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The War on Direct Democracy

…Common Sense with Paul Jacob (Listen to the Podcast):

Career politicians and ideological allies have been waging an ever-more-vicious war on citizen initiative rights.

Some of the sordid details are reported in political journalist John Fund’s Wall Street Journal article, “The Far Left’s War on Direct Democracy.”

The tactics used to assail statewide petition drives range from “restrictive laws to outright thuggery.”

The restrictions involve anything from slashing the time allowed for collecting signatures to massively increasing the cost of running a ballot campaign.

The thuggery also takes many forms. Often, so-called “blockers” are recruited to harass circulators and prospective signers.

Seeking to imprison people for ten years for promoting an initiative, based on zero evidence of wrongdoing, also counts as thuggery, I think. That’s what the Oklahoma attorney general is trying to do to Rick Carpenter, Susan Johnson, and Yours Truly. Fund notes the hypocrisy of indicting us for allegedly hiring “out of state” petitioners, when state officials couldn’t care less about how “out of state” the blockers are.

Visit freepauljacob.com for more details about our case.

The groups using the most vicious tactics to undermine the process tend to be far left-wing. Their pet causes tend to be much less popular than reforms like term limits, capping state spending, and the like. If they have to destroy democracy to get their way, that’s fine with them.

But we don’t have to let them get away with it.

This is Common Sense. I’m Paul Jacob.

Right Video Classic: President Reagan’s Humor

A montage of President Reagan at his comedic best.

And the Lights Went Out…In the U.S.A

While the fight goes on on the floor of the House of Representatives over the right to discuss and vote on the will of the people over the objections of the self proclaimed preserver of Earth Nancy Pelosi, Obama continues to spread misinformation in Lansing Michigan at a stump speech. Guess which event the mainstream media is covering?

The mainstream media isn’t paying attention to Congressmen who are standing up for their constituents; instead they are following the empty suit Obama while he proselytizes his and Soros’ socialist beliefs.

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2008 Defending the American Dream Summit

The Americans for Prosperity Foundation’s Second Annual Defending the American Dream Summit will be held in Washington D.C. this year on October 10-11th. From the website:

Last year, over 1,600 grassroots leaders from 35 states attended the first-ever Defending the American Dream Summit. By showing up in such large numbers, these citizen leaders helped send a powerful message to Congress and the President to rein in spending and put an end to pork-barrel earmarks.

This year, with your help and participation, we’re going to keep the pressure on, and build on this success.

On October 10-11, 2008, Americans for Prosperity Foundation will host its 2nd national defending the American Dream Summit, at the Crystal Gateway Marriot in Washington, D.C, bringing together thousands of the nation’s leading voices for more freedom.

Here are some hightlights from last year’s Summit:

Unlike politicians, I mean what I say, and I keep my word.

A long while back I wrote an article on FHK about a disgusting film called “Towelhead”. In that article, I said I would never again contribute 1 cent to the coffers of the actor Aaron Eckhart. Well, I have so far been true to my word, but its never been harder than this weekend. You see Aaron “rape a 13 year old” Eckhart is in the cast of The Dark Knight. And unfortunately I am a huge Batman fan. But, a promise is a promise. I will not be seeing The Dark Knight. I wont even bittorrent the illegally recorded version. I will have nothing to do with this film. Nor will probably see the 3rd installment of the franchise because AE’s character is recurring, and will probably be central to the next film.

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Tony Snow

My heart is broken this morning. I just received an e-mail from my friend Leslie letting me know that Tony Snow has died. As a Christian, I firmly believe that Tony has moved on to a much better place, but my heart is heavy for his family, his friends, and for the conservative movement in America. We’ve lost a good man.

I had a chance to hear Tony Snow close CPAC this year. This year’s CPAC had been a rather sad one overall, with a lot of good-byes, but I will always remember the way Tony came on the stage, and lit the room up with his smile, warmth, enthusiasm, exhortation, encouragement, and energy. As he said in this speech, America is great because of our goodness. Tony, this was true of you, too…You’ll be missed.

Update, Michelle Malkin has more, including this video, of Tony jamming with his band at the National Press Club:

Does My American Flag Offend You…

(hat-tip Pam L)

Jesse Helms, 1921-2001, Righteous Warrior

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Jesse Helms, the conservative US Senator from North Carolina who energized the political right for decades and perpetually angered those on the political left, died July 4 at age 86, leaving a legacy that will far outshine even what most Republicans know about him.

One of four key figures in the rise of American conservatism in the second half of the 20th century (the others being William F. Buckley Jr., Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan) Helms was a tireless, unrepentant and serially politically-incorrect leader.

He served 30 years in the US Senate from 1972 to 2002. In his life he opposed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Martin Luther King holiday; despised the United Nations and tried to de-fund it; railed against public-funded art that he found repugnant; represented North Carolina tobacco interests unwaveringly; fought for school prayer and against abortion; vocally opposed homosexuality and other sexual license; was fiercely anti-communist; hated liberalism in its every form; and ultimately was the central figure in helping to make Ronald Reagan the 40th President of the United States.

Born in Monroe, NC the son of a sheriff, Helms wanted early on to become a journalist. In his book “Righteous Warrior, Jesse Helms and the Rise of Modern Conservatism”, University of Florida history professor William Link describes Helms’ career in the Navy, then as a radio commentator. Read more

It’s Time For America To Fall…

Hope everyone had a nice 4^th of July!

I really hope y’all celebrated and remembered why you were celebrating, because the way this country is headed it could be Her last birthday celebration.

From across the country we read reports of the Black National Anthem replacing our real National Anthem in Denver, and from Spokane Anarchists march for their rights to destroy this Country. We watch as racist separatist groups boycott any celebration of this Nation’s birth.

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Happy Independence Day, America!

B. Hussein Obama’s “Patriotism Speech”

A wise old man once told me that, "if you have to drive around town all day honking your horn, you must not be sure it works."  Translated for you non Southern folk, that means you and others have doubts about you, and you need to make sure they know "you" work by, "telling and showing them every chance you get."

Now I know all politicians and most anyone giving a speech uses teleprompters or the very least cue cards to keep track of their talking points.  Fine.  But to me, any thing more than a few cue cards with talking points is insincere gibberish.  And that goes for all politicians, not just the lie filled one you see in the picture above.

I don’t want to spend a lot of time on this because I’m not feeling very well as some of you may have noticed, by not hearing much from me the last few days.  But I had to try to share the point I made above  in hopes that at least one person see’s through this waste of humanity named Obama..

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What Is Freedom?

The full text of the Declaration of Independence is here, along with an essay called “What Is Freedom?”

The Declaration of Independence of the Thirteen Colonies
In CONGRESS, July 4, 1776
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. –That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, –That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. —Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain [George III] is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

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How Much Time Does the U.S. Have?

The following is an excerpt of an article by Charles LiMandri, who, according to his bio, has been very active in the effort to pass a constitutional amendment to protect marriage in California which will be on the ballot in November 2008.

A friend recently asked: “How long do we have left as a society?” In answer to that question I informed her about an interesting and comprehensive study that a renowned British anthropologist, Joseph Unwin, PhD., presented to the British Psychological Society in 1935. Unwin sought to prove that the traditional monogamous model for marriage was not essential to the maintenance of a healthy society. After studying 86 different cultures, across time and continents –and much to his surprise — he came to the inescapable conclusion that the traditional male-female monogamous model for marriage was indeed the best foundation for a healthy and productive society.

Unwin found that societies that adopted this model typically took about three generations to reach their peak of productivity and progress. After that, frequently, a gradual development of complacency and licentiousness would take place and what he described as an ”outburst of homosexuality” would sometimes occur. When that happened, and the society started to move away from the traditional model of male-female monogamous marriage as its foundation, it would begin to unravel. It would then take another three generations of deterioration from that point for the society to collapse.

It is my opinion that between the end of the American Civil War and the Reconstruction of the South, proceeding through the Industrial Revolution, and continuing up until about the end of World War II in 1945, the U.S. reached its zenith. Then came the U.S. Supreme Court’s Everson decision in 1947 which imposed an unconstitutional “Wall of Separation” between Church and State. This directly contradicted the vision of the founding fathers. Upon his farewell address to the nation, George Washington tried to impress upon his fellow countrymen that it was “Religion and Morality” that served as the foundation for our young nation…Continue reading on the Catholic Exchange >>

(Hat-Tip, Fried Green Onions)

LIES, LIES and More LIES

I really shouldn’t read the comments on news articles – it raises my blood pressure! First, read the selected comments, then the rest of the story. (Warning if you have high blood pressure please, medicate before reading, and all spelling mistakes are copied directly.)

This is the sick humor of the Republican Party. They are racist and hateful. They are always talking about values. Is this what they call values? Wake up America they are trying to turn the clock back. We democrates need to take a stand against this type of bigotry. We are better than that. The Republican party is shaking their heads now. They simply can’t believe that a Black/Biracial man has gotten this far and they will stop at nothing to try to destroy him. They will lose in the end. OBAMA will win and the “White House” will finally be for everyone. Blacks, Whites, Latino’s, Asians, Gay and Straight. We are all one America.

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