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Written on Saturday, July 9, 2011 by Floyd Brown
Writing a syndicated column in 2011 is night and day different from when we started writing for publication in the 1990's. The overriding change is the volume and immediacy of feedback. In the 1990's we would receive the occasional letter applauding or challenging our thesis, facts and motives. Today we find our email inbox and comment sections so full it is difficult to read it all.
We take our readers seriously, and even if we don't personally respond, we read and ponder their many times insightful thoughts. Ironically, as hard as we work to provide clarity through our own words, sometimes they fail to accurately convey our passion and hopes for America.
After last week's column was posted, we were accused of hoping for the collapse of the country. We couldn't be more misunderstood by a reader. We see collapse coming, and like Paul Revere we ride the countryside in the hope that the country will mobilize to meet the dangers.
Here are three reasons we are frightfully concerned about the future of the economy and country:
The first is the dedication of John Boehner to cutting deals with Barack Obama. The Republican majority wasn't returned to Congress so that they could strike a mega deal to balance the budget on the backs of the people. The growth of government must be stopped before it consumes what meager wealth the country has left. The current grand scheme as reported would increase taxes in exchange for budget cuts someday off in the future. We have seen how this bargain works. Taxes go up, but spending never goes down.
Second, the Republican frontrunner, Mitt Romney is far out of step with most Republicans on the proper role of government question. He is responsible for signing a program of socialized medicine in Massachusetts even before it was mandated by Obamacare. Through this act alone, he signaled his acceptance of the same style of big government Republicanism that made the governance of George W. Bush ultimately an economic disaster.
Third, the Democratic Party and Barack Obama individually haven't demonstrated that they can break out of a hard left ideological ghetto and govern the country. Bill Clinton, for all of his personal liabilities, moved to the center after the 1994 elections and showed he could compromise. In contrast, Obama as recently as his news conference this week, is showing that he is clinging to delusional policies as the country totters towards collapse.
With Republican Party leaders dedicated to Washington deal making and once again preparing to nominate a presidential candidate from the ranks of big government advocates, it is crystal clear the political establishment both Republican and Democrat isn't up to the task of curbing the size and scope of the problems. Both sides are invested in a system that provides perks and high salaries from the public trough.
This brings us back to our recent pessimism, America cannot continue to borrow and spend as she has in the last two decades under Bush and Obama. Unless the political establishment learns to live within its means we are headed for an inevitable economic disaster that will make 2008 and 2009 look like a walk in the park.
The only reason we write is in the hope that something we say will spark a change for good. Call us naïve, but we still believe the American Republic can be saved through the dedicated work of committed citizens.
But we would be more than naïve if we didn't fully describe the looming crisis we see in the storm clouds still gathering. The economic crisis brought to our shores courtesy of political elites both Republican and Democrat isn't over. We cannot relax yet and go back to our lives in the mistaken impression that the worst has passed. Uncle Sam is currently in intensive care, and Americans can send him either to the recovery room or the morgue.
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No deals boner get a pair of balls.
As of this writing there are no deals between Mr. Boehner and Mr. Obama. Check out your information before you get out your checkbook.
I just e-mailed Boehner asking him NOT to betray the American people, by making "deals" with Obozo, our Liar in Chief!! hope it helps!!! Please do the same!!
I just e-mailed Boehner asking him NOT to betray the American people, by making "deals" with Obozo, our Liar in Chief!! hope it helps!!! Please do the same!! You have to fix the (dot)!!
Put baby bozo in the sand box, make sure he is tied up, so he don't hurt himself.
As long as you believe that the media and the parties cannot be beat they will continue their lawlessness and turn the 65 million loyalists to other cultures (Islam, Socialist, Communist etc…) today into 189 million by 2040. I have already seen the real bozo staring back at me in the mirror, when are you going to have the guts to admit it yourself?
Better Yet, Put Bozo in the morgue!!
I don't like John (sell-out) Boehner but wishing he was dead is over the line and disgusting. Such comments give conservatives a bad name. Maybe you are a liberal disguising yourself as a conservative, so as to bring reproach to those who want our country to again be a Constitutional Republic.
Right-On Christian Archer However Just Think Of The Lies From The Liberals Day In And Day Out As The Devil Speaking To The GOP (Who Believe Anything) Yikeess, Plus If We Could Stop The Devil George Soros War Won. God Bless America And Sarah Palin.
Yes I agree. Send in Michele Bachmann.
Bachmann against Obama? You must be kidding!She dosen't have enough experience, nor can she raise anywhere near the amont of money that will be required to defeat him.
you say Bachmann has no experience. If I remember Obama was only a community organizier and NO EXperience. She has been in government and knows what is happening in Washington.
Sam,BACHMANN has ran a BUSINESS,and created JOBS,the ONLY thing OVOMIT ever ran is his MOUTH,and LOST JOBS!!!!
She would emasculate him. Not that that is too difficult. And money ain't gonna save his ass next year, no matter who he faces.
Michele has more experience than Obummer ever thought of. He was absent from the Senate a lot, voted present instead for or against. I sure would rather have her answer the phone at 3 a.m. than him. He has gotten us in so much trouble, we will be lucky to get out.
She dosen't have enough experience than obama? What experience did hehave / does he have right now that caused you to vote for him? The only thing that dip-$hit ever did is hang posters on neighborhood phone poles!
She has more expeerience in her little finger than he has in his whole duel race body! After foolishly being elected to the senate he immediately started campaigning for the presidential election.
Face it pal, the prez is just an empty suit directed by the puppetmaster $orass.
Obama did NOT have any experience either!! Maybe as a Damn Clown!! We nee someone in the Presidental Office that has fresh idea's . Noth the same old shit the RINO's and Democrats have that are ruining America!!!
You sound like a damn liberal, Obama ASS KISSER. Be damn careful because when your down there kissing Obama's ass someone may just knock your ass kissing head off!!
Would you people just stop using capital letters when posting about ovomit. Use of capitals denotes respect. Do you have respect for him? Respect for the office of the president does not require you to use caps for obungle's name.
sam, are you brain dead your loving brack hussein obama was a damn community organizer for acorn the crooked outfit.
Michelle Bachmann has more sinse than that boy ever hope to have.
Lowlife on welfare and liberal dip stick put this a hole into office. This was not done with people with brain, they knew he was a imbecile when he was running.
john mccain did him a favor, he was brain dead too. Love Sarah Palin though.
LOL Nothing beats the months of intensive experience that the junior Senator from Illinios brought to the Oval Office. Ted Kennedy must be doubling over in his grave, laughing at the payback he is giving us over his Chappaquidick shaming. Oh yeah!
Who can't beat a community organizer?
I cannot decide if you are trying a lame attempt at cleverness, or if you are just sophomoric ignorant. Are you a Demoncrat? or, Are you a Rino?
You know very well that Congresswoman Michele Bachmann is the number one target of both of these groups.
Michele Bachmann's message is resonating with the public and hitting the demoncrat/rino statist's right where they live.
The Rino leadership is desperate to field another fall guy/palooka. That is their $orassignment and they are doing their level best to promote one of the two apostates from the faith and teachings of their professed religion as the candidate to face the demoncrat candidate.
Whomever that shall be, I continue to be of the opinion that the teleprompter-reader-in-chief will not go into the DNC Convention as the candidate of choice. And very well may fall.
It matters not to Bachmann. She has the ability to destroy the demoncrats favored candidate with her calm and even manner of speaking in those low dulcet tones that the masses will find soothing and comforting as she explains that we as a nation, having been deceived and robbed of our birthright are about to spring forth and retreive our birthright and heritage from the jaws of hell.
At this point, the GOP/Rino leadership has ordered that the Bachmann candidacy be stifled and stopped early, lest it come down to a national televised debate between Bachmann and one or the other of the (rino) annointed ones before the RNC Convention.
They (demoncrats/rino's)know that Bachmann will Confuse and Dumbfound, O'Dumbo, Hysterialize (just a little poetic license) sHrillary and Perplex and Confound Cuomo.
Just you watch the campaign funds come pouring from small donors, after the Bachmann candidacy is confirmed.
I am praying that Allen West will run with Bachmann for VP. That combo could save us. He has the military know how and strength to meet and concur our enemies and he makes the left look foolish with his no nonsense answers.Let's not forget integrity.This man is sqweeky clean and respected.Look for groups that are trying to convince him to run and join!
He ment in for the republican speaker of the house on the debt limit and such,,and if she held her ground she WOULD be able to survive.
She has 10 times the experiance obuma had when he was nominated and has to date!
If we will all get behind her 100% SHE WILL WIN!
Ilene, RIGHT ON GIRL!!!!
Michele Bachman voted twice for extention of the Patriot Act provisions, and she happily accepted Obama's second BC forgery as authentic, and is now saying that she believes he is eligible. It is impossible she wouldn't know he is not eligible. She is knowingly supporting Obama. How can you trust her?
How ignorant can you be? You know perfectly well that Michele Bachmann is not supporting Obama. You also know how the left's liberal media complex like to frame the questions about obama's BC, so that they can cast his opponents as kooks and radicals.
The Pundits are fuming over the fact that as yet, they have not been able to entrap Bachmann into a gaffe that can be misconstrued and give widespread credence to their claims that She is radical.
She clearly is a serious and sane thinking Stateswoman who has taken to heart the enormous task of waking up this nation and this sheeple to the terrible atrocities and pitfalls that is coming amongst us.
I believe that she has been ordained and set apart by God to be born and grow up in the life experiences that she has had, for hope and awakening of countless Americans in reclaiming this land as a bastion of freedom, so that the eternal plan for this nation and the entire earth shall not be compromised and subverted prematurely.
It is my strong opinion that Congresswoman Michele Bachmann is the equivalent of one of God's Great Pyrenees in temperament and purpose and trustworthiness.
Temperament of Great Pyrenee's below:
Character and temperament are of utmost importance. In nature, the Great Pyrenees is confident, gentle, and affectionate. While territorial and protective of her flock or family when necessary, her general demeanor is one of quiet composure, both patient and tolerant. She is strong willed, independent and somewhat reserved, yet attentive, fearless and loyal to her charges both human and animal. (excerpt)AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB
What to do with the de facto president is an issue that should and must be left up to the demoncrat party. It is their Waterloo if they ignore and let play out, by their own commission of apathy before the upcoming primary elections next year.
They are in serious trouble and they know it. It is an issue that the Republican party has no power in controlling the outcome of.
Impeachment proceedings nor the issue of
Ineligibility of the aspiring young de facto (faux) antichrist should not be pursued by any of the Republican Presidential aspirants.
For one, even to suggest that the Congresswoman commit political suicide over this issue, that's just beginning to gain traction amongst the voters, exposes Adolf and others for the posers and losers that they are.
Oh, and by the way. Why is it that the Congresswoman is the only one of the GOP hopefuls subjected to this ridiculous line of questioning?
It must be because the Rino's fear the message that she is bringing like none other and hope to give left-wing pundits an opportunity they have not been able to attain at their own behest.
The republicans better be careful. We can replace some of them in 2012 as well as the democrats. That is part of the problem, a lot of the republicans don't have balls.
I would suggest you do your homework, Ms. Harper. There are NO DEALS between Mr. Boehner and Mr. Obama.
I agree, any Republican that caves in to the Liberal "deals" should be replacen at the next election. There are no Sacred Cows when it comes to running our government correctly.
WE must keep track of EVERY REPUBLICAN'T that votes to raise the Debit Ceiling,and BROOM them in 2012,or SOONER!!!!
Everyone needs to call or write their SENATORS and Congress person. Make your opinion be known. Attend Town Hall meeting when they come to your town. For the Love of our great Nation give them Holy Hell.
We had Senator Wyden come to a Town Meeting in Bend, OR. The Bastard didn't listen to anything that the public wanted. Of course he was reelected by Obama's vote fixing. We have to watch these crooked S.O.B.s at the polls and take out any ACORN or Black Panthers that show up
In the 2012 election, more than any previous time in our voting history, we need to have poll watchers in every polling place across the country to keep the corruption at bay. We also need picture ID's to prove voters are really who they say they are and not names off cemetery lists or illegal aliens. I've worked the elections for many years and a lot of the voters have their drivers' licenses out when they approach the desks, which means they aren't opposed to proving who they are (to not require ID's is major stupidity on the part of our government). This will likely be the most frightening and corrupt election we've ever had (IF it takes place) and I believe we can expect renewed threats by the NBP's and the SEIU condoned by the current adminstration just like in 2008. (It might be a good idea to load up on purple ink.) And most of all, we should demand that no election results be announced or considered binding until all the votes of our military personnel have been counted, no matter how long it takes! The people who fight for our country have at least an equal right for their votes to be counted as we do, and that right should never again be denied.
Show them your balls Bev.
Compromise with the devil at YOUR own Expense!!!!
We ***WILL*** remember!!!!!!
Remember what???? There ARE NO DEALS.
After many years in a large corporation as a budget analyst, I have learned a few things about how to manage a very lage budget. When our revenues did not measure up to our spending levels, higher management on the recommendations of the budget analyst were very quick to respond by "across the board" budget cuts in all departments on a shared percentage level.
It is not a hard thing to do or to understand when all departments are required to live within a reduced budget by say 10%, 15%, 20% or 25%. We had to do it many years in order to save the company. The Federal governmant can do no less if the country is to survive. The tax payer turnip has been bleeding to the point of expiring. Boehner must not bend nor compromise on this issue or the turnip will die. Force across the board budget cuts immediately. All it takes is an executive order forced by Congress and the deed is done. 'Nuff said.
These Repub deals with the Bum demonstrate what I've been saying for years. A vote for the lessor of two evils should also demonstrate my position. A vote for either party is a vote for the UN Council on Foreign Relations. The UN CFR OWNS our 2 party system and our government leaders. RINOs exist because their is a foreign power that gives them their marching orders. The Dems and GOP (Grand Old Pharts) are in fact one body serving the one world government, acting out in treason together against all of us. This is why our freedoms fade away while our government grows in power, why our currency and economy are deliberately destroyed by our government and political leaders. It really is very logical why our politicians sell us out, they are serving the one world government, the end times are really upon us, our politicians often do not have a mind of their own.
The anti-Christ is rising to power. He is not officially here yet, future events will conclusively prove who he is, but we have had ample warnings that the end times are approaching and who the anti-Christ really is. Most of you are still clueless to these facts but then the faithful believers would be few anyway.
"BOY" have you got that right, "lessor of two evils". Maybe three evils. The democratic will run over anyone that get in the way, the republican, well maybe we can work something out,. The independent they just don`t know "DUH" The people think we send the best to Washington, that a joke! After they get to Washington all they can think about is how to keep the best job they ever had or will have.
You hit the 16 penny on the head but there are still a lot of 4 pennies hanging around.
BOB,Henry Kissinger (bilderberg group member)has stated that "OVOMIT is the one their grooming to lead the ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT" so as the JESUS said "WHEN YOU SEE THESE THINGS HAPPENING (SIGNS OF HIS RETURN)LOOK UP,LIFT YOUR HEADS,FOR YOUR REDEMPTION DRAWS NIGH"!!!!!
That's another thing, we must get the UN out of the OSA, AND GET THE U.S.A. OUT OF THE UN!
That other miserable democrap FDR got us into Truman also complicit in that deal.The DEMS over the years have really shoved the shaft to the country,for example, realizing that they (DEMS) had spent all of the funds in the social security trust fund, and not wanting to pay it back, LBJ in a drunken stupor had the fund put in to the general fund. Question, AIN'T THE DEMS JUST GREAT??
Every major problem this country faces can be traced to Democratic policies.
Your 100%+ Right ON!!
But BOB, this isn't the 1930s?
Ya know, if you daily predict your death is up and coming, one day it will be true! But is that a profound revelation?
Bob, you are right about the CFR and our 2 party/1 party system. We should not vote for anyone who is a member of or affiliated with the CFR or the Trilateral Commission. The whole Congress is corrupt and working against us. That's why they all are covering up Obama's ineligibility.
The only independent that is running as a anti-CFR candidate is Andre Barnett, http://www.andrebarnett2012.com. He like other independents was a Democrat and voted for Bumma. After considerable research, he realized how screwed up and anti-God the Demmed are, so he re-registered as a independent. I like that he is a non-denominational Christian and details his faith on his website, is a social conservative and seeks to reverse the UN treaty's passed by the current/past presidents and related bills. He has a detailed plan to save our economy and dollar, pay off our debts, build closer ties to Israel, stronger military, etc. He is a US Army vet with battlefield experience and injury, background in intelligence with the FBI in Iraq & Afghanistan. He is young though but old enough to hold the office. Frankly, the next president MUST be younger with battlefield and intelligence experience when we are facing another global war.
I don't agree with him on everything but he seems the best man for the job to also boot out the UN, stick them in Jamaica with their Seabed Authority (L.O.S.T. Treaty).
One of our biggest mistakes is voting for a POLITICIAN in the White House. Politicians are expert negotiaters who tend to serve their own agenda, bring under the table skeletons (CFR deals) in with them that we pay for later, time to leave the politicians and GOP (Grand Old Pharts) in Congress.
Bob, yes, some believe we have entered into the 7-year Tribulation period. I do not know for sure, and no one can. Only God knows.
As for the CFR, the Bilderberg Group, the Trilateral Commission, yes, these are the powerful elites that have been running the show for decades.
The first elite group was the Bilderberg Group, formed back in 1953 or 1954. These people are made up of mostly the bankster, money men, along with corporate titans, military leaders and high government officials (think Sec. of the Treasury and former Economic Advisor to Obama, Larry Summers and others).
President Eisenhower, attended one of the first Bilderberg Group meetings back in the early 50s. It is my feeling that his exposure to their agenda caused him great alarm. Hence, he tried to warn the nation about these elites (not by name) during his farewell address to the nation in 1961.
The PRIVATE Federal Reserve Banking System was created by six banking elites, and a high placed administration official, during a private meeting on Jekyll Island back in 1913.
Control equals money. Those who have it, control those who do not.
Floyd Brownose is full of shit when it come to his statement that America has only meager wealth left. This is one of the richest nations in the world, and there is no limit to the additonal wealth that can be created by productive people.
The wealth IS created by productive people. Not the government who is now taking it away. Taking away the hard earned money of it's citizens and the jobs OF productivity! So, where do we go from here?
Whackajig: I see your point America is still a fairly wealthy nation, but that wealth is being systematically extracted and "exported" overseas. Middle class jobs are being lost at an alarming rate, (one major source of wealth) and the standard of living is generally decreasing. I also do not think that Floyd Brown is full of shit. If America is to survive and remain a beacon to the rest of the world, then action must be taken:
1) Reduce the budget (cut spending).
2) Reduce the national debit (pay it down).
3) Reform and simplify the tax code (flat tax, no deductions, exemptions, credits, loopholes).
4) Restore honor (a republic under God's guidance).
I agree with what you said. We must stand together and let all the Republicans know that they can be replaced. Also to get back to a balanced government we need to go to term limits 2terms is enuff, then go home, and get a job. No one
gets retirement after one term. I do not get full retirement after 4 yrs work. No one else should either.
Only WE THE PEOPLE can right the wrongs we have in America, we need to push for term limits for everyone, including Surpreme Court Judges, four year limits for everyone, no more life time appointments, the Judges should be elected by the people like everyone else, then they would uphold our constitutional rights because they do not owe the one who appoints them, no more ass kissing in Washington, we need to elect a good farmer for president who knows how to manage money, plan his appointments and follow the will of God,these city slickers are all the same, ass kissers, when we elect a person, they should do the will of the people, anyone who refuses to listen to the peoples wishes should be kicked out, I wonder if the Constitution would allow electing our congress and Senate leaders on a TRIAAL BASES, if they fail to do what is right, we kick them out, we should think about this, and as obama has no respect for our constitution or the people, we should ask him to resign,if he refuses kick his ass all the way to AFRICA where he belongs
He has forgotten who brung him to the party.
for what????? There are NO DEALS. Call his office.
Afraid not. He has paid them many times over with money, new programs, changed laws, increased welfare, Medicaid, and meaningless Federal jobs.
It would seem that Boehner and few others in the House dont have ANY BALLS they just dont have anything in them that says they know how to stand up to THE ILLEGAL MUSLIM OBAMA……………………GOD BLESS AMERICA
You have been fed a line of BULL by these two writing this article.
THERE ARE NO DEALS. Why do you suppose they are working so hard to convince you there are?
Dee you keep talking that way, Boehner gonna tear-up and cry all over you and won't that make you sad? HA
Boehner should know better than to argue with children. NO MEANS NO and it's over.
Only RINOs make such deals. Vote them out! One term is enough for anyone. Put the people back in charge.
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It may be time to play hard-ball with congress because they are very much derelict in their duty on several counts. It can be done within the confines of legallity, but if that continues to fail, the citizenry should keep the 2nd amendment option open.
DITTO,CJB,I'm COCKED,LOCKED,and READY TO ROCK!!!
On the money Floyd! One of the major problems with correcting the ills that we find in our current govt., is the fact the citizens no longer have representative govt. Neither of the two parties are listening to the citizens and as a result we have the Tea Party movement. These are the true patriots of the Republic who believe in the Constitution from which this Republic sprang. God Bless each and every one of them.
Interesting to note, not all Tea Party members are considered conservatives which is also encouraging. There are a smattering of Independents, libertarians and even a few democrats that are behind this movement. That should tell the leaders of both political parties that they are not doing a good job and are indeed straying from the fold of our Republic.
Unfortunately, there are yet not enough Tea Party members in Congress to make a difference and stop the destructive policies that threaten our Republic. They have however, made significant inroads with the GOP leadership and that has slowed the progressive effort to change our govt., into a Socialist monopoly.
Because most of the compromising has been going on behind closed doors, citizens have no idea of what is taking place and cannot therefore take part in the critical discussions that will adversely effect their lives. Political leaders are deceptive and the media is very bias, so by the time the citizens find out what is going on, it is too late.
Without adequate warnings from writers such as yourself, our citizens have very little certainty of what tomorrow will bring. They are not prepared for the financial crises which is about to consume them nor are they prepared to deal with it. Most unfortunately, neither political party is willing to take responsibility for the terrible shape that has befallen this country. Therefore the attitude of doing what is right for the country is sadly missing. Party first, country second has become the dominant factor in the destruction of our political system.
Instead of pissing and moaning here gang, write
to your congressman…I DO!!!!
Yes, great idea still need more, what is response? crafted copied statements? Record and use, but if we ever want to change we'll have to break two elite party heads. Get third party rady adn for now use independents, only change we can do for now.You'll never clean up and take back a party and you'll never get representation in DC until we get change.
Unfortunately you are correct, for I to have been involved in notifying my Congressmen as to what the most popular policy is and that they should back, but they always seem to do what their party bosses require of them, and then declare they know better than their constituents, which they are supposedly representing.
They don't take their marching orders from their constituents, we the people, they are beholding to what they consider to be a greater power…. the bankers and their cohorts, the media.
VOTE them out of office. You pay them $175,000 per year to represent YOU, not tell you what Congress wants you to do.
It is totally unfair, of course, to pant all congressman and women with the same brush (although it is for the most part correct, but there are some good ones it is just hard to see them in all the muddy water) we should consider how hard it is to maintain a correct position when many of those around them are trying to overwhelm them with their one sided opinion. However, those who do succumb to the lobbyist wishes become just as irreverent, as those who convinced them to join their group.
I suspect that lobbyists are the main cause of problems in both parties. I have been preaching that for 15 years, and no one would listen. The biggest problem, other than Obama wanting to destroy capitalism and our freedoms is the lobbyists. Furthermore, the primary reason(s) the politicians will not listen to the voters is also the lobbyist. We citizens have no one lobbying for us, but the unions and large corporations have many. Furthermore, that is one reason they pay little or no tax. The lobbyists create loop holes for the corporations. Now don't misunderstand what I'm saying, corporations do not pay taxes, that cost is passed along to the consumer in increased costs. Once that additional cost is included however, if they can decrease their exposure to taxes it goes into their bottom line. Consequently, when used in this manner with lobbyists, high taxes with lots of loop holes favors large cooperators. They have learned how to use government to their advantage with the help of lobbyists and bribery.
The congressmen and women are elected by the voters (electorate). But the large corporations and unions have the controlling influence over them via lobbyists. It is obvious why the politicians do not want to eliminate them because they provide the lions share of the campaign funds for their reelection. Politicians have learned they can buy the votes of the "apathetic" citizens if the corporations give them enough money, here again Obama is a perfect example. No one bothered to find out what he planned just that he wanted hope and change. Those folks that voted for him will be hoping for the rest of their life because the change he brought is destroying us. Politician seems to be another word for bribe! How many times do we have to ask ourselves "why aren't they listening to us?" Well the reason is quite clear if we would look.
Just term limits may not solve the problem completely, but term limits and eliminating the lobbyists should eliminate most of them. Right now it does seem it would get rid of much of the graft and corruption that exists today. This is the straight story folks, if we do not get the politicians back to listening to the people we're done as a free nation! It will not matter who we elect to replace the ones we have if the new ones are still subjected to the lobbyists influence. It is disheartening to elect these people and than find out they are crooks. But government does seem to be getting more and more corrupt each day. If we, the people do not get it stopped it will ruin the country for sure. Need a good example? The president we elected in 2008 is a compulsive liar, and he has surrounded himself, since becoming president, with other liars just like himself. A truer statement was never made than "birds of a feather flock together."
When did a mans word stop being his bond? I sincerely believe anyone who would lie to you would steal from you! It is impossible to take Obama at his word, because of his lies.
I once got a call from a staffer of Sen. Mark Udall (CO). This was in reference to a petition I signed and faxes I made to his office regarding illegal immigration. The faxes were through Numbers USA.
He started trying to question me as to where I had got certain statistics mentioned in one of the faxes, knowing full well that I wouldn't have the answers at my fingertips.
I turned the tables on him by fully admitting that the stats provided were from Numbers USA and that I had full faith in them. Then I politely but firmly proceeded to tell him my personal history with illegals growing up in Southeast Los Angeles. I also told him how I was sick and tired of being called a racist because I wanted the borders secured. I told him my Mexican-American ex-wife and her family also felt the same way, and my Father-in-law was even more pissed than I was! I told the staffer not to take it personally, but Mr. Udall and his Democratic colleagues need to stop all of the damned BS and start representing the American People, not the illegals.
As everybody can tell,this talk did a world of good! He listened and straightened everything out! And several monkeys just flew out of my Southern Orifice
And if you do, or better yet call the Washington office. You will find out THERE ARE NO DEALS.
Floyd Brown is trying to raise money for GOOH. Lately the conservative writers are passing on more lies than the Demorats.
I write also. But unfortunately, our senators are both democrats, who keep getting re-elected, because the people in the district either are not paying attention to how they vote, or they just want hand outs. They will all be sorry, when there is nothing left for anyone.
As are mine. And those who vote them in year after year have had their snouts in the public trough since they were born. And some even through the 4th and 5th generation. They will ALWAYS vote Democrat for that reason.
Or at least until the trough is no longer available. Then they might find religion. Finally.
unforgently i live in AZ McCain ,does he sleep when hes in washington at his desk. i think so.
I believe WE'RE all in contact with OUR Reps.,they just don't seem to hear us (mine does,though)maybe they'll hear our GUNS!!!!
Gordon, like most in congress I'll bet he gets a good laugh out of your letters. The only thing they want from you is more money for their re-election campaigns. Else go to your corner and hush.
I write my representitives too. Thier form replies are so gratifying. It kinda explains why I have not voted incumbant for years.
We need to start dealing with the National Socialist media in both the newspaper and airwaves. America must boycott the advertisers on the TV, radio, and newspapers. Next: We need to learn the names and locations of the Managing Editors and protest where they live and work. Their names should be printed describing what these socialist are doing to American values and freedoms?
Why do you want to use democrat tactics? Just VOTE the SOB's out of office. All of them.
Sam,it's time to take this WAR to our enemies,and turn the HEAT UP all the way!!!
I agree with everything except protesting at their homes. That is out of bounds.
Has anyone ever considered the fact that the media benefits most from a good political scrap during election time? They charge and absolute fortune for air time and paper ads and reap more income then any other time they spend reporting the news.
One of the primary reasons politicians must cater to lobbyist and corporate CEO's, is the fact that their campaign expenses run so high for commercial ads., fixed polling by media sources and endorsements. Unless you have run a political campaign you have no idea of what these bandits charge and get away with.
It would seem to me that politicians would eventually get the idea to use govt., available resources that they are now paying for such as CSpan and NPR. By granting equal time to all eligible candidates, they could get their messages out to the public without having to pay such outrageous advertising fees. Most if not all citizens, have TV, Radio and computer communications devices to listen in and observe the candidates. Since they are campaigning for govt., jobs, the govt., should foot the bill through their own communications system.
By cutting most of the campaign communications cost, candidates would not have to rely on bribe money from lobbyist and corporate bosses. They would still have PACs to defray travel expenses and fund raisers in their own districts. I believe one of the major reasons they have not changed the system, is because they can amass tremendous money in their campaign war chest and take it with them when they leave office.
2012 – throw out everyone who's been there more than 1 term….Oh. except barry.
Yes Warrior, everyone out after one term except Barry Sortore, he should be kicked out before completing his term!
There's an ex-leatherneck representative in MN that's had at least three terms and knows what loyalty, patriotism are, right from wrong and does what is right… John Kline … would be a better candidate than any the Reoublicans are touting for prez … does a weekly Pork report. Sure wouldn't toss this guy out with the dirty bath water … there must be a few more loke him too.
Minnesota is also the state that has sent two muslims to our congress.
i just read where the boner is already caven so get the vasolene ready what a joke he has turned out to be.
And you know this how? Because Floyd tells you? Well guess what, Floyd is lying to you.
Now ask Floyd why he is not being truthful….possible to raise money for GOOH?
Keep in mind the senators with power over the impeachment process are also the RINOs and CFR members that are also corrupt. We impeached Clinton, what did that get us?
The American people must know how Bachmann feels about compromising on any and all issues that affects our freedoms and our liberties as a whole. I personally do not believe in compromise at all when it comes to American policies that affect the American populace lives and rights. For example; Absolutely no compromising on any issues that affect the Bill of Rights.
Absolutely agree with you James, when compromising starts, so goes the freedom.
Seems to me that decades of compromise has compromised the American middle class into virtual non-existence. Notify the bums NOW that we intend voting them out as a foregone conclusion.
Senator Richard Lugar is a BIG RINO…vote him out!! Check him out Indiana.
Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.),
Dream Act strongest backers
Lugar is Obama's favorite Republican
As I have said before,we should demand that all meetings should be open.All votes should be voice votes.Then we will know who is causing the problems.It is time to stop listening to the "eleat" of both parties and start doing what is best for the country.
I do not understand all the talk and emphasis on "deficit reduction". Note that I did not say "debt reduction"–no one has ever mentioned that.
Speaker Boehner seemingly is ignorant as to the power of the Congress, in which the Constitution places the power of the purse. He (as Speaker of the House) should simply pass a resolution to increase the national debt, exactly sufficient to accommodate the appropriations bills presently making their way thru the House, which are reflective of the Ryan-authored budget resolution. Then, he should send it over to Dirty Harry Reid in the Senate, who would undoubtedly run to his mother, Barack Obama, who would have a decision to make–sign it or shut down government spending.
I fear that Boehner will agree to a large increase in the debt limit in exchange for Obama's vague promise to reduce spending in 10 or 12 years or so. And we all know the value of Obama's promises.
Why don't you call his office and find out what he is doing? You might sound a lot more intelligent.
There ARE NO DEALS.
No, do not increase the debt under any circumstances. That is the cut we have been looking for. They will never cut any other way!
Here is the straight skinny…………. if you have no intention of increasing our debt, you have no need for an increased debt limit.
This very morning, I heard Cantor state that congress would not pass an agreement on the debt ceiling that included ANY new taxes. Mark that down and see what happens. If it is a lie, as I expect, take note.
Key word is"NEW" taxes. Taxes will be increased in a number of ways, count on it!
Have Rep West in our negoiations Tea, then, Then say NO.
I am beginning to question the motives of those writing these articles. First and foremost, Mr. Boehner IS NOT MAKING DEALS. If you doubt that, call his office.
I have read more misinformation in the past 72 hours than I have seen in 6 months and I can only conclude it must be designed to rile people up and to raise money for conservative causes, which is fine, as long as you are being honest in your writing. This article is NOT ACCURATE.
Democrats use union tactics with their "budget" stance. They ask for many times what they want & need, so they can give away a few items & still come out ahead. Their initial pledge to cut spending was to reduce the increased amounts they wanted added each year by a small amount, telling us it would save billions. If my household budget was written out for $1,000,900 and I agreed to reduce it by $1,000,000, leaving the $900 I wanted all along, it is a scam not a savings. Unfortunately republicans have fallen for the trick and let then keep the far to high budget amounts they have been wasting if the agree to reduce the increases.
I decided to vote as an independent because I see that the GOP is no different than the Demmed. Voting for the lessor of two evils has become so evil, there is no reason to support the same Satan. Voting for either party is a vote to keep the UN in power. Even Ron Paul has to toe the party line, his agenda is curtailed by the party. If he were president, the GOP RINOs would twist his platform into their desires so a Palin vote would be no different. In fact, the CFR now teaches their running for office to not reveal their membership. The year 2010 bylaws of the CFR demands all members keep meeting details top secret, any violation no matter how small means instant expulsion. CFR has always been extremely secretive. Why do you think that is?
I refuse to vote for the UN any longer, I'm voting American. Voting for the lessor of two evils keeps the RINOs and UN in power. A majority independent vote is the only hope we have for it would have the most powerful effect on the incumbents, put the whole party on notice. Anything less is a sellout to the UN.
shall we have a constitutionalist party? a new party of like minded persons dedicated to a system of integrity? the quickest way to solving so many of the problems this nation faces is to abolish the progressive taxing leading us to a communist state. read carl marx. he gave two ways for creating the communist state: revolution and progressive taxation.
we must have a flat tax now. imagine filling out your tax form on a post card. 10% is plenty when all across the nation pay 10%. corporations with loopholes use extra money to build their businesses. ok, but if every entity paid 10%, no deductions, no loopholes, then no problem. the govt would have enough. you and i would have enough and even still we could take care of our poor and needy.
maybe, just maybe, someone will come forth and be recognized as the real leader of our free nation and champion a flat tax and direct this nation towards capitalism and freedom. so much good will come from a single stroke of the pen. one quick act for a flat tax. just imagine how it would make you feel.
if a 10% tithe is good enough for our God it should be good enough for the government.
Sounds good Niels, but without a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution, Congress could continue to spend more then it takes in. Then what happens to the flat tax? Why of course, it goes up !
Cry baby BOONER is just as big an a-hole as Polosie was MABE worse..No dought there will be a deal and BOONER will yet once again cave…….
And you know this how? There are no deals. Now why do you suppose there are those like Floyd Brown telling you there are, when there are not? Possibly to raise more money for his organization GOOH? (Get out of Our House.)
Whatever the reason, this is why you are called names like Tea Baggers….you jump at anything without bothering to find out if it is the truth.
Get real Dark Side, nobody but the KING SH*T and HAIRY come close to Pelozee.
In all deference between the two house leaders you mention, there is a big difference between the two. Pelosi could care less about what the majority of citizens want. On the other hand, Boehner has at least tried to appease his constituents. Pelosi stands her ground and Boehner does not.
If you think what he has done to the country is bad take a look at the church…Many are now CHRISLAM houses of evil…..Not to mention the effect Obama has had on the entire world… He is behind the uprisings in all the muslim lands….His plan for the future is world presidentcy as soon as muslim nations can vote him in…
Only antichrist could attain this… Corruption of America, corruption of the Christian church and ruler of the entire world not to mention the one world religion Islam happening as we spreak..
The last thing standing between the NWO and freedom are the Judeo/Christian faiths. Once those two faiths are destroyed there will be no opposition to the anti christ.
I am surprised John Boehner has fallen under the spell of BO… His life was difficult enough when he was young you would think he would recognize fantasy…
The truth is everyone that has contact with BO are changed…Many seem to lose their zest…Many become like robots obeying their masters whims… and sad to say only a few see through this man and walk away…
He is a very very evil man..WHO SPEAKS PEACE WHILE HE STEALS YOUR MONEY AND YOUR SOUL AND YOUR COUNTRY..AND YOUR FREEDOM…
Wow Ruth, you said it all….and sadly I fear you are just as right. Nothing like him! Terror reigns.
Maybe we should go easier on Speaker Boehner until he actually says he must screw the pooch on a deal with Obie.
Listen, you idiots that call yourselves the Republican Leadership in Washington DC…quit compromising!!! Did Obama compromise when cramming Obamacare down our throats? Heck no! Did he just compromise when implementing the Dream Act by Executive Order? Heck No! Any time he doesn't get his way he circumvents your authority with another Executive Order.
His arrogance is profound. His disdain for the Constitution and our three branch form of government is more than evident. His desire to destroy America is overwhelming. He needs to be stopped in his tracks…not compromised with. Get a clue, Morons. We have had enough!
Unfortunately, Speaker Boehner does not realize the power he has and that is why Witch Pelosi is seen on tv more often, because she has not given up her power and Boehner is too impressed with his paper tiger position to notice nothing has changed in Congress. We are in big trouble Keem-O-Soob-bee! The GOP is mostly filled with cowering whimps who let Witch Pelosi and her maggots whip them like the cowards they are.
HEy WHACKAJIG :: JUST WHAT DUNG HEAP HAVE YOU JUST CRAWLED OUT OF.YO SHO DUTH STINK!!
You are not going to change the system in Washington as long as 50% of Americans who can vote pay no taxes. They subsist on the government, and like it. They will continue to vote for the party that takes from the tax payer and gives to the moocher class. If you amend the Constitution to say that you MUST pay taxes to vote, The Democratic Party would be finished and Washington would have a better balance in power that could potentially be Constitutional in it's beliefs.
Have You all seen Barry Soetoro has passed the Dream Act without Congresses OK?
Barry Soetoro aka Barack Obama, did not get the Dream Act passed. He wrote it into the policies and proceedures manual for handling illegals, thereby, circumventing Congress.
Throw all those that will not do the right thing for the people of this country in prison. From the top all the way to the bottom. Let WE THE PEOPLE take over.
Columns like this are exactly what we, the American people, need not only to WAKE US UP, but to INSPIRE US to write letters, make those phone calls to DC, send those emails to friends, family and politicians giving our opinion and telling them what we want them to do. As long as we are SILENT (can't be bothered w/ civic duty; it might interupt our TV time at night…)then we are giving America away ! Silence is often taken as consent and as long as there are no objections to what is going on, then they think they have agreement from the people. If we do not make the time to perform our civic duties then we have no right to complain when we do not like the outcome. That is why Obama is in the White House now… no one was minding the store.
So, turn off the TV and start sharing your opinions/wishes with everyone you know and some you don't! If every American wrote one piece of correspondence per month, then the wishes of the people would be carried out.
Complaining without action changes nothing.
It appears that our Republican majority has forgotten why we chose to put them back in the drivers seat. Boehner seems to be driving off course and in the direction of a pile up. He had better get his head on straight or he may end up boo hooing for the last time. Call him up folks and give him a piece of your minds,, because it looks like he may be losing his.
And as to Barry bypassing Congress? Isn't that what he's been doing all along? Emperor Obama;;;fiddles around with his golf clubs while the Constitution burns. Meanwhile Congress studies the problem of Asian prostitutes and their alcoholic consumption.
Situation in Washington? All f____cked up!
Misprison of felony must be put upon congress over the forged long form BC. Last call for peaceful solution.
If the Republicans give into obama on raising the debt limit. Then it just shows there really is just one political party in Washington. The Republican party will implode on its self and be just a part of American history.
They are all part of the same club. They put a show on for us, that is all. Politicians are out for themselves and that is all. WE the People need to change the laws immediately regarding politicians. What has the new Republican Congress done. NOTHING. If they had some balls and were truely for the country, they would have arrested obama for treason. They are nothing but Rino's.
Apache6: thank God Jesus is coming soon
Amen, and he can't get here soon enough! Even so, come Lord Jesus.
It's good that we have a complaint forum by which to express our displeasure over the failure of the politicians to do anything useful towards cutting spending and balancing the budget. We need to start using our literary talents toward getting these spendthrifts in D.C. under control. Let's phone, fax, and write these reps in D.C. and let them know we won't put up with their ineptness and procrastination any longer. As Floyd Brown said in this article " we would be more than naive if we didn't fully describe the looming crisis we see in the storm clouds still gathering. The economic crisis brought to our shores courtesy of political elites both Republican and Democrat isn't over. We cannot relax yet and go back to our lives in the mistaken impression that the worst has passed. Uncle Sam is currently in intensive care, and Americans can send him either to the recovery room or the morgue." I think this says it all when we ask how severe the problems in this country are.
I am a firm believer that the Constitution limits the terms of the congress to years and not decades. They have interpreted it in their own way to assure their jobs over and over again. It is time to follow the Constitution as written, where it states how long they can hold the office. Far to many of them have made a career out of running for or holding office to the determent of the people.
They have shown us what they want to cut benefits for the citizens, let them start with their own benefits and funding first. Remove their staff, make them work for their constituents. Take away all foreign donations to the likes of the Muslim Brotherhood, and any other nation that is against us. Stop funding 22% of the UN which has placed enemies to civility in positions of power. How in the world is North Korea going to be in a position to watch over weapons. How is Iran going to be in charge of human rights when most Muslims think that a woman that has been raped needs three male witnesses to prove her claim and if not is put in jail herself for being an adulteress?
Stop supporting others until we can care for ourselves and the needs of our population. Eliminate funds to Unnecessary projects like how much booze does it take to make a monkey drunk, or the number of aids carriers in the prostitution field in Asia. There are far to many supercilious programs being funded by the tax payers.
Time to change all that instead of cutting the necessary programs for the citizens of our nation remove the funds going to other programs first and if they do not come to the budget freeze their pay all of it until they come to a balanced budget.
" the People of the United States are the rightful masters of both congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow the men who pervert the constitution." Abraham Lincoln
These things are planned well ahead of time,and its all a big show.Boner told a group of bankers months ago that they would raise the debt ceiling.No,I will not vote for any politician that puts a foreign country above America,such as Bachmann.As head of the tea party caucus,she has already told Israel to go ahead and attack Iran,if they must.Yeah,we can afford 7 or 8 wars on people that have done nothing to us.Letsjust kill everybody for them.No thank you,not in my name!
Dumbfounded, you are correct that Bachmann will lead us into more wars, perhaps even the big one that is foretold in the Bible.
However, it is not Bachmann, herself, nor the Republican leadership who is making policy here.
Rather, it is the interests of the elites, the shadow government aligned with the military-industrial complex, that continue to be served.
It is this complex that President/General Eisenhower darkly warned the nation about back in 1961.
Do an online search for "Eisenhower military-industrial complex." Watch any of the YouTube videos that show Eisenhower's address to the nation.
Then research the Bilderberg Group and understand that Eisenhower attended one of the very first meetings of this enormously powerful made up of banking, corporate, military and government elites.
Obviously, having been exposed to their agenda of control, he became alarmed and tried to warn the nation. And this concern, coming from a military man.
A warning that goes unheeded today.
Hey friends, this Mon. Pres. Obama, the UN, the UK, and Russia are meeting to discuss the Israeli/Palestinian problem. Since no one in this group tend to support Israel, be forewarned. First, pray, second have a plan B. Liberals/athiests, yes, I am cwazy, so just ignore this warning, just another day… MJB
Thanks Mike, yes we are watching this meeting very closely as I'm sure Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his cabinet are. If they side with the Palestinians then we are sunk and immediate war is soon to follow. We MUST support Israel or go over the edge as a nation. PRAY!
We need more independents running for office. I'm getting tired of both sides saying what they will do knowing damn will they really can't make promises. They are not for the people they are for themselves because they want to get re-elected and keep all the perks that go along with the Job. Obama is the worst President we have ever had
the repubs need to declare them not repulicans ,throw them out of the conservitive party-this is whats wrong with the party any way-we should be concidering an all out support of the TEA PARTY,You can't trust the likes of these people any longer (ahem) Includes John (the fence sitter)McCain!
President Obama is an evil man,sadly this is true.Preventing his reelection is job one.
we can reduce foriegn aid by 20% and then send food ,grown by are farmers , instead of money to by more weapons.that should save a ton of money for the next 3 or 4yrs. instead of 10 yr plans how about 2-4 yt plans. we can bring 40% of troops home from bosnia,korea, iraq, afganastanguam,japan and anywhere else.have them nation build here (usa)that would reduce the spending!!!!!!
Yes, absolutely I will not vote Republican as most of them are in bed like the Democrats with the Global Elitists!
I will vote for Ron Paul and Tea Party people that come from his pure line of Tea Party candidates – not the Republican Plastic Tea Party members, invented to keep the Republican RINO establishment who work for the shadow government of Corporate Oligarchs, the likes of Rockefeller, Soros, Kissinger, Gore, Bill Clinton, Hilary Clinton in tact and in position to take down America for lord Rothschild! "Plastic", Tea Party members like: Sarah Palin, Michelle Bachmann, Rick Perry ex-Campaign manager for Al Gore!
Here then are some more deals that are literally killing us!
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We are under the guise of a few men, a few men who seek to control, manipulate, deceive, brainwash, and exterminate us. They see it as a duty, and obligation they must fulfill in order to grasp control of all facets of our lives. These are… the social engineers. Eugenics programs, monetary enslavement, media monopoly men; they are threatening to bring the whole world to it's knees.
GLOBAL ELITES by HEALTH ENLIGHT
America has dramatically fallen behind on the world scale. We are now more recognized by our financial meltdowns, increase in illness, poor education, and police state than anything else. Why is this, what has happened? Or better yet, who has been doing this, and why?
We ARE the resistance, We Are the answer to their tyranny. By informing and spreading the message locally, we can achieve a lot. Stop letting these tyrants get away with so much! Put up posters where legal and lawful, peaceful resistance!
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We need to get this Muslim out of office.
He is the worse President that we have had.
We need a President that puts his emphasis on
God Bless America.
Christian, Republican, and Conserative
You all are falling into the trap of questioning those who might be on our side. We need to give support and encouragement to those we elected (republicans) in 2010. Don't be deceived by the negativity until we hear what deals are being made and why? Sure I have my doubts, but I am trying to give the Speaker of the House a chance to prove himself. The Dems still blame Bush, though we all know it is BO policy now, that are slowly destroying this country. You don't hear the Dems shouting any negativity about any of their cronies. Weiner is a good example. All you are doing is giving ammunicition to the enemy to use against us.
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Critical legal studies
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Critical legal studies was a movement in legal thought in the 1970s and 80s committed to shaping society based on a vision of human personality devoid of the hidden interests and class domination that was argued to be behind existing legal institutions.[1] Adherents of the movement sought to destabilize traditional conceptions of law and to unravel and challenge existing legal institutions. The more constructive members, such as Roberto Mangabeira Unger, sought to rebuild these institutions as an expression of human coexistence and not just a provisional truce in a brutal struggle[2] and were seen as the most powerful voices and the only way forward for the movement.[3][4][5] Unger is one of the last standing members of the movement to continue to try to develop it in new directions—namely, to make legal analysis the basis of developing institutional alternatives.[6][7]
The abbreviations "CLS" and "Crit" are sometimes used to refer to the movement and its adherents.[1]
Although the intellectual origins of the Critical Legal Studies (CLS) can be generally traced to American Legal Realism, as a distinct scholarly movement CLS fully emerged only in the late 1970s. Many first-wave American CLS scholars entered legal education, having been profoundly influenced by the experiences of the civil rights movement, women's rights movement, and the anti-war movement of the 1960s and 1970s. What started off as a critical stance towards American domestic politics eventually translated into a critical stance towards the dominant legal ideology of modern Western society. Drawing on both domestic theory and the work of European social theorists, the "crits" sought to demystify what they saw as the numerous myths at the heart of mainstream legal thought and practice.
The British critical legal studies movement started roughly at a similar time as its American counterpart. However, it centered around a number of conferences held annually, particularly the Critical Legal Conference and the National Critical Lawyers Group. There remain a number of fault lines in the community, between theory and practice, between those who look to Marxism and those who worked on Deconstruction, between those who look to explicitly political engagements and those who work in aesthetics and ethics.
Although the CLS (like most schools and movements) has not produced a single, monolithic body of thought, several common themes can be generally traced in its adherents' works. These include:
- A first theme is that contrary to the common perception, legal materials (such as statutes and case law) do not completely determine the outcome of legal disputes, or, to put it differently, the law may well impose many significant constraints on the adjudicators in the form of substantive rules, but, in the final analysis, this may often not be enough to bind them to come to a particular decision in a given particular case. Quite predictably, once made, this claim has triggered many lively debates among jurists and legal philosophers, some of which continue to this day (see further indeterminacy debate in legal theory).
- Secondly, there is the idea that all "law is politics". This means that legal decisions are a form of political decision, but not that it is impossible to tell judicial and legislative acts apart. Rather, CLS have argued that while the form may differ, both are based around the construction and maintenance of a form of social space. The argument takes aim at the positivist idea that law and politics can be entirely separated from one another. A more nuanced view has emerged more recently. This rejects the reductivism of 'all law is politics' and instead asserts that the two disciplines are mutually intertwined. There is no 'pure' law or politics, but rather the two forms work together and constantly shift between the two linguistic registers.
- A third strand of the traditional CLS school is that far more often than is usually suspected the law tends to serve the interests of the wealthy and the powerful by protecting them against the demands of the poor and the subaltern (women, ethnic minorities, the working class, indigenous peoples, the disabled, homosexuals, etc.) for greater justice. This claim is often coupled with the legal realist argument that what the law says it does and what it actually tends to do are two different things. Many laws claim to have the aim of protecting the interests of the poor and the subaltern. In reality, they often serve the interests of the power elites. This, however, does not have to be the case, claim the CLS scholars. There is nothing intrinsic to the idea of law that should make it into a vehicle of social injustice. It is just that the scale of the reform that needs to be undertaken to realize this objective is significantly greater than the mainstream legal discourse is ready to acknowledge.
- Furthermore, CLS at times claims that legal materials are inherently contradictory, i.e. the structure of the positive legal order is based on a series of binary oppositions such as, for instance, the opposition between individualism and altruism or formal realizability (i.e. preference for strict rules) and equitable flexibility (i.e. preference for broad standards).
- Finally, CLS questions law's central assumptions, one of which is the Kantian notion of the autonomous individual. The law often treats individual petitioners as having full agency vis-à-vis their opponents. They are able to make decisions based on reason that is detached from political, social, or economic constraints. CLS holds that individuals are tied to their communities, socio-economic class, gender, race, and other conditions of life such that they cease to be autonomous actors in the Kantian mode. Rather, their circumstances determine and therefore limit the choices presented to them. People are not "free"; they are instead determined in large part by social and political structures that surround them.
Increasingly, however, the traditional themes are being superseded by broader and more radical critical insights. Interventions in intellectual property law, human rights, jurisprudence, criminal law, property law, international law, etc., have proved crucial to the development of those discourses. Equally, CLS has introduced new frameworks to the legal field, such as postmodernism, queer theory, literary approaches to law, psychoanalysis, law and aesthetics, and post-colonialism.
Prominent participants in the CLS movement include Drucilla Cornell, Alan Hunt, Catharine MacKinnon, Duncan Kennedy, David Kennedy, Martti Koskenniemi, Gary Peller, Peter Fitzpatrick, Morton Horwitz, Jack Balkin, Costas Douzinas, Peter Gabel, Roberto Unger, Renata Salecl, Mark Tushnet, Louis Michael Seidman, John Strawson and Martha Fineman.
Continued influence[edit]
CLS continues as a diverse collection of schools of thought and social movements. The CLS community is an extremely broad group with clusters of critical theorists at law schools such as Harvard Law School, Georgetown University Law Center, Northeastern University, University at Buffalo, Birkbeck, University of London; University of Melbourne, University of Kent, Keele University, the University of Glasgow, the University of East London among others.
In the American legal academy its influence and prominence seems to have waned in recent years. However, offshoots of CLS, including critical race theory continue to grow in popularity. Associated schools of thought, such as contemporary feminist theory and ecofeminism and critical race theory now play a major role in contemporary legal scholarship. An impressive stream of CLS-style writings has also emerged in the last two decades in the areas of international and comparative law.
In addition, CLS has had a practical effect on legal education, as it was the inspiration and focus of Georgetown University Law Center's alternative first year curriculum, (Termed "Curriculum B", known as "Section 3" within the school). In the UK both Kent and Birkbeck have sought to draw critical legal insights into the legal curriculum, including a critical legal theory based LLM at Birkbeck's School of Law. Various research centers and institutions offer CLS-based taught and research courses in a variety of legal fields including human rights, jurisprudence, constitutional theory and criminal justice.
In New Zealand, the University of Otago Legal Issues Centre was established at the University's law faculty in 2007.
Law & Critique is one of the few UK journals that specifically identifies itself with critical legal theory. In America, The Crit is the only journal that continues to explicitly position itself as a platform for critical legal studies. However, other journals such as Law, Culture and the Humanities, Unbound: The Harvard Journal of the Legal Left, the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, The National Lawyers Guild Review, Social and Legal Studies and The Australian Feminist Law Journal all published avowedly critical legal research.
See also[edit]
- Critical management studies
- Critical race theory
- Critical theory
- International legal theory
- Judicial activism
- Law and literature
- Legal formalism
- Legal realism
- Philosophy of law
- Rule according to higher law
- ^ a b Turley, Jonathan. "Hitchhiker's Guide to CLS, Unger, and Deep Thought". Northwestern University Law Review 81 (1987): 595
- ^ Unger, Roberto Mangabeira. Passion: An Essay on Personality. New York: Free Press, 1984, p. 47
- ^ Turley, Jonathan. "Hitchhiker's Guide to CLS, Unger, and Deep Thought". Northwestern University Law Review 81 (1987): 423
- ^ Hutchinson, Allan C, and Patrick J Monahan. 1984. "The Rights Stuff: Roberto Unger and Beyond". Texas Law Review 62: 1478
- ^ Bartholomew, Amy, and Alan Hunt. 1990. "What's Wrong with Rights". Law and Inequality: A Journal of Theory and Practice 9: 1.
- ^ Unger, Roberto Mangabeira. What Should Legal Analysis Become? London ; New York: Verso, 1996.
- ^ Waldron, Jeremy. 1998. "Review: Dirty Little Secret". Columbia Law Review 98 (2) (March 1): 510–530.
Further reading[edit]
- Mark Kelman, A Guide to Critical Legal Studies, Harvard University Press, 1987
- Costas Douzinas & Adam Gearey, Critical Jurisprudence: The Political Philosophy of Justice, Hart Publishing, 2005
- Roberto Mangabeira Unger, The Critical Legal Studies Movement, Harvard University Press, 1983
- Janet E. Halley (ed.), Wendy Brown (ed.), Left Legalism/Left Critique-P, Duke University Press 2003
- Janet E. Halley "Revised version entitled "Like-Race Arguments"" in What's Left of Theory?, Routledge, 2001.
- Pierre Schlag, "Critical Legal Studies," [Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History, http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1632981]
- Richard W. Bauman, Critical legal studies : a guide to the literature, Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1996
- Richard W. Bauman, Ideology and community in the first wave of critical legal studies, Toronto [u.a.] : University of Toronto Press, 2002
- Duncan Kennedy, Legal Education and the Reproduction of Hierarchy: A Polemic Against the System: A Critical Edition, New York University Press 2004
- Duncan Kennedy, A Critique of Adjudication [fin de siecle], Harvard University Press, 1997.
- David W. Kennedy and William Fisher, eds. The Canon of American Legal Thought, Princeton University Press (2006)
- Andrew Altman, Critical Legal Studies: A Liberal Critique, Princeton University Press 1990
- John Finnis, "On the Critical Legal Studies Movement" 30 American Journal of Jurisprudence 1985
- Edwin Scott Fruehwald, "Postmodern Legal Thought and Cognitive Science," 23 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 375 (2006).
- Le Roux and Van Marle, "Critical Legal Studies" in Roeder (ed) (2004) Jurisprudence
- Eric Engle, Marxism, Liberalism, and Feminism: Leftist Legal Thought, New Delhi: Serials (2010)
- Eric Engle, Lex Naturalis, Jus Naturalis: Law as Positive Reasoning and Natural Rationality, Melbourne: Elias Clark (2010)
- Eric Heinze, The Concept of Injustice (Routledge, 2013)
External links[edit]
- Critical Lawyers Handbook
- Legal Information Institute: Critical Legal Studies
- Critical Legal Thinking
- Law & Critique
- Duncan Kennedy's Essays on CLS
- Roberto Unger's writings on law and CLS
- David W. Kennedy's writings on CLS and international law
- Marxism, Feminism, and Liberalism: Leftist Legal Thought (2010). Explores the liberal roots of Marxism and Marxist influences on the U.S. legal thought.
- Lex Naturalis, Ius Naturalis: Law as Practical Reasoning and Natural Rationality (2010). Exposé of contemporary critical legal theory.
- Martti Koskenniemi's writings on CLS and international law


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WILLISTON After three days of competition in the oil boom town of Williston, a Grand Forks woman has been crowned Miss North Dakota. Continue Reading
June 10, 2013 in The Dickinson Press
WILLISTON After three days of competition in the oil boom town of Williston, a Grand Forks woman has been crowned Miss North Dakota. Continue Reading
June 5, 2013 in The Dickinson Press
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I cant stand asian mmos and this is just another perfect example of this...man its so dumb to look at and generic.
Are asians zombies?
Humans sure are different....
I was having a blast first playing this until quests kept sending me back to the same dungeons again and again and again....then again....very repetive, but judging by the comments it seems maybe I was doing something wrong? Nobody else here complaining, but if it sent me to new areas/dungeons I would probably still be playing it, I just got too bored going to the same dungeons over and over again from level 1-15
I've been thinking about playing Mabinogi again if that game is still alive. I reached a plateau in that game. I couldn't get so and so enough experience to make the character rebirth or whatever it was. Not sure it will have the same charm it did with me when I started it sooooo long ago.
PLEASE NEXON MAKE ANOTHER MALE CHARACTER -__- This game is highly intense! nexon is always giving updates with nests and abyss runs, for anyone willing to try get the south east asia version for worldwide play, level cap there is 60. if you live in U.S, Japan have their own version but its not open to world servers.
stop playing for now n wait for kali
:3 i love this game
well.... even if i played in indonesian server
As much as I want to be a cutesy 5-year-old doll-girl, I think I will give this one a miss.
this game so old already, in korea.
Give me your Tonberry... or suffer.. something!
Is there open world exploration and combat or only in instances?
Tried this game out, couldn't get into it. :P
Deleted my comment about asian gaming communities eh...
Sad world we live in when we can't discuss these things like grownups.
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It was a nice experience aside the server issues I had back then when I started playing. I had an archer at Westwood Server. The game itself was still young and I often caught at "please wait for xxx seconds, you are being queued". Don't know if that's still a problem right now?
I'd score the game 8.5/10. Combat mechanism kicks, makes you "OOMPH!!!" when you knock enemies (as you can see from the video above). Class and skill selection makes you excel at whatever you want yourself to be, even if you're a healer, they still got extremely powerful abilities to keep themselves from high level mobs. The game truly encourages and rewards teamplay while somewhat still not forgetting solo playstyle although you'll get less from it and it feels somewhat annoying and limiting at some points.
I had to stop playing. I don't want to play too many games and I prefer Battlefield 3 for my personal online game experience instead of this. Besides I also needed to focus and prepare my portfolio for a job.
But I tell you, it was tough to stop myself from playing this game. Especially I already got several college friends playing alongside.
The graphics are a huge turn off for me.
It's available on steam for anyone that's looking to give it a shot. Wasn't my cup of tea though. I'm not to into hub world type games where everything is instanced except the cities. Otherwise it's got a pretty good combat system to it. If I remember correctly you can't customize your characters much and the classes are gender locked, which for some reason is a big no no for me lol.
3 years later ... DN is a fast action mmo not a boring static casting model like wow.
@shinspikes No, it's not open world.
@AoEKiller But the masses of people will flock like sheep to play wow. I however, will not.


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Quetoo 0.5.1November 30th, 2006 by Marv
Quetoo, a security consciences port of the Quake 2 engine thats source code was released by id Sofware, has been updated to release 0.5.1. Changes and enhancements in this release include:
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- -Refuse connections for clients stuffing xFF in userinfo strings.
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Hi all, I'm new to WDSc for iSeries and have ran into a problem. I've tried to search the web but with no luck. I work for a software company and when using 5250 we have programs to do the compile of our RPGLE programs where all sorts of stuff is going on. So when using WDSc I cannot just use the CRTRPGMOD compile program. Therefor I have tried to make my own compile command in WDSc. The compile command works fine meaning that the programs gets compiled as they should. But compared to the CRTRPGMOD I am not getting the errors in the iSeries Error List when I'm compiling using my own command and there are compile errors. My command does have the OPTION[*EVENTF] and SRCMBR[member-name] parameters and at some time the CRTRPGMOD is issued using OPTION[*EVENTF]. I can see that the errors are collected in EVFEVENT file. They are just not being shown in WDSc. Can anybody tell me what I might do wrong? Are there any guidelines I need to follow when creating my own compile command? What triggers the iSeries Error List to be built? Any help is much appreciated. Thanks! Yours sincerely, Brian Andersen Software Architect EDB Gruppen A/S
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You're probably familiar with silk screening... it's been widely used for about a century now, so this isn't really a technology that's sneaking up on anyone.
Granted, things have come along a bit since the old days -- the inks are better, durability is waaay better and we no longer have to worry about the plague. Yeah, I have no idea what that last one has to do with decoration either...
Screen printing is THE best option for large batches of decoration. If you're looking to do 75+ shirts, shorts or wizard robes (like James did a few weeks ago for his Dungeons and Dragons club of Greater DC), you won't find a better, more economical method of doing so.
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