The GOP Fails Us On Cap And Tax!

The house voted and passed Cap and Trade yet no one read the 1300 or so pages and then the other 300 pages that were thrown in at the last minute.

Do you know why they throw these last minute pages into bills? To buy the votes to pass the bill on the floor! They start promising each other their pork and that gets thrown together.

8 Republicans voted for this bill and turned against our liberties and fiscal responsibility.

Now we are calling and emailing our Senators telling them to vote NO on Cap and Trade in the Senate. This is nothing more than a whole lot more spending and paying off special interests along with loss of jobs and controlling us down to the light bulbs we have to use.

In Florida, Senator Mel Martinez said he had not made up his mind yet on what his vote is going to be. I wrote to him explaining the reasons why he needs to stand by us and vote no on Cap and Trade.

Apparently, he is going to vote yes. Another turncoat. Another blow to 59% of us who do not want Cap and Trade. Another vote of "who cares what the people want," because it is all about what they are going to get out of the deal. Mel is not running again for the Senate so I wonder what his motive is with his vote.

This is his email to me regarding our request for him to vote NO ON CAP AND TAX!

Dear Mrs. Gasset:

Thank you for contacting me regarding the American Clean Energy and Security Act. I appreciate hearing from you and would like to take this opportunity to respond to your concerns.

On May 15, 2009, Representative Henry Waxman (D-CA) introduced the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (H.R. 2454). This bill would create an absolute cap on total emissions from all covered entities including the electric power, transportation, oil and gas industry, and other commercial sectors with the goal of reducing greenhouse gases. This cap would be lowered over time through 2050, and a government-created market would be established to sell and trade emission allowances. On June 26, 2009, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 2454 by a vote of 219-212. H.R. 2454 now awaits further consideration in the Senate.

I believe that the threat of climate change is real, and I am working with my colleagues in the Senate to regulate and reduce greenhouse emissions. As we consider climate change legislation, we need to ensure that the laws we pass will in fact reduce carbon emissions and lessen the threat of catastrophic climate change. Additionally, we need to consider and attempt to mitigate any negative effects the new laws would have on our economy, energy prices, and Americans living on fixed incomes.

The United States cannot solve this problem alone, and similar efforts in China and India are critical to combating this threat. However, our country can provide needed leadership and technological innovation for the international community, and, as one of the world's largest energy consumers, it is time for the United States to accept this responsibility. The choices we make now in dealing with climate change may be some of the most significant environmental and economic decisions of our generation. I assure you that I am committed to passing legislation to counter the threat posed by global climate change, and I will be sure to keep your thoughts in mind should H.R. 2454, or any related legislation, receive the attention of the full Senate.

Again, thank you for contacting me. If you have any additional questions or comments, please do not hesitate to contact me. In addition, for more information about issues and activities important to Florida, please sign up for my weekly newsletter at http://martinez.senate.gov.

Sincerely,

Mel Martinez
United States Senator

So where does he get the idea that China and India are going to follow our example, our lead, in pollution control? In his dreams? What an insult to our intelligence to think we are really so stupid to believe that this is good for our country. No MORE SPENDING is the message the GOP must come back if they have any chance of survival in 2010.

Faith and Doubt

Faith and doubt can not occupy the same space at the same time in your mind. They are polar opposites.

Faith comes from God and doubt comes from the adversary.

Whenever you doubt yourself, your beliefs or the promptings of the Holy Ghost in your life; that is not from God.

When we feel the urgency from doubt creeping into our minds- we need to shun it, to tell it to leave and that we do not wish to be a party to it.

When we give into doubt, then our faith diminishes and FEAR creeps in right behind doubt.
In the bible there are about 356 verses that tell us NOT TO FEAR.

God does not want us to live in fear. Man is that he might have joy, God says. We can not live in joy when we allow doubt and fear to take space up in our minds.

Twitter Provides Voice For A Free Iran

We may all use Twitter for business and to keep up with our friends comings and goings.

However, the people of Iran are using Twitter for their freedom fight. What a powerful way to use Twitter.

Iranians are getting messages to us through the hashtag #iranelection. Many of us stayed up all night to support the people of Iran who are taking extreme risks to get the word out about what is going on in Iran right now.

The government has stopped foreign reporters from reporting what is going on in the streets of Iran.

One of the Tweets we got this moring about 3:30 a.m. Eastern Time was that he was going to go into the demonstrations and would not be able to Tweet. He said they are shutting down satelites, cell phone lines, texting and internet connections so that people can not get the word out to the world. He did not even know if he would be killed or not and he used these words:

"I don't know if I will get killed but I will go and fight for freedom of speech."

What a brave young man this is. We pray for all the Iranian people that they may be safe and one day be free.

There were Tweets from contacts in Iran that 12 more people were killed by police in the demonstrations.

We are very blessed to live here in the US where we still have the freedom of assembly and freedom of speech and must never take these freedoms for granted. People are willing to die for these freedoms.

I could not even sleep last night because I wanted to send supportive Tweets to the Iranian people. We want them to know that we are here to give them moral support.

If you would like to follow what is really going on in Iran, get on Twitter and look up #iranelection. Here is the Twitter page for #iranelection. When you retweet a post from Iran please remove the Tweeter name and just put RT from Iran. The police there are shutting down people sending Tweets as soon as they find them.They block their IP addresses right away so be careful. We want to keep the people as safe as possible and still spread the news. Here is the Cyberwar guide for Iran elections.

There are some great tips in the guide to help the Iranians and to keep them safe.One of the best tips is to set your profile for Tehran and Iran time zone and then Tweet away to help cover the sources in Iran.

All that is required for Evil to triumph is that good men do nothing. -Edmond Burke. (Tears Of The Sun)

The Secrets Behind The New Deal

It seems at times like President Obama is reading and applying right from FDR's play book on the new deal. But this new deal is bigger and more left than ever before.

What amazes me the most is how little people in the US really know about the history of politics in this country. So much has been covered up also.

The best book that I have read so far this year about US history is, "The Forgotten Man" By Amity Shlaes. The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression
If you have not read this book, you need to. Then you have to send it to all your liberal friends. This is a wake up call.

What most of our liberal friends think is liberal is not at all what it appears on the surface. The molding of the progressive movement in our country dates way back to the early 1900's.

I am afraid that Ann Coulter is right, McCarthy was right. He was not some loon going around sounding the alarm. Communism is alive and well in our country. What really surprised me that I did not know about what how the socialist movement even influenced the Supreme Court Justices in the early 1900's. These Americans were having a love affair with Stalin. They loved Russia Bolsheviks.

Even though they knew in their heart of hearts that bondage through collectivism was not going to be the best for our country they believed it was better than business and capitalism. This is still alive and well.

Capitalism is under attack. Freedom as we know it is once again under attack. The bigger the government gets the less freedom we have and the more dependents the government gets which of course translates to votes and bondage.

Please read this book if you have not yet read this book.

Saving 100 Million When Spending Trillions!

President Obama said that he is going to cut 100 million dollars from the budget. That is less than a drop in the bucket.
I found this video of a visual explanation of the scope of how little 100 million dollars really is in the big picture.

Writing In Your Journal

Writing in my journal has always been something that comes naturally for me. Ever since I was 12 years old I have kept a journal. Most of those years; I have written on a daily basis in my journals. I just opened up my present journal and realized for the first time in my life I have not written in my daily journal for nearly a year. I do have a gratitude journal which I used for part of last year instead of daily events journaling.

I became quite despondent thinking about how I have left myself and my posterity down by not writing of the events of last year on a daily basis. As I was kicking myself for this, I felt a little nudge, the still small voice whispering to me:

You have been journaling! Your journal is your blog! You have been blogging every day for a year and a half now. That is your journal! Hmmm, that was interesting and rang true.

Even though much of my blogging is for business I am quite transparent and that is a story of my year through my blog on Active Rain. http://www.south-florida-luxury-living.com.

And I will be writing the more personal stuff on this blog, Katerina's View as well as the content that is not appropriate on my business platform.