Saturday, June 03, 2006

An eventful weekend

This weekend I had the pleasure of dining with Mr. Neal Boortz. This event was hosted by our local talk radio affliate KSGF 1260 AM and 104.1 FM. The event was held at Hickok's Restaurant here in downtown Springfield in the third floor loft. I arrived about 15 minutes early to find approximately 50 or so people had already arrived. There was an open cash only bar, which since I don't drink adult beverages anymore, I avoided it and found the area where the iced tea was being served.
The radio station made sure each attendee received the latest edition of the paperback version of the FairTax book. I already had the hard bound cover but hey a book that I could loan out to others to bring them on board with the idea. I found Mr. Boortz and asked him to sign my book since everyone else was doing the same. I also discovered that I would be sitting at the same table as Neal which would allow for some delighteful conversation. At the table there was five individuals and Neal. Mary and Elizabeth were mother and daughter, Melissa attended the event solo as did Dave and I.

Sitting at the same table as Neal allowed for various conversations to turn into many topics since Neal can't stay on topic longer then 3 or 4 minutes, which his radio show is built on. During dinner we discussed various political issues and how to get LP candidates to become more news worthy.
I believe we have a great slate of candidates this year for various local and state offices and we need to get the message across that we can make a difference in political circles when elected. Too many people today believe that there vote either belongs to the republican or democrat candidate, when in all reality your vote belongs to you. You should vote for the candidate that best represents your ideology and avoid the party line voting process.

I will work tirelessly to bring Constitutional government back to Missouri.

My platform will consist of lower taxes on all individuals and companies that actually pay taxes, less restrictions on businesses within the state boundry.

I am very pro family since I myself have been married for twenty years and have two teenage sons. My wife and I have home schooled both of our children almost since they were able to walk.

I am comfortable enough with my religion that I understand that there are people that don't believe in the bible or any religious dogma. I will not use governmental force to create legislation to force compliance of any religious belief with these individuals.

I consider myself a pro-life candidate, however I won't use governemt to try to change anything relating to Roe vs Wade without constitutional considerations.
I don't believe government should be funding any type of abortion nor do I believe government should be funding any type of abstinence programs. There are plenty of private organizations that use private funding to educate people seeking the education. Parents need to take a more active role in educating their children, instead of thinking the large bureaucratic babysitting service will do it for them.
Parents it isn't the governments job to teach your children about religion or sex, nor is it the job of government to babysit your children while your working to afford the large amount of debt that society seems to choose to endeavor into.

We as a government body shouldn't be forcing anyone into compliance on matters that aren't governmental. In recent years local authorities have used government force and strong arm tactics to force compliance of the Breathe Easy Missouri program.
As a non smoker I do like the FACT that I can walk into a restaurant and enjoy my food without the lingering cigarette smoke, however that should have been a decision for the business owner not government. I would bet many businesses would've determined on there own whether they had more smoking clients or non-smoking. It isn't up to the government to tell these business owners how to run their PRIVATE business.
A sign that hung on my own office door stated the following "I choose to make this establishment a non smoking one before government mandates I do so."
That is exactly how easy it is for business to regulate itself. I as a consumer can better regulate business by choosing not to spend my dollars there. I do this already with Wal-Mart. The great business uses governmental force and eminent domain to take property from individual land owners so they can build there stores for the masses. I staunchly oppose eminent domain being used for this purpose and I won't support anyone that does business that way.
Stand up for what is RIGHT and put a true proven constitutionalist in public office. I will be the first person to resign should I vote for something that would be against the writing of the constitution, unlike the current crop of politicians that use the document for shanty paper.

VOTE4MARTZ
state representative district 139

Tuesday, May 30, 2006

HELP WANTED: U.S. CONGRESS

I can't and won't lay claim to this great article so therefore the person I received it from will be the beneficiary which is why I left the e-mail address on this post. I don't know who William Jud is or where he got this article but it is SPOT ON.

VOTE4MARTZ
a more constitutional Missouri legislature is all I'll promise.

----- Original Message -----
From: "WILLIAM JUD"
Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 11:03 AM
Subject: editorial: HELP WANTED: U.S. CONGRESS



William Jud
27 May 2006


U.S. Constitution, Article 3, Section 3: "Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort."

U.S. Constitution, Article 6: ". . .Senators and Representatives . . .shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution . . ."

U.S. Constitution, Article 1, Section 8: (Congress shall have power) "To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions."

U.S. Constitution, Article 2, Section 1: "Before he (the President) enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation: 'I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States'."

These are among the many jobs that the U.S. Constitution requires the President, U.S. Senators, and U.S. Representatives to do. Failure to do any of those jobs is sufficient grounds to terminate the employment of the President, a Senator, or a Representative.

Legislative Malpractice is further justification for removal from office. Not only are some members of Congress not doing their Constitutionally assigned jobs for the American people, as Article 6 requires, they are actively engaged in tearing down America and in giving America's enemies "Aid and Comfort."

The best thing to come from the recent, massive Street Demonstrations of Illegal Aliens (NOT illegal Immigrants), was to show unequivocally the huge and growing size of the problem, the mindset of the demonstrators, and their aggression toward these United States.

Demonstrators carried Mexican flags. Demonstrators proudly flaunted their Mexican nationality and their rejection of any desire to become U.S. citizens. Their message, loud and clear, was 'Screw you Gringos. We're just here for the money and welfare benefits."

The other message was "This is OUR land. We will drive you Gringos out and take back your land for Mexico."

The Mexican organization MEChA - Moviemiento Estudiantil Chicano de AZTLAN (Chicano Student Movement) is a student organization militantly demanding the Mexican "Reconquista" or "re-conquest" of our southwestern states that after the Revolution would be returned to Mexico.

MEChA's 'El Plan Espiritual de Aztlán' (the spiritual plan for Aztlán) states: "In the spirit of a new people that is conscious not only of its proud historical heritage but also of the brutal "gringo" invasion of our territories, we, the Chicano inhabitants and civilizers of the northern land of Aztlán [Colorado, California, Arizona, Texas, Utah, New Mexico, Oregon and Washington] from whence came our forefathers, reclaiming the land of their birth and consecrating the determination of our people of the sun, declare that the call of our blood is our power, our
responsibility, and our inevitable destiny. We are free and sovereign to determine those tasks which are justly called for by our house, our land, the sweat of our brows, and by our hearts. Aztlán belongs to those who plant the seeds, water the fields, and gather the crops and not to the foreign Europeans. We do not recognize capricious frontiers on the bronze continent."

MEChA's premise is fraudulent. Ancestors of most modern Mexicans were Europeans who immigrated to Mexico from Spain, displacing Mexican Indians who lived there. Mexico was originally a Spanish colony that conquered Aztecs and other tribes in that region.

To be consistent in their demand for land repatriation, Mexicans demonstrating on U.S. streets would have to 'reclaim Aztlan' for the Mexican Indians. Everyone else in Mexico who is not a direct, full-blooded descendent of the original Mexican Indians is a 'foreign European' who must return to Spain.

The Mexican street demonstrators are a hostile, invading army. They fully intend to overthrow the U.S. Government and install their own brand of International Socialism. They fully intend to push out existing U.S. citizens and take our land and property. They come as thieves under the camouflage of 'Guest Workers.' 'Guest Workers' never go home.

Congress and President Bush are aiding, abetting, and giving comfort to this invading army of Mexicans. They do this in violation of the requirements for holding office as stated in the U.S. Constitution, Article 1, Section 8, and Article 3, Section 3. Failure to protect U.S. citizens is a violation of the U.S. Constitution, Article 6. Senators and Representatives who refuse to protect U.S. citizens from the Illegal
Aliens hostile invading army are in violation of their Oath or Affirmation to 'support this Constitution.' If those elected officials remain in office they do so fraudulently, criminally and illegally. Those elected officials must be removed from office immediately and permanently.

Thirty nine Senate Democrats and 23 Republicans approved an immigration bill that gives amnesty to Illegal Aliens already here. Those 62 Senators are in violation of the U.S. Constitution, Article 3, Section 3, Article 6, and Article 1, Section 8. Those 62 Senators voided their office. If they remain in office they do so illegally, unconstitutionally, and criminally.

We will see what happens with this immigration legislation in the House of Representatives, and with President Bush. But the House has its own internal housecleaning to do.

Socialism and the U.S. Constitution are mortal enemies. A person can be a Socialist, or can support the Constitution, but cannot do both.

Within the House of Representatives is an internal organization, the Democratic Socialists of America, DSA, and another called the Progressive Democrats of America populated by ultra-left Socialist Democrats in Congress.

Congressional Socialists are closely linked with Communist and Socialist organizations dedicated to overthrowing the U.S. government. Several of those subversive organizations were organizers of the Illegal Aliens Street Demonstrations of recent weeks. Those subversive organizations work tirelessly toward violent overthrow of the U.S. government and conversion of America to Socialism/Communism. To achieve this end, all of America's land, wealth and property must be given away to Mexico and Third World nations. White, Christian Americans must be eliminated.

Where are the "good-hearted folks" that President Bush said will be our Guest Workers (who never go home)? We are importing Revolutionaries and potential Terrorists, not helpers who "will do the work that Americans will not do." Congress and President Bush are giving Aid and Comfort to a hostile invading army bent on our complete destruction. Does that sound like Treason? You bet it does!

The Senate's immigration bill includes eventual U.S. citizenship for the Illegals. Illegals will get Earned Income Credit refunds on their taxes. The U.S. government must get the okay from the Mexican government to build a border security fence. Social Security retirement payments will go to Illegals and survivor payments to their families. In-state college tuition is authorized for Illegals. Can't-be-fired employment is guaranteed, at prevailing (not minimum) wage. Taxpayer dollars will flood into Immigrant Rights Socialist/Communist organizations that supported the
street demonstrations.

Treason? YES! Legislative malpractice? YES! Sufficient grounds for immediate termination of service of a whole bunch of Senators and Representatives? HELL YES!

Every elected official who votes, or voted, in favor of the Senate immigration bill needs to be removed from office immediately and prosecuted as an Enemy of these United States.

It's time for wholesale housecleaning in Congress.

Remember this Congressional sellout during the coming national elections.

When is a taxcut not really a taxcut??

For the answer to that question you might want to call your representative and ask them about all the increases to registrations and other various FEES which will be rising this year.
To show how corrupt politics really is our current Senator Mr. Kit Bond is espousing the virtues of taxcuts down at the O'Reilly warehouse this afternoon. Meanwhile the "fishwrapper" finally got one right and with facts to support their claim. Every now and then even The News Leader will hold itself to the same standard that it requires of activist groups in and amoungst the peoples of Springfield, MO.

Our republican lead legislature knows that a tax increase would be a death nail to their political longevity, so they pass on TAX increases in other forms.
I can hear the reply from many as I type this "I don't own a boat so this is going to bother me" or "it's only an additional(fill in the blank)per year and besides the bigger boats are getting accessed a much larger portion then I am." Well I don't personally own a boat either and with these current increases I won't be purchasing one. User fees are set up so the people using the water ways are supposed to pay for the upkeep which sounds like a good idea, so then WHY isn't the government school system set-up that way???

A link to our states budget is below good luck in locating the appopiation for our waterways in this massive 587 page document. This is only the transportation portion of the budget.

http://www.oa.mo.gov/bp/budreqs2007/dept/Modot1.pdf

Boat fee increase awaits governor's decision

By David A. Lieb
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

JEFFERSON CITY — For many Missourians, Memorial Day weekend marks the traditional start of the summer boating season. But before this year's season ends, boaters could be paying more for the privilege of revving their motors on Missouri's rivers and lakes.

Missouri's boat registration fee would more than double for small boats and nearly quadruple for the biggest ones under a bill passed by the General Assembly and awaiting a signature decision by Gov. Matt Blunt.

Fees also could rise for the millions of Missourians who get their drinking water from public systems, as opposed to private wells. And various state and local governmental bodies could gain new discretion to raise fees on everything from honorary highway signs to the landowners in local drainage districts.

The Republican-led General Assembly remained opposed to new taxes during its 2006 legislative session. But lawmakers found fee increases not quite as repulsive.

The higher boating fees are perhaps the most obvious increase.

About 315,000 boats are registered in Missouri, excluding canoes, rowboats and other solely paddle-powered vessels. The legislation would raise fees to $25 for the smallest boats (shorter than 16 feet) and $150 for the largest boats (stretching more than 40 feet long).

Based on the number of boats in each category, the fee increase should generate almost $5 million annually for the state — $3 million more than the state now receives.

The new money would go to Missouri State Water Patrol, which has lamented for some time its low salaries and high mileage on its trucks and boats.

The higher boat charges essentially are user fees, meaning the people who use the waterways are the most likely to benefit.

Many of the other bills also are user fees.

For example, the annual fees charged for public water connections would rise more than 60 percent to fund the water quality duties of the Department of Natural Resources.

North American Union Already Starting to Replace USA

In the not to distant future this will be the scene played out on the North American Continent along with Central America.

the crowd gathers outside to hear the upcoming speeches, after all this is a historic milestone in history of the world. people are laughing and cheering the newly elected President of the NAU(north american union).

Hector Gonzales waves to the crowd as he steps to the podium:

Thank You all for casting your ballots in this historic reclaiming of the North American Continent. I now present your newly elected President Gustavo Cerna
the crowd at this point is deafening while the newly elected leader steps to the podium;

My fellow citizens this has been a grueling battle and I commend my opponents for keeping this election above the board. You are here in Mexico City to witness a crowning achievement and over 100 years of work has finally seen its truition. Not once did your political leaders not have your best interest when we devised a plan to protect the homeland from terrorist attack.
The leaders of Canada and the United States, as well as Mexico have worked diligently behind the scenes to make sure that the outlying borders would be protected from hostile actions.
the crowd roars its approval;
During the early part of this century it appeared that the United States and Mexico were destined to have a border battle to achieve supremacy of the Rio Grande and the territories that border it. It appeared the citizens of the former United States were willing to allow these two neighbors to go to war to defend an imaginery line to determine who was and wasn't a citizen of the US. The background work for this one country was started by the very leaders of vision that we must maintain today as we move into the coming global government.
Ladies and gentlemen had it not been for President Bush, President Fox, and Prime Minister Martin we would not be standing here united as one.
the crowd roars its approval;
We still have much to do however the seperatist movement from the former United States is losing the mentality and courage to fight. I predict by the end of my term that the terrorist that reside within our borders will be brought to justice and our global community will be able to prosper in harmony.

You might laugh at my portrayal of how it is going to be in the very near future, but I remind you at one time we were a very PATRIOTIC nation which knew the meaning of INDEPENDENCE DAY. Our esteemed vice chair of the GCLP tried to reserve a float space for our cities annual Independence Day parade only to have been given "the deer in the headlight looks" at his request.
He was told the annual july 4th parade still had space available for our float. PITIFUL.

Immigration

by Jerome R. Corsi
Posted May 30, 2006

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In March 2005 at their summit meeting in Waco, Tex., President Bush, President Fox and Prime Minister Martin issued a joint statement announced the creation of the “Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America” (SPP). The creation of this new agreement was never submitted to Congress for debate and decision. Instead, the U.S. Department of Commerce merely created a new division under the same title to implement working groups to advance a North American Union working agenda in a wide range of areas, including: manufactured goods, movement of goods, energy, environment, e-commerce, financial services, business facilitation, food and agriculture, transportation, and health.

SPP is headed by three top cabinet level officers of each country. Representing the United States are Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez, Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff, and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Representing Mexico are Secretario de Economía Fernando Canales, Secretario de Gobernación Carlos Abascal, and Secretario de Relaciones Exteriores, Luis Ernesto Derbéz. Representing Canada are Minister of Industry David L. Emerson, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Safety, Anne McLellan, and Minister of Foreign Affairs Pierre Stewart Pettigrew.

Reporting in June 2005 to the heads of state of the three countries, the trilateral SPP emphasized the extensive working group structure that had been established to pursue an ambitious agenda:

In carrying out your instructions, we established working groups under both agendas of the Partnership – Security and Prosperity. We held roundtables with stakeholders, meetings with business groups and briefing sessions with Legislatures, as well as with other relevant political jurisdictions. The result is a detailed series of actions and recommendations designed to increase the competitiveness of North America and the security of our people.

This is not a theoretical exercise being prepared so it can be submitted for review. Instead, SPP is producing an action agreement to be implemented directly by regulations, without any envisioned direct Congressional oversight.

Upon your review and approval, we will once again meet with stakeholders and work with them to implement the workplans that we have developed.

And again, the June 2005 SPP report stresses:

The success of our efforts will be defined less by the contents of the work plans than by the actual implementation of initiatives and strategies that will make North America more prosperous and more secure.

Reviewing the specific working agenda initiatives, the goal to implement directly is apparent. Nearly every work plan is characterized by action steps described variously as “our three countries signed a Framework of Common Principles …” or “we have signed a Memorandum of Understanding …,” or “we have signed a declaration of intent …” etc. Once again, none of the 30 or so working agendas makes any mention of submitting decisions to the U.S. Congress for review and approval. No new U.S. laws are contemplated for the Bush administration to submit to Congress. Instead, the plan is obviously to knit together the North American Union completely under the radar, through a process of regulations and directives issued by various U.S. government agencies.

What we have here is an executive branch plan being implemented by the Bush administration to construct a new super-regional structure completely by fiat. Yet, we can find no single speech in which President Bush has ever openly expressed to the American people his intention to create a North American Union by evolving NAFTA into this NAFTA-Plus as a first, implementing step.

Anyone who has wondered why President Bush has not bothered to secure our borders is advised to spend some time examining the SPP working groups’ agenda. In every area of activity, the SPP agenda stresses free and open movement of people, trade, and capital within the North American Union. Once the SPP agenda is implemented with appropriate departmental regulations, there will be no area of immigration policy, trade rules, environmental regulations, capital flows, public health, plus dozens of other key policy areas countries that the U.S. government will be able to decide alone, or without first consulting with some appropriate North American Union regulatory body. At best, our border with Mexico will become a speed bump, largely erased, with little remaining to restrict the essentially free movement of people, trade, and capital.

Canada has established an SPP working group within their Foreign Affairs department. Mexico has placed the SPP within the office of the Secretaria de Economia and created and extensive website for the Alianza Para La Securidad y La Prosperidad de Améica del Norte (ASPAN). On this Mexican website, ASPAN is described as “a permanent, tri-lateral process to create a major integration of North America.”

The extensive working group activity being implemented right now by the government of Mexico, Canada, and the United States is consistent with the blueprint laid out in the May 2005 report of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), titled “Building a North American Community.”

The Task Force’s central recommendation is the establishment by 2010 of a North American economic and security community, the boundaries of which would be defined by a common external tariff and an outer security perimeter. (page xvii)

The only borders or tariffs which would remain would be those around the continent, not those between the countries within:

Its (the North American Community’s) boundaries will be defined by a common external tariff and an outer security perimeter within which the movement of people, products, and capital will be legal, orderly, and safe. Its goal will be to guarantee a free, secure, just, and prosperous North America. (page 3)

What will happen to the sovereignty of the United States? The model is the European Community. While the United States would supposedly remain as a country, many of our nation-state prerogatives would ultimately be superseded by the authority of a North American court and parliamentary body, just as the U.S. dollar would have to be surrendered for the “Amero,” the envisioned surviving currency of the North American Union. The CFR report left no doubt that the North American Union was intended to evolve through a series of regulatory decisions:

While each country must retain its right to impose and maintain unique regulations consonant with its national priorities and income level, the three countries should make a concerted effort to encourage regulatory convergence.

The three leaders highlighted the importance of addressing this issue at their March 2005 summit in Texas. The Security and Prosperity Partnership for North America they signed recognizes the need for a stronger focus on building the economic strength of the continent in addition to ensuring its security. To this end, it emphasizes regulatory issues. Officials in all three countries have formed a series of working groups under designated lead cabinet ministers. These working groups have been ordered to produce an action plan for approval by the leaders within ninety days, by late June 2005, and to report regularly thereafter. (pages 23-24)

Again, the CFR report says nothing about reporting to Congress or to the American people. What we have underway here with the SPP could arguably be termed a bureaucratic coup d’etat. If that is not the intent, then President Bush should rein in the bureaucracy until the American people have been fully informed of the true nature of our government’s desire to create a North American Union. Otherwise, the North American Union will become a reality in 2010 as planned. Right now, the only check or balance being exercised is arguably Congressional oversight of the executive bureaucracy, even though Congress itself might not fully appreciate what is happening.

Mr. Corsi is the author of several books, including "Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry" (along with John O'Neill), "Black Gold Stranglehold: The Myth of Scarcity and the Politics of Oil" (along with Craig R. Smith), and "Atomic Iran: How the Terrorist Regime Bought the Bomb and American Politicians." He is a frequent guest on the G. Gordon Liddy radio show. He will soon co-author a new book with Jim Gilchrist on the Minuteman Project.