Archive for June 2010
Educate Your Friends
Published on June 30, 2010 at 4:28 pm | Permalink
Victory for the Constitution with McDonald v. City of Chicago
The Supreme Court's ruling to uphold the Second Amendment to the Constitution in the case of McDonald v. City of Chicago is a major victory for the Constitution and the 2nd Amendment. Five of the justices ruled to uphold the Constitution. The scary thing is that 4 justices ruled against the Constitution.
Supreme Court justices are not appointed to make laws but to apply the laws that are already there. "...the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." Pretty simple. You don't have to be a professor from Harvard Law School to understand that. Sadly, the newest member of the Supreme Court voted against the 2nd Amendment in McDonald v. City of Chicago. Either she doesn't understand those simple words in the Constitution or she has no desire to uphold the Constitution. Even sadder is the fact that she was confirmed by one of our own Senators from South Carolina. The 4th District has had enough of Lindsey Graham type representatives who go along with this. We need representatives with the courage to be Constitutional. Send a powerful message to Washington this November. Send Dave Edwards to Congress and you will be sending the voice of the 4th District. A voice for the Constitution. Simply put, this November, vote the 4th District into Congress.
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Published on June 29, 2010 at 3:30 pm | Permalink
Is the Arizona Law Constitutional?
Dave Edwards and Zach Franzen discuss objections to the Arizona Law and whether or not it is Constitutional.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byRElG-t-rk
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Published on June 26, 2010 at 8:11 am | Permalink
CATO Institue on the Federal Election Commission
From the CATO Institute: "The so-called Citizens United case offers the Supreme Court a chance to severely curtail the free speech abuses of the Federal Election Commission. John Samples, Director of the Cato Institute's Center for Representative Government, Institute for Justice Senior Attorney Steve Simpson and George Mason University law professor Allison Hayward weigh in."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeGlzEavpTM
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Published on June 23, 2010 at 11:50 am | Permalink
Third Party - A Great Option in South Carolina's 4th District
Dave Edwards and Zach Franzen discuss the 4th District of South Carolina.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5OAqWrT7Lc
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Published on June 19, 2010 at 7:11 pm | Permalink
Dave Edwards Offers Answers to Congressional District 4 Voters
Greenville, SC, June 17, 2010 --(PR.com)-- District 4 Congressional candidate Dave Edwards addressed key questions Monday night at a meeting of the Greenville Tea Party.
Among the topics was a legitimate question: “Is a vote for a third party candidate a vote for a liberal Democrat?” Dave Edwards noted that this may sometimes be the case, but not in South Carolina's fourth district. Based on last mid-term elections, Dave said third party votes “won't swell the ranks of liberal Democrats.” He added that by splitting the conservative vote in two, the Democrats essentially take third place.” He concluded that the Tea Party and other third party groups are safe to challenge a Republican candidate who does not champion Constitutional and conservative values as aggressively as the people he represents.
Dave also addressed meeting attendees about whether they “wanted to send a message to Washington” to return the government to the people and to Constitutional ideas? As Dave mentioned, the success of his campaign serves a big notice for change to Washington and would help bind the Republican Party to the will of the people. It offers South Carolinians a productive way to focus their frustrations and choose a leaner, Constitutional government.
Also in attendance at the meeting was candidate for Attorney General Alan Wilson.
Dave Edwards is currently running against incumbent Bob Inglis (R) for the US House of Representatives—SC District 4. Dave’s position on November’s ballot has been guaranteed and he is positioned to give voters the opportunity for a Constitutional and conservative representative.
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Published on June 17, 2010 at 11:47 pm | Permalink
For Legal Immigration - Against Amnesty
The United States was established on principles that support the welcoming of new residents to its shores to learn and embrace American civic culture and political institutions through the processes of immigration and naturalization. Over the past several decades, however, immigration policy has become skewed, falsely presented as an uncompromising decision between unfettered immigration and none at all. Recently, the Obama Administration has begun to call for granting amnesty to the some 10.8 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. as part of a comprehensive immigration reform bill. The Heritage Foundation instead proposes a phased approach to immigration reform centered on border security, interior enforcement, and legal immigration processes. -The Heritage Foundation
The Heritage Foundation is exactly right when it recognizes that the debate has been skewed to a "decision between unfettered immigration and none at all." Establishment politicians play politics with our national security. Instead of securing our borders they keep pushing for amnesty in an attempt to produce more voters. Although most Americans do not want amnesty, the establishment will be pushing for it again soon and we need to be ready. Career politicians make bad decisions when they see the potential for new voters and they can't resist. Concerned citizens, like Dave Edwards, who run for office out of a concern for their country and the Constitution make their decisions based on what is Constitutional. This is how we bring government back to the people and how we hold Congress accountable to the Constitution.
The Constitution gives Congress the power to "establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization." Amnesty ignores the rules of naturalization that Congress has established. The rules of naturalization include being able to "read, write, and speak English and have knowledge and an understanding of U.S. history and government (civics)" as well as being "a person of good moral character, attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States." This is legal immigration.
Embracing legal immigration is the right thing to do. Embracing amnesty and continuing with the status quo of unsecured borders is the wrong thing to do. It is as simple as that.
The Heritage Foundation offers great resources on effective ways to secure our borders. Here is a link to that resource page: http://www.heritage.org/Research/Reports/2010/06/Border-Security-The-Heritage-Foundation-Recommendations
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Published on June 16, 2010 at 1:17 pm | Permalink
A Doctor's Take on the Health Care Legislation
Several essentials must be understood before a comprehensive repair of our broken health care system can be accomplished. The first and preeminent, is that our federal government has no constitutional jurisdiction to govern the delivery of healthcare to a free populace. What has been an enslaving entitlement over half a century has now become the instrument of deceptive coercion, forcing once-free Americans into an elitest idealism that mocks their liberties and freedoms and sacrifices them for the apparent convenience and "rights" already guaranteed by our Constitution. Many reasons account for this, including our failure to know and understand history--but that discussion is for another time.
The second factor in this conundrum is the oppressive regulatory stranglehold the taxation of our goods and services has upon us. Unless some comprehensive tax reform occurs, the domestics of our cultural and societal operations will morph into regimented, totalitarian despotism.
Thirdly, but of primary importance, is the insidious and subtle attack upon the patient/physician relationship that will turn into the overt and dominant control of medical decision-making. If medical practitioners continue to forfeit autonomy for license and acquiesce their responsibility for patient protection to ensure "a job", the esthetic of a free-enterprise medical masterpiece will be shredded into a mongrelized tabloid of a pernicious and political tyranny from which only revolution will free it. Unless this health care reform legislation is repealed, I believe medicine in America with its advantages, qualities, and unequaled excellence will die; and with it our country will die. This country, that has been in history, the most blessed, powerful, and prosperous will be a memory of the judgment of the righteous God who warns of the consequences of denial of His authority and of departure from His absolutes.
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Published on June 14, 2010 at 9:56 am | Permalink
The Free Exercise of Industry
"To take from one, because it is thought his own industry and that of his fathers acquired too much, in order to spare others, who, or whose fathers, have not excercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association, the guarantee to everyone the free exercise of his industry and the fruits acquired by it." Thomas Jefferson
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Published on June 11, 2010 at 9:48 pm | Permalink
Come Meet Dave
Dave Edwards will be at BiGrani's Brew - 2520 Wade Hampton Blvd Greenville, SC (across from Denny's) this Saturday, June 12th at 9:00 AM. Come out and have coffee with Dave and get to know your other option for Congress.
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Published on June 9, 2010 at 10:39 am | Permalink
A Call to Action
Maybe you can't get away to walk through those fields of crosses at Normandy. But perhaps there is a military cemetery not too far from where you live. Sometime before election day, you might take a walk down those long rows of crosses.
Look at the dates of birth and death. Notice how old they were -- or rather, how young they were -- when their lives were snuffed out. Then go home and look into the mirror and say that you don't have time to keep up with issues that affect the future of this country. Say that you find this stuff boring or that you have other things to do.
Say that looking yourself straight in the eye -- if you can."
Taken from an article entitled A Voters Duty by Thomas Sowell
We must be involved if we want to protect, defend, and advance our Constitutional liberties. Go here to see how you can help.
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Published on June 8, 2010 at 1:36 pm | Permalink
The Spending Trend is Not Sustainable
Two recent articles highlight the danger of Washington's conventional economic wisdom.
This one from USA TODAY suggests that Americans are receiving less pay from work and more pay from the government (Private pay shrinks to historic lows as gov't payouts rise - USATODAY.com).
"Paychecks from private business shrank to their smallest share of personal income in U.S. history during the first quarter of this year."
"... At the same time, government-provided benefits — from Social Security, unemployment insurance, food stamps and other programs — rose to a record high during the first three months of 2010."
Donald Grimes, an economist from the University of Michigan concludes "The trend is not sustainable."
Another study published this week highlights the problem. Recent research from Harvard Business School finds that government spending diminishes private business (Stimulus Surprise: Companies Retrench When Government Spends — HBS Working Knowledge).
The report finds that government projects hurt private business in three ways. First, government frequently takes on projects that the private sector was already planning. Secondly, government hires away workers from the private sector. Third, government creates uncertainty in the marketplace. In other words, the stimulus is a suppressant.
The report finds that states receive more federal funds if they are represented by a powerful Senator. If a Senator is chair of one of the top-three congressional committees the state receives a 40 to 50 percent increase in earmark spending.
Joshua Coval, one of the co-authors of the study, comments, "It was an enormous surprise, at least to us, to learn that the average firm in the chairman's state did not benefit at all from the increase in spending. Indeed, the firms significantly cut physical and R&D spending, reduce employment, and experience lower sales."
He concludes, "Our findings suggest that they [policymakers] should revisit their belief that federal spending can stimulate private economic development. It is important to note that our research ignores all costs associated with paying for the spending such as higher taxes or increased borrowing."
Basically, he's saying that stimulus dollars poison private industry and this study doesn't even account for the additional negative effects of borrowing/ tax collection.
The study stands in stark contradiction to Christina Romer, head of the White House Council of Economic Advisors, who suggested today that "It would be a mistake for the U.S. to rapidly wind down fiscal stimulus measures to bring down the deficit."
The White House Council of Economic advisors basically tells us that the "economy garden" should be planted with weeds in order to stimulate "business flowers."
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Published on June 6, 2010 at 11:27 pm | Permalink
The Foundation of the Constitution
"I consider the foundation of the Constitution as laid on this ground that 'all powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states or to the people.' To take a single step beyond the boundaries thus specially drawn around the powers of Congress, is to take possession of a boundless field of power, not longer susceptible of any definition....The states can best govern our home concerns and the general government our foreign ones. I wish, therefore... never to see all offices transferred to Washington, where, further withdrawn from the eyes of the people, they may more secretly be bought and sold at market." Thomas Jefferson
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Published on June 5, 2010 at 8:16 am | Permalink
Does The Constitution Matter?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BbD_3PtGAI&feature=player_embedded
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Published on June 2, 2010 at 11:35 am | Permalink
Protecting Our Borders
Cal Thomas recently wrote a great article on the problem of illegal immigration:
http://www.calthomas.com/index.php?news=2899
He correctly recognizes that both political parties are at fault for the problem. They see new voters to maintain their power or they see cheap labor. Either way, the establishment's failure to act is why states are forced to take matters into their own hands to protect their citizens.
It's time to try something new. This November 2nd, you have a choice: continue with the status quo or vote Dave Edwards for Congress. Neither party is going to start giving us representatives who care most about protecting those they represent until a loud message is sent. The message is that we are not going to take it anymore. We are not going to accept representatives who put their own interests over the interests of those they represent and the Constitution.
The last paragraph in the Cal Thomas article is the best, "The Arizona legislature and Governor Brewer have correctly chosen to slow the flow. They realize a state and a nation unwilling to protect their borders cannot hope to preserve qualities that have made this country what it is but won't be for much longer if we permit this illegal invasion to continue."
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Published on June 1, 2010 at 3:52 pm | Permalink
