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Friday, May 27, 2005

"We don't need you. We have your children."

Yesterday morning I was helping a good friend pour concrete for an egress window. Another mutual friend was there. A few years ago Bob asked me what he could do to get involved in politics. I gave him a few suggestions. He decided to work for The Maple River Education Project which is now EdWatch www.edwatch.org . I have gone to some of their presentations and have always been impressed. Yesterday Bob told me that EdWatch was having their year end wrap-up. I went. Now, what was interesting is that Bob and I were talking as my friend Greg was working the concrete. As he overheard Bob and me talk about government education in Minnesota, he commented "You guys are scaring me!" He was half joking as he and his wife homeschool their daughter, but there was truth in his comment as most children are government schooled.
Well, I went to the wrap up and supper. And what I heard come from these people as they reported what the government (even GWB!) has planned for children made my blood run cold.
Profiles of Learning is dead...so to speak. Son of Profiles of Learning is alive and well. And is pointed at infants to 4 year olds!
Mental health screening for 1 year olds. Drawing games for 3-4 year olds where there is an outline of a child and the kids are asked to fill in as many body parts as possible and are then asked if this is a drawing of a boy or girl...and why? Text books where all references to the Founding Documents are highly edited and all references to God are omitted. Early writings on and about the republic are twisted to make it sound as if the Constitution is a product of the French Revolution and the Enlightenment (which gave us socialism)!!! The Mayflower Compact (from the Pilgrims, who were Congregationalist, as am I, who also gave us the townhall meeting, among other things) is heavily edited to omit the dedication of the Pilgrims to God and the reason for their writing the Mayflower Compact (this editing of the early documents and comparing the edit to the originals comes from Mike Chapman. You can find a DVD of his presentation on the website
www.edwatch.org . Very much worth the purchase!).
EdWatch is THE premiere watchdog group on government education in the nation! They are called upon as a resource from all over the country. They provide expert testimony and means to combat the wholesale true exploitation of children by government and the left.
They richly deserve to be supported. Make a donation. Make a purchase at their online store. Get involved with them or start an organization like theirs in your state.
This is something you can really do for the children.

It occurs to me that the evil of the left is like a vapor: it finds any crack and then seeps in to fill the room.

That being said, the reason for a group like EdWatch is because of the abandonment of the Constitution and the 10th Amendment. There is absolutely nothing in the Constitution that allows the Federal government to be involved in education. Nothing! Zip! Zero! Null and void! Empty set! This is what happens when we have an unrestrained government that operates as a democracy. And these fine people in EdWatch need to fight to keep the government away from our children. Rather than putting their energies into their families, they, and we, have to fight the government.
We have to fight the government to protect our rights. Does anybody, other than me and a select few, see anything wrong with that? Class? Class?

Welcome to the democracy!
Once again, two websites that you absolutely need to go read:
www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec2003/cr012903.htm
and
www.constitution.org/law/bastiat.htm .
Or for the last link go buy the book "The Law".

BTW, this blog title comes from a quote from a Nazi in Germany:a German citizen told the Nazi that the Nazis would never conquer the German people.


Outlaw socks as you can put a rock in them..

Yup. We knew it was coming: tinyurl.com/b8eh6 .
And next...looks that can kill.
Do it for the children.

Thursday, May 26, 2005

It may indeed be the end for the Chairman...

I received the following e-mail today from one of my fellow central committee delegates...

Dear Fellow Republican,

I had to laugh when I read the letter I received today from Representatives Hoppe and Finstad in support of Eibensteiner’s re-election (paid for by Eibensteiner).

The piece said, “In the few months since we took over the campaign committee, we have been impressed with the level of cooperation and the commitment coming out of the Republican Party of Minnesota. On every level, from finances to communication to grassroots organizing, it is clear that the state party is ready to work with us and ready to win.”

Really? Hoppe and Finstad obviously didn’t attend Eibensteiner’s “Feedback Forum” on April 16th in Bloomington.

I did. And I listened to Eibensteiner harshly criticize and blame the Republican House Caucus for losing 13 seats. Eibensteiner said the party wasn’t remotely involved in the 2004 rep races because Speaker Sviggum and the house caucus assured him that everything was under control and not to worry.

Eibensteiner took no responsibility whatsoever for our losses and proceeded to specifically blame Speaker Sviggum, Majority Leader Eric Paulson, Representative Jeff Johnson and Gregg Peppin.

Surely, Speaker Sviggum turned Eibensteiner down for a letter of support.

Now, I don’t know much about Representatives Hoppe and Finstad other than neither one of them are State Central Delegates and Hoppe and Finstad have been vocal supporters of publicly-funded sports stadiums for millionaires.

Hoppe and Finstad should sit down with Eibensteiner and read our party’s platform instead of telling me who to vote for.

I have made up my own mind and it certainly isn’t Eibensteiner.

Now I did not attend the Chairman's feedback forum either, however, I was a member of a small group of people who met with both the Chairman and his challenger (Bill Pulkrabek). During the course of discussions with the Chairman we heard the same assignment of blame described above. The chairman is a venture capital fundraiser in his full time job and I wonder how that attitude (it wasn't my fault that the project failed it was Johnny's fault) would go over. I know that in my job, if I am project lead all successes and failures would fall at my feet. The Chairman has one job - get Republican candidates elected. When the Party succeeds, the Chairman is a hero and when Party fails the Chairman needs to be accountable. Chairman Eibensteiner needs to "own the problem" just like he owned the successes of 2000 and 2002. Blaming the House and Senate Caucus is not going to endear him to the people he needs to most - the grass roots activists.

The problem, Mr. Chairman, was a failure to communicate. I really don't care who started the problem, your job was to fix so that all of our hard work was focused into a successful effort. That is what project leaders do. You did not do that Mr. Chairman and now you must face your employers (the State Central Committee) and try to save your job.

Wednesday, May 25, 2005

So you're mad about the "Compromise"...

So you're mad that seven Republicans stabbed the Senate leadership in the back this week with their little compromise. So you say you really, really want to do something about this to show your displeasure about the compromise. Well there is something you can do.

I have heard a lot of people saying that they are no giving "one more dime" to the RNC senatorial campaign. I have heard people saying that they are no longer voting for candidates from either party - that they are withdrawing from the process. While those are certainly valid options however you are not hurting the party with that at all. They only ones hurt by that are the candidates that could bring about the necessary changes.

If you are really serious about changing the situation, then what you need to do is to find out when these particular Senators are up for re-election and find a primary challenger for that person! Three of the GOP "turncoats" (Chaffee, Snow and DeWine) are up for re-election in 2006. Two of the Democrats (Nelson and Byrd) are from "red states" - states that President Bush carried handily in the last election! Chaffee and Snow have declared primary challengers (Cranston Mayor Stephen Laffey and State Representative Brian Duprey respectively) and Nelson and Byrd have declared opponents (former Attorney General Don Stenberg and Iraq war veteran and Judge Advocate General officer Hiram Lewis respectively). Put your time and money where your mouth is and help these candidates with their campaign. After all, no one figured John Thune stood a chance against Tom Daschle. However with a lot of help from some very unconventional sources (the blogosphere) he pulled off the biggest upset victory that we have seen in a long long time.

These five need to be the ones to bear the brunt of the wrath of the voters! Not the RNC Senatorial Committee! If you really want to help facilitate a change find a challenger and donate your time and money to him/her! Make sure that those who are responsible for this travesty feel the wrath of the voting public.

If you still want to express your displeasure to Senate "leadership", you can use this form to send your coments to Senator Frist or send you comments via fax at 202/228-1264..

If you stop their touchdowns and they only score field goals...they win,you lose!

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=44434

"From the same man who brought you..." or "Can't Find It in MY Copy!"

Yah...heard it yesterday so it must be true: the gang of 14 saved the republic! The compromise on the filibuster saved what the Founding Fathers put together. They can now confidently reply to Dr. Franklin that we..well, they, have preserved the republic. Whew!!! Glad that's been resolved.
But, I'm just an uneducated schlub. My masters in the Emerald City know what's best for me, so I appeal to them to tell me where in the Constitution Senator McCain (The Savior of the Republic, the Defender of the Constitution and Grand Upholder of His Oath of Office) precisely where in the Constitution he thinks the Senate can propose a Clean Sports Act?
tinyurl.com/8n8e3
From the same guy that brought you George Soros and 527's, who brought you 14 Senators that now control the Senate, we now have the Whizzinator Act!
Reminds me of an old 3M ad slogan; "What won't they think of next?"
Hugh Hewitt is right: McCain is a great American,a lousy senator and a terrrible Republican.
And I feel NO sympathy for Hewitt at all as he whines on and on about this travesty (read my column archived April 10th and titled
I Ain't A Clue Why We Have A Problem Here!)
And as for the Republic? Again I post tinyurl.com/9kzub


10:18 a.m.: This just in from Dr. Thomas Sowell
tinyurl.com/dpqf9

Tuesday, May 24, 2005

At least one Republican sees this for what it is

Kennedy v. Machine has a statement from Mark Kennedy about the Republican Surrender.

“The so-called compromise does not end a fundamental injustice: For the first time in our nation’s 216-year history, judges are now being held to a 60 vote standard, not the simple majority intended by the Constitution.
Glad to see at least one Republican stand up. Always liked Mark as a person, if he can continue showing this kind of leadership, he has my vote for Senate.
Wonder if we can get him to move to AZ, he seems to do a good job of getting rid of liberals.

Republicans Top 11 List...

From Nihlist in Golf Pants: nihlist.blogspot.com/2005/05/top-11-things-republicans-get-in.html

Monday, May 23, 2005

Top 11 Things the Republicans Get in Exchange for Surrendering on Judges

11. Democrats agree not to compare Bush to Hitler except in extraordinary circumstances.
10. John McCain gets a better parking spot.
9. Democrats agree not to filibuster Lawrence Tribe should Bush appoint him Chief Justice.
8. Hillary will be allowed to choose only one in ten judges.
7. Harry Reid agrees to refer to Bill Frist as "my bitch" only in private.
6. Senator Byrd agrees not to burn a cross in Clarence Thomas’ yard.
5. Republicans get Herschel Walker for their Senate football team.
4. Bill Clinton agrees to set Lindsay Graham up with one of his interns.
3. Democrats will make a good faith effort to stop being a**holes.
2. Democrats agree to finance the Senate Republican Caucus production of “No, No, Nanette”.
1. Democratic caucus promises to refer to Mike DeWine as “Senator Sexy”.

Say after me Governor "It's 'the SENATE', not' the Legislature' "

I clicked on the Doug Grove column today http://www.startribune.com/stories/465/5419388.html with the title "Two Problems" and went on to say in the title descriptor that both problems were of the Governors making. I immediately knew what the column was about: not enough taxes or the wealthy weren't being taxed enough, or there were too few programs.
There in the article was a quote from party switcher, Minnesota's answer to Jumpin' Jim Jeffords, Sheila Kiscaden-I-Rochester . As I read through the article, Grow always referred to proposals from the left wing controlled Senate. And every time the Governor replies, he refers to "the legislature". This is one of the reasons the Republicans lost 13 House seats last year.
The gridlock in 2004 was all in the Senate. The House was finished with it's business about a month before the end of the legislative session. The Senate was mucked up because of the radical left wing Metrocrats that controlled all the Senate Committees. And when the Governor was out campaigning, every single time he referred to the gridlock, he always referred to "the Legislature". Never "the Senate" where the gridlock was occurring.
And as the Senate wasn't up for election, who did the electorate vent their anger on? Yup, the House. Oh, and it didn't help at all that Tim went on a "we need to expand gambling" tour six weeks before the 2004 election (good golly, where do you think ALL that Mystic Lake 527 money went? Republican 527's? And as all that money went to get out the left wing vote, I doubt very much that those people who voted for left wing House representatives pulled the lever for George Bush. And Bush lost by 5%).
And now, with all the listed proposals for taxes, higher taxes, more inefficient, ineffective programs all coming from far left wing Senators, he STILL refers to the Legislature! And of course, the extreme left wing Senators, and of course Doug Grow also refer to the left wing Senate as "the Legislature" or "legislators".
Tim, you ain't going to ever get to Washington D.C. by cutting the legs from under your party.
SENATE, not legislature Governor.SENATE!!!

Monday, May 23, 2005

RINOs Sells out the Constitution - Again

John McCain continues his attack on the Constitution in order to keep his membership at the NY Press Club.
I just saw the Press conference where they made a great compromise - The Democrats promise they will not filibuster any candidate but those that are extreme (Uh - Didn't they say all of bush nominees are extreme) and in return, John McCain throws two of the judges under the bus (Saad and Myers I think) and takes away the Senates duty to vote on the judges.
So why would the Democrats agree to this - because they were going to lose the vote so they have everything to gain: keep the ability to not do their constitutional duty and filibuster judges and get rid of two judges, and nothing to lose - the judges they agree to appoint would have been appointed anyway.
What do the Republicans Gain, nothing!
What do the RINO gain - Lots of media reports about how wonderful they are.

Ahh - It's worse then I though, just read the details.
Check Out Post on:
Michelle Maklin Captain Quarters
The Democrats agree to not filibuster unless the candidate is extreme (In their opinion).
The Republican agree to not change the rules this congress. No wiggle room - No unless the candidates are unfairly filibuster - just "We will not change the rule in the 109th Congress"

I think it is time to make sure that at least some of these folks don't get a chance to make this same kind of deal in the next Congress.


I plan to support anyone who will run against these cowards!
I have lost more of my Constitutional Rights to John McCain then to John Kerry -
It is time to stop!


John McCain - Az
Mark DeWine - Oh - 2006 Dem Candidate looks like Ted Strickland
Snowe - ME
Warner - VA
Graham - SC
Collins - ME
Chafee - RI - 2006 Dem Candidates Matt Brown or Sheldon Whitehouse

Not One Dime more to RNC Senate,
See also KennedyvMachine

More to come....

One note that is very telling of these folks, as I went to their web sites to see when they were up for re-election, I went and saw their press releases.
Page after Page of how much money they got for their state - so if they are not social conservatives and they are not fiscal conservatives, what does the R by them stand for?

They really think that we are that dumb....

The nanny staters are at it again. This http://www.startribune.com/stories/535/5415743.html reports on legislation introduced by the honorable Senator from the great state of Iowa (Tom Harkin). This legislation would force the FCC (who has nothing better to do btw) to police how companies advertise "to children". It seems that Senator Harkin fears that parents are so dumb and so incapable that their children will not be able to know if they should listen to Shrek "telling" them to eat sugary candy or listen to Mom or Dad telling them to eat healthy foods.

"Shrek says yes, Mom says no," the Iowa Democrat said in an interview. "Dad says fruit, Shrek says candy. ... " Perhaps, Senator Harkin needs to meet my 12 year old, for my 12 year old has an insight into this issue that the Senator appearantly does not have and I will gladly share with the Senator if he asked. What is that insight, you ask? Simple - Senator Harkin, Shrek is NOT A REAL PERSON and Mom and Dad are! Maybe when the Senator grows up he will figure that out and realize that this legislation is a waste of taxpayer time and money.