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Sunday, May 11, 2008

New Life for an Old Symbol: “Come And Take It!”

Whether it’s Obama’s elitist disdain for the great unwashed who, “cling to guns or religion,” or McCain’s disregard for the majority of American citizens who don’t want to grant amnesty to ILLEGAL ALIENS, one symbol stands out as the symbol of the day! It’s the Come And Take It" symbol, flag, and slogan used in the Texas Revolution in 1835. This symbol is no longer hiding in a dusty history book. It is now being resurrected as the symbol of America’s fight against Illegal immigration.

Since the 1980’s gun-rights advocates have modified the original cannon symbol; using instead an aggressive looking assault rifle. But the original cannon has behind it the strength and subtle symbolic power of our long history with Mexico. The symbol of that little original 6 pound Come And Take It cannon now belongs to all American citizens who stand up in defiance of the Mexican invasion!

We will not be overwhelmed!

Imagine May Day 2009. Instead of retching at the sight of Mexican flags flying over our American streets, imagine a sea of white and black Come and Take It flags flying as a sign of American Unity against illegal immigration!

Imagine walking into your local grocery store or Wal-Mart any day and seeing many other Americans proudly wearing their Come And Take It T-shirts or ball caps.

Imagine thousands of bumper stickers in this election year with the simple words “Come And Take It!” Talk about sending a message to both candidates!!!

If we can’t see ourselves flying the Come And Take it Flag, or wearing the T-shirt or ball cap, then we better be able to envision ourselves living under the domination of Mexican Flag!

Note to Mexico: Those who fail to remember history are doomed to repeat history!

Here’s the brief history of Come And Take It from the Gonzales, Texas Chamber of Commerce.

“In 1831 the Mexican government loaned the citizens of Gonzales a six-pound cannon as protection against the Indians. In September of 1835, as political unrest grew, Mexican officials at San Antonio de Bexar demanded the cannon be returned.”

Well that just didn’t happen! Read the entire story here.

Here’s how it ended:

“There, in the early-morning hours of Oct. 2, 1835, the colonists crossed the river with their cannon, surprising the troops and waving their hastily fashioned flag, which proclaimed "Come and Take It." Almost immediately the cannon fired, killing one of Castenada's men and scattering the rest, forcing them to retreat to San Antonio de Bexar. Thus was fired the shot that set off the struggle for Texas independence from Mexico.”

It’s such a simple symbol that anyone with a black permanent marker and white cloth can quickly duplicate it! But wouldn’t it be nice to find a place where we can buy Come and Take It! items?

When I suggested a line of Come And Take It gifts, clothing, and caps to Texas Fred, he immediately got with the folks at CafePress and added an entire page of Come And Take It goodies. Fred wisely included both the original and modified symbols on his products.

Disclaimer: I am not involved in Texas Fred’s financial ventures but I applaud his initiative in getting the ball rolling! Check out the Come And Take It gifts here.

Bloggers can also join the new Come And Take It blogroll here.

Here are some Come and Take It Flag resources:

Battle Flags Etc.

Come and Take It! Flags

News from ALIPAC Vast majority of states passing immigration enforcement bills!

“ . . .The truth is that the overwhelming evidence proves that a super majority of Americans oppose Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Guest Worker Program, Temporary Worker Program, Path to Citizenship, etc... That is why the supporters of amnesty have to keep changing the name!

A majority of Americans support the enforcement of our existing immigration laws only, which results in illegal aliens returning home on their own or with government assistance.

Any lawmaker, candidate, reporter, activist, or organization that supports the current lack of enforcement of the existing laws, or supports the overthrow of these laws by passage of new legislation, which a majority of Americans oppose, is a traitor to the American republic and an enemy of the citizens of the United States. . . .”

Digg It!

Cross-posted from Faultline USA

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Saturday, April 7, 2007

Fellow Bloggers and "Right" Thinkers

Since the inception of The Victory Caucus (www.VictoryCaucus.com or hit the direct link button on the left side bar), and my appointment as moderator, I've been blessed to be associated with many fine bloggers. Many of our members are retired Veteran's, parents of troops currently serving, members of the Gathering of Eagles--in short, people you want on your side in a dark alley or backing you up against the barking mad moonbats.

You will also notice a Victory Coalition Blogroll, along with my links, also on the left sidebar. I highly recommend taking some time to visit each of the Coalition bloggers (more added periodically) as well as many of the links.

One of my favorite blogs is this one: "Capitalism or Socialism...You Decide" and the direct link is here: http://takeourcountryback.townhall.com/. This is hosted by my friend Snooper, a Veteran and an Eagle. I also call him friend.

Below is a sampling of what you can find on Snooper's blog:

"The Pathology of the Leftinistra:

This is an excellent piece of analyzing the Leftinistra as to what drives them and what to do about it.

Please visit this site to read, learn, heed and combat Moonbatisms.

Teasers:

From the inception of psychology over 100 years ago, conditions such as autism, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, narcissism and Tourette’s syndrome were thought to be psychological in origin – and that with enough therapy, enough blaming inadequate parenting, enough talk, enough delving into “feelings,” the sufferer could be treated successfully or even cured.

Liberal pathology

I suspect that at the core of liberal “thinking” is the same kind of pathology that characterizes other mental disorders, i.e., a glitch in the brain that produces “feelings” and behavior over which liberals have no control.

Liberals are like children

Liberals, like children, live in a world of utopian dreaminess, clinging to a narrow, circumscribed reality and believing that if everyone would just be nice to each other – let’s talk, let’s chat – all the noisy death threats and pesky suicide bombings would go away, and all those grumpy grownups in the current administration would see the light.

A rage that knows no bounds

Children take things personally. “My father is bigger (stronger, smarter) than your father” is just about intolerable to the average child. “Is not!” “Is too!” is an exchange that inevitably results in either tears or fists. In 2000, when George W. Bush ascended to the presidency, the initial despair of liberals quickly morphed into childlike, irrational anger, which has obsessed them for the past six years.

Fathoming liberal rage

To understand the left’s treasonous rage, it is important to understand that the most cherished value in the life of children (read liberals) is to be “liked” by their peers, a theory that Judith Rich Harris has exhaustively documented in her best-selling and revolutionary book, The Nurture Assumption..." Read the full story at the link above.

Another recent article from Snooper:

"Censure the Leftinistra:

Put Up Or Shut Up!!

Where are ALL the men in DC? Out washing dishes or what? Are you men or mice? Squeak up!!!Expulsion, Censure, Reprimand, and Fine: Legislative
Discipline in the House of Representatives Summary

The House of Representatives is expressly authorized within the United States Constitution (Article I, Section 5, clause 2) to discipline or “punish” its own Members. This authority of the institution of the House to discipline a Member for “disorderly Behaviour” is in addition to any criminal or civil liability that a Member of the House may incur for particular misconduct, and is a device or procedure designed not so much as merely a punishment of the individual Member, but rather ultimately as a measure to protect the institutional integrity of the House of Representatives, its proceedings and its reputation..." Complete story at above referenced link.

And yet a third:

"Impeach Pelosi:

I wonder if there are any men left in DC, especially in our Congress and any of the other branches of Government.

Clearly and, once again, a Leftinistra has overstepped their bounds and not one coward will stand up to IT.

WHY IS THAT?Are there no men left in Washington? Or are they all cowards? (Where have we heard those questions before?)

The Logan Act

Conducting Foreign Relations Without Authority: The Logan Act Summary

The Logan Act, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 953, states:

Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. This section shall not abridge the right of a citizen to apply, himself or his agent, to any foreign government or the agents thereof for redress of any injury which he may have sustained from such government or any of its agents or subjects..." Again, read complete story at above referenced link.

The bottom line is this, people. We are incessantly battered and inundated with a very vocal minority bent on turning this nation into a failed utopian mess ala Stalin, Marx and Lenin.

We are faced with this minority shoving their lack of moral values upon us, forcing us into the goose-stepping political correctness, cultural diversity mess we see.

We are faced with a bunch of children who haven't grown up, yet are controlling our Congress.

Do you remember the Johnson years? The Carter years? The Clinton years?

Do you really want your children to learn revisionist history, excluding the Holocaust for fear of offending islamofascists bent on killing us and completely annihilating this country--as they have repeatedly stated?

Do you want your children learning that homosexuality is an acceptable lifestyle, AIDS doesn't discriminate, tax increases are the only way to a healthy economy, illegal aliens should not have to follow the law of the land, God doesn't exist, etc., etc., etc., all in the name of liberal defeatism shouted from the rooftops from the vocal minority?

If the answer is a vehement and unequivocal NO!, then get off your asses and get in the game.

Start educating yourself on the real issues, what's really going on and how you can change it. Get over to the TVC, participate in the forums, read the blogs of those who have been there, done that, have the tshirt.

Quit being the mealy-mouthed, "oh I'm so afraid I'll offend someone" MOUSE you're being by giving in to these barkers, grow a spine and stand up for yourself, your family, your beliefs, your values, your rights and your country, THE GREATEST NATION IN THIS OR ANY OTHER TIME ON THIS EARTH.

Everybody in this country is called to serve in one way or another. If you can't actively serve in the Armed Forces then support those who can and do. Adopt a soldier; hell, adopt a whole unit!

Believe it or not, the most important story of the day is NOT Anna Nicole or Brittany,or anything out of Hollyweird, nor is it the Goracle and his mad ravings. It's here, NOW, and protecting our freedoms as our Founding Fathers laid out.

You either enjoy your freedom or you don't. That's the TRUE choice you have to make. God help you if you make the wrong choice.

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Sunday, March 25, 2007

The Original 24 Defeatist Republicans

Here's the list of the original 24 defeatist Republicans, those that voted FOR the non-binding resolution and spent all that time engaging in traitorous activities against our troops, President and country while wasting YOUR hard-earned taxpayer dollars with their posturing and scrambling to retain their jobs.

Two of them, Wayne Gilchrest and Walter Jones, ALSO voted for HR 1591, the recent, PORK LADEN, time limit setting troop funding bill.

I have included information on the home offices of these defeatists because they often try to "hide" behind needing a ZIP + 4 zip code to send an email. I've got those ZIP codes here to use against them.

Let them know how YOU feel and use the information well!

Roscoe Gardner Bartlett (R-MD)
Washington Office
2412 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC 20515-2006
P: (202) 225-2721
F: (202) 225-2193

Frederick County Office
7360 Guilford Drive
Suite 101
Frederick, MD 21704-5128
P: (301) 694-3030
F: (301) 694-6674
T: (888) 297-8006

Allegany & Garrett Counties
1 Frederick Street
Suite 2
Cumberland, MD 21502-2394
P: (301) 724-3105
F: (301) 724-3538
T: (800) 889-3012

Website:
http://www.bartlett.house.gov/
Email form on website
ZIP + 4
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Michael Castle (R-DE)
Washington Office
1233 Longworth HOB
Washington, DC 20515
P: (202) 225-4165
F: (202) 225-2291

Wilmington Office
201 North Walnut Street
Suite 107
Wilmington, DE 19801-3998
P: (302) 428-1902
F: (302) 428-1950

Dover Office
300 South New Street
Dover, DE 19904-6726
P: (302) 736-1666
F: (302) 736-6580

Website:
http://www.castle.house.gov/
Email form on website
delaware@mail.house.gov
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Howard Coble (R-NC)
Washington Office
2468 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC 20515-3306
P: (202) 225-3065
F: (202) 225-8611

Greensboro Office
2102 North Elm Street
Suite B
Greensboro, NC 27408-5100
P: (336) 333-5005
F: (336) 333-5048

Asheboro Office
222 Sunset Avenue
Suite 101
Asheboro, NC 27203-5668
P: (336) 626-3060
F: (336) 629-7819

Website:
http://www.coble.house.gov/
Email: howard.coble@mail.house.gov
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Norm Coleman (R-MN)
Washington Office
320 Hart SOB
Washington, DC 20510
P: (202) 224-5641
F: (202) 224-1152

St. Paul Office
2550 University Avenue W
Suite 100N
St. Paul, MN 55114-1098
P: (651) 645-0323
F: (651) 645-3110
T: (800) 642-6041

Grand Rapids Office
200 Northbank Center #206B
Northeast 3rd Street
Grand Rapids, MN 55744
P: (218) 327-9333
F: (218) 327-8637

Website:
http://www.coleman.senate.gov/
Email form on website
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Susan Collins (R-ME)
Washington Office
413 Dirksen SOB
Washington, DC 20510
P: (202) 224-2523
F: (202) 224-2693

Bangor Office
P. O. Box 655 (04402-0655)
202 Harlow Street
Room 204
Bangor, ME 04401-4901
P: (207) 945-0417
F: (207) 990-4604

Portland Office
One City Center
Stop 23
Portland, ME 04101-4009
P: (207) 780-3575
F: (207) 828-0380

Website:
http://www.collins.senate.gov/
Email form on website
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Thomas M. Davis (R-VA)
Washington Office
2348 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC 20515-4611
P: (202) 225-1492
F: (202) 225-3071

Annandale Office
4115 Annandale Road
Suite 103
Annandale, VA 22003-2500
P: (703) 916-9610
F: (703) 916-9607

Prince William Office
13546 Minnieville Road
Woodbridge, VA 22192-4203
P: (703) 590-4599
F: (703) 590-4740

Website:
http://www.tomdavis.house.gov/
Email: ZIP + 4
tom.davis@mail.house.gov
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John J. Duncan, Jr. (R-TN)
Washington Office2207 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC 20515
P: (202) 225-5435
F: (202) 225-6440

Maryville Office
200 East Broadway Avenue
Suite 414
Maryville, TN 37804-5754
P: (865) 984-5464
F: (865) 984-0521

Knoxville Office
800 Market Street
Suite 110
Knoxville, TN 37902-2327
P: (865) 523-3772
F: (865) 544-0728

Website:
www.house.gov/duncan/
Email: ZIP + 4
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Philip Sheridan English (R-PA)
Washington Office
2332 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC 20515
P: (202) 225-5406
F: (202) 225-3103

Butler County Office
101 East Diamond Street
Suite 213
Butler, PA 16001-5923
P: (724) 285-7005
F: (724) 285-5616

Erie County Office
208 East Bayfront Parkway
Suite 102
Erie, PA 16507-2414
P: (814) 456-2038
F: (814) 454-0163

Website:
www.house.gov/english/
Email: ZIP + 4
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Wayne Gilchrist (R-MD)
Washington Office
2245 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC 20515
P: (202) 225-5311
F: (202) 225-0254

Baltimore/Harford Co. Office
112 West Pennsylvania Ave.
Suite 102
Bel Air, MD 21014-3669
P: (410) 838-2517
F: (410) 838-7823
T: (888) 393-3915

Upper Shore Office
315 High Street
Suite 105
Chestertown, MD 21620-1326
P: (410) 778-9407
F: (410) 778-9560
T: (877) 891-9719

Website:
http://www.gilchrest.house.gov/
Email: ZIP + 4
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Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
Washington Office
248 Russell SOB
Washington, DC 20510
P: (202) 224-4224
F: (202) 224-5213

Lincoln Office
100 Centennial Mall North
Suite 294
Lincoln, NE 68508-3859
P: (402) 476-1400
F: (402) 476-0605

Omaha Office
9900 Nicholas Street
Suite 325
Omaha, NE 68114-2249
P: (402) 758-8981
F: (402) 758-9165

Website:
http://www.hagel.senate.gov/
Email form on website
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Robert Inglis (R-SC)
Washington Office
330 Cannon HOB
Washington, DC 20515
P: (202) 225-6030
F: (202) 226-1177

Greenville Office
105 N. Spring Street
Suite 111
Greenville, SC 29601-2863
P: (864) 232-1141
F: (864) 233-2160

Spartanburg Office
464 East Main Street
Suite 8
Spartanburg, SC 29302-1926
P: (864) 582-6422
F: (864) 573-9478

Website:
http://www.inglis.house.gov/
Email: ZIP + 4
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Timothy V. Johnson (R-IL)
Washington Office
1207 Longworth HOB
Washington, DC 20515
P: (202) 225-2371
F: (202) 226-0791

Bloomington Office
202 North Prospect Road
Suite 203
Bloomington, IL 61704-7914
P: (309) 663-7049
F: (309) 663-9880

Champaign Office
2004 Fox Drive
Champaign, IL 61820-7336
P: (217) 403-4690
F: (217) 403-4691

Website:
www.house.gov/timjohnson/
Email: ZIP + 4
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Walter B. Jones (R-NC)
Washington Office
2333 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC 20515
P: (202) 225-3415
F: (202) 225-3286

Greenville Office
1105-C Corporate Drive
Greenville, NC 27858-5968
P: (252) 931-1003
F: (252) 931-1002
T: (800) 351-1691 (NC Only)

Website:
http://www.jones.house.gov/
CongJones@mail.house.gov
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Richard "Ric" Keller (R-FL)
Washington Office
419 Cannon HOB
Washington, DC 20515
P: (202) 225-2176
F: (202) 225-0999

Orlando Office
605 E. Robinson Street
Suite 650
Orlando, FL 32801-2040
P: (407) 872-1962
F: (407) 872-1944

Ocala Office
3330 SE Maricamp Road
Ocala, FL 34471-6248
P: (407)
F: (407) 872-1944
T: (888) 642-1211

Website:
http://www.keller.house.gov/
Email: ZIP + 4
bill.mccollum@mail.house.gov
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Mark Kirk (R-IL)
Washington Office
1030 Longworth HOB
Washington, DC 20515
P: (202) 225-4835
F: (202) 225-0837

Northbrook Office
707 Skokie Boulevard
Suite 350
Northbrook, IL 60062-2857
P: (847) 940-0202
F: (847) 940-7143

Website:
www.house.gov/kirk/
rep.kirk@mail.house.gov
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Steven C. LaTourette (R-OH)
Washington Office
2371 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC 20515
P: (202) 225-5731
F: (202) 225-3307

Painesville Office
1 Victoria Place
Room 320
Painesville, OH 44077-3406
P: (440) 352-3939
F: (440)
T: (800) 447-0529

Website:
www.house.gov/latourette/
Email: ZIP + 4
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Ronald Earnest Paul (R-TX)
Washington Office
203 Cannon HOB
Washington, DC 20515
P: (202) 225-2831
F: (202) 226-6288

Lake Jackson Office
122 West Way
Suite 301
Lake Jackson, TX 77566-5245
P: (979) 285-0231
F: (979)

Galveston Office
601 25th Street
Suite 216
Galveston, TX 77550-1799
P: (409) 766-7013
F: (409)

Website:
www.house.gov/paul/
rep.paul@mail.house.gov
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Thomas E. Petri (R-WI)
Washington Office
2462 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC 20515
P: (202) 225-2476
F: (202) 225-2356

Oshkosh Office
2390 State Road 44
Suite B
Oshkosh, WI 54904-6441
P: (920) 231-6333
F: (920)

Fond du Lac Office
490 West Rolling Meadows Dr.
Suite B
Fond du Lac, WI 54937-8609
P: (920) 922-1180
F: (920)
T: (800) 242-4883 (WI Only)

Website:
www.house.gov/petri/
Email: ZIP + 4
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James Ramstad (R-MN)
Washington Office
103 Cannon HOB
Washington, DC 20515
P: (202) 225-2871
F: (202) 225-6351

Minnetonka Office
1809 Plymouth Road South
Suite 300
Minnetonka, MN 55305-1980
P: (952) 738-8200
F: (952) 738-9362

Website:
www.house.gov/ramstad/
mn03@mail.house.gov
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Gordon Smith (R-OR)
Washington Office
404 Russell SOB
Washington, DC 20510
P: (202) 224-3753
F: (202) 228-3997

Portland Office
121 SW Salmon Street
Suite 1250
Portland, OR 97204-2904
P: (503) 326-3386
F: (503) 326-2900

Eugene Office
405 East 8th Avenue
Eugene, OR 97401-2706
P: (541) 465-6750
F: (541) 465-6808

Website:
www.gsmith.senate.gov/public/
Email form on website
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Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME)
Washington Office
154 Russell SOB
Washington, DC 20510
P: (202) 224-5344
F: (202) 224-1946
T: (800) 432-1599 (ME Only)

Bangor Office
One Cumberland Place
Suite 306
Bangor, ME 04401-5083
P: (207) 945-0432
F: (207) 941-9525

Portland Office
3 Canal Plaza
Suite 601
Portland, ME 04101-4080
P: (207) 874-0883
F: (207) 874-7631

Website:
www.snowe.senate.gov/public/
Email form on website
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Arlen Specter (R-PA)
Washington Office
711 Hart SOB
Washington, DC 20510
P: (202) 224-4254
F: (202) 228-1229

Allentown Office
504 West Hamilton
Suite 3814
Allentown, PA 18101-1518
P: (610) 434-1444
F: (610) 434-1844

Philadelphia Office
600 Arch Street
Suite 9400
Philadelphia, PA 19106-1611
P: (215) 597-7200
F: (215) 597-0406

Website:
www.specter.senate.gov/
Email form on website
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Frederick Stephen Upton (R-MI)
Washington Office
2183 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC 20515
P: (202) 225-3761
F: (202) 225-4986

Kalamazoo Office
157 S. Kalamazoo Mall
Suite 180
Kalamazoo, MI 49007-4877
P: (269) 385-0039
F: (269) 385-2888

St. Joseph Office
800 Ship Street
Suite 106
St. Joseph, MI 49085-2182
P: (269) 982-1986
F: (269) 982-0237

Website:
www.house.gov/upton/
Email is ZIP + 4
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James T. Walsh (R-NY)
Washington Office
2372 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC 20515
P: (202) 225-3701
F: (202) 225-4042

Syracuse Office
1340 Federal Building
Syracuse, NY 13261
P: (315) 423-5657
F: (315) 423-5669

Palmyra Office
1180 Canandaigua Road
Palmyra, NY 14522-9305
P: (315) 597-6138
F: (315) 597-6631
T: (877) 230-7532

Website:
www.walsh.house.gov/
rep.james.walsh@mail.house.gov
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John W. Warner (R-VA)
Washington Office
225 Russell SOB
Washington, DC 20510
P: (202) 224-2023
F: (202) 224-6295

Roanoke Office
2163 South Jefferson Street
Roanoke, VA 24011-1705
P: (540) 857-2676
F: (540) 857-2800

Norfolk Office
4900 World Trade Center
Norfolk, VA 23510
P: (757) 441-3079
F: (757) 441-6250

Website:
www.senate.gov/~warner
Email form on website

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SOLDIER"S ANGELS NEEDS YOUR HELP!

The Veterans Hospital in Tucson needs our help!!! They have contacted Soldiers' Angels with a list of needs for their patients. Soldiers Angels needs your help in making some of these come true.

Below you will find just a small portion of needs that are immediate. You can also find this list posted on the Soldiers Angels Forum at www.soldiersangelsforum.com you will be able to find lots of great information there for our deployed and vets.

If you are sending a monetary donation please follow the link and indicate the State you are in.

Donate here;
Ttp://soldiersangels.org/index.php?page=veterans-support

COMFORT ITEMS- $350/MO
Dry Skin Cream
Slipper Socks-No skid
Catheter bag covers
Shaving Cream
Hand Lotion
Baby Shampoo
Hand Soap
Roll on/Spray Deodorant
Denture Cleaner
Underwear (men and women (all sizes)
Toothbrushes
Denture Grip
Socks (white)
Talcum Powder
Nail Clippers
Toothpaste
Ladies hand and body lotion
Backpacks
Disposable Razors
Comb/Brushes
Shawls
Shaving Cream/small
Knitted Caps
Travel Alarm Clocks
Ball Caps
Tote Bags
Shower Shoes
Pocket Size Needle and Thread Kit
Heart pillows for cardiac patients
Lap Robes (3x5 or 5x7)

GUEST SERVICES
30 cup coffee makers
Coffee supplies (reg. & decaf)
Music CDs
Stamps
Writing Paper and Envelopes
Prepaid Phone Cards for patients’

RECREATION
Puzzle books
Crossword Puzzles
Pencils
Video tapes & DVDs (movies, educational)
DVD Player

Sports equipment (basketball, tennis rackets &
Tickets for entertainment & sporting events
Balls, badminton set, Frisbees, football)

If you can send just one item that would be great!!! If each person sends one thing we will make a difference! They are also needing those who can volunteer time at the hospital just contact the Voluntary Services Dept. For information.

Mail Items to:

Department of Veterans Affairs Southern Arizona VA Health Care System – Voluntary Services 9-135, 3601 S. Sixth Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85723

PLEASE HELP US HELP THOSE WHO FOUGHT FOR OUR FREEDOM!

My Favorite Speeches and Other Items of Interest

George Bush's March 28, 2007 Discusses Economy, War on Terror During Remarks to the National Cattlemen's Beef Association;http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/03/20070328-2.html
Mitch McConnell's March 15, 2007 Funding For Troops, Not Timelines for Retreat; http://mcconnell.senate.gov/record.cfm?id=270747&start=1
Ronald Reagan's June 12, 1987 Tear Down This Wall Speech; http://www.reaganfoundation.org/reagan/speeches/wall.asp
Vice President Cheney's March 12, 2007 Remarks at the AIPAC 2007 Policy Conference; http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/03/20070312.html

Winston Churchill Quotes

A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him.
Although personally I am quite content with existing explosives, I feel we must not stand in the path of improvement.
Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed.
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter.
Danger - if you meet it promptly and without flinching - you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!
I always seem to get inspiration and renewed vitality by contact with this great novel land of yours which sticks up out of the Atlantic.
I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.
I like a man who grins when he fights.
I was only the servant of my country and had I, at any moment, failed to express her unflinching resolve to fight and conquer, I should at once have been rightly cast aside.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time-a tremendous whack.
In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might.
It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
Moral of the Work. In war: resolution. In defeat: defiance. In victory: magnanimity. In peace: goodwill.
Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.
Never, never, never give up.
No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism.
One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!
Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
The first quality that is needed is audacity.
The nose of the bulldog has been slanted backwards so that he can breathe without letting go.
The truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end; there it is.
There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion.
These are not dark days: these are great days - the greatest days our country has ever lived.
They are decided only to be undecided, resolved to be irresolute, adamant for drift, solid for fluidity, all-powerful to be impotent.
True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting information.
Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival.
War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you can.
War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.
We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.
We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.
When the eagles are silent the parrots begin to jabber.
When you are winning a war almost everything that happens can be claimed to be right and wise.
You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.

Ronald Reagan Quotes

"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant: It's just that they know so much that isn't so."
Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have.
All the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk.
Approximately 80% of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so let's not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emission standards from man-made sources
Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!
Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty.
Double, no triple, our troubles and we'd still be better off than any other people on earth. It is time that we recognized that ours was, in truth, a noble cause.
Facts are stupid things.
Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.
Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.
Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.
Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them.
History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.
How can a president not be an actor?
How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin.
I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress.
I will stand on, and continue to use, the figures I have used, because I believe they are correct. Now, I'm not going to deny that you don't now and then slip up on something; no one bats a thousand.
In Israel, free men and women are every day demonstrating the power of courage and faith. Back in 1948 when Israel was founded, pundits claimed the new country could never survive. Today, no one questions that. Israel is a land of stability and democracy in a region of tryanny and unrest.
Let us ask ourselves; "What kind of people do we think we are?".
Man is not free unless government is limited.
My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose - somehow we win out.
No mother would ever willingly sacrifice her sons for territorial gain, for economic advantage, for ideology.
Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong.
Our forbearance should never be misunderstood. Our reluctance for conflict should not be misjudged as a failure of will. When action is required to preserve our national security, we will act.
Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing.
Some people wonder all their lives if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem.
The ultimate determinant in the struggle now going on for the world will not be bombs and rockets but a test of wills and ideas - a trial of spiritual resolve: the values we hold, the beliefs we cherish and the ideals to which we are dedicated.
The United Sates has much to offer the third world war.
There are no easy answers' but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.
To paraphrase Winston Churchill, I did not take the oath I have just taken with the intention of presiding over the dissolution of the world's strongest economy.
Today we did what we had to do. They counted on America to be passive. They counted wrong.
We are never defeated unless we give up on God.
We have the duty to protect the life of an unborn child.
We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.
We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we will always be free.
Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.
You know, if I listened to Michael Dukakis long enough, I would be convinced we're in an economic downturn and people are homeless and going without food and medical attention and that we've got to do something about the unemployed.