Steny Hoyer Town Hall

Last night’s town hall was an interesting and exciting event. Although I doubt Hoyer will change his position on the issues, the press could not help but report on the vocal opposition to government healthcare that exists even inside a historically democrat district.

Steny started the evening by making several outlandish claims via powerpoint. During his presentation he claimed the public option would fix medicare and provide affordable coverage for all without doing any damage to the economy. He also supported a claim by a fellow congressman that people who believe HR3200 would allow for the creation of "death panels" are "nuts" and went on to assure that healthcare under the public option would in no way be rationed.

Later in the evening, in response to a question posed by Collins Bailey, who may become Hoyer’s opponent in the 2010 elections, Steny claimed that the public option could provide health care to every American that wanted it without either raising taxes or increasing the deficit. He claimed the government would be so efficient in cutting costs that the program would be similar to an "investment" that would earn America money in the long run.

Where does one begin to respond to the absurdity of a democrat congressman, in the midst of the financial woes of social security, medicare, fannie and freddie, the post office and the entire nation, making a claim that the government will not only be fiscally responsible but that it possesses supreme cost cutting effectiveness that is non-existent in the private sector?

All that aside, the left has only provided solutions to coverage problems. They not only have no plans to return health care costs to their free market value but are deeply opposed to conservative efforts to do so. How then would the government cut costs? One only has to look to every nation with socialized healthcare in the World to find that answer. Every government run healthcare system in the World rations care and makes life or death decisions for its patients in something similar to what right wing nut jobs call death panels.

Steny Hoyer smoothly dodged several tough questions last night. Steny Hoyer also contradicted himself and lied directly to the faces his constituents, he was booed and jeered accordingly.

Sam Hale

MSOP Update

Thanks to everyone who attended our protest of Steny Hoyer on the 22nd. Over 125 people were there thanks to our efforts and those of two other conservative groups.
Several MSOP members are currently planning on attending Mr. Hoyer's town hall on September 1st. Feel free to join us if your available.
The September 12 national tea party in Washington D.C. is fast approaching. Keep this important event in mind as the date approaches.
Several MSOP events are being discussed for September, I hope to have a calender detailing the events sent out before the first.

God Bless,

Sam

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Steny Hoyer Protest

The far-left is faltering. But this is no time to stop. It is now more important than ever to make sure our representatives know how we feel.
We will be protesting at Steny Hoyer's office on August 22. Not only is he a leader of the push for nationalized health care, but has publicly accused our entire movement of being un-american.
We will be at his Waldorf office from noon to three. Everyone is welcome but we would appreciate if you emailed us an RSVP to let us know you are joining us.
Carl Zimmerman has created a facebook page for our group, please take the time to join it when you have the chance.

Sam

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Meeting Recap

We're very excited about both the turnout and the conversation of last nights meeting. I will be in contact with everyone immediately regarding plans for August. Please feel free to contact me with any questions, comments or concerns.

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Here are the health care talking points we went over.

The Government Option is not about improving health.

• It is clear American health care is the best in the World.
• The US enjoys strikingly higher survival rates for common cancers than all other developed nations.
• The United States has higher survival rates for all four major cancer killers (colon, lung, breast and prostate) than any European nation. According to the national center for policy analysis Breast cancer mortality is 52% higher in Germany than in the United States, and 88% higher in the United Kingdom. Prostate cancer mortality is 604% higher in the U.K. and 184% higher in Canada.
• An American man has a 66% chance of surviving a malignancy, the European average for malignancy survival is only 47%, meaning one is more likely to die.

The United States has the most important health care in the World.

• The top five American hospitals conduct more clinical trials than all the hospitals in any other single developed country.
• In only five of the last 34 years did a scientist living in America not win or share part of the Nobel Prize in Medicine.
• American ingenuity is vital to the human race’s betterment of existence. If American healthcare is brought down to the level of Europe’s, hopes of curing cancers or diseases like MS, and finding causes for disabilities such as autism become far less likely.

Liberal Claims of Scores of Uninsured are false

• The 46 million uninsured (always claimed to be 50) is made up of non-citizens, people already eligible for government programs, people of incomes above $75,000 a year or are uninsured for less than four months.
• Both the Congressional Budget Office and the Congressional Research Service place the actual number at approximately 9 million or 3% of the total population.
• Statistics Canada reports that 3% of the Canadian population’s only access to healthcare is through the emergency room.

Prostate mortality is 184% higher in Canada than in the US and 604% higher in the UK. The national cancer institute predicts 27,360 deaths from prostate cancer in 2009. That number multiplied by 1.84 is 50,342, by 6.04 is 165,254. If healthcare quality in the US drops to the level of Canada 22,982 more men would be much more likely to die of prostate cancer each year. If it drops to the level of Britains 137,894 men (The cost of the battle of Gettysburg*2.4) would be much more likely to lose their lives each year.

Obama has been an advocate for a single payer system and an end to employer coverage for his entire political career.
http://www.breitbart.tv/obama-in-03-id-like-to-see-a-single-payer-health-care-plan/

Government Health Care is a direct threat to freedom and the pursuit of happiness in the United States of America. These bullet points describe inclusions in the current house bill.

• On page 16 of the bill it is made clear once any aspect of your coverage changes you will be put on the public option and not allowed to leave.
• On page 29 the bill states that health care will be rationed.
• On page 42 it states that a health choices commissioner will make important health care choices for individuals.
• On page 58 it states that every person will have a national id health card.
• On page 59 it states that the federal government will have direct real time access to personal bank accounts.
• On page 72 it states that a person without acceptable health coverage will be taxed 2.5% of their income.
• On page 95 it states that officers of government health care will access to all American personal financial records.
• On page 429 it states that the government will have the power to order the beginning of end of life care as a patient’s health deteriorates.
  

Meeting Tonight!!

Not to late to RSVP, get directions by contacting us at marylandpatriots@gmail.com. If you want to join the tea party movement this will be a fun, informative and important meeting.

Info Meeting

The date for the meeting has been set. It will be held August 11, at 7:30 PM in Silver Spring (near Burtonsville). We're going to be getting acquainted and planning action (protests and town-halls) for the month of August. The meeting is going to be at a residence so in order to attend you have to contact us at MarylandPatriots@gmail.com to get the address.

If this is your first time checking us out, http://marylandsocietyofpatriots.blogspot.com/2009/07/welcome.html
this is our mission statement.

Informational Meeting

Hello All,

We will be having our first informational meeting in order to get to know each other, distribute materials and discuss our plans for the very important month of August. The current plan is to have the meeting sometime in the week of August 9th. Please get in touch with us at marylandpatriots@gmail.com if you want to be a part of it. An exact time and place will be set in the upcoming days and the event will be posted on teapartypatriots.org. Encourage like-minded friends to attend and rsvp.

Sam