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Today’s Downsizer Dispatch . . .::::::Please share with concerned friends . . .::::::Subject: Super urgent REAL ID Trojan horse needs to be slain::::::DISCLAIMER: If you think the claims we make below are exaggerated or unfounded, you are free, as always, to sit this one out. But we hope you will remember our warnings. We won’t say “we told you so” when the things we predict below actually happen, but we do hope you will remember, when the time comes, that we did in fact warn you in advance. ::::::Here’s what’s at stake . . .::::::The immigration controversy, and the legislation it has spawned, has become a Trojan Horse for imposing the REAL ID Act on all Americans, and entangling all of us in a bureaucratic nightmare of apocalyptic proportions.::::::Think for a moment about all the problems there have been with the terrorist watch list. Think about all the innocent Americans who have been placed on this list for no discernible reason, and the trouble people have had getting off this list. Now . . .

Ron Paul v. Rudy Giuliani

Today’s Downsizer Dispatch . . .::::::Please share with concerned friends . . .::::::Subject: The Debate Ambush::::::Please plan on tuning in to my Sunday radio show, the Downsize DC Conference Call. I’ll tell you why below. But first, a warning . . .::::::My show sponsored by Gun Owners of America (GOA) and DownsizeDC.org, Inc. But it’s my show. And part of the sponsorship deal is that I get to advertise the show on this Dispatch. But the views expressed by the host, and the topics chosen, are MINE — not necessarily those of GOA or DownsizeDC.org. ::::::This week, is one of those weeks where I must make that abundantly clear. Downsize DC is non-partisan — heck, it’s anti-partisan. Yet my topic this week is . . . ::::::* Rudy Guiliani vs. Ron Paul :::* The Establishment vs. Ron Paul::::::In this week’s FoxNews debate, Ron Paul stuck to the facts. Rudy Guiliani did not. Rudy even cheated. ::::::Ron Paul acted with integrity. Rudy Guiliani did not. And even if you witnessed what happened on FoxNews, you haven’t heard the half of it.

DownsizeDC.org has joined a huge coalition asking the Senate Majority and Minority leaders to pass the OPEN Government Act of 2007 to strengthen the Freedom of Information Act. Here is the letter our coalition sent to the Senate:::::::

Dear Senator Reid and Senator McConnell:::::::We write on behalf of the undersigned group of business, public interest, and historical groups and associations to endorse the OPEN Government Act of 2007 (S. 849), as introduced by Senator Patrick Leahy and Senator John Cornyn. ::::::The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is the public’s most significant tool for ensuring integrity and accountability from the federal government. Unfortunately, FOIA’s promise of ensuring an open and accountable government has been seriously undermined by the excessive processing delays that FOIA requesters face across the government. The OPEN Government Act would: ::::::• Close loopholes in FOIA; :::• Help the public get timely responses to FOIA requests; and :::• Improve agency accountability and require better management of FOIA programs.

Today’s Downsizer Dispatch . . .::::::Please share with concerned friends . . .::::::Subject: Grassroots regulations DEFEATED!::::::We just won another one in Congress.::::::Proposed regulations for grassroots groups like Downsize DC have been strangled in their crib.

We warned you.
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:::We told you that this month was going to be a bad one with Congress. And yet, we haven’t sent that many messages. But today Congress is so busy it requires a second message.
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:::I’m not going to apologize for sending a second message — it’s Congresses’ fault. 
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:::This is an URGENT bulletin and phone calls are required. 
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:::I’m writing to urge that you call your Representative in the U.S. House THIS AFTERNOON to oppose two amendments that would require the use of a REAL ID-compliant driver’s license.
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:::Some background . . .

Today’s Downsizer Dispatch . . .::::::Please share with concerned friends . . .::::::Subject: Urgent Grassroots Danger!::::::Rust and Congress have a lot in common. Both do damage, and neither of them ever sleep. We need to take urgent action today to spray a little metaphorical Rust-oleum over the latest danger area.::::::We have told you in the past how the campaign finance laws have protected incumbents from serious challenge at the ballot box. ::::::Yesterday we described how the establishment’s reaction to Congressman Ron Paul reflects a similar intent to rig things in favor of the status quo. ::::::Today we must alert you to the latest danger to the the kind of grassroots pressure organized and exerted by groups like DownsizeDC.org.::::::Grassroots pressure on Congress is the last remaining tool we have to control the establishment monopoly. This tool must be preserved at all costs.

Today’s Downsizer Dispatch . . .::::::Please share with concerned friends . . .::::::Subject: Planning revenge for the downsizer blackout::::::America’s establishment is America’s enemy. We need a counter establishment, a counter force to overwhelm and defeat this “enemy within.”::::::The toxicity of America’s political establishment can be seen most clearly in its response to Congressman Ron Paul’s showing in the Republican presidential debates.

Today’s Downsizer Dispatch . . .::::::Please share this with concerned friends . . .::::::Subject: Passing “Whistleblower” protection legislation

Congress, 2007 May 7-12