- On Monday, Pres. Obama struck back at powerful Democrat
leaders in Congress who vow they'll add $2 billion in funding to the defense
appropriations bill for extra F-35 fighter engines. He said, "If Congress
sends me a defense bill loaded with a bunch of pork, I will veto it."
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- In July, the Senate added the federal hate crimes bill
to the defense bill. If Obama vetoes the final defense bill, with hate
bill attached, the hate bill will be destroyed, probably for this session
of Congress.
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- Speaking to a convention of VFW veterans in Phoenix,
Obama joined with many critics, including Sen. John McCain, in denouncing
"indefensible, no-bid contracts that cost taxpayers billions and make
contractors rich." He lashed out at "the special interests and
their exotic projects that are years behind schedule and billions over
budget." These include "the entrenched lobby pushing weapons
that even our military says it doesn't want." He rebuked lawmakers
in Congress dedicated "to protect jobs back home building things we
don't need [with] a cost that we can't afford."
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- The AP article says, "Despite objections and veto
threats from the White House, a $636 billion Pentagon spending bill was
approved by a 400-30 vote in the House late last month. It contains money
for a much-criticized new presidential helicopter fleet, cargo jets that
the Pentagon says aren't needed and an alternative engine for the next-generation
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter that military leaders say is a waste of money."
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- Obama has objections not just with specific pork on the
defense bill but with its basic ideology. He says the DOD bill is "wasting
tax dollars "with doctrine and weapons better suited to fight the
Soviets on the plains of Europe than insurgents in the rugged terrain of
Afghanistan.""
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- Instead, "The president laid out a vision of a nimble,
well-armed and multilingual fighting force of the future, not one that
was built to fight land battles against the Soviets in Europe." On
the other hand, "lawmakers protecting jobs at home are certain to
put up enormous fights over Obama's efforts to stop production on weapons
like the F-22 fighter jet."
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- Fresh Opportunity to Kill the Hate Bill
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- Heightening tension between Obama and powerful Democrats
in Congress is very encouraging news to lovers of freedom who desire to
see the federal hate crimes bill destroyed. Increased bickering over the
defense bill gives substance to our hopes that, by protesting the hate
bill at town hall meetings and faxing our demand to the President that
he not sign the hate bill, we can actually persuade the Democrats to abandon
the hate bill as unpopular.
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- Now is the time to do as much as we can to hasten the
hate bill's destruction:
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- 1. Protest the hate bill at town hall meetings over
the next three weeks. <http://www.frcaction.org/townhalls>Family
Research Council lists upcoming town halls in your area.
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- 2. Fax the President at 1-202-456-2461: "Mr.
President, we will never forgive or forget if you sign the freedom-stealing,
pedophile-protecting hate bill."
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- Shakespeare said there are tides in the affairs of men
and nations which, if made the most of, can result in spectacular success.
We are now experiencing two such waves: a crescendo of town hall protest
against the Democrats, plus rising animosity among Democrats over the arm
bill. These, if ridden at their crest and exploited to the fullest, I
believe, could result in hate bill defeat.
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- Are you a person who stands by watching, waiting to see
what happens? Or one who recognizes rare opportunity, seizes it, and helps
change history?
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- It is possible NOW for Christian/conservative organizations,
by expressing massive disgust with the hate bill, to make it a liability
to the President and his party. Popular outrage at this moment might
even make Democrats eager to jettison the hate bill. Join with me wholeheartedly
in this last push to save free speech.
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- The opportunity may never come again.
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- View and Download the Flyer
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- http://www.truthtellers.org/hatebillendsfreespeechflyer.pdf
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- Let the Anti-Defamation League teach you how they have
saddled 45 states with hate laws capable of persecuting Christians, and
spearhead attempts to pass the federal hate crimes bill: http://www.adl.org/99hatecrime/intro.asp.
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