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Hopefully Romney and Huckabee can fight back and push McCain out soon too. The story, here.

John McCain’s sudden rise in the election is very disturbing to me.

Granted, he still trails Romney in the Delegate count by a huge margin AND he still has won only 2 of the 10 completed States. But that doesn’t mean we can’t read into it a bit. Quite simply John McCain is the candidate for more of the same-old, same-old. But I guess considering that the Republicans successfully re-elected GWB with this attitude, its not wonder so many are looking at McCain as our key to keep the White House.

What states are up next? Click here.

Another thing to note in this election process: outright voter fraud. More of the same-old, same-old. I wonder if it will be ‘hanging chads’ again or maybe a Diebold machine that gives the election to a lobbyists favored candidate.

Clintons witness voter fraud at Casinos whose unions endorsed Obama

Canadian Press claims Clinton fraud

New Hampshire GOP election fraud

And lets not forget about the latest ’Tax Rebate’ that President Bush is proposing.  $800 would be refunded for individuals or $1600 for families. Does this sound familiar? It should, is more of the same-old, same-old. Its a re-do of the 2005 tax rebates. It didn’t work then, it won’t work now. How exactly will $1,600 dollars help a family whose ARM is adjusting? How exactly will $1,600 help the family that Micron just laid off? How exactly will $1,600 help the housing market in Idaho, which is 20% out-of-state-investor owned?

And here in Idaho and Idaho Senator wants to use $5,000,000 of your tax money to fund the Special Olympics.  Excuse me? Where does the Constitution authorize that? That Senator sits on the Idaho Special Olympics board. It must be nice to be a Legislator and be able to use money taken by force for your own purposes.

[And a side note: the Special Olympics budget this week went up from $25 million to $35 million. You know EXACTLY where that money is going to come from.]

So lets sum it up: a continued War in Iraq with John McCain, a continued rigged election system to get those in that the cooperate donors and lobbyists prefer, more bad economic policies and increasing taxation for more special projects.

This sudden swing for the status quo means that you the voter will not be able to vote for a real change in the 2008 Presidental race. The Republican Roadmap 2008, which calls for turning back to our creed of lower taxes, less government and family values, will take a second posistion to keeping the White House. It is exactly as I predicted, let us hope the bloggers  and younger voters will become energized once again before it is too late.

Hmmm…. Welcome to 2008!

Isn’t progress great?

Catch this story?

It highlights perfectly what so many Americans already know- in their bureaucratic and administrative capacities the various branches of government have become governments unto themselves, routinely bumping into each others area of jurisdictions and making it nearly impossible for Legislators, Congressman and the general public alike to set any sort of standard for accountability or reform.

Take for example the case of roads. Idaho has one of the worst managed public road systems in the north west. The level of political partisanship, agendas and ineptitude that is accepted is alarming. The ultimate abuse of the taxpayer lies with the attitude that so many of the public road planners have. Namely they intentionally create stop lights to slow traffic, crowd and mismanage major road arteries and delay projects that the  public demand all to serve their ultimate goal: to force public transportation, the ultimate in social welfare, on the backs of the taxpayer.

And then to make matters worse- they simply seek to pass off their ineptitude to other transportation departments. If, for example, a road project doesn’t meet the agenda of the Ada County Highway department they can simply claim that the Idaho Transportation Department has jurisdiction of the road, or vice versa. The end result is that the public, who is demanding a better managed road, less stoplights, or more lanes, gets stymied in their requests.

It is agenda driven government, backed by the media who is always willing to embrace the socialist ideal, that intentionally creates the problems that require the government o step in, ‘to solve the problem’.

Another case in point here: the administrator for the Idaho Department Of Education simply didn’t like the No Child Left Behind Act. Her solution? Simply ignore the budget that legislators set for her Department. He agenda driven decision has cost Idaho $1.5 million dollars and cut two sets of tests that are designed to make sure Public schools are actually performing their mission.

Is Idaho going to have to learn the hard way? Every action by the government costs money, expands the powers of government and takes away a little more freedom from the citizens.

Even states like Kalifornia are learning that they cannot be all things to all people, that their is a definite and finite amount of responsibility that any government can bear.

Even here, the WaPo notes,Governors, rather than cutting government during budget crises are endorsing risky budget maneuvers to keep the welfare/big-brother state up-and-running.

Talking with Legislators this year I heard this one constant complaint: that bureaucratic regulations infringe on their responsibility to make law.

This is the path of insanity. Do you see where this leads? If legislators or congressmen are powerless to make or change laws, then the government, for all intents and purposes, gets to create its own. The end result of that is bigger government, increased regulations and a lack of accountability for the taxpayers dollar.

We must demand, and should be able to expect, that our government is responsive to our wishes, that our tax money is well accounted for, and most importantly, the constitutional role of government is respected. We can no longer accept the secret shadow government that has emerged to rule us. We cannot allow the bureaucrats to write their own laws, their own budgets, and their own priorities anymore.

Anything less than this, my dear readers, would be adjudicating our role as a voter to the government itself. Now tell me, are you really comfortable with that? I didn’t think so.

Isn’t progress great?

Google Ron Paul!

USA’s Credit Rating Falls On Soaring Welfare Costs

The story, here.

It’s nice to know that the stress caused by a blog is indeed legitimate. The blogosphere should take this into considerable thought as we slowly chip away at the effectiveness of the MSM.

Note: I have slowed down my posts for similar reasons, but expect to post at least twice a week this 2008 Presidental Election cycle.

In the coming days I will also introduce the Idaho Legislature 2008 section. Look for a breakdown of the issues to hit the legislators early on in this 2008 session.

Remember- every day the legislature or Congress meets, our rights are being whittled away.

That’s all for now…

A challenge to Indiana’s Voter ID law takes its argument to the Supreme Court

I am becoming more than a little worried over the suddenly aggressive nature of this court. Major issues that directly affect the ‘interpretation’ of the laws are to be decided by the court this term, in the heart of election season no less. So far the Supremes have agreed to hear cases regarding wiretapping, gun ownership and now voter ID requirements.

Many would sit back and say, “the Supreme Court is finally taking on the issues of the day”. I am not among them.

Let me propose it this way: I do not trust the Supreme Court, whom has no member that the public has had direct involvement in appointing, to rule the way the Founders would have actually intended. Furthermore, it is my contention that the Supreme Court has become immune to those whom it holds the most responsibility- the public.

Are you prepared if the Justices come back to say that according to the Constitution you do not have an individual right to gun ownership?

Or what if they grant the Government the right to ‘listen-in’ on your phone calls, emails, and text messages without a warrant, without due process, and without a neutral judge and jury?

What if the Justices say that, yes in fact, you do need to submit to a new Federal REAL ID card to vote, or just about anything else?

Let me put it this way: it would be foolish to expect the Government to relinquish power once it has collected it. Given that the Supreme Court Justices are cherry-picked by Washington insiders, those whom have created our current constitutional crisis, is it any wonder that we have any rights left at all? Or the illusion of rights?

Just something to consider as we await the Supreme Court’s Almighty Ruling.

I wonder which foreign countries’ laws they will quote to justify their ruling this time………..

 Isn’t progress great??

Now the New Hampshire Republican party withdraws from Faux News’ ‘cherry-picked’ candidate debate.

Can Paul’s supporters keep pressure on the media giant to be part of an open, fair, and non-biased electorial process? We shall see.

So Huckabee won Iowa. The pundits are already circling, eager to attack the latest Republican front-runner. For the moment at least, it seems as if the government-weary faction of the Republican party has turned from Paul to Huckabee. I am deeply skeptical of Mike, for many reasons, but then again I always tend to be skeptical of politicians who tout their plans over their ideology.

Another issue of concern to me about Huck: he hasn’t addressed two of the three issues that I am voting on for the coming election. UN/NAU proposals, Immigration, and the Free Net.

He does appear to be strong on immigration, and plus. And maybe it’s circumstantial, after all he was Governor, but it seems like he touts individual and isolated policy accomplishments as much as broader philosophical movements. In other words, he seems to be taking small, local legislation and claiming it has had nationwide impacts. I highly doubt that anything in Arkansas affects what is happening in, say, New York or California.

He seems to get the implications of NAFTA and GATT when on his website he argues, “I support free trade, but it has to be fair trade”. But does that policy stance, which is dipping its toe in protectionism, also realize the dangers that organizations like the United Nations or North American Union represent? His website is strangely absent of these issues, and yet fully in favor of Israeli aid and the continued money-drain that is the Iraq War.
My bottom line is this: be careful whom you’re pulling for. Consider a man like Ron Paul, who votes consistently and sticks to his word. With Huckabee, it seems that much of what he preaches is backed only by very minimal action, something I consider very dangerous as we seek to get the Republican movement back on track.
Politco.com- “GOP race in total disarray”, umm yeah, that is kinda the point isn’t it?

Yet another case of a hijacked court ignoring the First Amendment and Copyright law.

What is the MSM afraid of?

Also, Ron Paul keeps pressure on Faux News for inclusion.