You may be wondering why an “ordinary guy” like me is contemplating a run for high office, so I’ll try to explain. I’m just so sick of the lies and deceit and hypocrisy coming out of Washington, D.C. that I have decided to “be the change”. As a 9-1-1 dispatcher in Detroit, I’ve learned to recognize B.S. when I hear it, and I’m hearing a lot of it coming from our elected officials lately. I’m no Rhodes Scholar, but I can read and understand the Constitution and the Bill of Rights – and that’s more than I can say about many of the sanctimonious buffoons in our nation’s capitol !
I’ve worked in law enforcement, off and on, for most of my adult life. I’ve served in the military (USAF), and have worked with charities. I’ve lived in Texas and Michigan, mostly, so I’ve got a good feel for the problems that our nation faces. That said, I am neither liberal nor conservative – I am an independent thinker, and I’m mad as hell. I’m mad that our elected officials are systematically destroying the greatest sovereign nation ever conceived by man – our United States of America.
What this country needs, more than ever, is more statesmen and women, and fewer professional politicians. We need folks that have read and understand and believe in our Constitution and Bill of Rights, and are willing to stand on the principles and speak their minds. We need less government, not more.
Our founding fathers were wise beyond their years, and their wisdom is no less relevant today than it was some 234 years ago. If you believe, as I do, that it is time to take our country back then I’ll hope you’ll join me in this fight. If I do commit to run for office, my opponent will attack my reputation, my lack of experience, my integrity, and anything else they can dredge up to muddy the electoral waters. Politics is a full contact sport, but I will march into that pit of vipers if it means taking back my country from the special interests.
I don’t really want to go to Washington per se. I have no aspirations of becoming a politician as it is currently defined. My offices will be in my home state, and I will answer my own phone whenever possible, even if it means staying after hours to do paperwork and research. I really don’t want to spend any more time than necessary in Washington, since it may require frequent showering. I do not want the “benefits for life” bestowed upon Senators and Congress – I want to serve. You’ll not catch me in a limousine or a private jet, either – if I need to travel I’ll drive my Jeep or fly commercial (coach, like everyone else). You see, I’m a real person, and I know what it’s like to work hard for a living and have to give up a large chunk of your income to fund our dysfunctional Federal government.
If you love your country, but fear your government, the time has come to take back your nation ! Won’t you consider joining me as we fight the good fight ?
from Charlie Reese, former columnist - Orlando Sentinel newspaper ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.
Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, why do we have deficits?
Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, why do we have inflation and high taxes?
You and I don’t propose a federal budget. The President does.
You and I don’t have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. The House of Representatives does.
You and I don’t write the tax code, Congress does.
You and I don’t set fiscal policy, Congress does.
You and I don’t control monetary policy, the Federal Reserve Bank does.
One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one President, and nine Supreme Court justices – 545 human beings out of the 300 million are directly, legally, morally, and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country – DIRECTLY responsible.
I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered, but private, central bank. Thomas Jefferson worried about this very scenario.
I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for sound reason. They have no legal authority. They have no ability to coerce a senator, a congressman, or a president to do one cotton-picking thing. I don’t care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash. The politician has the power to accept or reject it. No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislator’s responsibility to determine how he votes.
Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con regardless of party.
What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall. No normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for creating deficits. The president can only propose a budget. He cannot force the Congress to accept it.
The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating and approving appropriations and taxes. Who is the Speaker of the House? Nancy Pelosi. She is the leader of the majority party. She and fellow House members, not the president, can approve any budget they want. If the president vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if they agree to.
It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million cannot replace 545 people who stand convicted — by present facts — of incompetence and irresponsibility. I can’t think of a single domestic problem that is not traceable directly to those 545 people. When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise the power of the federal government, then it must follow that what exists is what they want to exist.
If the tax code is unfair, it’s because they want it unfair.
If the budget is in the red, it’s because they want it in the red.
If the Army & Marines are in Iraq, it’s because they want them in Iraq.
If they do not receive social security but are on an elite retirement plan not available to the people, it’s because they want it that way.
There are no insoluble government problems.
Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power to regulate and from whom they can take this power. Above all, do not let them con you into the belief that there exists disembodied mystical forces like “the economy,” “inflation,” or “politics” that prevent them from doing what they take an oath to do.
Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible. They, and they alone, have the power.
They, and they alone, should be held accountable by the people who are their bosses. Provided the voters have the gumption to manage their own employees.
