Don't forget 1pm Saturday at Sporsters on US19
LP party of Citrus County monthly meeting
Your all welcome to come.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Is the US Govt. A Fascist State?
Current actions of our Obama lead government:
The US government is trying to take over the private and personal health-care decisions of the people and establish bureaucracies to make life-and-death decisions and banning unapproved transactions between doctors and patients.
The US government characterizes honest and open expressions of dissent as the expressions of "angry mobs".
The US government has turned the Census into a weapon designed to spy on the most personal aspects of the life of citizens.
The US government is asking its supporters to "snitch" on opponents of its policies.
The US government wants to monitor broadcasts and establish itself as the guardian of "fairness" on the airwaves.
The US government hires and fires the top executives of major corporations and redirects their corporate policies.
The US government becomes the sole arbiter of whether you can keep some of any of the wealth you accumulated legally.
The US government ignores the laws of the land and replaces them with the arbitrary whims of men. (how else would you explain ignoring bankruptcy law and giving unions unsecured debt higher preference to secured debt in the Chrysler and GM bailouts regardless of US bankruptcy laws)
The US government metes out punishment not just for criminal actions, but for "criminal thoughts".
The US government created the current unemployment crisis and now uses it promote policies of government control.
Considering what fascism is, it may be too late and the US has already become a Fascist state.
The US government is trying to take over the private and personal health-care decisions of the people and establish bureaucracies to make life-and-death decisions and banning unapproved transactions between doctors and patients.
The US government characterizes honest and open expressions of dissent as the expressions of "angry mobs".
The US government has turned the Census into a weapon designed to spy on the most personal aspects of the life of citizens.
The US government is asking its supporters to "snitch" on opponents of its policies.
The US government wants to monitor broadcasts and establish itself as the guardian of "fairness" on the airwaves.
The US government hires and fires the top executives of major corporations and redirects their corporate policies.
The US government becomes the sole arbiter of whether you can keep some of any of the wealth you accumulated legally.
The US government ignores the laws of the land and replaces them with the arbitrary whims of men. (how else would you explain ignoring bankruptcy law and giving unions unsecured debt higher preference to secured debt in the Chrysler and GM bailouts regardless of US bankruptcy laws)
The US government metes out punishment not just for criminal actions, but for "criminal thoughts".
The US government created the current unemployment crisis and now uses it promote policies of government control.
Considering what fascism is, it may be too late and the US has already become a Fascist state.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
I agree with Hillary
To quote Sec. of State Hillary Clinton in her famous 2003 speach "I am sick and tired of people who say that if you debate and you disagree with this administration somehow you're not patriotic. We should stand up and say we are Americans and we have a right to debate and disagree with any administration."
dam dam dam dam dam!
I agree 100% with Hillary Clinton, I absolutly hate saying that.
dam dam dam dam dam!
Mark Harris on facebook beat me to posting this one.
dam dam dam dam dam!
I agree 100% with Hillary Clinton, I absolutly hate saying that.
dam dam dam dam dam!
Mark Harris on facebook beat me to posting this one.
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Unconstitutional Healthcare Bill
Government is instated to protect the rights of its individual citizens. Individuals have rights and individual rights end when they infringe on the rights of another. This is a simple concept that is the basis for most of our laws. I believe all rights are based on property rights. You own yourself not anybody else; all other rights derive from this. Somebody claiming the right to you or your labor without your permission is what we call that slavery.
One of our rights is the right to travel. In general in the US the primary means to exercise this right is the automobile. Since the routine consequence of exercising the right to travel, if exercised using a car, is the destruction of somebody else’s property, state governments rightly requires individuals to show proof that they can compensate other individuals for the destruction of that property. We call this proof insurance. Auto-insurance before driving a car is a logical protection of individual rights. Since it is not within the constitutional authority of the US government to require such insurance, there is no federal law requiring auto-insurance. Under the 10th amendment, that power is reserved to the states, so the protection of individual property rights from abuse by people exercising their right to travel, is accomplished by state requirements for auto-insurance.
The new healthcare bill has some very blatant unconstitutional provisions. How is requiring everybody to purchase health insurance constitutional. Again individuals have rights and individual rights end when they infringe on the rights of another. Not choosing to purchase individual health insurance does not infringe upon any other individuals rights.
You as the owner of yourself have a right to travel, to move your body from one place to another without government permission; you don’t have a right to use destroy other people’s property. State governments reasonably require you drive on public property or get permission to drive on private property, that you prove you know how to operate a vehicle, and can compensate others if your operating a motor vehicle infringes on their rights. Exercising this right generally requires you to have a vehicle. For your vehicle to function it requires fuel; you do not have the right to force others to provide you with fuel so you can travel. To function a vehicle requires maintenance and repairs, the better you maintain a vehicle and repair it the longer it will function optimally, you do not have the right to force someone else to maintain or repair your vehicle.
You as the owner of yourself have a right to life, the most important right you have, and there are and should be severe penalties for infringing on this right. For your life to function it requires food; you do not have the right to force others to provide you with food so you can live. To function a life requires maintenance and repairs, the better you maintain your body and repair it the longer it will function optimally, you do not have the right to force someone else to maintain or repair your body. You do not have a right to the goods and services of another without paying for them, including health services.
As an individual I didn’t get health insurance until I was in my mid 40’s, I paid for broken bones, birth of a child, asthma attacks, prescriptions, and doctors visits all with my own money not insurance. I shopped around when I needed a doctor’s service and changed doctors when I could receive the same service for substantially less money. Over the course of 20 years compared to purchasing health insurance through my employer I saved over $25,000 dollars. I was young healthy and took care of myself and my family, I didn’t go to the doctor for every cold (they are caused by virus’ and it takes 10 days, rest and plenty of fluids to get over them, so why pay a doctor to tell you that). I’m sorry but with a young family I’m sure that I not the government knew better what to do with that $25,000 than they did. I had health care I just didn’t have health insurance. There are around 22 million people who are young healthy and make more than $50K per year who choose not to purchase health insurance. They are not without health care. They weigh the risks and compare them to the costs, and choose to be responsible for themselves; the risk is small, and the savings huge. Their choice does not infringe upon the rights of any other individual. By what constitutional or moral authority can we force somebody to purchase health insurance if they choose not to? If you don’t have health insurance it doesn’t infringe on anybody else’s right to life, liberty, or property.
One of our rights is the right to travel. In general in the US the primary means to exercise this right is the automobile. Since the routine consequence of exercising the right to travel, if exercised using a car, is the destruction of somebody else’s property, state governments rightly requires individuals to show proof that they can compensate other individuals for the destruction of that property. We call this proof insurance. Auto-insurance before driving a car is a logical protection of individual rights. Since it is not within the constitutional authority of the US government to require such insurance, there is no federal law requiring auto-insurance. Under the 10th amendment, that power is reserved to the states, so the protection of individual property rights from abuse by people exercising their right to travel, is accomplished by state requirements for auto-insurance.
The new healthcare bill has some very blatant unconstitutional provisions. How is requiring everybody to purchase health insurance constitutional. Again individuals have rights and individual rights end when they infringe on the rights of another. Not choosing to purchase individual health insurance does not infringe upon any other individuals rights.
You as the owner of yourself have a right to travel, to move your body from one place to another without government permission; you don’t have a right to use destroy other people’s property. State governments reasonably require you drive on public property or get permission to drive on private property, that you prove you know how to operate a vehicle, and can compensate others if your operating a motor vehicle infringes on their rights. Exercising this right generally requires you to have a vehicle. For your vehicle to function it requires fuel; you do not have the right to force others to provide you with fuel so you can travel. To function a vehicle requires maintenance and repairs, the better you maintain a vehicle and repair it the longer it will function optimally, you do not have the right to force someone else to maintain or repair your vehicle.
You as the owner of yourself have a right to life, the most important right you have, and there are and should be severe penalties for infringing on this right. For your life to function it requires food; you do not have the right to force others to provide you with food so you can live. To function a life requires maintenance and repairs, the better you maintain your body and repair it the longer it will function optimally, you do not have the right to force someone else to maintain or repair your body. You do not have a right to the goods and services of another without paying for them, including health services.
As an individual I didn’t get health insurance until I was in my mid 40’s, I paid for broken bones, birth of a child, asthma attacks, prescriptions, and doctors visits all with my own money not insurance. I shopped around when I needed a doctor’s service and changed doctors when I could receive the same service for substantially less money. Over the course of 20 years compared to purchasing health insurance through my employer I saved over $25,000 dollars. I was young healthy and took care of myself and my family, I didn’t go to the doctor for every cold (they are caused by virus’ and it takes 10 days, rest and plenty of fluids to get over them, so why pay a doctor to tell you that). I’m sorry but with a young family I’m sure that I not the government knew better what to do with that $25,000 than they did. I had health care I just didn’t have health insurance. There are around 22 million people who are young healthy and make more than $50K per year who choose not to purchase health insurance. They are not without health care. They weigh the risks and compare them to the costs, and choose to be responsible for themselves; the risk is small, and the savings huge. Their choice does not infringe upon the rights of any other individual. By what constitutional or moral authority can we force somebody to purchase health insurance if they choose not to? If you don’t have health insurance it doesn’t infringe on anybody else’s right to life, liberty, or property.
The Sleeping Giant
I’m a libertarian, which means I want to live peaceably with my neighbor and be left alone. I want the government to enforce and follow rule of law to protect me and my neighbors’ individual liberties from people (either criminals, businesses, or the government) who would infringe upon them. Libertarians believe that individuals not groups have rights. Being the type who want to be left alone to fend for themselves and enjoy the fruits of their labor, in general we ignore the government hoping it will leave us alone, mostly because were too busy living our lives. In this aspect most people are libertarian and don’t know it.
Under the Fascist tendencies of the Obama administration, in a mere 6 months he has awakened a sleeping giant. Again his actions repeat pre-WWII history, the Japanese admiral had it right, his fear that all the attack on Pearl Harbor did was awaken a sleeping giant. The result was the most independent and productive people in the world kicked Japans Ass.
The Obama administration and the "ruling elite" have awakened a sleeping giant. The Government is telling him, "You’re too stupid to know what’s good for yourself; therefore we will take care of you. We will determine your health care." Around two thirds of the US is happy with their health care. Some details of the multi thousand page document has gotten out before it could be rammed down the giant’s throat. Like the govt determining what services would be available to senior citizens, not they and their doctors; like an individual can only purchase govt insurance after the law goes into effect; like you are forced to buy insurance if you choose not to; like paying for abortions with govt tax money; like paying for the health services of illegal aliens with US citizens tax dollars.
Congressmen and Senators are out for the August break trying to talk with constituents and tell them about what they are doing in congress. The sleeping giant is tired of being told what to do, how to think, and of what’s best for us. We want, and are going to expect, our elected leaders to listen to us, not talk to us. They have refused to listen for years and now that they have awakened the sleeping giant they don’t know what to do. What used to be annual small town hall meeting with a few locals, thousands of people show up to show their displeasure. They no longer have control of the message and are scared. So they attack the people, calling them an angry mob, accusing them of being paid for by the GOP or insurance companies, anything to deflect the fact that the people are awake and mad. They can’t control the message, with CSPAN, YouTube, Talk Radio, and Bloggers everywhere, all protected by the constitution they no longer determine what people see and hear.
The problem the "ruling elite" have is that we live in a country which the supreme law of the land is not an individual or body of men. There is no Caesar to pay tribute. We live in a time and place which declared that since people are corrupt or corruptible, we will choose temporary leaders and give them limited powers to govern and protect the rights of individual citizens. We defined these powers in the Constitution, and it divided the powers so that no single man, or group of men, had all the power. We wrote that simple 12 page document with rules that made it flexible but difficult to change. It declared that the people have the power, prohibited the government from silencing them, from separating them, from disarming them, and guaranteed them equal protection, and put no person or group of people above the law. Unlike virtually every other nation the problem the "ruling elite" have here is that they govern at the consent of the people.
The "ruling elite" have awakened the sleeping giant; it is the people of this country. We don’t like what we see and are withdrawing our consent and they don’t like it; too bad for those in Washington. The libertarian party has been trying to wake the public for decades; in the end it is the "ruling elite" in Washington themselves through their own fascist actions which woke the sleeping giant.
The message from the town hall meetings, tea parties, blogs, and the people is for the "ruling elite" to shut-up and listen, we not you know what’s best for us. I fear that they won’t because they think the people are stupid that they are better than the people.
Under the Fascist tendencies of the Obama administration, in a mere 6 months he has awakened a sleeping giant. Again his actions repeat pre-WWII history, the Japanese admiral had it right, his fear that all the attack on Pearl Harbor did was awaken a sleeping giant. The result was the most independent and productive people in the world kicked Japans Ass.
The Obama administration and the "ruling elite" have awakened a sleeping giant. The Government is telling him, "You’re too stupid to know what’s good for yourself; therefore we will take care of you. We will determine your health care." Around two thirds of the US is happy with their health care. Some details of the multi thousand page document has gotten out before it could be rammed down the giant’s throat. Like the govt determining what services would be available to senior citizens, not they and their doctors; like an individual can only purchase govt insurance after the law goes into effect; like you are forced to buy insurance if you choose not to; like paying for abortions with govt tax money; like paying for the health services of illegal aliens with US citizens tax dollars.
Congressmen and Senators are out for the August break trying to talk with constituents and tell them about what they are doing in congress. The sleeping giant is tired of being told what to do, how to think, and of what’s best for us. We want, and are going to expect, our elected leaders to listen to us, not talk to us. They have refused to listen for years and now that they have awakened the sleeping giant they don’t know what to do. What used to be annual small town hall meeting with a few locals, thousands of people show up to show their displeasure. They no longer have control of the message and are scared. So they attack the people, calling them an angry mob, accusing them of being paid for by the GOP or insurance companies, anything to deflect the fact that the people are awake and mad. They can’t control the message, with CSPAN, YouTube, Talk Radio, and Bloggers everywhere, all protected by the constitution they no longer determine what people see and hear.
The problem the "ruling elite" have is that we live in a country which the supreme law of the land is not an individual or body of men. There is no Caesar to pay tribute. We live in a time and place which declared that since people are corrupt or corruptible, we will choose temporary leaders and give them limited powers to govern and protect the rights of individual citizens. We defined these powers in the Constitution, and it divided the powers so that no single man, or group of men, had all the power. We wrote that simple 12 page document with rules that made it flexible but difficult to change. It declared that the people have the power, prohibited the government from silencing them, from separating them, from disarming them, and guaranteed them equal protection, and put no person or group of people above the law. Unlike virtually every other nation the problem the "ruling elite" have here is that they govern at the consent of the people.
The "ruling elite" have awakened the sleeping giant; it is the people of this country. We don’t like what we see and are withdrawing our consent and they don’t like it; too bad for those in Washington. The libertarian party has been trying to wake the public for decades; in the end it is the "ruling elite" in Washington themselves through their own fascist actions which woke the sleeping giant.
The message from the town hall meetings, tea parties, blogs, and the people is for the "ruling elite" to shut-up and listen, we not you know what’s best for us. I fear that they won’t because they think the people are stupid that they are better than the people.
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Yet Again It looks like 1930's Germany
I thought I was done comparing the Obama administration to 1930's Germany. But in glaring similarity to Hitler's Germany the Obama administration is now attacking mere citizens not just media personalities, and is asking fellow citizens to report anything "Fishy" back to the government by email, at flag@whitehouse.gov.
Can you say "Brown Shirt"? .... I thought you could.
Calling citizens who ask hard questions and criticize government officials at town hall meetings an "Angry Mob" is outlandish. His irrational nationalistic hatred of any criticism is very fascist in nature.
The Obama administration is having trouble with the first amendment and the very internet he used to help get elected. Because of these he can't control what information the people get. Truth about the government takeover of health care (not reform), and the other socialistic and communistic policies he's trying to inact, keep getting out and when exposed to the light these programs are being shown for what they are.
The first amendment and internet expose the lies he's been telling. Like no new taxes to those making less than $250K, The new Tobacco Tax disproportionally affects those making less than $250K. Or the lie of there being 47million people without health care. There are 47million without insurance but 22million make over $50K, can afford insurance but choose not to purchase it but pay cash for their health care needs, and around 12 million are illegal aliens, and a significant percentage of the remainder are people who are eligible for existing government funded medical care but haven't signed up for it. So the 47million people are not without health care, they just don't fit the traditional employer paid for health insurance users. They have healthcare, so its a lie.
How about the lie of an open debate on health care; most of the major decisions in the multi-thousand page healthcare bill were done in secret, that's not the transparency he promised. He is a liar.
I love the lie of We need the Stimulus now, and unemployment will stay less than 8%; it's now around 9% and another 1/2million are out of work in July, and retail sales are down by nearly 8%.
Watch for the Obama administration to attempt to control information on the news and internet, and try to end talk radio, blogging by just anybody, etc. It's is the logical step that Hitler took in the 1930's that Obama will try and take now. We are watching the US march towards Fascism under Obama’s leadership.
Can you say "Brown Shirt"? .... I thought you could.
Calling citizens who ask hard questions and criticize government officials at town hall meetings an "Angry Mob" is outlandish. His irrational nationalistic hatred of any criticism is very fascist in nature.
The Obama administration is having trouble with the first amendment and the very internet he used to help get elected. Because of these he can't control what information the people get. Truth about the government takeover of health care (not reform), and the other socialistic and communistic policies he's trying to inact, keep getting out and when exposed to the light these programs are being shown for what they are.
The first amendment and internet expose the lies he's been telling. Like no new taxes to those making less than $250K, The new Tobacco Tax disproportionally affects those making less than $250K. Or the lie of there being 47million people without health care. There are 47million without insurance but 22million make over $50K, can afford insurance but choose not to purchase it but pay cash for their health care needs, and around 12 million are illegal aliens, and a significant percentage of the remainder are people who are eligible for existing government funded medical care but haven't signed up for it. So the 47million people are not without health care, they just don't fit the traditional employer paid for health insurance users. They have healthcare, so its a lie.
How about the lie of an open debate on health care; most of the major decisions in the multi-thousand page healthcare bill were done in secret, that's not the transparency he promised. He is a liar.
I love the lie of We need the Stimulus now, and unemployment will stay less than 8%; it's now around 9% and another 1/2million are out of work in July, and retail sales are down by nearly 8%.
Watch for the Obama administration to attempt to control information on the news and internet, and try to end talk radio, blogging by just anybody, etc. It's is the logical step that Hitler took in the 1930's that Obama will try and take now. We are watching the US march towards Fascism under Obama’s leadership.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Congresswoman Ginny Brown-Waite Replies to Vote Knowledgeably Pledge
A few days ago I blogged about writing to my representatives and asked them to vote knowledgeably or don't vote. Read the entry here
Congresswoman Ginny Brown-Waite replied, here it is in it's entirity.
Congresswoman Ginny Brown-Waite replied, here it is in it's entirity.
Dear Tom: You and I both recognize the obvious merit in requiring every Member of Congress to read bills before they vote on them. When Democrats came to the majority in Congress, they promised a new era of openness and transparency. So far they have not lived up to that promise. I have pushed for an increase in the amount of time Members have to review bills between their introduction and a vote. I would like to assure you that I fully vet every bill before me before I cast my vote; however the majority has made that nearly impossible. The most egregious instance of this occurred the same day the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, H.R. 2454, was sent to the floor of the House for a vote. The majority added 300 pages to the text of the bill at 3:09 a.m., giving Members very little time to review the changes: not even the clerk of the House had a fully assembled copy of the bill. One must wonder why the rush and what are Democrats afraid of? Republican Leader John Boehner shared my outrage at this tactic. You can view a part of his floor speech by going to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXXZYcaSCeI Throughout my tenure in public service, I have always kept an open door and an open dialogue with my constituents. As Congress addresses the many challenges facing our nation, I hope you will continue to share your thoughts and views with me. Accordingly, I encourage you to visit my Web site at http://brown-waite.house.gov to email me and find useful information about our 5th Congressional District. It is my honor and privilege to serve the people of Florida's 5th Congressional District and my offices and staff are here to provide you with any assistance you may need. Sincerely, Ginny Brown-Waite Member of Congress |
Monday, August 3, 2009
Congressional Vote Knowledge Pledge
Congress is passing laws that they don’t understand, that the people administering don’t understand, that the people who must comply with them don’t understand. They don’t even read the bills they are voting for.
Why should we the people trust any elected official that are supposed to represent us, who don’t even read what they're voting on? Take the Cash for Clunkers boondoggle; over 136 pages of instructions for car retailers came with this government giveaway. Who in their right mind would vote for such a complicated piece of garbage? We were able to establish the entire constitution, the framework for our entire government, in less than a dozen pages. Obviously the people, who vote for these huge bills either; don’t know what’s in them, don’t want to know what’s in them, or don’t care what’s in them. They obviously don’t want you and me to know what’s in them.
I like using last year’s law to remove lead from children’s toys as an example. One of the unintended consequences of this well meant law was to outlaw small motorcycles and atv's. Millions of families across this nation participate in motor sports. Including children ridding small safe slow motorcycles and atv’s with enough safety gear on to make them look like the StayPuff Marshmallow Man. There is a small amount of lead in the alloy’s that make up engine casings, higher than is allowable in the law, but unlike a small toy there isn’t a rash of 5 year old motorcycle and atv riders chewing on their engines. So we killed a $600 million dollar industry, and hurt a safe sane family activity. Now consider Health Care Reform bill H.R. 3200 is is 1,018 pages long.... who knows what’s hidden in it?
I’m writing a letter to each of my congresspersons and senators asking them to only vote knowledgably about every piece of legislation they vote on. Either vote NO or don’t vote on any legislation that they haven’t read. Please do the same.
If I get any responses I’ll post them here.
Why should we the people trust any elected official that are supposed to represent us, who don’t even read what they're voting on? Take the Cash for Clunkers boondoggle; over 136 pages of instructions for car retailers came with this government giveaway. Who in their right mind would vote for such a complicated piece of garbage? We were able to establish the entire constitution, the framework for our entire government, in less than a dozen pages. Obviously the people, who vote for these huge bills either; don’t know what’s in them, don’t want to know what’s in them, or don’t care what’s in them. They obviously don’t want you and me to know what’s in them.
I like using last year’s law to remove lead from children’s toys as an example. One of the unintended consequences of this well meant law was to outlaw small motorcycles and atv's. Millions of families across this nation participate in motor sports. Including children ridding small safe slow motorcycles and atv’s with enough safety gear on to make them look like the StayPuff Marshmallow Man. There is a small amount of lead in the alloy’s that make up engine casings, higher than is allowable in the law, but unlike a small toy there isn’t a rash of 5 year old motorcycle and atv riders chewing on their engines. So we killed a $600 million dollar industry, and hurt a safe sane family activity. Now consider Health Care Reform bill H.R. 3200 is is 1,018 pages long.... who knows what’s hidden in it?
I’m writing a letter to each of my congresspersons and senators asking them to only vote knowledgably about every piece of legislation they vote on. Either vote NO or don’t vote on any legislation that they haven’t read. Please do the same.
| Dear (Insert Congressman’s name here), Thank you for serving our country and specifically me as a constituent. I believe that weather I agree with your political philosophy or not, whether we are in the same party or not, you originally ran for office hoping to help and represent me. You represent me in the legislature and I thank you for that. The laws you vote on are increasingly large and complicated, as my representative I expect you to vote in my best interest. I do not believe you can do so if you don’t fully understand what you are voting for/against. I would have thought that you would study legislation before voting on it. The evidence in the news is that in congress laws have been voted on before they were even printed or sent to the members of Congress, so obviously laws are being voted on without even reading them. Not havingat least read the entirety of a bill I don’t see how you can fully understand what the consequences of that legislation will be, know if it meets the constitutionally limited powers which congress has, or if it will do what you think you’re voting for. Would you please take a pledge to vote No or abstain from voting on any legislation that you haven’t at least read in its entirety? I eagerly await your response. (Your Name, etc. here) |
If I get any responses I’ll post them here.
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