Loose Lips

I've heard the phrase "Loose Lips Sink Ships" for years. And it has always proven itself to be a true statement.

And for the past 100 years our politicians have been tight lipped about their hell bent want to take us down the road to Socialism. Even during the days of blasting Adolf Hitler for his Socialist Regime in Germany, FDR was trying to steer us down that road.

But never has there been a politician that would ever utter the intent to take us down that road.

Until Now!

Earlier today a friend sent me this link about one Maxine Waters. And to much amazement, she has a Freudian slip during a televised event in Congress.

**Just as a warning, there is a humorous part that someone added to this video, but you will get the gist of it. This is from 2008.

The link for this video below is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrA9zj94NuU



Viva Liberty!

Panic, It does the Government Good!

Well lets see, over the past week we have been bombarded by the Media Propagandists about the Swine Flu. Now don't get me wrong, the swine flu might be something nasty to get, just like the regular flu, or pneumonia. But it defintely doesn't constitute the portrayal in the media.

But lets think for a minute. Why are we bombarded by this information? Its disproportional if you ask me. how many in the US alone each year come down with influenza? How many come down with Pneumonia? Well without a hard copy of actual figures in front of me, i would say the number is up there. But never is it mentioned by media, but why is that? It is because there are more important things for them to propagandize on. But not this time.

I have a thought as for why this is. You see 99.9% is in the bag to the Republicrat political establishment. Just think back to the last election and how they were in the bag for the candidate that was to save from everything and give us everything that we could ever want and need. Well the media isn't any different this many months later. So with them being in the bag, they will do everything possible to divert negative attention from the "saviour".

Not to mention that governments will play this up to panic the Idiot minions. They will portray this a humongous typhoon of epic proportions to get all of the economic heat away from them. Not to mention that this is a way to brainwash the people into thinking that government is the only thing that save the day on this topic.

I say brilliant, ye governments through out the world. You have been victorious in portraying (with the media's help) this small incident as a major worldwide catastrophe. You have been victorious in shifting the populations away from your screwing of our economic standing, your taking away of our freedoms, your Socialization of our goverment.

Why does the government need to instill this Panic of this illness? Because with our focus off of them, it makes their job of taking our rights a much easier endeavor.

Viva Liberty!

WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE IT!!!!!!!

Ok, to everyone, sorry for the lack of posts here. I know some have thought that i fell off of the political wagon so to speak. Well in a way i guess i did. Life had become a little overwhelming for me lately. Not to mention just down about the whole political landscape of this country. And when i get down or overwhelmed, i lack the inspiration to write. And if i don't have the inspiration, i just can't get the words to come from my hands.

But at least for today, I am back.

The main reason i am back today is because of the Tea Party's happening across this country. Tea Party's, that from a Libertarian perspective, have been needed for a long time. But never have people been so polarized on the political front. And it is GREAT!

My title to this post is a play on many different things. But the play is on a old song. From an old 80's hair band, which i must admit that i listened to back in the day Twisted Sister.

Here are the lyrics to the song:
WE'VE GOT THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE AND
THERE AIN'T NO WAY WE'LL LOSE IT
THIS IS OUR LIFE, THIS IS OUR SONG
WE'LL FIGHT THE POWERS THAT BE JUST
DON'T PICK OUR DESTINY 'CAUSE
YOU DON'T KNOW US, YOU DON'T BELONG

OH WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE IT
NO, WE AIN'T GONNA TAKE IT
OH WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE IT ANYMORE

OH YOU'RE SO CONDESCENDING
YOUR GALL IS NEVER ENDING
WE DON'T WANT NOTHIN', NOT A THING FROM YOU
YOUR LIFE IS TRITE AND JADED
BORING AND CONFISCATED
IF THAT'S YOUR BEST, YOUR BEST WON'T DO

OH.....................
OH.....................
WE'RE RIGHT/YEAH
WE'RE FREE/YEAH
WE'LL FIGHT/YEAH
YOU'LL SEE/YEAH

OH WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE IT
NO, WE AIN'T GONNA TAKE IT
OH WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE IT ANYMORE


WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE IT. The song fits. Its not very often that you find a 20 year old song that speaks as much if not more than when it came out.

We're not gonna take it.
We're not gonna take idiot elected officials.
We're not gonna take overbearing government.
We're not gonna take higher taxes.
We're not gonna take a stripping of our rights.
We're not gonna take government oppression.
We're not gonna take wastefull spending.
We're not gonna take bailouts.
We're not gonna take expanding your socialist agenda.
We're not gonna take you trashing our constitution.
We're not gonna take you trying to take our guns.
We're not gonna take your efforts to shut us up.
We're not gonna take your fairness doctrine.
We're not gonna take your trashing our monetary system.
We're not gonna take your monopoly on money.
We're not gonna take this government anymore.
We're not gonna take politicians telling us what we need.
We're not gonna take the lie that we can not make it without them in power.
We're not gonna take the lame two party system (that are one in the same)!

So America, keep STANDING STRONG! Fight! Don't let this government continue the route they are taking.

As i have said before many times. Government works for us, we pay the bills. So we should demand that they do the job we hired them to do. IF THEY CAN'T WE MUST FIRE THEM!

Viva Ron Paul, Viva Glenn Beck, Viva Penn Jillette, and Viva anyone else fighting for our rights.

Viva Liberty!

The Official Libertarian Response

Here is an Official Party Response to Bush's term as President. A man that i was supportive of during his first term. But have since come to see what his presidency has meant for this country. Which frankly is not going to change with the next President. But i have digressed. Here is the email.

Libertarian Party <http://announce.lp.org/t/13029/85711/90/0/>

Jan. 12, 2009

Your Monday Message from the Libertarian Party:

As we move closer to Jan. 20 and the end of the Bush administration, the push to salvage the legacy of the Bush administration becomes stronger and stronger. However, even from an objective standpoint, there is little that Bush has done in the last eight years that has made America safer, stronger or freer. As a result, the clamoring to save-face have pushed Bush sycophants to unprecedented levels of absurdity.

Nowhere is this more apparent than in the recent article <http://announce.lp.org/t/13029/85711/420/0/> published by The Weekly Standard editor Fred Barnes about the "ten things the president got right."

The following are a handful of assertions made by Barnes as achievements of the Bush administration in the last eight years, and my responses to these statements:

Second, enhanced interrogation of terrorists. Along with use of secret prisons and wireless eavesdropping, this saved American lives. How many thousands of lives? We'll never know.

The idea that Bush has saved lives in the so-called "War on Terror" isn't exactly logical, and it isn't exactly true. Data compiled <http://announce.lp.org/t/13029/85711/421/0/> by the RAND Corporation actually shows dramatic increases in deaths caused by global terrorism following the election of George Bush to office.

But, that's the thing with things you don't know—you don't know them. Unfortunately, many neoconservatives struggling to find some redeeming value of the last eight years have taken the unknown to mean something they can posture as justifications for many of Bush's mistakes.

Not only do I have to question the moral fiber of those who champion torture, the denial of habeas corpus and spying on American citizens, I also question their intellectual integrity in saying that these anti-American practices have saved lives. Barnes says thousands of lives have been saved, but why not millions, or for that matter, billions? One might even say that although we don't know for sure if these practices have saved lives despite their obvious moral and legal failings, Bush probably saved mankind as we know it. After all, it follows the same "logic."

Bush's third achievement was the rebuilding of presidential authority, badly degraded in the era of Vietnam, Watergate, and Bill Clinton. He didn't hesitate to conduct wireless surveillance of terrorists without getting a federal judge's okay. He decided on his own how to treat terrorists and where they should be imprisoned. Those were legitimate decisions for which the president, as commander in chief, should feel no need to apologize.

This follows along the same lines Barnes' second "Bush Achievement." One can hardly consider the further undermining of the U.S. Constitution to be an achievement, unless that is one's goal all along. By the sounds of it, this may be Barnes' objective.

Ignoring the obvious (and aforementioned) moral hazards of such programs and initiatives headed by the Bush administration, which run contrary to the idea of freedom, Barnes takes no issue with apparent Constitutional violations of the presidential decisions of which he calls "achievements."

There are decisions the president has the authority to make, either by Constitutional or assumed duties. However, so long as there is a rule of law in the United States, the president should be held to that standard.

Presidential authority, federal authority and state authority are all powers of control that citizens of a free society need to both question and suspect, as that these are all potential agents of tyranny. Barnes' praise of Bush's power-grabs seems to indicate he'd be perfectly content in a society where those like Hillary Clinton, Ted Kennedy or Barack Obama could rule without worry of opposition. However, I suspect in the next few years we shall be hearing a different tune being sung by Barnes as the presidential authority of Bush is used by Obama to further his own agenda.

His fifth success was No Child Left Behind (NCLB), the education reform bill cosponsored by America's most prominent liberal Democratic senator Edward Kennedy. The teachers' unions, school boards, the education establishment, conservatives adamant about local control of schools--they all loathed the measure and still do. It requires two things they ardently oppose, mandatory testing and accountability.

I have not met a liberal, conservative or libertarian who is happy with No Child Left Behind. Not only is it a gross expansion of federal power over our schools, it has lowered the standards of education in schools across the country. Mandatory, standardized testing is a perfect "one-size-fits-all" solution fit for a Soviet society; however, it has had disastrous consequences for American schools.

Because schools are constantly required to meet and increase standards, schools instead lower standards in order to meet them without facing cuts in funding. Additionally, great schools are in danger of being labeled "failing schools" when they find it difficult to beat previous test scores.

This is accountability? Not only was No Child Left Behind not adequately funded for its purposes, it was a poorly crafted program that undermined its own intiatives while increasing federal control of schools.

This is why teachers, students, conservatives and liberals all hate it, and why statists love it.

Sixth, Bush declared in his second inaugural address in 2005 that American foreign policy (at least his) would henceforth focus on promoting democracy around the world.

There is nothing like democracy from the barrel of a gun. For conservatives so adamantly opposed to social welfare, they are quick to jump on the humanitarian train when it comes to global welfare. Unfortunately, this is much more expensive, both in dollars and American lives.

Not only is an interventionist foreign policy based on humanitarian motives expensive in life and blood, it is also largely ineffective when begun in nations not ready for democracy. Take a look at Palestine, who had free elections and voted-in Hamas, a terrorist organization.

Democracy is much better than any State authority (though Barnes largely argues for more State authority in his article); however, in order for democracy to work, it must be manifested domestically. It is not the responsibility of the American taxpayer to subsidize a World Task Force on Democracy.

The seventh achievement is the Medicare prescription drug benefit, enacted in 2003.

The Medicare prescription drug plan added trillions of dollars to an already struggling government program, further pushing these programs into financial ruin. Then-Comptroller General for the United States David Walker called the program "probably the most fiscally irresponsible piece of legislation since the 1960s."

How is this an achievement?

Conclusion:

There are many different types of conservatives, but I don't think Fred Barnes is one of them. If so, he represents a disgusting mutation of conservatism that has, somewhere in its philosophical evolution, replaced federalism with a high-octane breed of statism. Instead of championing people like Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and Patrick Henry, Barnes and those of his ilk would feel comfortable in the company of those like Joseph Stalin, Benito Mussolini and Sadam Hussein.

There is no place for Barnes' politics in a free society, and his cheerleading of some of the most egregious offenses of the Bush administration clearly shows Barnes to be an enemy of the Constitution and freedom. His "big-government conservatism," or more accurately, "neostatism conservatism" is a plague on our society and truly represents the ultimate bastardization of the movement once lead by Barry Goldwater.

This type of moral and intellectual depravity is a cancer on the Republican Party, and is the reason John McCain was defeated in the last election.

Americans don't want a king. They want a leader that inspires hope, not fear. Americans want a leader who fights for more freedom, not for more laws. If Republicans and the conservative movement that drives that party wish to survive much longer, they will return to their libertarian roots and reject the creeping influence of fascism into their ideology.

How will history judge Bush? Nobody knows right now and as far as I'm concerned, this question is wholly irrelevant.

I'm an American who lived during the Bush administration and I can truly say my life has been negatively impacted as a result of his policies. Not only am I facing the responsibility to pay for trillions and trillions of dollars spent during his administration, the civil liberties that protected me from government surveillance and abuse have been undermined or altogether destroyed.

Bush has so far raised the ceiling of executive power that I fear I will never see the day when government is more restrained than when he first began office.

I don't know if I can blame the Bush administration for the philosophical poison spewed by Fred Barnes and others like him, or whether Bush simply fell into their philosophical trap; however, it is imperative that we reject this philosophy of State authority and big government if we expect to remain a nation of free people.

Liberty is a lamp that guides a nation to prosperity and happiness, and the day it goes out is the day that nation is lost. While the Bush administration, through malice or ignorance, sullied the glass that protects this light of liberty, there is still time to wipe it clean and begin anew.

However, that time is dwindling.

My only hope is that this article never becomes an obituary for freedom, and simply remains a remonstrance of the injuries suffered in the last eight years.

Live free,

<http://www.lp.org/files/MySig.jpg>

Andrew Davis

Director of Communications

Libertarian Party

Viva La Libertarian

Viva Liberty!

The Constitution: Important Document or Government Toilet Paper?

Well it has been just short of month since my last post. It has been a crazy time of year. But who's hasn't been. I have a little bit of inspiration today on a few items so i thought i would post on at least one of the topics. You'll have to wait and see if i can get to the other topics.

This one really doesn't deal in depth with the title i have, but it does deal with it.

It seems that schools seem to have be a re-occuring topic for my posts. I guess because of the flippant attitude school employees and administration have toward the students, the parents, and the taxpayers, and even toward peoples rights.

There is a report out of Chicago of 3 girls being stripped searched by an off duty officer acting as a security guard. There was an incident of a small fire being set at the school. the officer thought that the 3 girls in question were hiding a lighter for the person suspected of setting the fire. The officer ( a woman officer) started feeling under the girls shirts to feel for the lighter. Then the officer ordered the 3 girls to drop their pants and underwear in order to search for the lighter in question.

Now this just wreaks of the stench of the attitude that government employees have these day. They believe that they can do as they please to the citizens of this country. What ever happened to unlawful search and seizure. These girls should not have been searched in such a manner as they were. Unless there was an actual On Duty Police Officer present, and a warrant was in hand. I might could see a pat down by the officer. But to have to endure an illegal strip search by an officer is something that these girls should have never been subjected to.

I feel that the school administrators, officer, and any other person involved in this should be fired immediately. The school should be punished for this type of action. There are way too many instances of School's over stepping their legal bounds these days. It is time that we DEMAND action against these invasions against peoples rights.

Government is like kudzu - Keep it trimmed or it will overtake everything.

Viva Liberty!

Here We Go Again.... Bailout Part 3

Sorry to all my readers for the infrequency here lately on my posts. I went from once a day to 2 -3 times a month. I am going to make it a priority in the New Year to get back to posting once a day again. I am not even going to make excuses for my absence. It is just a busy time of year.

But it seems like we are on the cusp of yet another of many to come Bail Outs for American Businesses. Now as most of you know, i am thoroughly dead set against any sort of bail out. I am a firm believer in the Free Market System. A free market system will have its peaks and valleys but it will overcome them all in short time if the government would just keep its nose out of it. Not too mention that it will rebound much faster will far less long term effect.

So with that being said Curious George Bush is pushing for 17 billion to be pumped into the failing big 3 US Automakers. Now there are many reasons for why the big 3 are failing. 1) the Unions have priced there salaries so high that the company has a harder time putting a fairly priced auto into the market. (Face it, an imported car costs the same in the US as a domestically produced car ). 2) the big 3 have an ego problem, they think like the government in that they believe that they know what the American public want and need. They also believe the American public are idiots, ones that will allow their auto needs to be dictated to them. 3) their product is substandard when put up against the foriegn auto makers. 4) Thier business model stinks and thier business is poorly run (Keep readig and you'll see proof)

- I saw a report somewhere in the last week. I believe it was for the year 2006. It compared GM and Toyota in the US. Both companies sold 9.3 million cars during that year. I do not remember what the sales figures were. But GM ended the year with a 3 billion dollar deficit, while Toyota ran a 17 billion dollar surplus. Hmmmm why is that. Both companies are in the same market, dealing with the same market variables, selling the same totals but drastically different profit margins. It all boils down to business models. Toyota has a much better and sound business plan. Run by true professionals. Not amateurs that the big 3 run their companies with. Hell i believe any one with half a brain and very limited knowledge of the free market system could make the companies more profitable than what they currently are.

I personally believe that a restructured bankruptcy is the answer for these companies. At which point they would gain leveraging against the unions and other entities to make it more viable in the market. Now i am not saying that the Unions are the main problem. I have given my beliefs above on who and what is the problem. But the answer is not government involvement. Government screws up things very very well. they have streamlined the Screw Up Process in this country. So what makes us and them think that they know what they are doing. CORPORATE WELFARE IS NOT THE ANSWER.

So in closing i will say that i know that this bailout will go through regardless of what the American people say about it. So with that knowledge i have an idea for a chance to the governments plan. Now let me preface by saying that i am against any type of taking from the American people by the government, I am also against any type of handout to people (and businesses). But seeing as to how this is going to happen. I purpose that the government give the big 3 the 17 billion over a 3 year period. But instead of giving the big 3 the money. Let the government buy cars with the money. Use these cars to give to the people (starting with the lowest tax bracket families). Ok let me explain a little. If you take 17 billion dollars, you can buy 1.1 million $15,000 cars. These cars could be used to help the lower income group families (I mean, lets face it, we are going to pay for it regardless, at least this way we are paying for actual product while helping families that would need it.

With the current setup, if we give them the money and the economy does not turn around, what is going to keep them in business. Nothing. They will need more money due to a lack of sales. So if the are producing something for the money they are getting. The jobs of the workers are being protected. The company will have income coming in and the American people will actually get something for the money. So we would be able to help more people differently with the bailout that i don't approve of.

But thats my take. So what are some the ideas the rest of you have on this?

VIVA LIBERTY!

Another Urgggggggggg Moment!

Well as you know i have been pretty silent on the blog front here lately. It is one of those times that i got burnt out from all the constant bombardment that we were all getting from the media leading up to the Election. It just down right pissed me off how the Candidate with the answers to the problems we face wasn't given the time of day in the media. I am of course talking of Bob Barr. He was by far the only person running that had his head on straight (with the exception of Ron Paul of course). So now you know why i have been quiet.

I'm still not back up to par yet though. I am still feeling rather ill from the side effects of the Media Driven Election Pills. but i am sure it will wear off soon. If not, Der Savior the Obamanator will give us all the cure for it.

Enough about that.

I am starting to see reports emerge once again about the lack of constraints of Public Offices. I have talked on this topic many of times, but they just keep coming up. Well here is another example of a Public School System over reaching its bounds and handing down punishment for something they should have no envolvement. But as with all gov'ment agency, they feel it their job to save us from everything. They feel that they should save us from others and even from ourselves. Because they know what we need better than we know ourselves. We are just sheep in the line of slaughter from personal freedom. They feel they have to save us from that, because they feel they have the power to.

Well there is a school in the Seattle area that suspended two cheerleaders from the squad for their actions. Now it is well known that sometimes cheerleaders are not known for making the wisest of decisions. I have known alot that the only thing that they had going for them was their looks and blonde hair, not much else. Now i am not grouping all cheerleaders into that category, before i start getting hate mail.

These 2 cheerleaders were suspended from the squad due to sending nude pics of themselves to other people. One of the pics was reportedly 3 years old and sent to the girls boyfriend at the time. the others were "accidently" sent to the football team (i have my reservations about this, but oh well). Now one of the cheerleaders was suspended from the squad for 30 days, the other for the entire year.

Now let me say that this is probably not the smartest thing for the cheerleaders to do, but like i said thinking capacity is not the best atribute to some cheerleaders.

But why is the school getting envolved. This is something for the family to handle. This is something the parents need to get envolved in to handle the damage control and make sure that nothing sinester happens because of this. This is not a function of the schools to police what students do on thier own time.

Schools are only responsible for the safety of the students during the hours of operation. NOTHING ELSE! It is not even the schools responsibility for the students to learn. That is each students responsiblity. The school is responsible to give the information. If the student wants to learn the informatio nit is up to them (and the parents of course).

So i feel this is a sure sign of things to come with government. Until we rise up and make the Government Accountable to us, we will continue down this road. I have said it many times, but we have to fight for our rights, because if we don't, do you actually think the government will.

We must force the School system that we are forced to bankroll (without any taxpayer over sight) to get out of our lives and make sure that they are constrained against these types of things.

Viva Liberty!

A Challenge

Since the elections are over. now is the time to build on the momentum that the Libertarian Party gained. The party is now on the ballots in 48 state, and from what i here, that is from now on.

So now i think we need to focus on the local area around us. We need to each do our part locally. It will take Name recognition to get this party going. It will take us talking constantly about Our Libertarian Party and Our Ideals.

So i have a challenge for each and everyone of the readers here. Regardless of whether you live in the Upstate of SC or not.
1- Talk to your friends. Anytime Politics comes up as a topic, bring up the Libertarian perspective. Tell them of how you feel the Libertarians would make the situation, in your own words. This will have a humongous impact on the political world.
2 - Start a letter campaign. Start writing Letters To The Editor in your local paper about Your Libertarian Party. Write as often as they will let you. Here in my local paper we have the Letter section and another opinion section. If yours does, send to both of them. Bombard the paper with your writing. (If you write 3 or more that has the word Libertarian in it, then you can log onto www.theadvocates.org and nominate yourself for an award that they do.)
3 - TV. If you can find a way to get on TV to talk your political views, DO IT!
4 - Radio. Call into the local Talk Radio Stations and bring up the Libertarian Party as much as you can. Everyone else calls in to talk of THEIR party. Why don't you call in about YOUR party.
5 - If you do not have a local chapter of the Libertarian Party, look into starting one. And get the name out. Just for the record i am seriously thinking about getting the ball rolling for the county that i am in. I was in the works with it earlier this year, but i got side tracked with everything going on, and dropped the ball.
6 - Challenge those you know to run for Political Office in your local area. Even if it is only for the position of Dog Catcher. We have to start somewhere.

So there is your challenge. So who is up for it? Leave comments to let the other readers know what your plans are. If there is a big enough turnout, I might even have to put in an Awards Program for this.

Viva Liberty!

Salute!

I just wanted to take a moment to say Thank You to all of the Veterans past and present who have put their lives on the line for us. It is because of your sacrifice of time, your body, and ultimately your life, that i can sit here today with the freedoms that we have.

There have been many threats against this Republic that we live in. The threats have gotten bigger and bolder as our history has went along. Some within, some without. But it is because of the people that have put their lives on the line to guarantee our rights for the next generation that we have survived.

So always remember, to the Veterans of this country, you will always be remembered for what you have done for me. I salute you on this day.

Salute!


Viva Liberty!

A Letter To Americans

Well the election is over finally. Can't say that i am pleased with the outcome, but i figured it would be this way. But here is what i officially have to say.

Dear America,
I would like to say first how happy i am for the sheer volume of voter turnout at the polls yesterday. It is looking like around 70% of registered voters came out to vote. Which i feel is truly spectacular. I think it is spectacular in the sense that a majority of Americans are finally understanding what this right means, and how important it is to take part of this process. I hope this is a sign of things to come when it comes to citizens standing up for the rights that they have.
I would also like to say that i am glad that the American people stood up and made their voices heard on who they thought would be best to run this country. I am disappointed for who the nation picked. But i as a citizen have to stand behind the decision that they made, right or wrong.
I think that the Democratic Party needs to celebrate a little for their win. However to the Democrats i would say to be careful. Be careful of the decisions that you make for the American populace. Your decisions will effect everyone, so take everyones thought into account when you are deciding on what needs to happen in Washington. Listen to your constituents and not the lobbyists. Listen to the conservatives, not just the liberals. Listen to the concerns of the citizens, protect the rights of the citizens.
I think that the Republicans need to think hard as for what got them into this loss. You need to get back to listening to the people in your party. You lost this round not because of being a "Republican", but because you turned back on your base. You turned your back on your ideals, you turned your back on your morals, and lastly you turned your back on your word. Because of your party, we now have one of the biggest deficits in our history, we now have more government control, we have more government involvement in our life, we have less say in our government, we have a poor economy, and we have less rights. All of these things are things that your party has constantly spoke against, but have failed to act on.
I think that the message of the Libertarians will start to take hold in the people that voted yesterday. Libertarians need to fight to get themselves on the televisions across this country on a daily basis, by any means. Libertarians need to force their message on the masses. Libertarians need name recognition.
Lastly i would like to say to the American voters. Those of you who voted for the Democrat candidate thinking you will get some free stuff, just remember you never get anything for free. Your so called free things you think you will get will come at the expense of higher taxes, less rights, and more government control.
Last night you made your bed, only now you have to sleep in it. Remember that when things are not going the way that you think that they should, you voted for this. You voted for "free" healthcare that will dictate what doctor you can go to and what procedures you can have. You voted for inferior education at a premium price with no say on what goes on. You voted for redistribution of wealth that will end up being nothing more that the government taking more of everyones money with you seeing nothing but more government wasteful pork spending.
You may ask why i am saying this when i also voted. I did vote, and i can say these things because i voted for what is right. I voted for less taxes, less government, more rights, more government accountability, and more freedom. I voted Libertarian. And only those who voted the way i did can say that. Everyone else voted for a form of Socialism (some voted for more extreme versions than others) and now they will see what their vote will get them.
I pray that in 4 years a real change will take place, and that change will get us back to the Constitution.

Enjoy your bed America,

Spartanburg Libertarian!

Well Its Here

Well, let me first say sorry for the hiatus this month. It is been overwhelming for me. So i just stepped back for a little bit to regroup myself.

But today is the day, the day we all have been waiting for. This is the day where your voice can truly be heard. So get out and Vote, Vote for who you think is the best for this country and yourself. Vote for the one that will fight to give you your rights.

Don't let others pressure you into vote for someone you do not feel is right to be the leader of this country.

Exercise your right. It might determine the rest of your rights.

Viva Liberty!

Our Freedom On Life Support

With the upcoming election right around the corner, it seems that our basic freedoms given to us by the Constitution is in jeopardy. The socialist leaning Democratic party is already putting a plan together to start stripping rights in the event that they win the election.

They are already planning to implement the long gone Fairness Doctrine. A policy that will force television, radio, and the web to give differing viewpoints. I feel that this is a horrendous stomping on our rights. No where in the Constitution is it stated that we have the Freedom to listen to opposing speech. It gives us the right to free speech. This policy will do nothing but limit free speech in every aspect of our life, mainly through force legal wrangling by forces that oppose the things you say.

It is time that we stand up and demand our rights and fight for them. No one else will. We have to fight against these socialist demons that are trying to pull the plug on the life support to our Constitution. Life support that they have put it on.

Viva Liberty!

Here Comes The Lie!

On a headline today is a quote from our President. He says that the government involvement with the bank takeover will be "Limited and Temporary".

How false this is. As i have heard from someone once before.

-There is nothing more permanent than a temporary Government Program-

Says it all, doesn't it!

Viva Liberty!

The Saga Continues

Well the saga just continues spiral out of control on the lawlessness of our government when it comes to this whole bail-out situation. I have said many times on here and to others about how this whole thing is unconstitutional, the bill was unconstitutional, the idea of socialist control is unconstitutional, not to mention will have dire consequences on us.

Well it has just gotten worse. It seems that with the government giving themselves more power has come to an all time high, with end in sight. The government is continuously hell bent on complete and absolute power over everything. The governments minions create a massive problem, and them think that they are the only ones with the answer. To Hell with us, To Hell with the Constitution, To hell with Capitalism, this is their thought and mantra.

Yesterday, the Fed called in 5 or 6 of the most major banks in this nation, and gave them an offer they couldn't refuse. It seems all to reminescent of The Godfather. Although if the banks would have refused, it wouldn't have been a horse's head in their bed, no the government would have made sure it was their head.

The fed basically told the banks that the government was buying a major interest in the banks and that there was nothing the banks could do about it. So our government has forced its way into the banking sector. What is the need for our government to do that? Control. Our government has been driving us down the Socialist highway for quite some time now, and it seems that now they have kicked the car into overdrive to speed the trip up.

The only ones that can stop this is us, the American Citizens. We can not rely on anyone else to do it for us, can we? We must stop this NOW! It is time for Americans to get off of their asses and stand up for themselves, their neighbors, their fellow citizens, their country, and THEIR CONSTITUTION!

I implore you to do what i am doing this election. Vote Libertarian! Thats what i will be doing, and i will make my voice heard. For those elections that do not have a Libertarian Candidate running i will vote for the Candidate that did not vote for this bailout. If the incumbent candidates on my ballet voted for the bail out, i will vote against them regardless of who the candidate is (thats only if there is no Libertarians on the ticket).

Stand Up, Make Your Voice Be Heard!

Viva Liberty!

What An Oxymoron!

There is a report from the University of Texas about free speech. There were two roommates on campus that put up a poster in their dorm window supporting Obama. The University didn't like it and ordered the students to remove it, even though ther was another student that had put up a poster supporting McCain. The school has a rule barring posters and other items from being placed in the dorm windows, in an attempt to control how the exterior of the schools buildings look. The President of the school overturned the rule until a committee could be appointed to investigate options to the rule that would allow for the school to maintain control, without catch flack about Freedom of Speech.

When the two men in question were asked about the situation, they replied that they had the freedom of speech which allows them to display such things.

Now i will not argue against them on this point. They do have the Freedom of Speech which allows them to do things such as what they had done. Now if the school was privately funded it would have been a different matter, because it would have been on private property. But since the school is publicly funded then private property doesn't exist.

But what i think is very ironic in this whole matter is this, and i think these young men, like so many are, is that the same Freedom that they have right now, will be diminished more after this election. Both major candidates have a proven track record to not put much thought into the preservation of our rights. Look at their voting records on bills that deal with Illegal Search and Seizure. Both candidates will throw the Constitution under the bus for the furtherment of their own beliefs and their owns parties Socialistic ways.

So you are using your Freedom of Speech to speak for a person that is hell-bent on taking that right away from you!

Sounds like an Oxymoron to me!

Viva Liberty!

What Does This Show You!

Well there is a headline today that states " Obama camp spending 3 to 1 over McCain on TV Advertising".

So what does this say to you?

To me it says this. Let me preface by saying that i DO NOT LIKE NOR WILL I VOTE for either one of the 2 major candidates. Read the name of my blog and you will get a hint as to who i am voting for.
I know some would say that this shows how Obama is serious about getting his message out.

- I would say that it shows a little character on McCains part. His voting record doesn't, but this does. It shows that he understands the value of a dollar, and the need to save for unforeseen problems. Now don't think i am giving him a green light as a candidate, because as a senator he has failed to show this same financial character. But people tend to act different with their own money than with other peoples money. But it does show some frugality when it comes to his own money.
-It also shows that the Obama camp is willing to spend like there is no tomorrow just for the sake of winning a lame duck position. I think it shows that he doesn't care to be somewhat frugal with his own money, that he will have far less restraint when it comes to our money.

- It shows that McCain and his camp would rather speak their mind in front of people instead on a TV screen through an ad. Obama would rather try to sway the people through propaganda techniques.
Now both candidates have failed to give any substantial plan on how to fix any of the problems we face, it is always about what the other candidate will not do.

But thats a little bit of what this says to me.

Viva Liberty!

The Raid

Well as most of you have heard. There was a raid on a Columbia Farms here in the upstate here in South Carolina. The raid happened yesterday by INS and other agencies. The took around 300 illegals into custody.

On the local media here they were interviewing some family members. One Hispanic lady was worried for her family member whom she hadn't had any contact with since he was arrested. But the one that got me was this one white lady whose boyfriend had been arrested. Her response was this (paraphrased of course), They need to think more before they just go in and arrest people, they are taking away income from families, possibly making them go on government assistance since there is less money for the family to live on.

So this is my response to this lady. SO WHAT! Don't live and rely on an illegal immigrant, and this won't happen. IF YOU ARE HERE ILLEGALLY, YOU DO NOT HAVE ANY RIGHTS! So to this lady, i say, you got yourself into this by being involved with someone that you knew was an illegal in this country, and that everyday there is a chance he would get caught and be deported.

Don't get me wrong. I am not against immigrants, we are all here due to immigrants. But if you come here by trying to get around the law, this is what you get. So come here by obeying the laws of this country and we will welcome you with open arms.

As for this lady, educate yourself and quit being selfish, thinking you are more important than anyone else!

Viva Liberty!

Ugh!

There are a few things in this society that get my anger up. They include the way this country is run, the socialist agenda being forced on us, the whole anti-smoking campaign. But the one i am thinking about infuriates me for the simple fact that people try their hardest to force all responsibility for their action onto others.

The one i talk about is obesity. Everywhere you read or look, there is always something said about obesity. Don't eat this or you will get fat, eat this and you won't get fat. But the one that just chaps my nether region is the idea that government needs to step in and stop fast food restaurants from serving "unsafe" food, or force cereal makers to stop using Characters , or force manufacturers to put big logo's on their product to show that it is "unsafe". But who is the expert that deems these foods "unsafe".

Well today there is a report from a group that condemns the use of Characters on products. The group thinks that because these food companies use mascots, that it encourages kids to buy the product, and since they feel the products are made with too much sodium or sugar or any other item they feel threatened, this group feels that this use of mascots should be stopped.

Well let me start off by saying this. Companies use Mascots, Advertisements, Flashy packaging to catch the consumers eye and therefore increase sales. Why would they want to increase sales? Simple, to make money. A Company that doesn't make money, does exist. I know there are the ones out there that feel that any Company that makes money is an evil company (just like you hear all the time about Walmart, Microsoft, IBM, and Oil Companies). But these are the same people that would complain if they didn't have a job. Guess where jobs come from (Don't tell the politicians but it doesn't come from them), they come from companies that make money. I know that this is sacrilegious to the Socialists of today, but it is true. So companies have every right to use what ever legal means to get their name out there to increase their sales. Its economics 101, unfortunately the socialist here have tried to squash the idea. The people complaining are the same ones that would use the same advertising tactics if they owned a business.

But the more important thing to note is the fact that kids do not buy food, parents do. So even though companies do market products to younger people, this does not mean an increase in sales. Because the group being targeted have no income from which to buy things. The group that has the money is the parents.

So if kids are becoming obese in this country, barring any legitimate medical condition that might cause obesity (such as thyroid issues), it is purely the parents responsibility. If the parents do not buy sugar laden cereal, or take their children to fast food restaurants constantly for food, or allow their children to spend every waking moment in front of the TV, then guess what? You wouldn't have childhood obesity. It is purely the parents responsibility to ensure that their children grow up healthy. IT IS NOT the government's, the school's, the food manufacturers, an action group, or any one else's. It is about time for parents to be responsible adults and quit blaming every one but themselves for this problem.

Viva Liberty!

Unconstitutional

Well my title says it all. But you may be asking why.

Tonight, our Senate has passed the bail out package that the house failed to pass earlier this week. A bill that by itself was Unconstitutional.

But the Senate's move clearly goes against the rule set for the government. According to the law, The House of Representatives is setup to create the bills (since the House is supposed to be the closest to the American People - thus the term House of REPRESENTATIVES, they are to the true representatives of the American people. This is why they are more numerous in coverage of the State they are from.). The House is supposed to Create, Debate, and Pass or Fail the bills. If the bill passes the House, it is then passed on to the Senate.

The Senate then and only then have the ability to discuss the bill and can then vote on the bill. If it is passed in the Senate, it is then passed on to the President, who can veto or sign the bill into law. If vetoed by the President, the Senate can vote and over ride the veto if the number of votes needed are there.

So, the Constitution does not allow for the Senate to write legislation, especially legislation dealing with financial matters.

But why should the Constitution matter to the politicians in office. It is just a piece of paper, one that has no other purpose than for them to wipe their butts with. But to the American people, it is all we have. It is all that protects us. It is all that gives us any single right that we have. And as long as we sit back like mindless idiots and not fight the tyranny, we will continue to see this great document destroyed.

This bill needs to be thrown out on the grounds of being UnConstitutional. It is our right and responsibility to fight against this. No matter what the politicians think, no matter what the media thinks we should think. No is the time to take back our country.

WAKE UP PEOPLE!!!!!!!!

If we don't stand for the Constitution, we will die by the government!

Like Jay Leno said - "Iraq, wants our constitution. We might as well give it to them since we don't have a use for it anymore." This is so true, and we are the only ones that can change it!

Viva Liberty!

Why Should I Have To Pay

I saw on the news this morning something that just resparks a debate in me.

This morning the mayor of Columbia, SC was on talking about the new ban taking place in his city and how this was a responsible thing to do. We said that with smoking prohibited in restaurants that this would make these places safer and make less people sick (I paraphrased on this since i do not have the actual quote in front of me). But then he went on to say that he can not wait for a ban such as this to be statewide.

As i have said before, the government does not need and should not be involved in this. Since when is the right of one group more important than the right of another group. What is happening is non-smokers feel that they have more rights being a non-smoker than smokers have. So the public is created a second class citizen out of the smoking population. Basically telling smokers that until they become like the non-smokers they can not have the rights.

But i have digressed, as i usually do with the topic of tobacco rights.

But watching this Socialist mayor (I use that term because, i feel, anyone who is hellbent on taking a right away from another is a traveller on the Socialist/Communist freight train.) sparked another phrase pushed around by the non-smoking elitests, that infuriates me. the phrase is this; Why should i have to pay for a smokers healthcare when they get cancer? You know what you shouldn't. But i mean it differently than the elites take it. The non-smoking elites take that as meaning that i agree with the rights stripping of smokers. But they are wrong. Because i believe that you shouldn't have to pay for it because there shouldn't be a system to where you pay for others. Government healthcare such as Medicare and Medicaid should be ended. You should never pay anyone elses way on anything. Everyone should take care of themselves. That way if you want to do things that others feel are harmful, those others are not on the hook to help foot the bill.

But i will say one thing in response to the Why should have to pay crowd. With the current system we have i will say this. You don't want to pay for smokers health problems. Well neither do i. But i don't want to pay for you son who fell off of a trampoline and broke his leg. I don't want to pay for your daughter who can't drive and wrecked her car. I don't want to pay for your college student who hasn't learned that binge drinking at college is not a smart thing to do. I don't want to pay for your dog who is not bright enough to know that if it chases after a car it can get hit. I don't want to help pay for any of that, but does that mean that i condone the banning of trampolines, cars, alcohol, or animals. No, Hell No!

If it is a right than let no one take it away. Smokers, i give you a call to arms. Fight back against the tyrannical elites in this country that want to tell you what to do (But heaven forbid you push through an agenda to cut out fried foods, porn, alcohol, or anything else that you may feel is harmfull that they do). Stand Up for your rights. Fight this, and I will be standing there fighting right beside you, even though i don't smoke.

A Right is something that must be fought for, even to the death, even if you don't like it or agree with it.

Stand Up America! Or Your Rights Are Next!

Viva Liberty!