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A specter is haunting Europe — the specter of Socialism’s slow collapse.

clay — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:49:56 +0000

“The Socialists can’t adapt to the loss of their basic electorate, and with globalism, the welfare state can no longer exist in the same way.”

The Europeans, who first foisted the welfare state nonsense on the globe, now see the errors of their ways. Sadly, we here in the States seem hell-bent to not learn from them.

The European Socialists are resigning themselves to ‘going green’ and correcting income disparity (legalized theft). The lesson from this is to steer the GOP into developing an environmental conscience and in doing so steal from the Dems a portion of a monopoly.

Being green will not likely sit well with real estate developers, but the planet’s lungs are taking a helluva beating, and it’s inescapable that reforestation must happen to compensate for the clear-cutting of the rain forests.

This is one case where a move that will be seen as a tack to the left is needed. I think that a co-opting of this issue could cause here what is happening in Europe… the death of socialism.

Huckabee – US out of UN

clay — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:44:53 +0000

Huck nails it.

I can’t think of any person or business who would invest 28% of the cost of running an organization, and then listen to members of that organization blast you day after day, year after year. That is exactly what is happening with the United States and its membership in the United Nations. Even during these very tough economic times for our country, when we are incurring deficits in the trillions of dollars, we still pay 28% of the operating expenses of the United Nations.

Let’s end the diplomatic excesses that these people enjoy. Let any country that is willing to spend the money that the United States is hosting – let them have it. Give it to the Saudis and let these diplomats suck the sand out of the Saudi desert for a few summers and see if that’s where they’d like to go and make their ridiculous speeches.

For too many years the United Nations has held its hand out for our money, and then thumbed its collective nose at the United States. It is obvious that all of the well intentioned efforts to encourage reform within the United Nations have failed. We have reached the point of no return with this organization. Reform has failed – now we should ask them to leave our shores.

The original link to HuckPAC is down. I found Huckabee’s comment at an Atlanta Journal-Constitution article & changed it. –Patrick

Debra Medina rates attention in GOP Gov. primaries

clay — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:30:27 +0000

Her 2nd amendment stance is music to my own ears. I also like her private property stance. She rates a look. Check her out!

Rent and Taxes in the City of Austin

Its the personal liberty, stupid

patrick — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:01:01 +0000

Jennifer Rubin pens a look at one of our core beliefs- that advocating strongly for personal liberties should be core to the Republican partys strategy for winning future elections. Related posts:Gonna be a long term, O. Hannan on cries of racism re: Obama What can future GOP leaders learn from Margaret Thatcher? Related posts:

WSJ talks to Perry: fiscal propriety why TX rocks

clay — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 20:35:20 +0000

The Rick pontificates on Palin, Ahnold, and that choade Voinovich. It’s a good read, and illustrates that being pro-business draws good results.

“They spent too much money. They acted like Democrats. They got up in 1994 and said elect us, here’s our contract with America and here are the things that we’re going to do. And Americans said, by gosh, that sounds good, we’re for you, let’s go. And you know what, they went and did it for a while. And then, we took over everything, the presidency, Congress, senate—shoot, man—they lost their way. . . . And they started being more focused on maintaining power. They had ethical lapses. They had moral lapses, but the big issue was they started spending like Democrats. When they passed that pharmaceutical bill for everybody forever—I mean, one of the most expensive entitlement programs that this country’s ever seen before—we started on the road to hell.”

He adds, “I love George Bush, [but] the previous administration’s bailout, I happen to think, was as bad as any program on [Obama's] stimulus side.”

Mr. Perry does not see social issues as the raison d’etre of the Republican Party. “You may elect me if I am pro-life. You may elect me if I’m pro-family values. But you probably will not elect me if I’m not a proven fiscal conservative.”

Recently, Republican Sen. George Voinovich of Ohio complained that the GOP is “being taken over by Southerners.” Mr. Perry responds with a laugh. “He’s a piece of work, isn’t he? ‘You Southerners!’” he points his finger in imitation.

He adds, “I love George Bush, [but] the previous administration’s bailout, I happen to think, was as bad as any program on [Obama's] stimulus side.”

The reshaping of the GOP

clay — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:31:40 +0000

A new article from the CS Monitor illustrates the breadth of this reformation that’s taking root.

The mantra, the only mantra, should be ‘expand individual liberty’.

Whither the GOP?

clay — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:04:18 +0000

OK, it’s by now an established fact that Obama and his disciples have the same, if not greater, propensity for shooting themselves in the foot as W’s administration and the previous GOP Congress. (Broken promises, Fudged transparency, Debt problems, Orwellian actions)

The question is this: can / will the GOP seize upon this strategic over-stretch by the Democrats?

The GOP is -21 seats in the House, -12 in the Senate. The Dems have shown a remarkable ability to alienate moderates / independents, based on recent polling (Rasmussen, NY Post, Donklephant, Scared Monkeys). It’s not impossible that the GOP could stage a complete and total comeback in DC. It’s a big task, but it IS doable. (Listen up… I’m a pessimist by nature, and this ray o’ sunshine is all natural.)

What’s needed to pull off this coup? Individual liberty.

The GOP needs to re-prioritize it’s platform to fully and forcefully incorporate individual liberty as the basis for everything.

You’re asking ‘Huh? Don’t they do that already?’ The answer is a resounding NO. From the war on drugs to gay marriage to sodomy laws, the GOP is sadly anti-liberty, in ways that are sadly inconsequential to the nation. We’re going to lay out several plank positions that we think will help the GOP stage a takeover of the Congress. The theme that will drive these positions is: does this enhance individual liberties relative to the government?

It goes without saying that the GOP should be decidedly pro-2nd amendment. It will likely surprise some that we hold that the GOP must become ‘libertarian’; the war on drugs, a consistent failure, must stop. Regulation and taxation will succeed where the SWAT team fails. The GOP must abandon anything similar to poking around in peoples’ bedrooms. Opposition to gay marriage must be replaced with a position that the state has no business in marriage.

Speaking of business, ‘oversight’ will strangle businesses, as will the taxation required to fund this bailout. Businesses must be free to succeed and fail, yes fail. It is painful to endure failure, but the bailouts have set us up for bankruptcy.

There’s more to this ‘makeover’ idea, and we will elaborate on it later on. We don’t pretend to be the original thinkers for this, but we do contribute our voices to what we feel is a growing movement to steer the GOP back into the pro-liberty and pro-freedom camp, and thence back into pre-eminence.

Don’t tread on us.

Staring at the fire hose

patrick — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:52:39 +0000

In the past year, America has seen its national debt skyrocket, unemployment double, and its standing in the world stagnate, at best. In response to the economic crisis, the President and the Democratic Congress took the idea, “throw more money at it,” as policy.

This Congressional Budget Office debt projection should be reason enough for voters to cray out, “No more” and for Congressmen to bring spending to a screeching halt.

What that chart represents should be the sole plank of the GOP for the 2010 and 2012 elections. It’s enough, really. Leave it to the power-mad Democrats to be the campaign gift (or disease) that keeps on giving. Having learned nothing from the GOP’s 2006 and 2008 implosion, Democrats flail in office like they are unaccountable to no one. Whether it’s cramming through a vote on a trillion-dollar stimulus bill, attempting to purchase 8 private jets less than a year after crucifying automaker execs’ use of that mode of transportation, or attempting a massive power grab in the guise of reforming healthcare, Democrats seem more out of touch than ever.

It’s time for the GOP to realize its potential as the party of small government, fiscal responsibility, and individual liberty, since Democrats seem incapable or not interested.