Bailey for U.S. Congress - Maryland, District 5

I finally discovered who is running against my congressman Steny Hoyer: Collins Bailey. It concerns me greatly that it was so hard to find him. No one that I asked knew. Several searches on Yahoo and Google for various keywords did not return any links that provided the answer. I found what I was looking for from a Yahoo search yesterday for "republican, district 5, maryland" and the first listing took me to a page at Wikipedia.

After doing my homework about Mr. Bailey, I found him to be on the same page as me with regard to government thus far.

I submited a form to find out more information to volunteer for his campaign. This is what I submitted:

"I want to do all I can to remove Steny Hoyer from office. Please let me know how I can help you defeat him.

I have learned about your positions through the material contained on your website, and find you to be precisely inline with my values, standards, and convictions.

...

I have sent several letters to Benjamin Cardin, Barbara Mikulski, & Steny Hoyer on several subjects including the fairness doctrine, drilling for oil, and the bailout of bad mortgages."

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http://baileyforuscongress.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland%27s_5th_congressional_district
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collins_Bailey

Finally An Obama Lie-mail

I've heard Obama say numerously that there are emails spreading lies about him being circulated. However, I've never been privy to any. I thought that with more than ten email accounts, I'd surely have received a few. Finally, I received one. (I am somebody.) The only thing is that it's true. Regardless, I marked it as spam and moved on. However, someone on the list replied to all, and after his remarks, I just couldn't resist.

portion of original lie-mail message:

"Obama The Patriot - Removes American Flag From His Plane

The Patriot  Room
Posted on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 8:11:07 AM by Bill  Dupray

Barack Obama recently finished a $500,000 total  overhaul of his 757. And as
part of the new design, he decided to  remove the American flag from the
tail...
What American running  for President of the United States would  remove the
symbol of his country? And worse, he replaced the flag  with it with a symbol
of himself..."

reply:

Dear LinksSEO,

I think that you must have a warped sense of right. Obama has removed the
flag, probably for any or all of the following reasons;

a) He is not the U.S. president
b) This trip is a campaign trip as a presidential candidate.

If he left the flag on.. There would be those who would say that he is
parading as a U.S. President. He is trying to avoid any controversy...

GET A LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


my reply:

I don't know who LinksSEO is (I marked the original email as SPAM), but
since someone responded to all, I thought I'd through in my two cents.

Obama doesn't have a chance in hell (well that may be the only place he has a chance) of becoming president of the United States. Whether or not he has a flag on his airplane or not is the least of our worries. He's simply a Marxist; a radical socialist; he believes in big government and the redistribution of wealth; the end to personal liberty and God given
rights. That might be OK for some, but not for me, and not in the USA.
We weren't founded on those principals; and for good reason.

I was thinking of sitting this election out, but with such an audacious
anti-patriot radical in the race, it's become necessary to rally the
people in opposition. I urge all American's to vote against Obama and
vote against all members of the House and Senate that are standing in
the way of freeing our lands and waters for drilling, and not in support
of U.S. Congressman Pence's petition to ban the Fairness Doctrine that
threatens our freedom of speech and press; rights protected by the first
amendment to our constitution. (see http://mikepence.house.gov/FairnessDoctrine) Out with Pelosi! Out with
Hoyer! Out with Reid! Out with Clinton! Out with Obama!

It's our government! It's our land! It's our country! It's our freedom!
It's our liberty!

For our children, and the pursuit of happiness for all mankind!

The time of our comfortable complacency is over. Now is the time to
clean house, elect wise people of integrity, and keep a short leash on
our public servants.

Don't Tread On Me,
Hyrum


Another thing, while we're on the topic. I mentioned the fact about not receiving any of the lie-mails to my wife the other day, and she said that she had received one about how Obama turned down an opportunity to visit the hospitalized troops in Iraq while on his world tour. I told her that it was true, and educated her. She was a little taken back, and just said "oh".

Sergeant Josh - A Modern Day Captain Moroni

One of my biggest heroes ever is Captain Moroni who lived around 60 BC in the Americas. The Book of Mormon chronicles his valiant and noble fight for freedom and liberty in defense of his people and country. The events and political atmosphere in which he lived bears great similarities to our present day. In a time when his country was in the midst of ongoing war with invading neighbors and political turmoil, dissension, and insurrection within, Moroni served as Chief Captain, the highest ranking military official of his country. When he became angry with the leader of the opposing political party, Amalickiah, who sought to replace democracy with kings and nobles, he rent his coat and wrote on it the following words: 'In memory of our God, our religion, and freedom, and our peace, our wives, and our children'. He called it "The Title of Liberty", hoisted it up on a pole, and caused it to be raised throughout the land to rally the people in defense of their freedom.

While listening to the podcast of The Mark Levin Show, recorded on July 31, 2008, I heard Sergeant Josh (periodic guest of Mark's show) say the following, after Mark asked him about his voluntary pledge to serve a third time (the two previous times in Iraq, now Afghanistan): "My whole thing is, you know, anything that I can do to keep my little girl, or anyone elses kids to have to fight, you know, 20 years down the road, I'm gonna do." When I heard that, it reminded me of Captain Moroni. Sergeant Josh is the type of man that Moroni was.

"And Moroni was a ^astrong and a mighty man; he was a man of a perfect ^bunderstanding; yea, a man that did not delight in bloodshed; a man whose soul did joy in the liberty and the freedom of his country, and his brethren from bondage and slavery; ... a man who did labor exceedingly for the ^awelfare and safety of his people." Alma:48:11-12

"Yea, verily, verily I say unto you, if all men had been, and were, and ever would be, like unto ^aMoroni, behold, the very powers of hell would have been shaken forever; yea, the ^bdevil would never have power over the hearts of the children of men." Alma 48:17

We are in desperate need of more men of this caliber. My heart felt thanks go out to Josh and all people now serving and whomever has served in the defense of man's God given right to liberty.

links:
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Captain Moroni
Title of Liberty:
http://scriptures.lds.org/en/alma/46
Character:
http://scriptures.lds.org/en/alma/48#11
http://scriptures.lds.org/en/alma/48#17
Sergeant Josh:
Mark Levin Show:
http://marklevinshow.com

Hero Tribute - Sgt. Ryan Patrick Baumann

A young local (Southern Maryland) hero, Sgt. Ryan Patrick Baumann, has paid the ultimate price and I wanted to honor him here.

He was killed in action on August 1, 2008 while serving his country in Afghanistan.

You can follow the links below to learn about Ryan and his service to America and mankind.

I offered the following words of thanks to the family:

Your son's service to our country and to the people of the world in the fight for freedom and liberty is very much appreciated. He paid the ultimate price for us. We are eternally grateful. I pray for your comfort during this difficult time for your family and offer my sincere condolences. "For the Lord suffereth the righteous to be slain that his justice and judgment may come upon the wicked; therefore ye need not suppose that the righteous are lost because they are slain; but behold, they do enter into the rest of the Lord their God." Alma 60:13 "

links:
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obiturary: http://www.brinsfieldfuneral.com/obituaries/dsp_files/dsp_viewobit.cfm?obit_ID=2472
condolences: http://www.brinsfieldfuneral.com/obituaries/dsp_files/dsp_viewcondolences.cfm?obit_ID=2472

What Steny Hoyer is doing to support drilling

Question to my congressman, Steny Hoyer, Maryland 5th District.

What are you currently doing to open up our lands and waters to drilling for oil and to encourage others in the house of representatives to support the same?

I'll share his response when I receive it.

links:
http://hoyer.house.gov/contact/email.asp - to email Steny
http://hoyer.house.gov/contact - Steny's contact-us page
http://hoyer.house.gov - Steny's home page

Obama - Senate Banking Comittee

I heard Obama say "my senate banking committee".

Does this mean that he is the head, president, chair of the senate banking committee, or simply that he is a member of that committee?

I did some research and found that:

There is a senate committee named "Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs".

Here is the committee membership list from the committee's website:

Democrat	Republican
Christopher J. Dodd Chairman (D-CT)	Richard C. Shelby Ranking Member (R-AL)
Tim Johnson (D-SD)	Robert F. Bennett (R-UT)
Jack Reed (D-RI)	Wayne Allard (R-CO)
Charles E. Schumer (D-NY)	Michael B. Enzi (R-WY)
Evan Bayh (D-IN)	Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
Tom Carper (D-DE)	Jim Bunning (R-KY)
Robert Menendez (D-NJ)	Mike Crapo (R-ID)
Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI)	Elizabeth Dole (R-NC)
Sherrod Brown (D-OH)	Mel Martinez (R-FL)
Robert P. Casey (D-PA)	Bob Corker (R-TN)
Jon Tester (D-MT)

I don't see Barrack H. Obama (D-IL) anywhere on the list; do you?

I tried to contact Senator Dodd via his website, but he had a statement that he only repsonds to citizens of Connecticut. Perhaps a reader from Connecticut can follow up on this and let me know what his response is. (thanks. I'd appreciate it)

So, I went to Senator Shelby's web site and submitted the following inquiry:

Barrack Obama said the other day that he was head of or at least a member of the Senate Banking Committee. However, I did not see his name listed on the membership roll. Was he referring to another banking committee, or does the membership list on the committee's website need to be updated?

We'll see what Senator Shelby has to say about this.

For good measure, I also sent the same inquiry to my two senators from Maryland of which I am a constituent, even though they are not on the committee. (Barbara Mikulski and Benjamin Cardin)

I get the feeling that this is another one of Obama's deceptions.

The committee also has a contact-us form on their website, so I submitted an inquiry there as well:

Why is Mr. Dodd listed as chair of the committee? Obama stated that this was his committee. Why isn't Barrack on the membership list?


links:
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http://banking.senate.gov
http://dodd.senate.gov
http://shelby.senate.gov
http://cardin.senate.gov
http://mikulski.senate.gov

Obama's Embarassing Language

United States presidential candidate Barrack Hussein Obama recently publicly stated that we Americans are an embarrassment when we go to Europe and can't speak any languages other than English. He stated that we need to make sure that our children can speak Spanish, and that we should be able to say more than "merci beaucoup" in French. However, while on his current media tour to the middle east and Europe, I didn't hear him speaking any other language beside English; and he had great difficulty with that, stuttering and blubbering through incoherent sentences. Should we Americans not be embarrassed with him.? Yes, he is the real embarrassment. Dear God, please let this atrocity end soon!

Some questions for Mr. Obama: (if you have any of the answers, please provide)

Q: How many languages can you speak and what are they? (1, English; barely)

Q: With currently more than 600 languages spoken amongst the citizens, visitors, and illegal aliens of the United States, which languages should it be mandatory for Americans to speak and with what proficiency? (Spanish, Mandarin, Japanese, German, French, Tagalig, Sioux, Cantonese, Vietnamese, Thai, ...)

Q: What about writing? With what proficiency should Americans be required to write; and in what languages? I understand that there is a great lack of ability for English writing skills amongst your constituents in Chicago.

Q: Have you ever heard of Toastmasters International? It is an organization that has clubs all over the world that meet on a weekly basis to hone their public speaking and communication skills. Perhaps you should seek out membership in one of these clubs. You will most likely receive the "ah" award for the most ah's, um's, and other grammar mistakes, but the constructive criticism and practice will help you improve in this area. I know it has helped me.

Q: I thought that you have professed to be a great uniter of the people. Wouldn't you agree that a nation and people that speak a common language so that they understand each other, understand the constitution, government, and laws that establish their liberties and freedoms is crucial, liberating, and essential for their own self interest?

(citations, quotations, and references forthcoming; available upon request)

Will Smith WRONG on America and Obama

I learned while listening to the Mark Levin Show (2008/06/23), that the actor Will Smith, while speaking during an appearance on a television show (I think one called "The View"), commented that after recently visiting Russia, England, and France, he felt that it was a good thing to be an American, for the first time in many years, now that Obama is the democratic nominee for president of the United States. He's wrong on two points here:

1. supporting Obama. Will must be a Marxist as well, so he therefore is an enemy to our capitalistic economic system. This is a little ironic as he has benefited so well from it.
2. his concern with the citizens of other country's opinion of our country. Our national policies should not be determined by popular public opinion; especially that of foreigners. Like my father told me, our standards and values must not be swayed by what others say about us.

Will Smith is an Anti-Patriot!

Finally, a presidential candidate to believe in!

Tonight, I stumbled upon some debates from 2004 between Barrack Obama and Alan Keyes and I was amazed. Alan far outshined Obama; he was answering questions directly and logically; and he made sense; he spoke the truth. What he said resonated well with me. I listened and watched until I had watched and listened to over two hours of video and audio footage from 2004 and the current 2008 campaign season.

He is true conservative! He beleives in the constitution of the United States of America and the principles that it sets forth.

He is a man that I can get excited about supporting! He puts McCain to shame, from a conservative perspective. The only other candidate that that comes close is Mitt Romney.

Click the banner above to learn more about Alan Keyes and his positions on current major issues.

Patriotism Questioned in the wake of Michelle Obama's bleak remarks now featured in campaign ads

Tonight Hannity and Colmes had 3 panelists on their show. One of them was a woman from Occidental college, Obama's alma mater, that couldn't answer any question with a simple yes or no; typical of the likes of Obama or any other liberal; when faced with a direct question, they avoid a straight answer with questions back to the inquirer; very frustrating; and they do this over and over when the inquirer has to continue to repeat the question in an attempt to get an answer. This is why I can't handle watching TV news for any length; and this was FOX; forget any of the other news channels like MSNBC for example; my head starts to hurt and I get nauseaus within seconds of hearing the idiotic talking heads. Hannity is a clear headed individual who makes sense, but unfortunately he has to put up with Colmes and other news people and guests who just dont seem to have any sense about them. Sometimes I can withstand the idiocy on Hannity's show to watch for some length. Like tonight, for example; although it was almost more than I could bare listening to that dumb blonde from Occidental.

Anyway, the question of patriotism came up and specifically Barrack and Michelle Obama's patriotism was questioned. The main topic for discussion was the content of advertisement by state republican parties that contain Michelle's statements about being proud to be an American for the first time and then clips of various candidates stating their pride in America and how great of a country America. My opinion on the advertisements is very favorable. The point of the ads are not to simply harp on Michelle, but to address the general theme and message that she dispels through comments like those mentioned and other statements she has made in various speeches and public appearances. I get very disgusted listening to her. She presents a theme of doom and gloom in America; how we don't talk to our neighbors and that we can't get ahead no matter how much we try. This just seems so foreign to me. It's not the United States of America that I know. All I can think of is that she is in some alternate dimension or is mentally ill. I mean, I talk to my neighbors almost every night; we hang out on the culdasac in the evening; the kids play and the adults socialize. I am reaching goals and achieving my dreams continually. I'm the oldest of 11 children, neither of my parents have university degrees. I started earning money to buy my own school clothes when I was 12 years old picking strawberries in the summer. I paid my own little league fees and continued to work through high school. I served in the Navy, which provided me with the means to attend college and earn a Bachelors degree. I gained good employment in a fulfilling career, earned a Masters degree, married a wonderful woman, and am raising three (so far) wonderful children (2 whom we've been fortunate enough to adopt).

We enjoy a comfortable wonderful life while enjoying our freedoms and liberties that our fore fathers have paid so dearly for. That of which we see slowly eroding from our republican system of government instituted by our heaven inspired national constitution. So, the message of an oppressive America where one cannot get ahead that Michelle and Barrack preach is completely foreign to me. And who is it that is destroying our freedoms and liberties? It is the Obamas, the Clintons, and their socialist counterparts who seek and hold positions of power and authority within our Government. It is they who are the enemy within. They are the wolves in sheep clothing. They are the false prophets of whom we have been warned in scripture.

...Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence hath it tares?

He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. - Matthew 13:27-28

And what about John McCain? He is our enemy as well. He may not be a socialist. I believe he truly loves our country, and he has made great sacrifices for America. However, he does not hold up the constitution of America and defend our freedoms and liberties it defines and is designed to protect. To be honest, I don't know what he stands for. He appears to be a quintessential politician, who panders to the left and the right depending on who he is in front of at the time and which way the wind is blowing at a particular time. He's seeking power for himself; for his own ego. He is a different kind of enemy, but still an enemy.

And so, as I've said before, we are lacking a real statesman. We need a leader. We need someone who knows truth and will stand up for the truth; someone who knows, understands, and believes in the constitution of the United States of America, and the dangers that come from disregarding it and the principles it sets forth .

Get The Racism & Gender Out Of The Race

I think all of this talk and side shows about racism and gender are staged distractions to overt our eyes from who these people really are. Think about it. Take Reverrand Wriight out of the picture. Take William Ayers out of the picture. Take out the fact that Obama is half black and Hillary is a woman. Pretend that the candidates are like those Operation Iraqi Freedom poker cards with the missing pictures of the wanted person; just a black silhouette. You don't know what the candidate looks like, what their ethnic makeup is, what their gender is, how tall they are, how fat or skinny they are, how old they are, or what their voice sounds like; candidate A, B, and C. So, do you have that it in your mind; blank slates. Now imagine that you have 15 minutes to learn about their statements of their position on the issues, their plans, their experience.

No conservatism.

Candidate A is a freshman senator with no experience or accomplishments to speak of; who is radical socialist who hates everything about America.

Candidate B is a power hungry socialist who believes that the government can save everyone from their problems; who fabricates lies to support their agenda.

Candidate C is a self seeking schizophrenic moderate; no leadership, loyalty, or consistency. Strong on defense, but clueless on the economy. Conservative on occasion and liberal at other times. One who stabs his own teammates in the back and changes his position like the wind.

All enemies to America!

So, there you have it. I think it's time to dust off your bible and start praying for a real choice; real leadership for our nation. We may have to wait another 4 years for a qualified conservative choice.

Get Obama Out of Oregon!

I can't believe Obama is in my home state of Oregon! Get him out of there!!!!!

The Democrats Have Already Won - McCain Is Their Man

Why didn't the Democratic Party pick a candidate that has a chance of winning?

Why didn't they pick a candidate that is qualified?

Why would they set themselves up to lose?

It doesn't make sense; does it?

Perhaps their plan has really been to get McCain elected. If he ran as a Democrat,
McCain would get beat by a true conservative Republican. With McCain masquerading as a
Republican, the Democrats have already knocked out the real Republicans.

Think about it. I mean, really; an unknown freshman senator with no experience and no
achievements; no leadership; no success to speak of. A former first lady who can answer
the phone at 3 AM.

They had to know that neither had a chance to win it all. I'm sure they did an extensive
background check on Obama and knew that America would not take lightly his associations with
Reverend Wright and William Ayers. Surely, they read his books to learn what his true thoughts
and feelings are. They must have noticed his lack of patriotism by his subtle actions such
as refusing to display the American flag on his person and not holding his hand to his heart
during the pledge of allegiance.

The only thing that makes sense is that the Democrat leaders and McCain planned this
together from the outset.

Now the Dems have the luxury and freedom to see if they can get a true socialist in The White House. Either way, conservatives lose. The only question, is by how much.

So, this leads to another question; Why hasn't the Republican party caught onto this and kicked McCain out of the party?

As far as I'm concerned, I needn't bother showing up to the polls to vote for president in the upcoming general election. This will be the first time since I've been able to vote that I do not cast a ballot in the presidential contest. The only thing that would cause me to reconsider; to give me something to get excited about, would be if McCain selects Mitt Romney as his running mate, or someone at least as conservative as Mitt with at least as much proven leadership success and integrity. But, being the maverick that he is, the chance is slim to none.

May God bless America!

What's Wrong With Mccain?

Why does he attack those from his own party?

Why is he so easily offended?

Why does he not stand for anything?

He stated that we are the party of Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, and Ronald Reagan, would they not attack their opponents who seek to destroy out American republican system of government and the constitution that defines it and holds it together?

So, now Mccain is getting attacked by both the Democrats and the Republicans. Why is he doing this to himself? Who will support him. He continues to make enemies on both sides. The democrats are opposed to him because he is a Republican. The republicans will not support him because he stands for nothing, attacks republicans who stand for the moral and conservative principals that form the foundation of the republican party. How can he possibly win a presidential election?

He is not electable as a Republican.

Now, if he were to switch over to the Democratic party, where he would more appropriately fit, then he would outshine the other two presidential candidates in the Democrat party and possibly win the race in a landslide. This would allow the republicans to put forth a true republican and conservsative.

The False Prophet Reverend Wright - Lies and Insults

Reverend Wright said recently in an interview with Bill Moyers on PBS, that he doesn't talk to Barrack Obama, a member of his congregation, about politics.

HELLO! Earth to Reverend Wright!!

What do you do from the pulpit at your church? You preach politics.

I am flabbergasted by his statement!!

He thinks he can play us, the American people, like the idiots he is used to preaching to regularly. Who else in their right mind would subject themselves and their families to the filth and lies that he spews from his mouth week after week.

Absolutely disgusting!!

In the America of today, where my children are color blind when it comes to race; when people speak about others in conversation without having to refer to their racial makeup as an obvious feature; where neighbors happily converse and share time with each other, regardless of ethnic or racial makeup or background.

I had been happy of late thinking how far we have come as a people from the hatred and racism that I heard from my grandparents. My parents instilled no hint of racism whatsoever in their children. The dream set forth in the Declaration of Independence was coming to fruition. From my perspective, the generation of my children, could live a life where no one in their sphere of influence would introduce even the shadow or hint of racism. That is, as long as we protect them from Reverend Wright's sermons, now being played on TV, radio, and across the internet

And another thing; how insulting it is that he uses the name of Christ in the title of his "church". It is appalling to say the least. Christianity is not being taught by Reverend Wright; this is quite obvious. Hatred and deception is the opposite of what Jesus taught. It makes me sick!

The true prophet Ezra Taft Benson warned "... many pulpits are being turned into pipelines of collectivist propaganda ...".

Credits and References:
1. Photo of Reverand Wright taken from www.rushlimbaugh.com on 20080428'. see
2. An Enemy Has Done This, Ezra Taft Benson