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<p>I had intended to write a longer article to go with this list but chose not to, as I feared such an article would take away from the full impact of this list itself. I will just say that the votes for or against this bill where votes for or against socialism. I say that because nationalized healthcare has always been the last nail in the coffin of freedom.</p>
<p>It is imperative that in order to avoid this free fall into the abyss of slavery to want that we elect leaders and legislators at all levels of government who are strong <a id="aptureLink_CqI7Nn26Ge" title="Constitutional Conservatives" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NB-cHA825Rw">Constitutional Conservatives</a> and who will bring us back to the path of freedom our founders intended us to follow when first they gave us a Democratic <a id="aptureLink_4Ebe0pf2wq" title="Federal Republic" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic" target="_blank">Federal Republican</a> form of government unlike any other the world has ever known.</p>
<p>I firmly believe, as did <a id="aptureLink_CpB1pSZrKd" title="Ronald Reagan" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald%20Reagan" target="_blank">Ronald Reagan</a> that the goal can be attained only by revitalizing the carcass of the Republican Party. Yes, I said carcass and that is what I meant, for our Republican leadership over the years since Reagan have consistently lead us down the road of socialism that was being charted by the modern day liberal Democrat Party.</p>
<p>If we do not turn our country around in the 2010 elections, we stand to completely lose the freedom our founders. That is to say, the 2010 elections are our last chance, short of armed rebellion, to take back our country and put it on the path of freedom as outlined in our founding documents, the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution.</p>
<p>If you do not have a copy of these documents, you will find good copies of them <a title="America's Historical Documents" href="http://www.archives.gov/" target="_blank">here</a>. Read them. Other than the <a title="Douay-Rheims Bible" href="http://www.amazon.com/Douay-Rheims-Bible-Standard-Flexible-colour/dp/0954563115/ref=cm_cr_pr_sims_i" target="_blank">Holy Bible</a>, they are the most important documents for our guidance as a nation. The world needs us to win this battle, else where will they be able to look for leadership. We must restore our status as <a title="the shinning city on the hill" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_upon_a_Hill" target="_blank">the shinning city on the hill</a>.</p>
<p>As further reading in the interests of maintaining our freedoms, I recommend Sean Hannity’s <em><a title="Conservative Victory: Defeating Obama's Radical Agenda" rel="amazon" href="http://www.amazon.com/Conservative-Victory-Defeating-Obamas-Radical/dp/0062003054%3FSubscriptionId%3D0G81C5DAZ03ZR9WH9X82%26tag%3Dlawsmilmyperi-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D0062003054" target="_blank">Conservative Victory</a></em> and David Barton’s <em><a title="Original Intent: The Courts, the Constitution, &amp; Religion" rel="amazon" href="http://www.amazon.com/Original-Intent-Courts-Constitution-Religion/dp/1932225633%3FSubscriptionId%3D0G81C5DAZ03ZR9WH9X82%26tag%3Dlawsmilmyperi-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D1932225633" target="_blank">Original Intent</a></em>. Both of these are very informative, relatively short, easy reads. The former is about Obama and defeating his radical agenda, and the second is about the intent of our founders, regarding the courts, the constitution, and religion. I believe that at the cost of very little time and money these two books will inform you without wearing you out.</p>
<p><a id="aptureLink_Kz9r0WQkpa" style="margin: 0pt auto; text-align: center; display: block; padding: 0px 6px;" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062003054?tag=lawsmilmyperi-20"><img style="border: 0px none;" title="Conservative Victory: Defeating Obama's Radical Agenda" src="http://placeholder.apture.com/ph/360x320_AmazonProduct/" alt="" width="360px" height="320px" /></a></p>
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<p>Educate yourselves. Your elected political leaders and legislators and, with one lone exception, the entrenched national media will not properly educate you. That lone exception is Fox News.</p>
<p>Fox News, like Americans in general and much like our founding fathers before us, is right-leaning, and conservative to out-right libertarian. It is because Fox is a conservative network that prides itself on covering all the more popular sides of the issues in depth that it is the lone national network we can trust to give us most of what we need to know or gives us an idea where to find what is lacking, so we can better preserve the patrimony given us by our founders.</p>
<p>It must be said that we, the people, have not always done a good job of preserving our patrimony, but then we have not always had a network that tells-it-like-it-is as does Fox News.</p>
<p>Inform yourself, then vote your conscience in 2010. A vote for a  Constitutional Conservative is a vote for freedom.</p>
<p>Remember in November how your legislators voted.</p>
<p>Failure is not an option. The time is the 2010 election. The 2012  election is too late.</p>
<p>(Y=Yes, N=No)</p>
<p><strong>ALABAMA</strong><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Democrats – Bright, N; Davis, N.</p>
<p>Republicans – Aderholt, N; Bachus, N; Bonner, N; Griffith, N; Rogers, N.</p>
<p><strong>ALASKA</strong><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Republicans – Young, N.</p>
<p><strong>ARIZONA</strong><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Democrats – Giffords, Y; Grijalva, Y; Kirkpatrick, Y; Mitchell, Y; Pastor, Y.</p>
<p>Republicans – Flake, N; Franks, N; Shadegg, N.</p>
<p><strong>ARKANSAS</strong><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Democrats – Berry, N; Ross, N; Snyder, Y.</p>
<p>Republicans – Boozman, N.</p>
<p><strong>CALIFORNIA</strong><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Democrats – Baca, Y; Becerra, Y; Berman, Y; Capps, Y; Cardoza, Y; Chu, Y; Costa, Y; Davis, Y; Eshoo, Y; Farr, Y; Filner, Y; Garamendi, Y; Harman, Y; Honda, Y; Lee, Y; Lofgren, Zoe, Y; Matsui, Y; McNerney, Y; Miller, George, Y; Napolitano, Y; Pelosi, Y; Richardson, Y; Roybal-Allard, Y; Sanchez, Linda T., Y; Sanchez, Loretta, Y; Schiff, Y; Sherman, Y; Speier, Y; Stark, Y; Thompson, Y; Waters, Y; Watson, Y; Waxman, Y; Woolsey, Y.</p>
<p>Republicans – Bilbray, N; Bono Mack, N; Calvert, N; Campbell, N; Dreier, N; Gallegly, N; Herger, N; Hunter, N; Issa, N; Lewis, N; Lungren, Daniel E., N; McCarthy, N; McClintock, N; McKeon, N; Miller, Gary, N; Nunes, N; Radanovich, N; Rohrabacher, N; Royce, N.</p>
<p><strong>COLORADO</strong><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Democrats – DeGette, Y; Markey, Y; Perlmutter, Y; Polis, Y; Salazar, Y.</p>
<p>Republicans – Coffman, N; Lamborn, N.</p>
<p><strong>CONNECTICUT</strong><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Democrats – Courtney, Y; DeLauro, Y; Himes, Y; Larson, Y; Murphy, Y.</p>
<p><strong>DELAWARE</strong><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Republicans – Castle, N.</p>
<p><strong>FLORIDA</strong><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Democrats – Boyd, Y; Brown, Corrine, Y; Castor, Y; Grayson, Y; Hastings, Y; Klein, Y; Kosmas, Y; Meek, Y; Wasserman Schultz, Y.</p>
<p>Republicans – Bilirakis, N; Brown-Waite, Ginny, N; Buchanan, N; Crenshaw, N; Diaz-Balart, L., N; Diaz-Balart, M., N; Mack, N; Mica, N; Miller, N; Posey, N; Putnam, N; Rooney, N; Ros-Lehtinen, N; Stearns, N; Young, N.</p>
<p><strong>GEORGIA</strong><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Democrats – Barrow, N; Bishop, Y; Johnson, Y; Lewis, Y; Marshall, N; Scott, Y.</p>
<p>Republicans – Broun, N; Deal, N; Gingrey, N; Kingston, N; Linder, N; Price, N; Westmoreland, N.</p>
<p><strong>HAWAII</strong><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Democrats – Hirono, Y.</p>
<p><strong>IDAHO</strong><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Democrats – Minnick, N.</p>
<p>Republicans – Simpson, N.</p>
<p><strong>ILLINOIS</strong></p>
<p>Democrats – Bean, Y; Costello, Y; Davis, Y; Foster, Y; Gutierrez, Y; Halvorson, Y; Hare, Y; Jackson, Y; Lipinski, N; Quigley, Y; Rush, Y; Schakowsky, Y.</p>
<p>Republicans – Biggert, N; Johnson, N; Kirk, N; Manzullo, N; Roskam, N; Schock, N; Shimkus, N.</p>
<p><strong>INDIANA</strong><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Democrats – Carson, Y; Donnelly, Y; Ellsworth, Y; Hill, Y; Visclosky, Y.</p>
<p>Republicans – Burton, N; Buyer, N; Pence, N; Souder, N.</p>
<p><strong>IOWA</strong><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Democrats – Boswell, Y; Braley, Y; Loebsack, Y.</p>
<p>Republicans – King, N; Latham, N.</p>
<p><strong>KANSAS</strong><strong></strong></p>
<p>Democrats – Moore, Y.</p>
<p>Republicans – Jenkins, N; Moran, N; Tiahrt, N.</p>
<p><strong>KENTUCKY</strong><strong></strong></p>
<p>Democrats – Chandler, N; Yarmuth, Y.</p>
<p>Republicans – Davis, N; Guthrie, N; Rogers, N; Whitfield, N.</p>
<p><strong>LOUISIANA</strong><strong></strong></p>
<p>Democrats – Melancon, N.</p>
<p>Republicans – Alexander, N; Boustany, N; Cao, N; Cassidy, N; Fleming, N; Scalise, N.</p>
<p><strong>MAINE</strong><strong></strong></p>
<p>Democrats – Michaud, Y; Pingree, Y.</p>
<p><strong>MARYLAND</strong><strong></strong></p>
<p>Democrats – Cummings, Y; Edwards, Y; Hoyer, Y; Kratovil, N; Ruppersberger, Y; Sarbanes, Y; Van Hollen, Y.</p>
<p>Republicans – Bartlett, N.</p>
<p><strong>MASSACHUSETTS</strong><strong></strong></p>
<p>Democrats – Capuano, Y; Delahunt, Y; Frank, Y; Lynch, N; Markey, Y; McGovern, Y; Neal, Y; Olver, Y; Tierney, Y; Tsongas, Y.</p>
<p><strong>MICHIGAN</strong><strong></strong></p>
<p>Democrats – Conyers, Y; Dingell, Y; Kildee, Y; Kilpatrick, Y; Levin, Y; Peters, Y; Schauer, Y; Stupak, Y.</p>
<p>Republicans – Camp, N; Ehlers, N; Hoekstra, N; McCotter, N; Miller, N; Rogers, N; Upton, N.</p>
<p><strong>MINNESOTA</strong><strong></strong></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Democrats – Ellison, Y; McCollum, Y; Oberstar, Y; Peterson, N; Walz, Y.</span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Republicans – Bachmann, N; Kline, N; Paulsen, N.</span></p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>MISSISSIPPI</strong></span></p>
<p>Democrats – Childers, N; Taylor, N; Thompson, Y.</p>
<p>Republicans – Harper, N.</p>
<p><strong>MISSOURI</strong><strong></strong></p>
<p>Democrats – Carnahan, Y; Clay, Y; Cleaver, Y; Skelton, N.</p>
<p>Republicans – Akin, N; Blunt, N; Emerson, N; Graves, N; Luetkemeyer, N.</p>
<p><strong>MONTANA</strong><strong></strong></p>
<p>Republicans – Rehberg, N.</p>
<p><strong>NEBRASKA</strong><strong></strong></p>
<p>Republicans – Fortenberry, N; Smith, N; Terry, N.</p>
<p><strong>NEVADA</strong><strong></strong></p>
<p>Democrats – Berkley, Y; Titus, Y.</p>
<p>Republicans – Heller, N.</p>
<p><strong>NEW HAMPSHIRE</strong><strong></strong></p>
<p>Democrats – Hodes, Y; Shea-Porter, Y.</p>
<p><strong>NEW JERSEY</strong></p>
<p>Democrats – Adler, N; Andrews, Y; Holt, Y; Pallone, Y; Pascrell, Y; Payne, Y; Rothman, Y; Sires, Y.</p>
<p>Republicans – Frelinghuysen, N; Garrett, N; Lance, N; LoBiondo, N; Smith, N.</p>
<p><strong>NEW MEXICO</strong><strong></strong></p>
<p>Democrats – Heinrich, Y; Lujan, Y; Teague, N.</p>
<p><strong>NEW YORK</strong><strong></strong></p>
<p>Democrats – Ackerman, Y; Arcuri, N; Bishop, Y; Clarke, Y; Crowley, Y; Engel, Y; Hall, Y; Higgins, Y; Hinchey, Y; Israel, Y; Lowey, Y; Maffei, Y; Maloney, Y; McCarthy, Y; McMahon, N; Meeks, Y; Murphy, Y; Nadler, Y; Owens, Y; Rangel, Y; Serrano, Y; Slaughter, Y; Tonko, Y; Towns, Y; Velazquez, Y; Weiner, Y.</p>
<p>Republicans – King, N; Lee, N.</p>
<p><strong>NORTH CAROLINA</strong><strong></strong></p>
<p>Democrats – Butterfield, Y; Etheridge, Y; Kissell, N; McIntyre, N; Miller, Y; Price, Y; Shuler, N; Watt, Y.</p>
<p>Republicans – Coble, N; Foxx, N; Jones, N; McHenry, N; Myrick, N.</p>
<p><strong>NORTH DAKOTA</strong><strong></strong></p>
<p>Democrats – Pomeroy, Y.</p>
<p><strong>OHIO</strong><strong></strong></p>
<p>Democrats – Boccieri, Y; Driehaus, Y; Fudge, Y; Kaptur, Y; Kilroy, Y; Kucinich, Y; Ryan, Y; Space, N; Sutton, Y; Wilson, Y.</p>
<p>Republicans – Austria, N; Boehner, N; Jordan, N; LaTourette, N; Latta, N; Schmidt, N; Tiberi, N; Turner, N.</p>
<p><strong>OKLAHOMA</strong><strong></strong></p>
<p>Democrats – Boren, N.</p>
<p>Republicans – Cole, N; Fallin, N; Lucas, N; Sullivan, N.</p>
<p><strong>OREGON</strong><strong></strong></p>
<p>Democrats – Blumenauer, Y; DeFazio, Y; Schrader, Y; Wu, Y.</p>
<p>Republicans – Walden, N.</p>
<p><strong>PENNSYLVANIA</strong><strong></strong></p>
<p>Democrats – Altmire, N; Brady, Y; Carney, Y; Dahlkemper, Y; Doyle, Y; Fattah, Y; Holden, N; Kanjorski, Y; Murphy, Patrick, Y; Schwartz, Y; Sestak, Y.</p>
<p>Republicans – Dent, N; Gerlach, N; Murphy, Tim, N; Pitts, N; Platts, N; Shuster, N; Thompson, N.</p>
<p><strong>RHODE</strong><strong> ISLAND</strong><strong></strong></p>
<p>Democrats – Kennedy, Y; Langevin, Y.</p>
<p><strong>SOUTH CAROLINA</strong><strong></strong></p>
<p>Democrats – Clyburn, Y; Spratt, Y.</p>
<p>Republicans – Barrett, N; Brown, N; Inglis, N; Wilson, N.</p>
<p><strong>SOUTH DAKOTA</strong><strong></strong></p>
<p>Democrats – Herseth Sandlin, N.</p>
<p><strong>TENNESSEE</strong><strong></strong></p>
<p>Democrats – Cohen, Y; Cooper, Y; Davis, N; Gordon, Y; Tanner, N.</p>
<p>Republicans – Blackburn, N; Duncan, N; Roe, N; Wamp, N.</p>
<p><strong>TEXAS</strong><strong></strong></p>
<p>Democrats – Cuellar, Y; Doggett, Y; Edwards, N; Gonzalez, Y; Green, Al, Y; Green, Gene, Y; Hinojosa, Y; Jackson Lee, Y; Johnson, E. B., Y; Ortiz, Y; Reyes, Y; Rodriguez, Y.</p>
<p>Republicans – Barton, N; Brady, N; Burgess, N; Carter, N; Conaway, N; Culberson, N; Gohmert, N; Granger, N; Hall, N; Hensarling, N; Johnson, Sam, N; Marchant, N; McCaul, N; Neugebauer, N; Olson, N; Paul, N; Poe, N; Sessions, N; Smith, N; Thornberry, N.</p>
<p><strong>UTAH</strong><strong></strong></p>
<p>Democrats – Matheson, N.</p>
<p>Republicans – Bishop, N; Chaffetz, N.</p>
<p><strong>VERMONT</strong><strong></strong></p>
<p>Democrats – Welch, Y.</p>
<p><strong>VIRGINIA</strong><strong></strong></p>
<p>Democrats – Boucher, N; Connolly, Y; Moran, Y; Nye, N; Perriello, Y; Scott, Y.</p>
<p>Republicans – Cantor, N; Forbes, N; Goodlatte, N; Wittman, N; Wolf, N.</p>
<p><strong>WASHINGTON</strong><strong></strong></p>
<p>Democrats – Baird, Y; Dicks, Y; Inslee, Y; Larsen, Y; McDermott, Y; Smith, Y.</p>
<p>Republicans – Hastings, N; McMorris Rodgers, N; Reichert, N.</p>
<p><strong>WEST VIRGINIA</strong><strong></strong></p>
<p>Democrats – Mollohan, Y; Rahall, Y.</p>
<p>Republicans – Capito, N.</p>
<p><strong>WISCONSIN</strong><strong></strong></p>
<p>Democrats – Baldwin, Y; Kagen, Y; Kind, Y; Moore, Y; Obey, Y.</p>
<p>Republicans – Petri, N; Ryan, N; Sensenbrenner, N.</p>
<p><strong>WYOMING</strong><strong></strong></p>
<p>Republicans – Lummis, N.</p>
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<p>We can hope for a Democratic loss in <a id="aptureLink_JohyWNP2vY" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIyJr2m2c88">Massachusetts</a> tomorrow, but we cannot afford to expect it. An unfulfilled hope is bad enough; an unfulfilled expectation can be devastating.</p>
<p>A win by <a id="aptureLink_Dnxg9jPAWM" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKMkfn-kCRk">Scott Brown will be a vote against ObamaCare</a> and that is wonderful, but don’t be too disappointed later when you discover Scott Brown is a &#8220;RINO&#8221; (Republican In Name Only). A win in Massachusetts for the <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/republican_party" title="Republican Party (United States)" rel="homepage" href="http://www.gop.com">Republican Party</a> is a win for better government. Be happy with that for now.</p>
<p>We must take what we can get in Massachusetts; after all, <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/politics" title="Politics" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics">politics</a> in that state has been off-the-chart <a title="Left-wing politics" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-wing_politics" target="_blank">leftist</a> politics for a long, long time. Change comes one step at a time.</p>
<p>Make no mistake about it; what is happening in Massachusetts has and will continue to affect the whole country. That fact stands whether the Republicans win or lose at the ballot box tomorrow.</p>
<p>The shift that has already taken place there would have been unthinkable just a few months back.</p>
<p>It is time to shout for joy at the great strides Massachusetts has taken toward <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/conservatism" title="Conservatism" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservatism">conservatism</a>. It was the home of the original tea party, don’t forget. Good things can happen there and they are in the throws of happening now: today.</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>This is not a fight that pits <a class="zem_slink" title="Democratic Party (United States)" rel="homepage" href="http://www.democrats.org">Democrats</a> against <a class="zem_slink" title="Republican Party (United States)" rel="homepage" href="http://www.gop.com">Republicans</a>, it is a fight that pits the European style, mind-numbing <a class="zem_slink" title="Socialism" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism">socialist</a> system against the <a class="zem_slink" title="United States" rel="geolocation" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.8833333333,-77.0166666667&amp;spn=10.0,10.0&amp;q=38.8833333333,-77.0166666667%20%28United%20States%29&amp;t=h">American</a> style mind-expanding <a class="zem_slink" title="Privately-owned enterprise" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privately-owned_enterprise">private enterprise</a> system. There are few people I know of who are better equipped to explain this fight for <a class="zem_slink" title="Liberty" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty">human freedom</a> than Dan Mitchell. Watch this video and see what he has to say.</p>
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<h2>Question and Answer Session: The Fight Against Big Government</h2>
<p>In this Q&amp;A session Dan expands on what he said in the preceding video. More than a simple follow up, this is an enlightening follow through.</p>
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