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Bloomberg Scandal??? John Haggerty Corrupt???

Mike mystery money went to key elex aide

By DAVID SEIFMAN City Hall Bureau Chief

A $750,000 personal campaign contribution that Mayor Bloomberg channeled through the state Independence Party during last year's mayoral election landed in the hands of a top aide, The Post has learned.

The aide, John Haggerty Jr., served as a Bloomberg "volunteer involved in some of the activities" of Special Election Operations LLC, a hastily formed company that hired 200 to 300 workers to do poll watching on Election Day, according to Ken Gross, counsel to the campaign.

But the company didn't register with the state Secretary of State's Office until Dec. 3 -- a full month after the election.

Daniel Shapiro

UNMASKED: Bloomberg volunteer John Haggerty, here with Jeanine Pirro, received the mayor's $750,000 check that esterday's Post revealed to be a payment to a murky Albany firm.

Haggerty was also the recipient of a separate, eye-popping $120,000 personal contribution from the mayor on Nov. 20, which went to a political committee he had formed a month earlier and registered at his home in Forest Hills, Queens.

Until yesterday, mayoral aides and party officials had refused for a week to say who was behind Special Election Operations.

Frank MacKay, the Independence Party chairman, went so far as to claim that not only didn't he know, but that he couldn't recall the name of the consultant who supposedly recommended he hire the firm.

Special Election Operations listed an address in Albany that's the same as that of Capitol Public Strategies, a lobbying firm operated by aides to former Gov. George Pataki.

David Catalfamo, one of the partners in the lobbying firm, said he gave permission for the address to be used on Special Election Operation's incorporation papers, but that was the end of any connection to the company. Some members of the lobbying firm are close with Haggerty.

Although Haggerty worked in the mayor's re-election campaign along with his brother, Bart, Haggerty didn't get paid.

Sources said John Haggerty was instrumental in helping Bloomberg land the Republican ballot line in the face of strong initial opposition from some GOP leaders and that the mayor considers him a trusted adviser.

"There are two people that can get the mayor's ear anytime they want -- [Deputy Mayor] Kevin Sheekey and John Haggerty," said one source.

Leaders of the city Independence Party -- which has been feuding with MacKay for years -- suggested the entire set-up might be "corrupt."

"We have nothing to do with MacKay and Company and we're not the least bit surprised that what they're doing looks fishy, perhaps even corrupt," said Jacqueline Salit, a spokeswoman for the city party and a Bloomberg ally.

One veteran GOP consultant said he believed Special Election Operations was designed to dispense "street money" -- cash that's spread around on Election Day to volunteers and for such incidentals as lunch.

But Howard Wolfson, the mayor's campaign spokesman, insisted the $750,000 -- part of a $1.2 million personal contribution Bloomberg made to the state Independence Party right before the election -- didn't go for that purpose.

"The [Independence Party] made the same Election Day expenses that all party committees make every election for Election Day workers," he said in an e-mail.

"Because the IP does not have the infrastructure to handle this kind of activity in-house, it used Special Election Operations to handle the payroll payments to all these individuals."

Gross said he couldn't immediately provide a list of those workers, saying that was the responsibility of the state Independence Party. Haggerty didn't return repeated phone calls.

david.seifman@nypost.com

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Congressman Ackermans Donors.

Top 100 Contributors to Campaign Cmte

View Top 20 | Top 100

Rank	Contributor	Total	Indivs	PACs
1	Technetek Ltd	$20,100	$20,100	$0
2	National Air Traffic Controllers Assn	$15,000	$0	$15,000
3	William Morris Agency	$12,500	$12,500	$0
4	Castagna Realty	$12,300	$12,300	$0
5	Family Management	$12,100	$12,100	$0
6	Air Line Pilots Assn	$10,000	$0	$10,000
6	Benjamin Development	$10,000	$10,000	$0
6	Honeywell International	$10,000	$0	$10,000
6	Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers	$10,000	$0	$10,000
6	Muss Development	$10,000	$10,000	$0
6	National Auto Dealers Assn	$10,000	$0	$10,000
6	New York Life Insurance	$10,000	$0	$10,000
6	Teamsters Union	$10,000	$0	$10,000
14	Sterling Equities	$9,812	$9,812	$0
15	DLA Piper	$9,300	$4,300	$5,000
16	Associated Capital	$9,200	$9,200	$0
16	Hariri Foundation	$9,200	$9,200	$0
16	Timberlake Corp	$9,200	$9,200	$0
19	Taiwanese American Action Council	$8,000	$4,500	$3,500
20	American Postal Workers Union	$7,500	$0	$7,500
20	International Assn of Fire Fighters	$7,500	$0	$7,500
20	National Assn of Postmasters	$7,500	$0	$7,500
20	Operating Engineers Union	$7,500	$0	$7,500
20	Verizon Communications	$7,500	$0	$7,500
25	Jt Hwang Enterprises	$7,400	$7,400	$0
26	American Assn for Justice	$7,000	$0	$7,000
26	AT&T Inc	$7,000	$0	$7,000
26	Bank of America	$7,000	$1,000	$6,000
29	US Dept of Defense	$6,900	$6,900	$0
30	JC Flowers & Co	$6,700	$6,700	$0
31	Fulton	$6,600	$6,600	$0
31	Goode Realty	$6,600	$6,600	$0
31	Swift & Assoc	$6,600	$6,600	$0
34	Tilles Investment	$6,100	$6,100	$0
35	Qwest Communications	$6,000	$6,000	$0
36	Rechler Equity	$5,100	$5,100	$0
37	American Bankers Assn	$5,000	$0	$5,000
37	American Hospital Assn	$5,000	$0	$5,000
37	Asian American Hotel Owners Assn	$5,000	$0	$5,000
37	Guru Health Foods	$5,000	$5,000	$0
37	ITT Industries	$5,000	$0	$5,000
37	Northrop Grumman	$5,000	$0	$5,000
37	Raytheon Co	$5,000	$0	$5,000
37	Renaissance Technologies	$5,000	$5,000	$0
37	Sheet Metal Workers Union	$5,000	$0	$5,000
37	United Auto Workers	$5,000	$0	$5,000
47	AW Bhatti Md	$4,600	$4,600	$0
47	Bingham McCutchen LLP	$4,600	$4,600	$0
47	Chartwell Hotels	$4,600	$4,600	$0
47	Engross Trading	$4,600	$4,600	$0
47	Gilbert Sherr CPA	$4,600	$4,600	$0
47	Glenwood Management	$4,600	$4,600	$0
47	Hailey Development Group	$4,600	$4,600	$0
47	JB Art & Design	$4,600	$4,600	$0
47	Mona Ackerman PhD MD	$4,600	$4,600	$0
47	Mortgage Center of America	$4,600	$4,600	$0
47	Mountain Spa Development	$4,600	$4,600	$0
47	Mta	$4,600	$4,600	$0
47	Options for Senior America	$4,600	$4,600	$0
47	R&R Dental Assoc	$4,600	$4,600	$0
47	Seeger Weiss LLP	$4,600	$4,600	$0
47	Solebury Capital	$4,600	$4,600	$0
47	Sommer Investments	$4,600	$4,600	$0
47	Tafa Development	$4,600	$4,600	$0
47	Woodside Collision	$4,600	$4,600	$0
47	Zimmerman Edelson Inc	$4,600	$4,600	$0
67	AFLAC Inc	$4,500	$0	$4,500
67	Goldman Sachs	$4,500	$1,500	$3,000
67	Rosa Property Management	$4,500	$4,500	$0
67	Transport Workers Union	$4,500	$0	$4,500
71	Kim Eng	$4,330	$4,330	$0
72	Boeing Co	$4,300	$2,300	$2,000
72	International Hospitality Investme	$4,300	$4,300	$0
74	Amerasia Bank	$4,000	$4,000	$0
74	American Fedn of St/Cnty/Munic Employees	$4,000	$0	$4,000
74	Aspiring Trips	$4,000	$4,000	$0
74	Bricklayers Union	$4,000	$0	$4,000
74	DDL	$4,000	$4,000	$0
74	Law Offices of Ronald Scott Kaniuk	$4,000	$4,000	$0
74	Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance	$4,000	$0	$4,000
74	National Assn of Realtors	$4,000	$0	$4,000
74	National Grid plc	$4,000	$0	$4,000
74	Razaq Baloch	$4,000	$4,000	$0
74	Rose Assoc	$4,000	$4,000	$0
85	Formosan Assn for Public Affairs	$3,900	$3,900	$0
86	Bownetree	$3,850	$3,850	$0
87	Nic Holding	$3,800	$3,800	$0
88	McPherson Group	$3,600	$3,600	$0
89	American Maritime Officers	$3,500	$0	$3,500
89	Citigroup Inc	$3,500	$3,500	$0
89	Genworth Financial	$3,500	$0	$3,500
89	National Assn of Federal Credit Unions	$3,500	$0	$3,500
89	Women's Alliance for Israel	$3,500	$0	$3,500
94	Building Management Co	$3,300	$3,300	$0
94	Gallet, Dreyer & Berkey	$3,300	$3,300	$0
94	Henry Schein Inc	$3,300	$3,300	$0
94	Merrill Lynch	$3,300	$2,300	$1,000
94	Silverstein Properties	$3,300	$3,300	$0
99	American Optometric Assn	$3,000	$0	$3,000
99	Boilermakers Union	$3,000	$0	$3,000
99	CKX Inc	$3,000	$3,000	$0
99	Covington & Burling	$3,000	$3,000	$0
99	Credit Union National Assn	$3,000	$0	$3,000
99	Crystal Windows Vice Pres	$3,000	$3,000	$0
99	Davidoff, Malito & Hutcher	$3,000	$3,000	$0
99	Investment Co Institute	$3,000	$0	$3,000
99	Jacob Stein Realty	$3,000	$3,000	$0
99	JPMorgan Chase & Co	$3,000	$0	$3,000
99	Kensington Insurance	$3,000	$3,000	$0
99	Lakewood Recycling	$3,000	$3,000	$0
99	Machinists/Aerospace Workers Union	$3,000	$0	$3,000
99	Mason Tenders District Council of NY	$3,000	$0	$3,000
99	Metlife Inc	$3,000	$0	$3,000
99	Morgan Stanley	$3,000	$0	$3,000
99	National Assn of Letter Carriers	$3,000	$0	$3,000
99	National Education Assn	$3,000	$0	$3,000
99	Palm Bay International	$3,000	$3,000	$0

This table lists the top donors to this candidate in the 2007 - 2008 election cycle. The organizations themselves did not donate, rather the money came from the organization's PAC, its individual members or employees or owners, and those individuals' immediate families. Organization totals include subsidiaries and affiliates.

Gary Ackermans Donors.

Top 20 Contributors to Campaign Cmte

View Top 20 | Top 100

Rank	Contributor	Total	Indivs	PACs
1	Technetek Ltd	$20,100	$20,100	$0
2	National Air Traffic Controllers Assn	$15,000	$0	$15,000
3	William Morris Agency	$12,500	$12,500	$0
4	Castagna Realty	$12,300	$12,300	$0
5	Family Management	$12,100	$12,100	$0
6	Air Line Pilots Assn	$10,000	$0	$10,000
6	Benjamin Development	$10,000	$10,000	$0
6	Honeywell International	$10,000	$0	$10,000
6	Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers	$10,000	$0	$10,000
6	Muss Development	$10,000	$10,000	$0
6	National Auto Dealers Assn	$10,000	$0	$10,000
6	New York Life Insurance	$10,000	$0	$10,000
6	Teamsters Union	$10,000	$0	$10,000
14	Sterling Equities	$9,812	$9,812	$0
15	DLA Piper	$9,300	$4,300	$5,000
16	Associated Capital	$9,200	$9,200	$0
16	Hariri Foundation	$9,200	$9,200	$0
16	Timberlake Corp	$9,200	$9,200	$0
19	Taiwanese American Action Council	$8,000	$4,500	$3,500
20	American Postal Workers Union	$7,500	$0	$7,500
20	International Assn of Fire Fighters	$7,500	$0	$7,500
20	National Assn of Postmasters	$7,500	$0	$7,500
20	Operating Engineers Union	$7,500	$0	$7,500
20	Verizon Communications	$7,500	$0	$7,500

This table lists the top donors to this candidate in the 2007 - 2008 election cycle. The organizations themselves did not donate, rather the money came from the organization's PAC, its individual members or employees or owners, and those individuals' immediate families. Organization totals include subsidiaries and affiliates.

it's Obama Bout Time

Obama 'Green Jobs' Adviser Van Jones Resigns Amid Controversy

Van Jones, President Obama's green jobs adviser, had been linked to efforts suggesting a government role in the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

FOXNews.com

Sunday, September 06, 2009

White House green jobs adviser Van Jones resigned in the middle of the Labor Day weekend following persistent controversy over his past remarks and associations. 

Jones, who served as an adviser to the White House Council on Environmental Quality, had generated mounting criticism over the past week. He earlier issued back-to-back apologies -- first, for calling Republicans "assholes" during a videotaped address earlier in the year, and second for signing a petition in 2004 supporting the "9/11 truther" movement, which believes the Bush administration may have been involved in the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. 

The latter development, which came on top of several others, was perhaps the most devastating and led to calls for his resignation.

Jones stepped down late Saturday. 

In a sharply worded statement, Jones said the controversy had become an unceasing distraction and assailed his critics. 

"On the eve of historic fights for health care and clean energy, opponents of reform have mounted a vicious smear campaign against me. They are using lies and distortions to distract and divide," Jones said. 

He said he had been "inundated" with calls from supporters urging him to "stay and fight." 

"But I came here to fight for others, not for myself," he said. "I cannot in good conscience ask my colleagues to expend precious time and energy defending or explaining my past. We need all hands on deck, fighting for the future." 

Nancy Sutley, chairwoman of the council Jones had been advising, said in a statement that she accepted the resignation, which was effective immediately, and called him a "strong voice for creating 21st century jobs that improve energy efficiency and utilize renewable resources." 

The White House had stayed relatively quiet about Jones as the controversy developed, leading to speculation that he was on the way out. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs on Friday said only that he "continues to work in the administration." 

Asked about the resignation on ABC's "This Week" Sunday, Gibbs would not say whether President Obama ultimately urged him to leave. 

"The president and the CEQ accepted his resignation because Van Jones, as he says in his statement, understood that he was going to get in the way of the president and ultimately this country moving forward on something as important as creating jobs in a clean energy economy," Gibbs said, adding that Obama does not endorse Jones' statements and associations. 

"He doesn't, but he thanks him for his service to the country," Gibbs said. 

White House adviser David Axelrod said Obama did not order Jones out of the administration, but commended him for the decision to step down. Axelrod said Jones showed his "commitment" to his cause by removing himself "as an issue." 

"The political environment is rough, so these things get magnified," he said on NBC's "Meet the Press." 

Jones is considered a rising star in environmental circles. He wrote the New York Times bestseller "The Green Collar Economy" and has co-founded and worked with several groups dedicated to helping low-income and minority communities -- often through green jobs and better environmental policy. He got his start as a San Francisco-area activist. 

Former Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean, speaking on "FOX News Sunday," called the resignation a "loss for the country." 

But critics raised questions about his fitness for a White House-level office, pointing to his radical activities a decade ago as well as more recent controversial stances. 

Sen. Kit Bond, R-Mo., had demanded that the Senate Green Jobs and New Economy Subcommittee conduct hearings to probe Jones' behavior and "reassure the American people that their government is safe from his divisive, incendiary and ultimately counterproductive sentiments." 

Jones was a self-described "communist" during the 1990s and previously worked with a group dedicated to Marxist and Leninist philosophies. His comments, even in recent years, were often racially charged. He's blamed "white polluters and white environmentalists" for "steering poison" to minority communities. In 2005, he drew a distinction between white and black youths involved in shooting incidents by referencing the 1999 Columbine High School massacre. 

"You've never seen a Columbine done by a black child. Never," Jones said. "They always say, 'We can't believe it happened here. We can't believe it's these suburban white kids.' It's only them!" he said. "Now, a black kid might shoot another black kid. He's not going to shoot up the whole school." 

Such statements did not draw widespread attention until after a February video surfaced showing him calling Republicans "assholes" during an address in Berkeley, Calif. Jones apologized, but faced down his past again when it was discovered that he signed a 2004 statement calling on then-New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and others to launch an investigation into evidence that suggests "people within the current administration may indeed have deliberately allowed 9/11 to happen, perhaps as a pretext for war." 

Jones afterward issued a blanket apology for his past statements and said the petition does not reflect his views. An aide said Jones didn't carefully review the petition at the time. 

But that claim was swiftly disputed by 911Truth.org. "He did agree with that statement and he did sign on to it," 911Truth.org spokesman Mike Berger told FOX News in a telephone interview from St. Louis on Friday. Berger said the group's "original board members individually confirmed all signatories that had signed on to the statement." 

The calls for resignation mounted. And lawmakers said the problems surrounding Jones spoke to the broader concern about so-called White House "czars," top advisers and officials who do not need congressional approval. 

Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind., became the first lawmaker to call on Jones to resign, issuing a press release calling for a moratorium on the hiring of additional "czars" until the vetting process in Jones' case could be properly investigated. 

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., said these officials are an "affront to the Constitution." 

"When you take all these people that make policy close to the president and the White House ... and aren't approved by the Congress, you're just adding fuel to the fire by those who think Washington is taking over everything," he told "FOX News Sunday." 

YOU DECIDE: Was resigning the right move?

Obamas representatives.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2009/09/02/obamas_green_jobs_czar_van_jones_republicans_are_aholes.html

We are in Trouble.

Subject: Dr. Krauthammer/Fox News
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> Dr. Krauthammer is on Fox News. He is an M.D. and a lawyer and is paralyzed from the neck down.  A friend went to hear Charles Krauthammer. He listened with 25 others in a closed room. What he says here, is NOT 2nd-hand but 1st. The ramifications are staggering for us, our children and their children. 
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> Last Monday was a profound evening, hearing Dr. Charles Krauthammer speak to the Center for the American Experiment. He is brilliant intellectual, seasoned & articulate. He is forthright and careful in his analysis , and never resorts to emotions or personal insults. He is NOT a fear monger nor an extremist in his comments and views. He is a fiscal conservative, and has received a Pulitzer Prize for writing. He is a frequent contributor to Fox News and writes weekly for the Washington Post. The entire room was held spellbound during his talk. I have summarized his comments, as we are living in uncharted waters economically and internationally.  Even 2 Dems at my table agreed with everything he said! If you feel like forwarding this to those who are open minded and have not drunk the Kool-Aid, feel free. 
> Summary of his comments:
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> 1. Mr. Obama is a very intellectual, charming individual. He is not to be underestimated. He is a cool customer who doesn't show his emotions. It's very hard to know what's behind the mask. The taking down of the Clinton dynasty by a political neophyte was an amazing accomplishment. The Clintons still do not understand what hit them. Obama was in the perfect place at the perfect time. 
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> 2. Obama has political skills comparable to Reagan and Clinton. He has a way of making you think he's on your side, agreeing with your position, while doing the opposite. Pay no attention to what he SAYS; rather, watch what he DOES! 
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> 3. Obama has a ruthless quest for power.. He did not come to Washington to make something out of himself, but rather to change everything, including dismantling capitalism. He can not be straightforward on his ambitions, as the public would not go along. He has a heavy hand, and wants to level the playing field with income redistribution and punishment to the achievers of society. He would like to model the USA to Great Britain or Canada. 
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> 4. His three main goals are to control ENERGY, PUBLIC EDUCATION, and NATIONAL HEALTHCARE by the Federal government. He doesn't care about the auto or financial services industries, but got them as an early bonus. The cap and trade will add costs to everything and stifle growth. Paying for FREE college education is his goal. Most scary is his healthcare program, because if you make it FREE and add 46,000,000 people to a Medicare-type single-payer system, the costs will go through the roof. The only way to control costs is with massive RATIONING of services, like in Canada.
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> 5. He has surrounded himself with mostly far-left academic types. No one around him has ever even run a candy store. But they are going to try and run the auto, financial, banking and other industries. This obviously can’t work in the long run. Obama is not a socialist; rather he's a far-left secular progressive bent on nothing short of revolution. He ran as a moderate, but will govern from the hard left. Again, watch what he does, not what he says.
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> 6. Obama doesn’t really see himself as President of the United States, but more as a ruler over the world. He sees himself above it all, trying to orchestrate & coordinate various countries and their agendas. He sees moral equivalency in all cultures.. His apology tour in Germany and England was a prime example of how he sees America, as an imperialist nation that has been arrogant, rather than a great noble nation that has at times made errors. This is the first President ever who has chastised our allies and appeased our enemies!
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> 7. He is now handing out goodies. He hopes that the bill (and pain) will not come due until after he is reelected in 2012. He would like to blame all problems on Bush from the past, and hopefully his successor in the future. He has a huge ego, and Dr. Krauthammer believes he is a narcissist. 
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> 8. Republicans are in the wilderness for a while, but will emerge strong. Republicans are pining for another Reagan, but there will never be another like him. Krauthammer believes Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty & Bobby Jindahl (except for his terrible speech in February) are the future of the party. Newt Gingrich is brilliant, but has baggage. Sarah Palin is sincere and intelligent, but needs to really be seriously boning up on facts and info if she is to be a serious candidate in the future. We need to return to the party of lower taxes, smaller government, personal responsibility, strong national defense, and state’s rights.
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> 9. The current level of spending is irresponsible and outrageous. We are spending trillions that we dont have. This c ould lead to hyperinflation, depression or worse. No country has ever spent themselves into prosperity. The media is giving Obama, Reid and Pelosi a pass because they love their agenda. But eventually the bill will come due and people will realize the huge bailouts didn't work, nor will the stimulus package. These were trillion-dollar payoffs to Obamas allies, unions and the Congress to placate the left, so he can get support for #4 above.
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> 10. The election was over in mid-September when Lehman brothers failed, fear and panic swept in, we had an unpopular President, and the war was grinding on indefinitely without a clear outcome. The people are in pain, and the mantra of change caused people to act emotionally. Any Dem would have won this election; it was surprising it was as close as it was.
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> 11. In 2012, if the unemployment rate is over 10%, Republicans will be swept back into power. If it's under 8%, the Dems continue to roll. If it's between 8-10%, it will be a dogfight. It will all be about the economy. I hope this gets you really thinking about what's happening in Washington and Congress. There is a left-wing revolution going on, according to Krauthammer, and he encourages us to keep the faith and join the loyal resistance. The work will be hard, but we are right on most issues and can reclaim our country, before it's far too late.
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> Do yourself a long term favor, send this to all who will lis ten to an intelligent assessment of the big picture. All our futures and children's futures depend on our good understanding of what is really going on in DC, and our action pursuant to that understanding!! It really IS up to each of us to take individual action!! Start with educating your friends and neighbors AND GET INVOLVED!!! 

Truth in Healthcare? See for yourself

DO YOU TRUST GOVERNMENT TO MANAGE YOUR HEALTHCARE?

 

What can you do to address your concerns about the healthcare legislation?

·         Access the bill yourself at www.govtrack.us/ or www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h3200/text

·         Contact your Congressman/Senator

·         Go to www.meetup.com/CSA-1776-Meetup-Group  for more information

 

Conservative Society for Action www.CSA-1776.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is the TRUTH! – Make your own decision.

 

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America

's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009   -  The Obama Healthcare Plan

 

Pg 16: SEC. 102. Limitation on changes in terms or conditions to keep your current private health care coverage.

 

Pg 22 - Bill MANDATES the Govt. will audit books of ALL EMPLOYERS that self-insure!!

 

Pg 30 Sec 123 -THERE WILL BE A GOVT. COMMITTEE that decides what treatments/benefits you get

 

Pg 29 lines 4-16 - YOUR HEALTHCARE IS RATIONED!!!

 

Pg 42 - The Health Choices Commissioner will choose YOUR benefits. You have no choice!

 

PG 50 Section 152 - HC will be provided to ALL non

US

citizens, illegal or otherwise

 

Pg 58HC - Govt. will have real-time access to individuals finances & a National ID Healthcard will be issued!

 

Pg 59 lines 21-24 Govt. will have direct access to you banks accts for elect. funds transfer - MANDITORY!

 

PG 85 Line 7 - Specs for of Benefit Levels for Plans = The Govt. will ration your Healthcare!

 

Pg 95 Lines 8-18 The Govt. will use groups i.e., ACORN & Americorps to sign up indiv. for Govt. HC plan

 

PG 85 Line 7 – Specific benefit levels for plans.  Your Health care WILL be rationed

 

PG 102 Lines 12-18 - Medicaid Eligible – you will be automatically enrolled in Medicaid. No choice

 

pg 124 lines 24-25 No company can sue GOVT. on price fixing. No "judicial review" against Govt. Monopoly

 

pg 127 Lines 1-16 - Doctors/ AMA - The Govt. will tell YOU what you can make.

 

Pg 145 Line 15-17 An Employer MUST auto enroll employees into pub opt plan. NO CHOICE

 

Pg 126 Lines 22-25 Employers MUST pay for HC for part time employees AND their families.

 

Pg 149 Lines 16-24 ANY Employer w/payroll of 400k & above who does not provide public opt. - pays 8% tax on all payroll

 

pg 150 Lines 9-13 Employer w/payroll between 251k & 400k who doesn’t provide pub opt - pays 2-6% tax on all payroll

 

Pg 167 Lines 18-23 ANY individual who doesn’t have acceptable HC according to Govt. will be taxed 2.5% of increase

 

Pg 170 Lines 1-3 - Any NONRESIDENT Alien is exempt from individual taxes. (Americans will pay)

 

Pg 195 -Officers & employees of HC Admin (GOVT.) will have access to ALL Americans financial/personal records

 

Pg 239 Line 14-24 Govt. will reduce physician svcs. for Medicaid. Seniors, low income, poor affected

 

Pg 241 Line 6-8 - Doctors, doesn’t matter what specialty you have, you'll all be paid the same

 

PG 253 Line 10-18 Govt. sets value of Dr's time, professional judgment, etc. Govt. decides value of humans.

 

PG 272 SEC. 1145.  Treatment of certain cancer hospitals - Cancer patients - welcome to rationing!

 

Page 280 Sec 1151 The Govt. will penalize hospitals for what Govt. deems preventable readmissions.

 

Pg 298 Lines 9-11 Drs, treat a patient during initial admission that results in a readmission?-Govt. will penalize you

 

Pg 317-318 lines 21-25,1-3 PROHIBITION on expansion- Govt. is mandating hospitals cannot expand

 

pg 321 2-13 Hospitals have opportunity to apply for exception BUT community input required. Can you say ACORN?!!

 

Pg 341 Lines 3-9 Govt. has authority to disqualify Medicare Adv Plans, HMOs, etc. Forcing people into Govt. plan

 

Pg 354 Sec 1177 - Govt. will RESTRICT enrollment of Special needs people!

 

Pg 379 Sec 1191 Govt. creates more bureaucracy - Telehealth Advisory Cmte. Can you say HC by phone?

 

PG 425 Lines 4-12 Govt. mandates Advance Care Planning Consult (ADPC). Think Senior Citizens end of life

 

Pg 425 Lines 17-19 Govt. will instruct & consult regarding living wills, durable powers of atty.

 

PG 425 Lines 22-25, 426 Lines 1-3 Govt. provides approved list of end of life resources, guiding you in death.

 

PG 427 Lines 15-24 Govt. mandates program for orders for END OF LIFE.

 

Pg 429 Lines 1-9 The  " ADPC " will be used frequently as patient’s health deteriorates

 

PG 429 Lines 10-12 " ADPC " may include an ORDER for end of life plans.

 

Pg 429 Lines 13-25 - The Govt. will specify which Doctors can write an end of life order.

 

PG 430 Lines 11-15 The Govt. will decide what level of treatment you will have at end of life

 

Pg 469 - Community Based Home Medical Services = Non profit orgs. Hello, ACORN Medical Svcs. here!!?

 

Pg 472 Lines 14-17 Mandates monthly payment to community based organizations - Like ACORN?

 

PG 489 Sec 1308 The Govt. will cover Marriage & Family therapy. Which means they will insert Govt. into your marriage

 

Pg 494-498 Govt. will cover Mental Health Svcs. including defining, creating, rationing those services

 

Why No Tort REFORM????- Congressmen!

 

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You Just Can't Make This Up!

Stimulus Checks Were Sent to Prisoners

By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER

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posted: 3 HOURS 37 MINUTES AGO

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WASHINGTON -The federal government sent about 3,900 economic stimulus payments of $250 each this spring to people who were in no position to use the money to help stimulate the economy: prison inmates.

The checks were part of the massive economic recovery package approved by Congress and President Barack Obama in February. About 52 million Social Security recipients, railroad retirees and those receiving Supplemental Security Income were eligible for the one-time checks.

Prison inmates are generally ineligible for federal benefits. However, 2,200 of the inmates who received checks got to keep them because, under the law, they were eligible, said Mark Lassiter, a spokesman for the Social Security Administration. They were eligible because they weren't incarcerated in any of the three months before the recovery package was enacted.

"The law specified that any beneficiary eligible for a Social Security benefit during one of those months was eligible for the recovery payment," Lassiter said.

The other 1,700 checks? That was a mistake.

Checks were sent to those inmates because government records didn't accurately show they were in prison, Lassiter said. He said most of those checks were returned by the prisons.

The Boston Herald first reported that the checks were sent to inmates.

The inspector general for the Social Security Administration is performing an audit to make sure no checks went to ineligible recipients, spokesman George E. Penn said.

The audit, which had already been planned, will examine whether checks incorrectly went to inmates, dead people, fugitive felons or people living outside the U.S., Penn said.

The $787 billion economic recovery package included $2 million for the inspector general to oversee the provisions handled by the Social Security Administration. The audit is part of those efforts, Penn said. There is no timetable for its conclusion.

The federal government processed $13 billion in stimulus payments. About $425,000 was incorrectly sent to inmates.

Obamas new world order

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I thought Obama said there was no DEATH PANEL?

Senators Exclude End-Of-Life Provision From Bill

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WASHINGTON -- Key senators are excluding a provision on end-of-life care from health overhaul legislation after language in a House bill caused a furor. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, said in a statement Thursday that the provision had been dropped from consideration because it could be misinterpreted or implemented incorrectly. A health care bill passed by three House committees allows Medicare to reimburse doctors for voluntary counseling sessions about end-of-life decisions. But critics have claimed the provision could lead to death panels and euthanasia for seniors. The Senate Finance Committee is still working to complete a bill. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below. WASHINGTON (AP) -- For more than a decade in Congress, Oregon Rep. Earl Blumenauer has been known for his ever-present bow-tie and tireless advocacy of bikes. So it is something of a surprise to the Portland Democrat that he has earned a new measure of fame in recent days — as author of a healthcare provision that some critics say would set up a "death panel." In a widely quoted Facebook posting, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin charged that federal bureaucrats would play God, ruling on whether ailing seniors or children with Down syndrome — such as Palin's son Trig — are worthy of healthcare. Palin called the proposal "downright evil." Many news organizations — including The Associated Press — debunked Palin's claim. The provision that caused the uproar would authorize Medicare to pay doctors for voluntary counseling about end-of-life care. But Blumenauer says he is astounded that Palin and other critics have not tempered their bleak descriptions of the healthcare bill. "It's deliberate at this point," Blumenauer said of Palin's failure to correct her Aug. 7 Facebook posting. "If she wasn't deliberately lying at the beginning, she is deliberately allowing a terrible falsehood to be spread with her name." Blumenauer singled out another prominent Republican, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, saying he has "linked arms with Sarah Palin and death panels." While Gingrich has not used the term death panel, he has declined several opportunities to denounce Palin's claim. "You are asking us to trust turning power over to the government, when there are clearly people in America who believe in establishing euthanasia, including selective standards," Gingrich said Sunday on the ABC's "This Week." Blumenauer called the comments despicable and part of an orchestrated effort by Republicans to discredit the healthcare overhaul and scare seniors. In nearly four decades of public life, "this is the starkest example I've ever seen of how, if we're not careful, political discourse dissolves into some type of partisan cage-fighting, where there are no rules and anything goes," said Blumenauer, 60. Palin did not respond to requests for comment. But in a Facebook posting late Wednesday night, Palin defended her original claim, which President Barack Obama and other Democrats have criticized. "With all due respect, it's misleading for the president to describe this section as an entirely voluntary provision that simply increases the information offered to Medicare recipients," she said, noting that the provision authorizes consultations whenever a Medicare recipient's health changes significantly or when they enter a nursing home. Since the bill's intent is to reduce overall healthcare costs, it's logical to assume that care for seniors may be curtailed, Palin said. "It's all just more evidence that the Democratic legislative proposals will lead to healthcare rationing, and more evidence that the top-down plans of government bureaucrats will never result in real healthcare reform," she wrote. Rick Tyler, a spokesman for Gingrich, said Blumenauer was following a Democratic tactic of linking all Republicans to Palin. "Obviously Newt didn't embrace her euphemism of death panels. But he said to the larger point, there is a concern that people have about allowing government to be involved in these decisions," Tyler said. "She's raising a point we should discuss." Blumenauer said the measure he supports would merely allow Medicare to pay doctors for voluntary counseling sessions that address end-of-life issues. Topics include living wills, designating a close relative or a trusted friend as a healthcare proxy and information about pain medications for chronic discomfort. The measure would block funds for counseling that presents suicide or assisted suicide as an option, Blumenauer said, calling references to death panels or euthanasia "mind-numbing." "It's a blatant lie, and everybody who has checked it agrees," he said. Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski said this week that Palin and other critics were not helping the GOP by throwing out false claims. "Quite honestly, I'm so offended at that terminology, because it absolutely isn't" in the bill, Murkowski said. "There is no reason to gin up fear in the American public by saying things that are not included in the bill." Georgia Sen. Johnny Isakson, a Republican who co-sponsored a similar measure in the Senate, said it was "nuts" to claim the bill encourages euthanasia. "You're putting the authority in the individual rather than the government," Isakson said. "I don't know how that got so mixed up." Blumenauer said the controversy was helping Democrats in a "perverse way." By continuing to spread a widely refuted claim, Republican critics are undercutting their own credibility, he said. The controversy has drawn more attention to the original proposal, which passed largely unnoticed when a health overhaul was approved by three House committees. "This has taken on an outsized significance and so more people are paying attention to it than ever before," Blumenauer said. "I think you will see more people use this to say, 'What will happen to me if I am in an accident? Here's what I want.' More people are going to take matters into their own hands