John Jessup Show: Special Day and Time This Week

The John Jessup Show will air live Friday at 5:00 pm. I will have special guest Brian Donegan back again LIVE in studio! We will recap Thursday's Life Centers Banquet keynoted by Governor Huckabee and be passing on some developments in the HuckPAC'n Across America Tour. Please join us for the live broadcast at 5 pm on www.radio.jjessup.com This week will be a one hour special addition. If you would like to call in you can do so at 347-884-8068. You may also use this number to listen live if you are mobile or away from your computer. Thanks for all your support!

DHS Terrorism Assessment...read this they may be talking about you.

http://www.fas.org/irp/eprint/rightwing.pdf

Read the Dept. of Homeland Security Assessment on right-wing extremist groups...i.e. gun owners, veterans, pro-life advocates, those concerned about illegal immigration...

Live John Jessup Show at 5:00 p.m.

I will have special guest, Danny Higgins on the show. He is the State Director for FairTax Indiana. We will be recapping yesterday's TEA Parties, discussing the FairTax Proposal before Congress, and talking about some of the resources out there for FairTax supporters.

Also, tomorrow is "National Day of Silence" which was started by GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network...to raise "awareness" of gay rights. Schools all over the country will be allowing students and even teachers to remain silent all day to "give a voice" to the issue. Some schools are putting a different twist on the day allowing kids to be silent for other issues as well. My childrens' school is apparently allowing kids to support gay marriage or pro-life. I appreciate the attempt for fairness, but feel it is misguided. This day of silence has no place in our schools... I'm suggesting a twist of my own...more on this later...

Live in 10 minutes!
www.teapartylive.tv

I will be on www.hoosieraccess.com Live feed discussing FairTax at 2 pm. Please spread the word! Thanks!

FairTax Featured on Live Video Webcast Coverage of Indy Tea Party Tomorrow!

I will be interviewed and taking call-in questions tomorrow during HoosierAccess's live webcast coverage of the Indianapolis Tea Party. The coverage will also be featured at www.teapartylive.tv I will be discussing HR 25- The FairTax Act... The TEA Parties are all about demanding our elected officials to rein in spending, be more transparent, give us smaller more efficient government, and quit financing our government on the backs of our children and grand-children. The FairTax is the common sense answer to all of the above. Passage of the FairTax is the only REAL stimulus we could ever pass. It will create jobs, tax the underground economy, bring home $13 trillion dollars of U.S. capital parked off-shore avoiding our tax system and make America the tax-haven and business hotspot of the world once again. Would you like to keep your whole paycheck? Would you like to choose how YOUR hard earned money is spent before Uncle Sam gets his greedy inefficient paws on it? Would you like to see a stimulus package that will create jobs, grow the GDP, shrink the national debt, return your financial privacy and send America in warp speed into the largest economic expansion since WWII? Then go learn more at www.infairtax.org. Also, check out www.FairTax.org and www.FairTaxNation.com.

I, unfortunately, do not have the exact time of my appearance tomorrow. I will post it here in the morning as soon as it is made available to me.

Don't forget to tune in Thursday at 5:00 at www.radio.jjessup for a full Indy TEA Party recap and more discussion about the FairTax and FairTaxNation on The John Jessup Show.

Go be heard tomorrow!


God Bless,

John Jessup

Obama Administration Proposes New Tax... (Satire)

In an admirable attempt to provide better access to reproductive healthcare for American women and cut down on unwanted pregnancies, the President today announced plans for a comprehensive program to fund abortions for women who are struggling with the effects of unwanted pregnancies. The program will be available to any woman who just don't want that pesky baby. When pressured by reporters on how he expects to fund such a program since there is such widespread opposition to taxpayer funded abortion, the President said, "We have a plan to fully fund this program while remaining sensitive to those who, while clinging to their guns and religion, are against funding such activities." He added, "If we can find a way, in a free market economy in a free country to force big tobacco to advertise against itself, and make people who use a legal product pay punitive taxes to fund healthcare for low-income children...Surely we can find a way to get this funded in way that only affects a small group of people that can't do anything about it. Our Founding Fathers called this a bill of attainder...I call it CHANGE"

The reporter was surprised and said, "You can't do that..."
Obama replied, "Yes, We Can!"

He added arrogantly, "We won...we get to make the rules."

Realizing he had been distracted by the same hypnotic "change,change,change,yes we can" mantra that got the President elected, he got back to the issue at hand.

"Mr. President, how exactly are you going to fund this program?"

"Its going to be necessary to make fiscal adjustments to our revenues." he replied.

"Mr. President, does that mean you are going to cut spending in other areas?"

"Like I said, adjustments are going to need to be on the table" he replied.

"Mr. President, does that mean you are proposing a tax hike or a new tax?"

"Again, we live in a big country and we have big tables... I think there should be alot of plates, spoons, forks, knives and even a centerpiece on that table. Believe me, theres alot on my plate, but that hasn't stopped me. So, to sum up, we should put everything out there...on the table. The days of bare tables are behind us. There are those who say we can't fill that table. Can we fill that table? 'Yes, We Can!'"

"MR. PRESIDENT, how are you going to fund this program?"

The President reassured the reporter, "I am sorry, I can't give a straight answer without my tele-prompter, it was necesary that I stall for awhile until it was set up."

Irritated now, the reporter asked,"Now that you have your prompter online, could you please answer the question...Are you going to impose a new tax to fund this program?"

"Yes"

"You are?" he pressed.

"Yes"

"Can you elaborate?"

"Yes"

"WILL you please elaborate?"

"We have decided to let Congress work out those details."

"Mr. President, the blogger writing this is getting very tired of typing...the only way he can quit typing is if you tell us...What kind of tax are you going to impose to pay for these on-demand abortions?"

"Fine, in the interest of bringing this post to an end, I will tell you the brilliant plan we have come up with. We are going to impose a $2 tax on each condom sold in the United States. Only the condoms we give away in schools will be exempt."

"What? Are you serious?"

"Absolutely, this is exactly the kind of sense America voted for in November...We won."




This is the kind of assinine thinking that comes out of Washington. Not just from one party or the other...Not just from the Left or the Right. We have to return common sense to Washington D.C.

This is a silly parody, but everyday we get sillier and sillier solutions out of Washington.





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Marriage Takes Another Hit...

From Mike Huckabee via the Vertical Politics Institute...


Today the Vermont legislature attacked traditional marriage by voting (by only one vote) to override Governor Douglas' veto. Vermont becomes the fourth state to legalize same sex marriage. The other three states, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Iowa did so by judicial rulings. Now the Vermont legislature has joined in the assault on the most critical foundation in our society - the American family.
Governor Douglas, when he vetoed the original legislation on Monday, said "I believe that marriage should remain between a man and a woman." I agree with Governor Douglas. We must not continue to undermine the traditional American family. Once again, the right to decide an issue of such importance has been taken out of the hands of the voter.
The actions of the Vermont Legislature, coming on the heels of the judicial ruling by the Iowa Supreme Court, should make it apparent to each of us that conservative values and conservative principles are under attack as never before. We must take action now.
It is up to each of us who believe in traditional marriage to increase our efforts to protect the foundation of our society. I continue to support a constitutional amendment defining marriage as between one man and one woman. It is now an absolute necessity. We must stop the liberal legislatures and activist judges from undermining the moral fabric of our society. Fighting for passage of a constitutional amendment is critical to conservative principles.
Join me in waging the battle for the protection of the family - help rally support for a constitutional amendment.


Fighting for our principles

Mike Huckabee

Tea Party in Indianapolis...

April 15th on the south side of the Statehouse at 4:30!!! Glenn Beck show has predicted 5000-8000 to be in attendence. FairTax Indiana is planning on having a large presence. Please email me at john@jjessup.com if you would like to volunteer...

Thanks...

Caleb-ism of the Week

I am going to start showcasing my favorite Caleb-isms... Caleb is my thirteen year old son. He has always had a special way of seeing things and communicating things. Things don't always come out of Caleb's mouth in quite the right way...Hence: Caleb-isms...

This trait has seemingly jumped over his younger brother Aaron and sister Hannah, but it is becoming clear that our youngest...Rachel may also be "blessed" with the trait...


This weeks Caleb-ism of the Week:

Sqwuz... the past tense of squeeze.

"I sqwuz the toothpaste, but none came out."

57% Favor Military Response to North Korean Launch??

57% favor a military response to North Korea's long-range missile launch? This doesn't make much sense to me, since I thought everyboby was wanting out of Iraq and Afganistan... I don't necesarily disagree with responding militarily, but it makes me wonder why so many Americans are always ready to rush in and START a military response...But not as many have the resolve to stay and FINISH one.





http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=66565012482&h=hjqmt&u=y8K-O&ref=mf

More disturbing powers for the Executive Branch...

Disturbing... People, especially the Left, would be going nuts if this had taken place during the Bush Administration.

http://hotair.com/archives/2009/04/04/can-obama-shut-down-the-internet/

Obama Administration doing an "end around"

Administration Seeks an Out on Bailout Rules for Firms - washingtonpost.com
Source: www.washingtonpost.com
The Obama administration is engineering its new bailout initiatives in a way that it believes will allow firms benefiting from the programs to avoid restrictions imposed by Congress, including limits on lavish executive pay, according to government officials.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/03/AR2009040303910.html

Treasury Secretary deciding if you make too much?

First we have the President of the United States firing the CEO of a major private corporation, General Motors...Now we are going to let the Treasury Secretary, a man who can't even figure out how to use TurboTax, decide how much is too much to make? Not just for CEO's and CFO's and the like, but for any employee of a company that receives federal bailout funds. This is not good. Timothy Geitner has enough to do administering a tax system for us that he has never apparently thought applied to him. Do we really want him deciding how much a bankteller or assemblyline worker should make?...I DON'T.

Enough already!!! Quit Taxing Tobacco and BAN it!!!

Give me a break! Congress enacted a tax increase that today raised the federal tax on a pack of cigarettes by $0.62. Sure, you can argue that smoker's cause health problems, health problems cost money, and increased costs demand higher taxes on the evil tobacco to offset the nations growing bill caused by this hideous group of products and those who consume them. Problem...Does the increases revenues go to health care? Or, is it just another tax hike that you are ok with because it doesn't affect you? Is it just class warfare? Those people smoke...THEY are the problem? Listen to the media and government officials, they are not talking about where the money is going to go. They are saying the tax is being raised for one reason...to "encourage" people to quit smoking and using other forms of tobacco. There are so many things wrong with this it is hard to know where to start. I'll start with a few...

1. What about no tax increases on families making less than $250,000? (or $200,000, or $150,000 depending on which Obama speech you flip back to.)

Statistics show that the percentage of people who make $90-100 k who smoke is 13%
As income continues to go up...tobacco use continues to decline to as low as 7% for those reaching way up there in Obama's Evil Range of $250 k+
Thats a lot of people getting a tax hike; the tax hike hurts more the less money you make.
Statistics prove that this tax hike is hurting the very people Obama promised to help the most...the "working poor"

Like Obama was fond of saying during the campaign, "Facts are pesky things", and the FACT IS that percentage of Americans making between $18,000 and $30,000 ("the working poor") who smoke is over 30%

So I guess if I wanted to use one of the liberals most cherished tactics I'd say..."This is a tax cut for the rich that leaves the working poor paying the bill!"

2. What about that little part of that seldom used document we wrote a while back? (The Constitution) This tax is nothing short of a bill of attainder. We can't target certain consumers! Remember the Stamp Act? We fought a little war over that and other bills of attainder. Americans don't like being singled out like that... Would we institute a tax and then raise it by over 100% on say...feminine products? Hey, we could say we are going to use that money to pay for the rising costs of uterine cancer. Why should I have to fund that? Its not my problem, I don't have a uterus or use tampons, so go for it.

(note: the House of Representatives has recently taken an eraser to whats left of the Constitution...Remember the 90% tax/bill of attainder on wall street bonuses? So, disregard argument 2...sorry)

3. The argument that we are "encouraging" people to quit is bull! We didn't "encourage" people to quit buying lead-based paint by taxing it. We didnt "encourage" people to quit using asbestos in the constuction field. We didn't "encourage" the manufacturers of either to quit producing it by forcing them to spend millions in advertisement dollars advertising against themselves. No...We demanded that lead-based paint and asbestos NOT BE PRODUCED OR SOLD in the United States of America! We KNOW that the use of tobacco kills thousands of Americans every year. Don't interfere with peoples' lives by saying they can't smoke in public, smoke at work, smoke around a child, smoke in their cars, smoke in a bar, or smoke in their own homes! Tell them they CAN'T SMOKE! If it is that big of a national health risk and cost...Pull tobacco off the shelves.


PERSONAL DISCLAIMER

I use smokeless tobacco and occasionally still smoke a cigarette now and then. I have been addicted to nicotine since I was about eleven years old. I don't mean I smoked one of my dad's cigarettes or tried a dip of Skoal...I started smoking a pack a day at age eleven. When I couldn't smoke because my parents or teachers were around, I chewed Skoal. Thats 4th grade people. I chewed everyday at school, all day and swallowed it. Not telling you that to gross you out, but to let you know that I understand addiction. Smokeless tobacco introduces 5-9 times more nicotine into your body than smoking. So, someone who chews tobacco from the time they wake up until they go to sleep gets roughly the equivolent amount of nicotine as if they had smoked 5-9 packs of cigarettes that day. I tell you this for two reasons... If I could quit, and stay quit, I would. I try all the time. And two, give smokers a break, they have made countless concessions over the last twenty years amid the growing movement to snuff out smoking. Most of them, like me, would quit if they could figure out how.

I am diametrically opposed to any legislation that will further encroach on a smoker's personal freedoms or property rights. I will never be FOR telling someone what they can or can't do in their car or their own home. I'm against all these bans on smoking in bars...I think its silly. If tobacco is a consumer product KNOWN to kill American consumers, then the only thing I will advocate is the ban of the sale and production of tobacco in the U.S.

Sorry...this just keeps going and going...

The government will never try to ban it because it makes too much money off of it... So who is the EVIL ONE? That "dirty smoker"? or the government that is profiting off of his death and the deaths of those around him?

One last thing... We can't ban it because of what that would do to the economies of tobacco states...Guess what? Alot of people lost their jobs in the Asbestos industry, too



Thanks for Reading...

John Jessup