May
21
2009
Dear Editor,
I have reached the boiling point! This week I read in Fox News online that my tax dollars are being spent to by the Federal Government, to the tune of $2.6 million, to make sure prostitutes in China drink less on the job!
“That’s the goal of a five-year study, bankrolled by the National Institutes of Health, designed to help lower HIV infections among China’s “female sex workers,” www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/14/government-funds-million-program-make-chinese-prostitutes-drink/
Then, I find out that “Government researchers are spending more than $400,000 in taxpayer money to hit the bars in Argentina. The National Institutes of Health are paying researchers to cruise six bars in Buenos Aires to find out why gay men engage in risky sexual behavior while drunk — and just what can be done about it.” www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/08/government-funds-study-gay-sex-argentina-bars/
And there is still more, all in the same week! “The federal government is spending $178,000 to better understand why drug-abusing prostitutes in Thailand are at greater risk for HIV infection, an endeavor taxpayer watchdogs are calling a huge waste of American taxpayers’ money….But women aren’t its only target. The two-year project, made possible by a grant from the NIH’s National Institute on Drug Abuse, is also studying kathoey, the transgender prostitutes who are widely accepted in Thailand because of the “karmic idea in Buddhism,” and who have especially high HIV infection rates, according to the study’s abstract.” http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/20/nih-spends-study-prostitutes-thailand-high-hiv-risk/?test=latestnews
I am angry! And you should be, too! What are OUR tax dollars doing going to China and Argentina and Thailand for such sinful and worse than wasteful purposes? I think it is time we ALL get together and vote out everyone who is not standing up and fighting against such horrendous waste of our money. Those who are going to spend OUR money like this cannot be trusted!. It is time for a tax revolution! What do you say?!?! This is what the Tea Parties are all about! Join us at the Tea Party – at the Court House in Jefferson, June 29th, 6 PM!
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May
19
2009
And now the new RNC chairman is wading into the GOP debate over whether the party should moderate or remain ardently conservative.
“This is a no-brainer,” Steele told FOX News. “I’m a student of multiplication and addition, and not subtraction and division. My focus is on building a party that reaches across the board.”
Steele ripped into conservatives who want moderates purged from the GOP and rejected former Vice President Dick Cheney’s assertion that in terms of being a Republican, he’d go with Rush Limbaugh over former Secretary of State Colin Powell — who endorsed candidate Barack Obama for president.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/18/steele-party-unity-speech-gop-future/
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May
12
2009
As Introduced
| 128th General Assembly |
| Regular Session |
| 2009-2010 |
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Representatives Martin, Jordan
Cosponsors: Representatives Adams, J., Amstutz, Balderson, Boose, Bubp, Burke, Combs, Gardner, Grossman, Hall, Huffman, Mecklenborg, Morgan, Snitchler, Stebelton, Uecker, Wachtmann, Batchelder, Blessing
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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To claim sovereignty over certain powers pursuant to the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America, to serve notice to the federal government to cease and desist certain mandates, and to insist that certain federal legislation be prohibited or repealed. |
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF OHIO
(THE SENATE CONCURRING):
| WHEREAS, The Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States reads as follows: “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”; and |
| WHEREAS, The Tenth Amendment defines the total scope of federal power as being that specifically granted to the federal government by the Constitution of the United States and no more; and |
| WHEREAS, The scope of power defined by the Tenth Amendment signifies that the federal government was created by the states specifically to be an agent of the states; and |
| WHEREAS, Today, in 2009, the states are demonstrably treated as agents of the federal government; and |
| WHEREAS, Many federal laws directly violate the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States; and |
| WHEREAS, The Tenth Amendment assures that we, the people of the United States and each sovereign state in the Union of States, now have, and have always had, rights the federal government may not usurp; and |
| WHEREAS, Article IV, Section 4 of the Constitution of the United States, states in part, “The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government,” and the Ninth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States states that “The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people”; and |
| WHEREAS, The United States Supreme Court ruled in New York v. United States, 505 U.S. 144 (1992), that Congress may not simply commandeer the legislative and regulatory processes of the states; and |
| WHEREAS, A number of proposals by previous administrations, some now pending proposals by the present administration, and some proposals by Congress may further violate the Constitution of the United States; now therefore be it |
| RESOLVED, That the State of Ohio hereby claims sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the Constitution of the United States; and be it further |
| RESOLVED, That this resolution serves as notice and demand to the federal government, as our agent, to cease and desist, effective immediately, mandates that are beyond the scope of the constitutionally delegated powers; and be it further |
| RESOLVED, That all compulsory federal legislation that directs states to comply under threat of civil or criminal penalty or sanction or that requires states to enact legislation or lose federal funding be prohibited or repealed; and be it further |
| RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the House of Representatives transmit authenticated copies of this resolution to the President of the United States, the President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate of each other state’s legislature, and each member the Ohio Congressional delegation.
Call Jordan Martin’s Office at 614-644-6020 for more information! |
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May
11
2009
http://www.teapartyexpress.org/index.html
From August 28th to September 12th the “Tea Party Express” bus will tour the country, hosting tea party rallies across America. Find the tea party nearest you and join our efforts to boot out of office some of the worst offenders in government. With your help we’ll clean house in the upcoming congressional elections!
Here in our area, the bus is coming to Canton, OH and Pittsburgh, PA! on September 9th! Let’s Join Them!
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May
10
2009
If there ever was a time when an Independent had a real chance to win the election for an elected office, NOW is the time! The Tea Parties are growing and peoples awareness of how corrupt the government is, and how we have been betrayed by both the Democrats and the Republicans is at an all time high…now is the perfect time for those who want to make a real difference in our Country to come forward to represent the people, without being under the umbrella of the Democrats or the Republicans, so that there are no strings attached, no people and pocketbooks to payback!
NOW is the time to change your status from a Democrat or a Republican to an Independent. Let both parties know that you are voting not for a Party, but for a person who has high moral and ethical standards, a person who will do what he/she promises to do…
The following quote from a favorite author of mine, says better than I can, the kind of people we need to elect to office.
The greatest want of the world is the want of men,–men who will not be bought or sold; men who in their inmost souls are true and honest; men who do not fear to call sin by its right name; men whose conscience is as true to duty as the needle to the pole; men who will stand for the right though the heavens fall.–Education, p. 57. (1903) Ellen White
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