The David Horowitz Freedom Center will be holding its Restoration Weekend November 19 - 22, 2009 at The Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida. Prominent authorities and political figures will enlighten audiences at this important annual event. The Center will be celebrating the fifteenth anniversary of this event. Its theme will be "Defending Our Country and Our Culture."
The Weekend activities begin at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday the 19th and conclude at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday the 22nd.
We are excited to announce that among the confirmed speakers are: Newt Gingrich, Ann Coulter, Fred Thompson, Geert Wilders, Phyllis Schlafly, Andrew Klavan, George Gilder, Jonah Goldberg, Robert Spencer, Frank Gaffney, Steve Moore, Andrew McCarthy, Bruce Bawer, Congressmen Ed Royce and Thaddeus McCotter, General Paul Vallely, Liz Cheney and Senator Jim DeMint.
We will also be hosting the Citizens United Productions Film Festival on Friday and Saturday afternoons.
For more information, please contact Michael Finch at (818) 849-3470 x212 or e-mail mfinch@horowitzfreedomcenter.org.
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Isakson: Senate Needs to ‘Go Back to the Drawing Board’ on Health Care Reform
In a speech on the Senate floor, U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., today criticized the health care reform proposal currently under consideration in the Senate Finance Committee and urged his colleagues to start the process over.
“There is common ground, but you've got to be willing to find it and so far that hasn't been the case. Ramming through something we can't read, we can't quantify and we can't score isn't the right way to go about this debate,” Isakson said. “This is too important for us to take a guess, too important for us to take a chance. It's imperative that Congress knows precisely what it's doing. We need to go back to the drawing board and have a bill we can read and a bill we can afford.”
In addition to criticizing the Democrats’ proposed tax increases and expansion of government into our health care, Isakson also said it’s difficult for the public to judge the merits of the Finance Committee plan when the Democrats refuse to make available the text of the legislation to members of Congress and the public.
Isakson also criticized Democrats for rejecting efforts to reduce frivolous medical lawsuits, which drive up costs and force doctors to order wasteful tests and treatments to cover liabilities. The Finance Committee proposal calls for only a non-binding ‘Sense of the Senate’ on medical liability.
On July 15, Isakson voted against the health care reform legislation that passed the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on a 13-to-10 vote. Isakson argued the legislation would cost more than $1 trillion, would put the federal government in an unfair competition with private health insurers and managed care providers and would place a massive financial burden on Georgia and other states to pay for a proposed expansion of Medicaid.
Isakson is a co-sponsor of S.1099, Patients' Choice Act of 2009, which seeks to strengthen the relationship between the patient and the doctor by using choice and competition, rather than rationing and restrictions, to contain costs and ensure affordable health care for all Americans.
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“There is common ground, but you've got to be willing to find it and so far that hasn't been the case. Ramming through something we can't read, we can't quantify and we can't score isn't the right way to go about this debate,” Isakson said. “This is too important for us to take a guess, too important for us to take a chance. It's imperative that Congress knows precisely what it's doing. We need to go back to the drawing board and have a bill we can read and a bill we can afford.”
In addition to criticizing the Democrats’ proposed tax increases and expansion of government into our health care, Isakson also said it’s difficult for the public to judge the merits of the Finance Committee plan when the Democrats refuse to make available the text of the legislation to members of Congress and the public.
Isakson also criticized Democrats for rejecting efforts to reduce frivolous medical lawsuits, which drive up costs and force doctors to order wasteful tests and treatments to cover liabilities. The Finance Committee proposal calls for only a non-binding ‘Sense of the Senate’ on medical liability.
On July 15, Isakson voted against the health care reform legislation that passed the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on a 13-to-10 vote. Isakson argued the legislation would cost more than $1 trillion, would put the federal government in an unfair competition with private health insurers and managed care providers and would place a massive financial burden on Georgia and other states to pay for a proposed expansion of Medicaid.
Isakson is a co-sponsor of S.1099, Patients' Choice Act of 2009, which seeks to strengthen the relationship between the patient and the doctor by using choice and competition, rather than rationing and restrictions, to contain costs and ensure affordable health care for all Americans.
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009
How Team Obama Hijacked "Change"
Two years ago, I wrote a book called Real Change. Today I want to tell you about that book's successor, how the Obama Administration hijacked "change" - and how we can take it back.
It all started in the summer of 2007 when part of one of my speeches was posted on YouTube. It was a short, three-minute clip in which I explained the difference between two Americas, one that works and one that fails, by contrasting UPS and FedEx with the federal bureaucracy.
You can see it yourself here.
The gist of the video is that UPS and FedEx are so capable and efficient they can track millions of packages in real time. The bureaucracy, on the other hand, can't locate the 10-20 million people who are in this country illegally. Perhaps, I suggested, we should send them all a package.
The book that was inspired by the tremendous public reaction to this video was Real Change: From the World That Fails to the World That Works.
Real Change Means "the Special Interests, the Bureaucracies, and the Force of the Past Will Not Determine the Course of the Future"
Here's how I described what I wanted to accomplish with Real Change at the time:
Real change must begin at the individual level, with each person deciding that the special interests, the bureaucracies, and the forces of the past will not determine the course of the future. Real change has to start with families who don't want to see their quality of life decline even as they work harder to maintain it. Real change has to start with citizens who say to their families, friends, and neighbors that the time has come to insist that their politicians change or they will change their politicians.
We must have been on to something because the presidential campaign that was waged since I wrote Real Change was full of talk about change and promised to end business as usual in Washington; to take the nation beyond the bitter deadlock of partisan politics.
President Obama Promised to End the Influence of Special Interests in Washington, Then He Gave 55% of Chrysler to His Union Supporters
The American people clearly voted for change last November. But equally clear is that what we've gotten is more business as usual.Barack Obama campaigned as a new kind of centrist who could bring people together. But as president he's been a radical liberal, passing his stimulus bill without a single Republican vote in the House.
He campaigned to end the influence of special interests in the nation's capital. But as president he's rewarded his political supporters at the expense of economic recovery in the stimulus bill and paid back his union allies at the expense of the rule of law in the Chrysler and GM bankruptcies.
Barack Obama campaigned as a leader who would bring a new kind of politics to Washington. Then he used Chicago-style politics - twisting arms and offering payoffs - to pass one of the largest tax increases in American history in the cap and trade bill.President Obama promised change and failed to deliver. Where do we go from here?
Real Change, Expanded and Updated for the Obama Era
The new, Obama-era edition of Real Change is entitled Real Change: The Fight for America's Future.It has all the innovative ideas and practical solutions of the first Real Change, and much more.
The new forward begins with how American taxpayers were exploited with the taxpayer bailouts that began at the end of the Bush Administration. Then it describes how things got worse with the big government, big spending bacchanal that has been the first six months of the Obama Administration.
It describes how our national security has deteriorated faster than I thought it would since the last months of the Bush Administration, despite the spectacular success of the surge in Iraq.
The section culminates in a powerful critique of the Obama domestic and national security policy:"The Obama-Pelosi-Reid team is the most radical group ever to hold the reigns of American power. Their vision of a high tax, big bureaucracy Washington-centered system dominated by politicians and leading to a secular-socialist future will fundamentally challenge America's role as a beacon of hope, opportunity and freedom."
Real Change Is More Than a List of Complaints About the Obama Administration. It's a Plan of Solutions for America
When the Left Takes for Granted the Superiority of Big Government, We Must Argue Forcefully for Free Enterprise
America is Still Waiting For Change in Washington
Newt's Quick Links:
Energy has been central to American Solutions' efforts recently, and we will be holding a free Tele-Townhall this Thursday night from 7-8pm EDT to discuss the Energy Tax fight in the Senate, and re-launching the Drill Here, Drill Now campaign. To join me for this special Tele-Townhall and invite your friends click here.
David Kralik - our Director of Internet Strategy at American Solutions and point man in Silicon Valley - spoke at Google's Mountain View, Calif., headquarters last month about bringing Silicon Valley entrepreneurial culture to Washington, D.C. You can watch it here.
It all started in the summer of 2007 when part of one of my speeches was posted on YouTube. It was a short, three-minute clip in which I explained the difference between two Americas, one that works and one that fails, by contrasting UPS and FedEx with the federal bureaucracy.
You can see it yourself here.
The gist of the video is that UPS and FedEx are so capable and efficient they can track millions of packages in real time. The bureaucracy, on the other hand, can't locate the 10-20 million people who are in this country illegally. Perhaps, I suggested, we should send them all a package.
The book that was inspired by the tremendous public reaction to this video was Real Change: From the World That Fails to the World That Works.
Real Change Means "the Special Interests, the Bureaucracies, and the Force of the Past Will Not Determine the Course of the Future"
Here's how I described what I wanted to accomplish with Real Change at the time:
Real change must begin at the individual level, with each person deciding that the special interests, the bureaucracies, and the forces of the past will not determine the course of the future. Real change has to start with families who don't want to see their quality of life decline even as they work harder to maintain it. Real change has to start with citizens who say to their families, friends, and neighbors that the time has come to insist that their politicians change or they will change their politicians.
We must have been on to something because the presidential campaign that was waged since I wrote Real Change was full of talk about change and promised to end business as usual in Washington; to take the nation beyond the bitter deadlock of partisan politics.
President Obama Promised to End the Influence of Special Interests in Washington, Then He Gave 55% of Chrysler to His Union Supporters
The American people clearly voted for change last November. But equally clear is that what we've gotten is more business as usual.Barack Obama campaigned as a new kind of centrist who could bring people together. But as president he's been a radical liberal, passing his stimulus bill without a single Republican vote in the House.
He campaigned to end the influence of special interests in the nation's capital. But as president he's rewarded his political supporters at the expense of economic recovery in the stimulus bill and paid back his union allies at the expense of the rule of law in the Chrysler and GM bankruptcies.
Barack Obama campaigned as a leader who would bring a new kind of politics to Washington. Then he used Chicago-style politics - twisting arms and offering payoffs - to pass one of the largest tax increases in American history in the cap and trade bill.President Obama promised change and failed to deliver. Where do we go from here?
Real Change, Expanded and Updated for the Obama Era
The new, Obama-era edition of Real Change is entitled Real Change: The Fight for America's Future.It has all the innovative ideas and practical solutions of the first Real Change, and much more.
The new forward begins with how American taxpayers were exploited with the taxpayer bailouts that began at the end of the Bush Administration. Then it describes how things got worse with the big government, big spending bacchanal that has been the first six months of the Obama Administration.
It describes how our national security has deteriorated faster than I thought it would since the last months of the Bush Administration, despite the spectacular success of the surge in Iraq.
The section culminates in a powerful critique of the Obama domestic and national security policy:"The Obama-Pelosi-Reid team is the most radical group ever to hold the reigns of American power. Their vision of a high tax, big bureaucracy Washington-centered system dominated by politicians and leading to a secular-socialist future will fundamentally challenge America's role as a beacon of hope, opportunity and freedom."
Real Change Is More Than a List of Complaints About the Obama Administration. It's a Plan of Solutions for America
But Real Change: The Fight For America's Future is more than a list of grievances against the current administration.It is a guide, a set of talking points, and a blueprint for how conservative and center-right Americans can reclaim the mantle of "change" in our political debate; how we can, in fact, transcend "change" to bring about real change.
Using Ronald Reagan and the current Tea Party movement as guides, the new Real Change describes how we can't argue within the current framework of the left and the elites if we want to bring about real change.
If we accept their terms and their premises, the book explains, we "will end up being with the less destructive, less expensive, slower decay wing of a lot of really bad ideas."
When the Left Takes for Granted the Superiority of Big Government, We Must Argue Forcefully for Free Enterprise
Instead, we have to establish our own terms of debate and argue for bold solutions to the challenges we face.When the left takes for granted the superiority of big government, we must argue boldly and forcefully for free enterprise.When they play to their union base with calls for an even bigger bureaucracy, we must remind Americans that the world that works is the world of entrepreneurs.And when they assert the lowest-common-denominator fairness of government redistribution, we must counter with the moral superiority of individual initiative and success.
America is Still Waiting For Change in Washington
Real Change: The Fight for America's Future is about these ideas and much, much more. I encourage you to pick up a copy for yourself or someone you care about. America is still waiting for real change in Washington. It's time for more than change. It's time for real change. Let the battle of ideas and solutions for America's future begin.
Your friend,
Your friend,
Newt Gingrich
Newt's Quick Links:
Energy has been central to American Solutions' efforts recently, and we will be holding a free Tele-Townhall this Thursday night from 7-8pm EDT to discuss the Energy Tax fight in the Senate, and re-launching the Drill Here, Drill Now campaign. To join me for this special Tele-Townhall and invite your friends click here.
David Kralik - our Director of Internet Strategy at American Solutions and point man in Silicon Valley - spoke at Google's Mountain View, Calif., headquarters last month about bringing Silicon Valley entrepreneurial culture to Washington, D.C. You can watch it here.
(Reprinted with permission)
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Saturday, June 13, 2009
Isakson Co-Sponsors Legislation to Force GM, Chrysler to Reimburse Rejected Auto Dealerships
Bill Also Gives Dealerships At Least Six Months to Sell Off Inventories
U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., announced Friday that he is co-sponsoring legislation by U.S. Senator Bob Corker, R-Tenn., that would require Chrysler and General Motors to use any funding they receive from the U.S. Treasury while they are in Chapter 11 bankruptcy to fully reimburse their rejected dealerships for their inventories of vehicles and parts. GM and Chrysler have sent letters to hundreds of dealerships across the country announcing that their dealership contracts will not be renewed.
“When you close your dealerships, you're firing your sales force, because these dealers are not a liability. They're an asset,” Isakson said. “In some cases, these dealers were asked to make additional purchases of products in order to save these companies. It’s only right that we help ensure the promises to these dealerships are fulfilled and they are reimbursed for their inventories of vehicles and parts.”
Specifically, the Automobile Dealers Assistance Act of 2009 would require GM and Chrysler to use any funding received from the U.S. Treasury while in a Chapter 11 bankruptcy to fully reimburse all GM and Chrysler rejected dealerships for the cost of all parts and inventory in the dealership's possession on the date of the bankruptcy filing, treating them the same as if the dealers chose to terminate their existing franchise agreements or dealer agreements. In addition, GM and Chrysler would be required to reimburse the dealerships for all other obligations owed by GM or Chrysler under franchise agreements or dealer agreements.
The legislation specifies that a bankruptcy court cannot allow GM or Chrysler to obtain access to debtor-in-possession funding unless the credit agreement or agreements expressly provide for this treatment of the dealerships.
The legislation would also allow rejected dealerships a minimum of 180 days to shut down their businesses and sell off their inventories.
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U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., announced Friday that he is co-sponsoring legislation by U.S. Senator Bob Corker, R-Tenn., that would require Chrysler and General Motors to use any funding they receive from the U.S. Treasury while they are in Chapter 11 bankruptcy to fully reimburse their rejected dealerships for their inventories of vehicles and parts. GM and Chrysler have sent letters to hundreds of dealerships across the country announcing that their dealership contracts will not be renewed.
“When you close your dealerships, you're firing your sales force, because these dealers are not a liability. They're an asset,” Isakson said. “In some cases, these dealers were asked to make additional purchases of products in order to save these companies. It’s only right that we help ensure the promises to these dealerships are fulfilled and they are reimbursed for their inventories of vehicles and parts.”
Specifically, the Automobile Dealers Assistance Act of 2009 would require GM and Chrysler to use any funding received from the U.S. Treasury while in a Chapter 11 bankruptcy to fully reimburse all GM and Chrysler rejected dealerships for the cost of all parts and inventory in the dealership's possession on the date of the bankruptcy filing, treating them the same as if the dealers chose to terminate their existing franchise agreements or dealer agreements. In addition, GM and Chrysler would be required to reimburse the dealerships for all other obligations owed by GM or Chrysler under franchise agreements or dealer agreements.
The legislation specifies that a bankruptcy court cannot allow GM or Chrysler to obtain access to debtor-in-possession funding unless the credit agreement or agreements expressly provide for this treatment of the dealerships.
The legislation would also allow rejected dealerships a minimum of 180 days to shut down their businesses and sell off their inventories.
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