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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4>Continental Congress 2009:</h4>
<h3><span style="color: #800000">Stark Instructions to State and Federal Officials Coming Forth </span></h3>
<h3><span style="color: #800000">Delegates Plan Potent Acts of Civic Resistance</span></h3>
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<p align="left">After a week of intense committee deliberations, sometimes extending well into the early morning hours, the first formal resolutions of Continental Congress 2009 have begun to emerge.  On Tuesday, the Congress adopted resolutions aimed to ending the federal income tax fraud and terminating all state and federal firearms regulations as <em>de facto</em> violations of the plain language of the Second<br />
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<p>If these initial resolutions are any indication, the Congress clearly has set its collective intent to adopting a volume of provocative and far-reaching “Remedial Instructions” and “Civic Actions” to restore the Constitution, and which effects will soon reverberate from sea-to-shining-sea.</p>
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<p>The Income Tax Instruction to the United States Congress adopted by the Continental Congress cites several essential facts in U.S. law, including irrefutable documentation establishing that the 16<sup>th</sup> Amendment is void, <em>ab initio</em>, due to its failure to be properly ratified, and that any direct, un-apportioned tax on the labor of any American is wholly unconstitutional.  The resolution cites the U.S. Supreme Court holding that labor (and the fruits thereof) are, “…the most sacred and inviolable” property of the citizens of the nation.  (Citing <em>Butcher’s Union Co. v. Crescent City Co</em>., 111 U.S. 746, 757)   </p>
<p>The tax resolution also calls for Congress to execute the immediate cessation of the (unlawful) imposition of the practice of withholding of earnings from the paychecks of American citizens and for the Congress to immediately release and restore all citizens wrongfully imprisoned as a result of the “unconstitutional application of the income tax” (laws). </p>
<p>The Civic Actions recommended by the Congress for the People to end the Income Tax fraud include for the People to contact their local sheriff and demand cooperation with the citizenry to provide protection from (unlawful) federal and state tax enforcement actions (including fraudulent, non-judicial “administrative” IRS liens and levys), that citizens prepare to replace or otherwise recall or impeach any sheriff who refuses to protect their local citizens from “…rogue federal agents acting under color of law,” and for citizens to prepare themselves to withhold their monies as a means to secure Redress. </p>
<p>As to the Second Amendment Right to Keep and Bear Arms, the resolution of the Continental Congress declares that all regulations, state and federal, which are repugnant to the express language of the Second Amendment are “…null and void – including but not limited to, illegal and unconstitutional restrictions on open and/or concealed carry.” </p>
<p>The arms resolution calls for the citizenry to coordinate with their local county Sheriff in establishing a Constitutional Militia, inherently separate from the state National Guard.  Such militia would be a constitutional defense force, “comprising all citizenry capable of bearing arms and under proper authority, in defense of themselves and the states.” </p>
<p>Official copies of these resolutions and others will be released shortly for public inspection and distribution.  Committee and sub-committee work on “Remedial Instructions” for state and federal officials will by decree, end at midnight Wednesday (Nov. 18). </p>
<p>Starting tomorrow (Thursday) , the Congress begins two and a half days of intense deliberations, turning their sole attention to debating and adopting a comprehensive set of potent “Civic Actions” every American can implement, <em>en masse</em>, to effect a peaceful restoration of Constitutional Order.</p>
<p>These lawful, (non-violent) civic actions, (fully lawful and protected by the Right to <em>enforce</em> the First Amendment Right to Petition), will be designed to significantly affect the functioning of both state and federal institutions which have been complicit in enabling or otherwise aiding or allowing the destruction of the Constitution and/or the Fundamental Rights of the People.</p>
<p>On Saturday afternoon, the agenda plans for the Delegates set to move to adopt the full package consisting of First Amendment Petitions for Redress of Grievances, “Remedial Instructions” to be served upon state and federal officials, and the slate of “Civic Actions” designed for everyday Americans to implement to resist the tyrants and engage in the battle to restore Liberty. </p>
<p>The final package generated by the Congress will be formally known as the “Articles of Association” and signed (Saturday afternoon) by the Delegates of Continental Congress 2009.  Means are currently being developed for citizens everywhere across America to likewise sign the Articles of Association and join the battle to hold our government accountable to the Law.</p>
<p>The current intent for the Articles of Association is that when “x” million (tbd) Americans publicly commit to personally embrace and execute at least some portion of the (peaceful) plan of Civic resistance, the plan of “Civic Actions” will be fully activated and its full effects soon manifest against our errant institutions of government. More details will be announced following the conclusion of the CC2009 assembly on November 21.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[While California's economic struggles, such as issuing IOUs to state employees and business contractors, have been well documented, many more states are facing a combination of economic, money-management and political pressures that are driving them to the brink of collapse. The Pew report cites high home foreclosure rates, increasing joblessness, declining state revenues, poor money management, legal and political obstacles to balanced budgets and the size of budget gaps as the six factors that contribute to most of the problems. 
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Nov 11th 2009 at 1:00PM</p>
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<p>When California Treasurer Bill Lockyer sought a $7 billion federal loan guarantee from Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner in May, it was a clear indication that states, and not just financial institutions, were struggling mightily to find firm fiscal footing in the face of the Great Recession.</p>
<p>As states continue to grapple with the current harsh economic conditions, the Pew Center on the States has compiled a list of the 10 that are closest to financial collapse, part of a report on the budgetary health of all 50 states. <a href="http://www.pewcenteronthestates.org/initiatives_detail.aspx?initiativeID=55888" target="_blank">The report</a> warns of potentially damaging consequences if states fail to take decisive measures to fix their money woes.</p>
<p>While California&#8217;s economic struggles, such as issuing IOUs to state employees and business contractors, have been well documented, many more states are facing a combination of economic, money-management and political pressures that are driving them to the brink of collapse. The Pew report cites high home foreclosure rates, increasing joblessness, declining state revenues, poor money management, legal and political obstacles to balanced budgets and the size of budget gaps as the six factors that contribute to most of the problems.</p>
<p><a href="oKExp.pgPopUp('dailyfinance-10states_broke')">States Teetering on the Edge</a></p>
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The report points out that all states but two &#8212; Montana and North Dakota &#8212; faced budget shortfalls for fiscal year 2010, adding up to an estimated $162 billion in budget gaps. Tax collections in all states declined a record 11.7% from first quarter of 2008 to the first quarter of 2009, and unemployment continued to rise nationally, topping 10% this month.<br />
<strong><br />
The Terrible 10</strong></p>
<p>By combining weighted scores for each state&#8217;s rank in its six contributory factors, Pew created a list of the 10 that are in the highest degree of peril. They are: California, Arizona, Rhode Island, Michigan, Oregon, Nevada, Florida, New Jersey, Illinois and Wisconsin. Close behind those terrible 10 are Colorado, Georgia, Kentucky, New York and Hawaii.</p>
<p>The report also revealed four common problems that hurt the 10 worst states. Several of them are too dependent on a particular industry that has been devastated by the recession, such as gambling in Nevada and tourism in Florida. Many of the states, like California, New Jersey and Illinois, have a long history of borrowing to close budget gaps. Several have legal limitations that prevent them from making adjustments. For example, Oregon has a revenue cap that forces the state to deliver rebates to taxpayers in good times or bad. And most states just put off the tough decisions until it was too late.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the worst-10 list in the order that Pew ranked each state, with highlights of what hurt each one:<br />
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California – Budget shortfall: 49.3%</strong><br />
&#8220;California topped all states for the magnitude of its budget shortfall in fiscal year 2010, both in dollars and in share &#8212; in this case, nearly half &#8212; of its general funds, which pay for most state operations.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Arizona – Budget shortfall: 41.1%</strong><br />
Like many states, &#8220;Arizona&#8217;s lawmakers relied on one-time fixes to balance its budgets instead of making long-term changes,&#8221; the report said. Lawmakers were still wrestling with a $1 billion gap in this year&#8217;s budget in October.</p>
<p><strong>Rhode Island – Budget shortfall: 19.2%</strong><br />
On top of its poor record of fiscal management, &#8220;Rhode Island constantly ranks near the top of states with the highest unemployment rates, and last year it had the highest home foreclosure rate in all of New England.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Michigan – Budget shortfall: 12.0%</strong><br />
&#8220;Two of the Big Three Detroit-based automakers went bankrupt in 2009, sending shockwaves through a state that is on track to lose a quarter of it jobs this decade.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Nevada – Budget shortfall: 37.8%</strong><br />
&#8220;Nevada&#8217;s unique gaming-based economy is in jeopardy, as is its state budget that relies on gambling sales to provide 60% of its revenues.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Oregon ­– Budget shortfall: 14.5%</strong><br />
&#8220;State revenues plummeted 19% between the first quarter of 2008 and the first quarter of 2009, a reflection of Oregon&#8217;s heavy reliance on income taxes,&#8221; the report said. Voters have rejected adding a sales tax nine times, thwarting attempts at creating a new source of state revenue.</p>
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Florida – Budget shortfall: 22.8%</strong><br />
&#8220;For the first time since World War II, Florida&#8217;s population is shrinking. This is a disturbing revelation for a state that has built its economy &#8212; and structured its budget &#8212; on the assumption that throngs of new residents will move to its sunny shores each year.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>New Jersey – Budget shortfall: 29.9%</strong><br />
&#8220;New Jersey is playing catch-up after years of fiscal mismanagement and a daunting structural imbalance between what it collects and what it spends.&#8221;<br />
<strong><br />
Illinois – Budget shortfall: 47.3%</strong><br />
&#8220;Since the last recession earlier this decade, the state piled up huge backlogs of Medicaid bills and borrowed money to pay its pension obligations,&#8221; the report said. The 2010 budget shortfall topped $13.2 billion, among the worst in the nation.</p>
<p><strong>Wisconsin – Budget shortfall: 23.2%</strong><br />
&#8220;Wisconsin&#8217;s history of budget shortfalls and pattern of borrowing frequently to cover operating expenses, among other measures, made it poorly positioned to weather the most recent severe economic downturn.&#8221;</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff">People from Wisconsin;  The question becomes is this reported Wisconsin budget shortfall before OR after the $3 BILLION Dollar heist of the Federal Government &#8220;Stimulus&#8221; package that our dear Socialist Comrade Governor James Doyle fingered and placed in the budget kitty?  Assuming it is after throwing the Stimulus money in the pot; 1) How bad is the Wisconsin Budget without the $3 BILLION? And 2) What the hell are we going to do next year?  I wonder if WEAC will take I.O.U.s?</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff">Seriously, people of Wisconsin;  Isn&#8217;t it time for us to at least agree to talk about these things when we get together at the taverns, cub scout meetings, school functions, church, parades, etc&#8230;?  What is this crap about not wanting to talk about &#8220;politics&#8221; right now?  Any Wisconsin person who says something like that, when somebody who really cares is trying to talk about these issues so that WE THE PEOPLE can learn something about it and then DO SOMETHING ABOUT our State Socialistic / Unionistic Government, ought to have their heads examined!  Our whole State of Wisconsin could collapse just because some/many of us don&#8217;t &#8220;feel&#8221; like talking about it.  YOU DON&#8217;T HAVE MUCH TIME, FOLKS.  You better starta talk&#8217;n and caring about it,  <span style="color: #ff0000"><strong>but fast!</strong></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #ff0000"><span style="color: #0000ff">And now the Federal Government wants to pile on Health Care and Cap and Trade (Tax) to add to the cost of the average Wisconsin family budget by as much as $10,000.00 or MORE a year?  And I suppose the State of Wisconsin &#8220;might&#8221; want to raise our taxes &#8220;just a little bit&#8221; right?  ARE YOU CRAZY?  Do you know how many Wisconsinites DON&#8217;T even have a job?   What is the matter with you State of WI Congressmen?  When are you going to stop listening to WEAC and all the other Unions and do something for the people who put you there in the first place?  BTW: Stealing tax money and doing a &#8220;special&#8221; project for your local community isn&#8217;t going to cut the mustard anymore.  We&#8217;re on to that crapola!  We are sick and tired of you guys manipulating our minds and our communities with &#8220;be quiet presents&#8221;.  That is exactly how we got in this mess and now we understand what you have been doing to us individually, our State of Wisconsin and our country as a whole.  If you want to know where to stick that &#8220;special&#8221; project for our community just before election time, BEND OVER and we&#8217;ll show you!</span></span></span></p>
<p>I have a novel idea!  Why don’t you just let us keep our own money and we’ll do our own special projects?  And, as our money accumulates and we are able to keep more and more of our own earnings and grow and perhaps start our own businesses and hire more people and give them raises, we might even help you out a little as WE decide we want to.  In fact, if you leave us and our earnings alone, we will help out our friends and neighbors in need because we are Godly people who love and care for our neighbors, friends and family.  We see what you did with the money you stole from us turning Wisconsin into the <a href="http://www.taxfoundation.org/files/bp59.pdf">Eighth worse Business Tax Climate State <strong>in the entire country</strong></a> &lt;hotlink.  Now it is time for us to see what we can do with our own money.  Let’s see who does it better, Wisconsin Government or Wisconsinites.  Or, are you planning on destroying the rest of our jobs and our lives?</p>
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		<title>The Honorable Richard Church, WI Delegate to OUR New Continental Congress</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following was submitted to The Liberty Tree Lantern by Mr. Richard Church, Wisconsin Delegate to OUR New Continental Congress that convened for the first time yesterday November 11, 2009.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2><span style="color: #0000ff">The following was submitted to The Liberty Tree Lantern by Mr. Richard Church, Wisconsin Delegate to OUR New Continental Congress that convened for the first time yesterday November 11, 2009:</span></h2>
<p><img style="float: right;margin-left: 10px" src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=6657445a0cab9762918fb8bc213c41ee&amp;size=60&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fuse.perl.org%2Fimages%2Fpix.gif" alt="" />I will try to post an update from the Continental Congress 2009 each evening. The first day’s post is there now. I will post my updates on my blog on the We The People Forum at <a rel="nofollow" href="http://wethepeopleforum.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?user=2tpnfi66w43ew">http://wethepeopleforum.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?user=2tpnfi66w43ew</a></p>
<p>Be sure to continue to let me know your thoughts on issues of interest at CC2009 by using the website <a rel="nofollow" href="http://cc2009wi.uservoice.com/">http://cc2009wi.uservoice.com</a></p>
<p>In Liberty,</p>
<p>Richard Church<br />
Wisconsin Delegate, CC2009</p>
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		<title>NEW Continental Congress for U.S. &#8211; Elected Delegate Listening Session in Oconomowoc, WI Nov. 7</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The recently elected Wisconsin Delegates to THE "NEW" Continental Congress 2009 have arranged for a listening session at the Olympia Resort.  This listening session will take place during the Wisconsin Patriot Group Conference also at the Olympia Resort.  You may attend the listening session without registering for the conference.  Here are the basics:
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4>Please circulate this message to your Wisconsin contacts.</h4>
<p> The recently elected Wisconsin Delegates to THE &#8220;NEW&#8221; Continental Congress 2009 have arranged for a listening session at the Olympia Resort.  This listening session will take place during the Wisconsin Patriot Group Conference also at the Olympia Resort.  You may attend the listening session without registering for the conference.  Here are the basics:</p>
<ul>
<li>What: Wisconsin delegates listening session</li>
<li>Where: Olympia Resort, 1350 Royale Mile Road, Oconomowoc, WI</li>
<li>When: November 7 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.</li>
<li>Who: Open to the people of Wisconsin</li>
<li>Why: To provide a list of critical issues and resolutions to the delegates that they can present at Continental Congress 2009</li>
<li>Also see: <a title="Permanent Link to Wisconsin Delegate Election Results for NEW Continental Congress" rel="bookmark" href="http://captkarl.blogivists.com/2009/10/29/wisconsin-delegate-election-results-for-new-continental-congress/">Wisconsin Delegate Election Results for NEW Continental Congress</a></li>
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<p>You may also want to register to attend the Wisconsin Patriot Group Conference by going to the Wisconsin Grandsons of Liberty Website at <a href="http://www.wisconsingrandsonsofliberty.com/">http://www.wisconsingrandsonsofliberty.com/</a> (scroll down).  Bob Schultz, founder of We The People, will be speaking from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and will be presenting the Freedom Scroll for all to sign.  You can get information on the origin of the Freedom Scroll at <a href="http://www.wethepeoplefoundation.org/UPDATE/Update2009-05-25.htm">http://www.wethepeoplefoundation.org/UPDATE/Update2009-05-25.htm</a> </p>
<p>Marc Messina</p>
<p>Wisconsin State Coordinator</p>
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		<title>Wisconsin Delegate Election Results for NEW Continental Congress</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:33:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The final (as of October 26th) Wisconsin delegation for Continental Congress 2009 is, in order of number of votes:]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Continental Congress Coordinators, Team Members, Volunteers, Supporters,</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Please circulate this message to your contacts in Wisconsin.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The final (as of October 26th) Wisconsin delegation for Continental Congress 2009 is, in order of number of votes:</p>
<ul>
<li>Richard Church</li>
<li>Rudy Eckert</li>
<li>Michael Staudacher</li>
<li>Brent Arnold (Alternate)</li>
</ul>
<p>Other candidates that may have received more votes have since dropped out of consideration.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Richard Church, as the leader of the delegation, has asked that the  people of Wisconsin use a website ( <a href="http://cc2009wi.uservoice.com/">http://cc2009wi.uservoice.com</a> ) he set up to submit suggestions, resolutions and comments to the delegation.  Here is how it works, in Richard&#8217;s words:</p>
<p> </p>
<p>It allows people to make suggestions and to vote on the suggestions of others. Users can remain anonymous, or they can sign up for an account. The way it works is that you get 10 votes which you can distribute however you want among the suggestions. You can give a suggestion more than one vote if you feel very strongly about it. The more people that vote, the better picture we get of what the major priorities should be. The short address is: <a href="http://cc2009wi.uservoice.com/">http://cc2009wi.uservoice.com</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Please feel free to also contact the delegates directly.  The contact information is located on the Wisconsin webpage at <a href="http://givemeliberty.org/user/congress/Region.aspx?state=wi">http://givemeliberty.org/user/congress/Region.aspx?state=wi</a> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>The Continental Congress will have credibility in direct proportion to the support of the people.  It is up to you and me to restore our Constitutional Republic and reasert our unalienable rights.  The Constitution cannot defend itself.  The time to participate is now.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Please also consider giving a donation to fund the Continental Congress at:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.cc2009.us/donate">http://www.cc2009.us/donate</a>  This web page has a chart of how the funds will be used.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>With liberty for all,</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Marc Messina</p>
<p>Wisconsin State Coordinator</p>
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<a title="http://givemeliberty.org/" href="http://givemeliberty.org/">http://GiveMeLiberty.org/</a></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forbes Magazine ranks Wisconsin 3rd worst in the country for best states to do business.  Wisconsin fell from the 8th worst on the list last year.  Forbes uses employer costs, labor supply, regulatory environment, economic climate, growth prospects, and quality of life in its ranking.  Only Michigan and Rhode Island were below Wisconsin on the list.]]></description>
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<hr size="2" /><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline">Topics of the week:</span></strong></p>
<p> <strong>Auto Insurance Rates Rise</strong></p>
<div class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 160px"><img class=" " style="border: black 1px solid" src="http://www.legis.state.wi.us//Assembly/asm89/asm89.jpg" alt="Photo of Representative Nygren" width="150" height="200" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Assemblyman John Nygren (R-89th District)</p></div>
<p><strong>Wisconsin Property Taxes Among Highest in the Nation</strong></p>
<p><strong>Wisconsin Business Climate Among Worst in the Nation</strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.legis.state.wi.us/assembly/asm89/news/2009%209%2025%20-%20Nygren's%20Notes.html" target="_blank">2009-10 Blue Books Available</a></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.travelwisconsin.com/maps_guides.aspx" target="_blank"><strong>Free Wisconsin Maps and Guides Available</strong></a></p>
<p> <strong>Auto Insurance Rates Rise</strong></p>
<p> Many state residents have recently received letters from their auto insurance providers that state how changes made by the legislature will affect their rates.  When you read ‘legislature’ just insert ‘Democrat majority and Governor Doyle’ because <span style="text-decoration: underline">not one</span> Republican supported these changes made in the budget.  As a matter of fact, Republicans are currently introducing proposals that would repeal these devastating changes made in the budget.</p>
<p> Because of the changes to auto insurance, rates are expected to rise dramatically.  At the time of the budget debate, the Wisconsin Insurance Alliance estimated insurance premiums would rise by between 33 and 43 percent.  Now we find out motorcycle premiums will rise even more.  Because of medical payment coverage changes motorcycle premiums are expected to rise by over 500 percent.  This was not known at the time of the budget debate.</p>
<p> Before these changes over 90 percent of all claims were covered under the minimums that existed prior to the passage of the budget in Wisconsin.  In 2007, the average bodily injury claim in Wisconsin was $16,600 and property claim was $2,500.  Minimums prior to the changes in the budget for these types of claims were $25,000 and $10,000 respectively. </p>
<p> Why would these changes be sought if the overwhelming amount of claims were already covered under current law?  And why would the Democrat majority seek minimums so high Wisconsin’s will be the highest in the nation?  The blame rests with the Democrats and their special interest trial lawyer allies. </p>
<p> You only have to look at campaign contributions to know the story.  Trial lawyers donate to Democrats overwhelmingly and stand to reap millions in court settlements with these new changes.  Over the last few years, Governor Doyle received $262,000 from trial lawyers alone.</p>
<p> I stated in <a href="http://www.legis.state.wi.us/assembly/asm89/news/2009%2006%2026%20-%20Conference%20Committee%20Statement2.pdf" target="_blank">press releases</a> and <em><a href="http://www.legis.state.wi.us/assembly/asm89/news/2009%203%2006%20-%20Nygren's%20Notes.htm" target="_blank">Nygren’s Notes</a> </em>e-newsletters when the budget debate took place the adverse consequences of these insurance changes in the budget.  Multiple newspapers called for these changes to be pulled out of the budget or at a minimum be debated as stand alone bills.  The Appleton Post Crescent called these changes, “the wrong idea for the state” and the Janesville Gazette stated, “Many [drivers] likely would drop their policies, leading to more uninsured motorists and driving up costs for those who have insurance.”</p>
<p> In my efforts to stop these changes, I went as far as to author a letter to the Joint Committee on Finance signed by 36 of my Republican colleagues which called for these changes to be removed from the budget.  Not one Democrat signed my letter.  I and other Republican legislators offered amendments to pull these changes out of the budget, but only garnered two Democrat votes in the Assembly.  Unfortunately, that was not enough to pull these items out of the budget.</p>
<p> To add insult to injury, in the budget was a change in state law that will mandate automobile insurance coverage beginning on June 1, 2010.  Prior to this mandate, Wisconsin was on average with the rest of the nation in the number of drivers not carrying insurance (15 percent).  With these added insurance costs, many drivers will take their chances and drive without it.  This will put more drivers at risk of a catastrophe in the event of an accident or of being charged a $500 fine if pulled over.</p>
<p> To remediate the adverse consequences of these insurance changes, Democrats from Milwaukee are throwing around the idea of eliminating the ability of insurance providers to use zip codes as one factor in setting insurance rates.  This is nothing more than a subsidy to high risk drivers that operate in much higher risk environments. </p>
<p> If this were to pass, high risk drivers would have their insurance bill paid for by good drivers in lower risk communities.  Why should bad drivers from Milwaukee be subsidized by good drivers from Peshtigo?  That is a good question for the Democrat majority. </p>
<p> I have a better idea.  Pass the Republican proposal and reverse these devastating automobile insurance changes made in the budget.  This will help keep families insured, protect them in the event of a catastrophic crash, and keep more money in their wallets.</p>
<p style="text-align: center"> <strong>Wisconsin Property Taxes Among Highest in the Nation</strong></p>
<p> Wisconsin’s median average property tax bill is $1,066 above the national median average of $1,897.  Wisconsin’s lower median income made the affordability of property taxes 4<sup>th</sup> worst in the nation.  Only Texas, New Jersey, and Nebraska were worse. </p>
<p> Property taxes are expected to rise even more.  Under the budget passed this year, the conservative estimate by the Legislative Fiscal Bureau was a $1.5 billion property tax increase.  I have consistently fought to lower property taxes by opposing cuts to local governments and school aids.  Those aids keep property taxes low.  As well, I support property tax controls which limit the ability of government to raise taxes without community support.</p>
<p> <strong>Wisconsin Business Climate Among Worst in the Nation</strong></p>
<p> Forbes Magazine ranks Wisconsin 3<sup>rd</sup> worst in the country for best states to do business.  Wisconsin fell from the 8<sup>th</sup> worst on the list last year.  Forbes uses employer costs, labor supply, regulatory environment, economic climate, growth prospects, and quality of life in its ranking.  Only Michigan and Rhode Island were below Wisconsin on the list.</p>
<p> The Tax Foundation released their annual report on employer friendly states.  Wisconsin was 9<sup>th</sup> worst falling from 13<sup>th</sup> worst a year ago.  This puts Wisconsin back in the top ten worst states for hostility to employers.  The Tax Foundation formulates their ranking by using corporate, individual, sales, and property taxes.  Unemployment rates are also used.  The most employer friendly state is South Dakota and the worst is New Jersey.</p>
<p> The Republican’s Wisconsin Jobs NOW Agenda will help improve Wisconsin’s business climate.  You can read about it from a press release I recently sent out <a href="http://www.legis.state.wi.us/assembly/asm89/news/2009%2009%2016%20-%20Republican%20Jobs%20NOW%20Agenda2.pdf" target="_blank">here</a> or view an overview of the Agenda <a href="http://www.legis.state.wi.us/assembly/asm89/news/JobsAgendaPt1_packet.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
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		<title>42 States Lost Jobs in August</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nearly all 50 states experienced increased unemployment in the month of August, up significantly from July. According to data from the Labor Department report, 42 states plus the District of Columbia lost more jobs than they gained last month with Texas, Michigan, Georgia, and Ohio taking the biggest hits.

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span>Friday, September 18, 2009, 3:37 PM EDT</span></p>
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<p>Nearly all 50 states experienced increased unemployment in the month of August, up significantly from July. According to data from the Labor Department report, 42 states plus the District of Columbia lost more jobs than they gained last month with Texas, Michigan, Georgia, and Ohio taking the biggest hits.</p>
<p>Recently, some economic indicators have pointed towards the end of the recession, and Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke has been more optimistic, but unemployment levels continue to increase. All the while, the federal government continues to import more than <a href="http://www.numbersusa.com/content/resources/video/blogs/suspend-importation-125000-foreign-workers-month.html" target="_blank">125,000 foreign workers every month</a>. The unemployment rate for September stands at 9.7 percent, but most experts expect that number to exceed 10 percent before things get better.</p>
<p>Texas was the hardest hit last month, losing 62,200 jobs and seeing its unemployment rate hit 8 percent for the first time in 22 years.</p>
<p>Michigan, who&#8217;s auto manufacturing industry has taken a heavy hit during the recession, shed another 42,900 jobs in August. The state&#8217;s unemployment rate rose above 15 percent and is the highest in the nation. Georgia and Ohio also suffered high job losses, but their unemployment numbers dropped because many of the states&#8217; unemployed dropped out of the overall work force.</p>
<p>Only eight states saw job increases last month &#8211; North Carolina, South Dakota, New Jersey, Montana, and West Virginia &#8211; were among the gainers.<strong>State Unemployment July-August 2009</strong></p>
<table border="1">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="125"><strong> </strong></td>
<td width="50" align="center"><strong>Jobs in<br />
July &#8216;09 </strong></td>
<td width="50" align="center"><strong>Jobs in<br />
Aug &#8216;09 </strong></td>
<td width="75" align="center"><strong>Jobs lost<br />
(000&#8217;s) </strong></td>
<td width="75" align="center"><strong>Unemployment<br />
rate </strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Alabama</td>
<td align="right">1,909.8</td>
<td align="right">1,895.8</td>
<td align="right">14.0</td>
<td align="right">10.4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Alaska</td>
<td align="right">323.2</td>
<td align="right">322.3</td>
<td align="right">0.9</td>
<td align="right">8.3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Arizona</td>
<td align="right">2,434.5</td>
<td align="right">2,426.0</td>
<td align="right">8.5</td>
<td align="right">9.1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">California</td>
<td align="right">14,246.9</td>
<td align="right">14,234.6</td>
<td align="right">12.3</td>
<td align="right">12.2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Colorado</td>
<td align="right">2,253.0</td>
<td align="right">2,247.7</td>
<td align="right">5.3</td>
<td align="right">7.3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Connecticut</td>
<td align="right">1,634.0</td>
<td align="right">1,630.3</td>
<td align="right">3.7</td>
<td align="right">8.1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Delaware</td>
<td align="right">411.3</td>
<td align="right">410.1</td>
<td align="right">1.2</td>
<td align="right">8.1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">District of Columbia</td>
<td align="right">717.5</td>
<td align="right">713.3</td>
<td align="right">4.2</td>
<td align="right">11.1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Florida</td>
<td align="right">7,369.9</td>
<td align="right">7,348.4</td>
<td align="right">21.5</td>
<td align="right">10.7</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Georgia</td>
<td align="right">3,888.4</td>
<td align="right">3,853.4</td>
<td align="right">35.0</td>
<td align="right">10.2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Hawaii</td>
<td align="right">601.0</td>
<td align="right">594.5</td>
<td align="right">6.5</td>
<td align="right">7.2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Idaho</td>
<td align="right">619.3</td>
<td align="right">616.4</td>
<td align="right">2.9</td>
<td align="right">8.9</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Illinois</td>
<td align="right">5,667.6</td>
<td align="right">5,648.4</td>
<td align="right">19.2</td>
<td align="right">10.0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Indiana</td>
<td align="right">2,802.0</td>
<td align="right">2,792.5</td>
<td align="right">9.5</td>
<td align="right">9.9</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Iowa</td>
<td align="right">1,476.0</td>
<td align="right">1,475.8</td>
<td align="right">0.2</td>
<td align="right">6.8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Kansas</td>
<td align="right">1,342.2</td>
<td align="right">1,335.9</td>
<td align="right">6.3</td>
<td align="right">7.1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Kentucky</td>
<td align="right">1,773.1</td>
<td align="right">1,772.7</td>
<td align="right">0.4</td>
<td align="right">11.1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Louisiana</td>
<td align="right">1,922.3</td>
<td align="right">1,921.0</td>
<td align="right">1.3</td>
<td align="right">7.8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Maine</td>
<td align="right">596.9</td>
<td align="right">594.9</td>
<td align="right">2.0</td>
<td align="right">8.6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Maryland</td>
<td align="right">2,548.5</td>
<td align="right">2,536.5</td>
<td align="right">12.0</td>
<td align="right">7.2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Massachusetts</td>
<td align="right">3,186.3</td>
<td align="right">3,185.9</td>
<td align="right">0.4</td>
<td align="right">9.1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Michigan</td>
<td align="right">3,864.0</td>
<td align="right">3,821.1</td>
<td align="right">42.9</td>
<td align="right">15.2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Minnesota</td>
<td align="right">2,654.4</td>
<td align="right">2,644.1</td>
<td align="right">10.3</td>
<td align="right">8.0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Mississippi</td>
<td align="right">1,118.4</td>
<td align="right">1,108.8</td>
<td align="right">9.6</td>
<td align="right">9.5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Missouri</td>
<td align="right">2,719.6</td>
<td align="right">2,712.9</td>
<td align="right">6.7</td>
<td align="right">9.5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Nevada</td>
<td align="right">1,187.2</td>
<td align="right">1,182.1</td>
<td align="right">5.1</td>
<td align="right">13.2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">New Mexico</td>
<td align="right">818.3</td>
<td align="right">815.3</td>
<td align="right">3.0</td>
<td align="right">7.5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">New York</td>
<td align="right">8,649.2</td>
<td align="right">8,645.4</td>
<td align="right">3.8</td>
<td align="right">9.0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">North Dakota</td>
<td align="right">371.5</td>
<td align="right">368.7</td>
<td align="right">2.8</td>
<td align="right">4.3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Ohio</td>
<td align="right">5,127.4</td>
<td align="right">5,097.3</td>
<td align="right">30.1</td>
<td align="right">10.8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Oklahoma</td>
<td align="right">1,560.8</td>
<td align="right">1,554.1</td>
<td align="right">6.7</td>
<td align="right">6.8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Oregon</td>
<td align="right">1,631.5</td>
<td align="right">1,624.9</td>
<td align="right">6.6</td>
<td align="right">12.2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Pennsylvania</td>
<td align="right">5,626.3</td>
<td align="right">5,617.5</td>
<td align="right">8.8</td>
<td align="right">8.6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Rhode Island</td>
<td align="right">464.3</td>
<td align="right">461.9</td>
<td align="right">2.4</td>
<td align="right">12.8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">South Carolina</td>
<td align="right">1,848.7</td>
<td align="right">1,848.6</td>
<td align="right">0.1</td>
<td align="right">11.5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Tennessee</td>
<td align="right">2,664.2</td>
<td align="right">2,649.1</td>
<td align="right">15.1</td>
<td align="right">10.8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Texas</td>
<td align="right">10,406.5</td>
<td align="right">10,344.3</td>
<td align="right">62.2</td>
<td align="right">8.0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Utah</td>
<td align="right">1,200.9</td>
<td align="right">1,200.0</td>
<td align="right">0.9</td>
<td align="right">6.0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Vermont</td>
<td align="right">294.6</td>
<td align="right">294.5</td>
<td align="right">0.1</td>
<td align="right">6.8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Virginia</td>
<td align="right">3,657.4</td>
<td align="right">3,654.4</td>
<td align="right">3.0</td>
<td align="right">6.5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Washington</td>
<td align="right">2,864.2</td>
<td align="right">2,851.8</td>
<td align="right">12.4</td>
<td align="right">9.2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Wisconsin</td>
<td align="right">2,755.2</td>
<td align="right">2,754.6</td>
<td align="right">0.6</td>
<td align="right">8.8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Wyoming</td>
<td align="right">288.8</td>
<td align="right">287.6</td>
<td align="right">1.2</td>
<td align="right">6.6</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
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		<title>Patriots&#8217; newest target: Obama &#8216;Minion Media&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:31:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA["Put the media in the spotlight and on the hot seat. Don't make them the protest. Continue to protest Obama. Protest health care. Protest the loss of liberty. Protest the coming tyranny. Just do it on their property or as close to it as you can get being law-abiding and all that. … Just show up where they can't miss it. Show up in numbers where they can't escape it."

Limbaugh suggested leaders of the media rallies present a list of grievances to each individual station.

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4> <span style="font-family: Palatino, Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;color: #000000;font-size: xx-small">Limbaugh: &#8216;Dare them to cover what is right under their noses!&#8217;</span></h4>
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<div><span>Posted: September 16, 2009<br />
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<p><span style="font-family: Palatino, Times New Roman, Georgia, Times, serif">By Chelsea Schilling</span><br />
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<div><!-- begin bodytext -->In the wake of the <a href="http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;pageId=109844">massive 9/12 march on Washington</a>, American citizens outraged by President Obama and the actions of Congress are now setting their sights on a new target – the so-called mainstream media.</div>
<p>On <a href="http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_091409/content/01125108.guest.html">his Sept. 14 show</a>, talk show host Rush Limbaugh urged citizens who are frustrated by a media blackout of the nation&#8217;s growing movement against Obama administration policies to bring their protests to the <a id="KonaLink0" href="http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;pageId=110020#" target="_top"><span style="color: blue !important;font-size: 17px;font-weight: 400"><span>front </span><span>doors</span></span></a> of major media outlets.</p>
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<p>&#8220;The media [are] no longer reporters. They are repeaters,&#8221; Limbaugh said. &#8220;There have been hundreds and thousands of protests by conservative groups that haven&#8217;t been covered, and tiny turnouts by the left that are covered.&#8221;</p>
<p>He continued, &#8220;What about this? We&#8217;re looking for a force multiplier. Yeah, the protest in Washington on Saturday was great, two million people, but imagine what a force multiplier would be if the next one were held outside of local and national television <a id="KonaLink1" href="http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;pageId=110020#" target="_top"><span style="color: blue !important;font-size: 17px;font-weight: 400"><span>networks</span></span></a> and their headquarters where they can&#8217;t miss it?&#8221;</p>
<p>Limbaugh suggested citizens host tea parties &#8220;on or next to the <a id="KonaLink2" href="http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;pageId=110020#" target="_top"><span style="color: blue !important;font-size: 17px;font-weight: 400"><span>properties</span></span></a> housing the TV networks.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Dare them to cover what is right under their noses!&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>&#8220;Put the media in the spotlight and on the hot seat. Don&#8217;t make them the protest. Continue to protest Obama. Protest <a id="KonaLink3" href="http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;pageId=110020#" target="_top"><span style="color: blue !important;font-size: 17px;font-weight: 400"><span>health </span><span>care</span></span></a>. Protest the loss of liberty. Protest the coming tyranny. Just do it on their property or as close to it as you can get being law-abiding and all that. … Just show up where they can&#8217;t miss it. Show up in numbers where they can&#8217;t escape it.&#8221;</p>
<p>Limbaugh suggested leaders of the media rallies present a list of grievances to each individual station.</p>
<p>&#8220;Make the challenges substantive and adult and challenge their journalistic ethics,&#8221; he said. &#8220;… I want this all to happen spontaneously.&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;pageId=109780"><em>It&#8217;s not just Obama who&#8217;s lying. It&#8217;s his minion media, too!</em></a></p>
<p>Now, one group has launched &#8220;<a href="http://www.operationcanyouhearusnow.com/">Operation: Can You Hear Us Now?</a>&#8221; The website declares, &#8220;Thanks to an American hero for the idea. We can take it from here.&#8221;</p>
<p>The webmaster of the <a id="KonaLink4" href="http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;pageId=110020#" target="_top"><span style="color: blue !important;font-size: 17px;font-weight: 400"><span>operation</span></span></a> website asked to remain nameless.</p>
<p>&#8220;Who wants to be the target of national media attention?&#8221; he asked.</p>
<p>He told WND he longed to go to D.C. but couldn&#8217;t make it since it&#8217;s a 1,000 mile-plus trip.</p>
<p>&#8220;I surfed all channels Sunday looking for the <em>big story</em> on the D.C. march and found none – save Fox News,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I was infuriated. How can anyone who calls themselves a journalist ignore this?&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://shop.wnd.com/store/item.asp?DEPARTMENT_ID=6&amp;SUBDEPARTMENT_ID=20&amp;ITEM_ID=2040"><em>The mainstream media didn&#8217;t croak over night. Find out what led to their amazing demise!</em></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;pageId=109550">As WND reported</a>, the major news media also failed to cover the extremist background of &#8220;Green Jobs Czar&#8221; Van Jones – even after he was forced to resign as a result of that background.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;pageId=109444">WND was also first on the scene when major news media failed to report</a> in the scandal involving <a id="KonaLink5" href="http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;pageId=110020#" target="_top"><span style="color: blue !important;font-size: 17px;font-weight: 400"><span>tax</span></span></a>-supported ACORN leaders who were videotaped encouraging undercover operatives on ways to subvert the law and exploit under-age girls they believed were being used in a prostitution ring.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;pageId=109628">WND was on the scene yet again</a> when major news media failed to report and downplayed attendance on Sept. 12 after the capital was rocked by the taxpayer march and rally in protest of excessive spending, <a id="KonaLink6" href="http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;pageId=110020#" target="_top"><span style="color: blue !important;font-size: 17px;font-weight: 400"><span>bailouts</span></span></a>, growth of big government and soaring deficits.</p>
<p>The &#8220;Operation: Can You Hear Us Now?&#8221; webmaster said he launched his website Tuesday morning.</p>
<p>&#8220;Now I&#8217;m getting thousands of hits,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I&#8217;ve sent a few e-mails. It&#8217;s catching <a id="KonaLink7" href="http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;pageId=110020#" target="_top"><span style="color: blue !important;font-size: 17px;font-weight: 400"><span>legs</span></span></a>. I hope the idea catches fire!&#8221;</p>
<p>He said several people are already planning rallies at CNN in Atlanta, Ga., and another in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, area.</p>
<p>&#8220;Imagine: There was a million plus person march on Washington, and no one reported it,&#8221; the website states. &#8220;It did not happen.&#8221;</p>
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<p>The website asks citizens to rally outside &#8220;left-wing <a id="KonaLink8" href="http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;pageId=110020#" target="_top"><span style="color: blue !important;font-size: 17px;font-weight: 400"><span>media </span><span>outlets</span></span></a>&#8221; on Oct. 17 and lists the following locations as suggestions on where to begin:</p>
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<li>CNN – One CNN Center, Atlanta, Ga.</li>
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<li>NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Nightly News with Brian Williams&#8221; – 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N.Y.</li>
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<li>ABC&#8217;s &#8220;World News with Charles Gibson&#8221; – 7 West 66th St., New York, N.Y.</li>
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<li>ABC News&#8217; &#8220;Nightline&#8221; – 7 West 66th St., New York, N.Y.</li>
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<li>ABC News&#8217; &#8220;This Week&#8221; with George Stephanopoulos – 7 West 66th St., New York, N.Y.</li>
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<li>CBS&#8217; News&#8217; &#8220;Evening News&#8221; with Katie Couric – 524 West 57th St., New York, N.Y.</li>
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<li>CBS&#8217; &#8220;The Early Show&#8221; – 524 West 57th St., New York, N.Y.</li>
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<li>ABC News&#8217; &#8220;Good Morning America&#8221; – 7 West 66th St., New York, N.Y.</li>
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<li>MSNBC&#8217;s &#8220;Today&#8221; Show – 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N.Y.</li>
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<li>&#8220;Dateline <a id="KonaLink9" href="http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;pageId=110020#" target="_top"><span style="color: blue !important;font-size: 17px;font-weight: 400"><span>NBC</span></span></a>&#8221; – 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N.Y.</li>
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<li>MSNBC&#8217;s &#8220;Countdown with Keith Olbermann&#8221; – 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N.Y.</li>
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<li>MSNBC&#8217;s &#8220;Meet The Press&#8221; – 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N.Y.</li>
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<li>New York Times – 620 Eighth Ave., New York, N.Y.</li>
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<li>Los Angeles Times – 202 W. 1st St., Los Angeles, Calif.</li>
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<li>Atlanta Journal Constitution – 72 Marietta St. NW, Atlanta, Ga.</li>
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<li>Seattle Times – 1120 John St, Seattle, Wash.</li>
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<p><em><a href="http://shop.wnd.com/store/subdept.asp?SUBDEPARTMENT_ID=247">Get ready for Oct. 17! Visit the one and only &#8220;tea party store&#8221; now.</a></em></p>
<p>He said citizens should connect through tea party groups, Facebook, Twitter, blogs and message boards to spread the word. He also said organizers must pick the best times and local media locations for the Oct. 17 events.</p>
<p>&#8220;Some people messaged me and asked why not a more symbolic day,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I say, why shouldn&#8217;t <em>we</em> be the ones to make it a symbolic day, a day in history the press will never forget?&#8221;</p>
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<p>He encourages attendees to bring signs, banners, flags and voices to the events. However, he warned tea partiers not to leave litter behind.</p>
<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re not liberals,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>Make no mistake, he said, there is no &#8220;Astroturf&#8221; springing from his website – it&#8217;s just another grassroots movement catching fire.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m just one guy, not an activist,&#8221; he told WND. &#8220;I have no sponsors, no bankroll, no agenda – except to help put a nail in the mainstream-media coffin.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Are We Going to Let our Children Fight for FREEDOM In Our Stead?</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fellow Americans,</p>
<p>I present to you, in the following video, one of the most important reasons, of many, why we must FIGHT, peacefully if at all possible, but by any means necessary to FULLY restore the rule of <strong>LAW</strong>, UPON OUR U.S. GOVERNMENT, as written in The Constitution; Particularly the <a href="http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html#A1Sec2">apportionment clauses relating to taxation </a>that are still in full force and affect, despite the <a href="http://www.thelawthatneverwas.com/new/home.asp">16th Amendment that (besides) was never truly ratified</a>, according to Supreme Court cases, and the <a href="http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html#A1Sec8">enumerated powers clauses </a>(Only <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline">SEVENTEEN POWERS</span></strong> authorized by us) as written in Section 8 and supported by the <a href="http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html#Am9">9th and 10th Amendments.</a></p>
<p>ENFORCEMENT of the LAWS of the Constitution upon our U.S. Government would result, according to several experts, in the collapse of 4/5ths of our Government in size, scope and spending; leaving TRILLIONS of Dollars in our paychecks and in our economy.  Additionally the law in The Constitution states that Congress shall mint and coin money (typically gold or silver) and determine the value thereof.  This process would rid us of The Federal Reserve &#8220;System&#8221;, a cartel of twelve private banks owned by 40 mostly foreign, Internationally  Mega-powerful individuals, that has created &#8220;The MATRIX&#8221; programming in our minds that causes us to believe that a dollar is worth 100 cents when in the &#8216;real&#8217; world it is actually only worth about 2 &#8211; 3 cents;  A Matrix (economy) in our minds that, in the near future, will collapse due to natural economic forces that make it unsustainable over the long run.  Only reality, not Monopoly money printed by the TRILLIONS out of thin air, can long support economic activity. </p>
<p>Ask yourself;  How can you print a dollar out of paper and ink and then go to the market and buy refrigerators, cars, homes, furniture or make investments with nothing more than paper and ink printed up by the Trillions by a cartel of 12 privately owned banks that have <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline">unconstitutionally</span></strong> &#8220;fused&#8221; in with our U.S. Government by the shady hand of President Woodrow Wilson, some unscrupulous usurping scofflaw Congressmen and the handful bankers (mostly from the old East India Trading Company BTW), in 1913,  who paid for his Presidential campaign and who for almost ten decades now made up The Federal Reserve &#8220;System&#8221; who have created &#8220;The MATRIX&#8221;? <span style="color: #0000ff"><em> Isn&#8217;t that special?</em></span></p>
<p>Can you even imagine the INDIVIDUAL wealth the common average working man would earn if The Federal Government was compelled, by us, to obey the law, resulting in only spending 1/5th of its current budget and the FREEDOM and LIBERTY we would have from it being only 1/5th its current size.  There is a book that explains how America Leaped 5000 years in only 200 in INDIVIDUAL wealth and technology.  It was because of Freedom (from Government) during the first years of our Republic.  It is called &#8220;<a href="http://captkarl.blogivists.com/2009/08/19/the-light-of-the-liberty-tree-lantern-guided-by-these-principles/">The 5000 Year Leap</a>&#8220;.  In this book it explains the 28 Freedom Principles that are vital to Freedom, Liberty and the INDIVIDUAL prosperity that they bring.  I, Capt. Karl, suggest that you get this book and read it so that you can procure the perspicuous insight you need to understand the principles of our precious freedom and liberty and to sustain and protect it.</p>
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<h2><span style="color: #800000">Are we going to let our children fight for FREEDOM in our stead?</span></h2>
<p><span style="color: #800000"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MHieqM1hKsg&#038;fs=1" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MHieqM1hKsg&#038;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000">After seeing the above how can we, as American adults and parents, not fight for our INDIVIDUAL freedom, liberty, prosperity, unalienable rights, and the security of our property from the ravages of the IRS and the tyranny, usurpation and corruption that is our U.S. Government in ALL three branches; if not for ourselves,,,  than for our children?<span style="color: #ff0000"><strong><em>   </em></strong></span></span></p>
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<li><span style="color: #800000"><span style="color: #ff0000"><strong><em>Are we going to let our children fight in our stead?</em> </strong></span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #800000"><span style="color: #ff0000"><strong> <span style="color: #0000ff">What is the matter with us, my fellow Americans?   </span></strong></span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #800000"><span style="color: #ff0000"><strong><span style="color: #0000ff">Don&#8217;t our children and our posterty deserve better than what WE HAVE let happen to us and our country by the hand of  <span style="color: #800000">Constitutionally contemptuous tyrants</span>?</span></strong></span></span></li>
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<h2><span style="color: #ff0000">Ladies and Gentlemen;   Stand UP   and fight for freedom, by all peaceful means.  And while you are doing that for the sake of our children and our grandchildren, much like the one in the above video, signup for an <a href="http://www.appleseedinfo.org/">APPLESEED</a> and become a <span style="color: #808000">RIFLEMAN</span>.    It is our duty as FREE men and woman, as written by our founding fathers in numerous documents, to protect our freedom, liberty, rights and our Constitution that frames and protects those rights, from all enemies both foreign and domestic (<span style="color: #0000ff">meaning from our own Government that our founding fathers so aptly warned us about in so many documents and writings</span>).</span></h2>
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		<title>A million march to US Capitol to protest against &#8216;Obama the socialist&#8217;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As many as one million people flooded into Washington for a massive rally organised by conservatives claiming that President Obama is driving America towards socialism. 


The size of the crowd - by far the biggest protest since the president took office in January - shocked the White House. 


Demonstrators massed outside Capitol Hill after marching down Pennsylvania Avenue waving placards and chanting 'Enough, enough'. 
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4>From The London Daily Mail</h4>
<p>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=y&amp;authornamef=David+Gardner">David Gardner</a><br />
Last updated at 6:59 AM on 14th September 2009</p>
<p><span style="font-size: 1.2em">As many as one million people flooded into Washington for a massive rally organised by conservatives claiming that President Obama is driving America towards socialism.<br />
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 1.2em">The size of the crowd &#8211; by far the biggest protest since the president took office in January &#8211; shocked the White House.<br />
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 1.2em">Demonstrators massed outside Capitol Hill after marching down Pennsylvania Avenue waving placards and chanting &#8216;Enough, enough&#8217;.<br />
</span></p>
<p><img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/09/12/article-1213056-0666DB48000005DC-801_634x330.jpg" alt="Tens of thousands of people converged on Capitol Hill on Saturday to protest against government spending" width="525" height="322" /></p>
<p>Tens of thousands of people converged on Capitol Hill on Saturday to protest against government spending</p>
<p><span style="font-size: 1.2em">The focus of much of the anger was the president&#8217;s so-called &#8216;Obamacare&#8217; plan to overhaul the U.S. health system. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 1.2em">Demonstrators waved U.S. flags and held signs reading &#8216;Go Green Recycle Congress&#8217; and &#8216;I&#8217;m Not Your ATM&#8217;.&#8217;<br />
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 1.2em">The protest on Saturday came as Mr Obama took his campaign for health reforms on the road, making his argument to a rally of 15,000 supporters in Minneapolis.<br />
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 1.2em">Saying he was determined to push through a bill making health insurance more affordable, Mr Obama said: &#8216;I intend to be president for a while and once this bill passes, I own it. </span></p>
<p><img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/09/12/article-1213056-06666618000005DC-44_634x305.jpg" alt="US President Barack Obama sports a mustache famously worn by German dictator Adolf Hitler" width="557" height="271" /></p>
<p>US President Barack Obama sports a mustache famously worn by German dictator Adolf Hitler</p>
<p><img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/09/12/article-1213056-0666DCAF000005DC-117_634x406.jpg" alt="Demonstrators hold up banners on Capitol Hill in Washington on Saturday" width="511" height="341" /></p>
<p>Demonstrators hold up banners on Capitol Hill in Washington on Saturday</p>
<p><span style="font-size: 1.2em">&#8216;I will not waste time with those who think that it&#8217;s just good politics to kill healthcare.&#8217;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 1.2em">But in Washington, protester Richard Brigle, 57, a Vietnam veteran, said: &#8216;It&#8217;s going to cost too much money we don&#8217;t have.&#8217; Another marcher shouted: &#8216;You want socialism? Go to Russia!&#8217; </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 1.2em">Terri Hall, 45, of Florida, said she felt compelled to become political for the first time this year because she was upset by government spending.<br />
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 1.2em">&#8216;Our government has lost sight of the powers they were granted,&#8217; she said. She added that the deficit spending was out of control, and said she thought it was putting the country at risk.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 1.2em">Anna Hayes, 58, a nurse from Fairfax County, stood on the Mall in 1981 for Reagan&#8217;s inauguration. &#8216;The same people were celebrating freedom,&#8217; she said. &#8216;The president was fighting for the people then. I remember those years very well and fondly.&#8217; </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 1.2em">Saying she was worried about &#8216;Obamacare,&#8217;Hayes explained: &#8216;This is the first rally I&#8217;ve been to that demonstrates against something, the first in my life. I just couldn&#8217;t stay home anymore.&#8217; </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 1.2em">Andrew Moylan, of the National Taxpayers Union, received a roar of approval after he told protesters: &#8216;Hell hath no fury like a taxpayer ignored.&#8217;<br />
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 1.2em">Republican lawmakers also supported the rally.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 1.2em">&#8216;Republicans, Democrats and independents are stepping up and demanding we put our fiscal house in order,&#8217; Rep. Mike Pence, chairman of the House Republican Conference, said.<br />
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 1.2em">&#8216;I think the overriding message after years of borrowing, spending and bailouts is enough is enough.&#8217;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 1.2em">FreedomWorks Foundation, a conservative organization led by former House of Representatives Majority Leader Dick Armey, organized several groups from across the country for what they billed as a &#8216;March on Washington.&#8217;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 1.2em">Organisers said they had built on momentum from the April &#8216;tea party&#8217; demonstrations held nationwide to protest at Mr Obama&#8217;s taxation policies, along with growing resentment over his economic stimulus packages and bank bailouts. </span></p>
<p><img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/09/12/article-1213056-0666E255000005DC-603_634x438.jpg" alt="march" width="566" height="324" /></p>
<p> </p>
<p><img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/09/12/article-1213056-0666A9DA000005DC-11_634x401.jpg" alt="The heated demonstrations were organized by a Conservative group called the Tea Party Patriots" width="561" height="336" /></p>
<p>The heated demonstrations were organized by a Conservative group called the Tea Party Patriots</p>
<p><span style="font-size: 1.2em">Other sponsors of the rally include the Heartland Institute, Americans for Tax Reform and the Ayn Rand Center for Individuals Rights.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 1.2em">Recent polls illustrate how difficult recent weeks have been for a president who, besides tackling health care, has been battling to end a devastatingly deep recession.  </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 1.2em">Fifty per cent approve and 49 per cent disapprove of the overall job he is doing as president, compared to July, when those approving his performance clearly outnumbered those who were unhappy with it, 55 per cent to 42 per cent.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 1.2em">Just 42 percent approve of the president&#8217;s work on the high-profile health issue.</span></p>
<p><img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/09/12/article-1213056-066693E9000005DC-643_634x343.jpg" alt="'Parasite-in-chief': The title given to the American President during the demonstrations on Saturday" width="584" height="275" /></p>
<p>&#8216;Parasite-in-chief&#8217;: The title given to the American President during the demonstrations on Saturday</p>
<p><span style="font-size: 1.2em">The poll was taken over five days just before Obama&#8217;s speech to Congress. That speech reflected Obama&#8217;s determination to push ahead despite growing obstacles.<br />
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 1.2em">Prior to Obama&#8217;s speech before Congress U.S. Capitol Police arrested a man they say tried to get into a secure area near the Capitol with a gun in his car as President Barack Obama was speaking.<br />
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 1.2em">On Thursday police spokeswoman Kimberly Schneider said that 28-year-old Joshua Bowman of suburban Falls Church, Virginia, was arrested around 8pm on Wednesday when Obama was due to speak.<br />
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 1.2em">Bowman&#8217;s intentions were unclear, police said.</span></p>
<p>Read more: <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1213056/Up-million-march-US-Capitol-protest-Obamas-spending-tea-party-demonstration.html#ixzz0R6CBkWJu">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1213056/Up-million-march-US-Capitol-protest-Obamas-spending-tea-party-demonstration.html#ixzz0R6CBkWJu</a></p>
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