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Roger Richardson reminded us that on July 14, the district 6 election will take place and those folks that live in district 6 should go vote for Phil Williams. He also supports Mo Brooks for Congressional District 5 in 2010.
Les Phillip also running for Congressional District 5 in 2010 made these remarks:
On Illegal Aliens:I have no tolerance of anyone who thinks they can cut in line.
On the Constitution:The Constitution is NOT a living document. It is the document by which ALL LAWS must adhere.
On his service in the Navy:I took an oath to the Constitution, not a governor, lieutenant, or the President.
On insane liberals in Washington:Put those people where they belong: in the nut house!
Sergiy Braylyan told us about socialized medicine in the former USSR he had to endure when he lived there. He made the following remarks:In the USSR, you had to bring all your medicines and equipment to the hospital before they would admit you. Otherwise, you were stuck on the government provided care which had waiting lists and never resulted in real care. Meanwhile, Government officials were taken to special hospitals that were well supplied with medicine and equipment, the vast majority of which was foreign.
Sergiy concluded his remarks with this:Socialistic medicine is not sustainable. Utopias do no exists, therefore the road to Socialism is a road to nowhere.
Linda Lawrence spokesperson for Huntsville Community Rights made the following remarks:The Colonists are to the British what the middle class is to the government today.
Huntsville Community Rights and other like-minded groups opposing housing authorities across the country need to stand together to first change State and then Federal law.
Linda concluded with this:We need more responsible parents, not more government relocation.
Vincent Kreul urged us all to call our Congress-people as often as we could until they started listening to us and representing our interests.
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Sounds like a good Tea Party - did you enjoy yourself?
@DirtyAndShaken - Why would I not have?
How big was your turnout? I saw in the paper that the ATL tea party was moved at the last minute to the State Capitol again and had a turnout of 200 people (but that was the AJC's reporting and back in April said only a few hundred people turned out when it was actually 20,000 people). The one closer to Paul and I up here had at least 2,000 people and ran into a second day of speakers and stuff.
@DirtyAndShaken - Estimates put it at 5,000. I think there was more.
I agree with what they said. I wish I could have gone to the one here. Glad yours had a good turnout.
@firetyger - I wish everyone could have went to a TEA party, but alas.
I'm starting to agree with you. I'm unemployed now, but I know I can rebuild what I lost in less than half a year in a recession. Small government, I don't want someone to take care of me and everyone else.
@ProfessorTom - I think the Fourth of July was a good day to have it...a day we celebrate our liberties and independence. However, my family did not see it that way...and wanted me to be with them instead. I understand but I still wish we could have gone to the TEA party together.
@BenjiRucas - Wow. I never thought I'd see you say that. Cool.
Yes, I think that if government got out of the way and people had more money to spend (i.e. tax cuts and in this case reduced government spending and failure to pass bills such as Cap & Trade) then yes, the economy would rebound like you'd never believe. Sadly, truly fixing the economy doesn't seem to be the agenda of the Bamster.
@firetyger - If not the 4th, then when would you have a TEA Party?
When you say your family, do you mean your mom, dad, siblings, etc.? Where does Aaron stand on the issue?
@ProfessorTom - Aaron would have gone with me if were on any day but a holiday/birthday. He feels strongly about spending family time together on those days. My parents and siblings are the same as him. I feel torn on it myself. What better way to celebrate our independence than going to a TEA Party as a family? Even if it is only for a little bit? Making a stand for the country you love is no bad thing in my opinion, regardless of when.
But, to each their own. I decided to concede to my family's wishes.
I'd probably vote for Lee Philip, based on those positions.
Especially as a would-be permanent immigrant, his stand on immigration policy is one that is quite close to me.
Totally agree with his viewpoints on the Constitution and military service as well.
Is there anything about him that you'd question, or like to have him re-consider?
Cap-and-trade, as it currently stands, won't really work although it will be interesting to see what happens in Europe after a few years of being under cap'n'trade - they've had it for much longer than the US. I can see how the premise could work but I doubt how it could work in practicality. A carbon-tax would probably be a much more effective system, though it would never pass. What do you think would be a more equitable, and effective system?
Oh, and I've been lurking... I spent the weekend down in Maypearl, and I had limited internet access. I'm back with vengeance now though! XP
I don't think that Cap & Trade will work. All it does is drive the cost of business up. There isn't any relief for companies doing R&D to figure out how to reduce their so-called carbon footprint. Numerous scientists have come out and said that carbon footprints are ludicrous and don't mean anything. So if there's no relief while you're spending money trying to figure out how to be compliant with the the law and the more time that goes by the more stringent the requirements are and the more you're taxed, the only conclusion you can come to is that Cap & Trade is only a tax. The so-called experts have already come out and said that there isn't going to be a drastic reduction in emissions anyway, but there will be an added cost to business and hence to the cost of living. Simply put, Cap & Trade does what it was intended to: make the successful people suffer.
As for a more successful system, I'm not for sure that a carbon-tax is the answer. A pollution tax sure, but with credits for companies that are doing R&D trying to figure out how to lower their pollution output.
Let's not forget who the architects of the legislation are: First, we have the lovable Sir Albert Gore, Jr. who started this round of gibberish. His mansion costs $5000/mo to power and that's not counting all the flying he does in his private jet as he goes around the world flogging global warming. Algore is buying carbon credits to offset his carbon output of course, but who is he buying them from? His own company! Waxman is invested in the solar panel business and Markey has energy investments. So the people responsible for this atrocious piece of legislation are going to benefit monetarily from it and will essentially be dictating that the companies they have stake in be profit under the law on the dime of the taxpayer. Why else would they add 300 pages to a bill at 0300, not let anyone read it and force everyone to vote yes or no? How can you vote either way when you don't know what's in the bill? Despicable!
@ProfessorTom - It's crazy the amount of crap they put in the bills and tack on things that aren't even part of the original legislation in any way shape or form - exhibit A the health care reforms as part of the, as you so eloquently put it, "porkulus" bill.
Unfortunately, I don't think that there's anyway to change that in the near future. I'm not sure how the UK Parliament does it, but there's a thing called "Hansard" which is a record of everything that is said in regards to bills as they make there way through Parliament. I don't think UK politicans have the same scope that US politicans have to tack things onto bills that really only benefit them and/or their constiuents. Crazy.