Happy 4th of July Weekend
First, as we enjoy this weekend with our families and friends, let us not forget the men and women of our armed services that make this weekend possible.
Today, July 4th, we celebrate our nation’s founding, marking the day in 1776 that the Continental Congress formally adopted the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson said the Declaration was “intended to be an expression of the American mind.”
To quote Newt Gingrich “The core contention of the Declaration of Independence and the principle of natural rights upon which America was founded is that there is a higher moral order upon which the laws of man must be based. The Declaration asserts the existence of “the Laws of Nature and Nature’s God,” which had a clear meaning in 18th Century England and America. It referred to the will of God as displayed by the natural order of the world. “
John Locke, wrote in his Second Treatise on Government: “Thus the law of nature stands as an eternal rule of all men, legislators as well as others. The rules that they make for other men’s actions, must…be conformable to the law of nature, i.e., to the will of God.”
Our government’s power comes from God, to you, which is then loaned to government. Thus, the Declaration states, “That to secure these rights governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.”
God Bless America.
RNC Rules of 2012 Nominating Process
The RNC Temporary Delegate Selection Committee held it’s final meeting this week and reported a proposed rule change for consideration of the RNC as a whole at the August meeting in Kansas. I was one of 15 members nationwide appointed to serve on this committee over the last year.
I have posted a copy of the rules change on my blog for your review. In summary, it moves the start date for the early primaries in IA, NH, SC & NV to February and all the other states are scheduled for March – June. It also states that any states that go before April MUST have some form of proportionality in their delegate allocation process.
There will be a lot of discussion and analysis of this proposal before the August meeting, so your comments and suggestions are appreciated.
http://www.thatssaulfolks.com/2010/07/01/rnc-2012-proposed-rule-changes/
Stratfor: The 30-Year War in Afghanistan
An Excellent Analysis
“The Afghan War is the longest war in U.S. history. It began in 1980 and continues to rage. It began under Democrats but has been fought under both Republican and Democratic administrations, making it truly a bipartisan war. The conflict is an odd obsession of U.S. foreign policy, one that never goes away and never seems to end…What the United States has never tried to do is impose a political solution through the direct application of American force. This is a new and radically different phase of America’s Afghan obsession. The questions are whether it will work and whether it is even worth it.”
Inside the Black Panther case Anger, ignorance & lies
DOJ’s attorney’s Christian Adams shocking story.
“The New Black Panther case was the simplest and most obvious violation of federal law I saw in my Justice Department career. Because of the corrupt nature of the dismissal, statements falsely characterizing the case and, most of all, indefensible orders for the career attorneys not to comply with lawful subpoenas investigating the dismissal, this month I resigned my position as a Department of Justice (DOJ) attorney.”
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jun/25/inside-the-black-panther-case-anger-ignorance-and-/
Former Justice Department Lawyer Accuses Holder of Dropping New Black Panther Case for Racial Reasons
Why Obamanomics Has Failed
The administration’s stimulus program has failed. Growth is slow and unemployment remains high. The president, his friends and advisers talk endlessly about the circumstances they inherited as a way of avoiding responsibility for the 18 months for which they are responsible.
But they want new stimulus measures—which is convincing evidence that they too recognize that the earlier measures failed. And so the U.S. was odd-man out at the G-20 meeting over the weekend, continuing to call for more government spending in the face of European resistance.
The contrast with President Reagan’s antirecession and pro-growth measures in 1981 is striking. Reagan reduced marginal and corporate tax rates and slowed the growth of nondefense spending. Recovery began about a year later. After 18 months, the economy grew more than 9% and it continued to expand above trend rates.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704629804575325233508651458.html
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Thanks for all you do!!!
Keep the faith!
