Hey everyone!
Wouldn't you know it, the weekend I lay low, the video of me at Norm Dicks' town hall goes viral... hahahahaha.
Hot Air posted it first. As of last night it had over 40,000 views on You Tube!
It's funny because apparently there was a lot of confusion as to whether or not that was me, or if this was the blog that belongs to the girl in the video, and of course I was off on my relaxing weekend so I couldn't confirm any of it. Hilarious.
Anyway, it is me in the video. And I'm happy so many people understand what I was trying to do and say. It's exactly as Allahpundit at Hot Air said, I was basically asking Norm to act like a man and be the thief he really is by taking my money in front of everyone instead of via legislation concocted behind closed doors.
You should have seen his face!!! He was RED. He waved his arm and dismissed me, and then turned to the other side of the room. Also not shown in the video was the mass of people standing up waving their own bills in the air saying, "come and take my money too!" BRILLIANT!
Look folks, if we continue to only fight about the details of the legislation, we have already relented and compromised our most basic principles. We will have agreed on the basic premise and will only be ironing out the details. We've agreed on the house and now we're just arguing over the drapes. The problem is, we DO NOT agree on the basic premise of government bureaucrats assessing the "needs" of the American people and then deciding who gets the freebies and who gets to pay. Uh uh. No way. THIS is the argument we need to be having. It is the intellectually honest debate and it is fun to make the lefties crawl out from under the "reform" rock and admit that it is not "reform" they are after, but rather a public option and eventually a single payer system.
Oh, and I am thoroughly refreshed for the battles ahead. One more thing - a message to the D.C. rats, lest they forget:
COME AND TAKE IT!!!
Make 'em take it from you!
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- I am a girl who earned a Bachelor of Science in Biology and Math and a minor in Chemistry; one who has lived, studied, and worked in four other nations, and attended the University of Oxford. I am a girl who loves to read; loves politics; loves her country; fiercely supports the men and women in the armed forces; loves her family; is engaged to be married to the most wonderful, sweet and thoughtful man (yippeee!); loves adventure; travels every so often; and finally, has come to realize that the people of the USA are in dire need of an Economics lesson. I am a girl who is dedicated to filling that educational void. I will not allow corrupt socialists and communists to infect this country without a hard, hard fight.
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- Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
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- War and Decision by Douglas J. Feith
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- Bonfire of the Humanities by Victor Davis Hanson, John Heath, and Bruce S. Thornton
- Moment of Truth in Iraq by Michael Yon
- Economic Facts and Fallacies by Thomas Sowell
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33 comments:
hello,
I watched that youtube video several times,
I showed it to my husband,
it was great, intelligent, clever, and creative,and funny!!!
such a proud laugh I had,
I'm so proud of you,
a new conservative star!!!
I'm sure soon you will be the third most hated conservative woman by liberals,
I wish I could do what you did for a week end. and just check myself out... no politics for 2 days,
we really need our strength, this is not going to be easier at any point of this presidency,
but it feels good that it is working so far,
they get caught in coockie jar, and they have to stop what they are doing, see stalled health care " reform",van jones, and the parafernalia for the speech to teh kids in school...
once again, you are great!!!!
I love your blog too, ( the pics of liberty belle is very creative too !!! )will come to read it often,
( it was not easy to find you :)
by a woman from the ex socialist block,
God Bless You!
I saw the vid this morning off of hot air. Great job!!
Saw the video this weekend. Wonderful! Keep up the good work; we need a lot more like you out there.
Very inspiring. Thank you so much for your courage.
You are totally right.
Oh, and you also totally rock.
You were amazing. Such a simple act and yet it demonstates what thieves these politicians are and yet they dont have the nerve to do it in the light of day.
Keep up the pressure. I have a feeling 2010 is going to be a bloodbath for these leeches.
Midaz
You did a truly fantastic job of saying what needs to be said during the Town Hall meetings. It is a prime example of what we, the people, need to do to retain our freedoms. The founders are smiling right now.
Washington, Jefferson, LB.
Well done! The $20 bill was a brilliant idea.
Retread
Kudos!
Well planned and played!
I'm so glad that SOMEONE has the courage and intelligence to reframe the argument! It's not about whether it's too expensive or all the small details like public option/individual mandate etc. It's about whether in a free society we are free to make any of the important decisions for our own lives and are free to keep the fruits of our own labor. It's about whether we are free adults or just mindless wards of the nanny-state.
I commented on the video here. Given the fact that most Republicans support FDR's various programs and given all the other things, your Randroid dream will never come to pass. Even if somehow it were imposed on the U.S., it wouldn't last long and we'd probably end up with some sort of socialism not long after.
And, asking things like this is just a cheap stunt; if you want to have an impact, ask actual questions like these.
I'm with you, but hasn't the horse already left the barn, and a long time ago, first via Social Security, then Medicare and various other federal welfare programs? Once we acceded to the government's right to take our earnings and use them not for the general welfare but for the welfare of specific individuals, we have bno philosophical base left on which we can claim that any such government program is immoral, unconstitutional, or just wrong.
Think I'm off base? Substitute "Social Security" for Obamacare in your argument and see gow far you get.
Someone commenting on this video -- darned if I can find it at Ace, Hot Air, Pattetico, or my othe usual suspects -- says he's been doin essentially the same thing for years. When his liberal friends start talking about their rights to his earnings (though they never phrase it that way), he flips his wallet on the table nad tells them that if they hmean what they say, they should have no compunction about taking its contents. Strange; they never do.
You did great. You were respectful but still devastating. I hope that video gets viewed a lot more.
Congratulations,
Keith Olberman is making you the "most horrible person in the world", the NY Times is going to investigate you to determine exactly just where you got that $20.00, and Linda Douglas is putting you on her "fishy" list.
You're a marked woman.
Thank you. I know how brave you have to be to stand up like you did but this issue has us all fired up. Keep up the good work. We'll have to start a Milwaukee Sons and Daughters of Liberty.
Great Job, Intellectual firepower and a direct hit.
Great Video, I was in a quandary as to what to post on my "Tea Party" sign for DC, so many issues - Thanks for the clarity - "Come and Take It" fits the bill nicely.
Hi,
I enjoyed the video. You should get some T-shirts printed with your slogan on the back.
I agree totally with your last part. We conservatives have to beat this completely back. If we allow the left to get a legal foothold with this (by passing something that will eventually lead to single payer) then they will win in the long term, whatever "victory" we can claim in the short run. Unfortunately, there are many on the right who do not understand this (particularly the politicians) and think that by simply limiting it to public option is a win. Not so. Once they get a beachhead with health care, it'll be almost impossible to stop.
Strong work, young lady.
Amazing how testy people get when you call something by its name.
As a physician and a provider of the services some deem a "right", I agree with you completely. People who believe healthcare is a right are welcome to spend the same number of years that I did to complete my education and training, and then dispense their hard-won knowledge and time to people who feel entitled to it. I won't.
You kick ass.
You might also add the concept of WFB's --it's not just taking the money from A to give it to B, but in Buckley's words, the money goes to Washington and "spends a night on the town."
So Dick takes your twenty, gets a martini with it, and person B gets twelve bucks.
It's not just the transfer of wealth, but the inefficient and kleptocratic transfer that adds insult to injury.
I'm not sure scientifically how it's possible, but I want to have your babies.
You rock!
I certainly hope that there are enough inspired voters like you in his district to retire him come 2010.
Gmac
Surely you knew the congressman would not deign to take the twenty. Of course you did. Well done.
You're my hero :) I've been waiting for a female to get in on the dishing out of the whoop ass :)
Brilliant. Fookin' brilliant! I only wish my Congresscritters were bright enough to realize when they'd been called out like that.
That's the problem with vampires and leaches, they can't tolerate sunlight.
Absolutely brilliant move, but the next time, instead of the twenty, I'd suggest a stake and holy water. (The only real way to stop them...)
molon labe...
Bless you! You made my mom so happy, and your words ring so true to all of us here in Oregon. Keep up your struggle, we are here with you!
@LonewackoDotCom Real fiscal conservatives consider FDR one of the most damaging presidents of all time. Keli is right on target with her message.
when you're an old dumb with breast cancer don't come to me and beg for my money!
No one loathes the government more than I do, but arguing against a heath care option for everyone... really? I mean, that's what conservatives are finally so fed up with?
After years of cheerleading for George Bush while he was implementing massively irresponsible tax cuts and spending, NOW you're upset? When we have a president trying to do something that benefits everyone and not just the elite, NOW you're upset?
Wow. Sorry, but my lungs are already tired from a decade of screaming. I think I'll save what breath I have left for something a little more unjust than a public insurance option.
Brilliant. Liberty Belle indeed.
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