Beyond The Broken Spectrum

I wanted to get a video of this song done by Clay Walker but was unable to find one. However this one will suffice, as the message here is what really counts.

Former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson, known for vetoing over 750 bills, decreasing the size of and improving the efficiency of the state government of New Mexico while promoting freedom of choice in all aspects of life, is seen here speaking at the 2010 CPAC.

Gary Johnson is a fiscally conservative, social liberty politician seeking the presidency in 2012.

Ron Paul delivers an address on the state of our republic. Notice how his address is straight forward, filled with facts and examples, and does not pander to people’s emotions. Compare this to President Obama’s State of the Union address, which will lay blame everywhere except at the feet of the government or federal reserve and will try to play on the emotions of people without citing any real facts or examples.

Think long and hard about the meanings of this song.

On Thursday, January the 14th, three candidates hoping to gain the Republican nomination for Texas governor took the stage to debate one another in front of a live audience, with it all being televised all around the state. These three candidates consisted of Texas governor Rick Perry, U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson, and the outsider, Wharton County Republican Party chair Debra Medina.

It was a relatively “normal” debate for the establishment candidates, Perry and Hutchinson. They danced around the questions all night and fired back and forth at one another, wasting time and “bickering” as Medina rightly put it. Through all of their banter, they largely tried to marginalize Medina by ignoring her and talking through their allotted time. Perry couldn’t answer simple questions about jobs or the Texas economy, nor was he able to repent for his attempted landgrabs from Texas property owners. Hutchinson was also unable to answer simple questions about the Texas economy, floundered in her attempts to justify her support of the massive federal intervention and bailouts while trying to say that she was against them, and seemed like she might have a seizure if pressed any further about her stance on Roe v. Wade. At least Medina brought up the fact that by decreasing the size of our government, it will make the citizens more prosperous by not taking as much of their money, which will help stimulate the economy. (more…)

The Rev. Pat Robertson turned heads with his appearance on The 700 Club on Wednesday when he blamed Haitian history for Tuesday’s devastating earthquake. In short, Robertson claimed that the quake was divine retribution for a pact with the devil that was sworn long ago, a statement he was audacious enough to make while the 800 number for disaster relief scrolled at the bottom of the broadcast. Here’s the clip:

Sticking it in his mouth wasn’t the right thing to do, and that is stupidity on his part. I don’t blame him though, as the government sought to punish him for committing a victimless crime. I blame the politicians enforcing prohibition for this man’s death. I also blame the police for failing to act properly here, as they taser him while he is struggling for air and clearly not a threat to anyone, and then improperly do the heimlich maneuver on him.

End the war on drugs, too many people have died due to morality laws, both innocent citizens and police alike.

Vote Gary Johnson for President in ‘12

If only the US were like this. I don’t necessarily agree with the mandatory training and arming though. However I need more information before making a good speculation on the subject.

At last, we have a politician doing their job.

GARLAND, Texas — Tim Timmons is not your average pot smoker.

The former risk management consultant, college professor and stand-out athlete has never considered himself a hippy or a pothead.

Even so, Timmons has been smoking marijuana nearly every day for the past six years. He doesn’t smoke to get high. According to him, he’s just taking his medicine.

Timmons is slowly wasting away from Multiple Sclerosis, a painful disease that attacks the nervous system.

“I would be considered in one of the final stages of the disease right now,” Timmons said.

Diagnosed 22 years ago, the former football player and bull rider is now confined to a wheel chair. He is paralyzed from the waist down and no longer has control over his bladder or bowels. Timmons relies on his wife to help him go to the bathroom, take a bath and get in and out of bed.

In addition to losing control of his muscles, Timmons must also live with a great deal of pain and frequent muscle spasms. Read the story at KSAT

Surveillance video released in an assault case against a King County, Wash. sheriff’s deputy shows him kicking a young girl, slamming her to the jail cell floor and striking her repeatedly. The deputy has pleaded not guilty.

Quote: “I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home. We will bring an end to this war. You can take that to the bank.”

President Obama to announce 30-35,000 troop increase in Afghanistan.