August 3: The Most Important Day in America
by Josie WalesNo, not because this is the day that the 30th President of the United States, Calvin Coolidge, was sworn into office; although the words of “Silent Cal” lend credence to the modern movement in opposition to progressive-statism. Take a gander:
Civilization and profit go hand in hand.
Don’t expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.
There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means.
Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.
To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.
President Coolidge may be the most under-rated president in American history, but his words do little to roll back the progressive machine now. The beginning of that roll-back does not occur on November 2, but much earlier. On August 3, 2010, Missouri voters will be tasked with the responsibility of taking the first stand against Obamacare, the progressive panacea, by voting for the Missouri Health Care Freedom Act (MHCFA) in a public referendum.
An Issue Worthy of National Attention
MHCFA comes from a state that has elected the president in every election since 1904, excepting Eisenhower’s second term and the 2008 election of Obama. Bellwhether or weathervane, the “fly-over” state that mirrors national demographics represents the first chance for American voters to display their disapproval with Obamacare. Other states filed lawsuits or passed legislation, but those actions only indirectly represent the American electorate. MHCFA will be voted on by the public at large (and incidentally, allows conservatives to vote “Yes,” for once.)
This public referendum could make or break the ground swell of opposition to the progressive agenda. Failure of MHCFA would provide a field-day for progressive media, and dishearten many voters for the midterms. On the other hand, success of MHCFA by large margins would have the opposite affect.
We can be sure that the dirty politics practiced by progressive organizations will flood the state. ACORN reorganized as MORE in Missouri, OFA will certainly provide leadership, and groups like Project Vote will definitely mess with polling. Political lawsuits have already begun. Attorney “Chip” Gentry filed a lawsuit to block the August 3 vote. Whether he has connections to any of the progressive organizations targeting the Missouri referendum is another question (though I am sure we will learn soon enough).
The bottom line is that MHCFA represents the first battle in the war against Obamacare. Organizations that support future referendums on Obamacare in Arizona, Florida, Oklahoma and other states would do well to support Missouri in its endeavors. Support from freedom loving Americans in the rest of the Union would also be greatly appreciated.
A Challenge to Blunt and Purgason
August 3 represents the primary date for Missouri, as well. A Senate seat is up for grabs, and crucial to regaining control of Congress from the progressives. Two Republican candidates are fighting it out against progressive-trust-fund baby, Robin Carnahan. Both should be championing MHCFA as the most important issue prior to the primary.
If the Republican candidates do not heed my words, they will earn the apathy of Missouri’s electorate to the detriment of our nation.
Roy Blunt has served in the US House of Representatives since 1997. As such, he represents, unfairly or not, the establishment. None of that need matter if he champions the most important referendum in the country. If Blunt campaigns for this issue in Missouri, he could prove to Missouri voters that he would be a worthy representative of their state. He must find some connection to the grassroots conservatives in Missouri should he win the nomination.
Chuck Purgason has served in the Missouri legislature since 1997. While Purgason is a favorite of the grassroots, his electability against Carnahan is an issue. None of that need matter if he champions the most important referendum in the country. If MHCFA passes by a large margin, Purgason would prove the numbers exist to defeat Carnahan. He must prove his grassroots credentials by getting out the vote.
Both candidates benefit from supporting MHCFA because the voters that support the referendum will most likely be voting in the Republican primary. It will be the most important issue to take a stance on prior to the primary, and lip-service will not suffice. Failure of MHCFA to succeed would prove a major stumbling block against the progressive agenda. Blunt must prove he is not owned by the establishment and Purgason must prove he can generate votes. And when all is said and done, Missourians must unite against the aristocratic-pretender Carnahans.
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It's certainly not an overstatement to say August 3rd is a momentous day for our nation. I have confidence that the great state of Missouri will do the right thing and lead the nation to unceremoniously dump the unconstitutional Obamacare. A good omen being the great conservative Calvin Coolidge's birthday.
Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business!!!
What a great quote! If the Gov and the feds were taking care of the national security which is their business instead of education for example – which is state's business – we all would be better off.
Janet Napolitano for example believes she added Smart to Tough on the border security. That is what she said yesterday!
Janet – the face of smart! I linked to the video here http://www.bigbureaucracy.com/?p=1265
I got a chill up my leg reading those quotes. Ahh inspiring.
Obama – the anti-Coolidge.
I'm tired – Is it november yet?
DTOM!
http://RightWingStuff.com
The Show Me State. Show 'em Missouri and stick it to them where the sun don't shine. This is outstanding news.
I'll be voting on Aug. 3, come Hell or high water!
And we have a little bit of both going on here right now.
Purgason was one of the state senators who helped get HCFA on the ballot in Missouri! It cares about our health care freedom. http://www.purgasonforsenate.com
Come on Missouri! Slow Barry the Bolshevik down!
After the defeat of Obama's man in NJ (Corzine) and Obama's woman in Mass (Coakley), this will be the next outright defeat for ObamaNation.
The Missouri referendum reminds me of SB 1070 in Arizona. Will Our Big Ass Mistake America chief POS Eric the Aholder sue Missouri also?
"To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race."
Impressive, and eloquent.
By the Way-I checked Rasmussen on this-He shows polling is 65% in favor of repealing OurBigAssMistake Americas Dr Kevorkian "healthcare".
"Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery."… GREAT QUOTE!!!!!
August 3, 2010–MO votes Obamacare into oblivion, and I celebrate my 25th wedding anniversary. What a great day!
I take that as a rhetorical question.
Like dominoes, they tumble over in slow motion. Nothing beats the look of a defeated commie.
Calvin, A lawyer that respected the rule of law and applied it in his life. Nice artical!
Missouri VOTE and take a conservative voter with you.
Coolidge does rank above George W. Bush in the various rankings of Presidents by historians. So he must have been a great president.
Is that a national poll result or for this particular Missouri referendum?
Now, if only we can get Obumer for campaign for Carnahan this could be sweet!
"Blunt, who has opposed the national health care bill from the start, now supports repealing it, a views shared by 55% of Missouri voters. Thirty-nine percent (39%) oppose repeal. This includes 45% who Strongly Favor repealing the bill and 28% who are Strongly Opposed. Nationally, support for repeal is a bit higher."
Quoted from Rasmussen
As long as there is a solid 5 to 10% variance, I'll be happy. That means all the union and ACORN cr@p won't become a factor, in my opinion.
The political winds are shifting in our direction — and the union bosses know it.
That's why Big Labor's politicians on Capitol Hill are trying to silence you and me before the November elections by ramming through the speech-killing DISCLOSE Act (H.R. 5175, better called the "Incumbent Protection Act") in what promises to be a very close vote in the House of Representatives today.
Great article. Go MO! I was also reading about Oklahoma. They passed a few laws that Piglosi and the ACLU said were unconstitutional and a "big mistake". They passed HB1330 (Ten Commandments on front entrance to the capitol) , HB1804 (arrest all illegals and ship them back), SB1102 (collect DNA from all illegals) and Oklahoma declared it'self a Sovereign State joining Montana, Utah and Texas.
I hope MO follows suit along with Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, the Carolina's, Tennessee, Kentucky,
Arkansas, West Virginia, Mississippi, and Florida.
Obama, Holder, Piglosi and the rest of the "crime inc." can go blow it out their ears.
I like the cut of his jib!
By the time the 0bama Regime is history he will be ranked below Jimmy Carter and Andrew Johnson.
I know this will be hard to take, but I thought the issue of state nullification of federal law was settled, oh about 145 years ago at a place called Appomattox Courthouse. I seem to vaguely recall the Republican party, you know the party of Lincoln, was on the side which won. I also remember that the Republican party was claiming that federal law was supreme and that the states which supported the theory of nullification lost.
Coolage was an American Icon during his own time. The peaple loved and respected him. Small govermant man and a true conservative, almost libertarian. I rank him with Regan. Of course they do not teach that in our re-education camps (state school systems). I voted for Bush wacker twice on his pleage to reform TORT ,amoung other things. Very dissapointed in that aspect of his Presedancy. How things would be different if that had happened.
Mobilize, mobilize and mobilize more!!!
The progressive socialists will be pulling every Obama/Stalinist/Alinsky trick and devious deed written in and out of their Marxist ideological playbook. When they do, keep on the watch and video, every dang thing that happens (just to make sure no one uses a bad word).
If this moratorium passes, watch the media go on a feeding frenzy of how unfair, mis-guided and how the Tea Party and Republicans tarnished the voting process and cheated. I guarantee this will happen. If this fails, the Missourians will need to pack their bags as all hell will break loose in their state with union takeovers, jacked-up taxes, property rates plummeting. Just don’t come to Texas and screw up our state! If it fails, you will have nobody to blame but yourselves.
VOTE NOVEMBER FOR THE CONSTITUTION AND THE REPUBLIC!!! MISSOURI, VOTE YES FOR MHCFA!
You thought wrong… Federal law is ONLY supreme IF IT IS CONSTITUTIONAL. A state challenging a federal law REQUIRES an evaluation of it's constitutionality by the courts. There is no blanket protection of federal law from state challenges.
"Perhaps one of the most important accomplishmentPerhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.s of my administration has been minding my own business"
Now if we can only get more politicians who believe this elected!.
Current poll tracking indicates that Obamas poll numbers are lower than whale shit.
Nothing was settled 145 years ago.
Here another one for ya. Exact opposite of what we have now. I have allways said just because you have a PHD it doesnt mean you have wisdom or common sense. We have a bunch of PHD's running the show that do not know or care why we stayed at the Holiday Inn last night.
From Coolage
"Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of face within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgments requires the severe discipline of hard work and the tempering heat of experience and maturity."
I am afraid Robert E. Lee would disagree with you.
Just more of the same; moronic rambling….and on it continues. Poof.
That is correct. So if the SCOTUS determines that the law is not constitutional, then the Missouri amendment to its state constitution is not needed. On the other hand, if the SCOTUS upholds the law, it will be a big exercise in futility. I have an idea. Instead of putting hot button issues on the ballot like same sex marriage, the health reform act, etc., why don't the conservatives try to win the election on the basis of ideas and stop blaming ACORN everytime they lose.
Funny how most of the Obamatrons have no concept about checks and balances.
As a historian, I can truly attest how to tell who were the greatest presidents (excluding Washington and Lincoln, who the Progressive/Socialist still cant tarnish) is by looking who the professional historians ignore. Presidents Polk, Coolige, Harding, Cleavland, and Reagan are often ignored or misconstrued by most historians, even though they were among the best. The most progressive (and in many ways the most destructive to American's liberties) presidents, FDR, Teddy Roosevelt, Johnson, and Wilson for example, are considered great by historians. Sad but true.
I hope they have plenty of polling place watchers in Missouri if ACORN and other
Leftist Commie groups flood the state!!…
Hey husker, are you always in the habit of embarrassing your state by making ludicrous statements? Is it safe to assume then, based your version of government, that anything that can be shoehorned into law, is Constitutional? The Tenth Amendment is alive and well. Try some reading.
Darn, Husk! …I know you’re pissed, you’re so close to your free stuff.
And just what does the above post have to do with checks and balances? Hmmm. This should be interesting.
Let's see. Just what about my statement is ludicrous? Oh, I know. You call it a name because you do not know how to refute it. As far as the 10th Amendment goes, it needs to be read in conjunction with the Commerce Clause and the Necessary and Proper clause. You see, I have full faith that the SCOTUS understands the concept of a free lunch and that when persons do not have health insurance, society and the individuals with insurance are left holding the bag. So much for the concept of individual responsibilty. I seem to remember that in 1993, the Republican party proposed an individual mandate in response to Hillary care.
True Story:
President Coolidge was at a dinner party in the White House. During the festivities a fetching women walked up and dared him to a wager; "Sir, I bet I can make you say more then two words . . ." What was President Coolidge's response? "You lose."
I see you corrected your name.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP-IM7maxbI&fe...
Thank You
And keep you and your powder dry
Busted. lol
I don't blame ACORN or any other form of voter fraud perpetrated by the left for EVERY loss, dumbass, just the ones where guilt is obvious. The Washington State governors race in 2004 and the Minnesota senate race in 2008 are examples of the left stealing elections. And without senator Alice Franken we wouldn't be having this discussion, now would we ?
Actually, Carter is ranked ahead of Coolidge:
http://www.c-span.org/PresidentialSurvey/Overall-...
Why sure, I am referring to a checking account. I'm shocked that you missed it. heh
Oh, pardon me. I guess I missed my classes in Constitutional law. I will do my best then to explain. The elastic clause has nothing to do with the 10th amendment. Furthermore the commerce clause if read in spirit and rule forbids the federal government from issuing writs to require any individual to purchase from the government itself or private enterprise, a good or service.
I really get a kick out of how you state, “As far as the 10th Amendment goes, it needs to be read in conjunction with the Commerce Clause and the Necessary and Proper clause.” Yes it becomes nice and convenient to mash up the pieces of any law or literature to make our argument without historical context doesn’t it?
Perhaps we could discuss a more appropriate portion of the Constitution. Article 4, Section 4.
Give him a minute he's probably looking it up in the dictionary.
You left out a clause, the one your inept Bozo uses, called the Communist Manifesto. Just trying to keep it on topic, porkus.
You say….."every time they lose"? Fraud is hardly a win it's illegal.
Oh and by the way…..every time has a space between the 2 words. I'm only pointing out your spelling errors since you seem to like preaching to others on grammar.
Brought the death knell. I hear the sound of flies swarming. Oh, the agony.
That reminds me, Alice's picture on my heavy bag is getting a little tattered. I'll have to get a new one.
Yeah, I can see his sticky little fingers, flying through the pages…
Facts wont scare off Husks, he’ll continue to make a fool of himself.
If you need schooled up this much, it is a pity. The interpretations of the "Commerce Clause" and the "Necessary and Proper Clause" are direct from the COMMUNIST MANIFESTO! Read that document and then read the Constitution. Where in the hell does the Constitution give sole authority and power for the be-all fed in the Constitution? It doesn't.
These SCOTUS’ understanding that you refer to go back to the Wilson and FDR years. The moronic justices of those rulings were of course progressive socialists.
This was a HUGE difference between Hamilton and Jefferson. Hamilton, like these turd justices, decided he could read between the lines and see all types of garbage, thereby making a very powerful fed. Jefferson, on the other hand, with a direct quote "When I read between the lines of the Constitution, I see blank space"
The difference here is, are you a Marxist, seeing all forms of regulation between the lines through crapola interpretation? Or are you a Constitutionalist that can read it for yourself and with a light to moderate level of understanding the English language say, "Hey, they are not allowed to do this?"
That's good, P2O likes to "educate", not scare anyone……P2O is good with trolls…. just the education alone will make him disappear.
Touche'
LOL. And his policies stink worse!
It would be nice if this intense debate system had an "ignore" button on it. We would make most of these absolute idiots disappear.
Kristine,
You are correct.
Nobody talks much anymore about Johnson, but he was terrible.
A survey by a bunch of left wing lemmings ? HAHAHAHAHAH Lets have a survey here with Breitbart commenters. Any bets on who comes out on top? History is subjective. We KNOW the WHAT , the WHERE, and the WHO, but the HOW and especially the WHY, are up for interpretation. The left's twisted rewrite of history is being corrected, too bad for you. Want proof? Just look at your own survey. LBJ, FDR, Carter, and Wilson are all lower now than in 2000, whereas Reagan and Coolidge are both climbing. Lets check back in a couple of years.
One of the concepts Glenn Beck reinforced was the evolution of the operational concept, I call it perversion, that turned a debating society operating with defined limits into an unlimited one without limits. Coolidge was the last President, save Reagan that understood this. You see, to subvert the Constitution it is not necessary to amend it and sue it out of existence, liberals are defining it out of existence with their suicidal economic and cultural philosophy.
While you mention the aggravated FDR and his disdain for federal restraint, he attempted to have the SCOTUS increased from nine to fifteen justices. Apparently he was apoplectic over Schecter vs. US regarding the National Industrial Recovery Act and the courts ruling on the Bituminous Coal Conservation Act in Carter vs. Carter Coal Corporation. It appears that his proposed and passed legislation exceeded federal grip and darn it all anyway…He hated the SCOTUS for their scholarly read on the Commerce Clause.
The difference between Coolidge and GWBush? Coolidge managed to get out of office a year before collapse and thereby avoid responsibility for it. If GWBush had retired a year earlier, commenters on this site would be saying the collapse had nothing to do with his policies.
I would put up large signs in Spanish that warn non-citizens that it is a felony for illegal aliens and resident aliens to vote. I would also put up a sign that warns everyone who is voting that they are being video taped entering and exiting the building. Warn them to carry their driver's license too.
It might cut out 10% of the illegal voting.
All Americans are tea-party supporters,
as the truth finds them!!!"
Not to mention redefining definitions. Choice=Abortion. Liberal= Progressive. Social Justice= redistribution of wealth. A set of rigid rules, aka, the Constitution= a living document, flexible, malleable, in other words, meaningless words on old paper. And the infamous " ..depends on what the definition of 'is' is." Didn't something like this happen in the story of the Tower of Babel?
That is one of their weapons. Double-speak. Right Wrong. Black White . . . a word game that has deadly consequences.
"The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct."
Calvin Coolidge.
I have great faith that on August 3rd the Missouri electorate will do "the right thing".
Check out the Coolidge speech at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5puwTrLRhmw . He was incredible.
I voted Democrat because…
- Thinking is too hard.
- I am pro-choice… Unless you choose life.
- I want Hollywood celebrities to tell me what to think and say.
- I am horrified at the Gulf Oil Disaster… We need to raise taxes.
- We need more taxes on business… Gee… Why do things cost so much?
- I am a fruit and I want the courts to force you to accept my deviant behavior.
- No one needs a gun, there is always a cop standing by to protect me from criminals.
- I want amnesty for all illegals, all they want to do is mow lawns and pick lettuce.
- I love Obama… He is giving me money from his stash… That’s why I voted for him.
Democrats (and RINOs) are Going Down…
http://usataxpayer.org/htm/goingdown.asp
Don’t Miss This…
http://usataxpayer.org/htm/vids.asp?A=88315525
Lucky it wasn't with a Monica Lewinsky type.
He could have cut it down to one word.
"Aahhhhhhhh".
Yup. I here Gore has the same issue. Man why is it so hard to walk in the museum, and not touch the paintings?
Ahhhh, shucks. I think I came off too strong. I just wanted a playmate that's all. LOL I was hoping for a lucid comeback. Maybe he is digging for some facts? Oh, I hope so. I get to learn something too. LOL
Hahahahahahahahaha….Him? Digging for facts? Funny! You'll be waiting a long time, I'm still waiting for his reply to a post that I wrote early this morning. You know? The one where he called me a moron and on an on.
Oh, no, no, no! We can't call it the "Communist" Manifeto any longer. that just isn't being nice.
It is now to be called "The Guide to Fundamental Transformation"
>> Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery
The left are nothign but thieves, as soon as people realize that, and it will take some doing, then we have turned a corner.
Don't forget the free shit!
Those hollywood celebrities — Ronald Reagan, Fred Thompson — I hate it when then tell me what to think and say.
Ideas?
Oh you mean Ideas YOU like, maybe free condoms, child porn for everyone, tearing down churches, mandatory indocrination classes, and singing to our dear leader every morning?
You know N. Korea is looking for men like you, think about it.
On the one side we want to
It will take more than a minute, if the idea is not perverse, theft, or indocrination based "It does not compute" to morons on the left.
August 3rd is not his birthday, it was the day he was sworn into office. It's right there in the first sentence!
Simple, everything
Carter, LOL
Obama LMAO, and cry at the same time
You people on the left are pathetic
LOL, seriously?
Maybe you should take your next poll from a Hannah Montanna concert, be about as valid.
Idiot
Help me out here and tell me if I'm wrong and why. I've always believed that 'regulate' meant to 'keep regular', in other words to keep it flowing. For instance, if two states were home to businesses that made buggy whips and state A passed a law requiring that all buggy whips sold in that state had to be manufactured in that state, that the feds could step in and overturn that law. If that's the case, isn't the law outlawing the sales of insurance across state lines unconstitutional, as well as a factor in driving up health care costs ?
Do you know the difference between where you get your facts and a fantasy comic book?
Neither do I.
Another smear. It must be tough to get up in the morning when all you can spew is hate against someone who disagrees with you.
Dont forget the democrats love of freedom
Freedom from responsability
I know. I am absolutely broke. Maybe I should go and borrow another trillion from the Red Chinese. I will get back to you after I clear it with Dick.
They are not requiring you to purchase anything. If you do not you pay a tax to help defray the costs the uninsured are imposing on our government. This is a very enlightened concept. It is too bad you are against the government making people pay for the costs they create.
Really, the Communist Manifesto is found in our Constitution. Must have missed that somewhere down the line. You really need to stop relying on tired old cliches.
Taxes in the first place are robbery. No exceptions. Ask yourself: How do taxes get paid? Is it a cooperative exchange or is it by force? When something is taken via coercion, we can imply that people would not have made such an exchange on their own will and therefore the act was one of force. Robbery.
Reading on Binary Intervention via Taxation: http://mises.org/rothbard/mes/chap16a.asp
" To live under the Maobama administration is the greatest clusterfu(k that has ever been accorded to the human race " Quote attributed to me. Feel free to plagerize!
Since the Constitution was written, oh about 50 years before good ol' Karl, I doubt it included anything in it from the Communist Manifesto. Nice try, though.
Sorry, but I have never taken anything from the government. In fact, I pay for my employees' health insurance. Do you?
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