Dan Mitchell one of the premiere economics at the CATO Institute has a web page on You Tube where his videos can be accessed for education and training proposes.

Here is the link for the You Tube site featuring Dan and other CATO scholars.

Here is a link to Dan Mitchell’s personal web site. On this site more videos can be accessed.

Here is a link to the Center for Freedom and Prosperity.

And finally here is Dan’s CATO web site.

Did I miss any Dan?

Dan is an important figure in 21st century economics because he utilizes the media and Internet to its fullest advantage. This allows access to important economic concepts to the average citizen that otherwise would be unavailable or distorted by politicians. The more people learn about economics and the destructive consequences of government interference in the economic activities of free men the more libertarian people become. There is little need for government other than to protect property rights, defend the nation and protect society from fraud and abuse.

The health care summit came and went last Thursday (2-25-10) without a blip in the polls either way for or against health care reform. The only surprise was more people thought the Republicans won and agreed with their ideas even though Obama hogged the air time 108 minutes to 56. The Times of London proclaimed “the summit was the equivalent of a bikini mud wrestling contest. You half expected the picture to shake as the camera operator struggled to compose himself.”

As I watched the Republicans refer to Obama as President Obama and Obama return with replies to the senators on a first name basis it just reminded me of what an ethnocentric narcissist this man is. Where is Barbra Boxer “don’t call me ma’am” when you need her? It was another reminder of how the press covered for this affirmative action jackass during the election and still does.

For most Americans who watch the main stream media and John Stewart it was their first exposure to Republican ideas. And generally they liked what they heard. It was a chance for Republicans to get some basic ideas out there to the Democratic rank and file that have never heard of. Things like Health Savings Accounts and across state line health insurance sales. Quit shocking to the ignorant masses no doubt. It must have been just as unsettling for the masses to see the Hugo Chavez arrogance of Obama as he blabbered on for 7 ½ hours. Just like Hugo.

It scares the hell out of me that a dictator wanna be like Obama could become president. It shows that years of indoctrination and propaganda really do work. Without the internet the dictatorship may very well have succeeded. Fortunately we live in the information age and enough of the people realized this was coming and mobilized. Obama no matter how big his ego and his office cannot govern without the consent of the people. This is not 1934 and Obama is not Hitler. Hitler had the people behind him. Obama does not. He will fall.

I found this blog at Not-a-Lemming about one of the stupidest politically correct things to come along since affirmative action.

Horrified. That is the only word I can use to describe what I felt when I read that the military is going to allow women to serve on submarines. News on this potentially catastrophic decision can be found in many places and here is a link to just one of them. (LA Times)

At the outset, to avoid any confusion, let me make two points. First, I served on submarines so I know what I’m talking about. I wasn’t the captain or anything like that but I did a patrol on a boomer and spent my time underwater. Second, it has nothing to do with whether or not a woman can do the job. In some ways a woman might be better on a submarine. No, the issues have nothing to do with ability and everything to do with suitability.

Allow me to first establish context. A submarine is a 500+ foot-long, steel cylinder that travels underwater at greater than 22 miles an hour at depths greater than 400 feet. Rumor has it that some Russian subs are capable of more than 55 miles per hour in a sprint. Most submarines have one or more nuclear reactors that provide power. All submarines carry torpedos laden with high explosives and fuel that catalyzes into cyanide gas if accidentally exposed to air. Accidents have happened. FBM’s, or Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarines, often called ‘boomers’, carry 24 Trident missiles, each tipped with 8 independently targetable nuclear warheads of 500 kilotons each. One Ohio Class submarine could destroy 192 cities. The mechanical systems on submarines, aside from the nuclear reactor, are dangerous and often filled with poisonous chemicals like oils and hydraulic fluids. They remain submerged for months at a time with the crew, composed mostly of young men under the age of 25, completely isolated from families. Submarines have been, and remain, the first line of defense for not the just the United States but the free world. Can a woman do the job? It doesn’t matter, and here is why.

Put young women and young men together and what do you get? Six thousand years of recorded history and 6 billion people answer that question: Sex. Isolate them for months at a time and you just get more sex. Anyone who denies this is simply an idiot and has no argument. I have laid in a bunk on a submarine at night, in the dark, and heard sailors crying for their wives and girlfriends. I have heard them masturbate. You get two hot kids all alone in lower lever Engineering II and they’re going to be screwing instead of watching a critical gauge. It only takes a few minutes to have sex. And a few seconds to lose a boat along with it’s entire crew. And with sex comes a powerful emotion that Hollywood is all about exploiting. No, it isn’t love, it is tension. A sub is tense enough. Do you really want to throw gasoline on that fire?

Lust is a powerful thing. Lust has brought down the lowliest peasents and the greatest kings. Women will be raped aboard ship. It already happens on surface ships. And rape has a special place in our society, as it should. But on a surface ship you can get the offender and the victims off the boat and away from each other. What do you do on a submarine? There’s not even a brig. A boomer’s job is to go underwater and stay hidden so if they get a launch order they won’t get a Russian torpedo up the screw. So do you just terminate the mission? Pull into port and offload the problems? A woman can take the most level-headed man and turn him into a ravenous beast, and in many cases she won’t have any clue about what has happened in his head and will have done nothing to make it happen. Her very presence is enough.

How about the opposite side of that coin? I’ve known a few women who use their sexual influence in inappropriate ways. Lot of sucky jobs on a submarine. Climbing into the battery well. Wiping up an oil spill in the mechanical spaces. Diving torpedo tubes after a water slug. How long is it going to take for some E-2 to get pissed because some girl is ensuring that she doesn’t get the shitty job? You can factor the captain right into this one too. Captains have egos and some women work in ego the way a potter works with clay. Let your imagination run wild with this one, it will probably arrive at a realistic conslusion. And is it a stretch to see this kind of woman submitting some spurned lover to a life of hell? Trust me, it’s bad enough already, throwing sex into the mix will kill these boys.

Here’s a fun scenario for you. Take a look at that LA Times story above. There’s a great picture of the ‘bridge’. Pretty tight space there, huh? What you have are the helmsmen/planesmen driving the boat, the buoyancy control officer adjusting trim, the chief of the watch making sure they point that 500+ foot long, nuclear powered, nuclear armed, steel cylinder in the right direction. That’s probably the officer of the deck staring through the periscope. Assorted squids like the quartermaster or the XO are standing around behind them. Replace one of those guys with a cute, young, E-3 who’s screwing the helmsman and the buoyancy control officer. Personally, given the nature of a submarine, I’d prefer the helmsman be paying attention to course and speed.

So what do you do when that cute little E-3 gets pregnant? Are we going to billet gynecologists and obstraticians on submarines? Or just retrain the corpsmen? What if she’s a nuke and decides she doesn’t want her fetus around a nuclear reactor? Or maybe we should just carry RU-486 and force them to abort the baby? Got kind of a Nazi sound to it, doesn’t it? And if you don’t abort the child, and if it winds up with birth defects, the first thing that woman is going to do is blame the nuclear powerplant on the boat. So does the Navy now have to support that child for the duration? And what if she has a child with birth defects on down the line? Is that the Navy’s fault? Male sperm gets constantly replaced so defective cells are far less likely to persist. Women carry the same eggs from birth to death. Send a stray neutron through an ovary and ten years later you’ve got Down’s syndrome. At least a slick lawyer is going to convince a jury it could happen. So is the Navy (read: taxpayer) liable? Or do you just sequester the women forward of the control room and hope that holds up in court? You want to get crazy. Pimps and prostitution. Will it happen? It already is. Imagine it on a submarine.

Women also experience something that men don’t. A menstrual cycle. So now we’ve got an enclosed space with a continuous supply of biohazardous waste that will require an whole new set of processes. And will the submarine carry a generic Mod. I, Mk I, tampon? Women are very particular about their feminine products as well they shoud be. Do you poll them and then send the supply officer to Target with a list? And what about PMS? PMS in a sardine can.

Submarine duty is perhaps the most stressful duty of all for families. Almost total isolation. It is better than it was when I was in but soldiers in Afghanistan have far more contact that bubble heads. It rips families apart. And with women on submarines we get a whole new list of worries. At least women back home haven’t had to worry about their husbands cheating on them. And boomers don’t generally make port calls. And as a husband how are you going to feel about your wife locked in a tin can with 200 horny men? We used to listen to training tapes and sometimes the narrators were women. Boys would come all the way from the engine room just to sit and listen to her voice. Are men going to want women on submarines? Hell yeah! But what man in an isolated, difficult environment doesn’t want chicks around? Does this mean his recommendation is good?

And why in the hell would a woman want to go on a submarine in the first place? Why would a man? You’ve got to be crazy to stay with it. Two-minute showers. Zero privacy. Horrible conditions. The food is good, but why would a woman want to do this? What kind of woman would want to get locked up for months at a time with a bunch of hormonal men? Hmm?

You want to put women on subs, fine, I’m sure they’d do a great job. But make it an all female crew. Don’t mix them on what amounts to a spaceship with the power to destroy the planet.

Take a look at this so we are on the same page here.

Soooo …. Scott Brown voted for more money spent?
What EVERYONE seems to have missed in all of this is actually quite simple. Brown’s win means watch out those of you who have been in office forever and continue to turn a dead mind and deaf ear to what the people demonstrating in the street are saying.

We will not forget who you are, how you vote and how you treat us like simpletons … when in truth IT IS YOU are to STUPID TO RECOGNIZE YOUR OWN STUPIDITY.

WE PAY YOUR CHECK.
It is NOT TO LATE to end your cushy pension and perks. One by one you are about to become politically jobless.

The dolts on the hill have poked a hornets nest and the hornets are beginning to stir.
Who are these hornets?
The entitled young!
When it suddenly dawns on them they are left holding their proverbial nose to the grindstone or STARVE there will be a revolt to end ALL HISTORICAL REVOLTS.

Here is how those hornets will manage a revolt.
They will pick up a weapon and kill you with no remorse.
Why?
Because YOU HAVE TAUGHT THEM exactly how to act and BE entitled.

For those of us who trudged through the demonstrations during Viet Nam and Watts … let me tell you … you have seen nothing yet.

So BRAVO! … can we all understand YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW?

The Republicans are as dead as the Democrats.
Sorry Rush the parties are exactly the same … BOTH ARE CORRUPT.
Mark Levin there is NO US to divide … what can’t your elitist mind wrap around here? … as a 47 year Republican you have a snowflakes chance of my support.
I am not alone in that thought process … that IS THE TEA PARTY MENTALITY.

GET USE TO IT!

When did Schwarzenegger change from a fun loving free sex young adult to a true supporter of state control over the people? In his early years he went AWOL from the military and refused to conform to the strict catholic upbringing of his parents. He has reminisced about his free days of working out and having sex with whoever was available. He fondly recalls remembering Richard Nixon’s 1968 speech at the Republican National convention about freedom and liberty. So what happened?

Also in his early childhood it is clear he had little or no feeling for his family with the exception of his mother. His father was abusive and his older brother was his parents’ favorite son. Depending on which version is told he did not attend his father’s funeral or his brothers when he passed in a car accident. Detached and self consumed he sought out stardom through weight lifting and acting.

And so the actor turned governor tried to save California like a movie star would do. He proposed four amendments to the California constitution that struck at the power the unions and special interest had over the state and budget.

The first would have required unions to get permission from individual union members to use union dues for political purposes. The unions won and the measure was defeated.

The second dealt with having judges draw district lines instead of gerrymandering. It was defeated.

The third dealt with the power the governor had over the budget. Allowing line item vetoes to get rid of pork and it was defeated.

The fourth increased the probationary period for teachers from two years to five years. The teachers unions won.

Some modest attempts at reform for the bankrupt state. All defeated. And so Schwarzenegger learned his lesson. If Californians thought they were invincible to the laws of finance and gravity he would not only accommodate them but speed up the process as the state went into financial chaos.

The lesson that needs to be learned is that if by the grace of God we elect politicians like Sarah Palin, Florida District 8 contender Todd Long, Connecticut Senate contender Peter Schiff we cannot wilt under the pressure the special interest will apply to them. They cannot stand alone and take all the fire while we sit back and watch. Arnold Schwarzenegger is the strongest man in the world but he is just one man. He lost his battle for the freedom and independence of California and its citizens. Sooner or later the federal bail outs will end. Sooner or later California will be a financial basket case absorbed by the federal government and we can all take one star off the American flag. Over the next decade we need to support financially, emotionally and at the polls politicians who support freedom and liberty or we will end up with a bunch of two faced Arnold Schwarzenegger’s.

Talk radio icon Rush Limbaugh says the president has an addiction, and it is lying.

This whole conversation (apparently on his talk radio show) seemed to be directed toward broken campaign promises.
You can read the whole story HERE

I take a little different look at things.
What politician keeps his campaign promises? … THEY ALL open their mouth and say WHATEVER THEY think will collect votes.

Am I okay with that?
NO!
It is simply another example the public has failed to address in the political arena.

It has been my observation that every time the President stands before a camera and speaks A LIE ROLLS OUT. I have yet to determine if he simply thinks the mass is stupid and believes whatever he says or if he is simply pathological.

I am beginning to lean toward the latter.

My true question is who in his party is he going to sink along with him. Some of his most avid supporters (in the mass pool) are beginning to admit he has a serious problem. You can only defend someone so far without becoming painted with the same brush. The definition becomes “YOU are either a liar also or deluded” WHICH IS IT?

The people of the USA were conned. The writing was always on the wall about EXACTLY WHAT OBAMA was/is.

The majority of “we the people” CHOSE TO IGNORE IT!

Well the Massachusetts massacre finally got the attention of the New York Times elites. The bankrupt rag full of nihilist on the far left has written a hit piece trying to type cast Tea Party members. The white peasants seem to be in revolt and now its time for the Wall Street intellectuals with their upper Manhattan apartments to put down the peasants. How dare those white people organize! They must be racist!

So here is some of the type casting that has been attributed to Tea Party members. Pam Stout worries about hyper inflation and social unrest. She is reported to be a member of the John Birch Society and Oath Keepers. The rest of the Tea Party participants are similarly labeled as extremist and nut jobs. Well let’s look at the charges the NYTimes lays out there and see if they are extremist.

Hyperinflation.

Well according to the Federal Reserve the monetary base has increased 154% in the last couple of years. Total Reserves have gone up 2,400% since 2008. Now I may be a stupid economist but it seems like there is an awful lot of cash sloshing around the Federal Reserve, Wall Street and banks. I look at that MZM number and see a 16.2% increase since 2008 and just scratch my stupid head and wonder what we have in store down the road when the curtain is pulled back and the world financial system is exposed to the forces of gravity. But then again I am just a stupid guy with a master in the subject.

Social Unrest.

Probably the stupidest charge the NYTimes could write about. Where were they on 9-12-09? Does a million people standing outside Capitol Hill maybe sound like social unrest? I may be a stupid bumpkin but if I saw a million people outside my place of work I would certainly take notice of the “social unrest” that was occurring outside my door. Are these elitist for real? Are they stupid or do they just pretend to be?

Martial Law.

It’s a possibility. One of many. Should we be prepared for it? Well yes just like we should be prepared for a hurricane or tornado. I don’t know but when I see millions of people marching in opposition to my federal government I certainly take notice. With the right fuel a fire could start. But then again I am not educated in those fine northern schools of Nihilism like Harvard and Yale.

John Birch Society.

According to it’s web site the organization has a “strong belief in personal freedom and limited government, plus a sense of duty” and is anti communist and socialist. The Birch Society opposed aspects of the civil rights movement citing communist infiltration into these movements which in later years was confirmed by none other than J. Edgar Hoover. Opps. They also oppose globalism and unfortunately free trade agreements. I would not choose to be a member of this group because of their opposition to free trade but they have a right to recruit whoever they want and say what they want. Who in the hell gave the NYTimes and other nihilist the right to marginalize them?

Oath Keepers.

Oath Keepers recruits law enforcement officers and has them pledge not to infringe upon the constitutional rights of citizens. Rights like the Second Amendment that allows citizens to keep and bear arms. Follow the Constitution? Sound real radical to me, not! Oh the elite nihilist must be in a tizzy seeing all them white police officers deciding to protect and serve the people and not the state. Gosh I almost feel sorry for them.

Quote.

“These people (Pam Stout and others listed above) are part of a significant undercurrent within the Tea Party movement that has less in common with the Republican Party than with the Patriot movement, a brand of politics historically associated with libertarians, militia groups, anti-immigration advocates and those who argue for the abolition of the Federal Reserve.”

Libertarians? Oh gosh! People who believe in freedom and liberty? Oh dear me! I always knew I was a radical. Wouldn’t want the peasants to think they are free. If we could all just worship the atheist in NY City and keep our televisions glued to Keith Olbermann we would be much better subjects of the Washington New York aristocracy. Oh the indignity of the NYTimes having to waste fine print and paper on the squalid masses of ignorant white peasants polluting the country side of America. Certainly it’s past time for them to shut up and sit down!

First militia groups helped win the revolutionary war. Historically militia groups were the guys who protected the village from thieves and bandits. These guys also protected the women from rape and the children from the humiliation of watching. Today we have a police force but as any cop will tell you they cant be everywhere and when the gang bangers enter your home you will be the first responder. If there is a riot in your neighborhood you will be the first responder. If the Jews had formed militias in the 1930’s they would have still died but they would have sent a lot of Nazis to their grave first. Has anyone ever wondered why there has not been another Waco slaughter of innocent women and children? It certainly wasn’t because of the federal government’s good heart.

Anti-immigration groups.

Multiculturalism is the biggest lie ever perpetrated by the government excluding Social Security and war. Sorry if that doesn’t make me mainstream but facts are facts. Multicultural societies eventually break up or worse have civil wars. Anyone remember the USSR? I know that was centuries ago but they were multi cultural. How did that work out for them? Czechoslovakia? Yugoslavia? How’s that diversity thing working out in England? Demark? The cold hard facts are people are happiest when they are surrounded by people like them. Races are not equal in intelligence, athletic abilities, crime rates or much of anything. We are different. Mexico has their own country. It’s called Mexico. If they want to change their country they can vote just like us white folks do in America. Good fences make good neighbors. It’s past time we stopped being the caretaker of illegal immigrants.

Globalism.

“In this view, Mr. Obama and many of his predecessors (including George W. Bush) have deliberately undermined the Constitution and free enterprise for the benefit of a shadowy international network of wealthy elites.”

Well the Patriot Act comes to mind. Didn’t see that in the Constitution. George Soros. Global Warming. Alan Greenspan’s sabotage of the economy with his 1% Fed Funds rate. Alan the same guy who saw the NASDAQ bubble and warned about “irrational exuberance” and saw the Savings and Loan bubble and jacked up interest rates to 9% when that was happening. Or maybe that $4 a gallon gas right before the election of 2008 that collapsed the economy that was already sliding. You think China had anything to do with that? Golly gee it’s all just so confusing us stupid white folks can’t figure it out. We need those smart nihilists in New York to help us here in the fly over states.

And so the article goes on to discredit the Tea Party movement. What the elitist in New York don’t understand is that we white folks built this nation and we can damn sure tear it down. Washington, Wall Street, New York and the Federal Reserve were given the trust and duty to protect the nation from corruption, inflation and collapse. They failed and now its time for the people to get a little payback. America was founded as a white Christian nation with freedom and justice for all. Sorry if the Mexicans, Asians, Negros, Arabs and Jews don’t approve of that but that’s just the way it is. We don’t buy into fascism, socialism, communism, nihilism, progressive secularism or any of that elitist crap disguised to hide the dictatorship. We can read the numbers. We know the federal government is now 25% of the GDP. We can see the deficits and the coming collapse. What needs to happen is a whole lot of politicians need to get the hell out of the way and let the white folks restore this country to where it was when it was founded. We founded this damn country and we can take it back. This little game is just beginning.

Local politicians from Orange and Seminole County gathered last Saturday (2-13-10) for three minutes of speaking time and a table for a reported $200 each. The event had a couple of surprises but mostly politicians meeting and greeting the hard core political activist peasants. This is one of those times the average guy doesn’t have to shell out $75 to $250 to meet their local leaders.

The biggest surprise was Sandy Adams upset of Karen Diebel in the Florida Congressional District 24 race. Diebel has out raised Adams in contributions 2 to 1. The last report on Open Secrets had Diebel with $213,000 and Adams with $114,000. Both well below Democratic incumbent Susanne Kosmas $1.1 million. Diebel reported her contributions were up to $300,000. Still Sandy won with 31% to Diebel’s 28%.

One thing I have notice talking to the two of them is Adams comes across as genuine. Diebel comes across as a Winter Park aristocrat. Like she really thinks she is smarter than us peons, maybe most but not all Mrs. Diebel. She is a politician and is vague on hard issues like Social Security reform and Medicare. District 8 candidate Todd Long wrote a book on his positions. Karen gives out one paragraph blurbs on her web site like “The Democrats in Congress continue to punish innovators and entrepreneurs. As a businesswoman, Karen Diebel has created hundreds of jobs for Floridians. She knows first hand what it takes to create growth and improve small businesses. Karen Diebel will protect those who create jobs by fighting burdensome government regulations and overbearing taxes. As your Congresswoman, Karen Diebel will support those who create jobs – not punish them.” Well hell Karen what exactly does that mean? Fair Tax? Cutting corporate taxes? Privatizing Social Security? Cutting capital gains taxes? Who knows? The aristocrat from Winter Park is the only one who knows. I sure don’t.

I don’t like Sandy Adams politics especially her support of Sun Rail but she comes across as genuine and with no hidden agenda. She is not as flashy or as well heeled as Diebel but seems to say what she means and means what she says. She puts people at ease and is plain spoken. Her web site is a little more specific but not much “The marriage penalty should be eliminated entirely and we need to stop penalizing small businesses that want to keep their business in the family by removing the death tax. We need a simpler tax code that every American can understand.” Hey it’s a start. I would rather deal with a politician that maybe I am not 100% with but know where she stands on issues and doesn’t cater to an elite clientèle. Apparently more than a few peasants at the straw poll agreed with me. Personally I hope Jim Foster (11%) can give the two ladies a run for their money but as of now he has not filed a financial report.

Another shocker in Congressional District 8 was Patricia Sullivan’s surprising second place finish. Local favorite and strong grass roots organizer Todd Long squeaked out a 30% to 29% victory. After listening to Sullivan speak I figured it out. This lady may look average but she has charisma pouring out of her in abundance. She was easily one of the top three speakers of the day. This took me off guard and I had to do a double take to see if this was the same lady I was talking to maybe 30 minutes ago. I was impressed. Her campaign contributions to date are $13,000 well behind Republican challenger Gutierrez $300,000 and Democrat incumbent Grayson’s $2.3 million. Sullivan probably will not make it out of the Republican Primary but she is definitely an up and comer.

Todd Long won the straw poll as expected. He is the favorite candidate in District 8. The peasants, Tea Party activist and Libertarians love him because he is a federalist. He believes social engineering (that would include Social Security and Medicare) should be done at the state level. His grass roots organizational skills are phenomenal. Surprisingly he has not filled out a campaign contribution report at this time according to Open Secrets. In his 2008 Republican Primary he spent $250,000 of his own money in his race against Ric Keller. Something tells me his better half told him to lay off the personal funds and do more organizing. Just a guess. He is the type of candidate that can go head on with Grayson and win. “Kick Grayson ass” would be the campaign slogan I would choose but somehow I don’t think that will happen.

The best Libertarian showing was Franklin Perez’s surprising second place finish in Florida House District 33 race with 25% to Jay Brodeur’s 31%. Alex Snitker also finished second in the US Senate race with 22% to Marco Rubio’s 67%.

Franklin was a last minute entry into the event when another candidate dropped out. Franklin took advantage of his opportunity and made the most of it. The surprising results resulted in this celebratory e-mail “PRESS RELEASE: Libertarian Candidate for Florida State House (District 33) Franklin Perez Gets SECOND Place Finish in 2/13/2010 Orlando City Hall Tea Party Event Straw Poll! Gives Thanks to Those Who Voted for Him! Celebrates at Rachel’s Adult Entertainment Establishment in Casselberry! After the event, James Coakley and I decided to celebrate by going to Rachel’s Adult Entertainment Establishment in Casselberry and see beautiful ladies dance semi-nude! Again, thanks SO MUCH for those that have supported me! Sincerely, Franklin Perez (Libertarian) Florida State House Candidate (District 33) – Year 2010. Libertarian and Independent! Not Beholden to Party Politics! http://www.fperez1776.com.”

When was the last time a politician went to a strip bar to celebrate and then e-mailed the press to brag about it? Usually it’s the press busting the politician for going to strip clubs but not with Franklin. He is one politician that you can be 100% sure says what he means and means what he says. Rachel’s should give Franklin some comps next time he is there.

And the 2010 election season progresses. The only regret I have at these events is that more people don’t take the time to meet the politicians they gripe about all the time. When you meet these people in person they really do surprise and telegraph what they are about. The As a Mom website is planning to feature an outline on how the Tea Party members can organize into voting blocks for the primaries to get constitutional candidates into the general election. Probably something very similar if not the same rules I wrote about on this web site. Let’s all get organized for the primaries where we can make a difference.

The official results are as follow:

GOVERNOR
REP Paula Dockery 179 45.4%
REP Bill McCollum 139 35.3%
LIB John Wayne Smith 56 14.2%
REP Tim Devine 4 1.0%
DEM Anthony Knox Sr. 3 0.8%
IDP Peter Allen 2 0.5%
NPA Herman Giger 2 0.5%
REP Ed Heeney 2 0.5%
NPA C.C. Reed 2 0.5%
DEM Alex Sink 2 0.5%
REP James Van Driessche 2 0.5%
NPA Lesther Trujillo 1 0.3%
394

U.S. SENATE
REP Marco Rubio 277 66.6%
LIB Alex Snitker 90 21.6%
REP Charlie Crist 17 4.1%
REP Bernie DeCastro 9 2.2%
NPA Bobbie Bean 4 1.0%
REP Gwyn McClellan 3 0.7%
TEA Jorge Lovenguth 2 0.5%
DEM Chuch Lynch 2 0.5%
REP Robert smith 2 0.5%
NPA Lewis Armstrong 1 0.2%
DEM Tryone Brown Sr. 1 0.2%
DEM Kevin Burns 1 0.2%
REP Bob Coggins 1 0.2%
DEM Raphael Herman 1 0.2%
REP Thomas Mangum 1 0.2%
DEM Kendrick Meek 1 0.2%
DEM Belinda Noah 1 0.2%
DEM Lawrence Penpek 1 0.2%
REP Shawn Teeters 1 0.2%
416

U.S. REPRESENTATIVE – DISTRICT 24
REP Sandy Adams 112 30.8%
REP Karen Diebel 103 28.3%
REP Jim Foster 39 10.7%
REP Deon Long 31 8.5%
REP Edward Dedelow 24 6.6%
REP Tom Garcia 20 5.5%
REP James Heinzelman, Sr. 16 4.4%
NPA Larry Sinclair 15 4.1%
REP Jason Davis 2 0.5%
GRE Nicholas Ruiz III 2 0.5%
364

U.S. REPRESENTATIVE – DISTRICT 8
REP Todd Long 119 29.9%
REP Patricia Sullivan 114 28.6%
REP Dan Fanelli 57 14.3%
REP Ken Miller 49 12.3%
REP Kurt Kelly 35 8.8%
REP Peg Dunmire 12 3.0%
NPA Thomas Gregory 5 1.3%
DEM Alan Grayson 3 0.8%
REP Armando Gutierrez 2 0.5%
REP William Collins IV 1 0.3%
DEM Jim Holcomb 1 0.3%
398

ATTORNEY GENERAL
REP Pam Bondi 230 70.8%
REP Jim Lewis 46 14.2%
REP Jeff Kottkamp 30 9.2%
REP Holly Benson 15 4.6%
DEM Dave Aronberg 2 0.6%
DEM Dan Gelber 2 0.6%
325

COUNTY MAYOR
Matthew Falconer 242 73.3%
Mildred Fernandez 27 8.2%
Teresa Jacobs 24 7.3%
Bill Segal 18 5.5%
Linda Stewart 11 3.3%
Tim Adams 7 2.1%
Vienna Avaleres 1 0.3%
330

COMMISSION OF AGRICULTURE
REP Adam Putnam 141 46.8%
REP Carey Baker 131 43.5%
REP James Harlin Carter 12 4.0%
DEM Scott Maddox 8 2.7%
DEM Randy Hatch 4 1.3%
DEM Thaddeus Hamilton 3 1.0%
DEM Rick Minton, Jr. 2 0.7%
301

FL STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 33
REP Jason Brodeur 86 31.3%
LIB Franklin Perez 69 25.1%
REP Scott Bland 45 16.4%
REP Alice Sterling 45 16.4%
REP James DeCocq 23 8.4%
DEM Leo Cruz 7 2.5%
275

FL STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 34
REP Chris Dorworth 116 87.9%
DEM Steven Barnes 16 12.1%
132

FL STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 35
REP Dean Cannon 124 87.9%
DEM Amy Mercado 17 12.1%
141

FL STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 36
REP Craig McCarthy 118 93.7%
DEM Scott Randolph 8 6.3%
126

STATE REP 40
REP Eric Eisnaugle 126 90.0%
DEM Todd Christian 8 5.7%
DEM Rhonda Doyle 6 4.3%
140

STATE REP 41
REP Stephen Precourt 218 74.4%
REP Kevin Butler 63 21.5%
DEM Lee Douglas 12 4.1%
293

COUNTY COMMISSION DISTRICT 4
Jennifer Thompson 39 39.8%
Peter Clarke 21 21.4%
Lydia Pisano 14 14.3%
H. James Herborn III 11 11.2%
Kenneth Zook 8 8.2%
Mayra Uribe 5 5.1%

Someone sent me this today.

It is indeed timeless wisdom. It is worth a few moments to watch.
https://news.simpletruths.com/servlet/cc6?kpuitLQSTCAQTVjpJoxklpQgLlVaVR

Looks like John McCain is going to have the run of a life with Former congressman J.D. Hayworth nipping at his heels.

McCain known as a renegade has not had much challange in the past. Well buckle up little buddy the smooth ride is over.

Hayworth, a conservative talk-radio host, has tossed his hat in the ring. Conservatives have long thought McCain was not really on their side.

It will be an interesting race to watch.

This made me laugh out loud!

After the Massachusetts victory the Tea Party has gotten a lot of attention. Locally infiltration and threatening lawsuits have occurred. Nationally the state organizations are splitting off into different directions. California is running several candidates including Clayton Thibodeau who is running for Mary Bono-Mack’s 45th Congressional District seat, California State Assemblyman Chuck DeVore who is running for Barbara Boxer’s U.S. Senate seat, Lt. Colonel Ken Dickson (USAF Ret.) who is running for termed-out Dennis Hollingsworth’s California State Senate seat and Lydia Gutierrez who is running for California State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Here locally Cheryl of OTown (Orlando) is adamantly opposed to third parties. It’s fractionalized as it should be.

Every situation is different. In California there is no Republican Party. If the best the Republican Party can do is Carly Fiorina for Barbra Boxers senate seat I will vote for Tea Party candidate Chuck DeVore every time. Because of the boldness of the California Tea Party they have a real shot at replacing the Republican Party, with some time and money, as the conservative party of California.

Here in Florida we have a strong Republican Party that has been in control of state legislatures since Reagan. The problem is often times they don’t act like Republicans but even at their worst they are light years ahead of California’s progressive left politicians.

Eventually as the Tea Party gains strength they will form a national leadership and field candidates on a regular basis. What will precipitate this movement to the right is the horrible financial situation the United States is in. The house of cards will fall sooner or later. When the collapse comes there will be enough people who see clearly to topple the Republican Party on the right. On the left they will have to take care of their own. I can say one thing 2008 was the zenith of the Democratic Party. The only thing left for that party to do is consolidate the dictatorship and that ain’t happening. This is not Cuba or Venezuela. Too many informed people with money to fight back. Sorry Obots you will lose. Peacefully or violently. Your choice.

So what should the Tea Party do to become VERY effective? Simple follow the example of the NRA. Get organized at a local level into voting groups. Start e-mail list and delegate people to concentrate on specific local and state races. Everyone should know what district they are in. Find out about the PRIMARY candidates. Look at both the Democratic and Republican candidates and choose one from each party that you want to:

1. Win the general election.

2. Win the primary but lose the general election if that party has no acceptable candidate.

3. If both are good support your favorite in the primary and general. Doubt that will happen often.

The most effective use of the Tea Party vote would be as a voting BLOCK in the PRIMARIES to push for the candidate of choice. Same strategy the NRA uses very effectively. Both to get your guy in and to get the WEAKEST opponent for him in the general election. This means switching party affiliation on a dime.

My personal favorite in the Republican Primary is Todd Long. Why? He’s a federalist. Return the social engineering back to the states and local government. That’s all I need to know. So the strategy is simple.

Plan A. My guy is in a tight primary.

1. Follow the polls closely as primary day approaches. What is his lead? Comfortable or to close to call. If it’s to close to call I organize the Tea Party voters to get their butts out there and vote for him.

2. His opponent is Alan Grayson. Alan will win his primary easily if there is one. So I don’t waste time switching party affiliation.

Plan B. My guy is a shoe in to win. My guy is leading by 20 or 30 points. His opposition is disorganized and splitting the remaining vote. There is no candidate among the other contestants that can match his name recognition and they lack the resources to make a last minute media appeal. I get dirty.

I tell the members of the Tea Party to switch party affiliation to democrat. Research the candidates and fine the weakest most polarizing candidate on the list and vote for him. Democrats have been doing this to Republicans for years.

Candidates that attract voting blocks based on race or ethnicity are best. Someone like Orlando City Councilwoman Daisy Lynum who would get maybe 30% of the vote in a general county wide election. She will attract enough of a voting block from her base to make the Tea Party vote that much more effective and push her to a primary victory. That is the type of candidate the Tea Party should be looking at to set up their favorite candidate in the general election.

The NRA raises all kinds of cash and votes as a block. It is a one issue organization. They don’t care if you are a Republican or Democrat. If you don’t support the Second Amendment they work against you. This is the mentality the Tea Party needs to adopt when they are not running a candidate. Vote as a block and set your candidate up for victory.

Plan C. There is not Republican or Democrat that is acceptable. Both are bad. John McCain and Barrack Obama. You get the idea. Run a candidate. Maybe you will win but most likely you will take votes from the Republican. So be it. Maybe next time they will field a candidate more to your liking. Make a statement and don’t be scared.

Eventually the two party system will end. The Tea Party needs to stay involved and disciplined. Don’t ignore the small stuff. Just because the congressional and senate races are more glamorous don’t ignore the local councilmen and state house races. The State of Florida spends the same money the federal government does. Find out about the candidates in these primaries and make sure everyone knows who the favorites are.

Finally organize, organize and organize. Find out who you have and where they vote. The more organized you are the better your chances. Delegate. Use state house districts and designate a leader to look at the local candidates. The more you delegate the more time you have too look at the overall view. Ronald Reagan was the best at this strategy. He delegated everything and he didn’t turn out so bad. Don’t get caught up and the pretenders and infiltrators that will come and go. People will always disappoint you no matter what you do. Business, education and politics. Stay focused and move on. Don’t be scared to fire or remove people from positions of trust. Be quick about it and move on. Finally win baby win.

It appears Barack Obama remains stuck in a deep trench of boring predictability.

He has talked bipartisanship from the jump … was it ever really intended? Looks like not until he hit the “LAME DUCK” wall and finally realized survival trumps charm. The pied piper apparently lost his flute while leading the people down the primrose path.

Just another horrid miscalculation of how smart “we the people” actually are here in the US. His global job rate remains high but those here in the States who ACTUALLY foot the bills are not so OKAY with his actions.

Barack Obama sat down with both Democrats and Republicans on Tuesday to spur cooperation on job creation, deficit reduction and health-care overhaul.

He promised to do his part.
Gee what do you suppose that might be?
Another 29 “snore boring” speeches to nowhere?

In about the same breath he warned the Republicans he would take them to task if they did not do the same. Noting how infinitly effective this President actually is … that should shake them all in their boots.

But holy smoke … no warning to the Democrats who with their solid majority are kicking up dust over the potential loss of their seats next election? Apparently Brown was the proverbial writing on the wall that at least sent those with a grain of common sense back to some degree of sanity. I guess he handles his own party the Chicago way. Gifts, bribes and any corrupt means at hand!

NEWS FLASH MR PRESIDENT!
Not all of your party is corrupt … especially when their ASS IS ON THE LINE.

Who said there was not survival of the fittest alive and well in Washington?

Apparently they did not teach that at Harvard while this President was boning up on constitutional law so he could more easily over ride and destroy it.

Gerrymandering. A word that draws contempt from the right and left. One of the few areas of agreement that everyone agrees should be changed and today that’s a rarity. Few issues are agreed upon these days by the far right and left, auditing the Federal Reserve, crime is bad, terrorism is bad and gerrymandering is bad. The two political parties jockey for control of state legislatures every ten years so as to draw up the most advantageous districts for their respective political parties. And we get dead elections as a result. We end up with Nancy Pelosi, the late John Murtha and 359 out of the 435 districts “safe” for the incumbent.

In 2000 98% of the incumbents won re-election and 64 incumbents did not even have an opponent. Incumbents out spend their opponents typically 9 to 1. Unless an incumbent gets caught in bed with a transvestite or tapping for sex in a bathroom stall their odds of winning are at least 90%. This allows the congress to go far right or left without fear of losing political power. Nancy Pelosi is perhaps the most corrupt incompetent Speaker of the House ever but she is assured of an easy victory come the fall of 2010. Why should she moderate her leadership style?

Here in Orlando we have two early front runners for the Republican nomination from District 8 and 24 that live 3.4 miles apart. Now as a city dweller I am ecstatic about this development, I hope they both win but it’s not representative of the other rural and inner city members of these districts. Who wouldn’t want double representation for Orlando and the suburbs? Hey I will take that in a New York minute.

The average congressional district is made up of 700,000 constituents and the population of Orlando and neighboring Winter Park where these two reside is 258,602. I feel bad for Titusville, New Smyrna, Port Orange, Deltona, Deland, Eustis and rural Marion County but it sure is good for us city dwellers. To be fair I should point out these are two of the 76 congressional districts that are competitive.

So how do you make elections more competitive? One simple way would be to mandate whenever possible any urban with a population over 500,000 have one representative. Urban areas including the suburbs should have one representative if possible. Splitting large urban areas with completely rural areas means one side or the other will not have representation. Urban areas should include the ghetto and the suburbs competing against each other. The rural areas will be huge districts but they will be represented. Does anyone in rural Marion County think they are being represented well by the far left loon Alan Grayson?

Alan Grayson is a city boy and he belongs in Orlando competing with Todd Long for the suburban vote including neighboring Winter Park. Winter Park and Orlando have been best buddies for decades and it makes little sense having two congressional representatives representing each city. But like I said if Todd Long and Karen Diebel win I will not be complaining. Works for me.

What can I say but the devil makes me do it.
I had to laugh out loud when I saw the skirmish over crib notes on the hand of Sarah Palin during her speech this week end.

Sort of a HUGE DIFFERENCE I would say … “HI MOM” …
On one hand (pardon the pun) we have a rather consistently articulate woman who has a few words written on her palm and the President who can not seem to get a word out (other than ummm and ahhh) without a teleprompter.
(for those in Rio Linda who do not know the meaning of articulate … it is the ability to speak in meaningful, clear and effective language … probably without a teleprompter.)

The good news … at least the left does not have anything to grievous to bitch about on the Palin playing field right now … the bad news (for them) … it makes them continue to look petty, cheap and stupid not to mention hypocritical.

It seems to me that we have far to many people serving in the government who have legal backgrounds.

For any of you that follow this blog … you already know I think a law degree should DISQUALIFY someone from being in the Congress. If being a member of Congress requires legal training then somehow we have veered off the “path of basics”.

I have a novel idea … why don’t we simply apply the “see spot run” comprehension mode and all agree that “IT” is still “IT”?

Skewing words to somehow fit a bizarre personal agenda is not working for most of “we the people”.
Has anyone other than me noticed that?

It’s time “WE THE PEOPLE” start paying attention to the average man/woman who excels at “COMMON SENSE” over being bought, paid for and beholden to an elitist establishment.

FRANKLY I am tired to the teeth of people saying Sarah Palin or anyone else does not have enough education to serve as commander in chief.

The White House has been celebrating that the unemployment rate fell to 9.7% even though it was because 1.1 million Americans have quit looking for work. Every time I see the affirmative action dolt on television I just cringe at his stupidity. I mean if the dude is smart enough to figure out Bush set him up for failure with three bail outs why did he do the fourth and now a fifth? Of course the answer is his head doesn’t have an original thought in it unlike Bill Clinton who knew bull crap when he saw it. But anyway what is the real employment picture.

Total non farm payroll (not seasonally adjusted) went down from December (130,431) to January (127,612) or 2819 x 1,000 = 2,819,000 less workers in the economy IN ONE MONTH. The percent of the work force employed is 41.9% of the total population of 308,833,000. Compare that to December 2007 when 45.5% of the work force was employed in non farm jobs. The only sector of massive growth is government jobs. I am sure China is impressed with that number.

Weekly hours worked is down 3.5% since Obama was inaugurated. The civilian participation rate is down from 65.7% to 64.7% and drastically down from its five year high of 66.2%. So we lose 4 millions workers permanently, hey its good new to the White House. The Fed won’t even release the tax receipts numbers for October.

The bottom like is Greenspan set up Bush for his economic collapse with the bogus 1% Fed Funds rate during the housing bubble and Bush set up Obama with three bail outs that ballooned the deficit. Obama being the Harvard educated economic illiterate that he is just continued the same stupid policies of Bush not even thinking about it. By the time that fourth bail out came the peasants were ready for a rumble. And Obama walked right into the ambush.

Okay as the cliché goes fool me once. I am willing to give Obama some slack on the first “stimulus” plan. We all make rookie mistakes. But the idiot is too stupid to figure it out. He is a walking advertisement of why we need to end affirmative action in this country. Bill Clinton made similar mistakes with health care and the economy. But he learned, cut capital gains taxes, signed welfare reform, signed NAFTA and balanced the budget. Obama only knows what he read in books and that is redistribute the wealth, tax, spend, America is bad. The tape recorder is on a loop and he can’t shut it off.

Here’s a clue. Really freeze all federal spending except defense. Cut corporate taxes to 25%. Cut capital gains taxes to 10%. Extend the Bush tax cuts to 2013. Set up a commission to eliminate departments like education and housing and let the states deal with it. Stop bailing out states with “stimulus” money. They made their bed let them lie in it. But the 95 IQ affirmative action dolt will march off the cliff taking us idiots who voted for him with him. Where is Rudy Giuliani when you need him?

The normally quit race for Florida House District 33 just erupted into a full blown civil war in the Libertarian Party. The seat is currently occupied by Sandra “Sandy” Adams, Republican. James Decocq has filed to run as a Republican for the 2010 election and is the early favorite to win against Alice Sterling (R), Scott Bland (R) and Leo Cruz (D). The Libertarians get at the most 20% of the vote in a great year so why all the intense infighting?

The first candidate on the scene who became involved with the Seminole County Libertarian Party (SCLP) was Franklin Perez around 2000. He ran as a non affiliated candidate in 2006 and 2008 because of infighting with the Seminole County Libertarian Party leadership citing “anti-Hispanic remarks”. As former Vice-Chairman Franklin and then LP Chairman Mark Clifford became estranged over issues of style and substance. The former chair allegedly objected to provocative and sometimes lewd post on the libertarian message board in defense of legalized prostitution and descriptive details of those encounters allegedly posted by Mr. Perez. The situation came to a boil in April 19, 2004 when then LP Chairman Mark Clifford sent the following e-mail to Mr. Perez:

Franklin;

You are a virgin to leadership so I appreciate you trying and I appreciate your work at it.

Your Hispanic nature appears to start by creating conflict. Being machismo does not serve you and it slows your progress. (It works when it serves to scare away your opponent but we are not your opponents.)

At the moment you do not seem to understand group dynamics. (I thought about asking the other members to consider removing you for cause as I see you not qualified to hold the office held). You are worried about Robert’s Rules paragraph [zz] but you not have the ‘common courtesy’ part at all. You HAVE a right to speak but you have one mouth and you have two ears -develop wisdom to listen wisely. Individual responsibility means acting responsibly. (What is going to happen when the LP offers Franklin Perez as an example to lead? You need to be ready to do it because those who wear the label with be prejudged by your performance.) I believe you have the individual part but individual responsibility is not related.

Before I post our reply, I need to get your input as a member of the team. (That means that the post stands by itself and it does not get responded to by someone who helped draft it. Your option to comment is now, not later.)

Your signature block says:

Franklin Perez
Vice-Chairman
Libertarian Party of Seminole County Florida

and you said “I do not understand why you even need approval from the “Executive Committee”. That is the difference between speaking for you and speaking for the organization. And yet you post apparently using the group to add credibility to your post rather than to help the reader to understand your message. You seem to understand the title and seem to like wearing it. It must be more than that or this group will fail to be effective. You appear driven by all about self and no humility. Each post indicates to me you do not understand teams. Every effective leader understands humility.

The Executive Committee speaks for the group and the chair speaks when the executive committee cannot be reached. The vice chair speaks when the chair cannot be reached – not hard to reach but cannot be reached. It also means that you remove the title from your signature until you are BOTH speaking for the party AND you are speaking in the capacity you show. It is for the reader – not the poster. (Period)

You also speak ill of you teammates before you have the facts to judge. This is why your original post offended me. You have an obligation to serve in a neutral capacity so that you can be given the gavel to resolve a dispute that originates outside of the executive committee. When anyone objects to the resolution of a dispute, you will be given the opportunity to resolve it. Point out oversights in private and save the cheap shots for your enemy, not your friends.

Bonus TIP: Drop the need to find fault; after that you can focus on finding liberty.

Bonus TIP2: Respect the time of your chair; it is not an endless commodity.

Franklin – my recommendation to you is to develop the ability to listen-or- resign the post as a leader of a group until you develop the skills and wisdom to lead. I am speaking only to you because I do not need to publicly humiliate you, I need you to get through to you and provide you some honest feedback.

If you do not want to develop leadership skills that is not a crime but you should just stop pretending.

Others have the same view of you but they think you are so hopeless that they don’t provide useful feedback that you can actualize since they do not believe you have the ability to learn. If you have no desire to learn, that is an option but if you need a mentor, I can help.

Thank you for your work and considering things outside of the box.

This email took more than 6 hours to draft edit and reconsider but it is the
readers digest version. If I have offended you then I have not successfully communicated.

You’re Friend,

Mark

Wm “Mark” Clifford
Oviedo FL 32765-6831

And the battle has continued. The Libertarian Party leadership currently headed up by Sean Concannon, Jennifer Concannon, Larry Lawver and Mike Barr reportedly did not approve of Mr. Franklin’s 2006 and 2008 bid to run as a Libertarian and Mr. Perez ran as a no party affiliation (NPA) candidate. For the latest election cycle it is not necessary to receive approval from the party leadership to run as a third party candidate. Mr. Franklin took advantage of the change in election law and registered for District 33 as a Libertarian.

The leadership disapproved but there was nothing they could do about until Ellen M. Paul agreed to run against Mr. Franklin as a Libertarian in District 33 setting up the first Libertarian Primary election ever in the state of Florida. And the war continues…

Mr. Franklin correctly points out Miss. Paul currently resides in District 37 but Florida law required residency prior to swearing in not during the campaign. Mr. Perez also points out the current house member for District 37 is Republican Scott Plakon who has supported such fiscally unpopular expenditures such as SunRail. Mr. Perez asks “Why does Ellen M. Paul run a Libertarian Party Candidate for Florida State House District 33 when she resides in Florida State House District 37? Florida State House District 37 seat is currently occupied by Scott Plakon and NOBODY has challenging him. On top of that, why does she run in a race where a Libertarian is already running when she could run in Florida State House District 37 against just ONE incumbent opponent in a House District she actually resides in?”

Good questions. The real answer may be in the following e-mail:

Libertarian Treasurer Larry Lawver wrote in July of 2004

It sucks that I have to spend time responding to this clueless shit while trying to handle the devastation of my property after Hurricane Charley. Beaucoup thanks to Mark Clifford and Carl Geiger for their brilliant and damned near heroic work on my roof Saturday 28 August 2004! Franklin remains an unimportant troll with no idea what’s actually going on.

Statement from the Executive Committee of the Libertarian Party of Seminole County
1 July 2004

And the LP Executive Committee wrote:

The Executive Committee of the Libertarian Party of Seminole County hereby declares how it will handle the dispute between Franklin Perez and the rest of the Executive Committee for the remainder of Franklin’s term of office.

Franklin Perez has served our party as an officer, a candidate, a major contributor, and a friend for over five years. However, he has chosen to distance himself from the rest of the Executive Committee of the
Libertarian Party of Seminole County since February of this year. We have tried to repair the break, but have failed. We have no idea why Franklin decided to become an adversary, but as heartbroken friends, we deplore his action.

Franklin’s term as Vice Chair of the LPSC expires in November of 2004. Our intentionally simple Constitution and Bylaws make it easier to let his term expire than to remove him from office. Thus, we are subject to his postings to various websites and other entities without recourse. Although he is the elected Vice Chair of the Libertarian Party of Seminole County, he has none of the correct information that officer would normally have, because he has rejected contact from the rest of the LPSC officers.

In particular, Franklin Perez has no knowledge of the actual candidates that the Libertarian Party of Seminole County may field in the 2004 election. His previous privilege as a moderator of some Yahoo! Groups let him appear that he does, and we apologize for that.

Franklin Perez has no remaining support from the Executive Committee of the Libertarian Party of Seminole County, but he retains the office for four more months. Our profound embarrassment will continue as long as he holds that position. Our official response to his communications will be silence or reference to this memo. We apologize to our membership for having to endure this conflict. Please plan to attend the November meeting and elect an Executive Committee slate that promotes liberty.

Yours, in Liberty, Mark Clifford, Chair, Libertarian Party of Seminole County Larry Lawver, Treasurer, Libertarian Party of Seminole County Mike Barr, Secretary, Libertarian Party of Seminole County Jennifer Concannon, Membership Committee Chair, Libertarian Party of Seminole County.

And nothing has changed in the last six years. So Ellen M. Paul comes into the feud to save the SCLP leadership from Mr. Perez and the war hopefully will reach its climax in August 24th 2010 when the primary is held. That is if Mr. Perez does not switch party affiliation to No Party Affiliation (NPS). Personally I think this should be fought to the end. The loose cannon against the party establishment candidate. Finish what you started.

How Arianna Huffington got to be a “blog queen” I will never know. Without being married to a wealthy man for a number of years which ended in divorce because he was gay … she probably would never have made it on her own. She has her own personal “loser story” of which is not important other than to note she is “the witless leading the even more witless”.

I am ever amazed at how easily this “witless wonder” can so easily skew reality and am equally amazed at those foolish enough to believe or follow her and those who post on her blog.

Apparently someone forgot to teach these people shame for being liars, cheats but most of all stupid.

Huffington head of Huffington Post is from California (my state) and only lends to the further belief that SOMEHOW she is an example of most Californians.
Trust me she is simply a “loud mouthed” MINORITY.

I watched Roger Ailes (President of Fox Channel and CEO of Fox News) skewer her royally on an interview done by Barbara Walters. (see below) Apparently Huffington is to narcissistic to realize she got an ASS WHIPPIN in front of millions of people.
Embarrassed? … probably not … not smart enough to get it? … PROBABLY NOT!