US Chamber Ad against Sen Nelson

Published on May 9, 2012 by USCC

Equality and Fairness and the US Postal Service

Read the article at: Commonsensepost.com.

Bill Nelson: Vote Him Out!

Tom Tillison of the Florida Political Press takes note of Tea Party political action calling out Bill Nelson on his support of Dodd-Frank.

Tea Party Coalition Questions Bill Nelson’s Support Of Dodd-Frank

April 20, 2012 Federal, Political News

By Tom Tillison
Florida Political Press

Some members of the Florida Alliance, a loose coalition of tea party and 9/12 Project groups, as well as other conservative organizations, have come together to question Sen. Bill Nelson on his support of The Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

The ‘Dodd-Frank Act’ is a failed attempt at financial regulatory reform sponsored by the Democratic controlled 111th Congress and the Obama administration that includes nearly 500 new rules by a dozen government agencies, sixty-seven new government studies, and 93 new government reports.

In response to a House Financial Services Committee report out this week detailing the burden this legislation has placed on small businesses in the form of onerous Federal regulations, the Florida Alliance is seeking an explanation from Nelson on why he stands behind this new law.

Florida Alliance: A Tea Party Coalition, Working for Individual Freedom

 

April 19, 2012

Sen. Bill Nelson
716 Senate Hart Office Bldg.
Washington, D.C. 20510

Dear Sen. Nelson:

A new House Financial Services Committee report unveiled yesterday contains some very alarming details regarding the Dodd-Frank bill such as:

1. Rule making for only 46% of the bill has resulted in more than 5300 pages of rules.

2. The bill is forcing community bankers to hire compliance officers to deal with the onerous regulations, rather than loan officers; thus, increasing the cost of banking which ultimately will be passed on to consumers in the form of higher interest rates and fees.

3. The sheer volume of these rules and regulations layered upon existing regulations is having a negative impact on small businesses as they are forced to spend increased amounts of time and money wading through the red tape.

4. It is estimated it will take at least 24 million man hours per year in order to comply with Dodd-Frank.

5. The onerous regulations of Dodd-Frank are preventing investors from putting their capital to work in our economy.

We, the undersigned Tea Party leaders across the State of Florida, and your constituents, would like your response to the following questions:

1. Did you even read the massive Dodd-Frank Bill?

2. Was it your intent in voting for this bill to create even more onerous Federal regulations in order to hamper economic growth?

3. Have you read the 5300 pages of new rules associated with Dodd-Frank?

4. Why was it more important for you to pass Dodd-Frank than an actual Senate budget?

Your response to our questions may be forwarded to:

The Florida Alliance

http://www.flalliance.com/
Thank you,

Paula Helton, Gainesville Tea Party
Kathy Gibson, East Orlando Tea Party
Walter Hughes, American Citizens League
Alan Berkelhammer, Gainesville Tea Party
Clyde Fabretti, West Orlando Tea Party
Don Forward, Titusville Patriots
Pete Franco, South Pinellas 912
Pat Wayman, Venice 912
Peter Lee, East Side Tea Party
Nancy Meinhardt, Miami 912 Project
Tina Woode, Seminole 912 Project
Jim Kelly, SW FL 912 Project
Paula Schaff, Punta Gorda Tea Party
Sharon Calvert, Tampa Tea Party
Pam Wohlschlegel, Palm Beach County Tea Party
Jason Hoyt, Liberty Restoration Foundation
Elaine Laffey, Tea Party Ft. Lauderdale
Jay Jacobs, Baker County Tea Party
Carole McManus, First Coast Tea Party
Karin Hoffman, DC Works For Us
Barbara Knick, Brevard 912
Don Hensarling, DC Works For Us Tampa Bay
Bill Landes, Florida Minutemen & WinterHaven 912

 

Atwater Considering A Senate Run Comes As No Surprise To Tea Party

In an interview posted today on the Shark Tank, Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater stated that he is taking a look at entering the U.S. Senate race after being approached by “serious-minded conservatives”.

“It’s late. But I share the same deep-seated concern they hold. This is an extraordinary country. It’s an exceptional place on the planet and if we don’t turn it around soon, frankly it will be too late for another generation,” said Atwater. “I think I have a responsibility to sit back (and listen) to these people that I respect greatly and are serious-minded conservatives of this great state to take a hard look at it.”

For tea party activists, this comes as no surprise.  His name was floated around in tea party circles over six months ago as a potential candidate in the race, culminating with a surprise visit to the P5 Tea Party Hospitality Suite at the Peabody Hotel on Sept. 23, 2011.

Atwater briefly spoke to the gathering then and was warmly received.

With Connie Mack’s clear inability to seal the deal, despite multiple advantages, and George LeMieux having yet to gain serious traction, FPP sees Atwater’s entry into this race as a positive step.

The effect will be to push both Mack and LeMieux to raise their game and establish once and for all that they are the candidate to defeat incumbent Sen. Bill Nelson, or succumb to a better choice.  With the balance of the Senate at stake, this is no time for uncertainty.

Hat tip:  Florida Political Press

Heed the Warning from Government Gone Wild!

Last Saturday Blaise Ingoglia appeared at our general membership meeting and gave a stunning presentation about how our government has gone way beyond its Constitutional boundaries and what that means to us, the citizens. If you were not able to attend PLEASE visit his website and take the time to view the videos he has posted. Sign up for informational messages on all the issues. Send his website to your friends and family. This is the most important election year of your life – be informed and take a stand. Blaise did and he proves what impact you, as a citizen activist, can have in this election year!

From Blaise Ingoglia:

“So, in 2008, I spent $40,000 of my own money and waged a campaign and successfully removed not one, but two, liberal tax and spend career politicians.

I have been the target of the liberal media ever since.

In 2010, I turned my focus to the rampant, wasteful and unsustainable (and dare I say it…unconstitutional) spending of the Federal Government and produced another seminar titled “Government Gone Wild: The Tea Party Edition, Government is Broke(n) which holds both political parties accountable for the mess the federal government is currently in.

I have spent the last year traveling the state of Florida, at my own expense, delivering these seminars.”

Go to the website…http://governmentgonewild.org/

KrisAnne Hall: What Does NDAA Mean?

Esteemed Consitutional attorney and speaker, KrisAnne Hall, explains NDAA and why we should be concerned about the erosion of our freedom with this legislation. Listen to the entire video – only a well informed electorate can bring this country back to its Constitutional principles. Ms. Hall can be reached at her website www.KrisAnneHall.com.

Video…. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKbn1MdV79s&feature=youtu.be

Selling Socialism: The Media’s Campaign for ObamaCare

Next week, the Supreme Court will hear arguments on the constitutionality of ObamaCare, but if the media were the judges, the Court would rule 9-0 in favor of it. During its coverage of the health care debate, the liberal press never permitted questions about ObamaCare’s legality to interfere with their dream of a government takeover of the health care sector.

Starting even before Barack Obama became President, the press has been campaigning hard for passage of the most liberal version of health care reform as a cure-all elixir to all of America’s health problems. First, they pitched the public on the desperate need to, as ABC’s Dr. Tim Johnson demanded, fix America’s “national shame” of no universal coverage.  Continue reading at: mrc.org.

Axelrod Stumped on Budget

Baer:  “It doesn’t take 60 votes, it takes 51.”

Post continues below video

Axelrod:

“We obviously have to budget, and we do budget…”  (But not in well over 1,000 days.)

“We’re going to continue to do the things to live within our means…”  (Really?)

“Washington-Cash”: New Measure of Currency

From our own James Sharp..THANK YOU for such a great idea!

“Scientists, a very long time ago, came up with the concept of the “light-year” to measure vast distances in inter-galactic space. Light moves at a speed of approximately 186,000 miles per second and a light-year is the distance that light travels in a year. It represents a very long distance – slightly less than six trillion miles.

In this day and age of a sixteen trillion dollar federal debt, I would like to propose instituting a new measure of currency: the “Washington-cash”. Instead of measuring government spending in billions and trillions of dollars (WAY too many zeroes), we define Washington-cash as the sum of money that politicians in Washington can blow in one year. We will arbitrarily set one Washington-cash as three trillion dollars.

Now, instead of accusing the Obama administration of increasing the national debt by five trillion dollars in three years, we can say that the administration has overseen the ballooning of the debt by 1-2/3 Washington-cash.

It sounds much more palatable, doesn’t it?”

Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act of 2011

Our federal government, your Senate and House, has decided to take away the citizen’s right to assemble and confront our government officials with our grievances. This legislation, coupled with NDAA, is the groundwork for the arrest and imprisonment of political dissenters.  This goes way beyond ”benign socialism”.  This is the beginning of tyranny.

From KrisAnne Hall, Constitutional attorney and scholar..

“The protected right of the people peaceably to assemble is something that has fundamental and historical foundations.  Our founders established a clear “no trespassing sign” in our first amendment to keep the government away from this fundamental right.  “Congress shall make no law abridging…the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”    Legislation in the Congress seems to be treading on the grounds of this constitutionally restricted territory.”

“HR 347 and S 1794, the ‘‘Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act of 2011” has nothing to do with improving landscaping around federal buildings.  This bill is being presented as a No Trespassing bill.  Reasonable people understand that restrictions and protections are needed for government officials and government functions.  However, this legislation makes it a federal crime to simply DISRUPT the ORDERLY CONDUCT of government.  The violator doesn’t have to be on the grounds where the government business is being conducted, just within the vicinity of the self-proclaimed business. The law is not limited to buildings or locations as the title suggests, but seems to be “roving” and follows persons protected by Secret Service wherever they go.”

“The right to orderly conduct government is NOT a Constitutionally protected right. However we DO have the right to free speech and the right to peaceably assemble.  Our Constitution establishes the fundamental principle rights to speech and assembly are held by the people and the government must protect these rights, not limit them.”

“Suppose your Congressman, who is under secret service protection, has a town hall meeting and many members of the community show up to challenge him on his voting record.  This law could be construed to allow federal charges to be brought against these citizens for disrupting his town hall meeting.  After all, it will not be hard to claim that people who are not happy with the Congressman’s voting record had the “intent” to disrupt this meeting.  This vague and overbroad language has the potential to ultimately prevent people from gathering outside any government building or politician’s function for fear of being charged with a federal offense.   In Constitutional law, we call that a “chilling effect” and the Supreme Court has always held these restrictions to be unconstitutional.  After all, as the people in this video were forced to decide, who can afford to go to jail to stand for their rights, even if they will win?”

Full article…http://www.krisannehall.com/index.php/blog/108-hr-347s1794-a-trespass-on-the-first-amendment 

Wasserman-Schultz Says Obama is Moderate, Romney Extreme

From our own James Sharp…again, thank you for sharing!

Tedd Webb and Jack Harris of Tampa radio station 970 WFLA interviewed the lovely Debbie Wasserman-Schultz this morning. I was lucky enough to have been listening to it live. They absolutely tore her up. But then again, tearing up Debbie isn’t all that difficult – not when she calls Mitt Romney “extreme” and Obama “moderate”.

 Listen and enjoy: http://www.970wfla.com/player/?mid=21779309

Boston Bruins Goaltender Passes on White House Visit

Boston Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas offered an explanation Monday night for why he chose to not meet President Barack Obama.

Thomas, who took a pass on the team’s White House visit in honor of their 2011 Stanley Cup championship, posted his reasons on his Facebook page Monday evening.

“I believe the Federal government has grown out of control, threatening the Rights, Liberties, and Property of the People,” Thomas wrote. “This is being done at the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial level. This is in direct opposition to the Constitution and the Founding Fathers vision for the Federal government.  Continue reading at:  chicagotribune.com.

 

Letter of Intent from the American People

Breaking: Rubio Withdraws Support for ProtectIP Act

Below is a note from J.R. Sanchez of Senator Marco Rubio’s office.  It is about the PROTECT IP Act under consideration in the Senate  [House companion bill is the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)].  J.R. has advised that Marco, who was originally in favor of this bill, and for the right reasons, has been persuaded  by grassroots activists that this bill is flawed and he has withdrawn his support.  While no elected official will vote the way we want them 100% of the time, Senator Rubio has stood for conservative, free market principles time and time again.  He remains accessible to his constituents and he has demonstrated that he not only listens to what we have to say, but is willing to act on it.

My comment on Senator Rubio’s Facebook page:
Thanks Marco for your being flexible and listening to We the People. And thanks, J.R., for being our conduit! – Alan Berkelhammer

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J.R.’s Note:
Dear Friends, Please distribute this IMPORTANT press release to ALL your friends, family and Colleagues.                                                                                                                      

Many thanks,

J.R.

http://www.facebook.com/SenatorMarcoRubio/posts/340889625936408

 

SENATOR RUBIO’S STATEMENT:

 

A Better Way to Fight the Online Theft of American Ideas and Jobs

By Senator Marco Rubio

In recent weeks, we’ve heard from many Floridians about the anti-Internet piracy bills making their way through Congress. On the Senate side, I have been a co-sponsor of the PROTECT IP Act because I believe it’s important to protect American ingenuity, ideas and jobs from being stolen through Internet piracy, much of it occurring overseas through rogue websites in China. As a senator from Florida, a state with a large presence of artists, creators and businesses connected to the creation of intellectual property, I have a strong interest in stopping online piracy that costs Florida jobs.

However, we must do this while simultaneously promoting an open, dynamic Internet environment that is ripe for innovation and promotes new technologies.

Earlier this year, this bill passed the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously and without controversy. Since then, we’ve heard legitimate concerns about the impact the bill could have on access to the Internet and about a potentially unreasonable expansion of the federal government’s power to impact the Internet. Congress should listen and avoid rushing through a bill that could have many unintended consequences.

Therefore, I have decided to withdraw my support for the Protect IP Act. Furthermore, I encourage Senator Reid to abandon his plan to rush the bill to the floor. Instead, we should take more time to address the concerns raised by all sides, and come up with new legislation that addresses Internet piracy while protecting free and open access to the Internet.

J.R. Sanchez

2012 Florida Senate Race

 Click on this article by Rick Moran in American Thinker for some polling about next years Florida Senatorial race.  Even though many of you are concentrating on the Presidential Primary, we cannot forget the importance of replacing our own liberal Senator Nelson in November.

Click here for the American Thinker Article:

Click here for the  Questionaire used for the polling.

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