Glen Beck Speech at CPAC
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Excessive Intolerance of Opposing Views
Because They are Wrong
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Last night, at 10:25 p.m., the Senate voted to establish an
earmark moratorium for fiscal years 2009. By a margin of 71-29,
the vote failed.
Following the vote, 71 Senators--mostly pork-loving
democrats along with 26 Republicans took the fast train out of
town to begin their Easter Recess.
Here are the Senate Republicans--along with their shocking
"Pork totals" for the year and their phone numbers:
Bennett (R-UT) $296.1 million 202/224-5444
Bond (R-MO) $529.9 million 202/224-5721
Brownback (R-KS) $365.6 million 202/224-6521
Bunning (R-KY) $23.7 million 202/224-4343
Cochran (R-MS) $977.7 million 202/224-5054
Coleman (R-MN) $231.9 million 202/224-5641
Collins (R-ME) $137.8 million 202/224-2523
Craig (R-ID) $150.2 million 202/224-2752
Crapo (R-ID) $150.5 million 202/224-6142
Domenici (R-NM) $600.0 million 202/224-6621
Gregg (R-NH) $93.9 million 202/224-3324
Hagel (R-NE) $102.0 million 202/224-4224
Hatch (R-UT) $241.7 million 202/224-5251
Hutchison (R-TX) $839.2 million 202/224-5922
Lugar (R-IN) $146.4 million 202/224-4814
Murkowski (R-AK) $63.8 million 202/224-6665
Roberts (R-KS) $333.0 million 202/224-4774
Shelby (R-AL) $635.1 million 202/224-5744
Smith (R-OR) $273.0 million 202/224-3753
Snowe (R-ME) $126.5 million 202/224-5344
Specter (R-PA) $404.4 million 202/224-4254
Stevens (R-AK) $524.5 million 202/224-3004
Vitter (R-LA) $386.8 million 202/224-4623
Voinovich (R-OH) $170.6 million 202/224-3353
Warner (R-VA) $702.2 million 202/224-2023
Wicker (R-MS) (totals unavailable) 202/224-6253
NOTE: Statistics provided by http://www.taxpayer.net
Following the vote, Sen. DeMint remarked, "Tonight, too many in
Congress
embraced the earmark favor factory and proved why we have the lowest
approval rating in history...
Sen. McCain, who canceled appearances to make certain he was present
for the vote added, "We're disappointed that only 29 members of the
U.S. Senate understand that the American people want us to stop this
practice,
which has led to corruption."
++Pork Barrel Battle is not over
McCain is right, Americans do want this corrupt
process stopped, and Grassfire will continue to lead the grassroots
charge
to bring about change.
This was a setback, but beginning Monday, I promise you, we will have
formulated a plan of action that will target those 26 Republicans and
71 Democrats who blatantly turned a deaf ear to the American people. We
will be heard!
Thank you for your excellent help. I hope I can count on your continued
efforts as we work together to end congressional earmarking.
Steve
P.S: Forward this message to your friends and encourage them to take
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Grassfire's television campaign calling on the President
to free imprisoned border agents Ramos and Compean is
ready to debut this weekend in Washington, D.C!
If you haven't yet seen these incredible spots, click here:
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Michael, beginning Sunday morning, FOX, CNN and MSNBC
will begin airing the 30 and 60 second spots that were
created by our friends at RapidResponse Media.
Already posted on the Internet, our ads have touched off
a tremendous buzz across the nation...imagine the response
when they are airing in our nation’s capital! I have no
doubt it will increase the furor to free Ramos and Compean
to a fever pitch...
But to ensure that we can maintain this level of intensity--
which I believe will motivate the President to do the right
thing, I need the help of every member of our team, Michael.
Please help us expand our outreach beyond DC and across
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+ + Most Americans haven’t heard the Ramos/Compean story
While it may seem hard to believe, the vast
majority of Americans have no idea of the injustice done
to Ramos and Compean.
Yesterday, while working to place the ads in DC, an
advertising representative asked Ron De Jong about Ramos
and Compean. After Ron explained how our nation had
betrayed these agents and given preferential treatment
to a life-long, illegal alien drug smuggler for his
testimony against two border agents (treatment that
included a green card, free medical care and immunity),
the representative became incensed.
"How come I never heard about this? This is so wrong!" he said.
That is why we need to take this message across the nation,
Michael. So many people have never heard about this
tragedy.
Help me get this story out to the nation by making a
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On behalf of agents Ramos and Compean, thank you for your
outstanding support!
Steve Elliott, President
Grassfire.org Alliance
P.S. We just received a call from America's Most Wanted, and
they are doing a show featuring the amazing grassroots support
being generated for these agents. I am scheduled to appear on
the show this Saturday night! More details to follow.
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