WRONG! According to liberal bastion The New York Times, “President Obama will put forward comprehensive health care legislation intended to bridge differences between Senate and House Democrats ahead of a summit meeting with Republicans next week, senior administration officials and Congressional aides said Thursday.”

But that’s not all they’re reporting:

Democratic officials said the president’s proposal was being written so that it could be attached to a budget bill as a way of averting a Republican filibuster in the Senate. The procedure, known as budget reconciliation, would let Democrats advance the bill with a simple majority rather than a 60-vote supermajority.

So, in other words, Obama is LYING about compromising on his healthcare plans, and Reid and Pelosi are preparing to use a parliamentary trick to ram ObamaCare down the throats of the American people!

Anti-Tea Party Web Site Part of Scheme to Funnel Funds

By Joseph Abrams - FOXNews.com

 A new Web site targeting the tea parties is a part of a complex network of money flowing from the mountainous coffers of the country’s biggest labor unions and trickling slowly into political slush funds for Democratic activists.

A seemingly grassroots organization that’s mounted an online campaign to counter the tea party movement is actually the front end of an elaborate scheme that funnels funds — including sizable labor union contributions — through the offices of a prominent Democratic party lawyer.

A Web site popped up in January dedicated to preventing the tea party’s “radical” and “dangerous” ideas from “gaining legislative traction,” targeting GOP candidates in Illinois for the firing squad.

“This movement is a fad,” proclaims TheTeaPartyIsOver.org, which was established by the American Public Policy Center (APPC), a D.C.-based campaign shop that few people have ever heard of.

But a close look reveals the APPC’s place in a complex network of money flowing from the mountainous coffers of the country’s biggest labor unions into political slush funds for Democratic activists.

Here’s how it works: What appears like a local groundswell is in fact the creation of two men — Craig Varoga and George Rakis, Democratic Party strategists who have set up a number of so-called 527 groups, the non-profit election organizations that hammer on contentious issues (think Swift Boats, for example).

Varoga and Rakis keep a central mailing address in Washington, pulling in soft money contributions from unions and other well-padded sources to engage in what amounts to a legal laundering system. The money — tens of millions of dollars — gets circulated around to different states by the 527s, which pay for TV ads, Internet campaigns and lobbyist salaries, all while keeping the hands of the unions clean — for the most part.

The system helps hide the true sources of funding, giving the appearance of locally bred opposition in states from Oklahoma to New Jersey, or in the case of the Tea Party Web site, in Illinois.

To read the whole story go to www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/02/09/anti-tea-party-web-site-scheme-funnel-funds/%20–%20/

While many may have assumed that HJR 1054 would be heard this week simply because it was placed on an agenda is a misplaced assumption.

The House is currently reviewing a myriad of state question proposals and viewing each in both the context of each resolutions language and the overall number of questions that could go on the ballot. 

Again I can assure you that having a bill or resolution not heard in the first week of committee meetings does not equate to that legislation not moving forward.

 Finally, for the record, no one has disdain and concern over “Obama-care” more than I.

 Sincerely,

 Chris Benge

Fellow Oklahomans,

Speaker of the House, Chris Benge (R), District 68, has pulled house bill HJR 1054, the Freedom of Health Care Choice Act, from the House Rules Committee agenda.  We ask those of you who are against the federal takeover of healthcare to call, email, or visit Mr. Benge to voice your support for the bill and to ask why this important legislation was removed from the agenda. 

To read the bill, go to:

www.scribd.com/doc/25904527/HJR-1054-Oklahoma-Healthcare-Freedom-of-Choice-Act

Please attach the following links to your email to Mr. Benge: 

FOXNews.com – States Seeking to Ban Mandatory Health Insurance

IMMEDIATE ACTION IS REQUIRED!

Contact Information for:

Chris Benge (R)

Speaker of the House Chris Benge (R)
District 68 (Tulsa/Creek)
2300 N. Lincoln Blvd.
Oklahoma City, OK  73105

(405)  557-7340 (Capitol)

    or

3804 S. Rolling Oaks Dr.
Tulsa, OK  74107

(918) 446-1036 (District Office)

chrisbenge@okhouse.gov
Sincerely,

Margie Drescher
OKC TEA PARTY

**Thanks to OKforTEA for the heads-up!

Rally at the capitol on Monday, February 2, 2010, 10 am, first floor rotunda. Be ready to visit your Senator and Representative and start twisting arms. We have a massive legislative agenda including a law that stops Obama Care at the state border.

After a short rally, we go up and pack the House and Senate galleys. If the seats fill up, keep circulating between the two. The legislators will be conducting business, but they will notice a large crowd filing through the galleys. They won’t have time to realize that you are coming in and going back out; they will think there are far more people than there are if we use this trick.

If you can’t attend, please send as many emails and phone calls as you can between 9 am and 5 pm. Pick the email addresses and phone numbers of the state sites show below. Please mention the OCA (Oklahoma Constitutional Alliance) legislative agenda and that you support our goals. Try to get friends and family to attend or call the capitol. This is “do or die” day for the conservative constitutional movement here in Oklahoma.

Find your legislator: <http://www.ok.gov/redirect.php?link_id=322>

Senate Roster: http://www.ok.gov/redirect.php?link_id=331>

House Roster: <http://www.ok.gov/redirect.php?link_id=325>

District maps: <http://www.ok.gov/redirect.php?link_id=325>

 HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE THERE!

Margie

The OCA is asking for SUPPORT on the following bills for the 2010 session.  Please remember; while OCA is suggesting bills upon which to take action, it is YOUR responsibility as a citizen of Oklahoma, to read the bills yourself before making any decision regarding your stance on the issue.

1. HB2317, by Wright/Newberry – The Oklahoma Enumerated Powers Act

2. HB2569, by Wesselhoft – Prohibiting RFID’s in the Oklahoma driver’s license

3. HB2810, by Key – Sovereignty Protection Act

4. HB2811, by Key – Driver’s License Protection Act

5. HB2812, by Key – Creating the Communications Freedom Act

6. HB2813, by Key – Creating the Personal Data-Sharing Transparency Act

7. HB2923, by Ritze – Oklahoma Sovereignty Driver License Protection Act

8. HB2924, by Ritze – Prohibiting entities access to data

9. HB3163, by Kern – The Oklahoma Right to Know Act

10. HJR1054, by Ritze – Healthcare Freedom of Choice

11. SB1685, by Brogdon – Oklahoma Firearms Freedom Act

12. SB2217, by Johnson (C.) – Expungement of certain juvenile records

13. HJR1063, by Charles Key – Creating the Oklahoma Sovereignty Protection Act.

14. HB2884 – Firearms Freedom Act

15. HB2810 – State Sovereignty Act; federal tax dollars; procedures

16. HB2926 – Exemption for the sale of certain rare coins and precious metals (Gold is money, why is there a sales tax on another form of money?)

You may use the following web address on the Oklahoma State House webpage to look up any of the above bills: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/WebBillStatus/main.html

If you need to research your representative or senator, click here: http://www.votesmart.org/index.htm

The leadership of the OKC Tea Party would like to thank all of our supporters, who attended the January 9th, Take Back America fundraiser.  Your generous contributions made the event a resounding success!  Funds donated will be used to promote and hold upcoming rallies on Tax Day, April 15th and on Independence Day, July 4th, and will enable us to sponsor political debates during the 2010 election season and make needed improvements to our website.

We would also like to thank our speakers Mark Shannon, Stuart Jolly, Carol Hefner, Katrina Pearson, and Dan Fisher for their motivational words, as well as a great, local band, Overdrive, who provided music for the event.

Since the fundraiser, many of you have asked if you can still contribute….and the answer is, “Yes!”  Please send your donations to:  OKC Tea Party, P.O. Box 94851, Oklahoma City, OK, 73143.  For additional questions regarding donations, please contact us at: www.teapartynews@gmail.com.

And…for those of you who were unable to attend, please, take a moment to view Dan Fisher’s inspiring, emotional appeal to our fellow patriots on YouTube ( If you go to YouTube, type in Dan Fisher’s Message in the search field).

And then join us, at the State Capitol, on Tax Day, April 15th, in the fight to “Take Back America in 2010!”  

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Remember, continue to keep informed—read, listen carefully, and come to the Tea Parties!

Don’t worry…if we happen to run out, we will also be taking orders at the concert!

When:              Saturday, January 9^th

Where:            Coca-Cola Bricktown Events Center
                             425 East California Avenue 
                             Oklahoma City, OK 73104-4210 
                             (405) 235-1205

Time:               Doors open at 6:00 pm
                              Open Mic begins at 6:15 pm
                              T-Cam begins at 6:15 pm
                              Program begins at 7:00 pm

Tickets will be available beginning at noon December 11 from www.Ticketstorm.com

Reserved seating tickets are $20. General admission (standing, no seat) tickets are $10.

Our Headliner will be the band “Overdrive”.  They are one of the most talented bands in the region. They will be playing a variety of music, including, most importantly, current Patriotic Music. For more information about Overdrive http://www.myspace.com/overdriveok       

Speakers  

• Toby Pedford – Our inimitable host!
• Mark Shannon – Talk show host extraordinaire
• Katrina Pierson – Coming from the Dallas Tea Party—“… no president is going to change your life circumstances. And we most certainly don’t need the government telling us which choices we need to make, because we are a free people. And we make those choices ourselves, and that’s how it’s going to stay.”
• Margie Drescher – OKC Tea Party Director
• Carol Hefner – Citizen of Oklahoma and Navy Mom ( http://www.army.mil/-news/2009/12/17/32042-group-donates-laptops-to-soldiers/ )
• Dan Fisher – Pastor of the Trinity Baptist Church

As before, we will begin with an “Open Mic” forum and those who sign up will have the opportunity to voice their opinion to the crowd.  The OKC Tea Party is also introducing “T-Cam” at this Tea Party. Do you have a message you want to send to our legislators?  Come when the doors open and we’ll record you and your message for posterity.

Coming soon will be the introduction of our new “Take Back America 2010″ t-shirts.

Standard concert concessions will be available at this event. 

NOTE:  Unlike other tea party events, this will be indoors, so no signs will be allowed in the reserved seating area. No outside chairs, food or drinks will be allowed.