Attend Monday February 15th Huge News Coming…
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Please make sure you attend the Townhall we are hosting on February 15th 2010.
This will change the way the typical politician sees “Tea Partiers and 912ers” Instead “We the People” as individuals in Mississippi and in America will be back in control of the conservative movement which is the American movement of Liberty. Please Stay tune and attend Monday February 15th 2010 at 6:30.
Liberty @ February 12, 2010
Liberty Belle & Jobs
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On Thursday, Obama held his White House “job summit”, which was a meeting between the administration and private CEOs to discuss job creation. TLB thought that maybe this was a positive sign, that Obama had finally realized that he has no clue what he’s doing, it obviously isn’t working, and that he needs to consult the private sector. To her disappointment, it was just another dog-and-pony show. Of course, as usual, the White House was busy focusing on demonizing profit and the private sector. During the summit, Obama said this of businesses to the audience of CEOs:
“Many have figured out how to squeeze more productivity out of fewer workers. And that cost-cutting has become embedded in their operations and in their culture. That may result in good profits, but it’s not translating into hiring and so that’s the question that we have to ask ourselves today: How do we get businesses to start hiring again?”
Excuse me, what?
“That may result in good profits, but it’s not translating into hiring…”
Mr. President, do you know anything about business? Profits are not just for the pockets of wealthy CEOs. They are for business survival. No business can exist without profit and this country was built upon the profit of those businesses.
Rush Limbaugh puts this statement into perspective, “Would you hire Barack Obama to run your business? Well, then why let him run your business? Would you hire him as an employee in your business? Why let him be part of your business? He’s admitting he doesn’t know anything about it today with his summit.”
As far as his question, “How do WE get businesses to start hiring again?”
The answer: You don’t!
All government can do is transfer private sector jobs into the public sector. That’s smoke and mirrors job creation. To create REAL jobs, Mr. President, you must get out of the way of the private sector through tax cuts, deregulation, and a truly free market.
If you want to revive the private sector, Mr. President, do us all a favor and resign.
Liberty Belle @ February 4, 2010
Obama Cap and Trade
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By: Liberty Belle
Everything we do in this country is made possible by energy whether it be nuclear, electric, petroleum, coal, etc. The food we eat is cultivated by a tractor run on fuel. It is processed in a factory lit by electricity and shipped to grocery stores powered by nuclear energy. Therefore, if the price of energy rises, then the price of everything rises. That’s exactly what Congress wants to do — raise the price of energy. House Resolution 2454, if implemented, will cause job loss, a reduction in household income, and will raise prices significantly.
On May 15, 2009, Representative Henry Waxman of California introduced House Resolution 2454. He titled it “to create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy.” The bill is based on an idea called “cap and trade,” a system in which the federal government places a limit on the amount of energy used by companies and individuals. Ben Lieberman of The Heritage Foundation, a research firm, described it to work by “raising the cost of energy high enough so that individuals and businesses are forced to use less of it.”
One of the bill provisions is that every car must be capable of operating on alternative fuel. This means that American manufacturers must produce new cars that run without using gasoline. People who support this bill argue that the environment will benefit greatly from the reduction of gasoline use. I say that it is impossible to require already bankrupt automakers to invest in the technology of alternative fuel and to make every new vehicle to meet these standards. I am sure that creating these fuel efficient cars will require the use of a large amount of energy. If the manufacturers use more than the government allowed amount, they will be fined. They are not just going to absorb this loss. They will pass it on to their customers who will have to pay high prices for the new government mandated clean energy cars.
This future law will not only impose restrictions on companies, but on the average American citizen. Building codes will no longer be set by the State or local communities, but by the federal government. Along with enforcing building codes on new structures, every existing structure in America will receive a rating based on its energy efficiency. To get that energy rating on my home, for example, a federal agent will come to my house to inspect the windows, appliances, doors, insulation, etc. If my house doesn’t pass the energy efficiency review then I cannot sell it until I meet the standards. If I have to pay out of pocket to comply with this bill then I am going to raise the price for which I sell the house. Representative John Boehner while reading this section of the bill from the house floor reacted by saying, “ What kind of bizarre notion is that?”
This bill doesn’t stop at taking control of the energy use in our country, but it will impose restrictions on other countries as well. It will require that we only buy goods from countries who have “met criteria and who are on a ten-year reduction schedule.” This means that if China, for instance, doesn’t make efforts to reduce their carbon emissions then we won’t buy goods from them. During the debate of HR 2454 on June 26, 2009, Representative Boehner read to his fellow Members of Congress, “Page 210 states ‘to prevent an increase in greenhouse gas emissions in countries other than the United States.’ I presume that means India and China and they have made it perfectly clear to every one of us that they have no interest and will not go down this path.” This is likely to damage our relations with many countries who rely on our buying of their exports. Boehner adds, “The Wall Street Journal said the other day and suggested that this bill could start a trade war and if we begin to try to impose our bureaucracy on other countries, we could have just that.”
HR 2454 contains 1,427 pages of more rules and regulations just like those above. The Heritage Foundation estimates that if it becomes law, then by 2012 unemployment will have increased by 2 million and by 2035 it will have increased by an additional 2.5 million. The National Black Chamber of Commerce and the Brookings Institution agree with this assessment. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the cost to comply with HR 2454 will total $110 billion in 2020 which is $890 per household per year. Ben Lieberman in testimony before the Senate Republican Conference on June 22, 2009, said, “Electricity will go up 90% in 2035, gasoline by 58%, and natural gas by 55%. The cumulative energy costs for a family of four by then will be nearly $20,000.00.”
It is very important to be informed on the matters set before Congress as their decisions today could change America for the worse. On June 26, 2009 HR 2454 passed in the House of Representatives 219 to 212. It goes before the Senate sometime in the next few months. Americans need to stand up and fight for their freedoms by calling their States’ senators to make sure they do not pass House Resolution 2454.
References
Waxman, H. Rep. [CA-30] & Markey, E. Rep [MA-7]. (May 15, 2009).
House Resolution 2454 To create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution and transition to a clean energy economy. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Boehner, J.A. Rep [OH-8] (June 26, 2009)
Transcript of Debate from House Resolution 2454 To create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution and transition to a clean energy economy. Congressional Record. Washington, D.C.
Elmendorf, D.W. (June 19, 2009).
(letter to Honorable David Camp, Honorable Charles B. Rangle, Honorable Henry A. Waxman, and Honorable Joe Barton). Cap and Trade Costs. Congressional Budget Office, U.S. Congress, Washington, D.C.
Lieberman, B. (June 22, 2009).
(Testimony before the Senate Republican Conference). The Economic Impact of the Waxman-Markey Cap and Trade Bill, The Heritage Foundation, Washington D.C.
Campbell, K.A. PhD & Kreutzer, D.W. PhD (June 25, 2009)
Waxman-Markey Global Warming Bill: Economic Impact by Congressional District. Web Memo, No. 2504.
Retrieved July 8, 2009 from
www.heritage.org/Research/
EnergyandEnvironment/tst062609a
Liberty Belle @ February 4, 2010
Obama and Peace Prize
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By: Liberty Belle
Being the cynic I am, thought Obama would continue to apologize for the horrid evils our nation has imposed and express regret for America’s existence. I was pleasantly surprised:
“We must begin by acknowledging the hard truth that we will not eradicate violent conflict in our lifetimes. There will be times when nations – acting individually or in concert – will find the use of force not only necessary but morally justified.
I make this statement mindful of what Martin Luther King said in this same ceremony years ago – “Violence never brings permanent peace. It solves no social problem: it merely creates new and more complicated ones.” As someone who stands here as a direct consequence of Dr. King’s life’s work, I am living testimony to the moral force of non-violence. I know there is nothing weak -nothing passive – nothing naïve – in the creed and lives of Gandhi and King.
But as a head of state sworn to protect and defend my nation, I cannot be guided by their examples alone. I face the world as it is, and cannot stand idle in the face of threats to the American people. For make no mistake: evil does exist in the world. A non-violent movement could not have halted Hitler’s armies. Negotiations cannot convince al Qaeda’s leaders to lay down their arms. To say that force is sometimes necessary is not a call to cynicism – it is a recognition of history; the imperfections of man and the limits of reason.
I raise this point because in many countries there is a deep ambivalence about military action today, no matter the cause. At times, this is joined by a reflexive suspicion of America, the world’s sole military superpower.
Yet the world must remember that it was not simply international institutions – not just treaties and declarations – that brought stability to a post-World War II world. Whatever mistakes we have made, the plain fact is this: the United States of America has helped underwrite global security for more than six decades with the blood of our citizens and the strength of our arms. The service and sacrifice of our men and women in uniform has promoted peace and prosperity from Germany to Korea, and enabled democracy to take hold in places like the Balkans. We have borne this burden not because we seek to impose our will. We have done so out of enlightened self-interest – because we seek a better future for our children and grandchildren, and we believe that their lives will be better if other peoples’ children and grandchildren can live in freedom and prosperity.”
His speech today was the best yet (partially because it actually consisted of substance and partially because I read it and didn’t have to hear him read it off the telepromter.) I have to admit, in reading it I did feel a sense of patriotism.
In regard to the oppression of peoples by their own governments and our role in those tensions, he had this to say:
“So even as we respect the unique culture and traditions of different countries, America will always be a voice for those aspirations that are universal. We will bear witness to the quiet dignity of reformers like Aung Sang Suu Kyi; to the bravery of Zimbabweans who cast their ballots in the face of beatings; to the hundreds of thousands who have marched silently through the streets of Iran. It is telling that the leaders of these governments fear the aspirations of their own people more than the power of any other nation. And it is the responsibility of all free people and free nations to make clear to these movements that hope and history are on their side.”
My only opprobrium lies in his outline for peace, particularly in his promotion for a nuclear-free world, we being the first to abandon the technology to lead the way for others to do so. I don’t believe it works that way. Sure, I do not believe there is a need for nuclear weapons, but I also do not believe in disarmament of the United States when Iran and North Korea are actively expanding their nuclear programs. This issue must be balanced delicately and a moral and ideological dilemmas must be faced.
Also, he identifies “climate change” as a matter of fact and of national security:
“It is also why the world must come together to confront climate change. There is little scientific dispute that if we do nothing, we will face more drought, famine and mass displacement that will fuel more conflict for decades. For this reason, it is not merely scientists and activists who call for swift and forceful action – it is military leaders in my country and others who understand that our common security hangs in the balance.”
I do commend him in acknowledging the enemy in our current wars:
“These extremists are not the first to kill in the name of God; the cruelties of the Crusades are amply recorded. But they remind us that no Holy War can ever be a just war. For if you truly believe that you are carrying out divine will, then there is no need for restraint – no need to spare the pregnant mother, or the medic, or even a person of one’s own faith.”
He concludes the speech with quotes of peace from Gandhi and Dr. King and the idea that striving for peace in the midst of the reality of war is the story of human progress. You can read the speech in its entirety here:
http://whitehouse.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/12/10/president-obama-remarks-in-oslo-at-nobel-ceremony/
This Barack Obama is far different than the one we saw during the campaign, who only spoke of bringing our troops home now (because our soldiers are “air raiding villages and killing civilians”) and having sit-down talks with dictators. Now that he knows the reality of the situation and realizes that the lives of soldiers and civilians and the future of a nation are on his shoulders, he’s more apt to accept the notion of “just war”.
Now I will be on the watch for his invasion of Pakistan. More on that in a future note.
Liberty Belle @ February 4, 2010
Chris McDaniel Speaker November 16th 2009
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Our Next General Membership Meeting will be at the D’Iberville Recreation Center on November 16th 2009 at 6:30 p.m. Our Speaker will be Chris McDaniel, currently a Senator in Mississippi.
Senator McDaniel was born on June 28, 1971 in Laurel, Mississippi. He graduated with honors from Jones County Junior College and received his B.S. with honors from William Carey University. After graduating from William Carey in 1994, McDaniel entered the University of Mississippi School of Law, graduating cum laude in 1997 with a Juris Doctor degree.
In 1997, McDaniel entered a two year federal clerkship with United States District Court Judge Charles W. Pickering, Sr. After leaving his position as a law clerk with Judge Pickering, McDaniel joined the law firm of Hortman Harlow Bassi Robinson & McDaniel, becoming a partner in 2003.
Senator McDaniel is affilitated with the Gideons International, Mississippi Leadership Forum, Mississippi Economic Council, Association for Excellence in Education, National Rifle Association, American Family Association, Jones County Bar Association, Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association, Defense Research Institute, Mississippi Claims Association, Fifth Federal Circuit Bar Association, the Hundred Club of Jones County, Federalist Society, Mississippi Bar Association, Rotary Club and Exchange Club.
On April 15, 2009, he was the keynote speaker at Laurel, Mississippi’s tax day tea party, one of hundreds of events held nationwide to protest out of control government spending, especially in the wake of the Obama administration’s trillion dollar spending package and expensive bailouts for floundering corporations.
He was also one of the keynote speakers at the Jackson, Mississippi tax day tea party, addressing 3,500 concerned citizens.
Legislative Experience
Senator McDaniel is a conservative politician who has served as a member of the Mississippi Senate since 2008. In the Senate, he is Vice-Chairman of Oil, Gas and Other Minerals Committee and a member of numerous other committees, including Education; Elections; Finance; Judiciary, Division A; Public Health and Welfare; Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.
Personal life
Senator McDaniel is married to Jill Tullos McDaniel, a former Miss Mississippi USA. They have one child, Cambridge Christopher McDaniel. He is a Southern Baptist.
Radio Experience
Senator McDaniel has also hosted The Right Side Radio Show since its start on WMXI 98.1 FM in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Senator McDaniel has also been a guest host and/or appeared on numerous conservative talk shows. Chris has guest hosted shows with Mychal Massie and Ray Spero, nationally renowned conservative commentators.
The Right Side became nationally syndicated in 2006 by EBN Radio Network and Golden Broadcasters. The show is broadcast nationwide on ABC Radio Networks and the industry standard Starguide III system.
http://www.senate42.com/chris.htm
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/senate/mcdaniel.xml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_McDaniel
Liberty Belle @ November 8, 2009
Dr Ley on Healthcare Debate
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Well, it’s gratifying to find out that the SOMEONE at the American College of Surgeons has reminded the Board of Regents that there is merit to having a spine and learning to “Man Up”, to borrow a phrase from my Mississippi brethren. Obama insulted every physician in America Wednesday, revealing his camoflaged disdain for my profession for all to see. Hopefully, those in positioins of leadership in the AMA and other medical specialty societies will join the ACS and the American Academy of Otolaryngology in their, albeit fairly milque-toast, rebuttals of his insult.
By endorsing HR3200, even if it was a qualified endorsement of a specific component of the plan, they allowed Obama and the Democrats to have a public relations field day- it was a public relations disaster for organized medicine. Endorsing the plan to maintain a seat at the negotiating table, a reasonable strategy that works when you are dealing with someone who truly desires to include your constituents and their input in the process, organized medicine has been allowed a seat in the corner of the room where it is actually the main course for lunch, ostensibly to observe its untimely demise.
Obama and the Democrats have been nothing but disingenuous since this Congress convened, passing bills that are thousands of pages long, have never been read, and are part of a much broader agenda. Please stay informed, and active, even if you disagree with me….debate that is truly open and honest will lead us to an outcome that is best for the nation. Physicians will do best in this process if we maintain the integrity of our profession and emphasize the fidelity and sanctity of our relationship to the patient, and keep the interests of our patients at heart. I still remember the computer username of the now retired surgeon who taught me the most about taking quality care of my patients, Dr. David Waugh of the Temple, TX VAMC: “Patients First!”. The crusty old general practicioner who led me to medicine, the now-deceased Dr. Joe Yelderman of Needille, TX, stressed that “if you take excellent care of the patients, everything else will fall into place”. Those philosophies will serve my profession well through the coming debates.
Phllip B. Ley, MD, FACS
Flowood, MS
Liberty Belle @ November 8, 2009
Dr Ley on Climate Change
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In response to Bishop Desmond Tutu’s rant about climate change and Africa, and his obvious embrace of his new “religion”, I say “not one red cent from my pocket, sir”. It is outrageous that a continent responsible for less than 2% of world economic activity feels emboldened to demand what are, in essence, reparations from the industrialized economies for the “damage” Africa has incurred as a result of a phenomenon that has little consistent scientific basis in fact. I would ask what Bishop Tutu would do about repayment of the hundreds of billions of dollars and world resources that have been literaly poured down the corrupt African rathole for the last several decades?
Phillip B. Ley, MD,FACS
1030C North Flowood Drive
Flowood, MS 39232
phillipley@earthlink.net
601-826-3410
Liberty Belle @ November 8, 2009
Dr. Ley on Jere Nash
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Sir,
It is refreshing to once again assure oneself that liberal hypocrisy is the rule, rather than the exception, and to see that politics remain predictable. Jere Nash confirmed his place in the leftist media structure in his Friday blog about the gay teenager from Wesson defying her local school board, stating that “a good protest never hurts, and oftentimes is a good thing.” It seems that I recall Mr. Nash’s negative, dismissive portrayals of the Tea Party and 912 March protestors as “crazies” not representative of a legitimate political movement in past editions. So, protest is only “good” in Mr. Nash’s world when it is the right, or shall I say, left kind of protest?
His behavior is analagous to the conspicious silence of the national media, save for Helen Thomas, on the issue of the Obama administration’s targeting of Fox News. The normally vocal Jacob Weisberg of Slate magazine, who went beserk when the Bush administration criticized an article written for Newsweek in 2005, later proven false,about a Koran being flushed down a toilet at Guantanamo, has failed to protest this open assault on the free press. Seems like Germany in the 1920′s, doesn’t it?
Respectfully,
Phillip B. Ley, MD, FACS
Event Medical Treatment Coordinator,
912 March on Washington
1030C North Flowood Drive
Flowood, MS 39232
phillipley@earthlink.net
601-826-3410
Liberty Belle @ November 8, 2009
November 7th Tegerdine Sprint Finale Special
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Due to the weather conditions on Tuesday October 27th 2009, the Tegerdine Campaign has had to reschedule the event for Saturday November 7th. The Locations are listed below. Please check www.joetegerdine.com for more information.
November 7th 2009
Time: TBA
Pascagoula I.G. Levy Park
Ocean Springs Fort Maurepas Park
Biloxi City Hall
Gulfport Preservation Oaks
Liberty Belle @ November 4, 2009
Dr Ley addresses the AMA members revolt
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Dr. Rohack,
OK, I get it. During the month of August, when heated debate over health care reform is roiling our nature, pitting neighbor against neighbor, and emotions are high, we get a weekly statement from you telling us how great the Canadian system is. You had just returned from the Canadian Medical Association meeting and let us know how insulted the Canadian doctors were by characterizations of their health care system reported in this country. This is spite of countless, innumerable accounts of rationed Canadian health care, interminable waiting times for specialty care and poor outcomes. We have seen, as recently as this summer, Canadian patients coming to Jackson, Mississippi-YES, not Seattle, not Buffalo, not the Mayo Clinic, JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI!- for procedures as mundane as tonsillectomy. Yet you arrogantly believe that we physicians and surgeons, learned men and women all, will slavishly accept your solitary report as a reliable representation of how things really are in Canada. Dr. Rohack, many of us have friends who practice in Canada, and we know better. We are not stupid, sir.
Then, your next report is an account, from, of all places, El Paso, Texas, about health care disparities. Is this topic, in the current environment of debate over the very future of our profession, really so timely that it could not wait until some later date? And do you really think anyone is surprised that there are people in El Paso that may not have health care coverage? I mean, do you really think this is news to us?
So, with that in mind and as the President of the organization that CLAIMS to represents the physicians of this nation, what do you write about today? Medical education. Two days after the President of the United States unprecedentedly addresses a joint session of Congress about health care reform, you choose to write a tome about medical education. Could you think of anything more timely that you could expound upon? The people associated with the Texas A & M University Health Science Center, where I obtained my residency training in general surgery, must be God-awful embarrassed to have you let everyone know where you hail from because, by God, sir, you indeed ARE an embarrassment. The membership of your organization is in revolt, memberships are being cancelled in droves, and state associations are deunifying like falling dominoes. Grab a clue, sir?
Please, Dr. Rohack, either admit to your membership, your country, and, out of courtesy, to your employer that you are not simply a tool of the Obama administration and are just an inept, bumbling idiot, or
resign your position as President of the American Medical Association.
Sincerely,
Phillip B. Ley, MD, FACS
Jackson, Mississippi
Liberty Belle @ October 28, 2009
