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Rehberg joins TEA Party Caucus

Lonecowboy

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Rehberg Joins House TEA Party Caucus



WASHINGTON, D.C. – Montana’s Congressman, Denny Rehberg, has joined the House TEA Party Caucus.



“While progressive interest groups have made disparaging and disingenuous claims about the TEA Parties, they have done so from the safety and security of their Washington, D.C. headquarters. If you refuse to get out and actually listen to what people are saying, it’s easy to mistake the voter frustration for irrational extremism. That mistake lets you discount it completely. But if you’re not frustrated about where this Congress has taking us, you’re not paying attention. Frustration is the rational reaction when a government of the People begins crafting legislation in secret, ignoring public opposition and passing bills in the dead of the night. It’s the rational reaction when the federal government blows through $1 trillion for a ‘so-called’ Stimulus that actually hurts job growth while racking up $13 trillion on the taxpayer’s credit card, saddling every man woman and child in America with more than $40,000 in debt. You don’t have to be an extremist to participate in the TEA Party, and most of those who participate in Montana are folks who are rightly frustrated by where Nancy Pelosi is taking their country.”

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

at least someone in DC is listening! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
 

Whitewing

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But, but....those teabaggers are all a bunch of racists who are bought, paid for, and organized by the insurance industry.



:lol:
 

Lonecowboy

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A move by members of Congress to plant the Tea Party flag on Capitol Hill is getting a cautious reception from Tea Party members who are warning the lawmakers not to attempt a takeover of the grassroots movement.

The formation of an official Tea Party Caucus comes at a critical time in the movement's quest for identity and influence, with midterm elections on the horizon. The existence of a caucus in Washington potentially puts pressure on Tea Partiers to better define themselves before somebody else does it for them.

"The caucus debuted Wednesday and already counts nearly 30 House Republicans as members. They did not claim to speak for the Tea Party movement, and Tea Partiers say that's the way it ought to stay. They're not the leaders of the movement. ... They don't give orders of any kind," said Shelby Blakely, a leadership council member for Tea Party Patriots and the director of the network's online publication. She said Tea Party Patriots is fine with the caucus, provided its only job is to listen. She described it as just another Tea Party, nothing more.

"We went from 2,350 groups to 2,351 groups nationwide," Blakely told FoxNews.com.

But the Tea Party has traditionally picked which candidates and lawmakers it supports, not vice-versa. Blakely said the motives and loyalties of incoming caucus members is "something worth watching for."

"If their voting records are not taken into account, then it's just a show," she said.

Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., who championed the caucus by asking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi last week to allow it, said she's not trying to hijack the movement.

"We decided to form a Tea Party caucus for one very important purpose -- to listen to the concerns of the Tea Party," Bachmann said Wednesday. "We are not the mouthpiece of the Tea Party. We are not taking the Tea Party and controlling it from Washington, D.C. I am not the head of the Tea Party, nor are any of these members of Congress the head of the Tea Party movement. The people are the head of the Tea Party movement in all of their form." As of Wednesday morning, 29 House members, all Republicans, had joined the caucus, including Mike Pence of Indiana, Pete Hoekstra of Michigan, Paul Broun of Georgia, Todd Tiahrt of Kansas, John Carter of Texas and Cliff Stearns of Florida.

The lawmakers said they are not part of the Tea Party movement, but they do support its broad principles: lower taxes, reduced spending and smaller government.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/07/22/grassroots-tea-party-cautious-caucus-capitol-hill/
 

Steve

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Whitewing said:
But, but....those teabaggers are all a bunch of racists who are bought, paid for, and organized by the insurance industry.



:lol:

I didn't get my check from the insurance industry yet....

and for an angry mob they sure are one nice bunch of folk..
 

Whitewing

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Steve said:
Whitewing said:
But, but....those teabaggers are all a bunch of racists who are bought, paid for, and organized by the insurance industry.



:lol:

I didn't get my check from the insurance industry yet....

and for an angry mob they sure are one nice bunch of folk..

You got dooped Steve. They let a few guys like you hang around to make them look legit. It's a conspiracy I tell ya.
 
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Anonymous

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Yep-- the Montana Governor pretty well summed up the Teabaggers "do away with all taxes-all government- taxes are unconstitutional philosophy" about the best when he said these Teabaggers get on government subsidized phone lines- or broadband internet to organize their meetings- then travel to them on government subsidized highways, airlines, or railways- and while there expect to be safe and protected because of government paid for Police, Fire, EMS & Rescue-- many use government subsidized public local transportation to reach their partying site-use government subsidized electricity to power their microphones that they then use to stand there and Beach and Moan about how we need to do away with all government and taxes..... :lol: :lol:

And Rehberg thinks Millionaire Teabaggers that are Congressmen should have government pay for babysitters for his develpment land while he and his employees go away for the 4th of July Holiday :wink: :p :lol: :lol:
What a joke!!!
 

Whitewing

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Oldtimer said:
Yep-- the Montana Governor pretty well summed up the Teabaggers "do away with all taxes-all government- taxes are unconstitutional philosophy" about the best when he said these Teabaggers get on government subsidized phone lines- or broadband internet to organize their meetings- then travel to them on government subsidized highways, airlines, or railways- and while there expect to be safe and protected because of government paid for Police, Fire, EMS & Rescue-- many use government subsidized public local transportation to reach their partying site-use government subsidized electricity to power their microphones that they then use to stand there and Beach and Moan about how we need to do away with all government..... :lol: :lol:

And Rehberg thinks Millionaire Teabaggers that are Congressmen should have government pay for babysitters for his develpment land while he and his employees go away for the 4th of July Holiday :wink: :p :lol: :lol:
What a joke!!!

Nice strawman there OT and I suspect both you and the good gov know it.

I don't believe for a minute that the Tea Party movement is calling for doing away with all taxes and all government.

What I do believe they're calling for is the same as most American families are forced to do each and every payday.....try to maintain their personal spending at a level that does not exceed their income.

Nice try though.
 

Tam

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Oldtimer said:
Yep-- the Montana Governor pretty well summed up the Teabaggers "do away with all taxes-all government- taxes are unconstitutional philosophy" about the best when he said these Teabaggers get on government subsidized phone lines- or broadband internet to organize their meetings- then travel to them on government subsidized highways, airlines, or railways- and while there expect to be safe and protected because of government paid for Police, Fire, EMS & Rescue-- many use government subsidized public local transportation to reach their partying site-use government subsidized electricity to power their microphones that they then use to stand there and Beach and Moan about how we need to do away with all government..... :lol: :lol:

And Rehberg thinks Millionaire Teabaggers that are Congressmen should have government pay for babysitters for his develpment land while he and his employees go away for the 4th of July Holiday :wink: :p :lol: :lol:
What a joke!!!

Yes and Global warming wingnuts like Obama, Pelosi, and Gore get on their jets and fly around preaching how we are destroying the world with are cattle farting, so what are you saying Oldtimer that people the PAY THEIR TAXES shouldn't get anything for their money say the right to drive on a public Highway? :? :roll:
 

Steve

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Oldtimer said:
Yep-- the Montana Governor pretty well summed up the Teabaggers
government subsidized
government subsidized
government paid
government subsidized
use government subsidized government and taxes.....

What a joke!!!

maybe your governor could explain where the magic money is coming from for the "government".. ????

does it grow on trees?

does it come from Obama stash?

yep... the government and governor is taking credit for the taxpayers funding projects.. kinda slimey of him if you ask me...
 

Lonecowboy

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Steve said:
maybe your governor could explain where the magic money is coming from for the "government".. ????


yep... the government and governor is taking credit for the taxpayers funding projects.. kinda slimey of him if you ask me...


oh, so you've met him!
next time you talk to him ask him why my property tax went up 55% last year? then ask him why I strongly support the TEA party rebellion?
 

I Luv Herfrds

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Maybe old BS should explain why the state is trying to spend $16 MILLION to buy a ranch to turn into a "public" area.
then the idiot wonders why theres no money coming. Well keep buying up land and taking it off of the tax rolls, guess he's still an idiot.
 
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Anonymous

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While in this globalist one world movement of the past 30 years the movers and shakers seem to think more money can be brought in from tourism than from Agriculture...

And when you look at how the ranching community has either directly sold out to large wildlife groups thru easements, or direct sales, or to large private hunting groups, started outfitting business's, bed and breakfasts and built hunting cabins-- they may be right.....

Wild Vacations: Restoration of the American Buffalo and the Great Plains

Amy Anaruk

There’s probably no place in America as romanticized and mythologized as the West, and the eco-travel industry is cashing in. For a fraction of the cost of an African safari, tourists can approximate the experience of a grasslands vacation by heading to the vast prairie preserves of Montana and the Dakotas. Called “rewilding,” allowing the northern plains to revert back to their natural state is turning the area into a destination with unparalleled access to a North American symbol that almost disappeared forever: the American buffalo.

While millions of bison once roamed and grazed all over the prairies, working as a keystone species that played an essential part of that region’s ecology, by the end of the 19th century rampant, irresponsible overhunting brought their numbers to an astonishing several hundred. In some inhumane cases, bison extermination was deliberate and aimed at a wider, more horrifying extinction:

Some U.S. government officials even promoted the destruction of the bison herds as a way to defeat their Native American enemies, who were resisting the takeover of their lands by white settlers. One Congressman, James Throckmorton of Texas, believed that "it would be a great step forward in the civilization of the Indians and the preservation of peace on the border if there was not a buffalo in existence." Soon, military commanders were ordering their troops to kill buffalo -- not for food, but to deny Native Americans their own source of food. – PBS: Buffalo Nation On the heels of this near-extinction, a natural cycle of Great Plains drought that lasted eight years, the constant strong winds over the prairies, and the disastrous effects of deep plowing and soil erosion merged and transformed rich grassland into the Dust Bowl in the early 1930’s. By the time the drought ended, several decades of history had destroyed the perfect symbiosis between the American prairie landscape and the roaming, grazing bison herds uniquely suited to that land. Now after years of soil conservation and efforts to rebuild bison herds through zoo and private stock, national parks and preserves across the upper Midwest have started to attract adventurers and eco-travelers:

As the plains have become depopulated, locals have also started sighting regular migrations of pronghorn antelope, elk, mountain lions, bighorn sheep and even bison. Taking advantage of the animal repopulation, Upper Midwest outfitters are designing extended wildlife safaris. Twice a year, the American Prairie Foundation runs safaris in the areas it has preserved, trips that at times include private plane flights across the open land. In the future, predicts Sean Garrity, the foundation’s president, Off the Beaten Path will run these safaris, and many local aviation outfits will begin prairie flights. Though often overshadowed by nearby Badlands National Park, South Dakota’s Custer State Park runs backcountry jeep safaris. The trips put visitors within feet of herds of bison roaming in the park, as well as providing background on their habits and history. – New York Times For many plains activists, eco-travel is a much better fit for the prairie than farming. The American buffalo needs large tracts of grassland to thrive, although the American Bison Society notes that at 400,000 animals, bison herds are not yet large enough to fill their former ecological niche on the Great Plains. According to the New York Times,

“The idea of rewilding the West takes its inspiration from two professors, Frank and Deborah Popper. In an essay written two decades ago in the journal Planning, they suggested restoring the Upper Midwest to its native state, which they called the Buffalo Commons, and largely replacing agriculture in the region with eco-tourism.” – New York Times Relying on tourism rather than agriculture will require an acute balance between wildlife and people on the plains. Saving the American buffalo from extinction and healing the ravages of the Dust Bowl only to watch them both ruined by uncontrolled resort development would be a tragedy on par with the original devastation. It’s a challenge as wide and sweeping as the prairie itself; to maintain a steady revenue stream as an eco-destination while retaining the wild, rugged quality of the land. Conservationists and plains activists are up to the test, especially since the connection between bison and the prairies has implications for the rest of the world, as well:

The backbone of the Buffalo Commons movement is the work — over a period of decades — to re-establish and re-connect prairie wildland reserves and ecological corridors large enough for bison and all other native prairie wildlife to survive and roam freely, over great, connected distances, while simultaneously restoring the health and sustainability of our communities wherever possible so that both land and people may prosper for a very long time. Future generations may choose to expand these reserves and corridors, as the new culture of caring and belonging we have started today becomes an integral, ingrained part of life in the world of tomorrow, especially as extensive grasslands become needed to help absorb carbon from the atmosphere. – Great Plains Restoration Council

http://www.celsias.com/article/wild-vacations-restoration-of-the-american-buffalo/
 

I Luv Herfrds

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I know it is the American Prairie Foundation.

I got into a fight with a long time friend over this group. He sure didn't like it when I asked him where his food was going to come from once all the crop land was gone and now a prairie.
I was sent a copy of their "map" that they have denied for years but are just now admitting to planning.

Going west from the CMR clear to Ft. Benton following the Missouri River. As far north as Big Sandy and as far south as Lewistown.

I've also seen the "new map" going now clear up into Canada.
 
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Anonymous

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But in many ways I see us (farmers/ranchers as a whole) as our own worse enemy-- in that we were the ones did much of the promotion of the out of state hunting industry- the profiteering off wildlife and the hunting industry- the selling out to the conservation groups- or selling out to private hunting groups- or leasing out land to "outfitter only hunting"- fee hunting - or flat closing all land to hunting-- and in doing so we lost many of which was one of thebiggest support groups- the local/instate hunters and sportsmen...

Instead some of these sportsmen and hunters are now supporting the F&G and government buy ups of land and the putting in of more public areas like the CMR....

We were discussing the buffalo issue amongst about a dozen folks the other day- and talking how that one buffalo idea will encompass even Glasgow and the river bottom--- and the first thing I heard was comments like "maybe that will open up some of our river bottom to hunting again"- "does that mean the river out by Strommens won'tbe closed anymore?"- and "maybe they will let us hunt some of that river below you" (our riverbottom land is surroundedby land leased out to outfitters- and people get a little frustrated/peeved when they drive down the road and see hundreds of deer-but can't hunt them...Mines open-but not as good of hunting..)....Comments like that...

These are not Ag people- and don't see Agriculture in as kindly a view as folks years ago did.... And as bigger farm/ranchs come to be-more corporate farming- they know even less of the folks actually involved in Agriculture- no longer go to school with any of them-or sit in church with them.... And every year as less and less have roots arising from Agriculture- or grow up with people involved in Agriculture it will get worse...
 
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Anonymous

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I Luv Herfrds said:
Maybe old BS should explain why the state is trying to spend $16 MILLION to buy a ranch to turn into a "public" area.
then the idiot wonders why theres no money coming. Well keep buying up land and taking it off of the tax rolls, guess he's still an idiot.

But old Denny is out there praising Governor BS about how well he's running the state.....

Then the next day joins the ********* Caucus :???: ....

Which does not surprise me- as Denny stands for whatever benefits Denny the most at that certain time...And tommorrow it may be totally opposite depending on who he's talking to..... He also knows that Schweitzer is the most popular politician/office holder in Montana right now....

Rehberg said he has been citing Montana’s Democratic Gov. Brian Schweitzer as a good example in the subcommittees when trying to freeze budgets. Montana is one of two states whose general fund budgets are in the black, Rehberg said, and Schweitzer also asked state agencies to identify 5 percent in budget cuts, not freezes. “You’ve got a Democrat in Montana doing the right thing,” Rehberg said. “Why can’t we do the right thing now?”

http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/article_761470f2-9550-11df-ae9e-001cc4c002e0.html
 

hopalong

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Oldtimer said:
I Luv Herfrds said:
Maybe old BS should explain why the state is trying to spend $16 MILLION to buy a ranch to turn into a "public" area.
then the idiot wonders why theres no money coming. Well keep buying up land and taking it off of the tax rolls, guess he's still an idiot.

But old Denny is out there praising Governor BS about how well he's running the state.....

Then the next day joins the ********* Caucus :???: ....

Which does not surprise me- as Denny stands for whatever benefits Denny the most at that certain time...And tommorrow it may be totally opposite depending on who he's talking to..... He also knows that Schweitzer is the most popular politician/office holder in Montana right now....

Rehberg said he has been citing Montana’s Democratic Gov. Brian Schweitzer as a good example in the subcommittees when trying to freeze budgets. Montana is one of two states whose general fund budgets are in the black, Rehberg said, and Schweitzer also asked state agencies to identify 5 percent in budget cuts, not freezes. “You’ve got a Democrat in Montana doing the right thing,” Rehberg said. “Why can’t we do the right thing now?”

http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/article_761470f2-9550-11df-ae9e-001cc4c002e0.html

Kinda like you do eh???????
Jump twist turn to what ever tune you fancy!!!!EH???
 
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