Our dear friends at "Soros Takeover of America, Inc.", otherwise known as "Move-On", have ramped up their astroturfing. Here's a bit from their recent e-mail missives (with my comments interspersed in parenthesis):
Dear MoveOn member, It's getting ugly out there.
All across the country, right-wing extremists are disrupting congressional town-hall meetings with venomous attacks on President Obama's plans for health care and clean energy.
(Nothing about the left-wing extremists that have done likewise in the past?)
- Last night in Tampa, Florida, a town hall meeting erupted into violence, with the police being called to break up fist fights and shoving matches. (Nothing about the Police being called when Union Goons beat-up patriotic American dissenters?)
- A Texas Democrat was shouted down by right-wing hecklers, many of whom admitted they didn't even live in his district.2 (So what, they still care and know these legislators can vote on these important issues. What difference does it make what district you are in, if we all will be impacted by their votes?)
- One North Carolina representative announced he wouldn't be holding any town-hall meetings after his office began receiving death threats.3 (Not excusable, but where was their indignation during the Bush era when he was threatened?)
- And in Maryland, protesters hung a Democratic congressman in effigy to oppose health-care reform.4 (A bit much, but at least now Franky Krataval now knows what G.Bush had to go through.)
(Wait just a (blue-)dogg-gone minute...you HIRED people to organize your volunteers? They are not all really grassroots regular Americans concerned enough about the issue to show up without your prodding? Hmmmm.)
But we need to scale up our efforts quickly to make sure this plan works. To really swing into action during this month's congressional recess, we need to raise at least $250,000 immediately. Can you chip in $25 to support our work?
If the shouts of the right-wing mobs are the only voices our senators and representatives hear over the recess, we'll have a hard time passing health care and clean energy legislation.(Sounds like a good thing to me!)
That's why we're launching our Heat Up Congress campaign so quickly to fight back, using new technology to implement rapid
response town hall turnout, organizing personal phone calls from small business leaders and donors to their representatives,
running new ads, and activating an energized network of on-the-ground organizers and volunteers.
( I do envy your Community Organizing skills, I'll give you that.)
This month could decide the future of health care and clean energy in America—and we're already one week in. If you've been sitting on the sidelines, now's the time to get involved. Talk to your neighbors, go to a town hall meeting—and today, please chip in $25 to support our work:
Thanks for all you do.
–Justin, Matt, Nita, Kat and the rest of the team
(Locally, they are also trying to thwart the Capital Newspaper's policy against organized letter-writing campaigns. See below)
Right-wing mobs aren't just disrupting congressional town halls—their outlandish lies are now making their way into
mainstream news coverage, too.
(Well, it's about time. Your outlandish lies have been in the mainstream media for years!)
We need to set the record straight. The majority of Americans support real health care reform. And no wonder, given the incredible cost of inaction.
In Maryland alone, 230 people lose their coverage every day. And for those with
insurance, yearly premiums will hit $22,225 in a few years if we don't act.
(I'd like to see the source of those stats.)
We can't let right-wing extremists ruin the biggest opportunity in a generation to get real
reform. Can you send a quick letter to the editor of The Capital—or another local paper—about
the urgent need in Maryland for Congress to pass health care reform with a real public option?
Click here: (Link Removed by Chester)
If you've never written a letter to the editor before, now is the time
to send your first. The letters page is one of the most widely read—and
most important—in local newspapers. Members of Congress and their
staffs read it to understand how their constituents are feeling. And since members are all home in the district this month—and
paying close attention to the health care debate in particular—your letter will make an even bigger impact.
Here are some talking points specific to Maryland you can use in your letter:
- We can't afford to wait for reform: Each day, 230 people in Maryland lose their health care coverage. And without reform, those who still have insurance will see their yearly premiums go up by $9,201 in the next decade—to a staggering $22,225.
- Reform with a real public option is key to expanding coverage: Under current legislation, which includes a strong public health insurance option, 616,000 people in Maryland—and 37 million Americans nationwide1—will gain coverage by 2019.
- A real public health insurance option is crucial to lowering costs: With premiums projected to hit $22,225, we need to get costs down. By spurring competition, a public plan will help bring down out-of-control costs2 for individuals, families, and small businesses. (Uh... See comment above!)
(And that's not supposed to cost more, or result in care-rationing... what have they been smoking?)
Thanks for all you do.
–Nita, Kat, Eli, Wes, and the rest of the team
Something's Fishy? He really does not want to go there...
Barry O's official website, the one we pay for with our tax dollars, is now stooping to insulting Americans who are exercising their right to free speech. But that is not all, they are now recruiting neighbor to tattle on neighbor. People are being asked to report "fishy" e-mails and websites that dare question the official "truths" about the health care plan. Despite the dangers of Goodwin's Law, it is very hard to hear such things without visions of brown-shirted thugs bursting in and demanding if we are hiding any Jews. (Anne Frank & Corrie Ten-Boom, may they rest in peace).
The Audacity (I use that word on purpose) of the White House to entice people to squeal because they can't monitor such things themselves. Yeah, right! They have the whole freakin' NSA at their disposal, or they can do a Google Alert, they know what is being said about them. They just don't like what they are hearing. They just don't like this "Inconvenient Truth" (again, words chosen on purpose). Since when are Americans exercising their right to free political speech "fishy"? Do they really want to go there?
When the TV program Jericho went off the air with the word "Nuts" being used, thousands of fans protested by sending nuts to the powers-that-be, and the program was renewed for another (shorter) season. Underwear (clean, or dirty?) was supposedly sent by some to protest women being attacked for drinking in a bar. Recently, tea bags were sent to Congress in protest. New Zealand farmers protesting a global warming "flatulence tax" sent even worse items, if you can guess what I mean.
Does Barry really want to go there... really?? I can see postal workers across America dealing with tons of stinky fish being sent to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Tuna cans are too heavy, but rotting anchovies stinking through the envelopes... yeach! If they thought some websites and e-mails were "fishy", they ain't seen nothin' yet!
