Sunday, August 29, 2010

Nevada Is Early Caucus State in 2012

In 2008, Ron Paul's showing in Nevada was so strong the GOP had to shut down the state convention to prevent Ron Paul from winning the state.

In 2012, Nevada is an early caucus state. While a caucus is weeks before the state convention, there will be a straw poll.

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Alaskan Joe Miller Upsets Powers That Be

Alaskan Joe Miller is on the verge of upsetting the anointed GOP insider:

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski is battling for her political life this morning against Republican primary challenger Joe Miller, the tea party-backed candidate who has a slim lead as ballots continue to be counted.
With 429 of 438 precincts counted this morning,, Miller had 45,909 votes (51 percent) to 43,949 (49 percent) for Murkowski.

McCain Is A Fighter With Deep Pockets

McCain is certainly a fighter. Having previously sponsored amnesty for illegal aliens, he turned that vulnerability around by spending $20 million to defeat his primary opponent in Arizona. This shows the power of money.

In the meantime, McCain continues to ignore the constitution by authoring legislation to indefinitely detain Americans:
John McCain introduced a bill into the U.S. Senate which, if passed, would actually allow U.S. citizens to be arrested and detained indefinitely, all without Miranda rights or ever being charged with a crime.

Sunday, August 15, 2010

Outlaw Self-Sufficiency

In the continued push to regulate and outlaw self-sufficiency, Congressmen who apparently represent corporations want to make it illegal to grow your own vegetables.

Under the guise of "food safety", the bill was introduced by "The Congressman From Monsato", Richard Durbin.

Title I - Improving Capacity to Prevent Food Safety Problems - Section 101
... require that each person (excluding farms and restaurants) who manufactures, processes, packs, distributes, receives, holds, or imports an article of food permit inspection of his or her records ...