Update on Colorado’s Amendment Propositions 47, 49, 54
October 12, 2008 | Filed Under Business, Constitution, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, Government, Corruption, Media Bias, News, Publius Contributor, Society/Culture, Unions, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments
-By Warner Todd Huston
The folks at the Aspen Times have come out in support of Amendment 54 this week. In November Coloradans will be tasked with voting on three Amendments that are ostensibly anti-union measures of which 54 is one. The Times also reports that several other union oriented amendments have been removed from the ballot.
The Aspen Times came out against Amendments 47 and 49 but for a curious reason.
To us, the first question to ask about all these measures is whether they merit a constitutional amendment. There should be a compelling reason to amend the Colorado Constitution, and we don’t think a tug-of-war between business and labor belongs in the state’s most fundamental guiding document — regardless of which side you’re on.
Unfortunately, the time to fight that battle is before such measures end up on the ballot, not after! Still, the point is well taken on merits.
The Times does see “merit” in 47, though.
Reasons Why No One Should Vote for Obama Except His Family and Friends!
October 12, 2008 | Filed Under Communism, Constitution, Democrats/Leftists, Don Boys, Elections, Media Bias, News, President, Publius Contributor, Socialism, Society/Culture, Taxes | No Comments
-By Don Boys, Ph.D.
Every person has a right to his own opinions but no one has a right to his own facts. The Obama facts that follow should limit those voting for him to his immediate family, a few friends, and of course all committed racists and socialists.
Like all sane citizens, I want the best candidate to win the office of President. After all, we are all in the same boat and if one end goes down, we all go down. After a thorough examination of the relevant facts, I cannot vote for Obama for the following reasons:
He is the Senate’s most liberal Senator and Joe Biden is the third most liberal. Some people have accused me of not liking liberals so let me set the record straight. I don’t! They have done more harm to our nation than the Communist Party (their first cousins). Liberals march and scream over the slaughter of baby seals in Newfoundland and destruction of the spotted owl but they can’t squeeze out a single tear for the butchered babies who can’t even raise a whimper of protest against their slaughter.
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Is Obama Even a Citizen of This Country?
October 11, 2008 | Filed Under Constitution, Democrats/Leftists, Elections, Media Bias, President, Publius Contributor, Security/Safety, Society/Culture, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments
A Democrat lawmaker and Lawyer says that Barack Obama is not a natural born U.S. citizen. That makes him ineligible to run for president. I am skeptical of the claim, but Obama refuses to prove otherwise.
What Part Of “Shall Not Be Infringed” Don’t You Understand, Senator?
October 11, 2008 | Filed Under 2nd Amendment, Anti-Americnaism, Congress, Constitution, Democrats/Leftists, Frederick Meekins, History, Media Bias, News, Publius Contributor, Security/Safety, Society/Culture | No Comments
-By Frederick Meekins
In her brief time in the national spotlight, Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin, if nothing else, has rejuvenated the debate in this country regarding certain fundamental values. Interestingly, not all of this stems directly from the candidate’s spoken statements but rather from a number of comments made about her by her Democratic counterpart Senator Joseph Biden.
From comments made on Fox and Friends mentioned in an Associated Press article titled “Biden says Palin family is off limits to critics”, voters learn that, to the Delaware Senator, government and politics are the ultimate and perhaps only source of values, truth, and hope.
In analyzing Palin’s acceptance speech, Biden remarked, “I didn’t hear the phrase ‘middle class’ mentioned. I didn’t hear a word about healthcare. I didn’t hear a word about what we’re going to do about the housing crisis, college education, and all the things that the middle class is being burdened by now.”
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Newsweek: Obama Just like Lincoln?
October 7, 2008 | Filed Under Constitution, Democrats/Leftists, Education, History, Media Bias, President, Publius Contributor, Society/Culture, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments
-By Warner Todd Huston
Howard Fineman has no knowledge of history. In fact, it would not surprise me if we should find out some day that, in his original draft of this absurd comparison of Lincoln to Obama, he even spelled Lincoln’s name wrong. It is just that obvious that Fineman knows nothing of what he speaks. You see, Howard Fineman has decided that Barack Obama is somehow just like Abraham Lincoln. This is hero worship at its worst without being weighed down by any facts. It’s so bad that one wonders if Fineman had a Matthewsian “thrill up his leg” when writing this sycophantic slop?
In pondering if he should write a story about Obama’s connections to Chicago, Illinois, Fineman found his mind wandering to Abraham Lincoln — “the only president ‘from’ that city,” as Fineman says.
And right there we have the first stretch of reality to fit Fineman’s gauzy feelings. Lincoln was neither from nor “from” Chicago. Lincoln certainly visited the city during his lifetime but he never lived in Chicago and was never considered “from” there. His political machine was also not “from” there. His was very much a down state machine centered in Springfield, the State Capitol. So right off the top we have a tenuous connection between Lincoln and Obama whipped up to absurd proportions in Fineman’s mind.
The Bailout in Layman’s Terms
October 6, 2008 | Filed Under Budget, Constitution, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, Ken Marrero, Socialism, Taxes | No Comments
-by Ken Marrero
Now that our Representatives in DC are done abasing themselves before political logic at the altar of “Being seen doing something, no matter how destructive, is better than being seen doing nothing!”, let’s take a look at what just happened.
Stripped to essentials, you and I are being forced to buy something the current owners don’t want and which destroyed individuals and companies which owned even some of it. Government believes the magic pixie bailout dust which will ensure success is assuming responsibility for all of it.
Wall Street holds a bag full of bad mortgages. So bad, owning them has already destroyed companies with even a mix of good and bad ones. Government is going to buy just the bad ones! But Government has no money with which to purchase mortgages, good or bad, that doesn’t come from taxpayers. Your Government is buying, in your name and with your money, mortgages the mortgage experts know are bad, don’t want and wish they had never made.