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		<title>By: Carolyn Troiano, Che</title>
		<link>http://blog.heritage.org/2009/06/10/learning-from-state-experiments-in-government-run-health-care/#comment-37041</link>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn Troiano, Che</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:37:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My name is Carolyn Troiano, and I need help going after Obama for a major Free Speech violation.  He is violating my First Amendment right to free speech by trying to prevent me from voicing my opinions on a tax-deductible contribution supported internet site. 
 
If you go to My.BarackObama.com, a website funded by tax-deductible money, you will see how they&#8217;ve set up tools and other resources to help people push the Obama agenda forward &#8211; the topic du jour is healthcare reform.  People are told to create and attend events that are supportive of Obama.  This is how they stole the election. 
 
So to turn the tables, I went on the site and created  my own event, a &#8220;GIGANTIC TEA PARTY&#8221; up on Long Island in my hometown of Merrick. 
I set this up as a &#8220;Take Back Our America&#8221; event, and spread the WEALTH (Watch Every American Learn about Healthcare reform)  like the Tea Parties of late, and included posted a call for all like-minded citizens to join me.  All of the information is at my website: 
  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.examiner.com/x-13822-Chesterfield-County-Conservative-Examiner&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.examiner.com/x-13822-Chesterfield-Coun...&lt;/a&gt;  
 
The Obama webmaster responded by email saying my words were disrespectful, and that they had taken my event off the website. 
 
The warning stated that this was a one-time warning, and if I did this again, I would have my access to the website taken away. 
 
So what&#8217;s a girl to do?  Create another event.  This time it&#8217;s in Chesterfield, VA, this coming Saturday, June 20th, at my home or in spirit with me, and I made sure there is room for 1 billion people, in case those disgruntled Iranian voters want to revolt and join our cause too. 
 
I led the charge to taking back America with a simple statement to the President &#8211; 
 
&#8220;Mr. Obama, tear down that firewall!&#8221; 
 
That&#8217;s my motto, and I&#8217;m taking this as far as I possibly can.  Ronald Reagan must be turning over in his grave! 
 
I&#8217;m seeking your help to give some visibility to this fight and let the Obama dictatorship know we will not stand idly by while our own tax dollars continue to be squandered on his Socialist agenda. 
 
So let me know if you can help, and if you have any suggestions for ramping this up and getting all Americans to understand what&#8217;s going on here.  Most have no clue. 
 
Thanks for your time and attention! 
 
Regards, 
 
Carolyn (McKillop) Troiano 
13613 Blue Heron Circle 
Chesterfield, VA  23838 
804-590-0055 (H) 
804-647-9946 
wtroiano@verizon.net 
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My name is Carolyn Troiano, and I need help going after Obama for a major Free Speech violation.  He is violating my First Amendment right to free speech by trying to prevent me from voicing my opinions on a tax-deductible contribution supported internet site.</p>
<p>If you go to My.BarackObama.com, a website funded by tax-deductible money, you will see how they&rsquo;ve set up tools and other resources to help people push the Obama agenda forward &ndash; the topic du jour is healthcare reform.  People are told to create and attend events that are supportive of Obama.  This is how they stole the election.</p>
<p>So to turn the tables, I went on the site and created  my own event, a &ldquo;GIGANTIC TEA PARTY&rdquo; up on Long Island in my hometown of Merrick.</p>
<p>I set this up as a &ldquo;Take Back Our America&rdquo; event, and spread the WEALTH (Watch Every American Learn about Healthcare reform)  like the Tea Parties of late, and included posted a call for all like-minded citizens to join me.  All of the information is at my website:</p>
<p>  <a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-13822-Chesterfield-County-Conservative-Examiner" rel="nofollow">http://www.examiner.com/x-13822-Chesterfield-Coun&#8230;</a>  </p>
<p>The Obama webmaster responded by email saying my words were disrespectful, and that they had taken my event off the website.</p>
<p>The warning stated that this was a one-time warning, and if I did this again, I would have my access to the website taken away.</p>
<p>So what&rsquo;s a girl to do?  Create another event.  This time it&rsquo;s in Chesterfield, VA, this coming Saturday, June 20th, at my home or in spirit with me, and I made sure there is room for 1 billion people, in case those disgruntled Iranian voters want to revolt and join our cause too.</p>
<p>I led the charge to taking back America with a simple statement to the President &ndash;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Mr. Obama, tear down that firewall!&rdquo;</p>
<p>That&rsquo;s my motto, and I&rsquo;m taking this as far as I possibly can.  Ronald Reagan must be turning over in his grave!</p>
<p>I&rsquo;m seeking your help to give some visibility to this fight and let the Obama dictatorship know we will not stand idly by while our own tax dollars continue to be squandered on his Socialist agenda.</p>
<p>So let me know if you can help, and if you have any suggestions for ramping this up and getting all Americans to understand what&rsquo;s going on here.  Most have no clue.</p>
<p>Thanks for your time and attention!</p>
<p>Regards,</p>
<p>Carolyn (McKillop) Troiano</p>
<p>13613 Blue Heron Circle</p>
<p>Chesterfield, VA  23838</p>
<p>804-590-0055 (H)</p>
<p>804-647-9946</p>
<p><a href="mailto:wtroiano@verizon.net">wtroiano@verizon.net</a></p>
<p><a href="mailto:politicat@verizon.net">politicat@verizon.net</a></p>
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		<title>By: Lynn B. DeSpain</title>
		<link>http://blog.heritage.org/2009/06/10/learning-from-state-experiments-in-government-run-health-care/#comment-36651</link>
		<dc:creator>Lynn B. DeSpain</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Huey Long tried to run all the programs in his State of Louisianna. He made great speeches, lots of roads, hospitals, jobs, but in the end he was just a crook who stole most of the money from the People, left his State in debt, and ran a cruel and unyielding Empire, where coming up against him could bring death to you and your loved ones, or at least cost you your business. 
Seems like Mr. Obama may have forgotten his duties under the Constitution, but he remembers Huey! 
Hozro </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Huey Long tried to run all the programs in his State of Louisianna. He made great speeches, lots of roads, hospitals, jobs, but in the end he was just a crook who stole most of the money from the People, left his State in debt, and ran a cruel and unyielding Empire, where coming up against him could bring death to you and your loved ones, or at least cost you your business.</p>
<p>Seems like Mr. Obama may have forgotten his duties under the Constitution, but he remembers Huey!</p>
<p>Hozro</p>
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		<title>By: George in Mass</title>
		<link>http://blog.heritage.org/2009/06/10/learning-from-state-experiments-in-government-run-health-care/#comment-36642</link>
		<dc:creator>George in Mass</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:33:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Massachusetts is the same mess. The governor gave out phony cost as usual and now that he can&#039;t pay for his forced health care insurance he has raised the sales tax from 5% to 6% (that&#039;s an increase of 20%) Raised cigarette taxes and now wants to go after other area&#039;s to pay for this not working insurance plan. These government people are just plain idiots. 
Do you know that the circumstances today are far beyond what the Founding Fathers were fighting for? They went to war over much less because they saw it, and rightly so, as our freedom being stripped from us. I believe more and more that it will take a bloody revolution to get back our God given freedom. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Massachusetts is the same mess. The governor gave out phony cost as usual and now that he can&#039;t pay for his forced health care insurance he has raised the sales tax from 5% to 6% (that&#039;s an increase of 20%) Raised cigarette taxes and now wants to go after other area&#039;s to pay for this not working insurance plan. These government people are just plain idiots.</p>
<p>Do you know that the circumstances today are far beyond what the Founding Fathers were fighting for? They went to war over much less because they saw it, and rightly so, as our freedom being stripped from us. I believe more and more that it will take a bloody revolution to get back our God given freedom.</p>
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		<title>By: George in Mass</title>
		<link>http://blog.heritage.org/2009/06/10/learning-from-state-experiments-in-government-run-health-care/#comment-36638</link>
		<dc:creator>George in Mass</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The problem is that government will not stay out of the area&#039;s they have no business being in. They do very little right but the majority of them keep getting re-elected time after time after time....What does that say about the American people. The whole thing is pretty sad. 
Don&#039;t look to the government to do what they should be doing as that is gone until we vote them all out of office. It is their government now not ours. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The problem is that government will not stay out of the area&#039;s they have no business being in. They do very little right but the majority of them keep getting re-elected time after time after time&#8230;.What does that say about the American people. The whole thing is pretty sad.</p>
<p>Don&#039;t look to the government to do what they should be doing as that is gone until we vote them all out of office. It is their government now not ours.</p>
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		<title>By: Whicket Williams Kin</title>
		<link>http://blog.heritage.org/2009/06/10/learning-from-state-experiments-in-government-run-health-care/#comment-36631</link>
		<dc:creator>Whicket Williams Kin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yes Sir thank you to the vrt commiting on The V.A. We all need to keep a close eye on califonia to-day, because if the federal government stays its course we will all be in that boat soon, and there will be no bailout. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes Sir thank you to the vrt commiting on The V.A. We all need to keep a close eye on califonia to-day, because if the federal government stays its course we will all be in that boat soon, and there will be no bailout.</p>
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		<title>By: Ron. Derry NH</title>
		<link>http://blog.heritage.org/2009/06/10/learning-from-state-experiments-in-government-run-health-care/#comment-36598</link>
		<dc:creator>Ron. Derry NH</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:58:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>One has to admire Obama&#039;s steadfast tenacity at keeping the topic alive of health care, corporate pay scales,and even environmentally safe cars but what he is really up to is destroying capitalism and Americas ability to secure its own future by demoralizing all that earn their way in this country. 
 
He is aggressively keeping the momentum of change going while his true intention is disrupt American productivity and subvert the culture with political coerced value instead of earned value. 
 
Notice how every move he makes secures another government vested interest with your tax dollars. 
This seems to be a tactic to insure followers of government partnering against the people and free enterprise, to secure monetary protection at your expense. 
 
I don&#039;t know why any one cares about his ideas as they are all a smoke screen of leftist ideals, like a carrot in front of a horse or cheese on a mouse trap, designed totally to take your eyes off his re-inventing of Czarist Russia and a socialist regime control from Washington with his willing power base. 
 
If he trusted or cared for America he would let the economy settle down and let chapter 11 correct the mess congress did to our bank value system with its mindless frauding of the housing market values with artificially low interests rates. 
 
If this is simply agenda driven it should fade, but if it&#039;s because the government can&#039;t fix the mess they made of the economy and Washington is panicking, then things are worse and heading that way at the speed they are selling out capitalism. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One has to admire Obama&#039;s steadfast tenacity at keeping the topic alive of health care, corporate pay scales,and even environmentally safe cars but what he is really up to is destroying capitalism and Americas ability to secure its own future by demoralizing all that earn their way in this country.</p>
<p>He is aggressively keeping the momentum of change going while his true intention is disrupt American productivity and subvert the culture with political coerced value instead of earned value.</p>
<p>Notice how every move he makes secures another government vested interest with your tax dollars.</p>
<p>This seems to be a tactic to insure followers of government partnering against the people and free enterprise, to secure monetary protection at your expense.</p>
<p>I don&#039;t know why any one cares about his ideas as they are all a smoke screen of leftist ideals, like a carrot in front of a horse or cheese on a mouse trap, designed totally to take your eyes off his re-inventing of Czarist Russia and a socialist regime control from Washington with his willing power base.</p>
<p>If he trusted or cared for America he would let the economy settle down and let chapter 11 correct the mess congress did to our bank value system with its mindless frauding of the housing market values with artificially low interests rates.</p>
<p>If this is simply agenda driven it should fade, but if it&#039;s because the government can&#039;t fix the mess they made of the economy and Washington is panicking, then things are worse and heading that way at the speed they are selling out capitalism.</p>
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		<title>By: Dennis A. Social Cir</title>
		<link>http://blog.heritage.org/2009/06/10/learning-from-state-experiments-in-government-run-health-care/#comment-36574</link>
		<dc:creator>Dennis A. Social Cir</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:07:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Health care will be handed out on the basis of how young the person is, the younger the better the care, us old folks will have to give up any hope of help under the socialized medical care program. I am a vet and know how the VA does medical care. People need to go to the nearest VA Hospitl and see for themselves how &quot;guvernment&quot; medicine is doled out. Like many others I put it off as long as possible, depending on private insurance and doctors, well the time has come when the expences will not let me go the private way any longer. Yes I am getting old, guess I will no longer be a part of a productive society so I must get out of the way. Will you let your family go because of the rationing of medical care?????? </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Health care will be handed out on the basis of how young the person is, the younger the better the care, us old folks will have to give up any hope of help under the socialized medical care program. I am a vet and know how the VA does medical care. People need to go to the nearest VA Hospitl and see for themselves how &quot;guvernment&quot; medicine is doled out. Like many others I put it off as long as possible, depending on private insurance and doctors, well the time has come when the expences will not let me go the private way any longer. Yes I am getting old, guess I will no longer be a part of a productive society so I must get out of the way. Will you let your family go because of the rationing of medical care??????</p>
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		<title>By: duelles, santa fe</title>
		<link>http://blog.heritage.org/2009/06/10/learning-from-state-experiments-in-government-run-health-care/#comment-36555</link>
		<dc:creator>duelles, santa fe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:53:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Someone before me has commented that Google is a consumer driven search engine. What consumers want, Google supplies. Google thinks we know what is best for us. Our Government may do well by going in that direction too. 
 
Why would our Govt want set up a loser of a system? Are they a bunch of losers? </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Someone before me has commented that Google is a consumer driven search engine. What consumers want, Google supplies. Google thinks we know what is best for us. Our Government may do well by going in that direction too.</p>
<p>Why would our Govt want set up a loser of a system? Are they a bunch of losers?</p>
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		<title>By: Jeff, Cleveland OH</title>
		<link>http://blog.heritage.org/2009/06/10/learning-from-state-experiments-in-government-run-health-care/#comment-36531</link>
		<dc:creator>Jeff, Cleveland OH</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ozzy6900 it seems that is all that would need to be said! I would like anyone to show me a social program that the government has run without cost overruns, corruption, and something other than poor results. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ozzy6900 it seems that is all that would need to be said! I would like anyone to show me a social program that the government has run without cost overruns, corruption, and something other than poor results.</p>
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		<title>By: Victor, Las Vegas</title>
		<link>http://blog.heritage.org/2009/06/10/learning-from-state-experiments-in-government-run-health-care/#comment-36511</link>
		<dc:creator>Victor, Las Vegas</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:13:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Is this a typo -  
 
While it covered more uninsured adults, the budget-busting program grew at a 1.5-percent annual rate, with costs skyrocketing from $2.5 billion in 1995 to $8 billion by 2004, Blackburn said. 
 
A 1.5 percent rate of growth would amazingly small. Most government programs grow by 4-6 percent annually.  
 
Or am I reading it wrong? </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is this a typo &#8211; </p>
<p>While it covered more uninsured adults, the budget-busting program grew at a 1.5-percent annual rate, with costs skyrocketing from $2.5 billion in 1995 to $8 billion by 2004, Blackburn said.</p>
<p>A 1.5 percent rate of growth would amazingly small. Most government programs grow by 4-6 percent annually. </p>
<p>Or am I reading it wrong?</p>
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