Posted by CGBS6183 on 06/27/09 Last updated 06/27/09
Dear Representative Chandler,
I would like to voice to you my displeasure over your representation of me and Central Kentucky through your current term thus far. I was one of the many who committed themselves to voting for you during the election for your stand against the bailouts. Even though you ran unopposed, I felt comfortable giving you my vote. However, as of late your actions have given me serious pause in that regard.
You voted for the stimulus package that for all intents and purposes should have been voted against for the same logic you voted against the bailouts. So it appears to me you are more about politics than what is right for the Commonwealth of Kentucky or this Union. I then asked you to become a sponsor of HR 1207 calling for transparency in the Federal Reserve Bank. Instead of complying you sent out a noncommittal letter of concern that apparently you sent to everybody. I asked for sponsorship or a letter as to why you are not for transparency and sound monetary policy for the United States. In fact, you got a couple of items wrong in your brief letter that makes me wonder if, one, you should even have been elected, and two, that the Federal Reserve needs an audit now more than ever.
You are wrong, sir, when you say the Federal Reserve is a federal entity, it is not. The Federal Reserve is a private central bank the congress has unconstitutionally given the authority to control our monetary policy thus wrecking our economy. Check the Communist Manifesto. You will find a central bank to be a communist concept. This brings me to another issue with your letter. Last I checked, this was a capitalist economy with a Constitutional Republic, not a Democracy. If you are unaware of this fact, then you have no business being mine or anyone else's representative in congress.
Now, just yesterday you voted for the Cap and Trade bill that would essentially devastate this economy for very little positive environmental impact if any, especially for Kentucky. The science may not be settled on anthropogenic climate change, but the science does show that the European policies already in place have had very little positive impact on the environment. This bill will increase energy cost, drive down productivity, create more job losses and increase taxes on the American public. In fact, it would create a derivatives market that will line the pockets of a minority at the expense of citizens. What makes this even more maddening is I know there is no humanly possible way for you or any other member of congress to have read this legislation, yet a slim majority voted for it. Even one of the sponsors (Waxman) admitted as much, but apparently reading and understanding legislation you are sent to vote on is not a high priority anymore.
So as you can see your record since this past election is not good for me, the Commonwealth of Kentucky, or the United States. Your lack of knowledge of how this system is supposed to operate according to the Constitution is abysmal. Therefore, I will not support you in 2010. In fact we the citizens of the 6th District will work hard to find an individual capable of replacing you and providing real representation in Washington D.C.
Our Central Kentucky Campaign For Liberty group participated in the Lexington Kentucky Independence Day Parade. We had Big Bad Uncle Sam and General Motors. We didn't want to portray Uncle Sam as a lovable grandfather figure because we think the federal government has grown way too large and is a big part of our nation's problems, so we had a Big Bad Uncle Sam on drywall stilts and five large pillows stuffed into a grossly over sized Uncle Sam costume. He was over eight feet tall with the top hat, and over three feet wide... with a pig nose! We passed out trillion dollar bills with Bernanke's face on them and the back was a mini-ad for the Campaign For Liberty. We gave out over 500 of those, legislative action refrigerator magnets, official C4L recruiting brochures, pocket Constitutions, Bill of Rights bookmarks, etc.
Here's Big Bad Uncle Sam with five year old Olivia and her mom Ginny as General Motors. Olivia handed out campaign literature for her 2040 presidential bid. She has a very small government platform. And like Ginny's sign says, "GM Will Brown Nose For Bailouts!"
About a third of the crowd of 50,000 didn't seem to get Big Bad Uncle Sam, about a third got it and LOVED the parody of Big Government, and about a third hated it. A few of those big government advocates heckled us!
Big Bad Uncle Sam was loud and overbearing. He promised people he'd print their stimulus checks out of thin air, but he'd take half of it back in taxes. General Motors was begging him for money. Bazz and Darren carried a "We're All About Some Freedom In Kentucky" banner. Wes and Paul carried the Campaign For Liberty banner. Scott and Mike passed out literature to the crowd.
I had a good idea what I'd say to the crowd as Big Bad Uncle Sam, but I was surprised that when I was in character, I was channeling some Dave Chappelle angry character (minus any racial overtones and profanity). I'd tell the crowd: "Hiya' taxpayers! Gimme all your money! I'm broke! And I need a few billion dollars to give to GM for their next bailout!"
Kids liked Big Bad Uncle Sam.
"Hiya' future taxpayers! Save your money, 'cause I'll be taxing you in ten years! You're gonna have to pay for these huge deficits! It's all on you, little future tax payers!"
The kids liked it when I talked to them. They didn't understand the message, but their parents surely did. Hopefully, they felt some shame for allowing our non-representatives to give trillions to their corporate buddies and making our kids pay for this corporate fascist socialist travesty.
I'd pick out the couple of people in each group that seemed to get Big Bad Uncle Sam the most and I'd engage them to make it personal. That seemed to be the best way to get the point across to the rest of the crowd.
"Your stimulus check is in the mail! I printed them out of thin air this morning, so it's going to cause massive inflation and the rest of your money will be worth less! Ha ha ha! I give you a check but I get all the money!"
I'd wave my five foot tall cane at the crowd and yell, "I'm Big Government, and I'm taxing all of you fine taxpayers! I've grown way too big, living large on your tax dollars. It's the 4th of July, and you just now finished working to pay all of your taxes for this year! Ha ha ha!"
As I was leaving, I'd wave back to the crowd and bellow, "Tax ya' later!"
My favorite part was passing in front of the reviewing stand. Local TV personalities were there, along with some of the city council. There was a very nice introduction to the Campaign For Liberty, explaining how we're working for individual liberty and smaller government. Then I swept my big cane across the entire reviewing stand and shouted, "I'm taxing all of you people!" I pointed the cane directly at mayor Newberry, leaned toward him, locked eyes with him, and I boomed, "I'm taxing YOU mayor! I'm Big Government!" His eyebrows shot up and he and the local CBS news anchor had this look on their faces that seemed to say, "Holy crap! What is THIS?"
Next year, there will probably be some tighter qualifications, with all parade applicants required to submit a description of what their parade entry will be. We can't allow people to make fun of Big Government like that. Heh heh heh.
After the parade, we walked over to the TEA party at the courthouse and we mixed with the TEA Party folks and gave away the last of our trillion dollar bills and posed with 912ers who wanted a picture with Big Bad Uncle Sam.
Big Bad Uncle Sam appears for a few seconds, about two minutes into this video from the local newspaper.
Hopefully, our dark comedy street theater we got some people thinking about the adverse role of Big Government in their lives.
If anyone wants me to email them the file for the trillion dollar Bernanke bucks with the C4L mini-ad on the back, just send me a message with your email address.
Someone put up an online poll to gauge support for the people who have expressed an interest in the 2010 US Senate race in Kentucky. They must not remember the online polls from the 2008 presidential race where Ron Paul was almost always the favorite and usually won by a landslide.
It's happening again in the online polling for Kentucky's US Senate race, where Rand Paul is currently running 77%, the incumbent Jim Bunning is polling at 8%, and the GOP's heir apparent to the throne, hand picked by Senator Mitch "TARP-1 Bailout" McConnell himself, Trey Grayson, is in a distant second place with 14%.
http://twtpoll.com/z2v5d1/1
Trey Grayson was a delegate for Bill Clinton, if that gives you any idea what's going on in the neocon owned GOP. They get their butts handed to them in a couple of consecutive elections, and they still can't help but run these RINO candidates, and their apologist GOPbots just keep on saying that Ron Paul is a "kook", even though everything he said about our economy is happening before their eyes. I wish I could wake up from this slow motion train wreck Republican nightmare.
Posted by CGBS6183 on 05/23/09 Last updated 05/24/09
Today in Frankfort, Kentucky (state capitol) we had a Freedom Rally.
This event was sponsored by the local Smart Girl Politics and Kentucky Grassroots.
Campaign For Liberty also made it's presence known as we had a tent set up.
Approximately 200 people came to Juniper Hills Park on a hot day to make their voices heard in the current liberty movement sweeping the nation.
Some of the speakers at today's event were Dr. Rand Paul who is running for US Senate in Kentucky. Gatewood Galbreath an Independent that has been walking the walk for 38 years and plans on making a serious run at the governorship for Kentucky in the next election. Leland Conway a local radio personality out of Lexington on 630 WLAP.
Many topics were discussed such as: Taxes and Spending of course. 2nd Amendment and Sovereignty Resolutions. Kentucky had 2, HCR 168 & HCR 172, but they both failed to make it out of committee, but things look more promising next year. Medical Marijuana and Industrial Hemp. HR 1207 and the success being had with it. Taking action, not just showing up but be active and do something, get others involved. Being Memorial Weekend we also took time out to remember our soldiers past and present for all that they have done for this union.
Below are some pictures from the Freedom Rally.
Dr. Rand Paul with Campaign For Liberty Kentucky State Coordinators Bruce Layne Next to Dr. Paul Sheri Quinn and Christopher Hightower.
UPDATE 05/24/2009 1:03PM EST
Below are videos of Dr. Paul's speech in Frankfort. The video was shot by Christopher Hightower.
Dr. Rand Paul Speaking
Gatewood Galbreath Speaking. He wrote the book "The Last Free Man." He calls the a challenge to all of us to not be "The Last Free Man."
Leland Conway of 630 WLAP in Lexington.
C4L's own Ginny Saville. One of our Region 6 Coordinators.
There were plenty of other speakers and pictures of the crowd but I just could not add them all. This looks like this movement has momentum in Kentucky as there is already another event planned for Georgetown.
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