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St. Croix County Supervisor Elections

Jack Bauer — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 23:06:33 +0000

Looks as if the incumbents have something to fear.

They voted to allow the Green Police to enter citizens homes on what? Suspicions? The word of a neighbor expert? Someone who doesn’t agree with them politically? Next, they will want citizens to have papers to travel from city to city. Folks, this is a slippery slope and we have to stop this. This was narrowly defeated.

Vote for CHANGE!

Incumbent Gene Ruetz voted for it. Stan Kruger the challenger is the one you should vote for.

Incumbent Dave Otsness voted for it. Lorin Sather the challenger is the one you should vote for.

Incumbent Sharon Norton-Bauman voted for it. Chris Kilber the challenger is the one you should vote for.

Incumbent Roger Rehebholz voted for it. Peter Post the challenger is the one you should vote for.

Incumbent Daryl Stanafer voted for it. Curt Weese the challenger is the one you should vote for.

Incumbent Buck Malick voted for it. Mark Pribonic the challenger is the one you should vote for.

Incumbent Ken Kolbe voted for it. Robert Shearer the challenger is the one you should vote for.

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Flashy — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:45:48 +0000

For it is the eve of what may very well be the 2nd American Revoloution..

If the democrats pass this incredibly irrational piece of shit know as the health care bill, it should be the lighting of the proverbial fuse that results in an amazing sequence of events. There are turning points and hinges in history, this is without a doubt a profound one.

I for one plan on losing some people that heretofore I considered “friends.” I will be asking people who they voted for, and if they supported this nightmare. If they answer Obama and/or Yes. That’s it, its FUCK YOU ASSHOLE and Good bye. I am getting a very strong sense of what it must have felt like to live in the south just prior to the start of the war for southern independence..

Folks, this is the time when all honest men and women need to stand up and start judging. Forget all that bullshit about thou shalt not judge! If you don’t judge your neighbors and your elected representatives on this, then shame on you! You will be part of the sinking of this formerly great county damn it!

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Henry Patrick — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:55:29 +0000

In a discussion with an acquaintance the other day, she touched on the topic of politics and the importance of the Massachusetts race for US Senate. Granted it is interesting how a special election in the heart of Democrat country could see a Republican win and thus kill any attempts to pass a socialized medicine healthcare bill. Her comments illustrated a problem facing taxpayers in the state of Wisconsin. People will spend hours talking about national politics and vote in droves for the election of federal offices, but nary will a whisper be heard about local candidates.

Local spring elections barely draw enough voters to the polling place that would fill up a good size movie theater. Yet county, city and school district taxes are a sizeable chunk of a persons over all tax burdens. I recently attended a gathering of nearly 50 people at a private residence to hear a Congressional candidate speak. Imagine how many would show up to listen to a person running for school board or city council; maybe a handful.

Even though most yawn at the mention of local elections, an organization exists that is willing to put its money and manpower into candidates for local offices. Despite the economic hardships faced by many, local governments and school districts across Wisconsin have increased the tax burden over the last year. In the area where I live, both the county and the school district raised their portion of the property tax by nearly 9%.

Such actions have left many questioning the mindset of local elected officials. How can they vote to increase taxes in time like this and offer raises to government employees while at the same individuals are losing their jobs or their homes; why government does not suffer the same fate of the recession?

The answer may be found in the contents of an envelope going out to each of the candidates for the county board. The letter came from the offices of AFSCME, the government workers union. The opening sentence should send alarm bells to taxpayers about the true nature of local elections.

Dear Candidate for St. Croix Supervisor,

The AFSCME PEOPLE committee of the 3rd CD is considering endorsements for the Spring election of the ST. Croix County Board of Supervisors.

The committee decides locally who the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees will support in the upcoming election

The letter then invites the candidate to be part of an interview process beginning with an enclosed questionnaire.

As part of the candidate interview process, we have enclosed an AFSCME questionnaire.

The second page of the letter deals with personal information including email, phone numbers, and details of the candidates campaign treasury (where they can mail the checks).

On the next couple of pages the union asks eleven support/oppose questions. No surprise the first handful of inquiries dealt with opinions on collective bargaining and living wages. The next set dealt with the idea of privatization, Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR), and increasing the tax burden on wealthy individuals and businesses. One curious question dealt with the time of board meetings. Currently St. Croix County Board meetings are held during the day time when many taxpayers are at work, and therefore, find it difficult to exercise their Constitutional right to address grievances toward government. It is highly doubtful that government union employees are concerned that those who pay their wages and benefits are shut out of the process.

I find this letter from AFSCME and others like it very disturbing on several fronts (WEAC sends out similar invitations to school board candidates). The founding principles of the republic established a hierarchy of power. The Creator endowed the individual with rights. Government was a creation of the people, and thus subservient to the citizenry. In layman terms, the people are the true employers of government workers.

The very strong implication of the peoples representative having to interview with government employees flips the hierarchy and the foundations of the country on its head. By submitting to an interview with the government union, a politician puts the government on equal or superior footing with its creator. Liberty cannot exist under such a system.

Secondly through the circle of taxation, government union campaigns are funded by the taxpayers. A good portion of the taxes collected goes toward the wages and benefits of government workers. The government unions like AFSCME and WEAC take a cut out of the paychecks to fill their coffers, which in turn are used in part for political activity that includes candidate support. Naturally, only those candidates that agree with the union position will receive financial aid and an army of volunteers. Remember, we are talking about local elections. In essence, taxpayers are being forced to contribute to their own demise.

Candidates running on the rights of taxpayers and contrary to the positions of government workers find themselves out gunned from the very start. Circling back to the question of how local boards can raise taxes and increase the pay of government workers during these economic times the answer seems rather obvious. Local officials much like their brethren occupying higher offices increasingly hold allegiance to government unions.

Often you hear people say they do not know much about a person running for school board or city government; or that the issues are mundane and not worth the gas to vote. But it is becoming apparent that the most important question in local elections is whose interests will be represented; the taxpayer or the government.

The next time you think local elections are not worth the bother look at your property tax bill and remember that government unions do not consider voting a waste of time or money.

The only question you need to ask a local candidate is whether they will protect your right to private property including income; or are they the bagman for government unions?

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Luke — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 13:01:47 +0000

Looks who’s back.

St. Croix County citizen’s best friend and the existing government’s worst enemy.

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Jack Bauer — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 04:46:55 +0000

Yes, It’s true. I’ve returned to educate the citizens of St. Croix County about the unconstitutional underbelly of their local government. The government types have found it their privy to spend and raise hard working citizens taxes unconstitutionally (YOURS), when there are record numbers in foreclosures, property devaluation, layoffs, and unemployment.

Did you see your last property tax bill? The government’s ever increasing confiscation of citizen’s personal property via taxation (which most even don’t understand how they occur) infringe upon the rights of citizens to do what they want with their own property, their liberty at the expense of their socialistic ideal of the common good, and their mandate to fund socialistic ideals they may not agree with at the point of cohesion (jail via the tax code), is shining bright. Many of the government ilk are even raising their own salaries with NO input from you. In fact, it won’t even be allowed to be debated. They will easily be exposed. Stay tuned… I will reveal all.

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Henry Patrick — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 03:54:33 +0000

After the United States Senate passed its version of nationalized healthcare, Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky warned Democrats that they would catch an earful from constituents. Several neighbors have already sent scorching emails to Senators Feingold and Kohl and Representative Ron Kind.

The correspondences berated these Wisconsin representatives for their yes vote on several fronts ranging from the havoc government run health care will bring to medical care, the cost, and the Constitutionality of it all. These arguments were well vocalized at town hall meetings during the congressional summer recess and tea party rallies. Even recent opinion polls have reflected distaste for government-run healthcare by a vast majority of respondents. Despite all of this, the Democrats turned their backs and voted aye.

No reason exists to believe that votes will be switched before the final conference bill comes to the respective floors of Congress just because representatives receive an additional load of outraged public sentiment. It is obvious the Senators and House members who support the legislation do not care about opinions, economic logic, or the Constitution they swore to uphold and defends (to be fair, the Republicans have not shown any adherence to the Constitution either).

Some believe the wrath of 2010 elections will bring a dramatic realignment in Congress and the possibility that health care legislation in part or whole will be rescinded; unfortunately, the numbers damper such wishful thinking. Republicans plus any moderate Democrats will need to control two-thirds of the seats in both houses of Congress in order to override a certain Presidential veto. The odds of this happening are about the same as an individual hitting Powerball.

But not all is lost and the country does not need to blindly follow the path of Washington D.C. Letters need to be written and emails sent to state representatives urging one of two actions. Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 states,

all Duties, Imports, and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States

The special treatment exempting Nebraska from future Medicare tax increases in order to garner the vote of Senator Ben Nelson is one of the more egregious usurpations of the Constitution ever witnessed. The state of Wisconsin and the other 48 states must bear the costs of federal law for the Cornhusker state. Our elected officials in Madison should not stand idle while the citizens of Wisconsin shoulder the burden for the special exemption of another state. For me and my neighbors, emails need to bombard the in boxes of Kitty Rhoades in the State Assembly and Shelia Harsdorf in the Senate demanding that they protect the people of Wisconsin from this legislation. The state legislature needs to file suit with the US Supreme Court and ask that the healthcare bill with its Nebraska exemption be declared unconstitutional.

In the Kentucky and Virginia Resolves, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison argued that the Constitution was a compact among the states. The federal government had no rights to exercise power not specifically granted to it by the Constitution (enumerated powers). When Washington D.C. assumed powers not granted, states would be the final arbiter as to the Constitutionality of such acts and could render them void.

The Tenth Amendment states that those rights not specifically granted to Congress shall remain the rights of the states and individuals. If Congress wishes to attain more power than Article V of the Constitution (method for amending) provides a process for additional rights to the federal government. The 16th Amendment, which allowed for the establishment of an Income Tax, is a perfect illustration of the amending process where Congress gained power not originally given to it. If Congress wants the authority to bailout corporations, provide farm subsidies, control the climate, or provide health care, then they must ask the states permission to do so (two-thirds of the states must approve for an amendment to be ratified).

For too long state governments have remained mute while the federal government has eroded state and individual rights. State legislatures by their silence have become agents of Congress and national bureaucracies.

The good news is that some states have found their constitutional voices for nullification whereby federal laws are declared void. Montana and Tennessee have already passed laws in direct defiance of federal gun laws. A host of other states that include Texas, Utah, Florida, Missouri and Michigan are also considering similar legislation.

Thirteen states have some type of medical marijuana laws in direct contradiction to national legislation. Over the past two years twenty-five states have passed resolutions or laws that refuse to implement the Real ID Act. Even though the law is on the federal books, actions by the states for all practical purposes have kept it from being enforced.

In response to possible healthcare legislation, Arizona has a ballot proposition in 2010, which if passed, will override any federal law requiring individuals or corporations to participate in any Congressional mandated health system. Seven additional states (Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Missouri, Virginia, and Georgia) are in some stage of the nullification process.

The question for 2010 is who echoes the voices of Wisconsin citizens. Who will protect our natural rights and hold the federal government to the limitations of the Constitution. Not to diminish the importance of national elections, but the resurrection our republic begins at home. It is our state representatives that need to receive an earful about national healthcare, gun laws and every intrusion by Congress outside of it Constitutional boundaries.

It is time for them to hear from the people!

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I think so.. As much as I detest the Christian News Channel, aka FoxNews (btw, I detest CNN, MSNBC, and CNBC more) they do occasionally have some excellent guest appearances. One such appearance recently was John Mackey. Oh, the scum bags tag on this one is in reference to some of the members of the audience, and a couple of the clips of protesters, and, especially, the final segment where Stossel brings in another guy (didn’t get his name but is clearly an unapologetic socialist)..

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[AP News] Apparently dePressed

BJohnson — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:36:54 +0000

Below we find the words of the AP.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is raising more speculation about a possible presidential bid with a stop in Iowa during her national book-signing tour.

The Iowa caucuses have traditionally tried to launch the presidential nominating political; season .

Palin’s book – signing tour has been carefully controlled, and she has not spoken to reporters at most events .

Still, her appearance in Iowa is seen as significant.

Veteran Republican activist Tim Albrechtt says politicians don’t just happen to stop in Iowa and Palin must know that her visit is probably seen as a signal she is more than likely considering a run.

Another possible RINO Republican contender, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, also has visited the state recently.

Copyright 2009 The Associated [De]Press[ed]. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

So the AP media can copyright the previous and obvious 6 sentences?

They are also delusional.

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