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Contact: Sue Winchester
801.303.7924
Media@GaryJohnson2012.com
GARY JOHNSON ANNOUNCES HIS CANDIDACY FOR PRESIDENT
April 21, 2011, Concord New Hampshire - Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson today announced that he is seeking the 2012 Republican nomination for President of the United States. Johnson served as governor from 1995 to 2003. The announcement was made Thursday morning on the steps of the New Hampshire State House.
Announcing his candidacy, Johnson released the following statement:
“Let’s talk about America.
Today’s mess didn’t just happen. We elected it -- one senator, member of Congress and president at a time. Our leaders in Washington, DC, have ‘led’ America to record unemployment, a devalued currency, banking scandals, the mortgage crisis, drug crisis, economic crisis, loss of our nation’s industrial might – and a long list of other reminders our nation is way off course.
Why am I telling you this? Because America is better than this. And because I can help fix it.
I’m a fix-it man.
Before I was governor of New Mexico, I started a one-man fix-it business that I grew into an American dream with more than a thousand employees. My formula for success was simple. I showed up on time, did what I said what I’d do, and knew what I was doing.
I did the same thing as governor, exactly. Within two terms, I’d eliminated New Mexico's budget deficit and cut the rate of state government growth in half while reducing the state workforce by over 10%, without laying off a single qualified state worker. Saying no to waste, corruption and political games is easier than you think. During my two terms I vetoed 750 pieces of bad, unnecessary and wasteful legislation, and used the line-item veto to save millions of dollars. I was called “Governor Veto,” and accepted that nickname proudly.
America needs a ‘President Veto’ right now – someone who will say ‘no’ to insane spending and stop the madness that has become Washington. That’s why I am here today to announce that I’m running for President of the United States. And I don’t do so lightly.
President Obama is about to raise and spend $1 billion in a reelection campaign to keep America on the track it’s already on. I would ask: How much more of this track can we stand? How much more financial stress can we handle? How high do taxes have to go? How much deficit is too much? How much more of the Bill of Rights do we have to lose before we say not just no, but HELL NO?
It’s time to put one of our own in the White House. I have the qualifications, the ability and the know-how to do the job. I also have a track record. I’ll do what I say I’ll do.
I look at the rest of the field running for president, and that song by The Who comes to mind. Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss. You know the one. We ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again.’ What’s the definition of insanity? It is to keep doing the same thing over and over, and expecting a different outcome.
I’m ready for a different America. I’m ready for the day when a person can build a good life on a decent income, and we can take our government at its word – when people have more to smile about. I’m ready for peace and prosperity and some American dreaming. I’m ready for America to be AMERICA again.
Our current president will not lead us there. None of the professional Washington set will. We have to get there on our own.
I’m here in New Hampshire today because I can – and will -- do a better job for you as president.
I’m optimistic about our chances. Winning freedom is what America does.
We’ve got this.”
Following the announcement, Governor Johnson will spend three days in New Hampshire meeting with supporters, visiting local businesses and on Saturday, April 23, hiking and skiing the well-known Tuckerman’s Ravine in the White Mountains.
Please contact Sue Winchester or Lizz Renda at Media@GaryJohnson2012.com or 801.303.7924 to schedule an interview with Gary Johnson. New Hampshire on-site media contact: Brinck Slattery, 603.703.2846 or Brinck@GaryJohnson2012.com and Matt Simon 603.391.7450 or Matt@GaryJohnson2012.com .
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About Presidential Candidate Gary Johnson: Gary Johnson, a Republican and two-term Governor of New Mexico from 1994-2002, has been a consistent and outspoken advocate for efficient government and lowering taxes. During his time as Governor he vetoed 750 bills and cut the rate of state government in half.
Sue Winchester
Press/Media Relations
Gary Johnson 2012
801.303.7924
suewinchester@garyjohnson2012.com
GaryJohnson2012.com
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Gary Johnson Is a Great Presidential Candidate
Governor Gary Johnson (R-NM) is a great candidate for president. I interviewed him on the Republican Liberty Caucus site last year. Johnson has better small government credentials than any candidate save Ron Paul. On this video he says that we are on the verge of a financial collapse. He favors balancing the federal budget tomorrow and cutting 43 cents out of every federal dollar. He favors decriminalizing marijuana and cutting or ending the victimless crime incarceration rate.
Koran Burning and the Establishment of Religion
H/t Dennis Sevakis.
PO Box 130
West Shokan, NY 12494
April 24, 2011
Senator Lindsey Graham
Washington Office
290 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Dear Senator Graham:
You are out of line to say that the speech or expression of book burners ought to be suppressed. While I agree that book burning, including of the Koran, is wrong, federal and local governments do not have the right to suppress speech. In choosing between your three wars versus respect for free expression, I emphatically choose the latter. Your wars have yet to produce value; you destroy value through your socialistic intolerance.
Your attitude toward freedom of speech has solidified my view on your three wars: all three need to be brought to an end now. And as far as Pastor Terry Jones, although I agree that he is wrong to burn the Koran, anyone who thinks that Dearborn or any other city has the right to arrest him is NOT AN AMERICAN. Benjamin Franklin wrote, "Where liberty is, there is my country." You sir, reside elsewhere, as do Dearborn's goons.
Sincerely,
Mitchell Langbert, Ph.D.
PO Box 130
West Shokan, NY 12494
April 24, 2011
President Barack Obama
The White House
Washington, DC
Dear President Obama:
The recent detention of a pastor who burned the Koran is a hateful, suppressive act illegally perpetrated by Dearborn's government. While it is desirable to be respectful to all religions, you as president ought not to play a role in establishing a religion, in suppressing freedom of speech, or in making light of hate crimes against Jews while fetishizing much less substantial ones against Muslims. The US Constitution does not permit you to establish a religion.
Recently, in the context of Operation Enduring Freedom, the US military burned Bibles. You have established your indifference to Christianity; as well, you have violated the establishment clause of the US Constitution.
Sincerely,
Mitchell Langbert, Ph.D.
PO Box 130
West Shokan, NY 12494
April 24, 2011
Senator Lindsey Graham
Washington Office
290 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Dear Senator Graham:
You are out of line to say that the speech or expression of book burners ought to be suppressed. While I agree that book burning, including of the Koran, is wrong, federal and local governments do not have the right to suppress speech. In choosing between your three wars versus respect for free expression, I emphatically choose the latter. Your wars have yet to produce value; you destroy value through your socialistic intolerance.
Your attitude toward freedom of speech has solidified my view on your three wars: all three need to be brought to an end now. And as far as Pastor Terry Jones, although I agree that he is wrong to burn the Koran, anyone who thinks that Dearborn or any other city has the right to arrest him is NOT AN AMERICAN. Benjamin Franklin wrote, "Where liberty is, there is my country." You sir, reside elsewhere, as do Dearborn's goons.
Sincerely,
Mitchell Langbert, Ph.D.
PO Box 130
West Shokan, NY 12494
April 24, 2011
President Barack Obama
The White House
Washington, DC
Dear President Obama:
The recent detention of a pastor who burned the Koran is a hateful, suppressive act illegally perpetrated by Dearborn's government. While it is desirable to be respectful to all religions, you as president ought not to play a role in establishing a religion, in suppressing freedom of speech, or in making light of hate crimes against Jews while fetishizing much less substantial ones against Muslims. The US Constitution does not permit you to establish a religion.
Recently, in the context of Operation Enduring Freedom, the US military burned Bibles. You have established your indifference to Christianity; as well, you have violated the establishment clause of the US Constitution.
Sincerely,
Mitchell Langbert, Ph.D.
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Obama's Employment Policies Have Failed Because of Quack Economics
I was just reading the recent edition of Gerald Celente's Trends Journal. Celente lives in Kingston, New York, which is about 1/2 hour from my home. Celente makes a good point about unemployment numbers. They don't count the people who have stopped looking for work. Therefore, a more meaningful statistic than the unemployment rate is the employment rate.
Here's some numbers. The employment numbers are as of January while the population numbers are as of July:
Employment is still below what is was following the financial paroxysm of 2008-9. The so-called stimulus package in early 2009 involved Obama's spending nearly a trillion dollars to increase employment. Besides the idea being nonsensical, the Obama administration spent billions on handouts to cronies, including George Soros's Brazilian oil holding. The net effect will be to reduce employment over time. In 2009 the employment rate was about 46.3% (my numbers are off somewhat because I took the employment and population estimates from different months). Today, two years after the Obama stimulus the employment rate is roughly 45.1%, more than one percent lower.
Of course, the Obama administration needs to take responsibility for taking the ridiculous idea of a "stimulus" seriously. As we study in elementary economics, the justification for a stimulus would be that the marginal propensity to consume is lower than the government's ability to spend money. This occurs because consumers save. But American consumers don't save. Moreover, the entire notion of the stimulus is dumb because the spending will cause future taxes to rise, dampening economic growth. It is outrageous that the public has been conned into subsidizing the crackpot theories of Keynesian economists.
The economists who recommended squandering the $800 billion have to bear responsibility for the failure of Obama's policies. They have no more claim to the status of having "scientific knowledge" than do astrologers or fortune tellers. Since economics is a failed profession, we can safely exclude economists from any public office, including the Federal Reserve Bank. Quacks deserve jobs as snake oil salesmen, not on the public dole.
As far as Obama, whatever absurd policies he and his quack advisers have concocted, we can conclude that he is a failure in the economic realm.
Here's some numbers. The employment numbers are as of January while the population numbers are as of July:
Employment is still below what is was following the financial paroxysm of 2008-9. The so-called stimulus package in early 2009 involved Obama's spending nearly a trillion dollars to increase employment. Besides the idea being nonsensical, the Obama administration spent billions on handouts to cronies, including George Soros's Brazilian oil holding. The net effect will be to reduce employment over time. In 2009 the employment rate was about 46.3% (my numbers are off somewhat because I took the employment and population estimates from different months). Today, two years after the Obama stimulus the employment rate is roughly 45.1%, more than one percent lower.
Of course, the Obama administration needs to take responsibility for taking the ridiculous idea of a "stimulus" seriously. As we study in elementary economics, the justification for a stimulus would be that the marginal propensity to consume is lower than the government's ability to spend money. This occurs because consumers save. But American consumers don't save. Moreover, the entire notion of the stimulus is dumb because the spending will cause future taxes to rise, dampening economic growth. It is outrageous that the public has been conned into subsidizing the crackpot theories of Keynesian economists.
The economists who recommended squandering the $800 billion have to bear responsibility for the failure of Obama's policies. They have no more claim to the status of having "scientific knowledge" than do astrologers or fortune tellers. Since economics is a failed profession, we can safely exclude economists from any public office, including the Federal Reserve Bank. Quacks deserve jobs as snake oil salesmen, not on the public dole.
As far as Obama, whatever absurd policies he and his quack advisers have concocted, we can conclude that he is a failure in the economic realm.
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