TRAITOR CONGRESSMAN COMES HOME TO FIND AN AWAKENED CONSTITUENT

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The following is a very interesting (true) story of what happened to me tonight, when one of our fearless congressional turn-coats arrived back home. Enjoy!

One of the traitor Congressmen came back to his home district and I was fortunate enough to be on hand for the local county Repub. Party meeting.

I am a citizen of Oconee, Co., SC and I heard on the local newsradio station that the Oconee Repub. HQ was having an open house meeting for their returning Congressman, Gresham Barrett. Barrett, one of the most traiterous in that he voted Nay on Monday and Aye on Friday! I got a short notice, but I was determined to confront the man as soon as Friday's vote was over. THIS WAS MY CHANCE!

Let me preface with; I, personally, only became involved politically because of the Ron Paul Revolution, exclusively. Dr. Paul could have been a member of the Kangaroo Party and I would have jumped on board so I could support him, or more importantly "THE MESSAGE." He is a Republican, so I have dealt with that as best I can, AND THE PARTY PEOPLE. However, as many of you know, the Republican base membership is basically made up of white, elitist, pseudo-hardworking "christian" (lower-case intentionally) conservatives (and in the South, a lot of racists, too). I must say, first of all, that the head-count of this Republican stronghold in the upstate of SC (less than a month from the ELECTION!) was a pitiful turnout at best! I can recall more people at our Ron Paul meetup groups a year ago! And he was a "fringe candidate" THEN! This is indicative that the party of the Elephant is dying! Maybe 30 people, excluding speakers and party leaders on hand.

But, I digress..

Anywho, I arrive and ask to speak to Mr. Barrett. I was shown where he was and shook his hand and said "Why did you change your vote on Friday?" He replies "I'll be addressing that in just a few minutes at the podium." Very well, then. I help myself to the lush Subway-catered table and sit back as the suit-and-ties and soccer moms stare at me in my casual attire. The meeting commences with local and state government rep's getting applause and general GOP butt-kissing and good ol' boy pandering. Of course there's a PRAYER that is as "exclusively American" as always. They always ask God to bless US and THIS country and OUR troops and anything AMERICAN! I guess they think God is all for isolating or self-proclaiming your particular group as the ones He wants protected and we MUST be sacred over ALL of His children and Creation? God created all of us, everywhere!.......Anyway,... Then, finally, Mr. Barrett begins to talk. Obviously the economy of the nation was the issue, and his "harrowing experience on Capitol Hill last week" unfolds. After being praised by the handful of local GOP flunkies, he explains (para-phrased) "Folks, this was one of the hardest weeks of my entire political career." "The Sec. of the Treasury comes up and says 'Guys, I need you to give me a check for $700 billion dollars!' " "Well, we worked on it. and, uh, on Monday, they all had something they thought would work. But, uh, I opposed it, I voted No. And, then after all the votes were cast, the Speaker said 'Anyone wanna change their vote?' And it was dead silent. And, then, a NY rep said 'The Stock Market just dropped 700 points!' And, folks, my heart sank! I was in shock! So, the gavel fell and I looked at Mr. Frank and said 'Sir, we gotta roll up our sleeves, we got more work to do!"

As if that weren't abhorant enough, he proceeds with how the rest of the week provides even more "information to make him wonder what to do." "I'm hearing from this guy over here, and this expert over there, and I just don't know what to do! Then I get calls from people all over South Carolina. I had one lady in Spartanburg telling me she had 5 Verizon stores and wanting to open a 6th one and she said 'Gresh, the bank tells me 'No!' And, then, the thing that tore me up was a fella' I knew in McCormick, SC that was cryin' on the phone and said 'Gresh, I could lose $400,000 in my savings!' And, folks, that's when I knew I had to change my vote!" "And, so, we got a higher security of the FDIC figure, up to $250,000 from 100k. And, I tell ya, it wasn't perfect....it wasn't perfect.....but it was necessary, folks" (please use your best southern accent when reading the preceding).

As you can imagine, it was hard for me to keep down the Roast Beef and Swiss sub I had eaten! Not only was he admitting he was basically unconcerned with "hard-workin' people" after the Stock Market update on the first go-round. But, if the special interest and banking cartel's didn't sway his 2nd vote, the handful of WELL-above-average constituents from OTHER districts sure did! I was appalled. He asked for questions. The first one was from a gentleman that quickly voiced he was enraged with Barrett's switch vote, and nicely explained why. I can't understand why the man was upset! I mean, come on!! Some poor soul was about to lose $400 grand! Apparently, if you have $400k sitting around you're suddenly poverty-striken! And, then, that sad story of the woman who NEEDS a 5th or 6th Verizon store and THE BANK WON'T LEND HER MONEY! OH, NO!!! The only time I ever even SAW $400,000 was in typed print! <--------- Like right BACK there!

Then....MY turn!!

I stood and introduced myself and told them ALL I was fairly new to the area, which I was. But raised in the South, nonetheless. I thanked him for his work in the House thus far. I said "About 2 years ago I began to study very closely, for the first time in my life, the intricacies of the work and documents of our Founder's. I learned the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation. I read Common Sense, by Thomas Paine. Studied memiors of Jefferson and Adams, etc. And, what I have seen since is a total disregard by Washington for just about everything these men with incredible resolve, precise knowledge and succinct foresight had left us to guide the legacy of their Revolution with." I continued aloud, to a silent but attentive audience, "This was a very hard time to be a legislator for these United States, I agree. But, if you can translate and interpret that Rule of Law, the Constitution, and then reflect the majority sentiment of your district on the floor of the House, you have performed your duty. I realize that often the constituency is complacent and does not voice it, but this past week it DID, resoundingly! I do not, for the life of me, understand how a bill of this kind even found itself on the floor of the House to even be considered. How Congress can even deliberate taking taxpayer's money to bail out bad debts and bad assets of failed businesses is beyond my comprehension. And, then, tack on more pork by Friday that We The People are paying the tab for. And, THEN, should a few of the little keystones of this pile of rocks come out, we are on the hook for trillions of dollars! Not to mention, WHAT DID YOUR CONSTUENCY WANT? It is a fact that their voices were heard this past week, if they were ever heard. You SPEAK FOR US, Sir. Not the expert's opinions or the DOW or your own opinion! You are ONLY OUR VOICE! We elected you to speak for US! And, the root of this entire problem lies with a single entity. The Constitution vehemently forbids ANYONE except Congress and the Treasury to regulate our currency. And, you people are at the mercy of THAT! The Federal Reserve banking cartel owns YOU and most of Congress and as a result it owns US! The sweat and labor of our future has been laid at the doorstep of these bankers to exploit at their whim then and now. The Free Market enterprise is built to cleanse itself and perpetuate, and the Law of the country keeps it in check. Government has no business meddling in free-market capitalism. I believe that is called Socialism. When you neglect your Constitution and your constituency, you neglect your duty. And, now, once it has been passed, it is like passing 1000 more to get it repealed! This government operates on a fiat currency and a system of debt and credit and printing money out of thin air, and you are enslaving your citizens and it is simply WRONG!"

Amazingly enough, not much of a comeback from him. I even got a few "very well put" responses from the few in the room that "got it!" I am sure my final point of "printing money out of thin air" was all he needed to hear to know WHO "educated me!" I urge more of you to suck it up and pay your incumbents that voted for this slavery bill a visit, to be held accountable...in public and in front of their own people. It may not change the bill or the vote, but you will feel accomplishment and you WILL educate SOMEONE there! And the MESSAGE IS SPREAD AGAIN! They cannot stop the idea of Liberty and Freedom! Never!

Thanks for reading. It was much better to be there in person. Fortunately, you can experience it for yourself! DO THE SAME THING!