This district is not for sale!

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User-submitted story by John Voss

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

EDITOR'S NOTE: The Natural Resources Defense Council is a not-for-profit organization prohibited by law from contributing to political candidates' election campaigns.

Hollywood has finally found Cape Girardeau! First it was Killshot, and now it's the National Resources Defense Council.

The most extreme environmentalist lobby in the country is coming to the 8th District to back Jo Ann Emerson's opponent for Congress. The NRDC is bankrolled by Hollywood elitists like Robert Redford and Leonardo DiCaprio who want to tell us how many light bulbs and how much toilet paper we can use. But these eco-activists really don't have any clue about Southeast Missouri's issues and needs. To them, the 8th Congressional district is one of those places they fly over in their private jets when they're going from L.A. to New York. The tens of thousands of dollars they are dumping into Missouri to try to beat Jo Ann is an insult to every working family in our district.

Environmental extremists want to beat Jo Ann because she is doing more than nearly any other member of Congress to halt cap-and-trade taxes that would destroy our rural economy. She is limiting the power of the EPA to regulate our homes, our businesses, and our families. She is fighting for thousands of our jobs, which the eco-activists want to kill in the agriculture, manufacturing, tourism, and transportation sectors of our economy.

It's nothing new that enlightened environmentalists feel a need to tell us what to think and how to live our lives. To be clear, we need to make our planet more sustainable, and there are smart choices we can make to balance our environmental future with our economic future. With regard to our precious natural resources, we need to reduce, reuse, and recycle all we can. But when the NRDC tries to buy another soldier for the Pelosi-Reid zombie army in a congressional district thousands of miles from their homes on the coasts, people need to pay attention. Every voter in Southern Missouri ought to take note of exactly whose interests are at stake in the next election for Congress.

John Voss

Cape Girardeau Republican Central Committee Chairman

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Listen to an alternative candidate we could be voting for:

http://larrybill.com/a-recent-speech-where-mr-bill-outlined-solutions/

Thanks,

Larry Bill, Independent Conservative Candidate for Congress, 8th District, Missouri

SEMO grad, Air Force veteran, local self-employed businessman

-- Posted by nolimitsonthought on Thu, Apr 22, 2010, at 8:18 AM
Dear Web Editor, this is not a news story,it is an editorial, and it belongs on the opinion page. If you allow opinions into the news column, why do you have an opinion column? This website is assumed to be an extension of the Southeast Missourian, which is assumed to be a professional newspaper adhering to the principles of professional journalism. This is a disturbing trend, and I urge you to be more careful with where you place your postings. Thank you.

-- Posted by antigroupthink on Thu, Apr 22, 2010, at 9:06 AM
::gotta get planting done before the rain... keep on trucking:: Good to see ya Larry.

-- Posted by 2manyInsiders on Thu, Apr 22, 2010, at 12:55 PM
::Mitt Romney not an elitist... I gotta get better aluminum foil::

-- Posted by 2manyInsiders on Thu, Apr 22, 2010, at 12:57 PM
So, the ladies' spa afternoon for Congresswoman Emerson with $300+ haircuts is representative of MO8 values? What's wrong with the local joints in MO8. Really, the area needs jobs.

http://bit.ly/bX0rrq

-- Posted by 2manyInsiders on Thu, Apr 22, 2010, at 1:04 PM
This is utterly, completely, and categorically false. NRDC is a 501c3 organization, prohibited from spending any resources, or even taking any positions, on electoral campaigns. Neither NRDC, nor our sister organization the NRDC Action Fund, has spent a single dollar on this race. Neither group intends to do so in the future.

I have submitted a similar story in response to Mr. Voss's completely unfounded and imaginary accusations. I hope the Southeast Missourian will see it fit to post and similarly feature our retort on the Home page to help clear up this made up mound of falsehoods.

-- Posted by JoshatNRDC on Thu, Apr 22, 2010, at 2:52 PM
Does anybody remember EISA 2007? This was environmental legislation that not only mandated how many light bulbs we can use, but also what KIND of light bulbs we can use. Here is a link to the roll call on that legislation...

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll1177.xml

-- Posted by Lumpy on Thu, Apr 22, 2010, at 7:57 PM
Thanks for setting the record straight Josh and Mr. Vandeven. So, the gentle Congresslady has got her hands on my light bulbs, has she? I've never considered myself a Libertarian, but please Congress, stay out of my cupboard.

-- Posted by DCisnot4me on Thu, Apr 22, 2010, at 8:51 PM
DCisnot4me,

We live in the information age. I cannot for the life of me figure out why people refuse to take the time to examine the voting records of our elected officials, or to simply allow the supporters of those elected officials to spread inaccurate propaganda.

Two minutes at THOMAS - the Library of Congress' website is an eye opening experience.

-- Posted by Lumpy on Fri, Apr 23, 2010, at 4:15 PM
Vandeven, Every member (save one) of the MO delegation, from both parties voted with Jo Ann on that bill. It was good for MO.

-- Posted by northside8 on Fri, Apr 23, 2010, at 5:08 PM

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