{"id":2207,"date":"2009-11-20T06:00:03","date_gmt":"2009-11-20T11:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/65.175.102.14\/?p=2207"},"modified":"2013-06-15T00:06:36","modified_gmt":"2013-06-15T05:06:36","slug":"that-last-step-is-a-doozy-will-our-senators-take-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=2207","title":{"rendered":"That last step is a doozy&#8230;will our Senators take it?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bismarck-mandan.com\/images\/steps_50062.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" border=\"0\" \/><\/center>I&#8217;ve probably featured a shot like this before, but never on such a glorious frosty November morning! Have a great weekend!<\/p>\n<p>Oh&#8230;wait a minute. There&#8217;s something we need to do, or our nation will be stepping off a figurative, dangerous version of the top step in the photo above. The Senate plans to vote on their monstrosity of a &#8220;health care reform&#8221; bill this Saturday. We need to urge our Senators to vote NO.<\/p>\n<p>Once again, they have thousands of pages of bureaucracy waiting for us, stripping us of our freedoms and turning your body into a budget item. Oh, and it gets worse:<\/p>\n<p>This bill will require <b>everybody <\/b>to pay for publicly funded abortions, regardless of their convictions on the matter. Funds will be collected from all participants in the public &#8220;option&#8221; and dispersed to provide abortion services. This is not elective.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s amazing, considering that every poll out there shows that <b>the people do not support the government takeover<\/b> of health care. Opposition to abortion is at an all time high as well. Yet they continue to plow forward! <b>This is not a representative form of government with the current bunch of idiots in office.<\/b> Force them to listen; make your voice heard!<\/p>\n<p>Have you ever called one of our congressmen to voice your opinion? It&#8217;s easy, it takes about thirty seconds, and their staff will note your call. They have to. You don&#8217;t have to argue your opinion or debate with the person on the other end of the phone; you simply tell them how you want the senator to vote. It&#8217;s quick, it&#8217;s easy, and it&#8217;s a shame it doesn&#8217;t get used more.<\/p>\n<p>For reference, the bill in question is HR 3590. You can read it by <a href=\"http:\/\/democrats.senate.gov\/reform\/patient-protection-affordable-care-act.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">downloading the PDF here<\/a> (free <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/reader\" target=\"_blank\">Adobe Reader<\/a> required).<\/p>\n<p>You can find out the contact information of our senators by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.senate.gov\/general\/contact_information\/senators_cfm.cfm?State=ND\" target=\"_blank\">clicking here<\/a> but I&#8217;ll give you the phone numbers as the senate website is already kinda slow.<\/p>\n<p>Dorgan: (202) 224-2043, 250-4618 locally or email him at <a href=\"http:\/\/dorgan.senate.gov\/contact\/contact_form.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/dorgan.senate.gov\/contact\/contact_form.cfm<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Conrad: (202) 224-2551, 258-4648 locally or email at <a href=\"http:\/\/conrad.senate.gov\/webform.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/conrad.senate.gov\/webform.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t wait to to do it. Like I said, it takes thirty seconds, and they need to hear from us! Don&#8217;t let them strip us of our liberty in this unconstitutional power grab!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve probably featured a shot like this before, but never on such a glorious frosty November morning! Have a great weekend! Oh&#8230;wait a minute. 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