Posts Tagged ‘government’

The Declaration of Independence

Aug
20

I have a couple copies in my purse to hand out, so I thought I’d post the text here for purposes of reference pamphleting, etc.

Thanks for the material go to USHistory.org

IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America

When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. — Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.

He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.

He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.

He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their Public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.

He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.

He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected, whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.

He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.

He has obstructed the Administration of Justice by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary Powers.

He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.

He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.

He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.

He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power.

He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:

For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:

For protecting them, by a mock Trial from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:

For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:

For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:

For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Trial by Jury:

For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:

For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies

For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:

For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.

He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.

He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.

He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & Perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.

He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.

He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.

In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.

Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.

We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these united Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States, that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. — And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.

John Hancock

New Hampshire:
Josiah Bartlett, William Whipple, Matthew Thornton

Massachusetts:
John Hancock, Samuel Adams, John Adams, Robert Treat Paine, Elbridge Gerry

Rhode Island:
Stephen Hopkins, William Ellery

Connecticut:
Roger Sherman, Samuel Huntington, William Williams, Oliver Wolcott

New York:
William Floyd, Philip Livingston, Francis Lewis, Lewis Morris

New Jersey:
Richard Stockton, John Witherspoon, Francis Hopkinson, John Hart, Abraham Clark

Pennsylvania:
Robert Morris, Benjamin Rush, Benjamin Franklin, John Morton, George Clymer, James Smith, George Taylor, James Wilson, George Ross

Delaware:
Caesar Rodney, George Read, Thomas McKean

Maryland:
Samuel Chase, William Paca, Thomas Stone, Charles Carroll of Carrollton

Virginia:
George Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Harrison, Thomas Nelson, Jr., Francis Lightfoot Lee, Carter Braxton

North Carolina:
William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, John Penn

South Carolina:
Edward Rutledge, Thomas Heyward, Jr., Thomas Lynch, Jr., Arthur Middleton

Georgia:
Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, George Walton

A Farewell to Alms

Aug
8

By Stan Transue

Confusion does reign in Liberals’ brains
It makes them defenseless and weak
Whenever I deign to try to explain
They rebuff the wisdom they seek

They’re led by emotion, envy and greed
To sanction their brutal desires
The warnings of prudence they never heed
While stoking the class-envy fires

They claim that our rights are subject to need
While increasing their needy-ones list
They chastise those on whose labors they feed
But upon whose support they insist

They rally the poor, the ignorant masses
By saying they can live off the rich
To keep them all resting on their lazy asses
They use the same old bait and switch

In the depths of despair they call on the able
To remedy their faulty schemes
Then blame their saviors for their empty table
While maintaining impossible dreams

To the ghost of society they hold us in debt
For the good of this ghost they all strive
To steal all the money they’ve not stolen yet
To enslave us like drones to the hive

At the pinnacle of this crazy pyramid scheme
Rests the spirit of cannibalism
Our blood is to buy their utopian dream
Our bones ground to feed Communism

To restore the blessings of liberty’s vision
And stop our demise in its tracks
Expose the charade that they have permission
And give all these looters the sack

When two thousand ten comes rolling along
Your ballot can express what’s desired
Open your throat and sing freedom’s song
Tell Congress that they are all fired.

Stan’s work is available at the Habersham County Conservative Examiner and at The American Exile

This Poem was also posted at Liberatchik

TEA PARTIES STAND WITH JODY HICE

Aug
6
I will have my own post soon expressing why I personally support Jody Hice for Congress. For now, you can read what the Tea Party has to say about him below.

Friday, August 6th at 6:30 PM
Downtown Lawrenceville at the Old Court House and Square
Join Us As We Rally With Dr. Jody Hice to Send A True
Constitutionalist to Washington.
We Remain Loyal to:
Limited Government | Fiscal Responsibility | Free Markets
For additional information please contact John Sauers: (678) 777-8836

Host Committee comprised of members of the Atlanta Tea Party, Barrow County Tea Party, Four Corners Tea Party, Gwinnett Tea Party, Newton County Tea Party, and Walton County Tea Party Patriots


ATLANTA TEA PARTY ENDORSES JODY HICE

Suwanne, GA – Atlanta Tea Party organizers have announced the organization will endorse Jody Hice for United States Congress 7th District to replace retiring Congressman John Linder.

“We are pleased to endorse Jody Hice for Congress”, said Atlanta Tea Party organizer Julianne Thompson. She continued, “We congratulate both Jody Hice and Rob Woodall for making the run-off. Both are good and honorable men and we congratulate them on their individual accomplishments. This decision was very important to us, so we interviewed both candidates twice, and put forth a pledge for Congressional candidates to sign. Dr. Hice was the candidate who signed the pledge without hesitation and has vowed to oppose earmarks, fight for tax reform, and fight for our core values of fiscal responsibility, Constitutionally limited government, and free markets. We feel very confident he will represent the district as a citizen legislator. We feel it is time for a strong new voice in Washington, D.C.”

Atlanta Tea Party co-organizer Debbie Dooley added, “Citizens around the country share a common belief that it is time for business as usual to end in Washington. Jody Hice is strong on the issues and we feel confident he will fight for Georgians and will put his efforts toward reducing government spending and tax reform.”

For more information contact Julianne Thompson at 404-798-4663.

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Dr. Jody Hice is the only candidate that has signed both the Atlanta Tea Party Pledge and the  Americans for Tax Reform Pledge. 95% of Republican Congressmen nationwide have signed the Americans for Tax Reform Pledge, including Congressman John Linder.

We need bold, fresh leadership like Dr. Hice to represent us in Congress.

Adam Radman  with Americans for Tax Reform wrote:
The Taxpayer Protection Pledge is a tool used to promote revenue neutral tax refor
m and fight against tax increases. Lowering the rate AND broadening the base is perfectly acceptable under the Pledge. If Rob Woodall would like to eliminate any deduction or credit, he is free to do so as long as he offsets that elimination of a deduction or credit by lowering the rates. What Woodall said in his release last week is that he is absolutely fine with eliminating a deduction or credit without lowering the rates. That is a tax increase no matter how you spin it.

Also, the Pledge does not prohibit any type of tax reform. In fact, the FAIR Tax and/or the Flat Tax are completely compliant with the Pledge as long as they do not increase revenue to the federal government.

Over 95% of House Republicans including Rep. Tom Price, Rep. Tom Graves, Rep. Paul Broun, Rep. Lynn Westmoreland, Rep. Phil Gingrey, and Rep. Linder have all signed the Pledge.

Additionally, the Pledge is not made to Americans for Tax Reform. The Pledge is made between a candidate and his constituents. The only role that Americans for Tax Reform has in the process is to monitor Pledge takers and notify their constituents if a signer has violated his/her Pledge.

The Pledge is an additional layer of accountability. At a time when Gallup finds that dissatisfaction with politicians/government as the number three issue behind the economy and jobs, people should appreciate the level of accountability Jody Hice is subjecting himself to. George H.W. Bush’s decision to break his famous “no new taxes’ Pledge is a large reason for his loss in 1992.

Atlanta Tea Party Pledge

If elected I:

Pledge to oppose all earmarks.

Pledge not to vote for any bill that intrudes on the authority of the state governments and recognize the fundamental principles that powers not enumerated in the Constitution belong to the states.

Pledge to support legislation that promotes State’s rights.

Pledge to vote to repeal the OMNIBUS Health Care bill and vote to implement free market, patient centered solutions to our healthcare system.

Pledge to vote against Cap and Trade.

Pledge to vote against any new tax increases.

Pledge to vote against the Fairness Doctrine.

Pledge to support FairTax legislation or other tax reform bills that simplify the tax code.

Pledge to vote to make permanent the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts, and making permanent the AMT “patch”.

Pledge to vote to cut the corporate income tax rate to encourage investment and job creation in the United States.

We agree that the mandatory use of E-Verify by all employers in the United States, along with “attrition through enforcement” policies that promote disciplined and constitutionally compliant enforcement of our federal immigration laws deters unauthorized entrants and the flow of contraband to our country.

We agree that rewarding those who violate our immigration laws undermines the credibility of immigration enforcement, so we pledge to vote to uphold federal law and oppose amnesty programs for illegal aliens. We also pledge to vote to institute strict penalties for employers that knowingly hire illegal aliens. We pledge to vote to secure our borders as a pre-requisite to immigration reform and vote to only allow government benefits to legal residents.

Sincerely,
Debbie Dooley

Hope and Change Under the American Czar

Aug
4

More Unaccountable Obama Czars
July 30, 2010 by Phyllis Schlafly
Barack Obama has appointed another Czar from Chicago: the new Food Czar Sam Kass. Officially, he is labeled Senior Policy Adviser for Healthy Food Initiatives, but he’s joining the list of more than 35 Czars given broad and unaccountable power over our lives, habits and spending.

Everybody laughed when Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) asked Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan if it would be constitutional for Congress to order Americans “to eat three vegetables and three fruits every day.” Kagan declined to give a straightforward answer, maybe because she knew that exactly that type of dictatorial mandate is coming soon, in both Obamacare and a ukase issued by the new Food Czar.

Far scarier is Obama’s appointment of his new Health Czar, Donald Berwick, to be the top administrator over Medicare and Medicaid. The life-and-death powers he will exercise, the huge sums of taxpayers’ money he will direct, and the dishonest way Obama evaded the Senate’s constitutional right to interrogate and reject him, make this the most shocking of all Obama’s appointments.

Obama told Joe the Plumber that he wanted to redistribute the wealth. We didn’t realize what else Obama planned to redistribute.

Czar Berwick is on record as saying, “Excellent health care is by definition redistributional.” He used this favorite Obama term in the context of praising Britain’s socialized medicine system as “a global treasure” and “I love it.”

Coincidentally with the announcement of Berwick’s appointment, Britain’s major newspaper The Sunday Telegraph uncovered widespread cuts in British health care that were adopted in secret and buried in obscure appendices and lengthy policy documents. These include restrictions on common operations such as hip and knee replacements and cataract surgery, the closure of many nursing homes for the elderly, and a reduction in hospital beds and staff.

Berwick admits that redistributing health care means rationing health care, which is why he has been called a one-man Death Panel. Last year he admitted in an interview, “The decision is not whether or not we will ration care — the decision is whether we will ration with our eyes open.”

Note the imperial “we.” That’s the way czars talk.

Like a typical arrogant totalitarian socialist, Berwick assumes that smart bureaucrats should make life-and-death decisions and spend the money belonging to those they disdain as dumb, ordinary citizens. Berwick said, “I cannot believe that the individual health care consumer can enforce through choice the proper configurations of a system as massive and complex as health care. That is for leaders to do.”

Berwick even promises he will train young doctors and nurses to understand “the risks of too great an emphasis on individual autonomy.” To eliminate individual health-care choices, Berwick’s bureaucracy will have a budget that is larger than the Defense Department and is 4 percent of our GDP.

Berwick’s paper trail of “baggage” is why Obama gave him a recess appointment. He wanted to avoid the Senate’s advice-and-consent power altogether and keep Berwick’s damaging statements out of the news.

The term czar has come to mean a presidential crony appointee who was never vetted by the Senate and who exercises sweeping regulatory authority without congressional oversight. But let’s not lose sight of the vastly increased regulations issued by established agencies.

Obamacare’s 2000-plus pages created about 160 new agencies and boards with regulatory power. The Department of Health and Human Services just published 864 pages of regulations to govern electronic medical records.

President Obama just signed the 2,300-page Dodd-Frank financial reform bill. Its implementation will require at least 243 new regulations by 11 federal agencies, several of which do not yet exist.

Obama’s Secretary of Energy, Steven Chu, brags that under his leadership, the Department of Energy (DOE) has “accelerated the pace” of regulation and “placed new resources and emphasis behind the enforcement” of new regulations which “increase the stringency” of “minimum conservation standards” for all sorts of home appliances. Look out! The energy police are invading our homes.

In April, DOE issued a new rule that gas fireplace logs cannot use more than 9,000 BTUs per hour, which is about one-tenth of what current gas logs require. This new rule will wipe out the gas fireplace industry, and the gas log in my home would become illegal.

In May, DOE effectively banned showerheads with multiple nozzles by ruling that all nozzles combined will be permitted to deliver no more than an anemic 2.5 gallons per minute. This rule will destroy upscale showers and hand-held sprays used by the disabled and elderly, like the one I use.

Obama wasn’t kidding when he promised to “fundamentally transform the United States.” He has figured out how to bypass Congress and rule us by czars and a tsunami of regulations.

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From one of my friends at Anystreet.org

Aug
4

Why?
“Why” is a question, that when asked, is almost an immediate annoyance to the
person it is posed to. Children annoy their parents with this question, as they
seek to gather knowledge about the world about them. It is frustrating to
parents. But, it is a question that when asked of elected officials and those
seeking to destroy America, it becomes a weapon for those seeking to save the
republic. Do not bother to ask these clowns “where” they get the authority to do
the things they do, for you will get one of two answers, in various forms; you will
be told ’the Constitution allows for it’ or you will hear, ’from the people we
represent’. Stand up and ask these clowns “why” and don’t let them off of the
hook. Here are just a few samples for town halls, phone calls, emails, faxes and
letters:
Why do you think we should have government healthcare?
Why do you think that?
Why do you believe that taxes will grow the economy?
Why do you believe that?
Why are you allowing the government to grow so big?
Why do you think the government should be so big?
Why do you believe that a minority of private sector employees can support a
majority of public employees?
Why do you believe socialism will succeed here, when it has failed everywhere
else, no matter how many people the government kills to try and make it work?
Why do you support funding eugenics and racism?
No, seriously, why do you support killing minorities through eugenics?
Why are you funding terrorism and the killing of Americans by funding Hamas
and Pakistan?
Why are you running away?
And, one last question for them:
Why haven’t you filed articles of impeachment against Obama?
Why are you ignoring your oath to support and defend the Constitution and not
filing articles of impeachment against the president?
Why not give it a try yourself? Come up with some on your own. It is fun to
watch the elected officials squirm in the light of the question, particularly when
asked in public settings. But, you must be prepared to ask follow up questions
when they attempt to spin their way out of answering. I have several follow up
questions that I prefer:
Why didn’t you answer my question?
Why is it that your actions do not match your words?
Why do you want to change America?
Why are you dodging the issues?
Be relentless. Do not back down. And, above all, “act as if”. Act as if you are the
inquisitor. Act as if you are owed an answer. Act as if you have a right to know,
for you do. And, act as if they work for you, because they do.
In keeping with the spirit of “why” I have some questions for those of you who
view yourself as patriots, as Americans, as someone fighting for freedom:
Why is it that freedom fighters in Iran are still in the streets being beat and shot,
but you won’t come outside and protest?
Why is it that our founders went to war, shot people, over a tax on a beverage,
and you won’t protest in the streets?
Why is it that you believe if you go out three to five days a year at Tea Party
events, the government will listen?
Why are you not out in the streets during rush hour, blocking traffic, failing to go
to work, on a national strike? Why are you afraid of the government? The
government should be afraid of you.
When your children, grand children and great grand children are slaves to the
nation state, and Generalissimo Obama is hailed in the history books as the great
savior of the global government, what will you tell your family when they ask you,
“Why didn’t you do more to keep us free?”
Why?
Bill Turner
Assistant National Director Network Development
www.anystreet.org

This letter is also posted on ConservativePunks

Slavery–It’s Back In Fashion! What Are You Prepared To Do About It?

Jul
23

Hello Folks:

I’ve been working on other projects recently, one of which is a major
redesign for the blog page at the Go-Galt site — a slow-going work in
progress, due to other commitments. Consequently, I have not been making
regular article updates for the past couple of months. I hope to get back
to frequent postings later this summer.

However, an important new piece of legislation was recently introduced in
the House by Charles Rangel which, if passed, will institute a mandatory
two-year conscription for all U.S. citizens between the ages of 18 and 42,
requiring everyone to put their lives on hold while they are forced to
perform military, homeland security, or community service work as directed
by the whims of the president. This is the final act — the ultimate goals
– of the totalitarian regime now in power. All other legislation prior to
this has been nipping at the heals of our liberty, destroying it by small
bites. But this bill completes the task in one blow, enslaving everyone
without reservation or qualification, making it clear that our lives no
longer belong to us. Instead, we are subservient to the all powerful state
and are nothing more than a resource to be manipulated as our masters see
fit, in service of any purpose that they may choose.

Over the years, our property rights have been effectively destroyed as
the hands of government were allowed to reach deeper and deeper into our
pockets to fund an ever expanding array of programs that we do not endorse.
Our liberty has been drastically curtailed as our freedom of actions
were constrained by the draconian set of regulations imposed upon every
aspect of our personal and business lives. The Bush administration was
instrumental in undermining our right to privacy with the Homeland Security
Act, and during the past year, the Obama administration has launched a
number of initiatives intended to eliminate the right to free speech.
And now, we have the legislation in hand that will shatter our single
remaining right: the right to our life. Should this bill pass, it will be
a stake through the heart of the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of
Independence, destroying the final thread of protection that we retain,
with the government asserting total ownership over our persons.

I have writted in detail about this bill at the following link:

http://go-galt.org/Galt_Pledge/JG_Current.html

Feel free to pass along this link to others whom you believe would find it
of interest.

It is my belief that the battle over this legislation is far more important
than anything that has come before. This is the tipping point for freedom
in this country. If we lose this battle, than no course will remain for
liberty-loving people other than armed revolution. Let’s not let it come
to that. We must act loudly, boldly, and forcefully to denounce this
abomination for what it is. Please stand up and proudly proclaim your
right to your own life, to do with it as you — and only you — see fit.
Let the politicians know that you do not recognize their right to one
moment of your existence, and that you consider their even discussing a
bill such as H.R.5741 to be a treasonous action which undermines the entire
intent and purpose of the U.S. Constitution, to which they swore an oath to
uphold.

If America has a unique culture, it is one of creativity and self-reliance,
built upon a solid foundation of individual rights. That cultural ideal
has been under attack for over a century, but never more so than now. As
Ayn Rand wrote, back in 1971, “Don’t let it go!”

Regards,

C. Jeffery Small
jeff@go-galt.org

Website: http://go-galt.org/Galt_Pledge/
Running Blog: http://go-galt.org/Galt_Pledge/JG_Blog.html
Climategate: http://go-galt.org/climategate.html

States Rights Alert: State Governments Circumventing the Electoral College

Jul
23

MONDAY,  JULY 19,  2010

THE WRONG WAY TO DO THINGS – AT 10:37 P.M. ET:  Cruising under the radar is a national campaign to change the electoral-college system of electing presidents by changing the voting laws in each state.  No great public discussion.  No national debate.  Just back-room politics.  Massachusetts in the next focus.  From the Boston Globe:

The state Legislature is poised to give final approval this week to a new law intended to bypass the Electoral College system and ensure that the winner of the presidential election is determined by the national popular vote.

Both the House and Senate have approved the National Popular Vote bill. Final enactment votes are needed in both chambers, however, before the bill goes to the governor’s desk, the Globe reported last week.

Governor Deval Patrick’s press office didn’t immediately return a message this morning seeking comment on whether he would sign the bill, if it makes its way to his desk.

Under the proposed law, all 12 of the state’s electoral votes would be awarded to the candidate who receives the most votes nationally.

Supporters are waging a state-by-state campaign to try to get such bills enacted. Once states possessing a majority of the electoral votes (or 270 of 538) have enacted the laws, the candidate winning the most votes nationally would be assured a majority of the Electoral College votes, no matter how the other states vote and how their electoral votes are distributed.

Illinois, New Jersey, Hawaii, Maryland, and Washington have already adopted the legislation, according to the National Popular Vote campaign’s website.

Supporters of the change say that the current Electoral College system is confusing and causes candidates to focus unduly on a handful of battleground states.

Confusing?  We’ve been using it since the dawn of the republic, and Americans seem to have figured it out.  Who’s confused?

And it doesn’t focus only on a handful of states.  In fact, one of the strengths of the current system is that it forces candidates to run campaigns in small states.  A few of them, together, can make or break a presidential candidate.

Critics say the current system is not broken. They also point to the disturbing scenario that Candidate X wins nationally, but Candidate Y has won in Massachusetts. In that case, all of the state’s 12 electoral votes would go to Candidate X, the candidate who was not supported by Massachusetts voters.

The proponents of the change don’t care.  This is another attempt to weaken the state system.  Sometimes we forget that the name of the country is the United States of America.  We vote by state in presidential elections, and it’s a great reminder of who we are.

A little discussion please.  A little coverage by the mainstream media.  Is that too much to ask?

I received this in an email. Here is the original source.

Lies My Government Told Me:

Jul
17

Our government lies to us. If you disagree with that statement you are either naive, a liar, or a fool. Democrats lie. Republicans lie. Politicians of all kinds lie. We know this yet we continue to allow it to happen and then feign shock when it does. I’m not talking about little lies, like B. Hussein Obama saying taxpayer money would not be used for abortion, or George W. Bush lying about having to “act now” to avoid economic collapse, but the kind of lies that manifest change in America and take the country in a direction it would not go without the lie, and leads to the death, the intentional death, of untold numbers of Americans.

Not being naïve, I have known my entire life, that our government lies to us, collectively and as the individuals who make the collective government. However, the depth of the lies and the totalitarianism, the statist regimes of America, past, present and future shocked even me. As I peel back the onion and show you the lies upon which your education, your political ideals, your personal reality is based, I ask that you not react violently, but with logic. Set aside the emotion. Allow the anger to burn inside you, like a fire driving a steam engine. It is not Democrat against Republican. No. It is Americans against the government. It always has been and it always will be.

President McKinley, in 1898, exploited the sinking of the USS Maine in Cuba’s Havana Harbor. McKinley wanted a war. McKinley told the American people that the ship was sunk by a Spanish mine in the harbor. The American captain of the ship said the ship sunk, due to a coal bin explosion on the ship. Not one to be confused by the facts, McKinley pushed Congress into issuing a resolution demanding that Spain give Cuba to the United States. 2446 American lives were lost during the Spanish-American War, that was the result of Spain refusing to be black mailed by the liars in Congress & the White House.

In 1915 a German U-Boat sunk a British cruise ship, the Lusitania, carrying almost 200 American citizens. Both Britain and American governments were aware of the U-Boats in the area and the impending attack. Britain needed our help. President Woodrow Wilson wanted to get involved in the war, but Wilson needed innocent American deaths to justify America becoming involved in a war he proclaimed would be the war to end all wars. President Wilson lied, failed to act and it cost 116,502 American lives. America is built upon a series of deceptions like this.

President Lincoln was not the great emancipator. Lincoln did not oppose slavery. Prior to the Civil War, Lincoln paid no attention to slavery and seldom spoke of it. When “Honest Abe” did speak of slavery, he was quick to point out that the President of the United States of America had no Constitutional authority to stop slavery. As an attorney, Lincoln represented slave owners, not slaves. The Civil War did not start out as a war to free the slaves, it was fought because the states sought to use their tenth amendment rights and remove themselves from the oppression of the federal government (sound familiar?). Lincoln did not attempt to free the slaves in the border states between the north and the south. The Emancipation Proclamation did not free the slaves, no matter what you were told in school. Read it. The Civil War, Lincoln’s war, resulted in the deaths of over 650,000 Americans, the arrest of newspaper editors and writers, by the thousands, and the execution of many of them, simply for speaking out against the war. He had a Republican Congressman arrested for disagreeing with him and imprisoned opponents, indefinitely, without trial, suspending the writ of habeas corpus. Lincoln allowed his troops to rape Americans, burn down court houses, rob banks and kill American civilians and none dare spoke out. Lincoln lied about the war and your country lies to you, to continue the myth.

World War One was a failure in the eyes of the American people, as it did not make the world “safe for democracy” as they were told it would be. Americans at that time adopted the philosophy of Ron Paul today, the philosophy of isolation. A Gallup Poll from September 1940 showed that 88% of Americans opposed war with Germany. This was right after Hitler annexed Austria, invaded Poland, and bombed London. FDR went about publicly, proclaiming that America would not enter the war in Europe, in order to appease the 88% of America that did not want to be in this war. FDR was a liar. FDR decided that he would need an overt act, committed against Americans, in order to turn the tide and allow him to enter the war. Immediately after Japan entered into a treaty with Germany, committing both nations to mutual defense, should one of the countries be attacked by another country, FDR set about to implement a plan to draw Japan into an attack upon America. An 8 point plan was created and put into place, with FDR’s approval. The plan was designed to anger Japan, entice them to action and intentionally allow Japan to kill unsuspecting Americans. FDR was a heartless dictator. FDR insisted upon the “vacant sea” policy beginning in November 1941, leaving a path clear for Japan to sail in and attack Hawaii. The sea was left open for Japan and commercial air traffic was forced to go another route so that no one would see the attack that was coming. FDR insisted the commander in Hawaii not have the ships out on patrol. FDR’s lies, deception and treachery led to the death of 2,403 Americans in Hawaii and countless Americans in World War II.

In 1954 President Eisenhower began poking around in South East Asia, trying to draw America into another conflict. Despite the long history of being lied to by Presidents, Americans were ready to be lied to again. Along came President John F. Kennedy, the liar in chief. JFK violated the Geneva Accords and funded South East Asia military activity and sent the CIA to see what they could stir up. Under the watchful eye and direction of JFK the CIA began to drop agent orange on the Ho Chi Min trail, naval sabotage in North Vietnam, and they arranged for a coup to remove the leader in South Vietnam. Not to let facts get in the way, the coup was blamed on the ARVN, the Vietnam Army.

Not to let things like Congress, the Constitution or facts get in his way, President Johnson decided to stage a bogus attack upon American ships by the North Vietnamese navy, in order to call in air strikes that would certainly result in their actually attacking American troops. These air strikes were begun in August of 1964, as LBJ was trailing Barry Goldwater in the presidential race. LBJ created a moment when America saw him as being a peacenik and Congress gave him permission to address the increasing hostilities that appeared to be coming from North Vietnam. During this time, LBJ continued to call Goldwater a war monger, despite the lies being perpetuated by LBJ. President Johnson will always be remembered as the president who made civil rights happen. He will also be remembered for creating Medicare/Medicaid and the financial nightmare that will consume us all. But, he should be remembered for orchestrating the Vietnam War out of a quilt of fabrications and illegal actions.

President George W. Bush should be remembered as one of the most deceitful presidents in American history. Within a few weeks of taking office Bush was holding meetings regarding the threat that Saddam Hussein posed in the middle east and referring to him as the man who tried to kill my dad. President George W. Bush orchestrated a series of lies and deceit regarding the Iraq war, using Cheney, Rice and Powell as his minions to advance the cause. President Bush and his cabinet lied to America, the UN and the world, in order to go to war with Iraq. Has W been honest with the American people, spoke about the rape rooms, the torture, the mass graves and the brutality, surely no one in America would have opposed removing Hussein and his kids from power. However, he chose not to speak the truth, but to weave a pattern of lies, half truths and damn lies and we should never forget that.

Our government lies to us. There are so many more lies to expose and I will as we move forward. But, it is imperative that you are aware of them as they are happening. Lies about the oil spill. Lies about public funding of abortion. Lies about jobs and the economy. It is imperative that as American citizens you demand the truth, you demand examples and you not fall for the empty rhetoric of any politician, no matter what party he or she is from. Why do they lie to us when the truth would serve them better? Because they are ego maniacs, narcissists, driven by their need to accomplish their goals, any way they can. When you hear a politician, listen. Do not just hear what they are saying. Listen. Take it all in. Put it into context, framing the message within the language they are using. We are in the days of deception and we must strive to be free. We must take back the freedoms we have given up (and there are many, which I will cover in other writings). Do not let your partisanship blind you. They are not partisan, unless of course, if you consider “us v. them” to be partisan.
The question is not how far. The question is, do you possess the constitution, the depth of faith, to go as far as is needed?

Bill Turner Assistant National Director of Network Development www.anystreet.org

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Anystreet Gun Rights Flier

May
14

Please read and distribute the following information:

I am happy to be associated with Any Street. Here is something you can do that is easy, and effective. Oh, and please go to anystreet.org and sign up yourself!
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Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 9:01 PM
Subject: AnyStreet ACTION Gun Rights Flyers

Attention AnyStreeters!

We have a new AnyStreet ACTION item for you to hit the Streets with:

Attached is a Gun Rights Flyer.  As Conservatives we are absolutely 100% for protecting our 2nd Amendment.  The goal is to make people aware that we are fighting for the 2nd Amendment and to have more likeminded Conservatives help in our battle to have our voices heard on Any Street and Every Street. We are spreading the word about an extremely important Conservative value, garnering attention to AnyStreet and hopefully picking up some new activists at the same time!  Brilliant I say!

It’s simple – just go to google and click on google maps.  Then type in gun stores and your State name and VOILA.. a list of all of the gun stores in your State will appear with their address and phone numbers.  You can also try Sportsmen’s Clubs, they too may be interested.  Coordinate with your State leaders so that you can split up the work between several members.

Just ask the owners or managers if it’s OK to put up one of our flyers.  Be prepared to explain what AnyStreet is all about and how important it is that Conservatives fight back and fight to KEEP the rights that we have.  You can find AnyStreet information on www.anystreet.org

Most of all – HAVE FUN!

Kimberly Morin

Assistant National Director Policy/Action


• Your gun defends your home.
• Your gun defends your family.
• BUT ARE YOU DEFENDING YOUR RIGHTS?
• Obama and the Democrats have made it clear how they feel about the 2nd
Amendment. We have to start winning elections or there will be more “changes,”
and they won’t make you more secure or more free.
• AnyStreet is working to elect politicians who will preserve our right to keep and
bear arms.
• Defend your right to defend yourself. Join today — before it is too late!
www.JoinAnyStreet.org    www.AnyStreet.org

Here is the direct link to the flier.

An Entourage Surpassing the Queen’s

Apr
25
Read this foreign press item because you’ll never see it reported here in the USA!
But you have already read about this in your local newspaper … oh no, you didn’t?
OK then, you saw it on CNN… no?… hmmm.