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Ethics Complaint against Rep. Bob Etheridge Filed by Judicial Watch
Posted by: | CommentsJudicial Watch has just announced their filing of an ethics complaint against Rep. Bob Etheridge after his alleged assaulting of a college student who simply asked, “Do you fully support the Obama agenda?”.
Judicial Watch‘s complaint, filed on June 18, 2010, states:
It is essential that the House hold Congressman Bob Etheridge to the high standards of behavior expected of a Member of the House. Congressman Etheridge acted out in a violent and threatening manner in response to an unremarkable inquiry by a member of the public. The public confidence in Congress has been diminished as a result.
The complaint goes on to state:
Due to his personal actions, Congressman Etheridge has brought dishonor to the U.S. House of Representatives. Further, Congressman Etheridge could face criminal sanctions for assault under the laws of the District of Columbia, which state in relevant part:
(1) Whoever unlawfully assaults, or threatens another in a menacing manner, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or be imprisoned not more than 180 days, or both.
More specifically, House Rule 23, clause 1, states:
A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer or employee of the House shall conduct himself at all times in a manner that shall reflect creditably on the House.
While what the Congressman did was a serious violation of House Rules and the laws of the District of Columbia, I have come out and fairly commended the Congressman for televised public apology without the use of excuses. This does not take away my belief that he, as should I, be held accountable for his wrongful actions as a United States Congressman.
The video that was originally reported on Breitbart.tv can be seen in the YouTube video below:
Amnesty Bill will be American’s Next Crisis
Posted by: | CommentsIllegal immigration, not to be confused with legal immigration, continues to be a major concern for the majority of America with promises to push an amnesty bill onto the legal citizens of the United States.
H.R. 3580 (Illegal Deduction Elimination Act) has been sponsored by Iowa Congressman Steve King, along with 22 co-sponsors, to address the nations next major crisis, the amnesty bill.
In a press release sent out by King today, he states,
In November 2008, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel famously said, “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that is an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.” The Obama White House has followed this Rahmism to a tee.
Last year, the Obama administration utilized our economic crisis to nationalize the largest entities they could get their hands on. From General Motors to Chrysler to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to AIG and three large investment banks, at times President Obama’s domestic agenda appeared no different than Hugo Chavez’s.
The White House pushed hard last spring for a cap and tax plan that would force American companies to comply with costly Read More→
Rep. Steve King Signs Declaration of Health Care Independence
Posted by: | CommentsRepublican members of the House unveiled the Declaration of Health Care Independence on Wednesday January 27, 2010. This announcement was originally broke on radio talk show, Tea Party Patriots LIVE, during their live broadcast on Saturday January 23, 2010, while interviewing Representative Steve King.
Below, you will find Rep. Steve King’s Press Release on the unveiling.
King Unveils Declaration of Health Care Independence
A photo of Congressman Steve King (R-IA) signing the Declaration of Health Care Independence
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Steve King, along with House Republicans, today unveiled the Declaration of Health Care Independence, a commitment to protect the rights of the American people to make their own health decisions, reduce bureaucratic red-tape, decrease intergenerational debt and includes ten common-sense principles that must be included in future health care reforms.
Full text of the document is available at http://steveking.house.gov/_files/DeclarationofHealthCareIndependence.pdf. A copy of the Declaration of Health Care Independence is below:
Declaration of Health Care Independence
In order to retain the Blessings of Liberty as secured to us by our Founding Fathers and as expressed in our Constitution, We the People reject the imposition upon us Read More→
What will the State of The Union Address be about?
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Another carefully crafted speech from President Obama
With the State of the Union address being highly anticipated by many Americans, there are a number of us expecting to see a well scripted line of excuses and passing the blame onto President’s who are no longer running this country.
The issues expecting to be discussed in tonight’s address will most likely follow President Obama’s typical finely tuned lines of a campaign strategy speech, provided to him via a teleprompter, while filled with many empty promises for creating jobs, solving health care issues, and using cap and trade to fix the global warming issues that we all know don’t exist. Being a citizen of Iowa, I have spoken with many Iowans who would love to have some of that global warming right about now. The people of America are beyond the excuses and beyond the blame Bush practices, and simply want real solutions that will work to bring the U.S. economy back to a point of stabilization.
With expectations boiling, Paul A. Rahe, offers President Obama his version on BigGovernment.com, of what the State of the Union address should look like:
My fellow Americans, let me begin by stating the obvious. The state of our union is not good. We seem to be – we may be – coming out of a recession. But, if so, the recovery is not only jobless; it is accompanied by an increase in unemployment.
This is contrary to my expectation. When I became President, my economic advisers told me that the rate of unemployment would be considerably lower now than it is. They were mistaken, and I erred in taking their advice. The fault is mine. I may not have gotten us into a severe recession, but I advanced proposals and I pursued policies which have prolonged and deepened it. I am at fault.
To be precise, I signed into law a so-called stimulus bill that has thus far retarded economic growth by greatly increasing the size of the federal bureaucracy, the expense of supporting it, and the national debt. I urged Congress to pass cap-and-trade legislation that, had it become law, would have greatly increased the cost of energy, and I encouraged Congress to pass a healthcare reform that would have increased not only the cost of medical care but the burden on employers attendant on hiring. Everything that I did in my first year in office contributed to economic uncertainty and made employers less likely to hire and investors wary of investing. I am at fault.
Read more on Paul’s version…
When asked for a statement about tonight’s address, Congressman Steve King (R-IA) had this to say,
“President Obama has had so many things that have gone wrong. His popularity has gone down substantially and some of it for good reason. So the argument that he would put a cap or a freeze on discretionary spending is something that had been leaked out that I think he intends to say, but that doesn’t do much and I don’t think it changes the political tide.”
While searching for to see what others are writing about the State of the Union address, I found that many of the main stream media sources, who use to support President Obama, are now offering up back-handed views of what they expect to hear tonight.
Steve King Hosts District Director Dave Ehler’s Retirement
Posted by: | CommentsDecember 23, 2009
Yesterday, I had the great fortune of being invited to attend the retirement party for Congressman Steve King’s District Director, Dave Ehler.
Dave Ehler holding Honorary Medals
The event was well attended by Ehler’s family, friends, and associates from throughout the area, and abroad, who braved ice fog slickened roads to make it to the retirement celebration for such an honorable public servant.
Dave has become well known in his hometown, of Holstein, Iowa, for his great leadership and real community organizer skills. Mr Ehler gained a great deal of respect from community leaders throughout the entire 5th Congressional District of Iowa. According to Rep. King, Ehler had made it a point to travel to each and every city or town in Iowa’s 5th District. This being Iowa’s largest district, makes this quite an accomplishment to be proud of.
Congressman King stood in front of a nice group of people who braved the ice fog slickened roads to come out and celebrate the many great accomplishments, of which most citizens would be proud to have accomplished a fraction of what this one man, Dave Ehler, has been accredited with.
Congressman Steve King stood before the attendees and spent about a half hour talking about Ehler’s dedicated years of service to Iowa’s 5th District. There was laughter, applause, and even a few tears shed, as the Congressman talked about the many accomplishments of a truly great man. He talked of putting his trust in Dave as Dave “kept the District on task and well organized” while King was busy attending to issues in Washington, D.C. Managing such a large district could not have been an easy task for any one individual.
At the end of King’s speech, he and his staff presented a special gift of a handcrafted plaque to the retiring District Director.
Gift to Dave Ehler (right), by Congressman Steve King and staff. In picture with Dave, is new District Director Wayne Brincks (left).
The following is just a brief list of Dave’s legacy of public service at the most professional of levels.
- U.S. Navy from July 1967 to August 1970
- Holstein, Iowa City Clerk from February 6, 1975 to December 27, 2002, where he continued to be instrumental in the betterment of his community in so many unheard of ways.
- Thirty year member of the Holstein Volunteer Fire Department
- Secretary/Treasurer of the Northwest Iowa League of Cities for 11 years and was the 19th member to be inducted into the NWLC Hall of Fame
- Four Lane Highway 20 group member since the early 80′s and Secretary/Treasurer of the group for 20 yrs.
- Board member of the Iowa Municipal Finance Officers Association
- Dave was a certified CPR instructor trainer, a certified Emergency Rescue Technician and a certified Emergency Medical Technician
- Dave and wife Judy have been foster parents for 27 kids in need for which the couple was honored with the prestigious “Angels in Adoption Award” in 2007
- Seven years as District Director for Iowa’s 5th Congressional District
In the past several years, Dave was highly instrumental in leading the fight for the Four Lane Highway 20 group. With grading work planned for next year, this project is well under way after having involved a great number of challenging hurdles to have this heavily traveled road turned into a four lane freeway. This will
Brigadier General Tim Orr presenting Medals
provide improved infrastructure to better handle the heavy load of truck and auto traffic that rolls across this highway every single day. The project is now well under way and, once finished, will allow travelers to set their cruise on 65 as they enjoy their travel across Northern Iowa on highway 20.
A special speaker, Brigadier General Tim Orr, the Adjutant General for Iowa, came from his Des Moines, IA office to thank Dave for his years of dedication to the Armed Forces, throughout his years, and to personally hand give him a Coin from the Adjutant General and The Commander’s Coin.
Congressman Steve King speaking at District Director Dave Ehler retirement party
Dave Ehler with his Father (right) and his Brother and Sisters
Dave with his wife, Judy, Son Eric, Daughter Sara, and Granddaughter.
The Patriots Are Beginning to Stand Up… Enter Parker Griffith
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Congressman Parker Griffith switches from Democratic Party to Republican Party
Just a few hours ago at 2:00 pm EST, the United States of America accepted the latest great American Patriot. Welcome Parker Griffith who has left the slime of the Democratic Party in the U.S. House of Representatives to cross party lines and declare alignment with the Republican Party values. There were no kind words of farewell to the Democrats.
Congressman Griffith commented in a statement,
“Unfortunately there are those in the Democratic Leadership that continue to push an agenda focused on massive new spending, tax increases, bailouts and a health care bill that is bad for our healthcare system.
“I have always considered myself to be an independent voice and I have tried to be that voice in Congress – but after watching this agenda firsthand I now believe that the differences in the two parties could not be more clear and that for me to be true to my core beliefs and values I must align myself with the Republican party and speak out clearly on these issues.”
There is opportunity for change growing daily and Rep. Parker Griffith is just one more example of the changes to come.
Congratulations Rep. Griffith, your country salutes you! I know Alabama is darn proud of you!
