Monday, July 30, 2012

Defense Sequestration: Travelling The Country to "Defend our Defenders"

Congressman Randy Forbes

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Dear Friend,

America's all-volunteer military is the most well-trained, well-equipped fighting force the world has ever seen. But the impact of looming defense "sequestration" budget cuts would be catastrophic for our military, local communities and veterans if they are allowed to occur on January 1st. After President Obama has cut roughly $800 billion over the last three years, the military will be levied with another $492 billion in cuts to our National Defense over the next 10 years is sequestration goes into effect. Our military and our national security must not be saddled with this devastating outcome.

The magnitude of defense sequestration cuts are clear: The smallest ground force since 1940; the smallest Navy since 1915; the smallest tactical fighter force in the history of the Air Force; future military veterans and retirees could have their retirement pay significantly delayed and/or reduced; a weakened defense manufacturing base; 2.1 million jobs lost.

The post-sequestration picture looks dire for Virginia as well. According to a study conducted by a Professor from George Mason University. Virginia could lose over 207,000 jobs as a result of sequestration cuts. The Hampton Roads naval community would also suffer as these cuts trickle down to affect shipbuilding, operations, and maintenance. Indeed, the Navy has testified the fleet, already too small, could be reduced by an additional 50 ships. Our future Navy would also be held hostage as the shipbuilding budget, already too low to meet our current 30--year shipbuilding plans according to the Congressional Budget Office, could be reduced by some $15billion.

That is why I was pleased to see that U.S. Senators John McCain (R-AZ), Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) have launched a "Preserving America's Strength" series of town hall-style meetings that will bring them across the country to help highlight the devastation sequestration will have on our national security. This tour, which will take place on July 30-31, will come to the Half Moone Cruise Terminal in Norfolk, Virginia on Monday July 30 at 5:00 p.m.. It will also make stops in Florida, North Carolina, and New Hampshire. I applaud the Senator's efforts.

My friends in the Senate are right to get out of Washington D.C. to discuss the complicated process of sequestration and listen to local communities across the country about the impact it stands to have on them. For the same reasons, this past spring I launched a national listening tour of my own that I called Defending Our Defenders. We began our journey with Rep. Wittman and Rep. Rigell at the Chesapeake Conference Center in Chesapeake, Virginia in May. That evening we had thoughtful discussion with over 500 local citizens about defense spending and our national security, including an "open mic" session that allowed dozens of participants to share their stories, voice opinions, and ask how defense cuts will impact them and their families.

Defending our Defenders continued on to Pensacola, Florida on May 24 with Rep. Jeff Miller, where I toured Eglin Air Force Base and the home of the Air Force Special Operations Command before co-hosting a listening session at Northwest Florida State College. On June 4th I joined Rep. Bobby Schilling and Rep. Dave Loebsack in Moline, Illinois for a tour of the Rock Island Arsenal and a listening session at Western Illinois State University. We continued on June 13 to San Diego, California where Rep. Duncan Hunter and I toured the General Atomics facility and held a listening session at the University of San Diego. Finally, on June 16th I joined Rep. Denny Rehberg for a listening session at Montana State University in Great Falls, Montana. In August I plan to visit Fort Smith, Arkansas before completing the Defending our Defenders tour in Warrensburg, Missouri in September.

Traveling to some of our Nation's most important military communities I have learned a number of things. First, the $800 billion in defense cuts the Nation has already taken over the last two years have reduced our military capability to a level that is woefully inadequate. Further defense cuts made without any strategic rationale will only weaken our Nation further. And second, it is clear that the strength of our military rests not in its high-technology weapons but in the local communities that cultivate and support our service members and their families.

This past May, in an effort to avoid further cuts to our military, the House passed its own plan to avert sequestration cuts to defense. However, the Senate and the President have yet to offer their plan for stopping a budget cut that President Obama's Secretary of Defense has said would be the equivalent of "shooting ourselves in the head." Our military servic emembers, their families, and our national security deserve a swift resolution to this devastation budget axe.

Yours in service,

Randy

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Saturday, July 28, 2012

Reminder: ELECTION INTEGRITY TRAINING 2012 @ Sat Jul 28 9am - 11am (PeninsulaTeaParty.org)

ELECTION INTEGRITY TRAINING 2012

Republicans from various Clubs and Committees

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ELECTION INTEGRITY TRAINING
GETTING READY FOR THE 2012 ELECTION
With

ANITA MONCRIEF
Editor - in - Chief of American Majority Website

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Acorn Whistleblower

SATURDAY, JULY 28, 2012
9 A.M. Registration
9:15 A.M. Breakfast
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Pointe Plaza Restaurant
950 J. Clyde Morris Blvd., Newport News, VA 23601
(I-64, Exit 258A)

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RSVP by JULY 21, 2012

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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

I want you to join us on Saturday

Robert --

I want you to join us for the It Takes One weekend of action on July 28th and 29th -- and I hope you can bring one person along who hasn't stepped up for this election yet.

Can I count on you to be at the event in Hampton on Saturday?

Here are the details:

What: It Takes One weekend of action event in Hampton

Where: Hampton-Colonial Village at Tradewinds
Hampton, VA 23666

When: Saturday, July 28th
10:00 am

RSVP now

Find other events near you this weekend.

At the event, you'll be asking others to get involved in this election. You might register voters, talk with your neighbors about Barack's accomplishments and vision for our country, or recruit new volunteers to join the team.

That's the kind of one-on-one outreach that has powered every one of Barack's campaigns, and that's how we're going to win this time around, too -- for him and for other Democrats.

So join the It Takes One weekend of action this Saturday:

http://my.barackobama.com/Join-the-Weekend-of-Action

Thanks,

Michelle







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I want you to join us on Saturday

Friend --

I want you to join us for the It Takes One weekend of action on July 28th and 29th -- and I hope you can bring one person along who hasn't stepped up for this election yet.

Can I count on you to be at the event in Hampton on Saturday?

Here are the details:

What: It Takes One weekend of action event in Hampton

Where: Hampton-Colonial Village at Tradewinds
Hampton, VA 23666

When: Saturday, July 28th
10:00 am

RSVP now

Find other events near you this weekend.

At the event, you'll be asking others to get involved in this election. You might register voters, talk with your neighbors about Barack's accomplishments and vision for our country, or recruit new volunteers to join the team.

That's the kind of one-on-one outreach that has powered every one of Barack's campaigns, and that's how we're going to win this time around, too -- for him and for other Democrats.

So join the It Takes One weekend of action this Saturday:

http://my.barackobama.com/Join-the-Weekend-of-Action

Thanks,

Michelle







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I want you to join us on Saturday

Robert --

I want you to join us for the It Takes One weekend of action on July 28th and 29th -- and I hope you can bring one person along who hasn't stepped up for this election yet.

Can I count on you to be at the event in Hampton on Saturday?

Here are the details:

What: It Takes One weekend of action event in Hampton

Where: Hampton-Colonial Village at Tradewinds
Hampton, VA 23666

When: Saturday, July 28th
10:00 am

RSVP now

Find other events near you this weekend.

At the event, you'll be asking others to get involved in this election. You might register voters, talk with your neighbors about Barack's accomplishments and vision for our country, or recruit new volunteers to join the team.

That's the kind of one-on-one outreach that has powered every one of Barack's campaigns, and that's how we're going to win this time around, too -- for him and for other Democrats.

So join the It Takes One weekend of action this Saturday:

http://my.barackobama.com/Join-the-Weekend-of-Action

Thanks,

Michelle







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You should be there on Saturday

Robert Bruce --

Last week, I told you about It Takes One. It's a new effort to grow this campaign from the ground up -- by inviting at least one person to get involved.

Today, it's my turn -- and I'm asking you. I want you to join us for the It Takes One weekend of action on July 28th and 29th, and I hope you bring one person along who hasn't stepped up for this election yet.

Can I count on you to be at the event this Saturday in Hampton?

Here are the details. If you're inviting someone to come with you, make sure to pass this information on to them now so they can start making plans:

What: It Takes One weekend of action event in Hampton

Where: Hampton-Colonial Village at Tradewinds
Hampton, VA 23666

When: Saturday, July 28th
10:00 am

RSVP now

Find other events near you this weekend.

At the event, you and the person you invite will be asking others to get involved in this election. You might register voters, talk with your neighbors about Barack's accomplishments and vision for our country, or recruit new volunteers to join the team.

The best part? Each person you reach this weekend can turn around and bring in even more people to the campaign. That's the kind of one-on-one outreach that has powered every one of Barack's campaigns, and that's how we're going to win this time around, too, for him and for other Democrats.

We've got a little more than 100 days left -- and the more people we can get involved right now, the more ready we'll be this fall.

So join the It Takes One weekend of action this Saturday, and bring that one new person with you:

http://my.barackobama.com/Join-the-Weekend-of-Action

Thanks,

Michelle







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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

A Letter

            The United States of America was founded on one basic Christian principle. God is our Father and we are charged to behave as His children. This basic Christian principle was scribed in our founding documents by asserting claim to certain unalienable rights, an obligation to our Creator and a concept of governance by the people. This is the "Good".

To be a warrior for "Good" you must know who or what your enemy is, the "Evil". If we hold that "Good" is self-governance in accordance with God's Will, would not tyranny by man be the "Evil"? It is important however, that one must not become an "Evil" warrior in the cause of "Good" by succumbing to an "end justifies the means" behavior. In the heat of battle this can be very difficult.

            We have been a hundred years coming to this point in our country's history. Neither the Democrat nor the Republican establishments are the villains. They are merely the opportunists. "We the people" must look into the mirror to see the cause of our present chaos. We have failed in our responsibility to be a nation governed "by the people". We assert that we are "Independent" and seek the pleasure of the candidates for our vote. That is not how this nation's governance was created. There is no "Independent" position in our political system, or at least was not until 1913 and the destruction of the purpose of the Senate. 

            We are today engaged in a political struggle. We are in a war between those who believe God is their Father and King and those who aspire to rule as men.

            That is what this election is all about.

Bob Dewey

Wintergreen

 

Peninsula Tea Party | Super PAC to Support Light Rail

 

PTP Wire | Super PAC to push Light Rail

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Welcome to the Peninsula Tea Party Weekly Wire! The Wire provides information about local, regional, state and federal legislation that you may not get otherwise. 

 

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July 25th - ObamaCare

Wednesday, July 25th

Click on video to play

 

Obama Care
Dr. Carrie Triepel - Obama Care

 

Angelo's Steak and Pancake House

755 J. Clyde Morris Blvd

Newport News, VA 23601

  

As the Supreme Court deemed Obamacare Constitutional, bureaucrats will control our healthcare and essentially every aspect of our life.

 

Dr Triepel practices hand and orthepedic surgery in Virginia Beach. She will be discussing how Obamacare affects the healthcare practice and its implications on the healthcare system overall. 

 

The meeting will start at 6:45pm with a few business measures then Dr. Triepel at 7:15pm.

 

We ask that people attending eat to assist with room fees.

 
 

Audit the Fed

 

Audit the Fed, Congressman Amash supports Ron Paul
Audit the Fed, Congressman Amash supports Ron Paul

 

Ron Paul's "Audit the Fed" bill, H.R. 459, will be before the full House for a vote this week, as early as today. According to OpenCongress, there are NO groups that oppose this bill. 

  

According to FreedomWorkz, HR 459 will be on the House floor on Tues, Wed or Thurs. You may click here to find your representative.

 

The Federal Reserve has never been fully audited since its implementation in 1914. Since that time, the dollar has lost over 90% of its value and interest-rate manipulation has created increasingly larger financial bubbles, like the most recent housing fiasco. When these bubbles burst, the middle-class gets burned - losing pensions, savings, and even homes.

 

It is just as important to note that transparency and accountability go hand-in-hand. In 2010, the Fed was subject to a partial audit thanks to the efforts of millions of activists like you who demanded to know what their government was hiding. The revelations of that audit are startling; the Fed printed at least $16 trillion out of thin air. Some of the world's largest, most profitable companies were bailed out, along with countless domestic and foreign banks, and even foreign governments. H.R. 459 will finally open the books on the Fed.

 

Call your Congressman and tell them to pass H.R. 459 TODAY. The truth is the central planners at the Fed are never going to stop destroying the value of the dollar and bailing out their friends on their own. It is up to us to hold Congress' feet to the fire by demanding that the secrecy and the bailouts stop. In the last 5 years, you've seen the negative effects of the Fed's inflationary policies, and we cannot afford the cronyism any longer. YOU have the power to stop the bailouts. Please join me in telling Congress that auditing the Fed is non-negotiable and H.R. 459 must pass.

 

Groups supporting this legislation: www.Freedomworkz.org and www.campaignforliberty.com

 

 

Regional Super PAC to Push Light Rail in Virginia Beach

 

Light Rail Super PAC 
Light Rail Super PAC
 

A Super PAC, "Move Hampton Roads" is revigorated to push light rail in Virginia Beach. According to HRT, Move Hampton Roads was used in 2007 by the Hampton Roads Partnership to build support for the regional transportation authority. Later, this Authority was deemed unconstitutional by the state Supreme Court. According to HRT, the Super PAC has raised $300K to push light rail in Virginia Beach. 

 

Several public servants serve on the Executive Committee of the Hampton Roads Partnership to include Hampton Mayor Molly Ward, Newport News Mayor McKinley Price and York Chair Donald Wiggins. According to their website, the Executive Committee meets July 20th and again August 17th but no meeting minutes are published. The involvement of our Mayors, HRP and this Super PAC is unknown. HRP President Dana Dickens states that "Virginia Beach light-rail advocates approached him about reviving the PAC to build support for the upcoming light-rail referendum." 

 

According to the Newport News Comprehensive Plan, and Hampton Community Plan, light rail is a vision of the future of both locales. Our public servants currently serve on an executive committee that is running a Super PAC to push light rail?

 

The building of light rail is nearly always overbudget and the daily cost is unsustainable. If it wasn't, they would not need public funding.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Obama Signs $105 billion Transportation Bill Allocating Federal Money to...Regions!

 

www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h4348/show 

 

On July 6, Obama signed into law allocating federal funding of $105 billion in a transportation bill. Grants will be allocated to regions and states rather than cities or projects. It was approved by 74 Senators while 19 disapproved and 6 Senators abstained.

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Peninsula Tea Party | Super PAC to Support Light Rail

 

PTP Wire | Super PAC to push Light Rail

 

 

Welcome to the Peninsula Tea Party Weekly Wire! The Wire provides information about local, regional, state and federal legislation that you may not get otherwise. 

 

One of the best things you can do is forward to someone who may join our mailing list and enjoy our content.

 

Gray

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July 25th - ObamaCare

Wednesday, July 25th

Click on video to play

 

Obama Care
Dr. Carrie Triepel - Obama Care

 

Angelo's Steak and Pancake House

755 J. Clyde Morris Blvd

Newport News, VA 23601

  

As the Supreme Court deemed Obamacare Constitutional, bureaucrats will control our healthcare and essentially every aspect of our life.

 

Dr Triepel practices hand and orthepedic surgery in Virginia Beach. She will be discussing how Obamacare affects the healthcare practice and its implications on the healthcare system overall. 

 

The meeting will start at 6:45pm with a few business measures then Dr. Triepel at 7:15pm.

 

We ask that people attending eat to assist with room fees.

 
 

Audit the Fed

 

Audit the Fed, Congressman Amash supports Ron Paul
Audit the Fed, Congressman Amash supports Ron Paul

 

Ron Paul's "Audit the Fed" bill, H.R. 459, will be before the full House for a vote this week, as early as today. According to OpenCongress, there are NO groups that oppose this bill. 

  

According to FreedomWorkz, HR 459 will be on the House floor on Tues, Wed or Thurs. You may click here to find your representative.

 

The Federal Reserve has never been fully audited since its implementation in 1914. Since that time, the dollar has lost over 90% of its value and interest-rate manipulation has created increasingly larger financial bubbles, like the most recent housing fiasco. When these bubbles burst, the middle-class gets burned - losing pensions, savings, and even homes.

 

It is just as important to note that transparency and accountability go hand-in-hand. In 2010, the Fed was subject to a partial audit thanks to the efforts of millions of activists like you who demanded to know what their government was hiding. The revelations of that audit are startling; the Fed printed at least $16 trillion out of thin air. Some of the world's largest, most profitable companies were bailed out, along with countless domestic and foreign banks, and even foreign governments. H.R. 459 will finally open the books on the Fed.

 

Call your Congressman and tell them to pass H.R. 459 TODAY. The truth is the central planners at the Fed are never going to stop destroying the value of the dollar and bailing out their friends on their own. It is up to us to hold Congress' feet to the fire by demanding that the secrecy and the bailouts stop. In the last 5 years, you've seen the negative effects of the Fed's inflationary policies, and we cannot afford the cronyism any longer. YOU have the power to stop the bailouts. Please join me in telling Congress that auditing the Fed is non-negotiable and H.R. 459 must pass.

 

Groups supporting this legislation: www.Freedomworkz.org and www.campaignforliberty.com

 

 

Regional Super PAC to Push Light Rail in Virginia Beach

 

Light Rail Super PAC 
Light Rail Super PAC
 

A Super PAC, "Move Hampton Roads" is revigorated to push light rail in Virginia Beach. According to HRT, Move Hampton Roads was used in 2007 by the Hampton Roads Partnership to build support for the regional transportation authority. Later, this Authority was deemed unconstitutional by the state Supreme Court. According to HRT, the Super PAC has raised $300K to push light rail in Virginia Beach. 

 

Several public servants serve on the Executive Committee of the Hampton Roads Partnership to include Hampton Mayor Molly Ward, Newport News Mayor McKinley Price and York Chair Donald Wiggins. According to their website, the Executive Committee meets July 20th and again August 17th but no meeting minutes are published. The involvement of our Mayors, HRP and this Super PAC is unknown. HRP President Dana Dickens states that "Virginia Beach light-rail advocates approached him about reviving the PAC to build support for the upcoming light-rail referendum." 

 

According to the Newport News Comprehensive Plan, and Hampton Community Plan, light rail is a vision of the future of both locales. Our public servants currently serve on an executive committee that is running a Super PAC to push light rail?

 

The building of light rail is nearly always overbudget and the daily cost is unsustainable. If it wasn't, they would not need public funding.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Obama Signs $105 billion Transportation Bill Allocating Federal Money to...Regions!

 

www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h4348/show 

 

On July 6, Obama signed into law allocating federal funding of $105 billion in a transportation bill. Grants will be allocated to regions and states rather than cities or projects. It was approved by 74 Senators while 19 disapproved and 6 Senators abstained.

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Sunday, July 22, 2012

What are your friends doing on Saturday?

Obama - Biden
Robert Bruce --

Next weekend, we'll be 100 days away from Election Day.

We've got a lot of voters to get registered and ready for this election -- and that's part of why First Lady Michelle Obama just launched a new effort called It Takes One.

The idea behind it is pretty simple: One person reaching out to others, bringing in one person at a time, is what will make all the difference. She's challenging us all to bring one new person along every time we take action for this campaign -- whether that's chipping in a few dollars, registering to vote, or showing up at the It Takes One weekend of action event in your neighborhood.

There are events across the country for the weekend of action, where folks like you will be registering voters and reaching out to their neighbors to talk about President Obama's accomplishments -- alongside that one new person they asked to join them for the day.

Can you be there -- and bring someone else along?

Here's all the info:

What: It Takes One weekend of action event in Hampton

Meet at: Hampton-Colonial Village at Tradewinds
Hampton, VA 23666

When: Saturday, July 28th
Shifts start at 10:00 am

RSVP now

There are some other events near you, too -- so be sure to check them out.

One hundred days isn't a lot of time. But if you can make it out this Saturday, and your friend can, too, you'll be able to reach twice as many people.

Those people you reach are going to bring in others, who'll bring in others -- and it's going to keep getting bigger from there. With all those new people stepping up, the organizing we've got to do over these next 100 days will be many times easier.

That's how this organization has always worked -- and at this special weekend of action, we'll get to see that idea directly in action, in a whole new way.

So RSVP now -- and start thinking about who you're going to bring:

http://my.barackobama.com/Join-the-Day-of-Action

Thanks,

Jeremy

Jeremy Bird
National Field Director
Obama for America







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