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Mary and I flew into Orlando, Florida this evening after ten intense days of campaigning for Ted Cruz in Wisconsin.  A shuttle took us to our car at the park-and-go near the airport.  We made the hour-long drive home to Deltona.  The pet-/house-sitter had vacated earlier.  I was greeted by Sammy, our greyhound, upon entering our front door.  I loved on him a bit, petting him while talking to him; his tail wagged like crazy.  It is good to be home.

After settling in, I poured myself a diet soda, put on soft music, lit a candle, sat on the soda, propped my feet up on the coffee table, and reflected on the Cruz campaign and our efforts thus far to help him secure the GOP presidential nomination.

Our Conservative Campaign Committee team, of which I am chairman, have followed the Cruz campaign state to state, independently providing boots on the ground, implementing various get-out-the-vote-for-Cruz initiatives.  We endorsed Cruz early in the campaign season.  We had a banner made that reads, “Ted Cruz: Conservative Hero.”  We have displayed that banner at Cruz rallies and on busy street corners in numerous cities in practically every state primary and caucus.

For me to list all the spectacular moments on the campaign trail would make for a very long article.  However, for some reason, a memory of Cruz's wife Heidi sticks out in my brain.  It kind of epitomizes the tone/vibe of the Cruz campaign that our CCC team has witnessed state to state.

It was a small event, about 150 people, in Fayetteville, North Carolina.  Ted was not there.  Heidi was the keynote speaker.  One of the points Heidi made is how Ted is so relaxed and unstressed on the campaign trail.  At the end of the event, our team met Heidi.  She thanked us for our efforts and posed for a picture in front of our banner.

Our team was piled in the SUV, leaving the event.  I saw Heidi and her staffers casually walking to their cars.  Heidi had a big smile on her face, chatting with people, seemingly without a care in the world.  Her demeanor and body language spoke to me in a way I cannot explain.  Ted and Heidi are “for real” folks.  What you see is what you get.  I believe and trust them.

Another incident that is not particularly political stands out.  It was the “Women for Cruz” event in Madison, Wisconsin, which featured a panel discussion with Carly Fiorina, Heidi, Ted, and his mom, Eleanor.  Eleanor was extremely frail.  It took a couple of security personnel to help her onto the stage.  Frankly, Eleanor reminded me of my late mom and most moms of her generation.  Eleanor is said to have kept Ted out of trouble as a child; she nurtured his interests.  Ted loved and memorized the Constitution.  Eleanor drove Ted to numerous group meetings, where he recited the Constitution, impressing adults with his talent for public speaking.

Again, I felt a genuineness in the way Eleanor, Heidi, and Ted expressed their love and admiration for each other – inspiring and quite moving.  I whispered to a CCC team member, “If their responses are scripted, Ted, Heidi and Eleanor deserve Academy Awards.”  The Cruz family are plain old-fashioned good people-type folks.

Cruz winning Wisconsin was particularly thrilling.  Our CCC team was boots on the ground, but it took grassroots support from patriots across America to propel Cruz to victory.  Thanks, patriots.  I love it when we work together to get-r-done!

Three weeks before the Wisconsin election, pundits and the mainstream media counted Cruz out, claiming that Wisconsin was “a perfect state for Donald Trump.”  Immediately on the heels of Cruz's huge win in Wisconsin, 1.3 million patriots across America made $10, $25, and $50 donations to Cruz's campaign, raising over $2 million in one day.

Clearly, a shift toward Cruz is underway.  In keeping with the old saying, the cream really does rise to the top.  I long suspected that Cruz would emerge as the obvious best GOP presidential candidate once the field narrowed down to a two-man race.  Yes, I realize that what's-his-name, the third guy, is still in the race.

Recent polling confirms that Cruz can beat Hillary in the general. The swiftly growing Cruz-mania has given me new hope regarding the character and soul of my country.  Mainstream media, Democrats, and the left have convinced the GOP establishment and many Americans that we are now a leftist country.  The left's bogus narrative is that a majority of Americans are repulsed by Cruz's brand of conservatism rooted in traditional principles and values that have made America great and exceptional.

The truth is that as more Americans have an opportunity to hear Cruz's commonsense, unfiltered, optimistic, and unifying articulation of conservatism, it connects with their inner spirit.  They instinctively know that Cruz's conservatism is best for all Americans.  Americans are also beginning to realize that Ted Cruz is the only candidate they can trust to reverse Obama's messes.

After a few days of R&R, Mary and I will rejoin our Conservative Campaign Committee team on the campaign trail for Cruz.  Thanks again for all your hard work.

Lloyd Marcus, The Unhyphenated American
Chairman: The Conservative Campaign Committee
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In response to the Islamic terrorist attack in Brussels, along with other commonsense solutions, Ted Cruz cited the success of the NYPD Muslim surveillance program.

Well, the mainstream media and Democrat talking heads went nuts, launching their usual shock-and-awe attack on anyone who refuses to bow their knee in worship to their god of political correctness.  The left called Cruz an idiot and a racist, demanding his head on a platter.

And yet Cruz has not wavered, not walked back his solutions or blinked in his resolve to protect Americans.  That's what I am talkin' about, folks.  Ted Cruz is a rock-solid, character-driven, backbone-of-steel conservative, sold out to defending and advocating for We the People.

The Islamic terrorist attack in Brussels happened in the middle of a highly contentious U.S. presidential campaign.  This is a time when candidates are typically extremely cautious about what comes out of their mouths, careful not to P.O. any group of voters.  Cruz's immediate instinct was to throw political correctness to the wind.  Cruz immediately came out with solutions rooted in the best interest of the American people that infuriated the left.  Again, that's what I am talkin' about, folks.

There is an old parable about a man who was trapped on his roof during a flood.  He prayed for God to reach down His hand and rescue him.  He drowned.  In Heaven, the man asked God why He did not answer his prayer.  God said, I did.  Before the water got too high, I sent a guy in a pickup truck.  Then I sent people in a rowboat.  Finally I sent a helicopter.  You rejected them.

Folks, since 2008, alongside millions of patriots, I have been fighting Obama and his leftist associates' implementation of their fundamental transformation of America.  Attending over 500 Tea Party rallies over the years, I have held patriots' hands and prayed for God to restore our great land.

We prayed for God to raise up strong conservative leaders who will keep their word when we send them to our nation's political Sodom and Gomorrah (Washington, D.C.).  Sen Ted Cruz is among a rare few we sent to Washington who has remained true-blue to We the People and our Constitution.  Cruz has paid a huge price for courageously standing up for We the People – hated by Democrats, the GOP establishment, and the mainstream media.

This is why, for the life of me, I cannot understand why anyone would not enthusiastically vote for Ted Cruz.

When those patriots get to Heaven, they will ask God: Why did you allow our Founding Fathers' inspired vision of America to fade away?  Why did you allow government to double down on forcing all Americans to embrace sodomy against their faith?  Why did you allow government to force taxpayers to fund the selling of dead baby heads for profit?

Patriots in heaven will say, You promised to bless those who bless Israel and curse those who do not.  Why did you allow government to betray our longtime ally, Israel?

God will say to those patriots, I answered your prayer, but you rejected it.  I sent you Ted Cruz.

Lloyd Marcus, The Unhyphenated American
Chairman: The Conservative Campaign Committee

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URGENT: Cruz For Such a Time as This

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Our Conservative Campaign Committee team attended the Ted Cruz rally in Houston, Texas last night. The scripture, “...for such a time as this...” came to mind. God has prepared Ted Cruz for this dark time in our nation's history after 8 years of Obama. God has also prepared me and you to usher Cruz into the White House.

Some evangelicals have chosen a man who says he has never asked God for forgiveness over Cruz who has asked God's forgiveness for his sins. These evangelicals are, in essence, saying God cannot use a washed-in-the-blood-of-Christ Christian to save America.

Believers rejecting such a clear obvious superior choice is a sad testimony of the state of the modern church. If Jesus came to America today and ran for office, how many Christians would deem Him extreme, polarizing and un-electable?

I'll cut to the chase folks. Without Ted Cruz in the WH to nominate a constitutional conservative to the Supreme Court, our Bill of Rights is at extreme risk. Five liberals vs four conservatives on the court would have devastating consequences, changing America as we know it. As Ted Cruz has articulated, we are one liberal justice away from the court ordering abortion on demand, confiscating our guns and ending our religious liberty. This is real folks!

Mr Trump's fluid political positions have proven him untrustworthy to do the right thing regarding several issues; especially appointing a constitutional conservative to the Supreme Court. To all you folks angry at me, you know I speak the truth. To all my fellow Christians, you know in your spirit I am right.

Joseph de Maistre wrote, “Every nation gets the government it deserves.”

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If we pass on this extremely rare opportunity to put a Reagan conservative whom God has prepared for such a time as this into our White House, we will receive the government we deserve.

Please, please, please pull that lever for Ted Cruz, the last hope for America.

In His Love, Lloyd

Lloyd Marcus, The Unhyphenated American
Chairman: The Conservative Campaign Committee
LloydMarcus.com

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Dear Evangelical Trumpsters

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My 87 year old black dad has been a Christian pastor for over 50 years. I phoned, “Dad, what do I say to Christians who support Trump rather than Ted Cruz?” Dad replied, “Trump says he is a Christian.”

Matthews 7:16 – “Ye shall know them by their fruits.”

Ted Cruz is the only candidate who grasps the intensity of the Democrats', mainstream media's and homosexual activists' assault on religious liberty. Cruz has a peerless record of furiously fighting against it. When the Supreme Court, in essence, made it against the law to follow God's Word which disapproves of homosexuals changing God's definition of marriage, gay activist George Takei, said this is only the beginning. Because black Justice, Clarence Thomas ruled against twisting the Constitution to please homosexuals, Takei called Thomas “a clown in blackface who should not be on the Supreme Court.”

Folks, imagine the mainstream media firestorm had a Republican called a black Supreme Court Justice a clown in blackface. Takei is allowed to make such a racist comment because his anti-Christian agenda is the same as today's Democratic party and mainstream media.

Christian clerk Kim Davis was thrown into jail for not issuing marriage licenses to homosexual couples. Ted Cruz led the charge, “I Stand with Kim Davis!” Cruz said, “I call upon every believer, every Constitutionalist, every lover of liberty to stand with Kim Davis.”

Trump sided against Kim Davis. Trump said, “You have to go with it. The decision has been made, and that is the law of the land.”

My fellow Christians, make no mistake about it. The Left is coming after us, determined to make us embrace all forms of anti-biblical behaviors. Noncompliance will result in ending your ability to earn a living and even jail time.

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Christian “Duck Dynasty” star Phil Robertson said, “If you're homosexual, He'll take it away. If you're an adulterer, if you're a liar, what's the difference? If you break one sin, you may as well break them all.” Phil continued, “Why don't we just love each other enough that we wouldn't want to do these things to each other.” Robertson was stunned by the mainstream media firestorm. Robertson was suspended from his hit TV show, intensely hated and accused of spreading hate. Naive 67 year old Robertson said, “All I did was quote from scriptures.” Sorry Phil, quoting from the Bible is no longer permitted in today's America; swiftly becoming criminal.  Public outcry got Phil back on his TV show.

Phil Robertson endorsed Ted Cruz and spoke at a Cruz rally. Robertson rocked the house, receiving long enthusiastic applause when he said Americans should spend more time being biblically-correct rather than politically-correct.

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Remember the attack on a bakery owned by a young Christian couple with five kids? A lesbian who the bakery had served for years, asked for a cake for her wedding to a woman. The bakers said doing so would betray their faith. The bakers, Aaron and Melissa Klein, were state ordered to pay the lesbian couple $135,000 in damages. The Kleins were also ordered not to speak publicly about their case; repealing their First Amendment rights.

Now get this folks, Christians around the country sent funds to a website to pay the Klein's fine. Homosexual activists successfully closed down the website. Another website picked up the baton to save the Klein family's livelihood. Clearly, the fine was not about paying the lesbian couple. It was about punishing the Kleins; sending a message to Christians and Christian business owners across America. Buck us and we will destroy you.

Aaron Klein posted, “We stand for God's truth, God's Word and freedom for ALL Americans... We are here to obey God, not man, and we will not conform to this world. If we were to lose everything, it would be totally worth it for our Lord who gave His one and only son, Jesus, for us! God will win this fight!”

If we know nothing else about Ted Cruz, we know he has proven himself to be a man of great faith and a man of his word. Ted Cruz vows that on his first day as president, he will direct the DOJ and IRS to put an end to the persecution of religious liberty.

Cruz also vows to drop the Obama Administration's lawsuit against Little Sisters of the Poor who have been ministering to the elderly and dying for over 100 years. The nuns said their faith prevents them from funding contraception as mandated in Obamacare. The Obama Administration says screw your faith, comply, or be disbanded.

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Cruz's first day in the White House, includes a promise to instruct the DOJ to investigate the videos exposing the reprehensible evil behind the walls of Planned Parenthood. The vile government funded baby killers have been proven to be nothing more than an abortion factory and dead-baby-body-parts chop shop.  Cruz wants the DOJ to prosecute PP for any criminal violations.

Fellow Christians, I pray that you let the spirit of the Lord lead you in your decision regarding our nation's leadership. In His Love, Lloyd

Lloyd Marcus, The Unhyphenated American
Chairman: The Conservative Campaign Committee
LloydMarcus.com

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On The Road to Texas for Cruz

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The lyric in the classic Eagles song says, “...standing on a corner in Winslow Arizona...” Thanks to our latest boots-on-the-ground political adventure, my wife Mary and I can say we have been there. Our Conservative Campaign Committee team campaigned all over Nevada for Ted Cruz. Now, we are driving to Texas to campaign for Cruz. We drove all day today and decided to spend the night in Winslow, Arizona.

Mary and I are east coast people. Driving through Arizona is pretty enjoyable; snow-caped blue mountains, breathtaking rock formations and beautiful massive scenic settings; scenes from countless cowboy movies. Big sky country, folks.

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While riding, I thought about the sad state of our country. Everything that has made America great and exceptional is in the process of being dismantled; individual liberty, personal responsibility and biblical inspired traditional values. Our remarkably wise founders built America on the rock-solid foundation of Christian faith. And yet, God is being systematically banned from public conversation and consideration.

Some folks believe it is too late. They say give up trying to restore our country. Turn off the lights. The America envisioned by our founding fathers has left the building.

But folks, we still have a chance, though possibly our last, to save our founders' America.

The recent GOP presidential debate was described as WWF (wrestling), kids fighting and a circus filled with clowns. Ted Cruz was the one and only man on that debate stage who clearly proved himself a true character-driven statesman, worthy of occupying We the Peoples' Oval Office.

Restoring religious liberty, freedom to choose your doctor and giving power back to the people are high on the list of changes Cruz promises to make on his first day as president.

This is why we are going to Texas to help Cruz win his home state. Also, I hear Texans really know how to cook an American bison burger.

Buffalo-Herd

Lloyd Marcus, The Unhyphenated American
Chairman: The Conservative Campaign Committee
LloydMarcus.com

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Patriots, Meet Chris

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Several young people were standing in line waiting to get into the Ted Cruz rally in Carson City, Nevada. I approached one of them. “Excuse me. Sanders attracts millennials. What made you choose Cruz?” Chris said he really likes Cruz's respect for the Constitution. Chris went on to say he disagrees with Sanders' free tuition proposal. Chris said he works and does not want government taking huge chunks of his money to pay for people who neither want or deserve to go to college. Chris has plans for college. He also said he is not looking for free stuff from the government.

Folks, talk about refreshing. My mind was filled with questions. How did Chris escape liberal indoctrination? Where was he educated? What does his parents do for a living? However, the line began moving as people filed into the hall.

Allowing liberal indoctrination to dominate public education and our culture has really infected the thinking of many Americans. According to a recent poll, almost 60% of Democrats think Socialism would be great for America. Socialism is horse hockey folks; mediocrity spread equally. Real fairness, prosperity, individual liberty and true compassion resides in Capitalism.

This is yet another reason why America desperately needs Ted Cruz; a bold true believer and outspoken advocate of Conservatism.

Chris is a breath of fresh air; hope for our country's future.

Lloyd Marcus, The Unhyphenated American
Chairman: The Conservative Campaign Committee
LloydMarcus.com

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Cruz: His Momma is Natural Born. Thus, So is He.


Congrats to Ted Cruz, who stunned pundits who said a conservative could not score high in New Hampshire, for finishing strong in the primary.

Okay, folks, here is why Ted Cruz is eligible to be president according to the Constitution.  First, I wish to give a shout-out to my dear friend, Mike "Mr. Constitution" Holler, author of The Constitution Made Easy.  Mike explained and confirmed Cruz's eligibility.

In a nutshell, the first immigration law passed by Congress and signed by George Washington says, "And the children of citizens of the United States that may be born beyond sea, or out of the limits of the United States, shall be considered as natural born Citizens[.]"  An additional qualification is that the father of such children must have lived at some time in the U.S.  There you have it, folks.

The Congressional Research Service published a paper on this question.

Considering the history of the constitutional provision, the clause's apparent intent, the English common law expressly applicable in the American colonies and in all of the original states, the common use and meaning of the phrase "natural born" subject in England and the American colonies in the 1700s, and the subsequent action of the first Congress in enacting the Naturalization Act of 1790 (expressly defining the term "natural born citizen" to include those born abroad to U.S. citizens), it appears that the most logical inferences would indicate that the phrase "natural born Citizen" would mean a person who is entitled to U.S. citizenship "by birth" or "at birth." Such interpretation, as evidenced by over a century of American case law, would include as natural born citizens those born in the United States and subject to its jurisdiction regardless of the citizenship status of one's parents, or those born abroad of one or more parents who are U.S. citizens (as recognized by statute), as opposed to a person who is not a citizen by birth and is thus an "alien" required to go through the legal process of naturalization to become U.S. Citizen.

While some question Cruz's eligibility out of respect for the Constitution, I suspect that others have ulterior motives.

GOP establishment elites are exploiting ignorance regarding Cruz's eligibility because they despise Cruz.  Who does this guy think he is, bucking the system, standing up for The People against the Washington Cartel, getting into the face of GOP Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell?  By the way, McConnell announced that the GOP will not oppose Obama in any way this year, fearful it would anger voters and hurt the GOP's chances of winning the WH.

McConnell's surrender gifted Obama free rein to continue regarding the U.S. Constitution as little more than toilet paper.  Thus, our outlaw president will fast-track implementing as many anti-American and anti-God leftist dream initiatives as possible in his remaining time in office.

Ted Cruz has been and continues to be a rare voice sounding the alarm and pushing back against Obama repealing our God-given freedom and liberty.

Then there are those who simply do not believe that a true conservative can win the general election.  They are using the bogus issue of Cruz's eligibility as cover for not supporting a fellow Christian and stand-up guy.

Voters who do not believe that a true conservative can win the presidency are, in essence, saying they believe we have lost our country.  Righteousness, morals, and traditional values no longer rule the day.  Thus, Cruz is too goody-two-shoes for the masses.

Well, I do not believe that, folks.  I believe that if we rally behind Ted Cruz, a good man can still win the presidency in America.

Proverbs 29:2: "When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn."

Let's put the "righteous in authority," folks.  Ted Cruz.

LLOYD MARCUS, The Unhyphenated American
CHAIRMAN, The Conservative Campaign Committee

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Cruz Once Again Proves Himself Presidential

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As the New Hampshire primary fast approaches, I wish to remind voters that our next commander-in-chief must be of the highest character, cut from the rare cloth of our founders.

Sometimes God gives us great gifts in ugly packages.  Recent attacks on Ted Cruz from both the Trump and Dr. Carson campaigns gifted Cruz an opportunity to show his character and presidential instincts.  Cruz was hit from all sides when a staffer used a CNN report that Dr. Carson might leave the race.

Cruz did not pull a Hillary, claiming ignorance while throwing the staffer under the bus.  Cruz took full responsibility and apologized.

Do not take Cruz's apology lightly, folks.  The MSM views GOP apologies as blood in the water, igniting a feeding frenzy of attempts to destroy the apologetic GOP politician.  But Cruz walked tall, providing a window into how the man will respond in tough times in the W.H.

In the thick of the campaign battle, desire and desperation to win can cause candidates to lose themselves, saying and doing things out of character.  Pressure and deep desire also have a way of exposing who one really is inside.  Unlike a few of his contenders, Cruz has remained true to who he is, refraining from grabbing onto trivial non-issues to slime his opponents.

Mary, my beautiful awesome wife of over 30 years, is my second.  My first wife and I married at ages 19 and 21.  Before we divorced, we sought marriage counseling.  Unfortunately, my young bride and I had crossed a line.  We said cutting painful things to each other that we could not un-hear, could not take back.

I caution our GOP presidential wannabes not to take their rhetoric too far.  Do not start sounding like Democrats in your attacks on fellow GOP contenders.  The stakes are far too high.  The heart and soul of America as envisioned by our founding fathers is at risk.

After the nomination process, we must all come together.  We have a general election to win and a country to save.  With levelheadedness, wisdom, and character, Ted Cruz is our guy.

Lloyd Marcus. The Unhyphenated American
Chairman: The Conservative Campaign Committee

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Voter Fraud: We See Dead People

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It's true folks. Patriot sister Sharron “Braveheart” Angle has taken on battling voter fraud; sounding the alarm that it is running rampant in America. What good is winning the hearts and minds of voters if we allow Democrats to steal elections?

Sharron suffered the devastation of election corruption when she almost defeated Harry Reid in 2010. Illegals voted for Harry Reid.  There is evidence that Reid possibly stole the election from Sharron Angle using dead voters, people in prison and illegals.

Romans 8:28 says “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are called according to His purpose.” I suspect Sharron's painful loss has made her a passionate crusader; committed to cleaning up the electoral process.

Remember the Black Panther Party thugs who stood outside the polls armed with clubs? Though charged with voter intimidation, Obama's DOJ arrogantly and without apology outrageously dropped the charges because the perpetrators were black. Can you believe that folks? Meanwhile, Obama looks down his morally superior nose at us, proclaiming himself a defender of equal justice.

South Carolina's attorney general found evidence that at least 900 dead people voted in an election. Philadelphia flagged 50,000 duplicate registrations. Voting machines are changing peoples' votes. A voter was caught registering six times. Meanwhile, Democrats act outraged and seek to shackle and flog Republicans in the public square for suggesting that all Americans must show a photo ID to vote; claiming it is an evil racist Republican plot to disenfranchise black voters. Fearlessly, along with fighting voter fraud, Sharron has a Voter ID initiative.

As an American who happens to be black, I am highly insulted. In essence, Democrats are saying it is too challenging for us poor inferior simpleminded blacks to find our way to the DMV or other places to acquire a photo ID. It frustrates me that fellow black Americans remain blind to the truth that Democrats consistently talk down to them. Presented as compassion and fairness, Democrats always seek to lower expectations and standards for blacks; inferring that we are inferior. But, I digress.

Sharron Angle is leading the charge to stop voter fraud, producing “Not On My Watch”, a 90 minute documentary scheduled for nationwide release in theaters June 2016.  The documentary will show undeniable evidence of voter fraud and smart ways to stop it. I'm excited folks.

Angle believes her documentary will be an integral part of a win for Constitutional Conservatism in 2016. She believes it will inspire voters to go to the polls and vote and volunteer to be eyes on the process.

True-the-Vote plans to have 1,000,000 trained citizens as poll watchers in place across America on Election Day 2016.

Sharron's documentary is a grassroots, We the People project folks. She needs your help to git-r-done. Please go to the website and do whatever you can. http://www.electioncorruption.com/

Sharron has an LLC to take big donations that will fund the completion of the documentary with returns on those investments of $20,000 or more.

2 out of 3 American voters are wisely concerned about the serious problem of voter fraud; Democrats stealing the 2016 presidential election. We simply cannot allow that to happen folks. Every America loving voter must proclaim, “Not on my watch!”

Freedom and the integrity of our electoral process are under siege, hanging in the balance. All-hands-on-deck folks. Please, please, please rally behind our brave sister Sharron Angle; leading an army of patriots on her white horse, her sword-of-faith held high in the air while yelling, “Freedom-m-m-m!!!”

This presidential election is about changing the ungodly course that our country is on; crucial to the survival of our founding father's vision of America. We must not tolerant honest election vote counters saying, “We see dead people.”

Lloyd Marcus, The Unhyphenated American
Chairman: The Conservative Campaign Committee

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Ben Carson

Try as I might I can’t resist asking about this. I read in The Hill an article about Ben Carson and just couldn’t believe what was written.

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Ben Carson, Ben Carson, what is it with this milquetoast guy that is so enthralling? Please someone explain. This guy reeks of timidity and hesitancy. We have all heard him speak, now picture him up against a man like Putin, the dictator of North Korea, the blood thirsty Islamists, and on and on, they will eat him alive. We have had two unnecessary terms of a half black Marxist because of a gutless Congress, and people are actually entertaining the idea of electing a wimp like individual like Carson? Do people actually want a man that appears to be as gentle as baby’s breath to take Obama’s place, so the socialistic Congress can have their way with him, and we the people are left, once again, holding the bag?

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“He’s been unleashed and he’s found the fire in his belly and he’s not backing down,”

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Give me a brake; what is wrong with people today? Is everybody brain dead?

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Social Security is all but gone, our debt is so out of control it paralyzes the mind, our military power has been severely stunted, far to many top military people have left under this Marxist president, we are no longer respected in the world, China is about to take over as a controlling factor, our energy potential is ignored, our dollar is in severe jeopardy, people are being brutalized, crucified and beheaded and burned alive, heroes are put down and the anti-courageous, the more treacherous are built up, Planned Parenthood selling aborted baby parts like candy in a grab bag. When have these issues all been laid out to be answered by either the democrats or republicans? The media is a joke, those in charge of presidential debates are so far bent to the left I don’t know how they manage to walk straight. There is this and a whole host more, like the alienation of Israel, the elimination of Obamacare, the stupidity or deliberate intent of the Iran treaty and all people care to talk about is what a nice guy Ben Carson is???? Hell John McCain said that about Obama during their campaign, he said if elected he was sure that he, Obama, would make a fine president.

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Well here we are again, this country’s future, our children’s future, their heritage, their legacy is on the line and the voters are asleep at the switch, again.

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I want a man with some cojones at the helm, a man that loves and respects this country, our Constitution, our way of life. I want a man that will start us back on the road to recovery and respect in the world, yes, you guessed it, I’m for Mr. Trump.

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When Will the NAACP Truly Help Its People?

4063538048?profile=originalUpon reading a post election article in which the NAACP is all fired up about supposed black voter suppression, my response was when will these people ever seriously do something to help black people?  Folks, I am sorry, but the NAACP and others in their civil rights syndicate are a despicable bunch. All they really care about is furthering Liberalism and increasing their political power. They are disgusting.

In their typical we know we can count on the MSM to help us “play” black voters and portray Republicans as the modern KKK, the NAACP and their race-baiting posse are insisting that the newly elected congress pass a robust Voting Rights Act Amendment.

Yes, heaven knows we black folks desperately need that. Why waste time and resources on fixing trivial things like black on black crime, blacks aborting themselves into extinction, epidemic high school dropouts, black baby daddies outnumbering fathers and record high black unemployment under Obama? Let's triple down on our efforts to create victim mindsets in blacks and racial hate. That will surely empower and enhance the lives of blacks.

Every time the NAACP and their MSM suck-ups launch another of their deplorable whitey-is-out-to-get-cha narratives such as black voters were disenfranchised during this election, it is shrouded in an we're-smarter-than-you arrogance. Not only are these vile people feeding us a load of crap, they are superior about it.

Charlie Rangel tried to scare blacks to the polls by saying that the GOP wants to return blacks to slavery in America.  This is trash folks. This evil little man is a disgrace.

First lady Michelle Obama tried to bribe blacks with a reward of fried chicken for their vote. Heck, why didn't Michelle throw in permission for blacks to indulge in an extra large slice of watermelon for dessert? A white politician making the same offer to blacks as Michelle would be tarred, feathered and run out of DC on a rail. When will black Americans wake up and smell the condescension, manipulation and exploitation coming from the Democrats; fronted by black traitorous operatives.

I could go on and on about black traitors in the Democratic Party screwing their own to please their socialist/progressive liberal massas. But why keep repeating what I have written in countless articles?

Let's talk about the broken promises, unfulfilled and wasted lives resulting from black leaders selling out their own to the Democrats' enslaving big government programs for 30 pieces of political silver. Real people. Real lives.

My late cousin Poochie (Lawrence) comes to mind. He was the eldest in my Aunt Bummie's cradle-to-grave welfare household; five fatherless sons. Poochie was the lone survivor who broke free from the government welfare system. Miraculously, Poochie worked his way through college and achieved great success. His four siblings all died young on welfare; drugs, AIDS, serial out of wedlock impregnating and crime. An idol mind truly is the Devil's workshop.

Urban blacks are finally beginning to smell the betrayal of so-called black advocates, white liberal socialist/progressives, the Democrats and Obama.

A talent agent once told me that he had seen numerous black kids with Michael Jackson talent living in the projects. According to this agent, kids in the projects were doing the moon walk before Michael brought it to the national stage. Fatherless households, drugs, teen pregnancies, quitting school and crime prevents many black youths from fulfilling their God given talents, gifts, potential and dreams.

Meanwhile, black Democrat operatives are running around trying to destroy and silence non-whiny successful blacks; laser focused on delivering blacks to the polls every election cycle scared and angry at whites.

Presuming that blacks are clueless idiotic sheep, the best the Democrats are offering blacks is a promise to stop white cops from shooting them at will, preventing the GOP from reinstating black slavery, lighter sentences when they are caught dealing drugs, free Obama phones, food stamps and more crumbs. Oh, and permission to eat fried chicken, if they are really good.

Black retired gifted neurosurgeon Dr Ben Carson gained international fame for his groundbreaking work separating conjoined twins. Carson came from humble beginnings raised by a single mom. What if Carson was among the extremely high number of black abortions? Could a brilliant black baby destined to cure Cancer have already been aborted?

Why on earth do blacks in the Democratic Party and Obama celebrate, protect, fund and vehemently defend Planned Parenthood who have a disproportionate high number of offices in black communities?

Blacks kill their babies in higher numbers than other races. Why are so-called black leaders so high on abortion? The answer is socialist/progressives intrenched in the Democratic Party believe babies contribute to destroying the planet. Blacks who supp at the socialist/progressive's table sacrifice black babies for their seats, keeping massa happy.

So, right on NAACP, push forward with you scheme to shame congress into passing your absurd unnecessary politically calculated Voting Rights Act Amendment.

Meanwhile, black lives are going down the toilet thanks to your failed government programs and refusal to seriously deal with real issues. And may God have mercy on your wretched souls.

Lloyd Marcus, The Unhyphenated American

Chairman, Conservative Campaign Committee

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The Good:

Let’s discuss the “Good” first, it always refreshing to hear about the positive events in our Country that give us hope and a reason for defending our Nation.

Dr. Ben Carson is definitely in the spotlight, quietly, methodically working to repair our Nation’s healthcare system.   It’s so refreshing to see an American Patriot step forward to help us take back our Country.   Dr. Carson is a bottom line man, no BS – he points out here’s where we’re at, here’s where we should be and here’s the way to resolve the healthcare issue.  He’s definitely a man that should be supported the next few years.

So proud of our young teen who won a gold medal at the Winter Olympics, America’s teen Mikaela Shiffrin becomes youngest to win gold in women's slalom.  Here’s one youngster that never gives up in the quest of the American dream.  She’s an inspiration to young and old.

 Ligety, a 29-year-old from Utah learned how to overcome obstacles and fought to the end winning Gold in the giant slalom – Ted was the first American to win gold in this event.  Ted Ligety is an American to be proud of – believing that hard work does make dreams come true.

Maddie Bowman won the first gold in women’s Olympic halfpipe skiing – Maddie truly had wings and gave tribute Canadian freestyle skiing icon Sarah Burke who had died in a training accident. Maddie said when speaking of her Gold medal, this one’s for Sarah.  There are other Americans this winter who have won gold, silver or bronze and to them I say, “We are so proud of you.”  “All of you young Americans give us hope and joy – your pride in your Country warms our hearts, thanks.”

The largest teacher’s union stands up against Common Core saying the standards are “completely botched.  This is a good thing; hopefully they’ll join us in getting rid of Common Core.

The Bad:

IRS remains quite a contentious subject – Obama’s “not a smidgeon” of corruption proves to be another monstrous lie.  Something of interest about the IRS refusing to give Conservative groups the 501(c) (4)s approval is this – they illegally put the Conservative organizations on hold for years under the pretense of “inappropriate criteria.”

In 2011 Obama’s ½ brother Malik Obama received tax exempt status in about 30 days from Lois Lerner.  Lois actually made this retroactive back to 2008 – giving Malik a free pass from any tax evasion problems since he and Auntie Sarah were raising money in the US illegally claiming to be charities. Of further interest is Obama’s “auntie” or step grandmother in Kenya was given tax exempt status also called the Mama Sarah Obama Foundation.  If checked both of these people connected to terrorists!

Obamacare continues its pathway of destruction, harming the medical field, families, our youth and businesses.  Every day is a new day and new edict from Barack Obama – no one could understand Obamacare when it was crafted and on one can understand it after its unsuccessful launch October of 2013.  What we do know it’s laden with hidden taxes - many lost their doctors, their insurers and have been slapped with higher insurance prices and higher deductibles.

Obama is trying to strong arm businesses by threatening them if they lay people off due to the Obamacare epidemic – since when does the Commander in Chief have a right to threaten fellow Americans who are trying to keep our Country afloat?

NSA has certainly invaded our privacy – emails, phone calls and many if not all of our Social sites are being monitored.  They’re everywhere, they’re ever where and it’s unlikely that they discontinue their invasion of our private lives.

The Ugly:

Four Americans killed in the Benghazi terrorist attack and many murdered in the Fast and Furious gunrunner operation – this is two of the ugliest scandals in our Country.  Five bankers dead in the last few weeks, a JP Morgan executive is the 5th one murdered – this is serious http://www.homelandsecurityus.com/archives/10482

It’s hard to define all that’s Obama and his Administration has done to this Nation in just a bit over five years.  They have attacked our Religion, our freedom of speech, our 2nd amendment, our businesses, our healthcare and our schools have been invaded.

The latest maneuver by Obama is to monitor our Newsrooms, news staff and staffers – they will decide what information Americans need, if it’s newsworthy and demand that news venues disclose their news philosophy.  Here’s the good news Federal Communications Commission put this invasion of our privacy on hold.

Our Government has been infiltrated with the Muslim Brotherhood, Communists, Socialists and at this time whether we want to admit it or not, Americans have reluctantly given their beautiful Nation over to a “Dictator.” We’re no longer in control, our freedoms are disintegrating and big Government has taken over…

It’s like sitting here totally helpless, being forced to watch a “horror” movie – the House of Representatives would be more aptly named the “House of thieves.”  They grab our money (which they are in charge of) and willingly, almost gleefully hand it over to Obama & the DEMS – case in point thanks to the House our debt ceiling was raised again without any provisions to budget for the increase, just more free money to Obama & gang.  After all, why should they worry – it’s just our money!

The behavior of the GOP is by far the “ugliest” most disgraceful and disconcerting issue that Americans have at this time. Our Country is under siege by both Republicans and Democrats.  Starting with the stimulus, the invasive Government grants, the debt ceiling increases there’s nothing to show for it but a bunch of glorified politicians in our White House frittering our money away for political gain.

The Republicans aren’t good stewards of our money; they continue their bloody spending seemingly enjoying every minute of it with the DEMS.  They don’t monitor Obamacare, the money being sent to Muslim terrorists, the misuse of our stimulus bill, the pork crap, the green scams, the programs to assist Americans during the housing bubble and the list goes on.  They’ve definitely waged war against America and all Americans. 

Bottom-line is this - the House controls the purse strings or better yet doesn’t control anything.   When we hear from Republicans it is always after the fact – after our money has been spent on Obama and Democrats reckless pursuit of a “false ideology.”

Time to go to Washington DC and clean out the garbage, the gophers and the rats in our icebox.

 

As Always,

Little Tboca

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Obama Attacks Our DOCS

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Ben Carson: If we don’t stop Obamacare, we’ll end up with a single-payer system.  Dr. Carson goes one step further and compares Affordable Care Act (AKA Obamacare) to slavery saying, “It’s the worst thing since slavery.  Dr. Carson says that Obamacare is just paving the pathway allowing our Government to take over American Healthcare. 

Obama started Obamacare with the idea of attacking Insurers, Physicians, Surgeons and the entire medical field.  His strategy was to place Americans in such a comprising position that they had to depend on the Government. This is happening already as the few that are signing up for the healthcare program find themselves totally dependent on the Government.  

Jane Orient, a physician in Tucson, Ariz., is executive director of American Association of Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) is profoundly against the Obamacare albatross.  She says,
“"Coercion, central planning, socialism if you will does not work. It kills the incentive to work.”

“It misallocates all of the resources so that everybody is worse off than they would have been if they had just allowed free men and women to make their own decisions," she said. "The remedy is for patients and physicians to decline to participate in the system, go for a true free-market alternative."

She said, “that the federal government could eventually "outlaw private practice, just like they did in Canada." Those are the stakes in the eyes of AAPS.“  Many more physicians are closing their doors and discontinuing their practice due to Obamacare. TPM DC – Dylan Scott,  Dec. 6, 2013

Remember Obama is a strategist and expected many professionals in the medical field to drop out of healthcare – that just puts him one step closer to a Government controlled healthcare system, which goes arm in arm with rationing the next step that is surely coming and or the “Death Panel” that Sarah Palin referred when she discussed the problems with Obamacare.

Here’s some statistics we need to address before Obamacare destroys more jobs, sabotages, our economy, medical field and our seniors or those with pre-existing illnesses. California’s largest medical association found in a recent survey that some 7 out of 10 doctors in California had decided not to participate in the state’s Obamacare exchange.

Many of the top hospitals are rebelling and refusing to participate with the Obamacare exchange. It is estimated that about 70 per cent of the doctors in the USA aren’t going to participate with this Government controlled healthcare program that is being imposed on patients, physicians, clinics and hospitals.

Steven Hayward a Forbes contributor predicts that way before the 2014 elections, Obamacare will be repealed probably from the endangered Democrats. He stated in an article that even if the Obamacare website receives the necessary band aids to fix it temporarily it only delays the inevitable.

It’s obvious that Obama, Democrats and the Liberal News Media know by now that Obamacare is doomed and beyond salvaging. Their strategy is to continue this fiasco – they want to turn our healthcare into a single payer system?  

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In the meantime, Obama and the Democrats are destroying our economy and weakening our Nation. Don’t forget that Obama has a slush fund that allows him to spend whatever he wants as long it’s under the Obamacare guise. This slush fund is good thru 2014 and ends in 2015. 

Ask your Senators to tell you daily how much is being spent on the promotion of Obama care and repair of a faulty website.  I’ll bet there’s not one Republican or Democrat that can give you accurate figures – that should tell you something. 

As Always,

Little Tboca

 

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Ben Cline -- Conservative Leader

Virginia Republican governor Bob McDonnell stuck the knives in the back of conservatives by pushing a massive tax hike scheme.  

Working with the Republican Speaker of the House William J. Howell and Democrat gubernatorial hopeful and Clinton bagman Terry McAuliffe, McDonnell raised state sales taxes, car taxes, regional sales taxes, personal property taxes, vehicle taxes, vending machine taxes, heavy-equipment taxes, commercial taxes, hybrid-vehicle taxes, hotel taxes and diesel-fuel taxes.

Howell is not one to take dissent likely and he will stop at nothing to enact his agenda.  Luckily for Tea Party supporters and conservative activists, there are a handful of delegates willing to say no to Howell -- and McDonnell's -- big government tax and spend programs.

Del. Ben Cline (R-Rockbridge County) is becoming the leader of the conservative opposition. Cline not only opposed the tax hikes, he is doing something about it.  He has formed the Virginia Conservative Victory Project. The group “endorse and help fund conservative candidates running for vacant seats in the Virginia House of Delegates and conservative House incumbents running for re-election this November.”

“It is clear that conservatives must increase their numbers in the House of Delegates,” said Cline, who was among 40 House members who voted against the tax-raising transportation bill that passed the General Assembly in February.

“The 2013 General Assembly session was a disappointment for conservatives,” Cline said. “Through the recruitment of conservative candidates for House vacancies and the support of conservative House incumbents for re-election, the Virginia Conservative Victory Project will promote policies that embrace free markets, individual liberty, and the values of faith and family.”

Tea Party activists in Virginia should rally around the opposition -- and our new leader -- Ben Cline. 

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4063663776?profile=originalDr. Ben Carson Scolds Obama about his failings as president

With a father in the hospital dying, the first thought on my mind walking into a high school ROTC class for the first time was not to hear the sharp commands of the cadet colonel Ben Carson. Yet, this was the tail end of the 1960’s and the nation had a new president, and the soldiers in Vietnam were welcoming new army recruits by the thousands who had to be prepared.

But in the city of Detroit at Southwestern High School, in 1969, there was another war occurring. It was a war of ideology based on anger as the city was recovering from riots still smoldering in its inner core from two years earlier. The community and the high schools had a Black Panther Party that was rising as an ideology being embraced by young black teens and older as the correct revolutionary pathway to social justice.

Yet, that morning as the young ROTC cadets looked on at this tall slender ROTC Commandant of Cadets, it was clear by his clear crisp commands there was a better way. His firm but calm demeanor had a different type of leadership that veered away from violent bellicose leftist overthrow demagoguery offered by the Black Panther Party leaders in the school and the neighborhood.

At this first cadet formation , Cadet Colonel Ben Carson spelled out a litany of expectations and goals that he insisted were not his goals but were to be our goals, if we were to ever leave school and go further and higher. His words were planted as nourishing seeds in the minds of those willing to accept and to create their own pathway toward a freedom from the street to the freedom of the ideals created and tested in the mind.

So as Dr. Ben Carson stood before the annual National Prayer Breakfast to speak to a different audience, he reminded them about the higher aspirations of America and an American Dream. This was a dream not built upon scapegoating, and blame and class division and warfare, but on the higher principles of life which are biblically based. It is easy for America to see; his words were not just his principles and beliefs but belonged to the nation as well.

Yet, there were those including Obama who were upset or outraged. Some stated how dare this doctor scold the president, who had just sat in his quiet surliness and listened to Dr. Ben Carson remind him of the fierce urgency of now and Obama’s own failings.

Dr. Carson responded to those critical of his speech by stating, “Well, when did this become a monarchy? You know, we are the people. The president works for us and, you know, we need to remember that. This is a country that is for of and by the people, not for of and by the government and that is the big battle that we are in right now.”

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Democrats Jumping the Obamacare Ship

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Vice President Biden, Leon Panetta, Ben Nelson, Richard Daley, Barney Frank, Ben Miller, Brad Miller and a slew more say “No.”

"Obamacare Bad Medicine"

 

The one thing you can bank on with Barack Obama is this – he is a habitual liar and will say or do anything to buy votes.  Obama hid behind closed doors over 400 days crafting “Obamacare.” 

 

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A trillion Dollar Budget buster

Thousands of Americans losing their existing Healthcare plan

Seniors – access to good healthcare dwindling due to medicare changes

Families premiums increasing

Obamacare stacked with hidden taxes

ObamaCare is simply Socialized health care


 

 

Democrats against Obama care – just the tip of the iceberg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Are you a ‘Renaissance’ Patriot?

Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Samuel Adams, and George Washington, do these names make you proud to be an American?

 

What makes them a Renaissance Patriot? If we look at what these founding Fathers had in common could we stack up?

All these Heroes had different back grounds before and during the American Revolution, some had a formal education while others were self educated.

 

Of them I think Mr. Benjamin Franklin was the most rounded of them all in the terms of a ‘Renaissance Man’.

 

Mr. Franklin was a self educated person, having started working at a young age as an apprentice for his Uncle at a print shop.

 

Although very few historians actually touch on the work experience young Mr. Franklin did, you would have to imagine that the work was physically demanding even at that time period in American history.

 

Mr. Franklin was famous for different things, discovering electricity, inventing the ‘pot belly stove’ are among his accomplishments, he was also instrumental in the writing of the US Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of America.

 

These are a few of Mr. Franklin’s varied accomplishments; our historians will embellish or reduce his work towards making this the Greatest Nation in the history of the world.

 

My question still stands: “Are you a Renaissance patriot?’

 

Most people today have at least two years of college (I do) and have a few talents.

 

Unlike Mr. Franklin’s time we do very little hunting and gathering for our survival (unless you call shopping at the local super stores hunting and gathering) because our society has innovated to a point where all our needs are produced and brought to us by others in the Free Market system we have created over the centuries.

 

“I have little doubt that if a disaster hit this Great Country that a lot of people would not survive past two weeks.”

 

My reasoning for this statement?

 

Because on a whole our society has moved from the ‘hunter/gather’ society to a higher plain of existence, where food and shelter is provided for monetary gain by other individuals.

 

I am not saying that this is wrong what I am saying is that we as a society have lost some of the things that makes our Fore Fathers and Founding Fathers the Renaissance Men of their time.

 

I doubt seriously more than 0.01% of the US population could hunt for food or more than 0.1% could actually till the soil, plant the seeds, and harvest the crop that they grow.

 

Of course the cautious person will have stockpiled (do not confuse this with hoarding) enough food for a minimum of two months along with the necessities for survival in the event of a disaster.

 

This type of planning is wise because a natural disaster can strike anywhere at any time and those that denounce “being prepared” as unpatriotic or even criminal are just stupid.

 

These are the people that would vote for a tax increase on you to pay for their survival or would try to take what you have when a disaster strikes. (During the flooding of New Orleans in 2005 shop owners were disarmed by the local police, then the thieves broke in to shops and stole what ever they wanted. They were not looking for food and survival goods no they were stealing TVs, stereos, and anything else that they took a fancy to.)

 

A modern day Renaissance person would have varied talents such as the ability to hunt or gather the food and materials to survive.

 

Other talents that would be handy would be the use of non powered tools; can you use an ax properly? Do you own wood working tools such as a hammer, saw, maybe a plane?

 

If your car broke down could you fix it? (I hate to say this but if a car made after 1991 broke down electronically you could not fix it, neither could I and I am a certified Computer Technician). Such as: could you remove a starter and repair it if failed?

 

If the USA was attacked by a belligerent nation could you survive with out your computer, cell phone, or other electronic devices?

 

This is not a scare tactic but a reality in the world of today. There are enemies of this Great Nation that have plans to take out any electronic device that is not shielded or hardened in such a way that electro magnetic impulse (EMP) will not affect it. (Are you aware that a car built prior to 1984, and not modified to have an ‘electronic’ ignition, will survive an EMP attack?)

 

When you bought that fancy new telephone with all those neat new features did you happen to keep that old rotary dial phone? Your fancy new phone will not survive an EMP attack but that old rotary phone will and so will 90% of the phone lines in the USA. (Garage sales anyone?)

 

The more people that have those ‘Renaissance’ talents we as the Greatest Nation this world has know will be able to over come natural disasters and attacks by enemies foreign and domestic.

 

Considering the state of affairs in the USA and the world today would you consider learning a few of these talents that would insure your families’ survival in the advent of a natural disaster or an attack from a foreign or domestic source?

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Is Ron Paul Antisemitic?

Ron Paul has always been a peculiar political creature. He is like a two-headed dragon with one side sporting the features of a constitutional purist, and social conservative. The other side is the face of a leftist, embracing the leftist foreign policy of appeasement, and the devil-may-care attitude of many important social issues such as the legalization of pot, and the "War on Drugs." But a two-headed anything is also two-faced and it is dangerous to trust a two-faced political creature of any party.

Ron claims to be a Republican but his approaches are more Libertarian. He rides on the coattails of the GOP because he otherwise would never have even a ghost of a chance of winning the presidential nomination. There is what I call a "ornery cabal" of disgruntled activists who adore Ron Paul, and who through no measure of reasoning, will closely scrutinize their two-headed dragon. Their strategy is instead to pick apart every little imperfection they see in every other conservative candidate from Herman to Mitt to Michelle. They challenge the good conservatives now in Congress who are up against a bulwark of decades-old big government policies and practices that cannot be hammered away overnight. And yet they cite Constitutional precepts when their goals are not met within a few months after an election. They think that in 2011 we can govern like it was 1787.

This ornery cabal would not be a problem if they were not so dangerous. The danger lies in their knee-jerk tendency to run Independent candidates against any Republican who does not live up to their expectations of Constitutional purity and the superhuman ability to remake a dysfunctional Congress into a well-oiled machine working within an ideally balanced triumvirate government, overnight. Despite the fact that it will take a majority of conservatives in both houses of congress, and a strong conservative president many months, if not years, to redirect the course of America's economy, national defense, and social issues, some Ron Paul supporters rail against the very steps that are being taken by our majority in one house of the congress, which is but one branch of three, as if the current Republicans in government we the scourge of the planet. Their vitriol is so unreasonable that they will embrace Independents who are much more liberal and big-government oriented than the Republicans with whom they are so dissatisfied.

Now to the question of Ron Paul's Antisemitism: He has been accused by at least two iconic Jewish Conservatives of cold indifference for the well-being and fate of Israel, if not outright contempt for the Jewish people.  In one of the following video clips David Horowitz describes Israel as "a tiny Democracy surrounded by Islamic dictatorships in the Middle East." He asks Ron Paul rhetorically, "isn't that in itself worth defending?" Yet Ron Paul adheres stubbornly to his isolationist policies. Policies which, by the way, are disastrous not just for Israel, but for all of our foreign allies and, ultimately, for the security of the United States.

David Horowitz: Ron Paul's Antisemitism

Ben Stein on Ron Paul's Antisemitism

Ron Paul supporters, I ask but two thing of you. First, examine your adored leader with the same eye of scrutiny with which you study every other GOP candidate. Second, remember that if Ron Paul runs a third party campaign it will guarantee another 4 years of Barak Obama, Obamacare, overstretched and undefined military actions, social decline, economic catastrophe, and the death knell to our precious Constitution. If you run Ron Paul you will get exactly the opposite of what you think he stands for.

 

 

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Four Lessons Larger than Life . . . .

Americans Must Stand for Something

Rather Than Falling for Anything

Though NOT believing in astrology, Ol’ Rajjpuut is a Libra, one of those well-balanced people who occasionally like to throw their weight around. Besides a strong preference for cheeseless six-ingredient pizzas and eating the entire apple except for its stem, he has a particular fetish for learning about things that happened on his birthday, October 16, throughout history. For example:

On October 16, 1859, John Brown made his famous raid of “patriotic treason” on Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia’s federal armory; in 1962, President Kennedy was shown the photos of missile silos in Communist Cuba taken a day earlier; in 1964, Red China got nuclear weapons joining England, France, the USSR and USA; in 1793, the beheading of Marie Antoinette by the guillotine; in 1946, the hanging of the original ten Nazi war criminals after the Nuremberg trials; in 1854, the birth of Oscar Wilde; in 1888, the birth of Eugene O’Neill; in 1919, the first popular speech in Munich by Adolf Hitler transforming him overnight into the de facto leader of the Nazi party in Germany; and also in 1919, the publishing of this poem:

The Gods of the Copybook Headings**

by Rudyard Kipling

As I pass through my incarnations in every age and race,
I make my proper prostrations to the Gods of the Market Place.
Peering through reverent fingers I watch them flourish and fall,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings, I notice, outlast them all.

We were living in trees when they met us. They showed us each in turn
That Water would certainly wet us, as Fire would certainly burn:
But we found them lacking in Uplift, Vision and Breadth of Mind,
So we left them to teach the Gorillas while we followed the March of Mankind.

We moved as the Spirit listed. They never altered their pace,
Being neither cloud nor wind-borne like the Gods of the Market Place;
But they always caught up with our progress, and presently word would come
That a tribe had been wiped off its icefield, or the lights had gone out in Rome.

With the Hopes that our World is built on they were utterly out of touch,
They denied that the Moon was Stilton; they denied she was even Dutch;
They denied that Wishes were Horses; they denied that a Pig had Wings;
So we worshipped the Gods of the Market Who promised these beautiful things.

When the Cambrian measures were forming, They promised perpetual peace.
They swore, if we gave them our weapons, that the wars of the tribes would cease.
But when we disarmed They sold us and delivered us bound to our foe,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: "Stick to the Devil you know."

On the first Feminian Sandstones we were promised the Fuller Life
(Which started by loving our neighbour and ended by loving his wife)
Till our women had no more children and the men lost reason and faith,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: "The Wages of Sin is Death."

In the Carboniferous Epoch we were promised abundance for all,
By robbing selected Peter to pay for collective Paul;
But, though we had plenty of money, there was nothing our money could buy,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: "If you don't work you die."

Then the Gods of the Market tumbled, and their smooth-tongued wizards withdrew
And the hearts of the meanest were humbled and began to believe it was true
That All is not Gold that Glitters, and Two and Two make Four—
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings limped up to explain it once more.

As it will be in the future, it was at the birth of Man—
There are only four things certain since Social Progress began:—
That the Dog returns to his Vomit and the Sow returns to her Mire,
And the burnt Fool's bandaged finger goes wabbling back to the Fire;

And that after this is accomplished, and the brave new world begins
When all men are paid for existing and no man must pay for his sins,
As surely as Water will wet us, as surely as Fire will burn,
The Gods of the Copybook Headings with terror and slaughter return!

Let’s call that poem by Kipling, “Exhibit A” that the popularity of an idea or plan has no necessary relation to its wisdom or factual basis. Truly we human beings have a nasty tendency to “throw the baby out with washwater” and ignore history’s lessons until we repeat them as Kipling emphasized in his poem above. While it’s true that “a certain foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds,” the operative words in that saying are “certain” and “foolish” not consistency . . . it is the practice of consistently doing the right things and thinking the right thoughts and operating our businesses and our lives with the right “spirit” that leads to true success. If a vital 7-10% of success and a good life is based upon NOT being trapped by the past; perhaps the other crucial 90-93% is knowing what the hell we’re talking about, because we truly understand our own and all history and are somewhat expert in the areas we’re involved in. The next great lesson for our times is this from Ben Franklin, we’ll call it “Exhibit B”:

“Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary security deserve neither liberty nor safety.”

A third great lesson is this from Nobel Prize-winning economist Friedrich A. Hayek, we’ll consider it “Exhibit C”:

“Man does NOT and canNOT know everything and when he acts as if he does, disaster follows.”

And from the greatest and most tested of our United States’ Presidents, Abraham Lincoln, our “Exhibit D”:

“As I would not be a slave; I would not be a master.”

You well might ask, “What’s all this got to do with the price of Chinese tea?” Exhibit B: When Franklin says, “Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary security deserve neither liberty nor safety,” he is talking directly about those who would give away your liberty by promising you that their upcoming “Nanny-State” will take care of you from cradle to grave . . . that is, socialists, communists, various Utopians and all manner of collectivists.

When in Exhibit D: Lincoln says, “As I would not be a slave; I would not be a master,” he is talking about those who would enslave you; would become your master as part of the huge government entity that would have its tentacles reaching into every part of everyone’s lives and emphasizing that both roles master and slave are hideous.

In Kipling’s poem Exhibit A: “The Gods of the Copybook Headings,” we’re reminded that change for change’s sake is a losing proposition now and always has been. Some of our traditions are at least two million years old; our culture and the experiences of the past have value and should NOT be discarded on promises of blue sky and concession rights in Atlantis circa 3000 B.C. An awful lot of grief has been created by Utopians and Utopian movements promising brand new Edens but never delivering.

And Hayek’s quotation, Exhibit C: “Man does NOT and canNOT know everything and when he acts as if he does, disaster follows,” is wisdom aiming to protect us against charismatic hucksters who want to sell us a pig in a poke. Just because someone has an attractive, confident personality and believes something with all their heart, mind and soul doesn’t mean they’re right or their words are true . . . and it doesn’t mean you should drink their kool-aid either. TRUE BELIEVERS -- whether they’re the Jim Jones,’ radical Islamist Jihadists, or Heaven’s Gate leaders or anyone following any of those folks – such TRUE BELIEVERS tend to be wrong about thirty times more often then they’re right and if we’re not circumspect and cautious they can lose us our lives, liberty and sacred honor and perhaps our very souls.

The 2008 election was a referendum on these four exhibits . . . the eclectorate got what they deserved: a charismatic huckster and true believer leading us toward his kool-aid. Unfortunately, 2008’s other offering was a progressive Republican who though he was perhaps one hundred times preferable to Barack Obama, was just Tweedle-dumb running against Tweedle-dumber. The biggest potential virtue of Barack Obama is in reminding all American voters of the four great truths represented by Exhibits A, B, C and D and reminding us how wonderful the United States of America is by threatening us seriously with its loss.

Ya’all live long, strong and ornery,

Rajjpuut

** What in the hell are “copybook headings?” In the old penmanship books they not only taught kids to print and write longhand, but did so with a constant barrage of wise counsel such as: “A penny saved is a penny earned.” “A fool and his money are soon parted.” “A friend in need is a friend indeed.” “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” “Fortune favors the bold.” “Better late than never.” “Never look a gift horse in the mouth.” "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is." “If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.” Etc., etc.

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