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Are you saying Larry Craig is gay? Because he denies it, you know.<br><br>Sunil<br><br>> From: jampot@roadrunner.com<br>> To: bear@moscow.com; lfalen@turbonet.com; vision2020@moscow.com; thansen@moscow.com<br>> Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:53:09 -0700<br>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Fw: CRAPO COMMENDS TAX PROTESTS, DEFICIT AWARENESS<br>> <br>> Are "those kind" of jokes back in vogue? I thought they fell into disfavor <br>> what with it not being the 50's and all. Are you really as "hip" and "with <br>> it" as you think you are when belittling folks by comparing them to <br>> homosexuals gives you fits of giggles?<br>> <br>> g<br>> ----- Original Message ----- <br>> From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen@moscow.com><br>> To: <bear@moscow.com>; "lfalen" <lfalen@turbonet.com>; <br>> <vision2020@moscow.com><br>> Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 11:29 AM<br>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Fw: CRAPO COMMENDS TAX PROTESTS, DEFICIT AWARENESS<br>> <br>> <br>> > Bear stated:<br>> ><br>> > "So it's safe to assume that the Republican Congressman from Idaho is<br>> > taking a wide stance in favor of the issue of teabagging?"<br>> ><br>> > Word is, Bear, that Crapo (pronounced "CRAP-OH") stronly urges teabagging<br>> > as, apparently, it stimulates his package.<br>> ><br>> > Tom Hansen<br>> > Moscow, Idaho<br>> ><br>> ><br>> >> So it's safe to assume that the Republican Congressman from Idaho is<br>> > taking a wide stance<br>> >> in<br>> >> favor of the issue of teabagging?<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >> ><br>> >> > -----Original message-----<br>> >> ><br>> >> > From: "Crapo News Release (Crapo)" newsclips@crapo.senate.gov<br>> >> > Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:13:56 -0700<br>> >> > To:<br>> >> > Subject: CRAPO COMMENDS TAX PROTESTS, DEFICIT AWARENESS<br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> > FOR IMMEDIATE<br>> > RELEASE CONTACT:<br>> ><br>> >><br>> >> Susan Wheeler (202) 224-5150<br>> >> ><br>> >> > April 15,<br>> > 2009<br>> ><br>> ><br>> >><br>> >> Lindsay Nothern (208) 344-1108<br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> > CRAPO COMMENDS TAX PROTESTS, DEFICIT AWARENESS<br>> >> ><br>> >> > Sends letter to Idahoans rallying today<br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> > Washington, DC - In a demonstration of support, Idaho Senator Mike<br>> > Crapo told Idahoans<br>> >> who<br>> >> are protesting high federal deficits and tax increases through "tea<br>> > parties" today that he<br>> ><br>> >> supports their efforts and has the voting record to demonstrate that.<br>> > He also noted the<br>> >> similarities between today's events and his protest 15 years ago when he<br>> > dumped the U.S.<br>> >> Tax Code into the Boston Harbor. As a freshman Congressman in 1994,<br>> > Crapo joined with a<br>> >> handful of other members of the U.S. House of Representatives to toss a<br>> > copy into the<br>> >> Harbor, re-enacting the famous protest by American colonists.<br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> > Crapo addressed today's tax rallies through a written letter, as he<br>> > was unable to<br>> >> participate in person; he is hosting forums on federal health care<br>> > reform in Coeur d'Alene<br>> ><br>> >> and Lewiston. He sent letters through staff members attending the<br>> > events. The letter<br>> >> reads as follows:<br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> > Many Americans are joining together today across the nation to take a<br>> > stand against the<br>> >> injustice of excess taxes and spending. These are historic events that,<br>> > as you know,<br>> >> mirror the famous Boston Tea Party in 1773, in which the colonists<br>> > demonstrated their<br>> >> frustration and displeasure with the extent of the British Parliament's<br>> > sovereignty over<br>> >> the colonies. While today's gatherings around the country focus on<br>> > excessive spending, a<br>> >> common theme then and now is unfair taxes.<br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> > Those of you gathered here today are suffering the burden of the<br>> > extreme spending that<br>> >> the<br>> >> federal government has engaged in over the past year. Let me recount<br>> > the unbridled<br>> >> spending legislation passed by Congress since last spring, every one of<br>> > which I opposed<br>> >> and voted against:<br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> > * The Fiscal Year 2008 Omnibus Appropriations bill,<br>> >> ><br>> >> > * The 2008 stimulus bill which included the rebate checks,<br>> >> ><br>> >> > * The Fiscal Year 2009 Appropriations Continuing Resolution,<br>> >> ><br>> >> > * The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (otherwise<br>> > known as TARP 1 and<br>> ><br>> >> TARP 2),<br>> >> ><br>> >> > * The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (otherwise<br>> > known as the<br>> >> stimulus bill of 2009),<br>> >> ><br>> >> > * The Fiscal Year 2009 Omnibus Appropriations bill.<br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> > These seven pieces of legislation total a staggering 3.2 trillion in<br>> > taxpayer dollars.<br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> > I opposed and voted against each one of these. In fact, each time a<br>> > vote came up, I<br>> >> warned that while Idahoans and Americans across the country were cutting<br>> > back on their<br>> >> spending during difficult times, Congress and the Administration were<br>> > proposing to further<br>> ><br>> >> increase federal spending to unprecedented levels and increase the<br>> > public debt, placing an<br>> ><br>> >> additional debt burden of tens of thousands of dollars on the head of<br>> > every single<br>> >> American.<br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> > This is your money; you deserve to see clearly how spending decisions<br>> > by the Congress<br>> >> are<br>> >> reflected in a rising national debt that will be placed on our children<br>> > and grandchildren.<br>> ><br>> >> To no avail, I reminded my colleagues that we have relied far too<br>> > heavily on spending and<br>> ><br>> >> debt creation in hopes that we can revive the economy. In fact, small<br>> > business creates 90<br>> ><br>> >> percent of the jobs in our economy, not the federal government. We need<br>> > to increase<br>> >> incentives for business and rework our tax policy to encourage job<br>> > creation and new<br>> >> investment in the American economy. The last thing we need during these<br>> > difficult<br>> >> economic times is a tax increase.<br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> > $3.2 trillion represents grossly-inflated and fiscally-irresponsible<br>> > expenditures of<br>> >> taxpayer dollars. We cannot spend ourselves into prosperity. Tripling<br>> > federal programs<br>> >> is not the answer to economic stimulus, and it's certainly not the<br>> > answer to sustainable<br>> >> growth of small business-the heart and soul of our economy.<br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> > Debts in the trillions; expiring tax cuts; unchecked entitlement<br>> > growth-it's government<br>> >> run amok, or, as many here in Idaho have heard me say over the past few<br>> > months: hold on,<br>> >> Big Government is back. Back in 1994, when I was a Member of the House<br>> > of<br>> >> Representatives, I joined a few of my colleagues in the Boston Harbor on<br>> > the very ship on<br>> >> which the original Boston Tea Party was held for a re-enactment of that<br>> > event. At that<br>> >> time, we physically threw the Internal Revenue Code in Boston Harbor.<br>> > My friends, today,<br>> >> you are having another Tea Party because we must continue to remain<br>> > vigilant and active<br>> >> against excessive, unfair and outrageous government spending and<br>> > taxation. My feelings<br>> >> about taxes remain unchanged. Limited government is best, and taxpayers<br>> > know better than<br>> >> Congress how to allocate their hard-earned dollars.<br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> > I commend you all on your efforts today. Continue to let your elected<br>> > officials know<br>> >> how<br>> >> you feel about how your hard-earned taxpayer dollars are being spent,<br>> > not just today, but<br>> >> until your voices are heard and change truly happens.<br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> > To directly link to this news release, please use the following<br>> > address:<br>> >> ><br>> >> > http://crapo.senate.gov/media/newsreleases/release_full.cfm?id=311507<br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> > # # #<br>> >> ><br>> >> > .......................................................................<br>> >> ><br>> >> > This is generated from an unattended mailbox. If you have constituent<br>> > comments or<br>> >> information you would like forwarded to Senator Crapo, please do so at<br>> > the Senator's<br>> >> website, http://crapo.senate.gov<http://crapo.senate.gov/>. Comments<br>> > sent to this e-mail<br>> >> address will not be responded to.<br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >><br>> >><br>> >><br>> >><br>> >><br>> >> ---------------------------------------------<br>> >> This message was sent by First Step Internet.<br>> >> http://www.fsr.com/<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >> =======================================================<br>> >> List services made available by First Step Internet,<br>> >> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br>> >> http://www.fsr.net<br>> >> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> >> =======================================================<br>> >><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > "So keep fightin' for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't forget to<br>> > have fun doin' it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous,<br>> > ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can<br>> > produce. And when you get through kickin' ass and celebratin' the sheer<br>> > joy of a good fight, be sure to tell those who come after how much fun it<br>> > was."<br>> ><br>> > - Molly<br>> > Ivins<br>> ><br>> > ---------------------------------------------<br>> > This message was sent by First Step Internet.<br>> > http://www.fsr.com/<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > =======================================================<br>> > List services made available by First Step Internet,<br>> > serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br>> > http://www.fsr.net<br>> > mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> > =======================================================<br>> > <br>> <br>> <br>> =======================================================<br>> List services made available by First Step Internet, <br>> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br>> http://www.fsr.net <br>> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> =======================================================<br></body>
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