Wednesday, August 18, 2010

TX leaders wear boots and have balls: sue the EPA

Texas has sued the EPA in a fight to maintain control over the air quality permitting process – one which the EPA has essentially okayed for 16 years, and one which has met the air quality standards set by the federal government.

But Texas didn’t do it just how the Obama EPA wants it done.

I love how Texas AG Greg Abbott started the letter to EPA administrator Jackson and the regional guy:

“In order to deter challenges to your plan for centralized control of industrial development through the issuance of permits for greenhouse gases, you have called upon each state to declare its allegiance to the Environmental Protection Agency's recently enacted greenhouse gas regulations - regulations that are plainly contrary to Unites States laws…To encourage acquiescence with your unsupported findings you threaten to usurp state enforcement authority and to federalize the permitting program of any state that fails to pledge their fealty to the Environmental Protection Agency.”

Then the letter gets serious…

I love Texas!!! Our leaders wear boots and have balls!

"On behalf of the State of Texas, we write to inform you that Texas has neither the authority nor the intention of interpreting, ignoring, or amending its laws in order to compel the permitting of greenhouse gas emissions."

Full letter: http://www.scribd.com/doc/35298358/Texas2EPA-Letter-Aug-2-2010

-- Peggy Venable

Monday, August 16, 2010

Teacher Union antics - there they go again!

The Los Angeles teachers union president said Sunday he was organizing a “massive boycott” of The Times after the newspaper began publishing a series of articles that uses student test scores to estimate the effectiveness of district teachers.

“You’re leading people in a dangerous direction, making it seem like you can judge the quality of a teacher by … a test,” said A.J. Duffy, president of United Teachers Los Angeles, which has more than 40,000 members.

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/08/16/teachers-union-calls-for-boycott-of-la-times-for-publishing-test-score-analysis/

How dare the media report on teacher performance!!! I guess taxpayers don't really have a right to know what kind of job they are doing, at least not according to the teacher union.

Hollywood streets paved with your tax dollars? AFP Ad Is Eye-Opener

A new television ad starting today in 11 states and over 27 media markets educates citizens about the straining effects of out-of-control government spending on the American taxpayer.

The street of Hollywood are paved with tax dollars, not gold but the $862 billion stimulus paid for pork barrel projects all across the country, including $1.1 million to pave Hollywood’s Sunset Strip, while America lost 2.7 million jobs,” the ad states.

View the ad here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCCIQuKTo7Q

The pork barrel stimulus cost every American family $10,000. The wasteful spending must stop.

The $4.1 million ad buy will run on network and cable channels in Arkansas, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and Wisconsin starting today, August 16, and will continue through August 29.

The TV ad is part of Americans for Prosperity Foundation’s Spending Crisis initiative, which educates citizens on the disastrous effects of wasteful government spending. Washington’s wasteful spending habits are bankrupting America. Tim Phillips, president of Americans for Prosperity Foundation, said “Hardworking taxpayers deserve to know that their tax dollars are being used wisely.”

The ad also encourages citizens to go to http://www.SpendingCrisis.org/ where they can share examples of wasteful spending in their area.

Friday, August 13, 2010

Glenn Beck Defends AFP

Glenn Beck has also address the Presidential attack on Americans for Prosperity:

Beck discussing the Obama comments bashing AFP at a fundraiser early this week in Austin.

Video here: http://www.glennbeck.com/content/videos/?uri=channels/390088/999420

Trascript here: http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/196/44234/

After all, can't citizens organize without using federal dollars and a liberal, socialist agenda?

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Obama stoops to trash grassroots organiztion - Keep up the good work!

President Barack Obama was at the plush Four Seasons Hotel addressing mega-donors to the Democratic Party on Monday when he attempted to trash Americans for Prosperity:

“Right now all around this country there are groups with harmless-sounding names like Americans for Prosperity, who are running millions of dollars of ads against Democratic candidates all across the country. And they don't have to say who exactly the Americans for Prosperity are. You don't know if it’s a foreign-controlled corporation. You don't know if it’s a big oil company, or a big bank. You don't know if it’s a insurance company that wants to see some of the provisions in health reform repealed because it’s good for their bottom line, even if it’s not good for the American people.

“A Supreme Court decision allowed this to happen. And we tried to fix it, just by saying disclose what’s going on, and making sure that foreign companies can’t influence our elections. Seemed pretty straightforward. The other side said no.
“They don't want you to know who the Americans for Prosperity are, because they're thinking about the next election. But we’ve got to think about future generations. We’ve got to make sure that we’re fighting for reform. We’ve got to make sure that we don't have a corporate takeover of our democracy.”

Today, radio talk show host Mark Levin rebuked Obama:

https://www.sickofspending.com/levin_clipped.mp3

Obama specifically attacked AFP by name. Is this Presidential? Who does this? A Hugo Chavez wanna-be does this. Americans for Prosperity is trying to save this republic.

It is worth a listen.

AFP existed long before the Citizens United decision. And long before Obama was on the national scene – and will be around long after he has left office.

Obama will not intimidate us…will not drive us away. Honest American citizens can influence this government and stop the Pelosi-Reid-Obama Agenda.

After all, we aren’t Americans for Redistributing Wealth – we are Americans for Prosperity.

When the President is so worried about YOU – Americans for Prosperity members – and we are using the community organizing tools against the Community Organizer.

He wants to demean, smear…if you weren’t effective, he would not waste his time. Yes, we are on his radar screen. He can watch us…we will not go away.

We are to defend the constitution and stand on the shoulders of the Founding Fathers and we won’t be intimidated.

We are creating a new army of patriots. Hundreds of thousands of us. Our goal is nothing less than liberty.

Here are Obama’s Austin remarks:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2010/08/09/remarks-president-a-dnc-finance-event-austin-texas

-- Peggy Venable, Texas Director, Americans for Prosperity