News and Updates
Quote of the day:
“How do you tell a communist? Well, it’s someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It’s someone who understands Marx and Lenin.”
- Ronald Reagan
May 2009
by Joe Salmon
Michele Bachmann spoke at a "Save Fury Motors" rally at the Fury Chrysler Dodge store in Lake Elmo on Saturday. Fury will lose the Chrysler franchise in the next week or two. This will happen even though Fury announced at the rally Saturday that May 2009 was the best new car sales month that the 85 year old company has ever experienced. What this means is that the government/union owned Chrysler Corp will put 42 employees of Fury Motors out of work! If someone can explain this to me; I would certainly appreciate your help!
Michele announced that she would fight the decision on the floor of the US House next week. God bless her - but I don't hold out much hope.
See photos of the event on the web site under Gallery. Thanks for all the SD56 members who were able to show up with such short notice. Great pictures thanks to Richard Glascow!! Pictures
UPDATE I: Michele Bachmann's congressional web site has more.
RELATED NEWS: Furor grows over partisan car dealer closings
The Tea Party movement, and the potential July 4th edition will not happen without help, and specifically organizers. The TeaPartyMN group who put on the terrific Tax Day rally are unable to organize this one. The organizers (Toni Backdahl and Kellie Cripe) used some of their own money to fund the endeavor. They should be commended for their volunteerism and can do sprit. But it is time for others to step up the plate to make this happen.
by Pravda
There is a certain amount of irony that the Russia newspaper Pravda has noticed the rapid transformation of American politics since the election.
"It must be said, that like the breaking of a great dam, the American decent into Marxism is happening with breath taking speed, against the back drop of a passive, hapless sheeple, excuse me dear reader, I meant people.
True, the situation has been well prepared on and off for the past century, especially the past twenty years. The initial testing grounds was conducted upon our Holy Russia and a bloody test it was. But we Russians would not just roll over and give up our freedoms and our souls, no matter how much money Wall Street poured into the fists of the Marxists." Read the article
by Michele Bachmann
Our Congresswoman Michele Bachmann has written this piece on how our current path of spending by the Federal Government is unsustainable. Read the article on her offical web site
For a refresh on federal expenditures see the Federal Spending Scorecard.
At the monthly meeting of SD56 Republican's last night the Conservative of the Month award went to Natasha Roux, who has done an outstanding job as our secretary.
We had two speakers who highlighted the evenings activities. First was Phil Herwig. Mr Herwig has announced his intent to seek the Republican endorement for governor of MN in 2010. He previously ran for Congress against James Oberstar in 1992, and 1994 in the 8th District.
Next, Craig Westover, a contributing columnist to the Pioneer Press Opinion page and a senior policy fellow at the Minnesota Free Market Institute, talked about Republican principals and how they supercede Republican values. He and Marianne Stebbins recently launched the Open Republican Party blog.
Maureen Reed of Stillwater who announced her challenge to Michele Bachmann for the 6th District earlier this month, has initiated her web site as she begins her campaign. : maureenreedforcongress Dr. Reed may also be followed on Twitter
More on Reed here (This article also says "Tinklenberg said he donated about $250,000 to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee to help the party win last month’s special House election in New York.")
In this video clip supreme court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, explains that policies are made on the court of appeals. That they don't only interpret the law, they make law. Sotomayor on YouTube Once again we get a lesson that elections have consequences.
“I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion (as a judge) than a white male who hasn't lived that life” - Sonia Sotomayor.
UPDATE:
Resume from CNN (It appears that her resume has been scrubbed of her affilation with "The National Council of La Raza" (aka: "the Race").
UPDATE II:
ACORN members celebrate President Obama's nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to Supreme Court -- There's an endorsement you can take to the bank!
You may have noticed some enhancements on the web site recently. The address shown in the browser address window now provides an SEO friendly appearance with a path and file name. Those are actually aliases for the underlying content but makes the url easier for search engines to follow.
The title of the website is now more dynamic too, and updates as different pages load in the center column.
These changes have forced many internal changes. If anyone finds a bug anywhere, please let me know; webmaster
SD56 Monthly Meeting - May 28th
Below is a letter from Joe Salmon describing our upcoming Senate District meeting. I just wanted to remind you that there is a substantial and interesting agenda on tap for the upcoming meeting.
To my fellow conservative Republicans,
Let me tell you about our upcoming meeting on May 28th at the Machine Shed Restaurant.
First we will discuss how to become a delegate to next years conventions. We just had our CD 6 Convention last Saturday which means that all delegates elected in 2008 are now finished with their responsibilities. So, if you are interested in becoming a delegate next year, it is time to start attending our BPOU meetings and make yourself known. If you are interested in change - it is up to you!
- May 20, 2009 - "Pawlenty sharpens his budget ax" in the Pioneer Press
- May 20, 2009 - Don't Use Climate Change to Hide Tax Hikes!
- May 19, 2009 - Democrats won't fund Guantanamo closing How funny is this!
- May 18, 2009 - WSJ: Soak the Rich, Lose the Rich by Art Laffer, and Steven Moore.
"With states facing nearly $100 billion in combined budget deficits this year, we're seeing more governors than ever proposing the Barack Obama solution to balancing the budget: Soak the rich. Lawmakers in California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York and Oregon want to raise income tax rates on the top 1% or 2% or 5% of their citizens." (hat tip to Fred Riggins)
- May 14, 2009 - Mark Steyn writes "Live Free or Die", an essay on big government.
"MY REMARKS are titled tonight after the words of General Stark, New Hampshire's great hero of the Revolutionary War: "Live free or die!" When I first moved to New Hampshire, where this appears on our license plates, I assumed General Stark had said it before some battle or other-a bit of red meat to rally the boys for the charge; a touch of the old Henry V-at-Agincourt routine. But I soon discovered that the general had made his famous statement decades after the war, in a letter regretting that he would be unable to attend a dinner. And in a curious way I found that even more impressive. In extreme circumstances, many people can rouse themselves to rediscover the primal impulses: The brave men on Flight 93 did. They took off on what they thought was a routine business trip, and, when they realized it wasn't, they went into General Stark mode and cried "Let's roll!" - " continue..
- May 12, 2009 - Bachmann: "Today, Congress chose ACORN over the taxpayers"
- May 11, 2009 - White House: Budget deficit to top $1.8 trillion, 4 times 2008's record - That's what I call "change"
- May 9, 2009 - Movie - Brothers At War - A documentary of two brothers who fought for freedom in Iraq. Now showing at the Carmike Theater in Mounds View. trailer
- May 9, 2009 - Pawlenty vetoes tax hike
- May 9, 2009 - Media Still Covering Up The $400 Billion Fannie And Freddie Scandal - Fannie Mae (FNM) announced that it had lost another $23 billion in the quarter, and would have to call down $19 billion more in taxpayer support. It also said that it would face losses as far as the eye can see. Read it
- May 8, 2009 - Obama sounds death knell for nuclear power - Under the guise of cutting wasteful spending, President Obama is terminating support for the Yucca Mountain spent nuclear fuel repository in Nevada. While not unexpected, this development means that there will be no place to store nuclear waste, probably for decades, other than at temporary storage locations at each of the nation's nuclear power plants. - read more
My solution! Take the casks the rods are stored in, and drop them in a deep ocean trench. They will be gone forever.
- May 7, 2009 -
From Joe Salmon, SD56 Chair: "To my fellow conservative Republicans,
Let me tell you about our upcoming meeting on May 28th at the Machine Shed Restaurant. First we will discuss how to become a delegate to next years conventions.
We just had our CD 6 Convention last Saturday which means that all delegates elected in 2008 are now finished with their responsibilities. So, if you are interested in becoming a delegate next year, it is time to start attending our BPOU meetings and make yourself known. If you are interested in change - it is up to you!" Read More...
- May 6, 2009 - April 2009 Federal Receipts Update: Down 35% - "A 3.3% contraction in the economy during the previous three quarters (not annualized) doesn’t lead, and never has led, to a 35%-plus contraction in receipts - unless there’s more going on, as there has been, than the contraction itself." - from BizzyBlog
- May 6, 2009 - The Non-TARP Lenders Aren’t Making Stories of WH Pressure Up; That Means Establishment Media Will Investigate, Right? Not So Far
- May 5, 2009 - HR 1207 calls for an audit of the Federal Reserve. As of today there are 124 co-sponsors of the bill including Michele Bachmann. more here
- May 4, 2009 - The Axis of Idiots by J. D. Pendry
- May 4, 2009 - California as Liberalism's Laboratory
By George Will : Hmm sounds a lot like MN.
- May 3, 2009 -
WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Republican Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) today issued the following statement upon releasing a letter announcing the formation of the National Council for a New America, a forward-looking, grassroots caucus intended to bring together Congressional leaders with a national panel of experts.
“The National Council for a New America will engage with and empower the American people to develop innovative solutions that meet the serious challenges confronting our country. It is the right time to begin a thoughtful conversation about the future of this country.”
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