Category: Goverment

Follow the Money. How many times have you heard that? When it comes to politics and government – it is ALL about money. Our money and how those whom the public serves will divvy it up amongst themselves. Oh!? You somehow thought “public service” meant THEY serve US? The laugh is on you.

As Mark Twain is credited with saying:

When it comes to taxes – the politicians cry is always always always “Tax the Rich!”. This is a lie. Face it. Look at the taxes the controllers collect. They don’t “tax the rich”, they tax everything. EVERY THING. They are all about extracting money from us, the citizens. Like everything else political, their “tax the rich” mantra is smoke and mirrors.

The simple fact is, taxes are not enough for these cretins. No. Not at all. These money hungry buggers cannot take our money fast enough so they borrow more – on OUR credit. Why? So they can spend more. Give away more to broaden their power base. What they do not spend to secure their lavish lifestyles – they dole out to their patrons to ensure they stay in office or have cushy, sometimes even “no-show” positions when they “retire” – with substantial pensions on the taxpayers’ dime no less. Do not think they stop there!

Oh no! Taxing and borrowing is NOT ENOUGH! Not at all – they must then steal from us. Do you think I’m kidding? Consider the “Social Security Trust Fund” for example. The controllers help themselves to that money at will. Now I cannot say what happened for sure but has anyone ever wondered where the $21 TRILLION dollars the Department of Defense “lost”? Do you think someone simply had that money in a bank envelope and misplaced it… temporarily? Do you really think the Department of Defense is the only government entity that has “lost” money? My guess is this money ended up in a lot of pockets. Even so, surely any politician who could possibly be involved is certainly above question… right?

Then there are the “asset forfeiture” laws where law enforcement is allowed to seize citizen’s wealth. The original stated intention was to prevent accused drug dealers from defending themselves using money gained from drug sales. While it all sounds noble and humble at first glance think about this. Such laws allow law enforcement to strip a citizen of their assets just because they are accused of wrongdoing. It started with drugs but news stories reveal some in law enforcement simply stop anyone they wish to rifle through their stuff, taking anything the want because, you know, it COULD be something gained illegally. Is this not theft – in many cases literally modern highway robbery?

Sadly, none of this ends here. It is not enough that the controllers beg, borrow and steal our wealth at increasingly alarming rates. No, they add to our insult upon us the indignity of controlling us through taxing. Punishing us for behavior they do not “approve” of. Remember, these people are supposed to be representing us – not ruling us. Oh really?

They tax cigarettes and tobacco to discourage their use.

They tax soda to control how much we imbibe.

They tax firearms and ammunition to control how much we can buy

The list goes on and on but the sentiment is the same: if they want to discourage something – taxing it is a perfectly acceptable way to do so.

And still they do not stop. To make matters worse they impose regulations and laws to control everything we do and then make us pay for the privilege! They require licenses and permits and use taxes and excise taxes and, get this: “surcharges” – that is a tax on taxes.

Again, our constitution is a document intended on limiting government – not a document authorizing a “government gone wild”. The controllers have twisted things to their favor. I contend we put a stop to it and do it now.

Follow the money? We’ve been there and done that. Now that we see what they are doing with our earnings – we need to tell them to stop. Right now.

Here is what I propose:

1. No more budget increases. NONE. The buck stops now.
2. Review the purpose of every budget. I suggest a simple litmus test to start. Is this budget specifically authorized by the Constitution? If not – and most of them fail this basic test – the budget needs to be slated for eradication.
3. Eliminate or phase out anything not specifically authorized by the Constitution.
4. Repeal ALL laws that are even potentially unconstitutional – especially every singe asset forfeiture statute. Personally I cannot see allowing anything that permits government employees to sidestep due process

Money is power. We have allowed the controllers almost unlimited access to our hard-earned money and they’ve used it to gain nearly unlimited power over us. This needs to stop. WE need to stop it. If we force them to stop robbing us they will quickly lose interest. The controllers’ only care about us citizens centers around the wealth and power they can extract from us.

Do not be fooled – the controllers will kick and scream like banshees. They will go on the attack. They will use every bit of their considerable resources – the resources they built from OUR tax dollars – to stop us dead in our tracks. They will deploy “legal” armies and illegal troops. They will use their owned media against us. We need to trust the One True Almighty God to back us up because, ultimately, it is HE who they defy. We are mere stewards of the gifts HE has granted us. We’ve been terrible stewards. It is time we corrected this wrong.

God bless,

Andy

As I write the Democratic House of Representatives is pursing hearings to impeach President Trump. Whether you believe the witnesses presented or even if you’ve totally tuned everything out you should pay attention. I’ve brought this topic up before and I will again.

The very real, very troubling facts here should be plain to anyone: certain government lackeys – for lack of a more accurate term – have now spent years digging up anything they can to rid themselves of a sitting president. To Trump’s credit, they have failed miserably. Not only have they failed but they’ve managed to shine bright lights on the dark recesses of the deep state. Ladies and Gentlemen, our nation is totally infested with deadly vermin. This should alarm all of us.

Consider this once again: deep state actors – people who draw their paychecks and will likely draw lifetime pensions from us taxpaying citizens – are spending our time and money to unseat a duly elected president of our nation. Ask yourself – what if Donald Trump was just some guy who worked down the street?

Maybe your first response would be “Well, that guy is not important enough for anyone to go after.” Really? Who says? It doesn’t have to be someone from a lofty Washington D.C. Office. It could be he PO’d some lowly local guy with just enough juice. Or maybe the lowly local guy just knows someone with just enough juice. You know what? In a way I was “that guy” once and trust me, I am as “nobody” as one can get.

Years ago I worked for a tiny AM radio station broadcasting in the predawn hours. Our county was embroiled in a battle with the state over a proposal to bring a “low level” radioactive waste dump to us. For my part, I spent about ten minutes a day – at a whopping 100 watts of power, reading the latest news on the subject and injecting commentary. It eventually cost me my job. There was no fanfare. I never even knew at the time this was the real reason I was part of the downsize. As a matter of fact I went back to work for the station not once but twice. The man who fired me was also the man who hired me back. He was the one who eventually told me “I had to go.” because of my broadcasts. He claimed a personal relationship with the then governor of the state. He indicated it was the governor himself who wanted me gone. Over the years I’d come to know this man. He was a very accomplished liar. However I never knew him to make up stories like this one. From all I knew about him, I believe him. This time he was telling the truth.

My story is not at all a “deep state” story per se. However it does illustrate how a nobody could possibly be punished for simply stating his opinion. That is exactly what I did. I made it clear on every broadcast my opinion was my own. Furthermore, I doubt if I outright accused anyone of anything. One time I read a mostly unrelated article about the sale of a state-owned property to a private company for pennies on the dollar. I wondered allowed why they would do such a thing and questioned whether someone should look for improprieties. I do not remember exactly what I said but my style has changed little from those days. Even today I ask questions that suggest or imply wrongdoing rather than accuse anyone formally.

Back to the situation at hand, we’ve already seen how “justice” is done in our nation’s capitol. Take your pick from any number of well-documented stories: Solyndra, Lois Lerner, Benghazi, Fast and Furious, Hillary Clinton – the list goes on and on and on. On the other hand, we’ve seen other people, little people dragged thought legal hell holes for the tiniest infractions. We know the truth – why don’t we just throw up our hands and insist truth in advertising? At least make them change the name to the Just Us system.

Even with everything we’ve seen, the current Case Against Donald J. Trump should shake everyone one of us to our bones. Not only are they targeting a sitting president. Not only are they relentless. They have manufactured most if not all of the “evidence” against him. They’ve trotted out false witnesses and secret witnesses. They’ve used secret courts and secret hearings. Should they succeed we should all be asking… “Who’s next?”.

God bless,

Andy

One train of thought turned up by the recent election that turned Virginia blue and conversations at the Richmond Gun Show immediately following concerns voting.

No, not election fraud. If some of the seats gained by Democrats in this election were indeed stolen, it would not surprise me at all. The sad fact is, even if incontrovertible proof was produced, nothing would come of it. Why do I say this? Strong evidence of election fraud was brought forth in previous elections and deftly swept under the rug. I am certain there is plenty of room left under that rug.

So my thoughts on this lean more toward attitudes and how they will influence legislation in the coming months. Dire thoughts. These attitudes are not new at all. In fact they pervade throughout politics and even into the courts. The worst part is, we’ve allowed this. It is time to put a stop to it. What the heck am I talking about?

The core of I am talking about here is silly idea that just because someone is elected into some office, they have carte blanche to pass any law they want. No. They do not. The very essence of a limited government is the limitations imposed by our constitution. We know this. We ALL know this but we’ve allowed those in office to ignore it or talk their way around it. Now we are all paying for this and paying dearly. Things are going to get worse – especially here in Virginia. Don’t get me wrong, things are no better anywhere these days, but what is happening here real and raw to me.

Over the past couple of years, I’ve gained a strong sense if Virginia Governor Northam. As you may know already, he is medical doctor by training – a pediatric neurologist. Doctors have long been deemed to have a “god-complex”. As far as I can tell, Northam not only perpetuates this stereotype but defines it. Becoming governor has not humbled the man one bit. Why bring this up?

Let’s face it, many elites admit they think they are better than us. We’ve been called deplorable, ignorant, stupid – even evil. Even Monty Python Icon and renowned social-political analyst John Cleese cites the ignorance of Trump supporters as they only watch Fox News.

Obviously if we were as intelligent as he is, we’d glue our eyes to MSNBC while snacking on Tide Pods.

All that aside, the controllers, from those passing laws to those enforcing them to those adjudicating them all agree – they are the last word when it comes to the rules we live by. Every one of them seems to have forgotten one little point: they ALL work for us! Or, at least, they are supposed. Every dime they put their overstuffed pockets comes from we the people. It only seems logical to me that we should have some say in such matters, but that’s not all.

Any authority the controllers can legally claim stems from the Constitution for the United States of America and the respective constitutions of each individual state. These documents were never intended to grant rights – they were written to limit the authority of government. While this is well known, these limitations have been explained away by any sniveling excuses the controllers can imagine – no matter how thinly disguised. Indeed they’ve usurped the intent of the commerce clause alone so they now define any activity of any citizen or entity as a form of “commerce” and therefore subject to federal “authority”. And we, the people, have allowed it. Shame on us! However the fact is we’ve paid dearly for our error. It is time to shut that sideshow down.

To the controllers: you are restrained… sirs (and madams). You do NOT have the authority to pass any law or do anything you wish just because you were voted into office. You represent us – you do not rule us. Step carefully. You not only answer to the citizens you represent but to Almighty God whom you will ultimately face.

God bless,

Andy

Well… yes and no. I agree the spending abuses in the article below are terrible, but they are among the worst of the worst. The fact is MOST government spending can be categorized as “taxpayer abuse” because the controllers are not authorized to spend any of it. This is the crux of a limited government.The bottom line is:

Government’s gone rogue. They are totally out of control and laughing at us citizens about the whole thing. It needs to stop.

In a future post “Follow the Money” I will outline my premise and offer a simple three point plan to get us all back on track.

God bless,

Andy

Article h/t zerohedge.com

America Needs a War on Waste

100 Examples of Federal Taxpayer Abuse

Anyone who is paying attention has likely heard much of this before, but please allow me to add this perspective:

Last week President Trump announced he was moving his primary residence from New York to Florida. So what was New York Governor Cuomo’s response?

“It’s not like @realDonaldTrump paid taxes here anyway…

He’s all yours, Florida.”

Let that sink in, regardless of what you think of Donald Trump. The only measure of value placed on a citizen – one who rose to the highest public office of our nation – to say the least – is the dollars he can shovel to the state. What taxes he pays.

Granted this was an ill-advised, politically motivated statement by a man one could easily see as a rabid money-hungry idiot but it appears totally inline with his elitist globalist gang.

If he put any thought at all into it, he would have recognized, any income tax Trump paid over the years is paled by the property and other taxes generated by his efforts – not to mention those he employed. Given Cuomo’s mindset, I think it is safe to say economics is not his strong suit.

So if Trump’s only value to New York is his income tax “contribution”, what value do you think the other millions of citizens of that state is? Tax slaves indeed.

That said, here is the story

https://www.naturalnews.com/2019-10-27-powerful-new-video-you-are-the-slave-property-of-a-corporation.html

h/t ZeroHedge

A year or so ago, I became involved with a farmer friend of mine. He is a long-time tobacco farmer whose market is quickly drying up – much to the thanks of government efforts. We were talking about hemp farming and he was interested. He attended some seminars and other meetings to find out more. I went with him on several occasions and helped in other ways but he did a lot on his own. At the time the only legally-grown hemp in Virginia had to be tied to a educational research project. This year all that changed.

My friend applied for and was approved to grow two acres of hemp this year. I helped him a bit with the application. He had to supply the exact GPS coordinates where he was growing the hemp. I do not know what other hoops he had to go through but I remember one meeting we were at. The North Carolina hemp grower said one of his fields tested a bit more than the allowed 0.3% THC content. That’s three tenths of one percent folks. He had to stand there and watch someone burn his field.

Long story short, I had a conversation with him last night. Apparently the FDA has decided to step in. They want to determine whether CBD should be classified as a “drug” rather than a nutritional supplement. Whats the difference? A lot. For one thing you can no longer buy it off the shelf – you will need a prescription. I wasn’t there but I am sure the FDA is “concerned” about “safety”. NUTS to that!

Already, my farmer friend, is facing NO MARKET for his crop. Sure it’s a small crop but he’s not the only farmer growing hemp. He told me his buyer said sales dropped to ZERO. The buyer has no market, the farmers have no market all because of some last-minute arbitrary nonsense from a government agency that shouldn’t even exist! There is no valid constitutional grounds to justify the FDA.

My guess is drug companies producing prescription pharmaceuticals such as Oxycontin are determined to shut CBD down. Why? For one thing, many believe non-prescription CBD is far more effective than opiates for pain management without the addiction problems. Whoops! There goes big, BIG profits! Well I’m offering a solution:

SHUT THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION DOWN!

Extreme? No. Not at all. The FDA has again and again they are not only ineffective but a parasite on our nation. Their efforts are horrendously costly to Americans with little if any positive results. Shall we review?

Consider Viagra. I stumbled across this quite by accident. To put it bluntly, I have never taken it so I cannot say from personal experience. That said, Viagra is apparently a big-money item. For a while, at my place of employment, we would get inundated with calls from companies wanting to it to us cheap. Why? I assume it is expensive, but here’s the thing… I recently came across an article where the author says this same drug, and others like it, can be had for pennies on the dollar. WHAT? Yep. Other countries, Canada for one, pay far, far less for this and other “approved” drugs. Why? Well, I cannot say for sure except they do not have the FDA on their backs.

What about Oxy? What about it? America as an admitted prescription drug problem. How much help is the FDA? Well they DID approve these drugs. Other than that… you tell me.

Shall we explore the world of psychotropics? What are they? These are known as Anti-depressants. This group, along with a couple of similar FDA APPROVED prescription drugs (such as Chantix®) are allowed – no APPROVED – even though they have chilling side effects. Like what? Like suicidal and “aggressive” behavior. How do I know this? I pay attention the the disclaimers in the drug companies own advertising. Yes, they are “required” to vaguely admit there “some” may suffer side effects, but that seems to be about it. Many writers have already made the connection between psychotropics and mass shooters. Is the FDA investigating? I doubt it. Either way, don’t hold your breath.

The fact is the FDA is not only ineffective but they have no right to regulate anything. One might argue “But they have a charter authorized by Congress!” First of all, Congress has no business here. The only thin thread they can hang on to is their much overused “commerce” clause. I contend, as citizens, WE put our feet down NOW on this. No part of our constitution is abused more than this one. It needs to end. We can start by demanding Congress dissolve the FDA.

May God Bless You and Keep You,

Andy