Correction on Post

This is the video that everyone needs to view before November 4, 2008.



This is scary for sure. But what is more scary is the fact that this guy could get elected. Do you liberty and freedom loving citizens really want that? Then get out and vote and get your friends, family and co-workers to get out there and vote and vote for McCain. He is by far the lesser of two evils.

God Bless and God SAVE America!

It's Time for Liberty to be the Key Issue of the Day

The election is less than three weeks away as I sit down to write this article/post. The two sides are clearly defined in Obama and McCain. Or are they really?

I watched the last debate between the two of them and I was not happy with either candidate. But then I guess I was not happy with either of them in the last two debates. Nor was I happy about the one and only Vice-Presidential debate. Although, Gov. Sarah Palin did make it a point to say a few times that she was going to Washington, D.C. To shake it up and put government back on the side of the people.

That is when it hit me. I knew this long before Gov. Palin said it but I did not really think it until that debate. This is supposed to be government by the people, of the people, for the people. That is what our Constitution says.

Yet, not one candidate, not even Gov Palin, said they would go to Washington to fight for the Constitution. Not one of them said they would go to Washington to roll back the illegal confiscation of our rights under the Constitution. That is what I am mad about.

So I began shaping my arguments to others. I began holding both sides accountable as it pertained to the Constitution. I asked people if they believed in the Constitution. Of course no one said they were against it. Well then I asked how does Obama's or McCain's ideas fit the Constitution. Most sane people had to admit the ideas both candidates espoused were not Constitution friendly. But Obama was far more detrimental to that document than McCain.

This lead me to a question. Do we have candidates out there that stand for truth, liberty, justice and the Constitution? And that is when I found a man I just had to interview. His name is Ken Blevins and he is a candidate for US Senate from the State of NH. He is running against former NH Gov Jeanne Shaheen and current US Senator John Sununu.

This was an interview with a man that was scheduled to last about 15 minutes. Instead it lasted more than 45 minutes. Everything he said rang true and smacked of a man who knows the Constitution and the intent of the Founding Fathers.

Liberty Cafe': You are a member of the Libertarian Party. What does the Libertarian party stand for?

Ken Blevins: We believe in upholding the Constitution. It is the law of our land. We believe in individual rights to the point that as long as what you do does not interfere with your neighbor then you probably should be free to live your life as you see fit.

LC: Do you believe in gay marriage because both candidates have said they are against it.

KB: I believe that marriage is between that of a man and a woman but that gay should have the rights to have equal opportunity under the Constitution.

LC: Would you be in favor of a Constitutional amendment against gay marriage?

KB: No. I don't think we should use the Constitution as a weapon to dictate religious or moral values.
We have to be careful about using the Constitution as a way to force people to fit certain molds. That is not what the Founding Fathers had intended.

LC: What would you do about our energy problems?

KB: The free market can and should take care of this issue. We have always found ways to get things done in our country and government is not the answer to this problem. The free market has proven ideas right now, but government is getting in the way of those ideas coming to market.

LC: Do you think we should drill for more of our own oil?

KB: Yes. Listen, the environmental impact for drilling in the US is far less than it is on most foreign lands. Most oil producing countries don't have the strict environmental laws that we have and they do far more harm to the environment than we would do if we drilled here. How can environmentalist defend the notion its bad for us to drill but seek to let other countries with weaker laws drill more in their lands? It doesn't make sense. They (environmentalist) should be wanting us to drill more here because we would do far less damage to the environment.

LC: How about education.

KB: The notion that the more you pay the better you get is a myth. Regulations and government intervention have done nothing but raise the cost of education while delivering less quality. If it were a private business, it (education) would have gone out of business long ago.

LC: Traditional the Republican Party has been the party of smaller government. Why not become a strong wing of that party?

KB: Conservatives are against the basic principles of the Libertarian Party and would only seek to water down our position as they have done to the conservative position. Take for instance the Constitution gives felons the right to bear arms but we now have laws that ban them from having guns. Now you may think that is not a bad idea or law but you have to ask, where do you draw the line? Washington, D.C. Went to far in its ban on all guns obviously. But our Founding Fathers knew that guns in the hands of citizens should be a protected right.

LC: What is the major difference between you and Shaheen and Sununu?

KB: I believe in the Constitution. I believe in freedom. Shaheen supports the union vote issue where you have to sign your ballot. That is not what the Constitution says. Sununu supports McCain on immigration and that position is against the Constitution.

LC: So why should the people of NH and other states vote for you or other Libertarian candidates?

KB: Because we believe in the Constitution which is freedom and we believe in property rights as well. A person should not be limited by government as what they can and cannot do with their property. As long as it does not harm their neighbor then they should be free to do what they want to do.

Obviously we talked about much more than this. We touched on things like the War on Terror and the battles in Iraq and Afghanistan. In all cases, Mr Blevins beliefs were strongly in the corner of the Constitution and in the wisdom of the Founding Fathers.

I think the Libertarian Party may be the party we have all been looking for. Less government intervention in our lives. Bringing back self accountability and responsibility. That is what made our nation strong in the beginning and what kept us strong during some of our darkest hours.

You cannot have a free people in a land where the government dictates what freedoms you may and may not have. The Constitution points this out. It was a document not written to guarantee our rights. It was a document written to limit government so that our rights would not be taken away.

How did we flip this around?

Now we have two major candidates that only talk about what government is going to do for you and me what we should be doing for ourselves. And when you give the government that kind of power, they never give it back. So how free are you going to be if the government tells you what to do, when to do it and how to do it?

You are not going to be free.

Isn't it time you stopped voting for what you think the government can do for you and start voting for the Constitution again? I think so. You and I will be better off. Now isn't that what you really want.

What Barry and his kind really want from big oil and the American people

How interesting this is. Recently, Obama was making fun of McCain for making fun of him about the people of America saving gas by inflating their tires.

First of all, are you serious, Mr. Obama? I think the tire pressure thing has been so en grained in our collective psyche that it would be a safe bet to say that at least 90% of the American public know that properly inflated tires saves gas, gives you better handling and extends the life of your tires. But to state this as a potential plank on the energy platform is bordering on the ridiculous.

Where are the solid planks on energy from you and your camp? I have not seen anything relevant unless you are mimicking what the Republicans have been saying. But then the very next day you flop and tell us that drilling is not going to solve our problems today.

Mr. Obama, the liberals have had a “don't drill in our country at all” policy for decades and we now see where that policy has lead. We are paying record prices at the gas pumps while backwards countries in South America and Africa pay under a buck a gallon. How is that possible?

True those nations' governments subsidize their oil industries heavily. So is that where you are going to take us Mr. Obama? You wish to do a Hugo (and I don't mean the hurricane although the effects would be far more devastating) and nationalize our oil industry?

And for crying out loud, can someone please tell me what a “windfall profit” is. Who is to say that 11 billion dollars is too much for a company to make. Doesn't the federal government and all the state governments make far more on a gallon of gas than the oil companies? Why yes they do. Doesn't the fed and the states tax the income of the companies, large and small, that deal in oil? Why yes they do.

So should not the fed and the states give back to the American people what they took because they, the government has windfall tax profits? After all, none of the governments involved have ever risked a dime to explore for oil. None of them have paid to lay the infrastructure that now gives us our pipelines.

Oh sure, they may have given tax breaks every now and again...but that is what they were. Nothing but a reduction in the taxes that those companies already had to pay. How is that signify that the government “paid” for anything. It is our money to begin with.

And with todays technology and the fact that just about every other oil producing nation on the planet is going after oil reserves even in areas where US companies cannot change your mind? Of course not. You view the big oil companies, which are small compared to the oil companies around the world, as evil. You think that even if they made nothing, that they were still cheating the American people.

It is you and your ilk, Mr. Obama who are cheating the American people. Why don't you tell the people of this great nation just what you have in mind for us as far as your energy policy would go? You would not dare because the American people would reject it outright.

The American people deserve more than rhetoric, Mr. Obama. And those goes for Mr. McCain as well. We need real answers. Yes alternatives are a good start but you and I and the rest of America know that any viable alternative will not be fully integrated for at least two decades if not longer.

So why is it OK to pursue technologies that will not pay off today but not drill for our own oil that will obviously not pay off today? Because in both cases, we will be a much stronger nation tomorrow.

But all you wish to do is pit the “rich” against the rest of us. You pit the rest of us against the “poor”. And you wish to tax the hell out of the very people who make this nation great. And you know I am not just talking about income tax. Any tax you levy against an oil company for “excessive” profits will only get passed on to the American consumer. It is just another money grab for bigger government.

Come on Mr. Obama and Mr. McCain. Come clean and tell the American people what you really want to do to us. I promise you that 90% of us will not stand for it.

Im Right on Obama. Prove Im Wrong

I was taking the entire summer off. But this Obama thing has really got me in a tizzy to coin an old fashioned term. I am still waiting for someone...anyone to tell me exactly why they support this man for President of the United States of America.

All I can get in reply is sound bites. “He will change things.” “He will end the war (battle) of Iraq.” “He will make the world love us again since GW has the world hating us.” I ask how he plans on doing this and people actually get mad at me.

They call me a racist. Then I have to point out to them I am a black man so by their own definition I cannot be a racist. Then they call me a Bush lover and I point out how many things I disagree with GW on including most of the Patriot Act.

Then they claim I am just blind and stupid and I have to point out that I know that there only 50 States in our Union not 57 as Obama has once claimed. So that leaves me with the burning question. What does this guy stand for? What do his supporters know about him and why the hell do they support him.

Lets face it. This guys is a racist. He hates half of himself. Yes people, he is not a “Black” man. He is half white. His mother is ALL white. That makes him HALF white and HALF black. He is also not a descendant of slaves as most blacks in this country are. He grew up in a rather privileged life. By that token, since I am the son of a career military man, I also did not really grow up in the inner city. Although I have spent a few years of my life living in a city called Buffalo, NY. I attended public school number 31 in that city for part of my 1^st and 4^th grade and all of my 8^th grade years. Do I know what its like to live and play and be scared in such an environment? Yes I do.

Barry has not had to deal with such things. Yet he will run around and tell Europe that our country has never been represented by someone who looks like him before. What about Secretary Powell and Secretary Rice? I guess they are not “black” enough. But then I would argue that those two Americans are more black than Barry.

What about the men and women of our military who are black? They represent our nation. And I am certain that most of them are far more black than Obama. In fact many of them come from the inner city.

Plus I have this issue with Barry making all kinds of simple mistakes. These exact same mistakes have labeled President Bush as an idiot. Yet Liberals still view Barry as brilliant. They make excuses for him like he has had little sleep. What the hell do you think the President does? You think he gets 10 hours of sleep every night?

Hell no. Being president is one tough job. Look at all the men who enter the office with full un-gray hair and leave 4 or 8 years later almost white haired. Its a tough job and you often get very little if any sleep. If this guy makes these kinds of mistakes while only on the campaign trail, what kind of really important mistakes will he make while sitting in the Oval Office?

Right now we take pot shots at his mistakes. But once he is in office, people will die for mistakes like that. This is serious folks. You have to think about the people of this country. You have to think about the two candidates realistically. No McCain is not an ideal candidate but we now have to go for the lesser of two evils.

Sorry to say that at this juncture it is McCain that is the lesser of two evils. Worse yet is that compared to Obama, McCain is a total Saint.

Oh, and I can say all this about Barry because I am black. I also am part Native American so I can speak for them as well. They don't want Barry in the White House either. Blacks only support him because he is black but he is not like them. And they lack the knowledge of history of the Democrat party as the racist pigs they truly are. Doubt me, then who blocked civil rights for over 100 years? The Democrat party.

I am more qualified to be president than Obama. And I am sorely under qualified. So where does that put him? You think I am wrong? Then tell me specifically why I am wrong. I dare you. I know you can't because you know I am right.

Who Would Jesus Vote For, and why would He vote for them

What is Liberty and Freedom? Seriously, what is it? To some it means being able to do anything that they damned well please without any restriction. To some liberty is to do things that they think does not affect or effect anyone around them.

Liberty is not being able to do anything you want. Liberty is not something that is GIVEN by government. Freedom is not free nor is it cheap nor does it come without responsibility. It is precious. It is valuable and we are losing it.

Liberty and Freedom are given as a gift to us by God Himself. Uh Oh! Rod is going biblical on us now is what you are probably thinking. Rod is one of THOSE people. Weak minded Christian. Well yes I am a Christian. I do not shirk from my beliefs.

I believe that Jesus was the greatest Conservative that ever walked the earth. God gave us laws to live by in the bible that keep us from bondage. If we follow these things, these laws that God has set fourth we don't need extra laws set out by man.

Look around you. You are being “lawed” to death. Every time you turn around, someone wants to pass another law that regulates your behavior. They propose a law that will regulate your thoughts. You think this is not the case.

We have laws on the books called “hate crimes.” What is a hate crime? And if a deadly crime is committed against you or a loved one but you are not one of the protected classes, does that make your life less valuable? In the eyes of the Liberal, yes you are not worth as much.

You have to be black, or at least look black. You have to be gay, Jewish, fat, etc. You just can't be a regular human being. Why do you think some groups try so hard to get their group included in the classes of special protection people? It gives them power over you.

If you stand up and fight against them, they claim hate speech. If you fight against their agenda, they claim you are a hater. If you try and live your life without them, they claim you are a hateful segregationist.

They pass laws to force you to send you children to schools you don't want your kids to go to. They pass laws forcing schools, colleges and businesses to institute quotas. They pass laws that keep qualified people down in order to raise someone less qualified.

They are most likely less qualified because they pass laws that kept their parents from sending them to better public or private schools.

Every time you turn around there is someone who wants to take control of your life. They want to make it harder or impossible for you to home school your own child. They pass laws that keep your pastor, your preacher, your Holy Father from speaking up or out against them. If they do, they lose their tax exempt and non-profit status.

The worst part about all of this is that you and I vote for these people who wish to limit our liberty. We put those people in public office then scream foul when they do what they told us they were going to do. They were going to help us do this or keep others from doing that. Our taxes go up to pay for this and we have to pay a higher fee in order to do that. Yet we go to the polling places election year after election year and vote for the very people we scream about on a daily basis.

God told us about this. He said if we ask for wicked men we will get wicked men. If we ask for evil rulers then we will get evil rulers. We ask for the wicked, we ask for the evil every time we vote for them.

Why do we vote for them? Because they make us FEEL good about ourselves. They tell us that in order to considered a good person you have to FEEL. Forget logic. Forget about God and His laws. Forget that there is order in the universe. Do what you FEEL is the right thing. Even thought what you feel may change next year, it is what you feel right now that counts.

Even if your feelings don't make a lick of sense, go with it. Feel your pain. Feel my pain. Feel the plight of the wronged. Feel the evil of the good. Feel the hate of the logical. Feel, feel, feel. Forget logic.

Forget reason. Forget the Constitution. Forget Gods laws that protect us. Forget your sense of right and wrong. Forget, forget, forget!

Oh no, we have forgotten too much. We have given up too much. We have given over our very lives and now we wonder how do we get our lives back. And when we say we want our lives back, the one we voted for does not want to give it back. They don't want to give up power over our lives.

So what do they do? They give us more laws. They restrict how we can speak out against them. They offer to take care of us by taking over parts of our lives completely (health care). They want us to turn over our children to them so they can educate them. Forget that their education system has been a proven failure for at least the last 50 years.

They believe us to be children, stupid ignorant children. They should know because they educated us in the public schools. They tell us that Hollywood is more important to watch that Washington, DC. They blame Hollywood for giving us programing that glorified violence instead of telling us how bad violence is.

They want to protect us from ourselves by making laws that force us to do things we may not want to do. (Wearing seat belts, no smoking in a bar) They take over our own property by telling us what we can do with that property.

Oh no, we are to blame for our lack of liberty today. We are to blame for our lack of freedom today. Oh no, we cannot blame George W Bush for the Patriot Act. We demanded to be secure. We demanded that we be safe. We demanded that President Bush act to keep us and our children safe.

He gave us what we wanted. And we voted for those who allowed this law to go into affect. Yet we now complain about this law. But do we vote for those who would get rid of this law? No! We vote for the same people who approved his law.

Oh no, we cannot blame Washington, DC for our troubles. Oh no, we cannot blame the politician for our troubles. Oh no, we cannot point a finger at other nations for our troubles. We are our own troubles. Oh yes, we have done this to ourselves.

Oh yes, we have a chance to start changing this evil trend. We have to stop feeling and start thinking again. We have to look at the candidates for all levels of government and ask which ones want to bring back liberty. Which ones want less government in our lives. Which one believes that God has already given us the laws we need to live by. Which one believes that we can take care of ourselves. Which one wants to let me do what I think is best for my life. Which one. Which one?

If you vote for Hillary Clinton, then you are a fool. She does not believe you can do or live without her help.

If you vote for Barack Obama, then you are a fool. No he cannot. No he cannot do a damned thing unless you vote him into office. He will take over your life and you will scream foul at 3 AM.

If you vote for John McCain, then you are a fool. War hero or not. He put into place some laws that limit your liberty your freedom. He trampled on the Constitution by helping to craft and pass a law that takes power away from you and gives it to special interest groups and companies. He did not take the money out of politics, he just made it bigger.

So who do you vote for? I cannot tell you that. You have to THINK logically for yourself this time. You have a brain. God gave us all a brain. Now is the time to use that brain to bring some true law and order and liberty back to our streets. Back to our homes, families and neighborhoods.

Think. Ask. Vote. Be logical. In fact, a saying from the past few years fits for our times right now, although with a bit of a tweak.

Who Would Jesus Vote For?! That person deserves your vote and guess what? You will protect your liberty when you do.

Think. Ask. Vote.

Clinton's Desperation or The Last Stand

Hillary Clinton is getting nuts. I mean not the same kind of nuts she and her camp already were. She is crossing over into a whole new world of buttery. Mrs. William Jefferson Clinton has gone out and hired Jack Nicholson, the actor, to do a spot for her.

Well, there is nothing wrong with a famous actor doing some stumping or promotional bits for a candidate. But it is the choice of this ad, which is below, that draws some interesting questions and concerns.

Here is the "experienced" candidate using movies to get her point across. Does she think that people will believe the "Joker" from the Batman movie is truly a good spokesperson for her campaign? Does she really think a fictional military officer that was a little nuts and did questionable things is a good spokesperson for her campaign?

It goes to show that Hillary and her camp have no clue what the American people want or need. Yes, I understand the fact that Americans are highly influenced by celebrities but not the many characters they play in movies.



You can check out some more Clinton/Nicholson spots at the Huffington Post. Some are funny and a little unbelievable but they all raise the question is this woman the best candidate the Democrat machine could put fourth?

We can't give Hillary all the press on this, however. Obama has a new advertisement spot. I should say it's more of a promotional piece that really says nothing. Typical of Obama. No substance at all. But it is slick and its produced by Will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas musical group.

You have a bunch of stars and others chanting and singing "Obama" over and over. They have different celebrities speaking in Spanish talking about this is our America, this is your America. Now I don't want to sound insensitive or prejudiced but I happen to believe Americans should speak English. But that is another story all together for another day.

All we keep hearing from the Obama camp is "change." I want to know change what and how are you going to change it. This spot talks about change. But no substance. If you can listen to the whole chant then watch the video below.



Unfortunately, even though I searched and searched, I could not find a similar spot from John McCain. Oh sure, there were plenty of spoof ads and anti McCain ads that mimic the two above but none seem to be serious ads from McCain or his camp. I wonder if McCain is the more serious candidate after all.

The Devil is in the Details

There was a movie that was released back in 1997. It has as much relevance today as it did back then. Actually, it was a movie that was probably at least a decade overdue. It started Keanu Reeves and Al Pacino. The name of this movie? Devil's Advocate.

Now why is this movie so relevant today? Because it is a movie about lawyers. Yes, I know all the jokes about lawyers. I even wanted to be one of those blood sucking parasites at one point in my life. I went to school for law and order. I took the requisite business law, criminal justice and criminal law. I even took international law 101. Plus I dabbled in Constitutional law.

All well and good, you say but what does a fictional movie out of Hollywood have to do with today and what does it have to do with liberty and freedom? Well, man's law dictates everything you do in your life. Lawyers make the laws. Lawyers interpret the law. Lawyers bend the law to fit their need in and out of court. Lawyers can make a seemingly very clear and concise law murky and even twist it to mean something it was never intended to mean.

Lets take the First Amendment of the Constitution for an example. We have freedom of speech and a free press. Not according to McCain/Feingold. It says that money is not equal to free speech even if you need money in order to express your right to free speech. This law limits your ability to freely express your opinions and thoughts when it concerns elections and those running for office.

How about the “Separation of Church and State.” Many Americans do not know that those words do NOT appear anywhere in the Constitution. However, some lawyers decided that they could twist the actual words that are written in the Constitution to mean something it was not intended to mean. These lawyers successfully twisted the Constitution to mean that there cannot be any connection between religion and our government.

This was clearly not the case nor the intent of our Founding Fathers. If you read any of their letters, decrees and the Constitution itself you would know the Founding Fathers did not intend for the total separation of church and state. They only intended that there be no national or formal government religion or church such as there was and is in England. You know England, its the country that our Founding Fathers saw fit to separate from through the American Revolution.

In the movie “Devils Advocate” Al Pacino plays the devil, Satan, who runs a very powerful international law firm based in New York City. First of all, if he truly wanted to be at the center of sin, would he not have based his firm in Las Vegas? Well, no. New York is the hub of the business world. Just about every major law firm in the world is either based there or they have a major presence in that city. The Devil (Pacino) also known as Mr. Milton, has a few very memorable lines in this movie.

One of the more true to reality lines is “Lawyers are into everything.” This is true, lawyers control the law. The law controls everything. If you don't believe me, then just read your contract for cellular phone service, for any contest or give away, for any service or offering. A lawyer wrote all of that. A lawyer thought up all the laws that need to be put into those contracts and agreements.

Just look at your computer. Every time you download or upload a new program or service, you have to agree to some terms. You have to mark that you have read and understand and accept those terms before you get to use that program or service. If you don't agree, you don't get to use the program or service even if you have already paid for it.

Lawyers control every aspect of your life. In this country and in most countries across the globe you cannot even practice law unless you pass some sort of BAR exam that is set up and administered by lawyers. This is there way of keeping average people out of their ranks. This is how they keep control of your life. They keep control of the law and the law controls your life.

I am not saying there are not good and honest lawyers out there. Of course there are. But they have to work within a system that has been corrupted by more powerful lawyers of days gone by. The good lawyers fight an uphill battle on a daily basis to keep you and me safe.

It is very important that we elect people who know the law yes. But it is even more important to elect people who will not attempt to bend the law to their own selfish interest and will. When they do that, we the people, suffer. We the people lose our rights. We the people lose our freedom. We the people become ensnared, entrapped and enslaved by the law.

Yes, lawyers are into everything. Yes the law controls our daily life. Yes, the correct saying is “The Devil is in the Details.” Think about it next time you decide to hand over your freedom of anything to a lawyer running for office. Notice, once you give him your freedom, they never give it back even when you ask.

No More Reagans and Its McCains Fault

There is the fascination with one of our presidents. I an not talking about George Washington, Abraham Lincoln or even John F Kennedy. I am talking about Ronald Reagan. The great communicator. There is a healthy and unhealthy fascination with this former president. In fact, Reagan is quickly becoming an American legend much like JFK.

The difference is that Reagan actually lived out his full term as president where JFK had his term cut short by a few bullets form assassins rifles. (Yes I said assassins as in plural. But that is a topic for another post at another time.) We got to see Reagan perform through out his presidency so there is no speculation as to what he would have done. We know what he did. We know what he tried to do.

The fascination comes because Republicans, I should say true conservative Republicans, are looking for a new Ronald Reagan. That is not to say they are looking for a clone. We all know Reagan was a once in a lifetime person. He had character that cannot be duplicated. What conservatives are looking for is someone who has the same ideals and beliefs that Reagan held. Someone who has those basic core principles of true conservatives that can break the ranks and lead out in the open.

But conservatives lament the fact that even though there are many who would qualify, they will not take the torch and run with it all the way to the White House. In fact many of them won't even take the torch to Governors Mansions in their own states. They wont run that torch to the State Houses of their home states. They even shy away from bringing that torch to their mayors offices or city or town councils.

Why is this. Ann Coulter made a point in her column “How to keep Reagan out of office.” There is a link to this column below. She correctly identified the major reasons why a Reagan like candidate is so hard to find. We can thank our heir apparent for the Republican side for that.

McCain/Fiengold but a big cab bash on free speech in this country. What it has done is made it nearly impossible for an upstart to make a serious run for any major public office. It severely reduces the ability of candidates who have not been in the seats of power already to raise capitol to run against incumbents at nearly all levels of government.

We know it takes millions of dollars to launch a state or federal campaign for office. But unless you are a self made millionaire or billionaire, you have no chance at raising money to battle the entrenched machine of the incumbent. Even if there is a vacated seat, you still must have the cash in order to fend off the well financed and well place candidate from the other party.

You have to have a name first. Well the best way to make a name for oneself is to run for office at lower levels of government and work your way up. But wait, you can't just run for an office of worth. You have to grab the attention of your local or state party. Then they have to be willing to back you. But it takes time because of the limits placed on us by campaign finance reform. This leaves the job of bringing those with promise out into the open to the press.

The media has more power than ever in deciding who our candidates are going to be because of the new laws on the books. These laws make it very hard for an individual to promote any candidate. But if they are a part of the so-called legitimate press and media, then they can talk up or talk down anybody they want as often as they want.

That is how we got McCain as our candidate of choice instead of a true Reaganite. There are only two ways to stop this. One is since we have the Internet, we can spread the news of promising people and get them to run for office and support them. Ron Paul has proven this type of support can be had. This type of grass roots can be done. Although Ron Paul was not the conservative choice, he did prove that a new conservative Reagan could garner a strong base of support in a short period of time. Plus, because of the Internet, each and everyone of us could in fact become a part of the media by launching on line publications with news and commentary. In short, each of us can become our own media business thus nullifying the McCain/Fiengold bill.

Second, and best of all, is to stick to the letter and spirit of the constitution of these United States and have this stupid law repealed and pass a law that would prevent future laws of this ilk from being passed ever again.

The people of this nation, with the Internet, opportunity to grab their country back. We have the ability to effect change at the grass roots level by circumventing the current process. We have the ability to show that the main stream media does not have a monopoly on news of the day nor do they get to chose who we, as Americans, have as choices for high or low public office.

It is time we take back our elections process from the incumbents, the major media (which has a very liberal bias) and others in power who wish to limit your choice and access. I say each and every one of you should start your own media company on line and begin to broadcast the truth. And that will bring out the talent that we need to turn our country around and bring back our Constitution as our Founding Fathers wrote it.

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Ann Coulter

My Colors Don't Run.

Today Barack Obama continues his winning streak in the Democrat Primary. Hillary Clinton, of course, still touts her supposed 35 years of service that makes her the only Democrat ready to lead on day one in the White House.

I am still trying to figure out what she has done all those 35 years. All I hear for her is that she wants to take away our freedoms when she gets into office. All I hear is how she wants to take care of all of us. The problem with taking care of us is she and her other Democrat friends will have to pounce on the Constitution.

Thrashing the Constitution is not limited to Democrats. Republicans have done it as well. In fact we have a front runner on the Republican side that was a co sponsor of a bill that became law that limits our freedom of speech. It's called the McCain Fiengold bill. It limits most Americans free speech when it comes to elections.

They argued that money is not equal to free speech. The real reason for this law is to limit opposition close to an election. This is not the American way. Not by the standards of the US Constitution.

Let me be very clear. I do not believe any of the major candidates have yours or my best interest in their minds. Oh they may say they do but its all in their actions, not what they give lip service to. How can you say you are for freedom and choice when you want to take over a major part of every Americans life?

How can you say you are for freedom when you are for making laws that limit choice and attack the very freedoms that are written within the Constitution? You can't. Look around you. Do you honestly believe that limiting your freedoms is better for you and your family and business? Of course not.

We have more laws on our books than ever before. We have laws that contradict some other laws. We have laws that are so confusing that it is nearly impossible for prosecutors and judges to adjudicate them. We have laws that fly directly in the face of the Constitution limiting the every day freedoms of the average American.

Lets face it, we have been the frog in the pot far too long. It is time we jump out of this pot and reclaim what is rightfully ours. The Constitution guarantees us our freedom. The courts are supposed to make sure of this and the executive offices of the states and the federal level are supposed to make sure those rights are safe and enforced.

I love my country. Let me repeat that. I love the United States of America. No it is not a perfect country. It does not have a perfect history. With my heritage, I know how imperfect it has been and how imperfect it still is. However, after visiting and/or living in other nations on this globe, I can tell you there is no other place as nice or free.

But it seems Americans are eager to elect those people who are more than happy to strip them of their basic rights. This I just do not understand. I would fight and die willingly to protect and preserve what our Founding Fathers fought so hard to give me and my heirs. I will support anyone who will truly support the Constitution of the United States. I will fight to defend the rights of all of those who disagree with me for that very reason that differences of opinion have helped make our country so great.

But what I cannot stand by and let happen is a bunch of politicians stomp on the graves of our Founding Fathers and strip the Constitution bare. Oh the carnivores are feasting on the American people rights and the American people keep serving them up with bear to wash it all down.

But not this American. Not this Constitution loving American. You should not let your rights be taken away. You should demand that the rights you have lost be returned and you can do that by voting for those who stand up for the Constitution. And for those of you who support him, I do not believe in him. I am talking about Ron Paul. He is not the right person at the right time for a number of reasons that really belong in another post.

Just think about what I have said. Take an hour or so and read the Constitution. It is YOUR Constitution. It belongs to all of us and you should know what you are giving up when you vote for those who say they want to “help and take care of you” because in the end, they only help and take care of themselves at your expense.

When you vote, vote for the Constitution of the United States of America. Never, never, never let your colors run. Mine don't and never will.

A Closed Public Debate?

It looks like one of the rare Democrat debates between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama will be a closed door session. Now why in the hell would the Democrats want a closed debate?

What exactly is a closed debate, Democrat style? Well, it looks like only Clinton and Obama campaign, the University of Texas, the Texas Democrat Party and CNN and the major US Spanish speaking network, Univision. So yes, with a crowd like this you know there will be no serious questions and there will be lots of standing ovations to answers that really are no answers at all.

This kind of debate is for those in academia and the liberal press. This will not shed any new light into what these two candidates think. We already know what they think and believe and what they want to do when they get into office.

The question will be who can out liberal each other. Well to be honest, Obama has that one in the bag. Barack has given few if any real details on his plans for the economy or Iraq other than to pander to the left with great flowery speeches that make you feel good but in the end, leave you feeling empty.

Why would you feel empty? Because Barack doesn't tell you what he is going to do or how is planning on doing it. I am sure if he wins the Democrat nomination he will have to start being more deliberate and insightful in his answers to how he is going to accomplish his lofty goals. At least I would hope that John McCain would not let him (or Hillary) get away with being superficial on their policies.

The point is, this is typical Democrat politics. Keep the public out because they are too stupid to know whats best for them. Only the academic world and the press know what the right questions to ask are. Only the people in high ivory towers are good enough to get close to the candidates and ask questions of substance. Oh wait. If real people are not allowed into the debate arena, there will not be real questions asked that real people care about.

What you will hear at this debate is how President Bush has screwed up the war on terror and the battle in Iraq. What you will hear is how Bush and his friends caused the mortgage crisis. What you will hear is that the rich are to blame for our economy and they should be taxed higher and how those who don't pay any taxes need a tax break. What you will hear is we have a health care crisis even though we have the most efficient and admired health care system in the world. What you will hear is how there needs to be universal health care and the cost be damned.

You wont hear any logic in this debate. You wont hear how they truly intend to pay for all their programs. You wont hear how their social programs now in place have failed to produce the results they (the Democrats and Liberals) promised. You wont hear how their control of Congress has led to the lowest approval rating in history. You wont hear any thing substantial or meaningful. And you surely wont hear either candidate tell the truth about how they feel about each other.

Hillary hates Barack. He is an uppity black man who doesn't know his place. Barack hates Hillary because she is just a back stabbing power grabbing white trash bitty from the south. Well maybe this debate will be worth watching after all. Then again, I think I have to file my cats teeth so I will be too busy.