Bay County and the panhandle of Florida says NO TO REP. ALLEN BOYD and OBAMA

In an unprecedented show of community involvement, Constitutional rights to freely gather and redress our government with our grievances, and show our resentment for US Congressman Allen Boyd (D-FL), Gulf Coast Community College hosted over 1,000 people, not including children last night.

To help estimate the crowd, and to insure that the media would accurately report it, a copy of the healthcare bill - all 1,012 pages - were distributed, one copy to each adult. There were approximately 200 left without a page. I read mine. Whoever was responsible for this gibberish should be yanked from the human race. We don't talk like this. It was unintelligible, and so were all the other pages I glanced at. If you don't believe me, it is available in its entirety in another entry.

They came in cars, motorcycles, bicycles, and in one instance, a small car was pushed by another into a parking space from the road.

Rep. Allen Boyd, who previously promised the residents of Bay County a panel discussion in Amelia Hall to be attended by 500 ticket holders instead of a town hall meeting, canceled it late last week. His aide said he would not tolerate being yelled at. Another, Jerry Smithwick told a caller that "You do not tell Congressman Boyd what to do; he tells you what to do." And although he was in Panama City, Boyd refused to attend this traditional town hall, saying he knew the citizens of Bay County, and to the organizers, Derrell Day, President of Bay Patriots, and Burnie Thompson, local talk show host, his parting words were, "Have fun."

Boyd is wrong about Bay County and the panhandle residents who traveled to this event, who made and brought signs; who, because of the college reneging on the sound system and the prohibition of a bull horn, stood with a posterboard cone and spoke to the enthusiastic crowd by turn. One speaker was approximately 12 years old with a well prepared and thoughtful minute-long speech.

An effigy of Boyd was produced and it sat on a pickup truck bed which became the podium, and the grim reaper, who delivered a speech, wore a sandwich board.

T-shirt sellers set up a booth, and Bay Patriots grilled hotdogs for the crowd. Youngsters distributed bottled water to those standing on US98 with signs with instructions, "Ladies first".

Tea Partiers, Bay Patriots, motorcycle clubs, families and individuals with no organizational affiliation, independent citizens, politicians, physicians, nurses, a dentist, military members and veterans, and political hopefuls, were there. People in wheelchairs and people with walkers and some in braces were there. Some brought lawn chairs and sat before the makeshift podium.

They signed petitions against the healthcare bill, left messages on a roll of white paper, wrote questions in a log, all to be delivered to Boyd. They also signed up ballot eligibility forms for a candidate to run against him.

But where were the local elected politicians?

WHY WAS BOYD SUCH A COWARD TO TELL US THAT HE WILL HOLD A TOWN HALL MEETING IN OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER, WHEN THE OBAMACARE BILL OR ONE OF THE FIVE PROPOSED BILLS, WILL LIKELY ALREADY BE PASSED. And remember, Boyd is a proponent of the death tax.

DO WE REALLY WANT TO VOTE HIM IN AGAIN?

Last night we turned his rock over and exposed his tender cockroach belly.

Allen - It's time you cleaned up your desk because as we network throughout Florida to expose you, we'll have the power to fire you. You have made millions in farm subsidies on our backs; you are arrogant, rude and uncommunicative to your constituents. You are on a power trip and have forgotten who put you in office.

I will post a collection of photos later. You may see yourself.

Bay County protest against Rep. Allen Boyd's vote on climate bill

They arrived in a trickle, most with gray hair, their signs condemning Rep. Allen Boyd (D), who was giving a talk on successfully growing a small business at Gulf Coast Community College. An older gentleman carried a bullhorn, occasionally streaming a diatribe against the the Clean Air Bill (or Cap and Trade), into the traffic along Highway 98. The remark was made that it was a shame that the demonstrators were older adults, and were they the only ones who remembered what it was like to feel free.

And then they came - businessmen and women on their lunch breaks, mothers with young children, fathers with their teenagers, retirees, veterans, students. Most were carrying signs, waving flags. They poured themselves along curb, encouraging motorists to honk their horns, waving signs; thumbs up and fists held high. An effigy appeared of Boyd hanging from a fishing rod, complete with tar and feathers. The flag of the colonies was paraded, flying among "Don't Tread on Me" flags and our contemporary flag. The enthusiasm was contagious.

And still they came. The elderly woman in the walker who barely made it across the lawn, the old gentleman on the bicycle flying two flags on his basket, attendees who joined the group who had taken the seminar.

Burnie Thompson, our affable WYOO talk show host who wakes us daily with "The Morning Show", along with Derrell Day of the Bay Patriots, put the call out yesterday.
Boyd would be speaking at Gulf Coast Community College, and we needed to take a stand against his vote on the Cap and Trade bill that passed in the House of Representatives this week, his questionable ethics, and his Constitutional oath-breaking. Would we come? Would we show our true patriotic colors?

That we did and more.

The crowd began to migrate toward the student union hall around 1 p.m. so that Boyd could not avoid seeing them. He would know that Bay Countians are fed up with his form of representation.
The man next to me smiles and says, "It's easy to feel good when you're right."

That seemed to say it all.

And then we watched the news. Though there were over 200 people, the television news media reported very low numbers. Boyd was interviewed by a reporter who asked if he had read the bill. He had, IN FACT, NOT READ THE BILL. He had the audacity to tell her that his staff read parts of it and reported back to him but they had not yet completed it.

Allen Boyd is on an agricultural committee. He is also a farmer here in northwest Florida and benefits greatly from policies he helps make. Subsidies subsidize him!

He has been a Representative for many years. It’s time for him to go. We must unelect him. His ethics are deplorable. And to think he can add his name to a bill that will give over our lives to big government, and a socialist/communist one at that, is unforgivable. This is a man who wants an estate tax so badly, he can taste it.

It’s time to get behind a new candidate (I met one yesterday) who is running for Boyd’s seat. Until I get permission from him, I’ll stay quiet.

DOWN WITH ALLEN BOYD! HE’S A FAT CAT GETTING FATTER OFF OUR BACKS EVERY SECOND HE’S EMPLOYED BY US. TIME TO GO TO WORK AND REMOVE HIM FROM OFFICE.

Boyd could not avoid the protestors and smiled sheepishly when he exited a rear door. But when he got into his vehicle, he turned to someone. He was laughing. Laughing at the crowd. They didn't matter to him.

Not many of the Congress care about us. We need to remember that as they go about their own, personal empire building, without remembering their oaths of office to us and God.

Attended a debate this morning...

at Gulf Coast Community College, at the new Amelia Center in the Theater Arts building.

The subject was the Fourth Amendment as related to Florida Highway Patrol traffic stops, where you are required to "show your papers" or risk arrest. These are disguised as a "good thing", but in reality, you have been seized by law enforcement for unreasonable cause. According to the Fourth Amendment, you can be seized or searched for reasonable cause.

Debating was local talk show host, Burnie Thompson and Assistant Professor Michael Gaddis. This was the first in an ongoing series. It was held at 10:00 a.m. and the audience was mostly comprised of students; however, there was a following a Thompson's who attended. It was worth taking a few hours off for the listeners who call in commuting. And Thompson, in my opinion, won hands down, if applause was to be gauged.

Thompson believes (does this sound biased?) as I do, that government should take a giant step back where it belongs, and as far as the FHP (Florida Highway Patrol), they are overstepping their duties (and not performing them), for a 5% arrest rate. His contention is that these stops are in direct violation of the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution.

Gaddis, on the other hand, didn't quite make his point. He believes the inconvenience is tolerable; that the Constitution is a living, breathing document that can be manipulated and changed at will.

The Bay Patriots were in attendance as well, and were distributing pocket Constitutions, one of which will be a permanent fixture on my dashboard in case I am stopped, to remind the FHP officer who detains me, that I know he is trampling my rights.

In an interesting conversation outside with a former law enforcement officer, I found that if recognized at these stops, fellow law enforcement officers of any jurisdiction, no matter if they are drunk or if their vehicles need work to be safe, are waved through. The Brotherhood exists.

Am I surprised? No. Not at all.

After the debate, I suggested to Gaddis, who will be holding these debates on a regular basis, that they do one on jury nullification, a powerful tool of the citizen juror which is little known. No judge wants his decision to be overridden by his jury. Yet, this is an important part of American law, well hidden from the public. And the judge isn't going to relinquish his omnipotence in the courtroom.

If you scroll through the subjects of my older posts, you will find something on jury nullification. If you are impatient, go here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury_nullification and then explore further.