My Political Endorsements

For those of you who know me, who live nearby, you will know what I mean. For those of you who don't live near me, there is some generally applicable advice. For those of you who aren't sure, email me.

Presidential Race

Both major parties are responsible for our current economic problem and the largest corporate welfare package in history. That alone should encourage you to vote for a third party or a write in. If everyone followed their gut rather than the Media Manipulation, neither party would get even 40% of the vote, this would be enough for them to sit up and take notice.

But if you must vote for one of the two media manipulated choices, consider this.

Do you want to vote for a party that believes two wrongs make a right? That the solution to the mortgage mess is to redirect the bail out to Acorn who had a hand in making the mortgage mess? That the solution to the last stolen election is too stuff the ballot box with illegal votes from Jive Turkey, Mickey Mouse, from dead people and children, from kids taking a break from overseas studies who have crammed in a rented house and are voting here because our Secretary of State supports the rigging of our election?

But more importantly did you know we don't have a democratic or republican candidate? The democratic candidate is a socialist who will break his candy for everyone promises or kill the economy trying to keep them. The republican candidate is a centrist, a party maverick who is disliked by his fellow Republicans for having the courage to descent from the party line. Only recently has he had the greater courage to disavow Bush. This man may not be liberal enough for you, but you will still be living in the USA if he wins, not the USSA (United Socialist States of America).

Do you believe in the distribution of wealth fairy tale? Will you still believe it when you are selected to pay for it, when you hit the glass ceiling of average and the more you work, the more you contribute to those less fortunate than you? And when you see those gaming the system at your expense will your benevolent attitudes survive or be soured? Do you seriously believe that higher corporate taxes won't be passed on to you in higher prices or lost jobs?

Do you believe that government is so efficient that they will solve all problems as their grow to consume all that you have? When this expanding government swallows up the middle class and there is only the elite (many in high government posts) and the poor, which side will you be on? Ready to bet your future on 50/50 odds? They aren't that good, it will be 10% elite, 90% poor.

Chief Probate Judge

My judge, the Honorable [SIC] Judge A.J.R. left his three hour per day working schedule at the Domestic Relations Court for greener pastures. It was getting warm there, as the media attention attracted the notice of the State Supreme Court who quickly determined that our Divorce Court was the worst in the state even when compared to similar large caseloads. Is that any wonder? Three hours a day! No one works an 8 hour day in our Divorce Court, the media investigation proved that by analyzing records from secured judicial parking. But that's just the beginning for the corruption, stay tuned as I make the rest of the story public.

Thanks to a complete monopoly on political power in our local government he easily won the primary with his famous name and is running unopposed in the general election. What can you do? Just don't vote for the crook! Oh but you'll be leaving that office blank and he will get in anyway. Yes, but the alternative is for you to endorse a crook. A person who did so much more damage then just stealing $75,000 ($121,000 x 5/8) per year, he wrecked people's lives, not just mine, lot's of honest hard working tax paying citizens. He allowed lawyers, through his inattention, to steal the life savings of the public who pays his salary and expects him to work an honest day for a generous paycheck.

Leave the selection for Chief Probate Judge blank. If he wins with 10% of the voters, it will send a message to him and to potential competitors that his time is up. Remember he will have much broader power in probate court, he can wreck your life now.

Other Judges

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Corrupt Officials

A few months ago local politics were shaken by federal dawn raids on the homes of a county commissioner and the county auditor. Just a few weeks ago we had two more dawn residential raids. There will be more.

There was a much easier way for this to be done, IF the feds had any faith in local law enforcement, but they didn't. Rather than issue a subpoena and risk a corrupt local law enforcement tip off, they did it the hard way. A raid is much less efficient. All potential evidence must be taken to prevent destruction and trucked to a warehouse, inventoried, then reviewed to find the info that could simply be gotten by subpoena.

The calculated risk that the feds predicted that our local government officials were so corrupt that they would destroy evidence because local law enforcement would tip them off is a very serious charge of obstruction of justice, the complete breakdown of their duties to the public. It is not good enough to say that most common criminals would act this way as common criminals are not eligible for elective office. This breach of trust is a crime against the electorate, a crime against the people at large. As such it takes on a special importance, demanding special action by each of us.

But what can you do, its the system? Do you really believe you are that helpless or are you just too damn lazy. Have you sent an email up the line or are do you prefer watching reality TV rather than participating in the reality of life? County officials in the ruling party first asked their own endorsed criminals to resign, they refused, so they appealed to the governor to pressure the county officials to resign. So what can you do? Add your voice to theirs!

Stand up and be heard or shut up and don't complain about the criminals screwing you. (jqism)

Will your email to the corrupt officials, their peers, the ruling party bosses, the governor, and your state legislators single handedly solve the problem? No, there is only one guarantee, that your silence will count you as a co-conspirator who gets the corrupt government that your laziness deserves. You don't even have to leave the comfort of your well worn lazy boy recliner, you can send email or scribble a letter while watching reality TV. I'm watching a very technical science program right now as I write these words on my laptop. I don't need reality TV, I have too much of that in my real life.

County Prosecutor

So why don't the feds trust local law enforcement? What does that mean? The county prosecutor is the head law enforcement of the county. He executes subpoenas against county officials and he acts as their lawyer too. Hmmm, a bit of conflict of interest. But there's more, one of the charges is bid rigging. The county prosecutor legally approved the bid rigging, he was charged with being the check and balance to the corrupt commissioner, he failed, he will be the subject of federal investigation as they process the evidence they have seized.

We are a liberal county (high concentration of poor in the urban metro center) in a conservative state. Our county government, including the judges and prosecutor are democrats. So if you are one of the many liberals in our county are you going to re-elect this co-conspirator along party lines? Or does job performance count more than party affiliation? Can we afford "liberal" law enforcement? My answer is NO! Its time for a new prosecutor who can stand up to corrupt officials.

Bid Rigging

As a person who worked nearly two decades in the public sector and had extensive involvement in bids, including being a whistle blower on a bid rigging attempt by my superior, I know something about the seriousness of this. This is a serious charge that was not applied lightly. It is a difficult charge to prove, so to get reasonable cause there must be some blatantly poor behavior.

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County Commissioner

One of our commissioner's is under Federal Investigation for various charges including bid rigging, he has refused to resign and he is not up for reelection. Only one of the other two commissioner's is up for re-election. Unlike my judge, a suburban mayor has taken the opportunity to run against the unindicted commissioner who's term is up. She is smearing him with the corruption of his fellow commissioner.

My first impression is that they are all dirty, toss them all out. But I have met this man personally, he is an outspoken person on Father's Rights. I think his work in this area, and his not being indicted by the federal investigators (to date) earns him the benefit of the doubt.

Don't vote for his opposition merely because his fellow commissioner is corrupt, vote for her only if you feel that she is qualified to move from a rich outlying suburb up to county government with all its urban problems of the poor. If you think that's a stretch for her, then compare that with the accomplishments of the incumbent. Remember, he is a relative new comer compared to his entrenched colleagues. He has voted against them. If you want to make an assumption of guilt, its his other more entrenched (yet to be indicted) commissioner that is part of the good ole boy network, not him.

Unopposed Candidates

Don't take the easy way out and ignore the races without opposition. You still have a decision to endorse the candidate with your vote or to condemn them by withholding your vote. Don't check off a box unless you know that they are worthy of your vote.

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Status: First Draft - Last Updated 10/19/08 6:40 AM