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Wednesday, June 19, 2013
The real history of Islam violence over 1400 years.
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How fraudulent contracts have brought American down.
----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Baker
Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 6:17 AM
Subject: Elkhart Sheriff Upholds Constitution
A few week ago Elkhart Sheriff Rogers appeared at a public meeting in South Bend, Indiana along with our Congresswoman Jackie Walorski and stated that he would not enforce any gun confiscation laws. That statement brought forth a lot of negative comments in the People's Forum of the Elkhart Truth newspaper along would some very good articles by supporters of his position. The absolute ignorance of many of the negative comments prompted me to write a letter to the People's Forum and it was printed June 16, 2013.
My article is printed below. Bill
Over the past month there have been a number of views express in the People's Forum both pro and con about Sheriff Rogers defending the US Constitution by refusing to enforce clearly unconstitutional gun laws. I am really disturbed by the absolute ignorance displayed by the number of opinions that oppose Sheriff's position.
The biggest concern of our founding fathers was an all powerful federal government. That's why the 2nd and 14th Amendments were added to the constitution. They are there to protect the rights of the people. Today the federal government is becoming exactly what the founding fathers feared.
The 2nd amendment clearly states that the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. What part of the word infringed do these critics not understand. Look up infringed in the dictionary. Governments at all levels have passed laws infringing our rights concerning gun laws. All of them clearly unconstitutional and would be so declared if it were not for a politiczed and corrupt court system at all levels.
The 14th Amendment clearly states that "No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of the citizens of the United States." This amendment is also violated on a regular basis by our state governments.
We should all be thankful that we have a Sheriff that takes seriously his oath of office. I wish those other elected officials we elect to office and courts would do the same.
Bill Baker
To: Bill Baker
Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 8:24 AM
Subject: Re: Elkhart Sheriff Upholds Constitution
The problem is that we can not have privileges and immunities at the same time as having rights.
Either we are 14th amendment citizens with privileges and immunities granted by government, OR we are sovereigns who wrote (ordained and established) the
constitution FOR GOVERNMENT TO FOLLOW, which guards our God Given RIGHTS (which are not privileges and immunities granted by government).
Of course the people who wrote against the sheriff don't get that, and probably most of the people who wrote for him don't get it either.
That is why the corrupt courts don't allow constitutional arguments on behalf of 14th amendment citizens. They have no standing, because they gave up their
rights in trade for privileges and immunities, although not voluntarily mostly. The courts argue that once you take part in their system you have volunteered.
But before God, that was all done with fraud, deception, threat, duress, coercion, and intimidation, therefore those so called "contracts" are all null and void,
and entirely without force and effect in God's eyes, and there will definitely be a war over that at some point. These corrupt leftists, including judges, have their mind made up they will own the whole world, and if they can't own it, they will burn it to the ground.
Paul
From: Paul Lewis
Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 10:11 AM
Subject: Re: Elkhart Sheriff Upholds Constitution
Well said, my friend.
Those privileges and immunities are also called "civil rights" which come from Roman civil law. The 14th amendment and the civil rights were created to give the blacks privileges and immunities after the civil war. They were not considered state citizens so they were made U.S. government property citizens.
All the fuss over the years about "equal" civil rights the we hear from government has been not to give the black rights equal to whites but rather to make the rights of the whites equal to those of the blacks; nothing more than privileges and immunities.
Clearly their so-called contracts are fraudulent. I now believe that they are only a portion of the problem; sort of a diversion if you will. They appear to be the problem but underlying them is, I believe, the real crux of the problem. Virtually every document people fill out and complete, to vote, to buy a gun, to buy insurance, to open a bank account, to get a job, etc etc asks a question; Are you a U.S. citizen?
We voluntarily claim that status and that status is what puts people into their jurisdiction. We voluntarily claim it but it is because we define it geographically while they define it politically. The difference is tremendous and disastrous.
I am of the opinion, based on my research, that everything goes back to that status; income taxes and all of it. The U.S. was always foreign to the states so claiming U.S. citizenship changes nationality to a foreign jurisdiction rather than the nationality of birth, ie the state of birth. The 14th amendment brought jurisdication of the federal government into the states because U.S. citizens are "subject to their jurisdiction" and are "their" or "its" people.
neo
Neo:
You are correct in your conclusion about our volunteering, but it usually is unknowingly. They have deliberately hidden parts of every contract we "volunteer" into,
and that my friend is fraud, and makes the contract "unilateral". At law, a unilateral contract is always null and void. Fraudulent contracts that attempt to hide
the provisions of the contract itself are always null and void. But added to that is the fact that most of these so called contracts are pushed on the people with some kind of deception, and usually threat of prosecution or confiscation, which is coercion and intimidation at it's worst.
That additional evil force is justification for almost any retaliation on the part of the people in their own defense, as it usually removes their very means to their own livelihood or their own life itself in some cases. God is not mocked forever, and he keeps perfect records of every one of these evil actions against the people.
Like I said, at some point there is going to be a war over these issues. Many people now believe that all this was done unlawfully, even though there was the appearance of legislation, because it was done OUTSIDE the supreme law. One great example is the so called "income tax" or 16th amendment, which was never ratified. See http://www.paulstramer.net/2013/05/red-beckman-speaks-4.html
If, in fact it was never a law, how much does THAT one scream to high heaven for vengeance?
Then there is the big lie that Obama was eligible to be a president, and we haven't touched the 17th Amendment, the 14th Amendment (who actually voted for it) and the 13th Amendment.
There is a lot wrong with our country, and one of the worst problems is that many judges KNOW ALL THIS and perpetuate it day after day, and never are any of them ever brought to justice for their crimes.
My fear is that sooner or later, before we can get a handle on all this, they are going to persecute someone who is not as level headed as you and I, and that person is going to erupt into horrible violence, which will be used by the left to start the martial law war against the people.
I hope and pray we can stop all this with education and a renewal of the principles in Dr. Edwin Vieira's book "The Sword and Sovereignty" before that happens.
But I am slowly losing the conviction that it can be stopped short of a complete and utter collapse, and extreme suffering.
God have Mercy on us.
Paul Stramer KC7MEZ
Eureka Montana
Get "The Sword and Sovereignty" here:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Sword-Sovereignty-Constitutional-Principles/dp/0967175941/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1371669607&sr=8-1&keywords=the+sword+and+sovereignty
Get "The Sword and Sovereignty" here:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Sword-Sovereignty-Constitutional-Principles/dp/0967175941/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1371669607&sr=8-1&keywords=the+sword+and+sovereignty
I agree completely. If there was ever truly hope of changing things
and resolving the issues peacefully, I suspect they are slipping away from us
rapidly now. Back about 3 years ago my suspicions were that it would not be
resolved without much bloodshed and loss of life. Like you I have tried to
inform and educate all I could because I saw knowledge and truth as our last and
best hope of curbing a violent outbreak.
There
are too many instances of abusive behavior being exhibited by authorities around
the country and, as you say, sooner or later there will one incident too many or
in the wrong place at the wrong time. God help us when it comes
unglued.
neo
Eric Sprott says banks are in big trouble
Bail-ins-The Ultimate Win for Precious Metals-Eric Sprott
By
Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com
Money
manager Eric Sprott isn’t worried about the heat he’s taken in the past few
years over the declining price of precious metals. Sprott contends, “You
get a lot of criticism because people think you’ve lost your marbles . . . our
views will be proven to be correct. We intensely analyze the gold and silver
market, and we think both will hit new highs at the end of the year or early
next year.” Bank depositors are at extreme risk. Sprott says, “The
shocking thing to me is, obviously, most governments now have put into place
legislation or rules in their banking systems for bail-ins . . . . And the fact
that all these countries are doing this means . . . this is what’s going to
happen.” Sprott goes on to say, “That is the ultimate win for precious
metals, and God knows what the price would be if it turns some of those
depositors into people who need to own gold and silver.”
Sprott
says extreme physical demand for gold and silver is draining supplies. Sprott
predicts, “Somebody
is going to fail here. All the data I look at says the Western central banks .
. . that have been selling gold are running on fumes now . . . so, it’s very
close at hand.” Join
Greg Hunter as he goes One-on-One with Eric Sprott, President and CEO of Sprott Asset Management.
See
the entire article and watch the interview here: http://usawatchdog.com/bail-ins-the-ultimate-win-for-precious-metals-eric-sprott/
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Lately we have been selling a lot of silver at very
low prices from $24 to $ 26.50 per ounce. Those prices are like several years
ago when we got in this game, and none of my customers who bought silver even
much higher are willing to sell any because they understand what Mr. Sprott is
saying. The whole banking industry world wide is in big trouble and every day I
get new articles by many different people confirming that, and the orders just
keep coming in. We did one at 7 AM this morning for almost
$5000.
We have brought millions of dollars
of silver into Montana and other states and made it
disappear into the hands of patriots and concerned people nation
wide.
To get an up to the minute quote just call me
between 8 AM and 3 PM Mountain time on weekdays and we can lock your price on
the phone.
800 889
2839 www.teapartysilver.com
Paul Stramer KC7MEZ
SLC Distributing
PO Box 116
Eureka MT 59917
800 889 2839
pstramer@eurekadsl.net
SLC Distributing
PO Box 116
Eureka MT 59917
800 889 2839
pstramer@eurekadsl.net
Monday, June 17, 2013
The Second Amendment is the Solution Against Corruption in Government
Yes the 2nd Amendment is the solution, BUT NOT HOW YOU MIGHT THINK.
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Today we are faced with absolute corruption at every turn and the last few weeks have been completely insane with corruption and criminality by people in government agencies.
The solution is to reign them in with the 2nd Amendment, but not the way you might be thinking. The old adage of "keep your powder dry" is certainly true, but it's not the solution to the problems we face right now.
The solution is outlined in a new book by Dr. Edwin Vieira Jr. called "The Sword and Sovereignty" available on a CD from Amazon.com, and the new movie coming out soon called "Molon Labe" will be an outline of what that book says.
Read this article on the Oathkeepers website to learn WHAT THE REAL SOLUTION is and how to implement it before it's too late.
Here is a trailer for the movie:
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Home Depot Co-Founder: Let's Throw Ed Snowden a Party
Home Deport Co-Founder Ken Langone told Neil Cavuto the NSA leaker Edward Snowden should be celebrated. "I'd throw a party for him. I'd congratulate him. I'd ssay thank you for helping protect America's privacy rights. That's what I'd do for him... I think we ought to be grateful that we have kids like that in America."
http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/136306-2013-06-12-home-depot-co-founder-lets-throw-ed-snowden-a-party.htm?From=News
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Thursday, June 13, 2013
Molon Labe the Movie coming soon
We are happy to announce that principal photography of MOLON LABE is complete. We have now completed interviews with the following: Ron Paul, G. Edward Griffin, Stewart Rhodes, Pastor Chuck Baldwin, Larry Pratt, Jack Rooney, Alex Jones, Edwin Vieira, Larken Rose, David Gillie and Pat Buchanan. You can see a clip with each below or by going tohttp://youtu.be/Ay7Thif3UOQ. Some interviews did not get done in time.
MOLON LABE -- How the Second Amendment Guarantees America's Freedom is inspired by Edwin Vieira's new 2,300-page academic work, The Sword and Sovereignty, available at Amazon.com. MOLON LABE will be our sixth film on the Constitution. You can watch the five previous ones for free at http://www.YouTube.com/OriginalIntentDoc
Kris Chandler completed the narration and a 1-sheet and website has been created by Warren Jaeger. The website for MOLON LABE is at http://www.molon.us. Be sure to choose FLASH Version, but if you have an older computer or a slow internet connection, select HTML Version.
We need your help to complete MOLON LABE. Time is of the essence. You can bet the gun-control lobby and the MichaelMoore-Left have 10 films in production right this minute. PLEASE, disseminate this report, put its essence up on your website and donate what you can by going to http://www.molon.us/donate.
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There are five general PSAs at http://www.molon.us/psas/5_general_psas.mp3 and 9 specific PSAa athttp://www.molon.us/psas/9_specific_psas.mp3
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Check out one of the PSA by clicking here. Thank you.
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Snowden Says Of US Gov: ‘If They Want To Get You, They’ll Get You In Time’
The problem with this whole story is the focus on Snowden rather than on what he has done for the world.
He has ripped the curtain of secrecy off the oathbreakers who don't give a damn about the law, and want the power in their own hands. That is why he will be a hunted man until they "get him".
He KNOWS TOO MUCH to be left alive, and they will kill him as sure as I am setting here writing this.
Only God Almighty can save him, and I pray that God gives him the grace of repentance for his sins, which do NOT include what he did in revealing to the world the absolute satanic corruption of some of our own government agencies.
Read this story on CBS Washington blog and pay special attention to the comments section, which runs almost 100% in favor of what he did being a very valuable service to freedom.
http://washington.cbslocal.com/2013/06/12/snowden-says-of-us-gov-if-they-want-to-get-you-theyll-get-you-in-time/
Even the author of the patriot act says he would not have known of the abuses if it were not for Snowden's actions.
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/350854/sensenbrenner-obama-administrations-nsa-assurances-bunch-bunk-lindsey-grudnicki
He has ripped the curtain of secrecy off the oathbreakers who don't give a damn about the law, and want the power in their own hands. That is why he will be a hunted man until they "get him".
He KNOWS TOO MUCH to be left alive, and they will kill him as sure as I am setting here writing this.
Only God Almighty can save him, and I pray that God gives him the grace of repentance for his sins, which do NOT include what he did in revealing to the world the absolute satanic corruption of some of our own government agencies.
Read this story on CBS Washington blog and pay special attention to the comments section, which runs almost 100% in favor of what he did being a very valuable service to freedom.
http://washington.cbslocal.com/2013/06/12/snowden-says-of-us-gov-if-they-want-to-get-you-theyll-get-you-in-time/
Even the author of the patriot act says he would not have known of the abuses if it were not for Snowden's actions.
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/350854/sensenbrenner-obama-administrations-nsa-assurances-bunch-bunk-lindsey-grudnicki
Poll: More Americans See Man Who Leaked NSA Secrets As ‘Patriot’ Than Traitor
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/12/us-usa-security-poll-idUSBRE95B1AF20130612
It's High Time We Abolished the Department of Homeland Security
http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/thom-hartmann-abolish-homeland-security
22 Nauseating Quotes From Hypocritical Establishment Politicians About The NSA Spying Scandal
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/22-nauseating-quotes-from-hypocritical-establishment-politicians-about-the-nsa-spying-scandal
Debunking Edward Snowden’s Critics
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
“In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
In the wake of recent revelations about the National Security Agency’s (NSA) program of mass surveillance directed at all American citizens, Edward Snowden, the alleged leaker of the documents proving the government’s misdeeds, is being hailed as a hero by some, a traitor and criminal by others, while some simply don’t know what to think.
Here’s what I think: Snowden and the countless others like him who are daring to stand up to the government machine are acting as the moral conscience for a nation that has lost its way.
Troops 'targeted by NSA for anti-Obama views'
The NSA is systematically monitoring the Internet posts and telephone conversations of U.S. military returning from Afghanistan, according to a civil-liberties attorney.
“The FBI and the Secret Service are showing up to request an interview to question specific Internet posts the veteran has placed on websites such as Facebook,” explained attorney John Whitehead, founder of the Rutherford Institute.
Whitehead said the agencies are looking for “anti-Obama views that can be interpreted to reflect psychological problems of sufficient seriousness to disqualify the veteran from ever owning a firearm.”
Whitehead told WND credible sources within the National Security Agency have told him the NSA is downloading 1 trillion communications on the Internet per month, including posts to various websites, emails, instant message communications and texting messages.
Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2013/06/troops-targeted-by-nsa-for-anti-obama-views/#vmeFmkW7B6IbjvgI.99
Edward Snowden NSA Scandal: Why We Need a Whistleblower Protection Program
http://libertycrier.com/government/edward-snowden-nsa-scandal-why-we-need-a-whistleblower-protection-program/?utm_source=The+Liberty+Crier&utm_campaign=138bd3944a-The_Liberty_Crier_Daily_News_6_12_2013&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_600843dec4-138bd3944a-284758921
Edward Snowden, the hero responsible for the biggest intelligence leak in NSA history, is the latest whistleblower to reveal what a threat the U.S.government is to individual liberty and the rule of law. His stand against an empire with unprecedented powers of surveillance and secrecy also highlights the invaluable role whistleblowers have played and will continue to play in exposing government abuse and how to encourage this and other acts of civil disobedience.
In several days of interviews with The Guardian, Snowden explained why he decided to quit his comfortable job and life in Hawaii to knowingly make himself the number one target of the U.S. government. “I’m willing to sacrifice all of that because I can’t in good conscience allow the U.S. government to destroy privacy, internet freedom and basic liberties for people around the world with this massive surveillance machine they’re secretly building,” Snowden confessed. Even if he is made to suffer, it is worth it if the “federation of secret law” is revealed and exposed.
Rand Paul: We Fought a Revolution Over Behavior Like the NSA's
These activities violate the Fourth Amendment, which says warrants must be specific—"particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized." And what is the government doing with these records? The president assures us that the government is simply monitoring the origin and length of phone calls, not eavesdropping on their contents. Is this administration seriously asking us to trust the same government that admittedly targets political dissidents through the Internal Revenue Service and journalists through the Justice Department?
No one objects to balancing security against liberty. No one objects to seeking warrants for targeted monitoring based on probable cause. We've always done this.
What is objectionable is a system in which government has unlimited and privileged access to the details of our private affairs, and citizens are simply supposed to trust that there won't be any abuse of power. This is an absurd expectation. Americans should trust the National Security Agency as much as they do the IRS and Justice Department.
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2013/06/11/rand-paul-maybe-we-should-start-targeting-terrorists-instead-of-monitoring-innocent-americans-n1617607
No one objects to balancing security against liberty. No one objects to seeking warrants for targeted monitoring based on probable cause. We've always done this.
What is objectionable is a system in which government has unlimited and privileged access to the details of our private affairs, and citizens are simply supposed to trust that there won't be any abuse of power. This is an absurd expectation. Americans should trust the National Security Agency as much as they do the IRS and Justice Department.
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2013/06/11/rand-paul-maybe-we-should-start-targeting-terrorists-instead-of-monitoring-innocent-americans-n1617607
Ron Paul ‘Worried’ U.S. Might Kill Snowden With Drone
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/ron-paul-worried-u-s-might-kill-snowden-with-drone-i-dont-think-for-a-minute-hes-a-traitor/
Towards the end of an outspoken 24 hours ofmedia appearances, former Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) appeared via phone on Fox Business Network withMelissa Francis and made a bold prediction about NSA leaker Edward Snowden‘s future. “I’m worried about somebody in our government who might kill him, with a cruise missile or a drone missile.”
“We live in a bad time where American citizens don’t even have rights and that they can be killed,” Paul continued. “But the gentleman is trying to tell the truth about what’s going on, he is not defecting, there’s no signs of that happening. It’s a shame we’re in an age where people who tell the truth about what the government is doing gets into trouble.”
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
IS AMERICA DRUNK ON KOOL-AID?
By: John
Baptist Kotmair, Jr.
The only real
possibility of saving our Constitutional Republic, outside of the unthinkable,
and in my opinion, unwinable violent counterrevolution, is the present
growing movement for Nullification, (refusal to enforce or obey an
unconstitutional law).
I have been
watching State Nullification spark and re-ignite the Torch of Liberty
with great interest, because in reality it is the only peaceable way to end the
present growing Police State. Yet, as thrilling as is this
history-in-the-making, there is the ominous danger of push-comes-to-shove
hostilities. After all, you cannot expect the central banking cabal − that spent
the last 152 years working to undermine the Constitution with seditious
legislation, made possible in part by various false flag events − to
allow this Nullification movement to gain ground. Amazingly, these seditious
acts went unchallenged by complacent Americans, but the old refrain “it
cannot happen here” is growing fainter every day.
The obvious central
figure in this Nullification movement is the county sheriff, the actual defender
of citizen's unalienable Rights against tyrannical attacks from whatever front.
On June 4, 2013 Sheriff Nicholas Lee Finch, of Liberty County in Florida, was
arrested for doing his job and upholding his Oath of office, being the victim of
a seditious criminal conspiracy committed by the county's Circuit Court Judge
Jonathan Sjostrom and Tom McGraw, Inspector for the Florida Department of Law
Enforcement. Also, by an act of omission Florida's Governor Rick Scott is
complicit in that instead of ordering the arrest of Sjostrum and McGraw, he
merely appointed Carl Causey interim sheriff. Once sworn in, Causey, under his
Oath of Office, had the duty to arrest those involved in this criminal
conspiracy, or be complicit in it. So far there is no report of his taken any
action to enforce the law.
In his Affidavit of
Probable Cause, submitted to Judge Sjostrum, McGraw alleged that Sheriff Finch
committed a felony by releasing Floyd Parish who was arrested by one of the
Sheriff's deputies for carrying a concealed firearm. The affidavit went on to
say that after Finch was notified of the arrest by Parish's brother, he
accompanied the brother to the jail and released Parish, removing all records of
the arrest, thus committing the alleged felony, according to McGraw.
The Second
Amendment to the United States Constitution states:
A well regulated
Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the
people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be
infringed.
The three defining
legal terms in the Second Amendment are found in American Dictionary
of the English Language, Noah Webster 1828, the dictionary source at the
time of the writing of the Bill of Rights:
KEEP: To
hold; to retain in one's power or possession; not to lose or part with;
...
BEAR: ...to
bear, carry, bring, sustain, produce, bring forth;...
INFRINGED:
Broken; violated; transgressed.
Thus, the arrest
was made enforcing a act of the Florida Legislature that conflicted with a Right
secured by the Constitution, and being unconstitutional, by law, it did not
exist, and the person arrested, Floyd Parrish, was not subject to the
arrest.
In the Affidavit of
Probable Cause submitted to the Circuit Court, McGraw states in various
paragraphs that he was informed that Sheriff Finch stated he was supporting the
Second Amendment by the action he had taken to set free a citizen
arrested for carrying a concealed firearm. Thus giving evidence that McGraw had
foreknowledge that he was committing a seditious act against the Constitution.
Instead of Sjostrom rejecting the application for the warrant due to the
documentation of Constitutional violations, his issuance of it is evidence of
his foreknowledge, and thus evidence of his commission of a seditious
act.
It has to be
assumed that Governor Scott had knowledge of the foregoing when he appointed
Causey interim sheriff, instead of taking the proper action to uphold his Oath
to protect and defend the Constitution of these States united. When I called
Governor Scott's office for comment, I was told that the Governor had nothing to
do with the arrest of Sheriff Finch, he merely appointed the interim sheriff.
When I asked about his reported firing of Finch, without hesitation I was told
that the Governor did not fire Finch that he was merely suspended. But when
asked about Scott not taking action against those violating the Constitution,
his aide stated “No comment.”
It is to be noted
that the action taken by the State officials is based on their "belief" that
Finch committed a felony. The leading authority on Sheriffs states:
Anderson on
Sheriffs, Volume One, Chapter 1, Introductory:
Section 17.
Removal of Sheriff. ¾Due provisions are to be found in the
statutes and constitutions of the various American jurisdictions for the removal
of sheriff who have committed infractions of law.
Therefore, we must
examine the Florida Constitution to see the authority for the
removal of a public official who has committed infractions of
law.
ARTICLE III,
LEGISLATURE:
SECTION
17. Impeachment.—
(a)The
governor, lieutenant governor, members of the cabinet, justices of the supreme
court, judges of district courts of appeal, judges of circuit courts, and judges
of county courts shall be liable to impeachment for misdemeanor in
office.
Notice the Office
of Sheriff is not listed. In fact, under the Local Government provisions
of the Florida Constitution the offices of the Clerk of the Court
and Sheriff cannot be abolished. But they can only hold their office in
good behavior. A conviction of a felony is certainly not good
behavior, and not being subject to impeachment, is cause for
removal.
ARTICLE IV,
EXECUTIVE:
SECTION
1. Governor.—
(b)
The governor may initiate judicial proceedings in the
name of the state against any executive or administrative state, county or
municipal officer to enforce compliance with any duty or restrain any
unauthorized act.
(c)
The governor may request in writing the opinion of
the justices of the supreme court as to the interpretation of any portion of
this constitution upon any question affecting the governor’s executive powers
and duties.
There is no record of the Governor taken any such action, his aid said he suspended the Sheriff, and such authority cannot be found within the Florida Constitution, and as for his appointing an interim sheriff, Section 1 continues:
(f)
When not otherwise provided for in this constitution,
the governor shall fill by appointment
any vacancy in state or county office for the remainder of the term of an
appointive office, and for the remainder of the term of an elective office if
less than twenty-eight months, otherwise until the first Tuesday after the first
Monday following the next general election.
There was no
vacancy because there was no authority for the Governor to suspend Finch,
and he was not convicted of any felony. Wherefore, Finch was unlawfully removed
from Office, and the appointment of Causey was without Constitutional authority,
he must be made to vacate Finch's lawful Office.
It has to be
presumed that an individual taking an Oath has an understanding of the matters
sworn to, and for that reason it is without doubt that Tom McGraw, Inspector for
the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Circuit Court Judge Jonathan
Sjostrom, Governor Rick Scott, and the alleged interim sheriff, Carl Causey have
committed serious criminal acts. Justice requires that they be arrested and
tried for knowingly doing so, and that Nicholas Lee Finch be reinstate Sheriff
of Liberty County Florida.
These occurrences
are more dangerous to our way of life, than any belligerent country or terrorist
attack. THERE MUST BE AN OUTCRY FOR THOSE INVOLVED TO BE IMPEACHED, TRIED, AND
PUNISHED FOR THIS THE MOST SERIOUS OF ALL THREATS TO THE CITIZENS OF THESE
STATES UNITED!!! PLEASE, GOD FORBID, THE NULLIFICATION MOVEMENT SHOULD
FAIL!!!
LET'S GET
OFF THE KOOL-AID, AND BACK ON
THE LAW!!!
Monday, June 10, 2013
BONIEK TRIAL: WHY IT MATTERS TO YOU ,WHY YOU SHOULD CARE
THE CONVICTION OF REPRESENTATIVE BONIEK
Sunday, June 9, 2013, 6:13 PM
Sunday, June 9, 2013, 6:13 PM
In May of this year, Joel Boniek of Park
County, Montana was convicted by a jury of fleeing or eluding a peace officer,
resisting arrest and obstructing a peace officer.
This while
Boniek was traveling on a private road, going to his home which was threatened by a grass fire.
Boniek was traveling on a private road, going to his home which was threatened by a grass fire.
For this so-called
crime, a misdemeanor, Boniek was threatened with death by Trooper Sulages and
Deputy Sheriff Hopkin, and Hopkin said under oath that he would have shot/killed
Boniek if he had driven past Hopkin.
After a trial full of
irregularities, Prosecutor Carrick said in her closing statement that people
must be controlled by law enforcement officials and public servants. She said if
we are not controlled by government people, there will be chaos and disorder,
even criminality.
This is insulting,
demeaning, and illogical. Every responsible man or woman should be
outraged at this idiocy.
It is not because
of police who come and take a report after a crime that we are
safe. We live in peace because nearly all of us are peaceable people.
Carrick obviously
does not recognize that society is self organizing. It is not
because of government that we have food, housing, goods, recreation, worship,
business, charity and jobs. We have these things because people
naturally do these things in a free society. All the things
government does can be done by private initiative in a free society. In Park
County, we have fire protection because of VOLUNTEER fire crews. ANY power
government has is delegated to it by the people, to be used to protect our
rights.
In the
American system, government is instituted to protect the rights of the people to
order their lives as they see fit. “To secure these rights, governments are
instituted among men.” Declaration of Independence.
Joel Boniek was
doing his natural, God-given and Constitutionally protected duty
to see to the protection of his family, home and animals. He was
violently prevented from doing this by officers who ought to first protect and
serve the people. Carrick used public resources to enforce this
outrage, and the jury put its stamp of approval on this action.
Potential jurors who knew the issues and did not agree with the
government’s action were excused.
So, the message to all
the people is, “You will be controlled by the government, your duty and rights
are irrelevant, and you may next be threatened with death if an officer thinks
you are defying his authority.” (In Montana, you can be arrested
even if the arrest is illegal! Makes you wonder what the legislature was smoking
when they did this clever move.) “If you are not part of the government, you are
irresponsible and incompetent.”
You might rightly ask
yourself, “What moral, ethical or philosophical system justifies using violence
or the threat of violence against a man who has not harmed anyone?” This is not
the way of Freedom or America.
The crucial question
is, do we want a government that controls our lives, or that protects our
natural and God given rights? The founders of America were clear in what
they envisioned. Joel Boniek agrees with the
founders.
An appeal
of Boniek’s conviction has been started. He could use your help
and encouragement if you value and believe in the American system passed down to
us. This is a matter of principle, and he is standing for your
freedom and self determination, as he stands for his. He could
have made a deal with the government, and let the situation continue to get
worse. But if freedom is taken away in small steps or large, it
goes away just as surely.
Ask yourself:
Do you think
that a policeman should be free to shoot you as you go peacefully about your
lawful business, just because that policeman decides on a whim that he
disapproves of what you are doing?
Do you think that the judicial
system should condone and perpetrate the exclusion of God, the constitution, the
credentials of public servants (whether or not the public servant properly hold
their offices), the proper role of the jury in American justice,
and lack of due process?
Do you think it is right to
exclude from "Volunteer Firefighters" the volunteer help of the homeowner whose
property is burning?
Do you think policemen should
harass and attack people in desperate situations instead of helping them?
If you say no. then this case is
working for you. Would you consider helping support this effort?
BULLET POINTS
– WHY IT MATTERS
·
The proper
role of government is to secure our rights, not control us. This
is not the case in Park County.
·
The official
position of government and “peace” officers in Park County is that the people
are irresponsible and must be carefully supervised. This ought to offend
everybody.
·
Park County
public servants, led by Fire Chief Dan Babcox, do not respect our property
rights. This needs to stop.
·
Law officers
threatened to shoot a peaceful man. Each one of us must now be
afraid we will be next.
·
These excesses
will not become fewer, since they have been validated. The trend must be
reversed.
·
Officers in
Park County are not tasked with serving and protecting. They
supervise and control. They have become our masters, rather than
our servants.
·
The judicial
process has become less just and right. The prosecutor asked that
there be no references to God, the constitution, oaths or bonds of public
servants, laws, fully informed juries, and more.
This is un-American.
·
Fires are
fought by volunteer crews. The DNRC promotes landowner and fire
crew cooperation. This is not the norm in Park County.
This needs to change.
Your help and
support is requested and appreciated. If you have a word of
encouragement or support, let me hear from you. If you can give
support, thank you!
Sincerely,
Joel
Boniek
c/o 41
BlackHawk Dr.
Livingston,
Montana
406-220-1240
P.S. If you haven't heard from me in
some time, this and "hunting yaks in Outer Mongolia" helps explain what keeps me
busy.
Feel free to pass this on to anyone who
would want to know. I will stand for freedom and justice. I know you will,
also.
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Federal agencies buying all the ammo so you can't have it
DHS Buying More Ammo: Lots of Non-Military Calibers
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) hasposted a bid on the Federal Business Opportunities site. They are buying up more ammunition and this time it is definitely not the typical caliber of bullet used by the military. The Government Accountability Office has already investigated the Department of Homeland Security’s plans to purchase large amounts of ammunition. These large purchases of military rounds in the past has led to shortages of ammo for civilians and police departments around the country.
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Wednesday, June 5, 2013
This is how they now intend to take your guns!
“Mental Illness” Diagnoses Are the Slippery Slope to Gun Confiscation
According to a recent study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 20 percent of children in the United States — one out of five — has a mental disorder. Perhaps even more sobering, the latest edition of the “psychiatric Bible,” the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), claims there is more than a 50-percent chance that an American will develop a mental disorder in his or her lifetime. The CDC reported that 25 percent of adults already suffer from mental illness and affirmed the idea that the number will rise to 50 percent, as the DSM-5 predicts.
These claims are disputed, however. Dr. Allen Frances, author of the DSM-4, has challenged the claims of the new manual, specifically those concerning ADHD. Frances stated the following about the proliferation of claims of mental illness:
‘The Question Libertarians Just Can’t Answer’
Pay special attention to the comments section below this article by Tom Woods.
It will open your eyes to what we are really up against.
http://www.tomwoods.com/blog/the-question-libertarians-just-cant-answer/
Here is just one of the comments below the article:
Here comes the old founding fathers/slave owner straw man argument again!
You know, I was born into a world of heavy confiscatory taxation and wealth re-distribution and as such I am an actual participant. I believe this to be an evil scourge and work for its eradication.
Yet, I see someday that when this scourge is abolished there will be people who will look back at me and discredit my ideas because I participated in this evil.
The founding fathers were born into a world where slavery existed and they participated. At the same time, they put forth the groundwork to rid the world of this scourge without actually accomplishing it in their lifetime, which is unreasonable to expect.
The founding fathers who owned slaves did much to advance freedom and future libertarian principles. Ironic, though, that two of the founding fathers mentioned who did not own slaves (Hamilton and Adams) did more to retard freedom and actually were the promoters of statism, centralization and the federal thievery that haunts us today.
It will open your eyes to what we are really up against.
http://www.tomwoods.com/blog/the-question-libertarians-just-cant-answer/
Here is just one of the comments below the article:
Here comes the old founding fathers/slave owner straw man argument again!
You know, I was born into a world of heavy confiscatory taxation and wealth re-distribution and as such I am an actual participant. I believe this to be an evil scourge and work for its eradication.
Yet, I see someday that when this scourge is abolished there will be people who will look back at me and discredit my ideas because I participated in this evil.
The founding fathers were born into a world where slavery existed and they participated. At the same time, they put forth the groundwork to rid the world of this scourge without actually accomplishing it in their lifetime, which is unreasonable to expect.
The founding fathers who owned slaves did much to advance freedom and future libertarian principles. Ironic, though, that two of the founding fathers mentioned who did not own slaves (Hamilton and Adams) did more to retard freedom and actually were the promoters of statism, centralization and the federal thievery that haunts us today.
Colorado Voters get serious about the gun grabbers
Colorado Recall: “When you come after our guns, we’re going to take you out.” -
See more at:
http://www.thedailysheeple.com/colorado-recall-when-you-come-after-our-guns-were-going-to-take-you-out_062013#sthash.g2n1dh0f.dpuf
A Colorado lawmaker who championed some of the strictest gun laws in the country is now facing a possible recall after concerned citizens turned in twice the needed petition signatures to initiate the states first ever recall election.
Democratic Senate President John Morse sponsored the new gun laws in Colorado and originally backed an even stricter law that would have made gun owners liable for damage caused by their weapons. Because of this citizens within the state have risen up and are set to possibly remove him from office.
See more at:
http://www.thedailysheeple.com/colorado-recall-when-you-come-after-our-guns-were-going-to-take-you-out_062013#sthash.g2n1dh0f.dpuf
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Wolves and other Montana government screwups.
Read these articles for the truth about the FWP mismanagement of our game.
http://www.lincolncountywatch.org/Not%20All%20Is%20Well%20In%20Ravalli%20County%20MT.pdf
http://www.lincolncountywatch.org/Alaska%20Predator%20Control.pdf
http://www.lobowatch.com
http://www.lincolncountywatch.org/Not%20All%20Is%20Well%20In%20Ravalli%20County%20MT.pdf
http://www.lincolncountywatch.org/Alaska%20Predator%20Control.pdf
http://www.lobowatch.com
Sheriff Arpaio Obama ID Fraud Presentation Recorded From CSPOA Convention In Missouri
- Birther Report | ObamaReleaseYourRecords -
RELATED: Sheriff Joe's Obama ID Fraud Investigator Addresses Obama Social Security Number - AUDIO HERE.
RELATED: Sheriff Joe Obama Fraud Investigator Mike Zullo Update From CSPOA Convention - AUDIO HERE.
RELATED: Boots On Ground; Sheriff Joe's Obama ID Fraud Presentation From CSPOA In Missouri - DETAILS HERE.
RELATED: Sheriff Joe's Obama ID Fraud Investigator Addresses Obama Social Security Number - AUDIO HERE.
RELATED: Breaking: Birther Report Providing Coverage From Sheriff Arpaio Obama ID Fraud Presentation - DETAILS HERE.
RELATED: Team Arpaio: Full Obama Social Security Number Fraud Presentation Live Friday; Here - DETAILS HERE.
RELATED: Latest: Sheriff Joe Obama ID Fraud Investigation Update; Presidential Document Fraud - DETAILS HERE.
RELATED: U.S. Rep. To Witness Sheriff Joe Obama Identity Fraud Presentation At Sheriffs Conference - DETAILS HERE.
RELATED: Sheriff Joe's Lead Obama Identity Fraud Investigator Headed To Sheriff Mack's Conference - DETAILS HERE.
FLASH: Private Investigators Respond To Snopes Article On Obama's CT Social Security Number - DETAILS HERE.
2006: Obama In Kenya: I Am So Proud To Come Back Home - VIDEO HERE.
2007: Michelle Obama Declares Obama Is Kenyan And America Is Mean - VIDEO HERE.
2008: Michelle Obama Declares Barack Obama's Home Country Is Kenya - VIDEO HERE.
FLASHBACK: Obama Is The Original Birther! Obama In 1991 Stated In His Own Bio He Was Born In Kenya. DETAILS HERE.
WATCH SHERIFF OBAMA INVESTIGATION PRESS CONFERENCE HERE: CLICK HERE.
http://obamareleaseyourrecords.blogspot.com/2013/06/live-video-stream-sheriff-joe-obama-id-fraud.html
This just keeps getting bigger:
http://www.wnd.com/2013/06/obama-birth-certificate-doubts-head-to-capitol/
We have said from the beginning of Obama's campaign
that he was a fraud and ineligible to hold the office.
This is the biggest lie ever perpetrated on the
American people with the possible exception of the Federal Reserve phony
"money" and the IRS fraud.
Now it seems this is coming full circle, and if
properly adjudicated will change the face of America forever.
Of course there is no reason to believe beyond a
real miracle that the corrupt court system we have will ever take this seriously until the vast majority of
Americans stand up and demand it.
I have said all along that this is the most
important constitutional issue facing America in this century. If we let this
stand then we deserve what we get!
RELATED: Sheriff Joe's Obama ID Fraud Investigator Addresses Obama Social Security Number - AUDIO HERE.
RELATED: Sheriff Joe Obama Fraud Investigator Mike Zullo Update From CSPOA Convention - AUDIO HERE.
RELATED: Boots On Ground; Sheriff Joe's Obama ID Fraud Presentation From CSPOA In Missouri - DETAILS HERE.
RELATED: Sheriff Joe's Obama ID Fraud Investigator Addresses Obama Social Security Number - AUDIO HERE.
RELATED: Breaking: Birther Report Providing Coverage From Sheriff Arpaio Obama ID Fraud Presentation - DETAILS HERE.
RELATED: Team Arpaio: Full Obama Social Security Number Fraud Presentation Live Friday; Here - DETAILS HERE.
RELATED: Latest: Sheriff Joe Obama ID Fraud Investigation Update; Presidential Document Fraud - DETAILS HERE.
RELATED: U.S. Rep. To Witness Sheriff Joe Obama Identity Fraud Presentation At Sheriffs Conference - DETAILS HERE.
RELATED: Sheriff Joe's Lead Obama Identity Fraud Investigator Headed To Sheriff Mack's Conference - DETAILS HERE.
FLASH: Private Investigators Respond To Snopes Article On Obama's CT Social Security Number - DETAILS HERE.
2006: Obama In Kenya: I Am So Proud To Come Back Home - VIDEO HERE.
2007: Michelle Obama Declares Obama Is Kenyan And America Is Mean - VIDEO HERE.
2008: Michelle Obama Declares Barack Obama's Home Country Is Kenya - VIDEO HERE.
FLASHBACK: Obama Is The Original Birther! Obama In 1991 Stated In His Own Bio He Was Born In Kenya. DETAILS HERE.
WATCH SHERIFF OBAMA INVESTIGATION PRESS CONFERENCE HERE: CLICK HERE.
http://obamareleaseyourrecords.blogspot.com/2013/06/live-video-stream-sheriff-joe-obama-id-fraud.html
This just keeps getting bigger:
http://www.wnd.com/2013/06/obama-birth-certificate-doubts-head-to-capitol/
Monday, June 3, 2013
Gary Marbut sizes up the 2013 Legislative session
From the Mental Militia website here:
http://thementalmilitia.com/forums/index.php?topic=32974.0
Chickens Coming Home to Roost
How Republicans Never Blow an Opportunity to Blow an Opportunity
People have asked me how, after more than 40 years of following and working with the Montana Legislature, I would characterize the 2013 legislative session. My answer is quick and short. RINOs. 2013 was clearly a three-party session, made up of Democrats, Republicans, and RINOs.
Our Montana “citizen legislature” is a great institution, because people from all walks of life come to Helena every two years for 90 days to do the people's business. They bring a lot of diverse experience to the Legislature. Montana avoids the “permanent political class” that so badly infects many other states.
Against this background, it's not surprising that people of all different political persuasions are elected to the Legislature, including soft Republicans who get elected in centrist districts, candidates who appeal to those districts because they are middle-of-the-road philosophically.
Many prospective candidates think that because they have 100% of all the experience they’ve had, they are wise enough to set public policy in Helena, but many, too many, have no philosophical foundation from which to assess the issues presented to them in Helena. As a result, they tend to blow in the wind, and tend to believe the last good argument made, too often by the swarms of public employee lobbyists who haunt the Legislature throughout the session angling for more money, mission, turf and power.
Among Republicans, these legislators are spoken of as RINOs, Republicans In Name Only. These legislators do not have any strong attachment to the Montana or federal constitutions. They probably have not read either constitution recently. They have no special fondness or respect for individual liberty. They care nothing about the Republican Party platform. They want to make government “work,” not understanding that government is supposed primarily to protect individual liberty, but is also the greatest threat to individual liberty.
When Republicans control the Legislature, a small subset of RINOs control public policy in Montana, because the RINOs repeatedly side with Democrats both to block liberty-enhancing bills, and to pass bills that give more mission, turf, money and power to governmental entities.
This is not new. It is actually a situation deliberately fostered by the Montana Republican good-old-boy establishment, those GOP “leaders” and would-be power brokers who plan and massage GOP direction behind the scenes in the legendary “smoke-filled rooms.”
A lot of bills brought by conservative Republican legislators never made it to the Governor's desk because of blockage by RINOs. Most of the ones that did have been vetoed by Governor Bullock, who can count on having enough supporting Democrat and RINO votes to prevent any veto override.
Further, the good-old-boy Republican establishment worked hard and deliberately to set up this arrangement. They actually pulled out the stops to usher Bullock into the Governor's office.
It all began at the state Republican convention in 2012. Liberty-minded Republicans (real conservatives) had rallied behind presidential candidate Ron Paul, and sought to elect Ron Paul-aligned delegates to the national GOP convention in Florida. The Montana GOP good-old-boys went into lock-step in support of Mitt Romney. They played dirty, told lies, broke all reasonable rules of fairness, and leaned heavily on the scales to absolutely shut out the 47% of convention delegates who supported Ron Paul. They grabbed all the marbles for themselves.
Some might claim that was clever politicking. I name it sheer stupidity applying juvenile, schoolyard tactics to supposedly adult activities. Any person with a grain of sense could have predicted (as I did then) that giving a bloody nose to 47% of the Republican Party, and by far the most energized 47% of the Republican Party, would not end well for Republican candidates in Montana. It most assuredly did NOT end well. It ended with Democrat Steve Bullock occupying the governor’s office, and then vetoing scads of Republican bills.
I predicted immediately after witnessing the debacle of the convention that the result of so overtly rejecting a significant and energized segment of the Republican Party would be a narrow loss by several Republican contenders for statewide office. That's exactly what happened in the governor's race. Democrat Bullock won with a lead of 7,571 votes over Republican Hill. The Libertarian, Vandevender pulled 18,160 votes. It's a cinch bet that the deciding 3,790 or more votes went from Hill to Vandevender because of the brazen and deliberate abuse of liberty-minded Republicans by the GOP establishment at the state convention.
Actions have consequences. The ripples spreading throughout Montana from the 2012 GOP state convention, from the juvenile antics of the good-old-boy Republicans who snatched all the marbles for themselves, cost Hill and the GOP the governor’s office.
Not surprisingly, the same RINOs who messed up the 2013 legislative session with their lack of philosophical foundation and last-good-argument policy positions stampeded to go along with the good-old-boy Republican establishment at the state Republican convention. They were happy to tolerate and support the GOP insiders who leaned heavily on the scales and pulled dirty tricks in what turned out to be a strategically disastrous rout of the liberty-minded Republicans.
In this exercise, the Montana Republican Party surely rose to the challenge of never blowing an opportunity to blow an opportunity, a pattern for which Republicans have become famous. Many good Republican bills were vetoed by a governor who was effectively installed by the foolish machinations of a few Republican “leaders,” but which direction was heavily supported in the state GOP convention by the same legislators who's bills Bullock has now vetoed, especially by the RINOs.
Talk about chickens coming home to roost.
There is a lesson in this recent history. Those Republican “leaders” who are so afraid of liberty-minded Republicans should themselves be rejected by the GOP as a whole. They are the best allies the government-loving Democrats could hope to have. Unless the GOP unloads these short-sighted dealmakers, it might as well just surrender the field to the Democrats and let them run Montana.
Gary Marbut, Delegate
2012 Republican State Convention
Active observer of the Montana Legislature since 1971
http://thementalmilitia.com/forums/index.php?topic=32974.0
Chickens Coming Home to Roost
How Republicans Never Blow an Opportunity to Blow an Opportunity
People have asked me how, after more than 40 years of following and working with the Montana Legislature, I would characterize the 2013 legislative session. My answer is quick and short. RINOs. 2013 was clearly a three-party session, made up of Democrats, Republicans, and RINOs.
Our Montana “citizen legislature” is a great institution, because people from all walks of life come to Helena every two years for 90 days to do the people's business. They bring a lot of diverse experience to the Legislature. Montana avoids the “permanent political class” that so badly infects many other states.
Against this background, it's not surprising that people of all different political persuasions are elected to the Legislature, including soft Republicans who get elected in centrist districts, candidates who appeal to those districts because they are middle-of-the-road philosophically.
Many prospective candidates think that because they have 100% of all the experience they’ve had, they are wise enough to set public policy in Helena, but many, too many, have no philosophical foundation from which to assess the issues presented to them in Helena. As a result, they tend to blow in the wind, and tend to believe the last good argument made, too often by the swarms of public employee lobbyists who haunt the Legislature throughout the session angling for more money, mission, turf and power.
Among Republicans, these legislators are spoken of as RINOs, Republicans In Name Only. These legislators do not have any strong attachment to the Montana or federal constitutions. They probably have not read either constitution recently. They have no special fondness or respect for individual liberty. They care nothing about the Republican Party platform. They want to make government “work,” not understanding that government is supposed primarily to protect individual liberty, but is also the greatest threat to individual liberty.
When Republicans control the Legislature, a small subset of RINOs control public policy in Montana, because the RINOs repeatedly side with Democrats both to block liberty-enhancing bills, and to pass bills that give more mission, turf, money and power to governmental entities.
This is not new. It is actually a situation deliberately fostered by the Montana Republican good-old-boy establishment, those GOP “leaders” and would-be power brokers who plan and massage GOP direction behind the scenes in the legendary “smoke-filled rooms.”
A lot of bills brought by conservative Republican legislators never made it to the Governor's desk because of blockage by RINOs. Most of the ones that did have been vetoed by Governor Bullock, who can count on having enough supporting Democrat and RINO votes to prevent any veto override.
Further, the good-old-boy Republican establishment worked hard and deliberately to set up this arrangement. They actually pulled out the stops to usher Bullock into the Governor's office.
It all began at the state Republican convention in 2012. Liberty-minded Republicans (real conservatives) had rallied behind presidential candidate Ron Paul, and sought to elect Ron Paul-aligned delegates to the national GOP convention in Florida. The Montana GOP good-old-boys went into lock-step in support of Mitt Romney. They played dirty, told lies, broke all reasonable rules of fairness, and leaned heavily on the scales to absolutely shut out the 47% of convention delegates who supported Ron Paul. They grabbed all the marbles for themselves.
Some might claim that was clever politicking. I name it sheer stupidity applying juvenile, schoolyard tactics to supposedly adult activities. Any person with a grain of sense could have predicted (as I did then) that giving a bloody nose to 47% of the Republican Party, and by far the most energized 47% of the Republican Party, would not end well for Republican candidates in Montana. It most assuredly did NOT end well. It ended with Democrat Steve Bullock occupying the governor’s office, and then vetoing scads of Republican bills.
I predicted immediately after witnessing the debacle of the convention that the result of so overtly rejecting a significant and energized segment of the Republican Party would be a narrow loss by several Republican contenders for statewide office. That's exactly what happened in the governor's race. Democrat Bullock won with a lead of 7,571 votes over Republican Hill. The Libertarian, Vandevender pulled 18,160 votes. It's a cinch bet that the deciding 3,790 or more votes went from Hill to Vandevender because of the brazen and deliberate abuse of liberty-minded Republicans by the GOP establishment at the state convention.
Actions have consequences. The ripples spreading throughout Montana from the 2012 GOP state convention, from the juvenile antics of the good-old-boy Republicans who snatched all the marbles for themselves, cost Hill and the GOP the governor’s office.
Not surprisingly, the same RINOs who messed up the 2013 legislative session with their lack of philosophical foundation and last-good-argument policy positions stampeded to go along with the good-old-boy Republican establishment at the state Republican convention. They were happy to tolerate and support the GOP insiders who leaned heavily on the scales and pulled dirty tricks in what turned out to be a strategically disastrous rout of the liberty-minded Republicans.
In this exercise, the Montana Republican Party surely rose to the challenge of never blowing an opportunity to blow an opportunity, a pattern for which Republicans have become famous. Many good Republican bills were vetoed by a governor who was effectively installed by the foolish machinations of a few Republican “leaders,” but which direction was heavily supported in the state GOP convention by the same legislators who's bills Bullock has now vetoed, especially by the RINOs.
Talk about chickens coming home to roost.
There is a lesson in this recent history. Those Republican “leaders” who are so afraid of liberty-minded Republicans should themselves be rejected by the GOP as a whole. They are the best allies the government-loving Democrats could hope to have. Unless the GOP unloads these short-sighted dealmakers, it might as well just surrender the field to the Democrats and let them run Montana.
Gary Marbut, Delegate
2012 Republican State Convention
Active observer of the Montana Legislature since 1971
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