Archive for March, 2008

31 Mar

Delegate Update

With less than a week to go for the Congressional District Convention, I had the latest in the Delegate experience: a call from the prospective Republican Congressional candidate. This wasn’t some phone-bank volunteer, but the candidate herself. Barb Davis White is running against Keith Ellison, the famous first Muslim Congressman.
Though I liked her already, I [...]

24 Mar

Indescribable

Hat Tip: Ogre

23 Mar

Angels and an Empty Tomb

“But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared. And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were perplexed about this, behold, two [...]

20 Mar

Federalist Number 33

The Same Subject Continued
(Concerning the General Power of Taxation)
From the Daily Advertiser.
January 3, 1788.
Alexander Hamilton
To the People of the State of New York:
THE residue of the argument against the provisions of the Constitution in respect to taxation is ingrafted upon the following clause. The last clause of the eighth section of the first article of [...]

19 Mar

Federalist Number 32

The Same Subject Continued
(Concerning the General Power of Taxation)
From the Daily Advertiser.
Thursday, January 3, 1788.
Alexander Hamilton
To the People of the State of New York:
ALTHOUGH I am of opinion that there would be no real danger of the consequences which seem to be apprehended to the State governments from a power in the Union to control [...]

18 Mar

Federalist Number 31

The Same Subject Continued
(Concerning the General Power of Taxation)
From the New York Packet.
Tuesday, January 1, 1788.
Alexander Hamilton
To the People of the State of New York:
IN DISQUISITIONS of every kind, there are certain primary truths, or first principles, upon which all subsequent reasonings must depend. These contain an internal evidence which, antecedent to all reflection or [...]

17 Mar

Federalist Number 30

Concerning the General Power of Taxation
From the New York Packet.
Friday, December 28, 1787.
Alexander Hamilton
To the People of the State of New York:
IT HAS been already observed that the federal government ought to possess the power of providing for the support of the national forces; in which proposition was intended to be included the expense of [...]

15 Mar

John McCain Is A Liberal Gun Grabber

This needs no commentary from me:
John McCain Is A Liberal Gun Grabber
by Chuck Baldwin
February 22, 2008
The last thing we need is another liberal neocon in the White House. If the Presidency of George W. Bush proved anything, it proved the hazard of electing phony Republican conservatives. At least one is able to clearly see a [...]

12 Mar

My Republican Delegation Experience – Update

I just learned yesterday morning that I was elected as a full delegate to the Congressional District Convention as well as State of Minnesota Republican Convention.
By my count, 5 of the 24 delegates to State from my district are Ron Paul supporters, as well as 14 of the 48 alternates. For the Congressional, 10 [...]

08 Mar

Federalist Number 29

Concerning the Militia
From the Daily Advertiser.
Thursday, January 10, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
To the People of the State of New York:
THE power of regulating the militia, and of commanding its services in times of insurrection and invasion are natural incidents to the duties of superintending the common defense, and of watching over the internal peace of the Confederacy.
It [...]

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