Mr. President, You asked for it, Icaucus answered........

Recently President Obama made disparaging remarks about the Tea Parties and grassroots movement. He challenged us to show him how we would fix the economy.
Here is the first answer from the Independence Caucus.

On October 1st, iCaucus (a “Grass Roots” National Citizens organization) has answered this challenge with the release of “Creating Jobs in America… Stimulating Solution #1 from the American Grass Roots”


Here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUv4u9VE-do

This is just the first of a series of open letters to President Obama (and the rest of our out of touch elected officials) that will be released periodically over the next few weeks. Our next open letter will spell out how to fix the broken federal budget process in order to stop the out of control spending spree that Washington has embarked upon.

Posted with permission from http://www.icaucus.org/.

RIGHT WING EXTREMISM ACCORDING TO THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Robert Sklar, Editor

In the wake of a heightening threat from right-wing extremists, WDETFM,the Detroit public radio station
owned and operated by Wayne StateUniversity, is piloting a thought-provoking,issue-oriented collaboration with four of Metro Detroit’s most-read independent ethnic newspapers: the JewishNews, the Arab-American News, theMichigan Chronicle and Latino.The five media entities have developed a partnership to spotlight the growth of radical right-wing movements in Michigan and nationwide. The partnership’s centerpiece is an enlightening essay by the Southern Poverty LawCenter (SPLC), a Montgomery, Ala.-based nonprofit civil rights organization and one of America’s research authorities in the areas of hate groups, discrimination and exploitation.“The explosive growth of three distinct groups — the Tea Party Movement, the Patriot Movement with the militias as their paramilitary arms, and the nativist anti-immigration movement — has been under way for the past year,” says Mikel Ellcessor, WDET’s general manager.“While these distinct movements have their own animus, there is a well documentedand rising level of extreme rhetoric coming from all three groups.This rhetoric has contributed to an environment that is fostering violence from the extreme right and multiple instances of domestic terrorism.“This editorial project is designed to raise awareness of this issue and to challenge the people of Michigan to ask hard of their politicians and the media,” he added. “Because of Michigan’s unique relationship with the militia ,movement, we encourage every citizen  to understand the ways extreme rhetoriC with violent imagery has permeated our society.”On March 27-30, the FBI arrested nine members of Hutaree, a right-wing extremist group of alleged Christian fanatics hoping to incite an uprising against the U.S.government that would lead to the biblical“end of times,” according to the U.S. Justice Department. The raids were in Michigan,Ohio and Indiana.

A CUBAN'S THOUGHT ON OBAMA

Yesterday we needed to have a driver take us to the airport.  His name was Louie, his car was impeccable, his English perfect.  He and his family came from Cuba just after Castro became dictator. Being a Tea Party Patriot myself, he and I immediately connected. We talked the same lingo, read the same books. But what really connected us is our history.  His in Cuba, mine in Germany.  The story is always the same:  people want and need change after a disaster, war, etc.  Then there comes the bright and shining knight, that knows how to talk, make people feel better, promises prosperity.  People are desperate and vote for these imposters.  History keeps repeating itself, in different countries, for different reasons.  But this time the majority of people woke up, hopefully before it's too late.  There are still many hurdles to jump, but I get encouraged every time I run into strangers and see that there are so many of us fighting this imposter and his regime.