STARVE THE FEDS

There’s no doubt there’s been a paradigm shift since the Health Care Disaster passed. For a short while, it appeared the media was shifting course ever so slightly by giving the Tea Parties more truthful and representative coverage than they had before, even if they got a certain detail wrong here and there. Now they are back to putting up the dog and pony show of portraying us as racist, bigoted, and severely lacking in compassion. This is the similar playbook that got us the whole “Nazi” themed crap from the August Town Hall era. All it takes is two people to ruin it – one person to engage in unacceptable behavior worthy of news media attention, and one person filming that activity and putting it up on YouTube. Two people is also the minimum requirement for conspiracies and collusion, and that is entirely possible that this is the case again. Too bad the prevalent ignorance wishes to disregard those scenarios.

There’s no doubt the anger is absolutely out there and manifesting itself time and time again. Protests are popping up everywhere and increasing in frequency. In addition to the health care protests, the visit to the congressmen’s offices, the Tax Day Tea Parties coming up, the 2nd Amendment marches, the protest against the work of Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner – I can’t keep up with them all. Then come the Democrat’s public relations move of publicizing violence and threats of violence on congressmen who voted for the health bill. You mean to tell me there’s not a single liberal who wished harm on conservatives? Not to defend anyone making threats to people’s lives and families, but this is a fringe affair, regardless of which side they are on. Anyone who thinks this is a one-sided deal is naive, and in this day and age, naivete is what is killing us. Naivete is negligence. Ignorance is negligence.

The political storm has been real and it has been upgraded. It is NOT unprecedented, but it is the most that many of us have experienced, as far as my generation goes (the so called “Generation X”, “Generation Y”, the “Millenials”, etc.). Trouble is brewing, gun ownership is the highest it has ever been; to ignore our political climate is to accept the inherent risk of being caught off guard down the road. Some of us are quick to state our rights but neglect the accompanying responsibilities. The true adults have learned to accept the give-and-take of both, and have learned to take it in our own hands when we know our unrepresentative government won’t do it for us.

The paradigm has shifted. Our country has inched further and further in terms of bigger government stretched out over one  hundred years that most of us hadn’t noticed until we starting thinking in big picture terms. When that happened, I don’t blame anyone for wishing it to STOP, and expressing it as needed. It’s time to back up, and reassess. We made our move – we told government to STOP and reassess. They made their move – by slandering us and pushing their big government initiatives anyway, called it “history”, and reveled in it. When was the last time the government reveled in pushing their will against who they claim to represent?

The time to “meet in the middle” has ended. If the extremes continue to push the envelope further, the middle moves in that direction by default. Any amateur statistician can tell you that. Therefore, “meet in the middle” is exactly the same as moving towards immoral big government, just not as much as liberals would like. From this point on, compromise is dead.

I feel sorry for those who wish compromise as a means of achieving political stability and peace. How can that happen when the pendulum has swung leftward for the last hundred years? How about I use the same logic as those who promote affirmative action? If the affirmative action folks want whites to be inferior for 100 years as reparation payments for the American slave trade era from 1776-1865 (not including the Colonial times and the Civil Rights struggle, back when the struggle was authentic), then let’s have small federal government for the next 100 years in return for the 100 years of Progressivism that we had been getting. How about that? Does that sound fair to you?

Big government is a disease that transmits slowly like mold does on cheese. I don’t mind typical liberalism and taxpayer funded social programs, so much as it is controlled at the state level. Otherwise, why bother even having 50 states? Having 50 different choices for law levels in a “live free or die” society has given way to which party wrestles control over one gargantuan superpower of a country. Power hunger is dangerous. Power hunger is more dangerous than an unethical CEO of the corporations that typical liberals hate so much. Conservatism does not matter in an age of Big Government. Liberals – why not just be happy with enacting your policies in your state and leaving the rest of us alone? Answer – greed and lust for power. Take, take, take, and take some more.

What a poetic concidence that the number of states whose respective Attorney Generals are suing for the rights of their citizens matches the number of original American colonies. Maybe it’s grown greater than 13 by now; I’m not sure, I haven’t kept right up to date since learning that Ohio won’t be one of them. Ohio will never know what Steve Christopher could have done for us, as he lost his battle to even be on the ballot. What a terrible loss and injustice to Ohio citizens. The “best” we can now hope for is anti-gun Mike DeWine, thanks to our joke of a Republican party.

For those of you so ignorant enough to accept one side, yet find themselves reading this blog at this particular juncture, understand this – we wish no violence, only to be left alone. We wish no federal power over you, just that the feds respect the wishes of the individual states. We wish no violence to eliminate those who disagree with us, but only the bare minimum necessary to defend ourselves, our liberties, our wealth that we earned and did not TAKE from you, and our rights (and the responsibility that rightfully accompanies those rights). Just as to be sure as hell that you will be shot dead once you break in the confines of our house, we will use whatever is necessary so you can’t take away any more than you have already taken. Guns are defense, not offense. Don’t force the issue to the point to where the best defense is a better offense. We just want our country back to its Federalist origins, where it damn well belongs. We seek not to eliminate liberalism, just at the federal level only.

Your move.

To take a break from everyday local political campaigning in order to reserve time for life feels like I almost needed Moses to part the Red Sea so I can stay dry. The process seems pretty all-consuming, and an empty schedule can be swallowed up in no time flat with very little notice.

However, as I have to reiterate to everyone, I’m not complaining. Despite a low budget and zero political experience, I stand an excellent chance of defeating a 24-year incumbent – an idea that is happening to many in today’s stormy political climate, and would have seemed unheard of even in 2007.

My heart is with all those who are rushing to Washington next week in order to give Congress a piece of their mind about the Health Care Disaster Bill. I suppose even if Washington ignores us and refuses to listen, then that doesn’t mean we can stop applying pressure on them. They need pressure. They haven’t seen pressure. If a “We The People” citizenry is starting to act like it for once, then I am not one to naysay them. Have at it!

I have got to hand it to U.S. Senate candidate Eric Deaton (Ohio) for coming up with even a better idea than term limits, and that is a “term limit”. Serve one term, and then you’re done. There’s no pressure to get re-elected, and provides more people with an opportunity to serve the public. The House of Representatives terms will have to be extended past their current 2-year terms in order to make this idea more feasible, but I like it. This wouldn’t solve all our problems, but it sure would force the federal government to make an honest living instead of a dishonest retirement.

Ohio Attorney General candidate Steve Christopher is getting absolutely railroaded. The Fraud Queen, Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner has probably topped her previously notable distinction. Any person outside of Ohio will best know Jennifer Brunner for her refusal to investigate over 300,000 questionable voter registration cards before the 2008 election. Barack Obama won the state of Ohio by approximately 250,000 votes. This is not to say that McCain would have won, but the refusal to investigate this situation, especially given ACORN’s predilection for hanging out in Columbus and Ohio State’s main campus, will be embedded in her political resume forever. Supposedly, ACORN is giving up their license and leaving the state of Ohio. Boy, do I feel so much better (at least until the ACORN people reorganize under a different name).

Back to Steve Christopher – I saw with my own eyes, a receipt showing that the candidate turned in over 2,700 petition signatures to the state of Ohio. Now Ms. Fraud Brunner claims that only 700 showed up (out of 1,000 required)? I call “bullshit”, and in essence, so does Steve, but in much classier terms than mine. It was almost a divine miracle that Mr. Christopher even got the signatures in time, since he announced his candidacy so late. For those not in the know, the late announcement was not a fault of Mr. Christopher’s, but a blessing. You see, Dave Yost was going to be the lone Republican Attorney General candidate, until Mr. Gang-of-14 Mike DeWine decides “hey, I want to run for that!”. Subsequently, the Ohio Republican Party, in a closed night meeting, decided to move Yost to State Auditor so DeWine can run for Attorney General. With the decision laying so close to the petition deadline, we were almost presumably stuck. Steve Christopher refused to stay stuck and stuck his neck out and got the petitions signed that he needed signed, and we’re glad we helped him get him there. Now the Railroad Department had to come up with some way to nudge him back out, and this was the best they could come with. Steve Christopher is fighting this, and we too, shall help him.

This is one ugly mess, and we are compelled to clean it up. Please help us candidates continue to see the pressure you exert on elected officials, and please pray that we continue to blaze the trail and set the standard for future candidates to live up to. Ever since the first day where I had the realization that I could win this race, I felt an immediate and borderline overwhelming responsibility to the people. This isn’t about me, this is about them, their lives, and the fact that they are counting on me to stand up for what is right. I think of them when I go to sleep at night. How do our current politicians do the same?