People are speaking out!

It is sad to see how our so-called leaders are treating the American people. Because frightened, scared and angry voters are showing up at town hall meetings all over the country to speak their mind to their congressional representatives, Barack Obama, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi have begun comparing them to Nazi's and mobs. Obama is even encouraging people to turn in their neighbors or friends who disagrees with his new health care plan by e-mailing the white House at flag@whitehouse.gov . I'll save someone the effort and send my own e-mail telling them exactly how I feel about it. Maybe it will be like the old Nixon White House and I will go on Obama's enemies list. It seems like the Democrats are unwilling to tolerate a new breed of dissenting citizens. We didn't see any outcry from them over the last several years as Iraq war protesters and Code Pink gathered time after time to protest George Bush. They didn't seem to think anything was wrong when the shrill nutcase Cindy Sheehan set up a protest camp at President Bush's Crawford Texas home or earlier this year when A.C.O.R.N. chartered buses and drove to bank executives private homes and protested. Because people are finally speaking out, Democrats are accusing them of being paid by conservative groups and bussed to these events. Liberals still can't accept that America is still a place where we value our individual freedoms. I am not a part of any group and I answer to no one but God. As I attend rallies, send letters and e-mails and call my Congressman and U.S. Senators I stand as an individual Christian, Virginian and American taking a stand. I don't think we will see Nancy Pelosi's good boy, Rick Boucher (D - VA), face any town hall protests. He only has two meetings scheduled during August and both are on week days at 9:00 A.M. when most of us are at work. Boucher votes with Pelosi 97 % of the time and has received a 100 rating from the A.C.L.U.

Liberals answer to every problem is a new or a bigger and better government program. What this country needs isn't more government programs, this country needs more God.

Jeff Catron
Kermit, Virginia

Virginia 9th District congressman Rick Boucher