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Jeff Davis is a retired radio-TV journalist living in Gainesville, GA. Active in
civic and political affairs, he is past president of the Georgia Jaycees and former campaign chairman of the Georgia
Republican party. He volunteers as chairman of the Georgia Heritage Council.
He is a collateral descendant of President Jefferson Davis and a member of SCV Camp 1404 in Gainesville and National
Chairman of Public Relations and Media for SCV.
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Deception, Duplicity and Manipulative Government
Commentary by J. A. Davis, 3/12/2010
"....But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it
is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security."....
--Declaration of Independence, 1776
We at the Georgia Heritage Council with our ever growing audience (now around 1.2 million visitors) are not exactly the most welcome participants in
certain elements of the so-called media. You know, the one that reports what they want you to know and eliminates or discards what they don't want
you to know.
Pray tell don't bring up something on a radio talk show that doesn't fit their agenda as you and your thoughts will be treated with scorn. They
say they welcome comment and sometimes do before they pull out some screed from the
Southern Poverty Law Center
or the Log Cabin Republicans
to put you in a dim light. Newspaper editors do the same thing but more surreptitiously, they just ignore your offerings though they may be
validated constitutionally and historically.
Some call it back door censorship.
There is so much deceit, deception and manipulation taking place in government, local, state and federal, we are in need more than ever of emphasis on the
First Amendment. Going even deeper, what about "the consent of the governed"?
Fortunately for us, after years of effort, we have established well regarded links which take our message far beyond the audiences of those who would
muzzle our commentaries, satire and the open minds of some outstanding contributors.
This sometimes causes readers and listeners to ask why don't you ever have the folks from the Georgia Heritage Council to speak or write? We thank those who do.
Those who don't are conspicuous by their refusal to accept constructive and open discussion of current events in a fair and equal environment. More
particularly American history where we find the media about as lacking as the school kids who get no American history unless you call multi-culturalism
'history.' We consider that
"poisoned" history.
They protest being called politically correct, but they are. They're so afraid some little but noisy group of leftists will make another shrill noise.
Please note the attached article (text below) from the Washington Examiner describing the latest plan to pass 'comprehensive health care' without a vote on any
changes or alterations. Simply a vote on procedure change which likely could pass the House without anyone having to account for how they vote on the main
issues in the legislation. Nobody wants to touch that bill with a twenty-foot pole...and the 'Slaughter Solution' gives lets them pass the bill and duck
(so they think) accountability.
Our government has become one of trickery and duplicity. We have public elected officials who refuse to be accountable for toeing the party line while at
the same time denying they support certain aspects of the legislation. This plan, without question, rams legislation down the throats of the governed who
oppose it by more than two thirds. Congressional "leaders" want to pass the health care bill regardless of overwhelming public opposition, but do so without taking a
spanking at the polls in November. They apparently believe they can lie and distort their way to re-election despite this betrayal.
Lest anyone think I am laying all of my vitriol at the feet of the Democrats, let me expand a little in another direction.
Probably as much, if not more than anyone in Georgia, I have a right to comment, praise or criticize Republicans. The reason is that with the help of a
handful of true conservatives in 1960, I took the leadership of the Republican party in Georgia at the request of then Vice President Nixon. I left a
key role in the Democratic party, the Fifth District (Atlanta) Democratic Executive Committee.
My motivation and that of the others who joined me was pretty simple. We were tired of a one party state government. We believed Georgia should benefit
by a two party discussion. More importantly, we strongly felt there should be greater choices of both issues and candidates.
We took the state from a (Republican) high of 28% of the votes in 1956 (Eisenhower) to a competitive position of almost 40% with Nixon, the largest Republican increase
in the nation. This led us to carrying the state in 1964 (Goldwater) and beginning to win local and state elections including seats in the legislature.
No matter what current day historians and neocons who weren't there and don't know, try to sell, the records and the truth is easily available in the archives.
Add to that I went on to lead upset campaigns for Republicans in Kentucky and Virginia for Governor. I paid my dues and I have some justification to
comment today on how I believe Republicans have lost their way and in doing so have lost the faith of those that worked so hard to bring about a true
two party system in the former "Solid South." It hurts a lot to see the noble accomplishments lost by those more interested in self-serving purposes than true Constitutional
principles.
With that in mind I would like to comment on the wishy washy neocon-dominated Republican party today. Did you notice the glaring absence of Republican support
for Jim Bunning of Kentucky when he objected to spending any more money without equal cuts under Pay Go, passed overwhelmingly in Congress? We knew
the Democrats would violate their votes to support Pay Go. We didn't think the Republicans would, but outside of a handful of resistors, Bunning was
left hanging by the likes of both Georgia senators who, to my knowledge, never spoke up.
We now know that President G.W. Bush tried to seriously reduce or eliminate pork barrel spending. He was thwarted in a Republican caucus by the usual suspects
who refused to support him. They seem to believe everyone should share everyone's bacon. It's notable that his father told us to "read my lips" when he
promised no new taxes. Like his son, the elder Bush abandoned principle and caved to the spenders in Congress (majority Democrat for the former, Republican for
the latter Bush). If we keep supporting this foolishness
there will be no pork nor any American Republic. As I've written in the past, don't
confuse 'Republican' with 'conservative.'
"The worst offenders of the last century were FDR and LBJ and George W. Bush (AKA
Dirty Dubya) and the Congresses that colluded
with them. Let's never forget that Congress is the only branch with the power of the purse. Presidents propose but Congress enacts, appropriates and spends.
Don't be swayed by partisans blaming particular Presidents --- any President requires at least several hundred accomplices."
--Steve Scroggins, from Vertical Debt Limit
With that in mind, guess what? The Democrats have just supported and passed at least a limited form of reduction of pork barrel spending to corporations.
Where were the great Republican heroes that the talk show people call "Conservatives"? Fact is, they call themselves 'Conservatives' but people are getting wise
to them. Sean Hannity who is a self-described 'Reagan Conservative' has dropped in audience tremendously and has been displaced from second behind
O'Reilly. He may still be the leader of the neocons though.
Neocons are not Conservatives. Their main thrust is big federal government spending. They push the military industrial complex believing that war
makes peace by occupying nations throughout the world along with a program of nation-building with a goal of remaking everyone in their own image for the
glory of global empire. Neocons have strong belief in national powers over state and local choices in the federal system. They violate or willfully
ignore the Constitution, using their idol,
Abraham Lincoln,
as an example. In many cases neocons support the Zionist takeover of the territories at East Jerusalem. Neocon origins
go back to the Trotsky Communist regime.
Give the Democrats credit for taking them head-on over the Zionist refusal to allow any other settlers a right to live there. When the truth comes out it
shows the Zionists, not the religious Jews, have violated a number of standing agreements. More power to the religious Jews.
If you think I'm anti-Zionist, I am. I'm very much pro Israel. It all started when the Zionists attacked the United States' unarmed intel ship, the
USS Liberty (1967),
killing 34 and wounding 171 of a crew of 297. First was the aerial attack followed by torpedo boats. The Liberty was ablaze and listing badly. Afterward,
circling Israeli torpedo boats fired on crewmen trying to fight the fires. When the Liberty crew put their inflatable lifeboats in the water, the Israeli torpedo
boats machine-gunned them rendering them useless. It was intended to be a massacre with no survivors, but the Israelis feared other U.S. ships arriving, so
they left before the massacre "job" was completed. Despite the huge U.S. flag flying on the Liberty, the Israelis claimed it was a 'tragic error'
of mistaken identity. Our government has done its best to downplay and conceal these war crimes from the general public. It wasn't the last cover up
perpetrated for the benefit of Israel. [ View video below ]
Opposing Zionists is a good example of why we need two party politics and by that I mean a real choice. Who would ever believe I would be supporting at least a very few of the
tenants of the Obama administration? Frank Conner has written here
that what we have now is two wings of the same big government party. Bush or Gore? Bush or Kerry? McCain or Obama? These are not real choices, just different
flavors of Big Government. Only Ron Paul, as he writes in My Plan for a Freedom President,
offers a bold change of direction and a return to a Constitutional presidency.
It seems to me what I'm talking about here is exactly the idea our Framers had in mind when they urged open discussion, respect for the minority's rights, exposure
and conviction for corruption and above all, consent of the governed. I don't believe the Obama administration has signed on to this latest Zionist
maneuver, nor will they. I wish they would stand for right and truth on international as well as domestic spending issues. They would have a leg up on the
Republicans who became something else since the days of Eisenhower, Goldwater and Reagan.
It was Reagan who said in 1962, "I didn't leave the Democratic
party. The Party left me." It's fair to say that the Republicans AND the Democrats have left not only me but all true conservatives and
constitutionalists. The last true constitutionalist in the House, Ron Paul, clearly is as lonely in the Republican Party as the Maytag repairman or as Sen.
Jim Bunning was in standing up for fiscal sanity.
It was Winston Churchill who once wrote that "Some men change their party for the sake of their principles; others their principles for the sake of their
party." Clearly, we need leaders who will put their principles ahead of their party. And we need those principles to be the right principles,
the Founding Principles. Since the major parties have a stranglehold on ballot access (especially in Georgia), we (the people) need to change both major
parties by infusing each one with first principles again. If the major parties won't stand for our
common American principles and our common American interests, as the cliche goes, they will fall for anything...and any political expedient for partisan
advantage.
Many good patriots don't get much time to spend with the Federalist Papers,
the founding documents and the
Founding Principles. Fret not, just keep tuning in to our
commentaries and we'll see to it you get a small dose at a time. I venture to say that you will see sincere open thought, debate, discussion, along
with the basis for consensus by the most endowed minds in the name of liberty.
"[Samuel] Adams in his essays and Jefferson in the Declaration state that it is our Duty to "throw off" such a government that fails to protect our inalienable
rights to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness or which wields unjust powers without the consent of the governed. The question remains, do we have the
"fortitude, perseverance and resolve" to win back our rights and liberties and to maintain them against the relentless stealth and stalking of tyranny? Or
will we bear "an everlasting mark of infamy" in the minds of "millions yet unborn" who will share the misery of our failure?"
--Steve Scroggins, from the Slavery, Apologies and Duty, 3/16/07
"The liberties of our Country, the freedom of our civil constitution are worth defending at all hazards: And it is our duty to defend them against all attacks.
We have receiv'd them as a fair Inheritance from our worthy Ancestors: They purchas'd them for us with toil and danger and expence of treasure and blood; and
transmitted them to us with care and diligence. It will bring an everlasting mark of infamy on the present generation, enlightened as it is, if we should
suffer them to be wrested from us by violence without a struggle; or be cheated out of them by the artifices of false and designing men. Of the latter we
are in most danger at present: Let us therefore be aware of it. Let us contemplate our forefathers and posterity; and resolve to maintain the rights
bequeath'd to us from the former, for the sake of the latter. — Instead of sitting down satisfied with the efforts we have already made, which is the
wish of our enemies, the necessity of the times, more than ever, calls for our utmost circumspection, deliberation, fortitude, and perseverance. Let
us remember that 'if we suffer tamely a lawless attack upon our liberty, we encourage it, and involve others in our doom.' It is a very serious
consideration, which should deeply impress our minds, that millions yet unborn may be the miserable sharers of the event."
---Samuel Adams (From The Rights of the Colonists, page 419) [Bold emphasis is ours]
Jeff Davis is a retired radio-TV journalist living in Gainesville, GA. Active in
civic and political affairs, he is past president of the Georgia Jaycees and former campaign chairman of the Georgia
Republican party. He volunteers as chairman of the Georgia Heritage Council.
He is a collateral descendant of President Jefferson Davis and a member of SCV Camp 1404 in Gainesville and National
Chairman of Public Relations and Media for SCV.
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By Mark Tapcott, Washington Examiner, 3/10/10
Would House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her fellow House Democratic leaders try to cram the Senate version of Obamacare through the House without actually having a recorded vote on the bill?
Not only is the answer yes, they would, they have figured out a way to do it, according to National Journal's Congress Daily:
"House Rules Chairwoman Louise Slaughter is prepping to help usher the healthcare overhaul through the House and potentially avoid a direct vote on the Senate overhaul bill, the chairwoman said Tuesday.
"Slaughter is weighing preparing a rule that would consider the Senate bill passed once the House approves a corrections bill that would make changes to the Senate version.
"Slaughter has not taken the plan to Speaker Pelosi as Democrats await CBO scores on the corrections bill. 'Once the CBO gives us the score, we'll spring right on it,' she said."
Each bill that comes before the House for a vote on final passage must be given a rule that determines things like whether the minority would be able to offer amendments to it from the floor.
In the Slaughter Solution, the rule would declare that the House "deems" the Senate version of Obamacare to have been passed by the House. House members would still have to vote on whether to accept the rule, but they would then be able to say they only voted for a rule, not for the bill itself.
Would that rationale fly with the public? Is it logical? Of course not. But remember, these folks have persuaded themselves that a majority of the American people really want Obamacare. A blog post on House Minority Leader John Boehner's blog described the approach as a "twisted scheme."
How much fun will it be for Democrats representing congressional districts carried by John McCain in 2008 to be constantly reminded about the Cornhusker Kickback, the Louisiana Purchase, the Slaughter Solution, the death panels, $500 billion in cuts to Medicare, individual mandates, etc.
UPDATE: Turner on Nancy's new rules
Grace-Marie Turner of the Galen Institute offers
another insight into the
Democrats' desperate search for some way to pass a proposal that is clearly opposed by a majority of their constituents.
Democrats looking at 'Slaughter Solution' to pass Obamacare without a vote on Senate bill
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