Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Friday, July 27, 2007

The Constitution - Great Site!

http://www.usconstitution.net/index.html

Here's hoping at least a few people will take the time to read and learn!

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

A Declaration of Dependence

Courtesy of The Gunny Sack from AIM/NCOM

---A DECLARATION OF DEPENDENCE:

We, the undersigned, having grown weary of the burden of freedom and responsibility, do hereby foreswear, forfeit, and waive our following rights:

1) Our right to protect our physical persons. We pay the government -- and quite well -- to do this for us, through the police, the military, and far too many other government agencies to count. We have chosen to disregard numerous court decisions that they have no responsibilities to us individually, and still place our fate entirely in their hands. And when they fail us, we will blame our excessive freedoms and surrender more rights in the name of physical safety.

2) Our right to tally and pay our own taxes. We have chosen to separate ourselves from the cost of our government by delegating to government and employers the task of paying our taxes, through "withholding." Instead of being presented with a bill for payment, our taxes are taken from us before we even see our salary. Then, when (as is often the case) we have overpaid, we rejoice and see as a gift our refund, and choose not to realize that this refund is simply the government repaying an interest-free loan from us. The only real burden we choose to accept is that of filing our own returns, when we can see just how much of our labors are on behalf of the government. (And if one Presidential candidate has his way, he will relieve us of even this onerous task.)

3) Our right to make decisions for our own safety. Every one of us knows -- or ought to know -- that certain things are safe and unsafe, healthy and unhealthy. Trans fats are terrible for our bodies. Seatbelts, in nearly every circumstance, improve our chances of surviving a car crash almost logarithmically. Motorcycle helmets, even more so.

In these and in countless other ways, we know what the smart thing to do is. But we do not wish to be burdened with the responsibility of caring for ourselves, so we call upon the government to make certain we make the right choices, and accept whatever punishment, fine, or sanction they see fit if we put ourselves at risk.
In the name of our own safety, our own security, and our own peace of mind, we, the undersigned, do hereby pledge our lives, our fortunes, our liberty, our judgment, and our own common sense. Signed, Far Too Many Americans.
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This sort of apathy FEEDS the daily erosion of our Constitution and Bill of Rights, perpetrated by those we elect to make our laws. It’s time to STOP the process and look to our welfare. If we don’t, this nation will collapse on itself, and we’ll have no one to blame but ourselves. Our Constitution is under attack by those who think these documents are outdated. In Europe, whole countries have lost some of their national identities through the European Parliament, a NON-elected group. Those countries don’t even have their own currency anymore. They all use the “EURO.” No more British pounds or German Marks. We are likewise losing our freedoms here almost daily, a little piece at a time, and usually in the name of SECURITY.

I didn’t even mention the evils of the Patriot Act, or the lives we are sacrificing in corporate warfare all over the planet that seems to have no end. I can’t believe that this country, with all it’s strength and wisdom, can’t devise strategy to win these conflicts and get this carnage brought to an end, or to have won WITHOUT bullets in the first place, if and when winning is in the interests of the American People.

Monday, July 23, 2007

America, Your Freedoms Are Slipping Away

The FBI Can Hear Every Word You Say
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G1fNjK9SXg

Help End Healthcare Discrimination

Anti-Discrimination bill headed to WashingtonJuly 19, 2007 06:40 PM EDT

When you get sick or hurt how do you pay for your medical care? Usually it's through your work. But if you're injured riding a motorcycle, will the same health insurance you receive through your job cover you?

Strapping on his gloves, lowering the visor on his helmet, WAFF 48 Photojournalist Blake Mann goes through his pre-ride routine. Checking for a break in traffic, he knows accidents can, and will happen even to the most cautious biker. One worry many who ride a motorcycle face is if their medical bills would be covered in the event of a crash. While your insurance provider may offer coverage, employers can deny benefit payouts.

Scott Newland, store manager for Rocket City Power Sports in Huntsville, doesn't agree with the law. "The mid-90's law was written poorly. In the first place, leave out that kind of loophole this is something that should have been taken care of a long time ago," says Scott Newland.The American Motorcyclist Association agrees and is fighting to have the law re-written. They want to eliminate discrimination against anyone who rides and get rid of an expensive loophole. "Basically they said you could not deny coverage to a motorcyclist. They didn't have to pay benefits that's the loophole. Current law. Close the loophole," says Newland.Until new rules are put into place, bikers take their chances on the highways, hoping they are not involved in a crash that could devastate their finances. "Primarily motorcyclists are some of the safest guys on the road. Time for a change time to fix broken law," says Newland.

What can you do?You can send a message in support of "The HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical Correction Act" bill to your Congressman and Senators. That website is www.AMADirectlink.com

Saturday, July 21, 2007

25 Years for DUI-ROWV

Saturday, 07/21/07
Illegal immigrant sentenced to 25 years in fatal DUI wreck
By SHEILA BURKEStaff Writer
An illegal immigrant convicted in a fatal DUI wreck on Friday described the U.S. as a great country and apologized to the family of the renowned Nashville mandolin maker he killed.
But Julio Villasana's words did little to reduce the pain felt by the widow of Charlie Derrington, who died in an August 2006 head-on collision as he rode home on his motorcycle along Briley Parkway.
After his comments, Villasana was sentenced to 25 years in prison for causing the accident by being drunk and driving the wrong way into oncoming traffic. A federal agent who testified during the hours-long hearing said Villasana, 34, had been deported from the U.S. 14 times before the deadly wreck, only to return each time.
He had four previous DUI arrests.
"I don't know how that can happen," said Derrington's wife, Susan. "I'm very much in favor of closing the borders."
Loss is still painful
Losing her husband of 24 years, she said, has been almost unbearable.
"Just getting out of bed at times has been a daunting task," Susan Derrington said. "I missed two months of work because I could barely function."
Under Tennessee law, Villasana must serve 30 percent, or 7½ years, of the sentence before becoming eligible for parole.
"I just don't know that there's anything short of a maximum sentence that can protect the citizens from Mr. Villasana's outright disregard and flagrant violations of the laws of the state of Tennessee," Davidson County Criminal Court Judge Mark Fishburn said in imposing the sentence.
Villasana's blood-alcohol level was more than four times the legal limit when he crashed into Derrington's motorcycle on Briley in west Nashville.
Witnesses told police that he laughed as he fled the scene of the crash.
Villasana denied laughing and fleeing, but Davidson County Assistant District Attorney General Kathy Morante reminded him that he had agreed with those statements when he pleaded guilty.
Charlie Derrington, 51, was the production manager of Nashville-based Gibson Musical Instrument's mandolin division.
He reassembled bluegrass legend Bill Monroe's prized 1925 Gibson mandolin after it was smashed by a burglar in the musician's home.

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Numbers USA - Helping Define the Immigration Battle

You can find this fax by proceeding tohttp://www.numbersusa.com/
Ask your representative to cosponsor H. Res. 499. A resolution which would "[Express] the sense of the House of representatives that the Administration should rigorously enforce the laws of the United States to substantially reduce illegal immigration and greatly improve border security." How could your Representative not want current immigration law enforced?Fax your rep. and ask him to cosponsor H. Res. 499.Further information on H. Res. 499 (click here for our bills page):H. Res. 499 would provide a sense of the House that the Bush administration should implement statutorily-mandated immigration and border controls and enforce existing Federal immigration law, including, notably: (1) implementation of the entry and exit portions of US-VISIT; (2) enforcement of existing provisions requiring the sanctioning of employers who do not comply with "unlawful employment" laws; (3) compliance with the Secure Fence Act of 2006 through completion of the fencing called for along the U.S.-Mexico border; and (4) increasing the use of expedited removal procedures for all illegal aliens eligible for such removal under Federal law; and also would provide a sense of the House that taking these steps would: (1) result in a considerable decrease in illegal immigration into the United States; and (2) vastly improve U.S. border security.

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Lawn Chair Freedom

Helium Balloons Carry Man in Lawnchair 193 Miles


BEND, Ore. — Last weekend, Kent Couch settled down in his lawn chair with some snacks — and a parachute. Attached to his lawn chair were 105 large helium balloons.
Destination: Idaho.
With instruments to measure his altitude and speed, a global positioning system device in his pocket, and about four plastic bags holding five gallons of water each to act as ballast — he could turn a spigot, release water and rise — Couch headed into the Oregon sky.
Nearly nine hours later, the 47-year-old gas station owner came back to earth in a farmer's field near Union, short of Idaho but about 193 miles from home.

more at http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,288809,00.html

Monday, July 9, 2007

Philosophy of Reform

"Let me give you a word of the philosophy of reform. The whole history of the progress of human liberty shows that all concessions yet made to her august claims, have been born of earnest struggle. The conflict has been exciting, agitating, all-absorbing, and for the time being, putting all other tumults to silence. It must do this or it does nothing. If there is no struggle there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground, they want rain without thunder and lightening. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters."

Frederick Douglass, 1857

Priceless - Amen!


Many thanks to Wes Comer http://www.wescomer.com/ for this picture.

Monday, July 2, 2007

This Biker has a Monkey on his back!


Is the monkey in violation of Tennessee's helmet law?