The time has come for a burning season in the grassroots

Let's talk figures: if you ran your household with $21,000 in income, but you spent $38,200, and you had a household debt of $140,000, do you think your creditors would give you a debt limit increase?  If you ran your business with $210,000 in revenues, and expenditures of $382,000, with $1.4 million in debt, your creditors wouldn't give you the time of day, especially if you didn't have a plan in place to deal with your spending.

That's our parliament of crony prostitutes in a nutshell. Two years ago, when the debt dealing started, they were running up $3.82 trillion in spending against $2.1 trillion in revenues against $14 trillion in debt. That debt is now $17 trillion, and the boldest recommendation they can make is a 1% reduction in spending.
If you ran your business in a way that resulted in a complete shutdown due to your inability to talk to your partners, and you laid off your employees while the issues were being ironed out, would you give your employees a raise upon their return?  That's what our parliament of crony puppets did, in addition to the $174,000 they gave to Sen. Frank Lautenberg's $56 million widow, and the $2.9 billion they gave to Mitch McConnell and Dick Durbin for their dam.

We've been giving these crony prostitutes our votes and our money for decades, and they've only piled up more debt and more government.  They've given us an NSA that treats us like members of al Qaeda, an IRS that targets our political groups to sideline us in elections, and an economy where success depends on political favors rather than merit.  And to top it all off, these crony puppets betrayed us by blaming us for a shutdown they authored. They called us crazy extremists.


They want to rip out our heart and soul, and replace it with cynicism. They want us to give up, to be discouraged by this.  Well, we're not discouraged, we're enraged. It's time to channel that rage into 2014.  The crusade to take America back begins today, and we know we have just 18 allies in the Senate. It's time to send in reinforcements and take out the crony lapdogs.

-Bob

Fox News Highlights the Kings of Pork and More

From Grassfire.org:

5/30/2008

Dear Robert,

Because you have taken such a strong stand with us against pork-barrel spending, I wanted to alert you to a FOX News investigative special, hosted by Chris Wallace.

I was told FOX reporters expose more than a colossal waste of your tax dollars from pork-spending lawmakers, but also a fattening of their bank accounts!

This is a FOX exclusive not to be missed!

WHAT: Porked: Earmarks for Profit
WHEN: Saturday, May 31 at 8pm ET
WHERE: FOX News Channel

You can sign the national petition opposing earmark spending (I did!) by clicking here:

http://www.grassfire.net/r.asp?u=7852&PID=15588536

-Bob

Earmarks special on PBS tonight (2/22/08)

Here is an update on the "earmarks" issue

-Bob

From the Desk of:
Steve Elliott, President, Grassfire.org Alliance

2/22/2008

Dear Robert,

I want to thank you for adding your name to our latest petition calling for an end to earmarking in Congress.

My IT staff reports that citizens are signing the petition at a rate of nearly 250 signatures per hour!

Robert, without question this is a critical issue for the American people. That's why I wanted to alert all those who have signed the petition to a program that is airing on PBS tonight (February 22) focusing on "earmarking."

Bill Moyers Journal and the PBS series Expose, profiles Seattle Times reporters as they "follow the money," the flow of billions of dollars siphoned from DC to fund "pet projects."

When: Friday, February 22, 2008
Time: 9 p.m. on PBS (check your local listings)

Click here to check the times in your area:

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/about/airdates.html.

To watch a special preview, click here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SYhonCtpP4.

++Action Item--Alert your friends

Regardless of political affiliation, earmarks affect us all. That's why we are urging members of our team to forward this important update to 25-30 friends and family. Encourage them to watch the Moyers special and sign our petition to end earmarks by clicking here:

http://www.grassfire.org/96/petition.asp?PID=15588536

Earmarks have become a symbol of the culture of the widespread corruption on Capitol Hill, and as citizens, we must work diligently to bring a close to this era of dishonesty.

Thanks again for taking quick action with us. Help us spread the word by forwarding this message today.

Steve

P.S: Grassfire has learned that following the broadcast, Seattle Times reporters will answer questions from viewers at the Moyers Blog at:

http://www.pbs.org/moyers.

+ + Sign Grassfire's petition calling for an end to Earmarks:

http://www.grassfire.org/96/petition.asp?PID=15588536

Help End Government Earmarks

I have just signed a national grassroots-led petition to end government
earmarks, and I'm inviting you to join with me and thousands of other
Americans who want this corrupt system brought to an end.

Click here to add your name:

http://www.grassfire.org/96/petition.asp?PID=15588536&NID=1

-Bob