Archive for October 3rd, 2008
Constitution Party Presidential Party Candidate Chuck Baldwin On Paltalk
Baldwin
Chuck Baldwin, the Constitution Party presidential candidate will be my guest on News Talk Online on Paltalk.com Tuesday Oct. 7.
Baldwin’s campaign is focused on making the United States independent from foreign government intervention. He advocates prohibitions of foreign government ownership of any portion of the U.S. infrastructure or financial assets. Foreign governments, for example, would not, under his vision, be permitted to hold any of America’s debt.
He believes the federal government has no right, under the constitution, to dictate educational policy in the United States. He advocates gun ownership by all Americans. And he opposes U.S. intervention in the internal affairs of other nations.
Baldwin is vowing to pardon two border patrol agents who are in prison for shooting an escaping illegal alien drug smuggler near the Mexican border. And he is pledging to toss the United Nations out of the United States if he is elected president.
A minister, Baldwin is also a radio talk show host and author. He moderates a daily, a one hour long call-in show on the air in Florida where he addresses current event topics from a conservative point of view. Baldwin also write columns for the Internet and newspapers.
To talk to Baldwin at 5 PM New York time October 7 CLICK HERE.
Bailout Topic Of News Talk Online On Paltalk
Today’s edition of News Talk Online on Paltalk focused on two issues; the economic bailout plan and tonight’s vice-presidential debate. Since the precursor discussion of the debate is about to be dated, I’ll concentrate on talking about the bailout.
Here’s my problem with the process, as articulated during the show and not contradicted by any callers.
The House voted the original measure down because of strong constituent opposition. All House members, of course, are standing for re-election this year. It wouldn’t do well to fly in the face of the barrage of phone calls, e-mails and letters in opposition to the plan.
The Senate, of course, has the luxury of staggered and longer terms. So it approved a modification of the plan the in the hopes, from the perspective of proponents, of pressuring the House to now follow suit.
Now, I don’t know how good a plan this is. But I do know one thing. It shouldn’t have included pork barrel spending measures. This is not the time to play that game. The economy is in dire straits and if that money is really needed for a bailout, by God, then every penny of the $700 billion budgeted should go for that. Can anyone on Capitol Hill say Bridge To Nowhere?
Frankly, it’s high time Congress write bills in terms the average American understands. And every portion of those bills, especially those that appropriate funds, should be directed toward the resolutions’ stated purpose.
It’s time to stop pork barrel spending. If Congress doesn’t have the resolve to do this itself, then it should hand it over to the president by giving him a line item veto.
It’s time for our elected officials to start acting responsibly!
