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Now Is Not The Time To Stop Calling, Faxing and Emailing

Now is the time to put it into high gear, because they will be back on Thursday and will try to sell us out yet again.

Won't they be surprised to hear from us so soon after the vote? But after so many of their games we are now onto their little tricks.

Better to keep on them, don't let them catch their breath.

Here's a link to the phone numbers

http://www.visi.com/juan/...

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They like to fear-monger. So do I!!

Sen. Sununu, (edit: NH Senator up or re-election against the Hilary clinton of NH)
I WANT to vote for you in November, I do.
I'm a Republican. I'm conservative. I hate taxes and big, coercive government. And of course, Jeanne Shaheen loves taxes, loves spending, loves big coercive government.
I worry about this bailout bill though. It's big coercive government. It's spending. It's going to create money out of thin air and damage the dollar. No one seems to get that. I guess we could BORROW that money, right? I mean what's 10 trillion dollars of national debt? We'll get that paid off someday.
Right?
But 300 billion, 700 billion, a trillion bucks, just tack that on?
Not to mention, does the government have any right to intervene into private enterprise? Doesn't that almost sound socialist? Does Wall Street deserve a PENNY (protected or not protected, whatever that means) from me, a New Hampshire taxpayer? I give you my money to do one thing: protect my liberties. That's government's job. If the economy blows up because my bank is run by idiots, I need to find another bank. If my representatives in Congress feel the need to financially support these banks run by idiots, I think I need to find different people to join Congress.
Sen. Sununu, I'm not voting for Jeanne Shaheen in November. I want to vote for you, but if you support a bill that could give up to one trillion dollars into the hands of private businessmen that can't run a business, then I might have to look at another option on the ballot.
His name is Ken Blevens. He's a Libertarian. I'm fairly confident that he's against big, coercive government, and spending. I'm sure he's against giving money to private businesses because they couldn't handle their own size. I can only hope you are too.
Because if you vote for this bill, I'm sure alot of angry conservatives, republicans and independents and possibly even some democrats, might vote for him instead of you. I probably would. And this race is so close, it only takes a few percentage points to change things around.

Vote against the bailout. The reason it failed in congress is because the constituents of the representatives said NO BAILOUT and they were forced to listen. That gives you no excuse to pass this bill.

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Rich in NH

I was specific on my machine messages

"This is not something we elected you to vote on- I dont care what kind of rewording or packaging they present next- Please vote against ANY bailout/"rescue" package. No deal is the best deal."

Live Free or Diebold

Charlie Gibson reported

Charlie Gibson reported tonight on ABC that internet access to Congress is being limited due to a large number of folks trying to reach their Representatives; they are afraid that the system will breakdown. Access has been slowed down on purpose by technicians. I am skeptical as to the reason for limiting access. Can someone check this out and see if it is legitimate? If we cannot reach our Representatives over the Internet then we will have to find another means of communications. Thanks

If they bailout Wallstreet...

,why would anyone ever pay their mortgage again? Why would anyone ever pay a credit card again. They are setting the standard we will just play by the rules.

Seems to me that if we want to take power away from the elite who benefit from the Federal government, then people need to stop holding and investing in T-bills and become their own bank. An investment in T-bills empowers the elitists controlling the Federal government. Withdrawling our investment is their biggest fear. Holding onto T-bills locks up dollars as they say. I suggest investing in something other than T-bills such as physical food, supplies, silver and gold. These items, if purchased locally, stimulate the local economy and the individual is empowered. But, what the hell do I know?
grant

John Kerry ( MA )

I called Kerry a number of times thus far today both DC and local offices, but I could not fax because the line was busy, busy, busy!

" In Thee O Lord do I put my trust " ~ Psalm 31:1~

I just called my senators this is what I said

I told them if you are a true Missourian and you love the people of your state you will "Show me" I notice everyone on the floor is talking about how we have to do something and that something seems to be the American tax payer paying for this bailout. Again if my senator have this much faith in the Fed reserve I look forward to seeing how much of your own personal wealth you are willing to just hand over to the the Fed reserve. I mean its not like its costing you anything at the end it will come back to you by paying down the defecit. It would seem to me from the way they are talking about how great and trustworthy Old Ben and paulison are you would be willing to give your entire fortunes to them so they can save the country. I know my forefather loved their country enough to give that and even their lives for it. I told the guy I don't think my senators would be willing to do this because they don't trust the Fed either. I keep hearing about oversite over the American market. It does better when it is left alone its when we put our hands in it that it gets messed up. I think the disconnect between the People and the government is non of the elected officials seem to even bring up regulating the Fed. Why can't Congress get in to see the state of our union. Why cant they count the gold. They don't have to tell the people anything but why can't they get in. The American people do not trust the Fed as much as those in Washington and We do not want any I repeat any of our tax dollars to be given to them. We will never see it again. And if the elected people have so much faith in them then be the first to give 40% of your wealth to to the Fed first and "Show Me"

Call and email congressman

Call and email congressman all over the country, fake like your from their district. Just fake the zip code. Email them and tell them Chuck Norris will kick their ass and show them some Founding Father quotes

No better time than the present to keep calling.

Keep our markets free and then we will work on getting our real money back.

Seems to me that if we want to take power away from the elite who benefit from the Federal government, then people need to stop holding and investing in T-bills and become their own bank. An investment in T-bills empowers the elitists controlling the Federal government. Withdrawling our investment is their biggest fear. Holding onto T-bills locks up dollars as they say. I suggest investing in something other than T-bills such as physical food, supplies, silver and gold. These items, if purchased locally, stimulate the local economy and the individual is empowered. But, what the hell do I know?
grant

I called the House Minority

I called the House Minority Leader's office, John Boehner - Republican, and his staff was incredibly rude with me and so I called another office and they were also short and unbecoming. It appears that we need to focus all of our attention on the players in the House and Senate and also go after those in our respective states who voted for this bill. Each time we call them, we tighten their noose and pressure builds. I believe our calls are having an incredible impact and I must encourage each of you to place 20-50 calls per day and with this commitment, we can free the chains which binds us to the evil within our system. good luck and have fun...the rEVOLution is here to stay!

I called today

I called my Congressman, Jack Murtha, at his Capitol Hill office and voiced my opinion against the bailout - Jack voted for it.

I spoke with an aide for about 5 minutes and explained my position. I was sure to let her know that I lost thousands of dollars worth of savings yesterday but was recovering a bit today. I told her how any loss or gain that I have in the stock market is a result of my own actions and that quite frankly neither I nor anyone else deserve any type of bailout. Simply put, that is not the American way.

She listened to my position and then explained that of the proponents of the bailout. We had a good, polite discussion for which we thanked each other. While it appears at this time that it is unlikely that Jack will change his vote, I would not call it out of the question. After all, he and I disagreed on giving Bush authority to use force in Iraq back in 2002 and he was man enough to later say that I was right and he was wrong.

Thanks to the No vote the Dow and dollar are up today.

Seems to me that if we want to take power away from the Federal government, then people need to stop holding and investing in T-bills and become their own bank. An investment in T-bills empowers the Federal government. Withdrawling our investment is their biggest fear. Holding onto T-bills locks up dollars as they say. I suggest investing in something other than T-bills such as physical food, supplies, silver and gold. These items, if purchased locally, stimulate the local economy and the individual is empowered. But what the hell do I know?
grant

No vote

An aide from my representative's office told me that the reason the market is rallying is that investors are certain that the next bailout bill will pass. There's some logic for you.

Didn't sleep at all

I was thrilled with the result yesterday. Then I turn on CNBC and they are using every subtle media manipulation they can get CONgress to pass this unconstitutional bill. I fear they will just keep trying different ways to create a financial dictatorship. And I think people will be so mad when they do this the REAL crash begins ... Sleepless in St. Louis.

http://votenobailout.org/

My take on the congress and the bailout

Read my blog at the link below to see how I feel about this mess:

Link to Action Request






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bump it all day!

we can only fail if we give up

Gotta love it

I live in Missouri and called, thanked and begged those Reps in my state that voted NO to be strong for us and vote no on any bailout that included taxpayer money. I told them that the sky didn't fall and the market is up and they agreed. Also, I stated that CSNBC reported this morning that the banks were not going to be able to extend lines of credit for smaller and midsized businesses, only larger businesses.

This is strong-armed tactics!! Since the market is up, they have to state something that will scare Americans and Congress.

Then I called the Reps that voted Yes and told them to reconsider.
One of the Congressmen (who voted YES) that I called was Rep Emerson. I started out telling the aid that I was extremely disappointed that she voted yes for the bailout. He interrupted me and asked my zipcode and then stated that he couldn't talk to me because I wasn't in her district. I said "I live in the state of Missouri and she is a Missouri Representative and I will finish my statement"

He hung up on me lol. I called back and got the same guy and yelled "The sky didn't fall and the market is up, so there!! He hung up on me again.

Anyone on here that has her for a Representative, please give her a call :)

not worth the time

arguing with these people is not worth our time. "He who is convinced against his will is of the same opinion still." These aids are busy and we need to respect them or all you will be doing is making the rest of us look bad. Focusing on the positive is the way to go and it sounds like you are doing that also so keep up the fight, but at the same time lets keep our eyes on the ball. AUDIT THE FED AND HOLD THEM ACCOUTABLE

Keep calling and protesting the bailout in the Senate.

Seems to me that if we want to take power away from the Federal government, then people need to stop investing in T-bills. An investment in T-bills empowers the Federal government, this is their biggest fear. It also locks up dollars as they say. I suggest investing in something other than T-bills such as physical food, supplies, silver and gold. These items, if purchased locally, stimulate the local economy. But what the hell do I know?
grant

I'm calling and emailing when I can

lots ob busy signals, system is overloaded, My congressman site to email is getting so much traffic I can't send e-mail to him

call, call, call

Seems to me that if we want to take power away from the Federal government, then people need to stop investing in T-bills. An investment in T-bills empowers the Federal government, this is their biggest fear. I suggest investing in something other than T-bills such as physical food, supplies, silver and gold. These items, if purchased locally, stimulate the local economy. But what the hell do I know?
grant

Rip them a new one

I faxed the following to my congressman:

"You may be interested to know that every day there are more and more people like myself who are waking up to the workings of the political process and are angry enough to do something about it. It is extremely unfortunate that you decided to vote in favor of the bailout bill. The attached letter will be included in our local paper's Opinion section."

Here is the letter:

No Child’s Wallet Left Behind

The globalist vultures, with the help of their politician friends, are coming to roost with their plans to place the loss of their bad investments squarely on the back of the American taxpayer. Who is helping to prepare their nest? Our very own congressman, whose vote in favor of the bailout clearly shows who he’s working for.

Somewhere in the “Just for Kids” section of his website should be an apology to all the children who will end up paying for this in the years to come. If he had even a fraction of the steely resolve it must be taking Senator Dole to speak out for us against this bill, he’d be wise to heed the words Andrew Jackson spoke in 1832: "You [international bankers] are a den of vipers and thieves. I intend to rout you out, and by the grace of the Eternal God, will rout you out."

NC Senate

I just got off the phone with the offices of Senators Burr and Dole.

Burr plans on voting for the bailout and states his reason to be because of the events that happened in Congress..after speaking to some Congressmen...and that it would help the economy.

Dole however does not plan to vote for the bailout...UNLESS certain changes where made..none where stated.

I left a message for Burr..That I would do everything in my power to vote his teason ass right out of office, and that it should be the Fed that got destroyed NOT the American people.

I left a thank you for Dole, but ask that she NOT vote on the bill no matter what changes where made. I also ask her to look into HR 2755, the bill introduced by Ron Paul.

Burr, Richard- (R - NC) Class III
217 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3154
Web Form: burr.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Home

Dole, Elizabeth- (R - NC) Class II
555 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-6342
Web Form: dole.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactInform...

Freedom is another way to God...A corrupt government is a straight way to hell.

misfit...

see my comment above - we're neighbors!

Called Kay Hagan

Shes for the bailout ONLY if they dont give as much to the bankers and promise to make sure the people who need the help get it...OMG PLEASE!!!!!!...I told the lady I spoke to..I have a 600.00 property tax bill due Dec.31st...Bailout my debt..I let her know..ANY BAILOUT IN ANYWAY WILL BE SHOT DOWN BY US..I also told her she should tell Ms.Hagan to listen to what Ron Paul has said..there are many of us who follow him..and Baldwin...(named a few others) and stated if Ms.Hagan would wake up..pay attention..and change her views pro-Constitution..then she would have a large following and we would vote her in in a heartbeat

Heres the number Statewide Headquarters Number: (336) 617-7416

Freedom is another way to God...A corrupt government is a straight way to hell.

Just wrote my congresswoman

Betty Sutton (D) from Ohio's 13th district. She actually voted against the bill!

This is what I wrote. (feel free to plagiarize)

Dear Congresswoman Sutton,

I would like to thank you sincerely for doing what was right and voting NO on the bailout bill yesterday. I am also very cognizant and respectful of the fact that you, as a Democrat, must be under a great deal of pressure to get something passed. But these scare tactics by the Fed and the economic "experts" (who ironically allowed this mess to occur) to try and "fix" a problem of overspending, over-lending, and over-inflating must be resisted at all costs. To do anything else while still claiming to represent the people of your district would be incredibly wrong. The people have spoken! No more bailouts of failed, irresponsible lending institutions will be tolerated. We need to allow the market to correct itself if we hope to avoid another depression. Propping up a broken system and reinflating a hastily patched balloon will do nothing but delay the inevitable economic hardships to come. Such measures will simply prolong the damage.

If we are truly serious as a nation about taking real measures toward righting this sinking ship, we must begin to look at the root causes of this failure and take APPROPRIATE action. We need to cut spending wherever we possibly can and restore the value of our crumbling dollar. We need to balance the budget and curtail the Federal Reserve's license to spend money that simply does not exist.

Once more, please accept my heartfelt thanks for standing up for the will of the people! Stay strong, and do not lose heart when the House reconvenes. Continue to vote NO on any bailout package.

Cordially yours,

Quote: "Ron Paul is the only one who will have the courage..."

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"Ron Paul knows the market needs to be left alone...and is the only one who will have the courage to continue to vote against this bailout. When the other Congressmen start hearing from their constituents who are losing jobs, and feeling the pain, the politicians will start to cave." quote Sept 29, The Larry Elder show.

Larry Elder, a talk show host with libertarian leanings knows Ron Paul is right and has the courage of his convictions. He has doubts about the other members. We must continue to call and tell them they will lose their job if they do not do what We the People want them to do... remember, they love their power ...and...

Remember to profusely praise those who voted against the bailout!

I'm Clueless ... need help

A friend called and urged me to phone the White House and my pathetic congressman, Frank Wolf (R), telling them to "suspend market value regulations and support the Republican alternative ... which LENDS money, at interest, to Wall Street and the banks."

Is RP supporting this? Somehow I doubt it. Also, since I've been out of the loop for a couple of days, what are you folks saying to your reps ... just not to go along with any bailout, loan, etc?

Help!

VOTE AGAINST IMMUNITY

The Bailout gives them IMMUNITY
On September 30th, 2008 Lysa says:
Bill Buckler's The Privateer #613 says this about SECTION 8 (9-28-08) - nary a word about this on the news, ever:

"In Section 8 - A Claim Beyond ALL Limits:

In Section 8 of the Treasurer's bailout proposal, there is a claim to unlimited powers. We quote it: "Decisions by the Secretary (of Treasury) pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency." If the US Congress signs for this clause, it has abdicated its Constitutional responsibilities. It will also have placed the US Treasury beyond the reach of the courts. Congress will have done this by an act of legislation enacted by itself! That is abdication.

The US Treasurer, Mr. Paulson, will get an unlimited discretion. He could act as he pleases and would become a law unto himself, his decisions being "non-reviewable". So ends the rule of law in the USA."

Keep The Pressure Up With Calls Emails And Faxes

This is far from over.We can do it, be nice,be nasty just do it.

Revolt For Freedom !!!

Regroup, and ATTACK the Congressional Switchboard!

The Bailout was defeated yesterday in Congress!

If you do not know who your Rep is, call the congressional switchboard at (202) 224-3121. They can also patch you through to your rep's office where you can tell them your opinion.

This Bailout will be back to vote again later this week. We only have a couple days to let our voices be heard, once again, that we will vote out any rep that supports this godawful bailout bill, or any compromise version of it!

We won one small battle, but the real fight is still to come

It feels good to win one battle, but the real fight coming. Enjoy the victory but stay focused and keep the pressure on our elected representatives. They will never give up trying stick the taxpayers with the dead assets, and privatize the profits. We can never give up fighting this insanity. Contact you senators now, and congress again.

http://www.visi.com/juan/...

This is what the tea party must have felt like, victory!

Let's get our message straight on the next step

PLEASE LISTEN TO WHAT RON PAUL IS SAYING:

http://www.campaignforlib...

He is saying the issue now is to focus on passing a bill to Audit the Fed!

Correct me if I'm wrong, but this is what our message to congress should be at this point in the game:

1) Regulations and restrictions on the Federal Reserve need to immediately be put in place to keep them from wreaking the economy.

2) Pass a bill to Audit the Fed and hold them accountable.

I did it

I called them all. I know one had voted no and I thank told them thank you and to stand firm. The lady was thrilled to not be getting yelled at and I know she will tell him and I hope it helps him to do the right thing. It made me feel good to call, like I was empowered. I recommend it to everyone.

that's right remember to say thank you

Yes everyone please remember to call those that have voted No and thank them. This will encourage them to continue helping to defeat the Federal Reserve.

Can't Get Through

Having a hard time getting through via email or phone. Just keep on trying!

I just wrote all three again

I thanked Culberson for his no vote. I told them to do what Dr. Paul does straight down the line.

check this out

House votes influenced by campaign donations...duh!
http://thinkprogress.org/...
I guess this explains why our senator Max is so comfortable ignoring us and supporting the bailout -- Goldman Sachs is one of many recognizable names on his donor list
www.montanaforsharbono.co...
http://montanacampaignfor...

ain't that about a b*tch

Nothing but liars, crooks and thieves in Congress. Vote the sons of a gun out of there!

http://www.voterbomb.com/

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The 1st round was easy, now they are fighting.

We have to keep the pressure. This is the time to get out and protest.
grant

Having a Hard time getting through

with phone and emails. I'll keep trying, I was able to talk to Ike Skelton's office, they were trying to lead me to believe more people were for the bailout. The Media is certainly using scare tactics.

I called mine

my Congressman John Spratt that voted for it yesterday, I told thier office they can redeem themselves!

I also called Lindsey Grahams and JimDemints office!!

http://www.congress.org/c...

IT's THE NEW DEAL ,out here.

KEEP UP the pressure they still DO NOT get the picture .....There is NO MARKETs & no need for CREDIT, right now..There is nothing to fix....The economy is doing what it is doing....They all talk like there is somethig to do ...NO ...There is NOTHING that throwing money at a perceived problem, will fix....... The economy is doing it's own MARKETs adjusting...IT does not need any help to do this.....This is the, NEW DEAL ,get used to it,.EXPERTS....GET off your asses & look out here in the REAL world, BEFORE you do more stupid stuff....CREDIT is NOT the problem ,HAVING enough money to pay the debt is the problem ...WE are MAXXED out ...PERIOD ,END of STORY...THE FAT CATS have taken it ALL from this economy ...GET THE PICTURE....
weee

Address the core causes of the problem

Now is not the time to just call and complain to those who voted for the bailout or thank those who voted against it.

Now is the time to start addressing the core problems that led us to this situation. They like to say it was because banks loaned money to people who can't pay it back. Instead, we need to ask why there was so much money in the first place that banks would loan money to those people - DEFICITS AND THE FED.

We need to balance the budget. Call every congressman who voted against the bailout and thank them and then tell them the next step needs to be to offer a real solution: Balance the budget. They need to make the hard spending cuts to get is out of this mess. That might even involve military spending!

Be respectful. But this is the time to propose a real solution instead of a band aid.

Concentrate on the Senate right now.

The Senate is where this thing will appear next.
The Senate is a much less responsive body, and is much less likely to be swayed by public opinion because of their 6 year election terms.

The best hope is to get Sen. Bunning or Sen. Shelby to filibuster this bill at the outset, before it gets going anywhere.
That will delay any movement on the bill.
The Senate will then have to get a Cloture Vote of 60 members to break the filibuster, or it can go on indefinitely, or until they just cancel the bill and move on.

That's our first step, is to try for the delaying or bill-busting efforts of a Senate filibuster.

After that, it will probably go to "Conference" which is a very bad omen.
The "Conference" will end up selling us down the river.
At that point, we must again focus on the House members to kill this Conference Bill, or else we're sunk.

Look folks.
We've seen all this process before many times.
This is how they do things that we oppose.
They work it around all kinds of obstacles, and weave around the Mulberry bush, and down the block and back, and come out the other side, hoping we've been worn down and can't fight anymore. Then they kill us.

bump.....

now is not the time to give up

Congressman Website is Busy

when I tried to post Email this morning. I feel more comfortable sending Emails. I have no fax though I guess there is ways of using your PC. I hate talking on the phone but I guess it is more effective of getting your voice heard.

Can't let up to fight to save the Constitution and save the country for the people.

Keeping up the momentum...

We are investigating the possibility of forming a PAC to run ads opposing Congressmen who voted for the bailout. Anyone who is seriously interested in seeing this happen, either by providing funding, expertise, or time, please contact us at constituentresponse@gmail.com. If enough people are interested and funding is available, there is still time before the election to make an impact. Thanks.

And

make sure to put pressure on the "yes" voters. Tell them this will be their chance to redeem themselves or they will be taken out of seat.

Lines stay busy

Ike Skeletons (D, MO 4th) website tells me too much traffic. Keep up the good work. I'll keep trying.