Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
Tennessee middle school assistant football coach, age 26, fired for a song he wrote and played!This could be the next number one hit country song. It’s the best effort yet at encapsulating the outrage at the oversteps of this government in an entertaining song.Apparently, the guy was fired over the song because some parents complained. If you like it, help it go “viral” by passing it along to everyone you know.
Thank you Scott W. for submitting this
*Caveat: Some bills labeled as “dead” may be deemed “necessary to implement the budget” and be passed up until the last day of session (March 13).*
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GOOD:Identifying the science behind environmental policy. House Bill 2261 would require the Department of Fish and Wildlife to identify and categorize each source of information that it relies on in the course of preparing to take significant agency action. Passed House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee; passed House 98-0; in Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Parks – ALIVE
Derelict and abandoned vessels. House Bill 2457 would aim to speed up the removal of derelict vessels, increase accountability for owners of high-risk boats and encourage boat owners to dispose of vessels safely. Passed House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee; passed House Appropriations Committee; passed House 88-9; in Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Parks – ALIVE Continued
Please watch this video used in Michigan. The same complaint can be used for our Congressman Rick Larsen as he voted for Obamacare without a blink as it was the Democrat thing to do.
VOTE REPUBLICAN!
As you probably know, Governor Inslee surprised everyone this week by declaring a moratorium on capital punishment in our state for as long as he’s in office. Many of us have concerns about this decision, including the pain it is causing victims’ families. The timing was poor too, as state lawmakers are in the middle of the legislative session trying to address the issues that people care about most. The governor’s action was a distraction from these priorities.
Pray for our country’s future. The local Progressive Democrat movement is an example of developing more freebies for votes.We need hard work and morals to be rewarded in our society.Progressive ideas of big government control does not provide the freedoms our founding fathers intended.Please look at the recent history of Greece.Let’s not go there.Thank you submitting this article John T.-Michelle Loftus
We Are Not Coming Back: By Rabbi Steven Pruzansky
“The problems we face today are there because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living.”
Please take a moment to digest this provocative article by a Jewish Rabbi from Teaneck , N.J.
It is far and away the most succinct and thoughtful explanation of how our nation is changing. The article appeared in The Israel National News, and is directed to Jewish readership. 70% of American Jews vote as Democrats. The Rabbi has some interesting comments in that regard.
Rabbi Steven Pruzansky is the spiritual leader of Congregation Bnai Yeshurun in Teaneck, New Jersey
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“The most charitable way of explaining the election results of 2012 is that Americans voted for the status quo – for the incumbent President and for a divided Congress. They must enjoy gridlock, partisanship, incompetence, economic stagnation and avoidance of responsibility. And fewer people voted.
But as we awake from the nightmare, it is important to eschew the facile explanations for the Romney defeat that will prevail among the chattering classes. Romney did not lose because of the effects of Hurricane Sandy that devastated this area, nor did he lose because he ran a poor campaign, nor did he lose because the Republicans could have chosen better candidates, nor did he lose because Obama benefited from a slight uptick in the economy due to the business cycle.
Romney lost because he didn’t get enough votes to win.
That might seem obvious, but not for the obvious reasons. Romney lost because the conservative virtues – the traditional American virtues – of liberty, hard work, free enterprise, private initiative and aspirations to moral greatness – no longer inspire or animate a majority of the electorate.
The simplest reason why Romney lost was because it is impossible to compete against free stuff.
Every businessman knows this; that is why the “loss leader” or the giveaway is such a powerful marketing tool. Obama’s America is one in which free stuff is given away: the adults among the 47,000,000 on food stamps clearly recognized for whom they should vote, and so they did, by the tens of millions; those who – courtesy of Obama – receive two full years of unemployment benefits (which, of course, both disincentivies looking for work and also motivates people to work off the books while collecting their windfall) surely know for whom to vote. The lure of free stuff is irresistible. Continued
