I noticed an interesting dichotomy while listening to talk radio the other day. Although the media often says things at odds with my own observations, recent talk of Sen. Arlen Specter seemed especially poignant. Sen. Arlen Specter, Bush Administration toadie and facilitator of American Socialism--I mean moderate--has finally jumped ship like so many rats. This action of a single individual has been broadcast far and wide while the actions of Republicans across the state and nation have remained largely unannounced. You see, while one liberal has left the party, hundreds of resolved and liberty minded individuals have stepped up to leadership positions.
Having only a vague knowledge of Specter, I turned to the all too credible Wikipedia to find specifics. It seems that his first impact on American life was in coming up with the Magic Bullet theory. All other political stances of his seem to echo the same strains on credulity and logic. While standing on a soap box about illegal wiretapping, Specter still managed to reauthorize the Patriot Act, and even slip in an amendment allowing Bush to appoint interim attorneys indefinitely and without approval. He approved the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act while threatening the NFL with Congressional action over their own spy controversy. He also introduced Amnesty legislation in 2006 to establish a "path to citizenship" and "guest worker" program, while in 2007 voted for cloture on a bill that would have removed the right of private ballots from American citizens when unionizing. His folly is not limited to what I have listed.
Most of the people who have assumed leadership positions in the state over the past couple weeks and months have not yet had time to establish a record one way or the other. They have not yet had the privilege of moral dilemma and are not entitled to a Congressional pension. These are people with families and careers stepping up to leadership positions where they have seen dishonesty or incompetence from their predecessors. These are not moral academics taking one position or another in the interest of perpetual argument, but people who actually believe in firm principles. They are people who would rather see one thing done than ten things said.
Many of us have labored long to see the change that is starting to happen. However victory is not achieved at party conventions. A tide of new and principled Republicans is squeezing out the opportunists, moral compromisers, and gutless reactionaries. We are standing up not to assume authority, but to assume the burden of service. We have now placed on our shoulders the responsibility to act with diligence and zeal, for in two years we must have results to justify our words. We do not have the privilege of the Obama administration, forever blaming our faults on the Bush spectre. We are now a party free of spectre. To anybody who has gained a party leadership position I offer my best wishes, now let our actions speak.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Ingress and Egress
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
April Meeting Minutes
The April meeting of MNLG was called to order on April 8th at 7:07pm by Chair Rick Karschnia.
There were 18 members and 2 guests present
Chair - reports of what everyone has been doing in their BPOUs lately, over the course of the past month.
Vice Chairs- no report
Treasurer's report was approved as read.
Secretary's report was approved as read.
Events Committee Report:
Motion was made, seconded to spend $350 for water bottles/supplies for the Tax Day Tea Party on April 15th. Motion was then amended to spend up to $350 for supplies for the Tea Party.
Motion, as amended, was approved.
Discussion was had of the events/volunteer opportunities that are coming up in the next month.
(Tax Day Tea Party and Tax Cut Rally)
Bylaws Committee:
Motion was made and seconded to add new missions and committees to Article 5 of the MNLG bylaws.
During discussion of the motion, an amendment was made to the Public Relations Sub Committee of Section IV: Communications Committee to state: "...subject to approval of the full body of MNLG by a simply majority." The amendment was seconded and approved.
During discussion of the motion an amendment was made to the Information Sub Committee of Section VI: Elections Committee to strike "as well as"and replace it with "and will also be." The amendment was seconded and approved.
A motion was made, seconded, and approved to include the new missions as amended to the current bylaws.
A motion was made, seconded, and approved to table the vote regarding additional bylaws changes.
Other Business:
St. Paul Mayoral candidate: Eva Ng
www.evaformayor.com
There are also two candidates running for candidates running for St. Paul School Board
Motion was made, seconded, and passed to budget $100 to pay for a booth at the Tax Cut Rally on May 2nd.
Motion was made, seconded, and approved to adjourn the meeting at 8:37pm.
Next Meeting: May 4, 7pm, Merriam Park Library
Friday, April 24, 2009
Bill Jungbauer for State Executive Vice Chair of the 4th Congressional District
Delegates and alternates of the 4th Congressional District. I ask for your vote on Saturday, April 25th, at the 4th District convention, so that I may represent you at the State Executive meetings. On this video I speak of the need to alter our course as a party. Show up and vote or don't complain. See you there!
Monday, April 20, 2009
Bill Jungbauer Speaks at the April 15th Tax Day Tea Party at the Minnesota State Capitol
Bill Jungbauer is running for State Executive Vice Chair for the 4th Congressional District. He needs all delegates and alternates to show up and vote for him on April 25th at Jimmy's Conference Center, 3565 Labore Rd, Vadnais Heights. Registration begins at 8:30am. See you there!
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Important Message to Legislators Regarding the Saint Paul Tea Party
Hello, I’m Rick Karschnia with Minnesotans for Limited Government. We are a grassroots organization formed by neighbors and friends to promote limited government and personal liberty. I have a very important message for our representatives at the local, state, and federal levels of government for the great state of Minnesota.
On April 15th thousands of Minnesotans came together all across our fine state for peaceful protests referred to as Tea Parties. These events were organized at the grass roots level to protest government’s reckless spending of our hard earned dollars that are taken from us through taxation.
I was proud to stand with the thousands of families, neighbors, and friends at the state capitol in Saint Paul Minnesota. The grounds at the capitol were covered by responsible individuals that saw it important enough to find time for this protest somewhere between the time their work day ended and they put their children to bed for the night. I can account for the respectful way in which we came together to stand for what we believe in. There was no violence, no broken windows, and I didn’t even see any litter as we left the capitol grounds.
In a free country, it is not only our right to speak against a government encroaching on our lives, it is our solemn responsibility to do so. And the people in Saint Paul did it with class.
At the Saint Paul Tea Party several brave individuals volunteered at a second’s notice to give us their open and honest opinions about taxation and the perceived value of the services they receive from government.
Please take the proper time to consider the sample of comments that follow. I think you will agree that the randomly chosen individuals we spoke with were peaceful, reasonable, and knowledgeable. www.youtube.com/user/mnlgorg
As I do, I am sure that you will pay these individuals and their opinions great respect as they are all freedom loving Americans, fellow Minnesotans, and our neighbors.
In Liberty,
Rick Karschnia - Chairman
Minnesotans for Limited Government
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Who killed Jesus? The politicians did!
Christian theology states that all of us humans killed Jesus Christ and that he had to die to redeem us all. I accept this responsibility but who where the agents of Jesus' death? Those who blame the Jewish people are wrong. Jesus was put to death by politicians.
In 33 A.D. Judea was a province of the Roman Empire, and a rich and prosperous province at that. Under Pontius Pilate, the Roman Governor was the Tributary King Herod, son of that King Herod who had murdered all the babies in Bethlehem at Christmas time 33 years earlier. (Matthew was a Tax collector for King Herod before he went to work for Jesus.) The Roman Empire at this time practiced Religious tolerance. The Emperor Worship that started the great Jewish revolt of 77 A.D. had not yet been established. The Jews were allowed to practice their religion and operate their Temple as long as they were willing to accept Roman rule. The people who made up the Sanhedrin accepted this situation. After all, the Jews had been ruled by foreign conquerors before, and we all can't be Maccabees.
Question: What is it that ALL politicians in power want, no matter what their ideology?
Answer: Peace and quite in the streets and no interruption of the Tax Revenues.
So here comes Jesus. He is coming to Jerusalem to celebrate passover with about 400,000 other Jews. Jesus is a known trouble maker. Three years earlier he was bouncing people out of the Temple for Money changing and running a flea market in the forecourt. Since then there has been reports that Jesus can change water into wine. How much water would Jesus have to change to wine to get all 400,000 Jews in town in the mood for a Hockey Riot*? What would 400,000 drunk rowdy Jews do to the before mentioned goals of peace in the streets and uninterrupted Tax Revenues?
Forget the Holy stuff, this guy Jesus is bad news and he has got to go. So the politicians; Roman and Jew, got together, arranged a show trial and made an "example" of this man. This is Human Nature and one of the reasons Jesus came here in the first place. We are supposed to be better than this, but anyone who looks at History knows that politicians pull this stuff all the time.
"Force and Right rule the World: Force, til Right is ready."
*This article was written in 2004 about 1 month after the Hockey Riot at the U of Minnesota, triggered by the Gophers winning the NCAA Hockey Championship.
(written by Colin Wilkinson)
Sunday, April 5, 2009
MN Tax Day Tea Parties are coming your way!
Austin | Brainerd |
| Duluth | Mille Lacs County |
| Rochester | Steele County |
Twin Cities
State Capitol Grounds
75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd
Saint Paul, MN 55103
5:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 4, 2009
PHOTOS: Crowd turns out to Challenge MDH Medical Records Grab
BABY DNA ALERT - The Baby DNA Warehouse bill (SF 1478) may be announced last minute for Monday (3:00 p.m.) or for Tuesday (3:00 p.m.). The author is having another bill heard by the committee on Monday, and could conceivably do the baby DNA bill at the same time. Need MORE petitions to Governor
Contact your Representatives. Vote could come anytime in the House. (rep.firstname.lastname@house.
Citizens Line Up to Speak
CCHC "What Happened" REPORT - click here for more photos
Crowd Challenges Health Department's Medical Records Grab
Yesterday, in a room filled with people who came to comment on the Health Department's medical record grab—and their planned use of the data to centralize treatment decisions and restrict access to care—the Department stalled the conversation.
State officials used up the first hour with department presentations. Meanwhile KSTP-TV waited for the action to begin. And
After I asked them to provide their definition of health care "quality" (which they refused to answer), they cut off all audience questions until the end.
After they used up the first hour with three presentations, they asked every person to limit their comments to five minutes.
Engaged Audience:
The audience, most of them wearing CCHC "My Medical Records are Mine" stickers, was very engaged once the presentations were over, occasionally shouting out vocal rebuffs of less-than-transparent answers by the Department. They also applauded various comments made by the public.
MDH may be hoping no one ever hears about the meeting. They chose not to record attendance (no sign-in sheets) or to tape record the public's comments.
Today we publish the CCHC report of the meeting, with lots of photos, to make sure the public knows what actually happened.
Coming soon...a YouTube video of a very impassioned and noisy exchange between one woman and the Health Department officials on the constitutionality of government taking private data.
Twila Brase
President, CCHC
651-646-8935
