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Hey patriots, this is a letter from your friend Senator Jane Cunningham. Please support her, Rep. Tim Jones and the other supporters of state sovereignty in Jefferson City.  --Dr. Tobler

April 18, 2010 Health Care Freedom Act Update

Thank you so much for producing the ongoing segment on your Saturday morning show to update your listeners on the progress of the Health Care Freedom Act to codify and protect the right of Missourians to choose their own medical and insurance providers without penalties. Also to be thanked are your listeners and the Patriot Groups that have adopted SJR25 (Senate Joint Resolution) as their “project” for this year’s legislative session.

The Health Care Freedom Act, SJR25 (Cunningham) was voted “do pass” from the Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee (Chair-Sen. Chuck Purgason) and was debated for nine hours on the Senate Floor on March 24th. The bill is on the Senate Informal Calendar from which it can be brought up at any time. I believe the political will is there to get this constitutional amendment to a vote of the people, most likely at the November 2010 general election. Senator Kevin Engler, the Senate Floor Leader, is a co-sponsor of the bill and deserves your continued support and encouragement for the responsibility on his shoulders to see the project through the Senate. The legislative session ends at 6:00pm on May 14th so there is a short span of time to reach our goal.

The companion legislation sponsored by Rep. Tim Jones, (HJR48, 50 and 57) passed the House 109-46. But the battle is in the Senate and if we can get SJR25 through that body, we believe it will easily pass in the House. We are already partly there with the previous nine hours of debate holding off several amendments drafted to kill the measure. SJR25 needs to be agreed to by both the Senate and the House.

If the Health Care Freedom Act passes the House and Senate, it will go directly to a citizen vote. It does not need the Governor’s signature. If Missouri voters approve the Constitutional Amendment by a majority vote, it will set up a conflict between the new federal Health Care law and the Missouri Constitution which will trigger a show-down over states rights ultimately in the U.S. Supreme Court. Arizona has already passed this same measure and it is scheduled for the 2010 November ballot in that State. Legislators in 41 states have introduced similar legislation to Rep. Jones’ and my bills. That is an incredible statement in opposition to what was shoved down our throats from Washington, D.C.

The support and engagement of the grass roots groups from around the State have proved instrumental in the positive movement of this critical legislation. Your continued involvement will be necessary to see it through to completion. We will be communicating through the grass roots leaders and Dr. Tobler’s show to get the word out when the debate will resume in the senate. If you can be there to fill the 265 seats in the Visitors Gallery, that would be most helpful for our colleagues and the Media to recognize that Missourians are serious about protecting and preserving their freedoms. If you would also like to be on Sen. Cunningham’s Health Care Freedom Act update list, email your name, street and city address, and email address to Sandra.Allen@senate.mo.gov.

To find out your representative and senator, Click Here and enter your zip code in the 'Legislator Look-Up' field.

The bills and co-sponsors can be found Here, type in SJR25 in the bill search field, click on "Full Bill Text" or "Co-Sponsors" and Here, type in HJR57 in the bill search field, click on "Bill Text Introduced" to see the bill language and the co-sponsors listed at the top.

There is public parking along the streets and a garage one block east of the Capitol on the corner of East Capitol and Madison (same intersection as the Governor's mansion).

If folks want to spend the night in Jefferson City, there are numerous hotels but two that we know of offering discounts if you use my name are The Best Value Inn, 150 City Plaza in Holts Summit, 573-896-8787, $50 plus tax for 1 or 2 people in a room with 2 double beds (on Hwy. 54 about 10 minutes before you reach Jefferson City) and the Days Inn, 2100 Jefferson Street, Jefferson City, 573-761-3600, $60.99 plus tax. Make sure you mention you are in Jeff City for the Health Care Freedom Act in order to get the discount. It is best to make a reservation.

Gratefully, Senator Jane Cunningham (R-West and Northwest St. Louis County)
Further questions:
Annette@IHeardThePeopleSay.org
Sen. Cunningham’s Capitol office - 573-751-1186 or toll free 866-543-0420

Dear American liberals, leftists, social progressives, socialists, Marxists and Obama supporters,

We've stuck together since the late 1950s, but the whole of this latest election process has made me realize that I want a divorce. I know that we tolerated each other for many years for the sake of future generations, but sadly this relationship has run its course. Our two ideological sides of America cannot and just will not ever agree on what's right. So let's just end it right now while we can do it on friendly terms. We can smile, shake hands, chalk it up to irreconcilable differences and each go our own way.
So here's a model separation agreement.
Our two groups can equitably divide up the country by land mass, each taking a portion. That's going to be the difficult part, but I'm sure our two sides can come to a friendly agreement. After that, it should be relatively easy. Our respective representatives can effortlessly divide other assets since both sides have such distinct and disparate taste. We don't like redistributive taxes so you can have those. You are welcome to the liberal judges and the ACLU. And since you hate guns and you hate war, we'll take the firearms, the cops, the NRA and the military. You can keep Oprah, Michael Moore and Rosie O'Donnell. But you are going to be responsible for finding a biodiesel vehicle big enough to haul them around.
We'll keep the capitalism, the greedy corporations, the pharmaceutical companies; we will keep Wal-Mart and Wall Street. You can have the homeless, the homeboys, the hippies and illegal aliens. We will keep the hot Alaskan hockey moms, the greedy CEOS and all of the rednecks. We'll keep the Bibles and we'll let you have NBC and Hollywood.
You can be nice to Iran and Palestine and we'll retain the right to invade and hammer anybody that threatens us. You can have the peaceniks and the war protesters. When our allies or our way of life are under assault, we will provide them with security. You won't have to worry about it. We will keep our Judeo-Christian values. You are welcome to Islam, Scientology, Humanism and Shirley Maclaine. You can also have the UN, but we will no longer pay the bill.
We will keep the SUVs, the pickup trucks and the oversize luxury cars.
You can have the compacts, the subcompacts and every Subaru station wagon you can find. You can give everybody healthcare, if you can find any practicing doctors. We will continue to believe that healthcare is a privilege and not a right. We will keep "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" and the national anthem, and I am sure you will be happy to substitute in their place "Imagine." I'd like to teach the world to sing "Kumbaya" or "We are the world." We will practice trickle-down economics and you can give trickle-up poverty your best shot. And since it so offends you, we will keep our history, our name and our flag.
Would you agree to this? If so, please pass it along other like-minded liberal and conservative patriots. And if you do not agree, just hit delete. In the friendly spirit of parting, I'll bet you ANWAR which one of us will need whose help in about 15 years.
Sincerely,
John J Wall
Law student and an American
P.S. You can also have Barbara Streisand and Jane Fonda

Thanks for writing.
R