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FreedomWorks attacks Charlotte NC for hosting Obama’s renomination

[KEY INFO 5]  FreedomWorks attacks Charlotte NC for hosting Obama’s renomination

 

In a classic right-wing Rethuglican side-swipe, hit-and-run maneuver financed by billionaires, FreedomWorks has launched a campaign to fire the head of Charlotte-based Duke Energy, CEO Jim Rogers.

Attached below is a nationwide Email sent out March 31st by Matt Kibbe, President of the Dick Armey fake grassroots organization funded by the billionaire Oilrich Nazi Koch Bros Empire, determined to wreck and enslave the Middle Class in America.

It is the Koch Bros Fascist Empire that is funding re-segregation of Public Schools in America, begun in Wake County NC last Municipal Election, and is scheduled to push thru many more Municipal Elections across America this Fall, financed thru the Rethug’s Americans for Prosperity (but only for the Rich).  Currently, having elected Rethug Governors in November by mobilizing Teabagger Stormtroopers infected with the FOXpox, Unions that built the Middle Class in America are being attacked, beginning in Wisconsin and now rapidly moving into a dozen other State Governments.

In North Carolina, the Koch Nazi Empire bought the State Legislature, which is now moving forward with pledges to dismantle citizen support and protection in NC, as the Koch Bros’ fake tea party goal nationwide is to destroy democracy, replacing it with Corporate Fascism.  By freeing Corporations of taxation*, the Koch’s Corporate Fascists fully intend to return citizens to a status of tax-slaves similar to feudal serfs, serving at the will of the Aristocracy of the uber-Rich.

* Despite reporting over $5 billion in US profits from its domestic operations ($14.2 billion more worldwide), the American multinational conglomerate General Electric –headquartered in Fairfield, CT – paid nothing in income taxes. "In fact, G.E. claimed a tax benefit of $3.2 billion." G.E. — America’s largest corporation and a primary Global Military Contractor — owns Mainstream Media NBC & CNBC, and built the design deficient nuclear reactors currently bordering on meltdown in Japan, polluting the Pacific Ocean with radiation, with two dozen of the same 50-year old models installed here in the US.

Below is a copy of the first Rethug attack on NC for the new electoral season. They plan to come back often, from now until September 2012, targeting the DNC Convention where Obama will be nominated again as President.

At the end of their FreedomSmirks Newsletter, you can see future AttackPlans financed by the billionaire Carpetbagger Koch Bros Empire that plans to stomp North Carolina into the ground for daring to accept the Democratic National Convention into Charlotte.

 

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Join Our Petition Drive to Oust the Head of Duke Energy for his Support of the Obama Agenda! Dear Tea Party Patriot, The head of Duke Energy, Jim Rogers, recently grabbed headlines when he scandalously offered the Democratic National Committee (DNC) a $10 million "line of credit" to ensure the success of their 2012 National Convention to be held in Charlotte, North Carolina. Rogers has long flirted with President Obama (who we all know was not born in America), and his radical Leftist agenda, using his position as Chief Operating Officer at Duke Energy, a power company that provides gas and electricity services for homes and businesses in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, and South Carolina, in order to advance controversial partisan policies such as cap and trade to deal with non-existent Global Warming.  In doing so, Rogers’ drive to appease his own political appetites has led to gross mismanagement of Duke Energy projects, greatly threatening the company’s shareholders. Customers of Duke Energy (energy ratepayers) are also being put at significant risk due to Rogers’ pursuit of heavy-handed gov ernment regulations that would cause energy costs to sky-rocket across the board. That is why FreedomWorks has launched FireJimRogers, an effort that will raise awareness for Rogers’ irresponsible and dangerous behavior and ultimately lead to his ouster. I hope I can count on you to help FreedomWorks make this project a success. As ultra Right-wing limited government conservatives, we have fought the Democrat’s big-government agenda in Washington, D.C. as well as in state capitols all over the country. Services to the Middle Class in America must be reduced to a trickle, and then shut off entirely.   But we can’t ignore the irresponsible actions of corporate America when they decide to dip their toe into the public policy arena.   Please ignore the fact that we are financed by the billionaire Corporate Koch Brothers, and our Corporations, freed by our cronies on the US Supreme Court, spent over $300 million lying our operatives into Public Office last November. Sincerely,  Matt Kibbe President and CEO, FreedomWorks P.S. Join us in additional highly financed activities as part of the FireJimRogers campaign including: real grassroots protests, interactive online videos, very expensive TV ads, and an effort to actively engage Duke Energy shareholders to support a Resolution that would indeed remove Rogers from his post.

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BOYCOTT General Electric until they pay back 30 years of tax dodging.

Demand that Congress pass the Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act.

 

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Press Release: STATE NAACP PRESIDENT TO KEYNOTE CIAA SALUTE TO EDUCATORS LUNCHEON TODAY IN CHARLOTTE

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE

NORTH CAROLINA STATE CONFERENCE

114 W. Parrish Street, Second Floor Ÿ Durham, North Carolina 27701

866-626-2227   Ÿ    919-682-4700   Ÿ   FAX  919-682-4711

www.naacpnc.org  www.ncprosecutorialmisconduct.com  www.hkonj.com

 

                                                                                                                                                                  

Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II                                                                                                                    Amina J. Turner

President                                                                                                                                              Executive Director

 

 

Immediate Release

4 March 2011

 

 

MEDIA ADVISORY

 

STATE NAACP PRESIDENT TO KEYNOTE CIAA SALUTE TO EDUCATORS LUNCHEON TODAY IN CHARLOTTE

 

(Durham)  Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II, President of the NC State Conference of the NAACP will be the keynote speaker at the CIAA Salute to Educators Luncheon at 12 noon today at the Charlotte Convention Center, Room 17D.  Appearing with Rev. Barber will be the local Charlotte-Mecklenburg Branch President, Rev. Kojo Nantambu.

 

President Barber will address these major themes:

• Resegregation of public schools;
• Attempts to lift the caps on charter schools;
• Attempts to provide vouchers for private schools; and
• Collective bargaining rights for teachers. 

Additionally, the state NAACP president will reiterate the strong support from the state and National NAACP Offices for the local Charlotte-Meck NAACP President for the clear and courageous stance for justice that this branch has taken.

 

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Amina Josey Turner
Exec Dir
NC NAACP
P O Box 335
Durham, NC  27702
919-682-4700 V  919-682-4711 F
1-866-NC-NAACP

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Thrilled – Michelle Obama

Friend — I am thrilled to make sure you are the first to hear some very exciting news. Charlotte, North Carolina, will host the 46th Democratic National Convention in 2012. Charlotte is a city marked by its southern charm, warm hospitality, and an "up by the bootstraps" mentality that has propelled the city forward as one of the fastest-growing in the South. Vibrant, diverse, and full of opportunity, the Queen City is home to innovative, hardworking folks with big hearts and open minds. And of course, great barbecue. Barack and I spent a lot of time in North Carolina during the campaign — from the Atlantic Coast to the Research Triangle to the Smoky Mountains and everywhere in between. Barack enjoyed Asheville so much when he spent several days preparing for the second Presidential debate that our family vacationed there in 2009. And my very first trip outside of Washington as First Lady was to Fort Bragg, where I started my effort to do all we can to help our heroic military families. All the contending cities were places that Barack and I have grown to know and love, so it was a hard choice. But we are thrilled to be bringing the convention to Charlotte. We hope many of you can join us in Charlotte the week of September 3rd, 2012. But if you can’t, we intend to bring the spirit of the convention — as well as actual, related events to your community and even your own backyard. More than anything else, we want this to be a grassroots convention for the people. We will finance this convention differently than it’s been done in the past, and we will make sure everyone feels closely tied in to what is happening in Charlotte. This will be a different convention, for a different time. To help us make sure this is a grassroots convention — The People’s Convention — we need to hear from you. We want to know what you’d like to see at next year’s convention, how and where you plan on watching it — and the very best way we can engage your friends and neighbors. So, please share your input with us right now — how can we make The People’s Convention belong to you and your community? I can’t believe it has been more than two years since my brother Craig introduced me at the 2008 Convention in Denver. It truly feels like it was yesterday. As I looked out at a sea of thousands of supporters that night, I spoke about my husband — the man whom this country would go on to elect as the 44th President of the United States. I spoke about his fundamental belief — a conviction at the very core of his life’s work — that each of us has something to contribute to the spirit of our nation. That’s also the belief at the core of The People’s Convention. That the table we sit at together ought to be big enough for everyone. That the thread that binds us — a belief in the promise of this country — is strong enough to sustain us through good times and bad. Barack talked at the State of the Union of his vision for how America can win the future. That must be the focus now, and I know so many of you will help talk about our plans with your neighbors — that through innovation, education, reform, and responsibility we can make sure America realizes this vision. But, conventions take time to plan, so please help us make sure that your thoughts and your ideas will ring all the way to Charlotte. Get started now: http://my.barackobama.com/PeoplesConvention Looking forward to sharing this together, Michelle

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