Misconstrued, Misguided, and Misleading Tuesday, Dec 1 2009 

Misconstrued, Misguided, and Misleading

Attacks on Governor Huckabee are disingenuous

By Paulo Sibaja
Several Republicans would like to have the public believe Governor Mike Huckabee is directly responsible for the Washington police shooting. On November 29th, 2009 four Police officers were killed in Tacoma, Washington. The person of interest (POI), as described by law enforcement, is Maurice Clemmons. POI is someone involved in a criminal investigation that has not been arrested or formally accused of a crime. Clemmons was granted clemency by Arkansas Governor Huckabee. Clemency (commutation) does not mean pardoning a criminal, offense forgiveness, or granting freedom from prison, clemency means a reduction in severity of punishment. Governor Huckabee is not responsible nor is this case his “Willie Horton” moment as Michelle Malkin called it; those who say it is misconstrue the facts, are misguided in their opinions, and are misleading the people.

Maurice Clemmons was convicted at the young age of sixteen for three crimes none of which were violent. Crime number one: house robbery while unoccupied; crime two: purse snatch (robbery); crime three: possession of a firearm. Clemmons was sentenced to 108 years! Let me repeat that ONE-HUNDRED AND EIGHT YEARS; to be served consecutively. Ask yourself was the sentence excessive?

In 2000 Governor Huckabee commuted (cut) Clemmons’ 108-year sentence to 47.5 years. Clemmons had being incarcerated for eleven years. Because his sentence was reduced to 47.5 years, Clemmons was eligible for parole. Arkansas’ governor DOES NOT decide who can or cannot go on parole. The Parole Board decided to let Clemmons out on parole only to return to prison because he broke his parole’s requisites. As Kevin McCullough states over at townhall.com it was “prosecutorial malfeasance that THEN allowed Clemmons to walk free, NOT a Huckabee commutation.” Meaning Clemmons was essentially freed due to wrongful conduct by the prosecution.

Clemmons moved to Washington State shortly after his decade and a half long stint with Arkansas’ criminal system. For the most part, he lived a tranquil life, not causing problems, nor encounters with the law. After 5-6 years of peaceful cohabitation with fellow citizens, Clemmons ran into trouble. Not too long ago he was charged with child rape.

Two Washington judges, John McCarthy and Thomas Felnagle, collaborate with each other leading to Clemmons’ eventual release. Judge McCarthy set a very low bail of $15,000 for what he knew was a previous offender and Judge Felnagle signed off on the bail amount. The judges’ actions led to Clemmons’ release. Huckabee who in NO way, shape, or form knew Clemmons was going to commit severe crimes cannot and should not be blamed for what has tragically happened. McCarthy and Felnagle who in every way, shape, and form knew of Clemmons’ criminal record should bear the burden of guilt.

In Washington state alone, Clemmons has faced eight criminal charges, you want to know who is responsible in addition to the judges? Washington’s authority. This year alone Clemmons has been in and out of jail four times. One would think his RECENT record might be alarming enough to judges whose decisions essentially threw him out into the streets.
Republicans or conservatives trying to link Governor Huckabee to the killings are, quite frankly, disingenuous. They realize the Governor is 2012’s Republican frontrunner and any sign, whether true or not, of weakness will be magnified to handicap his strong standing and rising popularity. Several of the same people who heavily criticized Governor Huckabee during the presidential campaign are doing so again. And those same people are essentially the same people who believe Mitt Romney should have been the nominee and would like to see him as the nominee in 2012.

I will remind the readers Governor Huckabee did not let Clemmons out of prison, the Parole Board did. Governor Huckabee did not botch the opportunity to incarcerate Clemmons after he violated his parole while in Arkansas, the prosecutor did. Governor Huckabee did not set a low bail amount after rape charges were filed against Clemmons, Judge McCarthy and Felnalgle did. Governor Huckabee did not shoot the four police officers, authorities, as of right now, simply believe Clemmons is implicated but have not pressed charges.

It is saddening how political opportunists take advantage of a tragic and unnecessary incident in order to score political points and potentially derail a rival. My prayers and thoughts go out to the victims’ family members and friends.

Healthcare me this, Healthcare me that… Healthcare me NOT Friday, Jul 24 2009 

Healthcare me this, Healthcare me that… I say Healthcare me NOT

By: Paulo Sibaja

 

Americans have always been eerie of government-ran entities and right fully so.  Government bureaucracy often shows incompetence whether it has been the IRS and their extremely complicated ‘language’ or the DMV’s occasional ineffectiveness, they tend to raise the blood pressure of many Americans.

 

I recently had the delightful opportunity to deal with the IRS (note: I’m being sarcastic). Delightful, it was not.  The IRS, who made contact two years after the events occurred, sent me a proposal that was completely incorrect.  According to them I owed money, however, I did not.  Due to personal information, I will not detail exactly what it was.  Needless to say it was minor compared to what other people have dealt with.  However, from my young eyes’ perspective my case was rather huge, given my circumstances. 

 

I took my problems to the IRS office. After arrival, I waited 30 minutes to be assisted by the front clerk. The clerk gave me some flier and booklets and told me I could wait if I wanted to talk to an IRS representative.  Since I had the day off I did not mind waiting an hour. 

 

That hour turned into three and my entire day was gone.  My number was finally called I joyfully walked up thinking this nightmare was coming to an end.  STOP, I was wrong it wasn’t over.  The representative that assisted me basically said that what the clerk had given me was all I needed.  I asked if I could take care of it right there and then, the representative told me I wasn’t able to.  He told me I had to go home write a letter, fill out several pages of forms, and then mail it to the IRS. (But wait I was at an IRS office)

 

Once the representative directed me to go home and take care of the issue, I though the nightmare was over.  STOP, it was not over.  He then went on to say “the IRS will receive your letter and forms” and I would “have to wait 30-45 days before they would PROBABLY begin to work on my case.”  He said it would take them a while to examine all of the information.  Instead of ending there, the IRS representative, said they will send me another proposal and I would sign off if it was correct. But if it was incorrect I would have to do it all over again.

 

Knowing the answer, I asked, “Why does it take such a long time to process everything?” He turned around and said, “You have to understand we help MILLIONS of Americans all over the country.”

 

I thought to myself, “That is the problem; the government thinks they can do it all and do it well.”

 

The liberal Democrats in Congress and our liberal President want to push America closer to a Canadian-style healthcare system.  Obama and his allies believe government is the solution, they believe government can do it all and do it well. 

 

Imagine if my problem with the IRS had been with a health care system like the one the liberals are currently pushing for in Congress and the White House is endorsing. That means I would have waited for some bureaucrat to look over my, hypothetically speaking, deadly cancer case for a period of 30-45 days then the time it took to make the decision, maybe 2 additional weeks (I’m being generous it could take them longer).

 

That month and potentially months might have cost me my life. 

 

The simple thought of having a government bureaucrat deciding what medicine to take, when to take it, how much to take or what procedure to pursue, at what hospital, with what doctor is enough for me to say Healthcare me NOT! Do I believe that the there is reform needed: YES; do I believe this reform is the way to go: NO. 

 

And THAT is just ONE example of what could happen if liberals have their way.

The Vicious Left Tuesday, Mar 31 2009 

The Vicious Left

By: Paulo Sibaja

 

For too long the political left has smeared, insulted, trashed, and intimidated those who do not agree with them.  In America, political civil discourse has taken a radical turn to nastiness and brutal verbal assaults.  As I read an article at politico.com regarding Former Governor Mike Huckabee and his comments regarding Michael Steel’s pro-choice comments what shocked me most was the viciousness in the comments by readers.

 

  A person who cowardly posted a comment under the name “christiansrstupic” wrote “what a surprise and ignorant Southern evangelical has a problem with a black man. Who could see that coming?” Another despicable remark was made by a person who identified himself as Adam, he wrote: “To infer that the Taliban-GOP is “pro life” is incorrect. The Taliban-GOP is “pro birth”, once your (you’re) born they could care less about you… especially if your child turns out to be gay, black, Hispanic, poor, or liberal.”

 

This kind of ‘talk’ is repulsive.  Not only do these liberals try to eliminate the opposition by falsely accusing them of horrible things, but they try to destroy the very person they attack.  How is equating the GOP to the Taliban constructive? It is not. How is questioning a Southern evangelical’s motive to challenge a sitting GOP Chairman’s, who happens to be an African American, POLICY statement racist? It is not. Yet these are tactics employed by the hard left to distract the reader and belittle its opposition into utter silence. 

 

Let me make something very clear: I am a Hispanic and “Adam’s” assertion that the Republican Party does not care about “blacks, Hispanics, or poor” people among others, is a blatant lie.  The difference between the GOP and the Democratic left is the fact that the Democrats use fear tactics and slander to paint the Republicans as something they are not. 

 

I read another article regarding a speech Governor Huckabee gave to a pro-life crowd.  The remarks made there were just as repulsive if not worse.  A reader with the name of “edwcorey” said this of Huckabee, “Huckabee is starting to look pregnant again. Maybe he needs to go back on his diet–or have an abortion.”  Now, why does “edwcorey” find the need to attack the Governor’s physical characteristics? Because edwcorey has nothing to stand on.  For him it is easier to insult a person he disagrees with then to intelligently and respectfully debate the differences.

 

However, as one surfs through news articles this vicious cycle of character assassination is consistent.  The left is unrelenting and will go to all lengths at destroying voices that disagree with them.  Another reader that goes by the name “Counterpuch” was addressing women by claiming that “the Huck just wants you (ladies) barefoot and pregnant. It is all about control and your enslavement, he’s the man.”  Again one must ask why counterpuch would claim something that is utterly false? Because his intent is to misinform, mischaracterize, and distract others from the truth.   

 

If in America one cannot publically express his or her opinion because of retribution by the left to label one a bigot, racist, militant, a fatty, a taliban, and much worse, then where has the ability to respectfully disagree gone?  Enough is enough, when discussing policy stick to policy without smearing the physical appearance or character of an individual.  The left is great at doing this.  Instead of giving General David Petraeus the respect he was due, perhaps the left’s leading group MoveOn.org called into question his character with an ad in a newspaper asking General Petraeus or General Betray us?

 

This kind of ‘discourse’ needs to be unseeded from its roots so that once again civil Americans may come to the table of public opinion and discuss difference with the intent to grow not be smeared.  The vicious left hardly has any restrains they go about preaching tolerance yet they are intolerant of anyone who dissents. The vicious left pushes for “rights” of certain groups yet they go about trying to limit the freedom of speech and the freedom to PRACTICE religion from those they disagree with.  The vicious left call themselves progressives and free thinking people yet they shut down or out any kind of different thinking. 

 

Don’t get me wrong there are a few in the ultra-right that do the same.  However the number in the ultra-right is FAR less and is not as brutal in their attempts to destroy others. My point is that viciousness, insults, mischaracterizations, and personal attacks have no place in trying to better a nation or its people.  If we cannot respectfully debate our differences then are we not mere animals fighting for our ‘territory’ instead of humans blessed with our ability to speak?

 

Stimulate, Stimulate, Not the Economy but the Liberal Agenda Wednesday, Feb 4 2009 

Stimulate, Stimulate, Not the Economy but the Liberal Agenda

By: Paulo Sibaja

 

 

Stimulate, stimulate, not the economy but the liberal Democratic agenda headed by House Speaker Pelosi, President Obama and Senate Majority Leader Reid.  That is what is happening in Capitol Hill.  I was recently interviewed by UC Riverside’s Highlander newspaper. The writer wanted to know what Republicans were feeling after the election. He asked me what I thought about the Democrats’ Congressional victories. My answer was short and simple: “They will TAX and SPEND the living lights out of our generation and generations to come.” 

 

 

It took them only weeks to begin stimulating their liberal agenda by proposing an ultra-partisan piece of legislation being sold to the American public as a STIMULUS package. Has the new Democratic Congress forgotten they approved $700 BILLION worth of stimulation just months ago? And now their new SPENDING package, not stimulus, is ballooning over $900 BILLION. Ladies and gentlemen let us stop throwing these kind of numbers around lightly. If this spending package passes then we would have spent over $1.6 TRILLION not to mention all of it will be borrowed and paid back with interest. In other words it will cost me and my, yet to be born children, an arm, and an eye, and hey!! a leg.

 

 

Governor, turned TV Host, Mike Huckabee, and my first choice for president, pointed out that $1 trillion would not only cover the market value of Microsoft in its entirety, but also cover Wal-Mart, Google, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Time Warner, and the all powerful Apple.  However, do not think it would be a purchase that you would barely be able to afford, that is not so.  After taking over these 7 POWERFUL American Corporations you would have a nice vacation bonus totaling $23 billion, a figure our new Congress considers chum change.

 

 

If this spending package would have sound fiscal policies then PERHAPS it would be far easier to digest.  Indeed that is not the case.  Allow me to highlight some of the Democrats’ ideas for stimulating our economy.  Most infamous was $550 million for contraceptives.  Thanks to Republican opposition this provision was removed, but one must ask oneself: How are contraceptives going to create NEW jobs or STIMULATE a lagging economy? The answer is simple: it will NOT.

 

 

Yet this package is laden with non-stimulating PORK.  Indulge with me as I list, only a small portion, of Congress’ BIGGEST barbeque shopping list ever:

  1. $1 billion for Amtrak (which has not turned a profit long before I was born)
  2. $2.4 billion for projects to DEMOSTRATE how carbon greenhouse gas can safely be removed from the atmosphere
  3. $335 million for prevention of STD
  4. $248 million for new furniture at the Homeland Security headquarters (while Americans are losing their homes and furniture Democrats want to furnish the H.S.)
  5. $75 million for ‘smoking cessation activities’
  6. $6 billion to turn federal buildings green-friendly (this while Americans have suffered a COLD winter or HOT summer because they cannot pay the heating/cooling bill)

 

When Democrats go on television and tell Americans they need to save their money and be frugal in hard times their lips are drenched with deposition of hypocrisy.  They have adopted a “do as a say NOT as I do” policy, the only problem is that the money they are spending is not theirs but OURS. Your money, the taxpayer, your mom, dad, siblings, and friends’ money.  That explains why it is so easy to spend it.  When it is not yours then no problem, right? Wrong.

 

 

Even more evidence of hypocrisy.  The liberal Democrats were constantly accusing Republicans of fear mongering in order to get support.  They called it “despicable”, “a disservice to the people”, “beneath the standards of a respectable party”, and yet they have used this financial crisis to stimulate not the economy but their agenda by granting interviews and portraying a picture that if this package is not passed then our way of life, our economy, your job, and home will be completely and utterly lost.  However, they are not telling you about their unnecessary spending. 

 

 

Governor Huckabee had it right when he stated, “A lot of legislation is like garbage and it’s garbage the first day in the can, but if it sits there long enough, it really starts smelling. Congress knows that the so-called stimulus bill is garbage, but hope it gets voted on before it sits there long enough to start smelling.”

 

Join me not as a Republican or a Democrat, not as an Independent but as an AMERICAN and tell your Senator, your Congressman or woman that enough is enough.  Stop stimulating your liberal agenda by foreclosing OUR future, your children’s future, your unborn children’s future.  Demand they stimulate; stimulate not their agenda, but our well being.  

 

Go to: http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW_by_State.shtml#ca and search for your Congressional representative follow the links until you get to contact

Do the same for your Senators: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

Shame on you Hamas Sympathizers Thursday, Jan 8 2009 

Shame on you Hamas Sympathizers

By: Paulo Sibaja

 

Mr. Hier reports in the Wall Street Journal of several accounts involving anti-Israeli protests.  Of these many he vividly discusses only a handful of them, meaning they are abundant all over America and the world.  Banners in Florida read “Go back to the ovens!” referring to slaughter of Jews at the hands of Nazis in the gas chambers.  Others include “clean the earth from dirty Zionists!”, “Gas the Jews”, or the automobile crashing into a synagogue in France, or Jewish owned shops sprayed with swastikas.  This is despicable and reprehensible. 

 

If you live in Berlin, Los Angeles, Houston, New York City, Toronto Cananda, London, Madrid, Stockholm Sweden, Washington D.C. and many other CITIES, then let me inform you that you live in a CITY that is larger than the NATION of Israel.  Imagine with me if you were under constant attack not only from Los Angeles’ northern neighbor but its southern neighbor as well. 

 

This means EVERY DAY you will be shelled from either the north or south.  You would NOT be able to sleep in the comfort of your own bed knowing full well that any second your home would vanish and your life would end because your neighboring regions hate and despise you and wish you nothing but DEATH.  This means EVERY meal you eat at home, or anywhere for that matter, you would not be able to enjoy it because as you savor your mom’s favorite dish your life could flash before your eyes.  This means EVERY time you visit a mall and are happily shopping for yourself or others, you have to keep in mind that Hamas to the south and Hezbollah to the north are MORE THAN WILLING to fire rockets into a mall to kill you and your niece, your son, your father,  your sister, aunt, grandfather, a loved one, or a friend.  This means EVERY day you shower there is a possibility that you’ll have to run out of the shower and into a shelter to protect yourself from rockets fired your way. 

 

This IS the condition in which the people of Israel live on a day to day basis.  Fearing for their lives and the lives of their loved ones, living each day not knowing if they will live to see tomorrow’s daylight.  No human being should EVER have to endure such unnecessary brute force.  Yet Israelis do so and basically stand alone in the world.

 

The world is quick in condemning Israel, yet careful, crafty, and even cautious when addressing the terrorist thugs of Hamas or Hezbollah.  They ask the victim (Israel) to show restrain when during a CEASE FIRE shells and rockets rained down on Israeli towns.  They call the victim the aggressor and the aggressor the poor innocent defenseless victim.

 

Hamas cowardly hides behind their innocent civilians, it HAS been documented over and over and over and over again that terrorist groups like Hamas choose to use HUMANS as SHIELDS, they hide behind their innocent knowing full well Israel will not strike were civilians are thought to be.  They choose to fire their weapons behind a school, or by a hospital, often in a neighborhood because they are ruthless beings who care about one thing and one thing only: the death of a Jew, even if it means sacrificing some of the innocent civilians in the territory they illegitimately took over.

 

Israel is the ONLY true democracy in the region, and yet a large amount of Americans see it as the enemy not the ally (my former supervisor comes to mind).  Israel warns its enemies and the civilian population if an attack is coming, in war, who does that?! Yet they choose to do it because they treasure innocent life.  They are asked to give this give that in order to attain peace, yet shortly after becoming a nation all of its neighbors declared war.  Had America, after declaring its independence, been attacked by all of the Indian tribes to the west, the Spanish in the Caribbean and central America, and the British and French to the north (now Canada), I can ASSURE YOU the United States of America would not exist.

 

Israel was PROMISED peace if it withdrew from Gaza, I got news for you it has been years since Israel withdrew its settlements. I only have one question: WHERE IS THE PEACE?! Israel is asked to divide its capital, Jerusalem, and they will have peace, I got news for you half of Israel has been in the hands of Muslims for years. I only have one question: WHERE IS THE PEACE?!

 

For those in the world and the hundreds of thousands of Americans who sympathize with groups like the PLO, Hamas, Hezbollah, and the likes and choose to blame America and Israel: SHAME ON YOU.    

President Bush’s Victory Lap Tuesday, Dec 16 2008 

Bush: 2, Attacker: 0 

By Paulo Sibaja

 

On his recent trip to Iraq, President George W. Bush, faced an angry reporter who decided to play “throw the shoe.”  Bush won 2-0 in the short yet widely televised confrontation against radical Muntadar al-Zaidi. President Bush’s response to the situation was gracious and humorous, he also displayed his great dodging skills (maybe he could’ve come in handy at a dodge ball tournament.) 

 

The following day the confrontation was in every Arab newspaper and on every television station.  Al-Zaidi was being hailed as a hero by the Arab-Muslim world.  To those who have forgotten, after September 11th, many of these same radicals took to the streets filled with joy that America had been attacked.

 

They sang and danced as they saw the carnage of innocent civilians in perhaps the most horrific attack against innocent Americans in recent history.  These same radicals took to the streets in rallies and in protests supporting their new found hero al-Zaidi and damming their long time nemesis George Bush. 

 

Al-Zaidi’s attempt to embarrass the leader of the free world by throwing a shoe, which in Middle Eastern cultures is a sign of utter disrespect, shows the very contempt that these groups of radicals hold against freedom-loving citizens.

 

Ironically the person responsible for giving the Iraqis their newfound freedom of speech, along with the thousands of brave young men and women who have sacrificed so much wearing the uniform, is the very man this particular radical chose to try and humiliate while in his victory lap after a successful strategy change in the war in Iraq.  Had this been Saddam Hussein, al-Zaidi would have been immediately apprehended taken to a soccer stadium and publicly been executed for his exercising of “freedom of speech.”

 

Although al-Zaidi has been praised by the Arab-Muslim world little reporting has been done on the gratefulness many in Iraq have for America.  The Vietnamese War continues to be a hot issue in public discourse.  However, just like in Iraq, many in the media failed to report on the appreciation these people have for America. 

 

After visiting Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, and several other southeastern Asian nations, my cousin was shocked to hear what he heard.  Many in these nations expressed their gratitude towards America during the Vietnam War era and continue to do so long after the conflict ended.  In Iraq the majority of people, although never heard by our media and therefore the average citizen, hold America in high esteem. 

 

The only problem is that the one’s who shout the loudest are the one’s who receive all the media attention.  These are the ones who make us believe that we are hated all over the world.  Al-Zaidi crossed the line, under his newfound freedom of speech, when he chose to indulge in irresponsible freedom. This leads me to a question long posed by a friend.

 

A good friend once asked me what I valued more, Liberty or Safety? I answered, “I value responsible Liberty that does not place the public at risk.  Allow me to explain.  You may be aware of the recent Supreme Court decision to grant suspected terrorist the right to challenge their detention in American civil courts, as if they were citizens, obviously some claim this is liberty and to a LIMITED extent it is.  However, this kind of liberty is extremely irresponsible and places the public’s safety at risk (no sane Congressman or woman or Senator would lobby on behalf of a GITMO-like camp within their district’s backyard. Why? Because dangerous people would be within reach of innocent law abiding citizens like YOU and me.)  Therefore, I value responsible(safe) liberty.”

 

In order to be free one must also be safe, because freedom without ANYONE fighting for safety is anarchy.  This simply means that without accountability I could easily do what I THINK is right NOT what IS right.  I could kill, if according to me it is right, I could steal if according to me it is right.  If anyone lives in a crime infested city and is never safe then what liberty does one have? If one cannot walk in the park or a sidewalk without fearing an attack, rape, or robbery then how free is one? If one constantly fears for his or her life, then are you not a slave to fear? ASK YOURSELF, you will get the answer right.

 

Proposition 8- What happened to Democracy?! Wednesday, Dec 3 2008 

Let Democracy Stand

By Paulo Sibaja 

On November 4th, 2008 the nation went to the polls, Californians, however, not only voted for their president but voted on an array of propositions.  Perhaps the hottest race, behind the presidential election, was Proposition 8.  This ballot initiative ignited huge controversy throughout the state. 

 

Those who supported proposition 8, a constitutional amendment defining marriage between a man and a woman, were targets of intolerance.  Many who stood up for traditional marriage were insulted, ridiculed, mocked, threatened, and their property was constantly vandalized.

Proposition 8 shockingly passed, stunning the gay community and Holly-weird, 52.5% for and 47.5% against, a 5 percent gap.  Shortly after the results were finalized the No on 8 campaign along with activists began to look for ways to undermine the PEOPLE who civilly went to the polls and cast their votes in defense of marriage.

 

I did a radio interview where the host, who was in the tank for the No on 8 camp, kept on challenging me for supporting prop. 8.  He diligently pointed out that the Supreme Court of the State of California granted gays the right to marry.  I quickly pointed out that 61% of Californians had already defined marriage between a man and a woman in 2001.  He said, “They (the courts) are called supreme for a reason, they are the law of the land.”  I was amazed he would make such a claim. 

 

Last I checked we live in the United State of America where a democracy is the system of the land.  We do NOT live in Iran under Ahmadinejad or Iraq under Saddam; in this nation the PEOPLE are the ones who govern not some elite judges.

While I attended a Yes on 8 rally several No on 8 activists, who crashed our rally and behaved illicitly, were carrying signs that read “THIS IS A DEMOCRACY NOT A THEOCRACY.”  I could not agree more.  They are absolutely right this is a democracy, I pointed out that under a democratic system in 2001 61% of the people voted for traditional marriage.  The activists said, “You are absolutely right, good point.”

 

Let me make something clear while the legislature is trying to undermine the very people that sent them to Sacramento, the Supreme Court is preparing to hear the lawsuits against proposition 8, and the Attorney General for the state of California is not at all enthusiastic about defending the people in court, we live in a DEMOCRACY and I hope that we never forget that.  That which the government giveth, the government can taketh; I urge the courts to let the people’s will stand.   

 

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