One Light Bulb at a Time

A physics teacher in high school, once told the students that while one grasshopper on the railroad tracks wouldn't slow a train very much, a billion of them would. With that thought in mind, read the following, obviously written by a good American.

Good idea, one light bulb at a time. Check this out. I can verify this because I was in Lowe's the other day for some reason and just for the heck of it I was looking at the hose attachments. They were all made in China. The next day I was in Ace Hardware and just for the heck of it I checked the hose attachments there. They were made in USA. Start looking.

In our current economic situation, every little thing we buy or do affects someone else - even their job. So, after reading this email, I think this lady is on the right track. Let's get behind her!

My grandson likes Hershey's candy. I noticed, though, that it is marked made in Mexico now. I do not buy it any more.

My favorite toothpaste Colgate is made in Mexico, now I have switched to Crest. You have to read the labels on everything.

This past weekend I was at Kroger. I needed 60 W light bulbs and Bounce dryer sheets. I was in the light bulb aisle, and right next to the GE brand I normally buy was an off brand labeled, "Everyday Value. "I picked up both types of bulbs and compared the stats - they were the same except for the price.

The GE bulbs were more money than the Everyday Value brand but the thing that surprised me the most was the fact that GE was made in MEXICO and the Everyday Value brand was made in - get ready for this - the USA in a company in Cleveland, Ohio.

So throw out the myth that you cannot find products you use every day that are made right here.

So on to another aisle, Bounce Dryer Sheets, yep, you guessed it, Bounce cost more money and is made in Canada. The Everyday Value brand was less money and MADE IN THE USA! I did laundry yesterday and the dryer sheets performed just like the Bounce Free. I have been using for years and at almost half the price!

My challenge to you is to start reading the labels when you shop for everyday things and see what you can find that is made in the USA - the job you save may be your own or your neighbors!

If you accept the challenge, pass this on to others in your address book so we can all start buying American, one light bulb at a time! Stop buying from overseas companies!

(We should have awakened a decade ago)

Let's get with the program and help our fellow Americans keep their jobs and create more jobs here in the USA.

God bless,
JohnnyD

WHAT HAS AMERICA BECOME?

Attached is an editorial from a Michigan newspaper that kind of covers

it all......excellent observations.
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What Has America become?

Editor,

    Has America become the land of the special interest and home of the double standard?

    Let’s see: if we lie to the congress, it’s a felony and if the congress lies to us it’s just politics; if we dislike a black person, we’re racist and if a black dislikes whites, it’s their 1^st amendment right; the government spends millions to rehabilitate criminals and they do almost nothing for the victims; in public schools you can teach that homosexuality is okay, but better not use the word God in the process; you can kill an unborn child, but it’s wrong to execute a mass murderer; we don’t burn books in America, we now rewrite them; we got rid of the communist and socialist threat by renaming them progressives; we are unable to close our border with Mexico, but have no problem protecting the 38^th parallel in Korea; if you protest against president Obama’s policies you’re a terrorist, but you burned an American flag or George Bush in effigy it was your 1^st amendment right.

    You can have pornography on TV or the internet, but you better not put a nativity scene in a public park during Christmas; we have eliminated all criminals in America, they are now called sick people; we can use a human fetus for medical research, but it’s wrong to use an animal.

    We take money from those who work hard for it and give it to those who don’t want to work; we all support the constitution, but only when it supports our political ideology; we still have freedom of speech, but only if we are being politically correct; parenting has been replaced with Ritalin and video games; the land of opportunity is now the land of hand outs; the similarity between hurricane Katrina and the gulf oil spill is that neither president did anything to help.

    And how do we handle a major crisis today? The government appoints a committee to determine who’s at fault, then threatens them, passes a law, raises our taxes; tells us the problem is solved so they can get back to their re-election campaign.

    What has happened to the land of the free and home of the brave?

-Ken Huber

 Tawas City

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God bless,

JohnnyD

America Wants Congress to Repeal Obamacare - Now It's Time to Get to Work

By Rep. Steve King

The American people have spoken, and the message they have sent to Washington is clear: Americans want Obamacare ripped out of the U.S. Code by the roots. With their actions, America’s voters have shown that they want the 112th Congress to make Obamacare repeal a reality.

In fact, a strong case exists that the historic gains made by Republicans on Election Day were driven primarily by the American public’s determined desire for Obamacare repeal. Consider the following facts:

• An exit poll conducted by Rasmussen Reports indicates that 59% of those who voted favor repealing Obamacare, including 48% of voters who strongly favor repeal.

• As reported by Roll Call newspaper on December 3, even Democratic Senator and Obamacare supporter Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) believes that when voters went to the polls in November “voters did say ‘repeal health care.’”

• Sarah Palin’s “Take back the 20” effort targeted 20 House Democrats who had voted for Obamacare. After the votes had been counted, 18 of these Democrats had been defeated.

• National Review reports that 32 House Democrats who voted for Obamacare lost, while many of their successful Republican challengers made Obamacare repeal a cornerstone of their campaigns.

• Sixty-five% of Oklahomans and 55% of Arizonans simultaneously voted in favor of state referendums protecting their state’s citizens from Obamacare’s mandate that individuals purchase government-sanctioned health insurance.

None of these results comes as a surprise to those of us who have been active in the effort to repeal Obamacare. The election results are simply the manifestation of what we have been hearing in town-hall meetings since the legislation was forced through Congress by the leftist trio of President Obama, Speaker Pelosi and Senator Reid.

Having been entrusted with control of the House of Representatives, how should Republicans address the public’s unquestionable call for repeal? The answer is simple: Republicans should prove we have heard America’s message by making the passage of a clean, stand alone, 100% Obamacare repeal bill the top priority in the new Congress.

Republicans can align themselves with the voting public by quickly adopting two positions that will show the public we are serious about repealing Obamacare. 

1. We must begin by making a clean Obamacare repeal bill the first piece of legislation introduced and passed in the new session of Congress. The virtue of a “clean repeal” bill is obvious: it allows all Americans favoring repeal to successfully unite around a common goal. 

Repealing Obamacare is a difficult task even as a united team; we certainly don’t need to hamper our efforts at the beginning by drafting a clumsy “repeal and replace” bill which can only divide repeal proponents into smaller groups with conflicting “replacement” policy preferences. 

I have drafted a clean, 100% repeal bill which has garnered the support of House Republicans. This legislation, H.R. 4972, could serve as the basis for a clean, 100% repeal bill in the 112th Congress. In fact, 173 Members of Congress have already signed a discharge petition I introduced that would have forced an up or down vote on this bill.

2. The second thing that Republicans need to do is to lay the groundwork for defunding any and all efforts to implement Obamacare. Thankfully, the American people delivered the House of Representatives into Republican hands, giving Obamacare opponents the power of the purse. 

Americans expect the new Congress, bolstered by new members who made Obamacare repeal the hallmark of their campaigns, to oppose the legislation with every tool at our disposal. 

Not only should Republicans in the House zero-out any Obamacare related item in the budget, we should further protect our efforts from Democrats in the Senate by including language in every appropriations bill we pass explicitly barring any money allocated therein from being spent on implementing or enforcing any part of Obamacare.

On this latter point, we know full well that President Obama will do whatever he can to preserve the socialized health care system that now bears his name. This means that he will not only threaten to veto any successfully passed repeal bill, but that he may even threaten to shut down the government by refusing to sign individual appropriations bills that contain anti-Obamacare language. 

If Republicans include spending prohibitions in every appropriations bill, we will ensure that the president will have to explain to the American public why he places a greater priority on protecting the unpopular Obamacare bill than on ensuring the regular functioning of government. That is a political argument President Obama cannot win, and the election results of November 2 should quell any doubts about who the public will side with should such a scenario unfold.

By returning the House of Representatives to Republican control, the American people have clearly expressed a desire to turn Obamacare repeal into a legislative reality. It is time for Republicans to validate this faith by making clean, stand alone, legislation that repeals 100% of Obamacare the top priority of the 112th Congress.

Republican Congressman Steve King represents Iowa’s Fifth Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives.