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I was recently contacted by an owner of a website that tracks how Senators and Representatives in Washington have voted on the major issues of the day. It is a very interesting and easy to use down-loadable PDF for each state. Here is the link to how Pennsylvania Congressman have voted on the major issues. Click Here. If you are reading this and you are from one of our other states Click Here to find your state.

The nice thing is you can print this out on one page and take it with you to the place you vote and easily share it with your friends, churches and other organizations.  The chart does not get into party affiliation. In all honesty that should not matter to most of us. While I may be a Conservative and often vote Republican I will stand by anyone who is for smaller government, lower taxes, energy independence, fiscal responsibility and tough on terror. I don’t care what party affiliation you have if you believe in these things.

Washington will never learn unless “We the people” decide to make them listen by voting out the wrong headed career politicians and vote in the new blood, pro Constitution small government types.

You can stop reading now if you want. The rest of this is just my venting on recent political issues. If you need to rant simply register and submit your rant via a Post. We will review and approve it if appropriate.

Since Barack Obama has taken office with his Democrat majority in the House of Representatives and the Senate they have wasted time and precious American resources. Not that Bush was much better. However, I believe if a Conservative was in office he or she would have immediately pivoted towards the economy. Just like after the 9/11 attack we should have gone aggressively towards fiscal responsibility.

Just think about this for a minute or maybe you already have. While the country tail spins our Congress and President squandered an entire year on 2 major issues that Americans were overwhelmingly against. They were Cap and Trade, known as Cap and Tax as it would cost all Americans billions if not trillions of dollars and hurt our economic standing in the world. All based on faulty science that says man is causing the earth to warm. If you been paying attention to the news you now know the earth has been cooling for the past 15 years or so and that it is all a natural thing. The next thing our politicians have been wasting time on is Government run Health Care. Even though all the polls prove Americans want to take a slow incremental approach to changing they way health care is delivered, the President, Pelosi and Reid are going to try and ram through a government take over of health care against the wishes of the American people.

I remember the line that rocketed Bill Clinton into office: “It’s the economy stupid!” However catchy that slogan was it did not come to fruition until the Contract with America came about by Conservative leaders in 1994.The Tea Party Movement is similar only it is a grass roots outcry of the people to our government to reform the way it does business now. It is the people saying “It’s the economy stupid” rather than the politicians. It is the people wanting a new Contract with America.

If you did not know it, Congress is the branch of our government that holds the purse strings. They decide how and or if money is spent. A President can Veto bills he doesn’t like but it can be overridden by a two thirds majority vote by the Congress. You may have recently seen how Congress planned to stop Obama and Eric Holder from putting Khalid Sheikh Mohammed on trial in civilian courts. The measure failed by just one vote. However, the point is Congress was going to use “the power of the purse” to stop this as it will likely cost us anywhere from 300 million to 1 billion dollars to try him in civilian court. A military tribunal would cost virtually nothing.

Back to the main point of my rant. It is time to vote these jokers out. The only problem is when it comes election time we often forget how our Senators and Representatives voted on previous issues. Visit http://www.votetrackers.com and grab your states voting history on the major issues today.

What exactly do we have to do to make our point?  After the disappointing results of Saturday night’s health-care vote, this is the question I keep asking myself.  Rasmussen now shows that only 38% of Americans support the Democrats’ health-care bill, and yet, our elected representatives voted to move the legislation forward.

First, we have Bob Casey Jr.  A self-proclaimed pro-life, moderate Democrat.  He’s so pro-life that he voted in favor of  Harry Reid’s health care bill which allows for publicly funded abortions.  Sen. Casey has used his father’s good name to get himself into office. Unfortunately,  he doesn’t possess any of his father’s courage.  He hitched his wagon to Obamamania months ago.  Now that the President’s approval rating is sinking, the Senator is too stubborn to switch courses.  He just doesn’t get it.  Americans are angry and afraid right now.  They want to hold someone accountable.  Mid-term elections will not be kind to anyone who campaigned one way and legislated another.

Next, we have Arlen Specter.  This is a man who recently switched parties (for the second time) because his voting record got him into trouble with his constituents.  He had abused their trust one too many times and they were angry.  He knew there was no way to repair his damaged reputation.  Republicans would never see him as anything but spineless and unprincipled.  So now, he has a fresh start with Democrats, or so he thinks.  Specter doesn’t stand a chance of re-election without the support of moderate and conservative Democrats.  In fact, he can kiss the whole western side of PA goodbye without them.   Does he really believe that aligning himself with Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid is a smart move? Has he seen their approval ratings?  There even worse than his! But Arlen Specter doesn’t get it.  He made a career out of getting the “lesser of two evils” vote.  He doesn’t understand that we now view him as the worst-case scenario.  He stands with the most radically liberal legislators and blatantly ignores the will of the people. He isn’t the lesser of two anythings now!

For the first time in years, the “silent majority” is making some noise.  Senators Casey and Specter just haven’t heard them yet.  They still seem to believe that election to the Senate is a lifetime deal.  I have a feeling that they are in for a rude awakening.  Hopefully, Pennsylvanians will make the phrase “elected representative” meaningful again.  If they don’t represent us, they don’t get elected!

Rep. Michele Bachmann is asking for people to come to the Capitol in Washington D.C on Thursday November 5th, at 12 noon. She is asking to meet on the Capitol steps and then go to your representative’s office and give them your view on health care face to face. The actor Jon Voight will be there as well to help stop this take over of our government. The reason is that the Democrats are getting ready to have a vote on the 1990 page health care bill they put together, they will get the votes to pass it unless something drastic happens. Going to the Capitol and then taking a stroll to the house office buildings may just be that thing. See your elected officials and see what the response will be if they have to look you in the face, or will they just run and hide.

Nancy Pelosi is trying to pass this bill this week and send it to Harry Reid in the Senate who has 51 votes to pass it. If this gets passed it will be illegal to purchase private health insurance in 2013. Let me say that again, after 2013 it will be illegal to buy private health care. We need to stop this now. Michele Bachmann is asking for your help to stop this before its too late. Once passed it will be nearly impossible to repeal. If you can’t go to Washington, call, write, e-mail, text, fax, send smoke signals I don’t care you choose. Get involved now before its too late.

This is your country and your life they are playing with, don’t let this pass. Go to www.michelebachmann.com, for more information. Glenn Beck’s site also has information, once again, get involved now while its still possible to change the outcome of this vote. As crazy as it sounds, by next week it may be too late.