Katie Pavlich's brave, detailed accounting of the Obama administration scandal is well cited and a gut wrenching, albeit protracted, read (at least it was for THIS criminal justice major). She knows the scandal from a local perspective, did her homework, shared it eloquently, and has braved her subsequent consequences. Well done, Katie. The cause of liberty salutes you.
What do you call it? Read the book before you judge.
Eric Holder (and his minions at the ATF, DOJ & HSA) should be on trial for first degree murder. Barack Obama should apologize to the Mexican government. The whistle blowers should be promoted, the business-owners lauded. All drug/gun-rights wars should cease immediately. Journalists should report it. Justice should be served.

But it won't, unless you vote Ron Paul.

The Morning After was written by my friend Joey Griffin for Political Ruck.us.  With each week's submission I watch his frustration grow.  This particular amendment symbolizes so much of what has gone awry in our government, and Joe does a fantastic job of venting for us.

On May 5, 2012, at 11:57 PM, Kelly McRae wrote: (to my SC state house and senate representatives)

I demand our legislature give our candidates a second-chance to file their SEI forms. I stand against offering middle school girls the guardisil vaccine and am aware it is in your financial best interests, but ask that you abstain from interference. Lastly, I am in favor of the competitive gold/silver legal tender bill soon to be placed on the floor. Excellent idea for the South Carolina economy to surge ahead.

Kelly McRae

I got a response. One, out of ALL state representatives, provided a non-automated response. And here is is.



Thank you.

I will support efforts for second-chance filing.
I almost always vote against more big government.
I support the gold-silver legal tender bill.
Feel free to contact me anytime,

Rep. Bill Chumley (864-303-etc)

Hey Democrats, fracking wouldn't exist without subsidies.  Please stop throwing money at the government.  It is ill equipped to cope.
Hey Republicans, the planet is warming up.  Perhaps we could get a little solution oriented?

as a launching site to learn more about CISPA try here ...
to contact your representatives click here ...  
Eg, this is what I sent to Sen. Graham, specifically as a supporter of NDAA he needs some redirecting.
"NDAA, SOPA, PIPA were bad enough.  CISPA is an abomination.  I could have characterized it under "security", but that is YOUR (the representatives in DC) ruse.  My reality is that CISPA represents an ethics violation.  Please concern yourself with the bleak economic future and current civil infringement this bill encompasses.  Please do not vote in favor of CISPA."

Some of my biggest questions get answered, flush with wisdom

by Shane McRae
As far as violence in the streets goes, that perhaps depends on who wins. I am a huge Ron Paul supporter but he is probably the one most likely to cause blood in the streets if he wins because he wants to do away with so much of the government aid that people have come to depend on, in many cases for a number of generations. When their subsidies, welfare, etc. are taken away either because of a rational, sensible decision or because there just isn't any more money that is when revolution is highly likely to occur.

Millions of people in many western countries don't know how to live any more without government help. Here in Bali we see the other extreme. If people don't have the money to buy food they go hungry. Somewhere in the middle there would be a humane point at which people are educated, have decent health care, and are supported only when they are truly needy. But that point is difficult to find and never holds for long. Politicians in any democracy very soon learn that they can find ways to buy votes through welfare.

In 1887 Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinburgh, had this to say about the fall of the Athenian Republic some 2,000 years prior:

"A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government.  A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury.  From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse over loose fiscal policy (which is) always followed by a dictatorship."

"The average age of the world's greatest civilizations from the beginning of history, has been about 200 years.  During those 200 years, these nations always progressed through the following sequence:
From bondage to spiritual faith;
From spiritual faith to great courage;
From courage to liberty;
From liberty to abundance;
From abundance to complacency;
From complacency to apathy;
From apathy to dependence;
From dependence back into bondage."

Born 1776, Died 2012

There couldn't be more at stake than on November 6, 2012.

* my appreciation to Jack Boylston for this post

Why is Rubio refusing to even consider Veep?

Romney has a plethora of skeletons with which Obama will beat him upside the head.  Silly of Fox not to dust it now.

Usury doesn't have to be part of the human condition.  But humour does.  Thank you Joey.