A nation without gun control
2/13/05
Let’s start with a simple proposition – one that has been supported by legal scholars and civil rights advocates for decades – and see where we end up.
The proposition is that the Second Amendment of the Constitution guarantees that governmental agencies in the United States will make no law infringing on the right of the people to keep and bear arms.
First off, any and all “gun control” laws on the federal, state, or local books are unconstitutional, and will be stricken.
What will be the result of this?
A very noticeable first result will be the need for the federal government to lay off thousands of employees of the Treasury Department, whose only job is enforcing the regulations of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms that relate to weapons of any type. Many, if not all, of these people can be absorbed into other federal agencies dealing with terrorist threats, for instance. This would prevent the hiring of thousands of new people for these positions. This is a definite plus for a government running on a year-to-year deficit.
The next result will be a proliferation of new gun industry business startups, to satisfy the needs of a public who has suffered under illegal regulations ever since the middle of the 19th Century. New gun shops, manufacturers, ammunition makers, and firearms accessory producers will proliferate, regulated only by local zoning laws that govern all businesses. What then?
Immediately, the price of firearms will plummet, since manufacturers and dealers no longer need to make toll calls to check on the worthiness of customers to purchase items, no longer need to buy and maintain records systems to record transfers and inventories of weapons, and no longer need to take time away from business to accommodate inspections from ATF agents.
People in need of a weapon for personal defense will be able to get one without waiting, without having to prove “need” to any bureaucrat, and without having to explain a thirty-year-old conviction for some youthful indiscretion.
There is a downside to this – ANYONE would be able to get hold of a weapon if the dealer is willing to sell him or her one. I don’t see this as being a problem, seeing that all the myriads of “gun control” laws now in existence have not ever stopped one criminal from obtaining a weapon, even weapons prohibited to the general public. A possible upside that may completely wipe out this detriment is that a burgeoning black market in illegal weapons will dry up, and with it, much corruption and violence.
A personal result, affecting everyone directly, will be that anyone who desires to carry a weapon will now be allowed to do so in any manner that they desire – openly or concealed. Let’s take a moment to consider this.
States that presently have the least restrictions on carrying weapons also have the lowest rates of armed violence and other violent crime. Criminals in such states operate with the knowledge that their next victim may well be able to defend themselves with deadly force, or that an onlooker may be able to step in and stop the criminal’s activities. Presently, in the United States, over two million instances occur every year where an armed citizen stops a crime from occurring. In the overwhelming majority of these cases, simply demonstrating that one has the means to defend oneself is sufficient to end the threat, without a shot being fired. The end of all gun laws will bring these benefits to blighted areas like Chicago, Illinois and Washington, D.C., areas in particular that suffer under the yoke of massive illegal regulation of weapons that are universally ignored by the bad people in society.
Along with all these new freedoms comes new responsibility. People now cannot sit back and expect the government to keep them safe, and they will know it. The big difference will be in that knowledge, since right now the police legally have no responsibility to stop a crime or protect anyone.
Parents will have to teach their children how to be safe around weapons. There are numerous safety courses out there now, and knowing how to be safe with a gun is much better than not ever being taught except by TV and the movies.
People will have to accept the raw fact that the police and federal agencies exist only to solve crimes and enforce regulations after a crime has occurred. Rarely can any of these entities stop a violent crime before it happens, and when they do, it’s almost always with the aid of private citizens.
Other side effects of the end of all “gun-control”
Devices that lessen the loud “BANG” of a firearm will cease being regulated by the federal government at $200 per transfer, and years in prison if the tax stamp is not purchased. Gun manufacturers will offer weapons so equipped off the shelf to anyone who desires one. This alone will cause the rate of deafness in shooters to plummet, and will make shooting ranges “good neighbors” in many areas once again. In Europe, many shooting ranges are now required to use “silenced” guns for this reason.
Contrary to popular belief, a “silencer” does not make a gunshot undetectable any more than a muffler on a Mack truck makes the truck invisible. The device simply takes away the dangerous and annoying part of the gun’s report, which is still very distinctive.
Anyone who wants one will be able to purchase an automatic weapon. In the years following the 1934 National Firearms Act and the 1968 Gun Control Act, thousands of gun collectors have had to spend $200, and submit dozens of sets of fingerprints and identification per transfer to obtain automatic weapons. Not once has any of these weapons been used in a crime.
On the other hand, there have been hundreds of instances where an ILLEGAL automatic weapon was obtained on the black market and used in street crime by persons who could not legally purchase any kind of firearm. Almost all of these instances involve drug dealers or street gangs. One that I know of that did not involve street criminals was the case of a disgruntled police officer who used an issued submachine gun in a crime of violence.
Anyone who wants one, and can afford to purchase one, can have artillery, tanks, flamethrowers, bazookas, or missile launchers. Good luck finding the ammunition, though. Today it is fairly simple for street gangs to obtain LAW rockets and Stinger missiles off the black market, so the criminal’s access to such devices won’t change. Legal access to these items by the everyday citizen will not make much of a change in daily life since most folks are not interested in these items, and the high price will scare off most other people, leaving only the wealthy able to obtain them. I do have to shudder at the thought of people like Bill Gates, Steven Spielberg, and Warren Buffet being in control of heavy artillery. Who knows what evil they might do?
Unintended consequences of gun control
The siege at Ruby Ridge was instigated over an unpaid $200 tax on a sawed-off shotgun that was planted on Randy Weaver by federal agents intent on infiltrating white-power groups in Idaho. The deaths of Weaver’s wife and child are direct results of the 1934 NFA as interpreted by overzealous tax collectors.
The siege at Waco which resulted in the poisoning and burning deaths of dozens of innocent people was caused by the allegation of an unpaid $200 tax on a machine gun, which was never found, and the possibility of unpaid taxes on “hand grenades”, also never found or proven.
Masked “ninja” agents have broken into homes, pets have been stomped to death, and businesses have been looted, all in the quest for perfect bookkeeping and attention to
bureaucratic detail.
Perceived problems with ending ”gun control”
What about school safety, you say?
Well, the shooters in every school shooting incident on the books violated dozens or hundreds of laws ranging from prohibitions against young people obtaining handguns and ammunition to federal laws prohibiting firearms on school property or within a certain distance thereof. If only one teacher or other faculty member had had access to a concealed weapon, many of these incidents could have been ended with little or no loss of life or injury. In at least two cases, in fact, citizens with legal weapons stood down the shooter and ended the threat.
For years before the current mentality about guns came into being, students routinely brought weapons to class and stored them in the cloakroom or their lockers in anticipation of some fun after school, hunting or plinking. School gun violence was unheard of. The difference today is certainly not the guns!
What about people carrying firearms into bars?
Well, people do that already, and there are laws on the books concerning assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated battery, and acting while intoxicated. A responsible person leaves his gun home if he intends to get plastered – and, for that matter, a truly responsible person knows when to stop drinking in the first place. We can rely on old-fashioned personal responsibility, coupled with enforcement of century-old laws to handle these cases.
Horrors! People will be carrying guns into churches and hospitals!
Again, those people intent on violence do so now, regardless of the law. At least there would be a chance for the people in the church or hospital to stand up to the threat.
What about the threat to police making traffic stops?
Well, if someone is going to react violently to an officer of the law, again, they will do so regardless of the laws on the books. Normal people do not reach for a gun every time they are angry or frustrated. People who do react in this way are called criminals or mentally ill, and society has had effective ways of dealing with them for a long time before “gun control” became the rage.
What about domestic violence? We all know that a gun in the home is 40 times more likely to be used on family members than to stop a criminal.
This lie has been debunked dozens of times. Again, normal people do not react with violence to their children or spouses, and for those that do, the availability of a firearm may just as well be the thing that ends the violent behavior as the cause of death or injury. If you would not beat your spouse or child with hands or clubs, why would you attack them with a gun? The idea that the very presence of a firearm increases tensions or violence is a myth, and attributes mystical powers to the weapon.
But – people will be able to mail order guns again! Don’t you remember that JFK was shot with a mail order gun? (This was one reason for the 1968 Gun Control Act)
Well, until 1968, people could order any kind of gun they wanted from the Sears Catalog and have it delivered to their door. Before 1968, anyone with $150 could have a World War II vintage anti-tank cannon and ammunition dropped off at their house without even a check to see if the recipient was over the age of 6 years. There were no instances of mass shootings, or hostage takings, or even street violence that could be traced to any other cause than a criminal or mentally ill personality. A benefit of mail order was that people, handicapped individuals in particular, who could not get to a licensed gun dealer could obtain defensive weapons in their homes. How many people have been beaten or killed in their residences by criminals who broke in, since the law was changed to prevent the good citizen from easily getting a gun?
People will be carrying gun on trains, buses, and airplanes! We will have a huge increase in hijackings and terrorist acts!
Let me put it this way – all the “gun control” on the books, all 20,000-plus laws of it, did not stop one of the 9/11 hijackers from taking over an airplane and crashing it. One passenger legally carrying a pistol on each plane, or the presence of one armed flight attendant could have stopped every one of these attempts with little or no loss of life except to the perpetrators. Our Congress has recognized this by voting to allow cockpit crew to be armed in the future.
Oh, no! People will be able to buy “sniper rifles” and those horribly destructive .50 caliber cannons!
Any hunting rifle worthy of the name is by definition a “sniper rifle”. There have been no instances recorded where a crime was committed with a .50 caliber weapon of any kind. Besides, .50 caliber rifles are real good at punching ½” diameter holes in things – they are NOT rocket launchers!
Assault rifles! Don’t tell me you approve of legalizing “assault rifles”!
As a matter of fact, the term “assault rifle” is hugely misused. The term properly means a fully automatic or “select fire” weapon with a short barrel designed for close-in combat use. These guns are no more deadly than any other except for the fact that they can fire more rapidly. The biggest concern about “assault” weapons seems to be the fact that these guns are perceived as “ugly” by those people passing gun laws, not that they have ever been used widely in crimes. Before the 1994 “ban” on “assault rifles”, very few criminals interviewed had owned this kind of weapon, and even fewer had used on in a crime.
What about “junk guns’ and “Saturday Night Specials”?
Bad quality in a product is a concern for civil suits, not criminal law. Manufacturers who make a shoddy product that injures the user or others because of a malfunction can be dealt with in the same manner that car manufacturers or drug makers are handled when they release defective, dangerous merchandise.
The term “Saturday Night Special’ comes from a racially insensitive song from the 1920’s. The same people who urge more restrictions on legal guns should henceforth consider using this term “politically incorrect” and quit doing so.
Some guns are designed to be easily concealed. This makes it easy for criminals to carry weapons!
Those same guns were designed to meet state laws on concealed carry. In the states now issuing concealed carry permits, the weapon must not be readily identifiable to passers-by. These guns are also ideal for a woman's purse. Banning them just leaves another segment of the population unable to defend themselves. Criminals will keep right on finding ways to do their crimes regardless.
Inescapable facts
One armed passenger could have stopped the terrorists who took over the Achille Lauro cruise ship years back.
One armed passenger could have prevented the throat cutting of a bus driver recently, resulting in the crash of a fully loaded bus.
One armed member of a church congregation could have stopped a shooter before he killed several worshipers in another recent incident.
One armed faculty member could have stopped the shooters at Columbine before the police arrived and shot innocent bystanders in an effort to end the standoff.
Thousands of women who work nights and in dangerous areas could have defended themselves from attack and not been raped or murdered.
Thousands of people on the streets of our most heavily regulated cities could have stopped thousands of violent acts every year.
Thousands of people in the poor areas of our large cities were not able to afford to buy and possess a weapon to ward off street criminals and break-ins. These are the people most hurt by present day gun laws.
Many, if not all, of the state and local “gun control” laws passed before the 1934 National Firearms Act were designed to prevent immigrants and minorities from obtaining defensive weapons. These laws are all immoral in their face, and illegal under several present federal laws prohibiting discrimination.
Gun laws do not stop violence. Only being able to resist with force can do so. This is why the police and the military are armed. Preventing the good people of our nation from exercising their Constitutional rights to do the same has resulted in uncountable misery.
It’s long past time to start repealing.
Friday, July 23, 2010
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
What's good for the goose...
Hoist by their own petard!
Saul Alinski's "Rules for Radicals" might be the next thing I buy - or steal. Knowing your enemy is vital these days.
Saul Alinski's "Rules for Radicals" might be the next thing I buy - or steal. Knowing your enemy is vital these days.
Important article
A long read, but very important to understanding our "rulers".
America's Ruling Class -- And the Perils of Revolution
Set aside a few minutes to read this - and an hour or two to let it sink in.
Knowledge is power.
America's Ruling Class -- And the Perils of Revolution
Set aside a few minutes to read this - and an hour or two to let it sink in.
Knowledge is power.
Monday, July 19, 2010
Zoning laws
I wrote this a few years ago, after moving to Beloit from Cary, Illinois. Somehow, I thought moving out here would allow more freedom. Silly me.
Zoning laws and Freedom
By
Charles A. Kuecker
03/28/06
I have in front of me an incomplete copy of the “Town of Beloit General Zoning Ordinance”, revised, and adopted August 5th, 2002.
In reading this document, I am struck by how far we have strayed from the visions our founders had for the way people live in this country.
Almost every aspect of life is regulated through this document. I am particularly concerned about the rules for agricultural land. The law has essentially made illegal the traditional family farm through rigid rules and definitions that seem to have been copied verbatim from some master document without any regard to the effect they will have on the community.
Following these rules, our country will never again see a traditional farmhouse, or a true Victorian “painted lady”, or a barn constructed by traditional methods. All of these have been outlawed in various ways.
It is illegal to open a small business on your property and “hang a shingle” letting your neighbors know that you are open for business – these activities now require a separate building in an area zoned for that purpose. Never again will we see a craftsman making furniture or an artist painting in their homes – because it violates the letter of the law.
It is illegal to have a second dwelling on your property in agricultural zoned areas. Say goodbye to a “mother in law” house, or giving your newlywed child a home on the family farm, so they can help out and preserve the farm.
It is illegal to have any employee on an agricultural plot, if the employee lives on site. You are prohibited by law from having a live-in nurse, farmhand, groundskeeper, or anyone else that might enable an elderly farmer to continue farming, or even living, on his own property.
It is illegal to store any “goods” for a “home occupation” on the property. One cannot pursue any trade that would produce a product, regardless of whether it would affect the quality of life in the neighborhood.
It is illegal to have a second story, or loft, over a garage, or to have an “accessory building” (read, barn) with a hayloft.
One cannot erect an antenna tower – such as used by radio amateurs – without first obtaining permission from the Town Board – who can refuse such permission as they feel fit. Simply stating rules for setbacks and maximum height is not enough – more control is required.
It is illegal under the law to post a political campaign sign in your front yard, again without a written permit from the Town Board. What ever happened to freedom of speech and our right to engage in political discussion?
A catch-all provision – Section 2.03 B 3 – prohibits “Undesirable Objects or Structures” – which directly prohibits a child’s tree house or playhouse, personal auto repairs if they cannot be performed within a garage, and anything else that the Town Board decides not to enjoy seeing. This gives those in power carte blanche to lord it over the people whom they should be responsible to, in any way that they see fit. In particular, this clause gives those in power a huge stick to quell political dissent, lest the dissenters be found in violation of this clause and fined, or imprisoned.
It is interesting to me that this document is rife with improper references – a Xeroxed copy of a list of amendments refers to sections that do not exist in the copy of the ordinance provided to us, and many things mentioned in the ordinance are not present – such as maps and included tables. The document is not available on-line, although the Town of Beloit has a beautiful web page describing the beauty of a housing development that was undertaken by the Town of Beloit without proper authorization by the people – a development that has lost the Town much money, and resulted in a lawsuit by some of the people supposedly served by the Town. The lawsuit was, of course, defended against using tax money – and the plaintiffs were ultimately bankrupted in their effort, as might be expected.
Since this document is not openly published on-line, it is impossible for citizens to read and understand it unless they go to the Town offices during business hours to purchase a copy. The Town of Beloit has not seen fit to provide a copy of the law to the local library – as any prudent person would expect them to do.
This last fall, an officer of the Town Board – charged with ferreting out violations of the ordinances, visited our property and issued a warning notice because we had several collector vehicles parked off a driveway, behind a garage – out of the public view – but illegal by the letter of the law that requires a “hard parking surface”. The officer bragged to my wife of issuing “over 400” tickets for violations – each of which would result in a fine of at least $100 for the property owner if not corrected in short order.
One neighbor has 10 acres of land, zoned agricultural, and was told he cannot keep “construction equipment” on his property, even though he runs a construction contracting business and was using the machinery on the property. None of his neighbors have ever raised an objection about this storage – but it’s against the letter of the law.
Another neighbor got a ticket for parking their own vehicle next to their driveway with a For Sale sign showing – because the car was resting on grass, not on the driveway. This was not a case of a pickup truck on blocks in weeds three feet high – this was a clean vehicle being sold by it’s owner – but again, in violation of the letter of the law.
Other neighbors were prosecuted for having a small two-wheel trailer, because it had no license plate – which is not required under Wisconsin law – parked on the grass next to their garage. I have a similar trailer I kept parked behind my garage – on the grass – next to that collector car I mentioned earlier. The enforcement officer neglected to mention it in his warning letter.
In my opinion, zoning laws are much abused and overweening in their scope, and a serious effort should be made to trim them back to the minimum required to preserve the quality of life in our community.
Zoning laws and Freedom
By
Charles A. Kuecker
03/28/06
I have in front of me an incomplete copy of the “Town of Beloit General Zoning Ordinance”, revised, and adopted August 5th, 2002.
In reading this document, I am struck by how far we have strayed from the visions our founders had for the way people live in this country.
Almost every aspect of life is regulated through this document. I am particularly concerned about the rules for agricultural land. The law has essentially made illegal the traditional family farm through rigid rules and definitions that seem to have been copied verbatim from some master document without any regard to the effect they will have on the community.
Following these rules, our country will never again see a traditional farmhouse, or a true Victorian “painted lady”, or a barn constructed by traditional methods. All of these have been outlawed in various ways.
It is illegal to open a small business on your property and “hang a shingle” letting your neighbors know that you are open for business – these activities now require a separate building in an area zoned for that purpose. Never again will we see a craftsman making furniture or an artist painting in their homes – because it violates the letter of the law.
It is illegal to have a second dwelling on your property in agricultural zoned areas. Say goodbye to a “mother in law” house, or giving your newlywed child a home on the family farm, so they can help out and preserve the farm.
It is illegal to have any employee on an agricultural plot, if the employee lives on site. You are prohibited by law from having a live-in nurse, farmhand, groundskeeper, or anyone else that might enable an elderly farmer to continue farming, or even living, on his own property.
It is illegal to store any “goods” for a “home occupation” on the property. One cannot pursue any trade that would produce a product, regardless of whether it would affect the quality of life in the neighborhood.
It is illegal to have a second story, or loft, over a garage, or to have an “accessory building” (read, barn) with a hayloft.
One cannot erect an antenna tower – such as used by radio amateurs – without first obtaining permission from the Town Board – who can refuse such permission as they feel fit. Simply stating rules for setbacks and maximum height is not enough – more control is required.
It is illegal under the law to post a political campaign sign in your front yard, again without a written permit from the Town Board. What ever happened to freedom of speech and our right to engage in political discussion?
A catch-all provision – Section 2.03 B 3 – prohibits “Undesirable Objects or Structures” – which directly prohibits a child’s tree house or playhouse, personal auto repairs if they cannot be performed within a garage, and anything else that the Town Board decides not to enjoy seeing. This gives those in power carte blanche to lord it over the people whom they should be responsible to, in any way that they see fit. In particular, this clause gives those in power a huge stick to quell political dissent, lest the dissenters be found in violation of this clause and fined, or imprisoned.
It is interesting to me that this document is rife with improper references – a Xeroxed copy of a list of amendments refers to sections that do not exist in the copy of the ordinance provided to us, and many things mentioned in the ordinance are not present – such as maps and included tables. The document is not available on-line, although the Town of Beloit has a beautiful web page describing the beauty of a housing development that was undertaken by the Town of Beloit without proper authorization by the people – a development that has lost the Town much money, and resulted in a lawsuit by some of the people supposedly served by the Town. The lawsuit was, of course, defended against using tax money – and the plaintiffs were ultimately bankrupted in their effort, as might be expected.
Since this document is not openly published on-line, it is impossible for citizens to read and understand it unless they go to the Town offices during business hours to purchase a copy. The Town of Beloit has not seen fit to provide a copy of the law to the local library – as any prudent person would expect them to do.
This last fall, an officer of the Town Board – charged with ferreting out violations of the ordinances, visited our property and issued a warning notice because we had several collector vehicles parked off a driveway, behind a garage – out of the public view – but illegal by the letter of the law that requires a “hard parking surface”. The officer bragged to my wife of issuing “over 400” tickets for violations – each of which would result in a fine of at least $100 for the property owner if not corrected in short order.
One neighbor has 10 acres of land, zoned agricultural, and was told he cannot keep “construction equipment” on his property, even though he runs a construction contracting business and was using the machinery on the property. None of his neighbors have ever raised an objection about this storage – but it’s against the letter of the law.
Another neighbor got a ticket for parking their own vehicle next to their driveway with a For Sale sign showing – because the car was resting on grass, not on the driveway. This was not a case of a pickup truck on blocks in weeds three feet high – this was a clean vehicle being sold by it’s owner – but again, in violation of the letter of the law.
Other neighbors were prosecuted for having a small two-wheel trailer, because it had no license plate – which is not required under Wisconsin law – parked on the grass next to their garage. I have a similar trailer I kept parked behind my garage – on the grass – next to that collector car I mentioned earlier. The enforcement officer neglected to mention it in his warning letter.
In my opinion, zoning laws are much abused and overweening in their scope, and a serious effort should be made to trim them back to the minimum required to preserve the quality of life in our community.
Let the impeachment begin!
Mr. Osama is pissing on our country again. He's been appointed the chair of the UN Security Council, in clear violation of the Constitution.
Article I, section 9.8 "No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign State."
Did Congress approve this?
So, let the impeachment begin. He would be charged with high treason - IF our government was not almost as corrupt and inept as the UN...
Correction - he may be inept and evil, but he's not a traitor:
Article III Section 3.
1 Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open Court.
2 The Congress shall have power to declare the punishment of treason, but no attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture except during the life of the person attainted.
So, unless we declare the UN an enemy of the US, he's not a traitor. The declaration of the UN as an enemy of our country is long overdue, in my opinion, but our present politics prevent this from happening.
Article I, section 9.8 "No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign State."
Did Congress approve this?
So, let the impeachment begin. He would be charged with high treason - IF our government was not almost as corrupt and inept as the UN...
Correction - he may be inept and evil, but he's not a traitor:
Article III Section 3.
1 Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open Court.
2 The Congress shall have power to declare the punishment of treason, but no attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture except during the life of the person attainted.
So, unless we declare the UN an enemy of the US, he's not a traitor. The declaration of the UN as an enemy of our country is long overdue, in my opinion, but our present politics prevent this from happening.
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Neat stuff
Saw this at View from the Porch:
A powered exoskeleton for the troops. I can see a slew of civilian applications - hell, I could use one around the farm...
Direct link
A powered exoskeleton for the troops. I can see a slew of civilian applications - hell, I could use one around the farm...
Direct link
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Interesting email from the GOP
Usually, I just trash stuff like this - but it's a fun thing, and it pokes fun at the biggest sad clown on the planet:
Try it yourself!
Try it yourself!
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Got published again
My letter about the state's attorney not enforcing un-Constitutional laws got published - on the same page as an editorial about the same issue:
Another prosecutor pursues a personal agenda.
WELL, AT LEAST it can be said that when district attorneys lose their legal bearings about enforcing the law, it’s a bipartisan exercise.
First it was Juneau County District Attorney Scott Southworth, a Republican, who warned schools that criminal charges might be lodged if the details from the state’s new sex education plan became part of the curriculum. Southworth argued that instructing students about condoms and contraception, prior to the age of consent, could put teachers on the wrong side of the law if the kids subsequently engaged in relations.
Now Jackson County District Attorney Gerald Fox, a Democrat, has drawn his own line in the legal sand. Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s gun decision last week, Fox says he no longer will enforce any Wisconsin gun laws.
WHAT DOES the district attorney mean? According to the Associated Press, his statement said Jackson County no longer will prosecute violations of Wisconsin prohibitions on concealed weapons, transporting uncased or loaded guns, carrying guns in public buildings and taverns — even carrying switchblade knives.
Fox says the high court ruling makes all of Wisconsin’s gun laws unconstitutional.
“These so-called public safety laws only put decent law-abiding citizens at a dangerous disadvantage when it comes to their personal safety, and I for one am glad that this decades-long era of defective thinking on gun issues is over,” Fox said.
He closes his statement: “Let Freedom Ring.”
THAT’S A POLITICAL argument, not a legal analysis. Ditto the earlier foolishness from DA Southworth.
In the first place, as legal analysis, Fox’s stand would be wildly wrong.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruling was an extension of an earlier decision, originating in the District of Columbia, which had established that the Second Amendment included an individual right to own firearms — not just that states could maintain an armed “well-regulated militia.” Last week’s ruling affirmed that the right exists in all 50 states, not just the federally-controlled D.C. zone.
The decision did not strike down, as Fox seems to believe, any and all gun regulations across America.
In fact, sorting out exactly what the ruling really means may keep lawyers busy for years.
MORE IMPORTANTLY, though, such rulings should not give license to politically-motivated prosecutors to superimpose their personal beliefs on the law.
We have no doubt the good voters of Wisconsin put prosecutors in place with the expectation they will enforce the law, not reinterpret statutes to suit themselves.
The simple fact is, though, mischievous prosecutors can pursue their own agendas with relative impunity. Under Wisconsin law, elected district attorneys have wide discretion when it comes to charging. The intent is to permit prosecutors to assess individual cases and proceed in a manner aimed at delivering justice to all parties. But it also can allow an unscrupulous prosecutor motivated by politics or a personal agenda to, essentially, distort the law.
The remedy rolls around every Election Day, when fair-minded voters can send these rascals packing.
I just sent Mr. William R. Barth of the Beloit Daily News this:
Dear Mr. Barth,
It was interesting to see the juxtaposition of your editorial "Just enforce the state laws" and my opinion piece "Go after the real criminals". Thanks for posting my letter.
I think, however, that you have a problem with history and the role of the people and the courts in our society. The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land, first off, and any law in conflict with the Constitution is null and void. That is fact.
The courts are not pro-active - they don't rule on Constitutionality until a suit is brought challenging a particular law. One might wish for a pro-active court system, but that could cause mischief in the other direction, depending on the political leanings of the judge involved, so I would advocate leaving bad enough alone there.
Anyway, the purpose of a state's attorney, as I see it, is to bring charges against people who are causing injury to the community by their actions, and to use common sense to prevent prosecutions based on faulty laws that would likely cause problems such as large payments of taxpayer's money to people harmed by the attempted enforcement of those faulty laws. I can see why Mr. Southworth warned against schools following the new sex-education law, since its literal interpretation would be corrupting the morals of minors, a crime. Perhaps this was a subtle hint for the Wisconsin legislature to revisit that law and re-write it to eliminate any possibility of teachers being charged with contributing to delinquency of a minor by attempting to follow the law.
The Supreme Court recently incorporated the Second Amendment, an action quite long overdue. This places it on the same level as the First Amendment, which prohibits the government, state, local, and federal, from infringing on the freedom of speech and the press. I am sure you would agree that any governmental agency attempting "speech controls" would and should be slapped down quickly and solidly.
The same concept is now attached to the Second Amendment. True, there will be thousands of lawsuits, each aimed at one or more of the 20,000-odd now un-Constitutional laws on the books. The courts will have to try each and every suit and render decisions, which will probably be appealed by officials fearful of losing power, however meaningless and petty that power is.
In America, our citizens are empowered to decide the law as jurors. Sadly, this power has been ignored and actively denied by judges in their instructions to juries. The power of nullification means that the people can effectively overturn a stupid or illegal law without waiting for the courts to rule. I see the actions of Mr. Southworth and Mr. Fox to be similar to this principle. Mr. Fox may be a bit gung-ho about this particular Supreme Court decision - I can understand that, since our Second Amendment rights have been systematically infringed upon starting with the Jim Crow laws after the Civil War, and continuing with New York's Sullivan Act, the federal National Firearms Act of 1934, the Gun Control Act of 1968 (copied from 1930's German law), Illinois' FOID Card law, Wisconsin's Handgun Hotline, and all the rest.
Mr. Fox can see clearly that the Supreme Court's decision has effectively nullified every gun-control law now on the books, even if the courts have not yet ruled on those individual laws. He is trying to prevent his county from having to pay tax dollars to plaintiffs who successfully contest, say, concealed carry in his county. This also has the side-effect of preventing the suit that may well overturn Wisconsin's concealed-carry ban from being tested in courts in his county.
(Looking at it that way, perhaps Mr. Fox did us freedom-lovers a disservice by refusing to prosecute people for violating the useless and un-Constitutional laws on the books - because someone who is not prosecuted for exercising an inalienable right has no standing to bring suit to overturn the law he has not run afoul of.)
The Supreme Court decision does indeed strike down all of Wisconsin's present gun-control laws, but they will not be removed until each and every one is tested in court. There is nothing to fear from these laws being removed from the books - ask yourself, honestly - how many crimes have been prevented, say, by preventing a handgun transfer to someone who already owns six handguns until a waiting period expires, or by requiring federal background checks on law-abiding people before they can buy a gun from a dealer. The honest answer is zero. All these laws have ever succeeded in doing is preventing good folks from defending themselves. Criminals will always ignore the law. Our prosecutors should be lauded for attempting to prevent lawsuits that will cost us money, and should concentrate on prosecuting those who are actually harming others.
By the way - what's with the 'even carrying switchblade knives' comment? You do understand that the only reason for laws regulating knives was politicians in the 1950's getting all worked up over movies like "The Asphalt Jungle" - Google 'The Asphalt Jungle switchblade laws" turns up one typical comment near the top: http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=298931 . You do understand that simply carrying something does nothing to harm society - until you pull it out and commit a crime like robbery, rape, or murder with it, right? Sort of like all those shootings in Beloit and Chicago that would never have happened is "gun control" actually worked.
Regards,
Chuck Kuecker
EDITORIAL: Just enforce the state laws
WELL, AT LEAST it can be said that when district attorneys lose their legal bearings about enforcing the law, it’s a bipartisan exercise.
First it was Juneau County District Attorney Scott Southworth, a Republican, who warned schools that criminal charges might be lodged if the details from the state’s new sex education plan became part of the curriculum. Southworth argued that instructing students about condoms and contraception, prior to the age of consent, could put teachers on the wrong side of the law if the kids subsequently engaged in relations.
Now Jackson County District Attorney Gerald Fox, a Democrat, has drawn his own line in the legal sand. Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s gun decision last week, Fox says he no longer will enforce any Wisconsin gun laws.
WHAT DOES the district attorney mean? According to the Associated Press, his statement said Jackson County no longer will prosecute violations of Wisconsin prohibitions on concealed weapons, transporting uncased or loaded guns, carrying guns in public buildings and taverns — even carrying switchblade knives.
Fox says the high court ruling makes all of Wisconsin’s gun laws unconstitutional.
“These so-called public safety laws only put decent law-abiding citizens at a dangerous disadvantage when it comes to their personal safety, and I for one am glad that this decades-long era of defective thinking on gun issues is over,” Fox said.
He closes his statement: “Let Freedom Ring.”
THAT’S A POLITICAL argument, not a legal analysis. Ditto the earlier foolishness from DA Southworth.
In the first place, as legal analysis, Fox’s stand would be wildly wrong.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruling was an extension of an earlier decision, originating in the District of Columbia, which had established that the Second Amendment included an individual right to own firearms — not just that states could maintain an armed “well-regulated militia.” Last week’s ruling affirmed that the right exists in all 50 states, not just the federally-controlled D.C. zone.
The decision did not strike down, as Fox seems to believe, any and all gun regulations across America.
In fact, sorting out exactly what the ruling really means may keep lawyers busy for years.
MORE IMPORTANTLY, though, such rulings should not give license to politically-motivated prosecutors to superimpose their personal beliefs on the law.
We have no doubt the good voters of Wisconsin put prosecutors in place with the expectation they will enforce the law, not reinterpret statutes to suit themselves.
The simple fact is, though, mischievous prosecutors can pursue their own agendas with relative impunity. Under Wisconsin law, elected district attorneys have wide discretion when it comes to charging. The intent is to permit prosecutors to assess individual cases and proceed in a manner aimed at delivering justice to all parties. But it also can allow an unscrupulous prosecutor motivated by politics or a personal agenda to, essentially, distort the law.
The remedy rolls around every Election Day, when fair-minded voters can send these rascals packing.
I just sent Mr. William R. Barth of the Beloit Daily News this:
Dear Mr. Barth,
It was interesting to see the juxtaposition of your editorial "Just enforce the state laws" and my opinion piece "Go after the real criminals". Thanks for posting my letter.
I think, however, that you have a problem with history and the role of the people and the courts in our society. The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land, first off, and any law in conflict with the Constitution is null and void. That is fact.
The courts are not pro-active - they don't rule on Constitutionality until a suit is brought challenging a particular law. One might wish for a pro-active court system, but that could cause mischief in the other direction, depending on the political leanings of the judge involved, so I would advocate leaving bad enough alone there.
Anyway, the purpose of a state's attorney, as I see it, is to bring charges against people who are causing injury to the community by their actions, and to use common sense to prevent prosecutions based on faulty laws that would likely cause problems such as large payments of taxpayer's money to people harmed by the attempted enforcement of those faulty laws. I can see why Mr. Southworth warned against schools following the new sex-education law, since its literal interpretation would be corrupting the morals of minors, a crime. Perhaps this was a subtle hint for the Wisconsin legislature to revisit that law and re-write it to eliminate any possibility of teachers being charged with contributing to delinquency of a minor by attempting to follow the law.
The Supreme Court recently incorporated the Second Amendment, an action quite long overdue. This places it on the same level as the First Amendment, which prohibits the government, state, local, and federal, from infringing on the freedom of speech and the press. I am sure you would agree that any governmental agency attempting "speech controls" would and should be slapped down quickly and solidly.
The same concept is now attached to the Second Amendment. True, there will be thousands of lawsuits, each aimed at one or more of the 20,000-odd now un-Constitutional laws on the books. The courts will have to try each and every suit and render decisions, which will probably be appealed by officials fearful of losing power, however meaningless and petty that power is.
In America, our citizens are empowered to decide the law as jurors. Sadly, this power has been ignored and actively denied by judges in their instructions to juries. The power of nullification means that the people can effectively overturn a stupid or illegal law without waiting for the courts to rule. I see the actions of Mr. Southworth and Mr. Fox to be similar to this principle. Mr. Fox may be a bit gung-ho about this particular Supreme Court decision - I can understand that, since our Second Amendment rights have been systematically infringed upon starting with the Jim Crow laws after the Civil War, and continuing with New York's Sullivan Act, the federal National Firearms Act of 1934, the Gun Control Act of 1968 (copied from 1930's German law), Illinois' FOID Card law, Wisconsin's Handgun Hotline, and all the rest.
Mr. Fox can see clearly that the Supreme Court's decision has effectively nullified every gun-control law now on the books, even if the courts have not yet ruled on those individual laws. He is trying to prevent his county from having to pay tax dollars to plaintiffs who successfully contest, say, concealed carry in his county. This also has the side-effect of preventing the suit that may well overturn Wisconsin's concealed-carry ban from being tested in courts in his county.
(Looking at it that way, perhaps Mr. Fox did us freedom-lovers a disservice by refusing to prosecute people for violating the useless and un-Constitutional laws on the books - because someone who is not prosecuted for exercising an inalienable right has no standing to bring suit to overturn the law he has not run afoul of.)
The Supreme Court decision does indeed strike down all of Wisconsin's present gun-control laws, but they will not be removed until each and every one is tested in court. There is nothing to fear from these laws being removed from the books - ask yourself, honestly - how many crimes have been prevented, say, by preventing a handgun transfer to someone who already owns six handguns until a waiting period expires, or by requiring federal background checks on law-abiding people before they can buy a gun from a dealer. The honest answer is zero. All these laws have ever succeeded in doing is preventing good folks from defending themselves. Criminals will always ignore the law. Our prosecutors should be lauded for attempting to prevent lawsuits that will cost us money, and should concentrate on prosecuting those who are actually harming others.
By the way - what's with the 'even carrying switchblade knives' comment? You do understand that the only reason for laws regulating knives was politicians in the 1950's getting all worked up over movies like "The Asphalt Jungle" - Google 'The Asphalt Jungle switchblade laws" turns up one typical comment near the top: http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=298931 . You do understand that simply carrying something does nothing to harm society - until you pull it out and commit a crime like robbery, rape, or murder with it, right? Sort of like all those shootings in Beloit and Chicago that would never have happened is "gun control" actually worked.
Regards,
Chuck Kuecker
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Here we go again!
Those who refuse to learn history are doomed to repeat it...
Dow Repeats Great Depression Pattern
With Mr. Barack Hussein Osama playing Herbert Hoover...
Dow Repeats Great Depression Pattern
With Mr. Barack Hussein Osama playing Herbert Hoover...
Sunday, July 4, 2010
A question
I have a question for anyone who knows something about paved roads and their maintenance. My daughter, the civil engineer draws a blank on this.
So far as I know, south central Wisconsin is unique in "maintaining" the asphalt paved county and township roads around here by spreading a nice thck coat of tar or oil, then a nice thick coating of fine pea gravel. The oil gets on anyone's vehicle who is unlucky enough to have to use the road, and the pea gravel is a special treat to two-wheeled traffic. My daughter came out today on her bike and had to negotiate some curves on a county road so treated - luckily she knows how to ride.
Is there actually any benefit to this technique, aside from making some politically connected people's brother-in-laws rich? It certainly ought to make the greenies happy, spreading all that oil to leach into the ground...
So far as I know, south central Wisconsin is unique in "maintaining" the asphalt paved county and township roads around here by spreading a nice thck coat of tar or oil, then a nice thick coating of fine pea gravel. The oil gets on anyone's vehicle who is unlucky enough to have to use the road, and the pea gravel is a special treat to two-wheeled traffic. My daughter came out today on her bike and had to negotiate some curves on a county road so treated - luckily she knows how to ride.
Is there actually any benefit to this technique, aside from making some politically connected people's brother-in-laws rich? It certainly ought to make the greenies happy, spreading all that oil to leach into the ground...
Appropriate for the Fourth of July!
Just saw this:
Felony charges for reporting within the Gulf spill zone
Just as we are celebrating our country's birth, our Glorious Leader's government does this. Somehow, it's appropriate.
Another link: Gulf of Mexico censorship
Felony charges for reporting within the Gulf spill zone
Just as we are celebrating our country's birth, our Glorious Leader's government does this. Somehow, it's appropriate.
Another link: Gulf of Mexico censorship
Saturday, July 3, 2010
Texas to shutter a bunch of refineries
EPA closes refineries due to some bullshit rule that got bent. Big Dick's Place has the link...
Common sense in a county prosecutor-and stupidity elsewhere
Article in the Beloit Daily News:
Prosecutor says he won't enforce state gun laws
Jackson County, Wisconsin District Attorney Gerald R. Fox is a very intelligent man. He has read the Supreme Court's ruling that incorporated the Second Amendment as a fundamental right, and has done the right thing - he refuses to prosecute people in violation of un-Constitutional state laws.
Contrast this with Little Dick Daley in Chicago, who in response to the same ruling, rushed through new restrictions on an unalienable right.
Lots of lawyers are going to get rich, and the taxpayers of Chicago are going to get poorer. Finally, the people of Chicago will be free - but it's going to take years, and Daley getting ridden out of town on a rail, dripping tar and feathers.
I can dream, can't I?
Just sent this to the Daily News letters:
Jackson County District attorney Gerald R. Fox is the kind of public official we need more of in Wisconsin. He has announced that, in accordance with the highest law of our country, he will no longer prosecute people for exercising their God-given right to self defense under the Second Amendment.
We now need to get our legislators to do the correct thing, and repeal all the un-Constitutional gun laws on the Wisconsin books. The useless 'handgun hotline', the waiting period for gun deliveries, the ban on concealed carry - all of them.
We need more people to take a stand like this. How about Rock County's district attorney being the next to announce he will follow the highest law of the land and ignore laws in violation of it?
Our prosecutors and police should be going after people who are committing real crimes, with or without weapons. Possessing an object should never be a crime. It's what you do with that object that matters, and only the action of harming another person should be prosecuted as a crime.
Prosecutor says he won't enforce state gun laws
Jackson County, Wisconsin District Attorney Gerald R. Fox is a very intelligent man. He has read the Supreme Court's ruling that incorporated the Second Amendment as a fundamental right, and has done the right thing - he refuses to prosecute people in violation of un-Constitutional state laws.
Contrast this with Little Dick Daley in Chicago, who in response to the same ruling, rushed through new restrictions on an unalienable right.
Lots of lawyers are going to get rich, and the taxpayers of Chicago are going to get poorer. Finally, the people of Chicago will be free - but it's going to take years, and Daley getting ridden out of town on a rail, dripping tar and feathers.
I can dream, can't I?
Just sent this to the Daily News letters:
Jackson County District attorney Gerald R. Fox is the kind of public official we need more of in Wisconsin. He has announced that, in accordance with the highest law of our country, he will no longer prosecute people for exercising their God-given right to self defense under the Second Amendment.
We now need to get our legislators to do the correct thing, and repeal all the un-Constitutional gun laws on the Wisconsin books. The useless 'handgun hotline', the waiting period for gun deliveries, the ban on concealed carry - all of them.
We need more people to take a stand like this. How about Rock County's district attorney being the next to announce he will follow the highest law of the land and ignore laws in violation of it?
Our prosecutors and police should be going after people who are committing real crimes, with or without weapons. Possessing an object should never be a crime. It's what you do with that object that matters, and only the action of harming another person should be prosecuted as a crime.
Friday, July 2, 2010
Osama wants immigration reform?
Another sent to the usual cretins:
NO. We do not need Mr. Obama's version of "reform" - we need the federal government to enforce the LAW as it is written.
What would actually be a true reform would be a law cleaning up the concept of "anchor babies" to limit automatic citizenship to babies born here to parents here legally who have previously expressed a real commitment to becoming citizens themselves.
Why not propose such a bill while telling Mr. Obama to quit fooling around when he's got real crises to deal with? Getting more Democratic voters is not a crisis to be addressed - it's a disaster for our country.
NO. We do not need Mr. Obama's version of "reform" - we need the federal government to enforce the LAW as it is written.
What would actually be a true reform would be a law cleaning up the concept of "anchor babies" to limit automatic citizenship to babies born here to parents here legally who have previously expressed a real commitment to becoming citizens themselves.
Why not propose such a bill while telling Mr. Obama to quit fooling around when he's got real crises to deal with? Getting more Democratic voters is not a crisis to be addressed - it's a disaster for our country.
Kagan nomination
Sent to the usual suspects:
Vote NO on Ms. Kagan. She does not understand, nor does she respect the Constitution of the United States.
She also cannot answer a direct question directly. We've way too many shady politicians in Washington now, without appointing one to life tenure in our highest court.
Vote NO on Ms. Kagan. She does not understand, nor does she respect the Constitution of the United States.
She also cannot answer a direct question directly. We've way too many shady politicians in Washington now, without appointing one to life tenure in our highest court.
Monday, June 28, 2010
McDonald ruling due today!
Like many, I hope for a clear victory - but will not be surprised by a weaselly refusal to act in the best interests of the people of America.
Update: Kinda a victory. More lawsuits to come, but the foot is now in the door...
Supreme Court rules that all Americans have fundamental right to bear arms
Update: Kinda a victory. More lawsuits to come, but the foot is now in the door...
Supreme Court rules that all Americans have fundamental right to bear arms
Hitting close to home
Hot Air has this:
I hope we can change the direction our country is being driven in without bloodshed.
Update: Sent this to the usual suspects:
GO here and see what our "president's" wishes, combined with your aid, have done to our state.
http://hotair.com/archives/2010/06/27/obamas-promise-to-bankrupt-coal-industry-to-cost-1000-jobs-in-upper-midwest/
How about fighting for US here in Wisconsin, as we hired you to do, and not for the "new world order"?
Obama’s promise to bankrupt coal industry to cost 1,000 jobs in upper Midwest
Hope and change?I hope we can change the direction our country is being driven in without bloodshed.
Update: Sent this to the usual suspects:
GO here and see what our "president's" wishes, combined with your aid, have done to our state.
http://hotair.com/archives/2010/06/27/obamas-promise-to-bankrupt-coal-industry-to-cost-1000-jobs-in-upper-midwest/
How about fighting for US here in Wisconsin, as we hired you to do, and not for the "new world order"?
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Nanny state protectionism
I've been thinking about laws meant to protect people from themselves in one way or another. The July 4th holiday always brings this to mind with the obligatory front-page warnings in the local paper about the dangers of fireworks.
How does any government that claims to be supporting freedom get off making any law aimed at forcing anyone to do something or not do something strictly for their own safety? The very idea ought to be anathema to a freedom-loving "legislator".
The only laws that should ever be passed are those which further the overall freedom of the people - and not "freedom from", ever. Americans should always be free to experience the consequences of their own actions, for good or bad. The only time the government should step in is if one person's actions cause injury to another or to some others property - and then only at the complaint of the injured party or a witness to the injury.
If children are shielded from all danger while growing, they will never mature as fully-functioning citizens of a free state. Of course, such defective children are key ingredients of a true nanny state. Without a cowering populace, the nanny state could not survive.
How does any government that claims to be supporting freedom get off making any law aimed at forcing anyone to do something or not do something strictly for their own safety? The very idea ought to be anathema to a freedom-loving "legislator".
The only laws that should ever be passed are those which further the overall freedom of the people - and not "freedom from", ever. Americans should always be free to experience the consequences of their own actions, for good or bad. The only time the government should step in is if one person's actions cause injury to another or to some others property - and then only at the complaint of the injured party or a witness to the injury.
If children are shielded from all danger while growing, they will never mature as fully-functioning citizens of a free state. Of course, such defective children are key ingredients of a true nanny state. Without a cowering populace, the nanny state could not survive.
Yet another futile attempt at controlling my employees...
Sent to Kohl and Feingold...
We do not need, nor do we want, a "kill switch" for the Internet.
We do not need, nor do we want, a "Disclose Act" that would infringe the freedom of political speech. It was tried once with McCain-Feingold, and rightly was struck down by the Supreme Court.
We DO need to allow the Gulf States the freedom to defend their own shores from the oil mess gnereated mainly by federal regulations that forced drillers into unsafe waters.
We DO need the federal government to either properly police our borders, as the law requires, or for them top get the heck out of the way and allow Arizona to do the job the federal government obviously will not or cannot do.
We DO need you guys to stop spending our distant descendants' life's savings on unicorn fart programs like ObamaCare and bailouts of companies. Let people take responsibility for their own lives, and let big corporations live or die based on their own actions and mistakes.
We DO need the size of the federal government reduced by about 90%. Now.
We DO need federal legislation prohibiting anyone paid in any way from taxes taken from the American people from joining or organizing a union. Anyone taking a federal paycheck who does so should be immediately fired.
We DO need an immediate cessation in the printing of money without a corresponding increase in our national product.
We DO need an immediate reduction of federal taxes - and no new taxes unless an equal amount of existing taxes are removed. You want to pass a VAT, well, disband the IRS and remove all income taxes, personal and corporate. One or the other.
Do what we want, don't do what we don't want you to do. It's really simple.
We do not need, nor do we want, a "kill switch" for the Internet.
We do not need, nor do we want, a "Disclose Act" that would infringe the freedom of political speech. It was tried once with McCain-Feingold, and rightly was struck down by the Supreme Court.
We DO need to allow the Gulf States the freedom to defend their own shores from the oil mess gnereated mainly by federal regulations that forced drillers into unsafe waters.
We DO need the federal government to either properly police our borders, as the law requires, or for them top get the heck out of the way and allow Arizona to do the job the federal government obviously will not or cannot do.
We DO need you guys to stop spending our distant descendants' life's savings on unicorn fart programs like ObamaCare and bailouts of companies. Let people take responsibility for their own lives, and let big corporations live or die based on their own actions and mistakes.
We DO need the size of the federal government reduced by about 90%. Now.
We DO need federal legislation prohibiting anyone paid in any way from taxes taken from the American people from joining or organizing a union. Anyone taking a federal paycheck who does so should be immediately fired.
We DO need an immediate cessation in the printing of money without a corresponding increase in our national product.
We DO need an immediate reduction of federal taxes - and no new taxes unless an equal amount of existing taxes are removed. You want to pass a VAT, well, disband the IRS and remove all income taxes, personal and corporate. One or the other.
Do what we want, don't do what we don't want you to do. It's really simple.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Jews in the attic
How do you determine a law is tyrannical? Joe Huffman has a test.
"Will this law make it difficult or impossible to protect innocent life from a government intent on their imprisonment or death?"
The Jews in the Attic test
Worth passing around. Check out his blog: The View from North Central Idaho
Chuck
"Will this law make it difficult or impossible to protect innocent life from a government intent on their imprisonment or death?"
The Jews in the Attic test
Worth passing around. Check out his blog: The View from North Central Idaho
Chuck
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Email to NRA-ILA
Re: H.R. 5175, THE DISCLOSE ACT -
How can you in any way support this? I did not send in all that money to the NRA to become a life member so that the NRA-ILA would be a party to un-Constitutional infringements on the First Amendment.
It's bad enough to have a state senator - Feingold - who thinks the First Amendment is not a restriction on the government - but to have my NRA aid and abet the loss of freedom is unconscionable.
What's next? Are you going to send money to the Brady Bunch? They are hurting financially, I hear, and I bet they would love help getting their message out!
How can you in any way support this? I did not send in all that money to the NRA to become a life member so that the NRA-ILA would be a party to un-Constitutional infringements on the First Amendment.
It's bad enough to have a state senator - Feingold - who thinks the First Amendment is not a restriction on the government - but to have my NRA aid and abet the loss of freedom is unconscionable.
What's next? Are you going to send money to the Brady Bunch? They are hurting financially, I hear, and I bet they would love help getting their message out!
Another nail in the national coffin
Feingold and Kohl both voted to let the EPA keep the power to regulate human exhalations and volcanoes.
Again, I send email to these idiots. Am I just a glutton for disappointment, or what?
+++++++++++++++++++++++++
Are you insane, sir? Giving the EPA the power to unilaterally "regulate" substances that have no possible effect on our "climate", and that have no possibility of control by humanity?
Carbon dioxide is a vital nutrient, the vast majority of which is produced by natural sources. Man-made CO2 emissions contribute less than 10% of the total atmospheric content of this gas.
Allowing an unelected bureaucracy to have the power to control something that all living creatures exhale is totally crazy. The opportunities for mischief are endless.
I won't even get into the fact that our whole economy, and our standard of living - not just for America, but for the entire planet, depends on the burning of so-called "fossil fuels", and will be so dependent for the foreseeable future, despite any claims of "alternative energy". We must, as a species, someday wean ourselves off coal and oil, but to do so in a totally unscientific and illogical manner is a form of slow national suicide.
NOTHING America can do unilaterally will have the slightest effect on the climate of this planet. It is the height of arrogance to even think this is possible. All this power given to the EPA will cause is further destruction of our economy, more unemployment, and a further proof to the other nations of the world that the USA is no longer a power to be reckoned with.
In your last few months of service to the people of Wisconsin, could you please help rein-in the insanity of the environmental religion? At least show some guts and character, so when you are dis-elected, you will go out with a few good marks on your record!
+++++++++++++++++++++++++
CO2 comprises less than 1/3 of 1% of our atmosphere. The probability of a given photon hitting a molecule of CO2 is minuscule, and actual scientific measurements have shown that CO2 is much less effective in trapping heat than water vapor, which is ten to one hundred times as common in the atmosphere. But, when has common sense and intelligent thought EVER figured into the antics of our politicians?
Again, I send email to these idiots. Am I just a glutton for disappointment, or what?
+++++++++++++++++++++++++
Are you insane, sir? Giving the EPA the power to unilaterally "regulate" substances that have no possible effect on our "climate", and that have no possibility of control by humanity?
Carbon dioxide is a vital nutrient, the vast majority of which is produced by natural sources. Man-made CO2 emissions contribute less than 10% of the total atmospheric content of this gas.
Allowing an unelected bureaucracy to have the power to control something that all living creatures exhale is totally crazy. The opportunities for mischief are endless.
I won't even get into the fact that our whole economy, and our standard of living - not just for America, but for the entire planet, depends on the burning of so-called "fossil fuels", and will be so dependent for the foreseeable future, despite any claims of "alternative energy". We must, as a species, someday wean ourselves off coal and oil, but to do so in a totally unscientific and illogical manner is a form of slow national suicide.
NOTHING America can do unilaterally will have the slightest effect on the climate of this planet. It is the height of arrogance to even think this is possible. All this power given to the EPA will cause is further destruction of our economy, more unemployment, and a further proof to the other nations of the world that the USA is no longer a power to be reckoned with.
In your last few months of service to the people of Wisconsin, could you please help rein-in the insanity of the environmental religion? At least show some guts and character, so when you are dis-elected, you will go out with a few good marks on your record!
+++++++++++++++++++++++++
CO2 comprises less than 1/3 of 1% of our atmosphere. The probability of a given photon hitting a molecule of CO2 is minuscule, and actual scientific measurements have shown that CO2 is much less effective in trapping heat than water vapor, which is ten to one hundred times as common in the atmosphere. But, when has common sense and intelligent thought EVER figured into the antics of our politicians?
Saturday, June 5, 2010
White House Press Corps Head Speaks!
From Helen Thomas, a good pal of The Won, President Osama:
Not much for history, this ugly broad...
Not much for history, this ugly broad...
Monday, May 31, 2010
LOST?
LOST - the Law Of The Sea treaty - is back. Osama wants it. Anyone concerned with sovereignty and freedom does NOT want it.
Write your critters. This cannot be allowed to be ratified.
Write your critters. This cannot be allowed to be ratified.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Another letter to the critters
I think it's time to enact a law forcing all federal agencies to get Congressional permission, by a recorded vote, to 'enact' laws.
The EPA is trying to regulate our exhalations in a quest to halt non-existent 'global warming', or as it's now called, 'climate change'.
The FCC may soon implement 'rules' concerning 'fairness' on the Internet, rules that will stifle free speech.
The BATFE routinely 'defines' what a gun is, and determines what weapons Americans can obtain without fear of federal prosecution, despite our Constitution having a clear Second Amendment.
The FDA is trying to regulate dietary supplements and "alternative medicine" out of existence.
All this is done without any Congressional oversight. These 'rules' are costing America billions of dollars, and are resulting in huge losses of individual freedom while expanding bloated bureaucracies.
A law is sorely needed to rein in these bureaucrats and make them accountable to the people they are supposedly serving.
Rather than passing more bailouts to companies 'too big to fail', and further ensuring our descendants inherit our mistakes for the next millennium, work on real, needed legislation.
The EPA is trying to regulate our exhalations in a quest to halt non-existent 'global warming', or as it's now called, 'climate change'.
The FCC may soon implement 'rules' concerning 'fairness' on the Internet, rules that will stifle free speech.
The BATFE routinely 'defines' what a gun is, and determines what weapons Americans can obtain without fear of federal prosecution, despite our Constitution having a clear Second Amendment.
The FDA is trying to regulate dietary supplements and "alternative medicine" out of existence.
All this is done without any Congressional oversight. These 'rules' are costing America billions of dollars, and are resulting in huge losses of individual freedom while expanding bloated bureaucracies.
A law is sorely needed to rein in these bureaucrats and make them accountable to the people they are supposedly serving.
Rather than passing more bailouts to companies 'too big to fail', and further ensuring our descendants inherit our mistakes for the next millennium, work on real, needed legislation.
Friday, March 26, 2010
It's Earth Hour!
Saturday, March 27th, will see the 2010 celebration of Earth Hour, where all good greenies will turn off all their lights for one hour at 8:30 PM local time, to demonstrate their solidarity with the High Priest of Bull Shit, St. Algore and his Church of Climatology.
http://www.myearthhour.org/
For me, I intend to turn on every light on all three buildings on my property at 8 PM, and have every operable internal-combustion vehicle I own idling with lights on in the parking area, until 9 PM. I will also be operating all audio gear on the property at full volume for the duration.
I'll be riding the motorcycle. Not good to let it idle - it overheats. Beside, riding uses more irreplacable fossil fuel, and emits more of that horrible pollutant, CO2.
http://www.myearthhour.org/
For me, I intend to turn on every light on all three buildings on my property at 8 PM, and have every operable internal-combustion vehicle I own idling with lights on in the parking area, until 9 PM. I will also be operating all audio gear on the property at full volume for the duration.
I'll be riding the motorcycle. Not good to let it idle - it overheats. Beside, riding uses more irreplacable fossil fuel, and emits more of that horrible pollutant, CO2.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Osama's real energy policy
Should come as no surprise - he warned us about it, if we were listening...
Originally published 05:49 p.m., March 9, 2010, updated 10:43 p.m., March 9, 2010
EDITORIAL: Obama's a pain at the pump
Read the whole thing:
Originally published 05:49 p.m., March 9, 2010, updated 10:43 p.m., March 9, 2010
EDITORIAL: Obama's a pain at the pump
Get ready to pay a lot more than $3 a gallon to fill up your car during peak driving periods this spring and summer. More pain at the pump is the inevitable result of the Obama administration's carrot-and-stick approach to dealing with America's energy woes.
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar last week announced new leases for offshore oil and gas drilling, which will take effect in 2012. While news reports characterized the decision as a bold response to the nation's energy needs, reality is quite to the contrary.
Within a month of taking office in 2009, Mr. Salazar froze drilling leases already approved by the outgoing George W. Bush administration. Then he imposed a six-month public comment period to precede his decision on whether to allow new drilling. When the comment period ended in September, Interior suppressed the results.
Read the whole thing:
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Mayors Against Illegal Guns
Found this interesting map at Google:
Original link: http://www.nraila.org/Issues/FactSheets/Read.aspx?id=254&issue=011
Original link: http://www.nraila.org/Issues/FactSheets/Read.aspx?id=254&issue=011
More on Interpol
Barking Moonbat Early Warning System has an intersting article:
http://www.barking-moonbat.com/index.php/weblog/interpol_nazis_and_crooks/
http://www.barking-moonbat.com/index.php/weblog/interpol_nazis_and_crooks/
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
The end of fredom?
This is scary:
http://threatswatch.org/analysis/2009/12/print/wither_sovereignty/
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/executive-order-amending-executive-order-12425
We've got to stop this back-door "legislation". Executive orders have been hugely misused over the years. No more.
My message to the CONgresscritters:
Time to get serious. Forget health care and "climate change" - just sideshows.
The main event is being held behind your backs - Mr. Obama has "modified" a Reagan-era executive order to allow Interpol extraordinary privileges in the USA. They do not need to follow any of our laws, even if they are interested in an American citizen.
here's a link to the White House announcement:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/executive-order-amending-executive-order-12425
If you have a smidgen of respect left for your constituents, you and all of Congress will immediately insist on the retraction of this order, barring that, draft legislation restricting Interpol to following the laws of the United States while on our soil.
Quit screwing around with destroying our health care system and our economy and stand up for our freedoms.
http://threatswatch.org/analysis/2009/12/print/wither_sovereignty/
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/executive-order-amending-executive-order-12425
We've got to stop this back-door "legislation". Executive orders have been hugely misused over the years. No more.
My message to the CONgresscritters:
Time to get serious. Forget health care and "climate change" - just sideshows.
The main event is being held behind your backs - Mr. Obama has "modified" a Reagan-era executive order to allow Interpol extraordinary privileges in the USA. They do not need to follow any of our laws, even if they are interested in an American citizen.
here's a link to the White House announcement:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/executive-order-amending-executive-order-12425
If you have a smidgen of respect left for your constituents, you and all of Congress will immediately insist on the retraction of this order, barring that, draft legislation restricting Interpol to following the laws of the United States while on our soil.
Quit screwing around with destroying our health care system and our economy and stand up for our freedoms.
Monday, December 21, 2009
Email to CONgresscritters
Futile effort:
To the usual suspects -
Do you just not understand, or are you actively refusing to listen to your constituents (bosses)?
We have told you repeatedly to vote NO on this monstrous misuse of federal power. The Constitution (little you care) has no mention of universal health care that will devolve almost immediately into the most convoluted bureaucratic nightmare this country has ever seen.
Vote YEA on the final bill and see what happens. You won't much like the results.
You have been warned.
Chuck Kuecker
To the usual suspects -
Do you just not understand, or are you actively refusing to listen to your constituents (bosses)?
We have told you repeatedly to vote NO on this monstrous misuse of federal power. The Constitution (little you care) has no mention of universal health care that will devolve almost immediately into the most convoluted bureaucratic nightmare this country has ever seen.
Vote YEA on the final bill and see what happens. You won't much like the results.
You have been warned.
Chuck Kuecker
Sunday, December 20, 2009
ESPN petition
Received this petition invitation from "Our Country Deserves Better". ESPN evidently has drunk the "climate change" Kool-Aid and is helping cram this crap down our throats.
Petition at: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/shameonespn/
Of course they want you to donate.
My comment:
"Climate change" has been a natural part of life on Earth since the dawn of time. The current fear-mongering is simply a means of forcing more governmental regulation - "people control" - down our throats, and furthering the move toward a "one world government". Read their documentation - they are quite open about their goals.
Thank goodness that they are so insular - they can't decide on a course of action since it would end up hurting them individually, and they cannot abide that!
The radical environmentalists would like nothing better than to manage to reduce the Earth's population by at least 90% - some of them are straightforward about human extinction!
Chuck
Petition at: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/shameonespn/
Of course they want you to donate.
My comment:
"Climate change" has been a natural part of life on Earth since the dawn of time. The current fear-mongering is simply a means of forcing more governmental regulation - "people control" - down our throats, and furthering the move toward a "one world government". Read their documentation - they are quite open about their goals.
Thank goodness that they are so insular - they can't decide on a course of action since it would end up hurting them individually, and they cannot abide that!
The radical environmentalists would like nothing better than to manage to reduce the Earth's population by at least 90% - some of them are straightforward about human extinction!
Chuck
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Letter to the Editor
Sent to the Beloit Daily News, in response to this article:
Benedict s bill: Look before you eat
http://www.beloitdailynews.com/articles/2009/12/18/news/local_news/news1804.txt
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I was under the impression that Wisconsin needed to work on becoming business-friendly, and helping to preserve jobs.
So why is Rep. Chuck Benedict proposing another nanny-state regulation that will encourage businesses to think twice about opening new outlets here, and will cause prices to rise at existing fast food stores by proposing a new law that will force them to completely redo all their menus and outdoor signs to include "nutritional information"?
Last time I was in a McDonald's, there was a poster on the wall with that information. Anyone interested could ask and be shown calorie counts and other information. Mr. Benedict's new law would force them to shove this information into our faces, and make us pay more for the food to cover their expenses.
Obesity may be a problem for some, but it's their problem, not the government's. People have to take responsibility for what they eat, drink, and smoke and the effect it may have on their health. The government should not be taking that responsibility from the people with nanny-state rules such as this.
Aren't there a whole lot of real problems in and around Beloit that Mr. Benedict could be looking into instead of this? How about lobbying for that casino that would provide revenue and jobs for the area? Possibly proposing elimination of some of the recent "green" laws that hamper businesses who might otherwise build here? Reducing the taxes stolen from business?
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Chuck
Benedict s bill: Look before you eat
http://www.beloitdailynews.com/articles/2009/12/18/news/local_news/news1804.txt
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I was under the impression that Wisconsin needed to work on becoming business-friendly, and helping to preserve jobs.
So why is Rep. Chuck Benedict proposing another nanny-state regulation that will encourage businesses to think twice about opening new outlets here, and will cause prices to rise at existing fast food stores by proposing a new law that will force them to completely redo all their menus and outdoor signs to include "nutritional information"?
Last time I was in a McDonald's, there was a poster on the wall with that information. Anyone interested could ask and be shown calorie counts and other information. Mr. Benedict's new law would force them to shove this information into our faces, and make us pay more for the food to cover their expenses.
Obesity may be a problem for some, but it's their problem, not the government's. People have to take responsibility for what they eat, drink, and smoke and the effect it may have on their health. The government should not be taking that responsibility from the people with nanny-state rules such as this.
Aren't there a whole lot of real problems in and around Beloit that Mr. Benedict could be looking into instead of this? How about lobbying for that casino that would provide revenue and jobs for the area? Possibly proposing elimination of some of the recent "green" laws that hamper businesses who might otherwise build here? Reducing the taxes stolen from business?
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Chuck
Sent to the usual clowns
Sent to Feingold, Kohl, and Tammy Gay...
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Since our President has elected to make an ass of himself in Copenhagen, and promise our country will "do something" about this imaginary bogeyman of "climate change", it now falls to you in Congress to rein him in and remind him that the people of the USA are in charge - not him.
While you are at it, why is there no big investigation into the fraud committed by employees of NASA and various academics who received federal money for "climate change" studies?
Vote NO on any "climate" treaty, or any attempt to tax or otherwise control the necessary global nutrient, carbon dioxide. How about putting the EPA back under the control of Congress, so they don't do things like declaring our personal exhalations to be pollution? If it wasn't so serious, it would make for good comedy.
Oh yeah. Vote NO on any attempt to federalize health care. We all know how well the government handles most problems, and this one will be a particularly painful disaster if passed.
An investigation into the Federal Reserve and its' lending practices would be nice.
Remember who pays your paycheck - and all those benefits you are poised to get - like lifelong pension and health care not controlled by pencil-necks in some federal office.
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Chuck
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Since our President has elected to make an ass of himself in Copenhagen, and promise our country will "do something" about this imaginary bogeyman of "climate change", it now falls to you in Congress to rein him in and remind him that the people of the USA are in charge - not him.
While you are at it, why is there no big investigation into the fraud committed by employees of NASA and various academics who received federal money for "climate change" studies?
Vote NO on any "climate" treaty, or any attempt to tax or otherwise control the necessary global nutrient, carbon dioxide. How about putting the EPA back under the control of Congress, so they don't do things like declaring our personal exhalations to be pollution? If it wasn't so serious, it would make for good comedy.
Oh yeah. Vote NO on any attempt to federalize health care. We all know how well the government handles most problems, and this one will be a particularly painful disaster if passed.
An investigation into the Federal Reserve and its' lending practices would be nice.
Remember who pays your paycheck - and all those benefits you are poised to get - like lifelong pension and health care not controlled by pencil-necks in some federal office.
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Chuck
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
New from Feingold
An exchange with the great man:
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Message from Senator Russ Feingold - DO NOT REPLY wrote:
Hey, Russ,
You seem to miss the big point here - the whole scare ofer "anthropomorphic global warming" has been nothing but a scam, and a ploy to create a "one world government".
We don't need ANY legislation to address the nonexistent problem - especially now, when our economy is creaking under the weight of ill-conceived economic "fixes" by both the previous administration, and at an alarmingly accelerated rate by Mr. Obama.
We need to address things like climate change corruption and collusion to pass laws that will enrich certain people at the expense of all Americans.
We need to address the border security situation - both south and north.
We need to start enforcing our immigration laws -as written. That by itself would be a great "immigration reform" all in itself.
We need to address the rampant corruption and malfeasance in our banking and lending institutions, foremost the head of the serpent, the Federal Reserve. There needs to be a true independent audit done, and real soon!
We need to make REAL changes to health care - like eliminating the ban on intrastate insurance sales, and eliminating laws that force hospitals and doctors to treat people illegally in the country. Give illegals stabilizing treatment and ship 'em back to wherever in the next wherever-bound Greyhound or semi-trailer.
We need to acknowledge that radical Islam is not a "religion" - rather, it is a front for terrorism. We need to demand that mainstream Muslims stop supporting the radicals.
We need to start drilling and mining for oil and coal HERE, so we can wean ourselves off foreign oil.
We need to rein in rouge federal agencies like the BATFE, and the EPA, who seem to believe they have carte-blanche to make new laws without Congressional oversight.
There's a ton of really important things that Congress should be doing, instead of the three-ring circus you guys delight in.
Get to work, Russ. Remember who your boss is.
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Chuck
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Message from Senator Russ Feingold - DO NOT REPLY wrote:
Dear Mr. Kuecker,
Thank you for contacting me to express your skepticism about the existence of manmade global warming. I appreciate hearing from you.
As you may know, on November 19, 2009, emails and documents that had been stolen from the Climate Research Unit at East Anglia University in England were posted on the Internet. On December 2, 2009, the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming held a hearing on "The State of Climate Science." For more information on this hearing, please visit http://globalwarming.house.gov/pubs/. In addition, both the United Nations and East Anglia University have said they will conduct investigations into the emails.
The United States is a top emitter of greenhouse gases, and it is time for the federal government to provide leadership on this issue. As you may know, H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act, was introduced in the House of Representatives on May 15, 2009, by Representative Henry Waxman (D-CA). This bill would enact a number of energy policy reforms, including the creation of a carbon cap-and-trade system. H.R. 2454 passed the House by a vote of 219-212 on June 26, 2009. On September 30, 2009, Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Barbara Boxer (D-CA) introduced S. 1733, the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, which, among other things, would create a carbon cap-and-trade system. On November 5, 2009, the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee passed S. 1733.
During the 110th Congress, I was an original cosponsor of S. 309, the Global Warming Pollution Reduction Act. Senator Bernard Sanders (I-VT) introduced S. 309, which would provide the leadership and the comprehensive, scientific-based approach to addressing global warming that Americans demand and deserve.
The bill also recognizes the importance of taking an economy-wide approach to addressing global warming, and not one that targets a single sector. Industry, power, transportation, and building sectors all have a role to play in reducing global warming-causing emissions. By sending the right market signals and supporting the development of existing technologies and development of new technologies to reduce emissions, we can keep U.S. businesses competitive in the emerging carbon-conscious global marketplace.
Thanks again for contacting me. While we may not always agree, I appreciate hearing from you. Please feel free to contact my office in the future about any issue of concern to you.
Hey, Russ,
You seem to miss the big point here - the whole scare ofer "anthropomorphic global warming" has been nothing but a scam, and a ploy to create a "one world government".
We don't need ANY legislation to address the nonexistent problem - especially now, when our economy is creaking under the weight of ill-conceived economic "fixes" by both the previous administration, and at an alarmingly accelerated rate by Mr. Obama.
We need to address things like climate change corruption and collusion to pass laws that will enrich certain people at the expense of all Americans.
We need to address the border security situation - both south and north.
We need to start enforcing our immigration laws -as written. That by itself would be a great "immigration reform" all in itself.
We need to address the rampant corruption and malfeasance in our banking and lending institutions, foremost the head of the serpent, the Federal Reserve. There needs to be a true independent audit done, and real soon!
We need to make REAL changes to health care - like eliminating the ban on intrastate insurance sales, and eliminating laws that force hospitals and doctors to treat people illegally in the country. Give illegals stabilizing treatment and ship 'em back to wherever in the next wherever-bound Greyhound or semi-trailer.
We need to acknowledge that radical Islam is not a "religion" - rather, it is a front for terrorism. We need to demand that mainstream Muslims stop supporting the radicals.
We need to start drilling and mining for oil and coal HERE, so we can wean ourselves off foreign oil.
We need to rein in rouge federal agencies like the BATFE, and the EPA, who seem to believe they have carte-blanche to make new laws without Congressional oversight.
There's a ton of really important things that Congress should be doing, instead of the three-ring circus you guys delight in.
Get to work, Russ. Remember who your boss is.
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Chuck
Friday, December 4, 2009
MoveON lies...
I signed up as a "member" of MoveOn.org back in 2008, so I could keep an eye on what they were doing and have a head start on countering it.
Yesterday, i got an email urging me to "sign their petition" to preserve the "public option" in the Senate Western civilization destruction (health care reform) bill. I did NOT click on the tab to sign the petition, instead I forwarded to friends and email lists.
Today, I got an email from them thanking me for my signature on that petition.
I don't know why I should be surprised that they would lie, but this proves it!
Original email reply I posted to various people:
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Speaking of health care...just got this.
Looks like they are getting scared. Let's help 'em OUT (of office!)
Chuck
-------- Original Message --------
Dear MoveOn member,
PAID FOR BY MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION, http://pol.moveon.org/. Not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee. This email was sent to Chuck Kuecker on December 3, 2009. To change your email address or update your contact info, click here. To remove yourself from this list, click here.
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What I got this morning:
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Yesterday, i got an email urging me to "sign their petition" to preserve the "public option" in the Senate Western civilization destruction (health care reform) bill. I did NOT click on the tab to sign the petition, instead I forwarded to friends and email lists.
Today, I got an email from them thanking me for my signature on that petition.
I don't know why I should be surprised that they would lie, but this proves it!
Original email reply I posted to various people:
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Speaking of health care...just got this.
Looks like they are getting scared. Let's help 'em OUT (of office!)
Chuck
-------- Original Message --------
| Subject: | Big trouble |
|---|---|
| Date: | Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:20:23 -0800 |
| From: | Kat Barr, MoveOn.org Political Action |
| To: | Chuck Kuecker |
Dear MoveOn member,
Sign the petitionAlarming news: the public option could be dead within days, and we need Harry Reid to act fast to save it.1
A few conservative Democrats, including Ben Nelson and Joe Lieberman, are threatening to block health care reform—all of it—if the rest of the Democratic Caucus doesn't agree to drop or weaken the public option.2
A tiny minority of conservatives could cut out the heart of reform, supported by 86% of Democrats. The latest news is that to appease them a weak compromise is being unveiled within days.3
But it doesn't have to be this way. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid can still stop this, if he continues to fight. Reid has shown that he's willing to be a leader in fighting for the public option, and now we need him more than ever.
So we're sending an emergency petition to Senator Reid asking him to do everything in his power to persuade these senators to support real health care reform. Can you sign the petition to Harry Reid? Clicking here will add your name:
As Senate Majority Leader, Reid can apply pressure in a number of ways: call a vote to force conservative Democrats to stand up publicly with Republicans and Big Insurance to filibuster health care, strip them of their committee chairmanships or committee seats, or opt to pass health care through what's called the "reconciliation" process, which would let him pass the bill with a simple majority vote.
Sen. Reid has shown us in the past that he's willing to fight for the public option. And in this final showdown, we all need to stand stronger than ever. Sen. Reid needs to hear that, at this crucial time, we've got his back.
Can you sign the petition to Harry Reid today? Clicking here will add your name:
Thank you for all you do.
–Kat, Nita, Michael, Wes, and the rest of the team
Sources:
1. "Reid set to unveil new public option, breaking Senate impasse on healthcare," The Hill, December 1, 2009
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=85349&id=18145-********-0YgV6Mx&t=5
2. "Lieberman: Sure, I'd Filibuster A Health Care Reform Bill With A Public Option," Talking Points Memo, October 27, 2009
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=85376&id=18145-********-0YgV6Mx&t=6
"Lieberman: More Dems could join public option filibuster," The Hill, November 19, 2009
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=85377&id=18145-********-0YgV6Mx&t=7
"Ben Nelson threatens filibuster," Politico, November 19, 2009
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=85378&id=18145-********-0YgV6Mx&t=8
3. "Most in U.S. want public health option: poll," Reuters, December 3, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/gc07/idUSTRE5B20OL20091203
"Reid set to unveil new public option, breaking Senate impasse on healthcare," The Hill, December 1, 2009
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=85349&id=18145-********-0YgV6Mx&t=9
Want to support our work? We're entirely funded by our 5 million members—no corporate contributions, no big checks from CEOs. And our tiny staff ensures that small contributions go a long way. Chip in here.
PAID FOR BY MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION, http://pol.moveon.org/. Not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee. This email was sent to Chuck Kuecker on December 3, 2009. To change your email address or update your contact info, click here. To remove yourself from this list, click here.
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What I got this morning:
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Dear friend,
Thank you. Your name has been added to the petition and your comments will be delivered to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
Another great way to make sure Majority Leader Reid hears from us is to spread the word to your friends and family so they know what's going on. You can just forward the sample letter below.
Spreading the word is critical, but please only pass this message along to those who know you -- spam hurts our campaign.
Thanks for all you do.
--The MoveOn.org Political Action Team
Here's a sample message to send to your friends:
Subject: The public option is in danger
Hi,
Alarming news: the public option could be dead within days, and we need Harry Reid to act fast to save it.
A few conservative Democrats, including Ben Nelson and Joe Lieberman, are threatening to block health care reform -- all of it -- if the rest of the Democratic Caucus doesn't agree to drop or weaken the public option.
But it doesn't have to be this way. Senate Majority Leader Reid can still stop this, if he continues to fight. Reid has shown that he's willing to be a leader in fighting for the public option, and now we need him more than ever.
I signed a petition urging Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to up the pressure on conservative Democrats who are threatening to tank health care reform over the public option. Can you join me at the link below?
http://pol.moveon.org/healthcare/reid/
Thanks!
If you've received this email in error, please correct your campaign subscription information at:
http://www.moveon.org/s?i=-********-Z80oeNx
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Looking at the HTML, it appears every one of those links above with '********' in it was an identifier for my MoveOn account.
Playing the double agent has its risks, evidently!
Chuck
Monday, November 30, 2009
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Another email
Sent to all three CONgresscritters:
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I urge you to get behind an in-depth investigation into the fraud evident in "climate change" research, and into the special interests such as Al Gore and T. Boone Pickens who stand to profit from legislation attempting to "fix" the non-existent problem.
Environmental activists need to be heard, but their comments taken with a large grain of salt.
Legislation, if absolutely necessary, should be based on proven, peer-reviewed science, not on panic and doomsaying.
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Chuck
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I urge you to get behind an in-depth investigation into the fraud evident in "climate change" research, and into the special interests such as Al Gore and T. Boone Pickens who stand to profit from legislation attempting to "fix" the non-existent problem.
Environmental activists need to be heard, but their comments taken with a large grain of salt.
Legislation, if absolutely necessary, should be based on proven, peer-reviewed science, not on panic and doomsaying.
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Chuck
Sunday, November 22, 2009
"Globull worming" put to rest!
After following a few links, I found a download source for the "hacked" emails from the Hadley Climate Research Unit. So, here's a link to my copy:
http://www.ckent.org/FOI2009.zip
Have fun!
Chuck
http://www.ckent.org/FOI2009.zip
Have fun!
Chuck
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Reply from Comcast
I've gotten this reply before:
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 | Comcast.net Blocklist Removal Response |
Thank you for contacting Comcast Customer Security Assurance. We have received and reviewed your RBL removal request.
Below each IP address you submitted in your request, we have included the result of our research. Please do not reply to this message.
xx.xx.xx.xx
We have received your request for removal from our inbound blocklist. After investigating the issue, we have found that the IP you provided for removal is currently not on our blocklist.
We need the IP address currently blocked to further investigate this issue. The IP address is a number separated by decimals and is located in an error code starting with "550" in the returned email from Comcast. You can learn more about how to identify a blocked IP by visiting our Frequently Asked Question page at :
http://www.comcast.net/help/faq/index.jsp?faq=SecurityMail_Policy18667
Please verify the IP(s) and resubmit your request to http://www.comcastsupport.com/rbl
Sincerely,
Comcast Customer Security Assurance
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Well, if my IP is not in their blasted database, why in hell am I getting those "550" messages referring to that same IP?
Assholes.
Chuck
Getting sick of Comcast
I don't have Comcast - but I've got a bunch of contacts I can't talk to who DO have them.
Comcast considers me to be a spammer, simply because I host my own email. It's a secure server on a fixed IP. I've sent them numerous requests to their customer service web site, with never a reply. Their "un-blacklist" URL is http://www.comcastsupport.com/rbl
Here's the latest one I sent them:
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You guys are preventing me from communicating with friends and customers because I run my own email server on my own machine. This has been going on for literal years, and I've requested you fix this situation numerous times.
I've implemented security on both incoming and outgoing email now - it makes no difference.
Occasionally, an email I send gets through your system, then subsequent emails get bounces. Please get your act together!
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For what it's worth...
Chuck
Comcast considers me to be a spammer, simply because I host my own email. It's a secure server on a fixed IP. I've sent them numerous requests to their customer service web site, with never a reply. Their "un-blacklist" URL is http://www.comcastsupport.com/rbl
Here's the latest one I sent them:
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You guys are preventing me from communicating with friends and customers because I run my own email server on my own machine. This has been going on for literal years, and I've requested you fix this situation numerous times.
I've implemented security on both incoming and outgoing email now - it makes no difference.
Occasionally, an email I send gets through your system, then subsequent emails get bounces. Please get your act together!
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For what it's worth...
Chuck
More senator emails
For what it's worth:
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Enough is enough.
Vote NO on ANY new spending bill, be it health care "reform", "climate change", or putting up a monument to Mr. Obama. Or ANYTHING. Particularly, no more bailouts of entities "too big to fail". Mr. Obama, after advocating the bankrupting of our country, has said he wants no more spending. Listen to him - this time.
No more spending until you guys have eliminated ALL the extra-Constitutional spending already being done by the hundreds of un-accountable bureaucracies already in place.
NO MORE SPENDING.
Get it?
Thanks.
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Chuck
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Enough is enough.
Vote NO on ANY new spending bill, be it health care "reform", "climate change", or putting up a monument to Mr. Obama. Or ANYTHING. Particularly, no more bailouts of entities "too big to fail". Mr. Obama, after advocating the bankrupting of our country, has said he wants no more spending. Listen to him - this time.
No more spending until you guys have eliminated ALL the extra-Constitutional spending already being done by the hundreds of un-accountable bureaucracies already in place.
NO MORE SPENDING.
Get it?
Thanks.
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Chuck
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Sent to Kohl and Feingold...
More wastage of my time?
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It's in your court now.
Our House of "Representatives" voted to pass this remarkably complex, certainly un-Constitutional, bill without giving the taxpayers of America a chance to see what is in it - indeed, they passed it without themselves knowing what it contained. There was never enough time for them to read the bill, let alone understand it. They voted on a "pig in a poke", which they want to make the people of the US accept on their uninformed word.
Therefore, it is your duty as one of the last people between this abomination and certain signature by our President and its' being inflicted on us.
Vote NO if this comes up for a vote. If you don't, you have proven to the people of Wisconsin that you have no concern at all for their welfare, freedoms, or futures - only for control over them.
Vote NO on ObamaCare - I mean - PelosiCare. I insist.
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It's in your court now.
Our House of "Representatives" voted to pass this remarkably complex, certainly un-Constitutional, bill without giving the taxpayers of America a chance to see what is in it - indeed, they passed it without themselves knowing what it contained. There was never enough time for them to read the bill, let alone understand it. They voted on a "pig in a poke", which they want to make the people of the US accept on their uninformed word.
Therefore, it is your duty as one of the last people between this abomination and certain signature by our President and its' being inflicted on us.
Vote NO if this comes up for a vote. If you don't, you have proven to the people of Wisconsin that you have no concern at all for their welfare, freedoms, or futures - only for control over them.
Vote NO on ObamaCare - I mean - PelosiCare. I insist.
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Tammy Gay oversteps the line, yet again.
Another futile rant aimed at my favorite gay representative:
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OK, Tammy.
I had my suspicions that you did not give a freaking damn about the people you supposedly represent. Now you have proven that premise beyond any possible doubt.
First, you refused to attend true open talk sessions where the taxpayers you defecate on regularly could have told you to your face that they DID NOT want the stuff you insist on stuffing down our throats. You did this because you knew damn well what the result would be, and you were scared that you might have to confront their justified anger. Coward.
Next, you support the most radical, most insane "speaker of the house" that this country has ever seen, in voting to pass a "health care" reform bill that could not possibly have been read and understood by any single member of the House, let alone you or even your staffers. This is an act of treason against your constituents, even if it was not technically an act of treason against the United States. Morally, you are as guilty as any of the Muslim nut cases who blow themselves up to attempt to "change" the world. Simply an act of calculated malice, or pure stupidity. Somehow, I don't see you as a stupid person.
The "health care" bill will force American taxpayers to foot the bill for:
1. Care for illegal immigrants. Yes, I said "illegal". I know how desperately the Democratic Party needs to import loyal voters and will do anything to ensure that American taxpayers will never be able to defeat their plans for a World Soviet. Well, we will see how well that worked next year, won't we?
2. The American taxpayer will end up paying for the "medically necessary" abortions for thousands of women who were brought up to believe "it's a choice, not a child". Pure evil. And I am not even a "right to life" supporter. I just object to the blatant forcing of rules that a clear majority of taxpaying Americans detest.
3. The American taxpayer will be forced to purchase "health insurance" at prices that will ensure inability of millions of young families to ever save any money for anything. Of course, those who cannot pay - i.e., those who will not work, will get their insurance paid for by those who DO work. If you haven't noticed, the Thirteenth Amendment to our Constitution, an amendment the Democrats of the day fought tooth and nail, prohibits slavery. Of course, with the enactment of the Sixteenth Amendment, you managed to give yourselves an "out" - it's just a "tax", not slavery. Politicians are very good at twisting language, even if useless for any reasonable purpose on this planet.
4. Due to bureaucracy, health care costs will rise. It's a law of nature. There is only so much true value in our economy, and the actions of Congress in the last few years have ensured that our economy will drop to levels that people in the Great Depression would have seen as horrible by comparison. This WILL result in rationing of health care, and "death panels" no matter what cute name or acronym the clerks come up with. Medical research will suffer, and millions of Americans, and even illegals "enjoying" our largess will suffer poor care and needless death and illness as a result. By this vote, you condemn our country to a future many in "third world" countries would consider poverty.
I am sure that I could find much more to rail against, but since I am sure that you personally will never read these words, I will be satisfied in telling you - or more likely, the staffer who might actually read this, that I will be doing everything in my power to ensure that you become a member of the largest growing class of Americans - the unemployed.
I won't wish you actual ill, as that's not my way - but I am sure that thousands of Wisconsin taxpayers will do so very soon. Enjoy that thought.
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OK, I actually tried to send that to Tammy Gay - but her website requires that you type in a security code. Every variation on the five-number "code" was rejected by the program. What a clever way to prevent even useless attempts at communication! She can now honestly claim that she never heard a bad word against her policies, since the website never forwarded the message.
I've got to wonder if that was a conscious decision on her part or by one of her minions, or just poor code design.
Anyway, it's war, now. I'm bringing the biggest guns I can out to fight for her removal from office. So, actually, business as usual here.
Chuck
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OK, Tammy.
I had my suspicions that you did not give a freaking damn about the people you supposedly represent. Now you have proven that premise beyond any possible doubt.
First, you refused to attend true open talk sessions where the taxpayers you defecate on regularly could have told you to your face that they DID NOT want the stuff you insist on stuffing down our throats. You did this because you knew damn well what the result would be, and you were scared that you might have to confront their justified anger. Coward.
Next, you support the most radical, most insane "speaker of the house" that this country has ever seen, in voting to pass a "health care" reform bill that could not possibly have been read and understood by any single member of the House, let alone you or even your staffers. This is an act of treason against your constituents, even if it was not technically an act of treason against the United States. Morally, you are as guilty as any of the Muslim nut cases who blow themselves up to attempt to "change" the world. Simply an act of calculated malice, or pure stupidity. Somehow, I don't see you as a stupid person.
The "health care" bill will force American taxpayers to foot the bill for:
1. Care for illegal immigrants. Yes, I said "illegal". I know how desperately the Democratic Party needs to import loyal voters and will do anything to ensure that American taxpayers will never be able to defeat their plans for a World Soviet. Well, we will see how well that worked next year, won't we?
2. The American taxpayer will end up paying for the "medically necessary" abortions for thousands of women who were brought up to believe "it's a choice, not a child". Pure evil. And I am not even a "right to life" supporter. I just object to the blatant forcing of rules that a clear majority of taxpaying Americans detest.
3. The American taxpayer will be forced to purchase "health insurance" at prices that will ensure inability of millions of young families to ever save any money for anything. Of course, those who cannot pay - i.e., those who will not work, will get their insurance paid for by those who DO work. If you haven't noticed, the Thirteenth Amendment to our Constitution, an amendment the Democrats of the day fought tooth and nail, prohibits slavery. Of course, with the enactment of the Sixteenth Amendment, you managed to give yourselves an "out" - it's just a "tax", not slavery. Politicians are very good at twisting language, even if useless for any reasonable purpose on this planet.
4. Due to bureaucracy, health care costs will rise. It's a law of nature. There is only so much true value in our economy, and the actions of Congress in the last few years have ensured that our economy will drop to levels that people in the Great Depression would have seen as horrible by comparison. This WILL result in rationing of health care, and "death panels" no matter what cute name or acronym the clerks come up with. Medical research will suffer, and millions of Americans, and even illegals "enjoying" our largess will suffer poor care and needless death and illness as a result. By this vote, you condemn our country to a future many in "third world" countries would consider poverty.
I am sure that I could find much more to rail against, but since I am sure that you personally will never read these words, I will be satisfied in telling you - or more likely, the staffer who might actually read this, that I will be doing everything in my power to ensure that you become a member of the largest growing class of Americans - the unemployed.
I won't wish you actual ill, as that's not my way - but I am sure that thousands of Wisconsin taxpayers will do so very soon. Enjoy that thought.
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OK, I actually tried to send that to Tammy Gay - but her website requires that you type in a security code. Every variation on the five-number "code" was rejected by the program. What a clever way to prevent even useless attempts at communication! She can now honestly claim that she never heard a bad word against her policies, since the website never forwarded the message.
I've got to wonder if that was a conscious decision on her part or by one of her minions, or just poor code design.
Anyway, it's war, now. I'm bringing the biggest guns I can out to fight for her removal from office. So, actually, business as usual here.
Chuck
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Yet another attempt to control my employee...
Another possibly Quixotic attempt to control the out-of-control:
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Ms. Baldwin:
Unless you have PERSONALLY read every word of this bill, and understood the impact on your constituents, and are PERSONALLY assured that this bill is both in the best interests of the taxpaying voters from your district. and also in accordance with their publicly stated wishes, I expect you to do the honorable and correct thing - vote NO on any attempt to federalize heath care.
If you vote for this bill without reading it, or worse, on the recommendation of a staffer or, God forbid, Nancy Pelosi's word, you madam, are a traitor to the people who you represent.
I personally insist that you vote NO.
Vote your conscience, but be aware that we, your employers, are watching.
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Chuck
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Ms. Baldwin:
Unless you have PERSONALLY read every word of this bill, and understood the impact on your constituents, and are PERSONALLY assured that this bill is both in the best interests of the taxpaying voters from your district. and also in accordance with their publicly stated wishes, I expect you to do the honorable and correct thing - vote NO on any attempt to federalize heath care.
If you vote for this bill without reading it, or worse, on the recommendation of a staffer or, God forbid, Nancy Pelosi's word, you madam, are a traitor to the people who you represent.
I personally insist that you vote NO.
Vote your conscience, but be aware that we, your employers, are watching.
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Chuck
Monday, November 2, 2009
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Question to my local paper
I just emailed this to the Beloit Daily News. A recent headline said the City of Beloit was needing to deal with the BIA before being allowed to build a casino.
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Someone please explain to me why the City of Beloit needs to beg permission from the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs, or anyone in Washington DC before entering in to a contract with anyone to build a casino in Beloit? If there's any permission to be asked, I would expect it to be at the state level at the most, unless the property is not in the city limits, in which case the town or county might get involved.
Another thing - why is there even such a critter as a "Bureau of Indian Affairs" in this day and age? Are Native Americans so naive and stupid that they need the Great White Father to make sure they don't get a bad deal?
Just wondering...
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What ever happened to state's rights - and when did Native Americans need to get federal permission to enter inot business contracts?
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Someone please explain to me why the City of Beloit needs to beg permission from the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs, or anyone in Washington DC before entering in to a contract with anyone to build a casino in Beloit? If there's any permission to be asked, I would expect it to be at the state level at the most, unless the property is not in the city limits, in which case the town or county might get involved.
Another thing - why is there even such a critter as a "Bureau of Indian Affairs" in this day and age? Are Native Americans so naive and stupid that they need the Great White Father to make sure they don't get a bad deal?
Just wondering...
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What ever happened to state's rights - and when did Native Americans need to get federal permission to enter inot business contracts?
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