In order to solve this problem, the American people deserve to know the truth and the facts as to what lead us here. They also deserve a say in the solution.

How did we get here?

Let’s get something straight. NEITHER political party is 100% at fault, or to blame. Politicians and Business Managers of both party affiliations are to blame. The important thing is to understand the actions taken to put America into this situation.

Freddie and Fanny are the root cause of the problems. This is how it works. Bank of Sherri (that is me) is in the business of making loans. Making loans is a risky business. I don’t make loans that I don’t think will be paid back. However, Bank of Sherri has found a really neat trick. I can make loans to folks that probably can’t afford the loans, make money at it, and leave someone else with the fallout. This is also referred to in the business as making your money on the front end and on the back end.

This is how it works. I make my money on the original loan. Real Estate Agents make their money, brokers make their cut, and the list goes on. All of these folks are paid their cut because we just add their commissions and costs into the loan. I don’t want any money down, even if they have a down payment. I want them to keep that money because it helps me know that they will make the first three payments. When I make a loan to single mother, or another risky victim, I only have one concern; can they make the first three payments? Once they make the first three payments, I can sell the loan to Freddie or Fannie. This is where I make my money in the back. When the loan is not able to be paid, Freddie and Fannie are stuck holding the bag.

Freddie and Fannie don’t need to worry about if the loan is payable, because they are insured by us, the tax payer. There is no boss losing his shirt on the loan to fire me for buying these bad loans. Oh wait. That was what Congress was supposed to be “overseeing.” The folks at Freddie and Fannie cooked the books to make sure they got their bonuses, Congress turned a blind eye, accepted “donations,” and together they defrauded the American tax payer.

What is the Real Crisis?

According to the AP, there are 26 companies under investigation by the FBI. “Cooking the Books” has become a favorite past time on Wall Street. No one seems to trust anyone else on Wall Street anymore, so credit locks up. What does that mean? No one is giving credit because they don’t trust that other companies can pay up. Bankruptcy and government bailouts have been abused.

Paulson sees the credit lock and panics. He runs to Congress and says, “Quick, right me a check.” Congress asks, “What if we don’t?” Paulson replies, “Then, God help us all.” Bernanke offers a tad more information to us. If we don’t write a check for $700 Billion dollars, we won’t be able to get car loans, small businesses will not grow and create jobs, and the economy will stop growing.

Why do they need the $700 Billion? They need it to “bailout” the companies who have gotten us into this mess. Americans let out a very loud roar, “NO WAY!” The phones in DC were getting calls on this “bailout” at a rate of 100 to 1 with the 100 being NO! So what do they do? They start to change the “language” they use, most of us refer to this as “spin.” It is no longer a “bailout,” it is a “rescue.” Americans are still not moved to take it up the shorts. Lo and behold, the rhetoric and spin gets even better. This morning, some brilliant fool from Washington, DC tells us, “We used the wrong word. It is not really a “bailout,” it is an “investment.”

Are you insulted enough yet?

Solution

Let’s review. The pending crisis is that none of the companies on Wall Street are trusted with credit anymore, so credit has been LOCKED. They (Wall Street) need $700 BILLION raked from the pocket of the American worker to save them from the credit Lock. Paulson and gang admit that this may not even work. It sounds to me as if this credit lock is going to happen no matter what. The $700 Billion is just a delay. If companies don’t trust each other for credit, how is a bailout going to prove anyone trustworthy?

The folks in DC are saying that we are in big trouble if we can’t get credit. No wonder. We have proven we cannot handle credit.

Okay, you win Washington, DC. You want an “investment?” I say YES. But I am not interested in investing $700 Billion. I want to up that to ONE TRILLION DOLLARS! Oh, but wait, there is a catch.

The first thing you need to do is solve the trust problem. We want a list. Yes, a big list of all 26 companies under investigation. Included in that list, we want the names of all the high level executives associated with those companies for the past 10 years. This will help solve the problem of others not knowing who they should be doing business with, and who they might want to take a closer look at before engaging in any business deals.

No excuses about the list. If we are in a real crisis, then let’s be grown ups and work for a real solution. We all deserve to know who we can trust.

We will invest, but not one copper penny goes to ANY of the 26 companies under investigation. Instead, I say, let the credit lock go forth and give the $1 Trillion to those companies who have showed they can handle credit. Yes, you got it. Give the $1 trillion dollars to the companies who have showed they can handle credit and who offer credit to small businesses and American folks who deserve credit.

This way, when the credit lock occurs, these deserving companies and Americans will have a safety net of $1 trillion dollars to help float us through this crisis. No matter what we do, innocent people will be hit and hurt by the mess created by crooked politicians and CEO’s.
But to ask the American people to “invest” money in the same people who abused the system is beyond insulting. Ask the American people to invest in the people who have made good decisions and who can manage money wisely. Don’t ask us to invest in the folks who did everything wrong. Ask us to invest in the folks who have done things the right way.

THEN, you will have the support of the American people. Only then, can we be willing to make a sacrifice to get through this crisis, and fight to keep our economy alive. Let us reward the folks who deserve and who have earned our trust. For once, DC, let our “investments” work for the best interests of ALL Americans, not your chosen few.

Lastly, do not ever use another dime of tax payer money to bailout a business or industry. We have had our fill of your abuse, fraud, and insults.

I just don't get it. The combined efforts of the Republicans in the House, Nancy's stunt in pulling the plug in DC, myself, and many other Americans created a re-unification like we have not seen in years. Amazingly enough, BOTH of our GA Senators along with Graham,etc, decide to continue with this "gang" mentality and sabotage it all.

This smells of McCain tactics. It seems to me that this allows McCain to "change" his mind on drilling to appease the people and gain favor for the Presidential Election, yet insure that McCain's original stand of no drilling still succeeds.

I spent six months in 2004 very active in the local campaigns as a campaign manager for Doug McKittrick in the State House race. We were outspent 7 to 1, and missed the run-off by only 20 votes. I don't have formal training, I have never worked as a staffer or intern, but I have gifts and talents in communications, networking, and understanding the hearts and minds of the average American; after all, I am an average American. I can lead a charge, a movement, and can use my networking skills and contacts in very effective ways.

I have spent the last four years concentrating on my children. My youngest girls are about to enter 3rd and 4th grade. I feel I have instilled a foundation in them that is strong enough, where I am able to commit and dedicate myself back into the workforce full time once again.

The idea of the Republicans staying in DC, was not my idea. But I am the one that carried the idea to DC, and to the people. I have spent every waking hour this past week keeping the excitement moving. I have sent and received thousands of messages, phone calls, emails, blog posts, private messages, etc..

I have scheduled trips for folks to DC, made arrangements for them to meet with people on the Hill, scheduled interviews for myself and others. I even interviewed Duncan Hunter on Thursday. My relationships in DC have grown. My following in the blogesphere has grown, my influence on BlogTalkRadio has grown.

This is my point. I am planted in this trench. I am not retreating. I knew the next move was to throw our attention and focus onto the Senate, I was merely waiting to make sure the Republicans in the House were going to actually show up this Monday to continue. Myself and several others had already planned to start moving in on the Senate this Monday. Lo and behold, there is no doubt they proved me right. The folks I have been communicating with were calling me in amazement on Friday when this noise of the gang of 10 was made public and hit the blogesphere. "How did you know?"

I am in talks with two other groups (one not public yet- announcement and web site coming soon) about working for them. I can work 15 hours a day right here from home and make a huge impact. I will continue this fight. I will not stop. It will not stop with drilling, it will not stop with the border and immigration issue. I will not stop.

What I don't understand is how the Republicans can have this kind of support, this level of excitement, and then pull the plug with this gang of 10. They are teaching us that supporting McCain over Obama has truly made us the battered wife. Republicans had the perfect opportunity to battle the Pelosi, Reid, and Obama future of power, and they once again snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory.

The momentum had changed. They had it in their hands, and they slapped us in the face. We have no where to go. It is time for a new party-- the "Common Sense" Party. There is a movement coming. there is a new emergence of conservative activism. We are ready to battle the Moveon moonbats. We are ready to spank KOS and the Marxist spoilers. But we are no longer willing to allow the Republicans to keep our support just because the other side scares us.

The Republicans have a big decision to make. Do they want to work with us? Do they want us on their side? Or do they want to continue the march into big government with the reputation of the party that had it all and threw it away?

I cannot help but shake the feeling that the Replicans in DC are truly a big government crowd, and they are willing to be the losers in order to make it happen. They are more than willing to lose as long as their agenda of more government control is acheived. Every time the Dems run for the cliff, the Republicans find a way to grab them by the ankles and jump of the cliff first.

I just don't get it!

But I don't have to get it......I only need to fight it.

GIVE ME A PLACE TO STAND AND I WILL MOVE THE EARTH....Archimedes

I spoke with Johnny Isakson's office this morning and they sent me the New Energy Plan of the Gang of 10.

If a bill is passed to allow drilling, will drilling be protected from lawsuits and other tricks to try and stop it?

As you know, I call Washington, DC everyday (every weekday) and I even started to do a radio show each Friday to share with folks the responses that I get. This week I called Senator Obama's office about the Global Poverty Act, and all 23 of the cosponsors- some of them 2 and 3 times. Well, on Thursday, my focus changed.

On Wednesday, the House of Representatives held a vote on weather or not they would stay and debate the energy issue, or go on their scheduled vacations. In this vote, 17 Democrats sided with ALL the Republicans and voted to stay. They still came up short by one vote. The vote was 212-213, the 213 Dems voted to go on vacation and worry about energy in the fall. I was talking with a friend of mine from Texas and he said "I wish they would just stay."

Friday morning I jumped on the phone to DC, but this time I was focused on the energy issue. I started calling Republicans in the House to ask them to do just that. I even called (private source that I will not reveal) office, and asked his assistant to PLEASE get this idea to him. I knew there wasn't much time, since we only had a day to even get the idea out, let alone put it together and do it.

I was literally going through the list of Republicans in alphabetical order, calling the offices that I have previously called. The staffers were very nice, and seemed to like the idea, but I did not know, and I still don't know, if any of my messages were forwarded.

When I got to the J's and called Sam Johnson's office the lady who answered the phone told me it was over. She said that they had already turned off the lights, cameras, and microphones. My heart sank.

"You mean they can't stay? Even if they WANT to stay, they can't stay?" I asked.

She just repeated that the lights and microphones were off. I could not believe that the Congressmen could be kicked off of the House floor. I almost gave up. But something in me told me to keep trying. Yes, I am a tad persistent.

Next, I called Kingston's office. WOW! The lady in his office said, yes honey, the lights and microphones are off, but the Republicans are down there raising a raucous. I was so excited! She said "I don't know if they'll get them to turn them back on, but they are down there trying." I thanked her and told her I would try and get the word out.

I immediately went to the best source I knew to get this kind of news out the quickest way possible!

I jumped on my computer and went to Free Republic web site and posted a thread. Here is a link to that article


It became such big news that the Moderators ended up moving it into the Breaking News column in the side margin to give it the most exposure and as time went on, they made some additions. But my original post was this:

CSPAN has shut down coverage of the House. The lights have been turned out.

House Republicans are still there, raising cain- trying to get them to turn the lights back on and continue debating over drilling!!!

CALL THE REPUBLICAN OFFICES-- TELL THEM TO KEEP RAISING CAIN!!!!

WE CANNOT LET THE MSM IGNORE THIS!!!!

as you know-- the MSM is the "Main Stream Media"

I also went over to the Rush Limbaugh daily thread and let those folks know what was going on.

I kept urging people to call Washington and encourage the Republicans to STAY!! and we would do our best to make the media cover it.

After 1:00 pm-- Rush Limbaugh mentioned it. Folks were not only calling DC, but they were calling FOX News asking them why they weren't covering it.

Soon- the story was exploding all over the internet. Politico.com started to cover it, Drudge started covering it. Other bloggers were posting information as they were getting it. It was AMAZING!

At 2:00, I jumped onto BlogTalkRadio and called into a friend's show to tell him what was going on. WE BROKE THIS STORY ON ON INTERNET RADIO! He took everything he was going to talk about, shoved it to the side, and we all started covering this story.

You can listen to that show here.

At 3:00, Media Lizzy has her show. We called into her show, and before the end of her show she actually had Chief Deputy Whip Eric Cantor on her show doing an interview! Media Lizzy is a very well known and very well connected Blog Talk Host. She is the voice of the right on Internet Radio, and one very classy woman. You can hear her show here.

I also covered this on my show Friday night instead of the topics I had researched and planned. You even called into the show!! Here is a link for that show.

Sean Hannity talked about it on his show, Mark Levin, etc....

Here are some of the details that folks may not know, but NEED to know about what happened Friday.

Tom Price and Mike Pence had already lined about 100 Republicans that would each give a 5 minute speech about the energy issue once the last vote was done. They had planned to stay on the floor through til midnight. But Nancy Pelosi pulled a stunt unlike any we have ever seen before. She did a QUICK adjournment without warning to the Republicans. She ordered the cameras out, the lights out, and the microphones off.

About 50 Republicans stayed! The Gallery was filling up, the American people were cheering and giving standing ovations; it was an historical event.

Representative Shadegg was playing with the equipment and managed to get the lights and microphones back on. There was a boy scout troop in the audience, and other folks in town were lining up to come in. Folks were calling CSPAN asking them why they weren't covering this, and they were responding that they could not turn the cameras back on without Pelosi's permission.

Once they adjourn, they can leave it they like, but to shut down the cameras and microphones, and turn off the lights so that the American people cannot hear their Representatives is truly fascist! This is the same woman who promised an OPEN House. She continually blocks bills from even coming out of committe for a vote, but THIS is an absolute abuse of power. A senior staffer called the Republicans morons for showing resolve to do what their constituents have elected them to do.

The staffers answering phones for Republicans were thrilled to have us calling and were very surprised, wanting to know how we even knew about it.

We bombarded Pelosi's office with calls to turn the lights, microphones, and cameras back on. The staffers answering the phones for Pelosi actually hung up on one caller.

When everyone was finally escorted out, the people exited shouting USA! USA! USA! and singing "God Bless America!"

I can’t help but remember the lyrics, “that was the night the lights went out in Georgia.” Of course some of the words can be changed, but it certainly fits our situation today.

The People ask for a vote, and Nancy says we can’t have a vote, because the Republicans lie and we are too stupid to know it. The House Republicans ask for a debate and Nancy turns out the lights. The People pay her to be Speaker of the House, and she claims she is “Savior of the Planet.”

Nancy, if you would like to “save the planet,” by all means- knock yourself out. But do it on your own time, your own dime, and you just MIGHT want to start with China. Join Al Gore’s team, start your own not-for-profit foundation, but DO NOT hold the American people hostage and in financial crisis for your personal agenda and plight. Raise money to promote your new light bulbs instead of writing books. Don’t abuse your position as a servant of the people, be “imaginative.”

Folks, it is amazing the amount of personal plights of the left, and somehow they become a huge hit to our pockets. Obama wants to cut Global Poverty in half. More power to you Barack, but do it on your own. Don’t take the American worker’s money to do your charity. As Glenn Beck so eloquently points out, taking someone else’s money and giving it away is NOT CHARITY! Your office touts that the “Congressional Budget Office confirmed in the report from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that enacting the bill would not affect direct spending or receipts and estimated that implementing the bill would cost less than $1 million per year.” If this is true, Barack, you could have a fundraiser and raise that much money in ONE NIGHT! There is absolutely no reason to involve the people’s money in your personal plight to begin with. In fact, Barack, if this is true, why not raise 2 million dollars (ON YOUR OWN TIME AND DIME) and wipe out “Global Poverty” all together? If you would do THAT, we would ALL vote for you!

The only “STUNT” and/or “PRANK” that took place on Friday, August first, 2008 was Nancy Pelosi ordering the cameras, lights, and microphones off in the PEOPLE’S HOUSE, when it is CUSTOMARY for our Representatives to be allowed to give 5 minute speeches, and even sign up for full hour speeches from the floor; allowing the House Representatives an opportunity to speak to the people on any issue they feel worthy of our attention. I repeat, the STUNT was Nancy abusing her power and cutting the American people off from their Representatives. How fitting that her precious book title be “Know Your Power.” My question is this; Nancy how about you KNOW YOUR RESPONSINILITY and the LIMITS to your power granted to you by US, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE?

Sweaters, tire gauges, and light bulbs will never help keep American dollars out of the hands of dictators like Ahmadinejad and Chavez, nor will they allow Americans to be Energy Independent. Our entire foundation of this country is based on INDEPENDENCE!

Stop being a RULER Nancy, be a leader and get back to Washington, DC for the sake of American Independence.

Well folks, we had an AWESOME day on Friday, but there is more to do!

1) Keep calling DC! Yes folks, resume to the phones on Monday morning. Call everyone- NOT just your Representative. Call EVERY House Representative in DC and ask them to keep talking about energy. Tell them what state you are calling from. Tell them that WE, the people, WANT to hear them. The LIGHTS ARE NOT OUT ON THE INTERNET! Pelosi CANNOT shut down the internet! We are HERE! We are WAITING! Pelosi CANNOT black out the American people from their Representatives! SHE wants this to fade off the radar, but WE WILL NOT LET THAT HAPPEN as long as THEY want to talk to us, WE ARE HERE AND WAITING!

2) Call the MSM—remind them that the STUNT on Friday was NOT the Republicans continuing to talk. It is CUSTOMARY that once adjourned, Representatives can continue to give 5 minute speeches on the floor. The STUNT was that the Speaker of the House turned out the lights, cut the microphones, and turned off the cameras. THAT is the STUNT! THAT is the out of ordinary event of Friday.

3) MILLION PATRIOT MARCH on DC! Prepare to swarm DC on September 8th, 2008! SHOW UP! Come with signs, bullhorns, cameras, phones, laptops any device available. Not only BE the news and the VOICE of America, but BREAK the news to America! We will have FREEPERs here to report your news, bloggers here to report your news, and BLOGTALKRADIO Hosts here to report as well.

Yes folks, I broke the story first HERE on Free Republic!

The Original Post was this:

CSPAN has shut down coverage of the House. The lights have been turned out.

House Republicans are still there, raising cain- trying to get them to turn the lights back on and continue debating over drilling!!!

CALL THE REPUBLICAN OFFICES-- TELL THEM TO KEEP RAISING CAIN!!!!

WE CANNOT LET THE MSM IGNORE THIS!!!!

I had been calling Washington, DC all morning trying to encourage the Republicans to STAY and NOT go on vacation. Let the Democrats go on vacation, let Pelosi go on her book tour, but let the American people see the Republicans stay and work for us. I was literally going through the alphabet of Republican Representatives making the calls. When I got to Sam Johnson's (TX) office, they told me that it was too late, the lights were out and the microphones were off.

I was devastated. But for some reason I couldn't quit. I called Jack Kingston's office (GA). The lady who answered the phone told me that yes, the lights were out, the microphones were off, but the Republicans were down there raising a raucus trying to get them back on.

I immediately jumped onto Free Republic to get the word out and to encourage other folks to call DC and encourage them to keep fighting. My, oh my, did the FREEPers respond!

For a thorough run down on the events of the day you can go HERE and listen.

A Video for our Troops

"You've probably seen the bumper sticker somewhere along the road. It depicts an American flag, accompanied by the words 'These colors don't run.' I'm always glad to see this because it reminds me of an incident from my confinement in North Vietnam... Then a major in the U.S. Air Force, I had been captured and imprisoned from 1967 to 1973. Our treatment had been frequently brutal. After three years, however, the beatings and torture became less frequent. During the last year, we were allowed outside most days for a couple of minutes to bathe. We showered by drawing water from a concrete tank with a homemade bucket. One day, as we all stood by the tank, stripped of our clothes, a young naval pilot named Mike Christian found the remnants of a handkerchief in a gutter that ran under the prison wall. Mike managed to sneak the grimy rag into our cell and began fashioning it into a flag... He made red and blue from ground-up roof tiles and tiny amounts of ink and painted the colors onto the cloth with watery rice glue. Using thread from his own blanket and a homemade bamboo needle, he sewed on stars. Early in the morning a few days later, when the guards were not alert, he whispered loudly from the back of our cell, 'Hey gang, look here!' He proudly held up this tattered piece of
cloth, waving it, as if in a breeze... When he raised that smudgy fabric, we automatically stood straight and saluted, our chests puffing out, and more than a few eyes had tears... Now, whenever I see the flag, I think of Mike and the morning he first waved that tattered emblem of a nation. It was then, thousands of miles from home in a lonely prison cell that he showed us what it is to be truly free." -Medal of Honor recipient Leo K. Thorsness

Folks we are truly amidst a raging battle for our sovereignty. Our country is slowly being taken away from its people. It is more blatant now than ever before, but buckle up folks, the ride has just begun. Understanding history is key to our protection. In order for us to understand what is being done, and how it is being, I am providing a quick history lesson.

Rather than copy or rewrite the research I have arealdy done...

Just click HERE!

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The New Employment Verification Act of 2008 is the most egregious attack on the American people and the US Constitution on the issue of illegal immigration that I have seen to this day. There are several flaws and concerns about this particular "Act," but the blatant attempt to usurp the rights and powers of State and local governments lies in Section 101(b)(2)(A) (according to Human Events). This particular piece of the "Act" states this:

(b) Enhancement of Federal Preemption Standards- Section 274A(h)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(h)(2)) is amended to read as follows:

`(2) PREEMPTION; NO NATIONAL IDENTIFICATION CARD-

`(A) PREEMPTION- The provisions of this section preempt any provision of any law of any State or political subdivision thereof or any contract entered into by any State or political subdivision thereof which--

`(i) imposes civil or criminal sanctions upon employers for actions governed by the Act;

`(ii) requires, authorizes or permits a system of verification of the immigration status of employees or employment applicants;

`(iii) requires, authorizes, or permits the use of a federally mandated employment verification system for any other purpose other than that required by Federal law, including verifying status of renters, determining eligibility for receipt of benefits, enrollment in school, obtaining or retaining a business or other license provided by the unit of government, or conducting a background check; or

`(iv) requires or prohibits the use of an immigration status employment verification system for any purpose, except as required by Federal law, including without limitation, such purposes as--

`(I) a condition of receiving a government contract;

`(II) a condition of receiving a business license; or

`(III) the basis of assessing a penalty.

Folks, not only is DC refusing to hear us and do their jobs, not only are they trying to sneak pieces of the FAILED Comprehensive Amnesty Bill into every other bill they can think of, but they are outright trying to pass a law to PREEMPT all the hard work being done by Americans on a State and local level to protect their communities. D A King has an EXCELLENT piece in the Atlanta Journal Constitution, and he also does our work for us on a daily basis HERE.

I have an announcement for our enemies in DC.

Dear Washington DC,

I will be honest with you.

We are SICK and TIRED of babysitting.

Last year- Americans made it clear that we wanted the borders under control and employers held accountable. We should not have to be organizing every week against another bill sneaking pieces of the Amnesty Bill into other bills. It is like dealing with a 2 yr old. We should not have to tell our Representatives every single week that we don't want protection for lawbreakers (illegal aliens or employers). We want the laws enforced. HR5515 is not just a slap in the face-- it is trying to usurp the rights of States and local gov't trying to protect their communities from the ourtight refusal of Federal Gov't from doing their jobs.

My 7 yr old does not need to be told "NO" this many times.

The GOP is in DEEP trouble. Heck-- Congressman Gingrey (R-GA) is a dang CO-SPONSOR of this Bill.....today was the first time in my life I actually thought to myself, enough. I have had enough. I am actually willing to vote for a Democrat.

Lou Barletta gets it. He is the only politician I hear promising to actually do his job if elected. Job one is to protect Americans. JOB ONE! Hearing someone run for office- who promises to do just that is absolutely FOREIGN to our ears.

I hope to hear from you-- and I hope it is good news, and I don't have to rally the troops to flood your offices with calls and letters. It is quite frankly getting so tiresome that the GOP just might find themselves where no one is calling anymore- and they will be packing their bags for home.

We need at least 30% of the House seats up for grabs in November.....that should be easy...all you have to do is abandon Amnesty, stop feeding the Global Warming Hoax, and get an Energy plan that will stop strengthening our enemies. At this rate-- we are going to FAIL miserably.

Sorry if this sounds tough-- but I am just trying to give you respect by being honest with you, and trying to handle this in way that helps you and keeps us from having to come out hammering the GOP Leadership once again.

It seems to me that the GOP might need different consultants- and I might just be the one for the job....

Thank you for your time

Sherri Reese

This "Act" is still in committee.

These are the Sponsors

These is are the Committee folks.