Posted on 08/06/2009 11:06:53 AM PDT by MplsSteve
Farmfest is typically a genial event -- a stop elected and aspiring officials consider an easy political must-do.
But at this year's gathering in rural Redwood Falls, as First District U.S. Rep. Tim Walz, D-Minn., put in an appearance, an audience member declared loudly that plans for national health reform were a "step toward communism."
Walz, a veteran, shot back: "I didn't spend 24 years in the military to be called a Communist, I can tell you that."
A similarly harsh reception confronted Fifth District Rep. Keith Ellison, when he struggled for control of the microphone at what should have been a friendly meeting on health care reform at a north Minneapolis clinic.
Fourth District Rep. Betty McCollum felt the wrath from both ends of the spectrum at a Highland Park get-together, when one participant questioned why they couldn't get single-payer health care while another bluntly told McCollum: "I don't trust you, I don't trust the Republicans, I don't trust Democrats, I don't trust conservatives, liberals, or politicians with my health care. I trust two people, that's me and my doctor."
Concerns over the pace and breadth of health care reform have birthed a fiery wave of activism during the congressional recess as fearful citizens make their voices heard with resounding vigor.
Across the country, congressional Democrats are being hammered by angry groups of protesters showing up at normally low-energy forums. Democrats suspect a well-organized effort, not a grass-roots uprising. Republicans say the concerns are genuine and the anger is real.
(Excerpt) Read more at startribune.com ...
And yes, there are Minnesotans who are making themselves heard on the healthcare issue!
As I read the article, I found the retort by Rep Tim Walz to be disingenuous. Tim, no one called you a Communist. The person who spoke of the healthcare plan called it communistic.
If you can't figure out the difference, maybe you shouldn't be in a leadership position as you are.
Comments or opinions - anyone?
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And it is just now August 6. It’s going to be a long, hot August for the CongressCritters.
BTW, well underway on this one.
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Chicago Tribune: The Rise of a Great American Newspaper
by Lloyd Wendt
I would like to have been a fly on the wall during the meeting headed by Pelosi to the Democrats in Congress before recess. She put the fear in them, now they are representing Pelosi.
These people need to be defeated, they do not represent their districts or their constituents. They left their gonads in Nancy’s office. They don’t need them anymore.
By doing so, those who wish to enslave us through accumulating all power in Washington are meeting strong and unexpected resistance to their massive power grab. This is what the Founders intended when they structured a government (Constitution) for a free people. It required a vigilant and informed electorate.
The following essay, reprinted with permission, is from a 1987 book entitled, "Our Ageless Constitution."
"Although all men are born free, slavery has been the general lot of the human race. Ignorant - they have been cheated; asleep - they have been surprised; divided - the yoke has been forced upon them. But what is the lesson? ...the people ought to be enlightened, to be awakened, to be united, that after establishing a government they should watch over it.... It is universally admitted that a well-instructed people alone can be permanently free." James Madison "America's Constitution is the means by which knowledgeable and free people, capable of self-government, can bind and control their elected representatives in government. In order to remain free, the Founders said, the people themselves must clearly understand the ideas and principles upon which their Constitutional government is based. Through such understanding, they will be able to prevent those in power from eroding their Constitutional protections. "The Founders established schools and seminaries for the distinct purpose of instilling in youth the lessons of history and the ideas of liberty. And, in their day, they were successful. Tocqueville, eminent French jurist, traveled America and in his 1830's work, DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA, wrote:
"On the frontier, he noted that "...no sort of comparison can be drawn between the pioneer and the dwelling that shelters him.... He wears the dress and speaks the language of the cities; he is acquainted with the past, curious about the future, and ready for argument about the present.... I do not think that so much intellectual activity exists in the most enlightened and populous districts of France' " He continued, "It cannot be doubted that in the United States the instruction of the people powerfully contributes to the support of the democratic republic; and such must always be the case...where the instruction which enlightens the understanding is not separated from the moral education.." "Possessing a clear understanding of the failure of previous civilizations to achieve and sustain freedom for individuals, our forefathers discovered some timeless truths about human nature, the struggle for individual liberty, the human tendency toward abuse of power, and the means for curbing that tendency through Constitutional self-government. Jefferson's Bill For The More General Diffusion Of Knowledge For Virginia declared:
"Education was not perceived by the Founders to be a mere process for teaching basic skills. It was much, much more. Education included the very process by which the people of America would understand and be able to preserve their liberty and secure their Creator-endowed rights. Understanding the nature and origin of their rights and the means of preserving them, the people would be capable of self government, for they would recognize any threats to liberty and "nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud." (Adams)
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1. Obama, Pelosi, and Reid did not elect them.
2. Obama, Pelosi, and Reid do not pay their salaries.
3. Obama, Pelosi, and Reid do not live in their districts.
We need signs, posters, and banners at these meetings for them to see stating these facts. They do not need/should not cave into Obama, Pelosi and Reid!
Tactical Timmy Walz was a REMF in the rear with the gear...
and he’s a socialist.
Any moron politician who backs this pile of crap healthcare bill is going to be verbally assaulted! YOU CAN’Y STOP IT!....PEOPLE ARE PISSED!
Here is Hillary screeching that ‘dissent is patriotic!’....... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJxmpTMGhU0
Of course she said this when George Bush was POTUS. I wonder is she still feels the same way now that the ‘dissent’ is being directed at the people who took over power in Washington DC.
If anyone knows where I can see the Obama Plan, please correct me and let me know.
Obama Wants to Eliminate Private Insurance (video)
This shocking video has Obama advocating a single payer(socialized) health care plan. He says it will take a few years to accomplish this. These statements make a lie of what he is currently saying.
From the video:
“I would hope that we set up a system that allows those who can go through their employer to access a federal system or a state pool of some sort. But I don’t think we’re going to be able to eliminate employer coverage immediately. There’s going to be potentially some transition process. I can envision a decade out or fifteen years out or 20 out. “
maybe we need to take a tape of this for the masses to
hear...
There is no amount of good acts that will give you a free pass on evil for the rest of your life. If he doen't want to be associated with Communism, he should stop voting to support it.
Thank you. I have been thinking about that and am glad you posted it. Someone on one of the FOX shows should be sent this and put it on the air after they report about how Americans are being critized now by Pelosi, Obama, Reid, et al.
SourOne values his power over Middle Earth more than anything else.
However, when (not if) it passes, that same anger will become white-hot fury.
That youtube should be sent to all conservative outlets, Drudge, Rush, local talk shows, etc. It is the perfect rebuttal to the Dem talking points about mobs.
thats exactly it. and anyone going to one of these townhalls has to say,”you represent your party,not the people that elected you”
You must immediately report yourself to flag@whitehouse.gov. Sorry.
“Tim, no one called you a Communist.”
usually when people have a knee jerk reaction like that they really are what the purport not to be
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