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Comment by J.R. on April 29, 2011 at 11:55am

Well, all those legislators need to remember who sent them there to do the people's business.  We, the people, can also vote them out if they don't do what they promised us they would do in office. It really concerns me when I see indications of Republican legislators not choosing viable options to cut spending in many areas that could be cut.  And, I really worry when they start becoming wimps on voting against collective bargaining for labor unions that create an enormous drain on Florida's economy.  What are they doing, saving all the hard votes until last so we will have less opportunity to raise objections.  One thing they can't avoid is our knowing their voting record and raising our objections with our own votes in the next election.  Elections matter... and elected officials have to live with the consequences of their broken promises and inappropriate votes on our behalf!!

Comment by tamara stephenson on April 29, 2011 at 11:07am

And let's not forget that our own state government is passing legislation as we speak.  For a legislature which was voted in on less government, the house bill that essentially comes right between physicians and patients are unbelievable -- barring physicians from asking patients' parents whether they keep handguns in the house.  First, I don't recall my childrens' pediatirician ever asking this question (and my pediatrician is probably the most liberal person i know).  Secondly, pediatricians ask questions that may possibly affect the safety of the child.  However, God forbid the pandering legislators make the NRA mad.  Ridiculous.  The other absolutely crazy bill is to expand the Supreme Court.  First, there is no evidence at all there is a backlog.  Second, there is no study stating how much an expansion of the court would cost us, the taxpayers.  Third, the blatant power grab is obvious:  all of the new justices would be on the civil bench (worried about redistricting much?)  We have serious problems in this state.  The legislature isn't even discussing tax cuts because they are all too worried about "getting theirs".  Sad state of our state.

Comment by Barbara Ciulla on April 28, 2011 at 7:31pm

Roma and Tom Cox: I just copied your instructions and will go out and get some DVD's and start copying the stuff I need to copy.  My goodness I hope this works.  thank you.

Comment by Barbara Ciulla on April 28, 2011 at 5:48pm

I will try to get my sister to watch but she is not a computer You tube person, she's a DVD watching person.  She likes to relax and watch everything on tv and I think those are the people I would like to target (help).  That's why I wish somebody would compile these things together.   I would not have known what to look up on YouTube if it weren't for Glenn Beck making so many connections and showing all the little snippets of videos over the two years.

thanks for your help. 

Comment by J.R. on April 28, 2011 at 5:34pm

Roma, I have no objection to anyone using anything I write.  What I write is based upon documentation from my own research and my understanding of that documentation.  I would be pleased if others were able to learn from it as I did.

Regarding your statement, "If you click on the video twice, it will take you to its source where you can copy the HTML to embed it on a website.  If anyone wants more information on how to do this, just ask.  I can give more details if wanted," I would like more information on this process and any instructions you have about posting videos.  This would be very helpful, either here or on one of my blogs.  In fact, information technology would be a great subject for a blog all by itself, since, with rapid changes in technology, it's an on-going process to stay up to date.

Comment by J.R. on April 28, 2011 at 5:27pm

Here are some very good links on the topic of Nullification, including Tom Wood's excellent book "Nullification:"

http://www.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2011/04/19/proposing-a-nullific...

 

http://www.tenthamendmentcenter.com/nullification/10th-amendment-bi...(Florida is included in this)

 

http://www.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2011/02/11/state-nullification-...

 

http://www.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2009/12/29/health-care-nullific...

(Included James Madison's arguments in favor of nullification to protect states' rights)

 

http://federalist.wordpress.com/2009/09/03/state-interposition-null...

 

http://www.tomwoods.com/learn-about-state-nullification/

(Excellent source is Wood's book "Nullification")

 

Comment by John Sauer on April 28, 2011 at 3:53pm

Addressing the local Jacksonville election: Local elections is the primordial soup of politics. This is where most politicians get their start, except Obama, and you see where that got us. The voters have made strides toward conservatism in the March election and need to make an even more concerted effort in the runoff election May 2 through 17. Two major races included in the runoffs are the Jacksonville Mayor and City Council District 6. The incumbent in District 6 is the current City Council President who pushed the two huge tax increases instead of cutting back spending. This thinking is attributed to liberal minds. To see which candidates in the runoff have a conservative mindset and which have a liberal mindset visit  http://conservativevoterresearch.webs.com/

Comment by J.R. on April 28, 2011 at 3:31pm

Here is a link to information about the oil drilling process on land.  Water is used to make mud used in the initial drilling of the well before it is capped.  When an oil well becomes depleted, cement is inserted to seal off remaining oil from the water.  A working oil well then can provide oil from those extensive oil reservoirs for many years before depletion. I read the entire article and found nothing to indicate that the process was so water intensive. The expense from the initial use of water in drilling might be relatively high, but would surely be well offset in the out years in the life of the producing well.

By the way, the oil fields John Saputo referred to are in North Dakota and Montana, and his point, with which I agree, is there is no consititutional reason why any state in this union that approves permitting of oil drilling within its borders, would not have the sovereign right to approve and allow it.  The federal government has no constitutional right to forbid or prevent it.  It's a state's rights issue.  The federal government has overreached in this area, and others, for so long they believe they are entitled to do so---thus the evolution of the imperial presidency toward the end of an all-powerful socialist state that micromanages the states and the lives of all citizens of those states.  Thankfully, there are still a lot of us out here who have not yet drunk the Koolaid.

Another example of that imperial president entitlement, is occurring in our own community right now, with union and Organizing for America goons coming into Jacksonville to interject itself into, influence and interfere in our local election process, just as they did in the Wisconsin legislative process with regard to an anti-collective bargaining bill being passed.  That is not a presidential prerogative and it is unethical to the core.

LINK:  http://andersonwaterwell.com/products.html

Comment by J.R. on April 28, 2011 at 2:54pm

Steve, please source your information about oil well drilling being extensively water intensive.  When I lived in Texas near oil drilling areas, they were basically in the desert or high desert with no water for miles around.  That's two comments you've posted here today without sourcing.  It is very helpful to all of us to have source links so we can evaluate the documentation for what you've written and learn more on the subject.  Thanks.

J.R.

Comment by Barbara Ciulla on April 28, 2011 at 1:59pm

I wish all this information was on DVD's so we can give them to our family members and friends who think Obama is the best thing that ever happened.  At this point, I am not even aloud to say one word about Obama or what is happening to this country to my sister who loves Obama and plans to vote for him in 2012.  I don't even think she knows why, probably because she hated Bush.  She told me last year if I don't like what's going on then why don't I do something about it.  Which burns me up even more because I think Informative (but simple for everyone to understand) DVD's that you don't have to be an Insider on Glenn Beck's Website to watch, would help.  I would like to send her something that would wake her up.  I have emailed Glenn Beck twice and begged him to put together some DVD's and call them "In their Own Words" showing the shocking things Obama has said to his union buddies and what Van Jones has said about getting us from the bottom up and top down, and then explaining how Obama was taught by the most radical revolutionaries this country has ever seen.  Where is that video?

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