Not In My Name!

This election cycle has really prompted me to do some research. The thing that I have come to realize is that a lot of the people who are supposed to represent me do not. In my name the Congress and the Administration has done plenty to eviscerate the Constitution. It is past time for us to stand up and stop this! In our names both the Bush Administration and the Pelosi led House and the Reid led Senate have given us such egregious legislation as:

USA Patriot Act

MilitaryCommissions Act 2006

MilitaryCommissions Act 2006

Many others...

It is time for citizens to say that you will not do these things in our name. It is time for us to say to those who we hire by giving them our votes, "No; not in my name!" He or she needs to be true to the oath of office that he/she takes:

I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.

They take an oath to defend the Constitution. It is worth noting here that the Commander in Chief views the Constitution as a "G-D piece of paper".

I like this "pledge" pledge:

The Pledge of Resistance

We believe that as people living
in the United States it is our
responsibility to resist the injustices
done by our government,
in our names

Not in our name
will you wage endless war
there can be no more deaths
no more transfusions
of blood for oil

Not in our name
will you invade countries
bomb civilians, kill more children
letting history take its course
over the graves of the nameless

Not in our name
will you erode the very freedoms
you have claimed to fight for

Not by our hands
will we supply weapons and funding
for the annihilation of families
on foreign soil

Not by our mouths
will we let fear silence us

Not by our hearts
will we allow whole peoples
or countries to be deemed evil

Not by our will
and Not in our name

We pledge resistance

We pledge alliance with those
who have come under attack
for voicing opposition to the war
or for their religion or ethnicity

We pledge to make common cause
with the people of the world
to bring about justice,
freedom and peace

Another world is possible
and we pledge to make it real.

This issue of civil liberties is too important for us to just sit on the sideline or to just vote based on our party.

With all due respect to Rep. Price, we need someone who is going to go to Congress and represent our views! I have a deep love for the Constitution of the United States. (With all due respect, the Constitution is far more than a G-D piece of paper; it is your job description.) Rep. Price should have never voted for the USA Patriot Act. I don't exactly agree with BJ Lawson on each stance that he takes but one thing that I trust is that he will defend the Constitution against all enemies both foreign and (especially) domestic! I will vote for him in November because Rep. Price should have known better than to vote for the Patriot Act; he cannot convince me that there is any good reason that he voted for it! I will give you this pledge too, if Dr. Lawson goes to Congress and votes his party's platform--over the Constitution--I will work for the person(Dem, Republic or whomever)to get him out as well; or I will run myself.

This is not about partisan politics; this is about standing up and saying that not in my name will we allow you to eviscerate the Constitution. Not in my name will we allow you to torture. Not in my name will I be forced to think that I must vote for a person simply because he or she has "D", "R", "L", or "I" behind his or her name.

Rep. Price, NBAF is a bad idea; kick it!

I really do not understand why Rep. Price stands in support of NBAF. It is an incredibly bad idea! There are so many people who are against this facility. Rep. Brad Miller (a Democratic Representative who I love) has come to his senses and pulled his support for NBAF.

I am today notifying the Department of Homeland Security that I do not support locating the National Bio Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) at the proposed Butner site. I have worked with other members of North Carolina's congressional delegation to urge the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to work closely with elected officials and citizens in Granville County to address concerns about the proposed facility. The Government Accountability Office and the House Energy and Commerce Committee, among others, have raised sober, serious concerns about the facility that DHS has not satisfied. If democracy means anything, local elected officials speak for the people of their community, and local elected officials in Granville County now oppose bringing the facility to Butner. I cannot support bringing a federal facility to a community in my district that does not welcome it.

"I continue to believe that we must do the research that would be conducted at the proposed facility to protect public health and our food supply, whether at the current location at Plum Island or elsewhere, and that wherever the research is done it must be done safely."

It is past time for us to hold Rep. Price responsible! Here is the press release from Lawson for Congress:


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, August 12, 2008

CONTACT:
Linda Williams
919-481-1177

Why Won't David Price Just Say "No" to NBAF?

RALEIGH - Today, North Carolina Congressional candidate William (B.J.) Lawson called on Congressman David Price to withdraw his support for the Department of Homeland Security's attempt to bring the National Bio-Agro Defense Facility (NABF) to the Granville/Durham county line.

"In 1948, Congress made it illegal for a facility such as NBAF to study biological contagions, like Foot and Mouth Disease, that could spread from animals to humans in the continental United States. Since then, this work has been done on Plum Island to help limit any outbreaks to the general population from accidental releases that would inevitably occur," said Lawson.

"Congressman Price spoke at a meeting in Durham on June 16, 2008, which I attended, where he said neither he nor anyone else should make rash decisions about NBAF either way," Lawson continued. "I would like to ask him why then did he vote just two days later to circumvent the 1948 law and clear the way for Homeland Security to bring the lab to North Carolina. He has also openly supported NBAF to his constituents. Plainly the only people who want this facility are special and corporate interests. The people of Granville and Durham don't want it and even the Democratic party of Orange County is against it. Also, recently his colleague Congressman Brad Miller has withdrawn his support."

"Now Price says he is neutral on NBAF, but what does that mean? Does neutral mean that he supports it, but does not want the voters in his district to know that he supports it in an election year?" says Lawson. "I am not the only one asking here, but would the real Congressman Price please stand up and tell us if he supports NBAF or not? The voters of the 4th District have a right to know where Congressman Price truly stands on this issue."

Dr. William "BJ" Lawson is running for Congress in North Carolina's 4th Congressional District.

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That Which Sen. Obama and BJ Lawson Share

Last night I attended the Campaign Kickoff for Lawson for Congress. I can tell you that I have never been around that many Republicans in my life and to be honest with you I was a bit nervous...imagine that, me, nervous. To my great surprise I met a lot of great people who share my love for this country and for the district. I must admit that we have some very different ideas about how to solve the problems that face this country but we agree that BJ Lawson is the best person running for Congress in the fourth district to go to Washington and help it work better.

I have said all along that I am not so much against Rep. Price as I am for Dr. Lawson and his principles of good government. BJ offers fresh perspective and new ideas for a governmental system that is so desperately in need of new perspective. I have said this before and I really think this is true: "Dr. BJ Lawson is for the fourth district what Sen. Barak Obama is for our nation."

What is that which BJ shares with Obama? Refreshment. They both offer a refreshing change from the status quo. Neither Sen. Obama nor Dr. Lawson promises to give us business as usual. They each offer plans of refreshment. Whether it be Sen. Obama's blue print for change or Dr. Lawson's Principles of Good Government, each candidate promises a refreshing change from the ordinary. Ordinary, there is a great word that describes both Sen. Obama's and Dr. Lawson's opponent. Both Sen. McCain and Rep. Price are good enough fellows but they are ordinary. Webster defines ordinary as being of a kind to be expected in the normal order of events. It defines refreshing as agreeably stimulating because of freshness or newness. So, given the option between ordinary and refreshing, I choose refreshing each day and twice on Sunday! I am so proud to be a supporter of refreshing candidates. I can tell you this, come Nov. 4 I will cast a ballot for Barak Obama for President and William "BJ" Lawson for Representative of the fourth congressional district in North Carolina; I encourage you to do the same.

Below is a clip from the campaign kickoff event last night.

Come See IOUSA on the Lawson for Congress' Dime!

Call the Lawson for Congress office today at: 919-481-1177 to reserve your ticket for this one night showing of IOUSA at no charge to you!