July 30, 2009

KALAMAZOO GAZETTE -- Kalamazoo gay-rights ordinance suspended afterpetition signatures are certified - MLive.com

 
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Congratulations to committed pro-family volunteers in Kalamazoo, who've now achieved the first step toward protecting their community from the threat this discriminatory ordinance poses to religious freedom and the privacy rights of women and children.
 
Now we face a ballot campaign in which the opposition will be funded by homosexual Kalamazoo billionaire Jon Stryker.  Your generous support will be vital and deeply appreciated.
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"The city of Kalamazoo's new ordinance providing discrimination protections to gays, lesbians and transgender individuals is now suspended after Kalamazoo City Clerk Scott Borling certified petitions opposing the new law today.  The Kalamazoo City Commission must decide Monday night whether to permanently rescind the ordinance or put it on the Nov. 3 ballot for city voters to decide its future. ...(S)ignatures submitted Wednesday by the anti-ordinance group Kalamazoo Citizens Voting No to Special Rights Discrimination were ruled valid after they were checked against current city voter registration records."
 
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KALAMAZOO GAZETTE
Kalamazoo, Michigan
July 30, 2009
 
Kalamazoo gay-rights ordinance suspended
after petition signatures are certified
 
by Kathy Jessup | Kalamazoo Gazette
 
KALAMAZOO -- The city of Kalamazoo's new ordinance providing discrimination protections to gays, lesbians and transgender individuals is now suspended after Kalamazoo City Clerk Scott Borling certified petitions opposing the new law today.

The Kalamazoo City Commission must decide Monday night whether to permanently rescind the ordinance or put it on the Nov. 3 ballot for city voters to decide its future.

According to Borling, 1,624 of the 2,073 signatures submitted Wednesday by the anti-ordinance group Kalamazoo Citizens Voting No to Special Rights Discrimination were ruled valid after they were checked against current city voter registration records. The group needed 1,273 valid signatures.

The Kalamazoo City Charter requires a city ordinance that is successfully challenged by referendum petitions to be immediately suspended. In addition, the commission is mandated to act at its next regularly scheduled meeting to either rescind the ordinance or send the matter to voters.

Commissioners will meet in regular session at 7 p.m. Monday in the commission chambers on the second floor of Kalamazoo City Hall, 241 W. South St.

The ordinance, advocated by local gay-rights group Kalamazoo Alliance for Equality, made it a city violation to discriminate against persons who are gay, lesbian or transgender in matters of employment, housing and access to public accommodations.

The provisions went into effect July 9.

City officials reported no complaints had been filed under the local law before it ended late Thursday when the petitions were certified.

http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2009/07/kalamazoo_gayrights_ordinance_1.html

Grassroots Call to Action on Health Care!

 
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From the Desk of:
David Martin, Executive Vice President

MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER
7/30/2009

Carol,

President Obama is using a familiar tactic to sell his plan to completely overhaul the best health care system in the world – fear! He knows that no one will support his socialist scheme unless he can convince America that there is a health care "crisis."

There is no health care crisis! Polls show that 84% of Americans are "very satisfied" or "satisfied" with the health care they currently receive.

But you aren't hearing that from the liberal media. Brent Bozell nailed it when he said, "The media need to stop acting like arsonists when it comes to their reporting on the U.S. health care system, starting a fire and then suggesting putting it out with a government takeover of one-fifth of our economy."

Ever since Obama made health care the crisis of the day, the media have dealt us a steady diet of slanted coverage, distorting or omitting important facts along the way.

That's why the MRC launched a special website, ObamaCareTruth.org, dedicated to getting the facts out on the government's attempt to socialize our health care system. Facts the liberal media don't want you to know.

++ A Grassroots Citizen Call to Action!

Now the MRC is launching a national "Demand the Media Tell the Truth About Government-Run Health Care" petition. In the days and weeks ahead, we are moving to quickly mobilize at least 200,000 grassroots citizens to demand objective and balanced reporting on health care.

Join us now in this important effort by clicking here to sign the petition.

Most members of the liberal media haven't even read the health care proposals! But that isn't stopping them from acting as cheerleaders for this latest big government power grab.

Carol, we can't afford to be silent—giving Obama and the media carte blanche to reshape our nation into a European-style socialist state. We must fight back with the truth—exposing liberal media bias that is misleading millions of citizens into thinking we need to tear up a health care system that people around the world wish they had access to.

Click here right now and become part of our proactive, grassroots team that is calling out the media and demanding they actually read the health care bills, then tell the American people the truth about ObamaCare!

++ Alert your Friends and Family

Obama will keep the pressure on Congress to send him a bill that will radically change the U.S. health care system. That means time is short. After signing the petition, take a moment and forward this message DIRECTLY to 30-40 friends and family—urging them to take action with you by clicking here.

A firestorm of protest can make a difference—especially when truth is on our side. Give your friends an opportunity to play a pivotal role in the critical health care debate by clicking here.

This truly can be a matter of life or death! Act now before it is too late. Our private health care decisions should be ours to make—not Obama's, and certainly not the media's. By working together, we can break this unholy alliance by demanding the media tell the truth about health care!

Thank you in advance for taking action with the MRC.

David

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Now the MRC is launching a national "Demand the Media Tell the Truth About Government-Run Health Care" petition. In the days and weeks ahead, we are moving to quickly mobilize at least 200,000 grassroots citizens to demand objective and balanced reporting on health care



Friday deadline to vote Boortz into National Radio Hall of Fame

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Dear FairTax supporter,

Midnight on Friday is the deadline to vote Neal Boortz into the National Radio Hall of Fame. If you haven't already done so, would you take a moment now to make your voice heard for Neal, who's consistently raised his voice for the FairTax cause?

As I mentioned earlier, many of us first learned about the FairTax listening to nationally-syndicated talk show host Neal Boortz or by reading one of the best-selling books that he and Congressman John Linder wrote. Neal has done as much as anyone in the country for the FairTax and he's been good at it. He's also appeared at almost every big FairTax rally for the last ten years.

Neal has long dreamed of a place in the National Radio Hall of Fame. You can help him fulfill this dream by going to https://nrhof.votenet.com/nrhof/register/ to vote right now. You'll find Neal's name on the second page of the ballot.

I like Neal and I'd like to see him in the National Radio Hall of Fame. Would you take a moment to make your voice heard too?

Thanks,

Ken Hoagland
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Be forewarned on what is happening to USA~Charles Krauthammer

From: Sethomas10

Subject: Be forewarned on what is happening .

Last Monday was a profound evening, hearing Dr. Charles Krauthammer speak to the Center for the American Experiment.  He is brilliant intellectual, seasoned & articulate. He is forthright and careful in his analysis, and never resorts to emotions or personal insults. He is NOT a fear monger nor an extremist in his comments and views.  He is a fiscal conservative, and has a Pulitzer prize for writing.  He is a frequent contributor to Fox News and writes weekly for the  Washington Post.  The entire room was held spellbound during his talk.  I have shared this with many of you and several have asked me to summarize his comments, as we are living in uncharted waters economically and internationally.  Even 2 Dems at my table agreed with everything he said!  If you feel like forwarding this to those who are open minded and have not "drunk the Kool-Aid", feel free.

A summary of his comments:

1.  Mr. Obama is a very intellectual, charming individual.  He is not to be underestimated. He is a "cool customer" who doesn't show his emotions. It's very hard to know what's "behind the mask".  Taking down the Clinton dynasty from a political neophyte was an amazing accomplishment.  The Clintons still do not understand what hit them.  Obama was in the perfect place at the perfect time.

2. Obama has political skills comparable to Reagan and Clinton.  He has a way of making you think he's on your side, agreeing with your position, while doing the opposite.  Pay no attention to what he SAYS; rather, watch what he DOES!

3. Obama has a ruthless quest for power.  He did not come to Washington to make something out of himself, but rather to change everything, including dismantling capitalism.  He can't be straightforward on his ambitions, as the public would not go along.  He has a heavy hand, and wants to "level the playing field" with income redistribution and punishment to the achievers of society.  He would like to model the USA to Great Britain or Canada.

4.  His three main goals are to control ENERGY, PUBLIC EDUCATION, & NATIONAL HEALTHCARE by the Federal government.  He doesn't care about the auto or financial services industries, but got them as an early bonus.  The cap and trade will add costs to everything and stifle growth.  Paying for FREE college education is his goal.  Most scary is his healthcare program, because if you make it FREE and add 46,000,000 people to a Medicare-type single-payer system, the costs will go through the roof.  The only way to control costs is with massive RATIONING of services, like in Canada. God forbid.

5.  He's surrounded himself with mostly far-left academic types. No one around him has ever even run a candy store. But they're going to try and run the auto, financial, banking and other industries. This obviously can't work in the long run.  Obama's not a socialist; rather he's a far-left secular progressive bent on nothing short of revolution.  He ran as a moderate, but will govern from the hard left. Again, watch what he does, not what he says.

6.  Obama doesn't really see himself as President of the United States, but more as a ruler over the world.  He sees himself above it all, trying to orchestrate & coordinate various countries and their agendas.  He sees moral equivalency in all cultures.  His apology tour in Germany and England was a prime example of how he sees America, as an imperialist nation that has been arrogant, rather than a great noble nation that has at times made errors.  This is the first President ever who has chastised our allies and appeased our enemies!

7.  He's now handing out goodies. He hopes that the bill (and pain) will not "come due" until after he's reelected in 2012.  He'd like to blame all problems on Bush from the past, and hopefully his successor in the future.  He has a huge ego, and Mr. Krauthammer believes he is a narcissist.

8.  Republicans are in the wilderness for a while, but will emerge strong. We're "pining" for another Reagan, but there'll never be another like him.  Krauthammer believes Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty & Bobby Jindahl (except for his terrible speech in February) are the future of the party.  Newt Gingrich is brilliant, but has baggage.  Sarah Palin is sincere and intelligent, but needs to really be seriously boning up on facts and info if she's to be a serious candidate in the future. We need to return to the party of lower taxes, smaller government, personal responsibility, strong national defense, and states' rights.

9.  The current level of spending is irresponsible and outrageous. We're spending trillions that we don't have. This could lead to hyper inflation, depression or worse. No country has ever spent themselves into prosperity. The media is giving Obama, Reid and Pelosi a pass because they love their agenda.  But eventually the bill will come due and people will realize the huge bailouts didn't work, nor will the stimulus package.  These were trillion-dollar payoffs to Obama;s allies, unions and the Congress to placate the left, so he can get support for #4 above.

10. The election was over in mid-September when Lehman brothers failed. fear and panic swept in, we had an unpopular President, and the war was grinding on indefinitely without a clear outcome. The people are in pain, and the mantra of "change" caused people to act emotionally.  Any Dem would have won this election; it was surprising it was as close as it was.

11.  In 2012, if the unemployment rate is over 10%, Republicans will be swept back into power.  If it's under 8%, the Dems continue to roll.  If it's between 8-10%, it'll be a dogfight.  It'll all be about the economy.

I hope this gets you really thinking about what's happening in Washington and Congress. There's a left-wing revolution going on, according to Krauthammer, and he encourages us to keep the faith and join the loyal resistance. The work will be hard, but we're right on most issues and can reclaim our country, before it's far too late.
Susan
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Note:  Romney or Pawlenty are big government Republicans. Huckabee, Palin, Jindal, Rubio are the future of the GOP if America is to survive.

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