Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
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.”
Monday, May 26, 2008
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!
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:
Just a year ago he proudly sponsored another bill:
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."
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If you are having a sense of dejavu - you are not alone!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.
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."
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Remembering the Fallen on Memorial Day
With Will delivering the keynote speech at the Freedom Memorial in Fayetteville this seems an appropriate photo galery.
Monday, May 19, 2008
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.
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.
Friday, May 16, 2008
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.
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.
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