Aplogies to the below two posters. I didn’t see your posts until this evening, 11/6. We’d have loved to have had you along.

14 of us went to DC yesterday to make our feelings known about this “health care” bill. We departed Indiana about 0630 am and got back about 8pm.

We drove to Rockville, Md. in 2 vans, one graciously donated by fellow Too-er Tom Smith. Mario Alexander rented the second van when it became apparent that one would not be enough.

From Rockville we took the Metro transport into DC where we joined thousands of other patriotic Americans who want this government to slow down, do things correctly, live and govern within the parameters of our Constitution and to STOP spending our money as if there is no end to it.

The weather cooperated and we listened to dozens of speakers as they told us they heard and empathized with our concerns. The speakers included many congressmen, senators, celebrities and political commentators who hear your voices and are fighting to address you concerns. Included among them were Congressmen Michelle Bachman, organizer of the event, Joe Wilson (of “you lie” infamy), actors and concerned citizens Jon Voight, John Ratzenberger (Cliff Claven of “Cheers” fame) and political commentators such as Mark Levin, author of the best selling book “Liberty and Tyranny”.

While we did not have an opportunity to individually call on our respective reps and senators due to parking restrictions back in
Rockville (we had to get back before the lot closed, long story), we witnessed long lines of other rally attendees waiting to personally address their respective legislators as we made our way back to the Metro.

It was a great trip and I would do it again in a heart beat…….it’s little enough to do to make the point that we want our country and our government back…….to make the government remember that which they seem to have forgotten or choose to ignore, which is that they work FOR US , not the other way around.

I wrote this for The Riggsby Report website, but I wanted to share it with my friends here at Stand Too.com.

President Obama spoke about Health Care Reform tonight. He spoke of a plan that he is presenting. I would like to give the President credit for presenting what appears to be a compromise to pass Health Care Reform. But while it may appear that way, it was actually, a classic Bait and Switch.

I have said before that the biggest problem the President has is that he has been out trying to sell a bill that he hasn’t written and apparently hasn’t read. And from his accusations tonight, where Congressman Joe Wilson correctly stated, “You Lie!”, he has apparently still not read it.

He suggested tonight that he has a plan. That’s great! Might it have not been easier if he had a plan when he started this debacle?

He has a plan, but he still doesn’t have a bill. I want to clarify that statement, because it’s a problem for the American people, but it’s not a problem for him. That’s where the Bait and Switch comes in.

He has a plan proposing all of these nice compromises. That’s the bait. So, where is the switch? Nowhere do these compromises appear in a bill in Congress! He hasn’t submitted one! He can now stand up there and truthfully say that his plan doesn’t do all of the things we are all afraid of. And it may not. But the bills that are being voted on certainly do! Where is the bill Mr. President?

If you doubt that he is doing that, then look at tonight’s example? The President said, “There are also those who claim that our reform effort will insure illegal immigrants. This, too, is false – the reforms I’m proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally. And one more misunderstanding I want to clear up – under our plan, no federal dollars will be used to fund abortions, and federal conscience laws will remain in place.”

There it is, in his own words. “The reforms I’m proposing..” and “under our plan” refer to his plan tonight. Great, but his plan tonight is not what’s being proposed in Congress. The Congressional Research Service confirmed that there is nothing in the House Plan to prevent illegal aliens from receiving government health insurance. Additionally, when Republicans attempted to place restrictions on funding abortion into the bill, it was voted down.

Yet, the President can now say these things and not be lying, because his “plan” does not contain them. So let’s slightly alter the Ronald Reagan campaign slogan. Instead of asking “Where’s the Beef?”, let’s start asking, “Where’s the Bill?.