We are being attacked on ALL sides!
February 1, 2012
Your property rights are being assaulted and as shown in a video of the San Carlos, California City Council, despite opposition to turning our governments over to the United Nations, the fat cats have sided with the UN in forcing through Agenda 21 which is a global design on “green” living. This is outrageous. Despite the overwhelming evidence that ICLEI is tied to the UN Agenda 21, these jerks voted to fund ICLEI over the protests of their constituents!
Our politicians have taken an oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic, and now they have become the enemy. What will it take? Another armed conflict? No wonder liberals are for gun control!
I don’t do much on this site any more…
October 13, 2011
Sorry to have abandoned this site. Most of my time has been spent over on www.TheMarinForum.com.
FedUpEditor
More on NY-26
May 27, 2011
On Wednesday, hour 2 of the Rush Limbaugh show, the host apologized to his audience for not knowing about the New York 26 election BEFORE it happened. As I pointed out when I forwarded Karl Rove’s erroneous piece yesterday, Conservatism did not lose that race, the lack of knowledge that the “Tea Party” candidate was actually a Democrat did.
Let this serve as a warning to all who think we need a third party. If it happens, it will surely give the majority back to the Democrats. Third party voters are essentially Conservative and take votes away from Republicans not the Democrats. In a close race it means the liberal will win without having the majority, and this could well be the Democrats grand strategy for 2012. After all, when the country is in a deep recession (regardless of what the media is reporting) and your message is, “Everything is fine. We will just keep printing money, and all will be well,” the only way to win is by trickery.
This dynamic was illustrated when Perot got into the race which helped get Bill Clinton elected over George H. W. Bush. Now it has been proven again with the election in NY-26. Had there been any light shed on the fact that the “Tea Party” candidate, Davis, was “a liberal Democrat with a history of supporting higher taxes, Obamacare, cap-and-trade legislation, contributing many thousands of dollars to far-left Democrat candidates, as well as endorsing Barack Obama for president”, the Republican candidate would probably have won.
However, reports from people who actually live in that district say the Republican candidate did not articulate conservative principles while the Tea Party candidate did. So in a sense, the Conservative message won. Together the Republican and Tea Party votes would have easily beaten the Democrat.
Harry Reid made one of the most ignorant statements when he said something to the effect that this vote was a clear message from the people of America that they are against making changes to Medicare as we know it. The actual fact was nobody knew about this race outside of NY-26, so how can this be a mandate from anyone on anything?
I guess that’s what you have to say when you were pummeled in 2010 at the polls and want to fool yourself, but it may be seen another way. What this election says is Republicans better get their message out loud and clear what they stand for and what they are against. It is no longer enough to just be not-Democrat. Conservatism had better be front and center in 2012.
The majority of people understand we are in trouble with our social programs; the money has run out. People are becoming aware of the problems with government union wages and benefits which are unsustainable. With tax revenue down, it is magnifying the problem, and about time. Medicare has been broke for years, but the problem has been disguised as a liberal government (of both parties) has propped up the failing system. For years people on both sides have predicted is was insolvent and would eventually collapse. The story that Congress raided the trust fund a long time ago is enough to do another series of articles, but let me leave you with this.
If Republicans think NY-26 is a mandate on anything and run from the tough issues because Harry Reid and the press say it was, it could spell trouble in 2012. What it shows is that Republicans need to step up and address the issues head on. Be the adults in the room. After all, if conservatism wins, the country wins. If liberalism wins, we all lose.
FedUpEditor
North Marin Water District Raises Rates! Surprised?
May 24, 2011
Last night the North Marin Water District in Novato, CA, voted to raise rates, “due to reduced usage.” Let me understand. We used less so they have to charge us more? Why?
Remember, we been in a drought for years. Water districts raised rates because there was a scarcity of water. Remember tiered rates? For years they have been urging us to conserve water. We have been asked to landscape our yards with plants that need little irrigation. Parks have been retooled to use recycled water. Businesses like car washes have done likewise. So we have listened.
However, now that we have an abundance of water from the Spring thaw, our habits haven’t changed. It would seem that with an increased supply, rates would go down, not up. And where is this money going? To pay bloated government salaries, pensions and benefits, not to improve the water quality.
Some people seem to think the solution to deficits is to tax the rich, but how does raising water rates do that? Don’t the poor people of Novato have to pay for their water too?
The ones voting for these rate increases are not the ones paying for them. We are. It’s time to make them get their spending under control.
Obama and Facebook: The Social-ist Network!
April 24, 2011
SF Tea Party gets panned by City Leftists!
April 21, 2011
Surprised? Here is the “article” and my response:
It is obvious Ms. Spotswood did not go to the Tea Party to “learn” about it as she claimed, but went with preconcieved notions and then looked for things to validate those impressions. This was anything but a “news” article. It was snarky and showed Beth as the liberal hack she obviously is.
Instead of posting FACTS about what the Tea Party represents, like a true leftist, she makes fun of peoples’ looks and dress. Isn’t she from the crowd who talk about peace, co-existing; love and tolerance? Or does that only count when we are of like mind?
FACT 1: Tea Partiers arrive fashionably late because most of us have jobs and are paying taxes to support those who are not!
FACT 2: Obama’s birthplace is NOT the main issue of most Tea Partiers. She found the one or two signs of those that believe it is. Am I to believe that because I have heard some liberals say the collapse of the twin towers was an inside job all liberals believe it as well?
FACT 3: Most of us are deeply concerned with Obama’s SPENDING! He talks about taxing the rich, and what the writer fails to realize is that she is one of the rich who will be paying dearly if Obama gets his way. Remember, payroll taxes are not the only taxes. Everyday things are costing more in money and jobs. Most of that is thanks to burdensome government regulations and taxation.
FACT 4:The reference to Astroturf was that the Tea Party is NOT a grassroots organization but Astroturf (not real, like the bussed in union agitators in Wisconsin, for example). Make no mistake, the people who attend these Tea Parties are from ALL parties and are not being paid by union leaders to show up! That is why your party lost big in the last election. People are waking up to the fact that our government has a SPENDING problem, not a revenue problem.
Finally, you accuse the woman in Colonial dress as denying major components of US history but then do not elaborate or explain that sentence. The FACT is that most Tea Partiers know more about REAL history than I expect you do. Read the Constitution and you will find that nowhere in it did the founders think money and property should be taken from one group of people to be given to another person or group. But there are many dictators who have.
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/culture/detail?entry_id=87371#ixzz1KBbkzhSb
PayPal is a SCAM?
March 31, 2011
I am writing this out of frustration with the PayPal process. If you can avoid it, NEVER use PayPal as your payment processing. They require you to give way too much information to receive payments from customers. And that’s not all.
First of all they charge a processing fee which takes a certain percentage from every transaction. To issue a check they charge another $1.50. It doesn’t seem like a lot but imagine the hundreds of thousands of transactions that are being processed every day and you can see how they afford the phone bank they employ to answer questions from frustrated users like us! But that’s not all!
Even after you verify your bank account to automatically transfer the funds into (to avoid the extra check charge), it takes anywhere from 4-6 business days to move the money. Although they have already received the money from your customer, they make you wait almost a week before you receive your funds. Why would that be?
If you think about it the $450 sits in their account for a week earning interest. Doesn’t sound like much but when you multiply an average of $1000 per transaction times the tens to hundreds of thousands of transactions they must see in a day, it adds up. It’s almost like the govenment’s withholding scam! The take the money from our paychecks and hold it all year. Then we get to beg for it back on April 15th, wait 4-6 weeks for the refund with NO FRIGGIN’ INTEREST!
Look, I am not against people earning a living, but wouldn’t it be just as easy for someone to pay by check? It would be lot less expensive too!
- FedUpEditor
Even when we win we lose
March 23, 2011
My friends, we are living in an alternate universe. Everything seems to be backwards and upside down. Good is defeating bad and yet Conservatives are continually on the losing end regardless of the outcome.
Take a look at Wisconsin. A democratically elected Republican House, Assembly and Governor were hired to balance the state’s budget. Remember that the Democrats left town and hid out in unknown locations in order to stall the vote. But the bill to limit public-sector collective bargaining got passed anyway. After all, the state can’t afford the agreements that have been made. One would think that’s the end of it, right? Conservatism and the people won.
Not so fast. Judge Maryann Sumi issued a temporary restraining order last week saying the Wisconsin legislators did not give appropriate notice of a vote on the bill that affects parts of public sector union’s collective bargaining powers. She didn’t say the bill was “unconstitutional”. She said not enough notice was given about the vote. and that’s why she stopped it. For goodness sakes, I don’t live in Wisconsin and I knew about the vote for over a week. How much time does this liberal judge need anyway? Never mind the fact that this judge has ties to the union; her son is one of the union organizers!
Let me get this straight. So one person with an agenda gets to decide against the people of Wisconsin who voted for the people trying to balance the budget. (Note: she has to run for re-election soon and is supposedly in a very liberal area.)
But wait, it gets worse. Instead of recalling this Judge Sumi or the Democrats who abandoned their jobs and fled the state to avoid debating and voting on the bill, it is the Republicans whose jobs are being threatened with recall. It should become clear to anyone that this is about big money unions bosses trying to keep the bargains in place in order to continue the cash flowing into the coffers. Then that money can be used to help Democrats get elected who will then pass legislation that is favorable to the unions. It’s all very cozy. And after all, there is a lot of money riding on this gamble.
My question is this. Why do Wisconsin Republican legislators have to follow the rules just because one activist judge says they must? Remember, Obama’s drilling moratorium was declared illegal by a Federal Judge, yet it did not stop him from continuing to implement the ban. This has cost the US thousands of jobs and who knows how much in revenue? Then take a look at heath care. Another Federal Judge has declared it unconstitutional, yet Obama’s administration is moving forward on implementing it anyway.
So it’s okay for one county judge to rule on a law and that ruling must be followed, yet federal judges are to be ignored? And they wonder why we are so angry!
The Revolutionary War was declared only after every other avenue had been tried with King George. People in the New World were tired of taxation without representation. Yet isn’t that what we have today? Perhaps instead of a peaceful revolution it will have to come to an armed conflict.
Make no mistake, we are in the fight of our lives. What is happening in Wisconsin is symptomatic of what is going on all over the country. If we lose here, it could very well be the end of the nation. After all, if the states don’t have the money they could easily collapse. If the states fail then the country fails. Union leaders don’t seem to care, but I sure do.
FedUpEditor
Open Letter to Arizona and South Carolina!
March 3, 2011
Voters,
The year 2012 is the time to make serious changes to the way business is being done in Washington, DC. Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham are most of the problem with the Republican Party.
By introducing unconstitutional legislation, McCain and Graham have moved the party to the “center” by compromising with liberals. Time for a change.
JD Hayworth is going to challenge McCain this year. Let’s hope he wins. The reason we know McCain is scared is because he is moving away from positions he took previously, even with his OWN legislation! Amnesty, Stimulus, etc. the list goes on. Once McCain gets re-elected, he will move back to the left and be what he normally is… a RINO!
This is the year for REAL hope and change!
Unions… again!
March 2, 2011
Note: My excellent appeal to members to respond to the IJ comments posted by the usual brain dead liberals somehow didn’t make it to this page and was submitted as blank.
It included links to Brad’s article and the comments page I am responding to as well as the letter itself. Unfortunately, it didn’t make it to meet-up! I’ll try again:
Marin Independent Journal
Letters to the Editor
Brad,
I saw your excellent article last Thursday. It echoed much of what was written in my editorial printed the following day. However, the majority of comments have refused to acknowledge that, though unions in Wisconsin had already increased their contribution toward the benefits package, it is still well below the national average of private sector employees. I would also suspect these union supporters are union members themselves.
Regardless of their passion, we can’t afford it. Everyone else has had to participate in this recession (which is still going on despite what the pundits say) by taking lower paying jobs just to work. Why shouldn’t the unions sacrifice too? As an independent contractor working less than 20 hours a week and at a much reduced (22% of my contract rate 8 years ago) hourly rate, I have been looking for full time work, but the jobs just aren’t there. Show me one union group that has taken that kind of hit. To add insult to injury, I am being taxed to pay these government union salaries and benefits! Besides, if refusing to negotiate brings down a state, or the country, how does that help anyone?
People in Marin County are smug in thinking this can’t happen to us. I attended a Mill Valley City Council meeting last year. They were discussing a Miller Avenue improvement project even though they were running a deficit. “Maybe there will be money for us from the stimulus,” was the Mayor’s comment. California has much the same attitude. A bailout is not the answer; the federal government is out of money too.
I am not against unions. I am just against irresponsible government spending and people who refuse to look at the truth about what is going on. Remember; if the state fails, we all lose.
Sincerely,
Mick Orton
Vice President
Marin Conservative Forum
