Nebraska's Campaign For Liberty membership gets larger every day! We have members in every Congressional District, and in many of the counties of the state. We have District Coordinators in each of the Congressional Districts, and several of our counties have County Coordinators. PLEASE SIGN UP IF YOU'RE A VISITOR HERE--it will give you access to far more information, and regular updates--and basic membership costs NOTHING. You can sign up by clicking on the appropriate text on the top right of this page.
The Nebraska Campaign for Liberty recently incorporated as a 501c4, which will allow us to take a much more proactive--and independent--effort in our state. We are partnering with other organizations to petition our state government to CUT SPENDING during the special legislative session coming up, rather than raising taxes to balance the budget due to shortfalls from the foundering economy.
We will begin posting more events that may be of interest on this page in the coming weeks. Some of those events are not sponsored by the Campaign for Liberty, but rather by groups that we can or will work with on many issues. The posting of these events does not necessarily represent an endorsement, but rather a point of information that you may want to check out if the event is in your area.
Watch this site, and if you're a member, be sure to check your daily e-mail updates for new calendar events--things are happening in Nebraska!
Glenn Freeman's National Council of Censors provides a valuable underpinning for understanding our Constitution and its history. This series of seminars is being sponsored by the Americans for Prosperity. The Nebraska Campaign for Liberty is looking at sponsoring another series after the first of the year, but as in all things Constitutional, you can never hear it too many times. Each time, you'll learn something new.
There is a requested $10 donation to the National Council of Censors to attend the seminar.
11/08/09 1:00 PM For Liberty at the JOYO
We'll be screening--in the Joyo Theatre, FOR LIBERTY. This is a public event, so invite your friends and family. Admission will be ONLY $5 for anyone over 16. Under 16 is free. The snack bar will be open, so show up a little early so you can stock up on popcorn other goodies!
11/21/09 09:00 AM Candidate and Activist Training
American Majority is an organization that trains potential candidates and political activists. While this is not an event formally sponsored by the Nebraska Campaign for Liberty, it is an opportunity, at a reasonable price, to get your feet wet and start familiarizing yourself with the political world. We can best be effective by understanding the system which we wish to influence.
New York is forcing it's health care employees to get flu shots. If they don't, they're out the door.
Dr. Gus Birkhead, New York's deputy health commissioner, says the state has never gotten even 40 percent of its health care workers immunized against flu -- despite what he calls "year-in, year-out" campaigns to persuade them to get flu shots. So two years ago, officials began thinking about a different approach.
"I think it was really sitting around each year reviewing what had happened and all of our efforts, and then being disappointed by the end result," he says. "We began to come around to this idea that some kind of a requirement was going to be needed."
The majority of health care workers in the United States don't get flu vaccinations. Maybe because they see first hand the risks and benefits associated with the shots and deem the risk not worth the benefit. Maybe they are unable to see any benefit at all. So it's disturbing when administrators and bureaucrats, people who don't see the day to day results, decide that it should be a requirement. It's especially disturbing when when it's the government making the decision.
To be fair, there really isn't a difference between a private employer forcing you to inject a new and untested vaccine into your system verses the government. The point is that nobody should be able to force you to taking a vaccine in order to continue employment. That's what freedom is, the right to choose for yourself. But the government's role in our lives was meant to be limited. And it was meant to protect our freedom, not take it away.
This flu is no more deadly then any other flu, but it gives administrators, bureaucrats and the CDC purpose. It lets them justify their existence and the money they spend, and it probably makes a small percentage of people very rich. Flu vaccines weren't much of a profit center a few years ago. A lot of companies made vaccines, but were thinking about getting rid of them. How convenient that something like the Swine Flu came along. You don't hear stories about struggling flu vaccine making pharmaceutical companies any more.
It's just very disturbing to hear Dr. Gus Birkhead talk about his program. I think his attitude is becoming more and more prevalent, and exemplifies the period of history we now live in. He's and his colleges are here to help. They have been trying to help for years and they are fed up. So from now on it doesn't matter if you want help or not, it will be forced upon you. This is socialism. Doing things for the "greater good" at the expense of the individual. Take your medicine, be it a vaccine or a bailout. The privileged few know best.
The history of flu vaccination suggests other reasons to doubt claims that it dramatically reduces mortality. In 2004, for example, vaccine production fell behind, causing a 40 percent drop in immunization rates. Yet mortality did not rise. In addition, vaccine "mismatches" occurred in 1968 and 1997: in both years, the vaccine that had been produced in the summer protected against one set of viruses, but come winter, a different set was circulating. In effect, nobody was vaccinated. Yet death rates from all causes, including flu and the various illnesses it can exacerbate, did not budge.
I received this post card today from Adrian Smith.
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Dear Friend:
Knowing of your support requiring legislators to read bills in their entirety befor they are considered for a vote, I am writing to update you on recent developments.
As you may know, on June 17, 2009, a resolution was introduced to require legslation be available on the Internet for 72 hours before consideration by the House (H.Res 554). This measure emerged in respose to Congress passing rushed, unsound legislation which has radically expanded the government's role. Because I believe this bipartisan resolution merits consideration, I have joined 177 of my colleagues in signing a discharge petition which, with 218 signatures would automatically place H.Res. 554 on the House floor for a vote.
Rest assured, I will continue to work to ensure Congress runs efficiently, effectively, and transparently. Please feel free to contact me regarding this or any issue of your concern.
Sincerely,
(signature)
ADRIAN SMITH
Member of Congress
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Excuse any spelling mistakes; I was typing pretty loosely.
I do wonder why he has signed a discharge petition but not cosponsored it (ref: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:HE00554:@@@P)? (not a conspiracy theory or anything; I am more curious about the working of Congress)
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