Monday, May 31, 2010
OIL DISPERSION OR OIL ELIMINATION??
Bioremediation, using engineered microbes for eliminating oil spills, is completely effective and environmentally safe. This was developed in the mid 1980s, tested under the supervision of the Texas Land and Water Commissioners' offices in a controlled environment and was completely safe and effective. This method uses microbes that were developed to use oil as it's food supply. Once the oil has been ingested, oil is broken down within the microbes and the waste product is CO2 and O2. The controlled tests showed that the microbes degenerate to the same waste products once it's food supply (oil) has been exhausted. This method was used on a large scale during the Galveston, TX oil tanker spill in the late 1990(over 5 million gallons of crude oil was released when the tanker was struck by a barge) and was 100% effective. This product, a powder form containing the microbes, has been used in the industrial field since and the supply of this product is readily available. In my career in the nuclear energy industry, in which I was trained and supervised in Hazardous Material Storage and Hazardous Waste (including oil) Response along with other quals, I can justify that this works. Emails and phone calls have been submitted to the Governors of Louisiana and Mississippi, along with correspondence with the states' Hazardous Waste Response Centers (these centers are required for all states by federal law). I find it completely unusual that nothing has been in newsprint or seen during research where the states (and their Hazardous Waste Response Centers) are considering this method. The following video goes over this method: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VfypUzx1tI&feature=player_embedded . The following link is a scientific journal, which like so many others if you do your own research, validate bioremediation for oil ELIMINATION (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/05/100504142110.htm). So the question is: Do we continue to disperse (dilute) the crude oil where it will still show up underwater and eventually in sea life and on the shores? Do we continue to use booms and buoys, which have been proven to be less than 10% effective in collecting the oil ON THE WATER SURFACE and ineffective for the heavier oily material that is going UNDERWATER? Or do we use a proven method that is readily available today ro ELIMINATE THE OIL ON THE WATER SURFACE AND UNDERWATER? You decide and then demand what you choose to be used on the Gulf Coast shoreline and in the Gulf Coast.
Sunday, May 30, 2010
A PERSONAL MEMORIAL DAY EVENT
A PERSONAL MEMORIAL DAY EVENT
(and something that I never expected)
Yesterday evening (May 29, 2010), I left shift work with my backpack containing 100 U.S.A. flags to be used for a duty that I had sworn myself to perform. When I had ordered the flags earlier, I knew that I would not be at home this weekend but I could fulfill my oath in the area that I work at during this weekend. My personal duty that I had sworn myself to was to visit the local cemetery and place new flags at the gravesites of veterans of the past. For a relatively small cemetery, I found more graves of heroes than one might expect. From World War I to the current war against terrorism (don’t call them “enemy combatants” or I’ll be knocking on your door), the numbers were significant.
At each gravesite, I announced the rank, name and branch of service, thanked them, as a fellow veteran, for the sacrifice of time from their family (and in some cases the sacrifice of life) which they had made to serve our country. I planted a flag by his or her’s tombstone, came to attention and saluted. There was a feeling of pride that slowly grew as I continued on from one grave to the next.
Near the end (I had about 30 flags left), as I was honoring another veteran, I realized that an older woman was standing by. I had noticed her a few minutes earlier as she was arranging flowers and placing a flag at a gravesite (an area I had yet reached). When I finished at this particular grave, I introduced myself as did she. She then asked if she could buy a flag from me, from which I responded “Ma’am, it is an honor to give you one”. She told me that she was doing the same at the grave of her husband, who had passed away two years ago. He was a retired colonel of the United States Army who was involved in the Korean War (don’t call it a “conflict” or I’ll be at your door again) and the Vietnam War. Buried nearby was her friend who was a nurse at a MASH unit during the Vietnam War. She had passed away just three months ago. I accompanied her to her friend’s grave, and as she planted the flag, I honored her friend’s service. With moist eyes, she took me to her husband’s grave. As I stood at attention and began honoring his service, she held my left hand. When I finished, I looked at a grateful woman with warmth in her face and tears in her eyes. Yes, real men do cry and we are proud to admit it.
After a couple of minutes of composure, I knew that she was ready to go. I escorted her to her suburban and told her that I saluted her sacrifice that she had made in honoring her husband’s wishes to serve his country and that I knew that she had lived a fulfilling life with her husband and family. After a grateful “Thank You”, she told me that tomorrow at 11:00, Memorial Day, she was one of the honorees at the traditional laying of the Memorial Wreath in Veterans’ Park here. I look forward to seeing her tomorrow.
Truly, this was a humbling experience of which I will always reflect on for time eternal. After she left, I continued with my honoring of deceased veterans until I had ran out of flags. On the next occasion, I’ll remember to order much more. I had a personal experience with the remaining veterans whom I had no flags for, but maybe I’ll tell that story another time. I say this because I had an enduring moment of reflection which I feel is important for you to hear.
At this cemetery, there were men and women who had fought (and for some, died) in wars that encompassed the 20th century up to today. They had sacrificed time away from their lives and their families to defend our freedom and liberties that were endowed to us over 220 years ago. I could only ask myself what these brave heroes, as they now sit at the right hand of God, were pondering as they looked upon our nation today. Do they wonder why we, as citizens of this great country, have allowed the slow but methodical erosion of our rights? Do they know, as I believe they do, what our country’s future holds for We, the People? I know that they are proud of our current men and women in uniform who are serving and fighting for our country, particularly as they are all now volunteers, Yet, they must be asking how their sacrifices may have been in vain as our rights are slowly being attacked, our leadership in government usurping their powers and violating the limitations endowed upon them by the Constitution, our Constituion slowly being shredded with the passage of another immoral and unconstitutional bill. This is the Constitution which our servicemen and servicewomen vowed to uphold and defend against enemies, foreign and domestic.
Hopefully, our Heavenly Father and our heroes of the past have given their blessings to We, the People, the ones who have opened our eyes to the disgressions which have been occurring for so many years to our Republic, in our endeavors to educate our fellow countrymen and are working towards the ideal to RESTORE OUR REPUBLIC. We, the People owe it to our fallen heroes, our living veterans and our current men and women in uniform to do our part to protect our country, and therefore our Constitution, from enemies, foreign and domestic.
Finally, one might ask why I titled this blog as “A PERSONAL MEMORIAL DAY EVENT” when the actions described occurred two days before Memorial Day. Because tomorrow morning, Memorial Day 2010, I will have the opportunity to meet a real American hero once again; the elderly wife of a career Army officer and a friend of a brave Army nurse.
(and something that I never expected)
Yesterday evening (May 29, 2010), I left shift work with my backpack containing 100 U.S.A. flags to be used for a duty that I had sworn myself to perform. When I had ordered the flags earlier, I knew that I would not be at home this weekend but I could fulfill my oath in the area that I work at during this weekend. My personal duty that I had sworn myself to was to visit the local cemetery and place new flags at the gravesites of veterans of the past. For a relatively small cemetery, I found more graves of heroes than one might expect. From World War I to the current war against terrorism (don’t call them “enemy combatants” or I’ll be knocking on your door), the numbers were significant.
At each gravesite, I announced the rank, name and branch of service, thanked them, as a fellow veteran, for the sacrifice of time from their family (and in some cases the sacrifice of life) which they had made to serve our country. I planted a flag by his or her’s tombstone, came to attention and saluted. There was a feeling of pride that slowly grew as I continued on from one grave to the next.
Near the end (I had about 30 flags left), as I was honoring another veteran, I realized that an older woman was standing by. I had noticed her a few minutes earlier as she was arranging flowers and placing a flag at a gravesite (an area I had yet reached). When I finished at this particular grave, I introduced myself as did she. She then asked if she could buy a flag from me, from which I responded “Ma’am, it is an honor to give you one”. She told me that she was doing the same at the grave of her husband, who had passed away two years ago. He was a retired colonel of the United States Army who was involved in the Korean War (don’t call it a “conflict” or I’ll be at your door again) and the Vietnam War. Buried nearby was her friend who was a nurse at a MASH unit during the Vietnam War. She had passed away just three months ago. I accompanied her to her friend’s grave, and as she planted the flag, I honored her friend’s service. With moist eyes, she took me to her husband’s grave. As I stood at attention and began honoring his service, she held my left hand. When I finished, I looked at a grateful woman with warmth in her face and tears in her eyes. Yes, real men do cry and we are proud to admit it.
After a couple of minutes of composure, I knew that she was ready to go. I escorted her to her suburban and told her that I saluted her sacrifice that she had made in honoring her husband’s wishes to serve his country and that I knew that she had lived a fulfilling life with her husband and family. After a grateful “Thank You”, she told me that tomorrow at 11:00, Memorial Day, she was one of the honorees at the traditional laying of the Memorial Wreath in Veterans’ Park here. I look forward to seeing her tomorrow.
Truly, this was a humbling experience of which I will always reflect on for time eternal. After she left, I continued with my honoring of deceased veterans until I had ran out of flags. On the next occasion, I’ll remember to order much more. I had a personal experience with the remaining veterans whom I had no flags for, but maybe I’ll tell that story another time. I say this because I had an enduring moment of reflection which I feel is important for you to hear.
At this cemetery, there were men and women who had fought (and for some, died) in wars that encompassed the 20th century up to today. They had sacrificed time away from their lives and their families to defend our freedom and liberties that were endowed to us over 220 years ago. I could only ask myself what these brave heroes, as they now sit at the right hand of God, were pondering as they looked upon our nation today. Do they wonder why we, as citizens of this great country, have allowed the slow but methodical erosion of our rights? Do they know, as I believe they do, what our country’s future holds for We, the People? I know that they are proud of our current men and women in uniform who are serving and fighting for our country, particularly as they are all now volunteers, Yet, they must be asking how their sacrifices may have been in vain as our rights are slowly being attacked, our leadership in government usurping their powers and violating the limitations endowed upon them by the Constitution, our Constituion slowly being shredded with the passage of another immoral and unconstitutional bill. This is the Constitution which our servicemen and servicewomen vowed to uphold and defend against enemies, foreign and domestic.
Hopefully, our Heavenly Father and our heroes of the past have given their blessings to We, the People, the ones who have opened our eyes to the disgressions which have been occurring for so many years to our Republic, in our endeavors to educate our fellow countrymen and are working towards the ideal to RESTORE OUR REPUBLIC. We, the People owe it to our fallen heroes, our living veterans and our current men and women in uniform to do our part to protect our country, and therefore our Constitution, from enemies, foreign and domestic.
Finally, one might ask why I titled this blog as “A PERSONAL MEMORIAL DAY EVENT” when the actions described occurred two days before Memorial Day. Because tomorrow morning, Memorial Day 2010, I will have the opportunity to meet a real American hero once again; the elderly wife of a career Army officer and a friend of a brave Army nurse.
Saturday, May 29, 2010
ODE TO OUR HEROES
'Twas the night before Christmas, he lived all alone
In a one bedroom house made of plaster and stone.
I had come down the chimney with presents to give,
And to see just who in this home did live.
I looked all about, a strange sight did I see,
No tinsel, no presents, not even a tree.
No stocking by the mantle, just boots filled with sand,
on the wall hung pictures of far distant lands.
With medals and badges, awards of all kinds,
a sober thought came through my mind.
For this house was different, it was dark and dreary,
I found the house of a soldier, once I could see clearly.
The soldier lay sleeping, silent, alone,
curled upon the floor in this one bedroom home.
The face was so gentle, the room in such disorder,
Not how I pictured a United States soldier.
Was this the hero of whom I just read?
Curled up on a poncho, the floor for a bed?
I realized the families I saw on this night,
owed their lives to these soldiers, who were willing to fight.
Soon round the world the children would play,
And grownups would celebrate a bright Christmas day.
They all enjoyed freedom each month of the year,
Because of the soldiers, like the one lying here.
I couldn't help wonder how many lay alone,
on a cold Christmas Eve, in a land far from home.
The very thought brought a tear to my eye,
I dropped to my knees and started to cry.
The soldier awakened and I heard a rough voice,
"Santa, don't cry, this life is my choice;
I fight for freedom, I don't ask for more,
My life is my God, my country, my Corps."
The soldier rolled over and drifted to sleep,
I couldn't control it, I started to weep.
I kept watch for hours, so silent and still
And we both shivered from the cold night's chill.
I didn't want to leave on that cold, dark night
This Guardian of Honor so willing to fight.
The soldier rolled over, with a voice soft and pure,
whispered, "Carry on, Santa, It's Christmas Day, All is secure."
One look at my watch and I knew he was right
Merry Christmas, my friend, and to all a Good Night!
In a one bedroom house made of plaster and stone.
I had come down the chimney with presents to give,
And to see just who in this home did live.
I looked all about, a strange sight did I see,
No tinsel, no presents, not even a tree.
No stocking by the mantle, just boots filled with sand,
on the wall hung pictures of far distant lands.
With medals and badges, awards of all kinds,
a sober thought came through my mind.
For this house was different, it was dark and dreary,
I found the house of a soldier, once I could see clearly.
The soldier lay sleeping, silent, alone,
curled upon the floor in this one bedroom home.
The face was so gentle, the room in such disorder,
Not how I pictured a United States soldier.
Was this the hero of whom I just read?
Curled up on a poncho, the floor for a bed?
I realized the families I saw on this night,
owed their lives to these soldiers, who were willing to fight.
Soon round the world the children would play,
And grownups would celebrate a bright Christmas day.
They all enjoyed freedom each month of the year,
Because of the soldiers, like the one lying here.
I couldn't help wonder how many lay alone,
on a cold Christmas Eve, in a land far from home.
The very thought brought a tear to my eye,
I dropped to my knees and started to cry.
The soldier awakened and I heard a rough voice,
"Santa, don't cry, this life is my choice;
I fight for freedom, I don't ask for more,
My life is my God, my country, my Corps."
The soldier rolled over and drifted to sleep,
I couldn't control it, I started to weep.
I kept watch for hours, so silent and still
And we both shivered from the cold night's chill.
I didn't want to leave on that cold, dark night
This Guardian of Honor so willing to fight.
The soldier rolled over, with a voice soft and pure,
whispered, "Carry on, Santa, It's Christmas Day, All is secure."
One look at my watch and I knew he was right
Merry Christmas, my friend, and to all a Good Night!
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
FINAL REVIEW OF NEVADA REPUBLICAN SENATE CANDIDATES
Sue Lowden: FACT - Currently serves as a Member of the Board of Directors and Secretary-Treasurer of Archon Corporation, a gaming and investment company (potentially will owe favors to the casino gaming industry if elected, just like Harry Reid does now). FACT - A "professional politician" since 1992, when she served as State Senator until 1996, upon which she was selected as Chairwoman of the Nevada Republican Party. FACT - Sue is on record as donating to the past Reid campaigns , even during her term as state Republican Party Chairwoman. During her term as State Senator, Sue Lowden has been quoted on several occasions by the Las Vegas and Reno newspapers of her support of Harry Reid's efforts to stop construction and use of Yucca Mountain. This displayed Lowden's ignorance, like Harry's, of the safety issues designed into Yucca Mountain, much less the boon to regional employment and businesses. As an engineer in the Radiological Control field, I've worked with commercial nuclear reactors for 18.5 years and now with DOE sites going thru decommissioning and remediation. So I have a firm understanding of the assets of Yucca Mountain, both in waste storage and potential reactor fuel reconstitution which could be sold. Does this sound like a Senator who would look out for the constituents of the state of Nevada in providing jobs? FACT -During a state Republican Party Convention, Chairwoman Lowden halted the convention in the middle of the delegate selection process, and then reconvened later which limited the number of proposed delegates to be submitted, which was a violation of state party convention rules. Can we say narcissitic?
SHARON ANGLE: FACT - Recently endorsed by the Nevada Concerned Citizens, whose Chairman Richard Ziser stated to the Review-Journal that his work to abolish gay marriage rights in Nevada (which I applaud him for) was also designed to ensure that gays would not come to Las Vegas, which would mean less revenue to be collected in LV. Should have kept your mouth shut that time, Richard; Las Vegas' casinos certainly appreciated that statement. So, where does Sharon stand on this in terms of how far she would take the gay marriage issue? She stands by her support of the Federal Marriage Amendment, which is a "pat" answer from anyone who claims to be conservative. FACT -In a town hall meeting last September, Sharon stated that custodial work was for immigrants because Americans will not do it. Can we say "elitist"? It has been logistically proven that over 8 million jobs have been taken over by immigrants (of which it is projected 90% are illegal) from American citizens who already had the jobs. So what is her true position regarding illegal immigration?: She says that, as a member of the state assembly, she authored legislation to safeguard our election process by requiring identification for voting in Nevada. However, she obviously didn't have the political strength to even get it considered for recommendation for committee review. FACT -Sharon Angle is a "professional politician", recently serving in the Nevada Assembly from 1999 to 2005 and then running for U.S. Representative of Nevada's 2nd district in 2006. At what point do We, the People realize that the "professional politicians" are the very culprits who have driven our country to the brink of Socialism, locally, within the state and in our federal government? FACT -In 2003, Angle sponsored legislation guided under the philosophy of Scientology for women's state prisons. The state's response (and rightfully so) was " "At a time when our kids might be going without books and teachers it would be impossible to justify spending money on an unproven massage, sauna and vitamin plan for prisoners. These gimmicky programs undermine successful rehabilitative programs". In 2003, the Nevada state budget was already operating in a deficit and Sharon wanted to spend taxpayers' money on "touchy-feely" programs for prisoners. I'll leave that judgment up to you.
DANNY TARKANIAN: FACT -Danny ran for the Clark County state Senate seat in 2004, only to lose by only 1900 votes in a Democratic swing district. In 2006, Danny ran for the Nevada Secretary of State ( a typical Democratic seat) and only lost by 40,000 votes out of over 560,000 votes cast (7%). As a private businessman and proven to fight against the odds, Danny is running a tight race with Sue Lowden and Sharon Angle for the Republican nominee as U.S. Senate. As compared to his opponents, Danny has stuck to his principles and values and not changed his stance on certain issues (not unlike his competition). Despite the fact that he is NOT a "professional politician", he is in the thick of this race and has led on many polls, including consistently polling as being able to beat Harry Reid in the general election. Danny has ran on his agenda as a Constitutionally-principled, morally ethical citizen and has won the support of many Tea Party-related groups within the state and like-minded citizens of Nevada. FACT -Danny has consistently ran against the Reid agenda, including the amnesty proposal and the Yucca Mountain issue (having realized as a businessman that Yucca Mountain is a boon for employment and benefits for the state). This is in contrast to his Republican opponents, where Sue Lowden proposes using Yucca mountain to develop methods for reducing the waste, while Danny has strongly stated how Yucca Mountain can be used for reducing waste and supporting available technology that is already tested and able to perform this intiative sucessfully; much less Sharon Angle who voted for a resolution in 2005 rejecting Yucca mountain as a dead-end nuclear dump; only to recently revamp her issues to support the use of Yucca Mountain. Sounds a little convenient for Sharon, if not also a bit "wishy-washy". Again, this points out the fact that Danny's stand on issues of importance to the citizens of Nevada and the United States have consistently been firm, fiscally and socially conservative, and has always recognized the need for a Constitutionally-principled, morally ethical legislator in Washington to help We, the People RESTORE OUR REPUBLIC.
SHARON ANGLE: FACT - Recently endorsed by the Nevada Concerned Citizens, whose Chairman Richard Ziser stated to the Review-Journal that his work to abolish gay marriage rights in Nevada (which I applaud him for) was also designed to ensure that gays would not come to Las Vegas, which would mean less revenue to be collected in LV. Should have kept your mouth shut that time, Richard; Las Vegas' casinos certainly appreciated that statement. So, where does Sharon stand on this in terms of how far she would take the gay marriage issue? She stands by her support of the Federal Marriage Amendment, which is a "pat" answer from anyone who claims to be conservative. FACT -In a town hall meeting last September, Sharon stated that custodial work was for immigrants because Americans will not do it. Can we say "elitist"? It has been logistically proven that over 8 million jobs have been taken over by immigrants (of which it is projected 90% are illegal) from American citizens who already had the jobs. So what is her true position regarding illegal immigration?: She says that, as a member of the state assembly, she authored legislation to safeguard our election process by requiring identification for voting in Nevada. However, she obviously didn't have the political strength to even get it considered for recommendation for committee review. FACT -Sharon Angle is a "professional politician", recently serving in the Nevada Assembly from 1999 to 2005 and then running for U.S. Representative of Nevada's 2nd district in 2006. At what point do We, the People realize that the "professional politicians" are the very culprits who have driven our country to the brink of Socialism, locally, within the state and in our federal government? FACT -In 2003, Angle sponsored legislation guided under the philosophy of Scientology for women's state prisons. The state's response (and rightfully so) was " "At a time when our kids might be going without books and teachers it would be impossible to justify spending money on an unproven massage, sauna and vitamin plan for prisoners. These gimmicky programs undermine successful rehabilitative programs". In 2003, the Nevada state budget was already operating in a deficit and Sharon wanted to spend taxpayers' money on "touchy-feely" programs for prisoners. I'll leave that judgment up to you.
DANNY TARKANIAN: FACT -Danny ran for the Clark County state Senate seat in 2004, only to lose by only 1900 votes in a Democratic swing district. In 2006, Danny ran for the Nevada Secretary of State ( a typical Democratic seat) and only lost by 40,000 votes out of over 560,000 votes cast (7%). As a private businessman and proven to fight against the odds, Danny is running a tight race with Sue Lowden and Sharon Angle for the Republican nominee as U.S. Senate. As compared to his opponents, Danny has stuck to his principles and values and not changed his stance on certain issues (not unlike his competition). Despite the fact that he is NOT a "professional politician", he is in the thick of this race and has led on many polls, including consistently polling as being able to beat Harry Reid in the general election. Danny has ran on his agenda as a Constitutionally-principled, morally ethical citizen and has won the support of many Tea Party-related groups within the state and like-minded citizens of Nevada. FACT -Danny has consistently ran against the Reid agenda, including the amnesty proposal and the Yucca Mountain issue (having realized as a businessman that Yucca Mountain is a boon for employment and benefits for the state). This is in contrast to his Republican opponents, where Sue Lowden proposes using Yucca mountain to develop methods for reducing the waste, while Danny has strongly stated how Yucca Mountain can be used for reducing waste and supporting available technology that is already tested and able to perform this intiative sucessfully; much less Sharon Angle who voted for a resolution in 2005 rejecting Yucca mountain as a dead-end nuclear dump; only to recently revamp her issues to support the use of Yucca Mountain. Sounds a little convenient for Sharon, if not also a bit "wishy-washy". Again, this points out the fact that Danny's stand on issues of importance to the citizens of Nevada and the United States have consistently been firm, fiscally and socially conservative, and has always recognized the need for a Constitutionally-principled, morally ethical legislator in Washington to help We, the People RESTORE OUR REPUBLIC.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
WASHINGTON ELITE: ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION? THE SAME QUESTION FOR WE, THE PEOPLE
The current sentiment is that the anti-Washington, anti-establishment national sentiment played a major hand in this Tuesday’s primaries. From “professional politicians” to candidates endorsed by party elites, a strong message was sent out that reaffirmed the sentiment reflected in the Massachusetts Special Election earlier this year and the governors’ races in New Jersy and Virgininia last November. This is the same message from We, the People in our efforts to elect Constitutionally principled, morally ethical citizens back into our government (from local to state to federal). However, there are no silver linings for We, the People as a result of Tuesday’s primaries; only more hard work in order to achieve true victory in November.
Blanche Lincoln (D) finds herself in a runoff in her attempt for a third consecutive term as Senator from Arkansas. Her opposition, Lt. Governor Bill Halter, was within just a few thousand votes of Sen. Lincoln ( out of over 300,000 votes in the primary). Perhaps Sen. Lincoln played one too many “political games” during the past year, when it came to the 2009 budget stimulus package and the health care reform statute where she had pledge to filibuster any health care legislation that contained a public health insurance option. Blanche, did you ever finish reading the final bill? We, the People found the option live and well, just hidden to another provision within the bill. As a member of the Washington elite on Capitol Hill since 1993, you would think she would know how the game is played by now. Well, she DOES!! She may pay for it in the June runoff against a politician who will at least admit he is a far-left Progressive.
In Kentucky, Rand Paul defeated Trey Grayson as the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate. Rand Paul, a favorite of the Tea Party groups in Kentucky, is an ophthalmologist who’s only claim into the world of politics (besides being Ron Paul’s son) was in establishing the Kentucky Taxpayers United, a non-partisan citizens watchdog group dedicated to rating the state legislature’s tax honesty. But the true “kiss of death” for Trey Grayson was the endorsement by the Republican Party establishment, as represented by Mitch McConnell. When will the Republican Party get the message: We, the People are looking for Constitutionally-principled CITIZENS to represent us in Washington, not “professional politicians” (which is the label McConnell subliminally stuck on Grayson with his endorsement). Mitch, you should have left Trey alone.
In Pennsylvania, a multi-term Senator since 1981 was defeated in the Democratic primary by a liberal Representative for the Senator’s seat. That Senator was Arlen Specter, Mr. “scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours”. His wheelings and dealings behind closed doors finally caught up with Arlen. But his replacement for the November election, Joe Sestak, is a straight-up hard core liberal who contrasts very well with the conservative Republican nominee, Pat Toomey. Like him or not, We, the People in Pennsylvania have a lot of hard work ahead to ensure Toomey’s victory in November.
Now, for some harsh reality for We, the People to take into deep consideration: First, in Pennsylvania, both Mark Critz (D) and Tom Burns (R) won their primaries for the 12th District’s Representative seat and will face off in November. However, in the special general election to fill in the current seat of deceased Representative John Murtha, Critz defeated Tom Burns by over 10,000 votes (8% of the total votes cast). If We, the People in Pennsylvania don’t stay on top of the campaign between now and November in support of Burns, that seat could still remain in the hands of the far left Progressive/Socialists known as the Democratic Party. But, an important detail occurred during Tuesday’s primaries. In Tuesday’s primaries, where both parties had contested primaries for the same seat, the Democratic Party amassed more total votes in their primaries than in the related Republican primary. I’ll repeat that: IN EVERY CONTESTED PRIMARY (WHERE BOTH PARTIES HAD CONTESTED PRIMARY ELECTIONS FOR THE SAME RELATED SEAT)!!! Either We, the People did not like what we saw in the respective candidates or the push to get out and vote for a Constitutionally principled, morally ethical candidate was not as strong as is desired. Keep this in mind for the following primaries and November’s general election.
As researched by your fellow Patriot,
Wild Bill Conant
Blanche Lincoln (D) finds herself in a runoff in her attempt for a third consecutive term as Senator from Arkansas. Her opposition, Lt. Governor Bill Halter, was within just a few thousand votes of Sen. Lincoln ( out of over 300,000 votes in the primary). Perhaps Sen. Lincoln played one too many “political games” during the past year, when it came to the 2009 budget stimulus package and the health care reform statute where she had pledge to filibuster any health care legislation that contained a public health insurance option. Blanche, did you ever finish reading the final bill? We, the People found the option live and well, just hidden to another provision within the bill. As a member of the Washington elite on Capitol Hill since 1993, you would think she would know how the game is played by now. Well, she DOES!! She may pay for it in the June runoff against a politician who will at least admit he is a far-left Progressive.
In Kentucky, Rand Paul defeated Trey Grayson as the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate. Rand Paul, a favorite of the Tea Party groups in Kentucky, is an ophthalmologist who’s only claim into the world of politics (besides being Ron Paul’s son) was in establishing the Kentucky Taxpayers United, a non-partisan citizens watchdog group dedicated to rating the state legislature’s tax honesty. But the true “kiss of death” for Trey Grayson was the endorsement by the Republican Party establishment, as represented by Mitch McConnell. When will the Republican Party get the message: We, the People are looking for Constitutionally-principled CITIZENS to represent us in Washington, not “professional politicians” (which is the label McConnell subliminally stuck on Grayson with his endorsement). Mitch, you should have left Trey alone.
In Pennsylvania, a multi-term Senator since 1981 was defeated in the Democratic primary by a liberal Representative for the Senator’s seat. That Senator was Arlen Specter, Mr. “scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours”. His wheelings and dealings behind closed doors finally caught up with Arlen. But his replacement for the November election, Joe Sestak, is a straight-up hard core liberal who contrasts very well with the conservative Republican nominee, Pat Toomey. Like him or not, We, the People in Pennsylvania have a lot of hard work ahead to ensure Toomey’s victory in November.
Now, for some harsh reality for We, the People to take into deep consideration: First, in Pennsylvania, both Mark Critz (D) and Tom Burns (R) won their primaries for the 12th District’s Representative seat and will face off in November. However, in the special general election to fill in the current seat of deceased Representative John Murtha, Critz defeated Tom Burns by over 10,000 votes (8% of the total votes cast). If We, the People in Pennsylvania don’t stay on top of the campaign between now and November in support of Burns, that seat could still remain in the hands of the far left Progressive/Socialists known as the Democratic Party. But, an important detail occurred during Tuesday’s primaries. In Tuesday’s primaries, where both parties had contested primaries for the same seat, the Democratic Party amassed more total votes in their primaries than in the related Republican primary. I’ll repeat that: IN EVERY CONTESTED PRIMARY (WHERE BOTH PARTIES HAD CONTESTED PRIMARY ELECTIONS FOR THE SAME RELATED SEAT)!!! Either We, the People did not like what we saw in the respective candidates or the push to get out and vote for a Constitutionally principled, morally ethical candidate was not as strong as is desired. Keep this in mind for the following primaries and November’s general election.
As researched by your fellow Patriot,
Wild Bill Conant
Friday, May 14, 2010
OUR “CONSERVATIVE” CHOICES FOR GEORGIA GOVERNOR
This is an overview of the candidates for office of Governor of Georgia who are running as Republican candidates. My question is: What do we want in our Governor in order for that person to be more effective? In my opinion, we want a conservative-minded Governor (economically and morally) who has a record of being ethically moral, dependable in terms of standing by their principles, willing to work outside of the RINO logic of our state and federal government, and Constitutionally principled to the point of standing up for our state’s rights (and the rights of her citizens) as guaranteed by the Tenth Amendment and Articles 1 and 2 of the Constitution of the United States.
After studying trends and straw polls (after debates), I concluded that two of the following candidates will be involved in a runoff after the upcoming state’s Republican party primary:
1. Karen Handel
2. John Oxendine
3. Nathan Deal
4. Ray McBerry
5. Eric Johnson
After further study, I eliminated Eric Johnson because he looks like the only candidate who would definitely lose the state election to Roy Barnes (Yes, former Governor Roy will win in the Democratic primary) in November. Ray McBerry and Nathan Deal also appear to be unable to withstand the Democratic “good ol’ boy “ politics of “dirty pool” (with the Dems relentlessly advertising on scandals against these two), but I have included these two because of their issue positions.
When it comes to states’ rights (remember the Tenth Amendment?!) and how it can be applied to protect Georgia’s citizens from federal legislation that is outside of the limitations as described in Articles 1 and 2 of the U.S. Constitution, Ray McBerry has been the strongest advocate since his last election attempt in 2006 (and before). McBerry went so far as to draw up 8 states’ rights legislative bills (related to health care reform, Second Amendment, etc.) that were introduced on to the House floor at the beginning of this year’s winter session in January. These pieces of legislation spurred additional bills by other state legislators along the same premises (some people just cannot be outdone politically). As a result due to reactions in town hall debates with Oxendine and McBerry present, candidate Oxendine followed suit by proclaiming that he was an advocate of states’ rights. He has just never followed thru and included states’ rights on his list of issues on his campaign website. Overall, McBerry appears to be an individual who believes in his agenda and in the future of Georgia.
However, McBerry has two scandals which, if he is able to make it thru the primary process to become the Republican candidate, could become fodder for the “dirty pool” of Georgian Democratic politics. McBerry carries one scandal of illicit behavior with a minor back in the 80’s which he was declared innocent of. However, this matter keeps bringing up it’s ugly head at the most convenient time; during the Republican run for Governor in 2006 and again during the current race. In addition, McBerry has been connected to the League of the South (LOS), a Southern organization infamous for it’s declaration of secession of Southern states from the Union before McBerry’s involvement in the late 90’s. Instead of directly addressing his involvement with LOS, McBerry has been brazen enough to salute the state flag but NOT the current U.S. flag. His reasoning: he refuses to salute the current flag because it represents the current federal government which has been operating outside the limitations of the U.S. Constitution (a point of which I agree with). McBerry needs to stop providing the fodder for his opposition and recognize that the current U.S. flag, like all previous versions of the flag, represents the United States of America and it’s citizens, NOT JUST an administration in Washington which he rightfully objects to. But this is just my opinion.
Nathan Deal resigned from the House of Representatives in April of 2010 to devote full time to his candidacy. Unfortunately, Deal resigned just shortly before the House Ethics Committee was to decide whether to pursue ethics abuse charges. ANOTHER CANDIDATE, ANOTHER SCANDAL?? SAY IT AIN’T SO!! I’m afraid it is. In December, 2009, House Ethics investigators began looking into whether Deal steered contracts to a salvage company he owns, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Per AJC, Deal, on three occasions in the past year and a half, questioned proposed changes that state Revenue Commissioner Bart Graham wanted to make in the way Georgia inspects rebuilt salvaged vehicles. Deal coordinated his efforts through the office of a political ally, Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle. Deal’s salvage company faced some possibilities to lose over $300,000 in contract deals with Commissioner Graham’s proposed changes.
A review of Nathan Deal’s issues and his proposals read like a typical roadmap (in my opinion) of a politician’s responses and ideas. In order to rely on someone to follow thru on their proposals, it is advantageous to look at one’s past political experiences to show how dedicated to their beliefs they may be. A thorough study of Deal’s voting record since he was a member of the House reveals some interesting facts, as analyzed by govtrack.us. Just on Deal’s presence during votes on the floor, Deal has an intolerable record. From August, 2009 to the end of March, 2010, Deal missed up to 60% of the votes on the floor. From February to the end of March, 2010, Deal was recorded as not voting 58% of the time. His “Aye” or “Yes” votes totaled 11 out of 93 votes during the same period. All of these bills were passed unanimously or within 95% of unanimity. And We, the People of Georgia paid for this voting attendance record. Looks like another “professional politician” at work striving to climb the ladder, principles be damned; but that’s just my opinion.
John Oxendine has commented on more than one occasion that he is a morally ethical Christian. I will not dispute anyone’s statements regarding their faith, because as a Christian, I have no right (or desire) to do so and I personally know that John is a Christian. As to being morally ethical, John shows up on both sides of the coin. But more on that later; let’s talk about a couple of his political issues for this race. John appears to be genuinely concerned about transportation problems through Georgia; in particular, navigating thru the Atlanta corridor. John has proposed a western bypass, a northern expressway and an interstate from Columbus to Augusta in order to alleviate traffic problems thru Atlanta and provide relief for interstate travelers, including visitors and business/freight trucks, as they travel thru the state to their destinations. This is a major issue on John’s list. One small problem with this is that these very ideas have been proposed in the past 20 years and have been turned down by state citizens and municipalities whose property would be adversely affected by the proposals. John recognizes this but doesn’t provide any answers as to how to satisfy the needs of those affected by these proposals.
John’s Contract With Georgia lists some strong conservative initiatives which so many of us would find easy to agree with, myself included. Instead of dissecting each initiative and taking for granted that John would follow thru on these “contract proposals”, I’ll simply say that I concur with all of these proposals but I’m going to dissect two proposals for the obvious following reasons. First, proposal # 3 on a “comprehensive statewide transportation system” has already been addressed above so I’ll let it go at that. Proposal # 4 (“Actively assert that the tenth amendment of the U.S. Constitution belongs to the American people and not Washington politicians.”) is a direct result of earlier debates this year where he shared the stage with Ray McBerry, had not comments (either of no substance or no comment at all) on states’ rights when questioned by the audience and was overwhelmed (in my opinion as an attendee on several occasions) by McBerry’s approaches to preserving states’ rights via the Tenth Amendment and the limitations of delegated powers to our federal government by Articles 1 and 2 of the Constitution of the United States. Hence, his reason to be sure to have this point outlined in his “Contract”.
Several scandals and questions of objectivity have followed John Oxendine throughout his tenures as Insurance Commissioner. Previously, state election commission investigations revealed that Oxendine, who wields regulatory power over all insurance companies in Georgia, received $120,000 during a reelection campaign through 10 Alabama-based political action committees set up by Donald V. Watkins, a director of Admiral Life Insurance Co. of America and State Mutual Insurance. Both companies are headed by prominent businessman Delos “Dee” Yancey III and are run out of the same building in Rome. The problem (and John has no excuse to have not known about it since he was up for another reelection) is that individual PAC contributions are limited to 12,000 per person. However, since all of these PAC contributions were funneled into one account controlled by a single businessman, the $120,000 contribution was illegally obtained. Per the Atlanta Journal Constitution , the Ox campaign initially denied any wrongdoing, but announced within a few weeks, that they were returning the money. (Oops, caught red-handed and tries to “buy” his way out).
Another “awkward” incident for John occurred in August, 2009. His father, Judge Oxendine, hired Wayne Reece, a political consultant and fellow board member (with the Judge) of the Warm Springs Rehabilitation Development Fund to work on John’s campaign, at the tune of almost $400,000 that was later discovered to be allocated from the WSRD fund. The WSRD Board determined that both John Oxendine and Wayne Reece tried to conceal the payments. Another “awkward” scenario (in my opinion) lies in the fact that Ivy Oxendine (John’s wife) has been working with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia (BCBS of GA), worked her way up to the corporate office in Atlanta and has served as President of the Middle Georgia Association of Health Underwriters as well as State board member of the Georgia Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors. Kudos go out to Mrs. Oxendine for a successful career. However, my dilemma is in John’s track record as regarding investigations and fines of insurance companies within Georgia. With a little research, you will note a pattern where John Oxendine has extended fines against insurance companies in excess of any fines (and they are very few; look for yourself) levied against BCBS of GA. A little favoritism?; hard to honestly call without some direct evidence, which is truly tough to dig into without strong inside sources. However, it is my opinion, based on the scandals referenced and the “awkward” situations during John’s tenure as IC, that principles are not his best suit and that is a personal attribute that I demand of my legislators at all levels.
Karen Handel is a “case” all to herself. She is so “squeaky clean” it is almost scary. Karen has done some admirable work as Secretary of State, especially when it came to the voter ID question. One may remember that Georgians voted in favor of voter registration photo ID requirements in 2008. However, the “Obama” Justice Department ruled that Georgia could not implement this law. Karen’s staff argued with the DOJ in Washington and found themselves with no alternative but for the state of Georgia to take this thru the federal court system. The federal appeals court in Atlanta ruled against the DOJ’s objection to this statute ( a similar statute in Illinois had already been recognized as constitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court) and a recent filing by the Georgia Democratic Party has been overturned by the Fulton County Superior Court on these basis just last month. Though Karen wasn’t SOS at the time of the Fulton Co. Superior Court decision, it was her dedication to ensure that the Georgia voter ID registration law, as approved by Georgian citizens, would be upheld. As is typical in the political world, there have been a couple of allegations against Ms. Handel which were never corroborated and were dismissed by the appropriate agencies. As Secretary of State, with results like bringing in billions in fines from investment firms involving illegal sales of auction sales securities, Handel has followed thru with her conservative approach on her solutions to issues vital to our state, such as implementing potential plans to help stymie the flow of illegal immigration into our state since the federal government has failed to secure our borders, developing sound conservative solutions for our state economy, including health care initiatives, and more fiscally-sound solutions to our state budget. These solutions, along with many others, continue to show how much Karen Handel is willing to fight the “good ol’ boy” network to solve our state’s problems from education to health to water and landscape issues to our state budget deficits. I only wish she were more vocal on how the state of Georgia could use the Tenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and our Georgia State Constitution to work against any federal legislation passed that is outside of the limitations as found in the 1st and 2nd Articles of the U.S. Constitution for our federal legislative and executive branches.
I know whom I am supporting for Governor of Georgia and I would guess that you would guess incorrectly, even after reading this review. I believe that my choice will have the fortitude and principles needed to stand up against the upcoming Democratic Party campaigning methods (and they will be nasty) and become our next Governor. And, yes, I am a believer in the principles of the Constitutions of both the state of Georgia and the United States of America. And I am a true conservative. But, in the end, I can only offer you my opinions of the candidates. Your choice is yours to make. Let’s pray that we all help select the best Constitutionally principled, morally ethical candidate in the upcoming primary who will defeat the “Obama Kool-Aid drinker” from the Democratic primary and become our next successful Governor for the Great State of Georgia.
After studying trends and straw polls (after debates), I concluded that two of the following candidates will be involved in a runoff after the upcoming state’s Republican party primary:
1. Karen Handel
2. John Oxendine
3. Nathan Deal
4. Ray McBerry
5. Eric Johnson
After further study, I eliminated Eric Johnson because he looks like the only candidate who would definitely lose the state election to Roy Barnes (Yes, former Governor Roy will win in the Democratic primary) in November. Ray McBerry and Nathan Deal also appear to be unable to withstand the Democratic “good ol’ boy “ politics of “dirty pool” (with the Dems relentlessly advertising on scandals against these two), but I have included these two because of their issue positions.
When it comes to states’ rights (remember the Tenth Amendment?!) and how it can be applied to protect Georgia’s citizens from federal legislation that is outside of the limitations as described in Articles 1 and 2 of the U.S. Constitution, Ray McBerry has been the strongest advocate since his last election attempt in 2006 (and before). McBerry went so far as to draw up 8 states’ rights legislative bills (related to health care reform, Second Amendment, etc.) that were introduced on to the House floor at the beginning of this year’s winter session in January. These pieces of legislation spurred additional bills by other state legislators along the same premises (some people just cannot be outdone politically). As a result due to reactions in town hall debates with Oxendine and McBerry present, candidate Oxendine followed suit by proclaiming that he was an advocate of states’ rights. He has just never followed thru and included states’ rights on his list of issues on his campaign website. Overall, McBerry appears to be an individual who believes in his agenda and in the future of Georgia.
However, McBerry has two scandals which, if he is able to make it thru the primary process to become the Republican candidate, could become fodder for the “dirty pool” of Georgian Democratic politics. McBerry carries one scandal of illicit behavior with a minor back in the 80’s which he was declared innocent of. However, this matter keeps bringing up it’s ugly head at the most convenient time; during the Republican run for Governor in 2006 and again during the current race. In addition, McBerry has been connected to the League of the South (LOS), a Southern organization infamous for it’s declaration of secession of Southern states from the Union before McBerry’s involvement in the late 90’s. Instead of directly addressing his involvement with LOS, McBerry has been brazen enough to salute the state flag but NOT the current U.S. flag. His reasoning: he refuses to salute the current flag because it represents the current federal government which has been operating outside the limitations of the U.S. Constitution (a point of which I agree with). McBerry needs to stop providing the fodder for his opposition and recognize that the current U.S. flag, like all previous versions of the flag, represents the United States of America and it’s citizens, NOT JUST an administration in Washington which he rightfully objects to. But this is just my opinion.
Nathan Deal resigned from the House of Representatives in April of 2010 to devote full time to his candidacy. Unfortunately, Deal resigned just shortly before the House Ethics Committee was to decide whether to pursue ethics abuse charges. ANOTHER CANDIDATE, ANOTHER SCANDAL?? SAY IT AIN’T SO!! I’m afraid it is. In December, 2009, House Ethics investigators began looking into whether Deal steered contracts to a salvage company he owns, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Per AJC, Deal, on three occasions in the past year and a half, questioned proposed changes that state Revenue Commissioner Bart Graham wanted to make in the way Georgia inspects rebuilt salvaged vehicles. Deal coordinated his efforts through the office of a political ally, Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle. Deal’s salvage company faced some possibilities to lose over $300,000 in contract deals with Commissioner Graham’s proposed changes.
A review of Nathan Deal’s issues and his proposals read like a typical roadmap (in my opinion) of a politician’s responses and ideas. In order to rely on someone to follow thru on their proposals, it is advantageous to look at one’s past political experiences to show how dedicated to their beliefs they may be. A thorough study of Deal’s voting record since he was a member of the House reveals some interesting facts, as analyzed by govtrack.us. Just on Deal’s presence during votes on the floor, Deal has an intolerable record. From August, 2009 to the end of March, 2010, Deal missed up to 60% of the votes on the floor. From February to the end of March, 2010, Deal was recorded as not voting 58% of the time. His “Aye” or “Yes” votes totaled 11 out of 93 votes during the same period. All of these bills were passed unanimously or within 95% of unanimity. And We, the People of Georgia paid for this voting attendance record. Looks like another “professional politician” at work striving to climb the ladder, principles be damned; but that’s just my opinion.
John Oxendine has commented on more than one occasion that he is a morally ethical Christian. I will not dispute anyone’s statements regarding their faith, because as a Christian, I have no right (or desire) to do so and I personally know that John is a Christian. As to being morally ethical, John shows up on both sides of the coin. But more on that later; let’s talk about a couple of his political issues for this race. John appears to be genuinely concerned about transportation problems through Georgia; in particular, navigating thru the Atlanta corridor. John has proposed a western bypass, a northern expressway and an interstate from Columbus to Augusta in order to alleviate traffic problems thru Atlanta and provide relief for interstate travelers, including visitors and business/freight trucks, as they travel thru the state to their destinations. This is a major issue on John’s list. One small problem with this is that these very ideas have been proposed in the past 20 years and have been turned down by state citizens and municipalities whose property would be adversely affected by the proposals. John recognizes this but doesn’t provide any answers as to how to satisfy the needs of those affected by these proposals.
John’s Contract With Georgia lists some strong conservative initiatives which so many of us would find easy to agree with, myself included. Instead of dissecting each initiative and taking for granted that John would follow thru on these “contract proposals”, I’ll simply say that I concur with all of these proposals but I’m going to dissect two proposals for the obvious following reasons. First, proposal # 3 on a “comprehensive statewide transportation system” has already been addressed above so I’ll let it go at that. Proposal # 4 (“Actively assert that the tenth amendment of the U.S. Constitution belongs to the American people and not Washington politicians.”) is a direct result of earlier debates this year where he shared the stage with Ray McBerry, had not comments (either of no substance or no comment at all) on states’ rights when questioned by the audience and was overwhelmed (in my opinion as an attendee on several occasions) by McBerry’s approaches to preserving states’ rights via the Tenth Amendment and the limitations of delegated powers to our federal government by Articles 1 and 2 of the Constitution of the United States. Hence, his reason to be sure to have this point outlined in his “Contract”.
Several scandals and questions of objectivity have followed John Oxendine throughout his tenures as Insurance Commissioner. Previously, state election commission investigations revealed that Oxendine, who wields regulatory power over all insurance companies in Georgia, received $120,000 during a reelection campaign through 10 Alabama-based political action committees set up by Donald V. Watkins, a director of Admiral Life Insurance Co. of America and State Mutual Insurance. Both companies are headed by prominent businessman Delos “Dee” Yancey III and are run out of the same building in Rome. The problem (and John has no excuse to have not known about it since he was up for another reelection) is that individual PAC contributions are limited to 12,000 per person. However, since all of these PAC contributions were funneled into one account controlled by a single businessman, the $120,000 contribution was illegally obtained. Per the Atlanta Journal Constitution , the Ox campaign initially denied any wrongdoing, but announced within a few weeks, that they were returning the money. (Oops, caught red-handed and tries to “buy” his way out).
Another “awkward” incident for John occurred in August, 2009. His father, Judge Oxendine, hired Wayne Reece, a political consultant and fellow board member (with the Judge) of the Warm Springs Rehabilitation Development Fund to work on John’s campaign, at the tune of almost $400,000 that was later discovered to be allocated from the WSRD fund. The WSRD Board determined that both John Oxendine and Wayne Reece tried to conceal the payments. Another “awkward” scenario (in my opinion) lies in the fact that Ivy Oxendine (John’s wife) has been working with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia (BCBS of GA), worked her way up to the corporate office in Atlanta and has served as President of the Middle Georgia Association of Health Underwriters as well as State board member of the Georgia Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors. Kudos go out to Mrs. Oxendine for a successful career. However, my dilemma is in John’s track record as regarding investigations and fines of insurance companies within Georgia. With a little research, you will note a pattern where John Oxendine has extended fines against insurance companies in excess of any fines (and they are very few; look for yourself) levied against BCBS of GA. A little favoritism?; hard to honestly call without some direct evidence, which is truly tough to dig into without strong inside sources. However, it is my opinion, based on the scandals referenced and the “awkward” situations during John’s tenure as IC, that principles are not his best suit and that is a personal attribute that I demand of my legislators at all levels.
Karen Handel is a “case” all to herself. She is so “squeaky clean” it is almost scary. Karen has done some admirable work as Secretary of State, especially when it came to the voter ID question. One may remember that Georgians voted in favor of voter registration photo ID requirements in 2008. However, the “Obama” Justice Department ruled that Georgia could not implement this law. Karen’s staff argued with the DOJ in Washington and found themselves with no alternative but for the state of Georgia to take this thru the federal court system. The federal appeals court in Atlanta ruled against the DOJ’s objection to this statute ( a similar statute in Illinois had already been recognized as constitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court) and a recent filing by the Georgia Democratic Party has been overturned by the Fulton County Superior Court on these basis just last month. Though Karen wasn’t SOS at the time of the Fulton Co. Superior Court decision, it was her dedication to ensure that the Georgia voter ID registration law, as approved by Georgian citizens, would be upheld. As is typical in the political world, there have been a couple of allegations against Ms. Handel which were never corroborated and were dismissed by the appropriate agencies. As Secretary of State, with results like bringing in billions in fines from investment firms involving illegal sales of auction sales securities, Handel has followed thru with her conservative approach on her solutions to issues vital to our state, such as implementing potential plans to help stymie the flow of illegal immigration into our state since the federal government has failed to secure our borders, developing sound conservative solutions for our state economy, including health care initiatives, and more fiscally-sound solutions to our state budget. These solutions, along with many others, continue to show how much Karen Handel is willing to fight the “good ol’ boy” network to solve our state’s problems from education to health to water and landscape issues to our state budget deficits. I only wish she were more vocal on how the state of Georgia could use the Tenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and our Georgia State Constitution to work against any federal legislation passed that is outside of the limitations as found in the 1st and 2nd Articles of the U.S. Constitution for our federal legislative and executive branches.
I know whom I am supporting for Governor of Georgia and I would guess that you would guess incorrectly, even after reading this review. I believe that my choice will have the fortitude and principles needed to stand up against the upcoming Democratic Party campaigning methods (and they will be nasty) and become our next Governor. And, yes, I am a believer in the principles of the Constitutions of both the state of Georgia and the United States of America. And I am a true conservative. But, in the end, I can only offer you my opinions of the candidates. Your choice is yours to make. Let’s pray that we all help select the best Constitutionally principled, morally ethical candidate in the upcoming primary who will defeat the “Obama Kool-Aid drinker” from the Democratic primary and become our next successful Governor for the Great State of Georgia.
Saturday, May 8, 2010
CALL FOR PATRIOTS AND HEROES
This Great Experiment, these United States of America, was created thru the courage and sacrifice of past Patriots, giving up their lives to achieve independence for our new country; to ensure our God-given rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness and property. Our country, the longest-surviving Republic in the world, was endowed with a limited government designed for We, the People by activists, educators, farmers, landowners, inventors and philosophers. All of these Founding Fathers answered the call and came together with contrasting ideas of the design of our new government. Yet, thru the inspiration of spiritual and political philosophers of their time and of time past, they came to agreement when they developed the Constitution of the United States of America. To the last Patriot of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, they realized that they had created a limited government of, by and for the people that was inspired and guided by Our Holy Father.
The ideals and principles of our country has been protected by heroes and Patriots who have paid the heavy price of their lives, sacrificed their time of family, and have come home broken in order to preserve this Union. Today, we still have those heroes fighting for our ideals and sacrificing for their country. A new Patriot and hero is needed today to assist those who have sacrificed so much. Our country calls for activists, writers, philosophers, and ordinary citizens to become more involved in RESTORING OUR REPUBLIC. Will you answer the call?
The ideals and principles of our country has been protected by heroes and Patriots who have paid the heavy price of their lives, sacrificed their time of family, and have come home broken in order to preserve this Union. Today, we still have those heroes fighting for our ideals and sacrificing for their country. A new Patriot and hero is needed today to assist those who have sacrificed so much. Our country calls for activists, writers, philosophers, and ordinary citizens to become more involved in RESTORING OUR REPUBLIC. Will you answer the call?
Monday, May 3, 2010
THE TRUTH ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER
From a retired USAF major general (living in South Arizona) to my father:
READ THIS! IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU KNOW WHAT IS REALLY HAPPENING ON OUR SOUTHERN BORDER!!
As you know, one of the local ranchers was murdered in Douglas two weeks in Sago. His funeral is tomorrow. I received three messages similar to the one below from different officers within the Rangers and law enforcement:
Yesterday afternoon I talked to another rancher near us who is a friend of ours and whose great grandfather started their ranch here in 1880. These are good people. He told me what really happened out at the Krentz ranch and what you won't read in the papers. The Border Patrol is afraid of starting a small war between civilians here and the drug cartels in Mexico.
Bob Krentz was checking his water like he does every evening and came upon an illegal who was lying on the ground telling him he was sick. Bob called the Border Patrol and asked for a medical helicopter evac. As he turned to go back to his ATV he was shot in the side. The round came from down and angled up so they know the shooter was on the ground. Bob's firearm was in the ATV so he had no chance. Wounded, he called the Cochise County Sherriff and asked for help. Bleeding in the lungs he called his brother but the line was bad so he called his wife but again the line was bad.
Several ranchers heard the radio call and drove to his location. Bob was dead by this time. The ranchers tracked the shooter 8 miles back towards Mexico and cornered him in a brushy draw.
This was all at night. The Sherriff and Border Patrol arrived and told them not to go down and engage the murderer. They went around to the back side and, if you can believe it, the assassin managed to get by a BP helicopter and a Sherriff's posse and back to Mexico. So much for professional help when you need it.
One week before the murder Bob and his brother Phil (who I shoot with) hauled a huge quantity of drugs off the ranch that they found in trucks. One week before that, a rancher near Naco did the same thing. Two nights later, gangs broke into his ranch house and beat him and his wife and told them that if they touched any drugs they found they would come back and kill them. The ranchers here deal with cut fences and haul drug deliveries off their ranches all the time. What ranchers think is that the drug cartels beat the one rancher and shot Bob because they wanted to send a message. Bob always gave food and water to illegals and so they think they sent the assassin to pose as an illegal who was hungry and thirsty knowing it would catch Bob off guard.
What is going on down here is NOT being reported. You need to tell people how bad it is along the border. Texas is worse. Near El Paso, it's in a state of war. 5000 people were killed in Ciudad Juarez last year and it's over 2000 so far this year. Gun sales down here are through the roof and I get emails from people wanting firearms training.
Something has to be done but I don't hold out much hope. These gangs have groups in almost every city in the US . Please read below. This is serious business. The Barrio Azteca and their sub gangs are like Mexican Corporations and organized extremely well. If this doesn't get dealt with down here. you guys will deal with it on your streets.
Bud
READ THIS! IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU KNOW WHAT IS REALLY HAPPENING ON OUR SOUTHERN BORDER!!
As you know, one of the local ranchers was murdered in Douglas two weeks in Sago. His funeral is tomorrow. I received three messages similar to the one below from different officers within the Rangers and law enforcement:
Yesterday afternoon I talked to another rancher near us who is a friend of ours and whose great grandfather started their ranch here in 1880. These are good people. He told me what really happened out at the Krentz ranch and what you won't read in the papers. The Border Patrol is afraid of starting a small war between civilians here and the drug cartels in Mexico.
Bob Krentz was checking his water like he does every evening and came upon an illegal who was lying on the ground telling him he was sick. Bob called the Border Patrol and asked for a medical helicopter evac. As he turned to go back to his ATV he was shot in the side. The round came from down and angled up so they know the shooter was on the ground. Bob's firearm was in the ATV so he had no chance. Wounded, he called the Cochise County Sherriff and asked for help. Bleeding in the lungs he called his brother but the line was bad so he called his wife but again the line was bad.
Several ranchers heard the radio call and drove to his location. Bob was dead by this time. The ranchers tracked the shooter 8 miles back towards Mexico and cornered him in a brushy draw.
This was all at night. The Sherriff and Border Patrol arrived and told them not to go down and engage the murderer. They went around to the back side and, if you can believe it, the assassin managed to get by a BP helicopter and a Sherriff's posse and back to Mexico. So much for professional help when you need it.
One week before the murder Bob and his brother Phil (who I shoot with) hauled a huge quantity of drugs off the ranch that they found in trucks. One week before that, a rancher near Naco did the same thing. Two nights later, gangs broke into his ranch house and beat him and his wife and told them that if they touched any drugs they found they would come back and kill them. The ranchers here deal with cut fences and haul drug deliveries off their ranches all the time. What ranchers think is that the drug cartels beat the one rancher and shot Bob because they wanted to send a message. Bob always gave food and water to illegals and so they think they sent the assassin to pose as an illegal who was hungry and thirsty knowing it would catch Bob off guard.
What is going on down here is NOT being reported. You need to tell people how bad it is along the border. Texas is worse. Near El Paso, it's in a state of war. 5000 people were killed in Ciudad Juarez last year and it's over 2000 so far this year. Gun sales down here are through the roof and I get emails from people wanting firearms training.
Something has to be done but I don't hold out much hope. These gangs have groups in almost every city in the US . Please read below. This is serious business. The Barrio Azteca and their sub gangs are like Mexican Corporations and organized extremely well. If this doesn't get dealt with down here. you guys will deal with it on your streets.
Bud
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