Monday, March 29, 2010

R - Jason Chaffetz - US House - 3 (i)

Name
Contact Info
Phone
Jason Chaffetz
US House - 3
Washington, DC Office
1032 Longworth HOB 
Washington, D.C. 20515 

West Jordan Office
3895 West 7800 South Suite 201 
West Jordan, UT  84088 

Provo Office
51 S University Ave Suite #318 
Provo, UT  84601 

Washington, DC
P: (202) 225-7751
F: (202) 225-5629

West Jordan
P: (801) 282-5502
F: (801) 282-6081

Provo
P: (801) 851-2500
F: (801) 851-2509
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Gary R. Herbert - Governor (i)

Name
Contact Info
Phone
Gary R. Herbert
Governor 
Utah State Capitol Complex
350 North State Street, Suite 200
PO Box 142220
Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-2220
http://www.utah.gov/governor/index.html
Wiki
801-538-1000
800-705-2464
Fax 801-538-1528
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Cherilyn Edgar - Senate



NameContact InfoPhone
Cherilyn Edgar
US Senate
P.O. Box 901839
Sandy, Utah 84090
www.eagar4senate.com
www.twitter.com/CherilynEager
www.facebook.com/cherilyn.eager
www.youtube.com/user/eager4senate
(801) 592-4245
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National Defense Abroad
  • Maintain a strong military
  • Be friendly to all, but avoid entangling alliance
On the border
  • Stop illegal immigration; enforce existing laws
  • Oppose all forms of amnesty
  • Reinforce the border patrol and complete the fence
  • Hold business owners accountable when they employee legal aliens.
  • Commit the crime, served time in US prisons under US law
  • End birthright citizenship and chain migration
  • Establish English as the official language
In our families
  • Defend states and local control of community standards
  • Defend marriage between a man and a woman and their parental rights
  • Protect the lives of the unborn and the elderly

Energy Independence
  • Dismantle the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency
  • Stop funding terrorism, drill here drill now open ANWR Alaska
  • Stop Cap and trade

Fiscal Restraint
  • Balance the budget
  • End all "off budget" spending
  • Pass transparency and earmark reform legislation
  • Repeal legislation that has put our children into if you're reversible debt
  • Repeal the 16th amendment End income and corporate tax
  • Audit the Federal Reserve and repeal the Federal Reserve Act
  • Adopt annual zero base budgeting and eliminate five-year projected budgets
  • Attached balanced-budget provisions to specific bills

Limited Government
  • Create a litmus test for legislation: "Does the bill have Constitutional standing?"
  • Abolish the Department of Education
  • Support federalism; adopt the enumerated Powers act
  • Disband federal agencies and departments that lack constitutional standing or that duplicate state functions.
  • Repeal the 17th amendment's- restore state sovereignty and senatorial accountability
  • Work with Utah Legislature to reclaim Utah land unconstitutionally taken in federal government land grabs

Free-Market
  • Stop bailing out failed businesses
  • End federal control over health care, education and energy
  • End inappropriate earmarks
  • Require contracts to go through on open, corny- free bidding process
  • Discontinue engagement with the World Trade Organization and repeal NAFTA
  • End subsidies to private companies
  • End government-guaranteed loans
  • Repeal tax breaks to enterprises that outsource American jobs to foreign markets
  • End unconstitutional government regulations

Saturday, March 27, 2010

Candidate questions

1. What is your greatest challenge?
2. Tell me about your opponent?
3. Do you think the government is doing enough for the people?
4. Where do you think we could cut back or reduce?
5. Regarding politics, there is much of the misinformation, misunderstanding, and outright lies, what you think of that?
6. How should political officials be held accountable?
7. Politicians enact laws that don't apply to them, tell us what you think of that?
8. Why are you a better choice over your opponent?
9. Many feel they are not represented, what you think of that?
10. Many people don't care for how you have represented them, what keeps you motivated?
11. Laws no longer seem to be about right or wrong but more about compromise, what do you think of that?
12. We think our greatest challenges right now?
13. Are you honest in your dealings?
14. What role does God play in your life? (if applicable) How does he help you?
15. tell me what you think of the Utah Republican platform.
16.





Don't Tread On Me! States Explore the Tenth Amendment


By Debbie Morgan, staff writer, www.TakeBackWashington.com, March 26, 2010 

Watching the debate on healthcare was like having a nightmare while living in the circus. The clowns never hear those they "entertain," yet they continue to throw nasty legislation at the public. In one of the better moments from the debate, a Representative said the bill was totally unconstitutional, as the Federal Government does not have the authority to force the public to purchase anything. In an online forum, one gentleman stated that the bill is tantamount to extortion. It is apparent that we are down to the only peaceful recourse available...Support local State Sovereignty bills; the only way to overturn the healthcare nightmare, as well as all other over-reaching federal legislation!

When the subject of the Tenth Amendment has been raised in past conversation, some have laughed and some have said, "Oh, that will never work." Since its passage, many States have tried to invoke their Tenth Amendment rights on several occasions. The largest combined effort, before now, was during the Civil War, when eleven states sought to secede from the united States. Interestingly enough, the last time people got truly fired up about their States rights was during the Roosevelt Administration's "New Deal." Why do we have such a magnificent amendment to protect the states if we are not going to use it?

The February 2008 CRS Report for Congress, after quoting the Tenth Amendment, states, "While this language would appear to represent one of the most clear examples of a federalist principle in the Constitution, it has not had a significant impact in limiting federal powers. Initially, the Supreme Court interpreted the Tenth Amendment to have substantive content, so that certain 'core' state functions would be beyond the authority of the federal government to regulate." Yet, in the past, as now, the Federal Government continues to take what it wants, expecting the states to bow down in servitude.

Shortly after that Constitutional Convention, lawmakers saw the vague language and the need to recognize the rights of the States and their citizens. The Tenth Amendment was added, along with nine other defining amendments. Federal legislators, derelict in their duties, still see the Tenth Amendment as very vague and pass laws they are not truly authorized to pass. The Preamble to the Bill of Rights expressly states it's purpose, "...the States, having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added..." Since the Federal government overlooks this, I propose that, for clarity, it would be prudent to turn to the state-level debates that ensued during the formation of the State's Rights Amendment.

The book The Complete Bill of Rights gives us a much-needed glance at the thoughts of our legislators at the time. Eight states proposed clarification for the Tenth Amendment. It is interesting that all these states were clear about not allowing the Federal Government any extra flexibility from its Constitutional boundaries. Of those, a few stand out.

From New York:
"That the Powers of the Government may be reassumed by the People, whensoever it shall become necessary to their Happiness; that every Power, Jurisdiction and right, which is not by the said Constitution clearly delegated to the Congress of the United States, or the departments of the Government thereof, remains to the People of the several States, or to their respective State Governments to whom they may have granted the same..."

From North Carolina:
"That those clauses which declare that Congress shall not exercise certain powers, be not interpreted in any manner whatsoever to extend the powers of Congress..."

From Pennsylvania:
"That the sovereignty, freedom and independency of the several states shall be retained..."
From South Carolina:
"...that no Section or paragraph of the said Constitution warrants a Construction that the states do not retain every power not expressly relinquished by them and vested in the General Government of the Union."

From Virginia:
"...That all power is naturally vested in and consequently derived from the people; that Magestrates, therefore, are their trustees and agents at all times amenable to them..."

In the upcoming film Don't Tread On Me, Constitutional Expert Dr Edwin Vieira makes a striking observation, "We-the-People do ordain and establish...Public officials didn't do that, judges didn't do that...that is a statement that We-the-People have the authority; we are the ultimate law-givers..." This statement echoes the thoughts, opinions and written words of our early State legislators, as well as many citizens of today.

James Madison, one of our Founding Fathers and chief author of our Constitution, made several defining statements about the States and government. These two stand out.

From Federalist Paper #45:
"The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the Federal Government, are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State Governments are numerous and indefinite."

In regards to state sovereignty and the compact theory:
"Our governmental system is established by compact, not between the Government of the United States and the State Governments but between the STATES AS SOVEREIGN COMMUNITIES, stipulating EACH with the OTHER..." from the Dictionary of American History

There are other references, as well. Under the subject Reserved Powers of States in the 1940 Dictionary of American History Vol. IV, it states of the Tenth Amendment that it "...securely established the United States as a Federal state composed of a central government and a number of constituent state governments each possessing powers independent of the other." It also confesses that the "Supreme Court has, by a consistent policy of broad construction, added many implied powers."

In Vol. V of the same Dictionary, the States' Rights heading conveys "states' rights has meant different things at different times" further stating that, as Jefferson envisioned State's Rights, it was a "rule of strict construction applied to the powers of the central government..."

There are more references, to be sure. It is clear by the above exactly what our legislators at the time meant by the Tenth Amendment...the individual States will, indeed, keep their sovereignty. The Federal Government will be limited from over-reaching its bounds and converting the united States in to a dictatorial government under the Federal government. I heard someone say, and it makes sense, that our Founding Fathers had just fought a war to win our country's freedom from a tyrannical government (England) so why would they "create" a government with the same agenda? Why would they "win" their freedom just to give it up, again, to a central power?

Several states are drafting legislation to assert their sovereignty. Some of the more recent laws that have driven states to seek their Tenth Amendment rights are: the USA PATRIOT Act (which treads on the 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, and 13th Amendments) and its extensions, the Real ID Act (not passing on its own, it was attached as a rider to an appropriations bill), the John Warner Defense Act (ending Posse Comitatus), the Military Commissions Act (ending Habeas Corpus), the FISA Amendment Act (ending, then redefining, privacy), the Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, the America Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and, most recently, the newly passed healthcare disaster. No one is playing favorites. The last several administrations have been guilty of treading over the rights of the states and their citizens.

Charles Key, State Representative from Oklahoma and one of the most outspoken on the State Sovereignty issue, said in an exclusive interview for Don't Tread On Me, "The whole reason we have the Second Amendment in there...is to protect ourselves against an out-of-control government, a tyrannical government, a government that is violating the rights of the citizens...violates the law." Filmmaker William Lewis says, "Throughout history, tyrants don't give up their power willingly."

So what do we do? In a March 16, 2010 Wall Street Journal/NBC Poll, fifty percent of the people said they would "replace every single member of Congress, including your own representative," while forty-seven percent said they would not. It may be time to "start kicking ass and taking names," according to film producer Gary Franchi. Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer's stand is clear, "The Federal Government says we want to be your daddy. We want to tell you how to live your life. That's where we draw the line and say, whoa, not here in Montana." It is evident that other states are drawing their proverbial "line in the sand," as well.

What will it take for people across the United States to get angry enough to stand up and take back what is rightfully theirs; rights given to them by their Creator, NOT Congress? It didn't happen when Congress passed the Federal Reserve Act way back in 1913, or any of the other encroaching pieces of legislation since. Now we have the Federal Government mandating that we, as sovereign, individual citizens, purchase government approved health care! Can we not see that with each passing of an egregious piece of legislation the people are becoming more and more enslaved? What is it going to take to make people shout, "Stop treading on me"?

Endnotes:

CRS Report for Congress, Federalism, State Sovereignty and the Constitution: Basis and Limits of Congressional Power, Kenneth R Thomas, Legislative Attorney, American Law Division, Updated February 1, 2008

The Complete Bill of Rights: The Drafts, Debates, Sources and Origins, Edited by Neil H Cogan, Oxford University Press, New York/Oxford, 1997

Dictionary of American History, James Truslow Adams, Editor in Chief, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1940, Volumes II, IV, V

For more information on the upcoming film, Don't Tread On Me, please visit
http://www.DontTreadOnMeMovie.com 

States Rights
http://www.states-rights.com/bills.aspx 

Nullification Legislation
http://www.tenthamendmentcenter.com/nullification/health-care/ 

13 attorneys general sue over health care overhaul
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/top/all/6926807.html 

Governors Rise Up Against Federal Takeover of Health Care
http://gopleader.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=176816

Wall Street Journal/NBC Poll: Throw Them All Out
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2010/03/16/wsjnbc-news-poll-throw-em-all-out 

Oklahoma to feds: Don't tread on me
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=67229
 

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Friday, March 26, 2010

Making Sense of Heath Care Bill

Now, let me get this straight...
We're trying to pass a health care plan:
written by a committee whose chairman says he doesn't understand it,
passed by a Congress that hasn't read it but exempts themselves from it,
to be signed by a president who also hasn't read it (and who smokes),
with funding administered by a treasury chief who didn't pay his taxes,
with all to be overseen by a surgeon general who is obese,
and the whole thing to be financed by a country that's broke.
What could possibly go wrong????

Email to Mike Lee

Hello everyone,
I just wanted to share an email I sent Mike Lee today. I will keep you all posted if he responds. Thanks!!


This letter is addressed directly to Mike Lee.

Dear Mr. Lee,
My name is Jennie Larsen, I am a 36 yr old mother of 3 from Payson UT. I've lived in Utah my entire life and been brought up by my parents teaching of the importance of the constitution, the importance of fighting to maintian our individual rights bestowed on us by GOD and protected by law. I am a very active member of our community serving on the community council, PTA President, Business Owner, Realtor, and more. I was just recently voted in as a state delegate for district 67. There was an across the board sentiment at our caucus (which by the way had a GREAT turn out) that "WE THE PEOPLE" are completely and TOTALLY FED UP! Your name was brought up on numerous occasions as someone who could possibly beat Bob Bennet. Well as great as that sounds, I don't want to cast a vote for you because you can possibly replace Senator Bennet, I want to vote for someone who will truly FIGHT RELENTLESSLY to help restore our constitutional rights. I Have visited your website, read countless hours on you and others running and you all have a very conservative message, but so did President Bush and every President and Republican representative as far back and I can recall. Simply stated, we THE PEOPLE have lost faith in words. Words are spoken to win votes. We need to know that whomever is going to represent us is going to do it with absolute unwavering conviction to stand up and send a message to Washington that we will no longer allow our constitution fall by the waist-side while our government power grows to endless bounds, our country falls into a world and social government and we are left to feel that it is in our best interest to follow blindly with ENDLESS attacks on our personal freedoms or a terrorist might jump out of the shadows. Truth is, the biggest threat to our country is our OWN GOVERNMENT and it HAS TO STOP!
With that, I would like to extend and invitation to my home to meet one on one with the people who are putting their faith in your words. I am asking you to attend a cottage meeting at your convenience. I am asking you to show us before we vote that you are worth our trust that you have the fight in you that it is going to take to bring about these changes. Please feel free to contact me anytime.

Warmest Regards,
Jennie Larsen
801-361-0422
State Delegate District 67

5000 Year Leap

After our meeting last night a comment was made that when it comes to politics, there are a lot of misunderstands. There is a lot of mis-information and then there are our right lies.

The only way to not become confused is to educate yourself. It's time to learn the truth about American history and this is a great place to start.If we don't understand we can expect to be deceived by our ignorance.

Thursday, March 25, 2010

We're Off!

We want to thank everyone for your nomination and support. We have just received our first training and all but one of your representatives were able to attend. As you can see we quickly put together a blog and we hope to full it with wonderful information. I'm realizing that I have a lot to learn.

Tonight we learned that the candidates for the Utah Senate will be meeting in Nephi  tomorrow, (see events) and we encourage you to attend if you can. We also hope to arrange similar events in our community. Here we go!