The Utah State Republican Convention was an interesting experience to add to my experiences in the political arena. A couple of months ago I ran and was elected as the Chairman of the LE18 precinct. With this position, I became a state and county delegate. This is the first time I've been involved in this level of government.
Before all the organized fun began, I was asked to help hand out FreeCapitalist Primers. This is a book that was compiled by C. Rick Koerber and has been one of the most influential works in my life. As I began handing these books out freely to people entering the premises, I began to realize that without an explanation of it's value it was usually taken as just another free handout worth only it's cost. I even saw a few of these books in the garbage with the hundreds of fliers also handed out freely.
The convention started out as an average organized meeting. Pledge, National Anthem, Report and adoption of rules, then with very little excitement we were dismissed to break into our separate districts. I'm in district two. The candidates that had limited recognition and obviously serious campaigns were Merrill Cook and Bill Dew. Based on name recognition and it's related possible benefit to beat Jim Matheson, I was planning on voting for Cook. After talking with his family at his booth and tearing apart his address to us before voting, I decided to put all I had behind Bill Dew. It also helped that one of his volunteers bought me a Mt. Dew when I told him to "Do the Dew" (that's a joke - that that had any deciding influence, but he did buy me a dew).
After casting my vote for this first round, we headed over to Congressman Cannon's booth where Parents for Choice in Education had announced a pizza party for the FreeCapitalists for our support for them on the voucher issue and Referendum 1 recently.
We then resumed with speeches by the State candidates. The new candidate running for governor had an impressive stance on the proper role of government. I logged into my email and read his communications to all the delegates. What a stance! Then one of my associates alerted me to an email he sent out presenting his plan to build an army of robots to build us (members of his club) everything we're dreaming of... What the heck is up with that? I voted for him and was pleasantly surprised to find that he got around 30% of the vote. Imaging if a candidate that really wanted to run would understand and campaign on those principles... I was impressed with Mark Walker's campaign primarily because of the endorsements he had consisting of people I respect and with whom I share common standards.
The results came back about the congressional vote. Both Districts 2 and 3 would have to vote again. In District 2, the candidates were Cook, Dew, and Jenkins. In 3 it was Cannon, Leavitt and Chaffetz. So we prepared to vote again. It took like 30 minutes to get the freaking poll people to look into the poll boxes to ensure it was a fair vote. What took them all so long??? Slackers...
Then our current senators spoke, first Bennett (because of a plane scheduling) and then Hatch. Bennett was more of a cheerleader for McCain than anything. No substance to his remarks. Hatch got lots of cheers because he actually said something worthwhile in his address. They then showed a Mark Shurtleff video. I like Mark, but can not understand why someone not being contested for his position gets 20 minutes to show a video and address the delegates. I believe that it was just to pass the time for the votes to be counted. They also showed a McCain video which prompted a plethora of calls for a Ron Paul video to be shown. Of course, no such video was displayed, only serious candidates get time... ;) -just a joke Brandon...
Before the second vote came back, I heard the announcement that Leavitt was backing Cannon. The results came back that Leavitt got like 15%, Cannon got like 35% and Chaffetz got like 50%. Leavitt tried to throw his votes behind Cannon in a last-ditch effort to keep Chaffetz from getting the 60% he needed to avoid a primary election. I'm not sure the reasoning, but as a Cannon supporter, I was pleased with that decision.
Next thing I knew weird stuff started happening. Volunteers in Leavitt shirts started parading down the aisles holding Congressman Cannon signs. Many of the audience started applauding and many others were booing and heckling these volunteers. Howard Stephenson started shouting complaints against these demonstrations. The speaker immediately commanded that these individuals leave the floor, that they were out of order. It took some time for that to sink into the movement, but they did. As they were wrapping up regular business before doing the third vote, Leavitt volunteers wrote "Leavitt supports Chris Cannon for Congress" on a sign and displayed it above and left of the stage. As this got attention of the delegates, the speaker again instructed these people to cease this action and called for security to enforce it. This happened. Soon thereafter, Congressman Cannon took a leisurely stroll down the right aisle of the convention floor. This brought loads of applause, booing, and heckling. It was obvious that this was a very tense moment of the day. He was ordered to leave the floor also. Who the heck is this speaker that thinks he has authority to bully these legitimate actions.
We then voted for the third round and were shortly after, dismissed. I went directly to the stage and inquired of the speaker about the rule that granted him authority to simply dismiss these demonstrations as "out of order". He displayed for me the convention rules specifically section 3:d under signage which reads:
d) No signs may be placed in or around the staging area of the arena or in the convention hall between bleachers in the main Assembly Hall, expect as approved by the State Party.
You decide for yourself if this disallows people to parade in the aisles with signs and/or hang a banner over the side of the upper level, and/or have a candidate stroll down the side of the auditorium. I'm definitely not convinced. Many upset Chaffetz and Leavitt supporters afterward were calling these moves "dirty politics". That they were intentionally breaking the rules because they knew they'd get away with it. I disagree. The rules had nothing to do whatsoever against these actions. If someone is convinced otherwise, please demonstrate for me what rule would disallow these things.
End of the day, Cannon will be up against Chaffetz in the Primary in June because of the third vote's results of 59%vs41%. Bill Dew won 69%. Those were the more hotly contested contests. For me, this was an incredible learning experience and one I'll be able to prepare better for in the future and help prepare others as well.
Call to action:
If you're in District 3, get out and vote in the June primaries.
For everyone, do your research and go prepared to the polls in November.
Delegates, good work today! Thanks for your willingness to sacrifice your Saturday to do your part to help protect our freedoms, liberty and justice for all.
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
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Monday, April 28, 2008
When the going gets tough... Create more value!
I'm not sure if you all are watching the current market conditions as closely as I am, but I recommend doing the research to figure out what's driving these unusual conditions.
The mortgage market is in the toilet, the stock market seems to only move when the fed raises or lowers the rate (lately it's only lowering - expect that again this time). Precious commodities you'd think would be on the constant rise as they have been up until about a month ago, but everyone's expecting the fed to lower the rate one more time and then sit and watch it. The whole world, it seems, is waiting to see if they can survive based upon the decisions of a few old men. The fed, although not a federal agency per se has God-like control on the money supply of this country and through this, the world.
What is everyone doing? Waiting.
For what, you may ask? More predictable conditions, market problems to "work themselves out".
Will they? Some say that the presidential election in November will determine the future actions this country will take to an economic recovery. McCain will play the republican role of stimulating trickle-down-economics by giving the rich tax cuts to rebuild, Hillary will force everyone to have medical insurance, no matter the cost and will make it harder for banks to relieve the burden of borrowers not paying their mortgages, Obama and Clinton will take from the rich and give to the poor increasing our incentive to look poor on paper.
Are any of these solutions the answer? I decree, NO!
As indicated by Ronald Reagan in his inaugural address, "...in this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem."
If we are to overcome this seemingly inescapable financial crisis, we must act to use government as intended by the founders: to protect our RIGHTS. Nothing more.
Government has taken the role of protector, adviser and for too many the provider. I'm not only talking about those getting money from entitlement programs such as Social Security, Disability, Medicare, Medicade, Percription Drugs for the elderly, VA, FHA, CHIP, and so forth, I also mean those employed by the government in positions not critical to protecting our BASIC, God-given rights of LIFE, LIBERTY, and PROPERTY. The government is not to ensure we stay alive, they are to punish those who take other's lives. The liberty they are supposed to be protecting, they are now doing more to inprison us with shackles of regulation.
If we are to again be the most prosperous nation in this world, we must DRAMATICALLY reduce the size and scope of our government. We must use laws to limit the government not the governed.
Where do you start? Get your affairs in order. CREATE VALUE like there IS a tomorrow. Get yourself off the dole; then get involved in helping others free themselves of this system so that we can gradually phase it out and get back to the necessities of government.
Are times tough for you right now? You're not the only one. Don't allow yourself to sit idle whining about the economy. Recognize the situation and work to improve it. No matter how bad things are for you, life doesn't care. Life will happen to you whether you want it to or not. There's no escaping it. I know what you're thinking, there is a way out of life. Don't forget, that is just a part of life, not an escape hatch; you'll get out of more than you want by taking it. YOU CAN LIVE A LIFE YOU LOVE. Focus on the success you will have in the future and get through the failure you may be suffering right now. You can do it. If you believe that, you will do it.
The mortgage market is in the toilet, the stock market seems to only move when the fed raises or lowers the rate (lately it's only lowering - expect that again this time). Precious commodities you'd think would be on the constant rise as they have been up until about a month ago, but everyone's expecting the fed to lower the rate one more time and then sit and watch it. The whole world, it seems, is waiting to see if they can survive based upon the decisions of a few old men. The fed, although not a federal agency per se has God-like control on the money supply of this country and through this, the world.
What is everyone doing? Waiting.
For what, you may ask? More predictable conditions, market problems to "work themselves out".
Will they? Some say that the presidential election in November will determine the future actions this country will take to an economic recovery. McCain will play the republican role of stimulating trickle-down-economics by giving the rich tax cuts to rebuild, Hillary will force everyone to have medical insurance, no matter the cost and will make it harder for banks to relieve the burden of borrowers not paying their mortgages, Obama and Clinton will take from the rich and give to the poor increasing our incentive to look poor on paper.
Are any of these solutions the answer? I decree, NO!
As indicated by Ronald Reagan in his inaugural address, "...in this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem."
If we are to overcome this seemingly inescapable financial crisis, we must act to use government as intended by the founders: to protect our RIGHTS. Nothing more.
Government has taken the role of protector, adviser and for too many the provider. I'm not only talking about those getting money from entitlement programs such as Social Security, Disability, Medicare, Medicade, Percription Drugs for the elderly, VA, FHA, CHIP, and so forth, I also mean those employed by the government in positions not critical to protecting our BASIC, God-given rights of LIFE, LIBERTY, and PROPERTY. The government is not to ensure we stay alive, they are to punish those who take other's lives. The liberty they are supposed to be protecting, they are now doing more to inprison us with shackles of regulation.
If we are to again be the most prosperous nation in this world, we must DRAMATICALLY reduce the size and scope of our government. We must use laws to limit the government not the governed.
Where do you start? Get your affairs in order. CREATE VALUE like there IS a tomorrow. Get yourself off the dole; then get involved in helping others free themselves of this system so that we can gradually phase it out and get back to the necessities of government.
Are times tough for you right now? You're not the only one. Don't allow yourself to sit idle whining about the economy. Recognize the situation and work to improve it. No matter how bad things are for you, life doesn't care. Life will happen to you whether you want it to or not. There's no escaping it. I know what you're thinking, there is a way out of life. Don't forget, that is just a part of life, not an escape hatch; you'll get out of more than you want by taking it. YOU CAN LIVE A LIFE YOU LOVE. Focus on the success you will have in the future and get through the failure you may be suffering right now. You can do it. If you believe that, you will do it.
Monday, March 3, 2008
Political Power
A new revolution awaits us. We do not have much time to act until this battle will not be able to be won without bloodshed. We may already be too late; I do not believe so. But we must act now. All of us individually, but as a team; a collective force of self-interested beings; in the fight for our lives and those of our posterity.
Yesterday I read an article by Rick Koerber, The FreeCapitalist. In this article, Rick outlined, among other things, where political figures get their power and what they have the ability to use it on. He then issued a call to action to interested parties to get involved with the progress of liberating Americans from the political bands that bind us. I recommend you read his article at the following address: http://freecap.blogspot.com/2008/02/saving-freedom-freecapitalist-call-to.html
On July 4, 1776, fifty-six men pledged their lives, reputations, and fortunes to start a movement to liberate a people from the political tyrants of their day. This revolution for freedom has led to the most free, most prosperous, and most productive people in the history of mankind. It all started with the following [extremely compound] sentence:
"When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation."-Declaration of Independence, 4 July 1776 (italics and bold added)
Due to the tyrannical reign of the British political figures of the day (primarily King George the 3rd), the colonists of the North American continent were furious about the political bands that bound them to Britain. The Declaration of Independence was a publicly announced list of grievances justifying the colonists' reason for forcefully resisting the authority of the British Empire.
Every human being is endowed by God with certain unalienable rights. Government does not give man these rights or grant him authority to exercise such rights. They are private property owned by every individual. As the British governmental forces continued to destroy the colonists' rights, there came a time where those with courage and understanding of the ancient principles of prosperity took up arms to defend their right to life, liberty and "the pursuit of happiness"; a phrase that included their desire to own private property and maintain a freedom of conscience, among other things.
Today the situation is quickly approaching the same type of overwhelming tyranny against personal rights, endowed by God. Here's some grievances that could be on our list: Americans are mandated to have specific equipment on their cars, our right to raise our children as we best judge has been infringed so tightly that anyone can have their children taken from them without any substantial reason other than a vague laws. Government officials detain us constantly for a myriad of automobile related "regulation". Giving them almost carte-blanc authority to harass anyone at almost any time. And now we see bureaucrats having been given authority to create administrative laws that can lead to criminal charges based upon their unquestionable "authority" without any accountability to "the people". And now a banking system that has been given control of the entire economy is trying to stop the inevitable"recession" by inflating our money away. This ALWAYS leads to a complete devaluation of the currency. If they follow the slippery path they are on this will have dire consequences.
A new revolution awaits us. We do not have much time to act until this battle will not be able to be won without bloodshed. We may already be too late; I do not believe so. But we must act now. All of us individually, but as a team; a collective force of self-interested beings; in the fight for our lives and those of our posterity.
Do you know what to do? Do you want to learn how? Do you know who's raising the standard of liberty? Find out now by visiting the following blog: http://blog.freecapitalist.com/2008/02/25/urgent-a-freecapitalist-call-to-action/
Yesterday I read an article by Rick Koerber, The FreeCapitalist. In this article, Rick outlined, among other things, where political figures get their power and what they have the ability to use it on. He then issued a call to action to interested parties to get involved with the progress of liberating Americans from the political bands that bind us. I recommend you read his article at the following address: http://freecap.blogspot.com/2008/02/saving-freedom-freecapitalist-call-to.html
On July 4, 1776, fifty-six men pledged their lives, reputations, and fortunes to start a movement to liberate a people from the political tyrants of their day. This revolution for freedom has led to the most free, most prosperous, and most productive people in the history of mankind. It all started with the following [extremely compound] sentence:
"When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation."-Declaration of Independence, 4 July 1776 (italics and bold added)
Due to the tyrannical reign of the British political figures of the day (primarily King George the 3rd), the colonists of the North American continent were furious about the political bands that bound them to Britain. The Declaration of Independence was a publicly announced list of grievances justifying the colonists' reason for forcefully resisting the authority of the British Empire.
Every human being is endowed by God with certain unalienable rights. Government does not give man these rights or grant him authority to exercise such rights. They are private property owned by every individual. As the British governmental forces continued to destroy the colonists' rights, there came a time where those with courage and understanding of the ancient principles of prosperity took up arms to defend their right to life, liberty and "the pursuit of happiness"; a phrase that included their desire to own private property and maintain a freedom of conscience, among other things.
Today the situation is quickly approaching the same type of overwhelming tyranny against personal rights, endowed by God. Here's some grievances that could be on our list: Americans are mandated to have specific equipment on their cars, our right to raise our children as we best judge has been infringed so tightly that anyone can have their children taken from them without any substantial reason other than a vague laws. Government officials detain us constantly for a myriad of automobile related "regulation". Giving them almost carte-blanc authority to harass anyone at almost any time. And now we see bureaucrats having been given authority to create administrative laws that can lead to criminal charges based upon their unquestionable "authority" without any accountability to "the people". And now a banking system that has been given control of the entire economy is trying to stop the inevitable"recession" by inflating our money away. This ALWAYS leads to a complete devaluation of the currency. If they follow the slippery path they are on this will have dire consequences.
A new revolution awaits us. We do not have much time to act until this battle will not be able to be won without bloodshed. We may already be too late; I do not believe so. But we must act now. All of us individually, but as a team; a collective force of self-interested beings; in the fight for our lives and those of our posterity.
Do you know what to do? Do you want to learn how? Do you know who's raising the standard of liberty? Find out now by visiting the following blog: http://blog.freecapitalist.com/2008/02/25/urgent-a-freecapitalist-call-to-action/
Friday, February 29, 2008
Golden Touch
This has been an amazing week! It seems that everything I touched this week turned to gold!
Last weekend I spent Friday and Saturday in a Zrii training event. Bill Farley was present all day Friday and the content was incredible. I learned more than I imagined I could and due to the incredible energy present and the number of my own people that came, I got fired up!
Monday morning, I hit the world with new zeal! I wasn't afraid of anything or anyone. I called people I hadn't dared talk to previously and persuaded them to schedule appointments with me to talk about the Zrii business opportunity.
Due to the excitement my new Zeal has added to what was already going on in my group the new fervor of my efforts created a domino-effect of excitement. As of tonight, we have nearly ten new IE's that want to become part of our team shortly and five that were part of our team that have stepped up and publicly declared their intent to reach very large, specific goals.
I realized today, however, what a long way I still have to go to be the person I want to be. Even with all the incredible excitement that has been hurled at me this week; one short, abraisive sentence from a close friend brought me to tears. It temporarily set me into the depths of depression. I was able to quickly pull out of it thanks to Jory Jelte calling "out of the blue" to invite me to all-you-can-eat sushi. Robert Kiyosaki teaches that the difference between someone who can be successful in the B and I quadrants from those in the E and S quadrants is their emotional control.
Being a successful businessman is an emotional roller coaster. One has to be able to stay grounded during the times of emotional highs and be able to keep positive when everything seems to be going wrong.
Last weekend I spent Friday and Saturday in a Zrii training event. Bill Farley was present all day Friday and the content was incredible. I learned more than I imagined I could and due to the incredible energy present and the number of my own people that came, I got fired up!
Monday morning, I hit the world with new zeal! I wasn't afraid of anything or anyone. I called people I hadn't dared talk to previously and persuaded them to schedule appointments with me to talk about the Zrii business opportunity.
Due to the excitement my new Zeal has added to what was already going on in my group the new fervor of my efforts created a domino-effect of excitement. As of tonight, we have nearly ten new IE's that want to become part of our team shortly and five that were part of our team that have stepped up and publicly declared their intent to reach very large, specific goals.
I realized today, however, what a long way I still have to go to be the person I want to be. Even with all the incredible excitement that has been hurled at me this week; one short, abraisive sentence from a close friend brought me to tears. It temporarily set me into the depths of depression. I was able to quickly pull out of it thanks to Jory Jelte calling "out of the blue" to invite me to all-you-can-eat sushi. Robert Kiyosaki teaches that the difference between someone who can be successful in the B and I quadrants from those in the E and S quadrants is their emotional control.
Being a successful businessman is an emotional roller coaster. One has to be able to stay grounded during the times of emotional highs and be able to keep positive when everything seems to be going wrong.
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