Ted Cruz Could Be the Next Washington

Yes I’m a Cruz fan.  I campaigned endlessly for him (and blogged extensively) on why he was the “real deal.” He has turned out to be better than what I imagined.  And that's saying something.  After Jim DeMint’s exit I considered Cruz to be – perhaps – the only man of integrity in Washington.  Like the city’s name sake I was convinced that he could not tell a lie.  (Isn’t it strange that “Washington” has evolved to be the image of lying, deceit and greed?…sigh.)

And indeed Cruz has the chance to be the “next” Washington.  And I mean EITHER one.  He can become the best of the ideals of our Founding Fathers, or the epitome of the man who will compromise even his best character to achieve power.  For the past 2 months he seems to me to be tilting toward that of a hypocrite and selfishly ambitious politician.  Despite being an intellectual (and conservative) giant and self-proclaimed "Constitutionalist," he suddenly "won't get into the legal arguments."  WTF?  (What the founding Father of course is what that stands for.)

How Clintonian/Obamamanian can you get?  Cruz was supposed to be the unflinching conscientiousness of common sense conservatism.  Since when do we not have an opinion on ANY aspect of the Constitution and not FIERCELY defend it?

He’s in good company at least.  The normally reliable patriot Mark Levin has decided that although he admittedly has not studied the Natural Born Citizen clause in our constitution – anyone who doesn’t just get on the Cruz bandwagon is an imbecile.  Talk about intellectually dishonesty.

A “B” student in 5th grade should be able to figure out that the use of “Natural Born Citizen” must be different from a mere “Citizen of the United States at the time of the Constitution’s Adoption” simply by reading Article 2:

No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President;

It ain’t that hard.  Clearly if the Founders meant anyone who was a citizen was eligible - they wouldn't have bothered to make an exception for "Citizens at the time of the adoption of this Constitution."  Remember, they didn't have public schools to dumb them down.  They actually were some of the most educated intellects IN THE WORLD in their own time.  Especially John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, and Benji Franklin - all who mention their embrace of the philosophy nationalistic loyalty through generational citizenship. 

Although some of you may need the “Natural Born Citizen for Dummies” video below.

And the one man who seemed undeterred by threats from both left and right, who even seemed to exemplify the original values of “truth, justice and the American way,” now is contorting himself to be considered as a candidate for Presidency.  It’s a bad senatorial remake of Spiderman 3.  The fact that Cruz has been a dual citizen with Canada doesn’t even give him pause for the implications of his full speed ahead  - the law be damned – attitude.  The “pro” argument is the same relativistic BS we’ve heard from Democrats for 40 years. 

“Are we afraid that Cruz will secretly implement Canadian law?” one mocking pundit asked on the Sunday shows.

How far the mighty of fallen.  No – not Cruz per se – but us.  Or more specifically U.S.

The amazing notion of our grand experiment (the United States), was elegant and brilliant.  Laws – not mobs, not PMS episodes from a vengeful monarch – would rule the land.  And if the people who lived under those laws didn’t like them – they could change them through a very deliberate process that would ensure it wasn’t being done out of haste or as a fad to be regretted later.  And – for the most part – it has operated wonderfully.  Prohibition being a case in point.   We thought we could sober up (and man up) the adults of our nation who had become a drain on our civilization and learned something that the Bible has been teaching for 200 years – people don’t become moral because laws are passed.

And as we actually tried to put in place these ideals – it became clear that even with all the thought, prayer and academic scholarship that went in to our new philosophy of how to live as a free people, it could be easily destroyed with the political capital of a popular President.  It is widely agreed by historians that the single greatest act George Washington ever performed for his country….was to step down.  His popularity was so intense that Americans would have easily anointed him “king” and replaced 2 more centuries of guaranteed personal protection with a warm fuzzy feeling.

How ironic that the supposed “law and order” guys who castigate Obama endlessly for simply ignoring the Constitution (or even basic Federal laws) so easily want to trample upon a tenant so important to the Founders that it was singled out in the Federalist papers and by personal correspondence between John Jay and George Washington.  Even Republicans have bought into simply bowing to the decisions of the Supreme Court when Jefferson CLEARLY said it should be the WEAKEST of the 3 branches.  If there was an opinion it was up to Congress to reflect the legislation by passing a law – not adjudicating it.

In fact our entire culture has fallen by a refusal to fiercely abide by the “system” put in place 224 years ago.  Politicians and people in power of the banking systems have continued to assault the system to get what they want.  The militant homosexual community has almost entirely achieved it’s goal by overriding the will of the people through courts and public emotion. 

And Ted Cruz has an enormous chance to teach the children of the nation – all of us in fact – that principle is more important that political power.  Were he to sacrifice his selfish ambition to act faithful to uphold the Constitution and forgo a chance at President – he would be likened to George Washington.  His new political clout would be immense.  Here is a man who stepped away from power for the good of his country.  And yes, it would immediately refocus the questions on the legitimacy of BHO.  And certainly there would be screams warning of impending doom by the GOP establishment who are petrified of us learning how complicit they have been in getting him elected.  But finally – we would have an educated electorate and a political hero to look up to.

On the other hand, it is clear that if Ted Cruz pushes for his “right” to be President he will experience some minimal loss of affection (and support) from people like me who still believe in the principles of our Constitution.  The real damage however, will be that an illegitimate pretender from (pick any country including Kenya) will forever have the “cover” to usurp the goals and intents of our Founders.  School children will learn that if you are popular enough, you can get away with anything.  And the complete destruction of the 1st and 2nd Amendments will crumble even more quickly.

Don’t believe me?  Do you think you could have gotten a MSM outlet to even mention the phrase, “Natural Born Citizen” when their maniacal messiah was up for election?  But look how quickly they use it against a REAL threat in the person of Senator Cruz.  Name ANY compromise of basic moral principle that hasn't been stretched or broken in later generations.  No sane person would believe that the Democrats wouldn't argue for anyone that would prop up their power to suddenly become a citizen of the US later to take it over.  Look what they did to accommodate a Marxist raised Kenyan with Islamic ties. 

This is why we have laws.  This is why if we don’t like them – we have to stop this insane compromise and capitulation to judicial or popular opinion and USE THE FRIGGIN’ SYSTEM!  We should be attacking anyone from the ACLU to the Heritage Foundation who might desire to accomplish the “end goals” however they can – rather than reinforcing the integrity of our Constitutional system.

Would Ted Cruz make a good president?  No, I think he’d make a GREAT President.  Of the new nation of Texas.  Or after we -  as a nation - have decided to amend Article 2.

But be very, very careful.  Obama reached office by massive deception (and possibly worse) to overcome these restraints.  The mainstream GOP still hasn’t “bought a vowel” on who he really is.  He wears a ring of Islam, he is educated in an Islamic country during his formative years, he cancels Christian days of prayer but initiates a day of prayer for Muslims in the Capitol and has fought anyone who attempted to hold back the Muslim Brotherhood all while arming and equipping them with the military force of the United States.  Yeah – no way someone who has no legacy or appreciation for America could ever get into that powerful of an office right?

Even after the testimony of ex-Soviet agents describing how American values have been undermined since the ‘50’s , you think it’s impossible that a foreign power could penetrate the government of the United States?

No, I’m not worried about Ted Cruz undermining America.  I’m worried about Ted Cruz not worrying about undermining the Constitution and the NEXT Barack Hussein Obama.

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Ted Cruz Recites the VICTORY OR DEATH Speech

During the Rand Paul filibuster of John Brennan's appointment as CIA chief, US Senator Ted Cruz of Texas read the stirring letter of William Barret Travis as he was under siege at the Alamo.  (Full text follows video).

Full Text from Texas Heritage Society:

Commandancy of the The Alamo

Bejar, Feby. 24th. 1836

To the People of Texas & All Americans in the World—

Fellow Citizens & compatriots—

     I am besieged, by a thousand or more of the Mexicans under Santa Anna — I have sustained a continual Bombardment & cannonade for 24 hours & have not lost a man — The enemy has demanded a surrender at discretion, otherwise, the garrison are to be put to the sword, if the fort is taken — I have answered the demand with a cannon shot, & our flag still waves proudly from the walls — I shall never surrender or retreat.  Then, I call on you in the name of Liberty, of patriotism & everything dear to the American character, to come to our aid, with all dispatch — The enemy is receiving reinforcements daily & will no doubt increase to three or four thousand in four or five days.  If this call is neglected, I am determined to sustain myself as long as possible & die like a soldier who never forgets what is due to his own honor & that of his country — Victory or Death.

William Barrett Travis.

Lt.  Col. comdt.

P. S.  The Lord is on our side — When the enemy appeared in sight we had not three bushels of corn — We have since found in deserted houses 80 or 90 bushels and got into the walls 20 or 30 head of Beeves.

Travis

Again, from Texas Heritage Society:

The Travis letter is dated February 24, 1836.  Some have mistakenly referred to this as Travis' last letter from the Alamo. He wrote at least four more letters. Travis wrote a letter to General Sam Houston dated February 25, 1836 and three letters dated March 3, 1836.  One of Travis' letters dated March 3, 1836 which urgently requested aid for the Alamo was received by the Convention at Washington, Texas on March 6, 1836.  The delegates to the Convention at Washington had declared the independence of Texas four days before on March 2, 1836.

   Travis never did surrender or retreat.  After a thirteen day siege by thousands of Mexican soldiers under the command of Mexican President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, the Alamo fell on March 6, 1836.  All of the Alamo's 189 defenders, including William Barrett Travis, were killed.  The country he and the others died for, the Republic of Texas, was only four days old.

   The original "Victory or Death" letter written by William Barrett Travis on February 24, 1836 is located in the Texas State Library and Archives in Austin, Texas.

The original letters are below:

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If today were 1775

A friend found this posted on Facebook.  I have sensed that we are nearing a time when a majority of patriotic, liberty-loving, God-fearing Americans say, "Enough is enough."  Certainly this person is already there.  Let me know your thoughts:

Historical Parallels
What the Founding Fathers Did
What we should start doing--NOW

Then
Totally corrupt monarchy, parliament and courts
Stamp Act to suppress communication between the colonies
Oppressive taxes to drive colonies to their knees
Mandatory quartering of British soldiers in private homes
Attempts to seize guns and ammo from the colonial militias (Lexington & Concord)
Attempt to divide rebels from the loyalists

Today
Totally corrupt White House, congress and federal court system (will get worse after Obummer appoints
Holder, Clinton and Moochelle to the Supreme Court)
Efforts to control communications—internet kill switch, bankrupt USPS
Oppressive taxes (ObummerCare and other coming taxes)
FEMA camps and NDAA
Gun control drive
Racially divisive policies and legisltation

Then
Exhausted all appeals through “channels”
Found ways NOT to pay any of the oppressive taxes—flat out refused (Boston Tea Party)
Organized town and colony militias and began preparing for war (multiple skirmishes and firefights long
BEFORE the signing of the Declaration of Independence)
Hid weapons and ammo to avoid seizure by British troops
Fought to protect weapons and ammo whenever British tried to seize them (Lexington & Concord)
Resisted colony by colony before finally organizing as a unified United States

Now
We’ve already exhausted appeals through “channels”
Organize ways to NOT pay the oppressive taxes (don’t comment asking me “how” in a public forum—
you know how, just do it and get others to do the same)
State and regional militias already organizing/training. Get involved NOW. Find and reach out to
displaced military veterans returning to no jobs.
Stores of ammo and weapons being cached in preparation
Resistance being organized at the State level (no individual citizen can stand up to DHS, FBI, etc.
Resistance can only succeed through organized State efforts)
When the balloon goes up, identify the loyalist traitors inside each state and deal with them. (Use the
FEMA camps, if needed)

That is all for now.

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Libertarians Mindlessly Slam DeMint and Conservatism

You would think the single most conservative Senator (possibly in modern history) would deserve a little room and encouragement not only for his past service, but for his new gig at the Heritage Foundation. Instead, Libertarians (whom I'm heavily now embracing in many ways) decide to not only smear DeMint's new organization with the old "healthcare mandate" misinformation - but decide to write like a bad rightwing version of MediaMatters pretending that they were somehow pushing Universal healthcare.

I speak of Economic Policy Journal (to which I've become daily addicted by the way) who again, seem to use zero perspective or strategy in their analysis. So they get mine:

I love Economic Policy Journal. I really do. But your reporting and accuracy is pathetic. Perhaps you were too busy smoking weed you try so hard to get legalized - I don't know.

In the early 90's, thanks to Gingrich and many policy papers, advocacy and lobbying by Heritage - we not only had zero tax increases, we balanced the budget for the first time in 50 years. All with a DEMOCRAT President. There was no easy argument saying we were "too much" in debt such the majority of Americans were fine with their current (Reagan/Gingrich) taxes and a soaring economy. In fact, they were so happy - they were willing to allow a rapist/serial woman abusing President who sells our military secrets to the Chinese to do so.

Prior to the advance of the mandate for healthcare - the Democrats had a NEARLY 70% APPROVAL FOR UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE. If you think RINO's are bad today - just imagine how it was in the middle of a soaring economy with a conservative Speaker who wouldn't bring a SINGLE TAX TO THE HOUSE FLOOR that would appease the marauding MSM.

There wasn't ANY political room to argue AGAINST socialized healthcare AT ALL. The Democrats kept playing the "heartless corporate Republican" tune, and with the country clearly already behind some form of "help" - the question then became HOW DO WE STOP HILLARY?

In fact Heritage's individual mandate was brilliant arguing "if we're going to have govt healthcare then EVERYONE SHOULD PAY". It wasn't so much that they wanted Government healthcare. It was more of a question of how do we look just like naysayers, and give the simplistic American MTV mesmerized masses something that looks like we are "for."

Hence the (unconstitutional) mandate.

And furthermore, many of the conservative arguments (like opening up insurance beyond state borders to allow free markets) WAS in the Heritage plan. It wasn't ANYTHING like ObamaCare.

And guess what? It frickin' worked. Although Americans have a big heart (and no foundational constitutional education), they even more believe that there is "no free lunch" and hence the Welfare reform measures.

Libertarian purists keep believing that there is some magic pixie dust somewhere that just makes all the elected Democrats and Republicans wiling to suddenly learn, embrace and courageously stand for constitutional freedoms if only there embraced their views. The reality is that even Reagan with his communication skills STILL had to raise taxes and barter with Democrat (and RINO) forces compromising to get even the most meager conservative reforms done. Gingrich brilliantly understood this and packaged 10 of 'em that ALREADY HAD popular support together and had a mandate to use their '94 win to get them through before the steady trickle of MSM naysayers could start eating away at the American resolve.

You people had better grow up and start reporting accurately if you want to be taken seriously. Heritage DID abandon the individual mandate too late of course - but I suspect it was due to a leadership that was out of touch with the current mindset of the nation. DeMint is a good guy and I suspect (pray) he'll do a fine job.

But the reality is you aren't going to EVER get an American sentiment to throw out every unconstitutional law and operation in government. You have to take what you can get, and try to keep educating while overriding the massive MSM doublespeak/socialist propaganda.

While EPJ has nominated a lifelong Congressman (almost) who never passed a single significant piece of legislation, Gingrich (who they constantly disdain) did and he left with a 60% approval rating of Congress. And the Republican forces STILL couldn't stand him trying to inch us closer to a true Constitutional Republic.  Imagine what they would have done with a racist Texas congressman who looked and acted like Dr. Kevorkian.

But all you guys want to do is argue Monday morning quarterbacking like some fat Titan hillbilly slob fan with your case of Budweiser who never played a down of pee wee football much less anything else.

Good luck with that.

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Texans: It's Time to Send Straus on a Cruz

Facing overwhelming enemy numbers and with no hope for help Colonel William Barret Travis took out his sword and drew a line in the sand before his battle-weary men. In a voice trembling with emotion he described the hopelessness of their plight and said, “those prepared to give their lives in freedom’s cause, come over to me.”

Without hesitation, all but one man crossed the line. Even Colonel James Bowie, stricken with pneumonia, asked that his cot be carried over.

It is time that we do the same to our Texas Representatives. We must demand that they quit kowtowing to a man who has used Obama-like tactics to keep conservatives under his thumb and who has continuously thwarted true conservative legislation and initiatives.

ATTENTION: Texas Conservative Activists

We elected Ted Cruz despite heavy opposition from the Texas GOP Establishment. We block walked. We worked the polls. We put up the yard signs. We chose principle and performance over party rhetoric. We got the job done.

It’s again time for us to take on the party establishment and draw a line in the sand at the feet of each of our Texas State Reps. “Those prepared to stand on conservative and constitutional principles, cross the line and vote against Joe Straus for House Speaker. We will honor your courage and support you in the weeks and years ahead.”

“Those of you who do not cross the line know this: We will call you out for the moral cowards you are. We will find and support more ‘Ted Cruzes’ in each of our state districts. We will find honorable men like the heroes of the Alamo. We will block walk for THEM. We will work the polls for THEM. We will put up the yard signs for THEM. We will make sure this is YOUR last term in office. So help us God.”

Joe Straus—a Tyrant RINO Embarrassment

After signing a pledge to support former Speaker Tom Craddick, Joe Straus betrayed his ally in 2005, leveraging a coalition of House Democrats and 11 RINOs to steal the Speaker’s position. He appointed Democrats as chairs of 16 of the 34 House committees. Since that time he has single handedly thwarted conservative legislation including the 2009 tabling of the photo voter ID bill (passed in 2011) and the 2011 death of the anti-sanctuary-cities bill (to pay back his debt to the Butt family).

Joe Straus is the embodiment of the worst of politics. At the 2012 GOP State Convention the meeting organizers were too embarrassed to even introduce him by name when he took the podium for a short speech. Hundreds of elected delegates poured out of the Fort Worth arena in protest as soon as they recognized Straus’ evil face.

Straus “buys” the support of GOP state reps by funneling money to their campaigns through a network of PACs designed to hide the source of funding. Further, he forces them so sign pledges of support (like the one he signed for Tom Craddick and later broke) under threat that they will NOT receive valuable committee appointments and won’t see their bills leave committee, if they dare to oppose him.

The men of Alamo would know how to deal with the tyrant of the Texas House. Sadly, it appears that the moral courage of Texas GOP State Reps does not approach that of the men of Alamo.

GOP State Platform

Page 6 of Texas GOP Platform reads:

Texas House Leadership Town Hall – We call for the Republican  members of the Texas House of Representatives after the November election, leading up to the Legislative session, to hold public town hall meetings in which the voters can express their wishes and thoughts about the leadership for the 83^rd Session.

Texas House Leadership Caucus – We call for the Republican members of the Texas House of Representatives to convene in caucus after each November general election to determine by secret ballot their candidate for Speaker of the House, and that rules be instituted to ensure the integrity and security of the secret ballot so that members may vote without risk of retribution by the prevailing party.  We also call for the Republican members of the Texas House to vote as a unified body for their selected speaker candidate when the Legislature convenes in regular session and a vote for speaker is called on the House Floor.

Enforcing the Platform - Every Republican is responsible for implementing this platform.  Party candidates should indicate their positions on platform planks before their acceptance on the ticket and such information should be available on the Party website.

Not surprisingly, most GOP State Reps have chosen to ignore this plank in the platform. When contacted about supporting Bryan Hughes in his challenge to Straus, most of the Reps parade out the long standing list of excuses for why they “must” support Joe Straus. “If I don’t support Joe I won’t get the committee assignments I want.”

FOOLS! Joe Straus will give the chairs of half the House committees to Democrats anyway. He always does.

Time to Call Out the Cowards

It appears that GOP State Reps are afraid. They’re afraid of Joe Straus, and they’re afraid to face their constituents on this critical issue. Unfortunately, they’re currently MORE afraid of Joe Straus than they are of their constituents. IT’S TIME TO CHANGE THAT.

It’s time to emphatically remind the GOP State Reps that they work for us, not for Joe Straus.

Please take the following steps ASAP.

1. Call or fax the office of your GOP State Rep.

2. Demand to know WHEN he/she will hold town hall meetings to discuss the House Speaker issue as called for by the GOP state platform.

3. Inform the office staffer that if he/she does not contact you within 5 days with the schedule of town hall meetings to discuss the House Speaker issue there will be consequences.

4. Inform them that working with new Tea Party groups you will help identify and support a conservative candidate to replace the incumbent in the next primary.

5. If he/she actually schedules a town hall meeting, get the word out. Attend the meeting and INSIST that your Rep vote for Bryan Hughes for Speaker of the Texas House.

6. After the meeting start sending a stream of postcards to your Rep reminding him/her that you EXPECT him/her to vote for Bryan Hughes.

7. If you have time make frequent phone calls to reinforce your intent.

It’s again time for us to take on the weak party establishment and draw a line in the sand at the feet of each of our Texas State Reps. “Those prepared to stand on conservative and constitutional principles, cross the line and vote against Joe Straus for House Speaker. We will honor your courage and support you in the weeks and years ahead.”

“Those of you who do not cross the line know this: We will call you out for the moral cowards you are. We will find and support more ‘Ted Cruzes’ at the state level. We will make sure this is your last term in office. So help us God.”

- Alan Vera

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From Texas Conservative Republican News:

2012 Conservative Legislation Killed by Straus’ Committee Chairs:

By Natalie Genco posted on Voices Empower

Education

• Exempting school districts from certain state unfunded mandates, HB 458 by James White & Wayne Christian
• Requiring school districts to post their check registers online, HB1236 by Bill Zedler
• Requiring public universities to post their check registers online, HB 1237 by Bill Zedler
• Uncapping total number of charters given to schools by the SBOE, HB 1603 by Bill Zedler,

Cutting Spending

• Replacing longevity pay with merit pay for state employees, HB2954 by Erwin Cain
• 10% reduction on paperwork for state unfunded mandates on public schools, HB 3463 by Erwin Cain
• Spending limits, HB 756 by Ken Paxton
• Ending In-state tuition for illegal immigrants, HB 1387 by Erwin Cain
• Ending State Unfunded Mandates, HJR 46 by James White

Healthcare

• Prohibiting state or other political subdivisions from forcing you to buy health insurance, HJR 51 by Wayne Christian
• Prohibiting the state from punishing direct payment for healthcare or non-participation, HB 203 by Bryan Hughes
• Prohibiting hospitals from using tax dollars on abortions, HB 561 by Wayne Christian

Small Business Tax Relief

• Allowing businesses to subtract payments to contractors in addition to employee salary from their taxable margin of the franchise tax, HB 817 by Bryan Hughes and Dwayne Bohac
• Businesses posting a loss wouldn’t pay the franchise tax, HB 932 by Ken Paxton
• Requiring franchise tax increases to pass by 2/3 majority, HJR 25 by Ken Paxton

Relieving the tax burden

• Constitutional amendment requiring 2/3 majority to raise taxes, HJR 37 by Bryan Hughes et. al.
• Requiring a 4/5 vote by House of Representatives to raise taxes, HJR 124 by Jim Landtroop and Jodie Laubenberg
• Phases out property taxes for senior citizens by 2021, HB 1104 by Ken Paxton
• Requires all other taxing units to ratify a tax increase instead of relying petitions to rollback tax rates, HB 3186 by Ken Paxton
• Requiring a 2/3 vote to create an entity with taxing power, HJR 105 by Zedler

Liberty

• TSA Groping bill, HB 1937 by David Simpson
• TSA Body Scanner bill, HB 1938 by David Simpson

Other important facts

• Joe Straus refuses to sign the Texas Budget Compact (Press Release, 4/16/2012, Statement on Texas Budget Compact)
•  Refuses to sign the Taxpayer Pledge (www.taxpayerpledge.com)
•  Despite a supermajority of Republicans, the House failed to pass spending limits.
•  Straus told the El Paso Times “We have no choice… you can’t cut your way to prosperity,” This was also said by President Obama in a radio address in 2011

Redistricting facts

• Joe Straus’ Redistricting plan punished conservatives (RedState.com, 4/22/2011, Texas Redistricting Plan Punishes Texas Conservatives)
• Hispanic conservatives were drawn out of GOP-friendly House districts, including Raul Torres of Corpus Christi, Aaron Pena of Edinburg and Jose Aliseda.

• The first House redistricting map had 7 GOP vs. GOP incumbent pairings. This would ensure that we lose 7 GOP house members. It forces a Republican to run against another Republican instead of a Democrat.

If you are ready to take a stand call your State Representative today  Here is a list of them. Tell them to vote for the most Conservative Candidate in the Race for Speaker; Bryan Hughes and then join us in Austin Jan. 7th and 8th.

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How Not to Be A Turkey (Like PolitiJim was) On Thanksgiving Day

There are some practical reasons to be thankful.  According to coverage by Breaking Christian News, being “thankful” can give you:

• Stronger immune systems and lower blood pressure

• Higher levels of positive emotions


• More joy, optimism and happiness


• Acting with more generosity and compassion


• Feeling less lonely and isolated

But when you are faced with very real problems of health, family problems, money problems, or just a general discouragement from a loss of Hope (or “change”), it takes an act of faith to be thankful when you don’t feel like it.

Thankfulness is not just a "glass half full" mental trick. It is a POWER that God promises will bring us into the very gates of God.  It also releases self-proclaimed curses on our lives. But you have to BELEIVE it works, for it to do so.

I used to hate the idea of looking at the poverty stricken paralytic in a third world country just to be grateful for something.  I even remember when I was an adventuresome young rebel wondering what was so special about “peace of mind” all the old people kept crowing about.  I WANTED ADVENUTRE NOT PEACE!  After years of trials (both self-inflicted and otherwise) I BEGGED for a few months of no drama and no turmoil, not realizing what a gift it really was.  And what’s funny is that I could have had it ALL ALONG, had i learned simply not only be thankful for little things but also to speak them as words of gratitude.

“How are you doing, Jim?”  (And then I’d list the 300 things that weren’t quite up to my idea of the perfect life.)  Guess what – I ALWAYS was slightly miserable because I ALWAYS wanted “just a little bit more.”

¹⁵ All the days of the desponding and afflicted are made evil [by anxious thoughts and forebodings], but he who has a glad heart has a continual feast [regardless of circumstances].

Proverbs 15:15 AMP

Medical science proved long ago that FEELINGS follow both WORDS and ACTIONS.  Depressed people became “un-depressed” when they exercised.  Plants REALLY do respond to words of love and caring versus hatred …or simple indifference.  Your words to yourself – and to God – are no different.

But what most of us do is let our WORDS and ACTIONS follow our feelings (or our pessimistic observations of our circumstances) rather than having a “glad heart” and finding the best we can in the situation.

The parable of the talents that Jesus gave provided a KEY.  You remember a Master gave ten servants a “talent,”  One person made a 1000% percent return (10 talents) and God gave them 10 CITIES over which to be in charge.  Another traded 1 talent into 5 and also made the Master very happy.  However, a “worthless servant” gave God back his original talent and then complained to God how worried he was that God would require more of him than he could provide.  He was fearful and thought it would be safer just to return the original “talent” back.   

The PolitiJim version of the bible explains God’s answer:

God:  Because you SAID I was a “hard and cruel Master,” therefore I AM that to you.  And the talent you gave back to me I’m going to give to the guy made 10 talents from 1.

Although the bible records the astonishment of the other servants that the “rich were getting richer” and God didn’t give it to one of the other less productive servants (Liberals would say “less fortunate”), we have no record of how the other seven servants did.  We certainly have no record of them SPEAKING their (bad) attitudes to God like the worthless servant did.  The REAL version of the bible continues with this (famous quote):

For whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.

On the other hand the One Talent Wonder’s attitude even robbed him of fractional interest being too discouraged to even put it in the bank.  And he SPOKE words that cursed himself.  While this is a strong argument that God is indeed not only a capitalist, but a Venture Capitalist and a “personal responsibility” guy, the bigger lessons prove true in real life.  That is that:

• Complaining about how bad you got it will only rob you of what you already have.  (Words have POWER.)
  
• Having a belief that God will help you to prosper if you put to work WHATEVER He has given you is the ONLY option on how to face the unknown.
  
• Being grateful for the OPPORTUNITY not only will keep from what you have being taken away, it gives you a chance for 500% to 1000% returns in all areas of your life.

I am thankful for God's device of "thankfulness," His Goodness, His unmerited favor in doing things for me that I'm not even aware of - and the promise that He wants to (and will) give me EXCEEDINGLY ABUNDANTLY EVERYTHING BEYOND ANYTHING that I can ask or think. In fact, He ALREADY has given it. In the gift of His Son.

So, not only am I saying “don’t worry, be happy,” I’m urging you to “don’t blame God or anyone else, but be thankful and get to work.”

Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

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Why Conservatives May Never Win Another Election

We have the right ideas.  Even our worst guy (aka Mittens the Friendly GOP Ghost) should have walked away with the election given record unemployment, a crappy economy and an Executive who is, verifiably, a forger and Marxist.  It’s true Romney didn’t MAKE an issue of the things that would have made this a clear cut choice for the people.  As I’ve pointed out a zillion times, UCLA Professor Lynn Vavrick says that BIG IDEAS statistically trounce opponents in close elections.  (Aren’t you sorry you dumped on Newty now?)

Anywho, we have 2 fundamental problems BEYOND the candidate we choose to run or in allowing ourselves to be pitted against one another.  I’m not talking TACTICS here about how to reverse the election immediately.  Some have suggested the idea of utilizing Article 2 and the 12th Amendment where 1/3 of the Electoral College states simply withhold their participation throwing the election to the House of Representatives.  The other popular idea is to utilize the tools in our Declaration and Bill of Rights to simply secede from the Federal Government, in order to reform THE SAME GOVERNMENT according to these founding documents. Both are fine ideas but run up against the SAME fundamental problems of which I speak.  They simply CAN’T work because of these two superseding issues in my opinion:

They are the mechanics of media (which in turn shapes opinion and drives motivation for people to get to the polls), and, the voting process itself.

How did Nixon resign?  It wasn’t the crime or even cover-up, contrary to collective commentary.  It was the PRESSURE that came from his own party and financial supporters that appealed to him.  And that PRESSURE only came after REPTITION of the “cover up” story by EVERY major news outlet for weeks.  And that REPTITION, followed a (presumed) CREDIBLE SOURCE {aka The New York Times), writing a series of easy to understand contradictions and hypocritical actions (or statements) from someone that claimed to be for honesty and moral values even if just political.

Here’s the thing.  The break in, and it’s ensuing coverage did nothing to move Nixon from office.  Bill Clinton learned from this – lied as long as he could, played upon the American’s people sense of forgiveness (and gullibility) and survived.  Had 2 or 3 other credible news organizations carried the Juanita Broderick story, Clinton would not only have been unable to be reelected (and likely convicted of his impeachment), he would have been so disgraced even the Bushes wouldn’t have returned his fund raising call about Haiti.

in other words – it is about PERCEPTION (read this excellent article by Political Outcast by the way).  But not JUST perception, but perception brought about by a momentum of media brainwashing.

Reagan cracked through it by virtue of debates where the American people didn’t have to fight the liberal filter to come to their own conclusions.  (THIS is why, by the way, Carter led in the election for most of the campaign.  Not because of totally inaccurate polls.)

Gingrich did the same thing in the South Carolina primary. Not only did he score a knock out in the debate, his performance fortuitously was delivered on the eve of the debate – not allowing any time for the paid or unpaid media to counter his message to voters.  Romney buried him in Florida under $22 Million in negative ads and a little help from the liberal media who only detested Romney less than Gingrich.

THIS MEDIA MECHANIATION is almost an insurmountable problem unless we find a way to buy enough major media sources that will reach the non-politically interested American who is mostly interested in stupid (or sleazy) entertainment that appeals to their baser instincts.  MTV has won the morals of America, and appeal to integrity, freedom, liberty and responsibility simply don’t play very well even if you COULD package a message to them through some distribution channel.  Andrew Klavan expresses this in glorious articulation in a recent essay.

The only OTHER answer I have for this problem is Psalms 20.  If God was willing to save Sodom and Gomorrah if he found 10 righteous men, perhaps He’d be willing to save America with 10% crying out

2 Chronicles 7:14 in unity and faith in the Almighty.

Of the two ideas, only the latter has a certainty of succeeding in my opinion.

The Voting Process

However, the OTHER fundamental problem is the voting process itself.  Even our (only?) Patriot warrior Allen West, could not fight the systemic voting corruption in the system.

I won’t rehash all the reasons why so many of us are statistically convinced that Romney won the election, but what happened in Palm Beach and St. Lucie counties is a peak at how impossible it is to ever win a close election where Democrats control even a minority of counties or precincts.

The REAL story of what happened in St. Lucie reads like a political intrigue novel.  (This play by play recount of the recount is ALSO jaw dropping.) But we can summarize:

• The state does not have serious Voter ID.  A student ID (not guaranteeing citizenship) or pubic assistance ID is sufficient.
• If you don’t have a photo you can still vote with a provisional ballot which will be judged by the Canvassing Board.
• The Canvassing Board was complicit with the Supervisor of Elections in stopping the election prior to counting ALL the ballots.  Also an unelected proxy was brought in to replace a member who was mysteriously vacationing in Haiti although it was the most important election for Florida since 2000.
• The Democrat Supervisor of Elections became mysteriously (and conveniently) ill, after double counting votes, misplacing others and refusing to recount ALL the ballots as she originally had pledged.  (We also found out she wouldn’t allow a referendum on the ballot that would negatively impact her brother in law.)
• St. Lucie county somehow counted 247,713 votes for Obama although there were only 175,574 registered eligible voters a 140% turnout.
• Precinct 93 had only 7 (SEVEN) registered voters but cast 900 votes.
• The Supervisor and Canvassing Board made an excuse that the security system was going and halted the recount, thus guaranteeing that Allen West’s opponent who was currently in the lead would be certified by the certification deadline the next day.

This isn’t terribly different from what we’ve seen in the Al Franken election where 1,000 felons were solicited to vote giving Franken a 318 margin of victory.  Franken was originally behind, but the Democratic precincts and counties kept miraculously discovering uncounted ballots during that recount.  The moment he had the lead – the GOP called it quits.

THIS IS THE HEART AND SOUL OF THE 

DEMOCRATIC VOTE FRAUD AND POWER. 

(Watch former Obama Co-Chairman Artur Davis describe how Dems do it...by massive fraud.)

THIS is the M.O. of the Democrat machine.  And because of certification deadlines THERE IS NO ANSWER to illegally cast ballots certified by corrupt precincts or counties in time to meet certification laws.  They overwhelm with the system with fake registrations (A newspaper claims 1/5th of all Ohio registrations were phony), absentee ballots and allow illegitimate voters to vote in jurisdictions they control – KNOWING that there simply isn’t enough time to sort it all out by the time the person is actually in office.  How does Al Franken remain in office when it’s been proven that 1,000 felons voted for him and his margin of victory was 318 votes?

This of course is why Eric Holder’s Department of inJustice fought Voter ID laws.  Every state that had Voter ID went for Romney.  They literally CAN NOT WIN if it is a legitimate contest.

Therefore, BEFORE we can attempt to even trust our election outcomes (and waste all the time and energy of attempting to run a fixed race), we have GOT to get control of the voting process.

My submission for PRIORITIES in visiting, emailing and generally, harassing your STATE representatives include:

Voter ID – As mentioned, it is much tougher to stop pimple faced 18 year olds passing as a 42 year old Asian man as this poll watcher observed in Ohio.  Two added benefits for your Congressman, even Democrats support Voter ID and Voter Id INCREASES minority turnout.

Criminal Charges for Election Supervisors – As you can see from St. Lucie, 59 districts in Philly and numerous precincts in Ohio, a Democrat can make up serious ground by stuffing the ballot box in a single area REGARDLESS of the voter registrations.  When the GOP poll watchers were kicked out, the Democrats in charged flooded the machines and ballot boxes with false votes.  St. Lucie had a 13,000% turnout in one precinct.  IT IS TIME TO HOLD THE ELECTION SUPERVISORS CRIMINALLY RESPONSIBLE if they will not ensure that only registered voters vote, and that those registered voters are eligible to vote.  Sure, you can always run fraud charges later, but long after ObamaCare has been passed with the assistance of two Senators who also get lifelong pensions at the expense of the taxpayers they defrauded.

Ban Foreign Voting Machine/Voting Service Participation in US Elections.  This is one area of “free trade” I’m totally against.  Much has been made of the Soros owned SCTYL involvement in military and voting tabulations for individual counties.  NEVER should an American election be subject to a foreign power whether there is proof or not.  It’s just too easy to rig these things as testimony has shown.

Voting Machine Program Code Transparency – A favorite gimmick of the voting machine vendors is to claim their programs are “trade secrets” that give them an competitive edge.  Tough noogies Nestor.  I propose a law that requires physical access to the inside of the voting machine locked, except when opened by the presence of representatives of both parties.  And rig it so we know if it was opened.  Transportation to and from state inventory should secured by Brinks.  And when they arrive back in inventory the compiled and uncompilied programming code should be open to all political parties to inspect and verify PRIOR to certification of the votes where they were used.  YES, I know damn well how expensive it is.  But so is a $10 trillion Trotsky-like Presidential term.

Allowance for the Public to Demand a Recount – I understand their are “automatic” recounts in various states but I’m proposing that if the public suspect fowl play as we do in St. Lucie, this isn’t left up to a few partisan judges in a backroom who can decide whatever they want.  YES. This too is expensive and allows the “other” side to contest and draw out races.  I don’t care.  I want the RIGHT call.  And often drawing these efforts out will give enough time for the grassroots (or God forbid the media would do their job) to bring cockroach hidden activities they thought they could squeak through to be brought to light hopefully resulting BOTH in a correct (and complete) vote count as well as gaining evidence to throw complicit crooks who compromise the vote from a place of public trust behind bars.

Get on it.  And while you’re at it – scream “bloody murder” to every Representative you have that you will NOT stand for another election with obvious vote fraud as this one.

Also – volunteer for the True the Vote ASAP so we have a watchers in EVERY location.

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Obama Has the Media In Bed. Literally

I received this by email without any sourcing or verifying it’s claims.  If my readers have time to verify any of this – it would be helpful to corroborate or discount it’s claims.

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From Dennis Wrigley

Here's something else the corrupt state run media is totally ignoring... And you'll only here it from me!

Virginia Moseley was the senior Washington producer at ABC’s “Good Morning America.” Now Moseley is moving on to CNN to become their deputy bureau chief in DC. You're probably thinking who gives a damn, right?  Moseley just so happens to be married to Obama’s Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, Thomas R. Nides. But, unfortunately it doesn't end there. I'm just getting warmed up, folks.

Former Bill Clinton hack and current ABC propagandist George Stephanopoulos works with ABC News reporter Claire Shipman who’s married to White House Spokesboy Jay Carney. It was Moseley who recruited George StepOnTopOfUs to ABC. Finally, both Stephanopoulos and Shipman work with ABC News ‘Business Reporter’ Bianna Golodryga. She is married to Obama’s first Budget Director Peter Orszag. ABC campaign reporter Matthew Jaffe married Obama campaign deputy press secretary Katie Hogan in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin in July 2012. This would be the second ABC-Obama union.

Also, Roberta Baskin, a veteran of CBS News, ABC News, PBS and Washington, DC's ABC affiliate, with a stint at the Center for Public Integrity mixed in, joined the Department of Health and Human Service's office of inspector general as a senior communications adviser in 2009.

OK, back to George StepOnTopOfUs.... Stephanopoulos’s wife admitted that George dialed her on his cell phone during Hussein Obama’s inaugural festivities to weep in celebration. Media bias, anyone??? George Stephanopoulos’ 'This Week With George Stephanopoulos', on ABC’s executive producer is... wait for it... Ian Cameron. WHO is Ian Cameron married to? Susan Rice!!! Obama’s Ambassador to the United Nations. And don't forget that Stephanopoulos admitted daily calls with Rahm 'Dead Fish' Emanuel, when he was the White House Chief of Staff to President Obama! As reported by Politico reporter John F. Harris, four-party telephone calls occurred EVERY morning beginning at 6:00 a.m. between Stephanopoulos, Emanuel, former Clinton Administration hack James Carville, pollster Stan Greenberg and Paul Begala, who is perhaps the most shrill left-wing apologist in Beltway circles. Remember is was proven that Greenberg, Begala, and Carville - colluded with members of the Obama administration - Rahm Emanuel and Robert Gibbs - in a campaign to demonize Rush Limbaugh, using him as a proxy target for congressional Republicans.

There are soooo many troubling aspects to ABC's relationship with the Obama regime. Linda Douglass, a former ABC News journalist, is now Communications Director in the White House's Office of Health Reform. Employees of ABC gave 80 times as much in contributions to Obama's campaign as they did to his Republican opponent, McCain, in 2008. And a study released by the Business and Media Institute found that ABC News aired five times as many stories with positive reviews of Obama's health-care policy than negative stories on the subject.

On September 20, 2009, Obama expressed concern at the sorry state of the news industry and said that he will look at a newspaper bailout, because otherwise, blogs will take over the world, and that would be a threat to democracy!!! Even veteran White House correspondent Helen Thomas told CNSNews.com that not even Richard Nixon tried to control the press the way President Obama is trying to control the press!!! A push for control is revealed in attempts to organize Hollywood to help convey party messages and to use the National Endowment for the Arts to promote Obama policy initiatives. The Federal Communications Commission is considering content regulations on radio stations under the guise of promoting "diversity." Anita Dunn, a senior White House aide, has boasted of how Obama's presidential campaign managed to "absolutely control" the press during the 2008 election. The top campaign strategist was speaking at a conference in the Dominican Republic when she said: "Very rarely did we communicate through the press anything that we didn't absolutely control," Dunn said they prided themselves on "media management" - with carefully planned campaign and official events aimed at steering "around that filter" of the national media and delivering a controlled public message. WOW! Are you awake yet?

The White House Press Corps and the MSM are becoming very, very nervous. The White House has discovered that they can get their message out to the public without the "filter" of the media to slow them down. Continuing to operate under the template that it is their job to make Obama a tremendous success, the MSM has been completely unwilling to call him out on this. Is the MSM scared of becoming completely obsolete? Alternatively, President Bush was absolutely excoriated by the lapdog media for avoiding the press for any extended period of time throughout his two terms of office. Obama treats the MSM with contempt because he knows that when big tests come, they've ALWAYS been on his side. Just consider Benghazi, Fast & Furious, and Solyndra. There's absolutely no reason for him to think they won't be there in the future. The Obama regime feels free to smack the press around, because by giving up their independence, the press also gave up any of the leverage they once had. Once the media sold out everything, they now have nothing left to offer anymore. As long as they are wedded in the Saul Alinsky methods in promoting socialism at any and all costs, the White House is the only game in town, and as long as they create the news out of White House talking points, the Obama regime has the media right where it wants it...in his pocket or in his lap.

With a compliant media willing to focus on his 'rock star' personality, Obama got away without having to address almost all of his questionable friends that never even made it into the public discussion. Seeing how well this method worked on Obama's extremely troubling relationship with Reverend Jeremiah Wright and the Trinity Church, the campaign decided to use his charm and charisma as an answer for most everything else. Most Obama supporters had no idea there was a purposeful strategy of fabricating an intimate relationship. Yet once again, the media chose to ignore all warning signs and encourage people to get swept off their feet. The media NEVER allowed Obama to be properly vetted. They allowed the American people to make Obama into whoever they truly wanted him to be.

Oh, what a tangled web we weave! Can you say GIANT conflict of interests? Can you say cronyism? Can you say nepotism? Can you say corruption? Can you say Chicago-style politics? Surely there's no media bias here! As usual, leftist Obama a$$-kissing sites like Politico and the Huffington Post totally ignore all these relations. Speaking of Politico, they just hired veteran liberal journalist David Chalian, who was fired by Yahoo after he was caught on an open mic at this year's GOP convention in Tampa saying that GOP officials were "happy to have a party with black people drowning"! Chalian is now managing their video content.

This all is exactly what the communists, Marxists, progressives, Saul Alinskyites, radicals want. Totalitarianism. Control the media. Really, it's time to wake up America. It's really happening. Seriously!!! WAKE THE F**K UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The pathetic state run media in this country is totally complicit in the Benghazi and Fast & Furious cover-ups. In fact, they are aiding in the cover-ups. There seriously needs to be an independent review of the collusion between the Obama regime and the state run lapdog media.

How is it that an Average Joe like me can put this all together, but you won't find this anywhere else??? I didn't go to journalism school. Hell, I didn't even go to a four year college! This just goes to show journalism is DEAD in this country...

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Yes, Constitutional Conservatives Need to Change. Into War Paint.

It has been steadily dawning on me this past weekend just how severe is the state of our disunion. Much of it precipitated by the battles of the valiant Allen West in his District 18 race in Florida. Western Journalism's account of the day's activities yesterday is mind blowing.  It is a microcosm of what we are facing as constitutional conservatives in this country and the forces that arrayed against us.   (Be sure to skip to the “How bad is it?” section below if you want to cut to the chase.

In Allen West, you have a true conservative who not only is knowledgeable and articulate on the issues, but who takes away the standard excuses many on "our side" have as to why we don't win. You wanted Rubio for VP (despite the fact he is constitutionally ineligible)? Allen is bad ass, dark skinned brother who grew up deep in the south where (supposedly) racism is on a daily rampage. He doesn't have the lack the articulate "coolness" or maturity decried as missing from Angle and O'Donnell. And, he even voted for the budget ceiling debacle and NDAA proving he isn't a "purist" to the Libertarian-hating elements of the Elephant party.

The Grand Old Plantation

So surely this rising star would be embraced as a Reagan figure by the establishment and TEA forces alike, right?  Yeah - JUST like Reagan, the GOP Establishment tried to undercut and weaken him at ever juncture. In fact the Rubio/Jeb Bush GOP influences in Florida redistricted him in such a way that he would have to battle severely just to stay in office. So much for that "Republicans were the original party of the black man" crap we tried to delude ourselves with. Yes, I'm saying it. The Republican Establishment INTENTIONALLY tried to subvert Allen West because of his race. And his conservatism.  He is a danger to them because he is principled.  And black.  And they know he has the ear of the TEA party.  It took them 10 years to put the Reagan renegades back on the party plantation.  Just look how they treated Gingrich who actually INCREASED the Republican and conservative identity from the Gipper’s and sabotaged a coup_d'état so that they could start enslaving our children to ever increasing debt again. 

Remember Senator Trent Lott’s declaration that they would “co-opt” any TEA candidates and that the American people have BETTER JUDGEMENT than to elect them?  (Maybe those Jesse Helms accusations of racism weren’t so far off after all.)   Our sunless-tanning House Speaker (aka Banana Boat Boehner) tried to finish off the movement saying not only was there no TEA Party caucus in the House (much to the surprise of those in it), but that in 2010 it was a GOP statist movement that swept them back into power.

I’d laugh, but it turns out the TEA candidates didn’t control spending that much better than the elitists.  Were they co-opted?  Or was Boehner right.  Were they never that principled to begin with?

But back to Allen West.  Did you see Republicans running to microphones on election night bringing attention to – and battling against – the 4,000 swing that happened in 35 minutes in the middle of the night?

Nope.  Eventually Reince put out a note of support and the GOP Congressional delegation came to observe, but you don’t hear “boo” from the party make a big stink out of the fact that 893 people were able to vote who weren’t even registered in precinct 93. 

And this has been documented and repeated across the country in such overwhelming testimony that every TRUE conservative and conservative media outlet has embraced it demanded justice, right?  Uh.  Not so much.  As I wrote this weekend, the Erick Erickson’s of the world don’t want to face the prospect (or even look at the data) and would rather be chicken little’s decrying the turnout of the white Republican. 

The Conservative Media

Why should we be surprised when Erickson, FOX and even Limbaugh and Hannity won’t even properly cover a conclusive law enforcement investigation PROVING that Barack Hussein Obama forged MULTPLE official documents to obscure his nationality, his eligibility and even his criminality?  You’ll hear them allude to it or make jokes – hell, FOX even put it on their website – but concerted 24/7 coverage like what they are giving Benghazi?  Nope.

FOX’s Michael Barone amplifies the notion that the TEA Party is a bunch of nuts and weirdoes.  Ann Coulter STILL apologies for Judas Christie and Bill O’Reilly still believes that a birth announcement in a paper suffices for “proof” of citizenship.

Michelle Malkin and David Limbaugh (among others) pushed a constitutionally ineligible candidate whose own constituents (and target demographic) were repulsed at claiming either as a conservative or a man of principle.  Even supposed religiously righteous social conservative media were willing to lie, deceive and mislead.

Yes, even with our media influence better than we had during the Reagan era – we still suck.

Which leads us to…

The State of Conservatives

I posted the link to Ron Paul’s final speech on the PolitiJim Facebook Page and was shocked at the pure hatred and animus for the Libertarian leaning Texas Congressman.  Have we sunk so far that we can’t “give honor to whom honor is due” even if we disagree with those who share a common enemy?  I think Paul and his devotees are historically ignorant of assuming we can survive as a country without preemptive diplomacy and aggressive military strength.  I’m unsure about surrendering the drug war but even their adamant activism has woken me up to how it’s become an excuse for tyranny.  (Today the police have a right to do just about anything against the 4th Amendment by claiming they have a suspicion about drugs.)

But as I stated in my FB post debate with readers, Gary Johnson’s votes which ensure Obama’s wins in Ohio and Pennsylvania PROVE divided we fall, without the Paulbot. And whether they like it or not, the GOP needs the social conservatives.  And whether the Santorum-groupies realize it or not, they will NEVER EVER pass another anti-abortion/pro-marriage without marijuana-loving Libertarians putting them into a majority in both houses of Congress AND the White House.  Sarah Palin had that one right.

But as the primaries proved, when we start going BEYOND the central message of fiscal responsibility, getting into contraception discourse, drug war doctrine, illegal immigration policy purity and gay marriage – we lose.  And we lose BIG.

I’m NOT saying that we don’t address these.  They are important.  But while we might not take them to the family barbeque, we’ve got to learn to ALL learn to find a constitutionally conservative candidate who is charismatic enough to EMOTE while being uncompromising on cutting taxes and spending to invigorate our economy.  Reagan got elected ONLY because of two reasons.  He had a BIG economic plan that people were willing to try to escape the Peanut farmer polity, and he was likeable and “safe” to the uneducated independent.   He WASN’T elected because he was prolife.  He wasn’t elected because he wanted to cut government programs.  Those were minor issues to the majority who voted for him.  And we had better start realizing very quickly that we are NOT going to fight effectively unless we find, recruit, volunteer for and elect conservatives who are focused (and disciplined) on the BIG issues.

I volunteered (and crow about) the Ted Cruz victory.  But it is clear that he benefited from demographic politics.  Even the Soros-funded liberal blog Think Progress admitted that Cruz out performed Romney, even while they tried to make the point that the majority voted for the Democrat.

And then we have REAL GOP rank and file, politicians and their surrounding facilitators who still think this is a 1950’s bridge game.  The amazing Ulsterman Report has carried a series from Wall Street and Washington “Insiders” who have been uncanny in disclosing how the REAL world of power and politics work.  They now have a “Republican Insider” that is symptomatic of the squishy and spineless silliness that folds in the face of the Democrats forceful tactics.  Ulsterman posted a new interview and despite obvious Venezuela-style voting fraud, assassinations of Ambassadors, and tyrannical executive orders by a criminally corrupt President this idiot is all caught up in being “civil.”  Here was my comment the post earlier today:

It is interesting that the VERY FIRST issue the Stupid Party insider wanted to discuss was Ulsterman's discourse using "STFU" to the Romney ragging Governors like (unconstitutionally ineligible) Jindal. This is THE problem with the Republican party.  Let's worry how we are PERCEIVED rather than realizing this a g***dam STREET FIGHT for the very survival of our country.

"I won't talk bad about another Republican?"  WTF is that?

I'll tell you what it is.  The sound of generations of our children being forever enslaved to a much more aggressive and uncompromising opponent that want to permanently destroy this country.

These are the guys who SIGNED AN AGREEMENT WITH THE Democrat Party to NEVER try and engage in voter integrity initiatives. (link)

Yes, I understand we don’t have the luxury to build a Franken-Reagan for every race.  And yes, I understand unlike the Democrats, OUR charismatic, intelligent and fearless warriors are either enlisted in the military or ensuring a future for their families and employees in business.  But smart TEA activists like Jamie Radtke, who were totally thwarted by likes of RedState in lieu of GOP Establishment losers like George Macaca, have got to be protected not just by the peons like us, but by those we can embarrass into submission in the conservative media.

It is NOT an understatement to say the American civilization is in danger of permanent incapacitation.

So How Bad Is It?

• The mainstream conservative media (much less the GOP) STILL won’t raise the alarm bells on how Obama stole this election.  (Mind you, without fighting now we not only lose the 2014 elections where they are emboldened – we might not even have an honest chance to win in 2016.)
• The GOP Leadership covered up for the Obama Administration.
• The GOP Leadership cancelled a press conference to expose Obama the week prior to the election, but held it AFTER he was elected.
• The GOP and conservative media refuse to embrace and expose a LAW ENFORCEMENT investigation proving that the President of the United States forged a birth certificate, a Selective Service record and IS CURRENTLY committing identity fraud.
• The GOP continually refuses to “go to the mattresses” over OBVIOUS voter fraud that not only sabotages their own candidates, but ends up enslaving the entire country to tyrannical legislation like ObamaCare.
• Conservative media continues to selectively want to talk about the Constitution, ignoring it where they want it to benefit them (like non-natural born citizens Rubio, Jindal and Santorum and Barack Hussein Obama), but will be shocked when their appointments like the treasonous conservative traitor Justice John Roberts continuously subvert it in their rulings.  Do you realize the Supreme Court has now given Congress the ability to force you to “BUY THINGS” you don’t want?  THAT is the current law of our “free” country.
• The TSA is authorized to use ANY MEANS necessary to humiliate and detain you although they have NO law enforcement authority and are sitting with millions of rounds of Geneva Convention-illegal hollow point ammunition.
• The GOP (including Paul Ryan and – unbelievably - Allen West) voted in 2011 to abrogate their responsibility to stop the wanton spending waste and not only raised the debt ceiling, but also cut a deal that could rot our military readiness.  (Not like that’s an issue of course with Iran bombing Israel and al-Queda and Muslim Brotherhood operatives freely crossing into our country.)
• The Cloward Piven model is full force, doing what the Soviets could not do in the wildest dreams.  Illegals are essentially INVITED to come across the border, and Homeland SECURITY (that's right) has a welcome packet on how to become dependent on government.

Even of these (and the dozens you will undoubtedly post below), the voting problem is by FAR the worse.  It is one thing to have the need to stop bad policy and remove bad politicians.  It is quite another to realize that you don’t even have the POWER to change it through the political process because the system is rigged.

When Allen West discovered a 13,000% voter turnout in one precinct you would think that would have been the subject of EVERY Sunday news show right?

Whether it is a combination of illegals voting, absentee voting abuse, voting machine hacks and corrupt voting precinct captains and election supervisors – the bottom line is that Castro and Chavez would NEVER win an honest election in their countries.

Forget about whether Fast and Furious will ever be properly prosecuted for a moment.  At this moment, we don’t even have TRUE REPRESENTATION over our own TAXATION.  (That’s kind of catchy.  Might make for a good cry for independence from a tyrannical government.)

THE BLUE PILL OR THE RED PILL?

PolitiJim never likes to curse the darkness without suggesting a fiery flame or two to dispel it.  So we have two options.

Option 1:  Sit back and “take it” while our largely corrupt GOP representatives continue to compromise with the devil, always waiting for the magical “tomorrow.” We TEA Party types (and sympathizers) merely wait for the next outrageous event to happen, wait for a conservative talk show host to fan our flames – and we strike out to (again) try to find a candidate to save us.

Option 2: We do what we have a God-given responsibility to do and don’t wait for the “perfect storm” of political candidates to do what Sarah Palin did up in Alaska.  We simultaneously declare “war” on the Republican party and refuse to let either our advertising rich conservative media celebrities, or our local GOP establishments, get away with continuing to run the Reagan brand into the ground.

2A: A continual, all out email/phone assault on the power holders in the GOP to start SCREAMING about vote fraud.

2B: We take over a major state (Texas is fine) to finally establish TRUE conservative principles and start ENFORCING the 10th Amendment rights that other states can follow.  No, Rick Perry is not the guy to do that despite his well funded branding.  He’s better than most but he does not have the conservative core to lead the charge as witness his DREAM ACT debate debacle.  I’m not even against secession, but it would be no good with the current corruption in the GOP here. (And it will never happen with Joe Strauss as a the RINO Speaker who appoints more liberals than conservatives to key positions and subverts conservative legislation CONTINUALLY.)

in battle, it is a common technique to “regroup” an re-concentrate your forces so that you aren’t picked off one by one.  Clearly, unless the GOP Congress, Florida Governor Rick Scott and the GOP celebrities like Marco Rubio start not only bringing light to the systemic voting corruption but also start filing lawsuits, offering legislation and refusing to seat Congressmen like Murphy and Franken who have illegitimately won through fraud – our conservative power is too easy to pick off.

I like Texas because we have the right to secede in our charter, we have the right to hold off law enforcement from 4th Amendment incursions and of course, because i wouldn’t have to move.  But it is one of the few states that could be self-supporting if it were to secede.

But a REAL revolution won’t happen without the core of us having geographic proximity to one another against the suspension of freedoms that inevitably will be expanded under the “man who calls himself Obama.”

C’mon down y’all.  We already have started.

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