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[Charlie Meadows]

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+ AGENDA FOR THIS WEEK’S MEETING
+ ANNOUNCEMENTS
+ OKLAHOMA STATE SENATE RANKINGS FOR THE 2009 SESSION
+ WHY DID THE TURNPIKE AUTHORITY RAISE RATES?
+ OKLAHOMA’S WEALTHIEST PERSON SPEAKS IN OKC
+ MARK SHANNON ON TARGET BUT RADICAL?
+ THE EXCESSES OF THE OBAMAS


+ AGENDA FOR THIS WEEK’S MEETING

Our 12 noon luncheon for Wednesday August 19th will be held at
Italiano’s restaurant, 4801 North Lincoln in OKC. I want to show a
DVD I acquired at the Freedom 21 Conference this past weekend. The
title of the DVD is Why Financial Chaos? The Trilateral Commission
Endgame by Patrick M. Wood, Editor of THE AUGUST REVIEW. For more
information about his organization log on to www.augustreview.com.

+ ANNOUNCEMENTS

MOORE AREA - The Moore group of Educators of Liberty will meet at
the Moore public library, 225 South Howard on Monday evening August
17th from 7 until 8:30 p.m. Educators of Liberty was created to inform
individuals of their shared stake in defending their unalienable
rights against abuse. Each of us has the responsibility as sovereign
citizens to gain enough political and economic education to make
correct choices.

On Monday evening they will show part 1 of 3 in a DVD series titled
The Money Masters. It is a historical document that traces the origins
of the political power structure. The modern political power structure
has its roots in the hidden manipulation and accumulation of gold and
other forms of money. The development of fractional reserve banking
practices in the 17th century brought to a cunning sophistication of
secret techniques initially used by goldsmiths to fraudulently
accumulate wealth. With the formation of the privately-owned Bank of
England in 1694, the yoke of economic slavery to a privately-owned
“central” bank was first forced upon the backs of an entire nation,
not removed but only made heavier with the passing of the three
centuries to our day. Nation after nation has fallen prey to this
cabal of international central bankers.

TULSA AREA - On Monday evening August 17th, Representative John
Wright will be speaking at the Six O’clock Women’s Club which meets at
Cowboy Sarkies, 5840 South Memorial in Tulsa. Dinner starts at 6 and
the program begins at 7:00 p.m.. Representative Wright is running for
Lt. Governor, it is time to get out and hear the candidates, find out
what they stand for and ask them questions.

McALESTER, MUSKOGEE & PRYOR - This Tuesday August 18th, U.S.
Representative Dan Boren, Oklahoma’s only Congressional Democrat will
hold his only town hall meetings during their August break. He will be
at the Thompson Auditorium in McAlester starting at 8:00 a.m. He will
then travel to the Muskogee Civic Center for an 11:30 a.m. meeting.
Following that meeting, he will travel to the Pryor Mid America Expo
Center for a meeting scheduled to start at 3:00 p.m. If you live
anywhere near these areas go to these meetings to let him know what
you think about his performance as your Congressman.

+ OKLAHOMA STATE SENATE RANKINGS FOR THE 2009 SESSION

2009 is the 30th year for the Oklahoma Constitution Newspaper’s
Conservative Index. You can log on to their web site at www.oklahomaconstitution.com
(click on the red box, upper right hand corner on their home page) to
see the 10 pieces of legislation used for this year’s index. They will
explain the grading system and you can then bring up the Senate or
House scores and see how each lawmaker voted on each issue.

What I am going to show below is how they ranked or compared to each
other from most conservative to least. I will show the Republicans
first and then the Democrats. Following each name will be a number
which will represent their score for this year’s index and the second
number will represent their average score for however many years they
have been in the legislature. On average, the Republican scores are
down this year, because they are in charge and as such will either
produce smaller and improved government or expand it like the
Democrats have done in the past. Last year there was only one Senate
RINO (Republican In Name Only) nominee, but not this year as there are
many.

SENATE REPUBLICANS

1. Randy Brogdon (Owasso) 90 93
2. Anthony Sykes (Moore-Duncan) 90 90
3. Bill Brown (Broken Arrow) 80 80
4. Jim Reynolds (OKC) 73 71
5. Cliff Aldridge (Midwest City) 63 75
6. Gary Stanislawski (Tulsa) 60 60
Every one below this line is a RINO nominee
7. Mike Johnson (Kingfisher) 53 58
8. Steve Russell (OKC-Mustang) 53 53
9. Mike Schulz (Altus) 50 65
10. David Myers (Ponca City) 50 61
11. Ron Justice (Chickasha) 50 58
12. Bryce Marlett (Woodward) 50 50
12. Dan Newberry (Tulsa) 50 50
14. Glen Coffee (OKC-Bethany) 46 61
15. Cliff Branan (OKC) 43 62
16. Todd Lamb (OKC-Edmond) 40 65
17. Brian Crain (Tulsa) 40 63
17. Clark Jolley (Edmond) 40 63
17. Jonathan Nichols (Norman) 40 63
20. John Ford (Bartlesville) 40 60
21. Don Barrington (Lawton) 40 55
21. Brian Bingman (Sapulpa) 40 55
23. Jim Halligan (Stillwater) 40 40
24. Harry Coates (Seminole) 39 44
25. Mike Mazzei (Tulsa) 32 65
26. Patrick Anderson (Enid) 30 59

Senate Lawmaker of the year is Randy Brogdon of Owasso. Runner-up for
lawmaker of the year is Anthony Sykes of Moore. Senate Freshman of the
year is Anthony Sykes of Moore. Newcomer of the year is Gary
Stanislawski of Tulsa. The RINO (Republican In Name Only) of the year
is Patrick Anderson of Enid. There were six Democrat Senators that
scored higher or tied Senator Anderson. There were also 19 Democrats
in the House that tied or scored higher than Anderson. This is the
second time he has won the RINO award in his 5 year career. Runner-up
for RINO of the year is none other than two time RINO winner, Harry
Coates of Seminole. Coates announced this past week that he is running
to be the next President Pro Tem after Glen Coffee is term limited out
of office. Others said to be looking at that position are Bingman and
Crain. All I can say about that group of 3 is God help us if the
Republican Senators don’t elect someone like Reynolds or Aldridge.
With the departure of Brogdon, they will be the only 2 conservatives
with enough experience to serve as the leadership in the Senate.

SENATE DEMOCRATS

1. Charlie Laster (Shawnee) 33 29
2. Constance Johnson (OKC) 33 14
3. Tom Ivester (Elk City) 30 37
4. Susan Paddack (Ada) 30 36
5. Richard Lerblanche (Hartshonre) 30 20
6. Jim Wilson (Tahlequah) 30 16
7. Kenneth Corn (Poteau) 23 22
7. Charles Wyrick (Fairland) 23 22
9. Jerry Ellis (Valiant) 20 28
10. Randy Bass (Lawton) 20 26
11. Debbie Leftwich (OKC) 20 23
12. Roger Ballenger (Okmulgee) 20 20
13. Judy McIntyre (Tulsa) 20 17
14. Earl Garrison (Muskogee) 13 29
15. Jay Paul Gumm (Durant) 13 26
16. Mary Easley (Tulsa) 13 25
17. Andrew Rice (OKC) 13 19
18. Tom Adelson (Tulsa) 10 25
19. Sean Burrage (Claremore) 10 23
19. John Sparks (Norman) 10 23
21. Joe Sweeden (Pawhuska) 6 19
22. Johnnie Crutchfield (Ardmore) 0 15

Next week I will do the House members.

+ WHY DID THE TURNPIKE AUTHORITY RAISE RATES?

It was announced a few weeks ago that the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority
would raise rates an average of 16% on the 10 Turnpikes in Oklahoma.
They claimed that with the downturn in the economy there were not as
many vehicles traveling our toll roads, especially trucks which pay
higher fees and are supposedly where most of profitable revenues are
generated. In addition, they said they hadn’t raised rates for 8 years
or so, therefore it must be time to do so now!

Senator Randy Brogdon (R-Owasso) immediately suggested he would author
legislation next year to bring the authority under legislative
oversight and I couldn’t agree more with those sentiments.

I have several problems with the decision to raise those rates. An
inside source has told me, the turnpike authority was still operating
in the black without raising rates, even with the downturn. In
addition, as of 2005 (the latest year I have their budget book) they
were turning over an ever increasing amount to The Oklahoma Department
of Transportation (ODOT) each and every year. I believe the amount in
2005 was around 35 million dollars. That means the fees were high
enough to cover all bonded indebtedness, maintenance, operations
expenses and still have enough left over to give to ODOT. That
actually means the fees were too high as ODOT doesn’t deserve a penny
from the OTA.

When rates get too high, especially on trucks, they have in other
states and to some degree here decided to take regular surface
highways and stay off the expensive turnpikes. I have a friend who had
an owner operator rig who used to take loads from the East Coast to
one of the warehouses in the Ardmore area. Often times a truck is not
allowed to arrive at a warehouse before an allotted time. If he was
running ahead of schedule, he would not take the Will Rogers and
Turner turnpikes because of the excessive cost. That will be even
worse now that the rates have been raised. Truck traffic on 2 lane
highways make them more dangerous and those highways usually haven’t
been built to as high of standards as our turnpikes or interstate
highways. Thus more damage to our 2 lane highways.

Another question I have is about the bonded indebtedness for the
Turnpike system. If the bonds are staggered, surly some are paying off
in a timely manner which will free up more of the revenues since those
debts will no longer require payments.

Perhaps, the real concern for the citizens of Oklahoma may be a hidden
agenda for the motive for increasing of the fees. In an August 11th
article in the Edmond Sun there was discussion about privatizing
Oklahoma worker compensation system know as “CompSource” along talk
about privatizing our lottery systems and turnpikes. The following
statement came from House Speaker Chris Benge: “Privatization of
either the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority or the Oklahoma Lottery
Commission would inevitably require a dramatic increase in both tolls
and lottery sales in to MAXIMIZE THEIR VALUE AND ATTRACTIVENESS TO
WALL STREET BANKERS,” Benge said.

Is there a possibility the real purpose for the increase is to make
the OTA more attractive to someone in the private sector for a long
term lease like several states have already done? Will that allow the
state to get more up front money for such a lease? Also by raising the
turnpike fees now, will that moderate the amount of fee increases a
private vendor would impose upon drivers once they got control of our
system?

The national average cost to travel on turnpikes is 9.4 cents per
mile, but in Oklahoma it was only 4.7 cents per mile before the
increase. Bottom line, if our lawmakers ever try to privatize our
turnpike system, the consumers in Oklahoma will have to pay much
higher fees. In addition, I believe should the turnpike system come
under effective oversight and efficient management, the rates could
actually go down as the bonded indebtedness is retired. Asking
candidates for Governor, Lt. Governor, Treasurer and Attorney General
where they stand on the issue of privatization of our turnpike system
is something we should all do.

+ OKLAHOMA’S WEALTHIEST PERSON SPEAKS IN OKC

This past Tuesday, Tulsa’s George Kaiser, Chairman and majority
shareholder of BOK Financial Corp. and head of Kaiser-Francis Oil made
a rare public speaking appearance as he was the speaker at the
downtown Rotary Club in OKC.

According to the Oklahoman he indicated he had two employees in his
foundation seeking to get every dollar and more for Oklahoma’s fair
share of the stimulus funds. He indicated his foundation along with
personal trips to Washington had helped get more than $40 million
extra dollars for Oklahoma. Kaiser is a very generous man, it was
reported that last year only Warren Buffett and Bill Gates exceeded
his charitable contributions.

The major theme of his giving is to help underprivileged children
which certainly seems laudable. However I believe Kaiser to be very
liberal and thus question the effectiveness of his giving, even though
it is certainly his right to do. Early childhood development or
education seems to be one of the major beneficiaries of his largess.
If I am not mistaken he has been the driving force behind a 3 year old
pre-school pilot program in the Tulsa area.

In the paper he was quoted as saying: “We have a greater number of
kids in early childhood education than any other state
proportionally,” he said. “Its kind of nice to be known for something
nationally that doesn’t emanate from (state Rep.) Sally Kern.”

Now for a few of my opinions. First off, I don’t know Mr. Kaiser, and
probably never will. However, I do know State Representative Sally
Kern and I have a lot more respect for her understanding of what is
needed to benefit children in the education arena than that of Mr.
Kaiser. I wonder if Mr. Kaiser would be willing to dump tons of his
own money as well as petition for taxpayer dollars into early
education if he were to research the vast body of studies, many of
which show that early childhood education helps children in the short
run, but appears not to have any long term benefits?

I suspect Mr. Kaiser is either a secular or religious humanist and if
so probably wouldn’t watch the DVD (FOUR CENTURIES OF AMERICAN
EDUCATION by David Barton) which we showed at an OCPAC meeting a
couple of weeks ago. Were he to watch it, and should the scales that I
believe to cover his eyes fall off so that he could understand its
message, he might totally re-arrange his efforts to help children and
their families.

It may be a little foolish of me to say so, but I believe Sally Kern,
a veteran teacher, may know more about the root problems in our
education system than any other lawmaker in the state legislature,
bare none. I also believe, if given a chance and the authority, she
could probably do a better job at charting a course to improve
education for children than any other lawmaker in the legislature. If
I am correct in my assessment, I would suggest that Mr. Kaiser would
be better off desiring to have 148 more lawmakers similar to Sally
Kern, rather than to be wasting his time making snide remarks about
her.

One final thought, again if I am correct in my opinion that he is a
liberal, it is so typical when liberals efforts or propose policy that
have unintended consequences. He appears to be so proud of the extra
tens of millions of stimulus dollars his efforts have been able to
bring to Oklahoma. However, I believe that money will soon be wasted
on some liberal programs and then the kids he has a passion to help
will be strapped with the soon coming heavy tax burden to pay back the
heavy debt load Mr. Kaiser helped tie them to. We could call it debt
slavery. Perhaps the saddest part is that the kids of today and
tomorrow have no say in all this debt they are being put under. That
is another form of taxation without representation.

+ MARK SHANNON ON TARGET BUT RADICAL?

Mark Shannon does the local afternoon drive talk radio show on KTOK’s
1000 AM from 4 until 7:00 p.m.. As with anyone on radio, there will
always be things said that people will have some amount of
disagreement. However, this past Monday and Wednesday, the only 2 days
I had the time to listen, he produced some of the finest talk radio I
have ever heard. On Monday his expose of the Industrial Areas
Foundation and their efforts to co-opt some of the area churches for
liberal political efforts, especially the Catholic churches was just
excellent. It was so valuable and Mark did a stellar job reporting
information from his friends that went to spy out the strategy
discussed at a meeting influenced by this group.

On Wednesday, he really went after the Southern Poverty Law Center,
exposing it as the fraudulent watchdog for which they lay claim.
Several years ago I went to hear the SPLC founder, Morris Dees, when
he was speaking to a large crowd at OCU. At the time, I thought if an
F5 tornado dropped down and took out the place and everyone in it,
almost every liberal leader in OKC along with a handful of
conservatives like myself would be gone from OKC.

I am not going to say they have never exposed some bad folks. But from
time to time the SPLC has some success in interfacing with law
enforcement to push them toward declaring conservative groups as
possible terrorists. People who are concerned about the second
amendment, abortion, morality, honest money and other constitutional
matters are usually nothing more than patriots concerned with the
socialist direction in which America is headed.

This past Wednesday, the SPCL announced that the militia movement was
on the rise again and that they were using face book and the internet
for recruitment. Mark stood up for the militias and suggested a
measured push back against the federal government’s unconstitutional
mandates that are making us all slaves.

It was great radio and Mark always peppers it with humor even thought
he is dead serious about much of what he is saying. Besides his normal
humor, on Wednesday it was quite humorous as he sounded more radical
than R.J. Harris or any of the “Paulies” he regularly likes to thump.
All I can say is keep it up Mark, it was truly great talk radio
especially your more radical parts.

+ THE EXCSSES OF THE OBAMAS

During the election cycle last year, then candidate Obama indicated
Americans weren’t going to be able eat as much or drive the big cars
like we have been able to do in the past. It appears he meant that
those changes in lifestyle were for all Americans except himself, his
family and of course close friends or his favorite entertainers.

When Bill Clinton was in the White House, his obvious excesses were
women. I really couldn’t identify an excess for George W. Bush, maybe
someone can help me out with that, but the excess of the Obamas is
becoming crystal clear for anyone with the intellectual honesty to
admit it.

Since the Obama’s have been in office there have been an endless
number of vacations, and expensive trips only to be exceeded by an
endless train of pop culture entertainers or movie stars performing in
the White House, like hordes of court jesters playing for royalty. I
understand that the Obamas must have security when they travel and
therefore it is very expensive. However, I must ask, do they not even
have a twinge of guilt at spending so many taxpayer dollars for their
pleasures when our nation is bankrupt and many people are suffering
greatly because of the recession? Probably not, because people with an
arrogant attitude of royalty never do.

I look forward to seeing everyone this Wednesday

Charlie Meadows
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[Charlie Meadows]

Members and friends of the Oklahoma Conservative Political Action
Committee (OCPAC)

I need to send out this special e-mail regarding two announcements I
didn’t include in Monday’s e-mail.

+ FIRST - This Saturday there will be “recess rallies” held all over
the nation to let congress know that many of the citizens in our
nation are opposed to the kind of health care reform being proposed in
Washington. The Oklahoma rally is being sponsored by the Sooner Tea
Party, the folks who organized the July 4th event on the South steps
of the State Capitol.

The event this Saturday, August 22nd will also be on the South Steps
of the State Capitol. It will begin at 10:00 a.m. and last until noon.
There will be several speakers, some of whom are doctors or others in
the health care industry. Also speaking will be our good friend Stuart
Jolly, Oklahoma’s state director for American’s For Prosperity (AFP).
Please attend if you can, it is important to keep up the pressure on
Washington.

+ SECOND - This coming Sunday morning, August 23rd, I have been
invited to speak to the congregation at Trinity Baptist Church in
Yukon. Pastor Dan Fisher has been doing a Summer series of messages
titled: RUPC (are you politically correct)? I will be weaving a sermon
around the trip Linda and I took to Amherst Mass, where we flew over
New York City less than 24 hours before the World Trade Center was hit
on 9/11. It is a fascinating story as a result of being in the right
place at the right time, that is, if you don’t mind becoming embroiled
in a controversy that eventually ended up on the front page of the
Wall Street Journal. If all goes well with technology, I will for the
first time have pictures for a power point presentation.

Since 2001, I have been privileged to share this sermon and story in
several churches or other events, usually around July 4th or September
11th, as it is a sermon about substantive Christianity, engaging our
culture and true patriotism. Guests are welcome, with the service
beginning at 10:30 a.m.. The location is Trinity Baptist Church, 600
North Cemetery Rd. (Garth Brooks Blvd) in Yukon. It is about 1 mile
South of I-40 on Garth Brooks Blvd which is exit 138. Hope to see
folks there if you have the opportunity.

Charlie Meadows
Charlie...@gmail.com

[Charlie Meadows]

Members and friends of the Oklahoma Conservative Political Action
Committee (OCPAC)

+ AGENDA FOR THIS WEEK’S MEETING
+ ANNOUNCEMENTS

+ OCPAC MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION
+ THE DEMOCRAT’S TRAIL BALLOON ON HEALTH CARE CO-OPS?
+ BOREN, SLICED AND DICED BY REPUBLICAN HOUCHEN

+ AGENDA FOR THIS WEEK’S MEETING

Our 12 noon luncheon for Wednesday August 26th, will be held at
Italiano’s restaurant, 4801 North Lincoln in OKC. 3 weeks ago we
showed the DVD by David Barton dealing with 4 centuries of education
in America. This week we will be showing the DVD by Barton entitled,
THE ROLE OF PASTORS & CHRISTIANS IN CIVIL GOVERNMENT. A few weeks ago
I was having lunch with a pastor who believed the extremes of no
involvement by Christians in government was the wrong approach and
total involvement was also wrong. Therefore he was interested in
finding the proper balance for involvement. The DVD we will show this
week will show us that the church played an invaluable role in the
struggle for America’s independence. We will see the exciting truths
about the efforts of Christians such as Roger Sherman and Charles
Thomson and pastors such as the Rev. Dr. Samuel Cooper and the Rev.
Dr. Jonathan Mayhew. It will also examine the Biblical teachings that
caused generations of Christians to believe it was their duty to be
involved with government. We will see how the actions of a few
dedicated Christians changed the course of a nation. I will have
copies of this DVD available for folks that want one following the
meeting. We will begin the viewing of this 1 hour program at 12:05 so
arrive as soon as possible.

+ ANNOUNCEMENTS

DEL CITY AREA - Senator Coburn had to change the location for this
town hall meeting to accommodate larger than previously expected
crowds. So Tuesday, August 25, the town hall meeting will be located
at First Southern Baptist Church, 6400 South Sooner Road. It will
start at 4:00 p.m. I always urge Conservatives attend these meetings
to set a conservative tone to the meetings, other wise there will be
liberals at these meetings asking for government to gime, gime gime
some more.

SOUTHWESTERN LOGAN COUNTY AND NORTH EDMOND - There will be a state
and county government town hall meeting on Tuesday, August 25th, 7:00
p.m. at Waterloo Road Baptist Church, 3100 East Waterloo. Guest
speakers will be State Senators Clark Jolley, Randy Brogdon, State
Representative Jason Murphey and District 1 County Commissioner Mark
Sharpton. The discussion will range from “state’s rights” to county
roads and anything else in between. Come meet these elected officials
and bring your best questions.

EDMOND AND MOORE - Thursday evening August 27th there will be a
meeting in both Edmond and Moore which will feature an introduction to
activism through the John Birch Society. Both meetings start at 7:00
p.m. with the Edmond location being Fairview Baptist Church, on the
Southeast corner of the intersection of Sooner Road and Danforth. The
Moore location will be at the public library, 225 South Howard. These
are excellent opportunities to find out information about the John
Birch Society and some of its ideas to return this nation back to
constitutional principles.

OKLAHOMA CITY AREA - This Saturday, August 29th there will be a 3
hour professionally produced television documentary presented about
the difficult problem of human trafficking of children for sex slaves.
Russian-speaking, Chinese/Asian and Spanish speaking, as well as
African young women, young boys and children are a very high
percentage of victims of human trafficking. However, most Americans do
not realize that our own daughters and sons are also being kidnapped,
drugged, starved, beaten, horribly used and killed or left to die.
They are also trafficked from state to state and abroad as victims of
a fast growing local, national and international trade. Because
Oklahoma is at the crossroads of the nation, the problem is rising
rapidly here at home. In addition to the documentary, Linda Caswell,
State Representative Rebecca Hamilton, an OKC police officer and
Marilyn Hogue will answer questions. The program will begin at 1:00
p.m. with the location being the Character First Center, located at
524 West Main in downtown OKC. There is no charge to attend. For more
information, contact Linda Caswell at hadassa...@yahoo.com.

+ OCPAC MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION

We are currently at 197 dues paying members, just 7 short of breaking
our all time record of 203 members. The really good news is that I
have 2 people willing to put up $600 for a matching membership
challenge. For every person (up to 12 new members) who join OCPAC on
or before September 16th, they will donate $50. It is amazing to
realize that we have members from all over the state, people who may
never or rarely be able to attend one of our meetings. However, they
understand that we use our dues monies to elect candidates or support
conservative incumbents from anywhere in the state and as such their
support is helping to make Oklahoma a more conservative state. If you
have not joined as yet, please consider doing so now, this will
probably be the last matching challenge we will have this year. Help
us break our record and build a war chest to keep pushing this state
toward more efficient and smaller government as well as find
candidates who will stand up for Judeo/Christian values. Instructions
on how to join will follow my sign off.

+ THE DEMOCRAT’S TRIAL BALLOON ON HEALTH CARE CO-OPS?

With the “public option” (government subsided insurance, designed to
destroy private insurance companies) running into stiff opposition,
they floated a trial balloon to see if the American public would
sucker into the idea of a phony government run co-op plan. Health care
co-ops are already in existence and we don’t need the government
trying to get in to that concept.

There may be several of these co-ops in operation, the main one I am
familiar with, I believe is called Christian Medi-Share. I am not an
expert on the plans, but I believe they generally operate with the
members voting each year to adjust the amount paid by each family each
month and the number of problems they will cover.
Rather than pay into an insurance company, these plans have each
member send their monthly payment directly to a member who has been
approved to have their medical bills paid. To be a member, you must be
a Christian who attends church at least 3 times per month, would drink
in moderation only, doesn’t smoke and has a pastor who would sign off
on any claims. This is a non-profit co-op of members who pay much less
each month to protect themselves from the many health problems we may
encounter as we go through life. I believe these non-insurance company
co-ops work well and is just one more proof that people in the private
sector can solve their problems locally. Any idea that will come out
of Washington with the Democrats in charge will be bad for the
productive members of society and for America at large.

+ BOREN, SLICED AND DICED BY HOUCHEN

I just received this video of Congressman Dan Boren’s town hall
meeting in Pryor a couple of weeks back. It is well worth the 3 or so
minutes to view it. Don’t fall for the military funding as a reason
for funding the IMF. Vote against a bill like that first then make
them bring it back without the objectionable funding. Check out
http://www.houchenforcongress.com/main.html.

I look forward to seeing everyone this Wednesday. (I will have to
publish the conservative index scores of House members next week, I
just didn’t have time this week.)