Obama's Civilian National Security Force

Hello All,

As some of you know I posted about Obama’s desire to have a "Civilian National Security Force" . He says he wants it “Just as powerful, just as strong, and just well funded as the Military”. Listen below in his own words:



Well on January 23, 2009 He signed the directive and here is the:

"Department of Defense Directive #1404.10"


Get ready All; Obama’s Gestapo is all ready Here!

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Lets All Just Leave Babies To Die!

Hello All,

Will someone please tell me what difference there is in?

"Lawsuit: Florida Clinic Botched Abortion, Threw Out Live Baby"

and

"Born Alive Truth"

Our President can’t either, “But bringing other doctor in, is designed to burden the original decision to induce labor and perform an abortion” from the IL State Senate.

"The Doctrine of Original Intent"

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The Origin of "The Acceptence of Abortion"

Hello All,

Ever since my 22nd birthday I have not liked my birthdays. I had spent my whole life wishing and waiting for my 21st birthday. I forgot what the consiquences where going to be, I would turn 22 the next year. I had never thought about being 22. To me I was like turning OLD, just like others feel at 40 or 50, I was devastated. I started doing something as a result of this devastation, I started trying to convince people to celebrate their conception day rather then their birthday. After all that is the true day of God's miracle of life. Your birthday is just the day you moved from inside your mother to outside.

It turns out that the celibration of one's birthday is a pegan/ cult celebration from early Europe. Made popular by Rome after it's rise to power. Then much like all Roman Pegan holidays and god's, when Christianity spread throught the kingdom, birthday's where picked up by Christians and made they own. Some of the old Roman and Pegan ways turned out to be very good for the growth of Christianity, but birthday's needed to be left for dead or in this case "aborted"!

Celebrating one's birthday is not even supported by the Bible, or any other faith text for that matter. The Bible only gives us two references to birthday celebrations. "Genesis 40:20" tells us that a Pharaoh gave a feast for all his officials on his birthday, and "Matthew 14:6" says that Herod beheaded John The Baptist on his birthday. As you can see both examples are of non-God fearing men, of which both were powerful leaders with lots of money. It is also worthy to note that both Pharaoh and Herod were praising and celebrating themselves and not the miracle of when God gave them life. We are told by God on many occations to "Follow His decrees...keep seperate from....their detestable practices...and I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on....them". Our actions through the years may have tied the Lord's hands and brought this immorallity of abortion on ourselfes.

It is my belief that if we had chosen to celebrate our conception day, which the Bible tells us to celibrate and be thankful for the gift of life, rather then our birthday we would not be debating abortion at all. Society, as the years have gone on, has equated life with one's birthday. This is where the whole debate rages, "When does life begin?". Had society equated life with one's conception day because we had been celebrating God's gift of life when it actually begun, the debate would have been over before it started!




The Original Intent of our Nations Birthday!

Keep in mind that we as a nation celibrate our nation's conception day. July 4th, 1776 was the day that our nation was given life throught the Declaration of Independence. Although we call this our birthday, it was not. Though in the mist of revolution we were still under British rule, our mother if you will. If you carry this analogy on, the rest of The Revolutionary War was the pregnecy. For some our birth was the day Britin surrendered and we had no further British influence. For me it was not untill full ratification of the U.S. Constitution, "In order to "FORM" a more perfect Union", that we had achieved full seperation and independence from our mother, and became a nation with our current government. With all this our founding Fathers new the truth about life of human's and of this nation. They started calling the colonies states, the very next day, July 5th! Remember also what Jefferson wrote, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are "CREATED" equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life". The founders of our nation knew that man was given life by God at the time of his creation or conception, and has the right to LIVE!

When was your conception Day?



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Obama's Destructive Disregard for the Constitution's authority, is He in Fact a Natural Born U.S. Citizen?

Hello All,

For those of you who do not know, there is a question as to whether Barack Obama is a natural born citizen. He has had ample time to present a true birth certificate yet he has not. There are many questions about the copy of his birth certificate he has presented, not the least of which is that his nationality is quoted as "African". In Hawaii during 1961 his nationality would have been quoted as "Negro". Like I said Obama could have put this to rest long ago but has instead choose to spend up to 1,000,000 dollars on fighting this in court. The video below will explain all that.




Alan Keys has posted an artical at WorldNetDaily, "The end of the constitutional republic?", that goes into great detail of the potentially fatal crisis to our Constitutional Rebuplic as a result of placing Obama in the White House should he not be a natural born citizen. I would encourage you to read it, Then sign the petition at the end of the post "Demanding the release of his birth certificate as required by Article 2, Section 1 of the Constitution."

"The Doctrine of Original Intent"

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Letter to Representatives imploring them NOT to support Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State

Hello All,

My last post to you
"Hillary and Senate Democrats Invalidate the Constitution!" showed how Obama is flat out ignoring the Constitution by appointing Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State. I have written a letter to all my House and Senate Representatives imploring them to not support this appointment because of the Constitution and it’s Original Design. I have included that letter and a link so you can very easily do the same. In that link, just place your zip code in the open box click “GO” and you will be taken to a site where writing to your Representatives will be just a few clicks away. On the "Action Alert" page in the "Write Your Elected Officials" section click on the "Federal" link. Then just cut and paste my letter, or you can add or delete what you wish from it, or write your own and send that letter to all your Rep’s with just one click. YES IT IS THAT EASY! Note: Keep in mind you will need to add you own Address, Not Mine. LOL!

Remember: “Most of the problems we face in America today are because the government “Runs Free” and most of “We The People” run silent. The Constitution only works when everyone gets involved. Shane 2007”

"The Doctrine of Original Intent"

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Hello Congressperson,

The President elect, Mr. Barrack Obama, Has just appointed Mrs. Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State. I am imploring you to NOT support this appointment on the grounds of the U.S. Constitution where as Mrs Clinton Voted during her term as Senator to increase the Emolument of the Secretary of State. The Constitution states very clearly that:

Article I Section 6:

No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United States which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been increased during such time; and no Person holding any Office under the United States, shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in Office.

Our founding father’s debated long and hard over all the principles of the Constitution. I have always believed in the Constitution, it’s principles, and it’s original intent even when I may not like it. They are the foundation and security of this nation, and the reason why we are the strongest country ever in the history of the world. To just ignore one of it’s founding principles would strongly weaken the Constitution and this country.

Please, Stand up for the Constitution and its founding principles and do not support Mrs. Clinton’s appointment as secretary of State.

Thank You, Shane Revill

5917 Harding Street
Oscoda, MI 48750

Hillary and Senate Democrats Invalidate the Constitution!

Hello All,

There are two posts that I have found that run right up my "Original Intent" ally. I will give you a small snip-it of the posts then the link to the whole post, enjoy!

"The Doctrine of Original Intent"

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Senate Dems prepared to use one part of the Constitution to invalidate another

The Al Franken campaign, with the blessing of Senate Democratic (and Majority) leader Harry Reid, is contemplating taking their case to count absentee ballots rejected on Election Day to thwart a legal election victory by Norm Coleman to the Senate. Their “justification” is that Article I Section 5 of the Constitution gives the power to judge the elections and returns of Senate candidates exclusively to the Senate.

Never mind that the decision by the Minnesota Canvassing Board to reject those ballots in accordance with Minnesota law is wholly consistent with the 17th Amendment. Thanks to "NoRunnyEggs"



US Constitution says Hillary Clinton can’t serve as Secretary of State

Congress raised the compensation for cabinet positions this past term, of which Clinton was a member; therefore, she technically can’t serve in the cabinet of the Executive branch.

Article I Section 6:

No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United States which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been increased during such time; and no Person holding any Office under the United States, shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in Office.

Thanks to UpNorthMommy

Obama's World, According to George Lucus!

Hello All,

Once again I have proven that Obama wants to change, or in this case circumvent, the Constitution and U.S. Federal Law. Since the U.S. Military "can't" be deployed on our own soil he plans on creating a civilian one that can.



U.S. Constitution Says:The Congress shall have Power to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.

A Congress Foregoing Power:The Congress shall have Power to raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years; & To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces.


Congress passed the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878. Posse Comitatus prohibits federal troops and National Guardsmen under federal supervision from serving as law enforcement officers within the United States. The act was amended in 1956 to include the Air Force in its provisions.

The act reads, in part:"Whoever, except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress, willfully uses any part of the Army or the Air Force as a posse comitatus or otherwise to execute the laws shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both."


Under the Act, federal troops are prohibited from performing law enforcement actions, such as making arrests, seizing property or searching people. In only extreme cases, however, the president can invoke the "Insurrection Act"
, which allows him to use active-duty or National Guard troops for law enforcement.

It is a bedrock principle of our founding fathers that the military does not get involved in domestic policing under any but the gravest of conditions. They were so much against peacetime standing armies they limited there monies to just two years. Our current standing army did not become a necessity until the enduring Cold War. We even have a provision in the Bill of Rights precluding quartering of troops in private homes.

This reluctance to politicize the military stems from the abuses seen in Europe and domestically during the Colonial era and has been reinforced time and again by observation of the developing world, where professional militaries are the only trusted institution and not infrequently assume the reins of power."link"


Watch the next two video's and pray that we do not let it all happen again. Those who do not learn from the past are DOOMED to repeat it! Note: Hitler's Gestapo was a Civilian National Security Force!

"The Doctrine of Original Intent"

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Obama's Un-Constitutional "Freedom of Choice Act"

Hello All, (A long post, but please read for “Life”)

Most of you know that Mr. Obama has said “The first thing I’d do as President is sign the Freedom of Choice Act.”



Well I decided to read the bill for myself:

S 1173 IS

110th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1173

To protect, consistent with Roe v. Wade, a woman's freedom to choose to bear a child or terminate a pregnancy, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 19, 2007

Mrs. BOXER (for herself, Mrs. MURRAY, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. BINGAMAN, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. LAUTENBERG, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. SCHUMER, Mrs. CLINTON, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mr. BAUCUS, and Ms. CANTWELL) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL
To protect, consistent with Roe v. Wade, a woman's freedom to choose to bear a child or terminate a pregnancy, and for other purposes.

READ ALL OF THE BILL….


It seems most of the bill, “SEC. 2. FINDINGS.” Is an explanation of: The history of Abortion laws, State of the health of other nations, and what their position is on Abortion. Point one of the “Findings” Sec says:

(1) The United States was founded on core principles, such as liberty, personal privacy, and equality, which ensure that individuals are free to make their most intimate decisions without governmental interference and discrimination.

Notice that one point, “Life”, was not included in on the core principles and another point, “Privacy”, was added.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

The Roe V. Wade case itself states this: ”The Constitution does not explicitly mention any right of privacy.”. The Constitution does not have "a right to privacy in it", nor do the Declaration, Federalist Papers or Amendments.

Point thirteen of the “Findings” Sec says:

(13) Although Congress may not create constitutional rights without amending the Constitution, Congress may, where authorized by its enumerated powers and not prohibited by the Constitution, enact legislation to create and secure statutory rights in areas of legitimate national concern.

It seems as though they themselves understand that “New” rights can only be created by amending the Constitution. Yet Roe V. Wade was based on “A FEELING”:

"This right of privacy, whether it be founded in the Fourteenth Amendment's concept of personal liberty and restrictions upon state action, as we feel it is, or, as the District Court determined, in the Ninth Amendment's reservation of rights to the people, is broad enough to encompass a woman's decision whether or not to terminate her pregnancy.".

How is it that congress knows it can’t create new rights yet the courts don’t? Further more, how is it that congress allowed the courts to create new rights? Better yet how did “We The People” allow them to do this? All the more reason to “GET INVOLVED”.


Point Fifteen is where it all boils down. The left Congress is trying to tell us that interstate commerce is a viable reason to enact legislation about abortion. (of which abortion itself is un-Constitutional )

(15) Federal protection of a woman's right to choose to prevent or terminate a pregnancy falls within this affirmative power of Congress, in part, because:

(A) Many women cross State lines to obtain abortions and many more would be forced to do so absent a constitutional right or Federal protection;
(B) Reproductive health clinics are commercial actors that regularly purchase medicine, medical equipment, and other necessary supplies from out-of-State suppliers; and
(C) Reproductive health clinics employ doctors, nurses, and other personnel who travel across State lines in order to provide reproductive health services to patients.

Point Fourteen is where the try to tell us they have the power to do it!

(14) Congress has the affirmative power under section 8 of article I of the Constitution and section 5 of the 14th amendment to the Constitution to enact legislation to facilitate interstate commerce and to prevent State interference with interstate commerce, liberty, or equal protection of the laws.

Section 8 article I states: The Congress shall have Power to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;

Section 5 of the 14th Amendment states: The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of THIS article.

Congress can only legislate, (in this case), that which pertains to the fourteenth amendment and as far as the commerce thing, they can only regulate that. Both Sec's 14 & 15 carry no valid points at all!!

And finally SEC. 4. INTERFERENCE WITH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROHIBITED.

(b) Prohibition of Interference- A government may not--
(1) Deny or interfere with a woman's right to choose--
(A) To bear a child;
(B) To terminate a pregnancy prior to viability; or
(C) To terminate a pregnancy after viability where termination is
necessary to protect the life or health of the woman; or
(2) Discriminate against the exercise of the rights set forth in paragraph
(1) in the regulation or provision of benefits, facilities, services,
or information.

With a single stroke of Obama’s pen, the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA) would establish the right to abortion as a fundamental right and wipe away every restriction on abortion nationwide. All done without the consent of the Constitution and definitely against "The Doctrine of Original Intent"

As Always Thanks for being involved, Many Blessings, Shane

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Joe Biden doesn't know "The Doctrine of Original Intent"

Hello All,

As most of you know my personal Blog attempts to teach the original meaning of the Constitution using today’s current events as either examples of what is correct or what is wrong. Well the other night at the VP debate when the question came up about the Constitutional role of the vice president I just wanted to jump through the screen. For a person with a law degree, Joe Biden is just an idiot. He answered the question as follows:

BIDEN: Vice President Cheney has been the most dangerous vice president we’ve had probably in American history. The idea he doesn’t realize that Article I of the Constitution defines the role of the vice president of the United States, that’s the Executive Branch. He works in the Executive Branch. He should understand that. Everyone should understand that.

And the primary role of the vice president of the United States of America is to support the president of the United States of America, give that president his or her best judgment when sought, and as vice president, to preside over the Senate, only in a time when in fact there’s a tie vote. The Constitution is explicit.



Well this was just one of 16 points Mr. Biden got just dead wrong. This is what the Constitution says about any and all roles of the Vice President (Pay very close attention to the first one):


1) The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided. (Hangmann747 says "Looks like Legislative to me! The Vice President is even higher then the majority leader in controlling the Senate".)
2) The Senate shall chose their other Officers, and also a President pro tempore, in the absence of the Vice President, or when he shall exercise the Office of President of the United States.
3) The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice-President chosen for the same Term.
4) "In the Electoral College" The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted.
5) Then the Vice-President shall act as President, as in the case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President.
6) If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President elect shall have died, the Vice President elect shall become President.
7) If a President shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or if the President elect shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice President elect shall act as President until a President shall have qualified.
8) Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.


As you can see, the role of the Vice President is BOTH Executive and Legislative.

My wife, Infidel Granny, showed me an article on HotAir that points all this out as well. That article called "Biden gaffe: VP is always President of the Senate", also hits Mr. Biden’s "the most dangerous vice president" statement, go take a look.


"The Doctrine of Original Intent"

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Life and the Fourteenth Amendment!

Hello All,

This is an updated copy of a post I made at "Blogs for John Mccain". It is a response to a blog posted by Lane."Bornalivetruth.org Ad Challenges Obama on Abortion Related Votes". I have included the video's lane posted below.


What gets me really riled in this "life" issue is Obama's position doesn't even follow his or the left's own past positions. In partial birth abortion their whole case revolves around the fact that the child's head is not outside the womb. If the child’s head was outside the womb, that child would be considered alive and a "Person" having the full U.S. citizen rights under the Constitution. Yet in this case of "Born Alive Infant Protection" the child is fully outside the womb, living and breathing on it's own, with it's umbilical cord already cut, and "YES" has full constitutional rights and they won't even support life then. According to Illinois State law these children get both birth and death certificates. Yet Obama says things like "Since the intention was to kill the child we might as well finish the job" or "It would be to much of a burden to bring in another doctor". Not to mention the fact that it is illegal to refuse medical help to anyone who needs it at a hospital. Any illegal immigrant can walk into any hospital; have no money and they must receive treatment. Yet this child is left to die, ALONE in that same hospital! The issue of supporting life is more then just a debate about choice and privacy, it is a matter of grave moral injustice.


There was a time in this country when Obama would have been considered property. Evil would thrive on the backs of this sub-human property that had no human rights. At that time it was being debated just a strong as abortion is today, just as 50 –50, and just as today the debate missed the true point. It split this nation in two. It took one man, Abraham Lincoln (a white man), to stand up with the republican party against this moral injustice. At the time Lincoln was just as unpopular a president as Bush is today, yet, history tells us he was one of the greatest president we have ever had. This, however, does not even compare to the many millions who died to defend Obama's right to live as a free human. It then took this nation over 100 years, until the conclusion of a the 60's, to get to the point where true healing would start to take hold. This was Martin Luther King's Dream, "That one day this country would live up to it's creed. That all men are "created" equal with inalienable human rights (Life, Liberty, & Pursuit of Happiness)". So even if "It's above Obama's Pay Grade", it's wasn't above the founding father's. They new that life started at "Creation" and not at birth.

Obama then needs to remember how many more brave men have died to defend this nation to be a free nation since the civil war. How dare Obama not support life in all forms when so many have given so much to set him free and give him life. I too have gone out and defended Obama while in the military. I today would still defend Obama's right to life and freedom under the fourteenth amendment, "To My Death". This is what real Americans do for their countrymen. Just like our brave men & women who volunteer to serve are doing today.

The Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution is one of the post-Civil War Reconstruction Amendments, first intended to secure the rights of former slaves. It guarantees the due process and equal protection of each state's laws.

All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law ; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.


Ok Lets get real! No other issue in this campaign even comes close to this one. Not only does this show Obama is just wrong, but a bold face liar as well. When the LIB'S of all LIB'S stand up in front of the Senate and support this bill, and Obama still voted against it, four times, it shows just who is the one truly "OUT OF TOUCH"! If this man's views are that bad that he would take life and use the Constitution to defend himself how can he trusted to make any other decision!


"More details at The National Right To Life"

"More details at Born Alive Truth"



Watch the videos closely you will get the full story, and not in my words.

"The Doctrine of Original Intent"

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"Jill Stanek on Fox with Sean Hannity"






"www.bornalivetruth.org Ad"








"Gianna Jessen "Abortion Survivor" on Fox News"







"Obama's own Extreme words"

U.S.'s need for Energy Independence

Hello All, It has been a while since my last post. With all the current talk on energy I decided to weigh in on my view. I have recently added my name to T. Boone Pickens web site. This post is a response to a Question "What excites you about "The Pickens Plan" campaign?

First off I will say that I hate the word GREEN. Although I feel we are not being a good steward of what God gave us to manage and that the world’s temp is on the rise, I do not believe we are the cause. Geology has proven that this world goes through ice ages and heat wave cycles. Science has proven that we are currently in an upswing of that natural cycle. Even if man was being a good steward of the world, the worlds temp would still be on the rise anyway just as it has done in it's past and at the same cycles it always had. The Learning Channel and The History Channel has said this on many shows.

Having said all this I believe energy independence as a necessity has a lot more to do with national security then it does anything else. If this nation is not secure both militarily and financially, there is no hope of being a good steward of this planet; we will not have the financial resources to invest in alternate energy sources. Sending all this money, 700 billion a year, will continue to weaken this nation. Although I agree that technology and alternative sources of energy are the future and need to be invested in now and heavily, it is a slow and long-term future. Fact is, we are going to be using oil for the foreseeable future. Even if every car in the U.S. was electric, all Aircraft will still be using oil based fuels. We need to find more of our own oil, and use only our own oil.

I agree with "Mr. Pickens" that we can't drill our way out of this mess, I do fell that we can drill our way to some temporary relief of a major financial and energy source problem. This will keep a lot, if not all, of that 700 billion in our own country, and help make us more financially sound so we can invest more money into alternative energy sources. If we get to the point where all of our energy needs come from domestic sources; oil, natural gas, wind, solar, nuclear, hydro, and hydrogen we will be a secure nation and once again be a world leader financially and raise that value of the dollar. We should be increasing all of our energy sources together. Once we attain energy independence then we should continue growth in alternative energy sources and lower the need for oil and all sources of carbon energy, looking to a day when all sources of carbon energy will no longer be needed.

The major reason we invest so much in Middle East security is our need for its oil. An unstable Middle East would strongly weaken this nation. Energy independence would greatly reduce the need for all of our Middle East investments.

One aspect that I wish we would look into more is nuclear energy. We have proven as a nation that nuclear technology is safe despite several incidents. But our aging power plants will be in need of upgrades soon. In addition, France of all nations, is much further ahead of us in nuclear technology. They not only have proven to the world that nuclear energy production can be safe they have done it safer then the U.S. plants. In addition they have also proven that they can recycle nuclear fuel rods to the point that they are doing it for other nations and making money for themselves thus strengthening their own economy. We should move to retake the nuclear power lead and exploit this clean source of energy production.

Finally what excites me about "Mr. Pickens" campaign is that it is coming from a non-government source. Although I believe the government has a role is our energy crisis we are not a monarchy and it does not have nor should it have total control in our energy recovery. The Constitution is very clear, "WE THE PEOPLE!". It is designed as a republic, small government and power to the people through capitalism & democracy and not socialism & monarchy. The only way that we will solve these issues is if everyone gets involved. "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country". Most of the issues we face today are due to the fact that the Government runs free and "We The People" run silent. We all need to make our homes more efficient, purchase more fuel efficient cars or alternative fuel/ energy cars, invest in personal home use alternative energy sources (wind, solar), be energy conscience at work, and support businesses that invest and/ or using alternate sources. In our nations history our greatest moves forward have always happened when "We The People" have been unified and moved with motivation in whatever direction we chose to move. Just look at what we did during WWII.

Looking for the day that the U.S. is not only energy independent but also carbon energy Free! Blessings Shane

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Letter to John McCain

Dear Senator John McCain,

First off sir let me say thank you very much for your service to our country. As a former Navy sailor, I am well aware of the great sacrifice that is made to serve, but yours Sir sets you apart. I would like to start off by telling you about myself. It will give you a better understanding about where I’m coming from when I reach the main body of this letter. I am an evangelical Christian who likes to study history both military and American. I also like the study of biblical history & text translations for a deeper understanding of original biblical meanings, and the study of the Christian heritage of what I like to call God’s Constitution. As you can most likely guess, as far as politics go I consider myself a Strong Federalist Conservative. I was also a very big part of the grassroots effort to draft Fred Thompson. I did this through blogging and making comments on many conservative web sites. I do have my own personal Blog called “Fred & “The Doctrine of Original Intent”.

See sir I feel that the founding fathers views and ideas where inspired by God and they placed those ideas and principles within the Constitution, no different then inspiration by God in the writing of the Bible. I do not place the Constitution on the same level as the bible as far as its being canon or not, but I do feel that it was written exactly the way God wanted it to be written. As far as governing today, I feel the government should be doing things exactly the way the founding fathers intended it to be done, hence the name of my blog. I felt from the beginning that Fred Thompson was the best choice to lead us in that way. With Fred Thompson no longer in the race I found myself in a place where I needed to make a choice but felt there were not any good choices to make. With my military back round and my loyal trust placed in Fred Thompson I choose to continue to follow his lead. He has asked all his FredHeads to “Stand Strong” and “Close Ranks” around you. I should mention Sir that I do not feel that this was a full endorsement of you Sir. Had he been able to do that there would have been no reason or need for him to enter the race in the first place. I feel that this was a call to support you as the nominee for our party but continue to support strong federalist & conservative positions. In the past my wife and I have been very active in local, state, & federal politics. We regularly keep in touch with all our representatives through e-mails, letters, and phone calls. We also have supported other conservative candidates for other offices as well. Sir I feel Fred Thompson would want me to continue to do all these things and continue to mobilize “We The People” in the same areas.

See as a Christian I feel that Christian’s were called by God to be the ones on the front lines. This nation and God’s principles are under attack. The only hope we as Christians have in fulfilling the Great Commission is the United States. History shows us that the developments in Europe over the last 2000 years all point to the creation of the U.S. and it’s Constitution. We are the only nation in history that both has the means and the drive to reach the whole Earth for God. Christians should be working hard to fight the ongoing attacks of “Original Intention” ideals. I believe Sir that most of the issues we face in America today are because the government “Runs Free” and “We The People” run silent. I sir will not run silent as you work to win the nomination and move into the general election, or should you win, during your presidency. My blog will continue to stay up for the same purpose that I started it in the first place, to educate and help mobilize. Now however, it will be to further Strong Christian Federalist Conservative positions with Fred Thompson as a spokesman rather then as a candidate or leader. In addition I will continue to blog and comment on other conservative sites such as the new "Conservatives for the Advancement of the Reagan Coalition".

I intent to support and praise you sir in the areas and positions you take that match those conservative positions. I also intent to be the first to stand against you when you take positions that do not hold to “The Doctrine of Original Intent”. In your campaign you have talked about strong national defense, strong border security, lowering taxes, lowering spending, and support of human life. In some of those areas I and others like myself feel you have not always run down those roads as strongly as you could have. It is for this reason I feel you have had difficulty drawing other conservatives in to support you. We would like for you to take much stronger positions on human life. We believe that life begins at conception and is protected under the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution. We also believe that the family structure is the root core of the American way of life. We need strong constructionist judges appointed to protect the traditional family as well as other issues that are under attack by the “Left”.

As far as border security I agree with your position of building and or finishing the fence, but that is not the only way illegals get into America. I sir and many others like myself intend to stand strongly against you should you intend on letting anyone who is not a legal resident stay in this nation. As a Christian I do have great sympathy to their needs and wish the country could receive many more immigrants then we do, like we use to, but the needs of this nation and the fiscal structure is very different then it was in those days. Although many illegals are great law abiding tax paying people, except for being here illegally, their very presence here has put many burdens on the rest of us that we end up footing the bills, literally! I believe as Fred Thompson did that if we enforce the laws already on the books, many if not most will return home on there own. If we turn off the magnet that draws them here in the first place they will have no desire to come or to stay. All in all sir I hope that you will support small government that follows the constitutional guide lines and only what is spelled out there. God’s Speed to you sir, Thanks for your service once again, and may the Lord bless you and your friends & family richly. Shane

“Standing Strong” “Closing Ranks”

& Still in “The Hunt For red November”

Standing Strong & Closing Ranks

Hello All,

Below is the last post I made over at Blogs for Fred Thompson.

I doubt that anyone is going to read this, due to the fact that it has been three days since anyone has posted here at BFFT. However, I wanted to say this anyway. This will be my last post on BFFT. As some of you know I made a post called "The Future of BFFT....Sugestions!!". In that post I made some very good suggestions for this site that could have mobilized the people and made a real tangible difference. Instead of moving in that direction, this site has moved to changing it’s position, and giving its full support to John McCain. It has even gone so far as to start a new site “Blogs for John McCain”. And unlike BFFT where anyone could come and view the posts, you have to sign up and be a member to do anything there. I can see making someone sign up in order to post, but to just view the posts, sounds like an exclusives club to me.

Don’t get me wrong, as I have said, I intent to “Close Ranks” behind John McCain. But just like Fred Thompson gave an endorsement without really endorsing John McCain’s positions or policy proposals, that’s what I intend to do. I will be writing John McCain a very detail letter. I will be sending it to him via e-mail and via regular postal mail. For those who wish to read it I will be posting it at my personal blog Fred and "The Doctrine of Original Intent" in a few days. In this letter I will give John McCain praise in the areas that he has strong conservative positions and for his service to our country. Yet on the flip side, I will be expressing my deep opposition to positions where he is "Left" of conservatism. I will also be making it perfectly clear that my intention will be to support him during his presidency with Blogs, call-ins, and write-ins when he chooses the “Right” path. But I will also be just as diligent to mobilize the people to blog, call-in, and write-in to him and to our other elected officials at the times he chooses the “Left” path, just like we did during his amnesty bill. I think I intent to be more pro-conservative, pro-federalist, pro-Christian values, anti-left wing, anti-democratic then I plan on being pro-McCain. I believe this is the “Stand Strong” “Close Ranks” position that Fred Thompson was speaking of.

In my attempt to move forward the suggestions I made for BFFT I have found a site/ group that intends on doing the very things I talked about. Please jump over to "Conservatives for the Advancement of The Reagan Coalition" and take a look at what we are doing. The joining of the "Texas FredHeads", "FredHeadsUSA", and "DraftFredThompson" sites created this site. Notice that they also intend on having regional sites as well. One “North East” is already up and running, I will be working on the “North Central”. If you are looking to get involved and “Stand Strong” please (join) us.

As always I want to thank everyone for being involved and making a difference, I pray that all of you receive the many blessings Jesus Christ wishes to give each of us, even you Hal, Shane (Hangmann747)

Still in “The Hunt For Red November”

Blogs for Fred Thompson Sugestions!

Hello all,

This is a detailed response to “The future of BFFT...” on Blogs For Fred Thompson (BFFT). The below listed suggestions are something I have both been working on for a while and researching what works and what does not.

The question was asked “What to do with this site?” Most commented that we should continue it in some form. Some even said to keep it up just so the current information would not be lost. After reading this “Fred08.com: An Outside Insider's View” , and seeing Michael Turk’s vision for Fred08, the potential & impact it had, and the need for what he wanted within the future of conservative politics, I feel the time is now to continue what we started, advance it in many area’s, be creative to come up with new ideas, all intended to continue fighting for the principles Fred Thompson laid out. Brad over at Fred Thompson News writes about the Fred08 article saying “This is a must read for online Fred Heads! What I’m about to lay out is long but well worth the read. Please read though all the idea’s and final thought then feel free to comment, in fact JUST DO IT!

First off let me tell you about myself. Some of you already know me, most do not! I write/ blog under the name “Hangmann747” on many conservative sites. My beautiful wife writes under the name “Infidel Granny”. I am a very far right Christian conservative American, former Naval Air crewman & Gymnast. Most say that I stand so far on the right wing I almost fall off, hence my name “Hangmann747”. I just tell them “No worries, I’m an airline mechanic and a gymnast, I think I will be ok! LOL. If you wish to know more I do have a personal blog called Fred Thompson and “The Doctrine of Original Intent”. There you will read about my views, why I chose Fred Thompson, and why I feel we need to continue fighting for conservative values as placed by the founding fathers and their original intent on our governments role and function.

Great Things About BFFT!

This is a place where anyone could have a blog of their own in a community of fellow conservatives. A place where others could just come a comment on those blogs. While others just came to read what others had to say. This sharing of ideas and information was the whole reason I came here in the first place. See at the time Fred08 was not giving out the type of information I was looking for but BFFT was. If it was on the web, somewhere, somebody here would find it and post it here so we would all know about it and where to find it, read and/ or watch it for our selves. I also felt all the side bar widgets of Fred Thompson information was very good, and could even have been expanded.

Start a Board of Directors!

I list this suggestion first only because the rest of the suggestions I have will make more since in how to implement them. I’m thinking very big here. A larger and more organized team will need to be in place. This board should be both nominated and elected by members, and can be done through threads and polls, all for free. I define members as those willing to sign on and post blogs on a regular basis. This board should consist of a President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, Lead Editor, Second Editor, & Site Lead. The board should meet at least once a month using a free MSN style group IM video/ audio service to discuss the site and it’s needs, all for free. The rolls of each board member can be defined later. Note: More editors then two will be needed; those listed are just the leaders of the editing team. The “site lead” will need to be a web tech specialist and will be in charge of implementation of approved ideas to the site.

A Different way to do side lists and blog rolls!

Although anyone could sign up and have his/ her own blog on BFFT it was not very easy to pull up that individual’s blog to read just what they were writing. Lets start a BFFT members only blog roll with just the blogs on BFFT. I can foresee that list getting so big that no one is going to want and look through it and click on each of them. So lets start a BFFT Members Blog of the week that gets listed at the top of the blog roll, this to encourage others to at least click on one blog per week that they might not normally read. As for the current blog roll KEEP IT. However, lets expand it. Instead of waiting for others to find us, which they will still do, lets go out and find them. Most of us search the web and find lots of good conservative blog sites. Have the board look potential sites over and if approved list them on the blog roll. If part of our purpose is to keep the people informed then this would help do it. Once again that list will get very big, so lets have a blog of the week here as well. We should also have a list of strong conservative sites that are not blogs. Just places where people can go and get information. The last list we should have is a conservative talk radio list. Although we should add the main ones like Rush and Mark, the lists I’m talking about are list of radio stations and web steaming stations that people can go to and listen for free! Example: ("http://www.wmal.com/"). My wife and I don’t like paying for anything on the web so we do a lot of searching for things like this. I’m sure others do the same thing. We could come up with the most complete conservative lists on the web!

Start Chat Rooms!

Some people love to blog. Some love to comment. Some just want to read. While others love to chat! There are still areas on the web that lets you start chat rooms for free. We could start with just one, and as time goes by and it grows we could start others that are topic specific. Each of these chat rooms could be listed on a side bar and encourage people to participate. Just like we would choose editors from among us, chat room moderators could be picked that way as well. We might even be able to find a chat room that already exits who has the same views and ideas as we do that we could partner with. That way we would not be starting something from nothing.

Start a BlogTalkRadio on BFFT!

Now this one will require a lot of time! It would also need someone who would want to take charge and lead it’s development. Once up I suggest that each BFFT member can do an hour or two. After a while we would have enough shows archived we could run it 24/7. I would still have at least one or two hours a day for live shows. The live shows could have possible guests and or call in questions. Just another media outlet at our disposal.

FREE FREE FREE!

Notice most of my suggestions can be done using other free services. I wanted to be able to do all these things without the need for money. For now links to all those free services and pages is the way to go. However, I also suggested a treasurer. I am fully aware that as we grow the need for us to have something bigger that will cost money will be there. The setting up of BFFT donations, (also though a free service like pay pal), could be the way to go. This would also set up a way for online donations to the next candidate we may chose to support. Being organized first will have extreme advantages.

The Real Reason for it ALL!

Sharing of information and ideas is great! Open and free discussion and debate is not only constitutional but is what makes this republic strong. Ultimately we must work to get people mobilized, involved in ways that make real impact and change. Example: The killing of McCain’s amnesty bill. We can have site pages that provide all the phones numbers and emails of all the elected officials both for state and federal levels. We can also do it in a way that would make it very easy for people to write a letter and send it to anyone on a list of their own creation. We could also have online petitions that could be sent to elected officials as well. The new BFFT site has the potential to be the number one conservative site on the net for information exchange and influence within conservative politics. The Fred08 article above basically says that hasty site set up and lack of true organization was some of the reasons Fred08 never saw it full potential. If we get organized now, we could be ready by Jan 09 to make that impact, and in two years for the next election cycle, and certainly for the next presidential one in four years. This republic only works when everyone gets involved. Voting is not enough! Most in this country don’t even do that! We must communicate all the time to the people we elect to keep the conservative principles moving forward. Most of the problems we face in this nation are due to the fact that the government runs free and “We The People”, for the most part, run silent!

As For A Name!

My wife thinks it would be good to get the people involved in that. We can start with a thread asking for suggestions. Then have everyone vote on an online poll from the top five. I personally have a suggestion that tells people where we came from and yet tells them where we are going and what we stand for. I suggest keeping the BFFT signature picture currently at the top of each BFFT page but with one minor change. That would be the inclusion of one word and its new name.

Blogs for Fred Thompson Presents (in smaller letters)
The Consistent Conservatives (in larger letters)

As Always Thanks to All for Being Involved, Many Blessings, Shane

"The Hunt For Red November"

Evangelical For Fred Thompson

Hello all, this is a letter that I have sent to all those that are on my e-mail list, all those at my church, and most of all everyone listed on www.Hucksarmy.com. It is longer then my usual posts but packed with good Fred stuff!
As always thanks for being involved, and many blessings, Shane
"The Hunt For Red November"



I’m writing this to give Christians, and all of you some information I believe is of the utmost importance both for this election process, and for our day-to-day living in our country. I am an evangelical Christian and I am totally supporting Fred Thompson, and have supported him long before he even thought about even starting his exploratory committee. See I am originally from Virginia and knew my Tennessee country gentlemen friend long ago. I chose him first because he is a Christian and he believes in all the Christian values. He is against abortion, he believes in traditional biblical marriage, is against embryonic stem cell research, and totally supports all life from conception to natural death. Which is one of the reasons why he has received the National Right to Life (& S. Carolina’s) endorsement. But what really got me hooked on Fred Thompson was his position on Federalism. See I like studying history, especially biblical history and the Christian heritage of this nation. I have a belief that the constitution of this nation is God’s constitution. Now I will explain that in a minute. See “We The People” should be following the constitution for it’s original meanings as written by the founding fathers. I call this “The Doctrine of Original Intent”. Federalism is a major part of that doctrine. Fred Thompson wants to lead us at the federal level the way the founding fathers were convicted in their hearts that the government should be run. See most of the founding fathers were Christian, and based the constitution on biblical principles. Even those that weren’t believers believed this should be done for the good of the land. Not one point in the constitution has or will ever change or supersede any biblical point. The founding fathers knew that the bible and its principles were primary (a prerequisite if you will), and they wrote the constitution to essentially cover areas, pertaining to government, where the bible was silent. An example is murder vs. speeding laws. Everyone knew that murder was wrong and they knew that from the bible, “thou shalt not kill”, yet it left laws like speeding in the hands of the leaders. I should note that even though murder is against Gods law and the 14th amendment of the constitution, this same constitution leaves the power in the states on how to address murder. The first ten amendments to the constitution were written to affirm all biblical rights, to make sure that they were never taken away from any person within the United States. Now I know what most people say, “How can we know what the founding fathers meant”. Well we know it because we have it all recorded in the library of congress. See every word of every house and senate session is required to be recorded, word for word. Everything of every debate, every discussion, every filibuster, and yes even Harry Reid trying (and failing) to put down Rush Limbaugh. The recording of government all started when the founding fathers were discussing, debating, and writing the constitution. Plus, after the constitution was given to the people to read they had lots of questions and statements of their own. The founding fathers wrote letters to the people in each of the new 13 States answering their questions and explaining the meaning of constitution. These letters are also housed in the library of congress. We know what the founding fathers meant! All of it is there for you to read. There is a Christian brother out there who gets into this way more then I do, it’s his life and ministry. His name is Dr David Barton. On his web site (www.wallbuilders.com) you will find statements of fact, with their sources printed, of letters, statements, and general information of the strong Christian heritage of this nation and original meanings of all the parts of our constitution. There is a video of him having a discussion with Kenneth Copeland about the constitutions Christian heritage I would love for you to watch. (www.bvov.tv/asx/bvov/021103h.asx). On it he talks about everything I have and will mention here, but in much greater detail. This video only scratches the surface, there are a lot more.

I started a blog a while back in response to the E-mail that Dr. James Dobson wrote about Fred Thompson. In that note he said (rather harshly) that he could not support Fred Thompson because he was not for a national amendment for banning abortion or defining marriage. I stood in awe. How can such a strong Christian be that against another Christian with such strong convictions? I felt he was missing the point of Federalism in God’s constitution and how important it is as a Christian to support the constitution even at times like this. My blog is called (Fred Thompson and “The Doctrine of Original Intent”). (www.federalistfred.blogspot.com). On it you can read all my responses to Dr Dobson and even a personal letter I wrote him, which he did respond to. It wasn’t a chain letter either, he addressed each point line by line that I had made. He and his ministry are honorable and highly favored by God. The points that I made was that even though we think it is a good idea to make something law, the constitution does not always allow it, and it is for very good reason. If we choose to federalize marriage, what’s going to stop someone else from federalizing something we don’t agree with? It would open the floodgates (which some say are all ready open) and start a chain reaction that will unravel the fabric of the constitution forever. Then this great nation will cease to exist, and all hope of evangelizing the world is lost. When you study the history of the church through the ages you would see that it was all pointing to the birth of this nation. We are the first nation in history that has the means and the heart to take the gospel to all the corners of the earth. Without the constitution all hope of that is lost. The psalms tell us that if the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do. At its heart the constitution did not want a dictatorship within this nation either in person or in government. No man will have authority over another unless that man gives him that authority. Which is why we hold elections. The founding father’s knew this from Exodus 18:21 “Choose out from among you your leader’s”, and this was at all levels of government. As a check and balance it was written into the constitution that the power be given to the states. Based on free markets, each state can make it’s owns law’s based on it’s specific needs. It end’s up being a competition among the states to see who can be the strongest and who can attract more people and businesses to it’s state. Laws made at the federal level have no checks and balances. They are dictatorship through regulation! What everyone seems to forget is that God is not a dictator nor forces us to obey Him. He quotes His law, and then lets us choose for our selves what we do. His love gives us this freedom, and he wanted it so for this nation. Now the constitution does give the federal government certain powers, and lists them line-by-line. Anything not on that list the federal government is not suppose to get involved in. I personally would love to see a law nationally banning flag burning, which I believe is detestable or an outlawing of smoking which I think is bad for everyone’s health. But as a navy sailor I must defend the right of that individual to burn that flag or smoke that cigarette, to my death, now that is constitution! With my convictions to follow God’s constitution, I would not want it any other way. We as Christians must choose to trust in God’s will even though we may not understand it, or like it. His way are not our ways!

Now to explain fully what I mean by God’s constitution. For a group of rag tag men, of just 13 colonies where most people still felt loyal to the king, to take on and win against the worlds strongest nation, based solely on their hearts conviction that the freedoms given to them by God were being taken away, had to be the work of God. When the war was over and they started to form this nation, they choose to return to those same God fearing principles. I’ve already explained some of those principles that they included in the constitution, but here are some others. The separation of powers both in the four branches of government (yes I said four), and federal vs. states authorities was brought about due to the notion that man’s heart is deceitful found in Jeremiah 17. No one man, or group should have too much power. Our branches of government are based on Isaiah 33:22, where the Lord is described as judge, lawgiver, and king keeping in mind however, Jeremiah 17 where one earthly man should not hold all that power. The tax exemption status that our churches enjoy is found in Ezra 7:24. Article III of the constitution is found almost word for word in Deuteronomy 17:6. Article II was taken from Ezekiel 18:20. See just like the Bible was inspired by God and written by man so was the constitution. Now don’t get me wrong the constitution is not cannon nor do I place it as high as the bible. However, you can see why I call it, God’s constitution.

Now I know I have been talking about the founding fathers a lot. I also know that many African Americans do not feel that the founding fathers are their founding fathers. I would encourage you to revisit that idea. The founding fathers knew that all men are created equal and given the same inalienable rights by God. Like I said they wrote this into the first ten amendments. And if you look up those documents in the library of congress of the constitutional debates you will find that most of the debaters wanted to abolish slavery right then. “Then why did some of the founding fathers like George Washington still have slaves” you ask. In some states it was illegal to set slaves free. George Washington wrote many times how he longed to set them free. As far as the constitution goes, there were many other issues in some of the southern states that made abolishing slavery very difficult, and some of those states were so against it that they were threatening not to be part of the union. So a compromise was made. Those states would have twenty years to change the things that needed to be changed so slavery could be done away with. When it dragged on and on, brave God-fearing men like Abe Lincoln finally took a stand based on the principles first laid out close to100 years before that. This is where the Republican Party first started. See, God will, and has seen to it that this nation shall long endure.

Fred Thompson shares those same convictions and has been the same person today as he has been all his life and has led and served all that time. He stands on those convictions even when he is not in the majority or even, like the flag burning, when he doesn’t like the situation. He once while in a senate was the only nae vote, 99-1, taking a stance because of federalism. He even imposed term limits on himself because of those convictions. See Fred Thompson believes in Christian values, he stands for strong conservative principles, and he believes in governing the way our founding fathers intended. This is why I support Fred Thompson positions; they are the most American, the most constitutional, and the most Christian. Just last week in public he answered a question with this response “Christ didn’t tell us to go to the government and pass a bill to get some of these social problems dealt with. He told us to do it”. Sounds like to me he is not ashamed of the gospel. I encourage you to also stand up for Fred Thompson.

Now most everyone knows about the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of government. The fourth is “We The People”. Although the people are not in charge, they do hold the power. The bible would tell us to be involved in our government. Christians should be the one’s on the front lines, and voting is only the tip of the iceberg. We must learn about the candidates of all offices federal, state, and local. Then being in contact with them after they are in office is vital to this nation success. Roman’s 13 says that all civil authority is ordained by God. Which brings to light the fact that Timothy tells us to pray for the kings and leaders who have authority over you. Being involved will save this nation. Most of the issues this nation faces are because the government runs free and “We The People” run silent. An example is the issue of gay marriage. The amount of people who want it is less then 20%. The reason it’s even an issue at all is because the 20% are making a bigger noise then the other 80.

As for Mike Huckabee, he was my number two candidate. But I have started to question his integrity. I wrote a letter to Mike Huckabee, you can read it on my blog. Unlike Dr Dobson I have received no response. In talking to Tim Russert shortly after starting his presidential run he said, “I think you got to be very careful. I, I wouldn’t propose any new taxes. I wouldn’t support any. But if we’re in a situation where we are in a different level of war, where there is no other option, I think that it’s a very dangerous position to make pledges that are outside the most important pledge you make, and that is the oath you take to uphold the Constitution and protect the people of the United States”. Then in 33 days he signed the pledge. He later said “I am the first governor in 160 years to lower taxes in my state”. He was not, Bill Clinton the governor just before him signed an income-tax reduction in 1991. This goes beyond exaggeration and into the realm of outright falsehood. He talks about lowering taxes 94 times but does not talk about the 21 tax increases, which far outweighed the cuts, which raised taxes for a net 500 million dollar increase. How can someone sign a pledge not to raise taxes when that is just what he did in his state? But the event that really turned me off was the video he pulled in NH. I can understand him making the video and wanting to get it out. I have been attacked for my stances and I many times wanted to fight back and sometimes I did. But to set up a news conference just to tell the world I’m not going to show the video (most didn’t even know he had made)(and pulled to late for some stations which showed it anyway), then to show it to the media and let them film it (there are phone video copies on you tube), then give a clean copy to Fox News (where they told people they were going to show it 3 minutes before they did, so they could tape it)(which then made it onto you tube as well), was just totally disheartening. Mathew 6 says to not display your righteous deeds before man; you will receive no reward from heaven. Personally I think however, this is the reason he wanted to pull the ad. The video quotes “Romney's record as governor of Massachusetts includes no executions.” That's true, but the reason is that Massachusetts doesn't have a death penalty. Furthermore, Romney tried and failed to get the death penalty reinstated. He then ended the ad with “If a man’s dishonest to obtain a job, he’ll be dishonest on the job.” Sounds like to me he made his own point. Then in the end he was able to get the ad out anyway and not even pay for it. The final straw is all the mis-facts, part of which I list here on (www.factcheck.org). I can know longer in good conscience support him in anyway!

Finally I encourage you to watch Fred Thompson speaking to the Iowa Voters. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VblJq4j0_SE) It is Fred in a 17-minute nutshell. Even though he addresses Iowa his message rings true for all American’s. Let him tell you in his own words his beliefs and plans for the future. You can also visit (http://www.fred08.com) to read in detail all his policy proposals.

I cannot thank you enough for being involved. I wish, hope, and pray that you, your family, and your friends receive the many blessings God wishes to give everyone. Shane (Hangmann747)