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Mickey I heard a great suggestion for the UN Building on Fox News Radio. The host said we should boot the UN out and sell the building to Donald Trump. That would be the best thing this country could do but of course it won't.
Posted by: jason | July 28, 2006 11:03 AM
Oh and about Sherry Jones and for that matter Mary Pruitt and Kathryn Bowers. If the Democrats are smart they will kick these three "ladies" to the curb in 6 days. I have NEVER thought that much of those "ladies". They just did not impress me at all when I interned up there a decade ago.
Posted by: jason | July 28, 2006 11:08 AM
Mickey, Endorsements reflect the respective organization's opinion about who will best represent their interests in office, so take up your complaint with GOA. And you're free to make all the negative comments you want at Blogging for Bryant . . . but what is the basis of your "Bryant Hearts the UN" comment?
Posted by: Ned Williams | July 28, 2006 07:02 PM
If we are going to dig on the disclosures check the liberals most of my opponents doners usually support. The Neifeh 8, Bob Clement, Neifeh for leadership, Wilder for leadership, Democrat congressional candidates,ect. ect. I to this point have also never accepted a PAC dollar.
Posted by: the Rep | July 29, 2006 07:34 AM
Ed Bryant’s votes against U.S. sovereignty.
Ed Bryant’s votes against U.S. sovereignty.
Foreign Aid for NATO Expansion, H.R. 3564.
This legislation calls for the inclusion of all former members of the Warsaw Pact nations (except Russia) into a NATO membership track and would fund $60 million in military assistance to speed the inclusion of Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is a military alliance formed under the auspices of chapter eight of the United Nations Charter, and member nations pledge that “an armed attack against one or more of them… shall be considered and attack against them all.” Representative Harry Johnston (D-FL) protested: “How many of you have any idea what the expansion of our military obligation will be when we expand NATO?… Are you willing now to commit American soldiers to a border dispute between Lithuania and Russia over the enclave of Kaliningrad? Are you willing to send troops to Latvia because they have a fight with Belarus? Are you willing to send troops to Ukraine because of a conflict with Russia over the Black Sea fleet and Crimea?” (July 23, 1996 Congressional Record, pages H8147-48, roll call 338) Ed Bryant voted for this expansion.
(Source: The New American October 28, 1996)
Withdrawal from the United Nations, Amendment to H.R. 1757.
During consideration of the State Department authorization bill, Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) introduced this amendment to get the U.S. out of the United Nations. This measure also called for repealing the United Nations Participation Act of 1945, closing the United States Mission to the United Nations, repealing the United Nations Headquarters Agreement Act, and terminating U.S. participation in UN peacekeeping operations. (June 4, 1997 Congressional Record page H3343, roll call 163) Ed Bryant voted against this amendment. (Source: The New American August 18, 1997)
Creation of a Global Criminal Court, Motion on H. Con. Res. 137.
This non-binding resolution would urge the President and the Secretary of State to “work actively and urgently within the international community for the adoption of a United Nations Security Council resolution establishing an International Criminal Court for Iraq.” The orders of this new UN court would likely be enforced by risking the lives of American servicemen, and the court could easily be expanded into a general global criminal court, which could try Americans. Opposing the measure, Rep Ron Paul (R-TX) asked: “Where is it the authority of the Constitution for us to police the world?” (November 13, 1997 Congressional Record, pages H10916-17, roll call 637)
Ed Bryant voted for this motion. (Source: The New American July 6, 1998)
De-funding the United Nations.
Representative Ron Paul (R-TX), proposed a measure that would eliminate all funding for the United Nations from the State Department Reauthorization bill, H.R. 2415. Rep. Paul explained that “this does not get us out of the United Nations. It is a step in the right direction, obviously,” A necessary step because this year alone the United Nations has called for confiscation of nearly all civilian-owned firearms, global taxation without representation, a world central bank, world financial controls with a redistributive mechanism, an unlimited ability to intervene in a nation’s internal affairs, and a global criminal court without the habeas corpus guarantee and other rights Americans are accustomed to in our courts. (July 20, 1999 Roll Call 314) Ed Bryant voted against this bill. (Source: The New American January 3, 2000)
WTO Withdrawal.
Representative Ron Paul (R-TX) offered this resolution to withdraw the United States from the World Trade Organization. Paul explained that U.S. membership in the WTO “is an unconstitutional approach to managing trade. We cannot transfer the power to manage trade from the Congress to anyone. The Constitution is explicit. ‘Congress shall have the power to regulate foreign commerce.’ We cannot transfer that authority. Transferring that authority to the WTO is like the President transferring his authority as Commander in Chief to the Speaker of the House.” (June 21, 2000 Roll Call 310) Ed Bryant voted against withdrawal. (Source: The New American November 6, 2000)
De-funding the United Nations.
During consideration of the appropriations bill for the Commerce, Justice, and State Departments (H.R. 2500), Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) offered an amendment that stated: “None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used for any United States contribution to the United Nations or any affiliated agency of the United Nations.” Paul’s intent was to effectively get the U.S. out of the UN by cutting off U.S. contributions to the UN. (July 18, 2001 Roll Call 245). Ed Bryant Voted against this amendment.
(Source: The New American December 3, 2001)
NATO Expansion.
This bill’s self-described purpose (H.R. 3167) is: “To endorse the vision of further enlargement of the NATO Alliance articulated by President George W. Bush on June 15, 2001, and by former President William J. Clinton on October 22, 1996…” In this bill the House “… reaffirms its [Congress’] previous expressions of support for continued enlargement of the NATO Alliance contained in the NATO Participation Act of 1994, the NATO Enlargement Facilitation Act of 1996, and the European Security Act of 1998…” This bill also authorizes a total of $55.5 million in military aid for fiscal 2002 for Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, and Romania. However, Congress should be acting to preserve our national sovereignty by getting our nation out of NATO. NATO was established as a subsidiary of the United Nations by the North Atlantic Treaty (April 4, 1949), which stated in its Article 1: “The Parties undertake, as set fourth in the Charter of the United Nations, … to refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force in any manner inconsistent with the purposes of the United Nations.” (November 7, 2001 Roll Call 431) Ed Bryant voted for this expansion.
(Source: The New American July 15, 2002)
War Authorization Against Iraq.
This joint resolution (House Joint Resolution 114) authorizes the president “to use the Armed Forces of the United States as he determines to be necessary and appropriate in order to enforce all relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions regarding Iraq.” However, since the Constitution gives Congress the sole responsibility for declaring war, this resolution represents congressional abdication of its responsibility. Furthermore, the main thrust of the joint resolution is that the president is authorized to use the Armed Forces of the United States to “strictly enforce through the United Nations Security Council all relevant Security Council resolutions regarding Iraq.” That is, the purpose of the resolution is to enforce UN Security Council dictates. (October 10, 2002 Roll Call 455) Ed Bryant voted for this authorization.
(Source: The New American November 4, 2002)
Posted by: mickey white | July 29, 2006 07:46 AM
Also, Ed was my Congressman, and I have spoken to him many times. He said he would never vote to get us out of the UN and he thinks they perform a vital function. So I ask you again, The UN does not beleive that our Rights come from GOD, they do not beleive in Limited Government, and they DO NOT support individual rights to own firearms, and they support abortion. WHY DOES ED HEART THE UN ?
Posted by: mickey white | July 29, 2006 08:00 AM
Daily Dose for July 28, 2006
Daily Dose
Dems Plan LP Field Event -- Harold Ford, Jr. has moved up a huge event at the Tennessee Titans stadium in Nashville for election night. The event will feature former President Bill Clinton and serve as a pep-rally for Ford who is certain to pick up the Democratic nomination. Republicans, on the other hand, will be divided among their favorite Senate candidate's election night party. This Tennessean article highlighting the LP field event shows more evidence that at least two of the campaigns are gearing up with assumptions they will win their respective primaries. Ben Mitchell, Corker's campaign manager, said Clinton's visit highlights differences in the two campaigns. "Congressman Ford is very much focused on celebrity and headlines, and we intend to run a campaign focused on issues Tennesseans care about."
Comparative Spending -- The total of $8.7 million in fundraising puts Senate candidate Bob Corker on track toward setting a record for spending on a U.S. Senate campaign in Tennessee. By comparison, Lamar Alexander won both his primary and general election on $6.2 M, including around $1 M of self-financing. Bill Frist won his race in 1994 on $9.8 M, including a $6.2 M personal loan.
Campfield Has Fundraising Rebound -- What were earlier fears that State Rep. Stacey Campfield would not be able to keep up fundraising with GOP primary challenger Gary Drinnen, appears to be quelled. Campfield raised raised about $10,640 and recorded $9,175 in disbursements during the most recent reporting period, compared to Drinnen who raised $3,400 in the reporting period and spent about $10,600. The Republican nominee will face Democrat Schree Pettigrew, who's surprising fundraising prowess has been noted as well. Check out the Knoxville News-Sentinel for other fundraising figures.
Clarification: Gary Drinnen emailed for me to take a closer look at Campfield's disclosures. A clarification on the KNS story is due. The story makes it sound like all of the campaign income came from personal contributions. However, $6,059.96 of the money Campfield raised this reporting period came in the form of a personal loan to his campaign. In other words, only $4,580.00 of the $10K Campfield raised came from donors. This is especially note worthy in light of A.C.'s characterizations of the race.
Dem Primary Challenger Questions Incumbent's Per Diems -- Richard Clark Jr., who is running in the Democratic primary against State Rep. Sherry Jones, says he would not accept tax-payer funded per diems when he is coming to the State Capitol for meetings other than during the legislative session. Jones accepted $52,764 in pre-tax per diem money on top of her legislative salary. $21,366 of that came from visits to her legislative office when the General Assembly was not in session. Jones defended the non-session per diems: "The law says that per diem will be paid to any member that comes to work to do the people’s business."
since Huddleston doesn't allow negative Ed Bryant comments on his www site:
He posted that the TN gun owners have endorsed Ed Bryant. Well all 3 candidates support our gun rights, but Ed supports the United Nations. Remember a few weeks ago the UN held a meeting to try to take our rights away. So why does Huddleston support Ed who supports the UN ?
Posted by: mickey white | July 28, 2006 09:06 AM