Liberals’ License to Lie Revoked

Posted on May 18, 2012 by

Liberals’ License to Lie Revoked

  Time to Expose the Myth

Terrified of the coming storm of the Conservative Renaissance — most likely in part because of the evidence exhibited in the mid-term melt down of the Democrat Party — Liberals are preemptively rushing to the forefront of 2012 with charges of racism at the ready.

As President Barack Hussein Obama feverishly chips away at the foundation of this country, and the electorate becomes ever increasingly alarmed, the prospect of a one term presidency becomes more apparent. And Liberals are desperate to maintain power. Meanwhile, the race is on as to whether America survives the onslaught, and the outcome of that race hinges on the rhetorical success of lying Liberals.

Ed Schultz of MSNBC fame recently castigated Donald Trump over his audacity in questioning Obama’s legitimacy for office and his academic achievements. Fair enough if that was as far as it went, but Schultz wasn’t happy with a mere chance at the high ground; he had to punctuate the attack with the charge of racism.  True to Liberal form, when your argument is weak, bolster it with emotion and — as is often the case with Leftists — lies to remove all doubt.

Likewise, Whoopi Goldberg said yesterday on  The View , that she was “playing the damn [race] card now”. Howard Dean continues to portray the Republican Party as a racist institution, and Democrats in general use the notion like a leash to retain the minority voting base. In fact, the Joseph Goebbels-like propagation of the right wing racism myth has effortlessly made the Tea Party an automatic target of the Left’s ire, and the only way to refute the charge is to have a member of a minority actually attend a rally.

One such person is Carmen Guillermo of Amercan Thinker, who recently wrote of her personal revelation in an article titled  My Journey to Conservatism. Guillermo, of Mexican descent, is a reformed Liberal who shook off the chains of misinformation; a woman once certain that Conservatives hated black people, brown people, yellow people, and generally anyone who wasn’t white. She learned the truth first hand by visiting a local Tea Party rally, and became enlightened in the process, now wondering how she could have been so wrong. I wonder the same thing.

The Democrat Party was formed with White supremacy as its philosophy, while the Republican Party was devoted to the abolition of slavery. It was Republicans who fought valiantly to ultimately overcome the Democrats repeated filibusters to adopt the 14th Amendment and 15th Amendment, which sought to give Blacks the rights to due process and to vote.

In fact, in the mid 1800′s, the Democrats identified themselves as “the white man’s party” and criticized the Republican Party as being “Negro dominated”. Ironically, the south was controlled by Democrats who fought to maintain slavery, and they used every tactic imaginable to retain power. According to a PBS series titled  The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow* : 

Determined to re-capture the South, Southern Democrats “redeemed” state after state — sometimes peacefully, other times by fraud and violence. By 1877, when Reconstruction was officially over, the Democratic Party controlled every Southern state.

It seems some things never change. The Democrats are not only still cheating, they are still slave owners. The only difference between then and now is that the slaves do not realize that they are captives because these days the Democrats use the velvet shackles of false compassion. It is only when these minorities manage to wander off the plantation and personally witness the splendor they have been convinced does not exist that they are freed.

Just ask Carmen Guillermo.

*http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_org_democratic.html
*http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_org_republican.html

Daniel James Wood is the author of Boomer, a political thriller available on Amazon.com and a recreational writer commenting on the political landscape at Sanity Sentinel.

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This Week in Health Care Reform Easy To Insure ME

Posted on May 17, 2012 by

This Week in Health Care Reform Easy To Insure ME

Millions of Americans went to the polls on Tuesday, feeling anxious about the economy and health care reform, and yielding election results that gave Republicans control of the House of Representatives and weakened the Democratic majority in the Senate. Republicans picked up at least 60 House seats and at least six Senate seats in the election, removing Democrat Nancy Pelosi from her powerful position as speaker of the House and putting Republicans in charge of House leadership and committees.

The Republican sweep extended from coast to coast and removed more than 30 Democratic incumbents from the House of Representatives, including Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton, Budget Committee Chairman John Spratt and Transportation Committee Chairman James Oberstar.

Exit polling shows more than eight in 10 voters feel the economy is the No.

1 issue facing the nation, and three times as many people believe it is getting worse rather than better. Health care reform followed as the second-most important issue for voters during this election cycle. Nearly three in four voters expressed dissatisfaction with Congress and six in 10 say they believe the country is headed in the wrong direction.

With the midterm elections close to complete, we encourage you and others to see how health care reform affected congressional races by visiting the updated Health Action Network.

Health Care Reform
How the Election Results Affect the Future of Health Care Reform: With the new Republican majority in the House, a stronger showing in the Senate and greater numbers of GOP governors, the health care debate is expected to focus on implementation of the law, as well as efforts to repeal it. While full repeal will face a presidential veto, lawmakers will most likely pursue incremental changes, “tinkering and tweaking” the law to keep the debate top of mind for voters leading up to the 2012 elections.

According to political strategists, Republicans could also use the oversight authority of Congress to slow down or block regulations, essentially stalling the law’s progress. Congressional hearings are likely to focus on the impact of the immediate reforms on costs and coverage, the outlook for reforms that take effect in 2014 and stronger direct oversight of federal regulators. Additionally, the annual appropriations process is likely to serve as a battleground for health care reform issues, with a focus on funding for federal agencies involved in the implementation process.

Two More States Vote to Reject Health Insurance Mandate: At the polls this week, voters in Oklahoma and Arizona resoundingly supported ballot initiatives to opt out of the federal health care reform law. Missouri voters approved a similar measure, Proposition C, with 71% support on a primary ballot in August. A similar proposal on Tuesday’s ballot in Colorado would have prohibited the state from forcing residents to buy public or private health insurance. However, the measure was rejected by a narrow margin.

Public Opinion
Exit Polls Show Half of Americans Still Want Repeal: According to the Pew Research Center, voters were divided over whether to repeal health care reform (48%) or maintain or even expand it (47%) in exit polls on Tuesday. However, the major priorities for 2011 include reducing the deficit, creating jobs and boosting the economy.

Looking Ahead
President Barack Obama has invited the Republican and Democratic leaders of Congress to the White House on November 18 to discuss the new political landscape and ways to work together in the future. The meeting with Rep. John Boehner, Senate Minority Leader. Mitch McConnell, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is expected to take place during the first week of Congress’ “lame-duck session,” which begins on November 15.

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Clintons Discourages Liberal Democrats

Posted on May 15, 2012 by

Clintons Discourages Liberal Democrats

Republican’s only hope Hilary Clinton seems to be very good when it comes to comment on other party. It is well known to the Republicans that the Clintons not only boost up Republicans but they also discourage liberal Democrats.

A major segment of the Democratic voters has informed pollsters that it is never going to work even if Hilary somehow got the nomination. None of the contender, from each group excites such negatives.

So, a Clinton application appears to be the best hope for Republicans. The strategy, no doubt, could go wrong.

Democratic followers could figure out the Republican strategy, and give punishment to the Republican Party after all.

But, at this point of time, it is most likely the party’s best expectation. For all the unskilled people in the Clinton’s Party, it has one benefit over the Democrats, which even other party silently acknowledges.

Although it might be tired, and gradually more unpopular, the Republican Party seems to have a message.

Democrats will have to plan for any other theme rather than the conventional ‘Throw out Bush’ theme.

Yes, Mr. Bush might not be in a row next year. By throwing light on a note – the Hilary approach to “centrism and triangulation”, the Republican members are expecting to take some heat off of them.

But, this plan has yet to succeed over the Democrats. So, it might work if Hilary gets the nomination next year.

So, it is only time that can tell how efficient these tactics of Clintons are. But before that, a lot of things have to happen on behalf of the Republicans.

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Huckabee – McCain’s Curse or Blessing?

Posted on May 14, 2012 by

Huckabee – McCain’s Curse or Blessing?

If you’ve been following the GOP’s primaries, you know that Huckabee’s chances of winning are nearly statistically impossible. However, Huckabee has persisted to campaign, and has drawn in a surprising amount of votes for his position. But, is this hurting the GOP’s overall unity, in effect putting a Democratic President into the White House later this year?

The main basis for this argument is that having a divided party will create a disturbance within the GOP. They will sling mud ads at each other, destroying the reputation of the eventual nominee. Also, valuable resources will be spent against each other, not at the Democratic side. Without unity, the Republican party stands no chance this November. Right?

In many former primaries, yes. However, this time it’s different. The candidates use different techniques, the opposition is very leftward leaning, and the primaries were held earlier than they have ever been before.

Within the GOP, the main difference this year is Huckabee’s campaigning style. Unlike most nominees, who try and smear their opponent’s records, Huckabee has not run such ads. He believes in campaigning for what he believes in; explaining why he is a great candidate, not showing the flaws of the other candidates. Even if they campaign against each other, their reputations are not hurt. But, McCain must still run campaign ads, using precious resources, so surely this can’t help him?

Actually, it may. By staying in the race, Huckabee keeps the GOP in the political spotlight. McCain still must run ads, which keeps his name in voters’ minds. Secondly, news reports cover McCain’s victories, and losses, allowing McCain’s message to be brought into the homes of most Americans every night. This “free” publicity will prevent exclusive coverage of the Democratic frontrunners, creating much needed interest in his campaign. This year, pimaries were held earlier than ever, so this may be critical. With Clinton and Obama likely to duke it out over several weeks, if not months, it is necessary for Republicans to stay in the spotlight for as long as possible.

Finally, Huckabee’s charismatic and motivational speeches could be a powerful aid in a Republican win this November. Recently, Virginia’s primary saw a modern percent record of Evangelical Christians vote. This demographic is a core part of the Republican’s constituency. Though they came out to vote for Huckabee, by actively partaking in politics, they are going to see flaws in the “religious” aspects of the Democratic frontrunners, ie pro-abortion and gay marriage stances. This newly created awareness will motivate them to vote in November for whoever opposes the Democrats, namely McCain.

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It’s Getting You Cannot Tell The Political Parties Without A Score Card

Posted on May 13, 2012 by

It’s Getting You Cannot Tell The Political Parties Without A Score Card
I have been really confused lately and it conjured up an old baseball saying: “You can’t tell the players without a score card.” Up until recently, each of the major political parties had done a good job of telling us why they were the good, blessed, annointed party of the people and the other party was nothing short of satanic. Think about it. The Democrats have told us for decades that the Republicans were anti-gay, anti-feminist, anti-immigration, anti-minority, and cared only about being friendly and kind to big business. The Republicans have told us for decades that the Democrats were anti-business, anti-rich, anti-strong national defense, and anti-small government.

But consider my confusion with this neat, easy-to-understand political description of the world relative to some recent news events:

- Recently, a Federal judge found the U.S. military policy of “don’t ask, don’t tell” to be unconstitutional and ordered the Pentagon and the Obama administration to dismantle the program and treat gay soldiers and enlistees as they would straight soldiers and enlistees. According to traditional dogma, this would count as a great victory for the Democrats. But wait! The main plaintiff in this case was a national, major Republican organization, the Log Cabin Republicans. In fact, the Democratic administration Barack Obama and its Justice Department has had to defend this anti-gay law in Federal court (Source: The Week magazine, November 12, 2010). Very confusing, Republicans might not be as anti-gay as the Democrats would have you believe.

- In the overheated debate about the new anti-illegal immigration law that was passed by the state of Arizona, it was pretty clear that most Democrats wanted more favorable treatment of illegal aliens while the Republicans wanted harsher treatment of illegal aliens. But wait! In September, Rupert Murdoch, owner of Fox News and the Democrats’ favorite media political bad guy and demon, actually testified in front of a House of Representatives Judiciary subcommittee to bring “an end to the arbitrary immigration and visa quotas” as it related to illegal immigrants (Source: Businessweek, October 25, 2010). Very confusing, maybe the Republicans and their favorite media supporter might not be as anti-immigration as the Democrats would have you believe.

- Over the years the Democrats have painted themselves as the bigger supporters of women’s rights from supporting abortions to having a larger number of female politicians in their party vs. the Republicans (but still not nearly enough, relative to the male/female split in the general population.) But wait! As the midterm election results came in, it became clear that the Democrats no longer were the sole purveyor of female politicians in the nation as Republican women ran and won many, many elections:

While nine Democratic women ran for Senate seats with four of them winning (44%), a respectable five Republicans also ran with two of them winning (40%), a comparable winning percentage.
Eight Republican women won seats in the House of Representatives.
Republican women became Governors in three states (Oklahoma, New Mexico, and South Carolina).
A former Republican female governor, Sarah Palin, became a national force, for better or worse, in the election cycle.
Very confusing, looks like the Republicans might not be as anti-feminist as the Democrats would have you believe.

- The Democrats have traditionally painted themselves as the bigger supports of minorities vs. the Republicans. But wait! The midterm election results have turned that assumption upside down:

Susanna Martinez became not only a female Republican governor in New Mexico but the first Latina governor anywhere in our nation’s history.
Nikki Haley became not only the female governor of South Carolina, the first one ever, but she is also the first Indian-American woman to serve as a state’s chief executive.
Michael Steele, an African American, is the chairman of the Republican National Committee.
Marco Rubio, a first generation American born of Cuban parents, came out of nowhere to win a Florida Senate seat.
Two African American Republicans won their elections for the House of Representatives and one of them, Tim Scott, was a Tea Party favorite.
Very confusing, I guess that the Republicans were not quite so anti-minority as the Democrats would have you believe.

Note: do I think either party has an adequate representation of women and minorities in their ranks? Not by a long shot. In fact, I believe the Justice Department needs to make sure that both parties abided by the same laws, regulations, penalties, fines, and principles as the rest of America when it comes to race/sex quotas and discrimination. However, the point to be made is that the Republicans are not the vicious anti-feminist and anti-minority type that the Democrats would have us believe.

But wait! There is confusion on the other side as well:

- The Republicans would have us believe that Democrats are anti-business and the Democrats’ policies restrict business and thus, restrict the growth of the economy. But wait! According to a recent Washington Post article that was summarized in the November 12, 2010 issue of The Week magazine, corporate political action committees directed 53% of their donations to Democrats in the recent midterm elections, up from only 35% in the last midterm election. Very confusing, looks like the Democrats might not be as anti-business as the Republicans would make them out to be.

- Continuing along that same theme, according to an article from Politico’s website which was summarized in the November 12, 2010 issue of The Week magazine, from January, 2009 through June, 2010, U.S. corporate profits increased 62%, the strongest 18-month rise since the 1920s. Very confusing, more proof that the Democrats might not be as anti-business as the Republicans would make them out to be. Unfortunately, as the Democrats were helping businesses to attain record high growth, ordinary citizens in America were saddled with very high unemployment, underemployment, and high demands for productivity gains.

- Republicans have long portrayed Democrats as weak on national defense and terrorism issues. But wait! The Obama administration has followed the same Iraqi U.S. troop deployment plans of his Republican predecessor, has actually increased U.S. troop strength in Afghanistan, has renewed the oppressive Patriot Act that was put into effect by his Republican predecessor, has not reduced unnecessary international U.S. troop deployment anywhere in the world, has not closed the terrorist jail facility at Guantanamo, and much like his Republican predecessor, Obama will not put some terror prisoners on trial at all, keeping them locked up forever without a day in court. Very confusing, a Democratic President is acting just like a Republican President on national defense and terrorism issues (unfortunately).

- The Republicans have traditionally portrayed the Democrats as anti-small government. Unfortunately, you do not need a score card for this one, the Democrats actually live up to (or down to) their stereotypical portrayal here. Since the Democrats have taken over Washington in 2006, the national debt has skyrocketed to never before seen heights, Federal government employment has increased by hundreds of thousands of new government employees, and the Democrats have pushed the Federal government into more and more aspects of individual Americans lives.

Why am I so confused about the score cards of the political parties? It is because the politicians in this country want to keep you confused, that is how they keep control of the government and our lives. The Democrats want to “energize their base” of gay communities, women, and minorities even though it is Republicans that are breaking down the military’s anti-gay stance, it is the Republicans that are putting women into powerful political positions, and it is the Republicans that are opening up to minority candidates.

Conversely, the Republicans want to “energize their base” of corporate types, strong defense advocates, and those favoring small government even though U.S. business has done very well under democrat Obama, the Obama administration policies on defense and terror are basically the same as the ones under Bush, and small government…well, the Republicans are probably right on that stereotype.

With so much confusion, voters fall back into the old stereotypes that the politicians want us to believe in order to maintain their grip on their elected office and to protect their re-election campaign donation streams. As a result of not having a good score card to track the actual actions of each party, we continue to fight each other over issues and stances that are not as concise or as clear as our raving politicians make them out to be.

As a result, we waste a lot of energy placing fellow Americans into rival “tribes,” as defined by the political class, while the same politicians with the same tired ideas use their tribes to continually get re-elected and no major issues facing American is ever seriously addressed, never mind solved. Once organized in these “tribes,” we tend to not have serious, constructive discussion with other tribes despite strong common interests and concerns.

Hopefully, we saw a glimmer or two of light in early November as some strong incumbents were not asked back to Washington by the voters. Maybe voters are finally looking at the score cards and taking notice that the current members of the political class are making a lot of errors and not hitting a lot of home runs. Maybe it is time to break down the tribal barriers, have a national discussion on how to solve our problems, and finally put some runs on the score board and score card, regardless of what party or tribe gets the game winning hit.

Walter “Bruno” Korschek is the author of the book, “Love My Country, Loathe My Government – Fifty First Steps To Restoring Our Freedom and Destroying The American Political Class,” which is available at www.loathemygovernment.com and online at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Our daily dialog on freedom in America can be joined at www.loathemygovernment.blogspot.com.

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Who Is John McCain?

Posted on May 11, 2012 by

Who Is John McCain?

He’s a four-term Republican senator from Arizona, a naval aviator in the Vietnam war, a five and a half year prisoner of war, a 2000 presidential Republican candidate, a 2008 presidential Republican candidate, and now the Republican party’s new front runner; he’s opposed by many conservatives, endorsed by many conservatives, and has been frequently called a political “maverick.”

Whatever he may be or may be called, with John McCain’s much needed win in the Florida Primary he has pushed ahead of the pack as the new Republican front-runner. All eyes are now heavily focused on McCain, and if all things go in his favor from now on he could very well be the Republican party’s next nomination for president.

The primary concern the Republican party has with McCain, the very reason he’s receiving opposition from a number of conservatives, is his record on supporting liberal legislation opposed by his party.

In 2002 McCain authored the McCain-Feingold Act, which called for a regulation in financing of political campaigns. Through this act, one noticeable impact was in candidates’ ads and commercials where candidates had to appear on-screen to state their approval of the ad.

McCain’s liberal stance on illegal immigration also brings much opposition to his candidacy. In 2007 McCain and senator Kennedy stepped forward to introduce a plan to overhaul the nation’s immigration laws. It included to allow most of the twelve million illegal immigrants to earn legalized citizenship, going against the nation’s “get-tough” stance on illegal immigration.

Thus McCain’s conservative critics include such people as Tom Delay and Rush Limbaugh. Limbaugh has expressed his opposition to McCain many times, stating his nomination could “destroy the Republican party.” Delay, who has criticized McCain for years, stated that McCain “has no principles” and if McCain gets nominated that he will not endorse McCain if he won the GOP primary.

McCain however also has many endorsements from the Republican party, ranging from Rudy Giuliani, to the Governor of Florida Charlie Crist, to Arnold Schwarzenegger.

But what in fact makes this man a Republican? McCain has a strong conservative voting record in free trade issues, and he opposes socialized health care.

He also is in favor of welfare reform and capital punishment.

Many view McCain as a candidate best fit for national security. He has been an advocate of the United State’s military, ensuring that through a McCain presidency he would keep our military ahead of competitors such as China and Russia, respond to any crisis that endangers America’s security, and protect our homeland. McCain also fought for the creation of the 9/11 Commission, the Department of Homeland Security, and the creation of the U.S. Northern Command.

However, unlike President Bush, McCain opposes this administration’s use of “enhanced interrogation techniques,” which includes the use of waterboarding, a form of interrogation (which McCain refers to as torture) that involves laying the victim on his back and pouring water over his face to simulate a person drowning.

Indeed Senator McCain is a controversial figure to many conservatives. Regardless, he is pulling ahead of the other Republican candidates and has been catching much of the moderate votes, as seen in the South Carolina primary. If McCain is truly the candidate to beat the Democrat nominee, as stated numerous times in McCain’s presidential ad campaign, then perhaps conservative leaders will be content in knowing that our 44th president won’t be a Democrat.

Article written by Jeremy A., the owner of the blog Young Political. The site is dedicated for the younger population that is interested in politics, world news & events, and more.

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The Real Pro-Gay Party

Posted on May 10, 2012 by

The Real Pro-Gay Party

Two ineluctable facts stand out when scrutinizing politicians’ actions on gay issues over the past 30 years: (1) Republicans are not anti-gay and (2) Democrats are not pro-gay. By 2009, there are few differences between Republican and Democratic politicians on gay issues, except that Democrats are more likely to jerk gay voters around and Republicans are more likely to quietly favor pro-liberty stances. There may have been a difference between the two parties once, but that hasn’t been the case for a long time.

In 1978, California governor Ronald Reagan opposed the Briggs Initiative, which would have barred gays from teaching in public schools. In an op-ed penned as he was beginning his presidential campaign, Reagan wrote, “Prevailing scientific opinion is that an individual’s sexuality is determined at a very early age and that a child’s teachers do not really influence this.” This, in the late 70s, while Jimmy Carter was publicly refusing to meet with gay groups.

The initiative was overwhelmingly defeated, mostly due to Reagan’s efforts, and this momentum was instrumental in forming the Log Cabin Republicans.

Reagan was the first president to invite two openly gay men-interior decorator Ted Graber and his partner-to spend the night at the White House. Washington Post reporter Robert Kaiser called Reagan a “closet tolerant.” If Reagan was closeted, it was because no one asked him his views, not because he was hiding anything.

The number of gays discharged from the military dropped every year under Reagan. In contrast, the number of gays discharged increased every full year under Bill Clinton except one, doubling from 617 in 1994 to 1,231 in 2000. The number of gays discharged decreased again every full year under George W. Bush except one, halved from 1,273 in 2001 to 612 in 2006. Gay rights groups report the number of gays discharged over decades, but they never break it down by administration, because the numbers make Democrats look bad and Republicans look good.

More recently, Obama claimed he would repeal the ban on gays in the military-and has spent precisely zero time working to fulfill this promise. He refused to issue an executive order staying the investigation of gays until the law is changed, and is content destroying through inaction the military careers of servicemen like Arabic translator Dan Choi.

Our Gay Marriage Opponent-in-Chief kicked off his inauguration with an invocation by Rick Warren, robust financial sponsor of the anti-gay marriage Proposition 8. Happy days are here again!

Independent Gay Forum reports that around the 100-day mark of Obama’s presidency, WhiteHouse.gov removed discussion of almost all gay issues from its Civil Rights page including mention of repealing Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, cut its number of “promises” to gays from eight to three, and slashed discussion of gay issues from half a page to a few sentences. After bloggers objected, some material returned but not the promise to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act or a quote about gay civil rights. “Change we can believe in” apparently means we can be confident that campaign promises to gays will get scrubbed from Obama’s website on a regular basis.

Similarly, in Washington D.C., former Democratic mayor Marion Barry recently woke up from a nap to realize he had accidentally voted with a unanimous City Council to recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere, and subsequently asked the council for a do-over so he could take back his vote.

Meanwhile, gay-friendly candidates and policies are making inroads even in the religious wing of the Republican Party. In the 2008 presidential primaries, televangelist Pat Robertson endorsed Rudy Guiliani, the most pro-gay major Republican candidate, a man who shacked up with a gay male couple after his divorce and promised them if New York ever legalized gay marriage he would preside over their ceremony.

Focus on the Family, James Dobson’s group, recently expressed their openness to a gay Obama Supreme Court nominee: “The issue is not their sexual orientation. It’s whether they are a good judge or not.” Sexual orientation “should never come up. It’s not even pertinent to the equation.”

If, in 2009, gays want to support the Democratic Party because they happen to agree with every one of their non-gay-related positions, fine. It’s a bit suspicious that so many gays tout the full Democratic Party line, from global warming to Guantanamo Bay. But if they’re voting for Democrats because of their superior stance on gay issues, they’re not getting much out of the bargain.

How about these “pro-gay” positions? Republicans are more aggressive than Democrats in the war against Islamic extremists, who are extraordinarily harsh in their condemnation and punishment of gays.

Republicans are tougher on law enforcement than Democrats-a boon for gays, who are more likely to suffer bias crimes. Republicans are more likely to support gun rights, as in the recent D.C. gun law Supreme Court case, which included as plaintiff a gay man who wanted to protect himself against anti-gay violence.

Republicans favor lower taxes than Democrats, and gays have more disposable income than heterosexuals.

Why is the Republican Party the real pro-gay party? The fact that Republican politicians aren’t anti-gay and Democratic politicians aren’t pro-gay helps. The fact that Republican positions make more sense than Democratic positions on some gay issues (e.g., opposing “hate crimes” laws for preferred minority groups) also helps. But the main reason is that the Republican Party is more inclined to protect individual liberties, inarguably in economic realms, and even in some social realms (e.g., smoking and nutrition-related). They’re more likely to support tough law enforcement that allows liberties to be protected. And they’re more likely to support national defense, which allows us to maintain a country that protects rights in the first place.

If the Republican Party is better for this country, and the party that is better for this country is better for all of us, then the Republican Party is the real pro-gay party.

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The Elephant in the Room

Posted on May 9, 2012 by

The Elephant in the Room

On Wednesday night at the CNN-sponsored Youtube debate, Republican candidates gamely responded to questions from supporters of Bill Richardson, Log Cabin Republicans, and the ubiquitous audience plant from the Clinton camp.

Despite CNN’s assurance that questions and questioners would be carefully screened, the questioners were hardly representative of the Republican audience. As a result, the debate was largely a waste of time-the base was unable to give voice to many of their concerns, and the candidates resorted to attacking one another.

However, one issue proved to be the exception to the rule: immigration. Though long ignored by the majority of Congressmen and senators, the subject of illegal immigration was debated frequently and at length by Romney and Giuliani, the two candidates who currently lead the Republican field.

Mitt and Rudy spent most of the night attacking one another, and they spent most of their ammunition on their respective records on immigration.

While neither candidate has been a particularly strong advocate for the enforcement of immigration laws, the debate does indicate that on a certain level, politicians are beginning to listen to the public.

All recent polls indicate that while Iraq’s relative importance in the public eye is beginning to decline, immigration ranks as one of the public’s chief concerns.

Unfortunately, as long as the federal government refuses to enforce our immigration laws, the responsibility for enforcement of immigration laws will continue to fall on the shoulders of state and local governments.

On that score, North Carolina’s record is pretty dismal. Our state government insists on giving aid and comfort to illegal immigrants, and Governor Mike Easley’s administration appears to be actively searching for new and inventive ways to aid and abet illegal immigrants.

Easley began by issuing drivers licenses to illegals; now his administration is offering them a college education (on the taxpayer’s dime, of course).

Despite the fact that over 80% of North Carolinians opposed this wrong-headed policy in 2005 (the first time Easley attempted to enact it), the governor insisted that it would not cost the taxpayers money to enroll and educate illegal immigrants at state-funded community colleges.

While Republicans such as State Senator Neil Hunt have offered amendments, Democrats in the assembly have continued to thwart all efforts to uphold the current laws. Hunt’s situation is especially troubling; an amendment to prevent state funding of illegal enrollment and education is proposed, and after unanimous support in the Senate, eviscerated by a Democratic committee in a closed-door meeting.

While Republican legislators may be fighting valiantly, they are losing. As long as Democrats control the legislature and the governor’s mansion, Republicans are at an extreme disadvantage whenever they lock horns with their opponents on the other side of the aisle. Fortunately, political victory doesn’t require a majority of seats in the assembly; North Carolinians are overwhelmingly against paying to enroll illegal immigrants in state schools.

Now is the time for our elected representatives to take a page from Reagan’s playbook; when Reagan wanted to cut taxes but lacked the seats in the House and Senate to pull it off, he went around the legislature and made his appeal directly to the people. Reagan asked citizens to write and call their congressmen and senators and communicate their support for cutting taxes; when the time came for a vote, Reagan’s tax cuts passed both chambers and were signed into law.

The same principle can be applied here. When partisan wrangling ceases to be effective, it’s time to tap the grassroots. Citizens who are represented by legislators that are soft on immigration need to pressure their representatives to abandon Easley’s “quasi-amnesty” schemes.

When public discontent on an issue is this high, there are only two options; get behind it, or be trampled. Easley and amnesty supporters, be warned; the name of the elephant in the room is Immigration-ignoring it won’t make it go away.

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2011 Stimulus Plan

Posted on May 8, 2012 by

2011 Stimulus Plan

President Obama has reached an agreement with Republicans in regards to what could be called the “2011 Stimulus Plan”. The tax reduction and spending agreement is broad based. It will benefit the whole economic spectrum of the American populace.

 

The framework agreement announced by the President secures vital tax relief and investments in our workers that will create jobs & accelerate economic growth. The plan has three key accomplishments:

 

Working families will not lose their tax cut. A typical working family faced a tax increase of over $ 3,000 on January 1st. That’s avoided under this framework agreement, and working families won’t see their tax cuts go away next year.

Focused on high impact job creation measures. The framework agreement includes some of the best measures for jump-starting growth and job creation, including a full year of emergency employment insurance benefits, an about $ 120 billion payroll tax cut for working families and a continuation of tax credits for working families.

This is on top of growth generated by extension of the middle-class income tax rates.

Does not worsen the medium- and long-term deficit. These are responsible, temporary measures to support our economy that will not add costs by the middle of the decade. The President does not believe it is affordable to make the high-income tax cuts permanent and will continue to have that debate in the years ahead.

 

Overview of the Framework agreement:

 

Extending the 2001/2003 Income-Tax Rates for two years. The framework agreement includes a mutually agreed upon solution to the impasse over taxes by extending the 2001/2003 income tax rates for two years and reforming the AMT to ensure that an additional 21 million households will not be hit with a tax increase.

These measures will provide relief to more than 100 million middle-class families and prevent a tax increase of over $ 2,000 for the typical family.

Additional Provisions Designed to promote vigorous economic growth. In addition to the 2001/2003 rates, the administration secured several provisions that are vital for our economy’s growth, which would not have been possible without this framework agreement: $ 56 billion in unemployment insurance, an about $ 120 billion payroll tax cut for working families and students; and 100% expensing for businesses next year.

 

Growth-Oriented Payroll Tax Cut for Workers:

The framework agreement reached by the administration includes about 2% employee-side payroll tax cut for over 155 million workers-providing tax relief of about $ 120 billion next year. This tax cut will have a major impact on jobs and growth-creating substantial numbers of jobs. It is widely recognized by economists across the political spectrum as a high bang for the buck way to boost growth and was cited by both major deficit reduction commissions as consistent with long term fiscal discipline.

A payroll tax cut has been endorsed by experts and commentators from across the political spectrum. Just last month, both the President’s Fiscal Commission and the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Debt Reduction Task Force described a payroll tax cut in 2011 as an effective way to spur growth and job creation. The tax cut legislation would provide for a transfer of General Revenues to the Social Security Trust Fund, ensuring no negative impact on Social Security solvency. And, as economist Nouriel Roubini wrote earlier this year, a payroll tax cut would spur growth because “for employees, the increased take-home pay would boost much-needed economic consumption and advance the still-crucial process of deleveraging households”.

 

High Impact, Job creating Tax Cuts for Working Families

Economic studies consistently find that lower-income households are the most likely to spend additional money, creating jobs & helping overall growth. That’s why the Congressional Budget office, for instance, has concluded that “policies aimed at lower-income households tend to have greater stimulative effects.” The President fought to secure a two-year increase of the full Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit. These provisions will, together, provide ongoing tax cuts to 12 million lower income families, with a total of 24 million children. In addition, the deal fully extends the American Opportunity Credit for two years.

Lower-income working families benefited by expansions in EITC and CTC

 

Families Children

Total 12.2 24.3

White 5.6 9.8

Hispanic 3.7 8.0

African American 2.2 4.7

Other 0.7 1.7

 

Illustrative Family: A working family with 3 children making $ 20,000 will continue to receive a tax cut of more than $ 2,000 as a result of the EITC and Child Tax Credit expansions in this framework agreement. The same family would receive an additional $ 400 tax cut from the new payroll tax cut.

 

Child Tax Credit: The $ 1,000 child tax credit will be extended for two years with the $ 3,000 refund-ability threshold established in the Recovery Act. This extension will ensure an ongoing tax cut to 10.5 million lower income families with 18 million children.

Earned Income Tax Credit: The Recovery Act included an expansion of the EITC worth, on average, $ 600 in additional assistance to families with 3 or more children. It also helped working married families by reducing the marriage penalty in EITC. Continuing this tax cut for two years will benefit 6.5 million working parents with 15 million children.

American Opportunity Tax Credit: The Recovery Act included a new, partially refundable tax credit of up to $ 2,500 to help students and their families cover the cost of college tuition. This deal fully extends AOTC for two years, ensuring that more than 8 million students will continue to receive this tax benefit to help them afford college.

 

Unemployment Insurance:

The framework agreement extended unemployment benefits at their current level for 13 months, through the end of 2011. This will save millions of Americans searching for work from losing their unemployment benefits in the coming months and will create hundreds of thousands of jobs.

 

In December alone, 2 million workers who would have lost benefits will continue to receive them because of this framework agreement over the next year, 7 million workers will no longer need to worry that their unemployment benefits could be eliminated as they search for jobs.

According to the Council of Economic Advisers, passing this provision will create 600,000 jobs in 2011 alone.

 

Business Tax Cuts To Increase Investment and Growth:

In September, the President called for temporarily allowing businesses to expense all of their investments in 2011. This growth-oriented tax cut was included in the framework agreement.

 

According to the Treasury Department, complete expensing could generate more than $ 50 billion in additional investment in the U.S. and would be the largest temporary investment incentive in American history.

The framework agreement also includes a 2-year extension of the R & D tax credit and other tax incentives to support business expansion.

 

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Sandi Lattin

Monster Tax

Russellville, Arkansas

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Washington Announced the End of the Recession Delayed More Than a Year

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Washington Announced the End of the Recession Delayed More Than a Year

Republicans do not want to mention the Democratic Party can not say

U.S. recession ended a year ago? It is, yes.

National Institute of Economic Research business cycle 20, the Commission determined that, this killed more than 700 million jobs, the evaporation of 4.1% economic growth, Americans eat 21% of the actual property of the economic recession was the end of June 2009.

Delayed more than a year announced

As the official arbiter of the U.S. economy, the National Institute of Economic Research announced that the timing of start and end the economic cycle has been the public incredible. Americans until the end of 2008 only from the agency was informed that the recession began in December 2007 was.

Determination of the business cycle committee explained that the delayed decision to declare the recession year end, is to wait for August 27 release of the national income data to see the economic trend in 2009.

The Committee stated that if the economy turned down again, will mark a new beginning of a recession, rather than the continuation of a recession.

National Economic Research Institute is a private non-profit organization, founded in 1920, dedicated to science and economics, empirical research, absorbing half of the Nobel Prize-winning economist as a member of the United States.

Washington awkward silence

News of the recession ended in Washington met with silence. On the one hand, Republicans do not want to promote the economy started to grow more than a year ago; on the other hand, in view of the public did not share the feelings, the Democrats do not want to preach this “achievement.”

President Obama in the Washington area who attended a town hall meeting, and accepted questions from the public.

Chief Financial Officer of the American Legion said: “frank speaking, I feel tired. For you and your government for change I have voted for defense, but ignored the situation very disappointed, it makes me tired. ”

A is for the payment of interest on student loan law school graduates struggling asked Obama: “For me, the American dream disappeared?”

Sympathy for Obama more than confident when answering questions: “Even if the formal end of last year, economists say recession, but millions still unemployed, house prices shrink the people, struggling to pay bills day after day, still feeling real. “

Bad day yet in the past

Commission determination of the business cycle, Hall said economics professor at Stanford University, announced the end of the recession a year ago, may make the public confused, many people believe that “recession means that the bad days, bad days they have not the past.”

From the data, evaporated during the recession of the U.S. gross domestic product by 2.9% so far only to restore the family recover only 4% of the actual property.

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development report said: “The U.S. recession in the past did not show long-term economic damage and long-term unemployment, but this recession might produce these effects, we will experience in the next few years, while low growth and high unemployment.”

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