No Blank Check for Obama to Raise Taxes...!!!

Dear Senator Cornyn,

What is wrong with your fellow Senator from Texas, Senator "Cave-Rino" Hutchison ?

In the midst of this incredibly important debt crisis discussion, she says, "I think it’s a fair compromise."

There is NO WAY IN THE WORLD that caving into a socialistic President Obama is a fair compromise.

We MUST NOT give Obama a blank check when it comes to the debt ceiling, which is just more power to raise taxes!

The McConnell-Reid Plan gives President Obama new power to unilaterally raise the debt ceiling $2.5 trillion in three segments over the next year, without a Congressional majority.

It also creates a new congressional committee to report a deficit plan to Congress by the end of the year. No way do we need a new committee, or a new set of government controls.

But here's what bothers me the most:  this plan would become a massive tax increase, while handing Obama almost unilateral power to increase the debt ceiling.

It would give Obama almost unilateral power to raise the debt ceiling without so much as a Congressional majority. This is not only irresponsible leadership, it undermines our Constitution.

According to the Washington Post, "The panel will require only a simple majority to report a plan to Congress, it would be protected from Senate filibuster and it would not be subject to amendment."

Let me be perfectly clear: I STRONGLY oppose any measure to give Obama the power to raise the debt ceiling without a Congressional majority. Also, I OPPOSE any debt deal that raises taxes without an equal or greater tax cut elsewhere.

Senator, Please stand strong and oppose Obama on this issue, and work hard to convince your fellow Senator from the Great State of Texas.

Proposed Budget Cuts...(Yes...! )

These are all the programs that the new Republican House has proposed cutting. Read to the end.

• Corporation for Public Broadcasting Subsidy. $445 million annual savings.
• Save America 's Treasures Program. $25 million annual savings.
• International Fund for Ireland . $17 million annual savings.
• Legal Services Corporation. $420 million annual savings.
• National Endowment for the Arts. $167.5 million annual savings.
• National Endowment for the Humanities. $167.5 million annual savings.
• Hope VI Program. $250 million annual savings.
• Amtrak Subsidies. $1.565 billion annual savings.
• Eliminate duplicative education programs. H.R. 2274 (in last Congress), authored by Rep. McKeon, eliminates 68 at a savings of $1.3 billion annually.
• U.S. Trade Development Agency. $55 million annual savings.
• Woodrow Wilson Center Subsidy. $20 million annual savings.
• Cut in half funding for congressional printing and binding. $47 million annual savings.
• John C. Stennis Center Subsidy. $430,000 annual savings.
• Community Development Fund. $4.5 billion annual savings.
• Heritage Area Grants and Statutory Aid. $24 million annual savings.
• Cut Federal Travel Budget in Half. $7.5 billion annual savings
• Trim Federal Vehicle Budget by 20%. $600 million annual savings.
• Essential Air Service. $150 million annual savings.
• Technology Innovation Program. $70 million annual savings.
• Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Program. $125 million annual savings.
• Department of Energy Grants to States for Weatherization. $530 million annual savings.
• Beach Replenishment. $95 million annual savings.
• New Starts Transit. $2 billion annual savings.
• Exchange Programs for Alaska , Natives Native Hawaiians, and Their Historical Trading Partners in Massachusetts . $9 million annual savings
• Intercity and High Speed Rail Grants. $2.5 billion annual savings.
• Title X Family Planning. $318 million annual savings.
• Appalachian Regional Commission. $76 million annual savings.
• Economic Development Administration. $293 million annual savings.
• Programs under the National and Community Services Act. $1.15 billion annual savings.
• Applied Research at Department of Energy. $1.27 billion annual savings.
• FreedomCAR and Fuel Partnership. $200 million annual savings.
• Energy Star Program. $52 million annual savings.
• Economic Assistance to Egypt . $250 million annually.
• U.S. Agency for International Development. $1.39 billion annual savings.
• General Assistance to District of Columbia . $210 million annual savings.
• Subsidy for Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. $150 million annual savings.
• Presidential Campaign Fund. $775 million savings over ten years.
• No funding for federal office space acquisition. $864 million annual savings.
• End prohibitions on competitive sourcing of government services.
• Repeal the Davis-Bacon Act. More than $1 billion annually.
• IRS Direct Deposit: Require the IRS to deposit fees for some services it offers (such as processing payment plans for taxpayers) to the Treasury, instead of allowing it to remain as part of its budget. $1.8 billion savings over ten years.
• Require collection of unpaid taxes by federal employees. $1 billion total savings.WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• Prohibit taxpayer funded union activities by federal employees. $1.2 billion savings over ten years.
• Sell excess federal properties the government does not make use of. $15 billion total savings.
• Eliminate death gratuity for Members of Congress.
• Eliminate Mohair Subsidies. $1 million annual savings.
• Eliminate taxpayer subsidies to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. $12.5 million annual savings
• Eliminate Market Access Program. $200 million annual savings.
• USDA Sugar Program. $14 million annual savings.
• Subsidy to Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). $93 million annual savings.
• Eliminate the National Organic Certification Cost-Share Program. $56.2 million annual savings.
• Eliminate fund for Obamacare administrative costs. $900 million savings.
• Ready to Learn TV Program. $27 million savings..
• HUD Ph.D. Program.
• Deficit Reduction Check-Off Act.
• TOTAL SAVINGS: $2.5 Trillion over Ten Years

My question is, what are all these doing in the budget in the first place?

TRADING GUNS FOR "INTELLIGENCE"...?

Dear Senator,

Why is the ATF (Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms agency), providing guns to Mexican crime cartels?

I've been reading about how the ATF, under the control of the US Presidency, has been helping to provide military grade guns to the violent Mexican crime cartels, who are importing the vast majority of America's illegal aliens, cocaine, and methamphetamine. Dubbed operations 'Gun Runner' and 'Fast and Furious,' elite weapons such as AK-47 Assault rifles and Barret .50 caliber sniper rifles were allowed to pass freely into Mexico, while the Obama administration called for a crack down on American gun sales.

The Executive Branch of the federal government has been caught lying about border security, leaving our borders wide open during a time of war, failing to protect states from invasion as required by the US Constitution, and now providing military grade arms to the invaders. I want Congress to use all possible remedies including investigations, prosecutions, impeachments, and possible charges of treason to put a stop to this.

The evidence suggests that the American government has been corrupted and compromised on a grand scale regarding the importation of drugs and illegals into America. Military tribunals may be needed since those responsible for this betrayal have been arming paramilitary groups with military grade weapons to invade America during a time of war.

Agents are telling the media that this operation was approved by the Department of Justice under Eric Holder. President Obama is denying that he knew anything about the American government sanctioned shipments of large amounts of arms to the drug cartel insurgents.

I simply don't buy the ATF's unbelievable claim that the guns were allowed into Mexico to "gather intelligence" on drug cartels.

The elite organized crime syndicates receiving the American sold weapons, compliments of the American ATF, are responsible for murdering tens of thousands of Mexican citizens in the last few years.

Thousands of innocent American citizens are being killed by these gangs and their illegal alien cargo each year!

Tens of thousands of Americans, predominantly young adults and children, are becoming addicted to and succumbing to the chemical weapons of mass destruction deployed by these groups in the form of cocaine and methamphetamine.

I'm appalled that the Obama administration has order our Border Patrol agents to fire "bean bag rounds" while arming the smugglers with fifty caliber rifles.

Liberals have done all in their power to support illegal immigrants over the wishes and interests of American citizens for the last ten years, which has led to massive job and community instability and an unprecedented shift in US Census counts.

Senator, we Absolutely MUST hold accountable the ATF, Eric Holder, and Obama himself in this "Gun Runner" operation...!

Enforce the Law for Sanctuary Cities Act

Dear Randy,

Sanctuary policies that force public officials, including police, to turn a blind eye to illegal immigration are an incentive for additional illegal immigration.  Furthermore, sanctuary policies violate federal law. 

Section 642 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA) provides that "[s]tates and localities may not adopt policies, formally or informally, that prohibit employees from communicating with DHS regarding the immigration status of individuals."
It is outrageous that some cities and counties maintain policies that forbid officials from asking about a person's immigration status or informing federal immigration authorities about the presence of illegal aliens.

These policies are dangerous and promote a sense of lawlessness.  If illegal aliens are not afraid of arrest or deportation then they are free to take American jobs.  With 22 million Americans unable to find a job, I hope you understand the necessity of eliminating sanctuary cities.

Please cosponsor H.R. 1134, the Enforce the Law for Sanctuary Cities Act, and help America become more secure, more prosperous, and more law-abiding.

Vote NO on Debt Ceiling Increase

Vote NO on Debt Ceiling Increase

Dear Randy,

The Federal Reserve is already publicly committed to print some $75 billion a month to service massive federal budget deficits and allow the federal establishment's unchecked expansion to continue.

This massive subsidy to rampant federal spending was never voted upon by Congress or the American people – at least $600 billion in new money is being printed and given to the insolvent federal government – completely beyond the control of democratic processes that define a free America and further destroying the value of every dollar you earn, spend, save, or invest.

The only way to put a stop to this insanity is for Congress to REFUSE to raise the debt limit.

Randy, I know that Members of Congress who think like you and I do are being derided as "The Shutdown Caucus", but if Republicans cave in and join with the Democrats to raise America's debt ceiling above the already staggering current limit of $14.3 trillion, Obamacare will be funded, the bailouts will continue, and out-of-control federal spending will get worse.

Our national debt is already 90% of gross domestic product (GDP). By increasing the debt to 100% or more, America could join the ranks of banana republics which have destroyed their currencies and plunged their economies into chaos.

No more federal debt on the backs of our children and grandchildren!

NO NEW DEBT FOR THE OBAMA AGENDA!!

PRESIDENT BAILS OUT ON A PRESS CONFERENCE HE CALLED

PRESIDENT BAILS OUT ON A PRESS CONFERENCE HE CALLED

I’m SO incredibly ashamed of this president. He called a press conference for Friday, December 10, 2010, and then WALKED OUT of the press conference that he himself called.

President Obama called in the cavalry (former President Clinton) to explain a bad idea to America.

Obama walked out of a press conference that HE called because he wasn’t qualified for the job, and couldn’t handle the heat…!!!

Never before in American history has an incompetent president called in a formerly Impeached president to help explain a bad idea to the American public.

But if that’s not bad enough, this president bailed out on the press conference leaving Bubba to try to explain what the Government wants to force down my throat.

And moreover, he used the flimsiest of excuses, “I gotta go. The First Lady is waiting for me to show up at the White House Christmas party."

I’m SO incredibly ashamed of the current president of My United States of America.
Why is it sir that you couldn’t explain to me what you were proposing?

Why did you need a former president to explain your proposal?

President Reagan never needed to ask former President Nixon to help bail him out…
President Clinton never needed to ask former President Carter to help bail him out…
And President George W. Bush (43) never need to ask Daddy Bush (41) to bail him out…

Mr. President, not only are you arrogant and narcissistic, you are out of your league and the most incompetent president in my lifetime…and I’m older than you are.

You have dishonored the Office of the Presidency through incompetence, abuse, and neglect.

Shame on you.

Dr. Chris Albritton
Abilene, TX

CONGRESS can't say NO to PORK

Did you know…?
THAT Senator Harry Reid introduced a $1.27 Trillion dollar omnibus spending bill?

THAT the bill is 1924 pages long? (Who is going to READ all that?)

THAT it contains 6000 earmarks worth $8 billion dollars? (Can you say “Pork Barrel Spending”?)
THAT the pork includes:
• $349,000 for swine waste management; (yes, the management of pig excrement)
• $2.9 million for Grand Forks International Airport expansion;
• $3.5 million for termite research in Louisiana (as if Louisiana is the only state with termites)
• $5.4 billion in new labor, education, and health spending including money for the failed Head Start program
• $1.25 billion in spending on Obamacare and
• $18 million for groups named after the late Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) and Rep. John Murtha (D-PA)
THAT if the Senate doesn’t approve it by midnight Saturday, the government shuts down?
THAT Gallup just now released a poll showing that 83% of Americans disapprove of the way Congress is handling its job while only 13% approve? (That is the worst approval rating in more than 30 years of tracking congressional job performance. This is the first Congress to fail TO EVEN VOTE on a budget for next year.)
THAT Conservatives are NOT surprised by that poll?
So, let’s call Senator Reid’s bluff…let’s tell the U.S. Senate that we’re sick and tired of how fast and furious the government is spending our tax dollars.
A “shut down government” can’t spend any more of our tax dollars…!

Say NO to Net Neutrality

Dear Randy,
I'm Very Much Opposed to the concept of Internet Neutrality.
In a Wall Street Journal piece out just recently, we learn the FCC has gone rogue on the issue and is completely bypassing Congress in an effort to grab control over the web.
It's detestable to me that the FCC thinks it can bypass the will of the people by bypassing the authority of Congress...!
Congress and "we the People" should be very much opposed to the FCC increasing its power by using the phone monopoly laws, directly or indirectly regulating rates or expanding its reach deeper into mobile broadband services.
Congress and the American People must NOT allow the FCC to bypass branches of our government in the dogged pursuit of needless and harmful regulation.
This battle is NOT an argument about the price consumers would pay for access to the web.
If the FCC is granted oversight and control on pricing, there will be very little standing in the way of expansion into communication through the web itself.
It's important to remember that without the web, the tea party movement would not exist. It was people like me in the Tea Party movement, using the internet for important information, who have given control of the U.S. House of Representatives back to Republicans.
Randy,
Thank you so much for what you have done to strengthen the conservative representation in Washington.
Gratefully,
Dr. Chris Albritton
Abilene, TX

Stop Harry Reid's DREAM Act Amnesty

Dear Senator,

Senator Harry Reid has announced that he will add the DREAM Act Amnesty to the upcoming Department of Defense spending bill and Senator Bob Menendez announced that he will introduce a major immigration reform bill in this Congress.

We have a serious Amnesty threat with the DREAM Act giving citizenship to over 2.1 Million illegal students and young adults followed by a massive Comprehensive Immigration Reform threat that would cover over 11 Million illegal aliens.

The media spin on the DREAM Act is false and misleading. This amnesty is NOT limited to high school valedictorians and other high-achieving college students who were brought to the U.S. illegally when they were toddlers.

The amnesty includes illegal aliens up to age 35!
And their arrival can be as late as age 15!

The bill is a giant fraud loophole. People can claim the amnesty without providing proof of meeting criteria.

Even the supporters of the DREAM Act Amnesty admit that around 2.1 Million people could qualify.

The DREAM Act does nothing to stop the behavior that put teenagers into their situation. It leaves the jobs magnet in place.

This amnesty has no enforcement measures at all. It allows employers to continue to hire illegal aliens, enticing millions more parents to bring their children here illegally and stay long enough for them to become high school students and demand another amnesty in a few years.

The DREAM Act leaves intact the chain migration system that will allow these 2.1 million illegal aliens to eventually send for millions more relatives.

Rather quickly, the amnestied illegal aliens would be able to get green cards for their parents. And millions of additional relatives would be able to start planning their applications and getting in line. This starts with adult siblings and moves on to aunts, uncles, cousins, etc.

A large percentage of the illegal aliens in the U.S. today are extended family members of the illegal aliens who got amnesty in 1986 and also those in the six more-limited amnesties in the 1990s.

Senator, it’s vitally important to America that we STOP the DREAM Act Amnesty now, and stop Harry Reid in November.

Congress needs to RENEW the Bush Tax Cuts

Dear Senator,

Please vote to extend the Bush Tax Cuts.

The Bush tax cuts, enacted in 2001 and 2003, will fully and automatically expire as of Dec. 31, 2010.

If these tax cuts expire, my family, my daughter, and my employees will suddenly experience a massive tax rate increase, as will almost all working Americans.

We can't afford the extra that will be sucked out of our paychecks and sent to the Government.

Look at what will happen:

35% bracket will increase to 39.6%
33% bracket will increase to 36%
28% bracket will increase to 31%
25% bracket will increase to 28%
10% and 15% will condense to 15%
Capital gains tax will increase from 15% to 20%
Tax on dividends will increase from 15% to 39.6%

The U.S. is facing one of the worst recessions since the Great Depression.

Senator, it is IMPERATIVE that Congress fully and completely renew the Bush tax cuts; and do so without delay to ensure public confidence in the markets and economy.

Sincerely,

Dr. Chris Albritton
Abilene, TX

The Administration's Budget for 2011

Congress needs to go back to the drawing board on the FY2011 budget.

If enacted this budget plan will balloon the deficit, dramatically increase taxes in a tough economy, and undermine job creation. Plagued with record-breaking spending and larger deficits than ever seen, this plan is a surefire way to slow economic growth, slow employment, and make U.S. companies less competitive around the globe.

Job creators, investors, and higher income Americans, including many small business owners, will be the hardest hit by punishing tax increases. According to initial reports, there are nearly a half a trillion dollars in business tax hikes over the next 10 years, including taxes on energy, financial transactions, unemployment insurance, firms using independent contractors, and foreign earnings. Imposing these taxes in a weak economy will delay our economic recovery, hurt business expansion, and slow job creation.

While the FY2011 Greenbook is full of tax increases, it offers little in the way of tax cuts to help businesses grow.

Additionally, the discipline envisioned on the spending side of the equation is weak.

The spending freeze, initially announced with fanfare, covers only a small sliver of the federal budget pie. Federal spending will grow to a record $3.8 trillion in FY2011, more than 25 percent of the nation's GDP, a post-World War II record. The bipartisan deficit reduction commission the president plans to organize would have no binding influence over this or any Congress.

Using its own numbers, the administration's proposed budget deficits will cause debt as a share of the economy to rise by 13.6 percentage points to over 77 percent.

Deficits of this magnitude are unsustainable. Such heavy borrowing by government crowds out the capital available for the private sector, threatens to reignite inflation and higher interest rates, and cedes too much leverage to foreign debt holders.

I know that there is no perfect plan to erase the deficit and balance the budget. However, serious deficit reduction can only begin with robust economic growth, expansion of the tax base, and serious entitlement reform.

Dear Senator,

As a Podiatric Physician and constituent, I was extremely disheartened and frustrated by the failure of the Senate to either delay the impending 21.2% Medicare fee cut or follow the lead of the House and pass meaningful Medicare physician payment reform before leaving Washington on March 26.

The future of Medicare and the health of my Medicare patients rely on the ability of qualified physicians to provide care. And the future success of my practice as a Medicare provider depends on reliable and fair reimbursement for my services.

My colleagues and I hear repeated commitments from members of Congress to eliminate the SGR and enact a system that more fairly reimburses physicians for their services.

Senator, I’ve been talking to my patients about this, and so far, I have not found a single patient who is willing to take a 21% cut in their Social Security check each month, nor a single patient who is willing to take a 21% cut in their paycheck each month.

The repeated failure of congress to take decisive action on physician fees has
shaken my confidence in the Medicare program.

I have no choice but to DISCONTINUE TAKING NEW MEDICARE PATIENTS.

Other Podiatric Physicians feel the same way.

Where are these Texas Medicare patients going to go for their health care?

It has been years since there has been stability in physician reimbursements, and I respectfully request that you keep that commitment to health care providers and Medicare beneficiaries by resolving this issue for the long term now.

Sincerely,

Dr. Chris Albritton
Abilene, TX

SICK AMERICANS NEED TO DIE QUICKLY

Dear Rep. Neugebauer,

I’m totally OUTRAGED at Rep. Alan Grayson who spoke from the House floor and said that the Republican health care plan was simply for Americans to "die quickly" if they get sick.

His “apology” was true a non-apology...!

When Rep. Joe Wilson shouted, "You lie!" The Democrats spun themselves and the media into a tizzy, demanding an apology. Wilson complied, and I believe his apology was sincere. However, they continued to press the issue, and Wilson was publically condemned.

Randy, I demand that the House censure Rep. Grayson in similar fashion to what they did to Wilson...!!!

Apologizing to the dead makes a total mockery of the concept of apologizing for a wrong.

Randy, I want you to support and PUSH Rep. Tom Price’s Resolution of Disapproval that mirrors the one Democrats approved against Wilson.

I agree with Rep. Price that Grayson’s conduct was “a breach of decorum and degraded the integrity and proceedings of the House”, but I DO NOT agree that the resolution should be withheld a little to give Grayson more time to consider an apology.

Grayson is despicable and should be disciplined immediately.

LET’S RAISE THEIR TAXES…!

LET’S RAISE THEIR TAXES…!

Democrats in Congress are going to allow the Bush tax cuts of 2001 and 2003 to expire, resulting in what the Wall Street Journal called “the biggest tax increase in our nation’s history”.

Once these tax cuts are allowed to expire, taxpayers will face an estimated total of almost $2.4 trillion in additional taxes.

That means about 17 million seniors will face an estimated average tax increase of $2,034 each.

When these tax cuts are allowed to expire:
· The Marriage Penalty will be reinstated, costing married couples almost $1,500 per year on average.
· 26 million small business owners will face an average tax increase of $3,637.
· And, the Death Tax will return to its former high rate, which has been a leading cause of the demise of small businesses. This will cost American families an estimated $91 billion.

President Obama wants to raise tax rates on dividends and capital gains, causing stocks to lose an estimated additional $90-billion-plus in value.

And then if Congress passes it’s “cap-and-trade” energy plan into law, the cost to each American household will average about $4,6093 per year in higher taxes and energy prices, appearing on your electric bill, gas bill, water bill, phone bill, and at the gasoline pumps.

Americans already pay, on average, an estimated 35 to 40 percent of their earnings each year in federal taxes. We are simply taxed out the wahzoo.

How much more “hope and change” can American families afford?

WHY I DON'T LIKE OBAMA

Obama has been proven to be a liar.

From the moment he stepped onto the national stage to campaign for the presidency, Obama has consistently lied to the American people in order to convince us to trust him with our economic and national security. Since becoming our president, he has betrayed that trust.

During his first eight months in office, Obama has exhibited his admiration for dictators and disdain for our allies.

• He offended the Queen of England and bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia.
• He praised the Marxist Daniel Ortega, kissed Socialist Hugo Chavez on the cheek and endorsed the Socialist Evo Morales of Bolivia.
• He sided with Hugo Chavez and Communist Fidel Castro against Honduras, a country that followed its constitution and stopped its president from illegally turning himself into that country’s dictator.
• Obama announced that he would meet with Iranians with no pre-conditions, while they're building their nuclear weapons.
  

Obama displayed a blatant lack of concern for what is in the best interest of America when he circled the globe and publicly apologized for America's world leadership. He told the Mexican president that Americans are responsible for the violence in Mexico.

He announced a cut in funding for our new missile defense system the day after an ICBM was launched by North Korea.

He released information on U.S. intelligence gathering despite contrary urgings of his own CIA director and the four prior CIA directors.

He ordered that the word "terrorism" be stricken from our discourse and replaced with the innocuous words "man made disasters."

He appointed a Homeland Security Chief who identified military veterans and abortion opponents as "dangers to the nation."

In a scary bid to increase the political power of the Democratic Party, Obama politicized the census by moving it out of the Department of Commerce and into the White House.

His dogged determination to turn our country into a failed socialist nation was in full evidence when Obama nationalized General Motors and Chrysler. He gave to the unions control over the two giant automobile manufacturers, while freezing out retired investors and allocating billions of taxpayer dollars to this socialist power grab. As a further slap in our economic face, he expanded the corporate bailouts, including giving billions to AIG without pre-conditions. Then, to add insult to injury, Obama doubled our national debt with his out-of-control spending.

Obama is spending so brazenly because he is counting on Americans being lulled into complacency by the time of the 2010 elections. By design, the bulk of the "stimulus" funds will be spent, just in time, to spur a false recovery. The "recovery" will be hailed as proof of Obama's wisdom by the liberal media. It will not matter that the so-called recovery will not be real, or that it won't last – as long as Obama and liberal Democrats stay in control of our government.

Demonstrating his willingness to operate without regard for our laws, Obama fired two inspector generals (IG’s) who were investigating illegal activities by Obama cronies. Obama fired the IG’s even though, by law, inspector generals are authorized to conduct investigations without interference from government officials.

Blatantly, Obama refused to prosecute Black Panthers caught on video intimidating voters at a polling place in Philadelphia during the 2008 election.

Further, Obama filled his cabinet with five people who have cheated on their taxes, and two of his other nominees withdrew after they were exposed as tax cheats.

Obama and his supporters scoffed at parents and called them racist for not wanting their children indoctrinated by Obama with his K-12 speech. Obama’s talking about the value of education was not the problem. What rankled citizens was the lesson plan from the Department of Education – before it was changed under pressure from the public – that required children to write papers about how to help Obama achieve his radical agenda.

Obama has publicly asserted that...

• some corporations, including 'Big Oil' and medical insurance companies, make 'obscene profits' (they don't compared with many other industries) and that his 'compensation czar' will look into executive compensation...
• medical insurance companies need a 'public option' to keep them 'honest,' ...
• He wants a government-guaranteed 'level playing field' of wealth redistribution via taxing those deemed to have too much.

The lack of any check on Obama’s power, due to a veto-proof Democrat-controlled Congress and a lap dog liberal media, has caused Obama to boldly assert his radical agenda and surround himself with a stable of over 30 advisors called "Czars". These unaccountable Obama-appointees are beholden only to Obama. They are not unanswerable to Congress or the American people, as was intended by our Constitution which requires congressional confirmation hearings and oversight of political appointees. Among those Czars are Communists, Marxists and other characters with troubling backgrounds and questionable credentials who should not be allowed anywhere near the White House. Gone is media outrage over abuse of power or an imperial presidency, as well as any angst about the shredding of our Constitution.

The preceding comments were excerpted from an article entitled:

OBAMA – A CHARMING LIAR?
By Frances Rice,
a retired lawyer and Army Lieutenant Colonel,
who is chairman of the National Black Republican Association.
http://www.nbra.info/

Read the entire article here:

http://blackrepublican.blogspot.com/

September 7, 2009

Dear Congressman Neugebauer,

I very much love reading your weekly updates.

I’m so very pleased that you have stated, "I cannot support any plan that includes a government-run option...but I do not believe bigger government and more spending is the solution."

Thank you sir.

But I must take exception to the center portion of your statement..."We can all agree there is room for improvement in our health care system..."

Randy,
The health care system here in the U.S. is WITHOUT A DOUBT the very best in the entire world...!

I have been a health care provider right here in Texas since 1980.

Randy, there is NO health care system ANYWHERE that even comes close to what we provide right here in the U.S.
Never ever do you hear of Americans traveling to Canada for health care...!

Never ever do you hear of Americans traveling to Great Britain for health care...!

Never ever do you hear of Americans traveling to France, or Cuba, or Saudi Arabia, or Sweden, or Russia for health care...!

Randy, I am sooooooooooooooooo appreciative that you have said, "as long as a plan to nationalize our healthcare system is on the table, I will vote against it".

But Randy, here’s my problem:

• Realizing that there is NO health care system ANYWHERE that even comes close to what we provide right here in the U.S., and
• Realizing that Americans just simply don’t travel abroad for their health care...
  

I DO NOT agree that, "We can all agree there is room for improvement in our health care system..."

May I suggest that conservatives stop using that phrase, which has implications that are so far from the truth that are so unrealistic that it misleads the American public.

When people say that, "We can all agree there is room for improvement in our health care system..." they are misunderstanding something of critical importance...

• there is NO health care system ANYWHERE that even comes close to what we provide right here in the U.S.,and
• they are impugning the integrity of physicians like myself.
  

It’s not our health care system that is broken..............!

It’s ACCESS to our health care system that people are really talking about...!

We’re not really talking about the health care system itself, but some sort of reform of health insurance coverage.

Most of the current polls say that Americans are satisfied with their current health care insurance.

I know that you are NOT a liberal, but liberals like to spout things that too many conservatives tend to latch onto. For example, I don’t accept the liberal premise that our health care system is broken, and my patients throughout Abilene and all of West Texas don’t either.

Randy, please stop saying that, "We can all agree there is room for improvement in our health care system..."

Sincerely,

Dr. Chris Albritton
Abilene, TX

Oppose Sotomayor

Dear Senator Cornyn,

Please continue to strongly oppose the Sotomayor nomination.

I had planned to send you my top 3 reasons to oppose this nomination, but then I began to remember that you were formerly a Supreme Court Justice here in Texas.

So you already know dozens of reasons why this is a nomination that MUST be opposed.

Please bring out those reasons during the hearings, and show the American public how this nomination reflects Obama's true radical socialistic agenda.

Thank you.

Dr. Chris Albritton

Senator Cornyn calls for Immigration Reform this year

Dear Senator Cornyn,

It’s hard to believe that you’ve called on the President present a comprehensive Immigration Reform Plan this year.

I’m incredibly DISAPPOINTED in you. I’ve written to you multiple times re: Amnesty for Illegal Aliens, and it wasn’t very long ago that the American people sent a loud and clear message to Congress.

I respectfully ask that you listen hard to the will of the American people on this issue.

There Can Be NO COMPROMISE When It Comes To Amnesty for 12-20 Million Illegal Aliens.

• I don’t want amnesty for 12-20 million illegal aliens currently in the United States.
• I don’t want compromise legislation.
• I don’t want a comprehensive package that allows 12-20 lawbreakers to keep on breaking the law.
• I don’t want foreigners coming into America unless they go through proper immigration channels.
• I don’t want a "guest worker program".
• I don’t want a "pathway to citizenship".
  

1. These are nothing more than amnesty phrases, and I oppose amnesty for the millions of people who have sneaked into our country illegally. Giving amnesty to people who have broken American laws increases the likelihood of further illegal conduct.
   
   Amnesty was a bad idea in 1986.
   Amnesty was a bad idea two years ago.
   Amnesty is still a bad idea.
   

The American people want secure borders and no amnesty for millions of illegal aliens. The American people want to stop terrorists, who wish to bomb military installations, from coming into this country illegally!

We need to remember that Ted Kennedy has already pushed SEVEN amnesties into law. Not a single one was followed by a reduction in illegal immigration. Why should anybody believe that Obama would present anything different?

1. In 1986, Ted Kennedy's blanket amnesty for 2.7 million illegal aliens promised a lot more enforcement but did not set any requirements for actual reductions in illegal immigration. The illegal flow continued.
2. In 1994, Ted Kennedy's Section 245(I) Amnesty gave legal residence and jobs to 578,000 illegal aliens. It was a temporary rolling amnesty primarily for extended family members of immigrants who instead of waiting in line, would come on into the country illegally. The illegal flow continued.
3. In 1997, Ted Kennedy's extension of the Section 245(I) rolling amnesty was followed by an Increasing Flow of Illegal Immigration.
4. In 1997, Ted Kennedy also won an amnesty for close to one million illegal aliens from Central America. Illegal immigration sped up some more.
5. In 1998, Ted Kennedy won an amnesty for 125,000 illegal aliens from Haiti. The illegal flow continued.
6. In 2000, Ted Kennedy got the so-called Late Amnesty, legalizing another 400,000 illegal aliens who claimed that they missed out on Kennedy's 1986 amnesty. Illegal immigration continued unimpeded.
7. In 2000, Ted Kennedy also won the LIFE Act Amnesty for an estimated 900,000 illegal aliens. It was another reinstatement of the rolling Section 245(I) amnesty., an estimated 900,000 illegal aliens. Illegal Immigration Accelerated.

It just makes good ole common horse sense to ENFORCE our current immigration laws before we grant amnesty under the guise of "comprehensive immigration reform".

We can’t just disregard the intentional violation of the law in one context because it serves policy objectives in another, as this would undermine the rule of law.

Illegal immigration is a national security issue.

We can’t play politics when the lives of Americans are at stake.

Senator Cornyn, please let me propose some principles for immigration:

1. Turn off the job magnet for illegal immigration by mandating E-Verify for all employers. This can be done immediately, before any other "reform" is put in place.
2. The net result of all immigration reform must be a large net reduction in annual green cards. Immigration of foreign workers and dependents has been running four times higher than traditional levels. The million green cards a year should be cut as far toward 250,000 as possible.
3. The nation is in a jobs depression. Most immigration of foreign workers should be suspended so that jobless Americans can have a better chance to get back into the jobs market.
4. Any attempt to give permanent work permits to an estimated 8 million illegal foreign workers would be political suicide while 14 million Americans looking for a job can't find one.
   

Senator, please remember that most Texans are conservative, and some of us have long memories. If you decide to betray the conservatives who elected you by pandering to the Hispanics for their vote, we will remember with our votes, and forget with our contributions.

Feeling betrayed,

Dr. Chris Albritton
Abilene, TX

Obama's Health Care Plan

Dear Senator Cornyn,

I just read your op-ed entitled "Lower The Cost Of Health Care Without Sacrificing Control To Washington". ( http://www.statesman.com/opinion/content/editorial/stories/2009/06/18/0618cornyn_edit.html )

I agree 100%.

I'm a physician in Abilene, TX, in solo private practice, and I have 7 full time employees.

If the Obama health care plan is enacted, I will not be able to afford to pay health care benefits to all 7 of my employees.

Obama's health care plan WILL FORCE ME TO TERMINATE TWO EMPLOYEES...!

As a result of terminating two employees, I will not be able to see and treat all the patients who want to come to me with their health problems.

So, I have three questions:

1. Will Obama dictate to me WHICH two employees to terminate?
2. The two employees I have to terminate because of Obama's health care plan, will Obama find them another job to support their families?
3. How will the Obama health care plan help patients in need of a physician find someone to care for them as so many other physicains, like myself, will be forced to cut back on employees and the number of patients we see?

Sincerely,

Dr. Chris Albritton
Abilene, TX

This is so outrageous…!

We’re gonna PAY other nations affected by the global financial crisis…???

Democrats have included a $5 billion increase for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help aid nations affected by the global financial crisis.

(Pardon me here, but when OUR nation is suffering, with 1.8 MILLION jobs lost since Obama took office, and AMERICANS are facing huge tax increases…HOW DARE the government to give away $5 billion to “other nations”…!!! )

Republicans say that is reason enough to vote against the entire $106 billion spending bill and are certain voters will understand.

“Once the American people learn that the Democrats are using a war-funding bill for a global bailout, they’ll know what to do,” House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence (Ind.) told The Hill. “We’ll take the message to the floor and to the American people, and I expect we’ll win this fight.”

Read the whole article here:
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/in-reversal-gop-balks-at-war-funding-2009-06-15.html