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fromPhilosophy: Who Needs It - Address To The Graduating Class Of
The United States Military Academy at West Point
New York — March 6, 1974

by Ayn Rand

In conclusion, allow me to speak in personal terms. This evening means a great deal to me. I feel deeply honored by the opportunity to address you. I can say — not as a patriotic bromide, but with full knowledge of the necessary metaphysical, epistemological, ethical, political and esthetic roots — that the United States of America is the greatest, the noblest and, in its original founding principles, the only moral country in the history of the world.

Where are those who would lead us?  Is there anyone out there with this integrity, this thinking, this essential grasp of our Founding Principles?  That is a question we must be asking, DEMANDING an answer to!!!  And I don't HEAR what we NEED TO BE HEARING and SEEING in ACTION!!!

Patriotism

Not Yours To Give

Col. David Crockett
US Representative from Tennessee

Originally published in "The Life of Colonel David Crockett," 
by Edward Sylvester Ellis.

One day in the House of Representatives a bill was taken up appropriating money for the benefit of a widow of a distinguished naval officer. Several beautiful speeches had been made in its support. The Speaker was just about to put the question when Crockett arose:

"Mr. Speaker--I have as much respect for the memory of the deceased, and as much sympathy for the sufferings of the living, if suffering there be, as any man in this House, but we must not permit our respect for the dead or our sympathy for a part of the living to lead us into an act of injustice to the balance of the living. I will not go into an argument to prove that Congress has not the power to appropriate this money as an act of charity. Every member upon this floor knows it. We have the right, as individuals, to give away as much of our own money as we please in charity; but as members of Congress we have no right so to appropriate a dollar of the public money. Some eloquent appeals have been made to us upon the ground that it is a debt due the deceased. Mr. Speaker, the deceased lived long after the close of the war; he was in office to the day of his death, and I have never heard that the government was in arrears to him.

"Every man in this House knows it is not a debt. We cannot, without the grossest corruption, appropriate this money as the payment of a debt. We have not the semblance of authority to appropriate it as charity. Mr. Speaker, I have said we have the right to give as much money of our own as we please. I am the poorest man on this floor. I cannot vote for this bill, but I will give one week's pay to the object, and if every member of Congress will do the same, it will amount to more than the bill asks."

He took his seat. Nobody replied. The bill was put upon its passage, and, instead of passing unanimously, as was generally supposed, and as, no doubt, it would, but for that speech, it received but few votes, and, of course, was lost.

Later, when asked by a friend why he had opposed the appropriation, Crockett gave this explanation:

"Several years ago I was one evening standing on the steps of the Capitol with some other members of Congress, when our attention was attracted by a great light over in Georgetown. It was evidently a large fire. We jumped into a hack and drove over as fast as we could. In spite of all that could be done, many houses were burned and many families made houseless, and, besides, some of them had lost all but the clothes they had on. The weather was very cold, and when I saw so many women and children suffering, I felt that something ought to be done for them. The next morning a bill was introduced appropriating $20,000 for their relief. We put aside all other business and rushed it through as soon as it could be done.

"The next summer, when it began to be time to think about election, I concluded I would take a scout around among the boys of my district. I had no opposition there, but, as the election was some time off, I did not know what might turn up. When riding one day in a part of my district in which I was more of a stranger than any other, I saw a man in a field plowing and coming toward the road. I gauged my gait so that we should meet as he came to the fence. As he came up, I spoke to the man. He replied politely, but, as I thought, rather coldly.

"I began: 'Well, friend, I am one of those unfortunate beings called
candidates, and---‘


"Yes I know you; you are Colonel Crockett. I have seen you once before, and voted for you the last time you were elected. I suppose you are out electioneering now, but you had better not waste your time or mine, I shall not vote for you again."

"This was a sockdolager...I begged him to tell me what was the matter.

" ’Well, Colonel, it is hardly worth-while to waste time or words upon it. I do not see how it can be mended, but you gave a vote last winter which shows that either you have not capacity to understand the Constitution, or that you are wanting in the honesty and firmness to be guided by it. In either case you are not the man to represent me. But I beg your pardon for expressing it in that way. I did not intend to avail myself of the privilege of the constituent to speak plainly to a candidate for the purpose of insulting or wounding you. I intend by it only to say that your understanding of the Constitution is very different from mine; and I will say to you what, but for my rudeness, I should not have said, that I believe you to be honest.
…But an understanding of the Constitution different from mine I cannot overlook, because the Constitution, to be worth anything, must be held sacred, and rigidly observed in all its provisions. The man who wields power and misinterprets it is the more dangerous the more honest he is.'

" 'I admit the truth of all you say, but there must be some mistakeabout it, for I do not remember that I gave any vote last winter upon any constitutional question.’

“ ‘No, Colonel, there’s no mistake. Though I live in the backwoods and seldom go from home, I take the papers from Washington and read very carefully all the proceedings of Congress. My papers saythat last winter you voted for a bill to appropriate $20,000 to some sufferers by a fire in Georgetown. Is that true?’

" ‘Well, my friend; I may as well own up. You have got me there. But certainly nobody will complain that a great and rich country like ours should give the insignificant sum of $20,000 to relieve its suffering women and children, particularly with a full and overflowingTreasury, and I am sure, if you had been there, you would have done just as I did.'

" ‘It is not the amount, Colonel, that I complain of; it is the principle. In the first place, the government ought to have in the Treasury no more than enough for its legitimate purposes. But that has nothing with the question. The power of collecting and disbursing money at pleasure is the most dangerous power that can be entrusted to man, particularly under our system of collecting revenue by a tariff, which reaches every man in the country, no matter how poor he may be, and the poorer he is the more he pays in proportion to his means. What is worse, it presses upon him without his knowledge where the weight centers, for there is not a man in the United States who can ever guess how much he pays to the government. So you see, that while you are contributing to relieve one, you are drawing it from thousands who are even worse off than he. If you had the right to give anything, the amount was simply a matter of discretion with you, and you had as much right to give $20,000,000 as $20,000. If you have the right to give to one, you have the right to give to all; and, as the Constitution neither defines charity nor stipulates the amount, you are at liberty to give to any and everything which you may believe, or profess to believe, is a charity, and to any amount you may think proper. You will very easily perceive what a wide door this would open for fraud and corruption and favoritism, on the one hand, and for robbing the people on the other. 'No, Colonel, Congress has no right to give charity. Individual members may give as much of their own money as they please, but they have no right to touch a dollar of the public money for that purpose. If twice as many houses had been burned in this county as in Georgetown, neither you nor any other member of Congress would have thought of appropriating a dollar for our relief. There are about two hundred and forty members of Congress. If they had shown their sympathy for the sufferers by contributing each one week's pay, it would have made over $13,000. There are plenty of wealthy men in and around Washington who could have given $20,000 without depriving themselves of even a luxury of life.' "The congressmen chose to keep their own money, which, if reports be true, some of them spend not very creditably; and the people about Washington, no doubt, applauded you for relieving them from the necessity of giving by giving what was not yours to give. The people have delegated to Congress, by the Constitution, the power to do certain things. To do these, it is authorized to collect and pay moneys, and for nothing else. Everything beyond this is usurpation, and a violation of the Constitution.'

" 'So you see, Colonel, you have violated the Constitution in what I consider a vital point. It is a precedent fraught with danger to the country, for when Congress once begins to stretch its power beyond the limits of the Constitution, there is no limit to it, and no security for the people. I have no doubt you acted honestly, but that does not make it any better, except as far as you are personally concerned, and you see that I cannot vote for you.'

"I tell you I felt streaked. I saw if I should have opposition, and this man should go to talking, he would set others to talking, and in that district I was a gone fawn-skin. I could not answer him, and the fact is, I was so fully convinced that he was right, I did not want to. But I must satisfy him, and I said to him:

" ‘Well, my friend, you hit the nail upon the head when you said I had not sense enough to understand the Constitution. I intended to be guided by it, and thought I had studied it fully. I have heard many speeches in Congress about the powers of Congress, but what you have said here at your plow has got more hard, sound sense in it than all the fine speeches I ever heard. If I had ever taken the view of it that you have, I would have put my head into the fire before I would have given that vote; and if you will forgive me and vote for me again, if I ever vote for another unconstitutional law I wish I may be shot.'

"He laughingly replied; 'Yes, Colonel, you have sworn to that once before, but I will trust you again upon one condition. You say that you are convinced that your vote was wrong. Your acknowledgment of it will do more good than beating you for it. If, as you go around the district, you will tell people about this vote, and that you are satisfied it was wrong, I will not only vote for you, but will do what I can to keep down opposition, and, perhaps, I may exert some little influence in that way.'

" ‘If I don't’, said I, 'I wish I may be shot; and to convince you that I am in earnest in what I say I will come back this way in a week or ten days, and if you will get up a gathering of the people, I will make a speech to them. Get up a barbecue, and I will pay for it.'

" ‘No, Colonel, we are not rich people in this section, but we have plenty of provisions to contribute for a barbecue, and some to spare for those who have none. The push of crops will be over in a few days, and we can then afford a day for a barbecue. This is Thursday; I will see to getting it up on Saturday week. Come to my house on Friday, and we will go together, and I promise you a very respectable crowd to see and hear you.’

" 'Well, I will be here. But one thing more before I say good-bye. I must know your name.’

" 'My name is Bunce.'

" 'Not Horatio Bunce?'

" 'Yes.’

" 'Well, Mr. Bunce, I never saw you before, though you say you have seen me, but I know you very well. I am glad I have met you, and very proud that I may hope to have you for my friend.'

"It was one of the luckiest hits of my life that I met him. He mingled but little with the public, but was widely known for his remarkable intelligence and incorruptible integrity,  and for a heart brimful and running over with kindness and benevolence, which showed themselves not only in words but in acts. He was the oracle of the whole country around him, and his fame had extended far beyond the circle of his immediate acquaintance. Though I had never met him,before, I had heard much of him, and but for this meeting it is very likely I should have had opposition, and had been beaten. One thing is very certain, no man could now stand up in that district under such a vote.

"At the appointed time I was at his house, having told our conversation to every crowd I had met, and to every man I stayed all night with, and I found that it gave the people an interest and a confidence in me stronger than I had ever seen manifested before.

"Though I was considerably fatigued when I reached his house, and, under ordinary circumstances, should have gone early to bed, I kept him up until midnight, talking about the principles and affairs of government, and got more real, true knowledge of them than I had got all my life before.

"I have known and seen much of him since, for I respect him - no, that is not the word - I reverence and love him more than any living man, and I go to see him two or three times every year; and I will tell you, sir, if every one who professes to be a Christian lived and acted and enjoyed it as he does, the religion of Christ would take the world by storm.

"But to return to my story. The next morning we went to the barbecue, and, to my surprise, found about a thousand men there. I met a good many whom I had not known before, and they and my friend introduced me around until I had got pretty well acquainted - at least, they all knew me.

"In due time notice was given that I would speak to them. They gathered up around a stand that had been erected. I opened my speech by saying:

" ‘Fellow-citizens - I present myself before you today feeling like a new man. My eyes have lately been opened to truths which ignorance or prejudice, or both, had heretofore hidden from my view. I feel that I can today offer you the ability to render you more valuable service than I have ever been able to render before. I am here today more for the purpose of acknowledging my error than to seek your votes. That I should make this acknowledgment is due to myself as well as to you. Whether you will vote for me is a matter for your consideration only.’"

"I went on to tell them about the fire and my vote for the appropriation and then told them why I was satisfied it was wrong. I closed by saying:

" ‘And now, fellow-citizens, it remains only for me to tell you that the most of the speech you have listened to with so much interest was simply a repetition of the arguments by which your neighbor, Mr. Bunce, convinced me of my error.

" ‘It is the best speech I ever made in my life, but he is entitled to the
credit for it. And now I hope he is satisfied with his convert and that he will get up here and tell you so.'

"He came upon the stand and said:

" ‘Fellow-citizens - It affords me great pleasure to comply with the request of Colonel Crockett. I have always considered him a thoroughly honest man, and I am satisfied that he will faithfully perform all that he has promised you today.'

"He went down, and there went up from that crowd such a shout for Davy Crockett as his name never called forth before.'

"I am not much given to tears, but I was taken with a choking then and felt some big drops rolling down my cheeks. And I tell you now that the remembrance of those few words spoken by such a man, and the honest, hearty shout they produced, is worth more to me than all the honors I have received and all the reputation I have ever made, or ever shall make, as a member of Congress.'

"Now, sir," concluded Crockett, "you know why I made that speech yesterday.

"There is one thing now to which I will call your attention. You remember that I proposed to give a week's pay. There are in that House many very wealthy men - men who think nothing of spending a week's pay, or a dozen of them, for a dinner or a wine party when they have something to accomplish by it. Some of those same men made beautiful speeches upon the great debt of gratitude which the country owed the deceased--a debt which could not be paid by money--and the insignificance and worthlessness of money, particularly so insignificant a sum as $10,000,  when weighed against the honor of the nation. Yet not one of them responded to my proposition. Money with them is nothing but trash when it is to come out of the people. But it is the one great thing for which most of them are striving, and many of them sacrifice honor, integrity, and justice to obtain it."

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THIS IS FROM THE INIMITABLE KEVIN CRONIN, GOP BOARD MEMBER FOR RACINE  COUNTY WISCONSIN :

I hear plenty of talk of write-in votes for the 2012 presidential race. Apparently the people that intend to write-in a candidate don't understand the repercussions of their planned actions. A write-in vote is the same as a vote for Obama.
Not all Conservatives will be happy with the GOP nomination, but writing in your favorite candidate is not only unwise but selfish.
A write-in candidate has no chance of winning. No third party candidate has a chance of winning. Hence, a vote for a write-in or third party candidate is a wasted vote. It equates a vote for liberalism. Can you say Ross Perot?
The future of our freedom is at stake. Every vote is needed to defeat the socialist movement.
I understand people's convictions; however, common sense must prevail. The country may not survive another four years of this administration.
In 1912 Teddy Roosevelt ran as a progressive and split the GOP vote with Taft and as a result Woodrow Wilson won the election.
Think! Think of what we are fighting for. Think of what we are fighting against. We are on the same side! There is too much at stake.

The GOp is trying yet once again to run RINOS. Look, if we let Obama win once again perhaps the GOP will finally get it that we want a real conservative. It may take this for them to hit bottom. I don't care if Sarah is dumb as rocks, at least she has been consistently conservative, about the only one out there. This clown that supported All Gore AND WAS A DEMOCRAT, give me a break. 

I stayed home for McCain and I will stay home unless its Sarah. 

See, what the GOP doesn't understand is that there are a lot of us to where we are willing to play chicken with them. We will not be intimidated by being scaired. That we will not settle for midrange, RINOS that might as well be Dems.

I no longer care. Its the principle of the thing. Thats its. I stayed home before and I will stay home again. I got fooled by W and Arnold too. I'm done. 

If Obama destroys the country, so be it. A rino will too, just a bit slower.

WHILE THE CHOICE OF A CANDIDATE TO SUCCEED OBOMA IS VERY IMPORTANT, LETS REMEMBER THAT CONGRESS IS STILL IN SESSION AND THERE IS A LOT OF LEGISLATION YET TO BE CONSIDERED PRIOR TO ELECTION.

IT IS MY BELIEF THAT THE LIBERAL HIERARCHY WILL ATTEMPT TO STALL AS MUCH LEGISLATION AS POSSIBLE WHILE MOUNTING A MALIGNMENT CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE TEA PARTY AND ANY CANDIDATE, PRESIDENTIAL OR CONGRESSIONAL THAT THE TEA PARTY AND OR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY SUPPORTS, WHICH IS A GAMBLE THAT THE LIBERALS ARE MAKING THAT VITRIOLIC RHETORIC WILL PREVENT THEM FROM LOOSING ANY MORE SEATS WHEN THEIR VICIOUS INUENDOS SUCCEED.  THIS IS A CHALLENGE THAT EVERY COMMON SENSE FREE THINKING AMERICAN IS FACING. LETS UP OUR ACTIVITY IN THE LEGISLATIVE BATTLE, NOT BY VICIOUS UNDOCUMENTED RHETERIC BUT BY COMMON SENSE COMMENTS AQND SUGGESTIONS TO THE CURRENT LEGISLATIVE PERSONEL.

WHETHER OR NOT YOU AGREE WITH THE SO CALLED SUPER COMMITTEE, WE HAVE TO CONTEND WITH IT BECAUSE IT IS THERE. AND DONT FORGET, THIS COMMITTEES RECOMENDATIONS HAVE TO BE DEALT IN BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS WITH A STRAIGHT UP  OR DOWN VOTE WITH NO DEBATE OR AMENDMENTS. 

SO LET US SIEZE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUR REDOMMENDATIONS TO THAT SUPER COMMITTEE BECAUSE IT WILL BE THE ONLY PLACE FOR DEBATE.

SO USE THE INTELLECTUAL GIFTS THAT GOD HAS GIVEN TO YOU TO GET YOUR POINT ACCROSS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE SUPER COMMITTEE.

I HAVE SPENT SEVERASL WEEKS ON TRYHING TO DISCOVER G E MAGIC FORMULA OF NOT PAYING INCOIME TAX ON BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF EARNINGS.  G E IS AN INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION AND AS SUCH BENIFITS FROM STIPULATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE AGREEMENT AND TAX TREATIES.

THEY USE A COMPLEX MIXTURE OF CREASTIVE ACCOUNTING AND TAX CREDITS WHICH NREDUCE THEIR DOMESTICE TAX LIABILITIES TO ZERO.

I HAVE ATTEMPTED HERE TO PROVIDE A SIMPLIFIED EXPLANATION OF WHAT I BELIEVE THEY ARE DOING.  THE BIGGEST BENIFIT IN TQAX CREDITS IS IN THE FORIEGN TAX CREDIT WHICH MEANS THAT TAXES PAID TO A FOREIEGN ARE DIRECTLY CREDITED TO THEIR U S INCOME TAX.

G E HAS MANUFACTURING AND SALES OPERATIONS IN SEVERAL COUNTRIES AND THEY BOTH EXPORT GOODS PRODUCED IN THE U S AND IMPORT GOODS MANUFACTURED IN FORIEGN COUNTRIES.

WHILE CORPORATE INCOME TAX RATES FOR THE U S IS 35% OTHER COUNTRIES INCOME TAX RATES RANGE FROM 5% TO 22%.

THE IMPORTING AND EXPORTING OPERASTIONS GIVE G E SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR CREATIVE ACCOUNTING PRACTICES.  FOR EXAMPLE G E CAN MANUFACTURE GOODS IN  THE U S AND REPORT THE COST OF THAT MASNUFACTURE ON  THE U S INCOME TAX RETURN.  THEN EXPORT TO A COUNTRY WITH A MUCH LOWER TAX RATE AND ASSIGN THAT INCOME TO THER OTHER COUNTRY WITH THE LOWER TAX RATE.  THIS PRACTICE RESULTS IN LOWERING THE NET TAXABLE INCOME IN THE U S AND INCREASES THE NET TAXABLE INCOME IN THE OTHER COUNTRY.

LETS SAY G E EXPORTS GOODS WITH A COST OF 100,000 DOLLARS WHICH COST WOULD REPRESENT A TAX SAVING OF 35,000  IN U S TAXES.  LETS ASSUME THAT THOSE GOODS WOULD SELL FOR 75,000 IN A COUNTRY WITH A 10% TAX RATE WHICH WOULD CREATE A TAX OF 7500 A TAX BENIFIT OF 27,500, ADD TO THAT THE 7500 TAX CREDIT APPLIE TO THE US TAX LIABILITY AND WE GET A TOTAL TAX BENIFIT OF 35,000, WHAT SMART BUSINESS MAN WOULD BE ABLE TO RESIST SUCH A SAVINGS.

THIS FORIEGN TAX CREDIT IS A REAL BOON TO NET PROFITS, JUST MULTIPLY THESE FIGURES TO THE BILLION DOLLAR LEVEL THAT G E OPERTATES WITH.

AS I SAID THIS IS AN OVERSIMPLIFYED EXAMPLE BECAUSE WHEN OTHER BENIFITS OF TRADE AGREEEMENTS AND TAX TREATIES ARE FACTORED IN, IT IS ANY WONDER THAT G E CAN ACHIEVE SUCH GIGANTIC PROFITS WITHOUT PAYING ANY RELEVANT INCOME TAX ?  

No cushion in a cage for me!

I have several friends who grew up in European countries, married American men and now enjoy the blessings of the greatest country on earth. My friend from Denmark loves America, and her feelings toward this country, its history, beauty, and opportunities are tender. But her mindset is still one of a socialist democrat.  When I was fighting against the Obamacare legislation by making a dozen phone calls during my 20 minute lunch breaks, using time that was my own to devote to the labor of activism, my Danish friend was perplexed that I would basically skip the time off our employer "owed to me." She was also at a loss to understand why I wouldn't want a socialized medical system, and a huge nanny state to care for my physical needs, cradle to grave. That's what she knew in Denmark. It just the way it is in Europe. 

One day I summoned my diplomatic self to explain to her why I was so vehemently opposed to Obamacare and big government. I told her, "Americans are different than Europeans. We value freedom over all other things. We don't want the government making our choices for us. We don't want government dictating what we can and cannot do with our money, our property, or our bodies. Americans value liberty more than comfort."  She countered with, "Well, wouldn't you like to have a 3 week vacation twice every year, and as much sick time as you need?" I told her no. I said, "Americans prefer to work for ourselves. We want lower taxes and smaller government so we can work hard, access the opportunities to become wealthy through our own entrepreneurial efforts if we wish, and take as much time off as we choose." She was a little stunned to hear this, her face flushed but she listened. I continued, "You see, Americans want to choose whether they take off one day or 2 months. It depends on how much money we make, and how much we want to work. We will make the choice. Some of us can work hard and retire at 50, some will work until we die, because we choose to do so. It is about the freedom to do with our lives and work as we will. The government has no business telling us how to live our lives."

After my soapbox lecture my friend quickly changed the subject. She never again asserted that the European model was more desirable, at least not to me.  

I am of Celtic extraction. My Danish friend and I may very well have parallel genealogies. We may even share a common Viking ancestor a thousand or so years back. But the blood that runs in the veins of Americans vs Europeans is very different. The American work ethic is just that, a WORK ethic. Europeans are raised with an ENTITLEMENT ethic. The government will take care of their needs. The government will also limit their freedom and potential. I would not trade the risks and uncertainty and liberties of my life for the cushion in a cage to which European socialists look forward.

My employer, the local school district, has taken today off. But I have not. I am busy writing, helping two friends who are running campaigns, and preparing for work tomorrow. I will take my 15 year old on a hike later today. I don't look forward to time off. I like my life to be filled with time on.

My European friends are lovely people. They love all that America has to offer. But to truly understand America and why her citizens so value liberty over comfort, they may require a blood transfusion.

The highlight of every Tea Party Express tour is the extraordinary American patriots I meet. Felix is from Russia and became a proud American 16 years ago.

I shared with Felix that for years I performed my original song, “Celebrate America”, at U.S. Immigration Citizenship Ceremonies. I was struck by the number of seniors tearfully taking the oath of citizenship; some so old they were in wheelchairs and some needing support by family members to stand. Why was it important for these seniors to become official U.S. citizens despite their ages?

Felix, formerly a Russian, replied, “When you have lived under tyranny you understand the precious gift of freedom. Freedom is so wonderful you are always fearful of it being taken away. This is why it means so much to become an American. No one can take away your freedom”.

Tea Party Express rolled into Rochester, NY at 1am. C-SPAN was rebroadcasting Sarah Palin's speech at a tea party rally. The crowd was huge. Palin's speech was interrupted numerous times by the crowd chanting, “Run Sarah run! Run Sarah run!”

With no holds barred, Palin boldly attacked Obama's horrific record and agenda, the hypocrisy of the “lame-stream-media” and she apologetically proclaimed America to be a nation under God. For someone whom everyone says could never win, the common sense all American appeal of her message and patriot's response to it is extraordinary.

Palin is making the media and people on both sides of the aisle crazy and furious at her; will she or will she not run? And yet, everyone is on the edge of their seats in anticipation. The woman is a marketing genius.

In Milford, MI, I had the pleasure of fellowshipping, discussing strategics and praying with three fellow black tea party activists. Please check out www.theronedwards.com and www.joshuastrail.org. I shared my passion to take the tea party message to the black community; colleges and etc.

Some blacks are so infected with years of liberal entitlement indoctrination and their own racism, they will never accept the truth. We can only keep them in our prayers. But, there will be blacks who once they hear it articulated that conservatism is best for all people, they will see the light.

I pray for assistance in planning and funding a tea party tour to black America.

Lloyd Marcus, Proud Unhyphenated American

Co-Chairman of The Campaign to Defeat Barack Obama.

Please help me spread my message by joining my Liberty Network.

Lloyd is singer/songwriter of the American Tea Party Anthem and author of Confessions of a Black Conservative, foreword by Michele Malkin

LloydMarcus.com

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) has made up the majority of advisors in each and every White House Administration whether Republican or Democrat. They are the President behind the President. They have been steering the country in a direction that would bring the U.S. to it's knees in order to bring about a ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT which would make this country a so called SOCIALIST PARADISE but in reality they are going to create an EVIL NIGHTMARE for all of America's citizens. The media never talks about the CFR or the Trilateral Commision (TC) or the International Monetary Fund (IMF) or the World Bank or the BILDERBERGERS or the UNITED NATIONS all of whom are conspiring to bring the U.S to it's knees. We have a responsibility to surface information on the goals and intentions of these scheming and destructive organizations. Their attempts of creating a ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT is already well advanced to the point where the American citizens are being prepared to be enslaved by their SOCIALIST/COMMUNIST plans. They are why Ron Paul and Sarah Palin are not given any creditability in the media because they control the corrupt media. Both Sarah Palin and Ron Paul want to build up the U.S. but these quisling, traitorous organizations want to bring down the U.S. It is your responsibility as a citizen to understand what they organizations are doing behind the scenes. Did you ever wonder why we cannot solve any of our problems and why the government seems to be making more problems than they are solving? Do some research. Begin your research by reading a book which was nearly banned from print by the establishment printing companies. That book is entitled "The Creature from Jekyll Island" by G. Edward Griffin. Mr. Griffin is a real hero and has dedicated a good portion of his life attempting to enlighten us about the conspiracies that abound us all of which is to eventually enslave us. Get the book and read it. You will be happy that you did because you will understand what is going on behind the government and how our elected officials have been and are now being manipulated to make devasting decisions for which we the taxpayers will have to foot the bill as we already have done in years gone by.

WAKE UP AMERICANS BEFORE THEY DESTROY ALL OF US.

IT SEEMS A STHOUGH WE HAVE BEEN SIDETRACKED IN OUR GOAL OF CHANGING THE POLLITICAL ATMOSPHERE, WE HAVE BECOME ENAMORED OF THE BATTLE FOR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDACY THAT WE HAVE LOST OUR FOCUS IN THE AREA WHERE CHANGE CAN BE EFFECTIVLEY EXECUTED.  THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.

IF JESUS CHRIST WERE PRESIDENT WE WOULD STILL HAVE STALEMATED CONGRESS.  WE MADE SOME PROGRESS IN 2010, NOW IS THE TIME TO TURN UP THE HEAT.  WE MUST USE THE POWERFUL WEAPON THAT WE POSESS AND THE MOST UNIQUE IN THE WAY THAT GODS INDIVIDUAL GIFTS TO EACH OF US HAVE MOLDED US WHEN WE ALLOWED IT TO HAPPEN.  EACH OF US HAS A UNIQUE INTELLECT, LETS USE IT, LET EACH OF US USE OUR UNIQUE INTELLECT TO OBSERVE AND ANALYZE THE ISSUES THAT  EFFECT US, OUR FAMILY, FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS AND LET OUR CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVE KNOW HOW WE FEEL AND HOW WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE CHANGED, ON A BROADER NATIONAL SCALE, LET OTHER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS KNOW HOW WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THING CHANGED.  IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC SUGGESTIONS, PRESENT YOUR PLAN TO CONGRESS.  LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE TEA PARTY AND THAT YOU WILL BE REPORTING TO THE GROUP THE DEGREE OF INTEREST THEY ARE EXHIBITING TO YOU. REMIND THEM THAT THE TEA PARTY   HAS LINKS TO FACEBOOK AND TWITTER SO THEIR LEVEL INTEREST IN ANY ISSUE WILL BE SENT NATIONWIDE.

I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS WITH MY COMMUNICATIONS ABOUT THE UNFAIR TAXATION OF SOCIAL SECURITY BENIFITS AND THE ABUSED CORPORATION FORIEGN TAX CREDITS WHERE CORPORATION LIKE G E ARE ABLE TO ELIMINATE ANY U S TAX LIABILITY.

IT IS EASY TO OBTAIN THE OFFICE ADRESS, FAX NUMBERS, TELEPHOE NUMBERS ETC OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS

JUST TYPE IN U S SENATE  OR U S HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN YOUR BROWSER AND YOU WILL HAVE A COMPLETE LISTING.  IF YOU ARE ABLE TO OBTAIN THIS INFO ON ANY POTENTIAL PRES CANDIDATE, THEN INCLUD THEM ALSO.

IF YOU LIVE NEAR ANY OF THEIR OFFICE LOCATIONS , JUST STOP IN AND REQUEST A MEETING TO DISCUSS THE ISSUES THAT THAT PARTICULAR CONSTITUENCY'S CONCERN.

LETS RAMP UP THE HEAT IN  THE KITCHEN ON THESE SO CALLED PEOPLES SPOKESPERSONS WHO ARE PLACING PARTY IDEOLOGY AHEAD OF COUNTRY.  LETS PUT THEIR FEET TO THE FIRE AND SEE WHOS TOES BEGIN TO BLISTER 

WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THE CEREMONY  IN NEW YORK CITY ON 9/11? NOT DOING A VERY GOOD JOB !

TURNING OUT TO BE A BUREAUCRATIC BUNGLE FROM THE START ! THE FAMILY'S  STILL HAVE NOT HEARD

A WORD ~

Some of us, like you, are sick and tired of the left-wing media elites telling us who is socially solvent and who should be mocked. It's so bad that if you Google images of "trailer trash" you get Sarah Palin, a propaganda move organized and paid-for by the likes of George Soros.

Okay, if that's the game they want to play with standard-bearers like Barack and Michelle Obama in the White House, let's play the game. This column does. I hope you enjoy it.

OBAMA AND LEFT-WING RACIST STEREOTYPES~ Are The Obamas "Trailer Trash" as defined by liberals? A Graphic Analysis

http://obamafake.blogspot.com/2011/09/obama-and-left-wing-racist-stereotypes.html

Yes,  it comes off as an aggressive hit piece, but it is meant as serious rebuttal to a problem that really does effect election results. It only seems like a hit piece because the legit examples are so egregious, with LOTS of photographs!

For example:

Sarah Palin often looks like this, beautiful, exquisitely dressed 

However, with unbelievable arrogance, the left mocks Sarah Palin for her style - and inferred intelligence -  while they call Michelle Obama "beautiful". Here is Obama is in a comparison from the article, side-by-side - legitimately, since the left struck first - with a cartoonish Halloween costume.

You'll find plenty of debating fodder in this article, including media examples of Barack Obama's apparent intelligence and classless behavior. No, he isn't "cool" - he's trailer trash.

ObamaFake is a pro-activist site that gives you strategies, tools and fellow activists to get the word out to the mainstream public about Obama, and yes, that includes what the experts now unanimous agree - including myself - is Obama's proven forged birth certificate. Sometimes in a media-driven world, appearances trump fact and certainly policy. If we want to ensure victory, we need to play a little of their game, too. Some people will say that it's distasteful to lower yourself to the level of then opposition. If that had been true in WWII, we never would have dropped the bomb on Japan, and would likely be flying under a different flag today, without the freedom to blog on an internet which would have not exist, because the powerful American economy would not have been there to create it. As 2010 showed, when McCain called Obama a decent man while Obama gave McCain the finger - and Obama won - politeness in politics rarely works when gentility is the response to malicious mockery. This is important.

Sarah Palin has been mercilessly denigrated by a well-funded left-wing political machine. It's payback time.

ObamaFake is 100% supportive of the Tea Party. The media has abandoned everyone on the right. However, we have unbelievable power as we proved in the GOP landslide of 2010, and toward that end again in 2012,  it's grassroots all the way. And we can do it, too. We must.

With thanks,

Proe Graphique

I am not donating any money to any political party. This includes the Tea Party, so don't ask.I am very generous and I donate faithfully to my church and to the federal and state governments, this is quite enough.
If they want to save the American economy (BIG IF) congress should:

1) freeze congressional (including staff and family members) salaries like most of ours

2) enact term limits

3) balance the budget - Why should we pay for their incompetence over the years?

4) calculate the current welfare costs. Include unemployment, but don't include medicare or social security, Calculate the number of citizens in the United States, have the states supply every citizen with a picture ID a check each month. This way no one starves and no one get paid not to work.

5) Lay off all federal employees who administer or work in welfare and unemployment.

6) Pay down the debt to lessen our interest payments. Again, why should we pay for congress's incompetence?

7) Start a federal sales tax that is graduated (0% for food and basic clothing and higher percentage for luxuries). This is a great way to control and stimulate targeted industries. Income tax revenue should be limited by law to military spending only. This is the constitutional mandate of the government. The sales tax can be used for other government needs.

8) Freeze the EPA rules to pre-2011 rules for 5 years. We can then decide if further rules are necessary.

9) Support manufacturing!!! Manufacturing is real estate to an economy and in war time it will cost us dearly.

10) Congress members must serve 3 terms before qualifying for full pensions (welcome to the real world)

11) Stop the incessant speeches from congress on TV which nobody in congress watches judging by the empty seats behind the speech-maker.

12) Abolish congressional committees. This has been abused beyond any common sense. It is the source of most of the corruption by giving extra power to certain "representatives". Any organizational device that gives one representative power over another should be against the law because it lessens a citizens rights to EQUAL representation.

 
This isn't rocket science and it doesn't take my money to get it done. I am voting EVERYONE out until it is done.

I, James Seigfreid, being of sound mind and body, hereby assert and declare that I am no longer  affiliated in any way, shape or form with "I Am Listening With Leah Lax and Co-Host Jim Seigfreid" on BlogTalkRadio.com, the person of Leah Lax, or the Campaign to Elect Leah Lax President in the capacity of Campaign Secretary, as lawfully recorded, or any other affiliation assumed or implied, and have provided in writing to said person and campaign a letter of formal resignation dated August 27 @ 10:49 p.m., the contents of which shall remain private as advised.  Any and all future communications between said subjects are hereby prohibited and such termination shall be binding.  All previous communications via e-mail have been removed  from public access, have been  sealed in a private folder including hard-copy, and are not for public disclosure or discussion.

Signed this 2nd day of September, in the Year of Our Lord 2011;

James A. Seigfreid

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Despite members of the CBC attempting to rally the black and white guilt votes via despicable false charges of racism against the tea party which includes a ridiculous claim that the tea party wishes to see blacks lynched, the tea party continues to grow.

We are winning!

As a black tea party activist overwhelmingly embraced by my fellow patriots across America who are white, I boldly proclaim the CBC to be a vile bunch of race baiting thugs who have sold their souls and the well being of black America for a seat at their progressive Massa's table of liberalism.

I am on my fifth Tea Party Express national bus tour. Every tour feels like a family reunion teeming with hugs from old and new patriots.

This is why I am so angered by the CBC's sleazy evil efforts to disparage the decent hard working good people who are active in the tea party.

The liberal media are culpable in their support of assisting the CBC to drive a stake into the heart of the relationship between black and white Americans.

When one of us kids supported wrongdoing, my dad use to say, “You may not have participated, but you held the Devil's coat”. The liberal media is without a doubt holding the CBC's coat; offering very little criticism of a CBC member's over-the-top inflammatory claim that the tea party wants blacks lynched.

And, the liberal media has the audacity to wonder why mobs of black youths are attacking whites around the country. In their reporting about the “flash mobs”, the liberal media refuses to mention the elephant-in-the-living room racial component; that the mobs are blacks attacking whites.

The liberal media dignifies the CBC's unfounded allegations of racism by constantly pressuring the tea party to prove them untrue. The burden is not on the tea party to prove we are not guilty. We must not and will not allow racist divisive evil scoundrels to call the shots.

“If God be for us, who can be against us.” Romans 8:31

Lloyd Marcus, Proud Unhyphenated American

Co-Chairman of The Campaign to Defeat Barack Obama.

Please help me spread my message by joining my Liberty Network.

Lloyd is singer/songwriter of the American Tea Party Anthem and author of Confessions of a Black Conservative, foreword by Michele Malkin

LloydMarcus.com

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