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Obama: Fundamental Transformation of America

noreply@blogger.com (Bill Smith) — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 21:25:00 +0000

Editorial Cartoon by AF "Tony Branco

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Florida Delegation Votes On Fiscal Cliff Bill

noreply@blogger.com (Bill Smith) — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:03:00 +0000

How did the Florida Delegation voted on the Fiscal Cliff bill? Without any commentary, here are their votes on the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012:

Rep. Alcee Hastings(D-FL)
Rep. Allan West (R-FL)
Rep. Ander Crenshaw (R-FL)
Rep. Bill Posey (R-FL)
Rep. C.W. Young (R-FL)
Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL)
Rep. Connie Mack (R-FL)
Rep. Corrine Brown (D-FL)
Rep. Daniel Webster (D-FL)
Rep. David Rivera (R-FL)
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)
Rep. Dennis Ross (R-FL)
Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-FL)
Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-FL)
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL)
Rep. Jeff Miller (R-FL)
Rep. John Mica (R-FL)
Rep. Kathy Castor (D-FL)
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL)
Rep. Richard Nugent (R-FL)
Rep. Sandy Adams (R-FL)
Rep. Steve Southerland (R-FL)
Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL)
Rep. Thomas Rooney (R-FL)
Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL)
Rep. Austin Scott

Sen. Bill Nelson (D)
Sen. Marco Rubio (R)

Yea
Nay
Yea
Nay
Yea
Nay
Nay
Yea
Nay
Nay
Yea
Nay
Yea
Nay
Yea
Nay
Nay
Yea
Yea
Nay
Nay
Nay
Yea
Nay
Yea
Nay

Yea
Nay

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MERRY Christmas 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Bill Smith) — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 14:00:00 +0000

Remembering the Reason For The Season.
Christ's Birth!
To all Patriots and Friends,
Merry Christmas!

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As Florida goes, so goes nation of aging communities

noreply@blogger.com (Bill Smith) — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 20:29:00 +0000

U.S. Census Bureau, Decennial Census,
Population Estimates and Projections, 2008

By Luke Rosiak - The Washington Times: Baby boomers, those born between 1946 and 1964, have overwhelmed the nation’s infrastructure at every stage. But old age will represent the final and longest-lasting test, with all of them between 65 and 83 by the year 2029. It is the economic story of the century, happening before glaucoma-stricken eyes.

Stealth phenomenon
“The aging-in-place phenomenon is a stealth phenomenon because you know these people are around, but in 10 years they’re going to be older,” said William Frey, a demographer at the Brookings Institution.

On Kilmarnock’s Main Street, the dog park is larger than the children’s park, and in Lee’s Diner, all 13 patrons have gray hair, while four younger waitresses serve them.
“The pace is slower here. Even if it’s an emergency, you’ve still got to wait,” said Clifford Gratz, 83.

Kristina Ramsey, 19, waits tables at a bowling alley that fills with senior bowlers on league nights, but where attempts at DJ nights and laser tag failed for lack of interest.

“They’ll rub their silver quarters together for you. They don’t tip well,” she said of serving pastries to the geriatric. But the bay isn’t providing the waterman’s life it did for decades; farming isn’t as profitable; and other service-sector employers, like nightclubs, aren’t viable.

“It is hard to make a living here, unless you want to work in the nursing home or hospital or cut someone’s grass. After people graduate, they end up working somewhere else,” said Town Manager Tom Saunders.

Migration patterns, chiefly of the young following one another to meccas of cool with jobs and momentum, have insulated broader metropolitan areas such as Washington and Las Vegas, but they have exacerbated the age imbalance in other places, including Buffalo, N.Y., and Noble County, Ohio, where 39 percent of residents are 55 or older, compared with 21 percent a decade ago.

In Pennsylvania, 600,000 people 65 or older live in solitude, many of them women whose husbands have passed away, and they need or will need a gamut of services. They need young people to provide these services and to pay into the Social Security system from which they draw.

It is no surprise that people are fleeing places such as upstate New York, Appalachia and Ohio, where jobs in factories and mines that sustained generations have receded. But contrary to notions of Florida as God’s waiting room, most middle-aged to elderly are reticent to uproot and “age in place,” regardless of circumstance.

For America, growing old is a white person’s problem, and it is only immigration and higher birthrates among minorities that have stabilized the population of more cosmopolitan areas. There is a straight line between the white percent of the community and its share of elderly. With its large Hispanic population, Texas has the third-lowest rate of people 55 and older. One the other end of the spectrum are West Virginia and Maine, nearly entirely white, and with the highest.

So even those places that are not symbols of industrial decline, but merely reserved stoicism – places that haven’t experienced exodus, only failed to draw newcomers – have rapidly become retirement homes the sizes of small countries.

In Maine, the median age has risen from 34 to 43 over the past 20 years. In New Hampshire, Alaska, Vermont, Montana and Oregon, more than 6 percent of the population has crossed the age 55 marker in the past decade, rising in New Hampshire, for example, from 20 percent to 27 percent.

Rocking the suburbs
In distinct and isolated communities such as Kilmarnock, where an ambulance can take 15 minutes to arrive for a person experiencing a heart attack, and where expectant mothers must travel an hour to deal with complications because a maternity care center stands abandoned because of lack of demand, the most urgent effects of an age imbalance are felt.

The most prevalent changes are occurring in the subdivisions where the “Wonder Years” generation settled, in the vast and traffic-clogged tracts surrounding New York, Los Angeles and other cities.

“The suburbs are ground zero. That’s where the infrastructure gap is going to be the biggest. They were built for younger people: Parks, playgrounds, schools,” Mr. Frey said.
Four-bedroom houses purchased to raise three children have done their duty, but empty-nesters stay put, dusting vacant rooms attentively. Mom and Dad moved there to be around people like them. That they are now utterly out of place, two aging adults on a cul-de-sac with a basketball hoop out front and an elementary school down the block, isn’t apparent because their neighbors, too, have traveled life’s journey with them.

But the neighborhoods lack mass transit, for example, and that could be a problem when fading eyesight makes driving difficult.

“As a nation, we have to understand there are very tough issues we’re going to have to face in terms of government services and support for the elderly population,” Mr. Frey said.

If the AARP crowd wants Medicare and Social Security to be solvent, he said, suburbanites may have to welcome people who are different.

“The aging population has to think of what’s going to be coming directly and what’s coming indirectly in terms of supporting children who are going to pay for their support. If you completely cut out the money for playgrounds, that’s not going to happen.”

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Luke Rosiak is a projects reporter on The Washington Times' investigative team. He formerly covered lobbying and campaign finance for two watchdog groups as well as transportation for The Washington Post. This article was shared for educational purposes under the Fair Use Doctrine. Note one thing not covered by the article was the effect of income taxes on the aging. Florida as well as a few other retirement states has no income tax or very low property tax. Also Florida has a homestead exemption to property tax. Taxes are a motivational factor to families not tied to other states by extended families.

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Rep Allen West “Today the Army decided to seek the death penalty in the case of SSG Bale”

noreply@blogger.com (Bill Smith) — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:55:00 +0000

Allen West’s Facebook Status - Dec 19, 2012 Today the Army decided to seek the death penalty in the case of SSG Bales who murdered civilians in Afghanistan.

Three weeks ago the Army relieved the Military Judge from the Maj Nidal Hasan case and decided Hasan could keep his jihadist beard. You’ll recall Maj Hasan shot 43 American soldiers and Department of the Army civilians, killing 13 three years ago and yet we are still nowhere close to a trial.

A Marine combat veteran sits in a Mexican jail on bogus charges and the State Department tells the parents they can do nothing…and the White House Press Secretary has never heard of it.

This is the crazy, mixed-up world we live in. And America just voted for four more years.

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Sen Marco Rubio (R-FL) On Jobs And The Middle Class

noreply@blogger.com (Bill Smith) — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 22:43:00 +0000

Sen Marco Rubio (R-FL) Delivers Weekly GOP Address On Jobs and The Middle Class. In the Weekly Republican Address, Florida Senator Marco Rubio, says, "Americans are struggling to find or keep middle class jobs for two reasons: because our economy is not creating enough of these jobs and because too many of our people don't have the education or skills required for the jobs that are being created." To rein in our national debt, trigger economic growth and create jobs, Sen. Rubio offers, "We must reform our complicated, uncertain, job-killing tax code, by getting rid of unjustified loopholes. But our goal should be to generate new revenue by creating new taxpayers, not new taxes." Sen. Rubio continues, "The emergence of a strong, 21st century American middle class is the answer to our most pressing challenges. And it all starts with our people... There you will find the dreams America was built on. There you will find the promise of tomorrow."

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Congressman Allen West On His Future

noreply@blogger.com (Bill Smith) — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 01:59:00 +0000

Allen West Republic: Florida Rep. and Tea Party favorite Allen West, who recently lost re-election to Democratic challenger Patrick Murphy, appeared on National Public Radio Friday. Far from despondent, West spoke of Washington politics and his future role with his characteristic assertive, yet calm, tone.

By Charles Mahtesian, Politico relates the interview’s significant conclusion:

MARTIN: So what’s next for you?
WEST: Look, you know, God closes a door so that he can open up greater doors. I will continue to, you know, stand up and fight for this country. That’s my goal. I have two daughters, 19 and 16, and I want to make sure that they grow up in a great America that provides them all the opportunities that it provided to their mother and father.
MARTIN: Congressman Allen West is completing his term in Congress. He was kind enough to join us from a House recording studio on Capitol Hill here in Washington, D.C.
WEST: And always remember, Abraham Lincoln only served one term in Congress, too.
MARTIN: Duly noted. Congressman West, tha Abraham Lincoln, Allen West, Capitol Hill, Democratic, Florida, Patrick Murphy, Tea Party, United States.nk you so much for speaking with us.

Many commenters are interpreting West’s closing remarks as a hint that he may consider running for president some day. Perhaps, though, he only meant to say that one can still be a pivotal figure, even if they only serve one term in Congress.

Time will tell.

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Florida: Status of State Health Insurance Exchanges

noreply@blogger.com (Bill Smith) — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 19:48:00 +0000

ARRA News Service: ObamaCare Exchanges Are NOT A Done Deal! Our Partners at Americans For Limited Government are tracking updates as they occur.

The following is the most current information as of 3:16 PM Eastern on November 19.

By John Vinci — Governors and other state officials, across the states, are deciding whether their state will establish a Health Insurance Exchange. The Department of Health and Human Services has given States until Friday, December 14, 2012 to decide. We have been following this issue closely and here’s the status of the states as best as we can tell.
.... [Full Report]

Brief Summary:
- 20 States NOT establishing a State Exchange - This includes Florida. Note on FL: Florida Gov. Rick Scott Ready To Negotiate State Exchange Kaiser Health News (November 16, 2012).
- 11 Undecided States.
- 3 States opting to establish a federal “partnership” Exchange.
- Presently, only 16 States plan to establish a State Exchange.

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Allen West Concedes Congressional Race

noreply@blogger.com (Bill Smith) — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 20:39:00 +0000

Rep. Allen West (R-FL) conceded defeat Tuesday to Democratic Patrick Murphy. While his congressional career has been temporarily ended, he will be back. He has been one of the strong voices for conservatism and tea party movement. He lost due to partly due to redistricting.

Lt. Col. - Ret. Allan West has served two decades in the military and will remain a voice on behalf of conservatives. West said, “Just as I did in the deserts of Iraq and Afghanistan, just as I did on Capitol Hill, I will continue to fight for our republic.” Liberal wither do not understand that statement of hate West for being a black conservative.

Rep. Pete Sessions (R, Tx) identified that House Republicans lost a strong voice. Sessions said, “Allen’s intense love of God and country has electrified our Republican team.”

I look forward to continuing to support Mr. West. He is definitely is mo be a contributor on this site. Go West!

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As Allen West Fights For His Political Life, Where’s The Cavalry?

noreply@blogger.com (Bill Smith) — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 19:34:00 +0000

By Tom Tillison, Florida Political Press: As Allen West continues to fight for his political life amid a number of bizarre actions taken by St. Lucie County Supv. of Elections Gertrude Walker, a disturbing thought keeps creeping into my head.

As for the ‘bizarre actions’, West’s campaign made the following statement; “What was originally viewed as dangerous incompetence on the part of Gertrude Walker now appears more and more like a willful attempt to steal the election for Patrick Murphy. Nothing about this story adds up.”

From the jump, West has been a prolific fundraiser and needed little help from the Republican Party structure in his reelection bid, which worked out well because that’s exactly what he got… little help.

Despite being put into a much more difficult situation as a result of redistricting, courtesy of Florida’s Republican controlled legislature. Just as we saw with another Republican rookie lawmaker, Sandy Adams, who was literally forced into a no-win situation.

Adams lost to Republican elitist John Mica, a 20 year fixture in Washington, in a race featuring a tea party freshman up against the establishment wing. A race many billed as being about the heart and soul of the party. Upon prevailing, Mica arrogantly stated;

“They said this was about the soul of the Republican Party. I’m happy to report that the heart and soul of the Republican Party is strong in Central Florida.”
Hmmmm… what are the similarities between West and Adams?

He’s a man, she’s a women. He’s black, she’s white. Thus far, they seem to be polar opposites. But there must be something linking these two other than both being Republicans.

Well, both call themselves fiscal conservatives. Both were freshman lawmakers. Wait a minute. I think we’re getting close. What else, what else… there’s got to be something more…

I think I’ve got it! Each of these candidates were tea party favorites! Oh, and Allen West just happened to have endorsed Sandy Adams in her contest against Mica.

By the way, did you catch what Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner said the other day when asked about the tea party?

“We don’t have a tea party caucus to speak of in the House. All of us who were elected in 2010 were supported by the tea party.”
So Allen West’s political career is now in the hands of the St. Lucie County SOE, a woman that couldn’t explain to local media why her reports showed a 141% turnout (two ballot cards), who decides to recount votes at her discretion with little explanation.

And to the surprise of no one, the media are inexplicably bored, other than waiting to officially declare West done.

In the face of it all, Allen West stands alone, fighting for what is right, a fair and accurate election. Yet, where is the cavalry? Or will he be left alone in taking a stand in the face of what appears to very questionable behavior by local election officials?

For Democrats, Allen West represents everything they stand against – a black conservative Christian that loves his country. So certainly it would be a big win to eliminate him. As for the establishment wing that controls the GOP, who often found the 2010 tea party class refusing to tow the company line, just how upsetting would it be to see West taken out?

Or is that questioned answered when we ask where is the RPOF? The RNC? The NRCC?

NRCC Chair Pete Sessions was certainly motivated to come to Central Florida during the 2010 election cycle, what does this race not have that compelled him to eagerly intervene in D24 two years ago?

Or is that what grassroots conservatives can expect from the “heart and soul” of the Republican Party as we watch the Democratic Party build on their Franken collection?
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Tom Tillison is an integral part of the tea party movement in Orlando and an early critic of the bias in today's media. He's the original founder of the Central Florida Tea Party Council and Editor-In-Chief of the Florida Political Press.

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Florida - Decision Simplified

noreply@blogger.com (Bill Smith) — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 23:56:00 +0000

Vote for Connie Mack and for repeal of Obamacare!

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This Our Moment | This is Our America | With Allen West

noreply@blogger.com (Bill Smith) — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 20:48:00 +0000

NRCC: For generations, we've understood that with a little hard work, nothing was beyond our grasp. It's time we had a government that worked with us, and not against us. The "This is Our America" campaign shares stories from candidates and regular Americans around the country who are fired up about the 2012 election and have faith that America is bigger than it's challenges.

We are the National Republican Congressional Committee, and our mission is to make sure Congress spends and taxes less, so the economy can get back on track.

TRANSCRIPT OF VIDEO:

Rep. Mike Kelly: I really think this election is not just for control of our government. It's for the heart and soul of this country. And if we lose this now, we'll never, ever regain it. It'll be gone forever.

Mia Love: For the first time, parents don't believe their children are going to have the same opportunities they've had. We are not better off than we were four years ago.

Rep. Allen West: When I think about what kind of America I leave for my children and my grandchildren, I can't saddle them with this debt. I can't saddle them with a dependency society.

Sean Hintze: We have to tighten our belts. I think that Washington has to do the same thing.

Rep. Stephen Fincher: We're about individual freedom, we're about communities helping and taking care of one another. We want to grow the middle class. Give every opportunity to people to be whatever they want to be.

Beverly Middaugh: I only ask for two things. Freedom and opportunity. Freedom and opportunity. With that, we can do worlds.

Susan Brooks: I think that this election, is one of two paths. Do we want more government intervention in our lives, or do we want less?

Fincher: Folks, this is the most important election of your lifetime. This is about restoring American, common sense, core principles back to each American. Giving you the opportunity to choose and decide what you want to be.

Kelly: And on that day, November the 6th, there can be nothing that holds you up from getting from where you are to where you need to be to cast that ballot.

Gov. Mitt Romney: I have a plan that takes advantage of the extraordinary opportunity that exists in America right now. That's going to get this economy going again and create jobs, jobs, and more jobs.

We've seen the last four years. We don't want four more years like the last four.

Kelly: We're going to fight. We're going to make sure we keep this America, this dream, this way of life alive for generations to come. It's incumbent upon us. It's not an option. This is one you don't walk away from. This is not a storm that's going to blow over. This is one you have to face head on.

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Florida Votes matters

noreply@blogger.com (Bill Smith) — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 23:20:00 +0000

Your vote matters. Vote for religious freedom. Vote for 12 million new jobs. Vote for Mitt Romney.

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Muslim Council Asks for School Holidays in Broward County, FL

noreply@blogger.com (Bill Smith) — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 20:01:00 +0000

WSVN-TV - FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (WSVN) -- A religious rift over a proposal to close school for Muslim holidays at a South Florida school district made tempers flare at a Broward County School Board meeting.

The tension was high at the Broward County School Board meeting as a proposal from the Council of American-Islamic Relations to add two days off from school to recognize holidays for Muslim students was discussed Thursday night. "This is not about gaining a religious holiday in any means whatsoever. It is about inclusively, equality and diversity," said Ghazala Salam of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.

The suggestion to add two days off detoured to a high religious debate and received heated responses. “That the group promoting and are asking for this is associated with terrorism," said Joe Kaufman, who opposed to the calendar change.

Muslims making the request for two days off was backed by the Council on American-Islamic Relations. "The Broward County Muslim population as of 2011, is 47,765," said Salam. "The student population in Broward County is 17, 721."

The committee debated whether to take the recommended two days off and designate them as religious holidays. "Change the language to vacation calendar and take the celebration out of it," said Diversity Committee Member Susan Yach.

Though the meeting was extended to an additional hour, committee members were unable to come to an agreement. The Diversity Committee will ask the Calendar Committee to join them to come to a conclusion.

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Adam Hasner for US House - "Generations"

noreply@blogger.com (Bill Smith) — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 20:16:00 +0000

Adam Hasner for Congress (FL-Dist 22)

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Florida, You're the Deciding Vote

noreply@blogger.com (Bill Smith) — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 18:02:00 +0000

by For America: Florida Senator Bill Nelson case the deciding vote for Obamacare. He should not be returned to the U.S. Senate. We need to repeal and replace Obamacare.

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Patrick Murphy's Plan

noreply@blogger.com (Bill Smith) — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 01:16:00 +0000

Patrick Murphy Plan to destroy Medicare, raise taxes on the middle class and enact crippling new taxes and regulations on small business. Murphy’s plan includes the largest tax increase in history for the Middle Class, $716 billion in cuts to Medicare, and job-crushing regulations and taxes on small business. Defeat Patrick Murphy!

Vote for Allen West for Congress.. George Soros Pledges $5M to defeat Allen West. Liberals socialists want West's voice silenced. Keep an outspoken conservative warrior in the U.S House of Representatives.

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2012 Voter Information for the Tampa Bay Area

noreply@blogger.com (Bill Smith) — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 17:24:00 +0000

Laura Rambeau Lee

Laura Rambeau Lee, Right Reason: Early voting begins this Saturday, October 27, 2012. The Supervisors of Elections have provided a list of early voting locations, which can be accessed by clicking on your county below:

Election Day is Tuesday November 6, 2012 and polling places will be open from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. . . .

In Hillsborough County, an additional referendum is on the ballot: Amends Charter To Require Financial Impact Statement For All County Charter Amendments And Countywide Referenda . . .

In addition, there are three Florida Supreme Court judges who are up for merit retention, and four judges in the District Courts of Appeal. For a record of their rulings, Restore Justice has prepared a guide, which you may download by visiting their site here. Please read their analysis and then make your own decision as to whether we should retain these judges. In a Press Release: The Republican Party of Florida board voted to oppose the retention of these Florida Supreme Court Justices.

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Laura Rambeau Lee is an active member in the conservative movement in the Tampa Bay area. She writes on political issues locally, nationally and globally, with particular concentration on energy, education, housing and mortgage, Shari’ah in the United States, transportation, and the U. N. Agenda 21 move to implement its programs in local governments across the nation.

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2012 Florida Amendment Voter Guide

noreply@blogger.com (Bill Smith) — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 16:50:00 +0000

WOW - 11 Proposed Amendments To the Florida Constitution! There were 12 proposed but Amendment 7 didn't pass the requirements to be on the ballot. The following excerpt shares the introduction to the 2012 Florida Amendment Voter Guide by KrisAnne Hall. Visit the online guide to the Amendments and the authors insights on the Constitutional way to vote. Don't change OR give up your future rights and those of your children without first Reviewing the Amendments and reading this guide!

By KrisAnne Hall: The Introduction To The Guide: This guide is designed to inform the voter on certain aspects that I do not see being presented in other voter guides. The voter is always ultimately responsible for their vote. I do not take responsibility for anyone’s vote; we will all answer individually one day for our choices. With that in mind, be sure that you VOTE YOUR CONSCIENCE!

As a general rule I am opposed to Constitutional Amendments, unless it is a truly Constitutional issue. Our Constitution is supposed to be the Supreme Law of the State, establishing guidelines for government, fundamental rights belonging to Floridians, and principles by which we are to govern. Statutes, on the other hand, are supposed to be the instrument we use to enact laws through legislation in our Republican form of government. Florida has gotten very lazy about these distinctions.

I had hoped we had learned about cluttering up our Constitution when we passed the “pregnant pig” and the “super train” amendments. For the rest of the country, yes, Florida did establish constitutionally protected rights for pigs, yet somehow we have a problem establishing constitutionally protected rights for unborn children. The Constitutional Amendment we passed for a High Speed Rail nearly bankrupted the state. We established that the people had a constitutional right to a form of transportation that we had no means to fund. Consequently, we had to pass another Constitutional Amendment to withdraw the previous one, uselessly expending an enormous amount of tax payer dollars on both ends.

With those two examples in mind, I would like those who view this guide to keep in mind a few things:

When you vote YES and pass a Constitutional Amendment you are creating a constitutionally protected RIGHT to something which includes the appropriate protections and assignments.

Constitutionally protected rights must be provided under equal access of the law to all citizens of the state, without discrimination.

If you vote YES, the only way to fix that amendment is through another Constitutional Amendment.

The amendment process represents a great expense to the tax payers. Laws should be passed by LEGISLATORS and put into statutes. That is how Republican Governments work. Repealing or amending statutory laws are part of the everyday legislative process. So if legislators forget to put something in a law or the law turns out to be a bad idea, the legislators simply amend or repeal the law through proper legislative measures. The Constitution provides the basis for the Legislature to create these laws consistent with the Constitution with language such as “The Legislature may, by general law, enact…” NEARLY EVERY ONE OF THE AMENDMENTS ON THIS BALLOT SHOULD HAVE BEEN RESERVED TO STATUTORY LAW AND NOT CONSTITUTIONAL LAW.

Why would our legislators want to use the amendment process rather than the proper legislative process? In some of these instances, they tried, but the legislation failed. They are cluttering up our Constitution to compensate for failed legislation. Perhaps in other instances, by enacting a law through the constitutional amendment process, they can mitigate their responsibility for the law; after all, it was the “will of the people.” We are a representative government, not a democracy. Our constituency is not adequately informed to make the necessary decisions on these amendments (e.g. pregnant pigs and bankrupting super trains).

If the Legislators insist on using the amendment process instead of the proper legislative process, I frankly see very little need to continue having legislators. We could simply move to a pure democracy, fire all those who feel too burdened to do their job and save some money.

We currently have 7 volumes of statutory law. If we are not careful, our Constitution will look the same. ....

Read the 2012 Florida Amendment Voter Guide.
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KrisAnne Hall is an attorney and former prosecutor. But more important, she knows and travels the country and teaches the Constitution and the history that gave us our founding documents. She is a US ARMY disabled veteran, a Russian linguist, a mother, a pastor's wife and a patriot. Awarded the Freedom Fighter award by Americans for Prosperity, the Certificate of Achievement from the Sons of the Revolution for her defense of Liberty, and Congressman James Blair Award for Defending the Constitution.

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Florida: Romney Signs, American Flags Torched In Veteran’s Yard, “Obama 4 Life” Spray Painted . . .

noreply@blogger.com (Bill Smith) — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 03:10:00 +0000

Weasel Zippers: Thug tactics for a thug candidate.

LAKE COUNTY, Fla. — Police are searching for the vandals who apparently torched more than a dozen campaign signs and American flags in a Howey-in-the-Hills veteran’s yard.

William Overbay said someone ignited the flags and signs, which supported Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, that he had lined along his yard. The vandals also painted a sign on his driveway reading “Obama for life,” at his DuPont Circle home, Overbay said.”

This is the first thing I saw was this sign painted on my driveway,” Overbay said.

Howey-in-the-Hills police say no one left any clues behind to identify themselves. Overbay said as a Vietnam-era veteran, the hard feelings caused by the vandalism run deep.

“To give that many years for my country and to see it desecrated in such a despicable way angers me,” Overbay said. “We have freedom of speech and to desecrate any kind of signs is absolutely despicable and a violation of the constitution of the United States.”

Overbay said he’ll be replacing the destroyed signs and flags in time for the election. [Original Source: "Click Orlando"]

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Fraudulent Letters Being Sent To Republican Voters In Florida Questioning Eligibility

noreply@blogger.com (Bill Smith) — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 21:18:00 +0000

Editorial Comment: This letters are beyond a Mail hoax, they are "Mail Fraud" and an attempt to interfere with the election process in Florida. But it very doubtful that we will find AG Eric Holder going after this issue!

by Tom Tillison, Florida Political Press:

Update – Letters have been received in at least 21 Florida counties and most appear to be originating from Seattle, Washington – notorious for being one of the most corrupt areas in the country when it comes to voter fraud.

In addition, Republican Party of Florida Chairman Lenny Curry received one of the fake letters on Tuesday.

Curry said in a release; “This type of activity is not only disgusting, it is criminal, and must be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. I call on Florida Democrats to join me in condemning this false letter writing campaign that appears to target likely voters in Florida, and help RPOF get the word out about this false campaign.”

Voters all across Florida are receiving hoax letters in their mailboxes indicating that the county Supervisor of Elections office is questioning their status to vote in the upcoming Presidential Election.

Orlando’s Fox 35 reports of at least 5 letters being received as far away as Collier County, and voters here in Orange County have also received them . . .

The letters do not have an official return address and calls into question the voter’s citizenship, saying the resident is not eligible to vote unless a letter is returned in an enclosed form within 15 days.

Almost predictably, the recipients seem to be exclusively white, registered Republicans who consistently vote in elections – ‘Super-Voters’ as they are termed.

There is no telling at this point how wide spread the problem is. The Florida Division of Elections is aware and investigating the matter, which is against the law. If you should receive such a letter, contact your local officials immediately.

Buckle up folks, the next two weeks promises to be a bumpy ride!

Related Article – Palm Beach Republican Bill Diamond’s voter suppression letter

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Al Lawson - Wrong Prescription for Florida

noreply@blogger.com (Bill Smith) — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 18:08:00 +0000

Americans For Tax Reform::

Democrat Al Lawson (FL-02)

Al Lawson has the wrong prescription for Florida.

Lawson supports Obamacare...

Hitting middle-class families with a tax

Cutting 700 billion dollars from Medicare spending...

44 billion dollars from Florida.

And creating a board of unelected bureaucrats with the power to cut further

...threatening Florida seniors' access to care

Al Lawson

Higher taxes

And cuts to Medicare spending...

the wrong prescription for Florida.

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Lt. Col. Allen West | This is Our America

noreply@blogger.com (Bill Smith) — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 01:50:00 +0000

by The NRCC | http://www.nrcc.org/west | For generations, we've understood that with a little hard work, nothing was beyond our grasp. It's time we had a government that worked with us, and not against us. The "This is Our America" campaign shares stories from candidates and regular Americans around the country who are fired up about the 2012 election and have faith that America is bigger than it's challenges.

We are the National Republican Congressional Committee, and our mission is to make sure Congress spends and taxes less, so the economy can get back on track.

TRANSCRIPT:

The American dream very simply is the fact that a young man born in the inner city of Atlanta, Georgia 1961 now lives here. That's the American dream. There's no such thing as a Somali dream, a Chinese dream, there's one dream --- the American dream and that's why people came to these shores.

Everything is at stake in this election. What America we will have is at stake in this election. I think it's a clear-cut choice ...

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Dictators Endorse Obama

noreply@blogger.com (Bill Smith) — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 22:58:00 +0000

Gary Bauer

Gary Bauer, Contributing Author: With tonight's debate focusing on foreign policy, I want to make sure you see the latest ad my Super PAC, Campaign for American Values, has produced.

Chavez, Putin and Castro endorse Obama...do you? If dictators are endorsing Barack Obama, why should American voters?

Please share this message with your friends and family members. Help us spread the word!

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Want to vote twice for Obama in Florida? Hope Not!

noreply@blogger.com (Bill Smith) — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 18:02:00 +0000

By Dr. Bobby Eberle, GOPUSA: In a stunning undercover video, reporters posing as voters questioned Barack Obama's Organizing for America volunteers about being able to vote twice for Obama. Not once were the reporters told that voting twice was against the law and that if the volunteers helped them, they would be breaking the law too. Instead, there was just laughter at the idea of illegally voting twice for Obama. Check it out...

The video was produced by Project Veritas, an organization whose mission is "to investigate and expose corruption, dishonesty, self-dealing, waste, fraud, and other misconduct in both public and private institutions in order to achieve a more ethical and transparent society."

Here's a good summary of the video from Watchdog.org:

A staff person working on the president's re-election campaign helped an undercover journalist register to vote for Barack Obama in Florida despite the reporter's expressed intention to vote twice in the hotly contested presidential race, video reviewed by Watchdog.org shows.

The video, produced by independent journalist James O'Keefe, also shows Democratic activists helping register in New York an undercover reporter who says he's going to vote twice -- in Minnesota and in New York.

But the most arresting footage shows an Organizing for America staffer in the group's Houston office providing a video journalist with an application to request a Florida mail-in ballot, even though the journalist has made it clear she intends also to vote in Texas.

Just take a look at how easy it was to get information on voting in Florida when the reporter specifically stated that she was also going to vote in Texas:
Undercover reporters ask OFA (Organizing for America, President Obama's
Grassroots arm of his re-election campaign) staffers for advice on double voting.
In each circumstance the staffers are complicit in the illegal implications of voting twice.
As noted by New Jersey Assemblyman Declan O'Scanlon, the reporter should have been warned at the potential illegality of her actions.

"It's not a violation until the (second) vote is cast."

"The worker should have said, 'That's illegal, you can only vote in one place. Which is it going to be?'" O'Scanlon said. New Jersey was one of the states where O'Keefe filmed his investigation.

With less than a month to go, this is what America is dealing with Whether it's the media, volunteers, or Barack Obama and his campaign, there are groups who will stop at nothing to ensure Obama's reelection. We must all be watchful of what's going on and let other's know what Organizing for America is all about.

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