Taking Our Country Back

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March 11, 2011 - 604 days and counting to Nobama

Dear Fellow Patriots,

We are beginning to see the tide turn our way.  No high-speed rail.  Judges ruling against Obamacare.  The Governor and legislature of Wisconsin standing firm along with other states.  Successful tea party rallies in Tallahassee.  Eyes and ears watching our local county goings-on.  EPA and NPR being defunded.  Oh so much more to do, but we are headed back in the right direction.  Keep learning more.  Keep contacting your representatives.  Keep praying and keep being involved.  Obamacare must still be repealed and until then defunded  - including repealing the $105 billion appropriations included in the bill that of course no one new about until Michelle Bachmann uncovered it.  Border security.  Terrorism.  Debt.  So we still have our work cut out for us, but be encouraged.  We will win. 

Following is information from our meetings and committee reports.

God bless and keep up the good work.

Randy

We had a lively and interesting meeting last week.  Don Baldauf spoke about our oil situation and is working to help us understand the issue better.  In very brief summary, here are the things I came away with from the meeting.   

1. The 200 mile limit on international boundaries is now under the control of the federal government.  Don says that by both federal and state law, those submerged lands actually belong to the state and should be under state control rather than federal control.  He is working to correct this problem through his efforts to persuade Florida (and other states) to reclaim their rights to control these submerged lands.  He believes putting the sources of oil under local control will enhance each state's ability to control its own oil resources.
2. The issue is not whether to drill for oil in the Gulf, but who will drill for it.  China, Cuba, Venezuela and Mexico are already drilling in the Gulf and we would all agree their concerns for our environment will be nil.   
3. The true source of oil is not what we were taught as children.  The source of oil is not decayed dinosaurs.  That would understandably be a limited resource.  However, now that technology has allowed drilling to take place up to 14,000 feet below a 5,000 foot deep sea floor (i.e. 19000 feet below sea level or more than 3.5 miles below sea level) we are reaching oil that is from deep within the earth, nowhere near the places where dinosaurs died.  We are also finding it coming up at tremendous pressure.  We are also finding old oil fields being "refilled."   

All of this information needs to be understood and disseminated to the public.  Much of what we thought we knew is just not really true.  We have much to learn and much to do to straighten out our energy problem, which is not supply or demand, but control of resources.

We were all sort of taken-aback at our February meeting with all the information that Dr. Robertson presented.  He spoke about the medical industry and how it currently works and how we got to this situation.  His presentation was recorded and will be edited to be on Youtube at some point.  A transcript of his presentation can be downloaded from a link at the end of this article.  We have done some research to document his statements and you will find links to other sites to help you further investigate this on your own.  We have a committee up and running which will seek to develop some recommendations that we can pass to our representatives.   If you would like to be a member of this committee, please e-mail either Randy McLendon or Cris White.  

Download a transcript of Dr. Robertson's presentation 

School Reform Committee

The School Reform Committee is working on the following:

• Candidates for the School Board-2012 Election
• School Choice
• Getting involved in our local schools/Removal of Specific Text Book

This committee has a big job to do, working in both Charlotte and Sarasota counties.  This committee is in need of more volunteers.  The next meeting is Monday March 24 at Debra Rodi's house.  For more information and directions to Debra's house, please call her at 941-468-0912 or e-mail her at drodi32@gmail.com.

Political Action Committee

Our national debt stands at over 14 trillion and that doesn't include shortfalls fo Socal Security or Medicare. Last year's GDP ( gross domestic product or total taxable amount of goods and servces produced or sold within the United States ) was between 14 and 15 trillion dollars, thus we would have to tax a whole year's worth of GDP at 100% to pay off the national debt which obviously we can't. The federal government recieved revenues of approximately 2.1 trillion a year for the last 2 years while they ran up additional deficits of over a trillion a year. We are borrowing 43 cents for very dollar we spend.

Last year alone the interest on our national debt was 414 billion and by

2015 it could easily reach a trillion a year if the government continues deficit spendng and there is little or no growth in our GDP. As we watch the debates in the Senate over whether to cut 61 billion or 6-10 billion in spending, let's keep in mind that figure of 414 billion. Anything less than 414 billion in spending cuts is comparable to trying to refill your car's leaking radiator with a thimble while it continues to leak a gallon a minute. Unless Congress stops the deficit spending, it can be said we are borrowing money to pay the interest on our debt and that should alarm every American.

As for Charlotte County watchdog news, the biggest item is that the Placida Rd.

extension and widening is still on although when construction would begin is unclear. The work could become mired in a lawsuit brought by some Placida and Rotonda folks who are against it.  

On the Florida state scene, the high speed Tampa-Orlando project was derailed by a court judgement which threw out the lawsuit brought by some Florida legislators. Another government boondoogle avoided thank goodness. The last paragraph and the part which I'm forwarding, is perhaps the most important thing happening on the national scene besides the battles in Wisconsin and other states over government wages and benefits. These continuing debates in the Senate and the House over budgets could well decide whether the United States survives financially. With the increases in oil and gasoline prices we continue to send our wealth abroad rather than drill for domestic sources.

If you are interested in serving on the political action committee, please contact click on a name to contact Robert Jason for national and Charlotte county and

Wayne White for Sarasota county.

Events Committee

This committee needs help for the Tax Day Tea Party on Saturday April 16.  Contact Cris White to volunteer.  

Praying for our Nation

Join like-minded patriot prayer warriors, praying for our nation.  Meet on the third Tuesday night of each month at 6:30 on Dearborn Street in the parking lot of Earl Warren's law office at the corner of Dearborn and S. Orange.  For more information contact Lou Doucett.