[Vision2020] Fw: CRAPO COMMENDS TAX PROTESTS, DEFICIT AWARENESS
Joe Campbell
philosopher.joe at gmail.com
Thu Apr 23 19:31:50 PDT 2009
Thanks, Roger.
Joe Campbell
On Apr 23, 2009, at 9:16 AM, lfalen <lfalen at turbonet.com> wrote:
> Some Tea Baggers are. Tammy Bruce who sometimes substitutes fro
> Laura Ingraham is gay.
> Roger
> -----Original message-----
> From: bear at moscow.com
> Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:26:31 -0700
> To: jampot at roadrunner.com, sunilramalingam at hotmail.com, vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Fw: CRAPO COMMENDS TAX PROTESTS, DEFICIT
> AWARENESS
>
>> Gary,
>>
>> A few million concerned citizens ARE gay, they just aren't the
>> teabaggers we're discussing
>> on
>> this topic!
>>
>> ---
>> ---
>> ---
>> ---
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> No, but to hear The bear and the hamster tell it Mr. Poopyhead and
>>> a few
>>> million concerned citizens might as well be.
>>> Tee hee haha giggle snort,
>>> g
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Sunil Ramalingam
>>> To: vision 2020
>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 7:56 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Fw: CRAPO COMMENDS TAX PROTESTS, DEFICIT
>>> AWARENESS
>>>
>>>
>>> Are you saying Larry Craig is gay? Because he denies it, you know.
>>>
>>> Sunil
>>>
>>>> From: jampot at roadrunner.com
>>>> To: bear at moscow.com; lfalen at turbonet.com; vision2020 at moscow.com;
>>> thansen at moscow.com
>>>> Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:53:09 -0700
>>>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Fw: CRAPO COMMENDS TAX PROTESTS, DEFICIT
>>> AWARENESS
>>>>
>>>> Are "those kind" of jokes back in vogue? I thought they fell into
>>> disfavor
>>>> what with it not being the 50's and all. Are you really as "hip"
>>>> and
>>> "with
>>>> it" as you think you are when belittling folks by comparing them to
>>>> homosexuals gives you fits of giggles?
>>>>
>>>> g
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
>>>> To: <bear at moscow.com>; "lfalen" <lfalen at turbonet.com>;
>>>> <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 11:29 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Fw: CRAPO COMMENDS TAX PROTESTS, DEFICIT
>>> AWARENESS
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Bear stated:
>>>>>
>>>>> "So it's safe to assume that the Republican Congressman from Idaho
>>> is
>>>>> taking a wide stance in favor of the issue of teabagging?"
>>>>>
>>>>> Word is, Bear, that Crapo (pronounced "CRAP-OH") stronly urges
>>> teabagging
>>>>> as, apparently, it stimulates his package.
>>>>>
>>>>> Tom Hansen
>>>>> Moscow, Idaho
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> So it's safe to assume that the Republican Congressman from Idaho
>>> is
>>>>> taking a wide stance
>>>>>> in
>>>>>> favor of the issue of teabagging?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -----Original message-----
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> From: "Crapo News Release (Crapo)" newsclips at crapo.senate.gov
>>>>>>> Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:13:56 -0700
>>>>>>> To:
>>>>>>> Subject: CRAPO COMMENDS TAX PROTESTS, DEFICIT AWARENESS
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> FOR IMMEDIATE
>>>>> RELEASE CONTACT:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Susan Wheeler (202) 224-5150
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> April 15,
>>>>> 2009
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Lindsay Nothern (208) 344-1108
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> CRAPO COMMENDS TAX PROTESTS, DEFICIT AWARENESS
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sends letter to Idahoans rallying today
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Washington, DC - In a demonstration of support, Idaho Senator
>>> Mike
>>>>> Crapo told Idahoans
>>>>>> who
>>>>>> are protesting high federal deficits and tax increases through
>>> "tea
>>>>> parties" today that he
>>>>>
>>>>>> supports their efforts and has the voting record to demonstrate
>>> that.
>>>>> He also noted the
>>>>>> similarities between today's events and his protest 15 years ago
>>> when he
>>>>> dumped the U.S.
>>>>>> Tax Code into the Boston Harbor. As a freshman Congressman in
>>> 1994,
>>>>> Crapo joined with a
>>>>>> handful of other members of the U.S. House of Representatives to
>>> toss a
>>>>> copy into the
>>>>>> Harbor, re-enacting the famous protest by American colonists.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Crapo addressed today's tax rallies through a written letter,
>>> as he
>>>>> was unable to
>>>>>> participate in person; he is hosting forums on federal health
>>> care
>>>>> reform in Coeur d'Alene
>>>>>
>>>>>> and Lewiston. He sent letters through staff members attending the
>>>>> events. The letter
>>>>>> reads as follows:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Many Americans are joining together today across the nation to
>>> take a
>>>>> stand against the
>>>>>> injustice of excess taxes and spending. These are historic events
>>> that,
>>>>> as you know,
>>>>>> mirror the famous Boston Tea Party in 1773, in which the
>>> colonists
>>>>> demonstrated their
>>>>>> frustration and displeasure with the extent of the British
>>> Parliament's
>>>>> sovereignty over
>>>>>> the colonies. While today's gatherings around the country focus
>>> on
>>>>> excessive spending, a
>>>>>> common theme then and now is unfair taxes.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Those of you gathered here today are suffering the burden of
>>> the
>>>>> extreme spending that
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> federal government has engaged in over the past year. Let me
>>> recount
>>>>> the unbridled
>>>>>> spending legislation passed by Congress since last spring, every
>>> one of
>>>>> which I opposed
>>>>>> and voted against:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> * The Fiscal Year 2008 Omnibus Appropriations bill,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> * The 2008 stimulus bill which included the rebate checks,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> * The Fiscal Year 2009 Appropriations Continuing Resolution,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> * The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (otherwise
>>>>> known as TARP 1 and
>>>>>
>>>>>> TARP 2),
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> * The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (otherwise
>>>>> known as the
>>>>>> stimulus bill of 2009),
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> * The Fiscal Year 2009 Omnibus Appropriations bill.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> These seven pieces of legislation total a staggering 3.2
>>> trillion in
>>>>> taxpayer dollars.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I opposed and voted against each one of these. In fact, each
>>> time a
>>>>> vote came up, I
>>>>>> warned that while Idahoans and Americans across the country were
>>> cutting
>>>>> back on their
>>>>>> spending during difficult times, Congress and the Administration
>>> were
>>>>> proposing to further
>>>>>
>>>>>> increase federal spending to unprecedented levels and increase
>>> the
>>>>> public debt, placing an
>>>>>
>>>>>> additional debt burden of tens of thousands of dollars on the
>>> head of
>>>>> every single
>>>>>> American.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This is your money; you deserve to see clearly how spending
>>> decisions
>>>>> by the Congress
>>>>>> are
>>>>>> reflected in a rising national debt that will be placed on our
>>> children
>>>>> and grandchildren.
>>>>>
>>>>>> To no avail, I reminded my colleagues that we have relied far too
>>>>> heavily on spending and
>>>>>
>>>>>> debt creation in hopes that we can revive the economy. In fact,
>>> small
>>>>> business creates 90
>>>>>
>>>>>> percent of the jobs in our economy, not the federal government.
>>> We need
>>>>> to increase
>>>>>> incentives for business and rework our tax policy to encourage
>>> job
>>>>> creation and new
>>>>>> investment in the American economy. The last thing we need during
>>> these
>>>>> difficult
>>>>>> economic times is a tax increase.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> $3.2 trillion represents grossly-inflated and
>>> fiscally-irresponsible
>>>>> expenditures of
>>>>>> taxpayer dollars. We cannot spend ourselves into prosperity.
>>> Tripling
>>>>> federal programs
>>>>>> is not the answer to economic stimulus, and it's certainly not
>>> the
>>>>> answer to sustainable
>>>>>> growth of small business-the heart and soul of our economy.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Debts in the trillions; expiring tax cuts; unchecked
>>> entitlement
>>>>> growth-it's government
>>>>>> run amok, or, as many here in Idaho have heard me say over the
>>> past few
>>>>> months: hold on,
>>>>>> Big Government is back. Back in 1994, when I was a Member of the
>>> House
>>>>> of
>>>>>> Representatives, I joined a few of my colleagues in the Boston
>>> Harbor on
>>>>> the very ship on
>>>>>> which the original Boston Tea Party was held for a re-enactment
>>> of that
>>>>> event. At that
>>>>>> time, we physically threw the Internal Revenue Code in Boston
>>> Harbor.
>>>>> My friends, today,
>>>>>> you are having another Tea Party because we must continue to
>>> remain
>>>>> vigilant and active
>>>>>> against excessive, unfair and outrageous government spending and
>>>>> taxation. My feelings
>>>>>> about taxes remain unchanged. Limited government is best, and
>>> taxpayers
>>>>> know better than
>>>>>> Congress how to allocate their hard-earned dollars.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I commend you all on your efforts today. Continue to let your
>>> elected
>>>>> officials know
>>>>>> how
>>>>>> you feel about how your hard-earned taxpayer dollars are being
>>> spent,
>>>>> not just today, but
>>>>>> until your voices are heard and change truly happens.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> To directly link to this news release, please use the following
>>>>> address:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>> http://crapo.senate.gov/media/newsreleases/release_full.cfm?
>>> id=311507
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> # # #
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>> ...
>>> ...
>>> ..................................................................
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This is generated from an unattended mailbox. If you have
>>> constituent
>>>>> comments or
>>>>>> information you would like forwarded to Senator Crapo, please do
>>> so at
>>>>> the Senator's
>>>>>> website, http://crapo.senate.gov<http://crapo.senate.gov/>.
>>> Comments
>>>>> sent to this e-mail
>>>>>> address will not be responded to.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>> "So keep fightin' for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't
>>> forget to
>>>>> have fun doin' it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be
>>> outrageous,
>>>>> ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom
>>> can
>>>>> produce. And when you get through kickin' ass and celebratin' the
>>> sheer
>>>>> joy of a good fight, be sure to tell those who come after how much
>>> fun it
>>>>> was."
>>>>>
>>>>> - Molly
>>>>> Ivins
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