According to a local fisherman, Chris McCaffity, the biggest problem with the way our fisheries are being managed is Regulatory Discards. They are created when fishermen are required by law to discard dead and dying fish that are smaller than the arbitrary size limits or the quotas have been mismanaged and fisheries are closed for months at a time. Another problem is that the fishery managers closed the vast majority of our South Atlantic seafloor based on the lack of data on two fish. This made it illegal to harvest many kinds of seafood while putting more pressure on the legal species and open areas.

All this pressure is forcing small fishermen out of business and thus we import more seafood from overseas. This seafood is raised in some of the most disgusting environments you can imagine. The NC Tea Party will be doing a story on this subject, and if you think this does not affect you… think again because it does. In the meantime you can watch these videos.

Last night, Thursday August 18th, 2011 we had a picnic for the Forsyth County Tea Party section of our Tea Party in NC. Among a few speakers and Representatives we had Dale Folwell give a few minutes of his time to speak with us.

This story has been around since May but we find it very appropriate given the current subject matter going on in DC. This is why the Tea Party will NOT BUDGE on debt talks. This  February 2011 grocery receipt allegedly found in the parking lot of Angeli’s County Market (in the town of Menominee, Michigan) for six lobsters and two porterhouse steaks… Read the rest of the story here.

Click here to find out how to apply for a bridge card, the card used to buy this.

Here is a copy of the receipt:

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The Wilmington StarNews Online is reporting that Republicans are wilting on a voter ID law under pressure from Democrats and the Legislative Black Caucus who say the current bill as written would discourage blacks, students and the elderly from voting. Under the new bill—which is still in draft stage—voters will be able to present one of seven photo identification cards or their non-photo voter registration card.

The way the voter registration card would work would be by comparing the signature at the polls with the signature on the original voter registration form. These signatures would be scanned from the official document and two poll workers would have to agree that the signatures match. If one or both workers think the signatures do not match, then the person will still be allowed to vote a provisional ballot.

What are the problems here? Let me count the ways. Seeing as how the majority of poll workers are liberal Democrats, I doubt many people will be turned down for voting. Also, what will it cost the state to not only scan and store these signatures, but to train poll workers to compare signatures? Considering that handwriting analysis is widely questioned for its accuracy, how to we expect lay people to be good and fair judges?

All of these problems can be solved with a simple photo identification card. No special training is required, and no additional cost to the state is required unless we choose to help individuals obtain photo identification cards. Call your representative and senator today and tell them we want photo identification ALONE for voter ID.

U.S. Senator Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina) introduced legislation to fully repeal the Democrats’ government health care takeover that President Obama signed into law March 23, 2010.

Thirty-four Republicans have already cosponsored this bill.

“Republicans are standing with the American people who are demanding we repeal this government takeover of health care,” said Senator DeMint. “Repealing ObamaCare is vital to the future of our nation and the health of our people. ObamaCare will raise health costs, reduce choices, ration care, hike taxes, cut jobs, increase the national debt, and put bureaucrats between patients and their doctors. It’s time to start over and implement commonsense solutions that allow Americans to choose affordable plans across state lines, end frivolous lawsuits that drive up costs, and gives equitable tax treatment to those who don’t get insurance from their employer.”

Cosponsors of the repeal bill include Senators:
Kelly Ayotte (R-New Hampshire),
John Barrasso (R-Wyoming),
Roy Blunt (R-Missouri),
John Boozman (R-Arkansas),
Richard Burr (R-North Carolina),
Saxby Chambliss (R-Georgia),
Dan Coats (R-Indiana),
Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma),
Bob Corker (R-Tennessee),
John Cornyn (R-Texas),
Mike Crapo (R-Idaho),
John Ensign (R-Nevada),
Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina),
Orrin Hatch (R-Utah),
Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas),
James Inhofe (R-Oklahoma),
Johnny Isakson (R-Georgia),
Mike Johanns (R-Nebraska),
Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin),
Jon Kyl (R-Arizona),
Mike Lee (R-Utah),
John McCain (R-Arizona),
Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky),
Jerry Moran (R-Kansas),
Rand Paul (R-Kentucky),
Rob Portman (R-Ohio),
James Risch (R-Idaho),
Pat Roberts (R-Kansas),
Marco Rubio (R-Florida),
Richard Shelby (R-Alabama),
John Thune (R-South Dakota),
Pat Toomey (R-Pennsylvania),
David Vitter (R-Louisiana), and
Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi).

“Economists have described ObamaCare as ‘fiscally dangerous,’ warning it will create barriers to job growth and increase costs at a time of great economic uncertainty,” said Senator DeMint. “American families and businesses are struggling and it’s our duty to respond quickly to their calls to repeal this bill and push for solutions that will make health care more affordable.”

• Leading Economists project that ObamaCare will add roughly $500 billion in new health care taxes, passing those costs to patients and will raise the federal budget deficit by more than $500 billion over the next 10 years and by nearly $1.5 trillion in the following decade.
• According to the Congressional Budget Office, ObamaCare will increase health care costs to families by $2,100 per year.
• The Heritage Foundation estimates that the economy will lose 670,000 jobs under the new law, many of them in the health care industry.
• An American Action Forum study finds that employers will be forced to drop employer-sponsored health care coverage for as many as 35 million Americans.
• An analysis from HSA Consulting Services concludes the new law restricts the use of Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) and reduces the amount of money that can be contributed to Flexible Savings Accounts (FSAs).
• As of Dec. 3, 2010, 222 waivers from ObamaCare’s annual limit requirements had been granted to businesses, labor unions, and insurers, affecting 1.5 million enrollees.
• On Dec. 13, 2010, a U.S. district court ruled that it is unconstitutional for the government to impose an individual mandate to buy health insurance.

“Despite being marketed as a health care reform bill, the legislation that was signed into law expands the size and scope of the federal government while failing to deliver on the promise to lower health care costs,” said Burr. “Hard-working Americans who are already struggling in this difficult economy are bearing the brunt of new taxes, fees, and penalties because of this law.  With each day that goes by, it becomes clearer that we must repeal this bill and replace it with meaningful health reform that will actually reduce the cost of health care.”- Senator Burr

“I applaud the president’s call for fiscal responsibility, and I could not agree more.  However, these are mere words until we make the difficult choices necessary to begin paying off our enormous national debt.   Calling it an investment does not change the fact it is nothing more than new spending that our nation cannot afford.  The American people sent a clear message last November that they want spending to be cut, not frozen at the current, inflated levels like the president suggested tonight. We must stop the out-of-control spending in Washington or our economy will be no better off, and future generations will suffer the consequences.” — Senator Burr in response to President Obama’s State of the Union speech this week

Visit Senator DeMint’s website; Senator Burr’s website