THE TENTH AMENDMENT

This presidential election is one of the most frightening I can remember. The only candidate out there who has shown me anything positive at all is Mike Huckabee, and that’s primarily because of his promotion of the FairTax. No … I’m not going to go on a FairTax rant here … I’m just pleased that at least one candidate is not afraid to buck the tax establishment in Washington. The other candidates? Clearly they’re running scared.

Right now the Republican front-runner seems to be John McCain. Here is a man who promoted the idea of amnesty for illegals; has no appreciation whatsoever for the concept of free speech; voted against the Bush tax cuts, and got in the way of Republican attempts to restore our Constitution by ending filibusters on judicial appointments. Now how exciting is THAT?

Yesterday I mentioned an idea that I first presented in my book “Somebody’s Gotta Say It.” The idea is a Tenth Amendment Commission.

First … let’s take a look at the 10th Amendment:

“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”

Now is there anyone out there who thinks that our Imperial Federal Government is actually paying any attention to this amendment? This amendment clearly states that the feds can only exercise powers that are delegated to them by the Constitution. Where in the Constitution does it say that the federal government is responsible for educating our kids? Where does it say that the federal government has the power to seize money from the person who earned it and then hand that money over to an artist with no marketable artistic skills?

So .. why not a commission? Just appoint a panel of federally and locally elected officials, sprinkle in some private citizens, and let them come up with some suggestions on how political power can be restored to the local level? That’s certainly what our founding fathers intended … so why not give it another shot?

What do you think would happen to the presidential candidate who presented this idea to the voters?

THE WARMING CULT

Global warming “activists” are not ashamed to tell you how to live your life. But when it comes to their own lives, it must be “do as I say, not as I do.” A recent report out of Great Britain shows that the most environmentally conscious people are also the biggest polluters. Imagine that, OwlGore! This shouldn’t be all that grand a surprise for you. These people aren’t out there to save our planet, they’re out there to make our planet unsafe for capitalism.

People who claim they are “green” or “climate conscious” or whatever the euphemism is this week … these people have the biggest carbon footprints because they are more likely to fly abroad or drive cars. These enviro-whackos are 7% more likely than the general Joe Sixpack to take flights and 4% more likely to own a car.

Yes this study was conducted in Great Britain but similar trends were found in France and in the United States. The recent UN conference in Bali is a prime example of this environmental hypocrisy. Some of the delegates brought carbon offsets to compensate for their travels. Well isn’t that special. Most didn’t. And if they did, what does that even mean? Three trees are planted somewhere in Asia? What about the cost of cooling the conference center in Bali, producing toxins far more damaging to the environment? But just remember, the environmental movement is not about the environment. Just like universal healthcare is not for your health. All of these schemes are redistribution plans that ultimately give more power to the government and politicians.

SEIZING YOUR ORGANS … PART DEUX

Yesterday I told you about the plan being hatched by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. He wants the government health service to be allowed to seize the organs from a dead Brit unless that person has signed a card saying that he doesn’t want his organs taken for transplant. The presumption here is that the government owns you … and your organs … and you have to take a proactive step to get the government to leave them alone after you go tango uniform.

Let’s see … I’m coming up with a new plan here. There are a lot of people out there who don’t have enough stuff. Maybe we need a law in this country that would allow people to scan the obits. As soon as they see that someone has died they can rush to their home and take anything of value they want. If you don’t want people taking your stuff after you die you’ll have to post a sign saying so on your front door.

Remember .. in Britain, as in the United States .. the trend is for the government to exercise its ownership rights over you. You, and everything you produce, belongs to government. You get to keep enough to keep you complacent.

Complacent Americans. There’s a concept.

MCCAIN GOT THIS ONE RIGHT

John McCain told voters in Michigan that their manufacturing jobs weren’t coming back. He’s right. Deal with it. People who are sitting around waiting for manufacturing jobs to come back to the United States, let alone Michigan, are deluding themselves. Learn another trade. Get some education. Stop whining about something that is never again going to be and get out there and do something for yourself and your future. Stop leaning on government. Who owns you, anyway?

BEST NEWS OF THE DAY

Officials in Mexicans border towns are preparing for an influx of repatriated Mexicans from the United States. These illegal immigrants are returning from whence they came because of news employer sanction laws in Arizona. Officials in San Luis Rio Colorado, Mexico are asking the Mexican federal government for money to establish a city-run assistance center for repatriated immigrants. And guess what? San Luis Rio Colorado happens to be right across the border from San Luis, Arizona. That’s right. A new law goes into effect for Arizona businesses employing illegal aliens and look what happens. They pack their bags, don thier sombreros and it’s back home they go. Self deport! Isn’t that just great?

Unfortunately, for every story like this, there are five more about sanctuary cities and accommodations for illegal immigrants in the US. In Maryland for example, the governor wants to issue a two-tiered driver’s license system; one of these licenses would be for illegal immigrants. The license couldn’t be used to board airplanes, enter federal buildings or cross borders … but it would still be a form of legal state identification.

2ND AMENDMENT UPDATE

The Bush administration’s chief lawyer before the Supreme Court filed a brief in the battle over the legality of the DC ban of handguns in homes. “Since ‘unrestricted’ private ownership of guns clearly threatens public safety, the 2nd Amendment can be interpreted to allow a variety of gun restrictions,” according to the Bush administration. Paul Clement suggested that gun rights are limited and subject to “reasonable regulation.” According to Clement, all federal limits on guns should be upheld.

What a shame. Thank you, George Bush, for yet another sterling defense of our Constitution. If this is any indication of how the Supreme Court may rule, we can at least hope that the DC handgun laws are said to have gone too far.

Meanwhile in San Francisco, a ban on handguns could be overturned. A state appeals court ruled that local governments have no authority (under California law) to prevent people from owning handguns.

TO PROTECT THE CHILDREN

Last week there was a story about an 11-year-old girl in Baltimore that claimed she was assaulted in a restroom at her government school. Well now it turns out that the sixth-grade girl at Perry Hall Middle School was lying.

I’ll let you get over your shock … then we’ll continue.

Ready? OK … It seems that the girl was not harmed or assaulted. The girl told police that the attacker was a construction worker employed on a renovation project at the government school.

So what is the logical solution to this allegation? You would think that after they found out the girl is a liar they would punish her and then resume normal behavior. Well … remember. This is a government school. There is no normal behavior.

She lied .. so what? After all, a construction worker could attack a little girl, couldn’t he? So the school puts extreme precautions into place. Children are to travel down the hallway in pairs. More teachers will man the hallways between classes – that is until the teacher’s unions demand more money for this extra request. And more police were stationed at the school. Just remember that in the real world, the government requests that you travel in pairs and be surrounded by government bureaucrats in order to ensure your safety … so that nothing bad happens.

But it gets worse. As for the construction workers on site? Construction workers are not further restricted from areas where children might be. Yes, you heard it right. Because at government schools they want to teach you that government will always protect you from the “evil” in the world. Some parents are now asking that renovation only to happen during weekends, holidays and summer … so that their precious little angels aren’t exposed to the construction workers. One mom says, "The school system should not allow contract workers or outside sources during school hours … Even if a school is a good school, bad things can happen. Instead of waiting for something to really happen, they should make some changes." Oh and the construction company had to create a separate entrance for workers to enter the work zone. Any workers who do not use this regulated door will be barred from the project.

All of this because an 11-year-old girl lied.

HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION

How many of you have heard of Ezra Levant? If you read a lot of blogs, this story is old by now. But if you rely on the lamestream media for your news, then you are probably at a loss. Ezra Levant was the publisher for Western Standard magazine in Canada. Two years ago, Ezra decided to publish the “blasphemous” Danish cartoons of Mohammed. As soon as the cartoons showed up here comes Muslim leader Syed B. Soharwardy to file a “human rights” complaint against Ezra. There we go with that “human rights” thing again. Apparently one of those human rights is not to have a cartoon you don’t particularly like published in the free press. Before we continue you should know something about Syed B. Soharwardy. He has called for Canada to be ruled by sharia law. Apparently that wouldn’t violate anyone’s “human rights.” If Soharwady were to cross the border southbound he would find a welcome home on the staff of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. If you’re a little stopped up, perhaps reading some of this weird-beard’s writings might help. You can take a look here at his views immediately following September 11th … Muslims were the true victims (by the way).

Back to the taxpayer-funded Alberta Human Right Commission. They are now interrogating Ezra for the political crime of publishing the cartoons because “it made life more dangerous for Muslims.” The commission wants to know his intent in publishing them … his intent? In Canada you only have freedom of the press if your “intent” is pure? Man, these Canadians really have this freedom thing all figured out, don’t they? You see, if Ezra intended to cause violence then what he did is illegal. That is called something … let me think of the words … oh yeah, thought crimes. This Canadian commission needs to get off of its moral high horse and quit bending to the requests of a hateful religion. A religion that will kill people over a cartoon or a teddy bear or a head scarf. Freedom of speech, even freedom of thought, is being threatened at the hands of those that are willing to bend to political correctness.

AIRPLANE ON A CONVEYOR!

Toward the end of the month the TV show “Mythbusters” is going to handle the question of the airplane on the conveyor belt. The question is simple. If you put an airplane at the end of a 3000-foot long 50-foot wide conveyor belt, and if the conveyor belt runs backwards as the airplane is trying to take off, will the airplane ever make it into the air?

The answer is yes. STOP RIGHT NOW! NO EMAILS! The airplane will take off no matter how fast that conveyor belt turns. Those of you who have been calling me everything but a Child of God because I think that the airplane is going to take off are going to be mightily embarrassed.

Why bring this up? Because finally I get an email from someone who seems to know what they’re talking about. Here you go:

You got it right, Tim. Congratulations.

WAITING FOR CYNTHIA TUCKER’S CORRECTION

Yesterday I delivered a stunning smack-down to Cynthia Tucker and her mindless assertion that there is a Constitutional right to vote in a federal election. I didn’t read the entire Atlanta Journal-Constitution this morning … so I can’t say for sure that her retraction and apology isn’t there. Help me out. When she corrects herself, let me know.

UH OH … NOW WE’RE ALL NAZIS

You will remember that yesterday I asked you, my loyal listeners, to vote in a poll being conducted by a whiny left-wing website. They were trying to come up with the most outrageous quote of the year, and one of the slections was a statement I made on Hannity & Colmes about teacher’s unions being more dangerous to the long-term future of this country than Al Qaeda. (A quote, by the way, that I’m quite proud of.)

Well .. it seems that too many of you voted in the poll yesterday to suit the left-wing website. I now have 88% of the vote. This morning they really have their paisley thongs in a wad. Apparently it’s a bad thing to ask people to vote for you; unless, that is, you’re a left-wing political candidate.

So, how do the brilliant left-wing minds behind this website react? They’re liberals, how do you think they react? They start yammering about Nazis and such. Today, as they cried into their granola, they said that my listeners were “goosesteppers” and “rabid.”

You always know you’ve really cornered a mindless liberal when they start throwing around the Nazi thing.

Mission accomplished.

READING ASSIGNMENTS

Candidates thank Neal for his support.

Hillary Clinton was not greeted too warmly at the Martin Luther King Jr. event she attended yesterday. Pity. They almost have me feeling sorry for her. Not quite, but almost.

Bobby Jindal was sworn in as governor of Louisiana yesterday. Democrats across the country must be seething ... a non-white male running a southern state – as a Republican? Imagine that!

Rudy Giuliani may be waiting in the sidelines for the Florida primary, but polls are showing the top four Republicans to be in a statistical tie down there in the land of no offshore drilling.

McCain wasn’t too popular in Michigan the day before their primary. He was booed (almost off the stage) at an event with the AFL-CIO for his position on illegal immigration.

Just in case you missed the memo, the West abuses women while Islam honors them … at least according to Iran’s ayatollah. In other news, Jeffry Dahmer s a gourmet.

The Army Corps of Engineers has decided that it needs to clear trees, shrubs and fences off of 180 residential and commercial properties … so it is going to pick up the tab of $7.7 million. Mexicans! Just go get some of those illegals hiding in the shadows and give them some weed eaters and rakes! A few bucks and a stop for coffee before the work begins should take care of it.

The governor of Washington State has proposed legislation that would require generators of greenhouse gases to report their emissions to the government. How are all of those cows going to file all those reports?

Global warming? Three weeks into winter and Washington State is already $3 million over its budget for snow removal.

In Great Britain they want to make more room in their jails. So they’ve decided to implant “machine-readable” microchips under the skin of thousands of offenders. How does this make more room in the jails?

How much money did this county spend … to study the effect of dog poop?

No Olympic gold for Oscar Pistorius. The International Association of Athletic Federations decided that he is ineligible to compete in the Olympic in Beijing … because he has prosthetic racing legs and it would give him an advantage.

Our brains are programmed to enjoy more expensive wine … just because it costs more.

I bet you've never seen funbags like this!

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