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So we know the Republicans have mostly sold us out after we delivered the House and almost the Senate in 2010. We should know that whatever we deliver to the Republican leadership; be it a bigger House, a Senate majority, the White House in 2012, they will do nothing of consequence. Taxes won’t be cut or simplified; spending will hardly slow and given our last experience under total Republican government it may well accelerate.
The establishment, left or right, considers us (Tea Party supporters) to be naïve.
Every two years we play this game where, if only we can win, then our side can claim #victory and government will return, at least a little to its rightful place. We’re #winning!!! We believe them. [...]
Continue reading Structure Demands Behavior
I’ve had what I think is an epiphany, of sorts.
Conservatives and more so, libertarians, have a serious problem.
They view liberty and limited government as a kind of machine that has a couple of the gears stripped, maybe an armature frozen, a tensioner pulley a little loose. I do it too. For example, I see 1913 as a disastrous year and it was. Lots of gears, stripped, pulleys bent, etc. that year.
The idea is if we could just poke a little here and prod a little there, replace a gear, balance a flywheel, replace a shifter, undo 1913, etc. then everything would be back to normal and we would be good for a hundred years or more.
It is not true.
When the US [...]
Continue reading Golem Nation
I was working on a project that had me staying at my brother’s place in Canyon Country north of LA back in the mid 90’s. One morning I came out to my truck to get in and head off to a jobsite. Just as I reached the truck it started wobbling. It was an older truck with worn out springs and it looked to me like one of the neighborhood kids was perhaps crouched on the other side of the truck shaking it as a joke. I had seen and talked to a few of the kids around that time of morning as they waited for a school bus so I assumed that was what it was. Before I could say anything the earth under [...]
Continue reading My First Earthquake
While this is Lincoln’s White House it is probably quite close to Washington’s original vision.
From the official White House site.
For two hundred years, the White House has stood as a symbol of the Presidency, the United States government, and the American people.
Construction began when the first cornerstone was laid in October of 1792. Although President Washington oversaw the construction of the house, he never lived in it. It was not until 1800, when the White House was nearly completed, that its first residents, President John Adams and his wife, Abigail, moved in.
There are 132 rooms, 35 bathrooms, and 6 levels in the Residence. There are also 412 doors, 147 windows, 28 fireplaces, 8 staircases, and 3 [...]
Continue reading The White House from Washington to Obama. A metaphor.
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Oh trust me I have a couple of ideas. But whereever they are, they are not where they need to be.
This is a massive cave-in just like the one he pulled in the spring.
This time he has managed to drag along a few more of the freshmen in the house, thus destroying their credibility as well.
How did he get their support? By promising something he never intends to deliver.
The idea that the second raise in the debt ceiling requires a BBA to be passed out of House and Senate to the states is a cynical joke.
Seeing how far and fast he heads to the bottom this time is there any doubt he will capitulate again [...]
Continue reading Where Are John Boehner’s Lips?
How does Boehner take knowing he has been called out on the carpet?
You naughty little Ohioan!!!!
It is interesting how the MSM builds a perception.
I wonder how they would take a Boehner summoning Obama to the House floor. Offer him the podium for an hour if he will promise to bring his detailed vision how to balance the budget. Let the Saetoro fly.
For that matter let loud mouth Chris Van Hollen explain how his Balanced Budget Amendment would work since he says the Republican version is unfair. Come on Chrissie, if the Republican BBA is unfair show us what a balanced BBA should look like. And remember it HAS to balance the budget. Which means when your class warfare tax policies shrink [...]
Continue reading When Obama Summons Boehner to the White House does he use a process server?
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It seems to be occurring to some small degree, the US House is coalescing around the Cut, Cap and Balance idea.
If carried through with firmness this might one day be regarded as THE turning point in the United States.
If not, it will be one in a list of many missed opportunities that could have averted national bankruptcy.
I must admit I am skeptical Boehner will have the courage to actually force the issue.
But we must dispense with the idea that he CAN’T force this issue. The Republicans HAVE the ability to force the Amendment through the US Senate. Reid’s hand can be forced on this.
It is the Democrats and their bloated programs that [...]
Continue reading Negotiating by Legislating
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The intricate scheme involved placing members in various
critical positions in the court system as well as in businesses, law
enforcement, even going so far as standing for elective office. Gang members
have served on special commissions appointed to investigate their own crimes in
order to suppress knowledge of their own involvement as well as protecting
their associates.
What has the gang done with hundreds of millions of
compromised identities?
An organization this sophisticated would be expected to
steal more than mere money and they have. By placing associates in positions
across government and business the fraud becomes self-perpetuating. It has also
included many other innovations entirely novel [...]
Continue reading Massive criminal syndicate perpetrates largest ID theft heist in history. Hundreds of millions compromised.
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With this somewhat stilted sentence, Michelle Bachmann captured the essence of America. She was speaking of her grandparents at the Redstate Gathering 2010 in Austin.
I am glad to see she has gotten in.
Left, right or across to many have forgotten the key ingredients that made America different from the rest of the world.
A written constitution that was obeyed, mostly, for the first 100 years and generally for the next 50 years.
This dovetails into the rule of law that too many on the right ignore with Drug Wars and Social Security among others items plainly in violation of the US Constitution but which “conservatives” still support from political expediency and a desire for power. [...]
Continue reading They worked their hearts out, with joy.
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Whereas there has been some confusion regarding the precise role and powers envisioned for the federal government;
And
Whereas this confusion has resulted in unfortunate mis-understandings between the federal government and the states and the citizens of the various states;
Be it resolved that We the People, represented by the lowest common denominator, with or without our consent, do hereby offer
The Final Amendment to the United States Constitution
ARTICLE THE LAST
SECTION 1. Congress hereby reserves to itself the right to spend whatever monies, derived from whatever source on any project of its choosing.
SECTION 2. In the event congress is unable to find sources of revenue, it shall have the power to print money directly [...]
Continue reading The Suicide Pact
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