We need to fight this, Here is some more info. It's not fun to lose. Unfortunately, that's what happened when the U.S. House passed the National Energy Tax on Friday night by a vote of 219-212 (Click here to see how your representative voted). But, losing forces us to take a hard look at where we are, so we can be ready for the next stage of this fight in the U.S. Senate. Today, we face 3 truths:
One - people are now paying attention, they're angry, and they want to act. Two - we need more people, in your state, on our side. Three - the time to begin recruiting is today.
The 219-212 vote was much closer than Speaker Pelosi expected, and 44 Democrats bucked their party and voted no. This is a testament to your efforts, and now we must do it again in the Senate.
Our vehicle is the "Stop the Energy Tax" campaign, which will allow us to reach, educate, and activate more people to make their voices heard in Washington.
Right now over 150,000 people have joined us. We must now double that for the Senate fight. If every petition signer recruits just one person, we'll hit our goal of 300,000.
Because of the close vote in the House, Senators are already nervous about supporting the National Energy Tax. In fact, over the weekend Senator Claire McCaskill, a Democrat from Missouri said: "I hope we fix cap and trade so it doesn't unfairly punish businesses and families in coal dependent states like Missouri."
This shows there are Senators on the fence, and they can be pushed over the edge if enough of us are willing to act. Thank you for recruiting one person today, and we'll be in touch in the coming days to let you know other ways that you can help defeat this massive energy tax.
Don't believe The RedNeckRush - try this one? Al Qaeda says they would use Pakistani nuclear weapons on U.S.-- according to Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, the leader of al Qaeda in Afghanistan: 'The strategy of the (al Qaeda) organization in the coming period is the same as in the previous period: to hit the head of the snake, the head of tyranny -- the United States.' ... but read on -- 'That can be achieved through continued work on the open fronts and also by opening new fronts in a manner that achieves the interests of Islam and Muslims and by increasing military operations that drain the enemy financially.
NOW CONSIDER OBAMA'S ROLE in "draining the enemy financially" ... UNEMPLOYMENT? All Kinds and Types of New Programs That Will DRAIN THE US ECONOMY - "cap & Trade" ... Billion Dollar Stimulus Packages that will eat our lunch in future deficits? .. Wars in Afganastan and Iraq - how costly are these? .. and the biggest one to date? Just think about the OBAMA HEALTH CARE PACKAGE! Now ask yourself a simple, straight forward "what if" ... WHAT IF THESE NEW PROGRAMS escalate in costs like every other government program has done in the past 40 years? WHAT IF?
If this ever gets pass, then everyone will wake up one day to find that their utility bill has more than tripled. Maybe then people will realize that they should have been paying attention but by then it'll be to late. We need to get these crazy people out of our government!
Carol Flemming 
