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They say you often don't realize how important some things are until they are GONE.
We better start paying attention, because there are some very important things , that the Powers in Office, seem to find inconvenient.
This in from the incomparable Captain Ed Morrissey over at Hot Air
White House: We’ll cut off criticism of Porkulus
I don't know about anyone else but this sounds a lot like
" abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
“First, we will expand the restriction on oral communications to cover all persons, not just federally registered lobbyists. For the first time, we will reach contacts not only by registered lobbyists but also by unregistered ones, as well as anyone else exerting influence on the process. We concluded this was necessary under the unique circumstances of the stimulus program."
Go hither and find out what the PTBs think you no longer need.
Make no mistake friends this is as much of an attack on the basic structure of our Republic as the British attack on Fort McHenry, which inspired these immortal words:
Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
America IS under attack, we must as our forefathers have done down through the generations, spring to her Defense.
Cross Posted at Committees of Correspondence
Speaking in passing today with a friend who has been following my Posts, I told him that I would welcome comments.
He then mentioned the registration form in the comments window.
So THAT must be the bottleneck on comments here?
I can understand why some may not wish to fill in their Name, Homepage or Email Address.
Well I have some GOOD News for those who are bothered by that requirement.
You don't have to.
You CAN lie to the Computer and the Blog Software here.
It won't KNOW it.
You can fill anything you want to on those lines.
You can even leave them BLANK
and your comment will show up as from "anonymous"
At the risk of being thought as having a Multiple Personality Disorder
I will create a demonstration,
I will coment under the pseudonyms
Demon-in-Darkness
Kumbaiyah-Bambi
Wannabe-Che
and
McLenin
and will leave the fields blank in one comment so you can see what happens with the comment software
Warning the above personas may not agree and you might be intering a Flame War Zone.
So Beware. ;-)
Newspeak a creation in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. it's characteristics are
The purpose of Newspeak was not only to provide a medium of expression for the world-view and mental habits proper to the devotees of IngSoc, but to make all other modes of thought impossible.
It was intended that when Newspeak had been adopted once and for all and Oldspeak forgotten, a heretical thought
-- that is, a thought diverging from the principles of IngSoc -- should be literally unthinkable,
at least so far as thought is dependent on words.
Its vocabulary was so constructed as to give exact and often very subtle expression to every meaning that a Party member could properly wish to express,
while excluding all other meaning and also the possibility of arriving at them by indirect methods.
I encountered what might be an example of this during an online debate with one of our local elected officials recently concerning the LOST (Local Option Sales Tax) Ballot initiative.
The Gentleman was delighted and celebrating the Victory of a Tax Increase.
To which I took exception, an occurrence that should come as no surprise to anyone who has been reading the posts on this website.
Now I am sanguine about Tax increases, their major premise seems to have been that it would not have been Fiscally Responsible to NOT support the New Tax since for an estimated $13 Million in Tax Revenue raised the State would remit to the Municipality $20 Million.
Say that again? Spending 54% more than Tax Revenue is Fiscal Responsibility,
In WHAT Universe?
Oh I see, it's fiscally responsible since the extra $7 Million will come from Taxes on citizens who do not live in your Municipality?
Like ME for instance?
My thoughts on these subjects run on the order of
Americans don't save money, as a rule we spend it.
When you spend money, that increases the demand for goods and services.
An increase in demand for goods and services, helps create jobs.
I consider the above on the order of
Run Spot, Run
When you Tax money, the public does not spend it, does not increase the demand for goods and services and does not help create jobs.
But Dan you might say, the STATE and the Municipalities will spend that money and help create jobs.
True, but a portion of it will be absorbed in the Cost of Government.
That will also create jobs, jobs, for Government Employees.
So you can leave the money in the General Economy and create jobs there, or Tax it and create jobs in Government. The size of Government increases in Direct Proportion to an increase in Revenue and Budget,
I know what my choice is..
So to sum up the situation.
This Elected Official believes in
Increased Taxation
Increased Government Spending
Deficit Spending
Spreading the Wealth
An increase in the Size of Government.
For 10 Extra Credit Points, the Conservative Principles enshrined in the above ARE??
Did I mention the person is a REPUBLICAN?
Sigh, maybe it's not their fault. Maybe they just don't know any better.
We must EDUCATE them!
As a start in a Remedial Course in Political Philosophy, I think I will recommend.
I welcome input and comments and you do NOT have to fill out
the registration informaiton in the Comments Box, you will show
up as anonymous .
Word has reached me that some of the events taking place here in Linn County are seen as an embarrassment by some of our GOP Party Leaders in Des Moines.
One of whom called a gentleman here to discuss moderating the tone in order to enhance Party Unity.
One problem, is the Gentleman with whom he was speaking, does not happen to be in charge of any of these events,
Certainly not in charge of what I write,
Now he and another person from the previous Executive Board Circle DO receive from me emails with copies of my posts, but then so do the Present Chair and Co-Chair of the new Executive Board,
This happens AFTER I post my missives.
As I have severe philosophical differences with some of the events that have taken place recently, I will continue to speak out.
To the question, "What does this have to do with electing Republicans?"
My reply is, "How can we as a Party oppose Election Corruption and Violations of the Rule of Law, if we do not keep our own House clean?"
While I was musing on these matters I stumbled onto this song and despite it being from a Hillary PUMA supporter, I find it appropriate.
PUMA for those not in the know stands for
Party Unity My A#%
Now some of the verbiage is WAY past what I would claim, but it is IMO fitting at this cusp
Can anyone tell me what mistake was made on this Form A?
Correct it is the second Committee Person
Which seem to be listed and Alexander & Krista Kaminski
Now I realize the Wedding Ceremony says thing like these
two people are now one, but those Spiritual attributes do not hold for
Elective Office, only ONE of them can be a Central Committee Member
My suggestion to Alexander is to say "Yes Dear" if Krista wants to be it.
I believe we are getting the idea go back to the previous post
Check out some Form As yourself
Remember the Rules?
Chair and Secretary on the Top of the Form where it says to put them
Then below these lines
The Precinct Committee persons who will represent Fill in Your Precinct Name here Precinct on the Fill in the Name of Your County here County Republican Central Committee are:
There should be TWO names, no more and ANY designation of Alternate etc does not exist in the Election Code.
But before you leave and go exploring here is one more example
One of the ways NOT to fill out a Form A Correctly.
Marion PrecinctsLinn County Precincts
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The tree of liberty must be refreshed from
time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants
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I have in previous posts described the ways by which those of us who have attended Linn County Central Committee Meetings on a Regular Basis over the years, discovered that we were no longer going to meet where we were accustomed.
There was the surprising revelation that a flyer was passed out one weekend in March the 27, 28 & 29th at an NRA Gun show informing the PUBLIC of a new meeting location.
But by no attempt via the normal Email List, nor the Social Network Facebook Linn County GOP Website,
Did the Executive Board EVER enlighten us on these matters or give us a location until just shortly before the meeting.
Actually many former members did not even get an email announcement before the meeting and there was quite of bit of Internet chatter getting the word out to the Uninformed.
Indeed it was after a silence of Two months that the rationale was finally given,
IMO grudgingly and with all the ease of pulling teeth from an unwilling attack dog.
But I will have to say my latest discovery is surprising to me,
Despite the fact that the present record has been replete with unwelcome surprises,
I ran across this post Updated: Linn County Republicans switch leaders
on a website called., Essential Estrogen,
Which by the way in my opinion would be an informative website, no matter what the gender of the reader,
I recommend it without any reservations whatsoever.
But to get back to my main point, The post begins
Updated to list the full Linn County GOP executive board:
Chairman -- Tim Palmer
Co-Chairman -- Mark Hudson
Treasurer -- Brent Schulte
Secretary -- Dawn Brown
None of the previous members of the executive board were re-elected. That being said, I'm not sure if all incumbents were seeking another term. From what I've been able to find out through text messages, e-mails and the local Twitter feed, the newly elected leaders (described by Renee Schulte as "young professionals") will be making some changes in the near future that will likely begin with a new meeting location.
Note the date March 18, 2009 7:05 AM