McIntyre wants lower gas prices? He doesn't act like it!

Breazeale at Freedom Park Ceremony

Hundreds celebrate true meaning of Memorial Day

By Drew BrooksStaff writer
Don Talbot recognizes that others may not hold the same high esteem for Memorial Day that he does.

The master of ceremonies Monday for the annual ceremony at Freedom Memorial Park knows much of the country sees the holiday as a day for the mall or the beach.
But for Talbot and the hundreds that gathered at the park in downtown Fayetteville, the day is still about remembering what others gave for our freedoms.
“There are too many people in this country that don’t understand that,” Talbot said while standing among the stone monuments dedicated to the region’s veterans.
Army Reserve Maj. William Breazeale, the event’s keynote speaker, had a similar message.
The three-war veteran with more than 18 years of military experience has served during operations Desert Storm, Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.
Breazeale heaped praise upon the veterans in attendance and those being honored for sacrificing their lives for their country, but added a somber message: they would not be the last needed to serve their country.
“We do live in an imperfect world,” he said. “Wars will always go on.”
On his latest tour of duty, Breazeale lost three of his friends.
“The hardest thing to do in life is to say goodbye to someone you love,” he said. “If you know someone who has died in a war, Memorial Day is not one time a year. Memorial Day is every day.
But Breazeale did not feel that death should discourage anyone from serving his country.
“I know it’s OK to hire someone to clean your house or mow your lawn,” he said. “But I don’t think it’s right to have someone fight for your freedom if you can do it yourself.”

Newsletter 5-26

Hello to all!

As this newsletter is being delivered, I am busy campaigning this Memorial Day in Cumberland County at five different events. The highlight of all these events is Fayetteville's Memorial Day Ceremony where I am honored to serve as the keynote speaker. Mine is a message of thanks for the service of all who gave all in battle for this country, and also a message of challenge to every American to do more for their country. Anything from obeying all laws, to serving your favorite charity, to serving in the United States military.

I was always taught growing up that to achieve positive results you should never quit. It really disappoints me whenever I meet people ready to give up on Iraq and this war against terrorism. Look at what happened in Vietnam. The vocal anti-war protesters, aided by biased media reporting brought about an unconditional withdrawal. This cost the lives of many Vietnamese who had fought with us. It also encouraged the slaughter of millions in other parts of Southeast Asia. Despite that, the seeds of freedom and Capitalism were sown. Vietnam has gone from a war torn country in the early 1970s abandoned to communist rule, to a thriving CAPITALIST country today. They have one of the most productive oil and gas industries in the region and drilling for more. Vietnam has the fastest growing tourist industry in the world. Over 370,000 Americans visited Vietnam last year alone. It took over 30 years, but Vietnam has been won by becoming a system of capitalism NOT communism. Where you have Capitalism, you generally have freedom, but how many lives - Vietnamese, Laotian, Cambodian - would have been saved if we had not "cut and run"?

I make this correlation to Iraq today. There have been difficult times there, sometimes the situation seemed desperate, but we ARE succeeding and MUST see this fight through. We are setting in motion a transformation similar to the one Vietnam has witnessed but with our support it will not take 30 years and hundreds of thousands or millions of innocent lives. I really believe this in my heart based on my experience in Iraq at all levels of helping their government.

My staff continues to make aggressive plans to win this race for Congress! One of my top priorities continues to be a debate with McIntyre whenever and wherever. The people of this district deserve an open and honest debate on the issues important to the district, to see exactly who it is that will represent them in Congress. I am passionate about your conservative issues and it will show during a debate...I promise!

Organizations all over this country are making their decisions on who to endorse in this race. This means my filling out numerous questionnaires on my positions, making hours of work for me each week. The work is important, especially with McIntyre resisting open debates. These groups help to spread the real word on the issues to the people they represent. The National Association of Wholesale Distributors' Political Action Committee endorsed me for Congress on 14 May 2008. This adds a network of supporters and individual donors to our campaign. Others will announce their endorsements soon. Why not beat the rush and pledge a donation today at our web site aWILLtoWIN.com.

I sincerely hope that you will continue to talk about my campaign
to your friends. Please keep the support coming!

Remember the Fallen today,

Take care!


Will

P.S. Over a year ago, Mike McIntyre sponsored a bill which was to "fix" the price of gas - that was when gas was under $3 a gallon. He and his liberal cronies have sure succeeded - they fixed it at $4 a gallon. How long can we afford representation like that? Please go on-line now and donate to send a real Representative of the people to Washington!

We can't afford more promises from McIntyre

Recently Mike McIntyre issued a press release about how he is co-sponsoring a bill to deal with gas prices:

April 10, 2008
McIntyre Backs Measure To Lower Gas Prices
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Mike McIntyre is supporting legislation to lower gas prices, put money into the pockets of Americans, and save taxpayer dollars.
Congressman McIntyre stated, “Gas is way too high! We must do all that we can to help provide relief to our citizens as we approach the summer months when demand increases and prices will likely continue to rise.

If you are having a sense of dejavu - you are not alone!

Just a year ago he proudly sponsored another bill:

Congress targets gas gouging, oil cartels
By: Dave Pearson, State &
National Editor
Issue date: 5/31/07 Section: State & National

Gas prices are a nationwide concern, even at the highest level. The U.S.
House passed two bills last week aimed at affecting the price consumers pay for
gasoline.

Rep. Mike McIntyre, D-N.C., sponsored a bill titled The
Federal Price Gouging Prevention Act, which allows the Federal Trade Commission
to investigate and fine companies for charging exorbitantly high prices.

That worked really well didn't it - the "High Prices" then were under $3 a gallon! We can't afford him sponsoring more bills "affecting the price consumers pay for gasoline."

Support Will Breazeale for Congress - NC-7

Remembering the Fallen on Memorial Day

With Will delivering the keynote speech at the Freedom Memorial in Fayetteville this seems an appropriate photo galery.

Breazeale Right for the job?

Why is Will Breazeale the right person for District 7 Congressional seat? Everyone is concerned about the economy. Will’s immigration plan is to secure our border with Mexico which will strengthen North Carolina’s economy.
Will say’s “No Amnesty” for illegal immigrants, and wants to end automatic U.S. citizenship to babies born to illegal immigrants in the U.S. and wants strict enforcement of employer laws pertaining to hiring illegal immigrants. Strengthening our Nation’s economy.
Will also believes the current income tax system should be abolished and replaced with a system for taxation that is fair and rewards those who produce and create jobs and not those with the best tax accountants and attorneys.
He understands what we need is a fair, simple, transparent tax system that any American can understand at a glance. A system that doesn’t hide the tax burden in the cost of goods and services; a system that will allow working people, wage earners, to take home their entire paychecks, with no deductions.
He supports a tax system that will eliminate post-April 15th anxiety over whether or not we will be one of the unlucky millions of people who are assessed a civil penalty by the IRS each and every year, or who receive the dreaded audit notices.
Will believes there is one plan that can do all that  the FairTax, the perfect vision of a federal consumption tax.
This is why Will Breazeale is the right person for District 7 U.S. Congress.

Who likes the Farm Bill? Hardly anyone - except those who profit from it!

Congress has passed the latest version of the Farm Bill - which is really a misnomer since much of the taxpayers' money that is shovelled into it goes to people who do not farm. Admittedly the longer title is "Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act."

At one time the government was concerned that farmers could not continue if they could not sell their crops at high enough prices, so Congress passed laws that would cause the government to buy some of the crops at those higher prices propping up the price - supply and demand. Then, the government having bought these crops and not really wanting them would either send them as humanitarian aid to third world countries or give them to people here with low incomes.

Now they just pay some people not to grow something so that those who do can get the higher price. Then they just give money to people with low incomes and more money to third world countries. Or their current plan literally burns taxpayers' dollars by buying up sugar at far above World commodity price and then selling at steep discounts to companies who will make it into ethanol for cars!

Oh, what economic wizards these Congressmen be!

With US and World food prices rising, third World countries rioting over food, chain stores in this country rationing rice and our Congress expands the multi Trillion dollar debt in order to pay farmers to grow less or even not grow altogether. In what alternate universe does this make any sense? I feel like I'm trapped in that SciFi series "Sliders" and am really expecting "Cromags" to show up next!

Here in southeastern NC Congressman Mike McIntyre is crowing about his having helped pass this bill. A quick check of his campaign contributions shows why. Since April 2007 he has raked in over $30 thousand from the big sugar farmers, NONE from North Carolina. And scrolling through just the top few dozen recipients found over $40 thousand in donations to Mike. No telling how many more came from the other couple thousand people on that list who get money from the bill. It is no wonder he has a million dollars in his war chest.

Farm Bill Sweet as Sugar for McIntyre

Sweet Deal for McIntyre and Sugar Producers in Farm Bill

By Will Breazeale – Candidate for Congress

Lumberton, NC – Order iced tea in Southeastern North Carolina and the waitress will expect you want it “sweet” – with lots of sugar, that is the way many people take it here. Democrat Congressman Mike McIntyre (NC-7) is a fan of sugar as well, to the tune of some $30,000 just since last April. That is how much “Big Sugar” contributed to his campaign in the past year.
According to the NC Dept. of Agriculture web site, sugar is not an NC grown crop or product. These donors to McIntyre’s campaign are predominately from Florida. What is the connection?

Why does “Big Sugar” care if McIntyre has enough money to run for re-election?

McIntyre sits on the Agriculture Committee – where the price guarantees for sugar producers originate. H.R 2419 is the reauthorization bill that includes the “sweet deal” for Big Sugar. A very sweet deal! Under this ongoing deal – which H.R.2419 would extend until at least 2012 – the sugar producers get a guarantee from Uncle Sam that if they cannot sell their sugar on the free market for the guaranteed price, Uncle will buy it from them at that price. Besides that, Uncle Sam slaps a tariff on imported sugar to further support the price.

The bill also provides for Uncle Sam to buy sugar at the artificially inflated prices from the producers and then sell it at deep discount to the companies that produce ethanol! What a great idea from McIntyre’s Democrat controlled Congress. Funnel taxpayer’s cash to sugar producers and then sell the sugar at a loss! No wonder this country is Trillions of dollars in debt and the dollar is dropping in value!

By contributing to McIntyre’s campaign “Big Sugar” expected his favorable vote on the bill.

They got it.

What did “Big Sugar” get for their money? Not only did McIntyre vote for the whole bill containing the extension and revamping of the sugar program – which he could claim was a vote for other “important” sections of the bill - he voted against an amendment that would have stripped just the sugar program from the bill. (Roll call 751)

Why do you care? Well, the price of Sweet Tea and all other products using sugar are higher because the price of sugar is artificially high. Other products manufacturers move out of the USA so they can buy sugar cheaper.

Sugar is so inexpensive in other countries – like Brazil – that they use it, rather than corn, to make ethanol for fuel. The Government Accountability Office estimates that the sugar program costs US consumers as much as $2 billion a year in higher food prices. Add to that the jobs lost, the taxpayer’s costs and that makes the $30,000 to McIntyre just a drop in the bucket!

English only ballot bill

Rep. Walter Jones, whose District borders Will's has co-sponsored legislation that calls for an end to Federal laws that require ballots to be printed in multiple - foreign - languages. Here! Here! it is high time this expensive nonsense ends. The US is an English speaking country and people who are American citizens (and therefore legally elegible to vote) should be voting in English. If they want to vote in other lanuages, there are plenty of other countries that expect people to vote in those languages.

The New Bern Sun Journal has more on Rep. Jones' bill:

U.S. Rep. Walter B. Jones co-sponsored a bill introduced on Wednesday to require
all federal elections ballots to be printed in English.
"It is important for people living in the United States to speak and understand English," Jones said. "A common language is what makes a nation one."
"Multi-lingual ballots not only divide American voters by language and cause needless confusion at the polls, they impose an unnecessary financial burden on state and local governments."
The American Elections Act would amend the Help America Vote Act and Voting Rights Act to require English ballots in all U.S. elections except those in which translations of American Indian or Alaskan dialects are needed.

Jones said a poll of Americans in 2006 showed that more than 60 percent of Americans want all U.S. election ballots printed in English only and that Congress should listen.

McIntyre still balking at endorsing a Democrat Presidential Candidate

Washington, DC – Rep. Mike McIntyre is still waiting to see which way the wind blows before deciding, as a Super Delegate to the Democrat National Convention, who to back for President. Although the North Carolina primary is over and Hillary won his district he is still not saying.
News reports have him attending meetings with both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in DC after the NC votes were tallied but neither swayed him. Perhaps he understands the voters in his district better than the national party machine does. Every Presidential election since McIntyre was first elected in 1996 the district has cast a majority vote for the Republican. George W. Bush carried it with 54%. Even Bob Dole won there!
McIntyre knows that he needs votes from people who will not vote for the Democrat at the top of the ticket, either Hillary or Obama. He also knows that his district will also vote to re-elect Sen. Elizabeth Dole this fall. He doesn't want to make any of them angry with him. In fact, he might just want to show up at campaign events wearing Dole and McCain lapel stickers. After all the rank and file Democrats will automatically vote for him just because he is a Democrat but those Blue Dogs, the Reagan Democrats – the Conservative Democrats who have voted for him in the past might just slip and support one more Republican as they scroll down the ballot. With Conservative Republican candidate Will Breazeale, a Major in the Army Reserve and an airline pilot, he faces his strongest challenge since his fist election.

McIntyre gets failing grade from Club for Growth

Rep. Mike McIntyre wants voters to think he is Conservative - but the Conservative "Club for Growth" thinks otherwise. The just released their 2007 Congressional Scorecard and Mike scored a dismal 10%. Seems like I once got 10% correct on a test for spelling my name right. Now with a difficult to spell like McIntyre's opponent, the truly conservative Will Breazeale, 10% might be low. The people of the 7th District of North carolina deserve better than a 10% conservative.

Club for Growth Releases 2007 Congressional Scorecard

Washington -
Today, the Club for Growth released its 2007 annual scorecard, awarding the
Defender of Economic Freedom award to six senators and forty-nine
representatives who scored a 90 or above on the Club's scorecard (see
here).

"These top-scoring members of Congress are staunch defenders
of American taxpayers," said Club for Growth President Pat Toomey. "Their votes
are critical to lowering taxes, cutting wasteful spending, and promoting
economic growth for all Americans. The Club for Growth scorecard allows
taxpayers to see how their senators and representatives are performing in
Congress and find out who is truly fighting for pro-growth, limited-government
policies. We hope that support for pro-growth principles will continue to grow,
allowing more members to earn this award and more Americans to benefit."

Yet another reason to change Congress by replacing McIntyre with Breazeale

The TCS Wastebasket

Congress Needs to Take On Cost Overruns -- Too often, the lawmakers can't agree on where there is waste in government. The problem is that everything in Washington, D.C. seems to have an army of lobbyists and powerful lawmakers playing defense at the slightest hint of trouble. But we think a recent report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) can break the impasse.

The report found that the 95 Department of Defense (DoD) weapons programs worth $1.6 trillion had had a total of $300 billion in cost overruns. The GAO has been doing this analysis of programs annually since 2000 and cost overruns and delays are actually worse than when they first started tracking.

Read the Rest of this Wastebasket...

Breazeale Clears the Air

White Lake, NC- Political campaigns have come to include too many personal attacks and smears. Some have likened running for public office to enduring a public medical examination.

As an effort to derail any possible misunderstandings or rumors, candidates now announce many details of their private lives, things that most citizens would leave out of their everyday discussions. An example of this is Sen. McCain's recent revelation that as a young naval officer he visited strip clubs.

Will Breazeale, candidate for Congress in the 7th North Carolina District, has decided to release some details of his life rather than have others speculate. It is already public knowledge that he is divorced and has a 15 year old daughter. Divorce and child support are often areas that generate curiosity. He stated that “As often happens, a court is involved in determining how much child support I should pay, this came about after my income jumped because of a promotion with my airline and after spending a year in the war zone with no income tax on my Army pay. We are in negotiations as to what the new level should be.” He said it should be resolved amicably in the near future and that his daughter has been campaigning with him.

He went on to say that divorce involving members of the military is too high. Serving the country, often over seas and physically separated from spouses and children is stressful and too often leads to divorce. Before his two latest deployments he had moved himself to his current home in White Lake, NC in order to be near enough to his ex-wife so that they could share custody of their daughter. Of course when he deployed for two out of four years to the Iraq war zone, shared custody had to end and child support questions were inevitable.

Commenting on other topics sometimes examined under the microscope of political campaigning, he listed several points:

• He holds a Secret Security Clearance with the US Army, the latest review and renewal being January 2008.
• He passed an FBI clearance required of all airline pilots following 9/11.
• He passed further background checks for his position as a Major in the Army Reserve and as a volunteer with the Bladen County Correctional Center.
• He has never been convicted of a crime.
• He has never been found in contempt of court.
• He was awarded the Bronze Star medal by the US Army for service during his recent deployment.

Finally, he acknowledged, “I did have my pilot's license suspended once upon a time for 90 days for flying too low over my home of White Lake. We all have to make some mistakes!”

Newsletter 5-5-2008

Hello All
Thank goodness the Primary is almost here! Since I have no primary opponent, my name is not on the Primary Ballot, but neither is McIntyre's. I have been focusing on voters of this district on the one and only race in district 7 - the one that will be decided on November 4th 2008.

I have begun challenging McIntyre's campaign through the media and by letter to schedule at least 3 face to face - Breazeale vs McIntyre - debates before the November election. If McIntyre believes his positions on the issues are superior to mine, he should have no problem defending them on a debate stage.

The truth is he is ashamed of his liberal voting record and ashamed of the the standard bearers of his party: Hillary and Obama. That is evident in his refusal, as a Super Delegate for the Democrat Party, to endorse either of them!

My "Fair Heath Plan", I am happy to report, is receiving favorable response from all over NC and SC. So far, I have only revealed it in speeches to Medical Societies, but soon I'll put the details on our website. Doctors who have heard it are excited that there is finally a candidate who understands health care from all angles: the poor, insurance, illegal immigrant, emergency room care, etc. I am also happy that health care professionals are opening their wallets to this campaign as well, including a recent donation from a Physician member of the Lumbee Indian Tribe.

Our campaign is busy preparing to utilize the many College / Young Republicans who have volunteered to work this summer. These young people are energetic and committed. If you would like to provide a place for one or more students to stay this summer, please email us to let us know!

Saturday was a busy day....I competed in a triathlon held in my hometown of White Lake, NC. Swimming 750 yards in the open waters of White Lake, biking 14 miles around the lake, then running 3.1 miles to the finish line. This was great preparation for the race I am in with a November 4th finish line! Nothing inspires people more than to see their candidate for Congress running to a strong finish! I was also thrilled to see Whitney Cook of Wilmington wearing a Breazeale for Congress T-Shirt during the competition!

After the triathlon, I ran (OK for this leg I drove) to Oak Island for a speech to fellow Veterans of Foreign Wars members. Their applause and encouragement reinforced the fact that veterans want a change in leadership in this district. It means so much to them that they have as a Congressional candidate someone who made the sacrifice, just as they did, by serving in the military. A candidate who knows first hand the dangers and difficulties involved in fighting for our country. They recognize that McIntyre only knows what he has been told in Washington committees or what he has
seen on junkets or whirlwind visits to bases - being treated as a VIP, only seeing what the "Brass" wants him to see. They know that I will continue to serve our country after I am elected making this a safer and stronger nation.

My personal tradition of service will continue through programs like Fair Health - to improve our citizens' access to affordable health care and Fair Tax - to stimulate our economy!

As you read this, I am piloting a 737 for Airtran Airways 41,000 feet above the earth, serving the passengers by safely transporting them to exciting destinations on the west coast for work or pleasure, however nothing is more exciting to me than the prospect of winning this Congressional race for
all of us. Keep up the good work and the prayers! (And a donation would be greatly appreciated!)


Will

PS: After Saturday, Kyle Busch leads the Sprint Cup Nascar series in points but the real race will be the Championship that will be determined next November. Whoever wins that long race will need lots of help, their pit crew, their sponsors and their fans. Just like this Congressional race, the "Driver" can't win all by himself. I need your help as well. I need you as a volunteer for my "pit crew", as a donor or "sponsor", as a voter or "fan"! Here's an idea - invite some friends over for a BBQ before a Nascar race - I'll drop by to chat with my "fans" and "sponsors" before the race - now that would be a great summer afternoon! Contact our events scheduler and we'll help set it up!

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