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Alaska: A Vote For Murkowski Is Vote For China
By Patrick Read
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The US National Debt is currently $13.7 Trillion (here), and is 93% of our Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The CBO reports that by 2015 our debt will reach 102% of GDP (here). This fact puts in play, and makes crucial, every single Senatorial Election - especially in Alaska - where a RINO and a true Conservative are doing battle.
The nation's ever rising rate of expense means two things: interest rates are sure to soar thus impacting employment even more (as supplies cost more, businesses will have less to invest in new hires). It also means that Communist China will all but literally own America by way of her debt & the US must find a way to repay it (Benjamen Francklin's quote - "those who would trade security for liberty deserve neither" - rings a bell).
The nation's ever rising rate of expense means two things: interest rates are sure to soar thus impacting employment even more (as supplies cost more, businesses will have less to invest in new hires). It also means that Communist China will all but literally own America by way of her debt & the US must find a way to repay it (Benjamen Francklin's quote - "those who would trade security for liberty deserve neither" - rings a bell).
Given the need for a full rebound & proper free-market economic recovery, it is clear that the 2010 Mid-Term Elections are the most important elections in 2 Generations. Never before has the US faced this type insolvency, where not only banks and every other US institution needs a bailout, but so do entire States (like California, Illinois & New York).
At what point will the US stop whistling past the graveyard and bring back conservative fiscal discipline? There has to be an end to careless spending—so much so that our very revenue is now literally owned by China.
For starters, Americans have to demand that bailouts, meant to benefit union after union & results in “no new employment at all,” must come to an end. There is an all but lonely court system just waiting for the chance to renegotiate selfish union contracts that hold America’s Private Business hostage. It’s time we let them do their job and earn their pay check.
But if the likes of the US Senate candidate from Alaska, Lisa Murkowski, has her way—the spending will not stop, the recovery will not ensue, the growth of government will never reverse and she will spend another 20 years flip-flopping about on the Senate floor like a fish in need of environmental protection! Lisa Murkowski’s clearly only casts her vote on issues that catches herself political favor and to spite a stunning lack of integrity, she displays less & less moral fiber and strong character—which is needed to face the issues on the “American People’s Table.”
Her voting record is pathetic, but only when she is there to vote at all. Lisa Murkowski has missed 28 votes (HERE) in the past year alone. She has not even cast a vote in the last 15 sessions. Why? She was out breaking her word given during her concession speech to the Republican Primary victor & campaigning for her self-ordained write-in candidacy instead of representing her constituents.
While she asks for her constituents and special interest to donate to HER campaign, Murkowski has NOT bothered to donate one dime on behalf of her own political career (here). Like father, like daughter. Joe Miller is the only US Senate candidate from Alaska to have donated his own money to his own campaign (here). He put his own money where his mouth is to the tune of $93,000.00. Both McAdams and Murkowski simply took from the people without giving to their own camps at all.
Most would consider a bill regarding Tax Law Amendments to be important. But Lisa Murkowski is not everyone. She was a “No Vote” (here). When it came to establishing a Federal Budget Deficit Commission, once again, Murkowski was a “No Vote” (here).
It gets better—last June Murkowski voted NO on demanding the Treasury to issue a report of the risk of Foreign Countries holding US Debt (here). It’s called CYA or a very deep denial of the facts. And when it rains, it "pours!"
Alaska knows all too well that the ever growing Federal Government’s power over their land is part of what’s holding this nation back from engaging in REAL economic reform. As the nation’s second largest producer of oil, they know that petroleum is the lifeblood of the US economy and is a cheap & efficient energy. Given cheaper oil prices; there would be savings on overhead, savings on shipping, cheaper prices for goods and services, and all of this would spark our country’s re-employment efforts and drive our economy as competitive on the international stage once again.
Instead, what the nation sees are representatives like Scott McAdams trying to sell us on less efficient renewable energy which is “properly governed and controlled by the Federal Government” and not the private market (here). While some cry that we’ve hit peak oil, Alaskans know it’s only because the Federal Government has NOT opened up more than 2% of our own Natural Resources to fossil fuel production (here). Note the lack of movement in the Colorado Rockies, which is oil-shale rich.
Yet Lisa Murkowski promotes renewable energy which is 40% less efficient than petroleum. In 2007 (here), Murkowski voted for the government to enforce production levels—not of free-market demand, but government demand—of the more expensive renewable bio-fuel to 36 Billion gallons produced per year by 2022. The Left hopes renewable energy will replace fossil fuel, and if it doesn’t they want to enforce Cap and Trade; which is also on the agenda before 2012.
One would think that Lisa Murkowski would be all-in on blocking and/or defeating Cap & Trade block—right? Not so.

The Feds control our land and they refuse to let each state use its land how they see fit. Alaskans know this to be true because every representative from Ted Stevens forward has been trying to open up ANWR to drilling. They also know that California—who will seek a bailout from all the other states—is barred from drilling off shores as well.
And there is Lisa Murkowski voting to give the Federal Government control over even more land rights in states not her own (here)! What consequence could giving the Federal Government more control over our land have on this nation? Ask any Alaskan native and they’ll tell you—the consequences are dire.
She voted NO for the Defense Authorization Bill while the Country (not her) is at war (here). But she did vote to have Battlefield Commanders Testify before Congress (here) despite the lessons learned from Vietnam—keep DC off of the battlefield. She voted NO in Congress’ Expression of Support for the Men & Women in the US Armed Forces (here).
- Murkowski has voted 6 out of the last 7 times with Obama, Pelosi and Reid.
She voted to give Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac—who are the main-cause of the sub-prime crash—even more Alaskan Tax Revenue, to the tune of $160,000,000,000.00 ($160B) (here) and they now need another $203,000,000,000.00 for a total of $363 Billion (here). Bloomberg reports it could cost the US (including Alaska) up to $1 TRILLION (here). Murkowski voted to give even more Federal Assistance to those facing foreclosure—which is what caused the crash to begin with (here).
Despite the loud and clear objection of 70% of the American People’s opposition to TARP—Lisa Murkowski voted for it & spent Alaskan Tax Revenues funding $750,0000,000,000.00 ($750B) on bailing out Bankers. Murkowski (here) ought to realize that TARP might have worked if the RETURNING interest meant to pay down the debt was NOT re-spent at the discretion of the current administration.
Despite her denial and to the objection of 70% of the American People, mere months after their opposition to TARP, Lisa Murkowski voted for Obama’s Omnibus spending—costing Alaska’s Tax Payers $400,000,000.00 ($400B) (here) of Revenue.
Like her father’s Good Old Boy’s Network, Lisa Murkowski had an ethical complaint filed against her too. She was busted taking a political favor in the form of an under-valued house taken from Kenai—the same firm that cost Ted Stevens his position as THE Senator from Alaska. Bob Penney offered her a loan for river front property (here), a real estate scam which would have reportedly made Murkowski up to $170,000,000.00. Obama had the same type deal made him by Tony Rezko—who recently got out of jail.
She only offered to sell the property back after a Washington DC watchdog group filed an ethics complaint against her with the US Senate. To this day, she says there was nothing impure about the scheme (here)—which would beg the question of why she decided to sell it before facing a Senate hearing if there was nothing “impure about it.” The controversy is not unlike Bill & Hillary Clinton’s involvement in the White Water scandal (here) which led to Clinton’s being impeached by the House of Reps in 1998.
Murkowski describes herself as “Roman Catholic,” but cannot be according to our Holy Catechism, which indexes the Universal Church’s position on every issue (here). Note to Murkowski--it even has a section especially meant for those serving public office!
For her own political expediency—a selfish means to her own selfish-centered political end—Murkowski has flip-flopped on the issue and taken a position against her religion.
She went from supporting Pro-Abortion 0% of the time in 2006, to supporting Pro-Abortion 75% of the time in 2007 – after the Democrats took control of Congress, Lisa changed her tune (here). Note the now lack of moral conviction when her political power is on the line. Her reversal to support federal funding of abortion means that she now favors Alaska’s Tax Revenue going to “Country Wide” Chris Dodd’s state, in the form of $100 Million given by the Fed for a new hospital which will perform abortions (here). The sorority girl ought to beware, because not ALL Judeo-Christians sell out their moral convictions so easily, and even more will find the flip-flopping on moral conviction reprehensible.
She put out the call for women to engage in the same practice of sexism that led to Christian suffragettes to protest in the streets. In a stunning reversal of Christian clarity, Murkowski under-minded women’s ability to think for themselves by calling on them to vote, not based on her leadership skill or character, but based on their ovaries (here). She now affirms that she is 100% Pro-Abortion and is all for Alaska’s Tax Revenue being used for abortions carried out nationwide. To prove how progressive she is, Murkowski voted for Same Sex Marriage (here), again, contradicting her religious value.
She went from supporting Pro-Abortion 0% of the time in 2006, to supporting Pro-Abortion 75% of the time in 2007 – after the Democrats took control of Congress, Lisa changed her tune (here). Note the now lack of moral conviction when her political power is on the line. Her reversal to support federal funding of abortion means that she now favors Alaska’s Tax Revenue going to “Country Wide” Chris Dodd’s state, in the form of $100 Million given by the Fed for a new hospital which will perform abortions (here). The sorority girl ought to beware, because not ALL Judeo-Christians sell out their moral convictions so easily, and even more will find the flip-flopping on moral conviction reprehensible.
She put out the call for women to engage in the same practice of sexism that led to Christian suffragettes to protest in the streets. In a stunning reversal of Christian clarity, Murkowski under-minded women’s ability to think for themselves by calling on them to vote, not based on her leadership skill or character, but based on their ovaries (here). She now affirms that she is 100% Pro-Abortion and is all for Alaska’s Tax Revenue being used for abortions carried out nationwide. To prove how progressive she is, Murkowski voted for Same Sex Marriage (here), again, contradicting her religious value.
There is a way to recover from the (man-made) Great Recession but it takes MORAL COURAGE. President Bush showed the way two times by recovering from Clinton’s DotCom recession and then again with the 9.11 Recession. It involves us taking the gloves off and moving the Left out of the way - allowing us to produce our own, cost-efficient petroleum so the US can re-enter the international market, drive down energy costs and spark a hiring spree. Our leaders must make the environment Private Market friendly, and has to put an end to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac once and for all. The economic crash just experienced ought to make that clear enough--yet Murkowski continually votes to support the two socialist-hybrid Government Subsidized Entities (GSEs).
Murkowski, who cannot even place a vote against Cap & Trade, cannot be relied on to do the right thing. She is not even dependable enough to show up to vote, let alone reliable enough to stand up using her moral character and do the right thing. She would rather pander herself and her nation for more political favor.
These are desperate times. While others spend their time whistling past the grave yard, those with common sense clearly understand what is at stake this election cycle. The National Debt is going to reach 102% of our Gross Domestic Product by 2015. Some would like to double down on spending, and like FDR's policies, more spending would only serve to lengthen the economic crisis. The majority of Americans already know what's needed: a more business & energy friendly environment, from where prosperity grows.
But if a candidate, who possesses not even the will power and character needed to even show up to vote, wins a US Senate seat that she didn’t even earn but was bequeathed by her Daddy; this nation is in serious trouble.
Every seat matters in order for us to deter China’s take over and spark a REAL US recovery. Lisa Murkowski is one seat that should be taken from her, but not in the same vain it was given, it should be left up to the people of Alaska! One would think that this time it will be.
Scott McAdams: Campaign Linked to Racism & Violent Threats
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PPST: Neal Rauhauser's List of Volunteer Social Activist & E-thugs |
By Patrick Read
Neal Rauhauser, (see the above photo album or click here) is a blogger for the Daily Kos (here) and Co-Founder of Progressive PST (here & here). He admitted (here) to creating a Twitter account which he used to collect & recruit anonymous users to launch disgusting attacks in an attempt to intimidate those he politically disagrees with or who might be bad for Progressive PST's 9 Democrat Candidates (here).
Among its listed clients is Alaska's US Senatorial Candidate, Scott McAdams.
Rauhauser's company is focused on social-media sites and uses them as campaign tools as a means to win elections. In retrospect, McAdams should have trusted his neighbors "boots on the ground" as opposed to a random extremist found on the Daily Kos and at Net Roots Nation (here). Since his company focuses using social media, and not knocking on the door and greeting others with a polite smile (here), Rauhauser's attacks are focused on Twitter users.
"Progressive PST" stands for Progressive Political Strategies for Twitter.
On a side note, all of the leftist-bloggers were too busy enjoying their "working-vacation" to write any articles in protest that candidates (including Harry Reid) had the time & money enough to afford a trip to Las Vegas using "contributions." Their protest must only be reserved for Corporate America, who selfishly goes to Las Vegas and takes "working-vacations," like Net Roots Nation with their favored candidates.
As clearly documented (here) Rauhauser's strategies are vile and the fact that McAdams didn't do anything about the attacks raises a question about his integrity and his character. Americans already have a so-called representative, who has been yelling non-stop at half of them for two years --it doesn't need more of the same.
And let me be clear, Scott McAdams and Neal Rauhauser are very well acquainted.
McAdams endorsed (here) and promoted Neal Rauhauser's "Stranded Wind Initiative (here)." This initiative is a desperate cry by an extremely radical, anti-oil environmentalist (left) who is trying to capitalize on the governments overspending on green (renewable) energy plans (here). Murkowski also endorsed renewable-energy (here) when she voted for the government's demand (not the markets) raising the amount of bio-fuel "harvested" to 36 billion gallons by 2022.
McAdams lacks any real political experience and may not have done proper research before hiring the likes of Neal Rauhauser. As a former security guard turned one term Stika Mayor, Scott may have gotten into something way out of his league.
McAdams almost has the same amount of experience as Sarah Palin had before running for her 2nd term as Wasilla Mayor. And we all know how the leftist bloggers deal with her, but somehow Scott McAdams' glaringly-clear lack of experience s being overlooked by Leftist Bloggers. As a matter of fact they are supporting his inexperience (here).
Incidentally, Murkowski served her first of two terms on Alaska's Legislature from Wasilla. She left the Legislature after her 2nd term serving Eagle River when her father appointed her to the US Senate (here).
Using his Twitter Account (here), Neal Rauhauser (aka “Stranded Wind”) coordinates with and acts at the bequest of seven National Democrat Candidates and two state candidates. They hired him to represent their campaigns by servicing their social media needs. Per their website, Progressive PST performs “outreach to a network of social activists, ready to accelerate (the campaigns) by ‘recruiting new supporters and volunteers.”
In previous articles, (1 2 & 3) it was disclosed that Neal Rauhauser was also actively employing the use of racism and making violent threats to intimidate others on the Internet. His Internet-based-service "for progressives by progressives," builds candidate websites, recruits volunteers & social activist and Rauhauser offers each candidate positive content from the media; mostly on behalf of the Daily Kos.
Here are several articles the Daily Kos did in support of Scott McAdams (here). And here is a look at Rauhauser's organization used to support his candidates (here) as seen on Daily Kos.
Here are several articles the Daily Kos did in support of Scott McAdams (here). And here is a look at Rauhauser's organization used to support his candidates (here) as seen on Daily Kos.
In this article (here), Scott McAdams consultant, Neal Rauhauser, is seen leading a group of his activist as they attack a woman whose Veteran husband committed suicide. Rauhauser and his group berates her & mocks the death of her husband. She was later interviewed for the article.
Again, on August 2010 Neal R. Rauhauser admitted to opening an alternate Twitter account called “Wing Nut Watch.” He allegedly created it to monitor the “extreme elements of the tea party and right-wing,” (per his Daily Kos article). Acting on Twitter, “Wing Nut Watch,” aka "Stranded Wind" aka Neal Rauhauser serviced his nine Democrat candidates but also engaged in something very devious. Opposite his stated goal, Rauhauser put together a seemingly anonymous collection of anti-social thugs called “Legume Of Mass Destruction” and “The Bean Dog Militia.”
These are the background articles (one & two) about the issue at hand: that an organization hired by National Democrat Candidates, including Scott McAdams, is linked to organizing, coordinating & participating in vile attacks targeting conservatives and tea party members on social media.
After this article, Rauhauser's "Wing Nut Watch" Twitter account was deleted but his association with his social-activist & volunteers is ongoing. They can be found listed on Rauhauser's twitter page, (here). He continually attacks other social media users. And still, Scott McAdams remains silent about it.
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