Tommy Thompson to get RFID implant
2005 - Madison, Wis. - Tommy Thompson distinguished himself as the first Wisconsin governor elected to four consecutive terms, and he has now set a new precedent: the first Wisconsin governor to be tagged with radio frequency identification for digital access to his medical records. Thompson, who also served as Secretary of Health and Human Services during President Bush's first term, will have one of the security technology firm Applied Digital's VeriChip tags injected into his arm sometime over the next few months. Thompson joined the board of directors of Applied Digital on July 8.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Verichip Buys ID Security Company
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VeriChip has a new name. The company famous for its development of RFID tags that can be implanted in humans has acquired Steel Vault Corporation, a provider of identity security products and services. Anti-identity-theft meet human microchipping. Together, VeriChip Corp and Steel Vault Corp are forming a new company called PositiveID.
Scott R. Silverman, Chairman and CEO of PositiveID, stated,
"In joining these two companies, we believe we are better positioned to accelerate the development of our exciting diagnostic and sensor applications such as glucose-sensing, as well as our rapid virus detection system for the H1N1 virus and other pandemic viruses. By moving beyond the original patient identification application of our implantable RFID microchip technology, we believe that we will be able to get high-value products to market faster with a more efficient use of capital."
Of course, it's easy to imagine the eventual use of RFID technology to identify every human being in America and even the planet. It certainly could reduce the problem of ID theft if one's scannable ID was embedded in one's arm. No more stolen or lost credit cards. No more forgetting one's driver's license at home. At least, PositiveID could make that argument, and then hello Big Brother.
VeriChip has a new name. The company famous for its development of RFID tags that can be implanted in humans has acquired Steel Vault Corporation, a provider of identity security products and services. Anti-identity-theft meet human microchipping. Together, VeriChip Corp and Steel Vault Corp are forming a new company called PositiveID.
Scott R. Silverman, Chairman and CEO of PositiveID, stated,
"In joining these two companies, we believe we are better positioned to accelerate the development of our exciting diagnostic and sensor applications such as glucose-sensing, as well as our rapid virus detection system for the H1N1 virus and other pandemic viruses. By moving beyond the original patient identification application of our implantable RFID microchip technology, we believe that we will be able to get high-value products to market faster with a more efficient use of capital."
Of course, it's easy to imagine the eventual use of RFID technology to identify every human being in America and even the planet. It certainly could reduce the problem of ID theft if one's scannable ID was embedded in one's arm. No more stolen or lost credit cards. No more forgetting one's driver's license at home. At least, PositiveID could make that argument, and then hello Big Brother.
Nationwide Tea Parties Against Amnesty
RightMarch.com has joined a coalition of many immigration enforcement groups in support of the Tea Party and 9/12 events this year! One of the reasons we did this is because we know that over 90% of the Tea Party and 9/12 grass roots organizers and attendees stand with us in favor of immigration enforcement instead of Amnesty
Monday, November 23, 2009
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Atheist Soros Funds Catholic Groups
The critical role of the Catholic Church in passing national health care reform legislation is coming under serious media scrutiny. But the story has taken a strange turn. It has now been revealed that George Soros, the billionaire hedge fund operator and well-known atheist, has been pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars into "progressive" Catholic groups that are significant players in the national debates over health care and immigration.
On the surface, it would appear that Soros would be opposed to many positions of the Catholic Church. A major financial backer of the ACLU, Soros supports such causes as drug legalization, the rights of "sex workers" and felons, euthanasia, radical feminism, abortion rights, and homosexual rights. He does all of this in the name of promoting an "open society."
But a review of the records of his Open Society Institute finds that a group calling itself Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good (CACG) has received $200,000 from them over the last several years........On Saturday, November 21 and Sunday, November 22, Catholics across the country will be asked to support the CCHD with their financial offerings. Gamaliel is appealing for support, saying that it is "under attack from those with a partisan agenda to de-fund groups committed to organizing for social justice." It says: "Many Gamaliel Foundation affiliates rely on funding from CCHD to serve their communities."
But Gamaliel also relies on George Soros. His Open Society Institute provided $300,000 to the organization in 2008.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Friday, November 13, 2009
GOP Gearing Up To Filibuster Judge David Hamilton
Please e-mail your 2 US Senators if you want them to vote NO on Obama’s left-wing 7th Circuit judicial nominee, District Judge David Hamilton, www.senate.gov. Some of the additional Senators to contact are GOP’s Snowe, Collins, Corker, Murkowski, Hutchison, Voinovich; Democrats Pryor, Landrieu, Lincoln, K. Conrad, Dorgan, Baucus, Bayh, R. Casey, Ben Nelson, Webb, Tester; & Independent Lieberman.
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For more info on Hamilton , check www.wsj.com, www.weeklystandard.com, www.townhall.com, www.fed-soc.org, etc.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
WI's Ethanol Mandate is COMING!
TELL YOU LEGISLATOR TO OPPOSE THESE BILLS!
There are 2 bills working their way through the WI State Legislature. SB279 and AB408
These identical bills are giant and were introduced by the "nonpartisan" Joint Legislative Council in order to fly an ethanol mandate under our radar. Unelected bureaucrats would be given the authority to set mandated levels of ethanol in our fuel. Theses bureaucrats could even change the level of required ethanol blend to a point in which our "old, big-gas guzzling, clunkers" (by the way that is every car including brand new ones that aren't hybrids) couldn't run on! All to FORCE people to buy new more "fuel efficient" death trap, go carts because we must save the planet. FYI - your boat, ATV, farm tractor, lawn mover, rototiller, etc...WON'T RUN! Read below AND the attached article...
According to the Office of Energy Independence, Wisconsin ethanol production and consumption have skyrocketed in recent years — and the growth in our state biofuel market was accomplished without the need for an ethanol mandate. Although state gasoline sales have remained relatively flat throughout this decade, ethanol has bucked this trend, with sharp increases in consumption from one year to the next.
Despite this trend, legislation pending in both houses of the Legislature would set steep ethanol consumption goals, and give unelected bureaucrats the authority to establish sales mandates to reach those goals. When fully implemented, Senate Bill 279 and Assembly Bill 408 would authorize the Department of Agriculture, Trade & Consumer Protection (DATCP) to establish annual sales mandates of nearly 30% ethanol. (MORE)
There are 2 bills working their way through the WI State Legislature. SB279 and AB408
These identical bills are giant and were introduced by the "nonpartisan" Joint Legislative Council in order to fly an ethanol mandate under our radar. Unelected bureaucrats would be given the authority to set mandated levels of ethanol in our fuel. Theses bureaucrats could even change the level of required ethanol blend to a point in which our "old, big-gas guzzling, clunkers" (by the way that is every car including brand new ones that aren't hybrids) couldn't run on! All to FORCE people to buy new more "fuel efficient" death trap, go carts because we must save the planet. FYI - your boat, ATV, farm tractor, lawn mover, rototiller, etc...WON'T RUN! Read below AND the attached article...
According to the Office of Energy Independence, Wisconsin ethanol production and consumption have skyrocketed in recent years — and the growth in our state biofuel market was accomplished without the need for an ethanol mandate. Although state gasoline sales have remained relatively flat throughout this decade, ethanol has bucked this trend, with sharp increases in consumption from one year to the next.
Despite this trend, legislation pending in both houses of the Legislature would set steep ethanol consumption goals, and give unelected bureaucrats the authority to establish sales mandates to reach those goals. When fully implemented, Senate Bill 279 and Assembly Bill 408 would authorize the Department of Agriculture, Trade & Consumer Protection (DATCP) to establish annual sales mandates of nearly 30% ethanol. (MORE)
WI Close to Financial Colapse
These 10 states may be closest to financial collapse - Read Article
Wisconsin – Budget shortfall: 23.2%"Wisconsin'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."
Black Columbia Professor Sucker Punches White Woman In Face Over "White Privilege"
A prominent Columbia architecture professor punched a female university employee in the face at a Harlem bar during a heated argument about race relations, cops said yesterday.
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Gamaliel in WI
MULLING CHANGE WITH A YOUNG OBAMA IN SPRING GREEN
For the past 29 years, [John] McKnight has split his time between Chicago -- where he is a retired professor of communications studies at Northwestern University -- and a house he owns in rural Spring Green. McKnight was a co-founder of the Gamaliel Foundation in Chicago in 1969. A national training program for community organizers, the foundation initially fought to protect African-American homeowners on Chicago's west side from discrimination by banks and lenders.
It was named after a mentor of the apostle Paul from Christian scripture, which was also a point of reference for the legendary Saul Alinsky, who began community organizing in Chicago in 1938 with the Back of the Yards Community Council in the city's stockyards. McKnight remains a board member of Gamaliel, which now has about 50 affiliates in many states. Obama, the 44th president of the United States, was director of a Gamaliel affiliate called the Developing Communities Project on Chicago's south side from June 1985 to May 1988. It was during those years that Obama came to Spring Green.
Obama Makes Polygamy a 21st Century Issue
No sooner had we celebrated the exit of Barack Obama's Green Jobs Czar, Van Jones, because of his Communist connections, another off-the-wall Administration embarrassment surfaced. President Obama nominated for commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) a woman who signed a radical manifesto endorsing polygamy. We thought our nation had settled the polygamy issue a century and a half ago, but this nomination makes it a 21st century controversy. Obama's nominee for the EEOC, a lesbian law-school professor named Chai R. Feldblum, signed a 2006 manifesto endorsing polygamous households (i.e., "in which there is more than one conjugal partner").
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Friday, November 6, 2009
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Monday, November 2, 2009
Planned Parenthood Director Leaves, Has Change of Heart
Planned Parenthood Director Leaves, Has Change of Heart
Planned Parenthood has been a part of Abby Johnson's life for the past eight years; that is until last month, when Abby resigned. Johnson said she realized she wanted to leave, after watching an ultrasound of an abortion procedure. "I just thought I can't do this anymore, and it was just like a flash that hit me and I thought that's it," said Jonhson.
She handed in her resignation October 6. Johnson worked as the Bryan Planned Parenthood Director for two years.
According to Johnson, the non-profit was struggling under the weight of a tough economy, and changing it's business model from one that pushed prevention, to one that focused on abortion.
"It seemed like maybe that's not what a lot of people were believing any more because that's not where the money was. The money wasn't in family planning, the money wasn't in prevention, the money was in abortion and so I had a problem with that," said Johnson.
Johnson said she was told to bring in more women who wanted abortions, something the Episcopalian church goer recently became convicted about. "I feel so pure in heart (since leaving). I don't have this guilt, I don't have this burden on me anymore that's how I know this conversion was a spiritual conversion."
Planned Parenthood has been a part of Abby Johnson's life for the past eight years; that is until last month, when Abby resigned. Johnson said she realized she wanted to leave, after watching an ultrasound of an abortion procedure. "I just thought I can't do this anymore, and it was just like a flash that hit me and I thought that's it," said Jonhson.
She handed in her resignation October 6. Johnson worked as the Bryan Planned Parenthood Director for two years.
According to Johnson, the non-profit was struggling under the weight of a tough economy, and changing it's business model from one that pushed prevention, to one that focused on abortion.
"It seemed like maybe that's not what a lot of people were believing any more because that's not where the money was. The money wasn't in family planning, the money wasn't in prevention, the money was in abortion and so I had a problem with that," said Johnson.
Johnson said she was told to bring in more women who wanted abortions, something the Episcopalian church goer recently became convicted about. "I feel so pure in heart (since leaving). I don't have this guilt, I don't have this burden on me anymore that's how I know this conversion was a spiritual conversion."
Friday, October 30, 2009
Planned Parenthood and FAIR WI Working Together
***FAIR WI ACTION ALERT*** (The Primary Organization that Worked to Defeat the Marriage Amendment)
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The Wisconsin State Assembly is poised to vote on the Healthy Youth Act next Tuesday, and they need to hear from you.
This groundbreaking bill requires schools that teach sex education to do so in a responsible, comprehensive manner that includes information about sexuality, abstinence and birth control to prevent teen pregnancies, and STDs including HIV/AIDS.
This piece of legislation not only requires that class materials are not biased towards sexual orientation, but also will ensure that LGBT [Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender] youth receive sexuality education that is medically accurate and includes information about reducing risk behaviors.
Fair Wisconsin believes that it is only through comprehensive and medically accurate sex education that our youth will learn the lessons necessary to reduce their risk, stay healthy and build a safe learning environment and community.
That’s why Fair Wisconsin has joined Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin and the Health Youth Coalition to educate our legislators about the need for this critical legislation and its impact on the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.
But we can’t pass this legislation with out you. Contact your Representative and urge them to pass the Healthy Youth Act TODAY!
http://eqfed.org/ct/4d_ZIlM1hSLf/
Thanks for all you do,
Katie Belanger
Executive Director
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The Wisconsin State Assembly is poised to vote on the Healthy Youth Act next Tuesday, and they need to hear from you.
This groundbreaking bill requires schools that teach sex education to do so in a responsible, comprehensive manner that includes information about sexuality, abstinence and birth control to prevent teen pregnancies, and STDs including HIV/AIDS.
This piece of legislation not only requires that class materials are not biased towards sexual orientation, but also will ensure that LGBT [Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender] youth receive sexuality education that is medically accurate and includes information about reducing risk behaviors.
Fair Wisconsin believes that it is only through comprehensive and medically accurate sex education that our youth will learn the lessons necessary to reduce their risk, stay healthy and build a safe learning environment and community.
That’s why Fair Wisconsin has joined Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin and the Health Youth Coalition to educate our legislators about the need for this critical legislation and its impact on the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.
But we can’t pass this legislation with out you. Contact your Representative and urge them to pass the Healthy Youth Act TODAY!
http://eqfed.org/ct/4d_ZIlM1hSLf/
Thanks for all you do,
Katie Belanger
Executive Director
ACTION ALERT!
1. Take Action - Contact your State Senator and State Representative tell them to OPPOSE SB324 and AB458. Then contact Gov. Doyle and tell him to oppose both bills -governor@wisconsin.gov or 608-266-1212
BOTH Republicans and Democrats need you to contact them!
The Assembly will be voting on AB458 on Tuesday, November 3, 2009. The Senate Committee on Education will vote on SB324 soon! Be honest, do not be afraid to speak the truth and speak from your heart. Ask what your representative's position is on the bill. Depending on how you feel led, do not hesitate to ask to meet with your state legislators on this issue to share your views face-to-face or ask that they personally return your call. Remember, they are elected to represent you in the Legislature. If you are uncomfortable doing this alone, gather your friends and ask your legislator and senator to meet with all of you together.
2. Spread the Word - Tell EVERYONE YOU KNOW TO OPPOSE THESE BILLS!
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The Un-Healthy Youth Act (AB458/SB324) –MUST BE STOPPED IN ITS TRACKS.
1.If a school district decides to teach human growth and development, right now Wisconsin law requires teaching the benefits of marriage. The Un-Healthy Youth Act deletes this requirement under Section 118.019(2m) from Wisconsin law.
2. Currently, school districts can teach abstinence-centered instruction. The Un-Healthy Youth Act will not let school districts teach abstinence without teaching condom and contraceptive use. (page 4, lines 14 to page 5 line 24)
3. Current law does not require homosexuality instruction. The Un-Healthy Youth Act requires instruction to not have a bias regarding sexual orientation/homosexuality or having sex before marriage. Therefore, any instruction that says homosexuality or sex before marriage is considered morally wrong would not be allowed under The Un-Healthy Youth Act. (page 5, lines 17-19)
4. Current law would prohibit a Planned Parenthood nurse from participating in the state’s Volunteer Health Provider Program. The Un-Healthy Youth Act would allow someone from Planned Parenthood to participate in the program. By becoming a participant of this program, the Planned Parenthood provider becomes an agent of the state. Therefore, if a parent would sue a Planned Parenthood school nurse for any morally objectionable "service or education", taxpayer’s dollars would be spent to defend the Planned Parenthood nurse. (page 7, lines 4 and 5)
Current Wisconsin Law 118.019 – Human Growth and Development
BOTH Republicans and Democrats need you to contact them!
The Assembly will be voting on AB458 on Tuesday, November 3, 2009. The Senate Committee on Education will vote on SB324 soon! Be honest, do not be afraid to speak the truth and speak from your heart. Ask what your representative's position is on the bill. Depending on how you feel led, do not hesitate to ask to meet with your state legislators on this issue to share your views face-to-face or ask that they personally return your call. Remember, they are elected to represent you in the Legislature. If you are uncomfortable doing this alone, gather your friends and ask your legislator and senator to meet with all of you together.
2. Spread the Word - Tell EVERYONE YOU KNOW TO OPPOSE THESE BILLS!
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The Un-Healthy Youth Act (AB458/SB324) –MUST BE STOPPED IN ITS TRACKS.
1.If a school district decides to teach human growth and development, right now Wisconsin law requires teaching the benefits of marriage. The Un-Healthy Youth Act deletes this requirement under Section 118.019(2m) from Wisconsin law.
2. Currently, school districts can teach abstinence-centered instruction. The Un-Healthy Youth Act will not let school districts teach abstinence without teaching condom and contraceptive use. (page 4, lines 14 to page 5 line 24)
3. Current law does not require homosexuality instruction. The Un-Healthy Youth Act requires instruction to not have a bias regarding sexual orientation/homosexuality or having sex before marriage. Therefore, any instruction that says homosexuality or sex before marriage is considered morally wrong would not be allowed under The Un-Healthy Youth Act. (page 5, lines 17-19)
4. Current law would prohibit a Planned Parenthood nurse from participating in the state’s Volunteer Health Provider Program. The Un-Healthy Youth Act would allow someone from Planned Parenthood to participate in the program. By becoming a participant of this program, the Planned Parenthood provider becomes an agent of the state. Therefore, if a parent would sue a Planned Parenthood school nurse for any morally objectionable "service or education", taxpayer’s dollars would be spent to defend the Planned Parenthood nurse. (page 7, lines 4 and 5)
Current Wisconsin Law 118.019 – Human Growth and Development
Catholics - Boycott the CCHD
Reform the Catholic Campaign for Human Development
Powerful Research on the CCHD - It Funds the Radical Left and Community Organizers
Powerful Research on the CCHD - It Funds the Radical Left and Community Organizers
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
HPV Vaccine Battle
Merck Researcher Admits: Gardasil Guards Against Almost Nothing
Women in Government are pushing nationally for the HPV vaccine mandate
The company had been funneling money through an advocacy group, Women in Government.
WIG - Upcoming Summit
Internet Czar Susan Crawford will RESIGN!!!
Phil Kerpen Podcast
Washington Post: Obama tech adviser Susan Crawford plans departure
Crawford, known as a proponent of controversial net neutrality rules, has been on temporary leave from the university to serve in the White House. That sabbatical, which began two months after she received tenure at the University of Michigan, will end in January.
Washington Post: Obama tech adviser Susan Crawford plans departure
Crawford, known as a proponent of controversial net neutrality rules, has been on temporary leave from the university to serve in the White House. That sabbatical, which began two months after she received tenure at the University of Michigan, will end in January.
Monday, October 26, 2009
* URGENT * - PLANNED PARENTHOOD SEX ED BILL ON THE FAST TRACK THROUGH STATE LEGISLATURE
Pro-Family Advocates are Needed Thursday to Attend Public Hearing on the Senate Version of the Planned Parenthood Sex Ed Bill - Senate Bill 324.
Senate Education Committee - Public Hearing Notice
Thursday, October 29, 2009 9:30 AM, 201 Southeast - State Capitol
Planned Parenthood Sex Ed Bill - Senate Bill 324 (Companion Bill to Assembly Bill 458) Senate Education Committee Members Contact Information - (4 NO Votes needed to stop this Anti-Family Bill)
Tomorrow (10-27-09), the Assembly Education Committee will be VOTING on Assembly Bill 458. 7 NO Votes are needed to stop this Anti-Family Bill in Committee
Assembly Education Committee Members Contact Information
Assembly Bill 458 - actual text
Memos from Pro-Family Organizations:
1) Pro-Life Wisconsin
2) Wisconsin Family Action
3) Wisconsin Right to Life
Key Concerns With Planned Parenthood’s School-Based Sex Ed Bill:
Background Concerns:
1) Planned Parenthood, again the state’s largest abortion provider is fully supporting Assembly Bill 458 that would apply to Kindergarten to 12th Grade.
Planned Parenthood’s 2009 Legislative Agenda
2) The two main authors of the bill, Senator Lena Taylor (D-Milwaukee) and Representative Tamara Grigsby (D-Milwaukee) were endorsed by Planned Parenthood. (If you will recall from the 2007-08 Session, these were the same two legislators who tried to mandate the controversy-ridden HPV(e.g. Gardasil) vaccine for all of Wisconsin’s little 6th grade girls in public and private schools. Fortunately, a group of mothers and grandmothers was able to inject common sense into the State Capitol and stop that offensive bill last Session.)
3) The more sexually active youth there are in this state, means increased revenue for groups like Planned Parenthood. Last year, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin received $12.1 MILLION of our state and federal tax dollars from such programs as Title V, Title X, BadgerCare and the Family Planning Waiver.
4) Wis. Statute 948.02(2) states that it is a Class C Felony for anyone to have sexual contact or engage in sexual intercourse with a person less than 16 years of age. The penalty for this offense is “a fine of up to $100,000 or imprisonment up to 40 years or both.”
5) Teens can be placed on Wisconsin’s Sex Offender Registry.
6) 17 year olds are charged as adults for most crimes in Wisconsin.
Specific Parents’ Rights Concerns
1) Eliminates Abstinence-Centered instruction in Wisconsin and replaces it with Planned Parenthood-style Sex Ed.
2) (Page 4 – Lines 2-12) - Allowing Planned Parenthood to define key terms such as “Medically Accurate Information” and “Age Appropriate” in our state statutes is a very
dangerous practice – for teens, parents, and taxpayers.
3) (Page 4 – Lines 14-15) – applies to grades Kindergarten to 12. After reviewing Planned Parenthood’s offensive website for teens, imagine what type of instruction Planned Parenthood would design for 5 year olds.
4) (Page 5 – line 18) - will promote homosexuality to captive teen audiences.
5) (Page 5 – Line 19) - will place a stamp of approval on teen promiscuity and place abstinence supporters holding Christian values in a less than favorable position in the classroom.
6) (Page 3, Lines 2-5) – mandates the state to apply for federal tax dollars to fund Planned Parenthood-style teen pregnancy programs. Is this the prelude to
establishing taxpayer-funded sex clinics in Wisconsin ’s schools?
7) (Page 5 – Lines 23-24) – will force the promotion of counseling by various entities – some of which may not be family friendly. What is Planned Parenthood’s definition of “violent relationship?” Are parents creating a “violent relationship” by not allowing their 15 year old daughter to visit a Planned Parenthood clinic? Would you trust your family’s safety to our politically correct legal and social services system?
8) (Page 4, Line 11) – recognizes the American Medical Association “as a leading professional organization.” A large segment of the public does not realize that only 20% of all medical doctors in the entire US maintain membership in the American Medical Association. Embracing extreme liberal views as the AMA has in the last decade likely explains the lack of full support by members of the medical community.
American Medical Association overhauls its image in new marketing effort.
AMA: Membership Bounces Back Slightly
9) (Page 4, Lines 2-12) - usurps local control. Parents and locally-elected school board members know how best to serve the needs of their community without Planned Parenthood’s influence.
10) (Page 7, Lines 2-4) - also puts sex health volunteers under the volunteer health provider category in the state statutes, which exempts them from liability. This means that Planned Parenthood’s classroom marketing personnel would be entitled to receive legal coverage from a taxpayer-funded lawyer should any teens be harmed and parents file a lawsuit. Imagine tax dollars paying Planned Parenthood's legal bills.
Senate Education Committee - Public Hearing Notice
Thursday, October 29, 2009 9:30 AM, 201 Southeast - State Capitol
Planned Parenthood Sex Ed Bill - Senate Bill 324 (Companion Bill to Assembly Bill 458) Senate Education Committee Members Contact Information - (4 NO Votes needed to stop this Anti-Family Bill)
Tomorrow (10-27-09), the Assembly Education Committee will be VOTING on Assembly Bill 458. 7 NO Votes are needed to stop this Anti-Family Bill in Committee
Assembly Education Committee Members Contact Information
Assembly Bill 458 - actual text
Memos from Pro-Family Organizations:
1) Pro-Life Wisconsin
2) Wisconsin Family Action
3) Wisconsin Right to Life
Key Concerns With Planned Parenthood’s School-Based Sex Ed Bill:
Background Concerns:
1) Planned Parenthood, again the state’s largest abortion provider is fully supporting Assembly Bill 458 that would apply to Kindergarten to 12th Grade.
Planned Parenthood’s 2009 Legislative Agenda
2) The two main authors of the bill, Senator Lena Taylor (D-Milwaukee) and Representative Tamara Grigsby (D-Milwaukee) were endorsed by Planned Parenthood. (If you will recall from the 2007-08 Session, these were the same two legislators who tried to mandate the controversy-ridden HPV(e.g. Gardasil) vaccine for all of Wisconsin’s little 6th grade girls in public and private schools. Fortunately, a group of mothers and grandmothers was able to inject common sense into the State Capitol and stop that offensive bill last Session.)
3) The more sexually active youth there are in this state, means increased revenue for groups like Planned Parenthood. Last year, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin received $12.1 MILLION of our state and federal tax dollars from such programs as Title V, Title X, BadgerCare and the Family Planning Waiver.
4) Wis. Statute 948.02(2) states that it is a Class C Felony for anyone to have sexual contact or engage in sexual intercourse with a person less than 16 years of age. The penalty for this offense is “a fine of up to $100,000 or imprisonment up to 40 years or both.”
5) Teens can be placed on Wisconsin’s Sex Offender Registry.
6) 17 year olds are charged as adults for most crimes in Wisconsin.
Specific Parents’ Rights Concerns
1) Eliminates Abstinence-Centered instruction in Wisconsin and replaces it with Planned Parenthood-style Sex Ed.
2) (Page 4 – Lines 2-12) - Allowing Planned Parenthood to define key terms such as “Medically Accurate Information” and “Age Appropriate” in our state statutes is a very
dangerous practice – for teens, parents, and taxpayers.
3) (Page 4 – Lines 14-15) – applies to grades Kindergarten to 12. After reviewing Planned Parenthood’s offensive website for teens, imagine what type of instruction Planned Parenthood would design for 5 year olds.
4) (Page 5 – line 18) - will promote homosexuality to captive teen audiences.
5) (Page 5 – Line 19) - will place a stamp of approval on teen promiscuity and place abstinence supporters holding Christian values in a less than favorable position in the classroom.
6) (Page 3, Lines 2-5) – mandates the state to apply for federal tax dollars to fund Planned Parenthood-style teen pregnancy programs. Is this the prelude to
establishing taxpayer-funded sex clinics in Wisconsin ’s schools?
7) (Page 5 – Lines 23-24) – will force the promotion of counseling by various entities – some of which may not be family friendly. What is Planned Parenthood’s definition of “violent relationship?” Are parents creating a “violent relationship” by not allowing their 15 year old daughter to visit a Planned Parenthood clinic? Would you trust your family’s safety to our politically correct legal and social services system?
8) (Page 4, Line 11) – recognizes the American Medical Association “as a leading professional organization.” A large segment of the public does not realize that only 20% of all medical doctors in the entire US maintain membership in the American Medical Association. Embracing extreme liberal views as the AMA has in the last decade likely explains the lack of full support by members of the medical community.
American Medical Association overhauls its image in new marketing effort.
AMA: Membership Bounces Back Slightly
9) (Page 4, Lines 2-12) - usurps local control. Parents and locally-elected school board members know how best to serve the needs of their community without Planned Parenthood’s influence.
10) (Page 7, Lines 2-4) - also puts sex health volunteers under the volunteer health provider category in the state statutes, which exempts them from liability. This means that Planned Parenthood’s classroom marketing personnel would be entitled to receive legal coverage from a taxpayer-funded lawyer should any teens be harmed and parents file a lawsuit. Imagine tax dollars paying Planned Parenthood's legal bills.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Friday, October 23, 2009
Obama is Poised to Cede US Sovereignty
On October 14, Lord Christopher Monckton gave a presentation in St. Paul, MN on the subject of global warming. In this 4-minute excerpt from his speech, he issues a dire warning to all Americans regarding the United Nations Climate Change Treaty that is scheduled to be signed in Copenhagen in December 2009.
CONTACT THE WHITEHOUSE IMMEDIATELY!
http://www.globalclimatescam.com/
Full Video
CONTACT THE WHITEHOUSE IMMEDIATELY!
http://www.globalclimatescam.com/
Full Video
Ronald Reagan (1961) Warns About Socialized Medicine
KEEP UP THE FIGHT - THEY ARE TRYING TO SHOVE IT DOWN OUR THROATS!
CONTACT YOUR CONGRESSMEN NOW! Senate House
Tell Congress to Vote "NO" on "thought crimes" Bill
American Family Association - Action Alert
So-called "hate crimes" laws are really laws that criminalize thought, because they punish an individual not for what he did but for what he thought.
So-called "hate crimes" laws are really laws that criminalize thought, because they punish an individual not for what he did but for what he thought.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
United Families International
Website
US Radification of CEDAW: Worldwide Impact - The United Nations treaty for women - called the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) should not be ratified. The United States of America is one of the few countries of the world that has not ratified this treaty. By so doing other countries resist ratification protecting untold numbers of families around the world from the affects of this treaty. Unfortunately, due to the new US administration's support of the treaty, CEDAW is once again passing through the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and on its way to the Senate floor for ratification. Your support is needed in stopping this international treaty from becoming national law.
CEDAW Background - CEDAW was first sent to the U.S. for ratification during the Carter administration and has since reappeared numerous times in the Senate. The last unsuccessful attempt to ratify CEDAW was in 2002. During the debates in the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the committee added several RUDs-standing for reservations, understandings and declarations-that limited the scope of the convention in regards to abortion, paid maternity, and female military combat. Yet, some argued that these stipulations still exposed the government to too much external oversight and control, while others argued the stipulations undermined the intentions of the treaty. As a result, the treaty never reached the Senate floor for ratification. Now with the change of administration, a new attempt at ratification has begun again. Already approved in the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee, the treaty is now under discussion in the Senate Foreign Relations full committee, where Senator John Kerry, D-MA, seeks to strip the treaty of the stipulations established in 2002 and pass the treaty onto the Senate floor for ratification without any protection for U.S. sovereignty.
What is CEDAW - CEDAW is promoted as a tool to end abuses against women and girls, such as trafficking in women, sex-selective abortion, infanticide, domestic violence, genital mutilation and other acts of violence and discrimination against women. It works by requiring ratifying nations to file reports outlining how they are complying with the treaty. The reports are reviewed by 23 individuals elected by the states that have ratified the treaty. As the United States has refused to ratify the treaty, this committee consists of representatives of foreign governments. This committee provides guidelines to countries and enforces them through economic pressure or threat of international law. Radical women's rights advocates have used this treaty to push the passage and enforcement of laws in the countries that have ratified the treaty. In fact, according to Human Rights Brief, "some countries have incorporated provisions of the treaty directly into their national law, and courts have cited CEDAW in decisions ranging from requiring protection from domestic violence to enabling women to inherit property."
Dangers of CEDAW - The treaty poses an unseen, yet very real threat. Yes, many of the rights CEDAW promotes are central to the promotion of women's rights throughout the world. However, as with much UN legislation, the danger lies in how the treaty can and is being utilized by radical feminists. Rather than simply protecting unborn babies from sex-selective abortion, the treaty has been interpreted to give women of all ages the right to state-sanctioned, and funded, abortions. In other countries, the treaty, promoted as a stay against sex-trafficking, has been used to push for laws legalizing prostitution. Although designed to protect women's rights, it is being used to promote practices that directly undermine the importance of women in society and the traditional structures designed to protect them. The dangers of CEDAW, therefore, clearly outweigh the benefits. The United States already has laws in place to protect the women's rights outlined in the treaty. However, by ratifying the treaty, the U.S. subordinates the Constitution to international law and exposes us to oversight and regulation by an unaccountable UN committee with a radical agenda. The members of the CEDAW committee are given power and authority over treaty countries without an appeal process, subjecting all U.S. legislation to the CEDAW committee's radical agenda and loose interpretation of the treaty. This is a direct threat to U.S. sovereignty.
What you can do - The U.S. Senate must not ratify CEDAW! If the United States reverses its position and ratifies the treaty, the Constitution of the United States will be subordinate to the dictates of unaccountable international bureaucrats pursuing a radical feminist agenda without adding any additional protection for women around the world. International supporters of the family should raise their objections by letting the U.S. Government know that you do not support ratification of CEDAW. Please contact the U.S. Mission to the UN by emailing Ambassador Susan Rice at http://www.archive.usun.state.gov/Issues/contactus.htmlAmerican citizens should contact their senators to voice their opposition to ratification of this disastrous treaty. Contact them by clicking here and locating your senator.
Sincerely, United Families International
US Radification of CEDAW: Worldwide Impact - The United Nations treaty for women - called the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) should not be ratified. The United States of America is one of the few countries of the world that has not ratified this treaty. By so doing other countries resist ratification protecting untold numbers of families around the world from the affects of this treaty. Unfortunately, due to the new US administration's support of the treaty, CEDAW is once again passing through the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and on its way to the Senate floor for ratification. Your support is needed in stopping this international treaty from becoming national law.
CEDAW Background - CEDAW was first sent to the U.S. for ratification during the Carter administration and has since reappeared numerous times in the Senate. The last unsuccessful attempt to ratify CEDAW was in 2002. During the debates in the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the committee added several RUDs-standing for reservations, understandings and declarations-that limited the scope of the convention in regards to abortion, paid maternity, and female military combat. Yet, some argued that these stipulations still exposed the government to too much external oversight and control, while others argued the stipulations undermined the intentions of the treaty. As a result, the treaty never reached the Senate floor for ratification. Now with the change of administration, a new attempt at ratification has begun again. Already approved in the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee, the treaty is now under discussion in the Senate Foreign Relations full committee, where Senator John Kerry, D-MA, seeks to strip the treaty of the stipulations established in 2002 and pass the treaty onto the Senate floor for ratification without any protection for U.S. sovereignty.
What is CEDAW - CEDAW is promoted as a tool to end abuses against women and girls, such as trafficking in women, sex-selective abortion, infanticide, domestic violence, genital mutilation and other acts of violence and discrimination against women. It works by requiring ratifying nations to file reports outlining how they are complying with the treaty. The reports are reviewed by 23 individuals elected by the states that have ratified the treaty. As the United States has refused to ratify the treaty, this committee consists of representatives of foreign governments. This committee provides guidelines to countries and enforces them through economic pressure or threat of international law. Radical women's rights advocates have used this treaty to push the passage and enforcement of laws in the countries that have ratified the treaty. In fact, according to Human Rights Brief, "some countries have incorporated provisions of the treaty directly into their national law, and courts have cited CEDAW in decisions ranging from requiring protection from domestic violence to enabling women to inherit property."
Dangers of CEDAW - The treaty poses an unseen, yet very real threat. Yes, many of the rights CEDAW promotes are central to the promotion of women's rights throughout the world. However, as with much UN legislation, the danger lies in how the treaty can and is being utilized by radical feminists. Rather than simply protecting unborn babies from sex-selective abortion, the treaty has been interpreted to give women of all ages the right to state-sanctioned, and funded, abortions. In other countries, the treaty, promoted as a stay against sex-trafficking, has been used to push for laws legalizing prostitution. Although designed to protect women's rights, it is being used to promote practices that directly undermine the importance of women in society and the traditional structures designed to protect them. The dangers of CEDAW, therefore, clearly outweigh the benefits. The United States already has laws in place to protect the women's rights outlined in the treaty. However, by ratifying the treaty, the U.S. subordinates the Constitution to international law and exposes us to oversight and regulation by an unaccountable UN committee with a radical agenda. The members of the CEDAW committee are given power and authority over treaty countries without an appeal process, subjecting all U.S. legislation to the CEDAW committee's radical agenda and loose interpretation of the treaty. This is a direct threat to U.S. sovereignty.
What you can do - The U.S. Senate must not ratify CEDAW! If the United States reverses its position and ratifies the treaty, the Constitution of the United States will be subordinate to the dictates of unaccountable international bureaucrats pursuing a radical feminist agenda without adding any additional protection for women around the world. International supporters of the family should raise their objections by letting the U.S. Government know that you do not support ratification of CEDAW. Please contact the U.S. Mission to the UN by emailing Ambassador Susan Rice at http://www.archive.usun.state.gov/Issues/contactus.htmlAmerican citizens should contact their senators to voice their opposition to ratification of this disastrous treaty. Contact them by clicking here and locating your senator.
Sincerely, United Families International
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
***Alert*** Internet Free Speech to Be Taken Away
THIS THURSDAY the FCC will make a decision on "Net Neutrality" AKA: Anti-Free Speech - The push for a Washington takeover of the Internet is coming from the White House.
Here's what you can do to help: The FCC created a website at www.OpenInternet.gov where you can comment on government regulating the Internet under so-called net neutrality rules. The left has been flooding it with comments. Please take a moment to head over to www.OpenInternet.gov and click on "Join the Discussion" to make your voice heard for keeping the Internet in private hands.
OUR GOD GIVEN AND CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS ARE BEING TAKEN FROM US!
Must Watch Video:
Former UW-Madison Professor Robert W. McChesney and Free Press are going to get their wish.
Here's what you can do to help: The FCC created a website at www.OpenInternet.gov where you can comment on government regulating the Internet under so-called net neutrality rules. The left has been flooding it with comments. Please take a moment to head over to www.OpenInternet.gov and click on "Join the Discussion" to make your voice heard for keeping the Internet in private hands.
OUR GOD GIVEN AND CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS ARE BEING TAKEN FROM US!
Must Watch Video:
Former UW-Madison Professor Robert W. McChesney and Free Press are going to get their wish.
Heil Obama!
Who would have thought that the USA would actually get to this point.
EBAY <---- See it for yourself
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009
United Socialist of America
I recently had the pleasure of listening to Congressman Michele Bachmann speak and she pointed out that one year ago (Summer - 2008) the Federal government owned 0% (ZERO percent) of private businesses. Thanks to bailouts and stimulus dollars the Federal government now owns 30% (THIRTY percent) of private business in this country! Folks that makes us a socialist country. Scary.
"William Boyes, an economics professor at the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University, estimates that the government now owns or controls businesses that generate about one-third of U.S. economic activity. "
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"William Boyes, an economics professor at the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University, estimates that the government now owns or controls businesses that generate about one-third of U.S. economic activity. "
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Monday, October 19, 2009
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Church Leaders that Amnesty is NOT Religious Charity
Religion's Role in Government and Immigration Reform
Rep. Gutierrez Outlines Comprehensive Mass Amnesty Bill
Rep. Gutierrez Outlines Comprehensive Mass Amnesty Bill
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Monday, October 5, 2009
*ALERT* Public Hearing – Assembly Education Committee
Tuesday, October 6 - Room 417 North - 9 a.m.
on Planned Parenthood’s Big $$$$ Sex Ed Bill – AB458
Your Action is NEEDED!
1. Come to the public hearing and testify or register against the bill.
2. If you can’t make it submit written testimony to the Assembly Education Committee Members: Contact Info Ask that it be included in the committee record.
3. Contact your Representatives and Senators IMMEDIATELY!
Do you want Planned Parenthood-style Sex Ed taught in Wisconsin ’s schools with your tax dollars? Not familiar with Planned Parenthood’s message to teens? Check out PP’s Website for Kids. *CAUTION*
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin currently receives $11+ MILLION of YOUR tax dollars each year.
CURRENT Tax Dollars for Planned Parenthood
Title V - $744,617 plus contracts with counties
Tile X: $3.5 Million
Title XIX:
-BadgerCare $1.4 Million
-Family Planning Waiver $5.5 Million
Total PP Tax Dollars: $11.1 Million
Official Public Hearing Notice for ASSEMBLY BILL 458 – Planned Parenthood’s School-Based Sex Ed/Clinics Bill
AB 458 essentially constitutes a tax-payer funded bailout of Wisconsin ’s abortion industry, of which Planned Parenthood controls 75% of the abortion facilities.
Key Concerns With Planned Parenthood’s School-Based Sex Ed/Clinics Bill:
1. AB 458 will promote homosexuality to captive teen audiences.
2. AB 458 will place a stamp of approval on teen promiscuity and place abstinence supporters in a less than favorable position in the classroom.
3. This bill allowsPlanned Parenthood to define key terms such as “Medically Accurate information,” “violent relationships,” and “age appropriate” in our state statutes is a very dangerous practice – for teens and taxpayers. - Are parents who instruct their children against being sexually active creating a “violent relationship” under our politically correct legal and social services system?
4. AB 458 undermines local control. - Parents and locally-elected school board members know how best to serve the needs of their community without Planned Parenthood’s influence.
5. AB 458 also puts sex health volunteers under the volunteer health provider category, which exempts them from liability.
6. Parents will only be given limited access to instructional materials under AB 458. - Parents should never sit back and allow their authority to be undermined by groups like Planned Parenthood.
7. Specially note the section mandating the Department of Public Instruction to apply for federal birth control money. Is this the prelude to establishing taxpayer-funded sex clinics in Wisconsin ’s schools?
8. Planned Parenthood is fully supporting this bill that would apply to Kindergarten through 12th Grade.
9. The two main authors of the bill were endorsed by Planned Parenthood.
10. The more sexually active youth there are in this state, means increased revenue for groups like PP.
11. Why are we promoting illegal activity with taxpayer dollars???? - Wis. Statute 948.02(2) states that it is a Class C Felony for anyone to have sexual contact or engage in sexual intercourse with a person less than 16 years of age. The penalty for this offense is “a fine of up to $100,000 or imprisonment up to 40 years or both.” and Teens can be placed on Wisconsin ’s Sex Offender Registry. 17 year olds are charged as adults for most crimes in Wisconsin .
12. With only 17-20% of all medical doctors in the entire US maintaining membership in the American Medical Association because of the recent hijacking of the organization by the Radical Left, the AMA can now hardly be considered a mainline medical organization. (If you are aware of the AMA’s recent Opinion 385 attacking the conscience rights of pro-life medical personnel, please research this immediately.)
EDUCATION COMMITTEE MEMBERS – Contact Info
1. Representative Sondy Pope-Roberts (Chair) – Co-Sponsor of the Bill, Planned Parenthood Endorsed Candidate*
2. Representative Kristen Dexter (Vice-Chair)
3. Representative Steve Hilgenberg – Planned Parenthood-Endorsed Candidate*
4. Representative Christine Sinicki – Co-Sponsor of the Bill, Planned Parenthood Endorsed Candidate*
5. Representative Kim Hixson
6. Representative Jeff Smith – Planned Parenthood Endorsed Candidate*
7. Representative Peggy Krusick
8. Representative Mark Radcliff
9. Representative Brett Davis
10. Representative Steve Nass
11. Representative John Townsend
12. Representative Leah Vukmir
13. Representative John Nygren
PLANNED PARENTHOOD – Fall 2008 ELECTION ENDORSEMENT LIST
PLANNED PARENTHOOD 2009 LEGISLATIVE AGENDA
on Planned Parenthood’s Big $$$$ Sex Ed Bill – AB458
Your Action is NEEDED!
1. Come to the public hearing and testify or register against the bill.
2. If you can’t make it submit written testimony to the Assembly Education Committee Members: Contact Info Ask that it be included in the committee record.
3. Contact your Representatives and Senators IMMEDIATELY!
Do you want Planned Parenthood-style Sex Ed taught in Wisconsin ’s schools with your tax dollars? Not familiar with Planned Parenthood’s message to teens? Check out PP’s Website for Kids. *CAUTION*
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin currently receives $11+ MILLION of YOUR tax dollars each year.
CURRENT Tax Dollars for Planned Parenthood
Title V - $744,617 plus contracts with counties
Tile X: $3.5 Million
Title XIX:
-BadgerCare $1.4 Million
-Family Planning Waiver $5.5 Million
Total PP Tax Dollars: $11.1 Million
Official Public Hearing Notice for ASSEMBLY BILL 458 – Planned Parenthood’s School-Based Sex Ed/Clinics Bill
AB 458 essentially constitutes a tax-payer funded bailout of Wisconsin ’s abortion industry, of which Planned Parenthood controls 75% of the abortion facilities.
Key Concerns With Planned Parenthood’s School-Based Sex Ed/Clinics Bill:
1. AB 458 will promote homosexuality to captive teen audiences.
2. AB 458 will place a stamp of approval on teen promiscuity and place abstinence supporters in a less than favorable position in the classroom.
3. This bill allowsPlanned Parenthood to define key terms such as “Medically Accurate information,” “violent relationships,” and “age appropriate” in our state statutes is a very dangerous practice – for teens and taxpayers. - Are parents who instruct their children against being sexually active creating a “violent relationship” under our politically correct legal and social services system?
4. AB 458 undermines local control. - Parents and locally-elected school board members know how best to serve the needs of their community without Planned Parenthood’s influence.
5. AB 458 also puts sex health volunteers under the volunteer health provider category, which exempts them from liability.
6. Parents will only be given limited access to instructional materials under AB 458. - Parents should never sit back and allow their authority to be undermined by groups like Planned Parenthood.
7. Specially note the section mandating the Department of Public Instruction to apply for federal birth control money. Is this the prelude to establishing taxpayer-funded sex clinics in Wisconsin ’s schools?
8. Planned Parenthood is fully supporting this bill that would apply to Kindergarten through 12th Grade.
9. The two main authors of the bill were endorsed by Planned Parenthood.
10. The more sexually active youth there are in this state, means increased revenue for groups like PP.
11. Why are we promoting illegal activity with taxpayer dollars???? - Wis. Statute 948.02(2) states that it is a Class C Felony for anyone to have sexual contact or engage in sexual intercourse with a person less than 16 years of age. The penalty for this offense is “a fine of up to $100,000 or imprisonment up to 40 years or both.” and Teens can be placed on Wisconsin ’s Sex Offender Registry. 17 year olds are charged as adults for most crimes in Wisconsin .
12. With only 17-20% of all medical doctors in the entire US maintaining membership in the American Medical Association because of the recent hijacking of the organization by the Radical Left, the AMA can now hardly be considered a mainline medical organization. (If you are aware of the AMA’s recent Opinion 385 attacking the conscience rights of pro-life medical personnel, please research this immediately.)
EDUCATION COMMITTEE MEMBERS – Contact Info
1. Representative Sondy Pope-Roberts (Chair) – Co-Sponsor of the Bill, Planned Parenthood Endorsed Candidate*
2. Representative Kristen Dexter (Vice-Chair)
3. Representative Steve Hilgenberg – Planned Parenthood-Endorsed Candidate*
4. Representative Christine Sinicki – Co-Sponsor of the Bill, Planned Parenthood Endorsed Candidate*
5. Representative Kim Hixson
6. Representative Jeff Smith – Planned Parenthood Endorsed Candidate*
7. Representative Peggy Krusick
8. Representative Mark Radcliff
9. Representative Brett Davis
10. Representative Steve Nass
11. Representative John Townsend
12. Representative Leah Vukmir
13. Representative John Nygren
PLANNED PARENTHOOD – Fall 2008 ELECTION ENDORSEMENT LIST
PLANNED PARENTHOOD 2009 LEGISLATIVE AGENDA
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Final Vote on HeathCare *Your Action Needed*
From Eagle Forum <--Take Action
After two weeks of consideration and votes on amendments to the Baucus health care reform "concept" in the Senate Finance Committee, Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) has expressed his intention to get this bill to the floor for debate and a vote as quickly as possible. Although the committee markup has been completed, the final committee vote to advance the Baucus bill to the Senate floor is expected to occur next week on Tuesday, October 6th, and a floor debate and vote could happen soon after.
After two weeks of consideration and votes on amendments to the Baucus health care reform "concept" in the Senate Finance Committee, Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) has expressed his intention to get this bill to the floor for debate and a vote as quickly as possible. Although the committee markup has been completed, the final committee vote to advance the Baucus bill to the Senate floor is expected to occur next week on Tuesday, October 6th, and a floor debate and vote could happen soon after.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Violence Against Women Sham
(DO NOT FALL FOR THIS STUFF)
Introduced in Wisconsin
LRB 3061/1 - RE: COSPONSORSHIP OF THE WISCONSIN GENDER HATE CRIMES ACT
Parisi - I am introducing this legislation in order to address the epidemic of violence against women in our communities. The Wisconsin Gender Hate Crimes Act recognizes that violence which is disproportionately directed at women is particularly serious because it affects all women by promoting inequality. This legislation is simple and straight-forward: it provides prosecutors with an additional tool to charge a penalty enhancer if they believe a perpetrator was motivated by victim’s gender. This legislation has the support of the Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence and the Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault.
This bill provides an enhanced penalty for certain crimes if the person committing the crime intentionally selects the victim based on his or her belief or perception of the victim’s gender.
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Federal
From Eagle Forum:
VAWA transfers $1 billion a year of American taxpayer dollars into the hands of radical feminist organizations who use the funds to preach anti-marriage and anti-male ideology, to promote divorce, to corrupt the family court system, and to engage in anti-family political advocacy.
The Violence Against Women Act:
1. Encourages women to make false allegations and then petition for full child custody and a denial of fathers' rights to see their own children.
2. Promotes the unrestrained use of restraining orders, which family courts issue on the woman's say-so.
3. Assumes loose definitions of domestic violence that blur the difference between violent action and harmless marital tiffs and arguments.
4. VAWA-funded centers engage in political advocacy for feminist legislation such as the "must-arrest" and "no drop" laws even if there is no sign of violence and even if the women doesn't want the man arrested.
5. Allows the definition of "abuse" to include things like minor insults, irritations, criticizing, ignoring the victim's needs, jealousy, possessiveness, and facial expressions which occur in most marriages and relationships.
6. Funds the re-education of judges and law enforcement personnel to teach them feminist stereotypes about male abusers and female victims, how to game the system to empower women, and how to ride roughshod over the constitutional rights of men.
Introduced in Wisconsin
LRB 3061/1 - RE: COSPONSORSHIP OF THE WISCONSIN GENDER HATE CRIMES ACT
Parisi - I am introducing this legislation in order to address the epidemic of violence against women in our communities. The Wisconsin Gender Hate Crimes Act recognizes that violence which is disproportionately directed at women is particularly serious because it affects all women by promoting inequality. This legislation is simple and straight-forward: it provides prosecutors with an additional tool to charge a penalty enhancer if they believe a perpetrator was motivated by victim’s gender. This legislation has the support of the Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence and the Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault.
This bill provides an enhanced penalty for certain crimes if the person committing the crime intentionally selects the victim based on his or her belief or perception of the victim’s gender.
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Federal
From Eagle Forum:
VAWA transfers $1 billion a year of American taxpayer dollars into the hands of radical feminist organizations who use the funds to preach anti-marriage and anti-male ideology, to promote divorce, to corrupt the family court system, and to engage in anti-family political advocacy.
The Violence Against Women Act:
1. Encourages women to make false allegations and then petition for full child custody and a denial of fathers' rights to see their own children.
2. Promotes the unrestrained use of restraining orders, which family courts issue on the woman's say-so.
3. Assumes loose definitions of domestic violence that blur the difference between violent action and harmless marital tiffs and arguments.
4. VAWA-funded centers engage in political advocacy for feminist legislation such as the "must-arrest" and "no drop" laws even if there is no sign of violence and even if the women doesn't want the man arrested.
5. Allows the definition of "abuse" to include things like minor insults, irritations, criticizing, ignoring the victim's needs, jealousy, possessiveness, and facial expressions which occur in most marriages and relationships.
6. Funds the re-education of judges and law enforcement personnel to teach them feminist stereotypes about male abusers and female victims, how to game the system to empower women, and how to ride roughshod over the constitutional rights of men.
Dangers of Hepatitis B Vaccines
(Austin, Texas) - A new research study published today in a leading scientific journal, NeuroToxicology, found that a Hepatitis B vaccine containing the mercury-based preservative thimerosal caused significant delays in the acquisition of critical survival reflexes in newborn rhesus macaque monkeys.
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MUST SEE STORY (Milwaukee, WI):
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MUST SEE STORY (Milwaukee, WI):
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IRS Will Enforce Heathcare!
Read Alert Here
The Senate Finance Committee is set to resume its consideration of the health care plan outlined by Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) today. Those in the mainstream media and Senator Baucus himself have tried to market this supposedly "new" plan as a more moderate, bi-partisan compromise, however, no other members of the negotiating "Gang of Six," or any other U.S. Senator for that matter, was willing to stand beside Sen. Baucus when he unveiled his plan last week. Rasmussen reported yesterday that 56% of Americans now oppose ObamaCare. Even worse, the increasing list of defeated amendments in the Senate Finance committee is revealing the true intentions of the Baucus plan to be just as radical as H.R. 3200. Here are a few things you should know about the Baucus bill and what is developing in the Senate:
- The IRS will enforce the individual mandate. Like H.R. 3200, the Baucus bill requires every American (with the exception of a few groups, including illegal aliens and convicted felons) to purchase health insurance that complies with new federal standards by 2013. Those who fail to pay the penalty-which could be up to $1,900 for each individual-for not having health insurance will face legal action from the IRS and will be subject to the same financial penalties as those who evade paying their federal income taxes. Thanks to aggressive questioning by Sen. Ensign (R-NV) last week to inquire how these provisions would be enforced, the Joint Committee on Taxation confirmed via handwritten letter that the IRS would take you to court and undertake normal collection proceedings. The Committee made sure to bring Section 7203 of the U.S. tax code to Sen. Ensign's attention:
"If there is a willful failure to file, pay, or maintain appropriate records and the like [...] the taxpayer may be charged with a misdemeanor with a penalty of up to $25,000 and not more than one year in jail. Felony tax evasion provides for restitution and a fine of up to $100,000 for an individual and up to five years in jail."
The Senate Finance Committee is set to resume its consideration of the health care plan outlined by Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) today. Those in the mainstream media and Senator Baucus himself have tried to market this supposedly "new" plan as a more moderate, bi-partisan compromise, however, no other members of the negotiating "Gang of Six," or any other U.S. Senator for that matter, was willing to stand beside Sen. Baucus when he unveiled his plan last week. Rasmussen reported yesterday that 56% of Americans now oppose ObamaCare. Even worse, the increasing list of defeated amendments in the Senate Finance committee is revealing the true intentions of the Baucus plan to be just as radical as H.R. 3200. Here are a few things you should know about the Baucus bill and what is developing in the Senate:
- The IRS will enforce the individual mandate. Like H.R. 3200, the Baucus bill requires every American (with the exception of a few groups, including illegal aliens and convicted felons) to purchase health insurance that complies with new federal standards by 2013. Those who fail to pay the penalty-which could be up to $1,900 for each individual-for not having health insurance will face legal action from the IRS and will be subject to the same financial penalties as those who evade paying their federal income taxes. Thanks to aggressive questioning by Sen. Ensign (R-NV) last week to inquire how these provisions would be enforced, the Joint Committee on Taxation confirmed via handwritten letter that the IRS would take you to court and undertake normal collection proceedings. The Committee made sure to bring Section 7203 of the U.S. tax code to Sen. Ensign's attention:
"If there is a willful failure to file, pay, or maintain appropriate records and the like [...] the taxpayer may be charged with a misdemeanor with a penalty of up to $25,000 and not more than one year in jail. Felony tax evasion provides for restitution and a fine of up to $100,000 for an individual and up to five years in jail."
Federal Attack on Parents and Children
Please see the alert below from the Home School Legal Defense Association about H.R. 3221, the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009. As the alert notes, in addition to practically eliminating the private student loan market, the bill will:
1. Create federal funding for state early education programs for children from birth to 5 years old, allowing government officials to make parenting decisions for children in these programs.
2. Allow states to use the funds to create mandatory early education programs, since the bill does not require that the programs be voluntary.
3. Give states an economic incentive to increase the number of children in early education programs, and may pressure families to enroll their children in these programs.
4. Greatly increase the size and scope of the federal government’s involvement in education.
1. Create federal funding for state early education programs for children from birth to 5 years old, allowing government officials to make parenting decisions for children in these programs.
2. Allow states to use the funds to create mandatory early education programs, since the bill does not require that the programs be voluntary.
3. Give states an economic incentive to increase the number of children in early education programs, and may pressure families to enroll their children in these programs.
4. Greatly increase the size and scope of the federal government’s involvement in education.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Radical Isl am on the March
DO NOT FEAR! EDUCATE YOURSELF AND STAND UP FOR TRUTH!
You better educated yourself on Shar ia Law
..Top ten reasons why sharia is bad for all societies
..in Canada and America
..in American Courts
..in Nigeria
..in Minnesota 2007 and 2007 and mortgages
..in Europe
Books
In Our Backyard
Videos
New Documentary Unveils Rad ical Isla m
Obsession
Other
Prayer in D.C.
Walid Shoebat
ACT For America
Honor Killings
You better educated yourself on Shar ia Law
..Top ten reasons why sharia is bad for all societies
..in Canada and America
..in American Courts
..in Nigeria
..in Minnesota 2007 and 2007 and mortgages
..in Europe
Books
In Our Backyard
Videos
New Documentary Unveils Rad ical Isla m
Obsession
Other
Prayer in D.C.
Walid Shoebat
ACT For America
Honor Killings
Liberal Left Retaliation
From a reliable source...
Warning! The Liberal Left is trying to ensnare you!!!!
As some of you may have recently seen, employees of ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) have been captured on tape showing others how to break the law. Congress has initiated action to shut off millions of public dollars currently given to the organization, and many other government agencies have severed ties with them.
The Liberal Left, instead of condemning these illegal and immoral actions, wants to retaliate by showing that it’s no big deal because “everybody does it.” We have received very credible intelligence that they are now planning their own undercover “sting” operations targeted against conservative political and religious groups and leaders.
Their plan is simple – they will offer large donations to a variety of our conservative organizations, but with an additional offer to line the pockets of an employee. (For example, they may offer to donate $20,000 to the organization and $5,000 directly to the pastor or organizational leader.) We believe that our organizations are above reproach and not susceptible to such unethical offers, but because of the politeness we regularly express even to those who stridently disagree with us, there exists a potentially unintended negative consequence.
It’s not just about refusing their offer; it is about how the refusal is done. Immediate outrage must be expressed to any unethical offers. If there is a lack of moral indignation or even a slow response at the shady suggestion, they intend to edit the video or audio to show corruption on the part of our religious and conservative organizations by “documenting” a willingness to accept personal gain. If they succeed, they will be able to claim a moral equivalency between the corrupt organizations of the Left and conservative political and religious organizations.
Please be on alert for this deceptive tactic; and if this (or any similar) offer is made, be sure to strongly express your refusal and indignation. Remember it only takes one weak response to put your organization in the headlines as apparently being morally and ethically corrupt (which will also potentially taint the entire conservative political and religious community). Please pass this information along to those in your organization as well as to any other groups or individuals that you can envision as being targets of these tactics.
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¨ Be wise as serpents and harmless as doves. Matthew 10:16
¨ Your enemy prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 1 Peter 5:8
¨ We don't want to unwittingly give Satan an opening for yet more mischief – we're not oblivious to his sly ways! 2 Corinthians 2:11 (The Message)
Warning! The Liberal Left is trying to ensnare you!!!!
As some of you may have recently seen, employees of ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) have been captured on tape showing others how to break the law. Congress has initiated action to shut off millions of public dollars currently given to the organization, and many other government agencies have severed ties with them.
The Liberal Left, instead of condemning these illegal and immoral actions, wants to retaliate by showing that it’s no big deal because “everybody does it.” We have received very credible intelligence that they are now planning their own undercover “sting” operations targeted against conservative political and religious groups and leaders.
Their plan is simple – they will offer large donations to a variety of our conservative organizations, but with an additional offer to line the pockets of an employee. (For example, they may offer to donate $20,000 to the organization and $5,000 directly to the pastor or organizational leader.) We believe that our organizations are above reproach and not susceptible to such unethical offers, but because of the politeness we regularly express even to those who stridently disagree with us, there exists a potentially unintended negative consequence.
It’s not just about refusing their offer; it is about how the refusal is done. Immediate outrage must be expressed to any unethical offers. If there is a lack of moral indignation or even a slow response at the shady suggestion, they intend to edit the video or audio to show corruption on the part of our religious and conservative organizations by “documenting” a willingness to accept personal gain. If they succeed, they will be able to claim a moral equivalency between the corrupt organizations of the Left and conservative political and religious organizations.
Please be on alert for this deceptive tactic; and if this (or any similar) offer is made, be sure to strongly express your refusal and indignation. Remember it only takes one weak response to put your organization in the headlines as apparently being morally and ethically corrupt (which will also potentially taint the entire conservative political and religious community). Please pass this information along to those in your organization as well as to any other groups or individuals that you can envision as being targets of these tactics.
— — — ¨ ¨ ¨ — — —
¨ Be wise as serpents and harmless as doves. Matthew 10:16
¨ Your enemy prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 1 Peter 5:8
¨ We don't want to unwittingly give Satan an opening for yet more mischief – we're not oblivious to his sly ways! 2 Corinthians 2:11 (The Message)
Monday, September 28, 2009
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Training Kids to Be Obama's Servants - by Phyllis Schlafly
A significant part of Barack Obama's plan to "change" America involves having the federal government take control of public school curriculum, plus compiling a database of personal information about each student. The takeover is planned to be accomplished by talking directly to the kids in their schools, and by attaching extraordinary strings to the $128 billion of Stimulus funds shoveled into education.
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Send Pink Slips to Congress
Send a Pink Slip
You can send these pink slips with a warning that they'll be getting a real one in November 2010 with the mid-term elections unless they stand against (1) the government takeover of health care, (2) cap-and-trade, (3) hate crimes, and (4) any spending that expand the national debt.
You can send these pink slips with a warning that they'll be getting a real one in November 2010 with the mid-term elections unless they stand against (1) the government takeover of health care, (2) cap-and-trade, (3) hate crimes, and (4) any spending that expand the national debt.
Friday, September 25, 2009
Kids Taught to Praise Obama
This was filmed at the B. Bernice Young Elementary School in Burlington, NJ and uploaded on June 19, 2009.
Glenn Beck
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
ENDA: Threatens Christians & Business Owners
TODAY! The House Committee on Education and Labor will hold a hearing on H.R. 3017, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), an LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) bill that will be a nightmare for business owners in general and a denial of First Amendment rights for Christian business owners. The hearing begins at 10 a.m. EST and will be webcast. Watch it!
ENDA is designed to get homosexuals, bisexuals, cross-dressers, and transsexuals added to the list of federally-protected minorities. If this is accomplished, the LGBT agenda will be imposed on businesses, local, state and federal governments, including public schools, Christian day care centers and camps, plus many other Christian entities, including religious broadcasters, etc. It will affect any business with more than 15 employees.
ENDA is designed to get homosexuals, bisexuals, cross-dressers, and transsexuals added to the list of federally-protected minorities. If this is accomplished, the LGBT agenda will be imposed on businesses, local, state and federal governments, including public schools, Christian day care centers and camps, plus many other Christian entities, including religious broadcasters, etc. It will affect any business with more than 15 employees.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
*Legislative Alert* Vote on Mandatory 5-K
Today the WI State Senate will vote on Senate Bill 89 - making 5 year-old kindergarten mandatory. The Assembly version already passed in the Assembly. Contact your WI State Senator and tell him/her to oppose this bill!
This bill is anti-parents rights and anti-school choice. Your child could write, read and be a sonnet composing prodigy. But if they haven’t attended 5-K they can be denied admittance to first grade. THIS IS A LEAD INTO MANDATORY 4-K!
SB89
AB119 (companion bill the passed the Assembly)
While the bill purports to make these programs optional, history shows us that there will be subsequent pressure to make them mandatory, universal, and funded with taxpayer dollars. Many education experts have concluded that beginning a child’s formal education too early may actually result in burnout and poor scholastic performance later. Lowering the compulsory attendance age erodes the authority of parents who are in the best position to determine when their child’s formal education should begin. Another significant impact of expanding the compulsory attendance age would be an inevitable tax increase to pay for more classroom space and teachers to accommodate the additional students compelled to attend public schools. When California raised the age of compulsory attendance, unwilling students were so disruptive that new schools had to be built just to handle them and their behavior problems, all at the expense of the taxpayer. - HSLDA
Other Links:
WEAC SUPPORTS THE BILL
Compulsory Attendance Age Legislation
Boots and Sabers
Clinton's Hostile Preschool Takeover
Hillary Clinton Indoctrination
Reason Foundation
This bill is anti-parents rights and anti-school choice. Your child could write, read and be a sonnet composing prodigy. But if they haven’t attended 5-K they can be denied admittance to first grade. THIS IS A LEAD INTO MANDATORY 4-K!
SB89
AB119 (companion bill the passed the Assembly)
While the bill purports to make these programs optional, history shows us that there will be subsequent pressure to make them mandatory, universal, and funded with taxpayer dollars. Many education experts have concluded that beginning a child’s formal education too early may actually result in burnout and poor scholastic performance later. Lowering the compulsory attendance age erodes the authority of parents who are in the best position to determine when their child’s formal education should begin. Another significant impact of expanding the compulsory attendance age would be an inevitable tax increase to pay for more classroom space and teachers to accommodate the additional students compelled to attend public schools. When California raised the age of compulsory attendance, unwilling students were so disruptive that new schools had to be built just to handle them and their behavior problems, all at the expense of the taxpayer. - HSLDA
Other Links:
WEAC SUPPORTS THE BILL
Compulsory Attendance Age Legislation
Boots and Sabers
Clinton's Hostile Preschool Takeover
Hillary Clinton Indoctrination
Reason Foundation
Monday, September 21, 2009
Alinsky, Beck, Satan and Me by David Horowitz
Lest we forget, an over-the-shoulder acknowledgment to the very first radical:” (Pause there for second. Now continue): “from all our legends, mythology, and history(and who is to know where mythology leaves off and history begins — or which is which), the first radical known to man who rebelled against the establishment and did it so effectively that he at least won his own kingdom — Lucifer.”
So Alinsky begins by telling readers what a radical is. He is not a reformer of the system but its would-be destroyer. This is something that in my experience conservatives have a very hard time understanding. Conservatives are altogether too decent, too civilized to match up adequately, at least in the initital stages of the battle, with their adversaries. They are too prone to give them the benefit of the doubt. They assume that radicals can’t really want to destroy a society that is democratic and liberal and has brought wealth and prosperity to so many. Oh yes they can. That is in fact the essence of what it means to be a radical — to be willing to destroy the values, structures and institutions that sustain the society we live in. Marx himself famously cited Alinsky’s first rebel (using another of his names — Mephistopheles): “Everything that exists deserves to perish.”
FULL ARTICLE
So Alinsky begins by telling readers what a radical is. He is not a reformer of the system but its would-be destroyer. This is something that in my experience conservatives have a very hard time understanding. Conservatives are altogether too decent, too civilized to match up adequately, at least in the initital stages of the battle, with their adversaries. They are too prone to give them the benefit of the doubt. They assume that radicals can’t really want to destroy a society that is democratic and liberal and has brought wealth and prosperity to so many. Oh yes they can. That is in fact the essence of what it means to be a radical — to be willing to destroy the values, structures and institutions that sustain the society we live in. Marx himself famously cited Alinsky’s first rebel (using another of his names — Mephistopheles): “Everything that exists deserves to perish.”
FULL ARTICLE
Government Takeover Preview?
Dems’ Government Takeover Of Student Loans Looks A Lot Like Obama’s Government-Run Health Care Experiment.
Recently Passed “Education Reform” Bill From House Dems Will Cut Private Lenders Out Of Federal Higher Education Financing Programs. “House approval of an education-financing bill Thursday marks a first step toward sweeping changes in U.S. higher education that would cut out private lenders and leave the government as sole provider of student loans under federal programs … [T]he measure would eliminate private lenders from originating government-backed loans …” (Corey Boles and Robert Tomsho, “Bill Upends System For College Loans,” The Wall Street Journal,9/18/09)
READ FULL ARTICLE
Recently Passed “Education Reform” Bill From House Dems Will Cut Private Lenders Out Of Federal Higher Education Financing Programs. “House approval of an education-financing bill Thursday marks a first step toward sweeping changes in U.S. higher education that would cut out private lenders and leave the government as sole provider of student loans under federal programs … [T]he measure would eliminate private lenders from originating government-backed loans …” (Corey Boles and Robert Tomsho, “Bill Upends System For College Loans,” The Wall Street Journal,9/18/09)
READ FULL ARTICLE
America’s Food Under Attack
By Carolyn Carey
Can anyone be against food safety? Of course not. That is like being against clean air or clean water, or saving bald eagles. Congress seems to be of the opinion, however, that those producing food in America, the safest food producing nation in the world, needs to be placed under even stricter controls. A search of pending "Food Safety" bills in Congress this session alone results in a total of 45 bills and resolutions with 24 bills filed in the House and 17 in the Senate. Each come with specific dangers to the free enterprise system and should be a focus of concern for not only food producers, but Americans in general. This article takes a close look at one of them, HR 875, the Food Safety and Modernization Act, to illustrate the need to closely examine the language of each of the pending bills to learn the dangers and myths.
READ FULL ARTICLE
Can anyone be against food safety? Of course not. That is like being against clean air or clean water, or saving bald eagles. Congress seems to be of the opinion, however, that those producing food in America, the safest food producing nation in the world, needs to be placed under even stricter controls. A search of pending "Food Safety" bills in Congress this session alone results in a total of 45 bills and resolutions with 24 bills filed in the House and 17 in the Senate. Each come with specific dangers to the free enterprise system and should be a focus of concern for not only food producers, but Americans in general. This article takes a close look at one of them, HR 875, the Food Safety and Modernization Act, to illustrate the need to closely examine the language of each of the pending bills to learn the dangers and myths.
READ FULL ARTICLE
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Socialist Indoctrination of our Kids
Received this email from a Student!
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An Intro to Socialism -1121 Humanities
From: International Socialist Organization [mailto:madisoniso@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 12:55 PM
Subject: Thursday: An Intro to Socialism -1121 Humanities
You're getting this one-time email via a program for UW student clubs to advertise events. You have not been added to any listserv. If you'd like to receive our announcements regularly, please email MadisonISO@gmail.com to let us know.
SOCIALISM - What It Is and Why We Need It
Thursday, September 10
Two times/locations as part of a national tour, featuring a presentation followed by full audience discussion about socialism -- and its relevance for changing the world today. All are welcome.
12:30 pm * MATC Truax(3550 Anderson St.) in the Student Lounge (Rm. 142C)
7:30 pm * UW CampusRoom 1121 in the Humanities Building (455 N. Park St.)Sponsored by the International Socialist Organization http://socialistworker.org/ The socialist alternative
The word "socialism" has returned to the mainstream of American political debate. Yet, there are widespread misconceptions about what socialism is--and what it isn't. Republicans fret that the US is fast becoming a "socialist country" -- with government spending on bank bailouts and Barack Obama's proposed health care reform. But the genuine tradition of socialism is "socialism from below," which means something more than state intervention in the economy. Socialism is really about the struggle to oppose discrimination in all its forms and to put the needs of working people before corporate profits. Come to this meeting to discuss the idea of socialism -- and socialist strategies for changing the world.
About the International Socialist Organization
The ISO is a socialist activist organization with branches around the United States. In the tradition of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, we believe capitalism needs to be replaced by workers' power – the democratic control over the entire economy of the people whose work actually runs it. We publish our own newspaper, Socialist Worker, which tells the stories rarely included in the mainstream press -- whether reporting the reality of life amid U.S. bombs in Baghdad and Bagram, or reports from activists all over the world on what we're doing to fight back. We distribute Socialist Worker around the country through a grassroots network of activists and radicals. Here in Madison, we're helping to organize buses to the National Equality March (for LGBT civil rights) in October, fighting against Wisconsin's budget cuts and for real health care that would include everyone, and leading a campaign to defend free speech rights on State Street. Other recent activities include initiating an abortion clinic defense; hosting discussions on capitalism's economic and environmental crises; bringing exonerated death row inmates to campus to tell their stories; organizing a defense campaign for an immigrant student facing deportation; and much more. We proudly co-sponsor the annual Socialism conference: http://socialismconference.org/ and this fall we'll be organizing a Midwest Socialist Conference in Chicago, on November 14-15. Come to our meetings (Thursdays at 7:30 on the UW campus) or contact us to learn more about our ideas or to get involved in any of our activities.http://socialistworker.org/ http://internationalsocialist.org/ MadisonISO@gmail.com 608.358.6822
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An Intro to Socialism -1121 Humanities
From: International Socialist Organization [mailto:madisoniso@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 12:55 PM
Subject: Thursday: An Intro to Socialism -1121 Humanities
You're getting this one-time email via a program for UW student clubs to advertise events. You have not been added to any listserv. If you'd like to receive our announcements regularly, please email MadisonISO@gmail.com to let us know.
SOCIALISM - What It Is and Why We Need It
Thursday, September 10
Two times/locations as part of a national tour, featuring a presentation followed by full audience discussion about socialism -- and its relevance for changing the world today. All are welcome.
12:30 pm * MATC Truax(3550 Anderson St.) in the Student Lounge (Rm. 142C)
7:30 pm * UW CampusRoom 1121 in the Humanities Building (455 N. Park St.)Sponsored by the International Socialist Organization http://socialistworker.org/ The socialist alternative
The word "socialism" has returned to the mainstream of American political debate. Yet, there are widespread misconceptions about what socialism is--and what it isn't. Republicans fret that the US is fast becoming a "socialist country" -- with government spending on bank bailouts and Barack Obama's proposed health care reform. But the genuine tradition of socialism is "socialism from below," which means something more than state intervention in the economy. Socialism is really about the struggle to oppose discrimination in all its forms and to put the needs of working people before corporate profits. Come to this meeting to discuss the idea of socialism -- and socialist strategies for changing the world.
About the International Socialist Organization
The ISO is a socialist activist organization with branches around the United States. In the tradition of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, we believe capitalism needs to be replaced by workers' power – the democratic control over the entire economy of the people whose work actually runs it. We publish our own newspaper, Socialist Worker, which tells the stories rarely included in the mainstream press -- whether reporting the reality of life amid U.S. bombs in Baghdad and Bagram, or reports from activists all over the world on what we're doing to fight back. We distribute Socialist Worker around the country through a grassroots network of activists and radicals. Here in Madison, we're helping to organize buses to the National Equality March (for LGBT civil rights) in October, fighting against Wisconsin's budget cuts and for real health care that would include everyone, and leading a campaign to defend free speech rights on State Street. Other recent activities include initiating an abortion clinic defense; hosting discussions on capitalism's economic and environmental crises; bringing exonerated death row inmates to campus to tell their stories; organizing a defense campaign for an immigrant student facing deportation; and much more. We proudly co-sponsor the annual Socialism conference: http://socialismconference.org/ and this fall we'll be organizing a Midwest Socialist Conference in Chicago, on November 14-15. Come to our meetings (Thursdays at 7:30 on the UW campus) or contact us to learn more about our ideas or to get involved in any of our activities.http://socialistworker.org/ http://internationalsocialist.org/ MadisonISO@gmail.com 608.358.6822
Windfarms..
..We might as well use hamsters on treadmills
But the ‘Man-made Climate Change’ fanatics are applauded and praised, even as they force us to abandon perfectly sensible electric lights, and instead subject ourselves to strange, flickering substitutes, simultaneously worse and more costly than the ones they replace.
There is worse to come. The same people wish to compel us to rely for our power on windmills, million upon million of them, as if we had never discovered more efficient and reliable ways of generating electricity.
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But the ‘Man-made Climate Change’ fanatics are applauded and praised, even as they force us to abandon perfectly sensible electric lights, and instead subject ourselves to strange, flickering substitutes, simultaneously worse and more costly than the ones they replace.
There is worse to come. The same people wish to compel us to rely for our power on windmills, million upon million of them, as if we had never discovered more efficient and reliable ways of generating electricity.
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
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