Sent to my email from: Congressman Ron Paul Subject: Please Read This Note From My Son, Rand Paul
Sometimes, the political process makes us all just a bit cynical and jaded — myself included. We look at what the Washington DC establishment — the career politicians, the corporate lobbyists, and the entrenched bureaucracy has brought us, and we throw up our hands, thinking, "they're all the same."
I don't like to yell too loud, or beat my chest. But I want to take a moment to remind you why I am not your typical politician, and why this is not a typical campaign or movement.
Among the many reasons:
I will never, ever vote for a taxpayer bailout of a private industry. Whether it's big banks, automakers, or any other industry — you succeed or fail on your own.
I will not vote for an unbalanced budget. I will not vote for a tax increase. Ever.
I will fight for new rules like a Balanced Budget Amendment and Term Limits.
I will not take ANYTHING off the table in the fight to balance the budget. Anyone who says something like they will "freeze non-defense discretionary spending" is blowing smoke at you and hoping you won't notice. That would balance the budget — MAYBE — in about 80 years.
We have to keep our promises to seniors and keep our country strong, but every area has things that can be cut. Every agency has things that are redundnant or that could be done better or cheaper.
I will propose and force a vote on an Enumerated Powers Act, to force Congress to point to the part of the Constitution that justifies their bills.
I will fight for the Bill of Rights. Democrats often love the 4th amendment. Republicans the 2nd. I will fight for them all, which means fighting for your free speech, gun rights, and civil liberties. Laws that infringe on ANY of these make the federal government more powerful, and we cannot continue to allow that.
I will not allow our troops to be the world's policeman, and I will force a vote on a Declaration of War if any President seeks to commit our military to battle.
What you've just read above is an agenda unlike any politician in the country. While solidly conservative, it also shows first, a great loyalty to the Constitution and to our freedom. You cannot fight for liberty while voting for bills that embolden the state. You cannot fight for some of our founding rights without others. And you cannot enable change in Washington by sending the same old people there.
For anyone who thinks elections don't matter, or all candidates are the same, I urge you to read this one more time. I don't think it's a stretch to say that few candidates running for office this year will so fully embrace this agenda of freedom and prosperity, of fighting the power of the federal government while working to ensure that the rights of Americans are restored.
If you agree, I ask for your help.
If you can, I ask you to donate to my campaign today by clicking HERE
From John F Tate of Campaign for Liberty Subject: Obama Concedes
Dear Scott, As the debate over ObamaCare raged, President Obama strenuously denied the charge that the mandate (requiring Americans to buy health insurance or pay a fine) was a tax during an interview with George Stephanopoulos.
Now that several states, including Virginia and Missouri, are fighting back, however, the Obama administration has changed its tune in court. According to The New York Times, "In a brief defending the law, the Justice Department says the requirement for people to carry insurance or pay the penalty is 'a valid exercise' of Congress's power to impose taxes."** As the administration finally concedes what we knew all along, there are two immediate steps you can take today to stand up for health freedom and stop the mandate: 1.) Send a message to Congress by clicking here to sign the first page of Congressman Ron Paul's H.R. 4995, the End the Mandate Act of 2010, which would completely repeal ObamaCare's mandate (tax) on citizens and businesses. 2.) Help us alert millions of Americans about H.R. 4995 by contributing $10, $20, or $40 toward Campaign for Liberty's efforts to End the Mandate. I know times are tough, but unlike the federal government, Campaign for Liberty can't print money when it wants to take action. Only your generous support allows us to stay at the front of the battle to restore the Constitution. It's up to you and me to show Congress we will no longer stand for its abuses of power. Fight back by helping Campaign for Liberty End the Mandate! In Liberty, John Tate President P.S. Click on the link below to sign our petition in support of Congressman Ron Paul's H.R. 4995, and if you are able, consider contributing $10, $20, $40, or whatever you can spare today toward Campaign for Liberty's efforts to End the Mandate!
Twitter brought me my lovely Whitney, self-proclaimed "Scotts Wifey 4 Eva". I ran the idea by Caroline and she wasn't receptive at first but with some convincing, she may be warming up to the idea. This is great! I'm not Mormon and I'm not a sheik, but now that I'm all Big Love, I'm excited to see what life has in store. Wish me luck.
Oh, one more thing. Don't get too excited yet, I still need to make sure Whitney wasn't looking for a different Scott Bratcher on twitter. It can get confusing. I'll let you know when I find out more. Stay tuned.
Image 1 (Cellular) is the download and upload speed of the 3G network through my iPhone. Image 2 (Wifi) is the download and upload speed of the AT&T DSL at my house through over wifi. Okay, the DSL is faster at downloading but look at the upload speed on that 3G! Fancy! Now I know how I'll upload files from now on.
In the land of fancy javascript Ajax libraries and intelligent developers that know the web and know their users, please, please don't make me look at your error that tells me I need to put dashes in my phone number for you. Not only have I not completed my purchase yet, because I'm here griping about how much of an inconvenient insult that is, but you don't even want those dashes in your database anyway. Why not make me add parentheses around my area code while I'm at it? Do I need a 1 on the front, or a +1 because there are supposedly other countries out there that have phones? How will you handle my extension, that happens to be the only way you'll reach me? An error probably, huh? If you aren't going to format my phone number data for your needs, then let me put whatever I want in there so you can reach me when you need to. But, don't, I say, don't make me do it for you on today's powerful web.
This is another merging stream of the binary me. It may at times collide or overlap with the real me.
About Me: I love to travel, then return home. In projects, I dig the details, when they compliment the greater perspective. I adore good design and applaud inspired implementation. Simplicity is king; functionally and in form.