Falcon,
Never before in the history of the United States of America has the citizens been afraid of its government since the revolutionary war.
• We the people no longer have the freedom to speak publicly about the government without fear of reprisal from the government.
• We the people no longer have the freedom to vote for the opposition without intimidation.
• We the people no longer have the freedom to express our religious beliefs in public without suppression from the government.
• We the people no longer have the freedom to protect our possessions without the threat of conviction of a crime against those who violate our freedoms.
• We the people no longer have the freedom to travel with in our country freely without giving our right to unnecessary searches and seizures.
• We the people no longer have the right to assemble without permission from our government.
• We the people no longer have the right to possess a firearm without permission from the government.
• We the people no longer have the right to purchase ammunition without telling the government.
We the people are slowly being taken out of the government that was to be given powers from us to a government that gives us the permission to move about. When did the people allow the change to take place? It seems that the revolutionary war was fought in vain to free the people of the America’s. Every war since then was fought to free people from a tyrannical government who committed acts of oppression to genocide. We are slowly becoming a group of people and country governed by a government that we have for so long have fought for others to keep them free to make their own freedoms which is governed by WE THE PEOPLE.
It is time to stand and take back the government and return it to the people.
Gary Deen
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Falcon:
This is a news story that was suppressed from the very beginning to keep the “uninformed voters” totally uninformed about the horrors common place in some abortion clinics in hopes of keeping the “uninformed” on the abortion band wagon rather than becoming pro-life should they have learned of this suppression of the news by the major news media.
The major forces in the liberal media – ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, NPR, NYT, and Washington Post – tried desperately to not cover the shocking trial of Dr. Kermit Gosnell, an abortionist charged with murdering 7 babies born alive during abortions – he cut their spinal cords – and myriad other heinous crimes committed in his “house of horrors” clinic in Philadelphia.
The “news” media deliberately tried to censor the story (in March and early April) because it reveals everything that is true and horrible about abortion: babies are butchered, dismembered, even when born alive, breathing on a table, clawing for life.
Report that to the American people on the national news – for weeks, like the OJ trial – and it will turn many “pro-choicers” into pro-lifers. It will truly be, as they say, a game-changer.
The left-wing media didn’t want that to happen, thus their virtual silence about the case. With that censorship obvious, the Media Research Center pulled out all the stops over the last six weeks to document, expose, and neutralize the “news” outlets and shame them into covering Gosnell’s trial.
If you care to know what this murder did to babies just search the web or go to the mrc.org web site for information about what he did to helpless babies.
AS
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W.B. Falcons ‘SOAR’
West Burlington High School and Junior High students form ‘FALCONS SOAR’ on the football field Wednesday May 22nd afternoon. SOAR stands for:
Support each other
Own your behavior
Achieve your best
Respect all
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News from the Hill…
When we began the eighty-fifth General Assembly, I was committed to focusing on ways to make Iowa strong — creating certainty with balanced budgets, promoting job creation through tax reform, with strong schools and communities. As we close the session, I am proud to have fulfilled these commitments.
The last two weeks have been filled with many highs and many lows on the emotional scale. One minute it looked like we were heading for adjournment, then the wheels would come off to bring us to a screeching halt. Working countless hours trying to negotiate a property tax compromise has been extremely draining on me. Couple that with trying to work some at the bank, drive back and forth from Des Moines and living out of a suitcase has been tiring to say the least. But now that we have passed the largest tax cut in the history of the state and adjourned sine die, it has all been worth it. We started working on property taxes three sessions, ago. The first two sessions, we came so close in getting something significant passed, but continued to come up short. This year the bill filed was HF 2 and was assigned to committee on opening day. We were off and running and never looked back. The first bill that was passed by both chambers and signed into law by the Governor was the IRC update bill which couples Iowa Tax code with Federal Tax code changes. It was only fitting that the last bill passed by the Iowa House of Representatives was the Conference Committee Report on SF 295, dealing with property taxes. This was something that no other legislature has ever been able to do. I had the great opportunity to not only floor managing this bill, but writing most of it. As I was giving my closing remarks on the final day, Governor Branstad and Lt. Governor Reynolds entered the House Chamber to listen to my remarks and witness the passing of the bill. This was a historic moment and one that has not completely sunk in. However, it is a moment that I will never forget. I have the people of House District 88 to thank for trusting me once again to be their voice in Des Moines. Thank you, it is an honor to serve you and one that I hold in high respect.
We also passed a major Education Reform Bill. Students must possess the skills necessary to succeed in college or in the workforce. The reform package offers flexibility for school districts, innovation for teachers, accountability for parents and protection for taxpayers. It also brings new approaches and measureable results to the system. The bill includes choice for parents and strengthens the role of the parent, not the government. Finally it adds modern evaluation and accountability measures to ensure Iowa students are receiving first-rate instruction.
In the final days of the session House Republicans crafted a bipartisan health care plan that focuses on making Iowans healthier without bowing to federal pressure to expand Medicaid. Since the plan focuses on health, wellness and prevention, costs can be controlled at the state level saving taxpayers money. This plan needs to be monitored closely in the future to make sure it does exactly what it is support to do. However, it is much better than what the Federal Government wanted us to do which was to expand Medicaid which places more people on welfare, it never is in society’s best interest to expand the amount of people on its welfare system.
Click on the above link to watch the video of the last morning of session which will include closing remarks of the Speaker of the Iowa House, Majority Leader and Minority leaders of the Iowa House.
The screen will show the House at ease for 1 minute and 20 seconds before the Speaker gavels us in.
To watch the video of just the property tax bill, click on SF 295 below the video screen.
For more information on these and other bills: www.legis.iowa.gov
-Tom Sands
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