﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><ttl>60</ttl><title>The Tea Kettle</title><link>http://blog.crystallaketeaparty.com</link><lastBuildDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 15:07:55 GMT</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 15:07:55 GMT</pubDate><language>en</language><copyright /><itunes:subtitle> </itunes:subtitle><itunes:author /><itunes:summary /><description /><itunes:owner><itunes:name /><itunes:email>mary@crystallaketeaparty.com</itunes:email></itunes:owner><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:category text="Arts" /><item><title>The rise of islam in Illinois with help from Quinn and Durbin</title><link>http://blog.crystallaketeaparty.com/2012/04/21/the-rise-of-islam-in-illinois-with-help-from-quinn-and-durbin.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>Love4Liberty</dc:creator><description>&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 85%" face=Arial&gt;
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&lt;H6&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"&gt;Information from an Illinois State Senator: &lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"&gt;Fact is stranger than fiction in Springfield. Gov. Quinn is trying to reappoint a very controversial person to a paid role on the Human Rights commission. Munir Muhammad, former leader of the Nation of Islam, was suspected of having a role in the killing of Malcolm X and firebombing his home. Munir was also suspected of being involved with the murders of Hanafi leader Khalifa Hamaas Abdul Khaalis five children. Review his website, &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: red; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.croe.org/beliefs.htm" target=_blank&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: red"&gt;http://www.croe.org/beliefs.htm&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"&gt; , read belief number 4. Our Governor wants to appoint this man to a $50,000 job, plus pension, on the Human Rights commission??? &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H6&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"&gt;&lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"&gt;Contact Governor Quinn to tell him what you think about this affront to Constitutional, freedom loving, Illinois taxpayers&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: red; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"&gt;&lt;A href="http://www2.illinois.gov/gov/Pages/ContacttheGovernor.aspx"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: red"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"&gt;http://www2.illinois.gov/gov/Pages/ContacttheGovernor.aspx&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"&gt;Illinois Muslim Action Day 2012 in Springfield:&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"&gt;On Monday, April 16&lt;SUP&gt;th&lt;/SUP&gt; the Capitol in Springfield was filled with Muslims for “Muslim Action Day 2012” by the “Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago.” I witnessed every female present for this event was wearing a burka. They were there to meet with legislators on the issues that are contained within the attached PDF which was given to each participant. &lt;BR&gt;What are some of the highlights of the legislation they are pushing for?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"&gt;Respecting the 2nd amendment with "responsibility”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"&gt;Increasing coupulsory school age to 18&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"&gt;Health Care access for all children and families&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"&gt;Stand against Islamophobia&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"&gt;Support driving documents for immigrants without Social Security numbers&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"&gt;Read &amp;amp; share the full platform here: &lt;A href="http://blog.crystallaketeaparty.com/files/9/7/6/0/8/289238-280679/Illinois_Muslim_Action_Day_2012.pdf"&gt;Illinois Muslim Action Day 2012 PDF&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"&gt;Who is the Council? “The Council has grown to include almost 50 formal members, including the largest mosques and islamic centers, established smaller mosques, full-time accredited Islamic parochial elementary and high schools, institutions of higher education, community service institutions, civil rights groups and professional associations.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"&gt;Here is what Illinois Senator Dick Durbin is doing to the FBI regarding islam:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: red; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"&gt;&lt;A href="http://patriotsforamerica.ning.com/forum/topic/show?id=2734278%3ATopic%3A356468&amp;amp;xgs=1&amp;amp;xg_source=msg_share_topic"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: red"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"&gt;Politically Correct Islam for the FBI&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 85%" face=Arial&gt;&lt;/H6&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;</description><comments>http://blog.crystallaketeaparty.com/2012/04/21/the-rise-of-islam-in-illinois-with-help-from-quinn-and-durbin.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">c6d42ece-5af5-4e20-8854-d6088c76fe7d</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 02:20:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Defeat wasteful and fraudulent wind subsidies in Illinois!</title><link>http://blog.crystallaketeaparty.com/2012/02/06/defeat-wasteful-and-fraudulent-wind-subsidies-in-illinois.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>Love4Liberty</dc:creator><description>&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 85%"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 85%"&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"&gt;Look at these pictures and decide if this and the massive tax payer loans to failed Solyndra/political payoffs &amp;nbsp;is the future of energy for the United States of America. If you think not go to the action items after the pictures!&lt;BR&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Each of these windmills cost $3.5 Million dollars!&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px solid; BORDER-LEFT: 0px solid; BORDER-TOP: 0px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px solid" src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/9/7/6/0/8/289238-280679/windmill8.jpg?a=83"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px solid; BORDER-LEFT: 0px solid; WIDTH: 404px; HEIGHT: 387px; BORDER-TOP: 0px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px solid" src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/9/7/6/0/8/289238-280679/windmill4.jpg?a=92" width=434 height=405&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px solid; BORDER-LEFT: 0px solid; WIDTH: 403px; HEIGHT: 300px; BORDER-TOP: 0px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px solid" src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/9/7/6/0/8/289238-280679/windmill11.jpg?a=1" width=494 height=350&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px solid; BORDER-LEFT: 0px solid; BORDER-TOP: 0px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px solid" src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/9/7/6/0/8/289238-280679/windmill3.jpg?a=66"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px solid; BORDER-LEFT: 0px solid; BORDER-TOP: 0px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px solid" src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/9/7/6/0/8/289238-280679/windmill6.jpg?a=80" width=400 height=309&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12px" face=Arial&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"&gt;Now for the action items....&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;Dear Fellow Wind Warriors,&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;Here is the&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12px" face=Arial&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=#1f497d&gt;ROADMAP to ENERGY PROSPERITY&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; that I promised you earlier today.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;I truly believe that this is the year we will defeat&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;wasteful&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;subsidies for wind energy.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;Failure is not an option&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=#1f497d face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;because if we fail, hundreds of thousands of acres will be despoiled and&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=#1f497d face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;tens of&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=#1f497d face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;billions of dollars wasted on this failed technology.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;Please jump on this immediately because we are facing a make or break moment in DC THIS WEEK.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=#1f497d face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=#1f497d&gt;We have a shot at&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=#1f497d&gt;a 1-2 punch to stop these mostly foreign companies from looting and pillaging our national treasury.&amp;nbsp; This is&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=#1f497d&gt;punch&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=#1f497d&gt;#1 and it needs to be a good hard sock in the kisser!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=#1f497d&gt;Assuming we survive this payroll tax cut legislation&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=#1f497d&gt;bill, the second punch will&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=#1f497d&gt;consist of a nationwide educational tsunami that will convince both lawmakers and voters that&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=#1f497d&gt;there are&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=#1f497d&gt;cheaper, cleaner and greener solutions to our energy goals.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;Phase 1 of our game plan is simple:&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; Make&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;20 phones ring off the hook in DC in the next 3 days.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12px" face=Arial&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=#1f497d&gt;The wind industry lobbyists are going full tilt tomorrow and Wednesday to get a FOUR YEAR extension of the Production Tax Credit slipped into the Payroll Tax bill that is being considered by a Conference Committee.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black&gt;The final vote is expected to come sometime this week, possibly&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black&gt;as early as&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black&gt;Wednesday afternoon.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=#1f497d&gt;We need everyone and their brother to call these committee members&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=#1f497d&gt;and tell them in no uncertain terms that they&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=#1f497d&gt;should NOT include the PTC or any other energy subsidy in this bill.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;Please take a moment right now&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;to&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;call the&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;lawmakers listed below&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;and tell their office staff that you OPPOSE any extension of energy subsidies.&amp;nbsp; You may further tell them that you SUPPORT HR 3308,&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=#1f497d&gt; which would end all energy subsidies (including&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=#1f497d&gt;fossil fuels) except for research and development grants in basic science.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=#1f497d&gt;That’s it.&amp;nbsp; Really simple.&amp;nbsp; You can also fax or email them if you wish but telephone calls are the best, fastest, most secure way to know that your opinion registered.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;Then send this to your entire list of contacts and ask them to do the same.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=#1f497d&gt;&amp;nbsp; And so on, and so on, and so&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=#1f497d&gt;on.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;We need to keep those phones ringing&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;in DC&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;all this week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=#1f497d&gt;The aides basically just keep a running tally of the input that the Senator or Representative is getting, but if you want to go beyond&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=#1f497d&gt;the thumbs up or down level of&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=#1f497d&gt;comment, please avoid anything that can come off as&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=#1f497d&gt;NIMBY.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=#1f497d&gt;When you talk to&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=#1f497d&gt;Democrats&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=#1f497d&gt;it may be&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=#1f497d&gt;OK to talk about how wind is victimizing innocent&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=#1f497d&gt;neighbors, is an energy tax on the poor, kills eagles and harms wildlife, etc.,&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=#1f497d&gt;especially if you have personal experience with those issues.&amp;nbsp; Otherwise,&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=#1f497d&gt;it’s best to&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=#1f497d&gt;stick&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=#1f497d&gt;to&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=#1f497d&gt;the key economic issues, which&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=#1f497d&gt;are listed&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=#1f497d&gt;toward&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=#1f497d&gt;the end of this email.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;Here&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;is the list of the key committee members that&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;we need to call.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=#1f497d face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;A document containing this information is also attached for your convenience.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=#1f497d face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;Apologies in advance for&amp;nbsp; the&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=#1f497d face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;funky formatting but it just wouldn’t convert to plain text.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=#1f497d face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;If you have limited time, please call the&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=#1f497d face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;Senators first.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=#1f497d face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;Please call the first number after the name and you will be connected.&amp;nbsp; The second number is the fax and the last link is their online contact form.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=#1f497d face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;You can also access this information on&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;A href="http://www.contactingthecongress.com" target=""&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"&gt;Contact Congress Here!&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=#1f497d face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=#1f497d face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;Phone is the best, with fax and email tied for second.&lt;B&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;This will be the best&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;10-20 minutes you&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;have&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;ever spent fighting wind.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;If you call now you may never have to sit through another local hearing or county board meeting again.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"&gt;Thank you for all your hard work and support in working for smart energy solutions.&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black face="'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"&gt;&lt;U&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black&gt;Industrial wind is a failed technology&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/U&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black&gt;.&amp;nbsp; After 20 years of tax breaks and billions of dollars in giveaways, this industry still provides a lousy 2-3% of our electricity.&amp;nbsp; Even if its market share were to miraculously quintuple, it would still have such a tiny impact on our nation’s overall carbon emissions as to be laughable.&amp;nbsp; Increasing our energy prices and/or imposing higher taxes encourages our manufacturers to move their plants overseas to nations with lower environmental standards.&amp;nbsp; As a result, there is no way this industry will ever “save the planet.”&amp;nbsp; A market-driven move toward natural gas would be far more “green,” both in terms of saving money AND the planet.&amp;nbsp; Most of Europe has learned this the hard way.&amp;nbsp; Spain just ENDED subsidies for wind.&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"&gt;&lt;U&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black&gt;There is no free lunch&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/U&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black&gt;.&amp;nbsp; American taxpayers and consumers are paying for this directly or indirectly.&amp;nbsp; Forcing American consumers and industry to bear the brunt of higher energy costs in order to support mostly foreign corporations is particularly dangerous given the current economic slowdown.&amp;nbsp; That money could be left in the hands of consumers who will stimulate our economy by buying goods they actually need.&amp;nbsp; It could be left in the control of small business owners who will expand their businesses and create real jobs.&amp;nbsp; Or it could be collected and used to retire billions of dollars’ worth of our toxic national debt.&amp;nbsp; The government should not be picking winners and losers among energy sources by letting some of them off the hook for paying taxes.&amp;nbsp; This is crony capitalism at its worst.&amp;nbsp; All energy subsidies other than true research and development should be phased out as quickly as possible.&amp;nbsp; We support HR 3308 in this regard.&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"&gt;&lt;U&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black&gt;The assertion that the PTC is a performance-based subsidy is a lie&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/U&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black&gt;.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px" face=Arial&gt;The tax credits will be sold to huge conglomerates before the wind turbines are even built, leaving behind empty, liability-ridden shell corporations.&amp;nbsp; Meanwhile the highly profitable conglomerates who scoop up the PTCs at a discount will avoid paying taxes that should have gone into the national treasury.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px" face=Arial&gt;The wind industry has never proven that it actually reduces carbon when added to the grid.&amp;nbsp; Independent studies suggest it does not.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"&gt;&lt;U&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black&gt;Wind kills more jobs than it creates&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/U&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Independent studies from around the world confirm that subsidizing renewable energy results in a net loss of jobs.&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"&gt;&lt;U&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black&gt;Extending the PTC is throwing good money after bad&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/U&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Astute investors believe that the wind industry will go under due to other market forces such as the glut of cheap natural gas (which provides better, greener energy), the soft economy, the Chinese monopoly on rare earths, and overwhelming competition from Asian manufacturers.&amp;nbsp; Extending the PTC will only allow the wind companies to package and sell one last batch of highly discounted tax credits to their fat cat corporate partners.&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"&gt;&lt;U&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black&gt;We will never win&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/U&gt;&lt;U&gt; &lt;/U&gt;&lt;U&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black&gt;“the race with China&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/U&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black&gt;.”&amp;nbsp; China can manufacture turbines and parts cheaper than we can for the same reasons it beats us in virtually every other manufacturing business.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black&gt;If we&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black&gt;are dumb enough to try to&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black&gt;“race with China,” we will lose because they buy at wholesale prices and we buy at retail prices with money we borrow from China and other foreign investors.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"&gt;&lt;U&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/U&gt;&lt;U&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black&gt;We need comprehensive tax reform, not more piecemeal tinkering&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/U&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black&gt;.&amp;nbsp; These PTCs will go on for 10-12 years after the subsidy is allowed to expire.&amp;nbsp; Most&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black&gt;of the money is going to China and foreign corporations.&amp;nbsp; They PTC should be repealed now&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black&gt;rather than allowed to&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black&gt;do more damage to our economy.&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black&gt;If you are thinking about using it as a bargaining chip, think again.&amp;nbsp; The country would be better served&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black&gt;if Congress worked together to pass&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black&gt;positive,&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black&gt;carefully-designed,&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black&gt;comprehensive tax reforms that will truly benefit our economy nationwide.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"&gt;The time has come to put the PTC to bed.&amp;nbsp; Please vote AGAINST any extension of the PTC and support HR 3008.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"&gt;Thank you.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt" color=black&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"&gt;Carolyn K. Gerwin&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp; - &amp;nbsp;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" color=black&gt;Illinois Wind Watch&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;BR&gt;&lt;A href="http://blog.crystallaketeaparty.com/files/9/7/6/0/8/289238-280679/conferencecommitteecontacts.doc"&gt;Conference Committee Contacts Here&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;
&lt;UL&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;</description><comments>http://blog.crystallaketeaparty.com/2012/02/06/defeat-wasteful-and-fraudulent-wind-subsidies-in-illinois.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">5c0dd351-20a7-4582-a5d9-8b3e22605c73</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:41:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Template of letter forbidding installation of  a "Smart" meter</title><link>http://blog.crystallaketeaparty.com/2012/01/21/template-of-letter-forbidding-installation-of-smart-meter.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>Love4Liberty</dc:creator><description>&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 85%" face=Arial&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 85%"&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 85%"&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;Copy and paste this into your word processing program adding your information and send it to your power company.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Use the letter below to forbid smart meter installation (or modify the letter to demand the meter be removed).&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;From: &lt;BR&gt;Energy Customer's Name&lt;BR&gt;Street Address&lt;BR&gt;City State Zip&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;To:&lt;BR&gt;ComEd&lt;BR&gt;Customer Care Center&lt;BR&gt;P.O. Box 805379&lt;BR&gt;Chicago, IL 60680-5379&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Date of letter&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;NOTICE OF NO CONSENT TO TRESPASS AND SURVEILLANCE, NOTICE OF LIABILITY&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Dear ComEd, Exelon and all agents, officers, employees, contractors and interested parties,&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;If you intend to install a "Smart Meter" or any activity monitoring device at the above address, you and all other parties are hereby denied consent for installation and use of all such devices on the above property. Installation and use of any activity monitoring device is hereby refused and prohibited. Informed consent is legally required for installation of any surveillance device and any device that will collect and transmit private and personal data to undisclosed and unauthorized parties for undisclosed and unauthorized purposes. Authorization for sharing of personal and private information may only be given by the originator and subject of that information. That authorization is hereby denied and refused with regard to the above property and all its occupants. "Smart Meters" and digital meters violate the law and cause endangerment to residents by the following factors:&lt;BR&gt;1. They individually identify electrical devices inside the home and record when they are operated causing invasion of privacy.&lt;BR&gt;2. They monitor household activity and occupancy in violation of rights and domestic security.&lt;BR&gt;3. They transmit wireless signals which may be intercepted by unauthorized and unknown parties. Those signals can be used to monitor behavior and occupancy and they can be used by criminals to aid criminal activity against the occupants.&lt;BR&gt;4. Data about occupant's daily habits and activities are collected, recorded and stored in permanent databases which are accessed by parties not authorized or invited to know and share that private data by those who's activities were recorded.&lt;BR&gt;5. Those with access to the smart meter databases can review a permanent history of household activities complete with calendar and time-of-day metrics to gain a highly invasive and detailed view of the lives of the occupants.&lt;BR&gt;6. Those databases may be shared with, or fall into the hands of criminals, blackmailers, corrupt law enforcement, private hackers of wireless transmissions, power company employees, and other unidentified parties who may act against the interests of the occupants under metered surveillance.&lt;BR&gt;7. "Smart Meters" are, by definition, surveillance devices which violate Federal and State wiretapping laws by recording and storing databases of private and personal activities and behaviors without the consent or knowledge of those people who are monitored. &lt;BR&gt;8. It is possible for example, with analysis of certain "Smart Meter" data, for unauthorized and distant parties to determine medical conditions, sexual activities, physical locations of persons within the home, vacancy patterns and personal information and habits of the occupants.&lt;BR&gt;9. Your company has not adequately disclosed the particular recording and transmission capabilities of the smart meter, or the extent of the data that will be recorded, stored and shared, or the purposes to which the data will and will not be put.&lt;BR&gt;10. Electromagnetic and Radio Frequency energy contamination from smart meters exceeds allowable safe and healthful limits for domestic environments as determined by the EPA and other scientific programs.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;I forbid, refuse and deny consent of any installation and use of any monitoring, eavesdropping, and surveillance devices on my property, my place of residence and my place of occupancy. That applies to and includes "Smart Meters" and activity monitoring devices of any and all kinds. Any attempt to install any such device directed at me, other occupants, my property or residence will constitute trespass, stalking, wiretapping and unlawful surveillance and endangerment of health and safety, all prohibited and punishable by law through criminal and civil complaints. All persons, government agencies and private organizations responsible for installing or operating monitoring devices directed at or recording my activities, which I have not specifically authorized in writing, will be fully liable for a fee of $100,000.00 for any violations, intrusions, harm or negative consequences caused or made possible by those devices whether those negative consequences are provided by "law" or not. &lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;This is legal notice. After this delivery the liabilities listed above may not be denied or avoided by parties named and implied in this notice. Civil Servant immunities and protections do not apply to the installation of smart meters due to the criminal violations they represent.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Notice to principal is notice to agent and notice to agent is notice to principal. All rights reserved.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Signature&lt;/FONT&gt;</description><comments>http://blog.crystallaketeaparty.com/2012/01/21/template-of-letter-forbidding-installation-of-smart-meter.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">86972bdb-2275-4b80-a342-45d8105fa001</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 02:52:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>McCain's '08 Opposition Research on Mitt - Why the endorsemennt now?</title><link>http://blog.crystallaketeaparty.com/2012/01/18/mccains-08-opposition-research-on-mitt---why-the-endorsemennt-now.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>Love4Liberty</dc:creator><description>&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 85%" face=arial&gt;
&lt;H3&gt;Where's McCain's opposition research on obama?&lt;/H3&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;A style="MARGIN: 12px auto 6px; DISPLAY: block; FONT: 14px Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none" title="View McCain 2008 Oppo File on Scribd" href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/78582788"&gt;McCain 2008 Oppo File&lt;/A&gt;&lt;IFRAME id=doc_47280 class=scribd_iframe_embed height=600 src="http://www.scribd.com/embeds/78582788/content?start_page=1&amp;amp;view_mode=list" frameBorder=0 width="100%" scrolling=no data-aspect-ratio="" data-auto-height="true"&gt;&lt;/IFRAME&gt;</description><comments>http://blog.crystallaketeaparty.com/2012/01/18/mccains-08-opposition-research-on-mitt---why-the-endorsemennt-now.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">7c3d6fdf-05a4-4dcf-8d86-4669ea21b81c</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:45:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The UN's Agenda 21 in McHenry County? How about your town?</title><link>http://blog.crystallaketeaparty.com/2012/01/16/the-uns-agenda-21-in-mchenry-county-how-about-your-town.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>Love4Liberty</dc:creator><description>&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px" face=Tahoma&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Here is the UN's Agenda 21 diagram&lt;BR&gt;&amp;nbsp;See below&amp;nbsp;how it is incorporated in McHenry County's Mission Statement:&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;
&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px solid; BORDER-LEFT: 0px solid; BORDER-TOP: 0px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px solid" src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/9/7/6/0/8/289238-280679/sustainability_venndiagram_economic.jpg?a=75" originalPath="http://images.quickblogcast.com/9/7/6/0/8/289238-280679/sustainability_venndiagram_economic.jpg?a=75" originalAttribute="src"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: red; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Tahoma&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000&gt;McHenry County's Mission Statement:&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;McHenry County Government is dedicated to providing the highest quality services for the health, safety, and welfare of the County’s residents and communities. We foster representative, and transparent government "&lt;STRONG&gt;to ensure social, economic and environmental justice."&lt;/STRONG&gt; &lt;EM&gt;&amp;lt;--Since when is the function of government?&lt;/EM&gt; &lt;BR&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;(This is a nice way for Marrxists to mask their global agenda)&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;FONT face=Tahoma&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;The 3 E's of Marx and the UN's Agenda 21:&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px" color=#ff0000&gt;Social Equity&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt; = The &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px" face=Tahoma&gt;plank is based on a demand for “social justice &lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;private property is an evil that is used simply to create wealth for a few. So too, is business ownership&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Tahoma&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px" color=#ff0000&gt;Economic Prosperity&lt;/FONT&gt; =&lt;/STRONG&gt; W&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px" face=Tahoma&gt;ealth must first be taken from the "rich."&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Tahoma&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px" color=#ff0000&gt;Ecological Integrity&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;=&lt;/STRONG&gt; Humans are&amp;nbsp;nothing special. The environment comes first no matter what. H&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px" face=Tahoma&gt;uman wants, needs, and desires are to be conformed to the views and dictates of social planners.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;All these elements are wrapped up in the language of "Sustainable Development" and being&amp;nbsp;"Green." &lt;BR&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.iclei.org/index.php?id=1387&amp;amp;region=NA" target=""&gt;&lt;FONT face=Tahoma&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;553 US Cities that have been duped!&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT face=Tahoma&gt;What you can do...&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;LI&gt;&lt;FONT face=Tahoma&gt;Go to your local government's website, do a search on "sustainable growth" to see where you can find if/how/where it is implemented.&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;Contact&amp;nbsp;your city, town, county governmental representavive and educate&amp;nbsp;them on Agenda 21 and to steer clear of it.&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;If there is this language in your local government fight to remove&amp;nbsp;it from all local legislation.&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;Educate yourself and others about this insidious agenda that removes private property rights&amp;nbsp;of all kinds including autos, business, homes,&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;Forward this email link!&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/OL&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;Mary Alger&lt;BR&gt;I am running for McHenry County Board in the upcoming election.&lt;BR&gt;See&amp;nbsp;how I'd vote at&amp;nbsp;&lt;A href="http://www.Alger4Liberty.com" target=""&gt;www.Alger4Liberty.com&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR&gt;</description><category>Agenda 21</category><comments>http://blog.crystallaketeaparty.com/2012/01/16/the-uns-agenda-21-in-mchenry-county-how-about-your-town.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">507cd9a1-b548-414f-8aed-73e6893e2e48</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:24:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gonna need another Trillion - obama</title><link>http://blog.crystallaketeaparty.com/2012/01/12/gonna-need-another-trillion---obama.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>Love4Liberty</dc:creator><description>&lt;P&gt;
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&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;One Hundred Dollars&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px solid; BORDER-LEFT: 0px solid; WIDTH: 378px; HEIGHT: 146px; BORDER-TOP: 0px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px solid" src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/9/7/6/0/8/289238-280679/100small.jpg?a=42" width=528 height=230&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;$100 - Most counterfeited money denomination in the world. Keeps the world moving.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;Ten Thousand Dollars&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px solid; BORDER-LEFT: 0px solid; WIDTH: 441px; HEIGHT: 180px; BORDER-TOP: 0px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px solid" src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/9/7/6/0/8/289238-280679/10thousand1.jpg?a=92" width=620 height=254&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;$10,000 - Enough for a great vacation or to buy a used car.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;Approximately one year of work for the average human on earth.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;One Million Dollars&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px solid; BORDER-LEFT: 0px solid; WIDTH: 580px; HEIGHT: 384px; BORDER-TOP: 0px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px solid" src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/9/7/6/0/8/289238-280679/1million1.jpg?a=18" width=729 height=508&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;$1,000,000 - Not as big of a pile as you thought, eh?&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;Still this is 92 years? worth of work for the average human on earth..&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;One Hundred Million Dollars&lt;BR&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px solid; BORDER-LEFT: 0px solid; WIDTH: 547px; HEIGHT: 541px; BORDER-TOP: 0px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px solid" src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/9/7/6/0/8/289238-280679/100million.jpg?a=39" width=672 height=648&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;$100,000,000 - Plenty to go around for everyone.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;Fits nicely on an ISO / Military standard sized wooden pallet.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;One Billion Dollars&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px solid; BORDER-LEFT: 0px solid; WIDTH: 559px; HEIGHT: 319px; BORDER-TOP: 0px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px solid" src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/9/7/6/0/8/289238-280679/100milsmall.jpg?a=43" width=759 height=459&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;$1,000,000,000 - You will need some help when robbing the bank.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;Now we are getting to serious money!&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;One Trillion Dollars&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px solid; BORDER-LEFT: 0px solid; WIDTH: 547px; HEIGHT: 195px; BORDER-TOP: 0px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px solid" src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/9/7/6/0/8/289238-280679/1trillion.jpg?a=92" width=821 height=396&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;$1,000,000,000,000&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;When the U.S government speaks about a &lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT color=#c00000&gt;1.7 trillion deficit&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt; - this is the volume&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;of cash that was borrowed in 2010 to run things.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;Keep in mind it is made of double stacked pallets of $100 million dollars each, full of $100 dollar bills.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;You are going to need a lot of trucks to freight this around.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: red; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;If you spent $1 million a day since Jesus was born, you would have not spent $1 trillion by now,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;but ~$700 billion&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;-&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;the same amount&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;the banks got during the 2008 bailout.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: red"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: red"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;One Trillion Dollars&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px solid; BORDER-LEFT: 0px solid; WIDTH: 537px; HEIGHT: 180px; BORDER-TOP: 0px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px solid" src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/9/7/6/0/8/289238-280679/trillionwfootballfield.jpg?a=85" width=696 height=171&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;Comparison of $1,000,000,000,000 dollars to a standard-sized American Football field&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;and a European Football field.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;Say hello to the Boeing 747-400 transcontinental airliner that's hiding on the right.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;This was until recently the biggest&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: #004080; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;passenger plane in the world.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;15 Trillion Dollars&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px solid; BORDER-LEFT: 0px solid; WIDTH: 550px; HEIGHT: 318px; BORDER-TOP: 0px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px solid" src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/9/7/6/0/8/289238-280679/15trillionsmall.jpg?a=62" width=803 height=502&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;We are in debt 14.5 Trillion and they talk about cutting 1 trillion that would&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;not make a dent in this pile.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;$15,000,000,000,000 - Unless the U.S. government fixes the budget, US national debt (credit bill)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;will top 15 trillion by Christmas 2011 (NOW PAST $15T!).&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;The Statue of Liberty seems rather worried as United States national debt passes 20%&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;of the entire world's combined GDP&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: #004080; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;(Gross Domestic Product).&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;In 2011 the National Debt will exceed 100% of GDP, and venture into the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;100%+ debt-to-GDP ratio that the bankrupting European nations (PIIGS) have.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;114.5 Trillion Dollars&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px solid; BORDER-LEFT: 0px solid; WIDTH: 565px; HEIGHT: 1425px; BORDER-TOP: 0px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px solid" src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/9/7/6/0/8/289238-280679/114T.jpg?a=69" width=539 height=1427&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT color=#c00000&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;$114,500,000,000,000. - US unfunded liabilities&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;To the right you can see the pillar of cold hard $100 bills that dwarfs the WTC&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;and Empire State Building - both at one point&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: #004080; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;world's tallest buildings.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;If you look carefully you can see the Statue of Liberty.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;The 114.5 Trillion dollar super-skyscraper is the amount of money the U.S. Government knows&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;it does not have&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: #004080; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;fully fund Medicare, the Medicare Prescription Drug Programmed,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;Social Security + Military&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: #004080; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;and&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: #004080; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;civil servant pensions.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;It is the money the USA knows it will not have to pay all its bills.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;If you live in USA this is also your personal credit card bill&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: #004080; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172apple-style-span&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;You are responsible along with everyone else to pay this back.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;I&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;FONT color=#c00000&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172yui320201324998995911391&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;I&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;The citizens of USA created the U.S. Government to serve them&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=yiv2030109172yui320201324998995911393&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;I&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: #004080; 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&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;</description><comments>http://blog.crystallaketeaparty.com/2012/01/12/gonna-need-another-trillion---obama.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">b52a80c8-5c37-4395-b29c-bc5d2dd9ed55</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:43:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Crystal Lake's "On Target" Range soon to open. Get info here:</title><link>http://blog.crystallaketeaparty.com/2012/01/04/crystal-lakes-on-target-range-soon-to-open-get-info-here.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>Love4Liberty</dc:creator><description>&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 85%" face=Arial&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 85%"&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;Here's what you need to support Crystal Lake's gun range slated&amp;nbsp; to open mid April 2012.&lt;A href="http://blog.crystallaketeaparty.com/files/9/7/6/0/8/289238-280679/On_Target_Classes.pdf"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;On Target Classes&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A href="http://blog.crystallaketeaparty.com/files/9/7/6/0/8/289238-280679/On_Target_Membership_Information.docx"&gt;On Target Membership Info&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A href="http://blog.crystallaketeaparty.com/files/9/7/6/0/8/289238-280679/On_Target_Application_for_Membership.docx"&gt;On Target Membership Application&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A href="http://blog.crystallaketeaparty.com/files/9/7/6/0/8/289238-280679/On_Target_Safety_Rules_and_Waiver.docx"&gt;On Target Safety Rules &amp;amp; Waiver&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Website: &lt;A href="http://www.ontargetsite.com/"&gt;http://www.ontargetsite.com/&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;While you're waiting for this to open apply for your FOID (Fire Owner's I.D.) card here:&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.isp.state.il.us/foid/foidapp.cfm"&gt;http://www.isp.state.il.us/foid/foidapp.cfm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;</description><comments>http://blog.crystallaketeaparty.com/2012/01/04/crystal-lakes-on-target-range-soon-to-open-get-info-here.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">9a12746c-7307-4926-b186-09fc53593c8a</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:11:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Manzullo tells Boehner no more, 200+ new Illinois laws, Huntley Candidates Luncheon + more!</title><link>http://blog.crystallaketeaparty.com/2011/12/30/congressman-manzullos-letter-to-speaker-boehner-and-plenty-more.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>Love4Liberty</dc:creator><description>&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 85%" face=arial&gt;
&lt;H2&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 85%"&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT face=Tahoma&gt;Congessman Don Manzullo's letter to Speaker Boehner insisting that the debt ceiling not be raised yet again.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/H2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 85%"&gt;
&lt;H4 class=art-postheader&gt;&lt;FONT face=Tahoma&gt;click here to see Congressman Manzullo's letter&amp;nbsp;--&amp;gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;A href="http://blog.crystallaketeaparty.com/files/9/7/6/0/8/289238-280679/Congressman_Manzullo_letter.pdf"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Tahoma&gt;NO to raising debt ceiling&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT face=Tahoma&gt;This should be what every Congressman is demanding of Speaker Boehner!&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/H4&gt;
&lt;H2 class=art-postheader&gt;&lt;FONT face=Tahoma&gt;More than 200 new laws in Illinois effective January 1, 2012&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/H2&gt;
&lt;DIV class="art-postheadericons art-metadata-icons"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Tahoma&gt;&lt;FONT class=art-postdateicon&gt;Mon, 12/26/2011 - 12:06pm &lt;/FONT&gt;| &lt;FONT class=art-postauthoricon&gt;&lt;A title="View user profile." href="http://illinoisteaparty.net/user/5788"&gt;Denise&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT face=Tahoma&gt;More than 200 new laws, covering everything from local library boards to murder, will go into effect on January 1, according to State Sen. Kirk Dillard (R-24th). It seems Republicans write laws to protect the public. Democrats write laws to regulate the people.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT face=Tahoma&gt;The entire list of new laws can be found at &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.dillard.senategop.org/index.php/component/content/article/1-latest-news/551-dillard-more-than-200-new-laws-to-take-effect-jan-1"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Tahoma&gt;Sen. Dillard’s legislative Web site&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;FONT face=Tahoma&gt;.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;
&lt;H2&gt;&lt;FONT face=Tahoma&gt;Huntley TEA party 16th U.S. Congressional District Candidate's luncheon information found here: &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.huntleyteaparty.com/apps/calendar/showEvent?calID=4674576&amp;amp;eventID=160548221"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 85%"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Tahoma&gt;http://www.huntleyteaparty.com/apps/calendar/showEvent?calID=4674576&amp;amp;eventID=160548221&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;SPAN class=fn&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 85%"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Tahoma&gt;&lt;BR&gt;President Obama's Anti-Gun Agenda Shows No Sign of Stopping&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: auto 0in" class=author&gt;By &lt;A href="http://www.foxnews.com/author/john-lott/index.html"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff&gt;John Lott&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: auto 0in" class=published&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;Published December 28, 2011&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.foxnews.com/topics/politics/obama-administration/barack-obama.htm#r_src=ramp"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff&gt;President Obama&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt; keeps pushing for &lt;A href="http://www.foxnews.com/topics/politics/gun-control.htm#r_src=ramp"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff&gt;gun control&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;. &lt;A href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/over-a-barrel-meet-white-house-gun-policy-adviser-steve-croley/2011/04/04/AFt9EKND_story_2.html"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff&gt;"I just want you to know that we are working on [gun control]. We have to go through a few processes, but under the radar,”&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt; President Obama told Sarah Brady, the former president of the Brady Campaign, this past spring. &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"&gt;His push as been quiet but relentless. &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"&gt;Just this past week Obama signaled that he was going to &lt;A href="http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/budget/201245-obama-says-he-wont-be-bound-by-guantanamo-gun-control-portions-of-omnibus"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff&gt;just ignore two new parts of the 2012 Omnibus Spending bill&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;. Although he signed the spending bill into law, he simultaneously issued a so-called "signing statement," a note that presidents have started attaching to legislation stating how they interpret the law they are signing or whether they believe part of it is unconstitutional. &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"&gt;Obama’s statement claimed that Congress couldn’t put restrictions on how he wanted to spend to fund lobbying for gun control and the National Institute of Health studies of gun control. &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"&gt;But why should the federal government use taxpayer dollars to pay for lobbying? &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"&gt;Obama has had numerous false starts on gun control. Just in November, his administration &lt;A href="http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2011/11/16/obama-pushing-shooters-off-public-lands"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff&gt;moved to ban target practice on public lands&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;, but the &lt;A href="http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2011/11/17/shooters-heard-interior-will-not-ban-target-practice"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff&gt;opposition was so swift and strong they immediately backtracked&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;. &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"&gt;A couple of weeks ago the Obama administration suffered another embarrassment. It was discovered that the Obama administration oversaw the sale of guns to Mexican drug gangs in its Fast &amp;amp; Furious program to bolster statistics of guns crossing over to the border to these very drug gangs. &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"&gt;This scandal is quite incredible as the Obama administration ordered gun dealers to make sales to Mexican drug gangs against their wishes &lt;A href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31727_162-57338546-10391695/documents-atf-used-fast-and-furious-to-make-the-case-for-gun-regulations/"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff&gt;to help the administration’s push for more gun control&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;. And this follows the revelation in July that the Obama administration had &lt;A href="http://johnrlott.blogspot.com/2011/07/did-obama-officials-coach-atf-agents-to.html"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff&gt;pushed federal agents involved in the Fast &amp;amp; Furious scandal to support gun control regulations during their congressional testimony&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;. &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"&gt;It doesn’t help that the Obama administration started pushing these sales at the same time they wanted to bolster their case that America was supply illegal guns to &lt;A href="http://www.foxnews.com/topics/mexico.htm#r_src=ramp"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff&gt;Mexico&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt; backfired. All this undercut any justification for new regulations and destroyed any support that they might have had. &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"&gt;With 90 congressmen signing a &lt;A href="http://dailycaller.com/2011/12/20/now-90-congressmen-have-no-confidence-in-holder-or-believe-he-should-quit/"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff&gt;"no confidence" resolution&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt; in Attorney General &lt;A href="http://www.foxnews.com/topics/politics/obama-administration/eric-holder.htm#r_src=ramp"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff&gt;Eric Holder&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;’s handling of “Fast &amp;amp; Furious,” last week Holder lashed out against his critics. &lt;A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/18/us/politics/under-partisan-fire-eric-holder-soldiers-on.html"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff&gt;“This is a way to get at the president because of the way I can be identified with him both due to the nature of our relationship and, you know, the fact that we’re both African-American,”&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt; Holder told the New York Times. Holder seems unwilling to recognize the genuine outrages the administration’s gun-control agenda has produced. &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"&gt;Still the administration has successfully manage to push through gun control regulations in many, less visible ways: -- The Obama administration instituted &lt;A href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/sep/3/obamas-backdoor-gun-ban/"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff&gt;a ban on importing "historic" semi-automatic rifles into the US&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;. -- In sharp contrast to the &lt;A href="http://www.foxnews.com/topics/politics/george-bush.htm#r_src=ramp"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff&gt;Bush administration&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;, &lt;A href="http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/08/05/proposed-un-treaty-to-regulate-global-firearms-trade-raising-concerns-for-us/"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff&gt;President Obama strongly supports the UN Arms Trade Treaty&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt; even though he knows that any such treaty are unlikely to obtain the two-thirds vote in the Senate needed for ratification. What the regulations will do is lead to severe restrictions on private gun ownership around the world. &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"&gt;The administration instituted new rules on selling "high-powered rifles," &lt;A href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/08/03/guns-groups-to-sue-over-new-obama-regulations-doj-vows-to-vigorously-oppose/"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff&gt;defined as a caliber of greater than .22&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;. -- The administration nominated Andrew Traver, someone who supports gun bans, as the head of the &lt;A href="http://www.foxnews.com/topics/politics/bureau-of-alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives.htm#r_src=ramp"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff&gt;Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;. &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"&gt;Obama has stuck by Traver despite his nomination being &lt;A href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/oct/2/hearings-for-atf-nominee-not-moving-fast-or-furiou/?page=all"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff&gt;stalled in the Senate for a year&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt; and the fierce opposition it has generated. &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"&gt;Obama’s most lasting impact on gun control is likely to be through the federal court judges he appoints. His most visible appointments have been the gun-control advocates he has made to the &lt;A href="http://www.foxnews.com/topics/politics/supreme-court.htm#r_src=ramp"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff&gt;Supreme Court&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;. &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2010/06/30/john-lott-elena-kagan-sonia-sotomayor-gun-ownernship-self-defense-second/"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff&gt;Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan headed up President Clinton’s push for gun control&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt; when she worked for his &lt;A href="http://www.foxnews.com/topics/politics/white-house.htm#r_src=ramp"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff&gt;White House&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt; during the 1990s. And Justice &lt;A href="http://www.foxnews.com/topics/politics/sonia-sotomayor.htm#r_src=ramp"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff&gt;Sonia Sotomayor&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt; has signed on to a Supreme Court opinion stating that there is no individual right to &lt;A href="http://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/08-1521/#writing-ZD1"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff&gt;"private self-defense"&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt; with guns. &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"&gt;The pro-gun control views of Obama’s nominees have played a role the Senate filibustering of two Appeals Court nominees. Caitlin Joan Halligan was particularly controversial when nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit because she opposes an individual’s right to self defense and – even more damning -- she was one of the trial lawyers who had sued gun makers. Thus in New York v. Sturm &amp;amp; Ruger, &lt;A href="http://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/Article.cfm?customel_dataPageID_1502=38160"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff&gt;she argued that gun makers should be liable for the criminal acts of third parties but not given any credit for the benefits from self-defense&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;. &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"&gt;If elected to a second term, Obama will end up appointing over half the federal judges. That sure can make a big difference. &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"&gt;Most importantly, the Supreme Court is only one vote away from reversing the 5 to 4 decisions that so narrowly struck down the handgun bans in &lt;A href="http://www.foxnews.com/topics/entertainment/music/broadway/chicago-the-musical.htm#r_src=ramp"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff&gt;Chicago&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt; and the District of Columbia. &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"&gt;Two of the Justices who voted to strike down the bans, conservative &lt;A href="http://www.foxnews.com/topics/politics/antonin-scalia.htm#r_src=ramp"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff&gt;Antonin Scalia&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt; and moderate &lt;A href="http://www.foxnews.com/topics/politics/anthony-kennedy.htm#r_src=ramp"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff&gt;Anthony Kennedy&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;, will be &lt;A href="http://www.thegreenpapers.com/Hx/SupremeCourt.html"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff&gt;well into their 80s&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt; during the next administration. &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"&gt;While a couple of Justices have made it to 90 while serving on the court, remember the rare glimpse into Obama’s views during the 2008 campaign when he referred to those “bitter” Americans who “cling to their guns, cling to their religion.” &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"&gt;It surely fits his earlier statement: “I don’t believe that people should be able to own guns.” &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"&gt;Yet, despite all this evidence of an anti-gun agenda, recent articles by the Associated Press and other news media paint Obama as a moderate on guns and as somebody who wants to &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/11/24/gun-issue-represents-tough-politics-for-obama/"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff&gt;"protect the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens” and merely support so-called “gun safety” measures&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;. &lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"&gt;Of course, they are wrong. Unfortunately, Obama’s patient “under the radar” campaign seems to be working. He is fundamentally changing the courts and leaving them much more hostile to gun ownership. If Americans catch on, this could still be a major issue in the 2012.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"&gt;&lt;A href="http://johnrlott.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;I&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff&gt;John R. Lott, Jr.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;I&gt; is a &lt;A href="http://www.foxnews.com/archive/author/john-lott/index.html"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff&gt;FoxNews.com&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt; contributor. He is an economist and author of the third edition of "&lt;A href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003S9W5HQ/ref=nosim/?tag=johnrlotttrip-20"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff&gt;More Guns, Less Crime" (University of Chicago Press, 2010).&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Read more: &lt;A href="http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/12/28/president-obamas-anti-gun-agenda-shows-no-sign-stopping/?intcmp=trending#ixzz1i3lr4tot"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: #003399"&gt;http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/12/28/president-obamas-anti-gun-agenda-shows-no-sign-stopping/?intcmp=trending#ixzz1i3lr4tot&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;
&lt;H2&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/29/young-people-socialism_n_1175218.html" originalAttribute="href" originalPath="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/29/young-people-socialism_n_1175218.html"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Tahoma&gt;Young People More Likely To Favor Socialism Than Capitalism: Pew &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/H2&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/29/young-people-socialism_n_1175218.html"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 85%" face=arial&gt;http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/29/young-people-socialism_n_1175218.html&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/H2&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff&gt;&lt;IMG id=img_caption_1175218 border=0 alt="Young People Socialism" src="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/451358/thumbs/r-YOUNG-PEOPLE-SOCIALISM-large570.jpg" width=570 height=238&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black&gt;The Huffington Post&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;FONT class=vborder-dashedmargin02&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alexander-eichler"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff&gt;Alexander Eichler&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;FONT class=posted-and-updated&gt;First Posted: 12/29/11 05:43 PM ET&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;FONT class=posted-and-updated&gt;Updated: 12/29/11 06:45 PM ET &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT color=black&gt;Young people -- the collegiate and post-college crowd, who have served as the most visible face of &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/occupy-wall-street" target=_hplink&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff&gt;the Occupy Wall Street movement&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT color=black&gt; -- &lt;STRONG&gt;might be getting &lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.people-press.org/2011/12/28/little-change-in-publics-response-to-capitalism-socialism/?src=prc-headline" target=_hplink&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff&gt;more comfortable with socialism&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT color=black&gt;.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT color=black&gt; That's the surprising result from a Pew Research Center poll that aims to measure American sentiments toward different political labels.&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT color=black&gt;The poll, published Wednesday, found that while Americans overall tend to oppose socialism by a strong margin -- 60 percent say they have a negative view of it, versus just 31 percent who say they have a positive view -- socialism has &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.people-press.org/2011/12/28/little-change-in-publics-response-to-capitalism-socialism/?src=prc-headline" target=_hplink&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff&gt;more fans than opponents among the 18-29 crowd&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT color=black&gt;. Forty-nine percent of people in that age bracket say they have a positive view of socialism; only 43 percent say they have a negative view.&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT color=black&gt;And while those numbers aren't very far apart, it's noteworthy that &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black&gt;&lt;A href="http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1583/political-rhetoric-capitalism-socialism-militia-family-values-states-rights" target=_hplink&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff&gt;they were reversed just 20 months ago&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT color=black&gt;, when Pew conducted a similar poll. In that survey, published May 2010, 43 percent of people age 18-29 said they had a &lt;EM&gt;positive&lt;/EM&gt; view of socialism, and 49 percent said their opinion was negative.&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT color=black&gt;It's not clear why young people have evidently begun to change their thinking on socialism. In the past several years, the poor economy has had any number of effects on young adults -- &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/05/adults-living-with-parents_n_1077067.html" target=_hplink&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff&gt;keeping them at home with their parents&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT color=black&gt;, &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black&gt;&lt;A href="http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2011/09/22/325717/unemployment-young-adults-highest/" target=_hplink&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff&gt;making it difficult for them to get jobs&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT color=black&gt;, and likely &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black&gt;&lt;A href="http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/Extra/young-bear-brunt-of-the-recession.aspx" target=_hplink&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff&gt;depressing their earning potential for years to come&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT color=black&gt; -- that might have dampened enthusiasm for the free market among this crowd.&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT color=black&gt;Indeed, the Pew poll also found that just 46 percent of people age 18-29 have positive views of capitalism, and 47 percent have negative views -- making this the only age group where support for socialism outweighs support for capitalism.&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT color=black&gt;Young people have also been among the most involved in &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/occupy-wall-street" target=_hplink&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff&gt;the nationwide Occupy movement&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT color=black&gt;, whose members have leveled pointed criticism at the capitalist ethos and often called for a more equal distribution of American wealth.&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT color=black&gt;In general, income inequality -- which a Congressional Budget Office report recently pointed out is &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/26/income-inequality_n_1032632.html" target=_hplink&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff&gt;at historic levels&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT color=black&gt; -- has received more and more attention in politics and the media since the Occupy movement launched in mid-September. &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1111/Occupy_Wall_Street_is_winning.html" target=_hplink&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff&gt;Usage of the term rose dramatically&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT color=black&gt; in news coverage following the start of the protests, and politicians from &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/01/harry-reid-occupy-wall-street-the-1-percent_n_1069452.html" target=_hplink&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff&gt;Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT color=black&gt; to &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" color=black&gt;&lt;A href="http://maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/06/9253882-president-obama-talks-99-percent" target=_hplink&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff&gt;President Barack Obama&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT color=black&gt; have used the movement's language to describe divisions in the American public.&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT color=black&gt;Still, the nationwide Occupy demonstrations notwithstanding, socialism doesn't score very well in other age groups in the Pew poll, or across other demographic categories.&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT color=black&gt;Pew broke down its results by age, race, income and political affiliation, as well as support for the Occupy Wall Street and Tea Party movements.&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;FONT color=black&gt;There were only two other groups among whom socialism's positives outweighed its negatives -- blacks, who say they favor socialism 55 to 36 percent, and liberal Democrats, who say they favor socialism 59 to 39 percent. These were also the only two groups to show net favor for socialism in the 2010 poll.&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;SPAN class=fn&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;
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They are using the&amp;nbsp;"Madison Model" to undermine the banks and businesses to collapse the financial system. They say that "Ungovernability is a Victory." &lt;BR&gt;On May 1st they will start organizing people to not pay their mortgages or financial obligations crushing the banks. Listen to their unthinkable plans in the two videos below: To see the Glenn Beck show that this was revealed on go to &lt;A href="http://www.crystallaketeaparty.com"&gt;www.crystallaketeaparty.com&lt;/A&gt; and click on the "Beck" tab.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;EMBED height=390 type=application/x-shockwave-flash width=480 src=http://www.youtube.com/v/RvlvejSxBVQ?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0 allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"&gt;&lt;/EMBED&gt;&lt;EMBED height=390 type=application/x-shockwave-flash width=480 src=http://www.youtube.com/v/GgOEraouhxU?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0 allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"&gt;&lt;/EMBED&gt;Please share this with everyone you know. We must expose the plan and strategy of the "progressives" to utterly destroy our economy and our way of life.</description><comments>http://blog.crystallaketeaparty.com/2011/03/23/revealed---the-lefts-economic-terrorism-playbook---happening-now.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">6b725f0e-b3d1-45a1-8eab-201dcc342a2f</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 11:46:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Patriots stand up against the MoveOn.org/union event in Woodstock, IL</title><link>http://blog.crystallaketeaparty.com/2011/03/18/patriots-stand-up-against-the-moveonorgunion-event-in-woodstock-il.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>Love4Liberty</dc:creator><description>On Tuesday, March 15 MoveOn.org hosted an event to show solidarity with Public unions in front of the Unitarian Universalist "Church"&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;We thought it might be a good idea to show them who pays their union dues, health care, salaries, pensions, hospital stays, socks, underwear, hats....&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Of course they were chanting "This is what democracy looks like!" to which we replied "We're what a REPUBLIC looks like!" Not some 3rd world mob rule they call "democracy!"&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;We were on the opposite side of the street and twice teachers came and stood with us not realizing they were on the wrong side of the street! Apparently they didn't bother to read our largely lettered&amp;nbsp;signs all around them. Needless to say they were pretty embarrassed when they finally figured it out and crossed over to the other side.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;On the corner there were those that stood with the socialist "fist" sign and their "Workers of the World Unite" signs. Seeing those signs made our blood boil since we on our side have or have had&amp;nbsp;sons serving in the military. &lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;All went well. We will stand together whenever and wherever&amp;nbsp;we see an assault on liberty.&lt;BR&gt;Perhaps you'll recognize a school teacher from your child's school.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Mary&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px solid; BORDER-LEFT: 0px solid; WIDTH: 286px; HEIGHT: 212px; BORDER-TOP: 0px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px solid" src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/9/7/6/0/8/289238-280679/unitarianbuildingwoodstock.jpg?a=64" width=413 height=291&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px solid; BORDER-LEFT: 0px solid; WIDTH: 310px; HEIGHT: 210px; BORDER-TOP: 0px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px solid" src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/9/7/6/0/8/289238-280679/MoveOninwoodstock009.jpg?a=42" width=310 height=171&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px solid; BORDER-LEFT: 0px solid; WIDTH: 283px; HEIGHT: 276px; BORDER-TOP: 0px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px solid" src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/9/7/6/0/8/289238-280679/confusedteachercantreadsigns.jpg?a=5" width=446 height=280&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px solid; BORDER-LEFT: 0px solid; WIDTH: 306px; HEIGHT: 279px; BORDER-TOP: 0px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px solid" src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/9/7/6/0/8/289238-280679/oopsbetterjointhemoveons.jpg?a=78" width=377 height=287&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px solid; BORDER-LEFT: 0px solid; BORDER-TOP: 0px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px solid" src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/9/7/6/0/8/289238-280679/theamericans1.jpg?a=85"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;</description><comments>http://blog.crystallaketeaparty.com/2011/03/18/patriots-stand-up-against-the-moveonorgunion-event-in-woodstock-il.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">c67cc26a-94c1-49d3-9fc0-51e0115ff2b0</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 19:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Illinois does not allow you to check  if a candidate is qualified to be on the ballot - Now this could finally change!!!</title><link>http://blog.crystallaketeaparty.com/2011/03/14/illinois-does-not-allow-you-to-check--if-a-candidate-is-qualified-to-be-on-the-ballot---now-this-could-finally-change.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>Love4Liberty</dc:creator><description>&lt;FONT size=3 face=Arial&gt;&lt;FONT size=3 face=Arial&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11px"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11px" face=Verdana&gt;McHenry County citizen Sharon Meroni is a citizen on a quest for the truth. Her path has been nothing short of miraculous in seeking the answer to one question that will not go away… Who are the candidates on her ballot and are they constitutionally qualified to be on it?&amp;nbsp; &lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11px" face=Verdana&gt;The Illinois Constitution sates that candidates "Must &amp;amp; Shall be U.S. Citizens" yet it is not possible for any person in any office or any citizen to challenge what the candidate has sworn to be true. County Clerks are not even allowed to ask for proof of citizenship when nominating petitions are turned in. In essence nominating petitions are based on the veracity of the claim of the validity by the candidate – period.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11px" face=Verdana&gt;We need documentation for our children to be on a little league team yet no documentation is sought, or obtainable from those that will make laws that directly effect our lives?&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11px" face=Verdana&gt;Why a different standared of scrutiny for an Illinois politician of all people?&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11px" face=Verdana&gt;The 5 day time frame to challenge to the petitions are not posted. If by some luck of the draw they are challenged privacy laws protect the candidate from any scrutiny. &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11px" face=Verdana&gt;Could this now change for the citizens of Illinois? &lt;BR&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;U&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff size=3&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff size=3&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff size=3&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11px" face=Verdana&gt;Steve Boulton &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/U&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11px"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Verdana&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11px"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11px" color=#000080&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11px" color=#000080&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11px" color=#000080&gt;is a renowned election attorney and the General Counsel for the &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;U&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11px" color=#0000ff&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11px" color=#0000ff&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11px" color=#0000ff&gt;Chicago GOP. &lt;/U&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000080 size=3&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000080 size=3&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000080 size=3&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11px" face=Verdana&gt;Recently, Mr. Boulton agreed to take this case on.　&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13px" face=Verdana&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11px"&gt;Please read the following petition he submitted to the Illinois State Board of Elections:&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;A href="http://blog.crystallaketeaparty.com/files/9/7/6/0/8/289238-280679/Meroni_v_ISBE_Petitioners_Brief.pdf"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"&gt;Petition before Illinois State Board of Elections&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;</description><comments>http://blog.crystallaketeaparty.com/2011/03/14/illinois-does-not-allow-you-to-check--if-a-candidate-is-qualified-to-be-on-the-ballot---now-this-could-finally-change.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">072936a3-b66f-4ec7-84e8-08be2f5c707c</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 19:14:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>"Fat Cat" Union Boss' salaries exposed!</title><link>http://blog.crystallaketeaparty.com/2011/03/03/fat-cat-union-boss-salaries-exposed.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>Love4Liberty</dc:creator><description>Well, well, well all we ever hear about is the "Fat Cats" in the evil private industry. &lt;BR&gt;Let's just take a look at all those making "Fat Cat" salaries on the backs of their union members...&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.publicintegrity.org/articles/entry/2964/"&gt;http://www.publicintegrity.org/articles/entry/2964/&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;I hope the rank and file union membership learns that they are nothing but political pawns and an ATM for those that "organize" them.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;I think they'd better understand that these unions are aligning themselves with "International Unions" Should they collapse our system they will not be there to pick up the pieces for those that assisted in our demise.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Yes, Hitler did destroy the unions but only after support of those same unions brought him to power. When he promised an undefined&amp;nbsp;"fair wage" he neglected to mention he'd be the one to decide just what that would be.</description><category>Unions</category><comments>http://blog.crystallaketeaparty.com/2011/03/03/fat-cat-union-boss-salaries-exposed.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">31b52f56-2be1-4183-863f-ab9fcf5f213c</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 02:32:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Illinois Attorney General Instructs Police to Release Names of Gun Owners</title><link>http://blog.crystallaketeaparty.com/2011/03/01/illinois-attorney-general-instructs-police-to-release-names-of-gun-owners.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>Love4Liberty</dc:creator><description>&lt;P align=center&gt;Call Lisa Madigan and ask her why the Attorney General's office would do such a thing?&lt;BR&gt;This makes both those with and without gun registrations vulnerable to would be criminals.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.theatlanticwire.com/opinions/view/opinion/Illinois-Attorney-General-Instructs-Police-to-Release-Names-of-Gun-Owners-7196/"&gt;http://www.theatlanticwire.com/opinions/view/opinion/Illinois-Attorney-General-Instructs-Police-to-Release-Names-of-Gun-Owners-7196/&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Lisa Madigan's office #&lt;BR&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Chicago Main Office&lt;/STRONG&gt; &lt;BR&gt;100 West Randolph Street &lt;BR&gt;Chicago, IL 60601 &lt;BR&gt;(312) 814-3000 &lt;BR&gt;Email:&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/about/email_ag.jsp"&gt;http://www.illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/about/email_ag.jsp&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description><comments>http://blog.crystallaketeaparty.com/2011/03/01/illinois-attorney-general-instructs-police-to-release-names-of-gun-owners.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">5405079e-2ea1-422e-a08e-5b927093d13e</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 23:35:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>IL House Bill 1886-Dissolves all elected IL school boards and replace by "County School Boards"</title><link>http://blog.crystallaketeaparty.com/2011/02/28/il-house-bill-1886-abolish-all-il-school-districts-and-replace-by-county-boards.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>Love4Liberty</dc:creator><description>&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;FONT class=heading2&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;ALERT... Illinois House Bill 1886- Being fast tracked in Springfield, IL&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;This bill would void all powers of elected IL school boards (&lt;STRONG&gt;EXCEPT CHICAGO&lt;/STRONG&gt;). Taxpayers would not have any direct representation of their school districts as they will be lumped into "County School Boards" &lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Synopsis As Introduced&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT class=content&gt;Amends the School Code. Provides that within 60 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, on a date set by the State Board of Education, a special election must be held in each county to elect members to a county school board. Provides that on July 1, 2012, (i) all school districts in this State in existence on June 30, 2012 (other than the Chicago school district) are dissolved; (ii) their school boards are abolished; (iii) the terms of all board members end; and (iv) all of the powers, duties, assets, liabilities, employees, contracts, property, records, pending business, and unexpended funds of each school board are transferred to the appropriate county school board or boards. Provides that on July 1, 2012, each county shall constitute one school district to be governed by a county school board, unless the county school board has divided the county into 2 or more school districts, in which case each of those school districts shall be governed by a school board elected as provided under the Code, and the county school board shall be dissolved upon those school board members taking office. Effective immediately.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Here is the bill:&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" color=black face=Arial&gt;&lt;A title=http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1886&amp;amp;GAID=11&amp;amp;DocTypeID=HB&amp;amp;LegId=59079&amp;amp;SessionID=84 href="http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1886&amp;amp;GAID=11&amp;amp;DocTypeID=HB&amp;amp;LegId=59079&amp;amp;SessionID=84"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"&gt;http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?&lt;/FONT&gt;DocNum=1886&amp;amp;GAID=11&amp;amp;DocTypeID=HB&amp;amp;LegId=59079&amp;amp;SessionID=84&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P align=center&gt;Contact your Illinois House Member here and ask them how this will benefit our local schools?&lt;BR&gt;WE will post new information as it becomes available. Pros/Cons&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.algonquinteaparty.com/ILHouse.pdf"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;http://www.algonquinteaparty.com/ILHouse.pdf&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description><comments>http://blog.crystallaketeaparty.com/2011/02/28/il-house-bill-1886-abolish-all-il-school-districts-and-replace-by-county-boards.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">e2d144fa-7bf5-4ce8-b884-798f12c1e1ea</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 22:23:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Wisconsin FLEE Party Part II - Found 'em in Woodstock, IL</title><link>http://blog.crystallaketeaparty.com/2011/02/25/wisconsin-flee-party-pt-2flv.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>Love4Liberty</dc:creator><description>&lt;H2 align=center&gt;Wisconsin FLEE Party Part II&lt;/H2&gt;
&lt;H2 align=center&gt;It's 9:00 AM Thursday, February 24, 2011&lt;/H2&gt;
&lt;H2 align=center&gt;Do you know where YOUR Senator is?&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"&gt;While their state is in utter turmoil its good to know that these senators are cool, calm and collected.&lt;/FONT&gt;
&lt;H4&gt;
&lt;H4&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFveowfazqU&amp;amp;feature=mfu_in_order&amp;amp;list=UL" target=""&gt;FLEE Party video&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/H4&gt;
&lt;H4&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC1vAdK0Tgc&amp;amp;feature=autoplay&amp;amp;list=ULO3EMUzbZSxk&amp;amp;index=5&amp;amp;playnext=1" target=""&gt;More AWOL's&lt;/A&gt; &lt;BR&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFddnuZaWxQ&amp;amp;feature=BF&amp;amp;list=ULO3EMUzbZSxk&amp;amp;index=1" target=""&gt;Another Arrival&lt;/A&gt; &lt;BR&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okugyucSUUk&amp;amp;feature=BF&amp;amp;list=ULO3EMUzbZSxk&amp;amp;index=3" target=""&gt;Another Senator&lt;/A&gt; &lt;BR&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvyxUmn-j4Q&amp;amp;feature=BF&amp;amp;list=ULO3EMUzbZSxk&amp;amp;index=6" target=""&gt;More arrivals&lt;/A&gt; &lt;BR&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFddnuZaWxQ&amp;amp;feature=BF&amp;amp;list=ULO3EMUzbZSxk&amp;amp;index=1" target=""&gt;They keep coming&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/H4&gt;&lt;/H4&gt;&lt;/H2&gt;</description><category>Wisconsin Flee Party</category><comments>http://blog.crystallaketeaparty.com/2011/02/25/wisconsin-flee-party-pt-2flv.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">366f89bd-3130-4c6a-a8a9-f5067faa61cc</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 14:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
