DEAR SENATORS & CONGRESSMEN, THIS PETITION ASKS YOU NOT TO VOTE FOR ANY BILL - - WITH PARTICULAR RELEVANCE TO THE CURRENT HEALTH CARE LEGISLATION - - UNLESS THE FULL, CURRENT CONTENTS OF THE LEGISLATION HAVE BEEN PUBLICLY POSTED ON THE INTERNET FOR 72 HOURS PRIOR TO THE VOTE. THIS WOULD ENABLE ALL CITIZENS TO READ, UNDERSTAND AND COMMUNICATE THEIR WISHES TO THE CONGRESS. RIGHT NOW THERE CAN BE NO INTELLIGENT DEBATE ON THE HEALTH CARE LEGISLATION, BECAUSE THE CRITICAL DETAILS ARE IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER AND THE “TALL TALES” TELLERS. OUR COUNTRY IS FOUNDED ON THE BASIS THAT THE GOVERNMENT WORKS FOR THE CITIZENS - - NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND. YOU HAVE SWORN AN OATH TO DEFEND AND PRESERVE OUR CONSTITUTION. HOW IN GOOD CONSCIENCE CAN ANYONE VOTE FOR LEGISLATION THAT IS KEPT HIDDEN FROM THE AMERICAN CITIZENRY SOME EXCERPTS FROM AN INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY EDITORIAL (“Can't We Read The Health Care Bill” Oct 7, 2009) EXPRESS THE ISSUE WELL: • "At a time when trust in Congress and the U.S. government is unprecedentedly low," a group of Democratic senators recently wrote to (Senator) Reid, "we can begin to rebuild the American people's faith in their federal government through transparency and by actively inviting Americans to participate in the legislative process." • “Of course, Reid and (House Speaker) Pelosi know very well that putting the bill online would jeopardize its passage. Anyone who actually reads it will discover what it contains, and what the media have largely ignored - - new taxes, fewer health care choices, the destruction of a successful industry and the creation of a massive new bureaucracy.” YOU MAY SAY, WELL THAT’S JUST THE “RADICAL RIGHT MOB” - - TALKING WITHOUT THE FACTS. OK THEN, LAY OUT THE FACTS SO THE PEOPLE CAN DETERMINE WHERE THE TRUTH LIES. LET'S MAKE OBVIOUS WHO ARE THE TRUE “BIRTHERS” OF SUCH DISTORTIONS. IN THE ABSENCE OF FULL GOV’T TRANSPARENCY, THIS CONGRESS JOINS THE RANKS OF SUCH OTHER ILLUSTRIOUS GOVERNANCE DESPOTS AS : JOSEPH STALIN; BOSS TWEED; HUGO CHAVEZ; “PAPA DOC” DUVALIER; et al. NOT FIT COMPANY FOR THOSE WITH EVEN A MODEST RESERVOIR OF INTEGRITY. THE UNDERSIGNED PETITION YOU TO ADOPT THE STATESMAN-LIKE ROUTE THAT USED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH AMERICAN GOVERNMENT: WORK WITH THE PEOPLE TO ASSURE A GOVERNMENT “OF, BY AND FOR” THE PEOPLE. SIGNED BELOW BY INTERNET SIGNATURE: