Monthly Archives: April 2007

You can listen to this episode by downloading the mp3 “attachment” to this blog post. The show’s agenda was described in the previous blog post.::::::Basically, I raced — I mean I talked so fast it was barely coherent — about all the things the federal government, Congress in particular, is going to give us, and upon which we’ll have to act urgently, this month. ::::::For kicks, see if you can guess the secret sound in the background during the final segment. Use comments below to offer your guess. ::::::The Downsize DC Conference Call is sponsored by DownsizeDC.org, Inc. and Gun Owners of America.

Are you ready? This is going to be a busy month. Congress has a lot planned for us.
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:::Starting next week, you’ll begin seeing Urgent Action Items. We expect that to be a regular occurrence up until Memorial Day.
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:::The last month the miscreants on Capitol Hill had us this busy was September. And we won one of those campaigns! As I sit here writing this to you now, my hunch is that we’ll think September was a “walk in the park,” by comparison.
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:::On today’s Downsize DC Conference Call, my Sunday radio show, I’ll tell you what’s coming down the pike.
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:::Will we be capable of keeping up the pace necessary to stop Congress from doing so many bad things?

What would it take?

Are you the victim of a conspiracy?

Today’s Downsizer Dispatch . . .::::::Please share with concerned friends . . .::::::Subject: A bill to repeal the online gambling ban::::::Pressure on Congress works. People all over the Internet, including DC Downsizers, have been pressuring Congress to repeal the ban on transferring money to online gambling sites.::::::We’re starting to see a response.

What year is this?

Why Respond At All?

This is the legislation Congress passed for April 16 to 21, 2007.

Boy, this show was “smoking hot.” Four callers. Nine emailers. And the messages kept coming even after the show was over (nearly a half-dozen more). And, I’ve received additional messages asking if there was somewhere to listen. Well, you can. “Attached” to this blog post is an mp3 of this episode. ::::::What was all the fuss about? I previewed the show in our Sunday morning Downsizer-Dispatch. ::::::My monologue was, if I may say so, powerful and spot-on. :::My guest, Jack Mullen, gave great insight into life with a schizophrenic. :::”Captain Phil” was an All-Star caller, with insight on how to deal with a Virginia Tech/Columbine style crisis if you’re in the room with the shooter. :::Chuck from Georgia had the email of the day with the three questions the media should have (but didn’t) ask all of the survivors. ::::::What a wonderful coincidence that Gun Owners of America is also a sponsor of this program. ::::::Oh, and if you’re interested in reading the entire Butler Schaffer article I quoted, you’ll find “The Control Cult,” here.

A few weeks ago, I was chastised in messages from Downsizer-Dispatch subscribers for writing that there were 535 miscreants on Capitol Hill. The complainants suggested that either there was at least one good person up there — and generally they named their favorites — or that this was unprofessional ad hominem. ::::::My first instinct was to