Amendments 5 & 6 Would Change the Way Re-districting Would be done

Friends:

Here is some information on Amendment 5 to the Florida Constitution. The arguments come from the Collins Center for Public Policy:

What it would do: Amendment 5 would require that legislative districts not be drawn to favor one political party over another or deny minorities equal opportunity to participate in the political process.

Arguments for: Incumbents, both Democrat and Republican, have traditionally drawn district boundaries to give themselves political advantage. Redistricting should not favor any incumbent or party.

Arguments against: The amendment might reduce minority representation. Abiding by the amendment would be difficult, and redistricting under its strictures could lead to a flurry of lawsuits.

Friends:

Here is some information on Amendment 6 to the Florida Constitution. The arguments come from the Collins Center for Public Policy:

What it would do: Amendment 6 would require that congressional districts not be drawn to favor one political party over another or deny minorities equal opportunity to participate in the political process.

Arguments for: Incumbents, both Democrat and Republican, have traditionally drawn district boundaries to give themselves political advantage. Redistricting should not favor any incumbent or party.

Arguments against: The amendment might reduce minority representation. Abiding by the amendment would be difficult, and redistricting under its strictures could lead to a flurry of lawsuits.

I am voting NO on both of these. Remember, we are a REPUBLIC, not a democracy. The leftists, liberals and progressives want a democracy, because it works on mob rule. Our Founding Fathers specifically set up the government to prevent mob rule. From past experience, because this is supported by leftist, liberal and progressive groups, the law of unintended consequences will prevail. Thus, the arguments against will most assuredly come to fruition. I also know that when the liberal trial lawyers support it, it will become nothing more than a lawyer employment protection act. The courts should not be involved in what is a legislative process. The courts are not empowered or qualified to decide the issues of redistricting. The courts are not and never were intended to be the branch of last resort in these matters. Because the guidelines are so strict and so detailed, any minority (except white Anglo-Saxon Protestant Males) will be able to scream foul, file a law suit, and tie up the process. This is a horrible idea.

Patriot Mark

If you want to save our country and our freedoms, vote, and vote for the most conservative candidate on the ballot. Vote for those initiatives which reduce or eliminate government control and interference in our lives. Vote against those initiatives which increase government's power and control over the individual and private entities. Vote in favor of those individuals and items that are in line with our Founding Principles.

BP Shakedown Cop-Out

Friends:

The is adapted from an e-mail message I sent to Todd Schnitt, after hearing his idiocy regarding the Shakedown of BP by the Tyrant-and-Liar-in-Chief (a/k/a T&LIC, i.e., Obama):

Schnitt:

I am not happy to hear that you espouse and agree with Rahm Emanuel’s philosophy that “we should never let a good emergency go to waste.” Unfortunately, that is the attitude of tyrants and despots—the tyrants and despots that now occupy the White House and control our government. I have known for a while that you have a bit of a lefty bent to you and your rant about the shakedown during the 4:00 p.m. hour on your June 17, 2010 show confirmed it.

I agree that the oil spill is a disaster. I agree that BP has a huge share of the responsibility for the spill and the damage it has and will continue to cause. However, they should not be held responsible for ALL the damages caused to everyone along the Gulf Coast. Legally, they would not be responsible for the damages caused by the moratorium on drilling, etc., put in place by the Tyrant-and-Liar-in-Chief (a/k/a T&LIC, i.e., Obama). In legal parlance, the moratorium is an unforeseeable, superseding, intervening cause of the damages to all those who have been put out of work by the moratorium. There was no need for that action . . . unless you are trying to destroy the industry, or take it over. When the Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred, the shipping of oil in tankers was not shut down. When a plane crashes, killing hundreds of people, the government does not ground all flights. When a car crashes and kills people, the government does not stop people from driving. The moratorium was an extreme overreaction by the T&LIC. He had no clue, and still does not have any clue, about how to manage this disaster. So, to look like he is doing something, the T&LIC resorts to bullying. Those tactics work just fine in Chicago, especially since corruption is normal in Chicago. They are morally and legally reprehensible when done by a president.

There is a more important principle here that you are completely ignoring. This is a nation of laws and not of men or of emotions. Your reaction in this situation is purely emotional. BP has admitted that they were responsible and would pay all “legitimate” claims. They have been paying legitimate claims. They have been paying for clean-up. Because we are a nation of laws, laws should be used to solve this problem, not bullying tactics. The T&LIC and his regime have done more to prevent the resolution of this problem, than they have done to provide solutions or assistance. But, this is typical of what happens when government and bureaucracies get involved.

Once you get your emotions out of the way and analyze the situation logically and objectively, you cannot conclude anything but that the $20 Billion Escrow Fund set up by BP was a shakedown by the regime. If it was “voluntary” as you claim, they would have set it up sooner. There is no doubt that the regime threatened BP with all kinds of prosecutions and legal action, including taking them over, if they did not pony up. But, to you and the regime, it appears that the rule of law does not matter in this case. This is exactly the kind of thing the FDR regime pulled during the depression. It outrages me that the rule of law and the Constitution are discarded, just because there is a disaster like this.

I fully support Barton’s initial apology. Just because Boehner, Miller and other repukegans don’t like what Barton said, doesn’t mean they are right or that you are right. You are bootstrapping your argument that Barton’s comment was wrong by using other repukegans who disagree with his assessment of the situation. You claim to be an independent thinker who calls it like it is. So, what happened to calling it like it is? I guess, you call it like it is only so long as your desire to dive in the Gulf and spend time on the beaches is not threatened. This action by the T&LIC and his regime is morally reprehensible, legally unsupportable, and totally unconstitutional. But, I guess, for you, those wimpy repukegans, the regime of the T&LIC, and the despotcRATs, the Constitutional limitations on government aren’t valid or important when there is an emergency and a disaster. Besides, we should "[n]ever let a serious crisis go to waste. . . . [because] it's an opportunity to do things you couldn't do before." It gives the T&LIC the "opportunity" to do things like forcing a private company to divest itself of all of its profits for a year by intimidating and threatening its officers. Wait, . . . isn't that what happened to the financial institutions who were forced to accept TARP money. Oh, wait, . . . isn't that what happened to Chrysler and GM when they were taken over by the regime. The government is the root cause of this whole disaster because of it regulations and its cow-towing to the extremist environmentalists. You are wrong, Schnitt! Where and when will the rule of bullying end? Will radio stations be next to be strong-armed by the regime? You need to put your emotions aside and base your assessment on the facts and the rule of law. If this action by the regime continues and no one steps up to stop it, our Nation is doomed to become a dictatorship under the T&LIC and his regime.

When we are afraid of our government, instead of our government being afraid of us, we are in serious trouble as a republic. (By the way, the USA was set up as a REPUBLIC, and not a democracy. The Founding Fathers abhorred a democratic government, because they knew it was nothing more than mob rule.) I would suggest that you seriously consider the long-term consequences of the position you are taking in this matter. It is unfortunate, because a lot of people are being hurt. But, we have laws and courts to deal with it. It is not within the authority of the president to take these kinds of actions. It is the president’s responsibility to enforce the existing laws; it is not his prerogative to make it up as he goes. He does not have the constitutional right or authority to usurp the power and authority of the legislature or the courts. You either support the Constitution and the rule of law or you don’t. We either abide by the rule of law and the Constitution all of the time and in all circumstances, or we allow tyranny to exist. In this case, you are not supporting the rule of law or the Constitution. You cannot have it both ways. I am disappointed in your misguided, emotionally-driven position in this matter.

God Bless you.
God Bless the BSA.
God Bless our Troops.
God Bless America (the greatest country that has ever existed in the history of man).

Patriot Mark

Net Neutrality Destroys Freedom

Net neutrality is nothing more than government control of private activity and business. Net neutrality will allow the government to control content on the internet. That leads to a reduction of freedom and liberty for the individual. Those of us who believe in freedom understand that government control of information means government control of thought and beliefs. We instinctively know that this is wrong in this country, which was built on the idea that government is limited in its power over the individual. We understand and believe, just as our Founding Fathers did, that our rights come from God and that “We the People” have given some of those rights to the government so that we can live in an ordered society. We also know that information is power, and that the power is in the hands of the people, not some government bureaucrat.

The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights guarantee and protect that bedrock principle. Those who advocate net neutrality do not believe in freedom and liberty. Well . . . they do believe in freedom and liberty, but only when the words or positions of others agree with their viewpoint. According to the proponents of net neutrality, you can be free to agree with them all you want. But, when you disagree with them or show them where they are wrong, then you must be silenced. Disagreement or dissent will not be tolerated by those who wish to control us.

True freedom exists when all viewpoints, opinions and ideas are allowed to be spoken and put forth. The First Amendment clearly states that “Congress shall make NO LAW . . . abridging the freedom of speech.” With even a rudimentary understanding of English, it is abundantly clear that NO LAW means NO LAW, including “net neutrality.” Political speech was meant to be the most highly protected of all speech. The right to truly free speech dovetails into “the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” The voices of the people, who consent to be governed, must not be silenced or controlled by the government.

Net neutrality is a law that is unequivocally prohibited by the First Amendment. The internet grew the way it did, and has become a place where the individual has real power, because of the lack of government control and regulation. The internet gives the individual real power to get his message out and to find answers. The liberals, lefties, progressives, socialists, and political elites hate the internet and the free flow of information it provides, because it threatens their desire to control the minds, words and actions of the masses. Cable programming has grown so fast and has become the source of information for many people, because it is not as controlled as the “public airwaves” are by the government. “Alternative” media are hated by the liberals, lefties, progressives, socialists, and political elites, because it gives out information that often disagrees with the “party” line, or it exposes the truth that they wish to keep hidden. The liberals, lefties, progressives, socialists, and political elites think that the rest of us are too stupid to know what is good for us. They think they know better about how we should live, what we should eat, what our children should learn in school, what kind of cars we should drive, what kind of light bulbs we should use, how hot or cold we should set our thermostats, what we should be allowed to read, watch or listen to, etc., etc., etc., etc.

The internet is an open market place of information. It is unfettered capitalsim. The liberals, lefties, progressives, socialists, and political elites hate capitalism because capitalism is freedom, and freedom is capitalism. Capitalism is also an expression of individual desires and dreams. The liberals, lefties, progressives, socialists, and political elites hate that also. They are more interested in the “common good” or the collective. They would rather be herding us like sheep toward their goal for us. But, we are not sheep to be herded by the elites. Our system guarantees equal protection under the law; it does not guarantee equal results by law. But, the latter is exactly what the liberals, lefties, progressives, socialists, and political elites want to promote. And the latter is socialism, pure and simple.

History has shown us, and is showing us now (e.g., Greece, Europe), that socialism does not work and will never work. But, the liberals, lefties, progressives, socialists, and political elites think that they are smarter, more educated, and are better equipped to get different results from doing the same things that have been tried before. Isn’t insanity doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results? FDR and his regime did the same things that the Tyrant-and-Liar-in-Chief (T&LIC) and his regime are now trying to do to “fix” the problems that were originally created by the government. FDR and his regime failed, and so will the T&LIC and his regime. Patrick Henry said, “The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.” Unfortunately, the T&LIC and his regime full of thugs, cronies, cheaters and criminals believe that it is an instrument to restrain the people. And net neutrality is the latest weapon in their arsenal to control and restrain the people and freedom.

Humans have a natural desire to be free. God wants us to be free. Our Declaration of Independence, our Constitution and our Bill of Rights guarantee our individual freedom. Governments want to control human behavior, thoughts, and actions. The liberals, lefties, progressives, socialists, and political elites especially want to control human behavior, thoughts, and actions. We must have, and are guaranteed, a free and unfettered market place where ideas can be put forth and discussed and debated. The true test of one’s belief in freedom of speech occurs when one is confronted with speech that one finds offensive or disagreeable. If you believe in freedom in general, and freedom of speech, in particular, you can clearly see how sinister net neutrality is. Net neutrality is a tool of present-day despots, tyrants and dictators. We do not want or need it here.

Remember those who paid the ultimate price to obtain, preserve and protect our freedom.
God bless you.
God bless our troops.
God bless the BSA.
God bless America.

Patriot Mark

I Want B. Hussein Obama to Fail

Failure of the President will in this case keep some semblance of what our Founding Fathers created intact. If B. Hussein Obama succeeds, the America our parents turned over to us will be lost, and the blood, tears, lives and property that our Founding Fathers and the others who fought to preserve our way of life, spilled and lost, will have been spilled and lost in vain. If B. Hussein Obama has his way, we will turn into a copy of France and the other socialistic countries who are financially and morally bankrupt and where liberty as we know it no longer exists. If B. Hussein Obama succeeds, the government will be even more intrusive in our lives. With that intrusiveness, comes less and less freedom. With that intrusiveness, comes bureaucrats telling each of us what kind of house we can live in, how much we can earn, what cars we can drive, what kind of light bulbs we can use, how much food we can buy, what language we can use, what words we are prohibited from using, what we can read, what we can think, etc.

So, yes I want THIS president to fail, because his success means the destruction of the USA as a beacon of liberty and freedom. The destruction of this country by B. Hussein Obama and his henchmen would decrease the standard of living of everyone living here, and of every other person on this earth. I want B. Hussein Obama to fail. I pray to God every day that people in this country will wake up and see that they are allowing themselves to be enslaved by this president and his policies. I, as a person who believes in the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights, and who understands what the Founding Fathers wanted and were trying to do to create Liberty and Freedom for mankind, want B. Hussein Obama to fail. The socialism and fascism that B. Hussein Obama is pushing has failed every time it has been tried. It is extremely arrogant of the president and his henchmen to believe that they can do it better. I do not want this country to repeat the same mistakes.

Some people ask, "Isn't the government better suited to solve the economic probelems in which find ourselves?" First, this economic mess was created by Presidents FDR, Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clinton, and Senators Barney Frank, B. Hussein Obama, Chris Dodd, Chuck Schumer and all of the rest of the liberals and DemocRATs, when they enacted the Community Reinvestment Act and then used the Justice Department and groups such as ACORN to threaten and badger banks to make loans to people who would not normally qualify for houses they could not afford, and allowed Frank Raines and others in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to cook the books so they could pay themselves millions of dollars in bonuses. Bonuses that were based on false numbers. Efforts by George Bush and others to correct the problems with Fannie and Freddie were prevented by the DemocRATs. B. Hussein Obama and his henchmen continue to create fear by their pronouncements. There is nothing positive in this administration's message. Their vision is bigger government spending more and more money. Second, George Bush inherited a recession from Clinton and then had to deal with the attack on 9/11. Because of Bush's tax cuts, the recession was very short-lived, and led to several years of growth and rising incomes. Third, these people forget that the democRATs took over Congress in November 2006. It was shortly thereafter that the economy started to falter.

Others ask, "But, what about all the money we have spent on those unnecessary wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, money that could have been used here to help people?" Bush had to go after the Islamo-facists to prevent another horrendous attack from a group of people whose only purpose in life is to kill Americans and destroy the American way of life. His strategy worked as planned. All of the terrorists descended on Afghanistan and Iraq. But for all the handcuffs placed on our military by the democRATs and the unaccountable liberal federal judges, the war would have been even shorter and more of the terrorists would have been killed or captured.

"But, what about all those intrusions by Bush on private citizens?" The truth is that private citizens were not targeted by the surveillance. Only those communications from outside the US, and particularly those emanating from countries that are known havens for terrorists, were targeted. Oh, and there were judges reviewing those "taps" through the FISA courts.

"More tax cuts and de-regulation will not solve the financial problems we are having," others say. More tax cuts are exactly what we need. I don't know of any poor people who hire workers for their businesses. Only the "rich" have the means to take the risks to start businesses that employ people. Only those with the resources seem to have the desire to start new businesses and put it all on the line. A business' purpose is not to employ people; it is to make a profit for its owners and/or shareholders. Government sucks money out of the private sector. Every dollar of government spending is one less dollar available for private investment. And, what do we get with government spending? Princess Pelosi flying all over the country in a private jet. No other Speaker before her has done that! With government spending, we get bridges to nowhere. With government spending, we get studies on why pigs stink. With government regulation, we get higher production costs and companies moving their plants to other countries where costs of production are lower. With government control, we get minimum wages that cause jobs to be lost. With government regulation, we have higher medical costs because of all the costs of compliance. And the list goes on and on. With government thinking it can fix the problem it created, we have spending bills that contain over 8,000 items of pork-barrel projects.
With government bail-outs, we shore up the weak companies, and overburden the strong companies. With government bail-outs, we reward irresponsibility and punish those who conduct their businesses wisely.

We have a president who has trashed the auto industry, who trashed the airline industry, who wants to put the coal industry out of business, and who wants to control all of your health care. The mess cannot and will not be cleaned up by the people who created it, because those people are only interested in gathering power and wealth to themselves. Even though our own history and Japan's experience in the 1990's, shows us that higher taxes and more government spending do not fix the problem, this president and his henchmen are so arrogant that they believe that the only reason this course of action has not succeeded in the past, is because government did not act fast enough and did not spend enough. If more government spending was the solution, then there should be no poverty in this county, after 40+ years of the "War on Poverty," and our public schools should be the best in the world at graduating the best and brightest students.

The solution lies in true capitalism and personal responsibility. If the government would get out of the way, by reducing taxes and de-regulating, our economy would rebound so quickly that we could take the words recession and depression out of our vocabulary. I believe this because I believe in the ingenuity and spirit of the INDIVIDUAL American. Our country was founded on the idea that it is the individual, free to pursue his own happiness, that makes this country great. Government does not make this country great. It is only a necessary evil that provides some order. The Constitution put LIMITS on what the government can and should do. However, over the decades we as a body have forgotten that or, sadly, do not comprehend or understand that. B. Hussein Obama and his henchmen do not understand this or choose to ignore the limits because of their self-centered arrogant desire to control everything.

Please B. Hussein Obama, fail and fail miserably.

God Bless you.
God Bless the BSA.
God Bless our troops.
God Bless America.

Patriot Mark