In or Out in 2010

It’s time to check your voter registration status… in Texas it’s easy – just visit http://www.VoTexas.org.  Don’t delay though – in Texas and in many states, you have to register a few weeks BEFORE the election.  The Texas deadline for mailing your application in is Saturday October 2nd 2010, or 30 days before the election.

To save you time, you can get the registration application here or check to see if you are already registered.

This one will be for keeps – dont put it off – make sure your registration is current or GET REGISTERED. 

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It is time to get serious about taking back our country.

Think about voting for someone “abnormal”!  Someone who thinks more government is not a good thing;  who believes that the Constitution has a purpose in our future and and honored position in the successes of our past;  who believes that the power of government comes from the consent of the governed;  someone who believes the the beauty of America comes from our inclination and our inherent ability to self-govern, self-regulate and to be self-dependent and self correcting.  Sure people make mistakes – and some folks can be talked into anything – don’t be one of them.

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Well the results are in – Massachusetts has elected a Republican as their next U.S. Senator – replacing the Kennedy dynasty and the democratic lock on the Senate.  Scott Brown is the 41st vote in the Senate, providing some hope that the Health Care ‘deal’ can be derailed and return some recognition within the Senate that “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”

Can you hear us now Nancy?  How about you Barry?  Good luck in November and in 2012.  We’re watching and taking notes.  Good luck in your new jobs.

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Texas Republican Rep. Joe Barton has to go. Today, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee is looking into whether it’s “fair” for the BCS to control its own rules and outcomes – rather than having a play-off system.

In a word – this is STUPID.

If the fans are upset, let them vote with their dollars – boycott the advertisers of the bowl games, don’t attend the games… etc. The ’system’ would listen – if anyone really cared. If the fans don’t care enough to vote with their dollars, then they deserve the system they pay for.

This is a money grab for Texas colleges, and it is none of the business of our 111th Congress of the United States of America.

Please find a competent replacement for this man in the REPUBLICAN PRIMARY, rather that replacing him with another rabid “lets fundamentally change America” liberal, but either way he’s got to GO!

Attention:residents of Arlington TX, Waxahachie TX, Enis TX, Corsicana TX, Fairfield TX, Grapeland TX, Crockett TX, Groveton TX, Centerville TX, Teague TX, Mexia TX – I’m counting on you!

His distrisct includes:

• Ellis County includes the cities of Waxahachie, Ennis, Midlothian, Red Oak, Ferris, Italy, Palmer, Oak Leaf, Maypearl, Milford, Pecan Hill, and Bardwell.
• Freestone County includes the city of Fairfield and Teague.
• Houston County includes the cities of Grapeland, Lovelady and Crockett.
• Leon County includes the cities of Buffalo and Centerville.
• In Limestone County I represent the city of Mexia.
• Navarro County includes the cities of Corsicana, Kerens, Dawson, Rice, Frost, and Richland.
• In Tarrant County I represent part of the following cities: Arlington, Crowley, Fort Worth, and Mansfield.
• Trinity County includes the city of Groveton.

VOTE HIM OUT!

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The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not. -Thomas Jefferson

Giving these charlatins in Washington the power to control our lives through the income tax and its circuitous rules is madening.

The answer is in the Fair Tax – keep 100% of you paycheck and pay taxes as you choose to spend it.

http://www.fairtax.org

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After listening to all the drivel about the 2000+ pages of health care reform and the relative simplicity of a document like our Constitution, I decided to take a shot at a simple, but effective reform proposal of my own.  Let me know what you think!

Health Care Reform – a common sense proposal

1. First, assure that all Americans can afford an individual catastrophic health care plan, typically an HSA type plan to prevent families from being wiped out by truly catastrophic health issues. Make all premiums tax deductible. Provide tax credits to offset premiums paid that exceed 5% of their gross annual income.

2. Second allow all Americans the liberty to choose to obtain or reject acquiring health care. This who reject health care should be prepared to live AND DIE with the health and financial consequences of their decisions.

3. TAX all those who choose to reject health care at 5% of their gross income to provide funds to reimburse hospitals for the costs of treating the indigent and the uninsured.

4. Require doctors to publish fees for all services and to disclose these fees to patients at or before time of service.

5. Doctors should present alternate care options that are more economical in addition to the most advanced and recent treatments.

6. Require doctors to provide care to the UNINSURED at the lowest of all the published usual and customary fee schedules from the insurance plans they accept. Require insurers to pay doctors based on the procedure, directly from their companies published fee schedules WITHOUT forcing doctors to price and file each service ABOVE all of the insurers maximum plan reimbursements in order to seek the maximum reimbursement from each procedure filed.

7. Require insurers to accept all applicants who have been fully covered by an existing insurance plan for at least 1 year prior without regard for pre-existing conditions. Require acceptance of all uninsured individuals with a 100% exclusion on treatments for the pre-existing conditions for the first year, and a 50% EXCLUSION FOR the second year. In the third year, the individual would be fully covered.

8. Insurers should offer discounts for multi-year plans of 3, 5, 10 and 20 years, similar to the way term life insurance is sold today.

9. Allow for inter-state insurance shopping, allowing individuals to seek plans and coverage from ANY insurance company in the United States without regard for state of residence.

10. Tort reform to limit monetary damages and require two practicing doctors to publicly review and endorse any suit claiming harm to a patient. Consequences of the defendant losing the suit will include penalties up to losing their license to practice medicine in the United States.

Enumerated benefits

1. Capping exposure to catastrophic financial consequences from serious health issues.

2. Reinforce personal responsibility in decisions impacting the individual.

3. Reinforce personal responsibility in decisions impacting others through personal irresponsibility.

4. Release market forces in informing the patient of the actual cost of services and facilitate comparison shopping for services.

5. Keep the patient informed about the true cost and benefits of the treatments they receive.

6. Provide the UNINSURED the best available price. Stop doctors from over-billing to maximize insurance reimbursement, leaving the UNINSURED with the insane fees and no protection.

7. Allow those currently outside the system to begin to contribute to and benefit from health insurance.

8. Provide incentives for people to stay with an insurer and limit an insurers ability to systematically raise rates year over year.

9. Release market forces among insurance companies, eliminating protectionist laws in some states which keep prices high and limiting access to heath care. This facilitates comparison shopping for coverage.

10. Stop forcing doctors to practice defensive medicine and provide doctors with the protection of peer review, while stiffening the consequences of significant mistakes.

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50% of America is enraged at whats going on… and these charlatans (both republicans and democrats) in Congress are are more afraid of money than votes!  They know with money, you can educate people and change the outcome on election day!

We need to have a way to collect and spend money in opposition to these stubborn self serving legislators – I’m proud to say Mike Huckabee and I are on the same page on this one and I feel comfortable contributing to his organization to make this change.  Quoting Mike Huckabee:

I am personally committed to identifying 3000 conservatives in the month of November that agree with me. If you do I urge you to make a donation of $25 or more towards our efforts to vote these Democrats out of office.

With your financial support:

We will fund their opponents.

We will educate the voters in their districts about their head turning votes.

And we will let loose an army of volunteers trained to do one thing: defeat them.

If you are as irate as I am, I urge you to make an immediate contribution today using this link:

https://www.huckpac.com/?Fuseaction=Contribute.Home&DonorCode=StopPelosi

I am irate and I know you are too – I urge you to contribute – let’s defeat them ALL in 2010!

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Well America – fasten your seat belts, its gonna be a wild ride!  The House voted yesterday to narrowly pass the new Health Care Bill – the “Affordable Health Care for America Act” (H.R. 3962).  One small step for our Government, one big step down the path to a socialized America.  Start writing your Senators – without their opposition, this monstrosity will become law.

As promised, I’m committed to helping oppose the re-election of every single member or the House if Representatives that voted for this Resolution.  This list is expected to grow as we watch other major direction setting votes in the weeks and months to come.  The short list of “must go” representatives is as follows:

ALABAMA

Congratulations Alabama – None of your Representatives voted for H.R. 3962.

ALASKA

Congratulations Alaska – Your Representative voted AGAINST H.R. 3962.

ARIZONA

Democrats — Giffords, Y; Grijalva, Y; Kirkpatrick, Y; Mitchell, Y; Pastor, Y.

ARKANSAS

Democrats — Berry, Y; Snyder, Y.

CALIFORNIA

Democrats — Baca, Y; Becerra, Y; Berman, Y; Capps, Y; Cardoza, Y; Chu, Y; Costa, Y; Davis, Y; Eshoo, Y; Farr, Y; Filner, Y; Garamendi, Y; Harman, Y; Honda, Y; Lee, Y; Lofgren, Zoe, Y; Matsui, Y; McNerney, Y; Miller, George, Y; Napolitano, Y; Pelosi, Y; Richardson, Y; Roybal-Allard, Y; Sanchez, Linda T., Y; Sanchez, Loretta, Y; Schiff, Y; Sherman, Y; Speier, Y; Stark, Y; Thompson, Y; Waters, Y; Watson, Y; Waxman, Y; Woolsey, Y.

COLORADO

Democrats — DeGette, Y; Perlmutter, Y; Polis, Y; Salazar, Y.

CONNECTICUT

Democrats — Courtney, Y; DeLauro, Y; Himes, Y; Larson, Y; Murphy, Y.

DELAWARE

Congratulations Delaware – Your Representative voted AGAINST H.R. 3962.

FLORIDA

Democrats — Corrine, Y; Castor, Y; Grayson, Y; Hastings, Y; Klein, Y; Meek, Y; Wasserman Schultz, Y; Wexler, Y.

GEORGIA

Democrats — Bishop, Y; Johnson, Y; Lewis, Y; Scott, Y.

HAWAII

Democrats — Abercrombie, Y; Hirono, Y.

IDAHO

Congratulations Idaho – None of your Representatives voted for H.R. 3962.

ILLINOIS

Democrats — Bean, Y; Costello, Y; Davis, Y; Foster, Y; Gutierrez, Y; Halvorson, Y; Hare, Y; Jackson, Y; Lipinski, Y; Quigley, Y; Rush, Y; Schakowsky, Y.

INDIANA

Democrats — Carson, Y; Donnelly, Y; Ellsworth, Y; Hill, Y; Visclosky, Y.

IOWA

Democrats — Boswell, Y; Braley, Y; Loebsack, Y.

KANSAS

Democrats — Moore, Y.

KENTUCKY

Democrats — Chandler, N;  

LOUISIANA

Republicans — Cao, Y;

MAINE

Democrats — Michaud, Y; Pingree, Y.

MARYLAND

Democrats — Cummings, Y; Edwards, Y; Hoyer, Y; Ruppersberger, Y; Sarbanes, Y; Van Hollen, Y.

MASSACHUSETTS

Democrats — Capuano, Y; Delahunt, Y; Frank, Y; Lynch, Y; Markey, Y; McGovern, Y; Neal, Y; Olver, Y; Tierney, Y; Tsongas, Y.

MICHIGAN

Democrats — Conyers, Y; Dingell, Y; Kildee, Y; Kilpatrick, Y; Levin, Y; Peters, Y; Schauer, Y; Stupak, Y.

MINNESOTA

Democrats — Ellison, Y; McCollum, Y; Oberstar, Y; Walz, Y.

MISSISSIPPI

Democrats — Thompson, Y.

MISSOURI

Democrats — Carnahan, Y; Clay, Y; Cleaver, Y;

MONTANA

Congratulations Montana- Your Representative voted AGAINST H.R. 3962.

NEBRASKA

Congratulations Nebraska – None of your Representatived voted for H.R. 3962.

NEVADA

Democrats — Berkley, Y; Titus, Y.

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Democrats — Hodes, Y; Shea-Porter, Y.

NEW JERSEY

Democrats — Andrews, Y; Holt, Y; Pallone, Y; Pascrell, Y; Payne, Y; Rothman, Y; Sires, Y.

NEW MEXICO

Democrats — Heinrich, Y; Lujan, Y;

NEW YORK

Democrats — Ackerman, Y; Arcuri, Y; Bishop, Y; Clarke, Y; Crowley, Y; Engel, Y; Hall, Y; Higgins, Y; Hinchey, Y; Israel, Y; Lowey, Y; Maffei, Y; Maloney, Y; McCarthy, Y; Meeks, Y; Nadler, Y; Owens, Y; Rangel, Y; Serrano, Y; Slaughter, Y; Tonko, Y; Towns, Y; Velazquez, Y; Weiner, Y.

NORTH CAROLINA

Democrats — Butterfield, Y; Etheridge, Y; Miller, Y; Price, Y; Shuler, N; Watt, Y.

NORTH DAKOTA

Democrats — Pomeroy, Y.

OHIO

Democrats — Driehaus, Y; Fudge, Y; Kaptur, Y; Kilroy, Y; Ryan, Y; Space, Y; Sutton, Y; Wilson, Y.

OKLAHOMA

Congratulations Oklahoma – None of your Representatives voted for H.R. 3962.

OREGON

Democrats — Blumenauer, Y; DeFazio, Y; Schrader, Y; Wu, Y.

PENNSYLVANIA

Democrats — Brady, Y; Carney, Y; Dahlkemper, Y; Doyle, Y; Fattah, Y; Kanjorski, Y; Murphy, Patrick, Y; Murtha, Y; Schwartz, Y; Sestak, Y.

Republicans — Dent, N; Gerlach, N; Murphy, Tim, N; Pitts, N; Platts, N; Shuster, N; Thompson, N.

RHODE ISLAND

Democrats — Kennedy, Y; Langevin, Y.

SOUTH CAROLINA

Democrats — Clyburn, Y; Spratt, Y.

SOUTH DAKOTA

Congratulations South Dakata – None of your Representatives voted for H.R. 3962.

TENNESSEE

Democrats — Cohen, Y; Cooper, Y;

TEXAS

Democrats — Cuellar, Y; Doggett, Y; Gonzalez, Y; Green, Al, Y; Green, Gene, Y; Hinojosa, Y; Jackson-Lee, Y; Johnson, E. B., Y; Ortiz, Y; Reyes, Y; Rodriguez, Y.

UTAH

Congratulations Utah – None of your Representatives voted for H.R. 3962.

VERMONT

Democrats — Welch, Y.

VIRGINIA

Democrats — Connolly, Y; Moran, Y; Perriello, Y; Scott, Y.

WASHINGTON

Democrats — Dicks, Y; Inslee, Y; Larsen, Y; McDermott, Y; Smith, Y.

WEST VIRGINIA

Democrats — Mollohan, Y; Rahall, Y.

WISCONSIN

Democrats — Baldwin, Y; Kagen, Y; Kind, Y; Moore, Y; Obey, Y.

WYOMING

Congratulations Wyoming – Your Representative voted AGAINST H.R. 3962.

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I know you’re outnumbered, but fight the good fight. Please continue to oppose this and tell the Dems on the fence that I and thousands of others will contribute AGAINST them next year if they vote for this appalling health care take-over. Leave us life, liberty and the PURSUIT of happiness and we’ll be fine.

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