Saxby Chambliss E-mail response...

Today I got a detailed (ready made) letter, addressing the questions I had for one of my Senators here in Georgia. I would like to share it with you, it is interesting and more detailed than I expected. So, here it is:

Dear Mr. and Mrs Gregory:

Thank you for contacting me regarding your concerns about health care reform. It is good to hear from you.As Congress and the Administration begin the debate on health care reform, all parties must commit to a full and thorough debate. With health care representing 17% of our nation's economy, both the House and Senate must devote the appropriate time and focus on this matter.In the Senate, the two Committees of jurisdiction continue to review possible legislation and committee amendments. I agree that it is important for Congress to address the issues; however, I will urge my colleagues to take our time and debate all of the issues and proposals so that the American people can follow and understand the development and discussion of the legislation.After committee action, the full Senate is expected to begin debate regarding comprehensive health care reform.

While we have yet to see the final language of a bill, there have been many ideas about the direction of heath care in our country that are currently being discussed.I do not believe that a health care overhaul bill should include a government run option to provide health coverage. Such an alternative would be able to charge much lower rates and would reimburse providers at a much lower level than private insurance plans and limit competition rather than fostering it. Overtime, this could well eliminate private insurance companies and drive all individuals to the government run option that would essentially become a single payer system. A health care system that is run by federal bureaucrats would allow the federal government to determine the coverage it feels is appropriate for you, choose the doctors that you see, and dictate the care that you receive.Along with a government option, I am also opposed to a mandate on small business to cover the costs of their employees under a "pay or play" system. During these difficult economic times, I do not believe we should be penalizing businesses who already cannot afford health care for their employees.Questions such as the expansion of a government run program, competition among providers and payers, and cost containment, among others, must be measured against maintaining the highest quality of care for our citizens.

For example, the number of uninsured Americans continues to rise along with the premiums and out-of-pocket expenses incurred by insured consumers. We in Congress need to address this problem by searching for effective ways to expand access to adequate, affordable medical care for all Americans in a fiscally responsible manner.It is my view that the majority in Congress and the Administration are moving too quickly with radical proposals that may or may not achieve the worthy objectives mentioned previously. A rush to legislative passage may limit access, lower quality, while increasing taxes and the nation's debt. Members of Congress have not been allowed the appropriate time to review aspects of a bill that is estimated to cost over $1.7 trillion and by some estimates could go even higher.

I do agree that our country is in need of health care reform. I am an original cosponsor of S. 1099, the "Patients' Choice Act," which was introduced on May 20, 2009, and was referred to the Committee on Finance. The legislation would make health care coverage accessible and affordable for all Americans through private insurance coverage, while also promoting prevention and wellness which can improve lives and lower long-term medical costs. S. 1099 would put individuals back in charge of their own health care by giving them a tax rebate, worth $2,300 for individuals and $5,700 for families, to be used for the purchase of health insurance. It also would also allow patients to comparison shop for their health care the same way that they do for all other products and services and allow them to maintain their coverage if they move or change jobs.

Individuals who are most vulnerable of being turned down due to preexisting conditions could not be denied coverage due to age or health.During the health care reform debate, I will monitor the initiatives with the view that health care reform should focus on keeping health decisions between doctors and patients, empowering and entrusting individuals with their health care savings and decisions, and promoting competition in all areas of health care. Americans are right to demand access to affordable health care. We will move closer to this goal as we see more promotion of the same innovation and competition in health care that we see in every other American industry.

I appreciate your comments on this important matter. I will keep your views in mind as my colleagues and I weigh the various legislative proposals before the Senate. As we move forward in the Senate, the state of the economy and the support of legislation that will enable the health care sector to improve are and will remain uppermost in my mind.

Senator Saxby Chambliss

Response to my email to my Senator

I received a response from Saxby Chambliss to emails filled with questions, and he has responded to each of my emails in as much detail as I could have hoped for. I have to give him credit, and his team who reads the emails and responds, as I asked very specific questions and he answered each and everyone of them. I returned his email with; "We The People" will be watching what happens and will respond accordingly. I must give him credit, he has always been an up front kind of Senator with me to date, and as long as he continues, he will continue to "earn" my vote and those of us down here in Georgia who appreciates good honest answers (we understand that there will always be some politics in our communications from him, as any politician, but that is to be expected unfortunately. I remember when he ran, as I supported him, I always reminded him that without our votes, he ain't going to Washington! He has kept his word on everything he has told us so far.

I continue to believe that not every man or woman who is a politician is corrupt. My brother-in-law would argue otherwise. Ron and his wife, are from England (his wife is my wife's, sister). He is all doom and gloom about politics, as I know some are here on the 9/12 Project. I have always been a bit more optimistic and would rather find the good in my fellow man rather than concede that every man or woman in congress are evil or corrupt villains, waiting to destroy everything good about America. I must admit that I do find that more and more in the Democratic Party, and it saddens me and my wife. We live in a culture that requires a lot of strength and faith in our beliefs relative to political bias and those who would see only the destruction rather than the building of our nation and political values. I will not be deterred by those who have their own agendas, and preach the negatives, rather than the positives about our great land and those we entrust to lead us. We vote them in, if they fail us, we vote them out. We have been doing that for a long time and it beats the alternatives, by a long, long way. So, suck it up fellow Americans, and remember what we are all about, for those of us who served our country in uniform, remember the oath we took, and it should not be taken lightly, but with the realization that a price was paid for our rights and for our continued rights, there will be continued prices to be paid. I say to those men and women who defend our way of life, thank you, thank those who paid the ultimate price, and thank all those who will follow in their footsteps to keep America free, and a nation of optimistic, God loving, patriotic, moms and dads, brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles, and so on and so on. My flag hangs in front of my house, and when it is so worn we give it an appropriate ceremony, then replace it with a bright new one. We are a family that loves America, and are saddened by the progressives and socialists that hijacked this wonderful country, holding it's people hostage, as they shred the constitution. As this happens, I feel a growing grassroots movement that will change the complexion of congress, both the house and the senate, along with the White House, and by complexion, I in no way mean the color of one's skin, or their religion, or personal beliefs. I mean that the overwhelming complexion of congress at this time is Democratic (closer to progressives and socialists) and we just want to return it back to our Republic, filled with conservatives and Republicans.

So, in answer to your question back in the depths of your head, yes, the email I was responding to was from Saxby Chambliss. Sorry I got off on a tangent as usual, but I never have been able to not do that when my country's reputation is at stake. I'll repeat what I have repeated for weeks now, come 2010 and 2012, get out and vote, vote, get your relatives, friends, and neighbors to get out and vote, then get their relatives, friends,and neighbors to do the same, and so on and so on!!! To America, I say, do not give up, nor allow anyone, and I mean anyone to guide you away from what America is, a great and wonderful country, made that way by wonderful and great people, protected by outstanding and wonderful soldiers of all uniforms. Keep America great by your actions, not just your words.

God blessed this country and enriched her for reasons known only to him. But, I have faith that God will continue to look down on this nation of Christians and continue to bless her, bringing out the best of her. She is a great nation, a beautiful and powerful nation, one nation, under God. As we all are, one people, under God... What a wonderful nation this is and continues to be. We need to continue to believe in God, have faith in God, and pray that he will bless us once again, in spite of our weakness in values at the moment, we will come back, we will return and America will once again shine as the nation immigrants want to call home.

In the photograph above, you will find my old friend Danny wood and his wife, closest to the writing, then to his right, my wife Val, to her right, it will be me, in my younger days, but days I recall very clearly as we in the Army Intelligence Community served with intensity that is unmatched today. Danny Wood and his wife remain close friends and we stay in contact with a way over due visit in the making (any excuse to make a trip down to Florida for a visit). Val and I were at our youthful best and recall those days to be our finest, and oh how we miss them.

As I reflect back on all my comments on the 9/12 project, I find that I am looking back on history in a way that I have not in many years. I provide the following as an example of why I say this:

In 1956, Nikita Khrushchev gave his famous speech addressing Western ambassadors at a reception at the Polish embassy in Moscow, where he made his famous remarks "we will bury you!" (actual quote reads: "Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will dig you in"). He later remarked in a speech in Yugoslavia, "I once said , "We will bury you, and I got in trouble with it. of course we will not bury you with a shovel, Your own working class will bury you." A reference to the Marxist saying, "The proletariat is the undertaker of capitalism"; a popular articulation of the materialist conception of history as the inevitable progression of class struggle towards communism. My memory is vague on the rest, but if I recall (I was rather young at the time, but the speeches are somewhat embedded in my mind) he further indicated how this would be accomplished, through our schools, churches, and government. Your are correct Bea Turner 3, we must get the progressive, socialist educators out of our schools, and our only hope is to reteach our children the meaning of being a free thinking and democratic country. Forget what arguments are presented here today, all we have to do is look at history, and the remarks made decades ago, by Nikita Khrushchev providing an insight to what he felt our future was going to be. Does anyone recall when he banged his shoe on the table in front of him, when he demonstrated his disdain for a capitalist, democratic society as this country enjoys. His predictions are close to being fulfilled, an I will continue to ask America not to waiver and bend to anything that would bring us to the level of those who agree with that dictator of long ago. Do what American do, vote out those who have brought us to this point, and vote good solid patriots, with strong ethics and demonstrated their devotion to our American values. I continue to support our Constitution and our democratic way of electing our leaders, and dethroning those who fail to meet our standards of high moral ethic and do it by our votes. That is the American way.

As young as I was, the memory of it all remains forever embedded in my brain. I pray that America wakes up and takes a hard long look at history, then at our schools, and then as important as anything I have said, a strong look at who we have in Washington, leading us in both houses and the White House! Then, after that long hard look, not just go on with our lives, but do something, what ever it takes to get all Americans to understand that if we do not grab hold of the moment, we will have lost an eternity, ...forever...we must not, can not fail. If anyone reading this fails to understand the importance of it's message, we have already failed.

Nancy Pelosi, the first step (Health Care For All)

I just can't sit and watch what is about to happen in our congress, in the congress filled with elected officials that are meant to represent each of us. We have the Speaker of the House leading a faithful few in meetings behind closed doors, writing bills that are not allowed to be read or debated fully, then asking the minority to cast their vote on a bill(s) that they have not been allowed to read, discuss the content fully, nor have a knowledgeable debate on a bill not fully vetted. How did we get here. How was America fooled and led blindly to elect progressive socialists who will shred the Constitution and destroy the American values as we once knew them. America must wake up and look in, as I do, on C-Span (both the house and senate) then it will be clear what needs to be done come 2010 and 2012, to repair the damage this dictatorial administration has done to the United States of America, once the most admired and respected country in the world, believed to be strong and the defender of American values and ideals all over the world. Now looked on as a weak and apologetic nation that bows to everyone who follows the world of progressive socialists. We can wait no longer, we must act and act now with letters, phone calls, Fax's, e-mails, and our voices, but most of all, our VOTES, in 2010 and 2012! If we miss our chance due to apathy, we have only our selves to blame, only our selves to look too as real failures for not being strong enough to do the right thing, Vote, write, call, e-mail, and fax those who represent us. No more apologising, no more conceding that we are a bad country that needs to change for the good of the world. America is good, she is the hope of the world, and we must support her now and from now on. I am trying to do my part, and still feel it is not enough. Are you doing anything, if you are I thank you and respect you for taking a stand, if not, all I can say is "Shame on you!d)

To the Gregory Family,

The following is what I just emailed to the Speaker of the house and plan on similar communications to elected Representatives in both the House and Senate. It is absolutely imperative that each of you do the same. Our future depends on it. You can either sit by, and hope that someone else will do what you should have done yourself, or take the initiative and do what you need to do as an involved American. Mom and Dad, whatever their political views were, they always got involved and took the initiative. Please do the same, what ever your political views are, do something, not just sit by and hope it that it all works out somehow. Love to you all, Milt and Val

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi,

Although I am not currently a resident of California, I was born there and lived there many years. I was fortunate to have made a wise decision to leave California and retire in the great state of Georgia. I am asking you for just once, do what you promised when you took your oath, and be transparent when presenting the Bill for government or "Public" Health Care covering all Americans. (planning to push this through in three weeks without fully allowing the minority to review the full content of the bill, or have meaningful discussion or debate is not what I consider "Transparent" or fair to the American people.) The rest of my family lives in California, in your district. They are watching C-Span looking for fair and open debate on this topic. If it is not clear that this debate takes place, and the content of the bill is not presented to the American people so that they can have an educated opinion based on the content of that Bill, you can be sure their votes and the votes of their friends, will not be in your favor. You have no idea how upset America is with your policies of secret meetings excluding the minority, to push though a bill that is not vetted in a fair and bipartisan way. America wants reasonable Health Care for all, but not at the cost of destroying the economy of what was the greatest nation on earth. Being relegated to begging for money from China and other countries, when America used to be the country that others came to for help and assistance. Don't even considering blaming the last administration for what is now in your hands and your watch. Just for once, make the American people your priority and not your personal interests or agendas.

Than you for your time and attention to the above. I, along with millions of Americans will be watching, 2010 and 2012 will be important years, and the outcome of your leadership will have a major impact on the outcome of elections during those years.

Thank you,

Milt Gregory

Thomas Jefferson Quote from the 9/12 Project

To my fellow Conservatives, I found this on the 9/12 project and had to make sure it was shared with all of you. So, please take a moment and read it. The message is very strong and very important!

"We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy and liberty or profusion and servitude. If we run into such debt, as that we must be taxed in our meat and in our drink, in our necessaries and our comforts, in our labors and our amusements, for our calling and our creeds...[we will] have no time to think, no means of calling our miss-managers to account but be glad to obtain subsistence by hiring ourselves to rivet their chains on the necks of our fellow-sufferers...."



- THOMAS JEFFERSON.



The photograph of a young boy, sitting on a post, saluting under the American flag, was taken in Vienna Austria (note, the flag was added years later for effect). That young man is me at age four or five. Even then I appreciated what being a patriot was and meant. My father saw to it, bless his heart and soul, he made sure that each of his children loved the country they belonged too. It always amazes me that more fathers did not take the time to ensure that the next generation was prepared for what would be coming down the way. I recall his amazing insight and warning us kids how important it was to pay attention in school when it came to social studies and government. Little did my father know that in his later years, teaching in school would turn to brainwashing, teaching socialism, gently into the curriculum, and I observed it in my own children, especially the one that went to college. Both my sons were strong Conservatives, one joined the military (my oldest son, who followed my footsteps in military intelligence,) (while my youngest went to college and was slowly indoctrinated into being a pacifist, and then embracing socialist views.) My oldest served 16 years of active duty, then loosing faith with President Clinton, left the military to serve as a civilian contractor in the same field, more than that I can not go into. But you can be sure, he would not mind sitting on a post ans saluting the American flag. I am proud of both my sons, the youngest, passed away at the age of 36, from liver disease, following years of drinking at college, then later as a school teacher. He did not know he was dying until it was to late, and then his mother and I, along with his wife, watched him slowly pass, from something we all knew would destroy him. The sad thing is, we all were just ordinary people, with average IQ's, while he was an extraordinary person, with 162 IQ. Even with his socialistic ideas and learning's, he would have been proud to sit on that post and salute the American flag. he would have just done it from the other side of the isle. We discussed our differences in points of view, and it was clear I could never reach him, he could out talk me any day of the weak. He sure as heck was smarter than I was/am. The sad thing is, as smart as he was, he could not figure out why being progressive socialist was not good for a country that was based on it Conservative values.

My oldest son made it home from "over there" for father's day, and I now my youngest son was here in spirit, I could feel his presence, and you know, I am no sure, but I think, just maybe, he may have payed more attention to our talks than I give him credit for and his liberal thinking may be just a phase that now has changed and he is with his brother, mother and I in fighting the good fight, against the far left liberals. I could be my imagination, but I just think I am right in my feeling his presence and nudging me, to let me know, he now understands the difference and if he could, would vote for a Conservative rather than give our country away by voting with the liberals. Thanks God, if I am right or wrong, thanks for at least letting me feel that he has changed, up there, at your side, along with his grandmother, grandfather, and uncle. I can rest now, I can feel good about his leaving us, taking with him all his talents, singing, music, playing the guitar, etc., etc.. God bless America, and God bless all those who defend her right to be in what ever camp they choose. That is what makes this country so great, freedom, freedom that so many payed the ultimate price for. God bless this great land of ours, and continue to keep her safe and strong. Mfgjr

Sarah Palin turns her position of Govenor over to Vice Govenor

Where do I start, as yesterday I watched all the cable news talking heads reporting the stepping down of Governor Palin as Governor of Alaska before the end of their term. It's funny, I observed FOX News, of course, and saw and heard the shock and dismay in their reporting, searching for someone who could explain the sudden event. None found, some indicated their opinions that Governor Palin is stepping down due to pressure of the job, the attacks on herself and her children, etc., etc. Others thought she might have made a huge miscalculation in an attempt to prepare for the 2012 Presidential race. All the brains, who are sure they can read between the lines, giving their perspective on why she did what she did, when all you had to do is listen to her and she gave not only strong hints, but a clear path to what her goal is. Other cable news agencies thoughtful people of the Liberal persuasion indicated anything that they thought might discredit her as a potential threat to their political views. Oh how they wanted to express their glee of watching her stumble and perhaps fall into a cavern deep enough that she will not be able to crawl out and return to her "former" status as a supper star on the Conservative scene. Well, what difference does it really make, unless you are like me, filled with real hope fore once. Hope is something we Conservatives have not had from our leaders for some time. Oh I know there are voices out their that have echoed their party's "Talking Points", giving us what we wanted to hear, the Republican Party is still alive, wounded, but alive. I, for one, was as stunned as anyone. Being an average American, but strong Conservative who loves this Capitalist country that is under attack by progressive socialists, but at the same time found hope in her words. I believe that she is not just giving up her roll as Governor for reasons of distress, but rather that she meant what she said in her speech. If you listened it was clear, at least to this average American, that she loved her job, but loved more her state, Alaska, and even more, her country. Loving so deeply this great land, and her Alaska, she would not place her state in a position where she would lead while constantly being attacked by those who just can not stand the fact that she is not only a good Governor, but a great Governor, who may finish her term and really be a threat as a front runner in a presidential race in 2012! Many of the attacks on her character would cost a great deal of money, and her moral ethic would not allow her to continue to place the burden of this cost on her fellow citizens, and the distraction would not allow her governance of Alaska to be fully paid attention too. This wonderful and gracious lady, who talks like the rest of us, never holding herself above us, but one of us, decided to do what was and is in her heart, leave her position as Governor and turn to doing what I think she was meant to do, fight the good fight, for all of America and the strong Conservative values. Now this will really haunt the far left Liberals who fear the truth, what is right for all America, not their personal agendas. It will be like going to a haunted house thriller at the movies, fearing the unknown, the unexpected, the boogieman or woman, who will at some point silence them in some horrible way. The poor fools, she wants only to defend our precious American values, our Constitution, our religious beliefs and what we are all waiting for, our "Joan of Ark" who will save conservatism and the Republican Party. So many consider that she will split from the Republicans and go Independent, I feel she will do just the opposite, strengthen the Republican Party by her virtue, her honesty, her down to earth telling the truth about what we (Conservative Republicans) want to hear so deeply, that America will survive this attack by the far left and will once again rise to the occasion and return to her true values. I, for one, believe in her. I think, and it is my humble opinion, that the far left will attack this rock of a woman and strengthen the views of Americans across the land, that their experiment in progressiveness and socialism is failing and destroying the Republic's values, while shredding the Constitution. Americans across the land will rise up to the occasion and vote out the disillusioned far left and return congress to real patriots and protectors of the Constitution. I find hope in her decision to release herself from finishing her term as Governor, and take on the very party that is now a threat to her beloved State, and Country, and give them a fight, one that will expose their true colors as a party of extremist liberals, who have seized the democratic party, turning it into the first Socialist Party that successfully was elected into the White House, and taken over the congress, both houses, leaving the belly of our country and Conservative values now exposed to the very sharp teeth of their extreme radical leadership. I will not believe anything other than what I heard her say, from her own mouth, that she will use her time free from costing Alaska court time and costs defending, what surely will accelerate, attacks on her and her wonderful family, and take her fight to the whole country! We have our secret weapon, now released and exposed, and ready to do battle for our beliefs. It will be up to us, all of us who have faith in our system of Capitalism and conservatism, smaller government, and an end of wild spending, to get behind her, support her, speak out for her and let her and the whole country know she is for real, and so are we! At the end of the day, I truly believe that we will witness a remarkable event unfold, the birth of a new American hero, one who will be attacked harder than ever, one that will need our strength and values to support her desire to lead the way to restoring our government and country to it's rightful ownership, "We The People"! Mfgjr

912 Project "We The People" Patrick Henry Caucus

As I continue to monitor the Glenn Beck 9/12 Project, I find more and more people are fed up with Obama and Progressive Socialism. I thought I would include one comment from one of the 9/12 er's, to give you a glance into their thinking. I find it very interesting and encouraging to know that this project of Glenn Beck's has really taken hold.

891 Comments

"Comment by Cindy GSO 1 hour ago
Guess this is what we get for all the years we sat back and let the government run itself! I for one was NEVER involved before Obama came out of hiding. He did get one of his wishes and that's getting out the vote! We will be out in full force in 2010-2012. There are more people active in politics now then ever before. The only good thing to come out of Obama is the awakening of us that were asleep. We ALL have to be aware of what is going on and do our part (no matter how small) to keep freedom alive. Men and women have died for us the least we can do is make a few dozen phone calls! I do think it is also important to let the politicians that are looking out for us and want what is best for the country ( I believe there are still some left) that we are behind them and we're ready to fight for the America we once had! Like you said Zeb "Maybe Conservatives should take a page from Alinsky and ACORN and behave more like liberals." We have turned the other cheek for the last time!"

The above is a wide spreading viewpoint that is catching on and more and more people are trying to interact with 9/12 project groups, taking initiatives that should have been taken years ago. The important thing is that the initiatives are being taken now, and that's a good thing. I can tell you my family, a military family with four sons, a grand son and even my oldest sister was in the reserves. We all followed my father's foot steps, a tall man who stood 5'5" in height, but towered over every liberal he ever met before he passed away. If only my health challenges would have allowed me to reenter the intelligence community where I felt most comfortable, working to preserve the freedom and republic views of the America we love so much. I know that to say, "Well, they got what they ask for" is a popular phrase right now, but what is at stake is far to important than cliches and silly come backs that are meaningless at this point. It's time to rethink what happened and why so many were lulled into a state of numbness that allowed a Senator with only two years experience in the Senate, and Community Organizer appears to be his only resume position. A man who cast his vote in the Senate as "Present" rather than for or against anything, so that he could never be accused of being on one side of the fence or the other. He kind of just existed, sprucing up his oratory talents and skills to overwhelm those how listen to him and captured their attention. Well, he got their attention, mesmerised them and got them to vote for him. Now he is President of the Untied States attempting to use his skills to intimidate congress and the Senate to pass bills that will destroy the very foundation our country was built on. To watch the America of the past crumbling into a pile of Progressive, Liberal, and most of all Socialistic governance of the American People. Can it actually happen? I just don't think so, I believe from my heart that the American people will gather in 2010 and 2012 and using their most powerful weapon, the Vote, to change the direction the radicals have led us. I believe in America, I believe in her people and something called the Constitution, something this President is trying to shred. Well Mr. President, take a good look at it, it begins with, "We The People". That should scare the hell out of him, as he does not believe in that, only "The One" matters. Sorry, wrong again, as many in the past have found out. We The People, matters and will make the difference in 2010 and 2012. Mfgjr