Unfit For Office

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/11/17/sen_rockefeller_fcc_should_take_fox_news_msnbc_off_airwaves.html

It's not often that I say this, even about an extreme leftist. The voters pick who they want and they have the responsibility to live with their choice. However, I doubt that the voters of West Virginia understood that a part of Senator Rockefeller wants to wish away the First Amendment and get rid of FOX News and MSNBC.

Rockefeller comes from a very patrician family. That means that he descends from forefathers who felt that they had the right and the responsibility to exercise power. In Europe, they would carry the title of "Duke" or "Prince" in front of their last names. Here in America, they just try to influence as much as possible. By and large, most politically active members of the Rockefeller family have expressed little support for the dignity of the common man as an individual, although they express much love for "the people" as a group.

I'll address this next part to the Senator. "Faith" in government comes when government is responsive to the people and respects their rights to innocent life, liberty, and pursuit of and retention of, property. When the government sticks to its basic roles and functions, people will have more faith. However we are not meant to have too much faith. We need to be skeptical. Government should be, but rarely is, our obedient servant and we must keep a watchful eye upon it. Government is run by humans who are not always saints. They at times will lie, steal, cheat, and work hard to keep their power. Having faith does not mean that we always extend complete trust.

The fact is that FOX and MSNBC serve a purpose. They are part of that watchful eye on the government and they do not fail to report on the shortcomings of their political opponents. This has the result of making each party and ideological group more responsive because they know that eyes are on them all of the time.

FOX and MSNBC are also symbols of a free society in action. In our country, when it comes to politics, we exchange heated words instead of bullets and bombs. They are a sign of a healthy political society because no one is afraid to speak their mind and no one is shooting at each other. We should embrace the political society that spawns these organizations instead of bashing it.

When it comes down to it, the Bill of Rights is paramount. When Senator Rockefeller officially and publicly expresses the wistful desire to destroy the natural rights of both conservatives and leftists to speak freely, he has made himself unfit to serve.

Your honor, Bill Stewart, and other notes

Charleston mayor Danny Jones has endorsed Democratic State Chair Nick Casey for a federal judgeship appointment. Jones allegedly is a Republican, but generally lives off the ideological reservation. Most recently he advocated putting cameras on most of Charleston's street corners. Most Republicans oppose such a measure for the cost alone, much less the civil liberties questions.

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Senator John D. Rockefeller sent a strong message to the Obama Adminiostration concerning the revoking of a mining permit in Southern West Virginia. Apparently the EPA now believes that a mine operation should guarantee that a stream is precisely the same after mining is completed as before. This is unprecedented and demonstrates the state of siege American mining is finding itself in. Senator Rockefeller used to oppose all strip mining. Either he wants to keep union votes, or he understands that this is a "food on the table" issue for his constituents."

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Fed up union members, according to the Charleston Daily Mail are switching their registration to the GOP. It's time for the RNC to have a national level sit down with organized labor. After all, we all want to save American manufacturing and only the Republican Party has shown any interest in doing that.

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Congratulations to Bill Stewart. The win over UConn, a motivated and tough team, demonstrates how far this staff and team have come. They made great adjustments to beat Randy Edsell's Huskies. Edsell is the best coach you have never heard of and always brings a great game plan, if not the greatest talent. Jarrett Brown layed an outstanding game, making great decisions and big plays to keep WVU in it until game breaker Noel Devine put the Mountaineers up in the waning minutes of the contest.

Great job Bill Stewart. Great job assistant coaches. Great job WVU players!

Rockefeller on Healthcare

Rockefeller Packs the House!

Tens of people packed the Byrd Art Center at the University of Charleston to hear their senator speak on health care. You can witness the eagerness and anticipation in every face as they wait with baited breath to hear Senator Rockefeller deliver another opus on a health care plan that would end up denying many of these same people service. Why? Because their productive lives are over according to the writings of at least two members of Obama's advisory team. You can just see the total support for Obamacare on every thrilled face!