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Tea Partiers on 'Alert' as Democrats Lay Groundwork for Health Care Passage
FOXNews.com ^ | March 01, 2010 | FOXNews.com

Posted on 03/01/2010 10:15:17 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper

Democrats appear to be gambling that a perceived lull in Tea Party activism, combined with an eight-month window to the November midterm election, is going to buy them enough time to muster the simple majorities they need in the Senate and House to give President Obama at least partial victory in his push to remake the nation's health care system.

"Time is up," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in an interview Sunday. "We really have to go forth."

But conservative activists, particularly the Tea Party groups, are gearing up for a fight to the last vote, even if political judgment day may seem far off.

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1 posted on 03/01/2010 10:15:17 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Live free or die.


2 posted on 03/01/2010 10:18:09 AM PST by DownInFlames
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Sounds like it is time to surround the capital with more poeple than were there on 9/12? This time while they are in session.


3 posted on 03/01/2010 10:35:48 AM PST by chris_bdba
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To: Berlin_Freeper

perceived lull -—————Saul Alinsky tactic. it’s not what you have, it’s what youw ant the enemy to think you have....

and create a problem real or perceived, another Alinsky tactic.

there is no lull. But there is lots of state run fringe media propaganda...


4 posted on 03/01/2010 10:45:23 AM PST by Freddd (CNN is down to Three Hundred Thousand viewers. But they worked for it.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Ray Stevens: "You vote Obamacare, we're gonna vote you outta there...
5 posted on 03/01/2010 10:54:53 AM PST by backwoods-engineer (No more RINOS; I will vote my conscience, even if I have to write "Sarah Palin" on the ballot!)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
What is the status of the 4/15 gathering?

I want to go, need to make reservations now, but it is an economic sacrifice and I want to know others are with me.

IMO, Pelosi is daring us to repeat 9/12. If we don't she is going to run around saying that proves that only a few fringe types are against this commie takeover.

We have to seriously disrupt DC, and we have to do it soon.


6 posted on 03/01/2010 10:55:09 AM PST by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Can anybody spare a Viagra to send to Congress? It seems they are impotent and lack the courage to stand up against Obama’s usurpation of their Constitution responsibility of making the laws for the nation. By what authority does a president moderate a summit of Congress members in an attempt to push his agenda into becoming Federal law? The summit was a farce. By all means, send a Viagra to Congress. They need it more than you do.

Here is a website that lists the phone numbers of your Reps and Senators.
It’s time to act.
http://www.contactingthecongress.org/


7 posted on 03/01/2010 11:03:04 AM PST by Jonah Vark (Any 5th grader knows that the Constitution declares the separation of powers. President Obama, get)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
I get an uncomfortable feeling that they are "daring" us too hard.

This might be prince oogah boogah's opening to declare martial law and bring out the goons.

It just looks like all of them are a bit too obsessive about ramming through this healthcare to be normal.

Americans beware...but be strong...
8 posted on 03/01/2010 11:24:23 AM PST by FrankR (Those of us who love AMERICA far outnumber those who love obama - your choice.)
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To: FrankR

I have the same dreaded feeling. Pray that he is stopped before our country is destroyed.


9 posted on 03/01/2010 11:30:40 AM PST by Jonah Vark (Any 5th grader knows that the Constitution declares the separation of powers. President Obama, get)
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To: All; FrankR; Jonah Vark; Berlin_Freeper

>>”This might be prince oogah boogah’s opening to declare martial law and bring out the goons.”<<

What Good Can a Handgun Do Against an Army.....?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/backroom/2312894/posts?page=242


10 posted on 03/01/2010 12:22:32 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (I will raise $2 million for Sarah Palin & it won't be from Gaza, Kosovo or Nigeria!!)
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To: chris_bdba

NEED ANOTHER APRIL 15TH TAX DAY RALLY.


11 posted on 03/01/2010 12:47:07 PM PST by WOSG (OPERATION RESTORE AMERICAN FREEDOM - NOVEMBER, 2010 - DO YOUR PART!)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
While Tea Party groups say they're no fans of a number of Republicans in Congress, it's highly unlikely they'd see a friend in the Democratic leadership team either.

It's highly unlikely you'll have any friends when you burn bridges and bite the hand that feeds you -- the Republicans "holding down the fort" in Congress--, while striking an alliance with R.Paul/libertarians whose aim is to win a second term for Comrade ObaMao.

12 posted on 03/01/2010 1:05:40 PM PST by La Enchiladita (wise gringa)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

OBAMANOMICS—TRICKLE DOWN DESTRUCTION of the economy

SET THEIR LOCAL AND DC LINES ON FIRE!
PLEASE ASK THEM TO REPEAL THE BIG NEW FEES in TRICARE for Life, the retired Military over 65 secondary health ins. which they passed in a DOD bill. They promised our Military these benefits, and our Military have earned them.

Bambi doesn’t keep his promises...so buyer beware!
Sen Scott Brown’s number is 202-224-4543

Capitol Hill switchboard is 202-224-3121

Lots of local demwit phone numbers on this thread

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2408217/posts

Rename, repackage, rewrite it a tad smaller, and sell another pig in a poke. NO COLAs for granny, retired Military or retired fed employees. BIG NEW fees for Tricare for Life retired over 65 Military’s secondary health ins.
(DOD bill already passed, delayed but goes into effect 2011 NEEDS TO BE REPEALED!

OBAMA’s WAR ON SENIORS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2433867/posts/

New Dem mantra: Woof, woof eat dog food granny....ala let them eat cake. http://www.lifenews.com/bio3058.html
Friday, February 19, 2010

Obama says slight fix will extend Social Security
http://townhall.com/news/us/2010/02/19/obama_says_slight_fix_will_extend_social_security

Health Care Rationing for Seniors Another Problem in New Obama Plan http://www.lifenews.com/bio3058.html
Medicare tax may apply to investment income (ObamaCare tax hike)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2460988/posts

SOCIALIZED MED THREAD http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2461394/posts
TRI CARE FOR LIFE This from a google search:

http://economicspolitics.blogspot.com/2009/05/tricare-for-life-is-obama-trying-to.html

This option would help reduce the costs of TFL, as well as costs for Medicare, by introducing minimum out-of pocket requirements for beneficiaries. Under this option, TFL would not cover any of the first $525 of an enrollee’s cost-sharing liabilities for calendar year 2011 and would limit coverage to 50 percent of the next $4,725 in Medicare cost sharing that the beneficiary incurred. (Because all further cost sharing would be covered by TFL, enrollees could not pay more than $2,888 in cost sharing in that year.) http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/99xx/doc9925/12-18-HealthOptions.pdf

http://www.vawatchdog.org/09/hcva09/hcva110609-1.htm
Bill Would Restrict Veterans’ Health Care Options 11/06/09
Buyer and McKeon Offer Amendments to Protect Veterans and TRICARE Beneficiaries

Congress plans to block Tricare fee increases
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/10/military_tricarefees_blocked_100709w

http://www.navytimes.com/news/2009/10/military_tricarefees_blocked_100709w/

By Rick Maze - Staff writer, Oct 7, 2009

Tricare fee increases imposed last week by the Defense Department will be repealed by a provision of the compromise 2010 defense authorization bill unveiled Wednesday by House and Senate negotiators.
Snip The fee increases were announced on Sept. 30 and took effect on Oct. 1, but the defense bill, HR 2647, includes a provision barring any fee increases until the start of fiscal 2011.

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Retired Army Maj. Gen. Bill Matz, president of the National Association for Uniformed Services, said the announcement of fee increases was shocking considering that the Obama administration promised earlier this year to hold off on any new fee Tricare fee increases until fiscal 2011.

“President Obama and DoD assured NAUS and the entire military family earlier this year that there would rightly be no increases in any Tricare fees” in fiscal 2010, Matz said. “We took them at their word, and I can’t believe that a co-pay increase like this was allowed to go forward,” he added.


13 posted on 03/01/2010 2:04:19 PM PST by GailA (obamacare paid for by cuts & taxes on most vulnerable Veterans, disabled,seniors & retired Military)
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