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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>No, but to hear The bear and the hamster tell it Mr.
Poopyhead and a few million concerned citizens might as well be.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Tee hee haha giggle snort,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>g</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=sunilramalingam@hotmail.com
href="mailto:sunilramalingam@hotmail.com">Sunil Ramalingam</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision 2020</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 22, 2009 7:56
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Fw: CRAPO
COMMENDS TAX PROTESTS, DEFICIT AWARENESS</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Are you saying Larry Craig is gay? Because he denies it, you
know.<BR><BR>Sunil<BR><BR>> From: <A
href="mailto:jampot@roadrunner.com">jampot@roadrunner.com</A><BR>> To: <A
href="mailto:bear@moscow.com">bear@moscow.com</A>; <A
href="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com">lfalen@turbonet.com</A>; <A
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A>; <A
href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</A><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>> >> >
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>> ><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>>
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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>>
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