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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 This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.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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Hudson Tea Party set for April 15th

Curt Weese — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:26:21 +0000

Kudos to my neighbors Stan & Mary Wekkin for organizing a Tea Party rally in North Hudson next Wednesday. The rally is set to take place at Mudds & Sudds from 4-6 p.m.

“This is our opportunity to remind the government that they work for us; we pay their salaries.” said Stan Wekkin

“Many of us have learned the hard way that debt catches up to you. When will our elected officials understand that?” asked Mary Wekkin

All area residents are invited to participate. The Wekkins have stated that this is a non-partisan event and if you are inclined to bring a sign please respect their wishes and make the sign non-partisan reflecting your feelings about taxes, spending and debt.

Future Tea Party rallies are being scheduled for Independence Day, Labor Day and Election Day.

American Socialism

Chris — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:50:35 +0000

We Like Mavericks – Don’t We?

kilowatt — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 02:32:57 +0000

I’ve always thought this blog liked mavericks! I thought those contributing here speaking for liberty, independence and free speech liked them too. I thought this blog espoused individual thought and action, and wanted individuals to be held accountable and responsible. Did I somehow read the signals wrong here?

The American Heritage Dictionary says a maverick is:

- one that refuses to abide by the dictates of or resists adherence to a group;
- someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action;

It would seem to me a maverick is exactly what this blog has asked for, yet now, with having one running for President of the United States, all I’m seeing here now is him being labeled as a RINO. Well, ok, so what if he is? Is it more important that he be a die hard lock-in-step Republican or be his own person? Given the bashing out here about the Republican Party, I’d think the latter is what has been asked for. That being said, would you rather Senator McCain run as an Independent? At this point, it wouldn’t much matter.

Sen. McCain over the years has on occasion tried to reach across the isle to show bipartisanship in moving an item forward. His 1995 efforts with Sen. Feingold to regulate campaign finance spending at the federal level and to force the disclosure of donations of soft money was fair and worthwhile. As much as some here make use of the Open Record Requests, tell me how much worthwhile information would you have access to when trying to trace the funding behind candidates without the McCain/Feingold Bill. Probably not anything worth spending time digging into.

Some here think the McCain/Feingold Bill was a restriction on free-speech, but was it really? The Bill didn’t stop your speech it just tried to make you more accountable for it. And this blog likes accountability, doesn’t it? I think all mavericks do.

Whether you liked the McCain/Feingold Bill or not, let’s keep in mind it didn’t raise taxes and it didn’t create another social program having a bottomless pit to pour money into.

Another concern constantly posted here is how far both of the major political parties have gone astray from the Constitution. I’m not going to argue that point in this post, but I will say that between the two major Presidential candidates, the so-called ‘maverick’ is the only one I’ve heard make any statements like the speech given at Wake Forest University giving his judicial philosophy. You won’t hear the presidential spokesman for the group-think crowd make a speech like this. (Full text of this speech is listed in the page link.)

As far as maverick’s go, I really like this candidate’s selection in a tag-team member. She seems to be very much an outside maverick too. From the early reports, what’s there not to like? She goes against the grain, holds people accountable and has strong integrity. This notion of her being a risky pick because of her being a heart beat away and not capable of doing the job is pretty lame, especially when the guy on the other team in the first position has even less executive experience. And just how bad has it been when the backup has been pressed into service? (Let’s see, there was Johnson and Ford and …..???)

Yes, I’m pretty sure it’s time we get behind these mavericks. The country says it wants change, but the party preaching it to us are the ones least likely to deliver it. Of all the definitions for ‘maverick’ found in the dictionary, the McCain/Palin team may be just the ones to fit this one:

an electro-optically guided U.S. air-to-ground tactical missile for destroying tanks and other hardened targets at ranges up to 15 mi. (24 km).

If you’re not for ‘maverick’s’, then I’m left to conclude you’d rather believe in the group-think approach used by the other side.

Hudson Area Library Foundation (HALF) Rinos of the Day

Ruthless — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 21:10:29 +0000

Here they come. You know them. They are the same people that put the Vote Yes signs in their yards during school referendums. They can’t get enough of your money. Yes, it’s the “Hudson Area Library Foundation” AKA “Enemies of the Common Taxpayer”. Here’s their letter to the editor- See Letter

Do you see how they carefully tell you that they are going to “save” you money? Why, they could have spent $12 Million, but since they are looking out for your best interest they’re only going to spend $9.5 Million! What a deal!

Again, guess which one is the average taxpayer and which one is Jeff Zais, Hollis Grubb, Bye Barsness and Susie Gilbert.

Every Picture Tells A Story

Chris — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 02:50:29 +0000

101

Chris — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 05:16:52 +0000

1. He supports the Constitution.
2. He believes in religious freedom.
3. He has never voted for a tax increase.
4. He is against public funding of abortion and in 2005 and 2007, introduced the Sanctity of Life Act.
5. He is against funding abortion abroad.
6. He is against the national I.D. or Real I.D. act.
7. He believes in the ‘just war theory’.
8. He supports the rights of private property owners.
9. He wants us out of the U.N.
10. He wants us to trade with nations and not war with them.
11. He is for 2nd Amendment rights and the only candidate to earn an A+ rating from Gun Owners of America.
12. He opposes NAIS.
13. He wants to shrink the federal government, not expand it, and is philosophically opposed to big government.
14. He has no plans to *start* a war with Iran or anyone else.
15. He wants to bring our troops home.
16. He has received the most military donations of any other candidate.
17. He does not belong to the CFR (Council on Foreign Relations).
18. He raised almost $2 million dollars on Martin Luther King Jr. day.
19. He wants to end the I.R.S.
20. He wants to cut spending. Really cut spending.
21. He is against eminent domain.
22. He is against the NAFTA superhighway.
23. He is against the North American Union or SPP (it exists google it).
24. He is for the principle of sound money.
25. He is against the idea of the Amero (google it).
26. He is against the Federal Reserve’s monopoly on monetary regulation.
27. Between 2001 and early 2004 he had voted against more than 700 bills intended to expand government.
28. He voted against the misnamed patriot act that stripped us of our
rights.
29. He is for the Bill of Rights and knows the meaning of liberty.
30. He has served on the House Foreign Affairs Committee and subcommittees, the Joint Economic
Committee and the Committee on Financial Services and subcommittees.
31. He was 1 of 4 people that supported Reagan early on.
32. He has been married for 51 years to the same woman, which is an achievement these days.
33. He doesn’t support federal bills banning herbal supplements and dietary aids.
34. His name is *the* most searched for on the internet of all the other candidates.
35. He is a once in a lifetime candidate.
36. His record is consistent and has earned him the nickname Dr. NO.
37. Paul has introduced bills that would apply a $5,000 tax credit per child towards spending on any type of children’s educationrelated expenses, public, private, or homeschool.
38. He is actually against funding many unsuccessful federal programs.
39. He does not want to ruin healthcare by nationalizing it,(like Hillary, Obama, et al.)
40. He has not received campaign contributions from Rupert Murdoch (like Hillary has).
41. He votes in accordance with the constitution.
42. He will not forcibly implant us or our troops with microchips or like devices (it’s for your safety, of course).
43. He is the only conservative, in the traditional sense, left.
44. Republicans love him because he is for small government.
45. Democrats love him because he will end the war for oil.
46. Libertarians love him because he wants the government out of their business.
47. He is the only electable republican candidate.
48. He is against the creation of a surveillance society (see London CCTV).
49. He supports home-school rights.
50. He wants to end the corporate welfare system that is destroying our government’s credibility.
51. He tells it like it is being truthful and not having to ‘act the part’.
52. He has authored many books including, the best-selling “A Foreign Policy of Freedom” among others.
53. As a doctor, He is informed on the healthcare issue.
54. He offered to help pay for a $30K Congressional Medal for Rosa Parks with his own money.
55. He has the courage to speak out against what is wrong.
56. He will be good for the economy (freedom generally is good for the economy).
57. He wants us out of the WTO and like organizations.
58. The I.R.S. is scared of this guy.
59. He is smart enough to prefer gold-backed paper money.
60. He understands the term fiat-currency adhering deeply to the Austrian school of economics and has authored six books on the subject.
61. He wants to secure our borders.
62. He favors guarding our country over policing the world.
63. He opposed the war in Iraq from the beginning.
64. He authorized the hunt for Osama bin Laden.
65. He believes local governments are better suited to handle their own issues.
66. He is willing to listen and reason with others.
67. He is a Christian who believes Christ was right when He said, ‘Blessed are the peacemakers’.
68. He has never voted for an unbalanced budget.
69. He has never voted for a federal restriction on gun ownership.
70. He has never voted to raise congressional pay.
71. He has never taken a government-paid junket.
72. He has never voted to increase the power of the executive branch.
73. He voted against regulating the internet.
74. He does not participate in the lucrative congressional pension program.
75. He returns a portion of his annual congressional office budget to the U.S. Treasury every year.
76. He is against selective service registration and a national mandatory draft.
77. He has been reelected to Congress 10 times by his district [which is larger
than Massachusetts].
78. He is supported by NAACP President, Nelson Linder.
79. He has said “It is the federal government more than anything else that divides us along race, class, religion, and gender lines. The federal government, through its taxes, restrictive regulations, corporate subsidies, racial set-asides, and welfare programs, plays far too large a role in determining who succeeds and who fails in our society.”
80. His campaign has young people across the country motivated and enthusiastic.
81. He had the largest one day fundraiser in U.S. political history, raising over $6 million from a grassroots effort.
82. He was an U.S. Air Force flight surgeon that served in Vietnam.
83. He wants to apply the golden rule in government (how radical).
84. He believes in freedom of speech.
85. He believes in individual rights
86. He is the highest polling Republican candidate among black voters.
87. He has served as a Ranking Member of the Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade and Technology subcommittee, and Vice-Chair of the Oversight and Investigations subcommittee in Congress.
88. He has delivered over 4,000 babies and values life.
89. He has five children, 3 of whom are also doctors, and 18 grandchildren.
90. He has not waffled on the abortion issue as every other republican candidate.
91. He has faced tremendous opposition with dignity.
92. He is optimistic.
93. He values the traditions that have kept us free.
94. He understands that monopolies are bad things.
95. He understands the difference between individual and government responsibility.
96. He understands inflation is not just the prices going up, but rather the value of money going down.
97. He started the think tank, The Foundation for Rational Economics and Education (FREE).
98. He is endorsed by Barry Goldwater Jr.
99. For the first time in a long time, you can feel good about your vote as you will not be voting ‘for the least worst’.
100. You will help undo the damage done to our country over the last several decades.
101. He is our last hope for a free nation.

Dr. Paul for President! 2008

Does extreme cooling mean AGW does not exist?

In the Know — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 04:53:21 +0000

Early in January 2007, the Phil Jones of the UK Hadley center predicted that 2007 would be the warmest on record due to the El Nino, which some scientists including Hansen predicted could be the strongest in history. Well of course the El Nino quickly faded and La Nina slowly came on during 2007. Temperatures globally cooled, starting in the Southern Hemisphere winter and then transitioning into the Northern Hemisphere winter. At the end of the year, the Hadley center announced it was the 7th warmest, blaming the oncoming La Nina for the cooling and busted forecast. This January, MSU satellite data indicated the globe was cooler than the 1979-98 average for the first time in years.

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McCain

Chris — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 02:17:51 +0000

Time To Clean House

Chris — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 04:09:12 +0000

The Democrats had control of Congress for over 30 plus years in a row. What did it get us, the New Deal, welfare, warfare, and the chipping away of our liberties? So who was it then, that was responsible for finally bringing the Republican Party to a majority status a few dozen or so years ago? It was conservatives, conservative principals, and constitutionally based philosophies, that worked to present the Republican Party as a “conservative” party. It was them, my friends, who were responsible to finally give the Republicans, the ability to win the White House, the Senate, and the House.

Our current version of Republicanism has morphed into something that can only be called conservative, in name only and have abandoned the things that got them there; individual liberty, limited government, and lower taxes. In much the same way the word liberal was hijacked by the left, the right has done so with the word conservative. They have used the popularity of the word conservative to conceal their big government and big business agenda. The growth of the federal government and its intrusiveness into our lives has virtually sky-rocketed, even more so than the 1990’s, while at the supposed watch, of Republicans.

I think we can say, maybe even as eloquently as the 1980s movie Network, Im as mad as hell and Im not going to take it anymore! Conservatives have every right to be angry. But we should not be despondent. Out of the ashes, and thats where I think we are heading, a Phoenix will rise once again. Each and every year we find newer and better technological advances to get conservative and constructionist ideas disseminated out to each and every citizen. We have talk radio, direct mail, television, Youtube, and the blogosphere.

What we are short of though is good leaders. What we have in place are people whose allegiances first are to the Republican Party. Is there anyone who will challenge George H. Bush as courageously as Ronald Regan did in 1975? As courageously as Ron Paul is doing to George W. Bush today?

To take back the party we must:

First be loyal to conservative principles and our founders constitutional ideals, not the Republican Party. Our aim is not to be compassionate or neo conservative but constitutional conservatives.
Secondly, we need to take back the Republican Party and move the Democratic Party as far to the right as possible
Thirdly, we need to hold everyone responsible for their conduct, not just its promises. We should not be intimidated by the lesser of two evils rationalization of transgressions against our liberties, but demand positive accomplishments in restoring our liberties and constitutional ideals. It will be demanded that candidates advance liberty in a substantial and consistent manner.
Fourthly, we must quit providing financial support to the RNC or other GOP fundraising efforts. We instead, should pledge to give our political dollars to only conservative and constitutional organizations and principled conservative congressional candidates.
Fifthly, we need to call for the wholesale replacement of the Republican leadership in the House and Senate. We need a new slate.
Finally, we need to expand our all efforts to make the views of the American people
heard through a wide variety of new conservative and constitutional organizations, media outlets, political strategies and techniques, and most importantly new leaders.

Personally, I am holding true to these principals. I resisted at first as maybe most of you still do. I fell prey to the lesser of two evils rationalization. All but one member of those running for the office of President that carry the badge of GOP, is not considered a lesser of two evils in my book. What is the difference who’s in office when the budget goes up 100% in 8 years. When you take an intelligent and analytical look at the constitutional basis for his positions along with a solid economic and philosophical explanation as to how we got into this mess, Ron Paul makes more sense and is heads above the rest of the others. Most say Dr. Ron Paul wont make it to the Presidential ballot. That may be so, but the ideals presented by him do align nicely with the tasks we have at hand listed above. He is elevating and educating the masses in the understanding of the constitution and the liberties our founders were so ardent and spirited in providing us with over 230 years ago. Those same principals will lead us back on to the correct path and we can again say we are proud of this great nation. Dr. Paul is educating and training tomorrows leaders in this way.

The same can be said of not just our national leaders, but of our state and local GOP politicians. It’s hard to rally behind smoking bans, ethanol mandates, and a host of populist compromises. The ideals of conservatism are lacking in our state GOP as well. We could start by cleaning house and following the items listed above for any political race where someone calls themselves a Republican. I would much prefer someone who hasn’t already disillusioned me by their actions. Let the revolution begin.

Quote of the Day

Chris — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:20:57 +0000

As the presidential field narrows, Sen. Edwards will reportedly say at an afternoon news conference, I just didnt feel there would be room in the race for two white males who favor leniency for illegal aliens, who opposed Bushs tax cuts for the rich, who fight man-made global warming, who support limits on so-called free speech in political campaigns, who have worked to hinder approval of conservative judicial nominees, and who stand against the Bush administrations desire to torture terror suspects with waterboarding.

John Edwards Drops Out, Endorses McCain

Specious Declamations

Chris — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:26:52 +0000

In the Federalist papers, Federalist No. 10, penned by James Madison it was written:

The friend of popular governments never finds himself so much alarmed for their character and fate, as when he contemplates their propensity to this dangerous vice. He will not fail, therefore, to set a due value on any plan which, without violating the principles to which he is attached, provides a proper cure for it. The instability, injustice, and confusion introduced into the public councils, have, in truth, been the mortal diseases under which popular governments have everywhere perished; as they continue to be the favorite and fruitful topics from which the adversaries to liberty derive their most specious declamations.

Why would he write this? It has been said here and many other places that it will only take a 51% majority to reach a state where the government can legally rob the rich and give to the poor, where private property can become public, where voluntary acts can become compulsory, and where the essence of individualism can be replaced with collectivism.

We see examples every day where our liberty is being stripped away under the guise of populism. Smoking bans, ethanol mandates, educational mandates, over-reaching government into private matters, CAF standards, seat belt and helmet laws, banning of trans fats, are just of the few popular liberties were we have been recently rapped. Why do the politicians advocate for them? One, theyre popular. Two, their lobbies contribute large amounts to their campaigns. And thirdly, politicians want to so much stay in power that they will vote party over principal. Damn the constituency! This is especially true of our local state politicians. As far as Im concerned, there is no longer a party of conservatism in this state. They are nothing more than the populists Madison was warning us about.

McCain and the 1st Amendment

Chris — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:19:20 +0000

The election of a Progressive like Clinton or Obama would deprive conservatives of power. The election of a Progressive like McCain would deprive conservatives of both the government and the means to resist Progressivism. Which is the lesser evil?

McCain vs. Madison

A Picture Worth a Thousand Words

Chris — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:31:42 +0000

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