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So John Schnatter, founder and CEO of Papa John’s Pizza is planning to cut the hours of his employees and raise the cost of his pizza’s by 11-14 cents claiming its necessary with the re-election of President Obama and due to the Affordable Care Act. Personally, I don’t care about the increase in prices, my concern is him cutting employee hours. Papa John’s has had annual increase in profits over the past 4 years, unlike many American households. *HUGE SIGH* click here for more ~> PIZZA FRIDAY

Not Your Grandmother’s Tea and Definitely not a Party!

After a week of death threats against members of Congress, racial slurs, ridiculous prejudice statements and Sarah Palin’s ignorant choice of using crosshairs to target people who she opposses I’m finally to a point where I’m just about ready to post a recap of March 21-March 27…

This NYT post by Frank Rich eerily reminds me of the tweets and thoughts that I had over the past week. Please read and enjoy it!

Click here —->  NYT Frank Rich: Tea Party Rage is Not About Health Care

A Message from President Barack Obama…

Below is the email that millions of American’s like myself received this afternoon from our PRESIDENT. If you didn’t receive it, now you have it! 

Juli —

Last Thursday’s first-of-its-kind summit capped off a debate that has lasted nearly a year. Every idea has now been put on the table. Every argument has been made. Both parties agree that the status quo is unacceptable and gets more dire each day. Today, I want to state as clearly and forcefully as I know how: Now is the time to make a decision about the future of health care in America. The final proposal I’ve put forward draws on the best ideas from all sides, including several put forward by Republicans at last week’s summit. It will put Americans in charge of their own health care, ensuring that neither government nor insurance company bureaucrats can ration, deny, or put out of financial reach the care our families need and deserve. I strongly believe that Congress now owes the American people a final vote on health care reform. Reform has already passed the House with bipartisan support and the Senate with a super-majority of sixty votes. Now it deserves the same kind of up-or-down vote that has been routinely used and has passed such landmark measures as welfare reform and both Bush tax cuts. Earlier today, I asked leaders in both houses of Congress to finish their work and schedule a vote in the next few weeks. From now until then, I will do everything in my power to make the case for reform. And now, I’m asking you, the members of the Organizing for America community, to raise your voice and do the same. The final march for reform has begun, and your participation is crucial. Please commit to join with me to take reform across the finish line. Essentially, my proposal would change three things about the current health care system: First, it would protect all Americans from the worst practices of insurance companies. Never again will the mother with breast cancer have her coverage revoked, see her premiums arbitrarily raised, or be forced to live in fear that a pre-existing condition will bar her from future coverage. Second, my proposal would give individuals and small businesses the same choice of private health insurance that members of Congress get for themselves. And my proposal says that if you still can’t afford the insurance in this new marketplace, we will offer you tax credits based on your income — tax credits that add up to the largest middle class tax cut for health care in history. Finally, my proposal would bring down the cost of health care for everyone — families, businesses, and the federal government — and bring down our deficit by as much as $1 trillion over the next two decades. These savings mean businesses small and large will finally be freed up to create jobs and increase wages. With costs currently skyrocketing, reform is vital to remaining economically strong in the years and decades to come. In the few crucial weeks ahead, you can help make sure this proposal becomes law. Please sign up to join the Organizing for America campaign in the final march for reform: http://my.barackobama.com/commit When I talked about change on the campaign, this is what I was talking about: coming together to solve a huge problem that has been troubling America for 100 years and standing up to the special interests to deliver a brighter, smarter future for generations to come. I look forward to signing this historic reform into law. And when I do, it will be because your organizing played an essential role in making change possible.

Thank you, President Barack Obama