| November 16, 2006 There's
been a lot of discussion by political pundits and talking heads concerning
the message sent by the voters to their elected representatives on
November 7. Here's my take. Put quite bluntly:
We, The People, do not like chicanery in elected
office. We will not tolerate unwarranted intrusion into our personal
affairs. We can see through the smoke you've been blowing up our
backsides. Don't dress up a pig in red, white, and blue and try to sell it
to us as the newest best hope to save our land. We're not buying it. To
wit:
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Scandals and perverts. Mark
Foley wasn't the first, and he won't be the last, but that doesn't
mean we, the voters, will turn a blind eye. We
will not tolerate child predators in elected office to prey
on our children and cloak themselves as wolves among the sheep.
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Nonsense, crooks, and personal agendas. Senator
Kyl, Senator Frist, Representative Leach, and others couldn't get an
Internet gambling bill to pass on its own merits so they tacked it to
the Port Security Bill at the last moment. Much of the Internet
gaming industry seems excluded from its reach in one fashion or the
other -- one can only speculate the reasons. The hypocrisy of what the
Internet gambling provision covers and doesn't cover is obvious and
smacks of Jack Abramoff-style maneuvers. Politicians
take note: This
isn't really about Internet gambling; you know it, and so do the
voters. It is about unwarranted intrusion into American homes.
Prohibition already failed once. Your arguments don't hold water. This
is an attempt to cloak a personal agenda in sanctimonious piety. Be
careful you don't join Mr. Abramoff in infamy.
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hypocrisy of what the Internet gambling provision covers and
doesn't cover is obvious and smacks of Jack Abramoff-style
maneuvers. |
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Immigration, fear, and bigotry. Seven
hundred miles of fence cannot protect a two
thousand mile border. It cannot protect against tunnels. It cannot
protect against aircraft. It cannot protect against boats. This
is nothing more than an attempt to use bigotry and fear, combined with
yet another spending boondoggle, to cast dust into taxpayer
eyes and shield politicians from those same eyes.
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cannot justify nullifying our Constitution and our Bill of
Rights. |
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Warrantless wiretaps are totally without merit.
Plain and simple, this is yet another attempt by politicians and
bureaucrats to extend
their power-hungry reach into our personal lives. Checks and balances
were put in place for just this reason. The Founding Fathers still had
a vivid memory of the Boston Tea Party and the reason for the event. Administration
take note: You can get a warrant for a wiretap in a matter of minutes
or hours. You cannot justify nullifying our Constitution and our Bill
of Rights. We need it to protect us from your good intentions.
In short, actions of some of our elected leaders at both
state and federal levels have been an embarrassment of late -- and politicians,
please take note: we, the voters, did not hand the Democrats a resounding
victory nor did we hand the Republicans a resounding defeat. You are all
on probation, and we do much better when politicians have one
hand firmly tied behind their backs.
We hired you to do a job. DO IT.
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