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ACTION AGENDA
The old-school Veterans Administration knows what to do about those who have lost arms or legs in combat. But it doesn’t know enough about those who have suffered grievous psychological scars—despite all that we should have learned as a country from the true horrors suffered by the returning veterans of the Vietnam War. This problem needs attention before it leaves an entire generation of our veterans emotionally crippled.
Here are the people to write to:
Obama’s newly appointed secretary of veterans affairs is Eric K. Shinseki. He can be reached at the Department of Veteran Affairs: 1-800-827-1000.
The chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans is Daniel K. Akaka. His address is P.O. Box 50144, Honolulu, HI 96850, and his phone number is 202-224-9126.
And, in the House, the chairman is Bob Filner. He can be reached at:
House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
335 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
202-225-9756
CONCLUSION
As we said in the introduction, the time for action is now!
Barack Obama may be our president, but he’s not a dictator. He has a lot of tough votes ahead of him in Congress, and he needs to win them. If he wants to continue to hold on to power, he will have to bring enough of his minions back to Congress in 2010 that he’ll still be calling the shots in Washington.
It’s up to us to play defense against Obama’s radical agenda. We need to mobilize to pressure the weak links in his congressional majority whenever crucial votes are coming up. The ultraliberals in Congress, such as Congresswoman Maxine Waters and Senator Barbara Boxer, aren’t worth pressuring. They couldn’t be more delighted with Obama’s socialist agenda. But the moderates—or at least those who run as moderates—from the Democratic Party can be pressured. And they must be!
We suggest that you set up an e-mail club with your friends and family so that you can instantly reach out to dozens or even hundreds of people and get them to send e-mails, letters, and phone calls to these moderate Democrats, pressuring them to vote against Obama’s agenda.
Scan down the list of congressmen and senators at the end of the War on Prosperity chapter. See which ones come from your district or state. Make a special point of pressuring them.
Then go to www.dickmorris.com and share your e-mail address with us. In addition to sending you our columns and newsletters, we’ll keep you posted on when key votes are taking place on the issues discussed in this book—so that you, in turn, can use your e-mail list to get your friends and family to pressure those key members of Congress.
There will be several special elections between now and November 2010. These races—and the scheduled governors’ contests in New Jersey and Virginia—will give us a real chance to send a message of discontent and opposition to the Obama agenda. By beating the Democratic candidates in these races, we can make it clear how badly his agenda contrasts with the views of the American people!
When these races come up, we’ll recommend independent expenditure groups to which you can contribute, helping them target the vulnerable races and win them.
And, when 2010 comes around, we’ll be working full-time on reversing the Obama majorities in Congress so as to roll back his socialist program.
This is no time for apathy or alienation or hopelessness.
It’s a time for action.
The stakes literally could not be higher.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We would like to begin by thanking Morgan