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Published: Thu, 17 Sep 2009
Description: Does Congress still matter?
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" Home. Hello America. You know I've been saved for -- that the paradigm is about to change and it is just a few months ago. Few months ago I had to come on this program. On March 13 and say you are not alone find your voice lot of people didn't feel like their voice mattered at all -- at all. The frustration of the act. Led you to stand up and find somebody else and demand of many for the first time that your voice be heard. People have come out of the woodwork they've -- hunted town hall meetings and the like stood up to these powerful Helms. And he did it. Look how far you've come. Politicians were ignoring you now they fear you. You know what lot of people in the fringe me -- for preaching fear. Exactly the way George Washington said yeah I hate hate to quote Thomas Jefferson -- Ben Franklin but yet. The politicians should fear people with healthy for a republic will vote you out act -- fear. Because we are awake and we don't patching the weasels have you noticed the cockroach is just -- scatters the lights go on. We will call out those who are not protecting and defending the constitution of the United States because. The purpose of adjusted government is to prevent plunder not facilitated and that is exactly what's happening. Anybody who stands up in the beltway against corruption. I want to be here this. America will stand with you I believe Republicans Democrats and independents if you stand up inside the beltway. Even if you've been part of the problem in the past and say look look look look look -- I'll take my lumps if it means that to go in front of a judge and a jury I will but please I just want out. We tell you something if you help clean up the mess. Will stand with you. We would just like American to be here you know for the next generation. And besides. America. Loves. For -- and repentance. The -- three. Use it. This is an amazing country we had 56 founders 56. Brave good decent human beings I was reading Thomas Jefferson about a week ago. And he gave me an idea 56 people founded this country we don't need to fundamentally transform this country. We need to read found it that's what we need to do. So. All it took was 56. Why should -- be any different from today. Let's look for 56 people out of the 535. People in congress men and women. And find 56. Who will stand up to the corruption stand up to the special interest. Stand up in your own party don't be a Republican and tell me how much the Democrats -- I don't -- hear. I'm tired of it clean up your own party and -- Democrats do the same damn thing. Stand up to what Washington DC has become. I don't wanna take my kids there and say this is our nation's capital will close your eyes kids -- good lord -- look there."
" Used to be a place of -- Is to be a place of we we could look at I'm sorry if I'm all little Jimmy Stewart on -- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. But that's what it should debate. So become a -- founder talented enough your politician you're gonna get it does -- dime a publicity from this. I'm never gonna rat me out I'm never gonna say who you are. This isn't something that you can. -- or my gosh that that does that tea party movement that's dig -- I could pretend to be -- guys for awhile. You actually need to demonstrated. We will keep you anonymous so you can help us we -- the weasels. Such is the tax Dodgers like Charlie Rangel. Or you know those those people who are still supporting corrupt organizations like acorn all. Or my favorite today John Murtha is airport. -- you don't know about John Murtha is airport oh. It's beautiful. It's spectacular especially this time of the year you know is false starts to set in. According to a report from ABC news. It is got a seven million dollar air traffic control tower tower a fourteen million dollar hangar and eighteen million dollars stated the -- runway it. Sweet I hear it's got everything a modern airport should be equipped with. You know except. Anybody flying out there. I -- what they have planes flying out of that they have three flights today. -- where all of the flight -- to. Washington DCD. Easier on John Murtha he's tired when he gets you know he's like I'm gonna go home and I don't want a -- with airport it's like fifty miles -- way. Year. I'm glad we could make that happen for you John. The airport -- received over a 150 million dollars in your money. And then another 800000 and stimulus money to repaid an alternate runway why it was it was it was it in disrepair for the -- use. The airport in Barrow Alaska to give you a little idea that's 320 miles north. Of the Arctic Circle. No one's going there 37000. People went through that airport except for the work yeah. -- airport 6700. There was a vote today to cut off all federal funding to this waste of taxpayer money -- the yeah. Now they didn't cut it off. I am so tired of hearing about all we've got to act fast we've got a good record so much trouble we got to act and we had -- right away or where LaBroque. I'm also really tired of hearing the we're the richest country in the world we ought to be able to afford -- normally on the -- They ask you this question. -- think of your street at your house. Think of the richest person on your street let's just say you live down -- street and there's somebody with a biggest house there. They got -- eight. Cadillac SUV and maybe you know they they don't Lexus -- there they go on the best vacations they have all the finest label wouldn't clothing. They're kids are you collecting. They're -- their kids have one of those -- those cars that little key I was one and one as a kid my dad is like but he. But it the home. Council -- those cars that are like electric."
" Are they the richest person in your neighborhood. Maybe. But what happens if there house has been repossessed and they lose their cars their -- to cry --"
" Particularly my little Barbie car."
" Yet are they still richest people in the neighborhood. Or were they just the people who spent the most money. We're not the richest nation in the world anymore we used to be now we just spend the most money there is no more money. They are about to take our houses from us. If you understand that. Wouldn't it be a no brainer -- it not spend twenty million dollars -- on an airport that only one dirt -- uses to go to Washington DC to meet with all the other dirt bags and make some deals that nobody really wants. Apparently not to these people. These third these -- the Republicans. -- these other Republicans that have so much spike just you know the Republicans. They just. There in their pitching for you they just wanna make sure they were -- we keep our spending down yet they voted to fund the airport that nobody uses. Bill was defeated -- 53 to 543 to 53. But but Voinovich here from Ohio. Yet he's in what."
" Both older somewhat of good to go twenty million dollars for jar and your work and -- this Kit Bond from those or. To show me state show me yeah. It. All I'm asking for is 56 people to help -- people like -- out they'll look Ohio and Missouri. You now know. If these guys say no I'm for small spending. Airline's chief show them the door if you can't. If you can't stop John Murtha is airport you're incapable of stopping anything. You know and it's not really hard to find corruption. In Washington DC I'll -- figure that one out in Washington Maxine Waters her husband the love this story. It's cute story her husband's on -- the bank that received twelve million dollars in bailout funding. And that's just happened three months after waters helped arrange a meeting between the officials at the bank and the Treasury Department representatives. Not great a love story and Charlie Rangel he's got to love story of his own. Here's a guy who's forgotten to pay taxes on more money then -- make in -- lifetime. Two point four million dollars he just forgot he's like. -- well at two point four million dollars. What John Conyers. He had personal -- working on his wife's election campaign. His wife you got remember her Monica Conyers well she is still great. She was just convicted back in June on federal bribery charges in -- sludge hauling scandal. I love those sludge handling scandals. Of the currency question. Has the swine flu already hit and killed most of the population and I'm just not aware of it and that's a possibility either watching the news -- on other channels so maybe that happen and nobody reporting. And this can't figure out. If if the -- thing didn't happen to wipe out most of the population. Why are we so lol on citizens that we can't find people to serve that haven't been in jail. I I don't and then -- of course he's got the airport thing he's also linked to a lobbying firm that has been raided by the FBI. Two times Timothy Geithner he couldn't figure out Turbotax but he's the only guy. They could figure out how to fix the economy he failed to pay his taxes and he's our treasury secretary of and he also runs the IRS. Then you have what came out today eight. You decide. Hate calling anybody a liar. You tell me. It's that cap and trade energy bill. We want to thank our friend Chris Horner -- CEI for pointing this one out to us. Chris watchdog thank you very much this is a -- a document binding. This is something that the Department of the Treasury. Did for the White House and the government so you know they could be informed. I want to take a look at the date it's march 19. 2009. You remember that date this is Wendell White House got this and then. -- just -- was buried lost we had to get it through a Freedom of Information Act. Today look at -- vacuum because in the document it says a cap and trade program could. Generate receipts on the order of 100 to 200 billion dollars annually. One. That's a lot. In fact it's so much it's the equivalent of hiking personal income taxes by about 15%. Bigger is always better. That's 1761. Dollars a year per household. All of us every one. That's in March march ninth 2009. The department of treasury issues a report -- Mr. President here is boy that looks like it's gonna suck. Cost 1761. Dollars and got it now let's fast forward to April 20 ninth let's see -- march. Eight parole. I'm not very good with numbers in calendar stuff because that's complicated their whole twelve whole months out of the year but I think eight role comes. After the report came out. Here's Henry Waxman you may remember from the Waxman marked clean energy bill he said this."
" The cost of the building mr. market I've proposed in this analysis says the bill cost the average family less than. Forty cents per day."
" I'm not very good numbers but I think. 1761. Is more than forty cents. Not congress. If you look at treasury estimates Waxman is only underestimating the cost -- 1200%."
" Let's fast forward a little further listened to President Obama and remember. March ninth 2009 Department of the Treasury. Here is their confidential. Analysis here mister president could cost a lot of money. Let's listen carefully to what President Obama estimated on June. June -- 25. In a decade the price to the average American will be about the same as the postage stamp. Per day. What out. I think he just did it to 1200%. But he was a little more careful you know he did he did actually say. In a decade from now. To mention that today that stamp would cost 1761. -- a understand he's very accurate because that's the new stamp. I have a question. Did the president of the United States tell the people in congress. About this. Next stop. -- It's always the cover up that gets here. March -- June 20 -- Mr. President. Didn't you tell congress about the higher estimates that you know you -- about. Or did you just kind of keep it secret hide it away from them and those. Pesky American people. I want to show you something I -- a few weeks ago I was talking directly to the Democrats I was telling them to wake up Democrats in congress wake up. You are being played and you're being bypassed. Look at all of the stars. What do you think -- four. -- what they don't answer to anybody look. The presidents have had czarist for a long time Woodrow Wilson cue spooky FDR still -- with the stars. Some of the people you know they had a bunch of drinking bodies and I'll -- colleges make this guy go away. Fine. You wanna put him in a special advisers and they don't have any power they don't have any muscle we'll listen to Carol Browner said was they care -- like. -- I don't ever want to see this in writing as she's talking to the car dealers -- the the other car companies. -- that kind of spooky power. If they have real power it's a problem this guy. Woodrow Wilson he was a progressive just like this president he talked about you know ways to get things done by going around congress. -- This is a progressive in the White House that's what he's doing. He's going right around congress when he got to wake up congress this is what I said on June 30."
" Senator I have to tell you I think I think what that I think congress is the is overplaying their hand more importantly I think they're being outplayed and out maneuvered I think. They are making themselves irrelevant to a massive new federal framework that Obama seems to be erecting an all kinds of but all kinds as -- and everything else. I just. I mean the great thing about these 1761. Dollars stamps they're huge black actually just -- that's -- About asking questions. I got another one for -- Congress. Do you even matter anymore. I mean I think this -- You're not even writing the bills."
" The Apollo project -- Apollo alliance are the ones who wrote the stimulus package I mean you might have a little something to do with it like read part of it -- not reading all of it. The major bills that are being pushed are you being told by the by the powers that be how to vote as John Conyers said he was on acorn. We doing exactly. Well this is what American that's not sitting on the sidelines while my country is being transformed like the rest of the fringe media. You know -- what our original founders set up in ought to mean unlike the others who were gonna get into and just the next few minutes if you are in congress and you're watching. Or you work with somebody or knows somebody in congress I encourage you please. Please become one of the 56. You know what's happening any bit better than anybody else you know where that body I hope this isn't literal body could be in Washington and now you don't -- bodies are buried. Help us please clean up our country clean up the corruption. Get rid of the special favors a special interest it belongs to we the people not to those people. Republicans Democrats independents. Are you telling me we can't solve any crisis any problem you're telling -- we can't build a car better than anybody else in the world. You're telling me that we can't have the best health care in the world. And share -- with everybody else of course we can. -- Once we have honest brokers at the table who aren't beholden to special interest and building their own damn airport. By the way. We now have our very first of the 56. We put this up the very first of the 56. We want. It's -- start. They are now working on your behalf. To root out the corruption in their own party first. I'm waiting for that next call."
" Senator. Congressman. Will it be you. I hope so."
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