We Can Block Fox News Affiliates From Renewing Their Broadcast Licenses - Part 1

We Can Block Fox News Affiliates From Renewing Their Broadcast Licenses - Part 1  

  We Can Help Stop Lies Getting To Hundreds of Millions of People By Not Letting Fox Affiliates Renew Their Licenses

Why It's Important To Stop Spreading Misinformation

July 20, 2015, John A. Smith

   Some twenty years ago or so when I was a Paramedic in New York City, I saw a news report that portrayed a 14 year old boy whose parents were keeping him in a coffin, except for when he went to PUBLIC SCHOOL! The boy was forced by his parents to eat and defecate in the coffin. When it was finally discovered what his parents were doing to him the news reporter's first question was "Why didn't you tell anyone?" Take a guess at the boy's answer. wait. wait. "I thought everyone lived in a coffin." That's exactly how it is for millions of Americans who live where Politicians bought and paid for by the Koch Brothers, 1%'ers, and corporations. Their media is so overwhelmed with Republican propaganda that people like those in the South actually have almost no choice to believe what they see and hear. How do you think they (the Repuglicans) can convince the people in the states that have the most sick people, and the sickest people, that they don't need healthcare? How do they convince them that they're better off without Medicaid expansion, and without a healthcare exchange where they can buy affordable healthcare through "The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" (aka Obamacare)? People face a decision in this country when they go into the voting booth. Before they even make it to the voting booth though, they may have been disenfranchised by "Voter ID Laws" that have nothing to do with voter fraud and a lot to do with disenfranchising low income, minority, and other voters who don't have a state ID. 31 credible cases out of 1 Billion votes were found. This and gerrymandering will be discussed in Part 2. The decision people have is influenced by misinformation, outright lies, and fabrications, that are allowed to be broadcast on radio, TV, and in print media. In addition, politicians, backed by money from the richest people in the country who contribute money through campaign donations, Political Action Committees (PACS) and Super PACS, not to mention "Dark Money") lie to the American people to sell the agenda of the Koch Brothers, 1%'ers, and corporations, who are interested in nothing more than making money for themselves, not what is best for the American people. Once elected with the help of the big money they then go on to pass laws that will push those agendas. Sometimes with the help of organizations like the corporate-funded American Legislative Exchange Council, (A.L.E.C.) made up of global corporations and state politicians that vote behind closed doors to try to rewrite state laws that govern your rights. It's totally understandable that when all the misinformation, fabrications, and out right lies, to push the agenda flood the media that people make the wrong choice at the voting booth. Remember that in 2004 Rupert Murdoch's empire included his U.S. Television Stations (that were reaching 280 Million people), his Asian Satellite Network (reached 300 Million people), his Cable Channels (reached 300 Million homes), and his Magazines which reached 28 Million people. In 2004 that was 4.7 Billion people or 3/4 of the world population. His empire reaches even more today. Fox spreads far more misinformation and fabricated lies than any organization.  Fact Checker Finds 60% Of Fox News Statements To Either Be Mostly False Or A Lie  We can join together and try to slow the misinformation to low information voters. Will YOU help?

The Mission: Stop the FCC From Renewing Licenses to Fox Affiliates That Broadcast Fox News - Therefore Stop them From Spreading the Propaganda That Misleads Many Americans

     Because of the amount of material I have decided to publish this "Campaign," or, "Call to Action," in two parts, followed by updates.  My hopes is that between the parts being published that people will talk, share, tweet, and disseminate information about our "Call To Action" and it will gain traction. Obviously I will be publishing the articles on this blog. I will also "Tweet" @Medic3569 the posts, and post them on my Facebook page "Stop The Obstructionist Tea Party." Please check out my Facebook page and give us a "Like" and "Follow" me on Twitter.

     I have looked into how we can stop the lies, misrepresentations, and fabrications, that Fox News airs on their network and through affiliates. There is a way. We can petition the FCC to deny renewal licenses to TV stations that air Fox News based on the fact that they have been misleading, misrepresenting, and fabricating, material more than 51% of the time. However to have "Legal Standing" to petition the FCC we will have to have people in each of the regions that we target. Because to have legal standing the law says that you must be a regular watcher of that station. More on the legal aspects and map to stopping Fox later.

     Ten years ago, documentary maker Robert Greenwald released a film with a controversial premise: Fox News Channel is not a reliable media outlet but rather a partisan political operation.  Fox News network worked extremely hard to distinguish between its opinionated evening hosts and its fair and balanced correspondents and daytime anchors. Its reputation was policed by a ferocious public relations team that scoured the media for any references to Fox as right-leaning or conservative, demanding corrections or clarifications. Since 2004, Fox has dropped the pretense. “I want to elect the next president,” Fox News honcho Roger Ailes said in 2010.

Fox News is "Entertainment" Says Rupert Murdoch- Problem? Many Fox News Watchers That He Called "Morons" and "White Trash" Take It As "Fair and Balanced" News

New York, New York - In a conversation with Fox News celebrities, Bill O'Reilly, and Sean Hannity, that was picked up by an open microphone, Rupert Murdoch, Chairman and CEO of News Corp., repeatedly referred to Fox News viewers as morons and white trash.

2004 Film Documentary By Brave New Films

 

Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism

 

     Eleven years ago Brave New Films made a documentary film: "Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism"  a 2004 documentary film by filmmaker Robert Greenwald that criticizes the Fox News Channel, and its owner, Rupert Murdoch, claiming that the channel is used to promote and advocate right-wing views. The film says this pervasive bias contradicts the channel's claim of being "Fair and Balanced". At the time the film was made Rupert Murdoch had acquired 9 Satellite Television Networks, 100 Cable Channels, 175 Newspapers, 40 Book Imprints, 40 Television Stations, and 1 Movie Studio. His U.S. Television reached 280 Million people, his Asian Satellite Network reached 300 Million people. His Cable Channels reached 300 Million Homes, and his Magazines reached 28 Million people. In 2004 that was 4.7 Billion people or 3/4 of the world population. 

     In the film David Brock, President/CEO of Media Matters for America says that "People face critical choices when they go into the voting booth and during the course of an election cycle I have been subject to false, distorted, caricatured, information that I might not even know where it came from because there is an echo effect off places like cable, radio and that wrong information is repeated over and over again so that by time it gets to me I don't even know where it came from." The documentary movie IS over 10 years old and I won't say that it applies today because today is much worse.

After Scandal Breaks Up Murdoch's American Multinational Mass Media the "New News Corporation" is Born

 

     NewsCorp was Murdoch's American multinational mass media corporation headquartered in New York City that existed from 1979 to 2013. On 28 June 2012, Rupert Murdoch announced that, after concerns from shareholders in response to its scandals and to "unlock even greater long-term shareholder value", News Corporation's assets would be split into two publicly traded companies, one oriented towards media, and the other towards publishing. (To see what holdings each part of the New News Corp had as of April 2014 see the Columbia Journalism Review from April 2014.) After the split caused by scandal the New News Corp.  (officially referred to as New News Corp; trading as News Corp) is an American multinational mass media company, formed as a spin-off of the former News Corporation (as founded by Rupert Murdoch in 1979) focusing on newspapers and publishing. It is one of two companies which succeeded the former News Corporation, alongside 21st Century Fox—which consists of the old News Corporation's broadcasting and media properties, such as Fox Entertainment Group. The spin out was structured so that 21st Century Fox would be the legal successor and continuation of the old News Corporation, with the new News Corp being an entirely new company formed by a stock split.

Seven Years After "Outfoxed"Murdoch's Empire Continues Corruption

 

      Seven years later a follow-up document film was made by Brave New Films: "Seven Years After Outfoxed, Murdoch’s Empire Continues Corruption" On the seventh anniversary of the film "Outfoxed..." the Murdoch investigation was in full swing and unveiling criminality, corruption, distortion and overall unethical behavior woven through the NewsCorp fabric. Seeing that Brave New Films has thoroughly examined how NewsCorp has long blurred the line between corporate interests and journalistic integrity the Outfoxed 7th anniversary event was a great opportunity to inform and inspire people across the spectrum.  Janeane Garofalo shared her memories of appearing on Fox News, and the form of bullying they would regular engage in with their progressive guests. Her thoughts follow a montage of the “shut up” O’Reilly clips — which are, as you might guess, where he tells his guests to “Shut Up.” See the "Outfoxed Live with Robert Greenwald: "Shut-Up!" with Janeane Garofalo video here.

In part 2 we will present more information and the steps it will take to fight against the Fox affiliates from renewing their licenses if they continue to air Fox News, Fox News Channel, 21st Century Fox, or Fox Entertainment Group.

Will YOU Help in Stopping Fox News From Helping the Right-Wing, the Richest Americans, and Corporations Agenda? Will YOU help Voters To Get Truthful Information and Make an "Informed Decision?

Another Way To Help Is Find and Contact Each of YOUR Representatives and Let Them Know What YOU Think and That You are Watching What They Do. 

The Links Below Will Give You Who YOUR Local, State, and United States Representatives Are Simply By Entering Your Zip Code. They Will Also Give You Their Contact Information i.e. Telephone Numbers, E-Mail Addresses So You Can Let Them Know THEY WORK FOR YOU!

 YOU Can let YOUR Representatives Know What YOU Think

To FIND, and CONTACT, YOUR State Legislators enter your Zip Code at:

 OpenStates.org

To FIND, and CONTACT, YOUR U.S. Congressmen/women enter your Zip Code at:

Congress.gov

To FIND, and CONTACT, YOUR U.S. Senators enter your Zip Code at:

Senate.gov

     

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The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) - Same Sex Marriage - The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) - and Coming Up: "Gerrymandering"

U.S. Supreme Court Issues Decisions on ACA "Obamacare" and Same-Sex Marriage;

 Monday it Will Decide "Gerrymandering" Case;

Congress Gives Obama "Fast-Track" Authority on TPP

U. S. Supreme Court Justices 2015

June 27, 2015

John A. Smith, Founder, Editor 

Facebook Page: StoptheObstructionistsTeaParty

Blog: Get Involved For A Better America

Two Hugh Decisions By the U.S. Supreme Court This Week: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and Same-Sex Marriage

In the 5-4 ruling, Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote for the majority with the four liberal justices. Each of the four conservative justices wrote their own dissent.

     Yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Same-Sex marriage licenses shall be issued, and as such, same-sex marriages shall be recognized by all 50 states. The summary in OBERGEFELL ET AL.v HODGES, DIRECTOR, OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, ET AL held that: The Fourteenth Amendment requires a State to license a marriage between two people of the same sex and to recognize a marriage between two people of the same sex when their marriage was lawfully licensed and performed out-of-State. 

Chief Justice John Roberts, joined by Justice Anthony Kennedy — who is often the Court’s swing vote — and the four liberal justices, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan were in the majority.  Justice Antonin Scalia wrote the dissent, joined by Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito.

      On Thursday, June 25, 2015, The U.S. Supreme Court decided KING ET AL. v. BURWELL, SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, ET AL. This summary explains that this case: First, the Act adopts the guaranteed issue and community rating requirements. Second, the Act generally requires individuals to maintain health insurance coverage or make a payment to the IRS, unless the cost of buying insurance would exceed eight percent of that individual’s income. And third, the Act seeks to make insurance more affordable by giving refundable tax credits to individuals with household incomes between 100 percent and 400 percent of the federal poverty line. In addition to those three reforms, the Act requires the creation of an “Exchange” in each State—basically, a marketplace that allows people to compare and purchase insurance plans. The Act gives each State the opportunity to establish its own Exchange, but provides that the Federal Government will establish “such Exchange” if the State does not. Relatedly, the Act provides that tax credits “shall be allowed” for any “applicable taxpayer, but only if the taxpayer has enrolled in an insurance plan through “an Exchange established by the State under B(b)–(c).

An example of Gerrymandering: On the left district lines are drawn geographically, each party has equal chance for the vote. On the right, lines have been redrawn, "gerrymandered" and the pink dot party will win 3 out of 4 districts, therefore win all electoral votes for that state even though the same number of voters voted in both examples.

Coming Soon To The U.S. Supreme Court: Monday, June 29, 2015; Gerrymandering (The Redistricting of Congressional Districts To Give One Party An Unfair Advantage

Arizona State Legislature, Appellant v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission Et al is also extremely important if we are to work toward fair elections. Redistricting, or "Gerrymandering" is a way that certain State Legislatures use how they draw the voting district lines to help them win elections. Redistricting  is the way in which we adjust the districts that determine who represents us. This case was filed on April 28, 2014. It was was argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on March 2, 2015. It is scheduled to issue the court's decision on Monday, June 29, 2015.

     How districts are drawn and who gets to control the process is something of the utmost importance. And because the outcome of this case will set national precedence, the ramifications of a ruling either way will be felt for a very, very long time.

     In an article, Supreme Court Will Rule In AZ Redistricting Case Monday—Here’s What You Need to Know in the Phoenix New Times by Miriam Wasser on Friday, June 26, 2015, she explains how it came to be, what’s at stake, and what the outcome could mean for the future.  


     Every 10 years, following the national census, Arizona redraws its two voting district maps—one for the nine U.S. Congressional delegates, and one for the 90 state legislators. Until 2000, the job of delineating districts fell on the state Legislature to figure out.

     But since elected officials in this state are almost always Republicans, some people started getting upset that one party held all of the redistricting power and could manipulate boundaries to benefit their own party and retain control. (This process is called gerrymandering.)

     In 2000, Arizona voters approved Proposition 106, which took away the map-drawing power from the Legislature and gave it to an independent bi-partisan group called the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission. The AIRC is comprised of two Democrats, two Republicans, and one Independent, and is tasked with deciding voter districts based the following criteria:

• That the boundaries of both congressional and legislative districts be “contiguous, geographically compact, and respect communities of interest—all to the extent practicable;”
  
• That district lines follow “visible geographic features, city, town, and county boundaries, and undivided census tracts;”
  
• And perhaps most importantly, that "competitive districts be favored where doing so would not significantly detract from the goals above.”

ger·ry·man·der

ˈjerēˌmandər/

verb

gerund or present participle: gerrymandering

manipulate the boundaries of (an electoral constituency) so as to favor one party or class.

achieve (a result) by manipulating the boundaries of an electoral constituency.

"a total freedom to gerrymander the results they want"

     So, we'll be watching, and hoping, that the U.S. Supreme Court will continue making decisions that will help this country move forward, on Monday.  I am hopeful that enough people read this post and are encouraged, and motivated into taking action by contacting their Representatives to let them know that we are out here (the Constituents) and watching how well, or poorly, we are being represented.

The TPP is a massive, controversial "free trade" agreement currently being pushed by big corporations and negotiated behind closed doors by officials from the United States and 11 other countries – Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam.

     I am writing this post to help spread the word on what "Fast-Track" and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is all about and how it will effect us in the future. Also, for those who could use a little help finding YOUR Local, and State, Representatives, and YOUR U.S. Congressmen and women, and YOUR U.S. Senators, and their contact information so YOU can call and/or e-mail them.

     Last week 28 Democrats in the House of Representatives and 13 U.S. Senators in the Senate voted to give Fast Track Authority to President Obama to negotiate the TPP.  What does this mean?

      Public Citizen at Citizen.org/Fast Track describes it this way. Fast Track was an extreme and rarely-used procedure initially created by President Richard Nixon to get around public debate and congressional oversight. Fast Track is how we got into the job-killing, wage-flattening North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the World Trade Organization (WTO). Thanks to Fast Track, NAFTA and the WTO included terms that promote the offshoring of U.S. jobs to low-wage countries.

      President Obama resorted to asking Congress to give him extreme Fast Track authority to try to railroad into place job-killing trade agreements like the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

      After dogged, diverse grassroots pressure delivered major blows to Fast Track, proponents used procedural gimmicks to pass Fast Track through Congress by a one-vote margin. Anger about Fast Track's underhanded passage will fuel the unprecedented movement fighting to stop the TPP.

YOU Can let YOUR Representatives Know What YOU Think

To FIND, and CONTACT, YOUR State Legislators enter your Zip Code at:  Vote Smart 

To FIND, and CONTACT, YOUR U.S. Congressmen/women enter your Zip Code at: Congress.gov

To FIND, and CONTACT, YOUR U.S. Senators enter your Zip Code at: Senate.gov

     I have provided the links above to assist you in finding and contacting YOUR Representatives simply by typing in your zip code at those sites. By contacting them by phone or e-mail you will let them know that you ARE paying attention to what they are doing, and what YOU want them to do.
 
     The fact that multinational corporations are going to be using arbitrators in countries like Vietnam and others to get the things that they want, and those decisions that are made can not be challenged in American courts, ABSOLUTELY show us that creating and holding on to good paying jobs is not in the interests of these corporations that will avail themselves of the provisions in the TPP. We will not gain from giving the corporations who have spent hundreds of millions of dollars lobbying for the TPP and other laws and policies that will do nothing for the people but plenty for increasing their profits. We will be losing the little fragments of manufacturing that are left to child and slave labor in other countries.

     It's issues like this that I feel WE MUST ACT ON. The only way we can have ANY influence on the "bought and paid for" politicians (on both sides) is to absolutely FLOOD their phone lines and e-mails to let them know that enough people are aware of how they are voting on bills, what actions they are taking, and that this particular issue (whichever one it may be) is one that is important to us. You can TRACK your Representatives, and specific legislation (bills) on the sites that the links above lead you to. You can see how they voted on any bill. They must know that they WILL be fired at the next election if they don't represent you well. But for that to be effective we need people, like YOU, to do their part, and there in lies the challenge. Sometimes it only takes a couple hundred calls to a local office, sometimes they are forced to deal with systems crashing because millions of e-mails have overloaded their capabilities. Either way they have no choice but to take notice when an issue is one that people feel strongly about. Please, if you feel that the TPP trade deal, and "Fast-tracking" is NOT to your benefit CONTACT your Representatives. If you are in one of the States where those 28 Congressmen/women or 13 Senators are that voted to give fast-track authority to the President, let them know that they messed up, and will be fired in the election if they don't represent what YOU want. I always put the links (above) so that people who may not be aware of who exactly represents them in their districts, counties, States, can easily find out not only who their Representatives are, but exactly how to contact them. And all you need to do to become active is go the sites that the links above will bring you to and enter your zip code, these sites will tell you everything about the people who are in public office to represent YOU! This is just one of many articles that you can search out to better understand what the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) is: https://www.eff.org/issues/tpp

 Thirteen Senate Democrats on Tuesday helped advance fast-track trade powers for President Barack Obama after overcoming their own concerns about whether a related aid bill for workers would pass the Republican-controlled Congress.
The final tally on the procedural vote for granting Obama trade promotion authority was 60-37. Five Republicans — including two running for president — broke with the GOP and voted against advancing the bill.

The 13 Democrats were:

• Michael Bennet, Colorado

• Maria Cantwell, Washington

• Tom Carper, Delaware

• Chris Coons, Delaware

• Dianne Feinstein, California

• Heidi Heitkamp, North Dakota

• Tim Kaine, Virginia

• Claire McCaskill, Missouri

• Patty Murray, Washington

• Bill Nelson, Florida

• Jeanne Shaheen, New Hampshire

• Mark Warner, Virginia

• Ron Wyden, Oregon

Republicans who voted against advancing the fast-track bill were:

• Susan Collins, Maine

• Ted Cruz, Texas

• Rand Paul, Kentucky

• Jeff Sessions, Alabama

• Richard Shelby, Alabama

Those were the same senators who voted against the measure in late May, with the exception of Cruz, who announced his reversal Tuesday morning. (Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah was also a “no” vote in May, but he did not vote Tuesday.)

Now, House Democrats will have to choose whether to try and block worker aid again, even though the fast-track bill is likely to become law regardless of how they vote on TAA. Critics have said doing so would be tantamount to punishing laid-off workers because Democrats lost the bigger political fight.

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   When I opened my e-mail this morning I was pleasantly surprised to see an e-mail from Tom Taylor, Founder of The Blue Book Directory: A Directory of Progressive and Liberal Pages . He said "I understand what hard work it is to maintain a page with great content, lively member commentary and relevant discourse. In fact, it is one of the main reasons my Blue Book group took notice of your page" I felt good about that.

   I started StoptheObstructionistTeaParty Facebook page because I felt I had to speak out about all the misinformation, misleading, fabricated, lies that I saw on a constant basis. In the media, on Facebook and Twitter and all over the place. It gives me a way to express my views about important issues facing us today, and there are many. This week my Facebook insights say that I had 1065 likes and reached 2,971 people. 404 people engaged which is important. I try to reach people and encourage them to speak up. Speak up to other people and more importantly to their Representatives in government. To this extent I created a blog back in 2013, Get Involved For A Better America . I am pleased to say that I have met many people through my page that are indeed active, not only on social media but that contact their Congressmen/women and Senators. The page is meant to encourage people to get involved because our politicians are only listening to whoever gives them the most money. I thank Tom Taylor and The Blue Book Directory again for voting to list my page on their directory, and encourage you to check out this great directory that puts a lot of good information all in one place.

Get Involved For A Better America

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I haven't been writing many blog post lately but that will soon change as we all need to start speaking up often, and loudly, as we approach the 2016 election. I started the blog in August 2013 making 93 posts between August and December as there was much that needed to be talked about. The Mission of the blog was simple, educate, and/or inform people about the truth and help them find and contact their Representatives. You will see a great many posts on the "Citizen's United" decision by The U.S. Supreme Court Citizens United v FEC, January 21, 2010 . You will find posts on many important issues in the "Archives" on the blog page. Also on the blog under "Pages" you will see numerous links to pages that will allow you to find all of the people that represent you in both the government and your state and local politicians. There are links that allow you to find out how a particular politician voted on a particular bill, and in fact allows you to "Track" politicians so you will know when they vote on a bill, sponsor or co-sponsor a bill, and much more. I hope visitors from The Blue Book Directory: A Directory of Progressive and Liberal Pages avail themselves to the blog and articles and importantly, offer feedback so our posts/articles reflect the opinions of our readers. Remember our Mission is simple and we hope you will share our posts and reply with your opinions.

 Time to Get Involved, Call and E-mail YOUR Representatives

As big money is buying our politicians and elections, as State Legislatures (many of which became under Republican control in the 2012 election) increase the number of Voter ID (Disenfranchise) laws that are being signed into law, and gerrymandering is taking place in more and more areas, we MUST speak out and let our neighbors, friends, and most importantly, our politicians, know that Money is NOT speech, and Corporations do NOT have the same rights as human, American, citizens.

Thank you for visiting our site and reading our material. We look forward to meeting many new people from The Blue Book Directory: A Directory of Progressive and Liberal Pages and elsewhere to help get our messages out.

To Find and Contact YOUR U.S. Senators (just enter your zip code): 

   http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

To Find and Contact YOUR U.S. Congressmen and women (just enter your zip code): 

http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/ 

 To Find, Contact, and Track, YOUR State and Local Politicians (just enter your zip code): 

 https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/map 

To Find, and Track Bills in the Congress and the Senate:

 https://www.popvox.com/

To Search the Library of Congress for Legislative Bills and see how YOUR Representatives voted: 

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Stop the Obstructionist Tea Party Facebook Page Now Listed on The Blue Book Directory

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Stop the Obstructionist Tea Party

Facebook Page

The Blue Book Directory

Facebook Page: StoptheObstructionistTeaParty

 When I opened my e-mail this morning I was pleasantly surprised to see an e-mail from Tom Taylor, Founder of The Blue Book Directory: A Directory of Progressive and Liberal Pages . He said "I understand what hard work it is to maintain a page with great content, lively member commentary and relevant discourse. In fact, it is one of the main reasons my Blue Book group took notice of your page" I felt good about that.
 

I started StoptheObstructionistTeaParty Facebook page because I felt I had to speak out about all the misinformation, misleading, fabricated, lies that I saw on a constant basis. In the media, on Facebook and Twitter and all over the place. It gives me a way to express my views about important issues facing us today, and there are many. This week my Facebook insights say that I had 1065 likes and reached 2,971 people. 404 people engaged which is important. I try to reach people and encourage them to speak up. Speak up to other people and more importantly to their Representatives in government. To this extent I created a blog back in 2013, Get Involved For A Better America . I am pleased to say that I have met many people through my page that are indeed active, not only on social media but that contact their Congressmen/women and Senators. The page is meant to encourage people to get involved because our politicians are only listening to whoever gives them the most money. I thank Tom Taylor and The Blue Book Directory again for voting to list my page on their directory, and encourage you to check out this great directory that puts a lot of good information all in one place.

Get Involved For A Better America

Blog: Get Involved For A Better America

I haven't been writing many blog post lately but that will soon change as we all need to start speaking up often, and loudly, as we approach the 2016 election. I started the blog in August 2013 making 93 posts between August and December as there was much that needed to be talked about. The Mission of the blog was simple, educate, and/or inform people about the truth and help them find and contact their Representatives. You will see a great many posts on the "Citizen's United" decision by The U.S. Supreme Court Citizens United v FEC, January 21, 2010 . You will find posts on many important issues in the "Archives" on the blog page. Also on the blog under "Pages" you will see numerous links to pages that will allow you to find all of the people that represent you in both the government and your state and local politicians. There are links that allow you to find out how a particular politician voted on a particular bill, and in fact allows you to "Track" politicians so you will know when they vote on a bill, sponsor or co-sponsor a bill, and much more. I hope visitors from The Blue Book Directory: A Directory of Progressive and Liberal Pages avail themselves to the blog and articles and importantly, offer feedback so our posts/articles reflect the opinions of our readers. Remember our Mission is simple and we hope you will share our posts and reply with your opinions.

 Time to Get Involved, Call and E-mail YOUR Representatives

As big money is buying our politicians and elections, as State Legislatures (many of which became under Republican control in the 2012 election) increase the number of Voter ID (Disenfranchise) laws that are being signed into law, and gerrymandering is taking place in more and more areas, we MUST speak out and let our neighbors, friends, and most importantly, our politicians, know that Money is NOT speech, and Corporations do NOT have the same rights as human, American, citizens.

Thank you for visiting our site and reading our material. We look forward to meeting many new people from The Blue Book Directory: A Directory of Progressive and Liberal Pages and elsewhere to help get our messages out.

To Find and Contact YOUR U.S. Senators (just enter your zip code): 

   http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

To Find and Contact YOUR U.S. Congressmen and women (just enter your zip code): 

http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/ 

 To Find, Contact, and Track, YOUR State and Local Politicians (just enter your zip code): 

 https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/map 

To Find, and Track Bills in the Congress and the Senate:

 https://www.popvox.com/

To Search the Library of Congress for Legislative Bills and see how YOUR Representatives voted: 

http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.phphttp://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.php