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YOU CANT PUT A BAND-AID ON IT
Re: David N. Bass’s U.S.
House Cleaning:
Term limits are only a band-aid on the real problem. The problem is caused by a voting system that keeps two political parties in perpetual dominance. (See Duverger’s Law.) This Duopoly is essentially free to nominate any candidate it wants, because to vote for anyone truly alternative is seen as “a waste” at best, and counterproductive at worst.
What we really need is a better voting system, one that allows for more choices (parties/candidates) to compete on even footing, based purely on ideology and capability of the candidates and not strategic considerations. It already exists — it’s called Condorcet’s method. We don’t need artificial and arbitrary term limits. We just need to make better use of the term limiting device we already have, namely, the ballot box! If it worked as intended, the problem would be solved.
When voters have to abandon their conscience to vote “the lesser
of two evils,” you know that the system is broken! Fix its
fundamentals, don’t just slap a band-aid on it.
— Tim
VERY DISTURBING
Re: Edward Sisson’s Pro-Democratic
Bono:
I understand your article to say: In the legal establishment, there is a significant number of senior, responsible indviduals who place the political interests of the Democratic party ahead of the security and welfare of the United States generally in their priorities.
Is this summary accurate? Because, if so, I find this more
disturbing than the notion that there may be a bunch of junior
associates who are rabidly anti-American.
Kind regards,
— Barney Krebs
PROPERTY OF THE RULING CLASS
Re: George Neumayr’s The
Future’s Shadow:
It’s just a matter of time until organ donation is required. Perhaps enforced at gunpoint by a Medical Swat team. After all, isn’t your body a product of government health care? And doesn’t that trigger a property interest on behalf of Government?
Why should that be such a big surprise? The new ruling class regards you and me as simply raw material for its Grand Designs. And it demonstrates it every day.
Forget Soylent Green — we’ll have Soylent Blue Cross any day
now. So let’s not build that fence across the Mexican border. WE
may need a way out, sooner than we think.
— Martin Owens
MAKE IT HAPPEN
Re: Jeffrey Lord’s
Mark Levin Readies Lawsuit on Slaughter Rule:
I sincerely hope this is no joke. This needs to be done; however,
to a greater extent, if the President actually signs the
bill…is this not grounds for impeachment?
— George R. Lentz
THANK YOU
Re: Jeffrey Lord’s
Specter Opens Door on White House Felonies:
Thank you for continuing to conduct actual journalism, following
and pursuing a story so that it does not, in fact, disappear from
the public awareness. You realize, of course, they are expecting
this to go away. I am grateful for your persistence and diligence
in covering this story.
— Ken Newton
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TJ from Texas| 3.19.10 @ 10:44AM
Chap Tomlinson. Check. Kessel. Check.
Where are Gunn and Withrop? What about Amos?
The problem with only sometimes mail is I, and a big bunch of others, miss hearing what the "common man" is thinking. TAS can get as airless as inside Washington if they don't listen to the people. And hell, Washington sure as hell ain't listening.
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Pecos Pete| 3.19.10 @ 5:39PM
TJ: You are right on!
TJ from Texas| 3.20.10 @ 1:02AM
PP,
Damn yahoos with their ads. Let the people speak.
Love TAS but I like to hear from the readers too.
Ida Lee| 3.20.10 @ 2:44AM
I don't care about the voting system.
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Michele San Pietro| 3.21.10 @ 11:01AM
It is time for American conservatives to get much more vocal and organize a nationwide demonstration.
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They are strong advocates of marriage and believe the Conservative Party should back the institution with tax breaks and have opposed Labour's alleged assault on both traditional family structures and 'fatherhood'.
Tom Zaer | 5.28.10 @ 3:54PM
GULF COAST OIL SPILL POEM
Overrun by war and uncontrolled greed
Our world becomes more dangerous each day.
Dishonest politicians, criminals and the media
Survive by their falsehoods at play.
Bible believers preach, that the end is near
Our world as a whole is beyond reform.
God will eradicate all, which is wicked
By His fire of eruption and storm.
To evil’s victory, I will never concede
May its supporters anguish in hell.
By the grace of God and the power of faith
The goodness of man will prevail.
What greed has done, Heaven will measure
As patriots respond to the blunders of man.
Protect and defend what we love till death
As tar balls pollute the air, sea and land.
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Are the armor of what the free world depends on.
Without their sacrifice of body and soul,
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Tom Zart | 5.28.10 @ 3:57PM
SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF WORLD WAR III
Our sons and daughters serve in harms way
To defend our way of life.
Some are students, some grandparents
Many a husband or wife.
They face great odds without complaint
Gambling life and limb for little pay.
So far away from all they love
Fight our soldiers for whom we pray.
The plotters and planners of America's doom
Pledge to murder and maim all they can.
From early childhood they are taught
To kill is to become a man.
They exploit their young as weapons of choice
Teaching in heaven, virgins will await.
Destroying lives along with their own
To learn of their falsehoods too late.
The fearful cry we must submit
And find a way to soothe them.
Where defenders worry if we stand down
The future for America is grim.
Now's not the time to fight one another
Or kiss our enemy's cheek.
All through history it remains the same
The strong enslave the weak.
May God continue to bless America
Refusing evil, the upper hand.
It's up to us to stay resolute
Defending the liberty of Man.
SO DEAR TO MY HEART
So dear to my heart are my loved ones at home
As I toss and I turn in my bunk all alone.
Everyday I see death, hate, and corruption
Combat is God's proof of man's malfunction
For family, comrades, and myself I pray
To my love with this poem I wish to convey.
I knew I loved you though never how much
Till by war, I'm forced beyond your touch.
Where violence thrives, there's the stench of death
With the taste of fear on every breath.
Who shall prevail, who shall die
As the sadistic kill beneath God's sky.
Baghdad has become man's highway to hell
Where the hearts of darkness are alive and well.
I count each day till it's time to come home
And be with my love and never alone.
Love You
Your Marine
FREEDOM
In their new uniforms
The young march off
Not knowing who shall return.
With a proud devotion
They brandish their flag
Leaving loved ones to wonder and yearn.
May we all be buried
By all of our children
Is an ancient tribal prayer.
They're so easy to lose
But so hard to forget
Such a burden for a parent to bear.
Oh, the taste of victory
Shall soon be forgotten
But, never that which was lost.
For those rows of white headstones
In peaceful green fields
Make it easy to tally the cost.
America has survived all attempts to destroy
Knowing the cruelty of war
And, we who remain
Must help keep her free
For those who can march no more!
OUR FLAG
Our flag is fabric wove of thread
Carried by heroes live and dead.
She stands for justice and courage too
With her colors; red, white and blue.
For all who serve her, there'll be cheers
For any who die, there'll be tears.
For all who love her, life is swell
For those who harm her, war is hell.
How many moms have cried before
As they sent their children to war.
How many dads have not returned
Because our freedom must be earned.
Wars were waged where brave men died
As patriots fought side by side.
Our flag is still the pearl of earth
Because of those who prove her worth.
Tom Zart | 5.28.10 @ 4:01PM
The White House
Washington
March 16, 2007
Ms. Lillian Cauldwell
President and Chief Executive Officer
Passionate Internet Voices Radio
Ann Arbor Michigan
Dear Lillian:
Number 41 passed on the CDs from Tom Zart. Thank you for thinking of me. I am thankful for your efforts to honor our brave military personnel and their families. America owes these courageous men and women a debt of gratitude, and I am honored to be the commander in chief of the greatest force for freedom in the history of the world.
Best Wishes.
Sincerely,
George W. Bush
UNYIELDING HONOR WORLD WAR-III
WHERE ARE THE SOLDIERS
Where are the soldiers who march in line?
Where are the soldiers every color and kind?
Where are the soldiers who made their moms cry?
Where are the pilots who face death in the sky?
Where are the soldiers born brave of heart?
Where are the girls and boys that part?
Serving our country with their future on the line
Battling the enemies of freedom of mind.
All of us are soldiers with missions of our own
We do what we do as history is sown.
Support our troops who we love and adore
Support our troops with prayers, letters and more.
Where are the soldiers so far, far away?
How many will perish no one can say.
Where are the soldiers we love night and day?
Deployed world over to keep evil at bay.
THEY SERVE TO PRESERVE
They serve to preserve our forefathers dreams,
Prayers, visions and determination.
Risking all in pursuit of fulfillment of duty
To God, freedom, faith, honor and nation.
Despite dismemberment, death and loneliness
Patriots enlist to safeguard our flag.
With honor, faith, purpose and courage
They battle the sadistic that brag.
Throughout man’s past as a creature of earth
Crime has always plagued his expectance.
Greed, hate, fear, envy and rage
Have overruled rapture and repentance.
David was a soldier who lived by his faith
Which gave him the will to become brave.
He stood up to terror and toppled the giant
Leaving Goliath headless and alone in his grave.
David’s call thrives in hearts of soldiers today
Shielding liberty from the warmongers of hell.
Facing down evil refusing to summit
Ensuring freedom and justice are alive and well.
UNYIELDING HONOR WW-III
Weakness invites moral plight, war and aggression
Encouraged by mistrust, misjudgment and delay.
All we love can be destroyed and transformed
By the powers of darkness maneuvering our way.
When something wicked stares us in the face
To corrupt our morals, faith and resolve.
God gives us courage to defend what’s right
No matter the sacrifice or danger involved.
Evil seeks to destroy the good in man
And silence the memory of God’s law.
It’s up to the faithful to stay unyielding
Defending the liberty and justice of all.
Our men and woman who serve in harm’s way
Are the armor of what the free world depends on.
Without their sacrifice of body and soul
All that we stand for is gone.
GOD LOVES HIS SOLDIERS
Sometimes it’s hard to protect what is right
Sometimes we’re scorned as for others we fight.
Some of us are willing regardless of loss
To commit our soul to save the cross.
Evil prospers on greed and human hate
Always eager to destroy and defecate.
God’s grace descends on the souls of man
Cleansing the impure wherever He can.
As long as man has struggled on earth
Life has had its troubles from birth.
God’s seed of goodness has delayed man’s demise
Thank Heaven for His heroes the strong and the wise.
The Lord adores His heroes of yesterday
Just how numerous, only He could say.
God loves His soldiers who line up to serve
By standing against evil His grace they deserve.
VETERAN'S DAY
The cost of freedom is sometimes high
Extremely more when our loved one's die.
Men and women pledged to fight and serve
And it's our support that they deserve.
Mankind itself is the one to blame
That all through history, the story's the same.
Peace, like love, can be hard to acquire
Subject always to enemy fire.
Some how the righteous tend to prevail
Over the miss-guided, prone to fail.
No wonder we fear the tongues that lie
As mankind squabbles beneath God's sky.
The danger our solders face is real
So lets let them know just how we feel.
Put forth your flag and show them your heart
As those we love from us depart.
CHRISTIAN SOLDIER’S LOVE POEM
Humans have always had their need for love
Long before they could calculate the year.
Painting on the walls of caves and tombs
Stories of accomplishment, conquest and fear.
Life is a constant contest of struggle
Plagued by greed, love, war, work and debate.
Between all we love; those we tolerate
And some we can’t help but hate.
I’d rather be loved and love in return
Then have a rich man’s gold piled high.
Id rather be loved by someone worthy
With honor, compassion and no need to lie.
I’d rather be loved then be crowned a king
Of a vast empire of power and domain.
I’d rather be loved and never forgotten
Not alone, overwhelmed, and ashamed.
I’d rather be loved for my unselfish behavior
Eager to protect, provide and preserve.
I’d rather be loved for staying resolute
To my commitment to love and to serve.
I’d rather be loved for my awareness of duty
More then anything life can bestow me.
I’d rather be loved and receive God’s grace
As I lay down my life before Thee.
By Soldier For The Lord
Tom Zart
Most Published Poet
On The Web
luna33| 8.5.10 @ 12:51PM
Because, if so, I find this more disturbing than the notion that there may be a bunch of junior associates who are rabidly anti-American.Blackjack
jim| 11.8.10 @ 4:47AM
Here I want to share the some tips with you about the wireless communication.
First of all, protect ace air