Congressional Order of Merit Winner in Enid
Wow! Imagine my surprise when I returned from lunch to find a recording telling me I have been selected as a Congressional Order of Merit winner as a business owner in Oklahoma. The message also stated that Tom Cole had selected me and I needed to return the call as soon as possible.
Gosh, what an honor. I'm not sure if Enid has ever had a Congressional Order of Merit winner.
Of course I immediately picked up my phone and checked the caller ID. The number was listed as out of area rather than Tom Cole's office. Instantly, the Google blood in me started to kick in at this point. So, before returning the phone call, I entered "Congressional Order of Merit" into Google and waited .016 seconds for the results.
Well, I would be lying if I said I wasn't a little disappointed to find out that there were a few other people that had been honored with the Congressional Order of Merit. A few thousand others!
Seems like the National Republican Congressional Committee is using this lame brain tactic to get money to fight old Nancy Pelosi. I'm not sure if I should be mad, feel cheated or should be celebrating the fact that the NRCC has a sneaky way of raising money.
Anyway, after reading several posts about how other people had called the number I decided to call it myself. A friendly lady answered and almost immediately wanted me to listen to a recording by Tom Cole. The message rambled on about how Nancy Pelosi was going to raise taxes and doom small business owners, which she most likely will.
After the message I was asked if I wanted to be on the Business Advisory Council. Now, if I had not done a bit of Googling I might have been tickled beyond belief at this point. A Merit honor AND a spot on the BA Council! It just doesn't get much better than that for a cartoonist from Enid, Oklahoma.
Of course knowing that I was about to be hit up for some dough I said SURE! Put me down. I was then asked if I wanted to be listed in a full page Wall Street Journal ad standing with the NRCC. It would only cost me $500 and they would send me a framed copy of the ad. Wow! I said nope. They asked if I would donate $300, nope I said, how about $200, nope I said again, what about $100 they asked, nope, nope, nope. I did say that I would gladly be on the council and I was directed to go to a web site for more information. Here is the site:
http://www.businessadvisorycouncil.org/info/
I asked who made up this Merit and if it was a government award. She said it was not, that it was created by the NRCC. Then she quickly rattled off something about this not being authorized by any candidate's committee. I asked what that meant and she repeated it and said it was not authorized by any Congressional committee. By then I was pretty much done trying to understand what was going on.
After I hung up I realized she never asked for my address so that they could send me my Congressional Order of Merit. Oh well, easy come, easy go. If you would like to join in on the fun give them a shout at 1-877-829-4742. Tell them Curtis sent you.
Gosh, what an honor. I'm not sure if Enid has ever had a Congressional Order of Merit winner.
Of course I immediately picked up my phone and checked the caller ID. The number was listed as out of area rather than Tom Cole's office. Instantly, the Google blood in me started to kick in at this point. So, before returning the phone call, I entered "Congressional Order of Merit" into Google and waited .016 seconds for the results.
Well, I would be lying if I said I wasn't a little disappointed to find out that there were a few other people that had been honored with the Congressional Order of Merit. A few thousand others!
Seems like the National Republican Congressional Committee is using this lame brain tactic to get money to fight old Nancy Pelosi. I'm not sure if I should be mad, feel cheated or should be celebrating the fact that the NRCC has a sneaky way of raising money.
Anyway, after reading several posts about how other people had called the number I decided to call it myself. A friendly lady answered and almost immediately wanted me to listen to a recording by Tom Cole. The message rambled on about how Nancy Pelosi was going to raise taxes and doom small business owners, which she most likely will.
After the message I was asked if I wanted to be on the Business Advisory Council. Now, if I had not done a bit of Googling I might have been tickled beyond belief at this point. A Merit honor AND a spot on the BA Council! It just doesn't get much better than that for a cartoonist from Enid, Oklahoma.
Of course knowing that I was about to be hit up for some dough I said SURE! Put me down. I was then asked if I wanted to be listed in a full page Wall Street Journal ad standing with the NRCC. It would only cost me $500 and they would send me a framed copy of the ad. Wow! I said nope. They asked if I would donate $300, nope I said, how about $200, nope I said again, what about $100 they asked, nope, nope, nope. I did say that I would gladly be on the council and I was directed to go to a web site for more information. Here is the site:
http://www.businessadvisorycouncil.org/info/
I asked who made up this Merit and if it was a government award. She said it was not, that it was created by the NRCC. Then she quickly rattled off something about this not being authorized by any candidate's committee. I asked what that meant and she repeated it and said it was not authorized by any Congressional committee. By then I was pretty much done trying to understand what was going on.
After I hung up I realized she never asked for my address so that they could send me my Congressional Order of Merit. Oh well, easy come, easy go. If you would like to join in on the fun give them a shout at 1-877-829-4742. Tell them Curtis sent you.


















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