3 registered Democrats in Raleigh face charges of voting twice

From Eric Dondero:

The Daily Caller is reporting:

Kierra Fontae Leache, Shelia Romona Hodges and Brandon Earl Mclean each admitted to casting two ballots in recent elections. Local reports indicate all three voted for President Barack Obama twice in 2008.

And ABC News (via Politicons.net) out of Raleigh-Durham reports that "authorities have placed the three on $10,000 bonds" facing felony voter fraud charges.

Obama won the State with a slender margin of under 2%.

Meanwhile, Republicans in NC are fighting for a voter I.D. bill to protect against such fraud future elections. But Democrats are blocking the bill.

“The reason why Republicans have fought to promote proper voter-identification laws is to prevent fraud like this from happening,” NCGOP chair Robin Hayes said in a statement. “While Republicans are fighting to protect the integrity of our democracy, Governor Perdue’s veto fights to protect criminality in our election process. I know she embraces her ‘fighter’ image, but it’s clear that the only thing she fights for is fraud.”

Photo credit - ABC Local News

From Eric Dondero:

Kentucky Senator and libertarian Republican Rand Paul appearing on Hannity on Fox last night:

The way we avoid chaos, the way we avoid rioting in the streets is to start gradually fixing the problems. Entitlements are broken... You can fix those problems by gradually raising the age and changing the way we do the entitlements. But if you wait, if you wait five years or 10 years, then there is going to be an abrupt end, and that is what is happening in Europe when you have these austere measures where people don’t get their checks, that’s when there is rioting in the streets.

From Eric Dondero:

Libertarian Republican Representative Jeff Flake of Arizona now has a GOP primary opponent for US Senate.

His name is Wil Cardon. He is a wealthy businessman who says he plans to dump in $2 million of his own money into the race. Cardon once interned for John McCain.

His website says he's a staunch opponent of illegal immigration; "I oppose amnesty and I strongly support SB1070." Flake has taken a more centrist approach on the issue.

He is also "pro-life, pro-traditional marriage and pro-family." Flake has taken a more libertarian stance on social matters over the years.

From Eric Dondero:

From US News & World Report, Education, "Lawmakers Name Their Favorite Summer Reading Books"

Mike Johanns: Atlas Shrugged; Siddhartha

The Republican junior senator from Nebraska since 1999 names Ayn Rand's libertarian classic, Atlas Shrugged, and Herman Hesse's Siddhartha, about a man's spiritual journey in Nepal during the time of the Buddha, among his favorites. Minnesota Republican Congressman John Kline also mentioned Atlas Shrugged.

And this interesting discovery. Ron Johnson, freshman Senator from Wisconsin, and a self-described "Ayn Randian," is a science fiction nerd, including libertarian writer Robert Heinlein. Continuing:

The Tea Party Republican loved science fiction, including the Dune series and books by Robert Heinlein and Isaac Asimov. He also read collections of short stories by Edgar Allen Poe, J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings trilogy, and James Michener's The Drifters. "I read whatever I found interesting," he says.

Finally, Mississippi Republican Senator Thad Whicker cited "Lord of the Flies."

He also enjoyed William Golding's Lord of the Flies which he says "examines the conflict between good and evil in the absence of the civilizing forces of morality and government."

Editor's comment - I recently read Golding's classic. Utterly fantastic! I'm not a conservative. But I'd say that it does present a wonderful case for conservatism, and I'd admit, a possible weakspot for us libertarians in a society with a complete absence of any value system.

"Extremism in the defense of Liberty... Romney might be our guy"

From Eric Dondero:

Ranald "Ran" Hay (Si Vis Pacem) is an Ohio libertarian Republican and frequent contributor and commenter for this website. Yesterday's Romney railing on two leftist hecklers at a campaign event has seemed to won him over.

He wrote:

This is good. Fire in the belly. Great to see this from him.

If these clowns were Democrat plants, the stratagem backfired – royally. They gave Romney a chance to shine… and blaze away he did.

I’ve wanted to see that Mitt really means what he says about limiting government; that his evolution from statist RINO towards conservatism has some conviction.

I’ve also wanted to see that Mitt has real passion and drive – that he can adopt the alpha male role and mean it. Too, that under pressure Romney can stay on-target. Short as the confrontation was, he came off looking much more convincing than the beta “moderate” of four years ago.

America’s enemies – external and internal – want us to elect a maleable weakling. A suit.

We offered-up two flavors of the same weak brew last go ’round. Time for some strong, principled Tea, people. Extremism in the defense of Liberty is a virtue. Romney might just yet be our guy.

The video has made its way to a number of right sites since yesterday. But take a look, if you hadn't seen it yet. Well worth the 3 minute investment. It really gets cooking at the 1:50 minute mark.

Get on board the Herman Cain Train...

From Eric Dondero:

The new campaign video by the Herman Cain campaign.

Please feel free to use this post as an open thread to discuss the Iowa debate on Fox News.

Law & Order Libertarianism for London

From the UKIP website, Nigel Farage, UKIP Leader:

Now, I've always been a great libertarian. I don't want the state to interfere to much in our lives. I hate the fact that we're photographed and recorded wherever we go. But frankly, to protect the innocent majority, the government needs to take radical action. And take it today.

We have got to put the Army on the streets to allow the police to be able to get on with their job and protect the people from what may occur. Whether the committee and the prime minister have the courage to do so, I don't know.

Note - The United Kingdom Libertarian Party recently folded up, and joined the UK Independence Party.

DEVELOPING...

From JewishJournal.com, "London riots spread to Jewish community":

Rioting in London spread to the Jewish community.

Stores in the Jewish communities of Stamford Hill and Golders Green were urged to close and secure merchandise Monday night... some Jewish-owned stores have been ransacked, according to the newspaper.

Channel 7 Arutz Sheva, Israel National News, "London Riots Threaten Jews in Stamford Hill":

The third day of London rioting threatens members of the large Jewish community in Stamford Hill. They have been advised not to walk alone and to be careful when going to synagogue on Tisha B’Av Tuesday.

One London resident told Arutz Sheva Tuesday afternoon that Jewish businessmen and professionals are not able to travel to nearby offices, where many of their premises have been looted.

Editor's note - Emphasis added. Photo credit - BBC, Synagogue Stattfordshire

GOPer Barbour leaving office on an up note; Brown still faces job losses

From CBS Sacramento "Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour ‘Chasing Jobs’ In Calif." July 19:

Barbour told The Associated Press in a phone interview Tuesday from California that he had already visited executives from KiOR, which is building refineries in Mississippi to convert timber products to a crude oil substitute.

The governor said he’s also meeting with executives from Stion, which will manufacture solar panels in Hattiesburg; Soladigm, which announced last year that it will make energy-efficient insulated glass in Olive Branch; and Chevron, which has extensive investments on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

Chevron, based in San Ramon, Calif., announced in January that it would invest $1.4 billion to expand its Pascagoula, Miss., refinery to make premium-based oil.

Calif ranks "Dead last" in job growth

From the San Diego Reader, July 27:

More bad news on the state economy: The Business Journals’ On Numbers is reporting that California ranks dead last in the number of jobs created over the last five years.

The state had 14,068,600 non-farm jobs reported as of June 2011, down 1,009,400 from June 2006. There were fewer net jobs in three of the last five years.

Boomtowns Gulfport-Biloxi

From Businessweek (via the AP) "Mississippi job picture improves a bit in June" July 27:

Mississippi's employment picture improved slightly in June... All of the growth is in the private sector. Over the past 12 months, Mississippi has dropped 9,200 government jobs, while adding 7,500 in the private sector... the biggest gainers have been professional-business services with 3,500 jobs, leisure-hospitality with 3,000 jobs and trade, transportation and utilities with 2,200 jobs. The sector of private education and health services has added 1,200 jobs...

Photo credit - The Reid Report

Self-government over "dependence on the federal nanny-state"

From his bio at SenatorMcDaniel.com:

Chris is a life-long resident of Mississippi and Jones County. He was born in Laurel and was raised in Ellisville.

Chris is married to Jill Tullos McDaniel of the Sharon Community, Jill is a professional educator

A former Miss Mississippi USA, Jill proudly represented the State of Mississippi in the Miss USA Pageant.

After law school, Chris entered a two - year federal judicial clerkship as a law clerk for the Honorable Charles W. Pickering, Sr., United States District Court Judge, Southern District of Mississippi.

His philosophy:

The federal government is not our ultimate protector and cannot be all things to all people; liberty is the result of individuals learning to rule themselves. Since the powers of taxing and spending are the means by which the government expands, the debate over fiscal restraint is not simply one of dollars and cents; it is a debate over the role of government in our lives. Central to the debate is the question of whether we have become so obsessed with immediate gratification, comfort and ease that we would trade our hard-earned liberty for dependence on the federal nanny state. The answer to that question will control our nation’s destiny and financial security for generations

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