Posted by Thomas Kiley on February 27, 2012 at 11:36pm
Howdy all! And Happy Birthday to us all! Tea Party activities are a fantastic 3 years old! So much has been accomplished. Many sited are writing about the successes across the nation. What successes have you personally accomplished? I know some went to one of the big rallies. And some went to their first rally of any kind. Some even ran for office. So what experiences have you had these past three years?
While you ponder,..
We can make our own plans, but the Lord gives the right answer. ~ Proverbs 16:1
It is now no more that toleration is spoken of as if it were the indulgence of one class of people that another enjoyed the exercise of their inherent natural rights, for happily, the Government of the United States, which gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance, requires only that they who live under its protection should demean themselves as good citizens in giving it on all occasions their effectual support. ~ George Washington, letter to the Hebrew Congregation of Newport, Rhode Island, 1790
For me, I’ve had only one political experience (besides voting) up until the tea party and 9/12 groups arose. And it might not count, since it was attending a Nixon re-election rally on Long Island, NY at the ripe old age of 13. But, since I gotten involved, I have met and questioned my US congressman. I have been to a primary election night party at a candidate headquarters (sorry he lost). I write a daily blog, or whatever you call this ‘be encouraged’ thing which I now send to 5 national web sites. I’ve written to my congressman, my senators, as well as senators, congressmen and women of other districts in other states. I’ve donated to election campaigns for the first time. And just yesterday, I sent a strong message to the state senators of my state, questioning their plans to pass a bill that would be a costly detriment to many homeowners and business people. And, I received replies from many of them, including the sponsor of the bill in question. This all from a guy who couldn’t ask the girl he had a crush on to the dance in high school. Yes, I have changed, as all of you have over these past 3 years. And, one thing is for sure; I ain’t going back to the way I was. Never. I have never been more confident in myself than these past three years. I thank all of you for that. I also thank Him, our Lord in heaven for giving me the strength to do what I have been doing. I did have my own plans for my life. But He has definitely given me the right answers, the right direction for the remainder of my life. And as tea party person and 9/12 member, I believe in the words that George Washington said. Paraphrased, he said it is no longer tolerated that one class of citizens allows another class to exercise their God given rights. Because the US government, which no longer tolerates bigotry or persecution, requires that all citizens act as good citizens, always. I believe this is one of the enumerated powers that We the People have given Congress. Unfortunately, the federally elected employees see things far differently than me or George, or you. This is why we are doing what we are. This is why we are; who we are. We are no longer silent. We are the sleeping giant come awake. Every effort of the left, the MSM and the establishment to make the tea party, 9/12 and other conservative groups just go away will fail. Even the latest effort to minimize our strength, to say we have become weak and useless; all a ploy to tell the ostriches everything is alright and they could to stick their heads back in the sand. IT WON’T WORK! Not anymore. We are the strongest 3 year olds this nation has ever seen. And we will grow stronger day by day. You will get stronger, day by day. So, congratulations! Happy Birthday! YOU GUYS ROCK!!
Late last night I got on another letter-writing binge, and inflicted a harangue on my two Senators here in Georgia. I doubt if I'll hear from them, as usual, but the response I got from a number of people was very positive, some asking to use it to send to theirs, one of them being the chairman of the GOP in this area. On that note, I thought I'd post it here, and let you good people be the judge.
Dear Senator; It is beyond incredible to me that there exists in our hallowed halls of Congress such capitulation and outright malfeasance regarding the most egregious and astounding acts of criminality, treason and abrogation of the Rule of Law by this current administration, and that our elected representatives sit idly, silently by. We have entrusted you with our safety, our rights, our liberties, and our freedoms, and you continue to act as if you were only small actors given a piecemeal role in an inconsequential play put on by children.
With the positions you hold on the various committees of the Senate, it is completely incomprehensible to me and a great many other of your constituents that you allow the evisceration of our military to go unimpeded by an entire host of very bad actors...the most important one being an individual who holds claim to the Presidency of the United States, yet acts at every turn as an enemy, a tyrant and a despot.
I am reserving the use of harsh words...I am merely pointing out the obvious, as you apparently have lost the ability to see the forest for the trees, ensconced as you are in that cesspool of corruption we know to be Washington, DC.
Apparently, the timeless ruse of cajoling folks to "go along to get along" has worked again, to our extreme detriment. Your silence has been deafening...and I don't believe an MSM blackout will work as an excuse. We pay a whole lot more attention than you think for that to work.
The litany of abuses is beginning to rival that of our Declaration of Independence. You might try reviewing it again...and I don't mean to appear snide, but if you haven't noticed any correlation between then and now, you are obviously NOT PAYING ATTENTION.
If a sitting President announced that he would just bypass Congress because they won't capitulate to his whims, would you remain silent?
YOU HAVE.
If a sitting President had been found in contempt of a Federal Court numerous times, would you remain silent?
YOU HAVE
If a sitting President and his Department of Justice were found to be complicit in some of the most incredible, illegal usurpations of the Rule of Law, would you remain silent?
YOU HAVE (Let's not forget the New Black Panthers' voter-intimidation case, the Fast and Furious "gun-walking" travesty, the drilling moratoriums, ad nauseum)
A sitting President has wasted billions upon billions of taxpayer money on fraudulent schemes, far outside of his Constitutional constraints, while rewarding his friends and campaign "bundlers" and insists on wasting more, and where has your voice been?
A sitting President has done everything in his power to destroy the engine of free-market capitalism, vetoed job-creation and innovation, and where has your voice been? Besides a petulant newsletter mention...NOWHERE.
We are all entitled to our own opinions...we are not entitled to our own facts. I have presented nothing but FACTS to you here...abbreviated atrociously in the vain hope you will read this through before rolling your eyes and discarding it.
We have now come into a time where we shall either live as free-men, or die as slaves to an international behemoth not of our own making. This will be the last chance we have to determine the outcome of that question. You can cajole yourselves with the absurdity and conjecture that only politicians can produce to make themselves feel a sort of vindication for their inactions, or you can rise to the occasion, don the mantle of responsibility that was given to you by your fellow citizens, and help us get these criminals out of office, out of the public trust, and into the prison they alone so richly deserve.
We are not only watching closely, we have been rather busy. The actions you take will vindicate ours, in one way or another. You must decide if you are going to continue to be part of the problem, or part of the solution. We WILL return to the Constitutional Rule of Law, or we will join the other failed nations of history, and your names will be featured on the headstone, as well.
For obvious reasons here, I have not included my personal contact information that is required when contacting one or all of your reps. Point being, getting the attention of our elected officials is of paramount importance, but it does little good when they refuse to listen to begin with. We know that this is where a great deal of our problems lay, and while we still have the ability to contact our reps with our thoughts and grievances, we'd better be doing it while we can. It's only one tool we have, but we've got to use them all, and do so effectively. You just never know...I may get an answer.
Obama Goodbye! 2012 Obama I just finished listening to another of your speeches. It was no different than any other you've made, it left me sick at my stomach, wondering how someone so ignorant and pathetic as you ever got to be president. I reflected on how much I hoped you would be one of our great leaders. Now I get sick at the very sight of you. It really makes no difference how the election turns out, you will never be my president and millions feel the same way. I will never call you president, I will never show any respect for you or those supporting you. This is my home, America, you are infecting with your repulsive presence. I will bleed and die before I see my country become the place you in vision. I have always been patriotic, law abiding and willing to defend America with my life. That will not change, I took an oath to protect the United States Constitution, that puts you and I at odds. I think you need to understand, millions of us take that oath very seriously. Your continued attacks on the Constitution will not be tolerated, we will see you and those supporting your criminal activities one day see the inside of prison cell. I realize you are getting a big laugh out of this. You can laugh because you are not an American and don't understand just how dedicated, true Americans are to Freedom and Liberty. You and those like you don't know how repulsed we are at the thought of you in our White House. When we get rid of you the building will have to be steamed cleaned and repainted just to be sure one of your shadows didn't stain the walls. Just in case you think this is a "white thing", think again, Americans come in all colors and that "oath" means the same to them all. Obama if you allow our troops in Afghanistan, who innocently burned four books, to face any punishment whatsoever you will be guilty of your most grievous treason and treachery to date. You think we disrespect you now, you allow this to continue and you " aint seen nothing yet" jack. With all due disrespect for the man, not the office, All Freedom loving Americans
Taxes cannot be generated by the President, the Senate or the Courts. Far too many Americans lack understanding or our system of government and the mechanism to prevent erosion of our freedoms. The most important step is that taxes must originate from the House of Representatives. Similar to the House of Commons in England, The House Representatives was designed to be the voice of the people, while the Senate whose to be the voice of the individual States. The constitutionality of taxation generated by the Senate of Obama Care has been ignored for political gain. A friend of mine wrote this and I believe the merits of the questions raised is worth consideration, please read the following:
In the same way Americans do not appreciate the fact that one man, Harry Reid, can filibuster the 438 members of the House (fail to take up passed bills) and stop the flow of the entire U.S. Government, you sir, single-handedly decided to push Obamacare through the House, knowing full well the Senate version had revenue generating (taxation) provisions that the House had never reviewed... Or maybe you just took Nancy Pelosi's advice:
The best part of this comment is, “...away from the fog of the controversy.” This statement is the epitome of unconscionable action by government in representation as a menace over the people. The House and its Committees are the exercise of the fiduciary role of government representatives as our servants. It is a form of Treason to claim to have passeda law “away from the debate and debating floor,” particularly without having read it. A theatre of wordplay that said one single thing we remembered in 2010 and will remember even more strongly in 2012: “We Democrats have a super-majority and Obama won, our agenda is all we need to pass this bill, as there is no power in the opposition to bring any challenge to anything we want to do. So don't read the bill, just pass it and we'll foist this on the American People in our sworn duty to each other and a political party agenda. Let the courts decide legitimacy and rights issues, we're going to force through an illegitimate process that can be used from now until we destroy Individual Liberty.” This message is what many Americans heard loud and clear.
Yes, you sir, with the aid of Speaker Pelosi, were the key to the new unconscionable standard of bill passage while claiming “democracy” as our form of government and fallacious talking point statements were made about the grass roots movement known as the Tea Party. How does it feel Stenny Hoyer to be the sole person to assure Obamacare, as received from the Senate, was not properly reviewed by the House, are you proud of the fact you willfully failed to enforce those provisions of Our Written Constitution of 1789 designating exclusive power over revenue generation in the Peoples' House? Surely a destructive act to Our American Republic, but you sir, also, by this act, destroyed all semblance of any legitimacy in you or your party's claims of “Our Democracy.” I'll bet you even made sure to shake out the last drop on Our Constitution after urinating on it!
And of course, as already referenced, we arrive at Nancy Pelosi, the woman who made Stenny Hoyer famous as the deliberate denier of Constitutional Process in his former position as Majority Leader of a “Congress of the Unconscionable” by her own words as heard above. What could be more important to dictatorial government than the representatives of it voting on legislation they never read, never had a conscious knowledge of, only to have the courts, tell a Citizen brought up on charges under that law, “Ignorance of the law is no excuse!”? A certain act of Treason it is for our representatives to vote on laws they've never read.
Now that Obamacare is deemed “passed,” irrespective of it being nugatory by the process to the President's unconscionable signature failing to pass Constitutional Muster, in that 26 States are suing the Federal Government over the mandate in it, the DOJ is making the specious argument it “is a Constitutional Power under the Commerce Clause, and thereby a rightful tax.” In fact, Stenny Hoyer's failure to designate Obamacare a tax, according to record of how Obamacare was passed (House Rules establish this is out-of-order, and that this rule is done to enforce Article I, Section 7, Clause I), and thereby failing to cause the Ways and Means review required, is denial of the mandate having any authority or enforceability as a tax. Thus this failure by Stenny Hoyer to abide by Constitutional Process, denies any legitimacy to the claims made by the DOJ.
Thus, due to the unread, thereby undebated, and therefore undiscussed, Contraception mandate in Obamacare, 7 states today have taken up a new lawsuit over this Contraception mandate. I am going to reference this to a comedian, the late George Carlin. He would discuss, in his various routines on words, how so many are “institutionalization” from terms that have actual heartfelt meaning. For our example it's the actual heartfelt meaning of “religious liberty” that is being institutionalized into “contraception” through the coercive force of government (the Church acceptance of the “accommodation” would be to agree to this conversion). Carlin's example, to help comprehend your flagrant violation of our Individual Liberty, is “shell-shocked” became “post-traumatic stress disorder.” The former terms, in both cases, a state of reality entirely within the Individual's right and capacity to affect; the latter, a means of government encroachment through assuming legislative authority to define them as events subject to the jurisdiction of the ruling classes, the “ruling institutions,” within the boundaries of government's desire to be the dictator of definition and the protocols associated over all they define. This is so because there is little, if any, difference in governance, between Politicians or the American Medical Association, or whatever other guild/union that government gives a special interest and/or quasi-government authority to – the persistent expansion of government and its influence through bureaucratization with little if any accountability.
Further, this is why the House Rules were started by Thomas Jefferson in the first place, as they were rules to give means to enforce the provisions of the Constitution within the House as a body of the National Government, that both you, Nancy Pelosi and Stenny Hoyer, as the leadership of the House at the time, made every effort to violate and evade. It is clear you knew or should have known that the party in power, that you control, would not do anything about your indiscretions couched in “official capacity” as though a “hoodie-footie” of immunity for your actions in derogation of your Oath of Office to We The People. This renders the “passage” of Obamacare a consistent effort to marginalize the American People, a consistent failure to uphold your agreement to respect and Honor we who put you in a position of trust by your election to office. Our Powers are not yours so long as Our Written Constitution isn't amended by us to give them to you, no matter how much legislation or what number of bureaucracies you create.
Of course the $500,000,000,000 being stripped from Medicare, is a good thing to those of us who comprehend the limits of Article I, Section 8, the list of enumerated, and rightful powers to the exclusion of all General Powers, (see paragraph 5 here, http://www.bartleby.com/124/pres17.html). However, your bill, Obamacare, (once again remember it was “passed” while unread) depletes this Medicare money for the sole purpose of creating the appearance of budget neutrality, when in fact it divests seniors of what they've actually paid for and results in a redistribution of this money to include the 30+ million Americans added to the healthcare rolls, who are now, like all Americans, forced to buy healthcare irrespective of the illegal, unconstitutional, process of “passage,” of the Obamacare mandate. That “fog of controversy” in referencing the rightful debate floor of Congress, that Stenny Hoyer denied to the Ways & Means Committee as well, has ended up being a ruse to bypass Our Written Constitution. The purpose is to effectuate a Supreme Court decision after the fact, in abuse of the 3rd branch of government their decision to be treated as an affirmation of Obamacare as a “law” and circumvent the fact it already is invalidated by the Constitution itself!
Article 6, Section 2, provides how the Constitution, without aid of the U.S. Supreme Court, invalidates all acts of every single branch of government, including the U.S. Supreme Court, when in violation of the exact language of the Constitution:
"This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States[said “Authority, being what is said prior to the semi-colon], shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.” -- Constitution For The United States of America, as ratified, 1789, http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_transcript.html
Thus the Constitution itself, by this self-executing clause, only recognizes those things in pursuance of the Constitution, following the limits of it, as having the legitimacy of “the consent of the governed,” as required by the Declaration of Independence in test of a government's legitimate authority. This is also the test of “good behavior,” the Constitution the means of testing the validity of all acts of government, those without deference to it, clearly not acts in good behavior by any government actor in their representative capacity of voluntary servitude.
So, I think it's high time to follow Our Written Constitution and believe in the Honor of the men who wanted to abolish slavery by 1808 through passage of the Constitution, and have a heavy heart over the fact they could not do so before that. Yes, this is part of Our Founders’ wisdom, which our government-funded indoctrination masquerading as education has ignored, particularly that Our Written Constitution should be Ours and Our Government’s guiding light to the certain truth of Obamacare as an absolutely heinous act of Treason against the Government. It is we who are the Sovereign Power of America. We are a nation entirely based on the Rule Of Law in self-Government. The Exceptional character of America, of Freedom and Individual Liberty is that our power and use of our property is exercised as we see fit and at our sole discretion and it is this Exceptional Character that vests in every American:
I give you James Madison from Federalist 42:
“THE SECOND class of powers, lodged in the general government, consists of those which regulate the intercourse with foreign nations, to wit: to make treaties; to send and receive ambassadors, other public ministers, and consuls; to define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offenses against the law of nations; to regulate foreign commerce, including a power to prohibit, after the year 1808, the importation of slaves, and to lay an intermediate duty of ten dollars per head, as a discouragement to such importations....
“The regulation of foreign commerce, having fallen within several views which have been taken of this subject, has been too fully discussed to need additional proofs here of its being properly submitted to the federal administration. It were doubtless to be wished, that the power of prohibiting the importation of slaves had not been postponed until the year 1808, or rather that it had been suffered to have immediate operation. But it is not difficult to account, either for this restriction on the general government, or for the manner in which the whole clause is expressed. It ought to be considered as a great point gained in favor of humanity, that a period of twenty years may terminate forever, within these States, a traffic which has so long and so loudly upbraided the barbarism of modern policy; that within that period, it will receive a considerable discouragement from the federal government, and may be totally abolished, by a concurrence of the few States which continue the unnatural traffic, in the prohibitory example which has been given by so great a majority of the Union. Happy would it be for the unfortunate Africans, if an equal prospect lay before them of being redeemed from the oppressions of their European brethren!” -- Paragraphs 1 & 3 respectively, http://thomas.loc.gov/home/histdox/fed_42.html
Thus it is clear to this American that violation of the Constitution is the means to continue slavery, in the same way violation of the Constitutional limit is where government effectuates a rebellion against the People, particularly when done in direct violation of fiduciary requirement imposed upon our representatives in government by their sworn Oath of Office, an Oath no less important than one taken by anyone in our armed forces and that our elected representatives should actually take more seriously.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice James Wilson, a signer of the Declaration and the Constitution, knew who the Sovereign is, how that's the most important principle to America, her people and Government, that this is Our unalienable Right to self-Government, an internal absolute power of the People alone:
“'Permit me to mention one great principle, the vital principle I may well call it, which diffuses animation and vigor through all the others. The principle I mean is this, that the supreme or sovereign power of the society resides in the citizens at large; and that, therefore, they always retain the right of abolishing, altering, or amending their constitution, at whatever time, and in whatever manner, they shall deem expedient.' -- James Wilson, Founding Father, Lectures on Law: Volume 1 Chapter 1 page 17.” -- as quoted from http://govote.avoiceofthepeople.com/
However, you Nancy Pelosi, Stenny Hoyer, Harry Reid, and of course the illustrious Dear Leader, President Barack Hussein Obama, set aside the meaning and intention of Our Founders of Freedom for all on this continent, for all of us of all ethnicities and beliefs to have the protection of Limited Government, to instead divide us, to use powers not granted to force us, coerce us, and divest us of all of our rightful property, including our Property In Rights, (see http://changingwind.org/index/comment.php?comment.news.96).
So it is with great pride over America and Our Founders, over our Military and their taking their Oath of Office seriously, that I thank you representatives and members of Progressive Government for having proven once again that your thirst for power knows no bounds, that to you We The People are merely a resource to be managed, a means of creation of special interests through your divisiveness as a tool to force Our American Republic to be a democracy in appearance, while in fact to facilitate the historically oppressive nature of centralized power and government; a truth that has been reinforced by Obama's Policies and rhetoric over the last 3 years. Be proud of yourselves for you've reinforced a 230 year old truth to the world, that Individual Liberty is the sole means of Sovereignty, of Right, of Peace and Tranquility, of Wealth, of Honor, for anyone throughout the entire world (see http://www.adamsmith.org/blog/tax-and-economy/africa-is-making-itself-rich-despite-the-west).
Posted by william uthe on February 27, 2012 at 3:16pm
OUR EYES HAVE SEEN THE GLORY OF THECOMING OF THE LORD
HE HAS TRAMPLED DOWN THE VINEYARDS WHENCE THE GAPES OF WRATH ARE STORED
HE HAS LOOSED THE FRIGHTFULL LIGHTNING OF HIS TERRIBLE SWIFT SWORD
HIS TRUTH IS MARCHING ON
GLORY GLORY HALLELUIA HIS TRUTH IS MARCHING ON.
LAST NIGHT I CAUGHT MICHELE BACHMAN ON THE HUCABEE SHOW WHERE SHE PUBLICLY REITERATED HER CORE OF FAITH AS SHE RELATED THAT HER DECISIONS ARE GIDED BY THAT FAITH AND THE WISDOM THAT GOD HAS BLESSED HER WITH. SHE THANKED GOD AND HER FELLOW COUNTRYMEN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE THE RIGORS OF A HIGH PROFILE POLITICAL CAMPAIGN. SHE MADE IT CLEAR THAT SHE WOULD NOT ALLOW HER CORE VALUES AND BELIEFS TO BE COMPRISED FOR POLITICAL EXPEDIENCY. SHE ONCE AGAIN MADE IT CLEAR THAT SHE WAS NOT FOR SALE POLITICALLY. SHE HAS ALWAYS EXHIBITED HER CORE VALUES AND BELIEFS THROUGHOUT HER PUBLIC CAREER. MICHELLE BACHMAN IS TRULY AN AMERICAN TREASURE. HER DAY WILL COME WHEN GOD WILLS IT.
Posted by Thomas Kiley on February 27, 2012 at 2:25pm
Hello my friends and fellow patriots! Here is an example of state governments going hog wild. With the problems in the economy, all they can think about is getting rid of woodstoves! Can you say Agenda 21? I was going to send this only to WA state groups, but I think it could affect more than WA state citizens overall. So, if you or someone you know lives in Washington state, forward this to them so they can know what their elected employees are doing for them instead of fixing a bad economy. And if you want to contact them yourselves, here's their web site. http://www.leg.wa.gov/pages/home.aspx
Tom Kiley
(Update, just received a message from my State Senator, Delvin, who said the bill in play here is still in the house, and they are trying to stop it. Great!)
To the members of the Senate Rules Committee, and Mr Delvin, my state Senator, I am extremely opposed to the action before you, to prohibit the use of woodstoves in the state. Thousands of families across the state use woodstoves for their main source of heat. In fact, many of them use woodstoves as their ONLY source of heat. Changes to section (b) which as I understand are, '(b) "Prohibit the use" or "prohibition" may include requiring disclosure, removal, rendering inoperable, providing evidence of destruction, or other similar requirements as may be approved by rule by a local air pollution control authority or other department.' This is absolutely ludicrous, for starters. As I said, thousands of homes have woodstoves. Many have more than one. The cost just to implement section (b) per house hold will be extraordinary. Multiply that by the thousands of affected homes. We're talking millions of dollars just to disable the woodstoves! Then, the cost of installing a new source of heat, such as a heat pump or central heating will also be in the thousands per household. Another few millions of dollars you will force taxpaying voters to spend money that they do not have presently. THEN, once the obvious electrical system is installed, the cost of running the new system will also be exorbitant. To be conservative, each month the new system will add approximately one to two hundred dollars to the electric bill. $100-200 per month, times 4-5 months? That will be anywhere from 400 to1000 dollars extra each winter that these households will have to pay to keep their homes warm. So, you are planning to force Washington State, taxpaying, voting households to pay anywhere from 3 to 10 thousand dollars to replace their woodstoves, and from then on pay up to 1 thousand dollars more for electric heat per season. Why?
Now, what about the businesses that will be affected? I don't know how many fireplace businesses are located in Washington state, so let's be conservative again, and say 100 across the state. If each one sells 10 fireplaces a year, at 1500 to 5000 dollars a piece, you are looking to prevent 100 businesses from selling 15 to 50 thousand dollars worth of product. Again, multiply that figure by the number of businesses, you come up with 1.5 to 5 million dollars worth of small business sales. And that's just the stoves themselves. That doesn't include the smaller items such as bellows ($25-50 ea), wood racks ($10-30 ea), decorative mantle items ($20 up) Stove tool kits - poker, shovel, brush,etc. ($15-200 ea). And fireplaces? Chimney sweeps, cleaning devices, etc. can also reach in the tens of thousands of dollars of lost business as well! You have the makings of destroying a business that has been in this state for a very long time that has potential sales of over 10 million dollars annually! WHY????
So, you all are the elected employees sent to Olympia to do our business. What is the most important issue our state and our nation faces today? It sure isn't woodstoves! It's the economy, right! So, how can you look your constituents, your BOSSES in the face and say with a happy grin that you destroyed a business worth 1.5 to 5 million dollars, and forced your employers to spend 3 to 10 thousand dollars each to conform to your new rule, or freeze in the winter? How can you do this and expect to have any future in politics? Those in the house may have gotten this one over on us by not promoting the ability to provide testimony and discussion before they voted. They did that at their political peril. I recommend you think twice before we decide your political peril in November.
The inevitable takes place when you wander from the path of destiny, whether individually, socially, or the world. This was true in my life. I assume it is true in every individual’s life, as well as socially, and worldwide—stated in the simplest of terms.
When we understand the subtle workings of the universe—how it develops its energy—we will know how it comes to us individually. This I know from personal experience. The mistake we’ve made is looking externally for answers.
The same as any mechanism produces energy; each part with a special purpose, earthbound authority did not build the engine and does not know how it works. God created each of us with a special purpose. We are the parts of the engine. When authority attempts to take the place of God, the mechanism fails. Father does not know best. Father is there to teach his children to do the best for themselves. I got this idea from Jesus.
The thing we need to learn is that it is never ever trickle down. It is forever and always trickle up. If all the parts of the engine are working properly it produces full power, efficiently and effectively. Jesus said the meek shall inherit the earth.
The worst thing Obama and Congress could do is to add more fuel to a malfunctioning engine. The only thing we can do to get the engine of enterprise working property again it to do a general overhaul to find which parts are malfunctioning.
As I read the Constitution, it says we were meant to be self-governed. When the Constitution was written, the man who built the best wagon was the man we hired to build our wagons. All working together, with almost no government, we, the people, got the engine of enterprise working efficiently and effectively.
The people prospered. America grew in power. We began to look to government to solve our problems. The next thing you know, we were in the Great Depression, and looking to government for the cure. How long is it going to take to know it is not trickle down? The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. At this rate, the meek will never inherit the earth.
The Constitution has the answer. Your government is ignoring your Constitution. Why are you looking to government for the cure? The cure is looking to the creator of the engine, learning what is needed, and making the repairs—before government kills our coughing and wheezing engine, trying to get its power back by flooding it with excessive fuel.
**** NEWT'S AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENTS ***** **HE MUST BE THE GOP NOMINEE**
` Proe Graphique but mostly from the amazing Sue Sanders.
Newt Gingrich as GA Congressman and Speaker of the House
■33 years as Congressman including 4 as Speaker of the house ■Lifetime American Conservative Union rating of 90% (most recent year was for 1998 at 100%. The BEST conservative)
■He had a Democrat controlled Congress up until 1994, a Democrat President and Senate from 1992 until 1998
■Helped Reagan pass biggest tax cut in 50 years as Minority Whip, called out George Bush on breaking his promise and led (as a legislator) a Democrat President to do the same. (Not part of the "establishment" and puts conservatism before party)
■Art Laffer confirms Gingrich helped on a team that designed “Supply Side Economics.” (Laffer was reagan's economic guru and they hardly come more respected than laffer)
■Supported/Championed policies that created 11 Million jobs.
■National Taxpayers Union’s Annual Scorecard on reduced spending and taxes gave Gingrich an “A”, for his last four years in office, ranking him #1, #4, #2 and #11 and as one of the most conservative members in Congress.
■Led a Balanced Budget initiative with a Democrat President. AS A SPEAKER not an Executive Branch Leader and not in control of the Senate or Executive Branch. He balanced the budget 4 times creating the first SURPLUS in decades. (Historic accomplishment by ay standard. Most politicians would have settled for that alone)
■$400 billion in debt was paid off during time as Speaker, although Gingrich agreed with Reagan on deal that ended up running deficits until 1988.
■Fought and defeated HillaryCare both in strategy, as well as political and legislative maneuvering.
■On third try got a Democratic President and Senate to initiate Welfare Reform that put 60% of recipients to work.
■Gingrich’s pro-life voting record is 98.6%, 70 out of 71 votes.
■Brought two partial birth abortion bills to Clinton that served as the model for what was passed under George W. Bush.
■He helped Reagan’s initiative to eliminate 12 of 94 programs and cut budgets of many others like the SBA more than 50%. (Nancy Reagan said that Ronald Reagan passed the conservative torch to Newt, praised newt's conservative work and she has never said otherwise)
■He identified, recruited, campaigned for and helped organize over the biggest minority opposition swing getting 367 Congressional candidates to sign the Contract With America. This resulted in a NET GOP pickup of 52 seats in the House, 8 in the Senate and 11 Governorships.
■Multiple conservatives congressmen got their political start including:Jon Kyl Mike DeWine Jim Inhofe Fred Thompson Bill Frist Rick Santorum (who publicaly said he followed Newt's model for leadership and has since stabbed newt in the back)
■Contract With America – (1995 Description): “…represented the culmination of 30 years of creative conservative thinking dealing with the basic social and economic problems of modern America. The ideas provided the background for the widest range of legislative initiatives, certainly since the 1930s, and possibly at any time in American political history.”
■Contract With America, summarized: The ten items in the Contract were all acted upon in the first 100 days of the new Congress, which is what the signatories had pledged. Nine of the ten items in the Contract passed the House: Only the constitutional amendment on term limits (which required a two-thirds vote) was defeated. Out of a total of 302 roll call votes on issues related to the Contract With America, the conservatives prevailed on 299 of them. A balanced budget amendment passed in the House by a 300-123 margin but was subsequently defeated as it fell one vote short of the two-thirds needed for passage in the U.S. Senate. The overall margin by which the items in the Contract were passed averaged about 70 percent despite the fact that the Republicans only held a 12-seat margin over the Democrats (52-48 percent, the smallest House majority margin in 40 years). Given the notorious lack of party discipline in the American Congress, the passage by a large majority of nearly all of the items in the Contract was a remarkable achievement. I can’t adequately cover all 10 initiatives and their profundity but they include: * Congressional Reform including Congress being subject to the law they pass * Balanced Budget with Line Item Veto (failed Senate, passed Veto but declared unconstitutional) * Anti-crime package (truth in sentencing, more law enforcement help) * Personal Responsibility (ultimately became Welfare Reform) * Tax Package Including Child Tax Credit, Elimination of Marriage Penalty, Savings Account, Middle Class Tax Relief * Disallow US Troops from serving under foreign authorities like the UN * Frivolous Litigation vetoed by Clinton but tort reform override veto. * Job Creation act included capital-gains cuts and indexation, neutral cost recovery, risk assessment/cost-benefit analysis, strengthening the Regulatory Flexibility Act and unfunded mandate reform to create jobs and raise worker wages.Other sections of the Contract include a proposed Family Reinforcement Act (tax incentives for adoption, strengthening the powers of parents in their children’s education, stronger child pornography laws, and elderly dependent care tax credit) and the Senior Citizens Fairness Act (raise the Social Security earnings limit, repeal the 1993 tax hikes on Social Security benefits and provide tax incentives for private long-term care insurance).
■He is the longest-serving teacher of the Joint War Fighting course for Major Generals at Air University and taught officers from all five services as an honorary Distinguished Visiting Scholar and Professor at the National Defense University. THIS MEANS NEWT TEACHES OUR GENERALS HOW TO FIGHT WARS. HOW'S THAT FOR A FUTURE COMMANDER IN CHIEF? No other president aside from a general has had anywhere near that experience and Santorum, Romney and Paul certainly don't come close.
Newt is unique among all current individuals running for and/or holding political office.
Posted by Thomas Kiley on February 26, 2012 at 11:00pm
Howdy all! Another week begins. Another round of presidential primaries and caucuses await us. I am getting ready for the Washington Caucus on Saturday with everything a new PCO could need; a bowl of mint chocolate chip ice cream and a glass of homemade iced tea. Ah, the luxuries of politics.
Any hoo,..
We put our hope in the LORD. He is our help and our shield. ~ Psalm 33:20
It is particularly pleasing to me to be able to announce to you, that the revenues which have been established, promise to be adequate to their objects, and may be permitted, if no unforeseen exigency occurs, to supercede, for the present, the necessity of any new burthens upon our Constituents. ~ George Washington, Third Annual Message to the House of Representatives
Has anyone alive ever heard the President of the United States say these words to anyone, let alone Congress? ‘I am happy to say we have enough money to pay the bills. So unless something bad happens, we don’t need anymore!!’ I WISH!! Yet this is exactly what Washington said to Congress. The usual State of the Union goes like this; our country is strong, except here, where we need more of something so we need to collect more money. And we have more of a need over there, so here is my plan to collect even more money. And thanks to the poor soul we sweet talked into sitting by the first lady so we could put them on the spot, as we ask for even more money.’ Oh yeah, can’t forget, ‘And our biggest salute to the fine brave men and women of our armed forces. It’s because of their sacrifices that we are a stronger and safer nation, which will allow us to spend less on defense again this year.’ Once, just once I’d like to hear the top federally elected employee say we don’t need any more money this year. I could put my hope into a man or woman like that. Fortunately, there is someone I can put all of my hope and faith into. And He IS our help and our shield. We should all look to Him for guidance as we go to the primary polls and caucuses, looking for that next person to speak to Congress as Washington did.
Posted by Bob Clussman on February 26, 2012 at 7:40pm
One Pissed off Canadian Housewife This is very good PLEASE read....
Thought you might like to read this letter to the editor. Ever notice how some people just seem to know how to write a letter?
This one surely does!
This was written by a Canadian woman, but oh how it also applies to the U.S.A., U.K. and Australia .
THIS ONE PACKS A FIRM PUNCH
Written by a housewife in New Brunswick , to her local newspaper. This is one ticked off lady...
"Are we fighting a war on terror or aren't we? Was it or was it not, started by Islamic people who brought it to our shores on September 11, 2001 and have continually threatened to do so since?
Were people from all over the world, not brutally murdered that day, in downtown Manhattan , across the Potomac from the capitol of the USA and in a field in Pennsylvania ?
Did nearly three thousand men, women and children die a horrible, burning or crushing death that day, or didn't they?
Do you think I care about four U. S. Marines urinating on some dead Taliban insurgents?
And I'm supposed to care that a few Taliban were claiming to be tortured by a justice system of a nation they are fighting against in a brutal Insurgency.
I'll care about the Koran when the fanatics in the Middle East, start caring about the Holy Bible, the mere belief of which, is a crime punishable by beheading in Afghanistan .
I'll care when these thugs tell the world they are sorry for hacking off Nick Berg's head, while Berg screamed through his gurgling slashed throat.
I'll care when the cowardly so-called insurgents in Afghanistan , come out and fight like men, instead of disrespecting their own religion by hiding in Mosques and behind women and children.
I'll care when the mindless zealots who blow themselves up in search of Nirvana, care about the innocent children within range of their suicide Bombs.
I'll care when the Canadian media stops pretending that their freedom of Speech on stories, is more important than the lives of the soldiers on the ground or their families waiting at home, to hear about them when something happens.
In the meantime, when I hear a story about a CANADIAN soldier roughing up an Insurgent terrorist to obtain information, know this:
I don't care.
When I see a wounded terrorist get shot in the head when he is told not to move because he might be booby-trapped, you can take it to the bank:
I don't care. Shoot him again.
When I hear that a prisoner, who was issued a Koran and a prayer mat, and fed 'special' food, that is paid for by my tax dollars, is complaining that his holy book is being 'mishandled,' you can absolutely believe, in your heart of hearts:
I don't care.
And oh, by the way, I've noticed that sometimes it's spelled 'Koran' and other times 'Quran.' Well, Jimmy Crack Corn you guessed it.
I don't care!!
If you agree with this viewpoint, pass this on to all your E-mail Friends. Sooner or later, it'll get to the people responsible for this ridiculous behavior!
If you don't agree, then by all means hit the delete button. Should you choose the latter, then please don't complain when more atrocities committed by radical Muslims happen here in our great Country! And may I add:
Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering, if during their life on earth, they made a difference in the world. But, the Soldiers don't have that problem.
I have another quote that I would like to share AND...I hope you forward All this.
One last thought for the day:
Only five defining forces have ever offered to die for you:
1. Jesus Christ
2. The British Soldier.
3. The Canadian Soldier.
4. The US Soldier, and
5. The Australian Soldier
One died for your soul, the other four, for you and your children's Freedom.
YOU MIGHT WANT TO PASS THIS ON, AS MANY SEEM TO FORGET!
AMEN! GOD BLESS CANADA AND AMERICA . By: Jack Wolf
1 The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— of whom shall I be afraid?
2 When the wicked advance against me to devour[a] me, it is my enemies and my foes who will stumble and fall. 3 Though an army besiege me, my heart will not fear; though war break out against me, even then I will be confident.
4 One thing I ask from the LORD, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple. 5 For in the day of trouble he will keep me safe in his dwelling; he will hide me in the shelter of his tabernacle and set me high upon a rock.
6 Then my head will be exalted above the enemies who surround me; at his tabernacle I will sacrifice with shouts of joy; I will sing and make music to the LORD.
7 Hear my voice when I call, LORD; be merciful to me and answer me. 8 My heart says of you, “Seek his face!” Your face, LORD, I will seek. 9 Do not hide your face from me, do not turn your servant away in anger; you have been my helper. Do not reject me or forsake me, God my Savior. 10 Though my father and mother forsake me, the LORD will receive me. 11 Teach me your way, LORD; lead me in a straight path because of my oppressors. 12 Do not turn me over to the desire of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, spouting malicious accusations.
13 I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. 14 Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.
Posted by RandyMack on February 26, 2012 at 4:38pm
Tonight on You Have Tread On Me Radio, our guest will be Bravo1, from the American Underground, and our topic will be Underground Resistances, historical aspects of them, as well as modern day implementations of them. The broadcast will be at www.youhavetreadonme.com at 9pm Eastern Time, and will go for 2 full hours. Comments and questions are welcome, so join us on the chat, or call in.
We are happy to announce the return of the highly successful Legislature for Dummies series of classes. These exciting classes will provide valuable information and training on how to operate within the state legislative system as a grassroots citizen lobbyist. They are geared to all tea party, 9-12, and conservative activism groups and individuals who have an interest in working with and within our state legislature to ensure that "We the People" have a voice in the process. This is a must have class if you intend on being active within the 107th General Assembly or if you just want a foundational understanding of how our state legislature operates and how legislation is crafted and becomes law. These classes are presented by former State Representative Susan Lynn and will include a workbook and other valuable resources. We will be offering both the Legislation 101 and 102 classes on Saturday March 3rd at the Embassy Center at 612 Due West Ave. in Madison TN. The classes are $15.00 each. The Legislature 101 class will begin at 8:30am and go until 10am. The Legislature 102 class will begin at 10:30 and go until 12 noon. If you had attended the 101 class in the past you can register for just the 102 class to complete the course. We also have a package deal for both classes for $25.00. To register for these classes please go HERE. http://legislature.eventbrite.com/
Posted by RandyMack on February 26, 2012 at 1:17pm
I'd like to announce that You Have Tread On Me Radio is back up and running. You Have Tread On Me Radio has been called "the most powerful and solution oriented show on the net" by several ppl, and our regular line up includes such vaunted series as:
Resistance to Tyranny with Ret. Col. Joseph P. Martino, insurgency expert for the US military, who spent 10 yrs writing primer, a step by step guide, on how to effectively resist a tyrannical gov't.
Tar and Feather with Gary Hunt is about American history before and during the American Revolution, as well as the Committees of Safety, and other topics that are vitally important to the Patriot movement today, such as "infiltration" of our movement, divide and conquer, "are cops Constitutional?", and many other subjects.
Guerrillas in the Midst is a subject that explores the academic study of asymmetrical warfare, with guests who have been some of the best trained operatives from our military's special forces
From the Mind of Mack which covers topics about globalism, propaganda, manufactured dissent, and other subjects pertaining to America, it's loss of freedom, and the expanding globalism we face as a nation.
I am the host of all these broadcasts, and many, many more other series we do, and I wish to invite you to listen in. We'll be broadcasting tonight at:
Posted by CONNIE SHORT on February 26, 2012 at 11:15am
I wrote the White House yesterday, asking why President Obama did not approve of the gas pipelines from Canada and Alaska. I stated it is the only way the USA can become untangeled from the mess we are in with Eastern oil having us in a strangle-hold. I stated we have got to become self-sufficient. Coal is also a great resource we have that is not used to it's full potential. I doubt that I will get any answer!!