President Obama's
Saturday Morning Radio Address
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Another Perspective:
"Liberty Under God"
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| This week, we’ve made important progress toward the goal of bringing about change abroad and change at home. During my visit to Russia, we began the process of resetting relations so that we can address key national priorities like the threat of nuclear weapons and extremism. At the G8 summit, leaders from nearly thirty nations met to discuss how we will collectively confront the urgent challenges of our time, from managing the global recession to fighting global warming to addressing global hunger and poverty. And in Ghana, I laid out my agenda for supporting democracy and development in Africa and around the world. |
How have US-Soviet relations been "re-set?" What is really different? |
| But even as we make progress on these challenges abroad, my thoughts are on the state of our economy at home. And that’s what I want to talk to you about today. |
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| We came into office facing the most severe economic downturn since the Great Depression. At the time, we were losing, on average 700,000 jobs a month. And many feared that our financial system was on the verge of collapse. |
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| As a result of the swift and aggressive action we took in the first few months of this year, we’ve been able to pull our financial system and our economy back from the brink. We took steps to re-start lending to families and businesses, stabilize our major financial institutions, and help homeowners stay in their homes and pay their mortgages. We also passed the largest and most sweeping economic recovery plan in our nation’s history. |
Larger than the Bush Bailout? |
| The Recovery Act wasn’t designed to restore the economy to full health on its own, but to provide the boost necessary to stop the free fall. It was designed to spur demand and get people spending again and cushion those who had borne the brunt of the crisis. And it was designed to save jobs and create new ones. |
"Free fall" is what is needed. Government-created bubbles need to be burst, so that financial resources can be allocated where the Free Market -- you and I -- want them allocated, not where Barney Frank wants them allocated. |
| In a little over one hundred days, this Recovery Act has worked as intended. It has already extended unemployment insurance and health insurance to those who have lost their jobs in this recession. It has delivered $43 billion in tax relief to American working families and businesses. Without the help the Recovery Act has provided to struggling states, its estimated that state deficits would be nearly twice as large as they are now, resulting in tens of thousands of additional layoffs – layoffs that would affect police officers, teachers, and firefighters. |
In other words, the feds are creating money for the states, who don't have the power to inflate the currency.
Why is it that the most vital and arguably legitimate state and local employees are the first to be laid off, rather than meaningless bureaucrats who perform no vital function, and simply soak up resources in a kind of welfare program for government union employees?
Is this not the moral equivalent of saying, "Give us money for worthless, useless, unproductive bureaucrats, or we'll burn your house down!"? |
| The Recovery Act has allowed small businesses and clean energy companies to hire new workers or scrap their plans for eliminating current jobs. And it’s led to new jobs building roads, bridges and other infrastructure projects, thousands of which are only beginning now. In the months to come, thousands more projects will begin, leading to additional jobs. |
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| Now, I realize that when we passed this Recovery Act, there were those who felt that doing nothing was somehow an answer. Today, some of those same critics are already judging the effort a failure although they have yet to offer a plausible alternative. Others believed that the recovery plan should have been even larger, and are already calling for a second recovery plan. |
The answer to our problems is for government to stop causing them -- "do nothing." |
| But, as I made clear at the time it was passed, the Recovery Act was not designed to work in four months – it was designed to work over two years. We also knew that it would take some time for the money to get out the door, because we are committed to spending it in a way that is effective and transparent. Crucially, this is a plan that will also accelerate greatly throughout the summer and the fall. We must let it work the way it’s supposed to, with the understanding that in any recession, unemployment tends to recover more slowly than other measures of economic activity. |
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| I am confident that the United States of America will weather this economic storm. But once we clear away the wreckage, the real question is what we will build in its place.
Even as we rescue this economy from a full blown crisis, I have insisted that we must rebuild it better than before. |
By calling it a storm, Obama likens our situation to "an act of God." Something uncontrollable and out of our hands.
The situation was directly and predictably caused by the government's intervention in the economy, chiefly by its inflation of the money supply, injecting new money into key areas of the economy, such as the housing market.
The economy was not built by the government, and the government should not try to "rebuild" it. |
| Without serious reforms, we are destined to either see more crises, or suffer stagnant growth rates for the foreseeable future, or a combination of the two. That’s a future I absolutely reject. And that’s why we’re laying a new foundation that’s not only strong enough to withstand the challenges of the 21st century, but one that will allow us to thrive and compete in a global economy. That means investing in the jobs of the future, training our workers to compete for those jobs, and controlling the health care costs that are driving us into debt. |
We see these same issues over and over. |
| Through the clean energy investments we’ve made in the Recovery Act, we’re already seeing start-ups and small businesses make plans to create thousands of new jobs. In California, 3000 people will be employed to build a new solar plant. In Michigan, investment in wind turbines and wind technology is expected to create over 2,600 jobs. And a few weeks ago, the House of Representatives passed historic legislation that would finally make clean energy the profitable kind of energy, leading to whole new industries and jobs that can’t be outsourced. |
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The Energy Bill recently passed by the House:
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| To give our workers the skills and education they need to compete for the high-tech, high-wage jobs of the future, we’re working on reforms that will close achievement gaps, ensure that our schools meet high standards, reward our teachers for performance and give them new pathways to advancement. |
Government-run education has proven itself to be a massive failure.
Socialist (government) policies can never operate ANY industry as efficiently as capitalist (Free Market) policies |
| Finally, we have made important progress in the last few weeks on health care reform that will finally control the costs that are driving our families, our businesses, and our government into debt. Both the Senate and the House have now produced legislation that will bring down costs, provide better care for patients, and curb the worst practices of insurance companies, so that they can no longer deny Americans coverage based on a pre-existing medical condition. It’s a plan that would also allow Americans to keep their health insurance if they lose their job or if they change their job. And it would set up a health insurance exchange – a marketplace that will allow families and small businesses to access one-stop-shopping for quality, affordable coverage, and help them compare prices and choose the
plan that best suits their needs. One such choice would be a public option that would make health care more affordable through competition that keeps the insurance companies honest. |
Government run healthcare will produce health the way government-run education has produced competitive and literate students. |
| One other point. Part of what makes our current economic situation so challenging is that we already had massive deficits as the recession gathered force. And although the Recovery Act represents just a small fraction of our long term debt, people have legitimate questions as to whether we can afford reform without making our deficits much worse. |
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| So let me be clear; I have been firm in insisting that both health care reform and clean energy legislation cannot add to our deficit. And I intend to continue the work of reducing waste, eliminating programs that don’t work, and reforming our entitlement programs to ensure that our long term deficits are brought under control. |
Empty (impossible) promises. |
| I said when I took office that it would take many months to move our economy from recession to recovery and ultimately to prosperity. We are not there yet, and I continue to believe that even one American out of work is one too many. But we are moving in the right direction. We are cleaning up the wreckage of this storm. And we are laying a firmer, stronger foundation so that we may better weather whatever future storms may come. This year has been and will continue to be a year of rescuing our economy from disaster. |
More unpredictable, unavoidable, not-our-fault "storm" metaphor. |
| But just as important will be the work of rebuilding a long term engine for economic growth. It won’t be easy, and there will continue to be those who argue that we have to put off hard decisions that we have already deferred for far too long. But earlier generations of Americans didn’t build this great country by fearing the future and shrinking our dreams. |
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| This generation – our generation - has to show that same courage and determination. I believe we will. |
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| Thanks for listening. |
Usually Obama take about 4 minutes. Today's address was closer to 8 minutes. |
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Kevin Craig's Platform:
- "Vine & Fig Tree" - the original American Dream - work, profit, save, invest, enjoy, pass on to next generation.
- Not "easy to borrow," perpetual debt;
- Education
- Health care
- Energy
- No Government licensing of teachers, doctors, energy producers.
- Not "invade other nations" to secure our own wealth.
- Not trust in standing armies for our "national security."
- Taxes take over half of everything we earn during our lifetime.
- Social Security is an unethical ponzi scheme which prevents one generation from passing on a nice nest egg to the next.
- Every American could be born with a comfortable inheritance for education, a first home, or medical care; instead, every American is born in great debt.
- Washington D.C. central planning increases debt, does not create the "Vine & Fig Tree" life.
- No more Bailouts
- No more inflation, no more paper money.
- No more wasteful government spending. (Or do I repeat myself?)
- Limit government to the size prescribed by the Constitution:
Restoring America's Greatness by
Celebrating Christmas all year long
The Message of Christmas and the Principles set forth by the Christ (the Messiah) who came that first Christmas are the real solution to America's problems. The Federal Government is at war with Christmas and "The Way of Peace" announced by the Prince of Peace.
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- John 1:1-18 - The Incarnation
- The Word became flesh. The Creator of the universe becomes a human being. He came to His own, but His own did not receive Him, preferring darkness rather than light.
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"The State is God walking on Earth"
The 2 parties are cooperating rival sects in the world's most powerful religious cult.
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- Luke 1:1-4
- Eyewitnesses of the Messiah recorded their testimony. Co-Founder of the Harvard Law School says their testimony would prove the resurrection in any court of law in America, at one time a Christian nation.
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No longer a Christian nation, American courts routinely release the guilty and condemn the innocent. |
- Matthew 1:1-17
- Jesus was a descendant of King David.
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Obama is a distant cousin of both Dick Cheney and George Bush
How Bush's grandfather helped Hitler's rise to power
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- Luke 3:23-38
- Jesus was a descendant of Abraham.
All those who submit to Jesus as the Messiah (the rightful king of the earth) inherit the promises made to Abraham
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Those who reject the Messiah do not inherit the promises made to Abraham, even though Bush defends their right to do so. |
- Luke 1:5-25
- John the Baptist prepares the way for the Messiah, as prophesied of Elijah.
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As you read the Gospel accounts, ask yourself how you would react if you knew these accounts were really true. Not just true in some "religious" sense, but reported in the New York Times, proven in a court of law, or acknowledged by your personal hero. (How do you know something is true? Do you even have any "heroes?") How should you change your life if your Creator became a human being? How should Washington D.C. react if this human being claimed to be the true Ruler? |
- Luke 1:26-38
- The Angel Gabriel announces the conception of the Messiah, who will be given the throne of David.
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- Luke 1:39-45
- The unborn John recognizes the mother of the Messiah.
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Bush-Obama would chop the unborn John and the unborn Jesus into stem cells for "medical research." |
- Luke 1:46-56 - "The Magnificat"
- “He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.” Luke 1:51
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The Bush Administration is filled with the power-hungry, who commit adultery in reality or in fantasy. |
- Luke 1:67-80
- Zacharias, John the Baptist's father, prophecies the birth of Jesus the anti-king.
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The expectations of Zacharias are 180° opposite those of the Bush-Obama Administration. |
- Matthew 1:18-25
- Joseph told about the Incarnation.
"Jesus" means "salvation"
"Immanuel" means "God with us"
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The Bush Administration thinks it brings salvation.
Obama thinks he is Immanuel.
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- Luke 2:1-7
- The Prophet Micah predicted that the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem. Jesus' parents lived in Nazereth. Therefore God predestined Caesar to issue a decree (probably relating to taxes) that would bring Joseph and Mary to Bethlehem before Jesus was born.
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Bush claims the same global power of confiscation and migration as Caesar did. Thousands of Christians have been forced to move out of Iraq to make way for Bush's Islamic Theocracy. |
- Luke 2:8-14
- An army of angels announces the birth of the Messiah, saying,
“Glory to God in the highest,
And on earth peace to those with whom He is pleased!”
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Man's chief end is to glorify God and live in peace. The Bush Administration's chief end is to erect a "wall of separation" between God and government so that the State gives no glory to God, and to wage war, thereby "stimulating the economy." |
- Luke 2:15-20
- “Now when they had seen Him, they made widely known the saying which was told them concerning this Child. And all those who heard it marveled at those things which were told them by the shepherds.”
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Washington D.C. isn't listening. |
- Luke 2:22-24
- Joseph and Mary went to Jerusalem to obey Leviticus 12:8, which suggests that they were not rich.
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Washington politicians are among the richest and most financially secure people in America. |
- Luke 2:36-38
- Anna the Prophetess is another well-known Godly person who acknowledges that Jesus is the Child promised by the prophets.
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Where is the Anna of our day who tells us we can trust Washington D.C. to bring salvation? |
- Matthew 2:1-8
- "Wise men from the East" knew of Micah's prophecy that the King of the Jews would be born in Bethlehem.
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Are there any wise men around the world who place their confidence in George Bush, Henry Paulson, Paul Krugman, or Barack Obama? |
- Matthew 2:9-12
- The kings from the east present the Messiah with "gold, frankincense, and myrrh."
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Rather than bestowing wealth on the King, Obama-Bush confiscates the wealth of others. |
- Matthew 2:13-18
- When Herod got word of the birth of a rival king, he behaved in a perfectly logical way (for someone who wants to protect his power): he massacred all male babies the age of Jesus. Herod recognized that Jesus was a threat to Herod's power.
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Every day in America 4,000 unborn babies are murdered. These babies must threaten something.
Millions of Americans who call themselves Christians, on the other hand, are no threat to tyranny. None of them are being killed. Bush has killed a thousand times more human beings than Herod did, and confiscated a billion times more wealth than Herod did.
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The Republican Party Radio Address:
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Response of the Republican Party
Saturday Morning Radio Address |
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Saturday, July 11, 2009 |
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| In the Republican Radio Address, Virginia Congressman and Minority Whip Eric Cantor criticizes the Obama "Stimulus" package. |
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| Hello. I'm house Republican whip Eric Cantor and I have the great privilege of representing the hard working people of Virginia's 7th district. |
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| American families and small businesses today are struggling. Republicans have put forth thoughtful serious and comprehensive plans of action that put jobs first. We offered an economic recovery plan, that would have revitalized struggling small businesses and help middle class families but putting Americans back to work. Yet the president in tandem with Democrats in congress have pushed through a $787 Billion dollar bill, full of pork barrel spending, government waste, and massive borrowing cleverly called "stimulus." |
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| There's no doubt that our nation faces many challenges. But the plain truth is that president Obama's economic decisions have not produced jobs, have not produced prosperity, and simply have not worked. President Obama has already asked you to borrow trillions of dollars and so far nearly three million jobs have been lost alone this year. Remember the promises? They promised you that if you paid for their stimulus, jobs will be created immediately. In fact they said that unemployment would stay under 8%. Yet just months later they are telling us now to brace for unemployment to climb over 10%. They promised jobs created. Now they scramble to find a way to play games with government numbers by claiming jobs saved. |
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| Simply put it this is now president Obama's economy. And the American people are beginning to question whether his policies are working. |
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| But that doesn't mean we're out of options. Together we can bring about a strong and real recovery. We can create an environment that empowers small businesses and American workers to thrive. We must focus on job creation, and restoring the financial retirement security lost by millions of Americans. And for the sake of our children and our long term fiscal viability, Washington must stop spending money that it doesn't have. |
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| That's why every day, my Republican colleagues and I are fighting to enact policies that will stabilize our economy, create jobs, and ignite prosperity. You and your family deserve no less. Since January we have offered alternatives to the out of control big government Democrat agenda, that unfortunately became law and has completely failed to create jobs. Our plan is simple and smart and its strength is that it doesn't invest in Washington. It invests in the American people. We believe Washington should stop its war on the middle class, and reduce taxes so every hardworking taxpaying family in America will see an immediate increase in their income. A
prosperous middle class is critical for our entire nation's wellbeing. |
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| We believe Washington must stop targeting America's small businesses, and instead should empower them, by allowing employers to take a tax deduction to free up funds to retain and hire new workers. |
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| Our history proves that is the small business men and women who will reignite our economy by putting people back to work. Washington should get out of the way and encourage small business employers to start or grow a business. |
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| Lastly we believe Washington must be responsible for every taxpayer dollar that is spent. Washington must live within its means we will not support tax hikes to pay for even more so-called stimulus spending. |
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| The overwhelming majority of Americans are working hard and are playing by the rules. They're providing for their families and doing their part to return America to the pinnacle of prosperity. Their reward? Trillions more in debt. For the stimulus alone Washington borrowed nearly 10,000 dollars from every American household. Let me ask you: Do you feel 10,000 dollars richer today? Do you feel 10,000 dollars better off? If you don't please know most people agree. That's why we continue our fight, because during these tough economic times it often seems that Washington is offering you few choices, except for spend and borrow. |
The $700 Billion Bush Bailout and the $800 Billion Obama "Stimulus" packages = $1.5 trillion dollars. That's $4,500 per person, not per household. $4,500 for every man, woman, and child in America. |
| I'm here today to let you know there are alternatives. Common sense tax relief, smart and necessary reductions in spending, and intelligent policies that do not bankrupt our nation. That is why I'm asking you to join our fight for accountability and common sense. Call your congressman, your senator, and your president, and let them know that you think Washington should stop the reckless spending, stop the careless borrowing and stop the war on the middle class. |
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| We can do better and we will do better. But first we have to come together to change what is going on. The time is critical. That choice is yours. |
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| I'm Eric Cantor and on behalf of my Republican colleagues, join with us to get Washington working for you once again. |
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| Thank you for listening |
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What Would America's Founding Fathers Do?
The men who threw tea into the Boston Harbor over a tax of 3 pence per pound would not be happy with a tax ten times greater on every gallon of gas. Those who took up muskets over a total tax burden of less than 3% would not be happy with the fact that the federal government now takes more than half of everything you earn.
Today it is illegal for public school teachers to teach their students that the Declaration of Independence is really true (and not just an outdated historical document). The federal government is clearly at war with everything the Founding Fathers stood for.
America's greatest Americans would abolish today's federal government.
Muskets are Not an Option
There are two reasons why we should not take up arms to pull off the violent overthrow of the federal government, even if America's Founders would surely do so. First, the feds have nukes. Second, violent revolution is unChristian and unBiblical. We must beat our swords into plowshares and use persuasion to abolish tyranny. This is time for a revolution of ideas.
Revolution Won't Come in a Day
John Adams once wrote that the American Revolution began in 1761, when Massachusetts attorney James Otis began legal challenges to the Writs of Assistance. He lost the case, but "American independence," Adams wrote, "was then and there born." Now do the math. That means it took 15 years to convince the rest of America to declare Independence (1776). Then another seven years of war was required before a Peace Treaty was signed (1783), and
then six years before the Constitution was finally ratified (1789). That's almost 30 years. (And Jefferson said we shouldn't go 20 years without another rebellion!) How can we hope to convince Americans to fight for principles they were never taught in government schools? We need to be in this battle for the long term. "Eternal Vigilance is the Price of Liberty."
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Help End the Mexican Civil War
Black-market profits caused by drug prohibition fund a civil war in Mexico that's threatening to spill over our borders. Drug profits also fuel the terrorists who are killing U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan. It's time to dry up the black-market profits. It's time to end drug prohibition.
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Make Congress Read Their Bills Before Voting
Make Congress read every word of every bill they create before they vote on it.
Urge your Representative and your Senators to sponsor DownsizeDC.org's “Read the Bills Act” (RTBA). |
End the FED
The Federal Reserve System constantly inflates and deflates the supply of money and credit, causing booms and busts. It's time to get off this roller-coaster. It's time to end the Fed.
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No Bailouts!
No government money, whether borrowed or taxed, should ever be used to bailout private financial interests. If you agree, please send Congress a message telling them so. |
TWIC - A Backdoor Real ID Card
Real ID is dying. But the Department of Homeland Security has a new plan to subject every American to a national ID card anyway. They plan to pick off one occupational field at a time, starting with the maritime industry. One man is fighting back. Meet him, and help stop this backdoor Real ID plan.
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Stop the Killer Horse Hormones
The FDA "outlawed" the use of Estriol, an estrogen medication that's bio-identical to human estrogen. Doctors must now prescribe animal-derived estrogen instead. Are bio-identical hormones dangerous, while animal-derived hormones are safe? No. The practice of medicine is moving to chemically identical to human hormones and away from animal hormones. Learn why the FDA decided to endanger women's health in this way, and take action. |
End Asset Forfeiture
If the government suspects you used your house or car in a crime, they can take it and sell it at auction. They don't even have to prove your guilt. They call this practice civil asset forfeiture, but it's really theft. It violates the 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th and 14th Amendments. It also encourages law enforcement to put profits before justice. Tell Congress to end civil asset forfeiture.
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Support an Iraq Referendum
Americans keep debating when, how, or if to leave Iraq. Maybe we should ask the Iraqi people what they want. After all, it's their country. Tell Congress to request that the Iraqi government hold a public referendum on the U.S. occupation. Learn more »
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"Cap and Trade" is not the way
The politicians seem to be unifying around "cap and trade" as a way to cut CO2 emissions. If they take this step it may be the largest increase in the size, scope, and intrusiveness of government since the creation of Medicare. Worse still, it may not even achieve its purpose. Please tell Congress to oppose "cap and trade." Learn more »
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Iraq Waste
Big government prospers through failure. Each new failure is used to justify more spending and new powers. Wasteful spending in Iraq is the latest example. One way to change this is to hold government accountable. A new bill in Congress seeks to provide some of the needed accountability. Please support it. Learn more »
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Stop the War for Terror
U.S. policy has inflamed the Middle East. It has made terrorism more likely rather than less. We seem to be fighting a war for terror, rather than on terror. This policy must stop. The place to start stopping is with Iran. We must not attack Iran. War with Iran would devastate our economy, disrupt world oil supplies, and recruit more terrorists. Click here to stop this war before it starts.
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