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Comment by Asst Natl Dir Mellie on February 28, 2010 at 8:43pm

Hello Florida Patriots...

It seems that AFL-CIO and SEIU isn't happy that their "agenda's" aren't being "rammed" through congress, according to Yahoo article "Organized labor's agenda hits roadblock; what now?"

The SEIU are planning meetings in several areas...To find out where they are meeting..Go to SEIU - Orlando or SEIU - Homepage and look at the Calendar Highlights to find out more....

Would be great to get a whole bunch of folks there to these meetings to protest...what say you??

Comment by Mike D - Ocala Comm. Leader on February 25, 2010 at 11:44pm

Comment by Chrissy, on November 17, 2009 at 10:53pm

Comment by Chrissy, on November 17, 2009 at 8:00am

Decorated, cigar-smoking Marine runs for Congress
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Decorated, cigar-smoking Marine runs for Congress

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- A decorated Marine veteran famously photographed smoking a cigar after the fall of Baghdad is running for Congress in California's most southern district.

Nick Popaditch announced Tuesday that he is seeking the Republican nomination to unseat Democrat Bob Filner.

Known as "Gunny Pop," the 42-year-old Popaditch was awarded the Silver Star for combat actions in Fallujah, where he was blinded in one eye by a rocket-propelled grenade.

That April 2004 attack came nearly a year after an Associated Press photographer captured a smiling Popaditch smoking a cigar, with the just-fallen statue of Saddam Hussein in the background. The photograph landed on newspaper front pages, garnering Popaditch worldwide attention.

California's heavily Democratic 51st Congressional District stretches along the Mexican border from San Diego's suburbs to the Arizona state line.

Filner, first elected in 1992, was re-elected last year with 73 percent of the vote.

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Comment by Chrissy, on November 13, 2009 at 2:15pm

Chrissy, St. Director,Central FL Comment by Chrissy, St. Director,Central FL 1 second ago
Delete Comment Top Republican says White House hiding info on Fort Hood
By Eric Zimmermann - 11/11/09 10:13 AM ET

The ranking Republican on the House intelligence committee on Tuesday night accused the White House of withholding information on the Fort Hood attack.

Rep. Pete Hoekstra (Mich.) said administration officials delayed briefing members of Congress about the alleged gunman, raising "red flags" about what the White House was hiding.

"When they withhold information, you always start asking questions," Hoekstra told Fox News. "That's what raises red flags. What do they know that they don't want us to know?"

Hoekstra linked President Barack Obama's handling of Fort Hood to a chain of other GOP criticisms of the president, including the administration's treatment of detainees and an investigation into possible CIA abuse.

"It is a political correctness that is making it unable for us to identify the real threat of homegrown terrorism," he alleged.

Hoekstra warned that "we have similar Hasans" in the country. The Michigan Republican has called for his committee to investigate the incident. Chairman Silvestre Reyes (D-Texas) has so far declined, preferring to wait for the conclusion of the joint FBI-Army investigation.

Obama has ordered a review of all intelligence on Hasan.

Comment by Chrissy, on November 3, 2009 at 8:17am

Chrissy, St. Director,Central FL Comment by Chrissy, St. Director,Central FL 55 minutes ago
Delete Comment THINGS TO DO TODAY

Help Christie win in NJ. Make some calls for the campaign-

http://www.resistnet.com/forum/topics/help-needed-for-phone-bank

Help out our call team by going to the discussion above for contact info

Go to your congressional office and tell them what you think about the health care bill -IN PERSON!!

Go to your senate office (if one is close by) and let them know what your think!

Make plans with other members and friends to be outside these offices this thursday at noon and while you're their, go in and tell them what you think about them and their stinkin' health care bill!!!

Comment by Chrissy, on October 30, 2009 at 8:09am

CALL FOR ACTION TODAY

IN ADDITION TO MAKING PHONE CALLS (CONTACT INFO IN DISCUSSION "CONTACT INFO" ON FL PAGE) I AM ASKING ALL MEMBERS TO VISIT THEIR SENATORS AND/OR REPRESENTATIVES OFFICES TODAY. SHOWING UP IN PERSON MEANS MUCH MORE THAN A PHONE CALL AND ONLY TAKES 5 MINUTES. GO IN, TELL THEM YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO A STAFF MEMBER. IF A STAFF MEMBER IS AVAILABLE, TELL THEM "NOT ANOTHER PENNY!" "NO GOVT HEALTH CARE, NO MORE STIMULUS, NO MORE CASH FOR CLUNKERS, NOT ANOTHER PENNY OF OUR MONEY IS TO BE SPENT!" TELL THEM THEY ARE BANKRUPTING OUR COUNTRY AND STEALING FROM OUR CHILDREN AND WE'VE HAD MORE THAN ENOUGH!!!!
IF A STAFF MEMBER IS NOT AVAILABLE LEAVE A WRITTEN MESSAGE W/NAME AND ADDRESS.

Comment by Chrissy, on October 29, 2009 at 11:21am

Comment by Chrissy, on October 22, 2009 at 10:14am

Blackburn: Net neutrality is "fairness doctrine for the Internet"
By Kim Hart - 10/20/09 12:07 PM ET

Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) spoke against net neutrality regulations today at an event put on by the Safe Internet Alliance. Representing the songwriters, singers, actors, producers and other entertainers in Memphis and Nashville, she said the creative community does not want the federal government to interfere with how they are able to get content to consumers via the Internet.

"Net neutrality, as I see it, is the fairness doctrine for the Internet," she said. The creators "fully understand what the fairness doctrine would be when it applies to TV or radio. What they do not want is the federal government policing how they deploy their content over the Internet and they want the ISPs to manage their networks and deploy the content however they have agreed on with ISP. They do not want a czar of the Internet to determine when they can deploy their creativity over the Internet. "They do not want a czar to determine what speeds will be available....We are watching the FCC very closely as it relates to that issue."

When it comes to broadband expansion, she said, she wants to make sure "all individuals' rights are respected and that we look at the freedom of all broadband participants." She said Congress needs to make sure the groups receiving stimulus funds for broadband expansion are able to deploy reasonable and effective network management tools so they can be helpful in tracking down illegal activity."

"We shouldn't look at technology as how do we punish and impede, but how do we encourage innovation," she said. "That needs to be a key thought as we move forward... How do we encourage that innvoation and not impede it?"

Comment by Chrissy, on October 15, 2009 at 12:03pm

Thursday, October 15, 2009
U.S. troop funds diverted to pet projects
By Shaun Waterman THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Senators diverted $2.6 billion in funds in a defense spending bill to pet projects largely at the expense of accounts that pay for fuel, ammunition and training for U.S. troops, including those fighting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to an analysis.

Among the 778 such projects, known as earmarks, packed into the bill: $25 million for a new World War II museum at the University of New Orleans and $20 million to launch an educational institute named after the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts Democrat.

TO READ MORE GO TO
http://www.drudgereport.com/

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