PLEASE CONTACT YOUR U.S. SENATORS!

JEFFHEAD.COM ^ | 4 Dec 2008 | Jeff Head

[Jeff Head]

I have sent the following letter via eamil and fax to my two Senators from Idaho, Seantor Crapo and Senator-elect Risch. I am also sending it to all of the other 48 US Senators. In my estimation, it is time we informed all of our representatives, from the President on down, who they really work for and what our expectations of them are.

In particular, after the victory of Chambliss in Georgia (which was also a huge victory for Sarah Palin, showing the influence she has and what we can expect on a much larger scale in 20101), and since the US Senate does not have a fillibuster proof majority, it is time that the GOP Senators stood up like patriots and statesmen, instead of the wiley, self-interested politicians so many of them act like, and make a stand for our republic and the fundamental principles upon which it has been founded.

I encourage all Americans to write similar letters, urging the GOP senators to take a stand on principle and not allow socialistic, and anti-American legislation to pass, even if it means they have to hold up all legislation through the power of the fillibuster.

TO MY SENATORS:

Idaho U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and Senator-elect Jim Risch
November 8, 2008
CC: ALL US Senators
Washington, DC
RE: Principled Stand on the Issues of the day using the filibuster

Dear Senators Crapo and Senator-elect Risch,

I am writing this letter to you (to be delivered by email, fax, and the regular mail), to voice my support of the foundational principles that have preserved this nation's liberty, soveriegnty, integrity, prosperity, and peace throughout its history. These principles of sanctity for life, free markets, self-sufficiency, national soveriengty, self defense, individual worth and effort, and personal and societal accountability and responsibilty are bedrock principles to the well being of our Republic and society, and they are also under relentless assault from forces both external and internal to our nation.

In that regard, I am urging my own senators, and all senators...and particularly all GOP senators...to stand for these principles throughout the term of the incoming Obama administration, and particularly when coupling that administration with their DNC majorities in the house and the senate.

But particularly in the US Senate.

The democratic majority was unsuccessful in obtaining a filibuster-proof majority in the US Senate and this gives rise to a critical opportunity for the GOP to resist the sure-to-come abject efforts of the President and his majority to further undercut and weaken these critical prinicples, as they have promised to do, and that their party has been assaulting for many years under the false-flag guises of societal justice and equity through wealth redistribution, a woman's right to choose to kill her own unborn child, public safety to infringe second amendment rights, misplaced compassion to reward illegal aliens with citizenship, and any other number of carefully crafted marketing messages to advance their agenda in these areas.

In particular, Senators, I am urging everyone I know, relatives, neighbors, friends, and acquaintances, to write similar letters.

Stand on principle Senators...the principles enumerated above, and resist the majority in the Senate who will be seeking any number of legislative efforts to undermine these principles I have spoken of. We will gauge your performance accordingly and will either vote to keep you as stalwart defenders of our Constitutional Republic and the principles upon which is has been founded, or replace you with those who will do so accordingly.

Specifcally, use the power of the fillibuster to force the majority to either set-aside, or significantly compromise on their plans for all of the following:

1. The Freedom of Choice Act which will re-fund abortion with federal monies and remove almost all restriction to this ghastly procedure.
2. The proposed nationalization of 401K plans, eliminating them in favor of a federal program tied to the Social Security fund.
3. Any Comprehensive Immigration legislation providing a path to citizenship for illegals already in this counrty.
4. The Obama administration's plans for raising taxes, using the filibuster to get them to make permanent the Bush tax cuts instead.
5. Any Obama plans to draw down our forces in Iraq or Afghanistan prematurely before our current military leaders feel it would be prudent to do so.
6. Any effort to further erode or curtail individual rights to firearms, including any effort to reinstate the so-called Assault Weapon Ban.
7. Any energy legislation that does not provide for rigorous development of our own resources, drilling here and drilling now, and at-home refining of our oil reserves off the coasts, in the oil shales, and in the ANWR.
8. Any effort to accept signature of the Kyoto Protocol in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
9. Any effort to accept signature of the United Nations Law of the Sea.

I believe that we cannot, and must not, get into a trap of hoping the worst for our country in order to politically defeat our opposition, as the democrats have done for eight years regarding President Bush. Such a stance is completely counter productive and destructive to our nation and only leads to worse problems. So, I personally and sincerely wish the best for and pray for the Obama administration as they take office, that our nation will be well defended and prosper under their leadership.

But when plans are proposed that are contrary to those aims, then it not only becomes important to use reasoned dialog and whatever legal and political recourse available to us to resist such contrary plans, but it also becomes our patriotic and sacred duty to do so.

That duty can be discharged without rancor and without wishing ill on our nation or our opposition...but it can also be discharged directly, with confidence in the principles upon which we stand, in an unflinching manner, and with faith in God above.

I urge my own senators, the GOP senators inparticular, and all senators to discharge their duties to our nation and its citizens accordingly because we will also be watching and voting accordingly.

Thank you very much for your time and attention.

Sincerely,

Jeff Head
Emmett, Idaho, USA

JEFFHEAD.COM - HOW SARAH PALIN TRUMPS LIBERALISM - AUDACITY OF TRUTH ABOUT BARACK OBAMA

[Jeff Head]

Please contact your senators and put the political fear of God, and a fear for their political life into them...and ask everyone you know to do the same.

[Doogle]

......was there a correction from your first post? 5 mins ago?

[pabianice]

Uh, right. I’ll send letters right out to Kennedy and Kerry asking for their support...

[Jeff Head]

Yes, there were formatting errors with that first one and I asked the moderator to remove it. A post to that effect is in the other thread.

[Jeff Head]

If they get enough of them they will at least know you are out there and that there is a possibility, however slim, that they can lose in a future election.

[SumProVita]

Kudos!! It’s an excellent letter.

[Jeff Head]

Thanks! Please feel free to use it as a template for your own...and encourage everyone you know to do likewise.

Here's a link to the original:

http://www.jeffhead.com/2008senletter.htm

[GrandmaPatriot]

I’m sure Inouye and Akaka will hop right to it.

[joesbucks]

In particular, after the victory of Chambliss in Georgia (which was also a huge victory for Sarah Palin, showing the influence she has and what we can expect on a much larger scale in 20101)

It is possible that in 18,093 years, she may indeed be ready.

[Jeff Head]

At least they will know you are out there...and if they get enough letters, it may well make some difference.

The more the better and each of us has to do whatever we can within our own sphere of influence.

[sickoflibs]

I like it. They are going to need some focused group tested sales points on why these items are bad to convince the public, and some carefully written polls to throw the press.

The fillibuster is the MOST effective when it is used to hold up a bill long enough that it becomes unpopular. You can see this with the UAW bailout and Pelosi/Reid/Obama trying to find a winning position , now that polls show the public against it. Fillibusters are less effective if they are done against items that stay popular, for whatever reason, because you just loose the next election like 2008. This is because the public wants Washington ‘to get things done’, and the MSM plays that up.

[SumProVita]

Thanks...I’ll probably revise it a bit to fit my senators.
Ignore the naysayers. The more those who represent us in DC hear from us the better...

For me the issue of FOCA is extremely important.

[Jeff Head]

We shall see. She clearly made a difference in Georgia, and I believe that difference wsas for the better.

The more she does of that, the better, particularly in 2010.

As to her campaign as a VP candidate, she was loyal to the man who put her on the ticket to the best of her ability...but let's wait and see what she does on her own.

I am willing to give her that chance.

[Jeff Head]

Exactly...and spot on. Thanks for those great comments!

[Jeff Head]

Agreed 100% on the FOCA...and please feel free to revise this letter. The more folks writing similar letters...the better for us all!

[Old Badger]

Please feel free to use it as a template for your own...and encourage everyone you know to do likewise.

Thanks, I'll use it without any changes ............... and urge others to use it!

[Jeff Head]

Thanks...if we get enough people calling and emailing everyone they know about writing their senators, and can successfully then get each of those to do the same...and so on, and so forth...we can literally get tens and hundreds of thosuands of letters going into to these pols and maybe cause them to fear for their political life.

[proud2beconservativeinNJ]

I called many senate and congressional staff offices prior to the bailout. I think they just ignore our calls. They admitted 75% of the feedback was hold off/reconsider/delay or outright NO BAILOUT and then then just voted against the expressed will of the people and suffered no consequences.

I feel they got away with it and will continue to ignore the will of the people.

[GregB]

Me too..I got 2 bumper stickers for Sarah and gave them away to my brother who loved it and my wife’s uncle,,who loved it when he saw it..after all he rented the beach house for my wife and her mother to come to for the Thanksgiving week..on the Outer Banks...will be ordering more...

[JohnLongIsland]

Dear Secretary-elect Hillary and Schmuckie,

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[Jeff Head]

So many of them act that way and we need to put them on abject notice. If enough of us do, then perhaps they will change their ways...and if not, then next election we simply must, in the words of Andrew Jackson, "Route the vipers out!".

[Jeff Head]

Give it to ‘em...at least they will know that folks like you are out there...and if you can get more and more people to do the same...it will give them some pause.

[Jeff Head]

Give it to ‘em...at least they will know that folks like you are out there...and if you can get more and more people to do the same...it will give them some pause.

[Jeff Head]

Outstanding and way to go!

GO SARAH GO!

HOW SARAH PALIN TRUMPS LIBERALISM



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[PGalt]

...each of us has to do whatever we can within our own sphere of influence.

BTTT!

[joesbucks]

I was only poking at your typo. You typed 20101 in your original post instead of 2010 or 2012.

I have little doubt she hurt anything in Georgia. It would have been more interesting to see her ability in a swing state such as Ohio or even in a state that leans blue but is not a cinch blue state. With the noise of a third party candidate out of the way and conservative Georgians knowing what the stakes were they stopped playing around and got serious in the runoff.

Palin has to a point sort of developed rock star or a cult like following. I'm admittedly not a huge fan of hers, but if she showed up in my area and I was free, I would go for a look see.

But as she matures, I can see my skepticism morphing to support.

[joesbucks]

I was only poking at your typo. You typed 20101 in your original post instead of 2010 or 2012.

I have little doubt she hurt anything in Georgia. It would have been more interesting to see her ability in a swing state such as Ohio or even in a state that leans blue but is not a cinch blue state. With the noise of a third party candidate out of the way and conservative Georgians knowing what the stakes were they stopped playing around and got serious in the runoff.

Palin has to a point sort of developed rock star or a cult like following. I'm admittedly not a huge fan of hers, but if she showed up in my area and I was free, I would go for a look see.

But as she matures, I can see my skepticism morphing to support.

[NECAWA]

This is a very good letter, except that the dangerous union card check legislation must also be addressed.

[Jeff Head]

Gotcha...gotcha. LOL!

[Jeff Head]

Please, revise accordingly and send it on!

[Tenniel2]

Card-check, good call.

And, quite seriously, how about nuclear power (yes!), income-tax reform (please please please), and the (Un)Fairness Doctrine (NWIH), while we're at it?

[Red Reign]

Nice letter ping!

[atlbelle44]

Ping! We need to start writing. I just wrote both my Senators and my Congressman.

[atlbelle44]

Great post! I added these:

10. Any effort to require non-secretive union voting.
11. Any effort to re-introduce any type of Fairness Doctrine.
12. Any effort to derail nuclear power.
13. Any effort to require community service of our children.
14. Any effort to cut necessary military programs and spending.
15. Any effort to bailout industries that are responsible for their own demise.

[Still Thinking]

In particular, after the victory of Chambliss in Georgia (which was also a huge victory for Sarah Palin, showing the influence she has and what we can expect on a much larger scale in 20101)

Aw, come on. Do we have to wait that long?

[Jeff Head]

Outstanding! Exactly the spirit. Please pass the letter around to be used as a template!

http://www.jeffhead.com/2008senletter.htm

[Jeff Head]

Hehehe...my bad. Dang fat fumble fingers of mine. 2010!

[Jeff Head]

Thanks...my bad for not even catching the humor of my own typo!

I believe as Sarah does more and more campaigning for herself without the handicap of having to avoid issues where she differed with McCain, that we will all be more and more enthused with her.

[Still Thinking]

Yes, she seems hugely popular wherever she goes. I also have a pet theory that global warming will be looking like a real boondoggle in (probably less than) four years, which will make her look even smarter in retrospect. (Though of course the LSM will try to bury/spin this, so as usual she’ll have to try real hard to get the message and the facts out)