It's cases like these that are so important in our Country because the Supreme Court has again upheld the strict meaning of the U.S. Constitution. If we follow the path of some people such as Justice Stevens, we will no longer have the freedoms that the U.S. Constitution protects.

If we are to believe the minority of the court then all the crosses, Jewish stars and other such symbols of religion on the rows of white marble tombstones in all of our National Cemeteries are also un-Constitutional. These left wing haters of God and Country have no place sitting on the bench of the Supreme Court. They serve only to destroy this country from within.

Salazar v. Buono ruling

LiveLeak has this great video talking about the Taliban in Pakistan and how it grew.

If we don't take control of Pakistan for them they will lose the country to the Pakistani Taliban.

*UPDATED* I recently signed the Tax Cut Petition, www.TaxCutPetition.com, calling upon my elected officials to implement a Minnesota taxpayer's bill of rights.  I received a reponse from my MN State Representative Carlos Mariani Rosa of Saint Paul district 65B. Here is that email.

Wil:

Thank you for your email.  I appreciate your views and the opportunity to respond to them. 

As you know, Minnesota is facing the largest deficit in the history of the state: $6.4 billion over the next two years.  Unlike the federal government, we are required by our constitution to have a balanced budget.  This means we have some tough choices to make. 

No one is denying that the state provides valuable services to the people of Minnesota: even the Governor's plan pays for essential services like schools, roads, public safety, and health care. The difference between Governor Pawlenty's "No New Taxes" approach and the approach of the Minnesota House is that Governor Pawlenty's plan involves charging $1 billion to the "state credit card" and forcing cities and counties to raise their local property taxes by $600 million (by his own department's estimates).  I believe that it is irresponsible to pass the buck of paying for things we use today (police, teachers, road workers, judges, etc) onto future generations, or to force local property owners to foot the bill and then claim that he did not raise taxes. 

I believe that we as a state need to be open and honest about how we tax our citizens, and need to make taxes fair and progressive so that people are supporting their government based on their ability to pay.  While I agree that in these tough economic times, we need to be strategic in cutting costs where we can responsibly, the bottom line is that a strong, productive, and safe community cannot exist without essential services that benefit the public, both now and in the future.  I believe that we should be transparent and honest, and make sure that tax burdens do not unduly fall on the backs of those who are less-prepared to pay. 

I appreciate your email and your concerns.  I appreciate this dialogue and hope that you continue to contact me with issues that are important to you.  We might not always agree, but I take my responsibility as a state legislator seriously, and appreciate the chance to discuss these important matters openly and honestly.

Sincerely,

Carlos Mariani Rosa
MN State Representative

It seems that they know we exist and they just don't care.

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This 60 year old cartoon foretells the perils of Socialism and Communism.  It's amazing how accurate it is and how close we are coming to these as a Nation.  50 years ago the people of this Nation knew those 'isms' were bad for America, now the teachers in our schools are teaching the kids that these 'isms' are good.  The Obama-nation needs to see this and learn from this cartoon before it's too late to turn back.  We need to get our schools to quit teaching that Socialism and Communism are good.  We need to return to the virtues of a Capitalist society and economy. 

Taxed Enough Already – Tea Party
April 15th 2009

The Saint Paul, Minnesota Tea Party was a success!  It was held at the Minnesota State Capitol out front on the steps and front lawn of the Capitol building.  The Tea Party drew approximately 10,000 ***UPDATE Rally organizers claimed about 10,000 during the rally, but now have revised that down to 7,500+. However, when you add up the totals for all the rallies in the Minnesota about 11,600+ people rallied for lower taxes. *** people to  the rally and almost no gate cashers or trouble makers.  They also managed to get the local news media out to actually cover the event.  I saw Channel 5 cameras, van and helicopter.  I also saw vans for channel 9 and 11.  There was one other helicopter but I did not see the name on the side. 

They had many speakers talking about the lack of responsibility being demonstrated by our elected officials on both sides of the aisle.  One speaker was a Veteran that reminded us that the men and women who volunteer to serve in the Military and our Congressman take an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution.  The only difference is when a member of the Military takes that oath he or she signs and open check payable to the Government and the citizens of this country and when cashed it can even mean giving up their life for their country.  When a Congressman takes that oath too many times it  it is looked at as an obstacle to maintaining their power and is often scoffed or laughed at.

Lets be clear, we are not anti-tax as the Liberal news media claims. We believe in paying taxes to support Constitutionally approved services.  Paying for our Military is Constitutional yet Liberals have spent the last eight years complaining about the Constitutional spending by President Bush.  We are against the bailouts started by President Bush and continued with full gusto by Obama.  We are against most if not all the spending programs Obama is advocating. We do not want Government Health Care, mortgage bailouts for people that should never have been given a mortgage in the first place and so much more of Obama's budget.  Obama is in favor of Socialism we are in favor of Capitalism.

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