How your Legislator and others have been voting...

Patriots,

Click on this link to get a good idea on how your legislator has been voting... It is very interesting.

http://www3.capwiz.com/afanet/officials/congress/?district=12&azip=15427&state=PA&bzip=1007

Patriots for Freedom
Washington County PA
wesurroundthempa@gmail.com

Murphy - townhall mtg - Aug 3 - Greensburg

Congressman Tim Murphy is holding a town hall meeting at Pitt, Greensburg on Monday, to promote the government health care program. No matter how you feel about the viability and need for a government plan, you should certainly expect all of our representatives to enroll in the plan. If it will be good for you, it should also be good for them.

Go to the link below for more details:

http://mail.google.com/mail/?zx=ts34qvfs60tm&shva=1#inbox/122d2a153fea9869

Let him hear your voice.

Patriots for Freedom
Washington County PA
wesurroundthempa@gmail.com

Detailed Highlights of the Healthcare Bill HR3200

Patriots,

Please know what our legislators are voting on, and again without reading it. They will be home for the August break very soon. Please make every effort to visit their offices or one of their town halls. Visiting Legislators likely to vote for this amendment, even if they are not in your district is highly encouraged.

Below is a fairly detailed list of the Bill. Please review and act. Copy & paste link into your URL box.

http://www.liberty.edu/media/9980/attachments/healthcare_overview_obama_072909.pdf

Patriots of Freedom
the 9 12 Project
Washington County PA

wesurroundthempa@gmail.com

July Meeting

The 912 Project SWPA will meet Wednesday evening, July 29th, at 630p at the Young Men's Club in California PA.
The meeting will be an open format in the round.
Please make an effort to attend.
:o)

Make your Voice Heard!!!

Washington's effort to overhaul the nation's health care system has generated an intense debate among lawmakers, policy makers and health care providers. If you want to express your opinion too, here is a list of key players involved and how to contact them.

Obama will be on TV tonight to try to "sell" his healthcare plan to America. Listen carefully, take notes, and discuss the details with everyone you can. Now is not the time to be timid or moderate.

Please contact these legislators and voice your position!

* The White House: (202) 456-1111 or send an e-mail at www.whitehouse.gov/contact/
* House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.: (202) 225-4965 or e-mail her at AmericanVoices@mail.house.gov
* House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio: (202) 225-6205 or e-mail him at AsktheLeader@mail.house.gov
* Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.: (202) 224-3542 or send an e-mail at www.reid.senate.gov/contact/
* Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.: (202) 224-2541 or send an e-mail at www.mcconnell.senate.gov/contact_form.cfm
* Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which canceled its vote this week on health care legislation because there was not enough support : (202) 225-3976 or send an e-mail at www.waxman.house.gov/contact/
* Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, ranking member on the House Energy and Commerce Committee: (202) 225-2002 or send an e-mail at www.joebarton.house.gov/contactjoe.aspx?Type=Contact
* Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, which passed its health care bill last week: (202) 224-2823 or send an e-mail at www.dodd.senate.gov/index.php?q=node/3128
* Sen. Michael Enzi, ranking member on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee: (202) 224-3424 or send an e-mail at www.enzi.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactInformation.EmailSenatorEnzi
* Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, which is still working on its version of a health care bill: (202) 224-2651 or send an e-mail at www.baucus.senate.gov/contact/emailForm.cfm?subj=issue
* Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, ranking member on the Senate Finance Committee: (202) 224-3744 or send an e-mail at www.grassley.senate.gov/contact.cfm
* Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y. chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, which passed its health care bill last week: (202) 225-4365 or send an e-mail at www.forms.house.gov/rangel/forms/contact.shtml
* Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich., ranking member on the House Ways and Means Committee: (202) 225-3561 or send an e-mail at www.camp.house.gov/contact/
* Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, which passed its health care bill last week: (202) 225-2095 or send an e-mail at www.georgemiller.house.gov/contactus/2007/08/post_1.html
* Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., ranking member on the Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee: (202) 225-4501 or send an e-mail at www.tom.house.gov/html/contact_form_email.cfm

Blood & Bone Marrow Donations

Central Blood Bank in SW PA offers free bone marrow testing only when a blood donation is done. Check the procedure in your area. Call your hospital and ask for the Blood and Bone Marrow Donation Business Manager.
DKMS provides free testing nationally. The complete donation procedure FREE to you as they are a non-profit. They do ask for donations if you are able. Please make every effort to have a kit sent to you if you are unable to attend a drive or donate blood for any other reason.
Many need a stem cell match as soon as possible. You probably know someone in need.

Go to DKMS via: http://www.dkmsamericas.org/category/bone-marrow-donors/bone-marrow-donation-process/marrow-donation Order extras for those in your office and neighborhood.

Go to: http://www.marrow.org/JOIN/Join_Now/join_now.html to join the registry.

Patriots for Freedom
The 912 Project
Washington County PA

A Great Book

For those of you who have not yet found the new book "Common Sense" by Glenn Beck, make tracks to your nearest book store to grab it! Borders has it in stock.
We can't say it any better than Glenn has presented in this book our current dilemma in America.
We have a plan. It will be detailed at our next meeting. Those who work to unravel America while so many sleep have laid it out for us.
"Common Sense" is an easy and fabulous read. Make time to read it and learn.

Patriots for Freedom
The 912 Project SWPA

Tap Water Issue

Hi, this is Dennis Posting and using this blog to inform about tap water in our area which is a result I believe from all of the natural gas wells people are allowing on their property to make extra income. See pasted in article below:



Take Action to Protect Pennsylvania's Drinking Water!

Protect your drinking water from pollution
Ask your State Senator to support the Safer Drinking Water Act.

Drinking water sources have little special protection in Pennsylvania from pollution. In fact, millions of residents drink from rivers that are the lowest quality in the state, some not even meeting federal Clean Water Act standards. Polluters can discharge some chemicals into our waterways without limit, requiring expensive treatment by drinking water plants to remove the contaminants. Every year, we site chemical storage tanks or gas stations near our public wells and river intakes without thinking that leaks and accidents could contaminate our drinking water.
A pristine trout stream in Pennsylvania receives much more protection from pollution than the average stream providing our drinking water. While we want to make sure our fishing spots are protected, our families deserve protection as well!
We need your help - take action to protect Pennsylvania's drinking water sources!


On Earth Day, eighteen Pennsylvania State Senators introduced SB 777, state legislation that would protect rivers, streams, and aquifers (groundwater) that supply our public drinking water.

This bill, the Safer Drinking Water Act, will provide special protection to any water that supplies the public with its drinking water.

Send an e-mail and let your Pennsylvania State Senator know that you want them to support the Safer Drinking Water Act and push for a vote in the State Senate soon.
Thanks for your help!

Dennis Hough

Cap & Trade Tax Bill Vote Record

Final vote - passes 219-212. Cap & Trade passed by the House. The Senate will take it up later this summer or early fall. Take action!

Go to:
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll477.xml
for the Roll Call Vote on Cap & Trade Tax Bill.

The 8 Cap & Trade Tax Voting Republicans are: Hope you enjoy your retirement in 2010!

Bono Mack (CA) (202) 225-5330
Castle (DE) (202) 225-4165
Kirk (IL) (202) 225-4835 (considering running for Senate!)
Lance (NJ) (202) 225-5361
LoBiondo (NJ) (202) 225-6572
McHugh (NY) (202) 225-4611
Reichert (WA) (202) 225-7761
Smith (NJ) (202) 225-3765

The 44 Democrat NAY votes: Good for Them!

Altmire
Arcuri
Barrow
Berry
Boren
Bright
Carney
Childers
Costa
Costello
Dahlkemper
Davis (AL)
Davis (TN)
DeFazio
Donnelly (IN)
Edwards (TX)
Ellsworth
Foster
Griffith
Herseth Sandlin
Holden
Kirkpatrick (AZ)
Kissell
Kucinich
Marshall
Massa
Matheson
McIntyre
Melancon
Minnick
Mitchell
Mollohan
Nye
Ortiz
Pomeroy
Rahall
Rodriguez
Ross
Salazar
Stark
Tanner
Taylor
Visclosky
Wilson (OH)

Reminder: The two Republicans who didn’t vote: Jeff Flake (AZ) and John Sullivan (OK). Our Country is more important than a beauty pageant. Sullivan should have found his way to the vote.

Flake had a “family conflict” (his daughter was supposedly in a beauty pageant in Alabama on Saturday and Sullivan is going through alcohol treatment. Dem. Rep. Patrick Kennedy was pulled out of rehab to cast his vote.

Not One Red Cent should go to any legislator who voted in favor of Cap & Trade.

You will remember this in 2010 as our economy will be in shambles.

Patriots for Freedom

The 912 Project SWPA

The Full Text of the Cap & Trade (tax) Bill

The House barely passed the most recent version of the Cap & Trade Bill Friday night long after most of us had gone to bed.
While most news coverage was focused on Michael Jackson, the House quietly passed this 932 page Bill that had over 300 pages of add on details which were added in the last hours.
It is impossible that our legislators read this bill in its entirety due to time restrictions thereby risking our economic future in America with their negligence to due diligence.

According to the Wall Street Journal, "The hit to GDP is the real threat in this bill. The whole point of cap and trade is to hike the price of electricity and gas so that Americans will use less. These higher prices will show up not just in electricity bills or at the gas station but in every manufactured good, from food to cars. Consumers will cut back on spending, which in turn will cut back on production, which results in fewer jobs created or higher unemployment. Some companies will instead move their operations overseas, with the same result.

The reality is that cost estimates for climate legislation are as unreliable as the models predicting climate change. What comes out of the computer is a function of what politicians type in. A better indicator might be what other countries are already experiencing. Britain's Taxpayer Alliance estimates the average family there is paying nearly $1,300 a year in green taxes for carbon-cutting programs in effect only a few years.

Americans should know that those Members who vote for this climate bill are voting for what is likely to be the biggest tax in American history."

Read through the bill in its full naked truth.
You will be dismayed to learn the details which have not been reported by CBS, ABC, NBC, CNN, or MSNBC or other similar networks.

http://www.heritage.org/Research/EnergyandEnvironment/upload/hr2454-text.pdf


As Americans continue to sit idly by as if the freedoms and prosperity we have enjoyed the past 200 + years will continue, one by one, those same freedoms and prosperity are being eliminated by our legislators in Washington. Only by acting within our states by imposing "States Rights" and calling for a "Constitutional Convention" can this be stopped.

The gamut has been laid down. We must take it up.

Patriots for Freedom
The 912 Project SWPA