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Earl Pomeroy cries about “out of state special interest group” to ND media, needs to review own financing (UPDATED)
Yes, there are a lot of out-of-state interests advertising in North Dakota. How about, for instance all the unions that are advocating the government takeover of health care by their Democrat conspirators, so they can offload union pensions onto the US taxpayer? Apparently those are okay with the Congressman.
With that in mind, I decided to see how much evil “out of state” money Congressman Pomeroy is stuffing into his pockets for his political campaign. A quick web search brought me to this page on opensecrets.org, which as of the time of this post indicates that 90% of Earl Pomeroy’s campaign money comes from outside of North Dakota! Does that officially make Congressman Pomeroy a hypocrite for appearing on ND television stations, whining about “out of state special interests?” It seems, sir, that it is out of state special interests funding your campaign for re-election!
It’s interesting…in the lists of Top Metro Areas and Top Zip Codes of his contributions, only Grand Forks makes the list. Otherwise, North Dakota doesn’t even appear on the page! Congressman Pomeroy, you’ve got a LOT of explaining to do.
Update: Perhaps he’s not the only one, however. Did it not ever occur to any of the KXMB News staff, not even once, to question the Congressman’s source of funding? It took me thirty seconds to find this information. The local TV stations make a very large portion of their revenue from the three Democrats every election cycle, and I think it’s having an effect on the newsrooms. They look the other way when ever one of them goof up (such as Byron Dorgan’s connections to Jack Abramoff or Kent Conrad’s ethics investigation in the Countrywide Mortgage scandal) and then act like cheerleaders and stenographers whenever granted an opportunity by the congressmen’s public relations staff. Perhaps it is because they are the final beneficiaries of much of those Democrats’ out-of-state campaign money!
Updated 3/3/2010: According to this POLITICO article, the unions are funneling $700,000 into advertising in favor of Earl Pomeroy and his Democrat cronies. Do you suppose Earl will be decrying this use of “out of state” money as well? Call his office and ask him!
Foggy Bottoms Boy
The river had a “tube” of fog hovering above it as I neared the river bottoms. While I found a lot of other fun roadside stuff to occupy my viewfinder, I did want to get a good view of this phenomenon from above. Sadly, access to all the high ground on the Bismarck side is hard to come by. I did find one “trail” that could be loosely construed as a section line road, from which I was able to nab a few shots. By that time much of the fog had receded or dissipated, as the sun was quickly burning it off. No matter…I still filled at least one camera card with fun stuff this morning, and put a pretty good dent in another one.
Encounter at the Dakota Zoo
The Dakota Zoo is still open from 1pm to 5pm Friday through Sunday, weather permitting. More information at www.dakotazoo.org.
Something special today at the All Veterans Memorial
While this is a really neat phenomenon, it’s really all about remembrance. Millions have served this great nation over the past couple hundred years and every one of them sacrificed a great deal, even if they didn’t lose their life or suffer physical injury in battle. Today is only one of the 365 days each year that we should hold them in high regard and thank them for the freedoms we enjoy because of their commitment to duty. If you’re there to see the light of the sun strike North Dakota on the globe, that’ll be really neat. Then take some time to peruse the names on those metal placards and consider the men and women who protect this great nation.
Earl Pomeroy: “Blue Dog” Democrat? No, “Lap Dog” fits better
First, Earl decided he needed the accolades of Washington insiders, which he achieved by announcing support for this monstrosity of a bill.
Also, Earl appeared at a press conference to apologize to Nancy Pelosi, whom he really serves when the rubber meats the road. That will insure the backing of the national Democrat (not Democratic) party in his re-election bid. North Dakotans got sold down the river.
Saturday night, in clear violation of promises by President Obama and Speaker Pelosi that final legislation would be placed online for 72 hours for public review, Earl Pomeroy voted to cut Medicare by $400 billion and start taxing North Dakotans and North Dakota small businesses into compliance with socialized health care.
This is a pattern with Rep. Pomeroy, who represents the Democrat Party more than he represents North Dakota. Perhaps any ND suffix after his name should just be retasked to stand for National Democrats.
The first particular instance that really angered me was when I stood beside fellow Patriot Guard Riders at the funeral of a fallen soldier. On June 17th, 2009, Earl Pomeroy made sure to attend the funeral of a fallen North Dakota soldier and play the part of a supportive member of government. There’s only one problem: less than 24 hours earlier he had voted with fellow Democrats against a resolution voicing support for the soldiers and pledging victory in the Global War on Terror! He couldn’t split from national Democrats even to support the soldiers, but then the hypocrite comes back to North Dakota to act like it never happened.
While in North Dakota, he’s one Earl Pomeroy…after the jet ride back to Washington, DC, he’s an entirely different Earl Pomeroy altogether. Don’t take my word for it; click on each of the links indicated in blue in what I just wrote above. Connect the dots for yourself; that’s why I’m diligent in posting links supporting every point I make. The next time you have a chance to vote against this traitorous hypocrite on a ballot, please exercise your right to do so. Remember: a vote for Earl Pomeroy is a vote to rubber-stamp whatever the most extreme leftists in Congress want him to do.
Hike with the camera on the deer season’s opening weekend? Even I ain’t that crazy
I’ve been out with my camera during deer season before, although I’ve never been stupid enough to venture off the road. Even parked along an established road like 93rd Street southeast of town, the ringing of gunfire in all directions made me a little too nervous. I haven’t taken my camera out of the bag much lately because of the cold/flu/sinus thing ravaging our house, but if I do I think it’ll be well within city limits.
My visit to Earl Pomeroy’s “fortress of solitude”
While I’m too busy being gainfully employed to attend Thursday’s rally in Washington, DC, I was able to take some time to make my voice heard. I downloaded the most recent draft of the House bill #3962, ironically titled the “Affordable Health Care for America Act,” and do a little homework. You can download the bill in PDF format here.
Part of this was spurred on by this article in the Washington Post. According to the article, “Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-N.D.), a prominent fiscal hawk, stood up to announce that he would support the measure, drawing a round of applause loud enough to be heard outside the room.” I think we can draw the right conclusion as to who was doing the applauding, and it wasn’t North Dakotans.
Walking down the sterile hallways, it was obvious this was a government building. Pale blue walls, all doors closed, no windows, lots of cameras. Can you imagine having a national health care system every bit as personal as this place? I shudder at the thought. Anyway, I found Representative Pomeroy’s office on the third floor, northeast corner, with windows facing out toward 3rd Street. I talked to a polite gentleman there and handed him my letter voicing my concerns. The text of the letter:
Congressman Pomeroy:
It was with great disdain that I read the attached Washington Post article where you drew “a round of applause loud enough to be heard outside the room” for supporting the train wreck that is HR 3962, the House health “reform” act. I guarantee, sir, that those cheers were not coming from North Dakotans. I may be a simple guy, but in perusing the nearly two thousand pages of bureaucracy in the act I have found the following (see attached, with notes):
Page 91 – if my existing coverage changes in any way, I’m forced into the government system;
Page 110 – Abortions are covered as soon as the House can find a way to circumvent the abortion law;
Page 275 – My employer, a small business, will have to pay an additional 8 percent of its payroll to the government if it cannot provide us a government-approved health plan, likely forcing it to fire some of us;
Page 297 – I will personally be taxed 2.5% if I don’t meet the government requirements for a health care plan – where does the Constitution allow the federal government to force a private citizen to buy anything?
Page 313 – again goes after my employer, and hundreds of North Dakota businesses. How is this good for the state you claim to represent?
Page 339-341 – Taxes the sale and use of medical devices, a term so broad and subjective that it will certainly become all-encompassing. How does adding more taxes serve North Dakotans?
I’d like to remind you that all this information is readily available to North Dakota citizens and we are using it. More and more of us each day are building excitement at the idea of defeating anyone supporting this socialist, unconstitutional assault on our freedom. I advise you to keep us in mind as you consider your next bid for re-election.
I would like some answers, sir. As my Representative you are supposed to be looking out for the best interests of North Dakotans, not Nancy Pelosi. In light of that duty, I think your constituents deserve an explanation of how this bill can possibly be good for North Dakotans and North Dakota businesses. I eagerly await a reply.
Respectfully,
Clint
I suppose I could have been all confrontational and demanded an answer from the staffer, but why should I ambush a guy at work? I voiced my concerns on paper and received an assurance that Representative Pomeroy would receive my letter. I took part in the process. Let’s hope that others took some time to send him (and other members of Congress) a clear message.
Don’t take my word for it, though. Download the bill yourself and look at the page numbers I listed above. Those are just scratching the surface of this monstrosity! It creates 111 new federal bureaucracies to administer this juggernaut as well, according to a report I read online. It may even be worse, since Nancy Pelosi has broken her promise to post the final legislation online 72 hours before it comes to a vote. Does anyone – especially Congresman Pomeroy – have any idea what’s actually contained therein?
Like my letter said, we North Dakotans deserve some answers.
The way I see it, someone owes us some foliage
I haven’t had my camera out of the bag since I don’t know when. The past week and a half of family with flu, colds, and whatever else hasn’t helped. Now I’ve got it, yay! I did get to shoot some video outside today at McDowell Dam, and it really helped me feel better (but still sick). Hopefully I can get on the mend for the rest of the week, I hear it’s supposed to be pretty nice out there. Perhaps there’s a chance to take my boys for more motorcycle rides!
Bringin’ the roof down…well, actually peeling it off
That reminded me of the other day, when I was sitting in a McDonald’s with my boys. A little truck came by with a ladder in the back, propped up against the cab. It was clearly too high to make it through most drive-thrus, and I heard another table of customers remark about it. The truck went around the back in the drive-thru lane, but we never saw what transpired. When you have two toddlers and a lot of ketchup handy, there’s not much time to be gawking at the parking lot.
I could tell some funny insider stories about the KFYR-TV live truck with the antenna mast on top of it, but I’ll just leave that to your imagination 😉