Here is the latest demonstration of “mainstream media” bias as presented by our own Congressmen, John Shadegg and Trent Franks.
A Vice, A Sin, A Confession, A Difference? A Tale of Two Confessions
June 24, 2009 By 21 Comments
Here is a clip from Obama’s most recent press conference in which he confesses to sneaking out and grabbing a smoke and messing up.
The Los Angeles Times reported:
It may not be as big as “read my lips,” but it’s shaping up as a notable broken campaign promise: Barack Obama’s pledge to his wife that he would quit smoking if she let him run for president.
More than two years later, he’s still sneaking cigarettes like a middle-schooler. The model of self-discipline who can zap a fly with the accuracy of a tree frog and sink a three-pointer with Kobe-like grace can’t beat his most public vice.
“I constantly struggle with it. Have I fallen off the wagon sometimes? Yes. Am I a daily smoker, a constant smoker? No. I don’t do it in front of my kids, I don’t do it in front of my family, and I would say that I am 95% cured, but there are times where . . . I mess up,” President Obama confessed when asked at his news conference Tuesday if he’s still puffing away.
Here is the video clip or South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford in which he confesses to an extramarital affair:
The questions here: Are both confessions any different? Which vice/sin is more damaging and to whom? And do Republicans and Democrats see both confessions differently or the same?
Introducing Ruth McClung, Republican Candidate, CD-7
June 24, 2009 By 6 Comments
I am pleased to introduce conservative Republican, Ruth McClung for Congress in CD-7.
Ruth will be taking on the very liberal Democrat and immigration activist, Raul Grijalva in the 2010 Election cycle.
I am very impressed with Ruth, her personal and professional background and especially her position on issues.
Yes, she has an uphill battle but that’s where you come in. She needs your help, your volunteerism and your financial support.
To contact the campaign, please visit her website at www.Ruth4AZ.com or view her YouTube videos online.
Taxes Devastate, Cuts Improve
June 24, 2009 By 11 Comments
By Byron Schlomach, Ph.D.
Goldwater Institute
Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal editorial page engaged in a bit of triumphalism. The editors showed that their 2003 predictions of where monetary policy was leading were better than those of Ben Bernanke. Bernanke’s comments at a 2003 meeting of the Board of Governors make clear that lots of detailed knowledge can just as easily addle a brain as create clear thinking.
Methinks this might be the problem with the editorial page of the Arizona Republic as they opine on the economic devastation of budget cuts. Every dollar spent in the state budget is the most important dollar in the world to someone. But all the wailing over budget cuts tends to make one lose sight of the big picture.
The ability of enterprises to provide for economic opportunity and jobs is the big picture. Governor Brewer’s advisors and the newspapers are convinced that cutting spending will be worse than raising taxes. But then the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco recently published an article summarizing research on economic multipliers. It turns out that a dollar of government spending results in 70 cents of job-creating activity after two years. A dollar in tax cuts results in $1.30 to $3 of job-creating activity after two years. Put another way, a $1 cut in spending cuts job-creating activity by 70 cents. A $1 increase in taxes cuts job-creating activity by as much as $3.
So now let us engage in some triumphalism of our own. We’ve said all along that tax increases will hurt more than help. Once again, the evidence is on our side.
Byron Schlomach, Ph.D, is director of economic policy at the Goldwater Institute.
Speaker Kirk Adams Speaks Out
June 23, 2009 By 7 Comments
Speaker of the Arizona House, Kirk Adams, has gone on the public relations offense with a series of YouTube videos. Here is the first of that series:
Listen to these short message and you will understant what is happening in the People’s House of Arizona.
Here is the link to the Arizona House YouTube account.
Congressman Marsha Blackburn In The House
June 23, 2009 By 19 Comments
Congressman Marsha Blackburn will be in town next Monday as a guest of Congressman John Shadegg for a special fundraising event.
Both conservative congressional Republicans will be at the Biltmore hosted by a several Republican women including the Honorable Mary Peters, Brenda Burns and Laura Knaperek.
Named a ‘rising star’ by the Capitol Hill newspaper, Roll Call, only three years ago, U.S. Representative Marsha Blackburn has quickly earned a renowned reputation as one of America’s most articulate and engaged political leaders. The National Journal described Congressman Blackburn as a ‘top House conservative’ in recognition of her conservative voting record. Americans for Tax Reform called the Congressman a ‘taxpayer hero’. The National Taxpayer Union named her ‘taxpayers friend’. She received the ‘Best & Brightest Award’ from the American onservative Union for her 100% conservative voting record.
And yes, she does prefer to be called “Congressman.”
If you plan on attending, please download and print the linked invitation. We hope to see you there!
Survivalists Thriving
June 23, 2009 By 5 Comments
And you guys call me a pessimistic alarmists. Here’s an article from the Arizona Republic on the growing survivalist culture here in Phoenix.
As the recession lingers, some Phoenix-area residents are shifting attention from their financial troubles, including falling home values and shrinking retirement savings, to stockpiling food and ammo.
They worry the economic turmoil could lead to skyrocketing inflation, food scarcity, even violence. To prepare, they are forming social-networking groups to discuss how to store grains, purify water, plant gardens and, if needed, shoot guns.
It’s not surprising that many of the people preparing for tough times are educated professionals, said Heidi Wayment, a social-psychology professor at Northern Arizona University who has researched disasters and anxiety.
“To understand the huge potential crisis that could come from economic collapse, you have to be educated,” Wayment said. “I wouldn’t say these people are crazy – far from it.”
The people who are newly interested in survival skills recognize their eccentricity.
“I’m cognizant that what I’m doing is not normal,” said Rodriguez, adding that his roommate thinks the food stockpile and garden are cool.
At least I have the guns and gardening stuff down.
Arizona Supreme Court: “Don’t Delay but We Won’t Enforce”
June 23, 2009 By 6 Comments
Breaking news that the Arizona Supreme Court has denied Governor Brewer’s demand that the Arizona Legislature transmit the budget to her. Arizona legislative leaders believe that the Governor will immediately veto the bill thus forcing a shutdown of state government.
In holding the bill, the legislature believes that the Governor will finally get involved in the budget proces and demonstrate some leadership.
Since this fiasco began, the Governor has been taking the advice of her private consultant which involves derailing legislative efforts to pass a tax-free balanced-budget which would lead to her consultant’s advice to push for an 18% tax increase.
The best advice for the governor would be to:
- Fire the consultant
- Denounce any type of tax increase
- Sign the Legislature’s budget
- Continue to monitor state revenue closely
- Prepare for more cuts
- Prepare for Special Session(s)
I’m sure that Republican leadership would be willing to forgive and forget Governor Brewer for her missteps and bring her back to the table in the spirit of cooperation to move the State of Arizona forward.
This could all be settled if the Governor would follow the above prescription, pick up the phone, call Speaker Adams and President Burns and then call a joint press conference to explain to Arizonans that everyone is on the same page now.
Here are links to the pertinent documents related to the case:
- Arizona House GOP: Response to Court Order
- Statement by Governor Jan Brewer re: today’s ruling by the Arizona Supreme Court
- Arizona House GOP: Arizona Supreme Court Decision Rendered Today
- Governor Brewer Releases List of Bipartisan, Statewide Support for Her State Budget Rescue Plan
- Governor Brewer Calls on Legislature to Send Budget
- Governor Brewer Calls on Legislature – Reply in Support of Petition for Special Action
- Brewer v. Burns – Petition for Special Action, No. CV-09-0168-SA
- Brewer v. Burns – Request for Expedited Consideration, No. CV-09-0168-SA
Brewer Budget Supporters
June 23, 2009 By 14 Comments
The Governor’s Office issued the linked press release in an effort to demonstrate widespread support for her budget which includes an 18% tax increase.
Reading through the list, it’s easy to see why these folks support the Governor. Virtually all of them stand to gain something from you paying more taxes.
PHOENIX – Arizona Governor Jan Brewer today released a growing list of supporters endorsing her comprehensive, long-term solution to Arizona’s budget crisis. On June 1, 2009 Governor Brewer released details of her FY2010 budget proposal that would rescue the state from the looming General Fund budget deficit of $4 billion.
“I want to thank those who have taken the time to contemplate the dire situation the state is facing and have taken the time to learn about my long-term plan for Arizona,” stated Governor Brewer. “My plan to solve this crisis is a comprehensive plan that will not only guide the state through the tough times we currently face, but it is a plan that will set us up for long-term prosperity built on a solid foundation. My plan is a plan of responsibility and courage that will save our children and future generations from fiscal ruin and put Arizona back on the path to prosperity.”
Letters of support from dozens of private and public entities throughout the state have been received by the Governor’s Office in the last several weeks, and continue to be received this week. The letters call on Governor Brewer to hold the line on her budget and continue to stand for what she believes is the right direction for the State of Arizona.
The following excerpts have been taken from letters received, followed by a current list of supporters:
(Brewer Budget Supporters).
Roberts Court misses opportunity to return to constitutional principles
June 23, 2009 By 3 Comments
by Nick Dranias
Goldwater Institute
One of the hallmarks of the U.S. Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts is its avoidance of divisive constitutional rulings at all costs. The latest example of this approach is the Court’s decision in Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District v. Holder, which sidestepped a constitutional challenge to the “preclearance” provision of the Voting Rights Act.
Preclearance requires Arizona and a handful of other states to seek permission from the federal government for legislative redistricting. To guarantee federal approval, states have often resorted to gerrymandering–drawing oddly-shaped voting districts to pull minorities from some locations and pack them into others. Preclearance has thereby pervasively promoted race consciousness and minority political segregation as a means of enforcing equal voting rights.
In Northwest Austin Mun. Utility Dist., the Roberts Court could have ended preclearance. Instead, the Court avoided these issues by adopting a new interpretation of the term “political subdivision” in the Voting Rights Act.
There may be times when such narrow rulings are appropriate. But this was not one of them. As Justice Clarence Thomas underscored in his lone dissent, the Court’s narrow ruling disregarded the relief sought by the plaintiff in the case, exemption from preclearance. Rather than signaling the end of government-sponsored racialism, the Roberts Court kicked the can down the road.
But opportunities to reform constitutional jurisprudence to conform to the Constitution’s original intent rarely repeat themselves. And with nominees like Judge Sonia Sotomayor on the horizon, the goal of ending legally-enshrined race consciousness is becoming ever more tenuous.
The tragic truth is that the Roberts Court had been on the cusp of overturning state-sponsored racialism on principled constitutional grounds. Instead, it embraced intellectual disarmament in order to achieve a transient judicial consensus.
Nick Dranias holds the Goldwater Institute Clarence J. and Katherine P. Duncan chair for constitutional government and is the director of the Institute’s Dorothy D. and Joseph A. Moller Center for Constitutional Government.
Len Munsil for Senate?
June 23, 2009 By 32 Comments
No definitive word yet on whether Len Munsil, pro-family activist and 2006 nominee for governor will challenge Senator John McCain in a Republican primary. I personally like and have always supported Len, his causes, and the organization he founded, the Center for Arizona Policy.
I know there is a real sense among some that McCain is vulnerable here. If you attend district PC meetings, you would justifiably wonder how McCain has ever won a Republican primary. The answer is simple: most Republican voters are not the same people you meet at those events.
A United States Senate race is a massive undertaking and should not be undertaken lightly. I recently read about a state senator who primaried an incumbent congressman, and who polled the race only after his announcement (the poll didn’t show a realistic path to victory). He continued for the rest of the race raising money he knew would be set on fire, going to awful events for no reason, and all of the myriad drudgery involved in campaigns for absolutely no reason. Worse yet, the humiliating defeat that followed nearly derailed his entire career. Lesson: get some good numbers before.
The closest hard numbers I can find are here. Perhaps it’s encouraging to potential challengers that 45% of Republican voters think McCain is out of touch. If you keep reading, however, 67% of Republicans nationwide think their GOP representatives are out of touch. Here’s what you also need to look at: favorables of 65% for McCain, and 35% unfavorables statewide. Unfortunately, that number is not broken down by GOP voters (the only kind that matter for this particular analysis). However, it is fair to say that McCain’s favorables are not being helped by Democrats, given his year long contest with Barack Obama and most recent role as the leader of the Republican party. I will fall over dead if McCain’s favorables or re-elect numbers are below 50% among the GOP.
Additionally, any deficiencies are certain to be made up by a long, expensive, and professionally run re-election campaign that none of his rivals can match.
Another “analysis” on the blogosphere points out that Munsil received over 50% in his last Republican primary. It utterly fails to mention that he was the only candidate in that race approaching any level of seriousness. His chief opponent had a famous name, but no professional or civic accomplishments to recommend him for the top office in the state (and some beliefs about illegal immigrant hard labor camps that made some of us cringe). Len received all of the establishment support there was to get. Who is going to get that this time?
Finally, this is not a mano a mano contest. Chris Simcox and Jim Deakin are also running. Being the angriest about illegal immigration will still yield a certain amount of votes in our primaries (sadly), and having your name on the ballot is always good for a percentage point or two. Simcox, who reportedly has raised millions for the Minutemen, could actually put together the semblance of a campaign (though he has no shot at winning, at all). Len would have to share the limited anti-McCain vote that is out there. Am I the only one old enough to remember Stan Barnes and Bill Mundell running against Jay Rhodes for Congress? It was actually McCain who sat the eager youngsters down and told them that, while Rhodes would lose to any one of them, he had enough support to beat both of them. They didn’t listen. Rhodes was so weak he lost to a liberal Democrat in a conservative Republican district. Stan made a ton of money, Bill was on the corporation commission and is now the Registrar of Contracts. Not bad careers, but not the ones they wanted either. My point here is not to say that McCain wouldn’t destroy any of these guys head to head (he would), but that challenging him in a four way race takes this from a suicide mission to something more futile.
With all that said, I think Len would make a fantastic US Senator. I’m also extremely happy with the one I have. John McCain is the biggest fiscal hawk in a time of runaway debt and a defense expert in a time of peril.
I would also like to observe the following: Len Munsil could win the attorney general’s race in a walk. Tom Horne isn’t where the party is, and for schools superintendant that’s fine. My schools superintendant needs to support educational choice, classroom discipline, merit pay, English immersion, and stand up to the unions. My attorney general, however, needs to care deeply about protecting life and religious freedom, and understand how cultural degredation contributes to our crime problem. Munsil could raise millions of dollars, and has an active and loyal network throughout the state. After six years, Munsil could be a frontrunner for the seat he now covets, instead of walking into the buzzsaw I’m picturing.
What do you guys think?
PR: Arizona Moves to Guarantee Everyone Fair and Equal Treatment
June 22, 2009 By 1 Comment
For Immediate Release: June 22, 2009
Arizona Moves to Guarantee Everyone Fair and Equal Treatment
Initiative Banning Race and Gender Discrimination and Preferences Cleared for 2010 Ballot
PHOENIX, AZ – (June 22, 2009) – Arizona has just taken a major step towards dismantling race and gender preferences and discrimination in state and local government. Today, the state Senate voted to place an initiative on the 2010 general election ballot barring discrimination against – or preferential treatment for – any individual on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin. The Arizona House approved identical legislation last week.
“Today we are giving Arizonans an opportunity to tell our government to end this form of legalized discrimination once and for all,” remarked Rachel Alexander, Chair of the Arizona Civil Rights Initiative.
“I am appalled personally by the thought that government tells me that I am not good enough to compete,” added Arizona State Representative Steve Montenegro (R-Litchfield Park), sponsor of the House version of the legislation.
While several other states have launched similar ballot initiatives through signature gathering campaigns, Arizona is the first legislature to refer the Civil Rights Initiative to the ballot. If approved by Arizona voters next year, the measure would amend the state constitution to effectively end Affirmative Action programs that grant preferential treatment based on race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in public employment, public education and public contracting.
Alexander continued, “We are responding to a clear message from our citizens who are fed up with the government favoring members of one race or sex while discriminating against another.” She noted that a recent Wilson Research Strategies survey of likely Arizona voters found that large majorities oppose preferential policies in college admissions, government employment and government contracting.
Senator Russell Pearce, sponsor of the Senate version of the measure noted: “Affirmative Action and other forms of race and gender based preferences have created an uneven playing field for too long in Arizona. Now our voters will have a chance to put an end to this form of government discrimination once and for all.”
“Today’s vote is a major milestone on the road to restoring true fairness and equality in public life,” commented Arizona Senate President Bob Burns. “The citizens of Arizona are telling us they want to move away from Affirmative Action and toward equal opportunity for all,” he added.
Arizona’s effort to effectively end the system of race and gender preferences was bolstered by educational and research efforts of the American Civil Rights Institute, a nationally recognized non-profit civil rights organization dedicated to educating the public about the harms of racial and gender preferences. Ward Connerly, along with, ACRI’s sister organization, the American Civil Rights Coalition (ACRC) has been instrumental in promoting similar efforts in California, Washington, Michigan and Nebraska. “This historic moment for Arizona would not have been possible without the experience, guidance and support of the American Civil Rights Institute and American Civil Rights Coalition,” remarked Max McPhail, Executive Director of the Arizona Civil Rights Initiative committee.
“What’s happening in Arizona is the continuation of a trend that began over a decade ago in California,” observed ACRI founder Ward Connerly, who led the successful passage of California’s Proposition 209 in 1996. “There is simply no place for race or gender preferences in American law and public institutions,” he added.
A recent Quinnipiac University National Poll finds American voters overwhelmingly in favor of abolishing Affirmative Action. The survey also shows voters disagree by more than 3 to 1 with Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor’s ruling in favor of racial preferences in a case involving firefighters in New Haven, CT.
McCain on Obama – “Has Done Well!”
June 22, 2009 By 17 Comments
AP has the coverage of John McCain’s appearance on CBS’ “Face The Nation”. Arizona’s maverick Senator expressed his opinion that President Obama had “done well” in his first five months in office, achieving all of his legislative goals.
It was strange to read that–especially for a politician running for re-election in a Republican primary–McCain felt that the down side to Obama’s success was that it had come with little or no Republican support.
So, McCain doesn’t want Obama to fail, thinks he has done well so far, and laments Obama’s lack of GOP support?
Combine all of that with McCain’s support for other pieces of Obama’s agenda (closing Gitmo, global warming, “comprehensive immigration reform”, embryonic stem cell research, etc.) and you start to understand why Republicans are so anxious for Len Munsil or J.D. Hayworth to get into this race.
One Way Out
June 21, 2009 By 12 Comments
Here is the top news story as seen on The Drudge Report.
As you can see the link points to California where things are REALLY BAD and GETTING WORSE.
What this all means is that you can’t squeeze blood from a rock. In this case, its the people of California.
MESSAGE TO THE GOVERNOR AND LEGISLATURE: Screw any possiblity of a sales tax hike! (Have I got your attention?!) The hard reality is that you have NOT cut deep enough. Napolitano set you up for this mess. Now you have to clean it up and the only way – the One Way - to do so is to cut deeper. You barely knicked public education and it doesn’t matter if you cut one dime or 100 Million dollars, the education union is still going to bitch and complain.
Here’s the deal, you either make the cuts now or the State of Arizona is going to have to shut down.
You will not get a tax increase because: 1) it will NOT work and 2) the citizens of Arizona are NOT going to give you any more money. They don’t have it or they’re tired of giving the government money.
Are we on the verge of a national tax revolt, a Second American Revolution? I don’t know. But based on everything I’m seeing, it sure seems we are heading that direction.
So all you government employees and teacher union folks, get ready. The cuts are coming. And if you don’t like it, there’s no other way out of this mess. And yes, I am angry as hell and not going to take any more.
One other thing. When California collapses, stand by to welcome a whole lotta Californians.
Update: Janet Contreras’ Letter
June 20, 2009 By 8 Comments
I had a quick email exchange with Janet and she wanted to make sure we got the full version of the letter posted. Janet has asked that everyone be sure to sign the petition online and to get involved with the 9/12 Project here in Arizona. As you can see it is the top link in our links to the right.
Here is Janet’s full letter:
Open letter to our nation’s leadership:
I am Janet Contreras, a concerned, home-grown American citizen. I am 53, and I have been a registered Democrat all of my adult life. Before the last Presidential election, I registered Republican because I no longer feel the Democratic Party represents my views or works to pursue issues important to me. I now no longer feel the Republican Party represents my views or works to pursue issues important to me. The fact is I no longer feel any political party or representative in Washington represents my views or works to pursue issues important to me.
There must be someone, please tell me who you are. Please stand up and tell me you are there and are willing to fight for our Constitution as it was written. Please do it now.
You might ask yourselves what my views and issues are that I would feel so horribly disenfranchised by both major political parties. What kind of nut job am I? Will you please tell me? These are briefly my views and issues for which I seek representation:
- Illegal Immigration—I want you to stop coddling illegal immigrants and secure our borders. Close the underground tunnels. Stop the violence and trafficking in drugs and people. No amnesty, not again. Been there, done that, no resolution. P.S. I am not a racist. This not to be confused with legal immigration.
- TARP Bill—I want it repealed and no further funding supplied to it. We told you “NO!” but you did it anyway. I want the remaining unfunded 95% repealed. Freeze! Repeal!
- Czars—I want the circumvention of our checks and balances stopped immediately. Fire the Czars. No more Czars. Government officials answer to the process not the President. Stop trampling on our Constitution and honor it.
- Cap & Trade—the debate on global warming is NOT over, there IS more to say.
- Universal Health Care—I will not be rushed into another expensive decision. Don’t you dare pass this in the middle of the night and then go on break. Slow down!
- Growing Government Control—I want states rights and sovereignty fully restored. I want less government in my life, not more. Shrink it down. Please mind your own business; you have enough to do with your REAL obligations. Let’s start there.
- ACORN—I do not want ACORN or its affiliates in charge of our 2010 census. I want them investigated. I also do not want mandatory escrow fees contributed to them on every real estate deal that closes. Stop all funding to ACORN and its affiliates pending impartial audit and investigation. I do not trust them with the taking of the census or with taxpayer money. Face up to the allegations against them and get it resolved before the taxpayers get any further involved with them. It walks like a duck and talks like a duck—hello… Stop protecting political buddies. You work for the people. Investigate.
- Redistribution of Wealth—No. If I work for it, it is mine. I have always worked for people with more money than I have because they gave me jobs. That is the only redistribution of wealth I support. I never got a job from a poor person. Why do want me to hate my employers? What do your have against shareholders making a profit?
- Charitable Contributions—although I never got a job from a poor person, I have helped many in need. Charity belongs in our local communities where we know our needs best and can use local talent and resources. Butt out, please. We want to do this ourselves.
- Corporate Bail Outs—knock it off! Sink or swim like the rest of us. If there are hard times ahead, we will be better off just getting to it and letting the strong survive. Quick and painful, like ripping off a band aid. We will pull together. Great things happen in America under great hardship. Give us a chance to innovate. We cannot disappoint you more than you have disappointed us.
- Transparency and Accountability—how about it? No really, let’s have it. Let’s say we give the “buzz” words a rest and have some straight, honest talk. Please stop trying to manipulate and appease me with cleaver wording. I am not the idiot you obviously take me for. Stop sneaking around meeting in back rooms making deals with your friends. It will only be a prelude to your criminal investigation. Stop hiding things from me.
- Unprecedented Quick Spending—stop it, now. Take a breath. Listen to “The People.” Let’s just slow down and get some more input from some “non-politicians” on the subject. Stop making everything an emergency. Stop speed reading our bills into law.
I am not an activist. I am not a community organizer. Nor am I a terrorist, a militant nor a violent person. I am a mother and grandmother. I am a working woman. I am busy, busy, busy and tired, tired, tired. I thought we elected competent people to take care of the business of government so that we could work, raise our families, pay our bills, have a little recreation, complain about taxes, endure our hardships, pursue our personal goals, cut our lawns and wash our cars on weekends, and be responsible, contributing members of society and teach our children to be the same, all the while living in the home of the free and land of the brave.
I entrusted you with upholding our Constitution and believed in the checks and balances to keep you from getting too far off course. What happened? You are very far off course. Do you really think that I find humor in hiring a speed reader to unintelligibly ramble through a bill you signed into law without knowing what it contained? I do not! It is a mockery of the responsibility I have entrusted to you. It is a slap in the face! I am not laughing—the arrogance!
Why is it that I feel as if you would not trust me to make a single decision about my own life and how I would live it, but you expect that I should trust you with the debt that you have laid on all of us and our children? We did not want that TARP bill. We said “NO!” We would repeal it if we could. I am not sure that we still cannot. There is such urgency and recklessness in all the recent spending. From my perspective, it seems that you have all gone insane.
I also know that I am far from alone in these feelings. Do you honestly feel that your current pursuits have merit to patriotic Americans? We want it to stop. We want to put the brakes on everything that is being rushed by us and forced upon us. We want our voice back!
You have forced us to put our lives on hold to straighten out the mess you are making. We will have to give up our vacations, our time spent with our children, any relaxation time we may have had and money we cannot afford to spend on you to bring our concerns to Washington.
Our President often knows all the right buzz words to say (his new favorite—“unsustainable”). Well, no kidding! How many tens of thousands of dollars did the focus group cost that came up with that one? We do not want your overpriced words. Stop treating us like we are morons.
We want all of you to stop focusing on your re-election and do the job we want done—not the job YOU want done, or your Party wants done. You work for us, and at this rate, I guarantee you—not for long. We are coming. We will be heard. We will be represented.
You think we are so busy with our lives that we will never come for you, and we were—but now you have done it. We are the formerly-silent majority—all of us, who quietly work, pay taxes, obey laws, vote, save money and kept our noses to the grindstone—now looking up at you. You have awakened us and a patriotic spirit so strong and so powerful that had been sleeping too long. You have pushed us too far. Our numbers are great. They may surprise you. For every one of us who will be there, there will be hundreds who could not come. Unlike you, we have their trust. We will represent them honestly. Rest assured, they will be at the polls on voting day to usher you out of office.
We have cancelled our vacations, we will use our last few dollars saved, we will find the representation among us and a grass roots campaign will flourish. We did not ask for this fight, but the gloves are coming off. We do not come in violence, but we are ANGRY.
You will represent us or you will be replaced with someone who will. There are candidates among us who will rise like a Phoenix from the ashes you have made of our Constitution. Democrat, Republican, Independent, Libertarian—understand this—we don’t care! Political parties are meaningless to us. Patriotic Americans willing to do right by us and our Constitution is all that matters to us now.
We are going to fire all of you who abuse your power and seek more. It is not YOUR power, it is ours, and we want it back. We entrusted you with it, and you abused it. You are dishonorable and dishonest. As Americans, we are so ashamed of you. You have brought shame to us.
If you are not representing the wants and needs of your constituency loudly and consistently in spite of the objections of your Party, you will be fired. We don’t care about political parties—hear us! You should be loyal to us—not them, because we will get you fired and they will not save you.
If you DO or CAN represent me, my issues, my views, it is time for you to make your identity known. You need to make some noise about it, speak up! I need to know who you are. If you do not, you will be herded out with the rest of the sheep. We will replace the whole damn Congress if need be.
We are coming. Are we coming for you? Who do you represent? What do you represent? Listen, we are coming. We the People are coming.
Arizona Choose Life License Plates Now Available!
June 19, 2009 By 1 Comment
Awesome news to report on the Arizona Pro-Life Movement! The Arizona Choose Life License Plates are now available!
Many of you know that I was one of the founding members of the Arizona Life Coalition which has been leading the effort to bring the Choose Life license plates to Arizona. It has been several years in the works as the Arizona Life Coalition had to fight the State and the Courts in order to finally win approval for the plates.
That vision has finally become a reality!
Through the purchase and annual renewal of these plates, $17 of the $25 fee will go to the Arizona Life Coalition which will then assist the dozens of crisis pregnancy centers across the State of Arizona.
Now is the time to sign up for your very own Choose Life plate. Please go to the Arizona Life Coalition website to order yours today!
APS telling its employees how to vote!
June 19, 2009 By 21 Comments
APS employees have told us that right before elections, APS has its PAC instruct employees on how they should vote. They are told to vote for the candidates running for Corporation Commission who are most likely to vote for rate increases – the most liberal candidates. Considering APS is heavily government regulated, making it almost a quasi-government entity, this doesn’t seem ethical. The relationship between the Corporation Commission and APS is a bit too cozy. Who is looking out for the taxpayers?
