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America is, for all practical intents and purposes, becoming a quagmire of massive and disconnected proportions. The engine driving the nutty nation is the Federal bureaucracy, fueled by politicians who have lost their sanity.

Of note is the latest piece of legislation coming out of the House of Representatives on Wednesday, December 5, 2012 that would ban the use of the word “lunatic” in any federal documents and law.

One of the inmates in the Congressional asylum voted against the action…just one. Representative Louie Gohmert refused to take his political Prozac and wash it down with popular political Kool-Aid. According to news reports, Mr. Gohmert stated that use of the word lunatic “really has application” to Washington.

There remains little in the way of predictability in American politics. While we watch our $16 trillion dollar debt climbs to $17 trillion and taxes on all Americans (that’s right, all Americans) go up on January 1, 2012, our elected officials are spending their time determining, legalizing and controlling what words can and cannot be used in Washington.
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Family Research Council (FRC), aligned philosphically with Focus on the Family, has developed several tools that iVoteAmerica thinks may be useful to our readers.

iVoteAmerica’s inclusion of this recommendation and links to the resources provided by FRC is not an endorsement of all positions held by FRC but simply our attempt to provide our readership with additional voter information.

The FRC website posts the following information about itself.

FRC Action (formerly American Renewal), the non-profit and tax-exempt legislative action arm of Family Research Council, was founded in 1992 to educate the general public and cultural leaders about traditional American values and to promote the philosophy of the Founding Fathers concerning the nature of ordered liberty.

FRC Action is a 501(c)(4), non-profit education and lobbying organization based in Washington, D.C. FRC Action is dedicated to preserving and advancing the interests of family, faith, and freedom in the political arena.

FRC Action has underwritten the costs of video campaigns on public policy issues, supported advocacy advertising on these issues, and provided the nation’s political parties with information on traditional American values.

FRC Action seeks to fortify the traditional foundations of civil society through efforts to educate, inform and influence elected officials in support of the country’s historic ideals of equality under the law, and the unalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness on which the nation was founded.

FRC publications include the following:

1. 2008 Presidential Voter Guide
2. Vote Scorecard for the 110th Congress
3. 2008 Congressional Candidate Voter Guide

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As so-called “crisis” continues to unfold, iVoteAmerica believes that more private money will be coming forward to take advantage of the purchase of deposit and loan servicing assets at pennies on the dollar.

Here’s some proof for a position that allows the market and its creation of new investment opportunities to play out without massive government bailout. The FDIC reports closures of the folllowing banks, none of which were bailed out by the taxpayers.

Washington Mutual Bank – September 25, 2008
Ameribank, Northfork, WV – September 19, 2008
Silver State Bank, Henderson, NV – September 5, 2008
Integrity Bank, Alpharetta, GA – August 29, 2008
The Columbian Bank and Trust, Topeka, KS – August 22, 2008
First Priority Bank, Bradenton, FL – August 1, 2008
First Heritage Bank, NA, Newport Beach, CA – July 25, 2008
First National Bank of Nevada, Reno, NV – July 25, 2008
IndyMac Bank, Pasadena, CA – July 11, 2008
First Integrity Bank, NA, Staples, MN – May 30, 2008
ANB Financial, NA, Bentonville, AR – May 9, 2008
Hume Bank, Hume, MO – March 7, 2008
Douglass National Bank, Kansas City, MO – January 25, 2008
Miami Valley Bank, Lakeview, OH – October 4, 2007
NetBank, Alpharetta, GA – September 28, 2007
Metropolitan Savings Bank, Pittsburgh, PA – February 2, 2007
Bank of Ephraim, Ephraim, UT – June 25, 2004
Reliance Bank, White Plains, NY – March 19, 2004
Guaranty National Bank of Tallahassee, FL – March 12, 2004
Dollar Savings Bank, Newark, NJ – February 14, 2004
Pulaski Savings Bank, Philadelphia, PA – November 14, 2003
The First National Bank of Blanchardville, WI – May 9, 2003
Southern Pacific Bank, Torrance, CA – February 7, 2003
The Farmers Bank of Cheneyville, LA – December 17, 2002
The Bank of Alamo, Alamo, TN – November 8, 2002
AmTrade International Bank of Georgia, GA – September 30, 2002
Universal Federal Savings Bank, Chicago, IL – June 27, 2002
Connecticut Bank of Commerce, Stamford, CT – June 26, 2002
New Century Bank, Shelby Township, MI – March 28, 2002
Net 1st National Bank, Boca Raton, FL – March 1, 2002
NextBank, N.A., Phoenix, AZ – February 7, 2002
Oakwood Deposit Bank Company, Oakwood, OH – February 1, 2002
Bank of Sierra Blanca, Sierra Blanca, TX – January 18, 2002
Hamilton Bank, N.A., Miami, FL – January 11, 2002
Sinclair National Bank, Gravette, AR – September 7, 2001
Superior Bank, FSB, Hinsdale, IL – July 27, 2001
The Malta National Bank, Malta, OH – May 3, 2001
First Alliance Bank & Trust Company, Manchester, NH – February 2, 2001
National State Bank of Metropolis, Metropolis, IL – December 14, 2000
Bank of Honolulu, Honolulu, HI – October 13, 2000