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New Jersey Bipartisan Screw Up

03 Nov

“New Jersey became the state with the worst-funded public pension system in the U.S. in 2015, followed closely by Kentucky and Illinois.”

Source: New Jersey Tops Illinois as State With Worst-Off Pension System

 
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Posted in Democrats, New Jersey, Politicians, Republicans, State government

 

Don’t be surprised if House Speaker Ryan and other GOP bigwigs are speaking with Hillary and/or her people about a Clinton administration.  

11 Oct

What is the saying about not counting your chickens before they are hatched?  Are GOP insiders coordinating with he Clinton campaign  to sabotage  Donald? 

Source: Who Leaked the Trump Tape?

 
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Posted in Corruption, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Politicians, Presidential campaign, Republicans

 

Is “democracy” a sham? 

31 Aug

Source: The Rutherford Institute :: The Election Has Been Hacked: The Dismal Reality of Having No Real Electoral Choices

 
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Posted in Corruption, Democrats, Presidential campaign, Republicans

 

Paul and Paul on the alt-right

30 Aug

 

“Politics may make some strange bedfellows, but none stranger than Hillary Clinton and the left-wing ‘conservatives’ who prefer her to Donald Trump.”

Source: Donald Trump and ‘the alternative right’: It’s a better alternative than the neocons | Mulshine

 
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Posted in Democrats, Donald Trump, Foreign policy, Hillary Clinton, Middle East, Neocons, Republicans, Warfare state

 

Tax cuts are good, replenishing the TTF is good and spending cuts are good

26 Jul

Tax cuts do not have to be “paid for.”  All tax cuts are good because they are steps toward economic freedom–and with economic freedom comes greater prosperity. Gov. Christie is not showing any leadership.  Why he is obsessed with a sales tax cut is incomprehensible.  Eventually, all taxes should be cut.  In the meantime, there is a proposal on the table that reduces several onerous taxes.  Get on board governor.

“In another great example of how things work in Trenton, it’s time for legislators to act on the only thing that remotely makes sense and override Christie.”

Source: Least bad option is only real choice now on gas tax battle | Moran

 
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Posted in Chris Christie, Democrats, Gas tax, Infrastructure, Leadership, New Jersey, Politics, Republicans, State government

 

Excellent roundup of what happened in Cleveland

22 Jul

The Trumps are left leaning middle-of-the roaders.  One of Trump’s ideas that is resonating with some libertarians is his skepticism of foreign intervention.

Source: Target Liberty: Crazed Neocons Aren’t Always Wrong….

 
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Posted in Constitution, Crony capitalism, Donald Trump, Economy, Foreign policy, Political parties, Politicians, Politics, Regulations, Republicans, Warfare state, Welfare state

 

Trump needs a basic lesson in Economics

21 Jul

Source: EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Trump Embarrasses Himself Again on Trade Deficit Talk

 
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Posted in Crony capitalism, Donald Trump, Economy, Foreign policy, Free markets, Politicians, Politics, Presidential campaign, Republicans

 

Cruz, the Bushes and the content of their character

21 Jul

Revealing portrait of petulant pols. 

Source: A Contrast in Character

 
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Posted in Corruption, Donald Trump, Leadership, Politicians, Politics, Presidential campaign, Republicans

 

Tom Woods and I discuss the GOP convention

21 Jul

A great website…including hundreds of podcast with top analysts dissecting the welfare-warfare state.

“What’s going on at the Republican Convention, and in the 2016 race? What should we think of Trump and the Giuliani/Christie convention? And what’s likely to…”

Source: Ep. 698 A Libertarian Look at the Republican Convention 2016 | Tom Woods

 
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Posted in Constitution, Crony capitalism, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Libertarian Party, Presidential campaign, Republicans, Warfare state, Welfare state

 

Ted Cruz:  What class guy!

21 Jul

Ted Cruz ended his political career last night. Four years ago Ron Paul  was not invited to speak at the GOP convention.  Classless Mitt showed he lacked self confidence.   Ron did not endorse Mitt Romney, because the GOP nominee is a Big Government Republican.    Ron held a rally for his supporters down the street from the convention instead.  Trump showed class by inviting Cruz to speak.  When Trump was informed Cruz was not going to endorse him, Trump shrugged it off.   Whatever you think of Trump, he is supremely self-confident–a trait the American people admire.  

“Ted Cruz failed to endorse Donald Trump in his speech to the Republican National Convention, telling Americans to “vote your conscience.”

Source: Ted Cruz Booed as He Tells Republicans: ‘Vote Your Conscience’

 
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Posted in Donald Trump, Leadership, Politicians, Politics, Presidential campaign, Republicans

 

Plagiarize and You Can Become Vice President of the United States ⋆ The Constitution

20 Jul

The media have short and selective memories.  

“Joe Biden had his own plagiarism problems, but that did no stop him from being the Vice-President of the United States.”

Source: Plagiarize and You Can Become Vice President of the United States ⋆ The Constitution

 
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Posted in Democrats, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Republicans

 

GOP convention begins…

19 Jul

and Robert Wenzel tells it like it is…a beating of the war drums.  I heard Sen. Jodi Ernst speak, and it was clear why Trump did not choose her as the VP.  She is a terrible speaker. 

Source: Target Liberty: Republican Convention Night One: Insanity

 

New Jersey pols, their consultants and the Turkey connection

19 Jul

Yes, and a top Menendez advisor and a top Christie advisor too.  What are the people who guide the political lives of the state’s top elected officials doing in a firm that works for an Islamist strongman like President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey? Once upon a time, there were campaign managers who came up through the ranks alongside the politicians whose careers they helped to manage.

In Great Britain, they call them election “agents” and this is how they once operated in this country too — wedded to the ups and downs of a particular political personality, often finding a job in the bureaucracy in between campaigns.  From these manager/agents came the first campaign consultants.  Regional or statewide at first, but with the centralizing power of the national committees and national money there soon came to be the “national” consultant — recommended by one of the party committees or put in place by them.

We recall a list, circa 1994, that the NRCC (National Republican Congressional Committee) gave out, with the names of those “recommended” media consultants and pollsters on it. There were about a dozen names in all. But as more money washed into DC and was funneled into campaigns, that changed.  Consultants proliferated and firms became larger.  Following the money, a few either merged with or morphed into public relations and lobbying (government relations) operations.  Why not?

Corporations paid big for access to politicians and there is nobody politicians love more than the person who got them elected. It was only a matter of time that things went global.  And that is how three New Jersey political operatives became members of an international firm representing the interests of the Turkish government.  This firm itself is a subsidiary of an even larger international firm that handles the image-making  for Russian President Vladimir Putin, receiving credit for, among other accomplishments, getting Putin’s face on the cover of Time magazine — as the “Person of the Year” for 2007. The three are Mo Butler, United States Senator Cory Booker’s campaign consultant, former chief of staff, and “longtime advisor”; Michael Soliman, United States Senator and former Chairman of the Senate Committee of Foreign Relations Robert Menendez’s political advisor and former State Director; and Michael DuHaime, Governor Chris Christie’s campaign consultant and someone who has worked on several Republican presidential campaigns.  Two Democrats and a Republican. Their firm is called Mercury Public Affairs.

Began in 1999 as a decidedly Republican shop with connections to the RNC and politicians like John McCain and Mitt Romney, around 2013 it embarked on a mission to “diversify” — meaning making the firm “more bipartisan and full-service.”  Mike DuHaime joined the firm in 2009, first as a “managing director” but swiftly rising to partner.  Michael Soliman joined Mercury in 2013 and became a partner this year.  Mo Butler joined as a “managing director” earlier this year.  Mercury Public Affairs has 10 partners and 160 employees.  Omnicom purchased Mercury in 2003. Mercury Public Affairs has 18 offices worldwide — including London; Mexico City; Washington, DC; New York; and Westfield, New Jersey.  The New Jersey offices (a satellite operates out of Trenton) of Mercury are the haunt of Messrs. DuHaime, Soliman, Butler, and other connected operatives like “seasoned lobbyist” Connor  Fennessy, newspaperman Darryl Isherwood (former top political reporter for the Star-Ledger and editor of PolitickerNJ), and “Christie campaign vet” Mark Mowers.  Mowers, who testified before the Legislature’s BridgeGate inquiry, has recently joined the Trump campaign.

In January 2015, Michael Soliman registered with the United States Justice Department, pursuant to the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as a person representing the Embassy of the State of Qatar.  You must have read about Qatar in the news…Amnesty International has accused Qatar of being complicit in human trafficking and modern-day slavery.  Yes, slavery.  In fact, in March of this year, the United Nations gave Qatar one year “to end migrant worker slavery” or face an international investigation.  Qatar is just one of freedom’s garden spots represented by Mercury.  Remember the controversy in Uganda, when the President of that country decided that homosexuality was a crime that should be punishable by death?  Well, the law he wanted passed was “moderated” in December 2013, substituting life imprisonment for the death penalty.   In 2015, Mercury was brought on to provide public relations, lobbying, and media monitoring services with regards to the Office of the President and the Ugandan government

Source: Top Booker advisor’s firm guides Turkish authoritarian

 
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Posted in Crony capitalism, Democrats, Foreign policy, Middle East, New Jersey, Politicians, Politics, Republicans

 

Debunking Washington’s Big Lie

17 Jul

The federal government needs a foreign foe to take the people’s minds off the rotten domestic polices, maintain and build up the military-industrial comple  and do the bidding of our so-called allies. 

“By Jeff Faux at the Nation Where are you from?” the elderly man asked politely, as my wife and I strolled through his small Iranian village in early May. “America,” I answered. “Wonderful,” he said…”

Source: Debunking Washington’s Big Lie—–Why Iran Is Not Our Enemy | David Stockman’s Contra Corner

 

Trump blows it by picking Pence

17 Jul

“Donald Trump has done his country great service by simply telling the truth, tearing a few holes in the great fabric of lies that makes up American public discourse. The American people have responded to his boldness and independence.”

Source: Oh, Donald, Say It Ain’t So | Chronicles Magazine

 
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Posted in Donald Trump, Leadership, Political parties, Politicians, Politics, Presidential campaign, Republicans