A Few Good Elected Officials

It is good to know that we have a few elected officials who are looking out for the American citizens. Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma is a fanatic about wasteful spending of our tax dollars, and has been able to put a ‘hold’ on many unnecessary spending proposals, much to the chagrin of republicans and democrats alike. Sen. Mike Crapo of Idaho is pushing for affirmation of the Second Amendment in National Parks and U.S. Fish and Wildlife managed lands. Current regulations forbid American citizens from transporting or carrying their firearms on these lands. He has sent a letter to the Interior Secretary requesting that these prohibitions be removed. Currently 46 other senators have signed on to this letter, to find out if your senator has supported Sen. Crapo or to encourage your senator to do so call, (202)224-3121, the U.S. Congress switchboard, ask for your senator and let them know where you stand. You could also log onto their web site and email them. There are many examples of murders of defenseless victims by predatory people in remote areas, a recent example is the hiker murdered in Georgia. There have also been numerous attacks on humans by mountain lions and grizzly and black bears. These include fatalities by black bears down in Tennessee. These are two of our elected officials who put the citizens and The Constitution ahead of party politics. Let’s begin holding the rest to the same standard.

Reviewing Bill O'Reilly

On reading Bill O’Reilly”s article about there being five political parties running, I find a few points of disagreement. O’Reilly stated that Sen. Clinton is the standard bearer for “the old party line” and that only Sen. Obama and Sen. Edwards are finding support in the leftist extreme of the Democratic Party. All three are leftist extremists, it is just that Sen. Clinton has the national political organization of former Pres. Clinton to call upon. That is a huge asset that cannot be underestimated. Sen. Clinton has taken a page from the Clinton playbook of sounding moderate to draw in mainstream democrats, independents, and disgruntled republicans, then move back to the extreme left where she actually has her ideological home. One point that I agree with is that it will be a Clinton/Obama ticket. Since you read this here in Dec. 2006, other commentators, Michael Savage and Neal Boortz, have come to the same conclusion. The republicans are in disarray to the point of having their own candidate for the disgruntled republican and independent vote, Congressman Ron Paul. He is a pariah in the Republican Party because, like Teddy Roosevelt, doesn’t play their political games. He’s honest and he tells you what he believes and sticks to it, regardless of who he is addressing. The republican powers that be tried to stifle Teddy and he ended up tweaking their noses good. He should’ve punched them in the nose good, but that is another story. The best we can hope for with Ron Paul is a good tweaking. That’s too bad because he might actually stand a chance of beating Clinton/Obama.

Liberty Equals Individual Responsibility

First, The Constitution and The Bill of Rights are applicable to U.S. citizens, not rouge dictators, international terrorists, or illegal aliens. If you are not a U.S. citizen and are visiting our country, you are subject to obeying our laws. Just as when Americans visit other countries. You, as a visitor, are not privileged to receive the guarantees of our liberty, The Constitution and The Bill of Rights.
Second, if you as a citizen are not willing to defend yourself against violent or criminal attack, it is not my responsibility as a taxpayer to pay for someone to protect you. If you are in fear of facing a criminal attack you have three options:
1. Grow the necessary will to survive and acquire the knowledge and tools to protect yourself
2. Be a victim, if you feel it is morally wrong to resist criminal attack
3. Leave. Find another country to live in
It is not the government’s job to protect those who will not protect themselves. It is, however, society’s responsibility to protect those who can not protect themselves. Like the old adage, if you don’t work, you don’t eat. Applicable to the able bodied who prefer to live off “government assistance” whose is food taken out of the mouths of those who do work.

No Real Fight Between Clinton and Obama

There is much hullabaloo about the struggle between Senators Clinton and Obama, and many conservatives are hoping this will lead to a splintered and weakened democratic party in November. Not!!! This sparring between Clinton and Obama is merely the two primary contenders feeling each other out, testing their strength, tenacity, and endurance. Also, it is an experiment to see what will and will not work with voters. How much negativity will the public tolerate? The leftist fringe of the democratic party need not worry, no matter how dirty these two get, at the convention when Clinton wins the nomination she will magnanimously choose Obama as her running mate, thus bringing the democrats together to defeat the evil (and inept) republicans. The republicans are running around like three blind mice without a leader emerging from the pack. Don’t forget, I warned you over a year ago. The best of the worst we can hope for is a single term, but it is looking like eight years of Clinton and eight years of Obama, if we get off that easy. There is a long and dark road ahead of America.

One for PETA

This is one for all the PETA freaks out there: remember, Hitler was a non-smoking, non-drinking VEGETARIAN in favor of gun control. Now, doesn't that make all of you feel better about yourselves?

Two Worth Voting For

It has been pointed out to me and verified through my own research, that the only two candidates for president in 2008 who have been consistent about their beliefs throughout their careers, who have stated their case and stuck with it, popular or not, and who have consistently worked in the best interests of their constituents and the country, within the bounds of the Constitution, are Congressman Ron Paul(R) and Congressman Dennis Kucinich(D). These two who are least likely to be elected to president, are the two who would probably do the best job. And being from opposing parties, they are not dissimilar. They are both from working class families; they know what it is to work and to fail and have the nerve and backbone to pick themselves up from failure and to go onto fight another day. Wouldn’t it be interesting if they could get together and run as the Constitutionalist Party? Don't believe me, do your own research. Check them out at wikipedia and their websites.

Taxing Democrats

Rising star in the democrat party, San Fransisco mayor Gavin Newsom, is a typical democrat politician: Raising taxes will solve all problems. From Rangel to Obama to Clinton, raise taxes on this, raise taxes on that, and keep increasing the size of government. In the heart of the Socialist Republic of California, S.F. is proposing taxing soft drinks. Now, is that because of health concerns? That is the excuse, but reality is that it is an easy tax “for the children” to increase city government revenue. Another reason, being in S.F., is that soft drinks are American made products which simply must be heavily taxed so that Chinese imports can be brought in cheaper. This is one of the latest bad ideas to come from the Socialist Republic of California. Recently they refused permission for the USMC silent drill team to film a recruiting commercial in their city. These totalitarian bad ideas and tendencies are born of the “open minded, liberal, peace, love” mentality which has permeated CA politics to the point that California more closely resembles communist Cuba, or feudalist Mexico than the U.S. The leftist leaders of CA need to follow the path of their compatriot, Trotsky, to the same end, for the good of California and the rest of the U.S.A.