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    Tag: 2011 Senate Bill 693

    Ballparking The Whip Count


    By Kevin Rex Heine, Section News
    Posted on Mon Jun 17, 2013 at 11:14:14 PM EST
    Tags: 2013-HB-4714, House Roll Call 241 (2013), 2013-HB-4111, House Roll Call 11 (2013), 2011 Senate Bill 693, Senate Roll Call 663 (2012), integrity argument, causa provocare, Michigan Banana Republican Party, U. S. Constitution Amendment X, State Sovereignty, constitutionally-restrained government, Supremacy Clause abuse, illusion of state control, nullification vs. enabling, legislative malfeasance, liberty-minded network, acta non verba, empowered grassroots operation, sending a message, naming names and identifying targets, heavy-handed bifarceisanship, politician paper training, "Mastermind" vs. "Oracle", corinthian scales vs. absolute standard, Reagan's Eleventh Commandment, creeping progressivism (all tags)

    According to the Michigan Campaign For Liberty:

    "Urgent: getting this information to activists depends on folks sharing this. Please help.

    Currently (1:37 a.m.) all of the websites for Republican State Senators are down.  This is very curious considering the democrat sites are all working and the fact that not having email or a contact form will disenfranchise a lot of people, greatly reducing the number of grassroots activists who contact their legislators.

    Today, massive numbers of limited government activists will be trying to contact their senators to tell them to vote no on ObamaCare.

    To help activists, we provided all contact info on our website."

    And I've provided it below, along with some additional intel.


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    Benchmarks and Targets


    By Kevin Rex Heine, Section News
    Posted on Sat Jun 15, 2013 at 10:04:14 PM EST
    Tags: 2013-HB-4714, House Roll Call 241 (2013), 2013-HB-4111, House Roll Call 11 (2013), 2011 Senate Bill 693, Senate Roll Call 663 (2012), integrity argument, patronage system, equality of merit, cleaning out closets, causa provocare, Michigan Banana Republican Party, NFIB v Sebelius, U. S. Constitution Amendment X, State Sovereignty, constitutionally-restrained government, Supremacy Clause abuse, illusion of state control, bogus opt-out clause, "bait-and-switch" federal pitch, nullification vs. enabling, legislative malfeasance, liberty-minded network, acta non verba, empowered grassroots operation, sending a message, naming names and identifying targets, heavy-handed bifarceisanship, politician paper training, Rick Snyder, GoverNerd, #OneRoughTurd, Nerd King, Slick Rick, lower house losers, selective focus, 30th Biennial Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference, "Mastermind" vs. "Oracle", corinthian scales vs. absolute standard, Reagan's Eleventh Commandment, creeping progressivism (all tags)

    As House Bill 4714 (2013) was rapidly transitioning from "read a second time" to "substitute H-3 adopted and amended" to "placed on third reading" to "read a third time" to "placed on immediate passage" to "passed; given immediate effect" . . . yes, transitioning just that quickly (the proof starts on page 24 of House Journal # 59) . . . I was in conversation with, among others, Dara Bailey (Vice President & National Vetting Director of iCaucus National).  She offered to commit national resources to help the liberty-minded network in Michigan do what needs to be done to visit political punishment on every single legislative turncoat next summer.  All that we need to do as a statewide movement is to use Joanie's screencap of 2013 House Roll Call # 241 as a motivator to set aside our nationally infamous internecine squabbling, and work as a cohesive machine toward a larger goal.


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    A Message To Our Legislators - Beware False Choices

    Trojan Horse Medical Insurance


    By Kevin Rex Heine, Section News
    Posted on Thu Jun 13, 2013 at 04:06:22 PM EST
    Tags: 2013-HB-4714, 2013-HB-4111, House Roll Call 11 (2013), 2011 Senate Bill 693, Senate Roll Call 663 (2012), integrity argument, NFIB v Sebelius, U. S. Constitution Amendment X, State Sovereignty, Supremacy Clause, illusion of state control, bogus opt-out clause, "bait-and-switch" federal pitch, nullification vs. enabling, legislative malfeasance (all tags)

    It's by now quite obvious that there are wayyy too many people occupying either publicly-elected office or party-elected internal office that still don't understand a key concept of the liberty movement, grassroots conservatives, and tea party network (committed to principled cause first, and loyal to a political party only to the extent that the party serves the purpose of the cause).  The arm-twisting associated with the passage in the House of 2013 House Bill 4111 (which still sits "on the table" in the Senate, according to Thursday's calendar), and the heavy-handed bifarceisanship and lobbyist nonsense that we're seeing leveraged in an attempt to accomplish the passage of 2013 House Bill 4714, (which, as of Thursday's House calendar, has been reported to the House floor for a second reading) seems to indicate that some politician paper training is still in order.


    (2 comments, 1181 words in story) Full Story

    Wish We'd Known This A Couple Of Weeks Ago


    By Kevin Rex Heine, Section News
    Posted on Thu Mar 07, 2013 at 11:09:03 AM EST
    Tags: 2013-HB-4111, "republican" talking points memo, Supremacy Clause, State Sovereignty, nullification vs. enabling, legislative malfeasance, liberty movement coalition, acta non verba, empowered grassroots operation, causa provocare, inattention to results, sending a message, twenty-nine turncoats (thus far), House Roll Call 11 (2013), 2011 Senate Bill 693, Senate Roll Call 663 (2012) (all tags)

    Let me start by saying that it's not even certain right now whether the Senate vote will or won't be taken today on 2013 House Bill 4111.  Yes, the vote is on today's senate schedule (backup copy available here), just as it was yesterday (for which I also have a backup copy).  Yet a press statement from Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville plainly stated that there would be no vote this week at all.  I translate that as Richardville knowing that he currently doesn't have the votes to pass this thing.  If that's true, then it would mean that the coordinated outrage of the liberty movement grassroots, directed both at calling our state senators and also apparently at flooding the phone lines at the Michigan Republican Party Headquarters, had the desired immediate effect.

    Nevertheless, Michigan Votes indicates that the bill was forwarded directly to the Senate floor as soon as it was reported over from the House, and Joanie Fabiano is pretty sure that a deal has already been brokered to make the vote happen, so I guess we need to stay on our senators about this . . . and I think that's a good idea anyway.


    (12 comments, 1310 words in story) Full Story

    They Weren't Listening


    By Kevin Rex Heine, Section News
    Posted on Tue Mar 05, 2013 at 11:41:01 AM EST
    Tags: 2013-HB-4111, Supremacy Clause, State Sovereignty, nullification vs. enabling, legislative malfeasance, liberty movement coalition, acta non verba, empowered grassroots operation, causa provocare, inattention to results, sending a message, twenty-nine turncoats (thus far), House Roll Call 11 (2013), 2011 Senate Bill 693, Senate Roll Call 663 (2012) (all tags)

    You would have thought, based on how close the Michigan Republican State Party Chair results were, that the party would've got the message.  The liberty movement means business, and they won't be ignored.  You'd think, based on that, that the state legislature would be extra careful to not tick off a motivated grassroots network.

    Apparently, 29 republicans in the State House didn't get the memo.  It's as yet an open question as to whether 13 republicans in the State Senate did.

    (8 comments, 2046 words in story) Full Story

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