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Thank You For Your Support

Beadles — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:00:17 +0000

Dear Friends,

At this time, I have decided not to seek the Republican nomination for the 11th Congressional District in California.

Since I announced my candidacy in July, I have been humbled by the support and encouragement of my fellow patriots. Thank you all very much for standing by me during the past few months.

I remain deeply concerned about the direction of our country, our state, and our community. Though I will not be a candidate for Congress, I am committed to finding other ways to serve my fellow citizens.

There are other fine candidates running against Congressman Jerry McNerney. I plan to support the best candidate in the primary, with the ultimate goal of replacing McNerney with a representative that will truly represent the interests of the 11th District.

God Bless You and Your Family, Robert Beadles and the Beadles [read more]

Democrat Leadership’s Definition of “Really Good”

Beadles — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:28:10 +0000

This is how the Democrat leadership measures success by having 36,000 people lose their jobs. The $800 Billion spending was supposed to create millions of jobs, yet we continue to see people lose their homes and jobs. Only a politician would call the loss of 36,000 jobs a success. We here in Main Street America call this a failure.

According to Harry Reid, this is “Really Good”: [read more]

One Year Later, Where Are The Jobs?

Beadles — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:00:03 +0000

One year ago, President Obama and the Democrat Leadership signed into law a spending bill they called the “American Recovery Reinvestment Act”. The Democrats made claims that this $787 billion spending bill would create over 3 million jobs, prevent our unemployment from increasing beyond 8%, and would help our struggling economy.

Today, we have over 8.5 million Americans who have lost their jobs since the recession started. In California there are 2.2 million Californians who are out of work and in this past year, our state lost 47,000 employers. The Democrats promises never came true.

What our country and state now has is not more jobs or a growing economy, we have a $1.3 trillion debt that continues to grow every single day.

In our Congressional District 11, which includes the counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, San Joaquin and Santa Clara, what we have seen grow are food lines, unemployment, and the loss of homes and businesses.

The current people in Washington, D.C. don’t get it. That is why I need your support now to retire the current Democrat Congressman Jerry McNerney. With your help we can put a like minded, small business owner in congress, who understands that if you don’t have the money, you don’t spend it.

Here is how the Democrats have currently spent your hard earned money on this stimulus package:

$15,551 to Study Drunk Mice $325,394 to Study “Mating Decisions” of Cactus [read more]

DID OBAMA FORGET HIS OWN KICKBACKS?

Beadles — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:30:53 +0000

In the State of the Union Address, the President was all fired up over lost jobs, high debt, and the banking industry. Did you notice he forgot to also get fired up over the “Cornhusker” kickback or the Louisiana Purchase?

The “Cornhusker” Kickback:

After holding out for weeks, Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska (D), was promised $45 million. “In exchange for Nelson’s vote on the $871 billion health bill — the key 60th vote needed to overcome unanimous Republican opposition — Democratic leaders guaranteed the federal government would pay the full price of expanded Medicaid coverage in Nebraska.” (Brenden Scott, “GOP Blast ‘Kickback” Health Fix,” New York Post, 12/22/09)

Louisiana Purchase:

Before a closed vote last month, Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) got an estimated $300 million in extra federal spending for here state… she now supports Obama’s Universal Health care.

“And so it came to pass that Landrieu walked onto the Senate floor mid-afternoon Saturday to announce her aye vote — and to trumpet the financial “fix” she had arranged for Louisiana. ‘I am not going to be defensive,’ she declared. ‘And it’s not a $100 million fix. It’s a $300 million fix.’” (Dana Milbank, “Sweeteners For The South,” Washington Post, 11/22/09)

And The Cost To California… $2 Billion – $8 Billion:

With Staggering Deficits, Where Will The Money Come From? Higher Taxes? “The Schwarzenegger administration estimates this would [read more]

‘SO MUCH WASTED GREEN’ WASHINGTON STYLE

Beadles — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:30:43 +0000

First let me say thank you to CBS reporter Sharyl Attkisson and San Francisco columnist Debra Saunders, who shed some light on Washington’s Global Warming parties where you, the taxpayer, got to pick up the tab.

21 members of Congress and their 38 staffers each spent $2,200 per person, per day to stay at a five-star hotel. This does not include the 60-plus administration officials who attended the Global Warming Summit in Copenhagen or “House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other members [who] flew on three military planes at an estimated cost of $168,000.” (Debra Saunders, “So Much Wasted Green For Climate-Change Talks,” San Francisco Chronicle, 1/31/10)

How about this fact: Many staffers flew commercial airlines at fares ranging from $4,163 – $10,038 per flight. Yet, the reporter noted that the flights could have been purchased for $800 online.

And how did they handle all the pollution for traveling to Copenhagen… ”the House bought ‘offsets’ for the journey’s emissions.” Of course [read more]