadowy business structures were making billions of dollars.

The Federal Government, in the fall of 2008, was "rescuing" Fannie and Freddie with an unusual tactic developed by none other than the head of the Federal Reserve at that time, our current Treasury secretary, Timothy Giethner. We saw the the Federal Treasury being drained of taxpayer money to prop up failing financial giants AIG, Lehmen Brothers and Bear Sterns.

Why was the Federal Reserve allowed to buy AIG. It wasn't a true financial company, it was an insurance company. How was the Fed able to do this? Was this even allowed under the Federal Reserve Act?

How did GE become a financial instrument that was rescued with TARP funds? A loop hole gave the world-wide manufacturing giant 340 billion dollars of taxpayer money and Jeffery Immelt, GE's, CEO now sits on the President's Economic Council. Questions remain even in a climate that find AIG now making fantastic profits and once again giving bonuses to their employees.

This was the company that was in such bad shape that if it failed, it would take down the United States of America with it. The problems of cash flow in our economy still exist. Credit is non-existent. The money is flowing into the pockets of AIG executives but not into small businesses to create jobs and not to the American people.

The auto industry was under attack. General Motors and Chrysler were reeling from massive losses due to bad management, Union intimidation and thievery, Government interference and declining sales due to high energy prices. The pieces of the puzzle were beginning to fall into place for the eventual hijacking of these companies by the Federal Government and it's eventual takeover of the auto sector.

Obama was already choosing who would win and who would fail. This goes beyond social engineering, he had started to remake America. The Unions are gaining power, they did, after all, help him get elected and probably not in entirely legal ways.

All of this re-engineering was done both before he was elected and since he was inaugurated. It continues today. The energy sector bill that passed House of Representatives and the health care debate taking place now are all cogs on the same wheel. Obama is governing by bullying, intimidation, cronyism and threats. He won so we should all bow down to his perverse policies. He wants to control every aspect of life in America. The two charts below show the complexity of passed Cap and Trade House legislation and the proposed health care plans.

These charts are a vision of subterfuge that would take an Einstein to untangle. Who wrote them. It certainly isn't Prima Donna Congressmen and Senators who only want more face time on television so their voters back home will think they are actually doing something.

Obama's unelected Czars are going to control vast sums of money and will have decisions making powers on spending and regulations that will affect how every American lives their lives. The Budget for most agencies will be approved by the Czars and not by the vetted Cabinet Secretaries like, Kathleen Sibelius, "head" of HHS. Congress is being side-stepped and whatever balance of power in government existed before Obama was elected is gone. Obama thinks he is more powerful than the Congress, the Courts the American people.

He is stripping the power away from all cabinet positions and the authority of Congress and taking control to the White House and his little cabal of thugs like Rahm Emanuel and David Axelrod. These men and women are accountable only to the President and they are creating a bureaucracy within a bureaucracy within a bureaucracy. More layers of the very Government red tape that has driven up the cost of everything, energy, health care, transportation and business.

The Constitution is becoming irrelevant. Obama will use regulatory agencies such as the EPA to institute any provisions he can't get passed through Congress in the Cap and Trade bill. Local building codes, property rights the very fabric of our society is being pushed aside by EPA regulation such as something as mundane as light bulbs.

Next year incandescent bulbs will be illegal. We'll all have to replace our inexpensive bulbs with the much more costly and dangerous mercury filled compact fluorescents or very expensive LED arrays. That bill, the Energy Independence and Security Act, was passed by the newly elected Democratic Senate and House of Representatives in 2007, so Obama's philosophies were definitely being imbued in Congress the year he announced his run for the Presidency.

The bills that have been proposed or passed since Obama was elected have been complex vehicles of legislation meant to supplement easier implementation of proposals not yet signed in to law. The Stimulus, the first bill Congress passed under Obama's was over 1,100 pages supposedly written in only a few days by the House of Representatives. That is a fairy tail.

This monstrosity was passed as an emergency measure, Pass it NOW bill, that was to get the economy going again with "shovel ready projects" being inserted by members of the House. The truth was it was a Democratic Party partisan bill with paybacks to cronies of Obama and Democratic Congressmen and Senators. They are buying votes and support for the very causes, that if enacted, will destroy America.

The only glimmer of hope on the American scene today are the Tea Party Protesters. We are beginning to have an impact on the process. Most Republicans and some of the so called Blue Dog Democrats from the South and Mid-west are balking at the outrageous spending being pushed on the American people. Even though Cap and Trade was cramed through the House, the Senate has been less receptive to the massive spending, higher energy prices and job killing tax increases contained in the bill.

The phone lines are literally melting at Congressional offices and at the Capital as hundreds of thousands of Tea Party Patriots call their Representatives (?) offices and say one word to all this out of control spending; NO!

That is the most important thing we can do. Just say NO! Next year the American People can do something really important. They can elect new Congressmen, Senators, Governors, Mayors and Councilpeople who reflect the principles of the Founding Fathers. Remaking our Constitution is not what the American people want. We want what the Constitution stands for to be appreciated and followed by our elected officials. EVERY member of Congress who doesn't embrace what the Constitution says should be removed from office. The document isn't to be interpreted by the times we live in. It means what it says!

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

We must not let selfish men take power for themselves that rightly belongs to the American People. The Declaration of Independence declares it best...

God Bless America!

We hold these truths...

This is America...Part 1...July 3rd

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The invitation was printed on orange paper with black ink and it looked more like a Halloween invitation than a Block Party invitation. It was on the evening before the 4th of July. We didn't know if the party would happen because it looked like it was going to storm. The invitation promised free food, music, and contests for the whole family and so my Husband, his Sister, our friend Steve and I went so we could get to know our neighbors and hopefully keep dry.

We almost went to the wrong house.

There was a huge crowd in a yard as we rounded the corner. Cars were parked for half a block and in the side yard of a home. Several grills, maybe five, were belching scented smoke as we walked toward the group. Kids were bouncing in an inflated jumping castle. There was a mass of about 50 or 60 people all crowded around portable picnic tables spread out on their driveway and on their lawn. People were filling plates and talking and laughing.

A singer with a microphone and a Karaoke machine was singing a participation song to a group of small children jumping up or sitting down to phrases sung by the DJ. Everyone looked like they were having fun.We couldn't understand a thing they were saying or singing because it was all in Spanish and none of us spoke Spanish.

As we approached the front of the house I saw a familiar face on the other side of the street. It was one of the people attending the party we were invited to. There, in the front yard across the way, were maybe a dozen kids and young adults and one grill. That was our block party and we were the senior citizen portion of it.

We made our way up the street and across the lawn to my Avon Lady's house. She was our hostess and her name is Lauren. She doesn't sell Avon anymore, but on several occasions I have seen a small sign in her driveway for Bible study. This was the right Block Party. Soon after we arrived maybe two dozen more people drifted in. Some we already knew and some we had never met, We made our way around the group introducing ourselves and greeting people as they arrived.

A familiar silver gray Van pulled into the driveway and out came Marc, one of our nearby neighbors and one of my favorite people. He has played in various bands over the years, one in particular, the Karma Kings, a classic rock and roll band. I designed the logo for that band many years ago and it remains, to this day, as one of the most fun projects I've ever done as a graphic artist. Marc is an artist too, a singer/song writer, and a very well rounded guy. He is a naturalized citizen who immigrated form Belgium, legally, to America about 20 years ago. He speaks four languages, including Spanish, so he would have understood what was going on at the other party.

He started unpacking amplifiers and guitars and cables and cords so he could set up the Music portion of the party. He stopped briefly to introduce me to his new lady friend Pam and another gentleman then he said needed extension cords so my Husband, Joe ,went back to our house to get some. Too bad it was power strips Marc needed. He had to go back to his own house and get them. It was risky to set up his equipment because it was threatening rain all evening but he and Shawn, our host, set up their equipment and they started to play.

There was a cross section of America in that yard. White people, back people and brown people, each coming from their own heritage and each interacting with one another as a family of God's children. Young and old and in between. It was truly an enjoyable evening. Kids skateboarded on the drive way and played catch under the large trees. The evening was warm but not too warm. People were having a terrific time. We ate hot dogs and hamburgers with chips and drank koolaid and soda pop.

The music was enjoyable, the food was good and the company was excellent. I had an encounter with a lightening bug and a young man as the bug did acrobats on the boy's hands as he tried to make the little insect light up. He then released the little creature and we watched it fly away. It was truly one of God's little miracles, not just seeing the bug light up but making a new friend too.

As darkness fell on the evening a huge clap of thunder interrupted the music. Shawn and Marc stopped playing. Shawn came to the microphone said a prayer that God would hold the rain back until the party was over. Then he put on some funky music and started to dance. Popping I believe it's called. He's a very good dancer and everyone enjoyed his performance.

Then he went to the microphone and gave his testimony of Salvation. After he finished one person at a time came to the microphone to give their personal testimony of being saved by Jesus Christ. It was a beautiful ending to a uniquely American evening. It was inspiring to hear the stories of people who had found peace in God's plan for their lives. It changed them. It saved them.

It was unexpected. It was inspiring. It was a truly beautiful moment. It was a reminder of one of the most basic freedoms contained in our Constitution. The freedom of religion. The freedom to worship even in small, unexpected ways.

The testimony ended with an invitation to get to know Jesus Christ and God's plan for our lives. One young man took up that challenge. He gave his life to Christ. This is America at it's best. Not every one will approve of that statement or the action taking place at this block party but that's the beauty of America.

We can believe in whatever religion we want and practice that belief or not. We have a choice. This Freedom is unique in the world. It sets us apart from every other nation on earth. We must cherish that phenomenon. It could be taken from us at any moment. God Bless America.

P.S. it never rained until hours after the party. God does answer prayer.

P.P.S. There was another invitation at the block party:

International Dance Contest in Kansas City
THERE KAN B ONLY ONE
July 17,18 & 19

Friday, July 17th 3pm-10pm
5045 Parallel Pwky - Kansas City, KS $3 Cover Charge

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Restoration! 4th of July, 2009

One of the most inspiring speeches from last Saturday from Joshua Lyons of the Frederick, MD Tea Party. I wish the Kansas City Metro Groups would pull together and have more Tea Parties, invite more people, educate the young and not so young. Let us pray that we can live up to the founders dream of We the People. We live in extraordinary times!

Little White Lies, White Lies and...

Damn Big Lies...

President Obama is going to say he doesn't think this particular Climate bill is the right one for our country and he may veto it; on his right hand. Then he is going sign it with his left hand. This has become this President's modus operandi. You can't believe a word he says...or maybe you can. He told us during the Presidential campaign that he was going to spread the wealth. And he told a little white lie.

He said he was going to spread the wealth around to the folks and at least one of his supporters, Peggy Joseph, believed him. Remember this?

I wonder where she is today. She probably will get what she wants eventually, judging from what I understand of the bills the President has signed. She isn't a "productive" member of society. She a charter member of the welfare society. She is one of the people that Obama deems as one of the "rightful owners" that he has talked about spreading the wealth to.

Ms. Joseph should read the fine print. The wealth is being spread alright, to campaign supporters, political hacks and the Democratic side of Congress and the Senate. Congress is getting huge payoffs for their votes in favor the President's plans.
Ask Congresswoman Marcie Captor.

When House Democratic leaders were rounding up votes Friday for the massive climate-change bill, they paid special attention to their colleagues from Ohio who remained stubbornly undecided.

They finally secured the vote of one Ohioan, veteran Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur of Toledo, the old-fashioned way. They gave her what she wanted - a new federal power authority, similar to Washington state's Bonneville Power Administration, stocked with up to $3.5 billion in taxpayer money available for lending to renewable energy and economic development projects in Ohio and other Midwestern states.
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Maybe something will filter down to Ms. Joseph just before the next election so Obama can buy her vote and the votes of the everyone on the rapidly expanding welfare rolls. After all they are going to have to depend on the hubris of the Federal Government for their livelihoods.

The states are broke from all the unfunded mandates being placed on them. 20 states are in serious trouble now with California leading the way. The other 30 will follow suite if any of the Cap and Trade bill is put into law.

The bill is full of giveaways to big business and the poor. The middleclass will be further depleted of funds as the "change" this Climate bill brings eats away at what little discretionary income they have left after paying additional taxes on everything energy related and that's everything! The need for this bill to pass was a lie. The EPA knows that global warming is a lie. A white lie maybe.

This must happen if Obama is to complete his plan to "remake" America. He's got to keep us broke. He has to have a crisis. Yes, he inherited a crisis but he and his Democratic cronies put the crisis in motion with targeted legislation to bring about the financial meltdown. They have, for all intents and purposes, had control of Congress and the Senate since 2006 while Barak Hussein Obama and Rahm Emanuel were U.S. Senators.

Obama's plans are so elegantly drawn that all of this can't just be a coincidence. The Democrats, with the help of some very smart, obscenely rich people, have been manipulating the financial markets to make sure Obama was elected. They have further depleted American capital by seizing the auto industry. With unemployment at or near 9% the plan is working even better than they thought it would. Free Markets are dieing.

Now with a veto proof Senate the pressure will be on every Democratic Senator to vote for the Cap and Trade bill and every other Obama initiative proposed or thought of. Al Frankin will be seated and then the end game really begins.

Signs of it are already showing up along America's southern border. The President wants National Guard
volunteers to go to the border, unarmed and unpaid, to assist in the Border Patrol's fight against the Mexican Drug Cartels. What would American's do if one of our unarmed troops was murdered by a Mexican Drug Runner? Wallah! An even more emotional crisis than the financial meltdown. Empathy, you know.

President Barack Obama could send up to 1,500 National Guard volunteers to the U.S.-Mexico border in an effort to reinforce an existing counter-drug strategy. Critics have already bashed the plan as they say the levels of violence along the border do not require of unarmed-unpaid volunteers, but of U.S. agencies involved in National Security.
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Another clue to what's going on in the mind of this administration is happening in Texas NOW! According to a headline on the Drudge Report, Federal Agents Hunt for Guns, One House at a Time! Didn't Obama say he wasn't going to go after American's guns?

Of course this is an inflammatory headline but the Administration is showing it's true hand on gun control. It involves Amnesty too. It's all part of a $700 Billion dollar giveaway to the Mexican Government. The Mexicans want to enhance their fight against the Drug Cartels but also want funds to "protect immigrants". Just what we need, more illegals for ACORN to mine illegal votes from.

The need for Remaking America is a Damn Big Lie!

Really rich people are getting richer. Really big companies like GE, IBM will make trillions from Cap and Trade. Really big financial companies like A.I.G. and the Banks are making obscene profits without living up to their promise to loosen credit. Really Big Drug Cartels stand to make billions in extortion of corrupt Mexican Politicians. The American Taxpayers are being made powerless by the constant robbery of their wallets.

At some point in the future, we may find some of the very people that were made rich by this crisis are the very people who caused it. Whatever happened to ethics? Whatever happened to love of Country over love of self? Whatever happened to America?