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OBAMA NATION

Jindal to Turn Down $100 Million in Stimulus Funds 2/22/09
http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/jindal_stimulus/2009/02/22/184390.html

Alan Keyes: Obama Will Destroy U.S. 2/23/09
http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/keyes_obama_destroy_US/2009/02/23/184503.html

Obama's New Spending Bill Has 9,000 Earmarks 2/23/09
http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/stimulus_bill_earmarks/2009/02/23/184512.html

Obama 'Very Committed' to Legalizing Aliens 2/22/09
http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/obama_legalization_aliens/2009/02/22/184386.html

Obama hits back at 'tea party' rant 2/20/09
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=89531

Poll: Obama over Jesus; McCain crushes Palin 2/20/09
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Obama_ranked_as_Americans_No._1_0220.html

Eligibility petition hits quarter-million mark 2/22/09
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=89699

Forget Something, Mr. President? - Video
http://www.nbcchicago.com/station/as_seen_on/Forget_Something__Mr__President__Chicago.html

Obama pledges to cut deficit in half 2/23/09 (How by spending more?)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090223/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obama_economy

Obama urges spending curbs, hands out $15 billion 2/23/09 (Can you say DoubleSpeak?)
http://apnews.myway.com//article/20090223/D96HH0000.html

Obama pledges to slash deficit after increase 2/23/09 (Complete Nonsense)
http://apnews.myway.com//article/20090223/D96HIQL00.html

ECONOMIC NEWS

Nationalize the Zombie Banks 2/23/09
http://moneynews.newsmax.com/streettalk/roubini_nationalize_banks/2009/02/23/184514.html

Economist Warns Switzerland Could Go Broke 2/23/09
http://moneynews.newsmax.com/streettalk/switzerland_broke/2009/02/23/184520.html

Ready for the Shovels 2/23/09
http://www.lewrockwell.com/bonner/bonner362.html

Police fear mass protests and a 'summer of rage' in response to economic crisis 2/23/09
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1152583/Police-fear-mass-protests-summer-rage-response-economic-crisis.html

Glenn Beck scares Fox host into hiding under table 2/20/09
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Glenn_Beck_predicts_doomsday_revolution_0220.html

Urban Warfare Drills Linked To Coming Economic Rage 2/23/09
http://www.prisonplanet.com/urban-warfare-drills-linked-to-coming-economic-rage.html

Economic crisis 'is as bad as they come' 2/22/09
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/22/MNNA161178.DTL&tsp=1

Shiller: Hard to Call End to Housing Crisis 2/20/09
http://moneynews.newsmax.com/streettalk/housing_crisis/2009/02/20/183783.html

Predatory Legislators 2/20/09
http://www.europac.net/newspop.asp?id=15506&from=home

Nigerian Accused in Scheme to Swindle Citibank 2/20/09
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/21/nyregion/21scam.html?_r=2

U.S. debt is losing its appeal in China 1/8/09
http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/01/07/business/yuan.php

Major stock market indexes fall to 1997 levels
http://apnews.myway.com//article/20090223/D96HH3F00.html

Feds explore taking bigger stakes in shaky banks
http://apnews.myway.com//article/20090223/D96HIQ700.html

POLITICS

Hillary Clinton has told China that the US considers human rights concerns secondary to economic survival. 2/21/09
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/4735087/Hillary-Clinton-Chinese-human-rights-secondary-to-economic-survival.html

Confronting Two Big Lies: A Strategy for Democratic Revival - Social Security and Health Care
http://www.thiscantbehappening.net/?q=node/273

POLICE STATE

Collect a rock, lose your car 2/22/09
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=89733

Browns face conspiracy, arms counts 2/20/09
http://www.cmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090220/FRONTPAGE/902200304

Big Brother Watching You Shop 2/21/09
http://www.prisonplanet.com/big-brother-watching-you-shop.html

REAL ID & PRIVACY

Tulsa passengers try out TSA's full-body scanners 2/22/09
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2009-02-19-airport-scanners_N.htm

Hospital Workers Sharing Music? They May Also Be Sharing Your Medical Records 2/20/09
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=peer-to-peer-file-sharing-security

Panel balks at national ID participation 2/20/09
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_11752881

HEALTH NEWS

Sweeping New Health Insurance System Proposed for U.S. Residents 2/21/09
http://www.naturalnews.com/025694.html

Drought to cut off federal water to Calif. farms 2/20/09
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090220/D96FI4R85.html

We're a fast-food nation slowly eating ourselves to death 2/22/09
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/feb/22/jay-rayner-fast-food

MORAL DECLINE

Man robs San Antonio Brownie Girl Scouts selling cookies 2/21/09
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6274722.html

MTV Goes Hunting for Teenage Wiccans for Reality-Show Clash 2/21/09
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2009/02/21/mtv-goes-hunting-teenage-wiccans-reality-show-clash

RELIGON

Church Shames Small Donations 2/22/09
http://www.nypost.com/seven/02222009/news/regionalnews/thou_shalt_not_nickel___dime__156370.htm

MILITARY NEWS

US returns six-year stockpile of weapons 2/22/09
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=86401&sectionid=351020201

US, Iraqi forces launch anti-al-Qaida offensive 2/22/09
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ijM43vaoART3hRxPfEGczp3oVt5AD96GONG00

Gun Owners of America Alert
8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102, Springfield, VA 22151
Phone: 703-321-8585 / FAX: 703-321-8408
http://www.gunowners.org

Monday, February 23, 2009

An alert last week asked you to urge your representative to oppose a massive land bill that was scheduled to come before the full House at any time.

The good news is that opposition to the bill grew so loud that the leadership pulled it from the calendar so they would have more time to muster enough votes to pass it.

Well, that also gives you another chance to contact your own representative to tell him to OPPOSE the anti-Second Amendment Omnibus Land Act. The bill, S. 22, is now scheduled to be voted on this week.

S.22 is a mammoth bill comprised of over 190 separate pieces of legislation and will come to the floor with a rule that will not allow pro-gun representatives to offer amendments.

There are serious Second Amendment concerns with this legislation. S.
22 will greatly expand the amount of land controlled by the National
Park Service (NPS). Because the rights of lawful gun owners are
restricted on NPS land, the bill will create even more "anti-Second Amendment" zones.

In contrast to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Forest Service, which allow State and local laws to govern firearms possession, NPS land was until recently subject to a complete gun ban.

In the waning days of his administration, President Bush partially reversed the ban, but that half-way measure still leaves a significant portion of the gun prohibition in place. Gun Owners of America has fought for several years to fully repeal the NPS regulations, but those efforts have been hampered by the anti-gun leadership of both the House and Senate.

GOA opposes many parts of the bill that are controversial and have not been debated on their individual merits.

Consider just a few provisions of the 1,294-page bill:

* Section 2002 codifies the National Landscape Conservation System, which groups together 26 million acres of federal land and places it under one umbrella agency. The NLCS was created during the Clinton administration and run administratively since that time. S. 22 will make the system permanent, raising concerns for hunters and sportsmen.
Much of this land is consolidated from the BLM and the Forest Service, which have always allowed hunting and recreational shooting. It is unclear what rules will be promulgated by the new agency and if gun owners' rights will be protected at all.

* Section 5204 of the bill establishes the Washington-Rochambeau Route as a Historic Trail. This dual trail begins in Rhode Island and travels 650 miles to Yorktown, Virginia. The trail includes parts of major thoroughfares on the east coast such as Interstate 95 and US Route 1, meaning the gun ban could effect hundreds of thousands of unsuspecting gun owners each day.

* Section 5301 authorizes the federal government to buy private land adjacent to national parks and trails. Such land would be controlled by the NPS, and thus be subject to the agencies' anti-gun regulations.

* Section 7002 makes the birthplace of William Jefferson Clinton a National Historic Site. Well, perhaps it's fitting that the legacy of former President Clinton, who was responsible for so many anti-Second Amendment laws, will include yet another "gun free" zone.

In all, the bill designates over 2 million acres of wilderness, establishes three new national parks, a new national monument, three new national conservation areas, and four new national trails.

If there are parts of the bill that could stand on their own, they should be brought up separately and dealt with in an open and fair process -- and not used as bargaining chips in exchange for compromises of your Second Amendment rights.

Some people on Capitol Hill contend that all of these bills already passed the House anyway. In fact, no they haven't. More than 70 of these bills now before the House were only passed by the Senate. The House of Representatives never even held hearings or open debate on these measures.

Representative Rob Bishop (R-UT) has indicated that he wants to at least have the opportunity to offer an amendment to ensure that the Second Amendment rights of all Americans are protected.

However, right now it looks as though the anti-gun House leadership will refuse to allow any amendments to the bill, in order to ensure that it goes straight to President Obama's desk.

There is a possibility that an amendment to protect only hunting and recreational shooting on federal land would be allowed. Such an amendment by itself is not sufficient and is clearly designed as a "cover" vote for gun rights compromisers.

Please contact your representative and urge him or her to insist that an amendment be allowed to protect ALL of your Second Amendment rights
-- not just hunting and recreational shooting.

ACTION: Please urge your Representative oppose S. 22. You can go to the Gun Owners Legislative Action Center at http://www.gunowners.org/activism.htm to send your Representative the pre-written e-mail message below.

----- Prewritten Letter -----

Dear Representative:

I urge you to oppose S. 22. Among the many problems with this 1,294-page bill are the following concerns gun owners have:

* Section 2002 codifies the National Landscape Conservation System, which groups together 26 million acres of federal land and places it under one umbrella agency. The NLCS was created during the Clinton administration and run administratively since that time. S. 22 will make the system permanent, raising concerns for hunters and sportsmen.
Much of this land is consolidated from the BLM and the Forest Service, which have always allowed hunting and recreational shooting. It is unclear what rules will be promulgated by the new agency and if gun owners' rights will be protected at all.

* Section 5204 of the bill establishes the Washington-Rochambeau Route as a Historic Trail. This dual trail begins in Rhode Island and travels 650 miles to Yorktown, Virginia. The trail includes parts of major thoroughfares on the east coast such as Interstate 95 and US Route 1, meaning the gun ban could effect hundreds of thousands of unsuspecting gun owners each day.

* Section 5301 authorizes the federal government to buy private land adjacent to national parks and trails. Such land would be controlled by the NPS, and thus be subject to the agencies' anti-gun regulations.

Since it appears that amendments will not be allowed to this bill -- thus prohibiting any attempt to remove these troubling provisions -- I would urge you to vote against S. 22.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

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