Hello, my wonderful political junkies!  Yeah, I know, it's been over a year since I have posted anything but today, that all changes!  I took a little time off after the 2014 elections where my candidate lost miserably, (stupid John Cornyn followers!) but we made considerable gains in other areas so it's ok!  I also found myself a hot boyfriend and wound up falling for the L word so that has also been time consuming.  :-)   And that's ok, too!  ;-)

Today's post is about the Mayoral, school board and city council seats that are up this month. Actually, what I am going to write about is THE most important race of all, and that is the Tarrant Regional Water District race.  Those up for re-election are:

Jim Lane, a rotten, corrupt, scumbag

 and Ms. Marty Leonard, another corrupt, unethical rubber-stamper!

Awww, doesn't Marty Leonard look so sweet in this picture?  She actually comes from a very well-known, well-connected family and I will say that her family has done a LOT of great things for the community, especially for run away kids and other at-risk yutes!  I do respect her for this reason, but that doesn't give her the right to decide whose home to steal, which congresswoman's son gets a director position or what land you get to purchase for personal use with public funds.

Jim Lane, on the other hand, well, he hasn't really done much except for being a lawyer and literally giving his friends millions of dollars.  Literally. GIVING. Friends. Money!  From US!  The taxpayer!  Here's what I blasted out to some of my precinct residents and also blasted out on my Facebook page.  For any of you living in Tarrant County reading this and can vote in this election, I implore you to read this before going to the polls.  Be aware that even though you DO pay for city water and the rates, you may NOT be allowed to vote in this election.  I know, crazy, right?  Anyway, see below and cheers to you all!

Early voting started Monday and Election Day is May 9th in Tarrant County!!!  Get out and vote but not before I share with you the most important election information you will need to arm yourself with before voting.   I just wanted to let you all in on what 's going on down at the Tarrant Regional Water District. .  I've been following this board for the last 3 or 4 years now and the corruption is just sickening.  I've been to public meetings and I have seen how Jim Lane works and he is horrible.  There are several board members there that need to be removed, Jim Lane being the #1 guy.  Let me tell you all a story about Jim Lane:

Jim Lane has a good buddy named Carl Bell.  Carl Bell owned the Cats and LaGrave Field.  Carl Bell wanted to sell his land for the development in the TRV ( Trinity River Vision ) project but couldn't find any buyers because the land was contaminated.  There was once a battery company on the property and another chemical company in the area.  Here is the appraisal:  http://trwdcorruption.com/appraisal.pdf.  The land was appraised at $12.6 million but because of the contamination, it was reduced to $9 million.  The TRWD agreed to purchase this land for $18 million and pay for the $20 million clean-up of the land.  Let's not forget that LaGrave Field was on a 100 year floodplain.  So, in essence, Jim Lane used his office and board position to help his friend not only sell his land but to sell it for DOUBLE the appraisal and then stuck the City of Fort Worth taxpayers with the $20 million dollar clean up bill.   Carl Bell made a $9 million dollar profit for contaminated land!

I have watched Jim Lane intimidate Mary Kelleher ( who recently won her board seat one year ago) as she asked pertinent questions about contracts, spending and other economic development projects which she has a right to do as a board member.  I actually watched him ask one of their TRWD lawyers about Mirandizing Ms. Kelleher and putting her in handcuffs.  This is the same Jim Lane, who is a lawyer, and knows damn well a lawyer cannot Mirandize anyone, that it must be a police officer that does it.  He did this solely to intimidate her to make her stop asking questions and challenging the board on their highly unethical practices.  It was nauseating.   I have also seen Vic Henderson try to have people thrown out of public meetings for disagreeing with board members.  He was unsuccessful!

You have probably been getting emails and phone calls and mailers from the current  TRWD members that are being challenged, talking about how the new candidates are being funding by a Dallas businessman, Monty Bennett.  Monty Bennett IS a Dallas businessman whose property is in danger of being taken through eminent domain by the TRWD for a water pipeline.  When Mr. Bennett told them he would not allow them to use his property, TRWD decided to take it by force.  Mr. Bennett wrote to the TRWD, called the TRWD and gave them an alternate plan/route for the pipeline that was not on his property that the TRWD could use just as easily but the TRWD never responded to him.  They don't answer phone calls or emails from property owners, they just take the property because representative Charlie Geren was able to pass a bill through the legislature that gave the TRWD the power to take land for "economic development" and that is what they do now.  They've taken over 300 properties from taxpayers through eminent domain and will develop them into urban housing and other special development projects they have lined up with "friends of the board".   Back to the mailers....they claim that Dallas businessman Monty Bennett wants power over our water but in all actuality, it's the incumbents, Marty Leonard and Jim Lane, who are being financed by big Dallas businessmen.  Here is a short list of recent contributors from Dallas ( Dallas holds a vested interest in the building of this pipeline, btw):

-Carl Sewell (Dallas) contributed $25K to Jim and Marty PAC
-Dallas based liquor distributor Barry Andrews ($10K)
-Billionaire/ Texas Rangers owner Ray Davis (Dallas) contributed $10K
-Dallas oil billionaire Ray Hunt gave Jim and Marty's PAC $10K
-Dallas Hunt heiress billionaire Lynda Hill donated $5K
-Dallasite Millege Hart III gave $5K
-Dallas oil billionaire Trevor Rees-Jones gave Jim and Marty (through the PAC) $10K
-Multi-billionaire Wal-Mart heiress Alice Walton (Parker County) gave $25K
-Dallas-area billionaire Ross Perot Jr gave $25K

This is just the tip of the iceberg.   Looks like if you elect Jim and Marty, you WILL give control to Dallas-based billionaires!  They are being financed by many, many, other non-Tarrant based entities (WHY? It as nothing to do with other people that don't live in Tarrant County!)  It's all public record folks.  Look up their campaign contributions.  I'd like to link you to a lawsuit that the TRWD LOST.  It pertains to the fact that the TRWD was actively stealing Oklahoma's water.  That's what they do, they steal from everyone!  And who's at the head of this controversy?  Jim Lane!  Here's a link to that:  Tarrant Water District Loses Court Battle But Not Giving Up On Oklahoma Water

So let us go now to the Trinity River Vision Project - this is where the nepotism and cronyism really come into play, here.  Kay Granger who is friends with Betsy Price and Charlie Geren and the TRWD board felt that her family ought to get a piece of the pie.  She successfully brokered a deal with Jim Oliver, another TRWD board member and drinking buddy of JD Granger, for her son to be named the executive director of the TRV project when he had literally NO experience running any operation of that size.  Here is a story on that: The Victoria Advocate - Google News Archive Search  Read this, too:  FWWeekly: Feature: Posted: No Public.  So he makes $110,000.00 and the budget has gone from $400 million to over a billion dollars.  He has mismanaged those funds so badly and there hasn't been anything done except the Panther Island Pavilion ( what island??), a restaurant and a plan for three new bridges going....where, exactly?   In 2012, there was supposed to be an election held, ACCORDING TO ELECTION CODE, and there would have been 3 seats up for election; Vic Henderson,  Hal Sparks and Jack Stevens were all up for re-election but the heat was on them by the taxpayers that they were about to lose their seats so what did they do?  They voted to postpone the election for another year.  And they did it successfully.   For the next election that was supposed to be held in 2014, the board, again, postponed their own elections and a federal lawsuit was filed, which they lost.  Here is that lawsuit here:  Federal lawsuit filed over TRWD election.  During the summer of 2014, two new board members were supposed to be appointed to the board or the TRWD would have to have a special election.  They decided to appoint JD GRANGER as one of the interim board members.  How unethical is that?  To name the executive director of a TRWD project, a congresswoman's son, as a board member until the next election in 2015.  The TRWD, for the second election cycle in a row ( that *I* know of) have waited until a month before elections to send out beautiful, glossy, expensive mailers to the residents, talking about all the wonderful things the board is doing for Fort Worth.  Remember, this happens right before elections, so basically, they are using taxpayer funds to send out these mailers, just before election time, which should be considered as campaigning because that is essentially what they are doing.  And using taxpayer money to do it with. 

People, there are so many other things that I could write about but in the interest of keeping it short and simple enough to keep your attention, I will go ahead and stop here.  You can google any of these facts, you can do your research and learn yourselves just how this board is negatively affecting our water and flood planning.  Being on residential watering restrictions while they build all of these new inner-city, urban developments for the "new college graduate" demographic and build fountains that waste water in Sundance Square.  

I have copied Mike Moncrief on this email as he dared to call me a liar when I brought up a candidate forum to my email list.  You're not going to call me a liar when this entire TRWD board is made up of nothing BUT liars!  I hope you will all vote for Craig Bickley and Michele Von Luckner for the open seats. 

MR. MONCRIEF - if you care to comment on any of my claims, which are all public record, and why you choose to support cronyism, deception and misuse of public funds for private means, please feel free to do so here and now!  I cannot wait to hear what you have to say about all of this!

Jennifer Frank

Concerned Citizen and Political Activist

North Texas Freedom Coalition

BIG, BAD JOHN WILL SOON BE GONE!

OPEN LETTER TO JOHN CORNYN

 Dear John, 

Yes, John, it's me again.  Your arch enemy - a free, Texas woman that has had enough of you.  I know you know who I am, I've written your office, called your office and blogged about you numerous times.  I told you once before, one of these days someone will come along to primary you and when that person does, I will be his or her #1 volunteer and will work my ass of to make sure you never win re-election nor will you ever hold public office again.

Well, guess what I've been doing since I last blogged:

That's right!  I've been busy working my ass off to make sure you lose this race.  See this guy above me, here?   This is Dwayne Stovall!  He's the guy that's going to take your seat.  I have been knocking on doors, putting up signs, visiting Tea Party meetings, going to candidate forums and passing out your literature everywhere I go.  I've been busy with this campaign so I haven't been able to blog about anything - no free time, really.  That's ok, because this guy above me is going to kick your slimy ass out of D.C. for good!  Along with about 1100 other people that are sick and tired of you.  Here's why I can't wait until you're gone:

I've had enough of you voting to raise the debt ceiling and last week's vote to do just that will be the last time you make that vote.

I've had enough of you voting to end debate (cloture) on important bills that will affect every aspect of our lives for the worse.  If we no longer have debate and discussion and can just shut people up to ram through unconstitutional legislation, we no longer have a system of checks and balances.

I've had enough of you constantly violating your oath of office AND MY RIGHTS so that you can further line your pockets with our hard earned money and take even more money from lobbyists so you can do their bidding instead of doing what you were sent to do - protect our state, protect our rights and protect the interests of Texas.

I have had enough with turning around every week to see that you have voted to take away even more of our individual rights and civil liberties.

I have had enough of your looking at your voting records and seeing support of things like the NDAA, the TSA, the NSA, the Farm Bill, funding for Obamacare, voting to spend all this money without putting forth and passing a budget and watching my family's future and freedoms quickly fade away into tyranny.

I HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF YOU!

If I had my way, I would round all of you up and sit you in front of a firing squad.  You have ruined our state, you have ruined our country and you have ruined the future of many generations to come with all of the debt you have voted to saddle us with.  Unfortunately, we aren't able to do that so we have to settle for elections.  

Harsh words, you say?  I'm done caring about that.  Unhinged, you wonder?  I think I'm pretty calm considering what our forefathers did over a little tea tax all those years ago.  My constitution and my country matter to me a whole lot more than what you think.  

You know what's really great, though?   You know you're in trouble now because you have EIGHT people after your job and only ONE of them is truly someone to reckon with.  DWAYNE STOVALL.  You refuse to acknowledge him, you refuse to debate him.  As a matter of fact, of all of the Tea Party straw polls we've had here in Texas, YOU haven't shown up to any of them.  You wouldn't last 10 seconds in a debate with Dwayne Stovall.  You damn sure wouldn't late 10 seconds in a room with me and you wouldn't last in a room full of voters that are demanding your head.  That's why you've refuse to show up at the most important candidate forums all across the state.  You're too busy to talk to us lowly voters.  You would much rather spend your time taking big checks from big donors - just like you did when you were sitting up there on your high horse on the Texas Supreme Court where you took BIG bucks from waste management companies and lawyers and all those other special interest pricks you answer to.

No more!!  Enough is enough and you will now pay for all of the misery you have caused us here in Texas.  After March 4, you will no longer hurt this state or We the People with your lies and bad votes and an unjust government reaching into our private lives without our consent.    Your only job as a senator is to make sure our rights are protected, not taken away!!!

Mark my words.....Big Bad John will soon be gone

Jennifer Frank
Your #1 Enemy

I'VE BEEN BUSY!

I'VE BEEN BUSY!!!!!

But apparently not as busy as the feds have been!  ;-)


I have also gotten burned out on blogging but so much has been happening lately, I should be blogging like crazy about all the fuckery that's been going on.  So let's recap:

Immigration:  The democrats' new "Obamacare".  Over 1000 pages, no one other than the GANG of 8,  has read it all the way through, except Ted Cruz and Rand Paul probably, and it's filled with more pork sandwiches than a Louisiana BBQ!  There is actually a provision in this bill that says the IRS can fine any company $5000 for hiring a citizen over an illegal alien.  How is that protecting America?  American workers?  So forget the citizens that are actually paying for all this stuff, let's just give the illegals everything their hearts desire.  Let's give them citizenship, let's open the borders and the floodgates, let's give them free healthcare, free education, free and/or discounted housing and transportation, dental and food and first crack at all the job opportunities this country has to offer (which isn't much these days).  Yes, that is the answer to illegal immigration!  This law blatantly violates our constitution just like every other law that has been passed the last 8 years.  This is not protection of the borders, this is not protecting our country.  This will kill us.  Right now, because of Obamacare, most jobs are temp jobs or part time jobs so that companies won't have to provide the healthcare insurance that the govt promised would be more affordable.  Since the exact opposite has happened - surprise - and premiums have doubled and even tripled, companies are doing what they have to do to cut costs and benefits to employees.  So let's penalize American companies even more with this $5000 penalty for hiring citizens instead of illegals.  The other part of this bill I can't get my head around is the fact that there is a provision for unions in the hospitality industry that will give 30,000 visas to the low and/or no-skilled worker ( the ones that speak ZERO English and can't read or write English, either) so they can work for hotels and other hospitality businesses.  So let's think about that:  the govt is going to grant 30,000 visas specifically for this industry which means 30,000 people MUST work in that industry if they want to come here.  They get their visa if they come clean up after people, cook for people, do their laundry, etcetera.  I wonder when the illegals will catch on to the fact that this is a form of slavery.  Not only is this tyranny at it's best, it is economic and physical slavery and the illegals, since they don't speak, read or write any English, cannot read this law for themselves let alone understand any of it. 

Marco Rubio has turned out to be a classless twit that needs to go and funny enough, his state is setting up a recall to yank his ass out of Congress, hehee.  Here is that link here .  Go, Florida!  I wrote a post on making a recall law for Texas much like the one that other states, such as Montana and Florida have but of course, no lawmaker in Texas wants to touch it with a ten foot pole.

Anyway, here's a solution to the immigration problem - ENFORCE THE LAWS WE ALREADY HAVE ON THE BOOKS AND IN THE CONSTITUTION!!!!  YOU DON'T NEED NEW LAWS WHEN YOU REFUSE TO FOLLOW THE CURRENT LAWS!!!  Seriously, folks!  The only reform that needs to be made is actually following the laws we have!!  Those laws would work just fine if they gave it a try!  Fucking maniacs!

BIG SISTER IS WATCHING YOU - ALONG WITH OBAMA, ERIC HOLDER AND THE ENTIRE NSA, CIA, FBI AND OTHER AGENCIES.

I only have one question:  When did WE become the enemy?  When did the citizens of this country become the bad guys?  I don't recall any American citizen flying planes into those buildings or our pentagon or chanting "Death to America" up and down our streets.  I don't recall any American citizen, except for the freak in Fort Hood, Major Nidal Hasan - a Muslim-American, mind you, conspiring or causing any murder or mayhem in this country.  I don't think we need to trade OUR liberties or OUR rights for the false security the government is trying to sell.  There's no way they can keep us completely safe from harm and I don't want to live in a country that is restricting my freedom.  I was born free and grew up free and now I am a prisoner in my own home.  From Smart Meters to Red Light Cameras, they know our every move.   Another blow to our constitutional rights.  Rand is supposed to be challenging this at the Supreme Court level and I hope - I know - he will win it for us.  I just wish it would be moving along a little faster in the courts.  The people that love this country and have fought for this country and our rights are under fire from our own government and that is wrong.  They - WE - have been falsely lumped in with terrorists for simply speaking out against the government.  This isn't America anymore.  We are no longer free.  This and the Immigration issues alone should be a big contributor to a revolt and not a peaceful one, either.  Enough is enough!

As far as Edward Snowden is concerned, I think he's a hero!  I really do!  The media and our government have made this guy out to be a traitor - a Benedict Arnold, if you will, only there's a key component missing from that description:  He didn't give this information to any enemy of this country, he gave this information TO THE PEOPLE!  He blew the whistle on the government violating our rights so badly and he didn't want to live in a country that illegally obtained personal and private information on every person in this country through an illegal law signed by Bush II.  It's gotta make you think that if an American citizen has to seek protection from the US Govt. in places like China or Russia, something is seriously fucked up.  Used to be people came here to escape persecution and tyranny.  They don't do that anymore.  The media has done it's best to paint Snowden as a traitor and have even gone so far as to claim that Snowden has in his possession secret government documents and other programs that he could be giving to our enemies in exchange for protection.  They don't have a fucking CLUE what Snowden has in his possession and is only reporting this nonsense so that we will think he's giving away top secret information that will ultimately lead to some sort of attack.  I call bullshit on that one.  No worries - Obama will make sure Snowden is taken out and will probably do it with a drone strike.  No warrant needed.  No trial.  No due process.  And the media won't waste their time reporting it.

FREE SPEECH A THING OF THE PAST - THIS POOR WOMAN; ARE YOU FREAKIN' KIDDING ME??

Free speech?  A thing of the past?  Apparently so, if you're Paula Dean.   So, if you said the word "nigger" at any time in your life, you are subject to immediate termination, so says Target, Sears, Wal Mart, QVC, her publisher, Ballantine Books and a few other companies that market and carry her brand.    Well, I guess most of the people in this country should be fired, then, right? 

What about all the rappers that use "nigger" in their songs?  In their every day conversations?  What about black people that say "cracker" or "honkey" to a white person?  What about a black person on a TV show that has the line "..don't you be turning out to be like no white girl!", as if that's a bad thing? What if that line had been "don't you turn out to be like no black girl!"?  I believe there would be one heck of a crap storm!  So should the writer also be held accountable and lose his or her job?  The answer is simple:  HELL NO!

We have this thing called the 1st amendment which protects our right to speak as freely and as stupidly as we like.  I, for one, will continue to use my rights to free speech and I will not fear anyone or anything and I will defend anything and everything I say.  See, free speech is a good thing because if you do choose to use certain words that are offensive to most people, they're going to drop you and you will have no friends and no outlet for blogging.  This will then force you to think about what you say before you say it making you accountable and responsible for your actions.  Most people learn a lesson this way.  But, good Lord, getting fired from all of your jobs and to be publicly lynched for something you said??  25 years ago???  What is wrong with this country???  These companies???  I plan to boycott any business that fires or drops a brand for someone speaking freely - no matter how stupid or offensive it is!  Let ME be the judge of that and let me buy my Goddamn Paula Dean cookware and books and videos from your store! 

How about the Texas teen who's been in jail since March for making a joke about shooting up a school of kids and "eating their still beating hearts."?  He was playing a video game that you can play at the same time with other people who are all over the country and he was being sarcastic.  He's facing 8 years in prison.  You can read that story here .

Seriously - don't take this lightly!  These are Gestapo tactics and they are working!  If this country thinks things like this are ok, we'll all be out of a job and on welfare or in jail.  Or is that the plan?  Hmm....a conspiracy!!   (yes, I'm kidding).  You can call me anything you want.   I have the power to let make me angry or not or offended or not.  I don't care what you call me, just don't call me a democrat or dishonest or a racist and everything will be ok.  However, if you do feel the need to call me names, be prepared to be challenged.  Verbally, not physically.  I'm a runner, not a fighter.  ;-) 

So let's put this all together:  No more borders.  No protection of citizens' rights.  No free speech protection.  No privacy.  No protection of our right to due process.  For Hannah's friends:  Do you want to live in a country that says you're free but takes your freedom in the name of "security" or "the right thing to do"?  Then quit cheering people like Wendy Davis who continually vote to fuck up this country.  LOOK at all of the issues instead of just one.  There's nothing worse or more stupid than a person that is a one-issue voter.  Think about your rights.  Think about how this country managed to become the freest, most powerful and most successful country on the planet in the 1900s and how it's been dragged through shit for the last 13 years!  It doesn't take long to lose something so precious as freedom if you only make your choices based on one issue. 

I would love feedback so feel free to speak freely here.  I welcome all of your questions and comments. 

OK, wait just a minute, I forgot to add one more thing:  This crap here....

This DOUCHE-CANOE has decided to award Hilary Clinton the Liberty Medal.  Really!  The  LIBERTY MEDAL!!  So, I guess the way to get a Liberty award is to allow the Middle East to literally catch fire while you get smashed and party your way all over the world and then let your Libyan Ambassador get ambushed and killed while refusing any backup or rescue team to go in and stop the murder of Chris Stevens and 3 other Americans.  I had no idea allowing these things to happen were considered "liberty".  And this bastard is in the running for our next president?  OH HELL NO!  Smh.....  read the story here .

ANTI-GUN LEGISLATION FAILS!

"BUT I DON'T WANT YOUR 2ND AMENDMENT RIGHTS TO BE PROTECTED!!"

Can you believe this guy?  I just watched the video from his press conference yesterday and I cannot believe not only ....wait - back up - I CAN believe it, I just can't believe that I can believe it anymore -  but not only is the man LYING about this legislation being backed by 90% of Americans (KOFFfuckinliarKOFF) but he is actually scolding the American PEOPLE and Congress for not getting this illegal piece of legislation passed.  Listen to this jerk talk to us as if we're impudent little kids!  Start at the 5 minute mark.

Seriously??  Is he seriously saying that we should all be ashamed because our 2nd amendment rights were protected?  Here's a newsflash, Mr. Obummer, if 90% of congress and 90% of Americans wanted this legislation to pass, it would have passed.  The votes would have been there and you would be signing yet another illegal law to suppress yet another of our protected constitutional rights.    What do you not understand about the right to bear arms shall not be infringed upon?  I realize you hate our constitution and you've even said yourself that you wish we didn't have a congress so you could just do whatever you want but in America, THE PEOPLE will tell YOU what to do, not the other way around.  We are fighting hard to get you to realize you will not take our liberty without a fight and it looks like it worked with this one.  

And knowing he doesn't like having to go through congress is why he said this:

"This effort is not over."  He then went on to say, "EVEN WITHOUT CONGRESS (another executive order will be signed, wait for it!), my administration will do everything we can to protect more of our communities.  We will address barriers that keep states from participating in existing background check systems (which we already do background checks, he's mad because he didn't get his registry) and give more information to law enforcement about lost and stolen guns (how will they know they are lost and/or stolen if they aren't registered, hmm?) and emergency plans to protect our kids in schools".  He then went on to say "we can do better if congress gets its act together and if they don't, then the real impact will have to come from the voters.".

Well, Mr. Obummer, the impact DID come from the voters.  It came from a ton of us calling our reps in Congress and letting them know that if they go forward with this bill, there will either be blood spilled (theirs) or there will be a brand new Congress next term.  WE are the ones that made our reps remember what the 2nd amendment is about - protecting ourselves from a tyrannical government - first and foremost.

I wonder why they expect us to really believe that this is not legislation to begin the repeal of the 2nd amendment.  Here's a little "oopsie" moment from Hairy Reid, that little troll:

Realize that he said "anti-gun legislation" not once, but TWICE!  Yeah, don't sit there and preach to me about how we are all paranoid that the gub'mnt is coming after us.  When they buy billions of rounds of ammo and don't tell Congress what it's for, except to give a cock and bull story about making the free markets more competitive (my absolute favorite, so far!), that should sound off alarm bells.  The fact that even some members of Congress are wary of the government purchasing all those rounds and have even said they think they will use them on US, ought to make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up!  What does it take, people?  How about this tidbit from the man who authorized Fast and Furious:

Now for the appropriate response at the 6:25 mark,  hehehe:

Does this administration really care about our rights?  Why do you think they want all of the ammunition?  So we can't use our guns against them!  DUH!

We are in very scary times in this country.  Our president and his NSA and DHS and TSA and CIA and FBI looking at US as enemies.  They want to watch our every move.  Why?  The last times I know of any domestic terrorism was Timothy McVeigh and Bill Ayres and Bill Ayres is a very good friend of Mr. Obummer.  Mr. Ayres is a very powerful figure in the education system of this country.  He himself said after his own domestic terrorism trial, after being acquitted of all charges, "Guilty as hell, free as a bird!".  99% of the people in this country are innocent of any kind of terrorism, discounting gangs and crazy people, of course.  Last time I looked, it wasn't an American that blew up the Trade Centers in 1995 and it wasn't Americans that rammed the planes into the towers.  Why should WE pay this price because some foreign nationals have attacked us? 

This smackdown was well deserved and couldn't come at a better time. How dare our president act like that in his press conference?!!  Last time I checked, he was supposed to protect our rights, not take them away.

The bombings in Boston was heavy proof that no matter how many rights the government takes away in the name of security, no matter how many laws they pass and no matter how many guns they take from us, you cannot guarantee safety nor security anywhere in this world.  They take away your rights in order to have control over you and that's it.

Sorry (no, I'm not), Mr. President but the American people have spoken.  Now sit down and shut up!

FOR MY DAUGHTER AND HER FRIENDS THAT FOLLOW THIS BLOG

I wanted to write this blog today for my daughter and her school friends - her posse!  ;-)

I want to find a way to maybe make them think about everything they're seeing and listening to on TV or at home or from their friends (or their friend's mom's blog, hehe) and to help them understand all the things that are at stake for them and this country.  I hope that they can feel my love for them and this country and my sincerety in keeping them properly informed at what exactly is taking place.  These are some very interesting times, indeed, but they are also some very scary times as well.  I hope they listen but most of all, I hope they learn something and agree with it and start getting involved now.  They are their last hope.


OK, kids....sorry, young adults!  Ok, you guys, here's the thing.  You all know that I am a conservative and I know that you all are mostly liberal.  You know I love Ron Paul and I know you laugh at me for that.  I'll bet you didn't know I knew, hahaha!  I know that you think I'm a crackpot or a crazy republican (shame on you for calling me the R word!!) or even a far-right,ultra-conservative freak!  I know you love Obama and it both saddens and humors me.  Well, it doesn't really humor me but I know why you like him and what you THINK he stands for.  But it's not just Obama that I'm writing about.  I'm writing about republicans, democrats and media, too.  I'm writing about the constitution and what that means to you and your country.

I spent all of yesterday and last night listening to a filibuster by Rand Paul against the confirmation of a man named John Brennan for the head of our Central Intelligence Agency.  Obama has picked him for this post, as he has a right to do as president.  The filibuster, as I'm sure you have learned in school ( but may not since we're talking about crappy public school and they don't teach you anything anymore) is when a member of congress makes a prolonged speech to put off or obstruct any piece of legislation someone doesn't like as a means of putting off a vote.  For 13 and a half hours, I watched as Rand Paul, senator of Kentucky, who started the filibuster, talk about the drone program of the White House and the CIA and the Department of Justice.  I know you liberals are against war and the killing of innocent people - so am I - so this drone program will probably take your breath away as this is the epitome of evil and government mixed together.  What Mr. Paul talked about during this filibuster was OUR 5th amendment rights to due process and a fair trial.  Guys, this is very important because it is this amendment, along with our 4th, 6th and even the 7th and 8th amendments is what separates the United States from the rest of the world.  Our right to be secure in our papers and possessions, our right to not have to worry about someone coming and busting down our doors to rifle through our personal belongings, accusing us of committing a crime, without a signed warrant from a judge giving permission based on solid evidence. 

Attorney General Eric Holder, who also took an oath - AN OATH - to preserve, protect and defend our constitutution  had this to say about the president having the authority to order the killing of Americans on American soil.  This is a link to an article that sums up the program and what our Attorney General had to say about it.  Keep in mind, Obama and Holder are old school buddies:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/barackobama/9913615/Barack-Obama-has-authority-to-use-drone-strikes-to-kill-Americans-on-US-soil.html

Ok, so I know you didn't click the link or read the story so here's an excerpt from it since I know you kids are kinda lazy unless it's a link to porn:

Eric Holder said:

 "It is possible, I suppose, to imagine an extraordinary circumstance in which it would be necessary and appropriate under the constitution and applicable laws of the United States for the president to authorize the military to use lethal force within the territory of the United States,"

Mr Holder stressed in his letter that the prospect of a president considering the assassination of an American citizen on US soil was "entirely hypothetical" and "unlikely to occur".

See how Mr. Holder says that it would be constitutionally OK for the president to authorize such a hit?  He's absolutely WRONG!  He's an attorney and he's lying under oath. 

Here are our 4th, 5th and 6th amendment rights under the constitution:

Amendment IV

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Amendment V

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

Amendment VI

In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.

These rights are given to us by God and if you don't believe in God, know that these rights are everyone's right as a free human being on this earth and no one has a right or authority to take them away from you!  Nowhere in these amendments does it say that the President has the authority to override these rights.  Nowhere does it say that the president or congress can act as judge, jury and executioner in place of these rights. 

I want you to listen to these few video clips.  I'm almost positive none of you heard this filibuster and I hope you will just take a few minutes of your time to just listen to what these men are talking about - they are talking about your future.  They are talking about your rights being taken away on even a mere suspicion that you or anyone else may be a target for the simple SUSPICION that you are an enemy of the United States - there doesn't have to be any proof that you are, just an accusation or suspicion and then BOOM!  You're gone!

This is an hour long but if you give it 10 minutes, you'll get the idea of what he's talking about and fighting for; not that Obama is bad or horrible, but that Obama has an obligation to The People to let us know how he feels and how Mr. Brennan feels about the killing of Americans on American soil with targeted drone strikes. 

After 13 hours, neither Mr. Paul nor any of the other republican AND DEMOCRAT senators that spoke last night on behalf of the constitution, ever received word from the president that they would not and CANNOT violate the 5th amendment or any of the Bill of Rights.  I know y'all laugh about my craziness over our rights but this is really important!!


This drone program has already claimed an innocent 16 year old boy in Yemen.  His father was a known terrorist, Anwar al-Awlaki, that renounced his US citizenship and was a really bad guy and plotted against the United States.  When a reporter asked Robert Gibbs, the press secretary for Obama, about that killing, he simply said "he should have had a more responsible father."  OMG!  Really?  That's it??  Another excerpt from that story: 

But the reporter pressed him, noting that the teen had not renounced his citizenship and was underage. The Atlantic suggests that if Gibbs is giving the genuine rationale for the killing, it's grounds for impeachment.

"Again, note that this kid wasn't killed in the same drone strike as his father," writes The Atlantic's Conor Friedersdorf. "He was hit by a drone strike elsewhere, and by the time he was killed, his father had already been dead for two weeks. Gibbs nevertheless defends the strike, not by arguing that the kid was a threat, or that killing him was an accident, but by saying that his late father irresponsibly joined al Qaeda terrorists. Killing an American citizen without due process on that logic ought to be grounds for impeachment." 

Friedersdorf also notes the distinction that al-Awlaki's son was not killed as a consequence of the strike against the father, but was hit separately. Esquire's Tom Junod covered the son's killing:

"He was a boy who hadn't seen his father in two years, since his father had gone into hiding. He was a boy who knew his father was on an American kill list and who snuck out of his family's home in the early morning hours of September 4, 2011, to try to find him. He was a boy who was still searching for his father when his father was killed, and who, on the night he himself was killed, was saying goodbye to the second cousin with whom he'd lived while on his search, and the friends he'd made. He was a boy among boys, then; a boy among boys eating dinner by an open fire along the side of a road when an American drone came out of the sky and fired the missiles that killed them all."

 

Can you imagine going to find your father and being blown to bits for it?

Here is the link to that story: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/24/robert-gibbs-anwar-al-awlaki_n_2012438.html

Here are some videos of what drone strikes look like at about the 2:30 mark and what could happen here at the 3:30 mark!

Remember - for every ONE targeted individual, 50 innocent people die.   50 INNOCENT PEOPLE!!

I'm not going to post anymore videos.  I'm not trying to be overly dramatic, either, but can you imagine a targeted drone strike like these on American soil on an American citizen that was denied his right to a fair trial?  That was merely suspected of being an "immenent threat"?

When I was growing up in the Reagan days, there was never a sense of impending doom like there is now.  It was never even a thought in my mind that we would ever lose our freedom - how could we?  We're AMERICANS!  We will always be free!  Politicians didn't tell us what to do, how to live, what to eat, etc..  Yeah, they spent gobs of money on mostly worthless shit but our Bill of Rights were never under fire the way they are right now.  I remember the Brady Bill after Reagan got shot.  But I remember how free we all were and how patriotic everyone was and how we were all infused in each other as Americans and how proud we were to be one.  I remember New York City being the freest of the free - everyone defected in NYC, LOL!  Now, in NYC, the mayor is telling people they aren't allowed to wear their earbuds in their ears because it isn't good for your ears!  You can't use salt in your cooking if you own a restaurant.  You can't order a 2 liter of coke with your pizza delivery - I shit you not, this is really going on!

This is your future, y'all.  I know you love Obama but this has got to be what changes your mind when it comes to the constitution, your/our rights and YOUR future!  Is this what you want it to be?  No longer being allowed to speak your mind freely?  College campuses already have "free speech zones"  which directly violates your 1st amendment.  Gun bills that violate your 2nd.  NDAA bills that violate 4th, 5th and 6th  amendments.  The TSA also violates your 4th amendment.  I could go on and on but it's up to YOU to put a stop to it, too.  You're about to graduate high school and there's a damn good chance you won't find a job.  By the way, did you know there' a bill moving through the House right now that would require all 18-25 year olds to TWO YEARS of VOLUNTARY SERVICE as determined by the president?  Here's that bill here:

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr748/text

113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 748 To require all persons in the United States between the ages of 18 and 25 to perform national service, either as a member of the uniformed services or as civilian service in a Federal, State, or local government program or with a community-based agency or community-based entity, to authorize the induction of persons in the uniformed services during wartime to meet end-strength requirements of the uniformed services, to provide for the registration of women under the Military Selective Service Act, and for other purposes.

I digress.....

This filibuster was extremely important and succesfully started dialog around the country about just what the president's authority entails.  HE DOES NOT HAVE AUTHORITY TO KILL AMERICANS ON AMERICAN SOIL unless that American has a bazooka pointed straight at the White House or whatever national building he has his sights on.  HE DOES NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DECIDE YOUR GUILT OR INNOCENCE.  That's for the courts and the jury to decide.  How many times has a classmate accused you of shit you didn't do and you still got in trouble for it?  Happened to me a lot!  crazy bitches at school!  Can you imagine being suspected of being a terrorist and being blown to bits along with 30 or 40 other innocent people without you ever having the chance to say "I'm innocent, you have the wrong Hannah Frank!"  Can you imagine ANYONE having the right to end your life before you can defend yourself?  Even if you are a low life POS, you still have a right to be taken before a judge and a jury of your peers.  That's what America is about!  Proving someone's guilt, not just deciding they are without proof!

You may think I'm being extreme and you may think to yourselves "yeah, these things happen but that can never happen in America."  But think about it like this.......even Hitler had to start somewhere.  For Hitler, is started after the Reichstag Fire in 1933. The decree nullified many of their key civil liberties of German citizens. With  Nazis in powerful positions in the  German government, the Reichstag Fire Decree was used as the legal basis of imprisonment of anyone considered to be opponents of the Nazis. Everyone loved him when they elected him.  He turned into one of the world's worst human beings to ever walk around and he did his best to exterminate all of the Jews.  He only got 6 million Jews, kids......6 million Jews.  

I am not comparing Obama to Hitler, I am not saying he will exterminate anyone here.  What I am saying is when the Department of Homeland Security ( thanks Bush the Douche!) calls people like me - a Tea Party/Grassroots girl or a Constitutional supporter - OF ALL THINGS!!!- or a military veteran - a domestic terror threat and the White House agrees with that definition as does the Department of Justice and the CIA, those are high calls that something's not right.  Even the ACLU, the American Civil Liberties Union is speaking out against this drone policy.  Something is definitely wrong in this country when the president can call someone like me, little ol' JTF, a threat to this nation.  A possible "immenent threat" and can snuff me out like a flame on a candle.  Or you.  Pay attention to history because if you ignore history, you are doomed to repeat it.

Please pay attention!  Ask questions!  Demand answers!  Demand their ass when they lie and they break the law!  Demand they leave alone our Bill of Rights and that they protect them as they promised.  Do not allow them the unprecedented authority they seek to run every aspect of your lives.  Remember two things:  

1)  Any government big enough to give you everything you want is also big enough to take away everything you have, and 

2)  Those who are willing to give up their liberty for security deserve neither.

I want you to grow up and have families and be free without worry that the government can just come in and take it all away from you.  This is your future.  It's all up to you.  You either fight to live in a peaceful country or you die living in one of those above in that video.

THE LINCOLN DAY DINNER EVENT - TARRANT COUNTY

THE TARRANT COUNTY GOP LINCOLN DAY DINNER

The annual Lincoln Day Dinner Fundraiser took place last Friday night at the Hurst Conference Center and we had the *koff* pleasure of listening to Mr. Slick Rick Santorum as our keynote speaker.  He mostly did a lot of preaching to us Texans about what we need to do as a state to lead.  I have a hard time listening to someone that always has a look on his face like he's talking to an idiot and always gets stuck explaining things to you.   I don't like condescension and I don't like his teefs staring at me like that.  I did manage to walk up to him and shake his hand and say hello ( and then he showed his teefs) 
 
 
because I just thought it would be fun, haha.  It's not fun, however, when you have to tell people that they cannot cut in front of you while you've patiently waited to pounce.  At least they were nice about it and backed off.  Although I am not a fan of Slick Rick Santorum, I felt it was at least good manners to say hello and thank him for speaking that night.  Whatever helps Jennifer H. and the county GOP is all that matters.  Moving on....

Here are some pictures that were taken of my Liberty group that I just LOVE: ( for those that don't know me, I'm in the blue sweater)

 

The Liberty Gals!  left to right:  Brandy, Lauren, Sybil, Amy, Me and Jodi

Mixture of GOP and Liberty Group:  L to R - Top to Bottom:

Sybil Lane, David Hall, Jennifer Hall, Steve Munisteri, Brandon Moore, Amy Hedtke, Brandy Derrik, Lauren and Jorge Landivar, Me, Jake Thomas, Jodi Tyree and Justin Machacek

Us Again but this time Lenny Lopez is with us on the end.

We also had some questionable people attending the dinner as well.    Politicians that are new and politicians that need to GTFO and fast!  So far that night, I only saw one of the GTFO peeps that I've had my sights on for the last few years and that's Congressman Joe Barton!  UGH!    Douche-canoe!  Anyway, this is not about that.  But there is another person that needs to be vetted and vetted now.  His name is Todd Staples and he's running for Lt. Governor for the state of Texas.

This guy is Todd Staples.  He wants to beat David Dewhurst - the same Dewhurst that lost to Ted Cruz in the Senate race this past year.  He came up to a bunch of us as he was leaving and said goodbye to me and I looked at him like "OK, bye??"  because I didn't know who he was.  He came up and introduced himself and I finally remembered he spoke that night and told us who he was and blahblahblah, I believe that was about the time that they were serving dinner and had forgotten my plate so I didn't pay much attention to him.    So he tells me he's running against Douche-Hurst and I told him he automatically had my vote (kidding around).  But then I stopped him and asked him before I did decide to support him, what does he think about the NDAA.  I swear to God this man's face went blank.  He had no idea what I was talking about.  He muttered the words "N..?D?....  I'm sorry, I'm not familiar with it"  and I said  "you're kidding.  You don't know what the NDAA is?  The indefinite detention of American Citizens bill?"  He still had no clue.  None!  I just looked at him like he was nuts.  I explained to him that this was federal legislation to which he answered he wasn't familiar with some of the federal bills and I told him that since he's going to be Lt. Gov., he better get familiar with it real fast because it affects the entire country!!  He agreed and said that maybe I could give him more information on that.  I told him maybe you ought to look it up yourself and get familiar with it and understand why WE are working to NULLIFY it along with Obamacare.  His face lit up when I said Obamacare - he knew that one!  <eyeroll>   Geez....it amazes me that people want to run for a high state office like this and he doesn't know a ^@%#$#  thing about one of THE most controversial bills in America.  I just wanted to slap the poop out of him.  Moving on....

EVERYONE KNOWS Slick Rick Santorum, Roger Williams, Steve Munisteri, Kenny Merchant and Joe *GTFO* Barton!

I can tell you that Roger Williams is a really nice man.  He goes to my church, I know him well but I don't know what he will be like in Congress.  I am going to have to really stay on him and make him go the way of Liberty, not moderate RINO republican.  I believe he may listen to me since we know each other and I can get him in touch with lots of liberty and grassrooters that just might sway him the right way.  I don't know, we'll see.  Steve Munisteri - State GOP Chairman, very cool guy, very personable and willing to let everyone participate in the entire political process.  I have only good words for him.  Kenny Merchant, I don't know much about him yet.  I think he's a newbie, I'll have to make sure.  Well crap!  It seems after I looked him up, he doesn't seem to be very conservative.  That blows!  He is a big fan of big oil and seems to be the fith largest oil stock owner in Congress. Says he broke with conservatives to increase the minimum wage.  I'm not going to look at anymore on him, I don't have time right this second.  However, Joe Barton is a crook, a liar, a theif and has violated his oath of office, he has signed his name to legislation that violates our 1st, 4th, 10th amendments.  He needs to be escorted out of his office for treason.  Period!


All in all it was a good party.  a great bunch of people and a not-so-great bunch of people.  Some people really need to lay OFF the alcohol.  I couldn't believe how many people were acting the fool because of their poorly thought out consumption of  booze.  Come on, people!  Grow up!  You're at a nice dinner, people know you, don't make them NOT want to know you.

I'm actually glad I got to sit at the table I was assigned after all because I never would have met some of the people I did.  If the wait staff had given me my food on time and let me keep it for longer than 10 minutes, it might have been an even better experience.  At least they gave me a new serving of the mashed new potatoes, even if I had already resigned to eating my key lime pie.

Mmmmm!  Pie and potatoes for dinner!  ;-)   LOL!

I really did have a blast.  I hope to attend more of these events.