Make-A-Statement Commentary Blog

To All Texans

 

            If you love your state, love your country, and love being able to spend your money on what you are your family need rather than paying people to sit on the couch and watch TV, then read on. 

            Right now our Governor is leading the fight for each and every citizen in this great State of Texas to not end up paying half of their income in taxes due to the stimulus package.  He is inspiring others to follow him and to look closer at what the supposed stimulus package really is.  And he’s making it clear to the rest of the country what a governor is supposed to do—fight to protect his people, even from higher taxes.

            However, our Senate is fighting against him on the unemployment portion of the stimulus funds.  They passed a bill to go around the wishes of Governor Perry and take those funds any way.  This bill is now in the House.  WE MUST CALL OUR REPRESENTATIVES NOW!!! 

            They need to know that we don’t want to take additional funds from the Fed that will lock us into higher taxes for the duration, long after the federal funds are gone.  They need to know that the people don’t want higher taxes in this state.  They need to know that we don’t want to join the rest of the nation in being taxed into poverty and bankruptcy.  They need to know we support the Governor on this venture and that a vote against him is a vote against the citizens of Texas and they will be the ones finding themselves in the unemployment line in 2010.

            Go to http://www.fyi.legis.state.tx.us/mnuAddress.aspx and find out who represents you then call them and let them know where you stand and that if they want to keep their job they will do it the way we the people of Texas tell them to.

 

Melissa Pehle-Hill

www.make-a-statement.org

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This Thursday night April 23rd, we will be talking with "Texas" Fred Witzell, author of the Blog "Texas Fred's" www.texasfred.net  

Fred says, "I'm a highly opinionated blogger, if you ask for my opinion I'll let you know exactly what's on my mind. I don't play the PC game, so, be very careful what you ask for."

We look forward to our conversation with Fred as we talk about the race for Texas Governor. We will also be talking about the Tea Parties that have happened and those still to come.  www.blogtalkradio.com/make-a-statement

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JOIN US AT THE TYLER TEXAS TEA PARTY

THIS WEDNESDAY APRIL 15TH

http://tylerteaparty.com/

Melissa and I will be broadcasting the show LIVE from noon until 1:30.

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/patriotsheartnetwork

If you live in in East Texas and would like to join Melissa and I as we MAKE-A-STATEMENT about the out of control spending in Washington DC.  Please join us at the TB Butler Fountian Plaza in Downtown Tyler Texas from Noon until 1:30. Melissa and I along with several other personalities will be talking to the crowd. Stop by our table and say hello, I might even put you "ON THE AIR" to MAKE-YOUR-STATEMENT!

We will be at the Athens Texas Tea Party from 5 until 6 pm on the Courthouse Lawn.

If you are not able to attend on of these two events, PLEASE find and attend one close to you.  Find one in your area here http://taxdayteaparty.org

This is not a Republican/Democrat issue, it is an American issue.  The money being spent right now will be paid for by our children and grandchildren.  Help us send a message to our leaders in Washington that "we have had enough and the spending spree must end now"

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For Immediate Release

March 1st 2009, Athens, Texas

Hill-Pehle Publishing is proud to announce the release of Dick Brownings new book "A Change Of Heart"  Texas author Dick Browning tells the true story of how Father Casey Miner working with Christian Prison Ministries is bringing real reform to one Texas prison.  The system of reform being implemented at the Beto 1 Prison is bringing results in unprecidented levels. The inmates being released after living in the Faith Based Unit inside the prison are not returning to the Texas Prison System.  This is a major change to the average return rate of 70% here in Texas.

A Change of Heart details how Fr.Casey is re-training the inmates who participate in the program to be productive law abiding citizens.  This program can easily be adapted to any prison in the United States, prisons who implement this program will be accomplishing two very important things:

1. Offering a real chance for the inmate to reform and emerge from the prison system as a citizen and not enter the free world as a criminal looking for a crime to commit.
2. By reducing the return rate of the inmate, this system is saving the State of Texas millions of dollars.

 A Change of Heart by Dick Browning is available through Amazon.com.  Order your copy today!

http://www.amazon.com/Change-Heart-Dick-Browning/dp/1427637571/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1236521424&sr=1-1

Dick Browning and Father Casey are available for interviews.  Contact David Hill

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As most of you know, I pay pretty close attention to the things our government chooses to do.  One of the things I pay the closest attention to is our 2nd Amendment Right, the Right to Keep and Bear Arms.  Let me tell you folks, this new President scares the heck out of me.  During his campaign, he told the people (that’s us) that he would defend our 2nd Amendment Rights, but fewer than 100 hours after his Inauguration he announced his “Urban Policy” on his website.  His plan includes:
1.    Permanent Clinton-style gun bans.
2.    Repeal of the Tiahrt Amendment exposing sensitive, non-representative BATFE gun “trace” data for trial lawyers and anti-gun politicians.
3.    Restrictions making weekend gun shows as we know them – and private sales between law-abiding citizens – effectively illegal.

This is not “News”, the spike in firearms and ammunition sales to levels never before seen shows us the information is out there for those who choose to look for it.  What shocks me is the Virtual Media Blackout of this issue.  Even here in Texas the Media is failing to inform the citizens about issues important to our heritage.  

Continue reading "Don't Turn Your Back on Them! David Hill" »

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    I constantly hear people say they had to hold their nose and vote for McCain or that they couldn’t make themselves vote for McCain because he was too liberal for them resulting in Obama in the White House.  The fault for this lies in the hands of the hierarchy of the Republican Party but also in the hands of the people.  
    Part of the problem is that the Republican Party lets anyone run under their banner who wishes to—they don’t have to stand with the Platform—which the Party needs to change.  But, another part of the problem is that many people either didn’t vote in the primary or they followed the advice of Rush Limbaugh and crossed over.  Myself I can’t understand anyone choosing to do either.  I say that because to me voting in the primary means I get my say in who represents the Republican Party in the general election.  The other reason I can’t see it is that to me this is not a game we are out to win—this is all about who represents us in Washington and to me that determination should be made based on each individual candidate’s ability to do the job the way we the people want then to.
    So, now that the election is behind us and we have the most liberal/socialist leaning President we could have found, we must learn from this.  Over the next four years those of us who wish to save this country from irreparable damage but work constantly to keep up with what is going on in Washington.  We must keep calling, emailing, and writing letters to our elected representatives and tell them what we want them to do, and then in 2010 we must hold them accountable by sending them home if they don’t do the job we want them to do.
   

Continue reading "The Time Is Now! by Melissa Pehle-Hill" »

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    Here I sit addressing the actions of the liberals in Washington and their desire to remove our right to bear arms and protect ourselves and our families.  I knew, on Election Night, that this was coming but I have to say I’m surprised it came so soon.  I honestly thought they would wait six months or so and try to slip it past us.  
    I also received an email yesterday with a link to watch a U-Tube video about protests going on in the UK.  Guess what the video said!  They said that first they let the government take their guns because they thought it might actually reduce crime, and they soon realized that it had the opposite effect as the law-abiding citizens had turned over their guns and the criminals then knew they were unarmed.  That wasn’t what the protests were about—they were about the government’s desire to end fox hunting.  
   

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I don’t know about you, but I’m not happy with the way things went during this election.  And on that I’m not just referring to the results but also many of candidates running for the various offices. 

            Here, on the county level, it was better.  Most of those running for office were no more or less than they portrayed themselves to be.  A few of them you could just meet and know, without a doubt in your mind, how much this county and the people within it mean to them—men like Ray Nutt and Scott McKee who will, I honestly believe, as Sheriff and District Attorney, do much to make this county a safer place to live.

However on the state and national level, many of the candidates running were less than satisfactory in my opinion.  We don’t need any more politicians who are working for the special interest groups, the big corporations, the drug companies, foreign oil (or any foreign interests for that matter), or for anyone other than we, the people.  We need more people like Congressman Louie Gohmert, Congressman Leo Berman, Congressman Duncan Hunter, and our own Congressman Jeb Hensarling.  We don’t need anymore candidates to seek to be elected out of their desire for the perks and power, with the only campaign promises they intend to fulfill being the ones made behind closed doors to their biggest supporters and special interest groups. 

What we need to do is demand that our elected officials do the job we hired them to do.  We need to demand that the candidates chosen to run are worthy of the position they are seeking rather than simply continuing to hold our nose while we vote. 

Our votes are more valuable than that.  Our votes are what decide the kind of country we leave our children and grandchildren.  And I, for one, want the best for my children and grandchildren as I’m sure you do as well.

How do we do this?  We watch what our elected officials are doing, closely.  We let them know what we want them to do.  We seek out people of honor and integrity to run for office and help them get in office.  Then we pray: for without God we have no hope of maintaining the United States as the greatest nation in the world, nor Texas as the greatest state in the nation.

 

 

This is Melissa Pehle-Hill writing for make-a-statement.org.  Thank you and have a nice day.

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On Thursday night's edition of our Make-A-Statement Radio Show, we will be interviewing Libertarian Candidate for Texas State Representative James Yow.  This will be an interesting and educational show.  If you live in Kaufman or Henderson County Texas, don't miss this show.  If you have any questions for Mr. Yow please feel free to call in and ask him directly.

David A Hill

Thursday night Oct 30th 10:30 pm cdt.  www.blogtalkradio.com/make-a-statement 

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Ray Nutt, Republican Candidate for Henderson County Sheriff will  be our guest this evening on the Make-A-Statement Radio Show.  www.blogtalkradio.com/make-a-statement

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Tonight's Make-A-Statement Radio Show with Father Casey was great.  Casey is the founder of Christian Prison Ministries and has a great success record with the men he works with.  Visit www.blogtalkradio.com/make-a-statement to listen to the show.  http://www.cpmtexas.org 

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I read in today’s paper, Thursday, Sept. 4, that the County Commissioners voted to grant Clint Davis the additional $25,000 pay he wanted. Although two of our commissioners voted no the measure passed. No offense to Clint Davis, but why should he get more money than James Owen after Mr. Owen has served in that position for two terms? Does he have years of experience we don’t know about? After all, he has been a civil attorney for years but up to now hasn’t worked on criminal cases. So, in essence he will be getting on the job training, at a higher rate of pay than our experienced County Attorney who is leaving office. Granted, at this time Clint Davis is working in the District Attorney’s Office though I have not heard of him trying any cases in court. So, at present he is already getting at least some level of training at the taxpayer’s expense. However, I honestly don’t think that six months of training working for a District Attorney which the people of this county loudly said wasn’t doing her job is sufficient to merit him getting $25,000 more than our present CA. On another related matter, I read a complaint from a woman saying that it was wrong for our future District Attorney to ask for an investigator and a warrant officer to be transferred from the Sheriff’s Office to the District Attorney’s office. That will raise his budget while at the same time removing those two expenses from the Sheriff’s budget, and it will aid Scott McKee in better prosecuting cases in this county. As it is in essence a transfer from one department to another it doesn’t raise expenses for the taxpayer like the higher wages for Clint Davis is going to do. So, the outrage should be over the additional county funds being paid to an untried County Attorney rather than to a man who is already planning his strategy to clean up this county and remove the criminals from our streets.

This is Melissa Pehle-Hill writing for Make-a-Statement.org. I welcome your questions and comments at mph@melissapehle.com.

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