Darren Pope in the Washington Examiner reports that between 1.2 and two million Americans attended the anti-Obama tea party in Washington yesterday. Wow! The Examiner reports that Nancy Pelosi-Mussolini, the fascist from Frisco (yeah, I know those SOBs hate to hear the People's Republic on the Bay Frisco called Frisco), is unlikely to be booted out by her goose stepping constituents, but more than a few of her fellow national socialists may be in danger.
Pope writes:
"Rally-goers said they are not strictly anti-Obama, or anti-Democrat, but instead are fed up with big government, corruption, high taxes, and runaway spending. They said they have had enough of politicians who don't listen to their concerns and are more afraid of special interests than they are of the voters. Many in the crowd said they were Democrats or independents. The protestors were clearly from across the political spectrum, young and old, black and white, male and female. It will be hard to dismiss them as being only angry Republicans."
America has become a class-based society. The Democrats represent the wealthy, the professionals and government workers, and welfare recipients. The Republicans the working class. America is divided, and the Democrats' eight-decade long Roman policy of pretending to feed the plebes while supporting George Soros and Wall Street is to blame.
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Sunday, September 13, 2009
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Obama Citizenship: Steve Marquis Sues Washington State Re Enforcement of Election Law
Steve Marquis is not an attorney but he is a man of courage. He just contacted me regarding his pro se (without counsel) law suit against Washington State regarding the State's refusal to enforce its own laws and the Constitution regarding Barack Obama's candidacy.
Documents concerning his case are here. According to Marquis's summary of key points, "the government agencies that should be assuring the veracity of our electoral process have failed to do so in regards to an outstanding question of Mr. Obama’s Citizenship...The FEC has not responded to petitioners requests for an evaluation and certification of Mr. Obama’s claim to being a 'natural born citizen.'
"The WA State Secretary of States office has not responded to petitioners requests for an evaluation and certification of Mr. Obama’s claim to being a Native born Citizen. FOI requests to Hawaii Department of Health for a certified copy of his birth certificate or hospital birthing records have gone unheeded.
"Demands for access to or certified copies of those salient documents in a Federal court case were rejected in court arguments by Mr. Obama. Rather than diffuse the question by delivering the documents, he instead argued for dismissal based on “standing” or “right to know”. This stalling and obfuscation only adds weight to the speculation that he does not possess the documents that would prove status as a “natural born citizen” as the constitution demands of a presidential candidate.
"The Secretary of State is responsible for executing an election process that lends confidence to the veracity and fairness of the process and the ballot. While there are specific statutory responsibilities, this general responsibility is established by the constitution and is overarching.
"This involves verifying the status of voters through a proper verifiable registration process, certifying the candidates and the tally.
His office is responsible for the ballots themselves. Even though we have some federal candidates listed on the ballot, it is not a federal ballot, but a state ballot executed under the secretary of States prevue and sanction.
"The presidential office is unique in that we do not vote specifically for the president in a nation wide plebiscite, rather we vote to send state representatives called electors pledged for a particular presidential candidate. The WA State Secretary of State is clearly responsible for the state electors and by extension the name on the ballot they are pledged to represent.
"The electors, depending on a particular states constitution, may be “winner take all, proportionally represented or even uncommitted altogether - on the honor system. This underscores the point that we are voting for state electors in a state election so that these state representatives can project the state i.e. regional power to the electoral college.
"If we waited for “after the election” to challenge a candidate’s basic qualifications in court rather than ahead of time in an orderly manner through application which demands minimal documentation by the candidates or at least in the case of particular candidates that have been challenged by citizen complains, such an after the fact challenge would most certainly create a constitutional crisis an likely civil unrest. Which civil unrest would be due to wholesale loss of confidence in the veracity of the electoral process. In particular the FEC and the respective Offices of the States Secretaries of State would be impugned for their dereliction of their constitutional duties, which duties are commonly expected by the people to be carried out transparently.
Mr. Marquis's press release follows:
"FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
"Contact: Steve Marquis
Telephone Number: 425-698-7084
Email Address: peoplesvoice@peoplespassions.org
Web site address: http://peoplespassions.org/peoplesvoice/peoplesvoice.html
"Averting a Crisis in Confidence; Citizen files Lawsuit Against Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed demanding verification of Barack Obama’s citizenship status.
"Seattle WA. 10/9/2008 — Steven Marquis, a resident of Fall City WA today filed suit in Washington State Superior Court against Secretary of State Sam Reed demanding verification of Barack Obama’s citizenship status.
"The complaint seeks specifically that the office of the Washington Secretary of State verify and certify that Mr. Obama is or is not a "natural born" citizen by producing original or certified verifiable official documents. The lawsuit argues that this certification should take place before the election to preclude a constitutional crisis and likely civil unrest should such certification, after the election, prove that Mr. Obama was not qualified for office.
"The Complaint argues that the Secretary of State has the authority and duty to not only certify the voters but also and most importantly the candidates and in so doing prevent the wholesale disenfranchisement of voters who would had had an opportunity to choose from qualified candidates had the certification preceded the election process.
"At this point, Mr. Obama has not allowed independent or official access to his birth records nor supporting hospital records. The Hawaii Health Department has violated Federal law by ignoring formal Freedom of Information requests for the same. Due to the facts and numerous other allegations that would challenge Mr. Obama’s fundamental qualifications for office, a Federal lawsuit was filed and is currently being heard in District Court, Pennsylvania.
"Mr. Obama failed to respond to the District Court’s request to produce or allow access to the official documents (should they exist) and instead filed a motion to dismiss arguing the Plaintiff had no “standing” or right to know. This non-response as of 9/24/2008 in Federal court casts doubt on the veracity of the electoral system and is the principal reason for this lawsuit. The late entry of this suit is due in principal part to Mr. Obama’s delay and subsequent non response to reasonable request for valid certificates. Multiple requests for early certification to the Office of the Secretary of State has been rejected.
"[clarification: The district court process itself demands a response from Mr. Obama. When a complaint is filed, the defendant has an opportunity to respond to the judge regarding the plaintiffs request for a preliminary injunction. Obama did respond, but not with the requested documentation, not even minimally so. He responded with a motion for dismissal based on “standing” rather than the merits of the case]
"The Washington Secretary of State Office is specifically charged with certifying and guaranteeing the veracity of official documents and overseeing the elections to wit the people’s confidence in the fundamental aspect of democracy is maintained. To date, in this regard, Secretary of State Sam Reed has not carried out that fundamental duty.
"This lawsuit demands injunctive relief directing Sam Reed, Secretary of State, carry out the duty of his office in this regard answering the formal complaints for verification of Mr. Obama and any other candidate appearing on the ballots issues through his office for which formal complaints have been received.
"Interested Parties may contact Plaintive as follows:
Contact: Steve Marquis
Telephone Number: 425-698-7084
Email Address: peoplesvoice@peoplespassions.org
Web site address: http://peoplespassions.org/peoplesvoice/peoplesvoice
Documents concerning his case are here. According to Marquis's summary of key points, "the government agencies that should be assuring the veracity of our electoral process have failed to do so in regards to an outstanding question of Mr. Obama’s Citizenship...The FEC has not responded to petitioners requests for an evaluation and certification of Mr. Obama’s claim to being a 'natural born citizen.'
"The WA State Secretary of States office has not responded to petitioners requests for an evaluation and certification of Mr. Obama’s claim to being a Native born Citizen. FOI requests to Hawaii Department of Health for a certified copy of his birth certificate or hospital birthing records have gone unheeded.
"Demands for access to or certified copies of those salient documents in a Federal court case were rejected in court arguments by Mr. Obama. Rather than diffuse the question by delivering the documents, he instead argued for dismissal based on “standing” or “right to know”. This stalling and obfuscation only adds weight to the speculation that he does not possess the documents that would prove status as a “natural born citizen” as the constitution demands of a presidential candidate.
"The Secretary of State is responsible for executing an election process that lends confidence to the veracity and fairness of the process and the ballot. While there are specific statutory responsibilities, this general responsibility is established by the constitution and is overarching.
"This involves verifying the status of voters through a proper verifiable registration process, certifying the candidates and the tally.
His office is responsible for the ballots themselves. Even though we have some federal candidates listed on the ballot, it is not a federal ballot, but a state ballot executed under the secretary of States prevue and sanction.
"The presidential office is unique in that we do not vote specifically for the president in a nation wide plebiscite, rather we vote to send state representatives called electors pledged for a particular presidential candidate. The WA State Secretary of State is clearly responsible for the state electors and by extension the name on the ballot they are pledged to represent.
"The electors, depending on a particular states constitution, may be “winner take all, proportionally represented or even uncommitted altogether - on the honor system. This underscores the point that we are voting for state electors in a state election so that these state representatives can project the state i.e. regional power to the electoral college.
"If we waited for “after the election” to challenge a candidate’s basic qualifications in court rather than ahead of time in an orderly manner through application which demands minimal documentation by the candidates or at least in the case of particular candidates that have been challenged by citizen complains, such an after the fact challenge would most certainly create a constitutional crisis an likely civil unrest. Which civil unrest would be due to wholesale loss of confidence in the veracity of the electoral process. In particular the FEC and the respective Offices of the States Secretaries of State would be impugned for their dereliction of their constitutional duties, which duties are commonly expected by the people to be carried out transparently.
Mr. Marquis's press release follows:
"FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
"Contact: Steve Marquis
Telephone Number: 425-698-7084
Email Address: peoplesvoice@peoplespassions.org
Web site address: http://peoplespassions.org/peoplesvoice/peoplesvoice.html
"Averting a Crisis in Confidence; Citizen files Lawsuit Against Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed demanding verification of Barack Obama’s citizenship status.
"Seattle WA. 10/9/2008 — Steven Marquis, a resident of Fall City WA today filed suit in Washington State Superior Court against Secretary of State Sam Reed demanding verification of Barack Obama’s citizenship status.
"The complaint seeks specifically that the office of the Washington Secretary of State verify and certify that Mr. Obama is or is not a "natural born" citizen by producing original or certified verifiable official documents. The lawsuit argues that this certification should take place before the election to preclude a constitutional crisis and likely civil unrest should such certification, after the election, prove that Mr. Obama was not qualified for office.
"The Complaint argues that the Secretary of State has the authority and duty to not only certify the voters but also and most importantly the candidates and in so doing prevent the wholesale disenfranchisement of voters who would had had an opportunity to choose from qualified candidates had the certification preceded the election process.
"At this point, Mr. Obama has not allowed independent or official access to his birth records nor supporting hospital records. The Hawaii Health Department has violated Federal law by ignoring formal Freedom of Information requests for the same. Due to the facts and numerous other allegations that would challenge Mr. Obama’s fundamental qualifications for office, a Federal lawsuit was filed and is currently being heard in District Court, Pennsylvania.
"Mr. Obama failed to respond to the District Court’s request to produce or allow access to the official documents (should they exist) and instead filed a motion to dismiss arguing the Plaintiff had no “standing” or right to know. This non-response as of 9/24/2008 in Federal court casts doubt on the veracity of the electoral system and is the principal reason for this lawsuit. The late entry of this suit is due in principal part to Mr. Obama’s delay and subsequent non response to reasonable request for valid certificates. Multiple requests for early certification to the Office of the Secretary of State has been rejected.
"[clarification: The district court process itself demands a response from Mr. Obama. When a complaint is filed, the defendant has an opportunity to respond to the judge regarding the plaintiffs request for a preliminary injunction. Obama did respond, but not with the requested documentation, not even minimally so. He responded with a motion for dismissal based on “standing” rather than the merits of the case]
"The Washington Secretary of State Office is specifically charged with certifying and guaranteeing the veracity of official documents and overseeing the elections to wit the people’s confidence in the fundamental aspect of democracy is maintained. To date, in this regard, Secretary of State Sam Reed has not carried out that fundamental duty.
"This lawsuit demands injunctive relief directing Sam Reed, Secretary of State, carry out the duty of his office in this regard answering the formal complaints for verification of Mr. Obama and any other candidate appearing on the ballots issues through his office for which formal complaints have been received.
"Interested Parties may contact Plaintive as follows:
Contact: Steve Marquis
Telephone Number: 425-698-7084
Email Address: peoplesvoice@peoplespassions.org
Web site address: http://peoplespassions.org/peoplesvoice/peoplesvoice
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Congressman John M. McHugh--Republican at the Trough
The Federal Election Commission permits review of all the Political Action Committee contributions to Congressional candidates for the Senate and Congress. One can trace the sources of influence on our elected officials through this site.
One Congressman who outshines all the others from New York's delegation is Congressman John M. McHugh a Republican from northern New York, New York’s 23rd district. McHugh received $384,126 in campaign contributions through August 23, 2006.
Congressman McHugh sits on the National Security, Emerging Threats, and the Energy subcommittees of the Comittee on Government Reform. He is also on the Readiness subcommittee of the Committee on Armed Services. He is also on the Intelligence Policy; the Technical and Tactical Intelligence; and the Terrorism subcommittees of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
Congressman McHugh's web page emphasizes that he is "recognized as a 'Champion of Dairy Farmers' for his aggressive approach to forcing Congress to address the needs of dairy farmers." The website also states that he is a "champion of education" but education interests do not dominate his list of contributors. Rather, a wide range of labor unions in the construction industy along with mail carriers and direct mail firms that likely have an interest in his postal reform proposals.
A clue as to why he receives such heavy contibutions from construction unions is in this statement:
"He believes that a good educational foundation allows children to reach their full potential and lead responsible adult lives. As such, Rep. McHugh has been a strong supporter of a bill that would subsidize $25 billion in zero-interest school modernization bonds..."
A flurry of school construction would not do much to improve education (that would require reinstatement of traditional teaching methods and discarding of the left wing ideology that dominates our education schools and the education establishment) but rather might benefit construction interests.
As far as his postal activities, his website indicates that:
"as a recognized authority on postal matters in light of his six years as Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Postal Service, Rep. McHugh was appointed to serve as the chairman of the Committee’s Special Panel on Postal Reform and Oversight in early 2003. In the 109th Congress, he has again introduced legislation to significantly reform the Postal Service for the first time in 35 years..."
In addition to the postal bill, Congressman McHugh has proposed bills to: promote the use of digesters by agricultural producers; amend the Internal Revenue Code to provide a tax credit to farmers in value-added agriculture; and exempt individual health insurance premiums from tax. He has been involved in several additional tax- and health insurance-related bills, which may explain the heavy presence of health insurance firms and health providers among his contributors.
What is fascinating about Congressman McHugh's long list of contributors is the wide range of business and labor interests who are helping McHugh get elected, some of which probably salivate at the thought of the needless construction of school buildings. Some of his contributors reflect local interests such as Fort Drum, dairy, other farming, paper mills, lumber and a General Motors plant. Other of his contributors appear to relate to projects whose purposes are unrelated to the needs of his constituents or of the United States.
Given the rural nature of McHugh's district one wonders why he needs so much money for his election campaigns---air time and newspaper space cannot be very expensive in the frozen north country of New York State.
McHugh's donors in excess of $5,000 since 2000 include:
Advo Inc. (direct mail company)
Agri-Mark (Dairy Farmer Cooperative)
Airline Pilots Association
American Chiropractic Association
American Federation of Government Employees
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
American Federation of Teachers
American Hospital Association
American Maritime Officers
American Medical Association
American Postal Workers
Capital One Financial Corp.
Carpenters and Joiners
Committee on Letter Carriers Political Education
Con-Way (supply chain management and logistics services)
Credit Union National Association
Dairy Farmers of America
Direct Marketing Association
Electrical Contractors
Operating Engineers
Farm Credit Council
General Dynamics
General Motors
Health Net
Humana
Bridge Structural and Iron Workers
International Association of Firefighters
Bricklayers Union
Laborers' International Union
Lockheed Martin
Magazine Publishers of America
Retired Federal Employees
National Association for Uniformed Services
National Association for Postal Supervisors
National Association of Postmasters
National Association of Realtors
Beer Wholesalers
National League of Postmasters
National Postal Mail Handlers
National Rural Letter Carriers' Association
National Star Route Mail Contractors Political Action Committee
PMA Group (automotive products)
RR Donnelly (printing, brochures, direct marketing)
Service Employees International Union
Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors
Time Warner (magazine subscriptions)
Treasury Employees
United Auto Workers
Verizon
Wal Mart
HJ Heinz
Georgia Pacific Corporaton (paper)
One Congressman who outshines all the others from New York's delegation is Congressman John M. McHugh a Republican from northern New York, New York’s 23rd district. McHugh received $384,126 in campaign contributions through August 23, 2006.
Congressman McHugh sits on the National Security, Emerging Threats, and the Energy subcommittees of the Comittee on Government Reform. He is also on the Readiness subcommittee of the Committee on Armed Services. He is also on the Intelligence Policy; the Technical and Tactical Intelligence; and the Terrorism subcommittees of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
Congressman McHugh's web page emphasizes that he is "recognized as a 'Champion of Dairy Farmers' for his aggressive approach to forcing Congress to address the needs of dairy farmers." The website also states that he is a "champion of education" but education interests do not dominate his list of contributors. Rather, a wide range of labor unions in the construction industy along with mail carriers and direct mail firms that likely have an interest in his postal reform proposals.
A clue as to why he receives such heavy contibutions from construction unions is in this statement:
"He believes that a good educational foundation allows children to reach their full potential and lead responsible adult lives. As such, Rep. McHugh has been a strong supporter of a bill that would subsidize $25 billion in zero-interest school modernization bonds..."
A flurry of school construction would not do much to improve education (that would require reinstatement of traditional teaching methods and discarding of the left wing ideology that dominates our education schools and the education establishment) but rather might benefit construction interests.
As far as his postal activities, his website indicates that:
"as a recognized authority on postal matters in light of his six years as Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Postal Service, Rep. McHugh was appointed to serve as the chairman of the Committee’s Special Panel on Postal Reform and Oversight in early 2003. In the 109th Congress, he has again introduced legislation to significantly reform the Postal Service for the first time in 35 years..."
In addition to the postal bill, Congressman McHugh has proposed bills to: promote the use of digesters by agricultural producers; amend the Internal Revenue Code to provide a tax credit to farmers in value-added agriculture; and exempt individual health insurance premiums from tax. He has been involved in several additional tax- and health insurance-related bills, which may explain the heavy presence of health insurance firms and health providers among his contributors.
What is fascinating about Congressman McHugh's long list of contributors is the wide range of business and labor interests who are helping McHugh get elected, some of which probably salivate at the thought of the needless construction of school buildings. Some of his contributors reflect local interests such as Fort Drum, dairy, other farming, paper mills, lumber and a General Motors plant. Other of his contributors appear to relate to projects whose purposes are unrelated to the needs of his constituents or of the United States.
Given the rural nature of McHugh's district one wonders why he needs so much money for his election campaigns---air time and newspaper space cannot be very expensive in the frozen north country of New York State.
McHugh's donors in excess of $5,000 since 2000 include:
Advo Inc. (direct mail company)
Agri-Mark (Dairy Farmer Cooperative)
Airline Pilots Association
American Chiropractic Association
American Federation of Government Employees
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
American Federation of Teachers
American Hospital Association
American Maritime Officers
American Medical Association
American Postal Workers
Capital One Financial Corp.
Carpenters and Joiners
Committee on Letter Carriers Political Education
Con-Way (supply chain management and logistics services)
Credit Union National Association
Dairy Farmers of America
Direct Marketing Association
Electrical Contractors
Operating Engineers
Farm Credit Council
General Dynamics
General Motors
Health Net
Humana
Bridge Structural and Iron Workers
International Association of Firefighters
Bricklayers Union
Laborers' International Union
Lockheed Martin
Magazine Publishers of America
Retired Federal Employees
National Association for Uniformed Services
National Association for Postal Supervisors
National Association of Postmasters
National Association of Realtors
Beer Wholesalers
National League of Postmasters
National Postal Mail Handlers
National Rural Letter Carriers' Association
National Star Route Mail Contractors Political Action Committee
PMA Group (automotive products)
RR Donnelly (printing, brochures, direct marketing)
Service Employees International Union
Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors
Time Warner (magazine subscriptions)
Treasury Employees
United Auto Workers
Verizon
Wal Mart
HJ Heinz
Georgia Pacific Corporaton (paper)
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