“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting it to come out different.”
That quote is credited to Albert Einstein whose wit and style make it possible. It has also been attributed to Ben Franklin, whose wit and style make that also a possibility. The reality is that it was probably not either famous intellectual’s words but is a distinctly American version of an obvious truth. No where do we see doing something the same way under the same conditions returning different results, this is the basis of the scientific method, that affects of actions (reactions) are observable and repeatable. Read the rest of this entry »
Do you believe that it is moral and just for one person to be forcibly used to serve the purposes of another? And, if that person does not peaceably submit to being so used, do you believe that there should be the initiation of some kind of force against him?
I believe our nation’s problems are moral, not just economic. The above is a simple moral question and can be answered with a simple yes or no answer. If you ask this of virtually any politician, you won’t get a straight answer. Read the rest of this entry »
TAMPA – In what is shaping up to be the common man vs. the political elite in Florida this election season, underdog Alex Snitker crossed another threshold in his bid for the U.S. Senate seat. Read the rest of this entry »
Protectionist Laws for Florida’s Sugar Industry cost us both dollars and health. In the Journal of Clinical Investigation (May 2009), researchers at the University of California, reported that the widespread use of fructose may be directly responsible for some of the ongoing increase in rates of childhood diabetes and obesity. The protectionist laws for Florida’s Sugar industry (and those subsidies for corn growers in the mid west), have made fructose (corn syrup) a more economical sweetener than glucose (table sugar). Read the rest of this entry »
The News-Press has reported that
>“Florida taxpayers and donors have committed $1.6 billion over the past decade to lure research firms – about $800,000 for every employee the companies will eventually hire.”
Those are good paying jobs at around $55K per year, so basically we the people of the state of Florida have paid for all the salaries for over a decade of each employee of the research firms we have tried to entice to come to Florida. Of course most of these jobs are not for local Floridians, but for people we will import into the state to fill the jobs. Read the rest of this entry »
In the modern life cycle of a political election, it is easy to identify the one hurdle third party candidates usually stumble upon. And it is one hurdle over which they have absolutely no control: The pollsters.
In what has become the benchmark for candidate viability, major pollsters, such as Zogby, Quinnipiac, and Rasmussen, are the gatekeepers for third party and independent political office seekers. If a candidate is excluded from the polls, they are excluded from the debates, the candidate forums, and from media coverage as a whole. Read the rest of this entry »
Alexander Snitker, Libertarian Candidate for the U.S. Senate from Florida, addresses audience at candidate forum in Citrus County Florida on June 22nd, 2010. Q&A included.
On Tuesday next week, the Libertarian candidate for Senate in Florida, Alexander Snitker, will be the keynote speaker at the “Save America” monthly public forum event in Clearwater, Florida.
Snitker is slated to speak near the end of the first hour, on several issues, including what he says is the broken two party system, his Senate run, and his political platform. Read the rest of this entry »
Monday June 28, 2010 the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruled that Chicago’s blanket ban against owning handguns to be unconstitutional. Writing for the majority Justice Samuel Alito says, “The right to keep and bear arms must be regarded as a substantive guarantee, not a prohibition that could be ignored so long as the States legislated in an evenhanded manner.”
The case, McDonald v. Chicago, challenged a 7th Circuit court ruling that said the Second Amendment applies only to federal regulation of an individual’s right to guns and not in cases of restrictions by states and municipalities. The SCOTUS overturned this ruling agreeing with the plaintiff’s argument that “the right of the people to keep and bear arms” in the Second Amendment is “incorporated” into the 14th Amendment and applies to both states and localities. Read the rest of this entry »
The Florida qualifying period ended at Noon Saturday, June 19, 2010. For the first time in the history of the Libertarian Party of Florida we will have a candidate for Governor on the ballot as a Libertarian. John Wayne Smith and his running mate, J. J. McCurry will be on the ballot in November. Smith ran for Governor in 2006 as an npa (no party affiliation).
As previously announced the Libertarian Party also has for the first time a candidate for U. S. Senate, Alex Snitker qualified for that office in April.
The Libertarian Party is also having its First Florida Primary. State House District 33 has two viable candidates. They are Ellen Paul (no relation to Ron) and Franklin Perez. The primary is August 24th.