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Tag: illusion of state control

That's Unfortunate . . . Now We Play Hardball

By Kevin Rex Heine, Section News
Posted on Sun Jun 23, 2013 at 07:53:39 AM EST
Tags: 2013-HB-4714, House Roll Call 241 (2013), 2013-HB-4111, House Roll Call 11 (2013), Michigan Banana Republican Party, heavy-handed bifarceisanship, poisoning the party brand, illusion of state control, nullification vs. enabling, legislative malfeasance, creeping progressivism, executive-grade arm-twisting, Supremacy Clause abuse, U. S. Constitution Amendment X, State Sovereignty, constitutionally-restrained government, Reagan's Eleventh Commandment, integrity argument, causa provocare, liberty-minded network, acta non verba, empowered grassroots operation, sending a message, naming names and identifying targets, politician paper training, corinthian scales vs. absolute standard, "Mastermind" vs. "Oracle", Rick Snyder, GoverNerd, #OneRoughTurd, Nerd King, Slick Rick, 30th Biennial Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference (all tags)

I grew up as the second of six siblings. My parents were absolute geniuses at molding natural sibling rivalry into six sets of well-honed competitive instincts. We were taught that if someone's keeping score, then winning's important, and you either play to win (within the rules of the game) or don't bother playing; full-contact euchre is a regular event at family get-togethers. We also were taught how to be both considerate winners and gracious losers, and that once the final score is on the board, you shake hands, go have a beer, and get over it. My three now-adult children were taught the same concepts, as were most of my two-and-a-half-dozen-or-so nieces and nephews (including the in-laws).

It would appear, however, that the GoverNerd never learned the same lessons. If you can tolerate listening to all of the logical fallacies and factual misrepresentations, the money quotes start at about 5:01, 11:17, 21:47, 22:24, and 23:19.

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Richardville's Charge

By Kevin Rex Heine, Section News
Posted on Thu Jun 20, 2013 at 12:29:14 PM EST
Tags: 2013-HB-4714, U. S. Constitution Amendment X, State Sovereignty, constitutionally-restrained government, Supremacy Clause abuse, illusion of state control, nullification vs. enabling, legislative malfeasance, liberty-minded network, empowered grassroots operation, heavy-handed bifarceisanship, politician paper training, creeping progressivism, Michigan Banana Republican Party, integrity argument, causa provocare, naming names and identifying targets, Reagan's Eleventh Commandment, corinthian scales vs. absolute standard, "Mastermind" vs. "Oracle" (all tags)

We're a shade under two weeks from the sesquicentennial of the Battle of Gettysburg (July 1st thru 3rd). And as I was mulling over what I've learned about the Michigan Senate Republican Caucus this week, one track of my mind started comparing what's expected to happen on the senate floor today to the final Confederate assault of the battle, popularly referred to as "Pickett's Charge." Without overly belaboring the analogy, I think it appropriate.

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A Message To Our Legislators - Beware False Choices

Ballparking The Whip Count

By Kevin Rex Heine, Section News
Posted on Mon Jun 17, 2013 at 11:14:14 PM EST
Tags: 2013-HB-4714, House Roll Call 241 (2013), 2013-HB-4111, House Roll Call 11 (2013), 2011 Senate Bill 693, Senate Roll Call 663 (2012), integrity argument, causa provocare, Michigan Banana Republican Party, U. S. Constitution Amendment X, State Sovereignty, constitutionally-restrained government, Supremacy Clause abuse, illusion of state control, nullification vs. enabling, legislative malfeasance, liberty-minded network, acta non verba, empowered grassroots operation, sending a message, naming names and identifying targets, heavy-handed bifarceisanship, politician paper training, "Mastermind" vs. "Oracle", corinthian scales vs. absolute standard, Reagan's Eleventh Commandment, creeping progressivism (all tags)

According to the Michigan Campaign For Liberty:

"Urgent: getting this information to activists depends on folks sharing this. Please help.
Currently (1:37 a.m.) all of the websites for Republican State Senators are down. This is very curious considering the democrat sites are all working and the fact that not having email or a contact form will disenfranchise a lot of people, greatly reducing the number of grassroots activists who contact their legislators.
Today, massive numbers of limited government activists will be trying to contact their senators to tell them to vote no on ObamaCare.
To help activists, we provided all contact info on our website."

And I've provided it below, along with some additional intel.

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Benchmarks and Targets

By Kevin Rex Heine, Section News
Posted on Sat Jun 15, 2013 at 10:04:14 PM EST
Tags: 2013-HB-4714, House Roll Call 241 (2013), 2013-HB-4111, House Roll Call 11 (2013), 2011 Senate Bill 693, Senate Roll Call 663 (2012), integrity argument, patronage system, equality of merit, cleaning out closets, causa provocare, Michigan Banana Republican Party, NFIB v Sebelius, U. S. Constitution Amendment X, State Sovereignty, constitutionally-restrained government, Supremacy Clause abuse, illusion of state control, bogus opt-out clause, "bait-and-switch" federal pitch, nullification vs. enabling, legislative malfeasance, liberty-minded network, acta non verba, empowered grassroots operation, sending a message, naming names and identifying targets, heavy-handed bifarceisanship, politician paper training, Rick Snyder, GoverNerd, #OneRoughTurd, Nerd King, Slick Rick, lower house losers, selective focus, 30th Biennial Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference, "Mastermind" vs. "Oracle", corinthian scales vs. absolute standard, Reagan's Eleventh Commandment, creeping progressivism (all tags)

As House Bill 4714 (2013) was rapidly transitioning from "read a second time" to "substitute H-3 adopted and amended" to "placed on third reading" to "read a third time" to "placed on immediate passage" to "passed; given immediate effect" . . . yes, transitioning just that quickly (the proof starts on page 24 of House Journal # 59) . . . I was in conversation with, among others, Dara Bailey (Vice President & National Vetting Director of iCaucus National). She offered to commit national resources to help the liberty-minded network in Michigan do what needs to be done to visit political punishment on every single legislative turncoat next summer. All that we need to do as a statewide movement is to use Joanie's screencap of 2013 House Roll Call # 241 as a motivator to set aside our nationally infamous internecine squabbling, and work as a cohesive machine toward a larger goal.

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Trojan Horse Medical Insurance

By Kevin Rex Heine, Section News
Posted on Thu Jun 13, 2013 at 04:06:22 PM EST
Tags: 2013-HB-4714, 2013-HB-4111, House Roll Call 11 (2013), 2011 Senate Bill 693, Senate Roll Call 663 (2012), integrity argument, NFIB v Sebelius, U. S. Constitution Amendment X, State Sovereignty, Supremacy Clause, illusion of state control, bogus opt-out clause, "bait-and-switch" federal pitch, nullification vs. enabling, legislative malfeasance (all tags)

It's by now quite obvious that there are wayyy too many people occupying either publicly-elected office or party-elected internal office that still don't understand a key concept of the liberty movement, grassroots conservatives, and tea party network (committed to principled cause first, and loyal to a political party only to the extent that the party serves the purpose of the cause). The arm-twisting associated with the passage in the House of 2013 House Bill 4111 (which still sits "on the table" in the Senate, according to Thursday's calendar), and the heavy-handed bifarceisanship and lobbyist nonsense that we're seeing leveraged in an attempt to accomplish the passage of 2013 House Bill 4714, (which, as of Thursday's House calendar, has been reported to the House floor for a second reading) seems to indicate that some politician paper training is still in order.