Why the apology ??????
At a time when our president and other politicians tend to apologize for our country's prior actions, here's a refresher on how some of our former patriots handled negative comments about our country.
These are good
JFK'S
Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, was in France in the early 60's when
DeGaulle decided to pull out of NATO. DeGaulle said he wanted all US
military out of France as soon as possible.
Rusk responded, "Does that include those who are buried here?"
DeGaulle did not respond.
You could have heard a pin drop.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When in England ,at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was asked by the
Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an example of
'empire building' by George Bush.
He answered by saying, "Over the years, the United States has sent many of
its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom
beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for
in return is enough to bury those that did not
return."
You could have heard a pin drop.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
There was a conference in France where a number of international engineers
were taking part, including French and American. During a break,
one of the French engineers came back into the room saying, "Have you
heard the latest dumb stunt Bush has done? He has sent an aircraft
carrier to Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What does he
intend to do, bomb them?"
A Boeing engineer stood up and replied quietly: "Our carriers have three
hospitals on board that can treat several hundred people; they are
nuclear powered and can supply emergency electrical power to
shore facilities; they have three cafeterias with the capacity to
feed 3,000 people three meals a day, they can produce several thousand
gallons of fresh water from sea water each day, and they carry half a
dozen helicopters for use in transporting victims and injured to and
from their flight deck. We have eleven such ships; how many does France have?
"You could have heard a pin drop.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A U.S. Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that included
Admirals from the U.S., English, Canadian, Australian and French
Navies At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with a large
group of officers that included personnel from most of those countries.
Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped their drinks but a
French admiral suddenly complained that, whereas Europeans learn many
languages, Americans learn only English. He then asked, "Why is it that
we always have to speak English in these conferences rather than
speaking French?"
Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied, "Maybe it's because the
Brit's, Canadians, Aussie's and Americans arranged it so you wouldn't
have to speak German."
You could have heard a pin drop.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
AND THIS STORY FITS RIGHT IN WITH THE ABOVE...
Robert Whiting, an elderly gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris by plane. At French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry on.
"You have been to France before, monsieur?" the customs officer asked
sarcastically.
Mr. Whiting admitted that he had been to France previously.
"Then you should know enough to have your passport ready."
The American said, "The last time I was here, I didn't have to show it."
"Impossible.. Americans always have to show their passports on arrival in France !"
The American senior gave the Frenchman a long hard look. Then he
quietly explained, ''Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day in
1944 to help liberate this country, I couldn't find a single Frenchmen
to show a passport to."
You could have heard a pin drop.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Monday, June 14, 2010
Precinct Member Contribution: (R. Hammond)
It's easy to dismiss individual programs that benefit
non-citizens until they're put together and this
picture emerges. Someone did a lot of
research to put together all of this data. Often
these programs are buried within other programs
making them difficult to find.
A Real Eye Opener...
WHY is the USA BANKRUPT?
Informative, and mind boggling!
You think the war in Iraq was
costing us too much? Read this:
We have been hammered with the propaganda that it was the Iraq war
and the war on terror that is bankrupting us.
I now find that to be RIDICULOUS.
I hope the following 14 reasons are forwarded over and over again until they are read so many times that the reader gets sick of reading them. I also have included the URL's for verification of all the following facts...
1. $11 Billion to $22 billion is spent on welfare to illegal aliens each year by state governments.
Verify at: http://www.fairus.org/site/PageServer?pagename=iic_immigrationissuecenters7fd8
2. $2.2 Billion dollars a year is spent on food assistance programs such as food stamps, WIC, and free school lunches for illegal aliens.
Verify at: http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.HTML
3. $2.5 Billion dollars a year is spent on Medicaid for illegal aliens. Verify at: http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.HTML
4. $12 Billion dollars a year is
spent on primary and secondary school education for children here illegally and they cannot speak a
word of English!
Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANscriptS/0604/01/ldt.0.HTML
5. $17 Billion dollars a year is spent for education for the American-born children of illegal aliens, known as anchor babies.
Verify at http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANscriptS/0604/01/ldt.01.HTML
6. $3 Million Dollars a DAY is spent to incarcerate llegal aliens. Verify at:
http://transcripts.cnn.com/%20TRANscriptS/0604/01/ldt.01.HTML
7. 30% percent of all Federal Prison inmates are llegal aliens.
Verify at: http://transcripts.CNN.com/TRANscriptS/0604/01/ldt.01.HTML
8. $90 Billion Dollars a year is spent on illegal aliens for Welfare & social services by the American taxpayers.
Verify at: http://premium.cnn.com/TRANSCIPTS/0610/29/ldt.01.HTML
9. $200 Billion dollars a year in suppressed American wages are caused by the illegal aliens.
Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSC%20RI%20PTS/0604/01/ldt.01.HTML
10. The illegal aliens in the United
States have a crime rate that's two and a half times that of white non-illegal aliens. In particular, their children are going to make a huge
additional crime problem in the US.
Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANscriptS/0606/12/ldt.01.HTML
11. During the year of 2005 there were 4 to 10 MILLION illegal aliens that crossed our Southern Border also, as many as 19,500 illegal aliens
from Terrorist Countries. Millions of pounds of drugs, cocaine, meth, heroin and marijuana, crossed into the US from the Southern border.
Verify at: Homeland Security Report:
12. The National policy Institute estimated that the total cost of mass deportation would be between
$206 and $230 billion or an average cost of between $41 and $46 billion
annually over a five year period.
Verify
at: http://www.nationalpolicyinstitute.org/PDF/deportation.PDF
13. In 2006, illegal aliens sent home $45 BILLION in remittances to their countries of origin.
Verify at: http://www.rense.com/general75/niht.htm
14. The Dark Side of Illegal Immigration: Nearly One million sex crimes Committed by Illegal Immigrants In The United States .
Verify at:
http://www.drdsk.com/articleshtml
The total cost is a whopping $338.3 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR AND IF YOU'RE LIKE ME, HAVING TROUBLE UNDERSTANDING THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY; IT IS $338,300,000,000.00 WHICH WOULD BE ENOUGH TO STIMULATE THE ECONOMY FOR THE CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTRY.
Are we THAT stupid?
YES, FOR LETTING THOSE IN THE U.S. CONGRESS GET AWAY WITH LETTING THIS HAPPEN YEAR AFTER YEAR!!!!!
If this doesn't bother you then just delete the message. If, on the other hand, it does raise the hair on the back of your neck, I hope you forward it to every legal resident in the United States AND PLEASE REMEMBER IT AT THE NEXT ELECTIONS!!!
non-citizens until they're put together and this
picture emerges. Someone did a lot of
research to put together all of this data. Often
these programs are buried within other programs
making them difficult to find.
A Real Eye Opener...
WHY is the USA BANKRUPT?
Informative, and mind boggling!
You think the war in Iraq was
costing us too much? Read this:
We have been hammered with the propaganda that it was the Iraq war
and the war on terror that is bankrupting us.
I now find that to be RIDICULOUS.
I hope the following 14 reasons are forwarded over and over again until they are read so many times that the reader gets sick of reading them. I also have included the URL's for verification of all the following facts...
1. $11 Billion to $22 billion is spent on welfare to illegal aliens each year by state governments.
Verify at: http://www.fairus.org/site/PageServer?pagename=iic_immigrationissuecenters7fd8
2. $2.2 Billion dollars a year is spent on food assistance programs such as food stamps, WIC, and free school lunches for illegal aliens.
Verify at: http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.HTML
3. $2.5 Billion dollars a year is spent on Medicaid for illegal aliens. Verify at: http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.HTML
4. $12 Billion dollars a year is
spent on primary and secondary school education for children here illegally and they cannot speak a
word of English!
Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANscriptS/0604/01/ldt.0.HTML
5. $17 Billion dollars a year is spent for education for the American-born children of illegal aliens, known as anchor babies.
Verify at http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANscriptS/0604/01/ldt.01.HTML
6. $3 Million Dollars a DAY is spent to incarcerate llegal aliens. Verify at:
http://transcripts.cnn.com/%20TRANscriptS/0604/01/ldt.01.HTML
7. 30% percent of all Federal Prison inmates are llegal aliens.
Verify at: http://transcripts.CNN.com/TRANscriptS/0604/01/ldt.01.HTML
8. $90 Billion Dollars a year is spent on illegal aliens for Welfare & social services by the American taxpayers.
Verify at: http://premium.cnn.com/TRANSCIPTS/0610/29/ldt.01.HTML
9. $200 Billion dollars a year in suppressed American wages are caused by the illegal aliens.
Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSC%20RI%20PTS/0604/01/ldt.01.HTML
10. The illegal aliens in the United
States have a crime rate that's two and a half times that of white non-illegal aliens. In particular, their children are going to make a huge
additional crime problem in the US.
Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANscriptS/0606/12/ldt.01.HTML
11. During the year of 2005 there were 4 to 10 MILLION illegal aliens that crossed our Southern Border also, as many as 19,500 illegal aliens
from Terrorist Countries. Millions of pounds of drugs, cocaine, meth, heroin and marijuana, crossed into the US from the Southern border.
Verify at: Homeland Security Report:
12. The National policy Institute estimated that the total cost of mass deportation would be between
$206 and $230 billion or an average cost of between $41 and $46 billion
annually over a five year period.
Verify
at: http://www.nationalpolicyinstitute.org/PDF/deportation.PDF
13. In 2006, illegal aliens sent home $45 BILLION in remittances to their countries of origin.
Verify at: http://www.rense.com/general75/niht.htm
14. The Dark Side of Illegal Immigration: Nearly One million sex crimes Committed by Illegal Immigrants In The United States .
Verify at:
http://www.drdsk.com/articleshtml
The total cost is a whopping $338.3 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR AND IF YOU'RE LIKE ME, HAVING TROUBLE UNDERSTANDING THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY; IT IS $338,300,000,000.00 WHICH WOULD BE ENOUGH TO STIMULATE THE ECONOMY FOR THE CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTRY.
Are we THAT stupid?
YES, FOR LETTING THOSE IN THE U.S. CONGRESS GET AWAY WITH LETTING THIS HAPPEN YEAR AFTER YEAR!!!!!
If this doesn't bother you then just delete the message. If, on the other hand, it does raise the hair on the back of your neck, I hope you forward it to every legal resident in the United States AND PLEASE REMEMBER IT AT THE NEXT ELECTIONS!!!
Friday, June 4, 2010
Precinct Member Contribution: (R. Hammond)
"Go to the link below to answer the one question survey, see the results & pass it on. Too bad the politicians and Police Chiefs don't pay attention to the polls"
Please Answer This ONE Question! - Then Pass It Along.
Thank you!
http://world-news.newsvine.com/_question/2010/05/12/4274124-do-you-support-arizonas-tough-new-law-on-illegal-immigration
Please Answer This ONE Question! - Then Pass It Along.
Thank you!
http://world-news.newsvine.com/_question/2010/05/12/4274124-do-you-support-arizonas-tough-new-law-on-illegal-immigration
Quarterly Precinct Meeting
Reminder:
We are going to have our first Quarterly Precinct Meeting on Tuesday, June 8th. The meeting will be help at the Tooele County Health Department Building @ 7:00 pm in room 280. The Agenda is as follows:
* Start with prayer
* Pledge of Allegiance
Agenda items:
1- I will be passing on some information I received at the Central Committee meeting I attended recently, and go over the party platform, etc.
2- I will pass out and discuss a few pieces of information about our national situation
3- We will discuss the results of the GOP state convention, upcoming primary election, along with the November election. We will brainstorm and talk about ways in which we can bring success to our party from the grassroots.
4- Set goals together and open the floor for anyone who would like to present information or speak.
Please take the time to RSVP to this meeting by either emailing me directly, or answering the poll to the right. Thanks everyone, I appreciate your willingness to take an active role in advancing the cause of the Republican Party
***Don't forget to RSVP...the first meeting is always difficult to gauge what kind of turnout we may get. Thanks!
Erik Gumbrecht
We are going to have our first Quarterly Precinct Meeting on Tuesday, June 8th. The meeting will be help at the Tooele County Health Department Building @ 7:00 pm in room 280. The Agenda is as follows:
* Start with prayer
* Pledge of Allegiance
Agenda items:
1- I will be passing on some information I received at the Central Committee meeting I attended recently, and go over the party platform, etc.
2- I will pass out and discuss a few pieces of information about our national situation
3- We will discuss the results of the GOP state convention, upcoming primary election, along with the November election. We will brainstorm and talk about ways in which we can bring success to our party from the grassroots.
4- Set goals together and open the floor for anyone who would like to present information or speak.
Please take the time to RSVP to this meeting by either emailing me directly, or answering the poll to the right. Thanks everyone, I appreciate your willingness to take an active role in advancing the cause of the Republican Party
***Don't forget to RSVP...the first meeting is always difficult to gauge what kind of turnout we may get. Thanks!
Erik Gumbrecht
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Call-Around Results
Special thanks to one of our State Delegates, Curt Morris (Previously Our Precinct Chair) who did a call-around to previous caucus attendees get input from everyone in regards to who they would like to see represent the Republican Party in November. Here were his findings:
----------------------------
"All:
Erik requested some feedback from my own telephone calls to people in our precinct. I wasn’t able to reach everyone. But so far the results are thus:
· U.S. Senate 12 -3 against Bennett; an even split between Cherilyn Eager and Mike Lee, with a couple for Bridgewater. I’ve watched Lee and Eager and Bridgewater closely and think they are equal on enthusiasm and conservative values. I think Lee has more constitutional knowledge, but Eager is a close second, but has more experience. I have a good vibe about Eager unless I hear more from the precinct.
· U.S. House – unanimous for Rob Bishop.
· Governor: 9-2 for Gary Herbert.
· Utah Senate: even split between Knudson and Jeff McNeill. Many liked Jeff’s speech at the County convention. I’m unsure on this one.
Any more input is always appreciated!
Curt Morris"
----------------------
Thanks again, Curt. We appreciate you going the extra mile to ensure our Precinct is represented as accurately as possible.
----------------------------
"All:
Erik requested some feedback from my own telephone calls to people in our precinct. I wasn’t able to reach everyone. But so far the results are thus:
· U.S. Senate 12 -3 against Bennett; an even split between Cherilyn Eager and Mike Lee, with a couple for Bridgewater. I’ve watched Lee and Eager and Bridgewater closely and think they are equal on enthusiasm and conservative values. I think Lee has more constitutional knowledge, but Eager is a close second, but has more experience. I have a good vibe about Eager unless I hear more from the precinct.
· U.S. House – unanimous for Rob Bishop.
· Governor: 9-2 for Gary Herbert.
· Utah Senate: even split between Knudson and Jeff McNeill. Many liked Jeff’s speech at the County convention. I’m unsure on this one.
Any more input is always appreciated!
Curt Morris"
----------------------
Thanks again, Curt. We appreciate you going the extra mile to ensure our Precinct is represented as accurately as possible.
Friday, April 30, 2010
SB 1070 Arizona's Bill to Enforce Immigration Laws
Recently, there has been huge debate as to whether there Utah should enact a similar bill to SB 1070. Everyone seems to have an opinion, but few have actually read the bill. Proponents say the bill simply just enacts Federal Laws already in place to be utilized at the state level. People whom oppose the bill say that it violates Federal laws by requiring people to carry birth certificates and documentation just in case they are asked if they are legal.
While many are forming opinions based on what they see and read in the news, etc. We are giving everyone the opportunity to be truly informed. Read the bill for yourself and decide: http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/49leg/2r/bills/sb1070s.pdf . Would you feel a similar bill in Utah would be a positive or negative thing? Or, would solutions such as stronger penalties for businesses who give jobs to undocumented workers be better? Or, should Utah's legislators focus first on taking away programs offered that give perks to illegal immigrants? There are a number of topics to debate, but what is your opinion of this bill?
While many are forming opinions based on what they see and read in the news, etc. We are giving everyone the opportunity to be truly informed. Read the bill for yourself and decide: http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/49leg/2r/bills/sb1070s.pdf . Would you feel a similar bill in Utah would be a positive or negative thing? Or, would solutions such as stronger penalties for businesses who give jobs to undocumented workers be better? Or, should Utah's legislators focus first on taking away programs offered that give perks to illegal immigrants? There are a number of topics to debate, but what is your opinion of this bill?
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Cap and Trade
Special thanks to R. Hughes for forwarding this:
Don't want to be bothered with "Political stuff?" You'd better read this one. It will come as a huge shock to you if you aren't informed as to what the Obama administration is up to, and it has already passed one hurdle. It will take very little now to put it into actual law!! WAKE UP AMERICA !!!!
So you think you live in a free country, boy have you got a surprise coming.
A License Required for your HOUSE?
If you own your home you really need to check this out. At the end of this email are the links to verify this. If the country thinks the housing market is depressed now, wait until everyone sees this. No one will be buying homes in the future.
We encourage you to read the provisions of the Cap and Trade Bill that has passed the House of Representatives and are being considered by the Senate. We are ready to join the next march on Washington ! This Congress and their "experts" are truly out to destroy the middle class of the U.S.A.
A License will be required for your house...no longer just for cars and mobile homes....Thinking about selling your house? Take a look at H.R. 2454 (Cap and Trade bill). This is unbelievable! Home owners take note and tell your friends and relatives who are home owners!
Beginning one year after enactment of the Cap and Trade Act, you won't be able to sell your home unless you retrofit it to comply with the energy and water efficiency standards of this "Cap & Trade" bill, passed by the House of Representatives. If it is also passed by the Senate, it will be the largest tax increase any of us has ever experienced.
The Congressional Budget Office (supposedly non-partisan) estimates that in just a few years the average cost to every family of four will be $6,800 per year. No one is excluded. However, once the lower classes feel the pinch in their wallets, you can be sure that these voters will get a tax refund (even if they pay no taxes at all) to offset this new cost. Thus, you Mr. And Mrs. Middle Class have to pay even more since additional tax dollars will be needed to bail out everyone else..
But wait. This awful bill (that no one in Congress has actually read) has many more surprises in it. Probably the worst one is this: A year from now you won't be able to sell your house without some bureaucrat's OK. Yes, you read that right.
The caveat (there always is a caveat) is that if you have enough money to make required major upgrades to your home, then you can sell it. But, if not, then forget it. Even pre-fabricated homes ("mobile homes") are included. In effect, this bill prevents you from selling your home without the permission of the EPA administrator.
To get this permission, you will have to have the energy efficiency of your home measured. Then the government will tell you what your new energy efficiency requirement is and you will be required to make modifications to your home under the retrofit provisions of this Act, to comply with the new energy and water efficiency requirements.
Then you will have to get your home measured again and get a license (called a "label" in the Act) that must be posted on your property to show what your efficiency rating is; sort of like the Energy Star efficiency rating label on your refrigerator or air conditioner. If you don't get a high enough rating, you can't sell.
And, the EPA administrator is authorized to raise the standards every year, even above the automatic energy efficiency increases built into the Act. The EPA administrator, appointed by the President, will run the Cap & Trade program (AKA the "American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009") and is authorized to make any future changes to the regulations and standards he/she alone determines to be in the government's best interest. Requirements are set low initially so the bill will pass Congress. Then the Administrator can set new standards every year.
The Act itself contains annual required increases in energy efficiency for private and commercial residences and buildings. However, the EPA administrator can set higher standards at any time. Sect. 202 - Building Retrofit Program mandates a national retrofit program to increase the energy efficiency of all existing homes across America .
Beginning one year after enactment of the Act, you won't be able to sell your home unless you retrofit it to comply with its energy and water efficiency standards. You had better sell soon, because the standards will be raised each year and will be really hard (expen$ive) to meet in a few years. Oh, goody!
The Act allows the government to give you a grant of several thousand dollars to comply with the retrofit program requirements IF you meet certain energy efficiency levels. But, wait, the State can set additional requirements on who qualifies to receive the grants. You should expect requirements such as "can't have an income of more than $50K per year", "home selling price can't be more than $125K", or anything else to target the upper middle class (that includes YOU?) and prevent you from qualifying for the grants.
Most of us won't get a dime and will have to pay the entire cost of the retrofit out of our own pockets. More transfer of wealth, more "change you can believe in." Sect. 204 - Building Energy Performance Labeling Program establishes a labeling program that for each individual residence will identify the achieved energy efficiency performance for "at least 90 percent of the residential market within 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act."
This means that within 5 years 90% of all residential homes in the U.S. must be measured and labeled. The EPA administrator will get $50M each year to enforce the labeling program. The Secretary of the Department of Energy will get an additional $20M each year to help the EPA. Some of this money will, of course, be spent on coming up with tougher standards each year..
Oh, the label will be like a license for your car. You will be required to post the label in a conspicuous location in your home and will not be allowed to sell your home without having this label. And, just like your car license, you will probably be required to get a new label every so often - maybe every year.
But, the government estimates the cost of measuring the energy efficiency of your home should only cost about $200 each time. Remember what they said about the auto smog inspections when they first started: that in California ? It would only cost $15. That was when the program started. Now the cost is about $50 for the inspection and certificate.
Expect the same from the home labeling program. Sect. 304 - Greater Energy Efficiency in Building Codes establishes new energy efficiency guidelines for the National Building Code and mandates at 304(d) that one year after enactment of this Act, all state and local jurisdictions must adopt the National Building Code energy efficiency provisions or must obtain a certification from the federal government that their state and/or local codes have been brought into full compliance with the National Building Code energy efficiency standards.
CHECK OUT a few of the sites;
Cap and Trade: A License Required for your Home http://www.nachi. org/forum/ f14/cap-and- trade-license- required- your-home- 44750/
HR2454 American Clean Energy & Security Act: http://www.govtrack .us/congress/ bill.xpd? bill=h111- 2454
Cap & Trade A license required for your home: http://www.prisonplanet.com/cap-and-trade-a-license-required-for-your-home.html
Cap and trade is a license to cheat and steal:
http://wwwsfexamin er.com/opinion/ columns/oped_ contributors/ Cap-and-trade- is-a-license- to-cheat- and-steal- 45371937. html
Cap and Trade: A License Required for your Home: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2393940/posts
Thinking about selling you House? Look at HR 2454:
http://www.federalobserver.com/2009/10/01/thinking-about-selling-your-house-a-look-at-h-r-2454-cap-and-trade-bill/
Don't want to be bothered with "Political stuff?" You'd better read this one. It will come as a huge shock to you if you aren't informed as to what the Obama administration is up to, and it has already passed one hurdle. It will take very little now to put it into actual law!! WAKE UP AMERICA !!!!
So you think you live in a free country, boy have you got a surprise coming.
A License Required for your HOUSE?
If you own your home you really need to check this out. At the end of this email are the links to verify this. If the country thinks the housing market is depressed now, wait until everyone sees this. No one will be buying homes in the future.
We encourage you to read the provisions of the Cap and Trade Bill that has passed the House of Representatives and are being considered by the Senate. We are ready to join the next march on Washington ! This Congress and their "experts" are truly out to destroy the middle class of the U.S.A.
A License will be required for your house...no longer just for cars and mobile homes....Thinking about selling your house? Take a look at H.R. 2454 (Cap and Trade bill). This is unbelievable! Home owners take note and tell your friends and relatives who are home owners!
Beginning one year after enactment of the Cap and Trade Act, you won't be able to sell your home unless you retrofit it to comply with the energy and water efficiency standards of this "Cap & Trade" bill, passed by the House of Representatives. If it is also passed by the Senate, it will be the largest tax increase any of us has ever experienced.
The Congressional Budget Office (supposedly non-partisan) estimates that in just a few years the average cost to every family of four will be $6,800 per year. No one is excluded. However, once the lower classes feel the pinch in their wallets, you can be sure that these voters will get a tax refund (even if they pay no taxes at all) to offset this new cost. Thus, you Mr. And Mrs. Middle Class have to pay even more since additional tax dollars will be needed to bail out everyone else..
But wait. This awful bill (that no one in Congress has actually read) has many more surprises in it. Probably the worst one is this: A year from now you won't be able to sell your house without some bureaucrat's OK. Yes, you read that right.
The caveat (there always is a caveat) is that if you have enough money to make required major upgrades to your home, then you can sell it. But, if not, then forget it. Even pre-fabricated homes ("mobile homes") are included. In effect, this bill prevents you from selling your home without the permission of the EPA administrator.
To get this permission, you will have to have the energy efficiency of your home measured. Then the government will tell you what your new energy efficiency requirement is and you will be required to make modifications to your home under the retrofit provisions of this Act, to comply with the new energy and water efficiency requirements.
Then you will have to get your home measured again and get a license (called a "label" in the Act) that must be posted on your property to show what your efficiency rating is; sort of like the Energy Star efficiency rating label on your refrigerator or air conditioner. If you don't get a high enough rating, you can't sell.
And, the EPA administrator is authorized to raise the standards every year, even above the automatic energy efficiency increases built into the Act. The EPA administrator, appointed by the President, will run the Cap & Trade program (AKA the "American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009") and is authorized to make any future changes to the regulations and standards he/she alone determines to be in the government's best interest. Requirements are set low initially so the bill will pass Congress. Then the Administrator can set new standards every year.
The Act itself contains annual required increases in energy efficiency for private and commercial residences and buildings. However, the EPA administrator can set higher standards at any time. Sect. 202 - Building Retrofit Program mandates a national retrofit program to increase the energy efficiency of all existing homes across America .
Beginning one year after enactment of the Act, you won't be able to sell your home unless you retrofit it to comply with its energy and water efficiency standards. You had better sell soon, because the standards will be raised each year and will be really hard (expen$ive) to meet in a few years. Oh, goody!
The Act allows the government to give you a grant of several thousand dollars to comply with the retrofit program requirements IF you meet certain energy efficiency levels. But, wait, the State can set additional requirements on who qualifies to receive the grants. You should expect requirements such as "can't have an income of more than $50K per year", "home selling price can't be more than $125K", or anything else to target the upper middle class (that includes YOU?) and prevent you from qualifying for the grants.
Most of us won't get a dime and will have to pay the entire cost of the retrofit out of our own pockets. More transfer of wealth, more "change you can believe in." Sect. 204 - Building Energy Performance Labeling Program establishes a labeling program that for each individual residence will identify the achieved energy efficiency performance for "at least 90 percent of the residential market within 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act."
This means that within 5 years 90% of all residential homes in the U.S. must be measured and labeled. The EPA administrator will get $50M each year to enforce the labeling program. The Secretary of the Department of Energy will get an additional $20M each year to help the EPA. Some of this money will, of course, be spent on coming up with tougher standards each year..
Oh, the label will be like a license for your car. You will be required to post the label in a conspicuous location in your home and will not be allowed to sell your home without having this label. And, just like your car license, you will probably be required to get a new label every so often - maybe every year.
But, the government estimates the cost of measuring the energy efficiency of your home should only cost about $200 each time. Remember what they said about the auto smog inspections when they first started: that in California ? It would only cost $15. That was when the program started. Now the cost is about $50 for the inspection and certificate.
Expect the same from the home labeling program. Sect. 304 - Greater Energy Efficiency in Building Codes establishes new energy efficiency guidelines for the National Building Code and mandates at 304(d) that one year after enactment of this Act, all state and local jurisdictions must adopt the National Building Code energy efficiency provisions or must obtain a certification from the federal government that their state and/or local codes have been brought into full compliance with the National Building Code energy efficiency standards.
CHECK OUT a few of the sites;
Cap and Trade: A License Required for your Home http://www.nachi. org/forum/ f14/cap-and- trade-license- required- your-home- 44750/
HR2454 American Clean Energy & Security Act: http://www.govtrack .us/congress/ bill.xpd? bill=h111- 2454
Cap & Trade A license required for your home: http://www.prisonplanet.com/cap-and-trade-a-license-required-for-your-home.html
Cap and trade is a license to cheat and steal:
http://wwwsfexamin er.com/opinion/ columns/oped_ contributors/ Cap-and-trade- is-a-license- to-cheat- and-steal- 45371937. html
Cap and Trade: A License Required for your Home: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2393940/posts
Thinking about selling you House? Look at HR 2454:
http://www.federalobserver.com/2009/10/01/thinking-about-selling-your-house-a-look-at-h-r-2454-cap-and-trade-bill/
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
County Party Web Site Has New Life!
After having a County Republican Party web site that had been severely outdated, it is getting a much needed face-lift. It is going to make our life a lot easier...with features such as an updated calendar, and information on candidates that are running for every office that we should know about. There is much, much, more available at your fingertips as well. Please stop by and have a look at it. If you happen to see Randall Achziger around give him a big thank you for making it happen.
Here's the link to the site: http://www.tooelegop.org
Also, we all need to get informed about every candidate that will be running. Delegates especially should be taking this very seriously. This is how real change happens in a positive direction...by getting informed and putting the right people into office. Visit this link to study them out: http://www.tooelegop.org/Officials/2010Candidates.aspx
Thanks everyone!
-Erik Gumbrecht
Here's the link to the site: http://www.tooelegop.org
Also, we all need to get informed about every candidate that will be running. Delegates especially should be taking this very seriously. This is how real change happens in a positive direction...by getting informed and putting the right people into office. Visit this link to study them out: http://www.tooelegop.org/Officials/2010Candidates.aspx
Thanks everyone!
-Erik Gumbrecht
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Is the Health Care Bill Constitutional?
Judge Napolitano breaks down piece by piece how Unconstitutional Obamacare is, and gives his opinion on which portions will hold up, and which will not.
Friday, March 26, 2010
List of Republican Candidates for 2010 Election
Here is a list of our Republican Candidates for Governor and Senate. Please click on the "Comment" option below to type any questions you would like to ask of the candidates. I will then be sending these out to them directly, and will post their response on our Blog!
| Ryan Nielson | Governer |
| Gary Herbert | Governor |
| Richard Martin | Governor |
| Robert Bennett | United States Senate |
| Tim Bridgewater | United States Senate |
| David Chiu | United States Senate |
| Merrill Cook | United States Senate |
| Cherilyn Eagar | United States Senate |
| Leonard Fabiano | United States Senate |
| Jeremy Friedbaum | United States Senate |
| Mike Lee | United States Senate |
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Facebook Group is Up!
Patriots with Purpose is on Facebook as well. Join us there if you are a facebook user. Simply click this link: http://tinyurl.com/ylmbl2d
Just request to join, and I will approve your request as quickly as possible.
Thanks,
Erik Gumbrecht
Just request to join, and I will approve your request as quickly as possible.
Thanks,
Erik Gumbrecht
Day One: Tooele's 11th Precinct Blog is Up!
That's right folks...day one after Precinct Caucus and our Blog is born. So, lets get your feedback! Here are a few questions I have:
1- What would you like to see accomplished in our Precinct?
2- I noticed a lot of passionate people at the Precinct Caucus. What issues are most important to you?
3- Are you willing to help? We need help from people of all backgrounds. Whether you are willing to go door to door...simply attend meetings for the county/city and share, or even provide information on candidates you are passionate about. We could even use volunteers who are willing to deliver a text version of this blog to folks who are not computer savvy. We want to hear from you and need your help! Please post what you can contribute, or email me at erik.gumbrecht@gmail.com to volunteer at any level.
Thanks,
Erik Gumbrecht
1- What would you like to see accomplished in our Precinct?
2- I noticed a lot of passionate people at the Precinct Caucus. What issues are most important to you?
3- Are you willing to help? We need help from people of all backgrounds. Whether you are willing to go door to door...simply attend meetings for the county/city and share, or even provide information on candidates you are passionate about. We could even use volunteers who are willing to deliver a text version of this blog to folks who are not computer savvy. We want to hear from you and need your help! Please post what you can contribute, or email me at erik.gumbrecht@gmail.com to volunteer at any level.
Thanks,
Erik Gumbrecht
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