The Constitution Party candidates for Secretary of State, and for Auditor, each polled over 6%. If this had been the November general election, such showings would have entitled the Constitution Party to become a qualified party, since the law defines “party” to be a group that polled 5% for any statewide race. However, it doesn’t count, since this was just a primary. Furthermore, despite their good showings, the Constitution Party candidates won’t have their names printed on the November ballot, since they didn’t place first or second.
You can read it here.
6 %. For an almost unknown political party. Well done, indeed.
Categories: Candidates · Political Parties
I told you previously about the Consequence Management Response Force that consists of a Brigade Combat Team being based in Georgia
Three brigades form the core of the multi-component, multi-service response force: the 1st Brigade Combat Team of the 3rd Infantry Division from Fort Stewart, Ga., the 1st Medical Brigade from Fort Hood, Texas, and the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade from Fort Bragg, N.C.
The BCT is straight from Iraq and is known for clearing out terrorists. They are fighters; not medical rescuers, and not supply troops.
Today we learn that there may be more of these forces coming into play::
”We are now building the first of three CBRNE Consequence Management Response Forces,” NORTHCOM Commander Gen. Gene Renuart said in a statement.
“We have an organized force, a trained force, an equipped force, a force that has adequate command and control and is on quick response to head off to a large-scale nuclear, chemical, biological event that might require Department of Defense support.”
This overt militarization of America does not bode well. The National Guard is your friend. But the Army’s placement of combat troops on American soil bodes ill for America and for democracy.
When you vote this year, think about which candidate will reverse the militarization of America.
Ask yourself: Who will save America from domestic enemies building the capabilities to overthrow the Constitution?
Categories: Candidates · In The News · National Security System · ReasonableCitizenSpeaks · Washington
I know the publication has flaws and the contributors generally have grabbed the wrong end of the chainsaw, however, this piece by Nat Hentoff is very good. Setting aside strong moral convictions for pro-life, Mr. Hentoff is supporting Joe Biden because he believes that the needs of constitutional restoration are more important for the country at this point in time. I don’t know this man, or his background, but I admire his ability to choose one thing over another from a sense of conviction that the country is in trouble and that his vote may help.
In pulling the lever for him ( Obama) , I am actually voting for the vice president on the ticket, Joe Biden. As I’ve written in this column several times, Biden is a deeply informed and passionate protector of the source of our liberties – and our responsibility to guard and keep them.
During the course of his failed campaign for the presidency, Biden detailed how Bush’s disregard for the separation of powers “has undermined the basic civil liberties of American citizens. The terrorists win when we abandon our civil liberties.” I have not heard so insistent a ringing of the liberty bell from Obama, McCain or Palin.
Mr. Hentoff also tells us who stole out liberties:
I am far from alone in believing that the extent and the depth of what the Bush administration has done to the Constitution and to our standing in the world (very much including our allies) will remain unless and until enough Americans understand how much harm has been done.
Mr. Hentoff goes on to say:
And, as I’ve written during the presidential primaries and after, it was Biden who, unsuccessfully, introduced the National Security with Justice Act of 2007 that would have – among other restorations of our American rule of law – ended CIA kidnappings (”extraordinary renditions”) and abolished CIA secret prisons.
Listen to Mr. Hentoff.
Restoration of the Constitution is more important than political ideology.
Vote Responsibly and Save America
Categories: Bill of Rights · Candidates · Political Parties · Presidential candidate
