Why We Must Dump Lindsey Graham!

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On Friday, March14th, Senator Lindsey Graham was downtown Beaufort at The Q On Bay Street.

I asked Lindsey Graham two questions and got the most ambiguous answers possible!      

1st - I asked if he supported the lawsuit Joe Carroll filed in South Carolina against the Election Commission with the Dept of Justice to extend the time between the SC Primary on June 10th to change the time of the Run Off Election after the Primary from two weeks to 45 days, in compliance with Election Laws. 

I paused, and he jumped on the question with a vehement NO!  I then sprang the trap and added,  so it is in compliance with election laws and allows the military to vote.       

Boy, did he back pedal!  I got the most curious answer/non-answer.

He said that he believes - doesn't know for a fact, that the military will get a ballot where they can vote for Choice #1 and then Choice #2.

Huh???

In other words, they will receive a primary ballot where they can make two choices.  They will not be able to vote in a run off election, should one occur, because the two week time period between both polling events is only 14 days and does not allow ample time to get absentee ballots to military personnel.  Current Election Laws require 45 days.

WTF?!! You ask??  That's what I said!  They have the ability to vote in a primary and if neither of their candidates make it to the run-off election, they won't be able to vote in the Run-off Election!  Furthermore, they get to pick two candidates for the same seat on the ballot, while all of the rest of us get to vote only for one!

Interesting, they just changed the election rules, so there is one set of rules for us peons and one set for the military, who find their voting rights restricted!

But, Graham added, he wasn't sure about the election law and rules, he'll have to check.  This from a man who was elected to the House of Representatives, then twice to the Senate and he doesn't know election law?

I smell some rotten fish here!  Senator Graham is seeking an unfair advantage over his challengers, knowing the short time frame favors his campaign coffers and name recognition.  Should the law suit by Joe Carroll prevail, it enables the challengers to spend more time to educate the public on their choices as well as the truth about Senator Graham's voting record and political actions.

2nd question was in reference to the Economic Package for the Ukraine.  This package is tied to a reform package with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).  The package has sat in the Senate for the last 3 years, because it cedes our sovereignty to the IMF, while increasing our obligations to the fund.  It's simply a bad package and the Senate has rightly sat on it and should justly, can it!

I asked Senator Graham, if he would untie the package from the Ukraine Relief package and he jumped on it and said, yes!  Again, I paused and sprung the trap and added, would you vote for it, if the IMF package remains attached.  He paused for a second and said Yes, he would vote for it as it stands.

So, which is it, Senator Graham? Yes, to preserving our sovereignty or Yes, to ceding our sovereignty?  You can't have it both ways!

This is why we have to "DUMP Lindsey Graham!"

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Speaking Out with Chuck Morse: Just what is the "Right" side? 03/14 by Southern Sense Is Conservative | Politics Conservative Podcasts

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Ukraine - Not sexy enough?  How about NSA Spying & Diane Feinstien getting outraged because she found out she's been spied upon! Heaven forbid it's not a peon little citizen, but she's a member of Congress!



TEA Party? Elections? Obamacare? Wages? Jobs?  Mylie Cyrus?? Just checking if you were awake.....



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Taking Back America with Katrina Pierson for Congress 03/04 by Southern Sense Is Conservative | Politics Conservative Podcasts

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The world is turning upside down and President Obama is surprised people are more concerned about the situation in the Ukraine than Global Warming?



We need to send to Washington, D.C. people like Katrina Pierson.  Catch her today on Southern Sense!

Jeremy Fischer: Garbage collector's patriotic deed goes viral - Story

Jeremy Fischer: Garbage collector's patriotic deed goes viral - Story



This story is about what is great in America.  Watch the video, because they say it so well.  If more Americans behaved and thought similar to Jeremy, we would have less division, more healing and more prosperity.



It's about respect, dignity, honor, love of country and simply taking the time to do the morally right thing!



http://www.wptv.com/news/local-news/water-cooler/jeremy-fischer-garbage-collectors-patriotic-deed-goes-viral

Dr. Mark Christian: From Islam to Christianity, The Journey 02/18 by Southern Sense Is Conservative | Politics Conservative Podcasts

Dr. Mark Christian: From Islam to Christianity, The Journey 02/18 by Southern Sense Is Conservative | Politics Conservative Podcasts



Think you're safe from Islam and life is full of sweet roses? Think again.  It's seeping in like THE BLOG.  It oozes in slowly and small and it's gaining momentum.  Why? We have a media who's politically correct, a government that is complacent and a public too immersed in American Idol that no one is paying attention.



Well almost, no one.



We are, so listen in and LEARN for once!

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How Many Ways Can We Send A Liberal Away Crying? Ask Jason Mattera 01/31 by Southern Sense Is Conservative | Politics Conservative Podcasts

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Republicans and Conservatives consistently fail in messaging.  We need to learn from the Democrats and Progressives and speak to the heart not just to the head.  But can we learn to do that?



One way is to use humor another is to paint a deeply personal picture.



Today, we'll speak to Jason Mattera and get his unique take on this vital issue.

OK, Here I go again.  I posted in response to Senator Stockman walking out on the SOTU speech and got into another tirade.

 

1st is my posting, then a reply by Eduardo and then my reply to him.

 

Enjoy!

 

Ann Ubelis

Amazing to finally find men & women of principle in office! Let's send more to Congress in 2014!

Should I impeach Obama? - Steve Stockman for Senate 2014

stockmanforsenate2014.com

I walked out of Obama’s State of the Union address last night. He openly declared war on the Constitution. Last year I said I would consider filing Articles of Impeachment as a last resort to stop Obama. Well,...

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Eduardo Brown: This should have been done at least, at the very latest, one year ago, I would say two. Now is not the time for this. We need to cut the losses, huddle, come up with a good game plan to take 2014. Then we will have two years to figure out how to take 2016; breathing room. It's getting way too complicated. We need to focus and keep our eyes on the prize. We need to stay away from calling him a Muslim and stop talking about his "wedding" ring, etc. and focus on how to win. I said a little while ago I have no idea what the strategy would be, but I write this in hopes I hit someone with a far more intellectual brain than mine and come up with a solution instead of re-identifying issues.
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Eduardo, I am so glad that we finally have some people in the House that have the cajones to finally bring Impeachment Charges against Obama.  It maybe 5 years too late in coming, but it is 3 years ahead of their timetable!

As for the 2014 & 2016 elections.  We must keep laser focused on 2014 and not allow the Left, MSM and RINO's distract us with 2016 predictions and other B.S.!

Our strategy is to focus on key races, such as SC & Az.  If we dump Lindsey Graham & John McCain and other "Establishment Republicans, such as Mitch McConnell, it will send shock waves throughout the nation.  It will prove to those, who continually badmouth the conservatives and TEA Party activists, that we can't be stopped and WE ARE MAIN STREAM AMERICA!

We need to find a way to repackage our message so we can communicate to the public and sway their opinions in the manner and ease that the Left employs.  They cater to the targets heart, not head.

When we speak, we target the mind with logic and facts.  They see us as dry ancient papers and see the the Left's message as a cool drink of water. We need to change the message delivery!

When we speak to opposing the minimum wage, we can't spout facts and figures. We must draw the picture of how the listener's job is at risk, their finances will be thrown into turmoil and expense will rise with the rise of all goods and services.  We must make the message personal so the listener walks away, and says "Wow, this could happen to me tomorrow., This is scary! Maybe these conservatives/TEA Party people are speaking the truth."

Our messaging is our weakness and we have to learn to rephrase the debate and take it to the Left and beat them down with it!

Take the marriage issue.  Here is how the argument should go & I use this method all of the time.

I oppose the Federal and State government defining marriage in any shape or form.  The reason is simple, marriage is a religious rite, where as all local, state & federal agencies recognize and license civil unions, when they mandate we apply for a "license".  So, now imagine, a same sex couple go into a Muslim Mosque and demand a marriage ceremony, what do you think would happen, if it was say in Iran or Afghanistan?  I don't think either person in that couple would walk out alive.

Marriage is a religious rite.

Picture the same couple walking into the Vatican, demanding the Pope perform the ceremony?  The Papal Guard would be escorting them out at the end of their pikes!  Marriage is a religious rite.

In each instance, before that couple walks into the Mosque or Vatican, they had to go to a government official and take out a government license to allow the ceremony to be performed and it is a civil union document.

So, now your daughter wants to marry her girlfriend and you support their decision.  What will you do?  They want a church wedding.  Where do you go?  To the Catholic Church?  To the Mosque?  No you'll go to a denomination who will respect their life choice, after they get their civil union license from government.

Do you understand what I am saying? Religions don't all recognize the same definition of marriage, because it is part of their doctrine as to how they define marriage.  So why is government trying to redefine a religious rite, when the Constitution restricts government from prohibiting the free expression of religion?  Why is government telling my Church, we must recognize same sex marriage when my pastor and our congregation practice our faith to say otherwise?  Isn't that the same as saying government is now in charge of religion?  Isn't that also unconstitutional under the 1st Amendment?

What is it that you are strongly adverse to? Chocolate? Screaming babies? Drivers on cell phones?  What if suddenly government tells you, you have no choice, tough noggies, you have to eat chocolate, hold screaming babies on your lap for as long as they say you must and ride with dumb drivers talking and texting on their phones, because it is now their right, despite the fact the laws and our Constitution says otherwise!  It is their "Life Stye Choice" and now a "Right" so declared by an activist judicial ruling.

Or -

To say it in a short sweet way, OK, we'll accept same sex marriage, if you allow us to smoke in front of you anywhere we choose.  It's a life style choice!  BTW, If you hate smoking so much, why are you for legalizing smoking pot, while criminalizing smoking legal cigerettes?  Explain that if you can!

Message, Message, Message!!!

Mike Huckabee Wants To Restrict Free Speech Of Conservatives? REALLY???

While perusing Conservative websites and blogs adding my mere two cents to a few conversations I stumbled across a website named "Eagle Rising" with the following commentary about Mike Huckabee.  See below, "Mike Huckabee Wants to Get Rid of RINO's...."

Of course, I couldn't resist replying following Mr. Coca's item.

http://eaglerising.com/4299/mike-huckabee-wants-get-rid-rino-think/#comment-1216353533

Mike Huckabee Wants to Get Rid of RINO's (It's not what you think)

By Onan Coca / 24 January 2014 / 361 Comments

A RINO is a "Republican in name only" – and someone apparently used the term when they were talking about Mike Huckabee. He wasn’t too happy with that.

“Many of you used a term that I’d like to see outlawed from the vernacular of the party: RINO,” he said, calling it a “pejorative term” that questioned one’s purity…

“With all due respect, I’ve fought in the trenches of Republican politics for over two decades, but I wouldn’t pretend that I’m lord over determining who the real Republicans are versus the so-called RINOs,” he said…

Huckabee reminded his readers that Jesus once said that “a house divided against itself cannot stand,” referring to the Gospel of Matthew…

“I’d rather have a loyal dog who licks me than one with a pedigree who bites me,” he added. “I’d rather go to battle with someone who isn’t perfect than with someone who thinks he is.”

I get why Huckabee is upset at being called a RINO. It is a pejorative. It’s meant to carry a very negative connotation. I also understand why Huckabee was called a RINO. (DON”T GET MAD AT ME.) He’s not a RINO in the Lindsey Graham/John McCain sense… he’s a RINO in a populist – economics sense. But I would hesitate to use the term to apply to him because his “flaws” don’t really reach RINO heights.

Actually, I get a lot of email from readers who agree with Huckabee about this. I often get not-so-polite “fan mail” telling me that I am the problem. Why? Because I divide Republicans instead of uniting them. I and others like me use words like RINO to support “weaker” Tea Party candidates that end up costing us influence. I don’t agree on two counts – first, I don’t think that backing Tea Party candidates weakens us because the RINO candidate is as bad as a moderate Democrat. Secondly, I don’t agree that I divide us because the RINO’s do the same thing to conservatives that we do to them.

Here’s the thing, the RINO term is really important. The Republican Party is no longer (if it was ever) a monolithic political entity. Sure there are liberal Republicans and conservative Republicans and we all fit in the tent because we fit here better than in the Democrat tent… but if we’re honest, we’d rather not be in the same tent with some Republicans. It’s not just us either. Republican politicians feel the same way.

Look at how John McCain’s little RINO cadre treat Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, Justin Amash, Thomas Massie and the rest of the new blood libertarian conservatives. Do you think McCain and Graham want those guys in our tent? (The answer is no…)

Another infamous RINO, John Boehner (R-OH), recently proved again that conservatives aren’t the only ones doing the dividing. Representative Joaquin Castro (D-TX) revealed that Boehner called Rep. Steve King (R-IA) an a**hole for his opposition to amnesty for illegal immigrants.

On a day not too long after Boehner’s political body check of Steve King for his immigration comments, the speaker was milling around the aisle walkway in the middle section of the House floor where the Democratic and Republican territories meet. Another Texas Democrat and I were standing a few feet away, and as the speaker passed us we thanked him for denouncing King’s offensive comments. He slowed his stride and then paused to turn toward us. "What an asshole," he said. My thoughts exactly, Mr. Speaker.

With friends like Boehner, McCain, Graham and other RINO’s, conservatives don’t really need enemies.

So, I’m sorry you had your feelings hurt Mr. Huckabee, but the term RINO stays. We need it.

Read more at http://eaglerising.com/4299/mike-huckabee-wants-get-rid-rino-think/#uIiZPZleIY2AxXog.99

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Why Must We Raise The Minimum Wage?

OK, so I can't walk away from annoying one Liberal a week.  I am aiming higher this week!

theatlantic.com

Help workers by raising minimum wage

By IslandPacket

info@islandpacket.comJanuary 14, 2014 

Read more here: http://www.islandpacket.com/2014/01/14/2892664/help-workers-by-raising-minimum.html#storylink=cpy

The current economic recovery coughs and sputters, largely because of insufficient consumer spending. Consumer spending lags because incomes in the mid- and lower range have stagnated or declined. Those incomes have stagnated or declined for two reasons:
1. The share of the national income taken by the richest 1 percent has increased from 8 percent of the whole in the 1970s to 24 percent in 2007. What's left for everybody else has shrunk correspondingly.
When CEO salaries soar (now about 350 times that of an average employee), less money is in the pool for everybody else. Say $20 million was shaved from the $62 million annual salary of CBS chief executive, Leslie Moonves. Then 2,000 lower-paid CBS workers could each enjoy a $10,000 raise.
But what could force such a change?
2. Labor unions and the minimum wage law long were the principal forces shoring up wages. Many factors, including illegal union-busting, offshoring of production, and so-called right-to-work laws, have gutted private sector unions. If Republican politicians have their way, public sector unions will wither too. Then what could prop up wages?
All that would be left is the minimum wage. Alas, its purchasing power peaked back in 1968. Today's minimum wage, adjusted for inflation, has lost fully one-third of its 1968 value.
To help the poor and invigorate the economy, we should gradually raise the minimum wage to a level where no full-time worker needs public assistance.
Raymond Dominick
Bluffton

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This is my reply.  Brevity is not my strong suit!

Raising the minimum wage will not help the worker, but ultimately cause more harm not only to the worker, but the economy.  Raise the minimum wage, then the cost of goods and service must increase to cover the expense. 

The majority of jobs created are by small businesses who already operate on small profit margin.  They cannot afford the additional expense of the higher wage and must either pass the cost onto the consumer or cut the number of employees.

I applaud Raymond's intention of helping the impoverished worker.  However, the overall affect as proven in past history, would be the loss of jobs to the disadvantaged adults who need the jobs and replacing them with suburban teens who don't need them.

Who benefits? Government in increased tax revenue.  The higher the wage, the higher the tax liability, the lower the actual take home pay. Higher minimum wage creates higher prices, taxes, cost of living and loss of jobs, all which eats away at any benefit of a higher pay.

Unions, which once were beneficial to employees by securing safer work place, better hours, wages and pensions acted as a buffer between workers and owners/management.  Today, they mostly have abused their power.  This is proven by lower membership in unions as more members are dissatisfied with union leadership and rules.  More and more workers are voluntarily opting to work in union free environments.  More business are choosing to move or open shops in Right To Work States offering better wages and benefit packages then  those in union shops.  Compulsory union dues take large bites out of paychecks and members have no say in union actions in politics and political donations.  They are told we will take your money and you have no say about what we do with it.

As for the 1% argument, why is it the Communist policy of spread the wealth so attractive?  It doesn't work. A CEO just doesn't appear out of thin air without formal and industrial training.  They get the higher salary because they earned it.  If you feel an executive doesn't  deserve his or her salary, you have several options open to you.  Write the company a letter stating your opinion.  Boycott their goods and services.  If you own their stock attend their shareholder meeting and exercise your vote.

Government can do a few simple things to increase the take home pay of workers without raising the minimum wage. They can get rid of burdensome over regulation and taxation which costs businesses of all sizes billions of dollars a year.  A farmer must fill out paperwork every time they move fertilizer from one spot on the farm to another.  The paperwork on average takes up to 50  hours. That is just one of the many regulations that, a farmer must adhere to.

Tax compliance is another huge costs to businesses also costing a tremendous cut into profits. I won't mention job killing Obamacare.  It is the effect of odious regulations and high taxes which has driven businesses and jobs out of the USA.  There are no incentives to entice businesses  to return jobs and profit back to our soil.  If businesses are relieved of these burdens then more profit will be retained leading to businesses expanding, creating jobs and increasing employee pay.

Austrian Economics works.  http://www.clearsay.net/economics_for_dummies.asp