Category Archives: Ethics

Defending AZ SB 1070 Law in Court

Posted on September 3, 2010 | Leave a comment

A Wyoming man has given more than $1.5 million to help defend Arizona’s controversial immigration enforcement measure in court, Gov. Jan Brewer’s office said Thursday.

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How about that, a Patriot that knows how to put the money to best use.

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Posted in Article 4 Section 4, Constitution, Ethics, Illegal Aliens, National Defense, National Security, Sovereignty, Terrorism

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Thought I’d Share This

Posted on September 2, 2010 | Leave a comment

Don’t know how anyone may consider this, but I wanted to share this short email exchange between a constituent and myself.

I decided to redact the person’s name and email address to protect her from any unwanted contact as a result of this. Hope she doesn’t mind. And since my treasurer’s name is on record, I hope he doesn’t mind that I include his comment as well.

(Read from the bottom up.)

To ‘Daniel McAndrew’
From: Jim Sollers (REDACTED@verizon.net)
Sent: Thu 8/26/10 7:22 AM
To: ‘Daniel McAndrew’ (dwmca@live.com)
You know actually that is a good point to make.
You live your principals, no debt on your campaign.
You live within your means.
Very good

From: Daniel McAndrew (dwmca@live.com)
Sent: Wed 8/25/10 10:32 PM
To: REDACTED@REDACTED.com
You are very kind, Lynn.

Don’t worry about the donation bit, it’s way too close to the Primary at this point anyway.

Yes, I’m not rich. My day job starts when I get up at 5:30 or 6am then home by 6pm.

That is, until I started this business of running for office.

Yes, I do know the value of a dollar and how not to over-reach.
Which is why I have stopped spending from my campaign account for the moment.
I may do a little more as my treasurer and I were discussing things at lunch today.

We shall see how the numbers look come the evening (or next day) of the primary.

Night.

Daniel

P.S. I’m of Irish ancestry, actually. If that matters. Personally, I figure I am an American first. Republican last. Conservative second.

From: REDACTED@REDACTED.com
Sent: Wed 8/25/10 10:14 PM
To: dwmca@live.com
Dear Mr. McAndrew,

Today, I received the ballot for the Maryland Primary, and was researching U.S. Senate candidates.
Upon perusing a Wiki article, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Maryland,_2010 I noticed that you and Barbara Mikluski (sic) have something in common in regard to your campaign, ZERO DEBT. One major difference is that she has about $3Million and you have hardly anything to work with. It is amazing. This fact intrigued me to go to your web site, and see what your stance is on various issues we are facing today, as a country. I like what I see.

Unfortunately, I have no money to donate towards your campaign, but wanted to know that we need more people like you in politics.

McAndrew is a good Scottish name!

Best wishes for a successful run.

Regards,

Lynn REDACTED

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Video About Fort Hood Terrorist

Posted on September 2, 2010 | 1 comment

An interview with Retired Lt. Gen. Jerry Boykin.

It is NOT okay to persecute Christians.

And Shariah Law is incompatible with our society as a whole. (My opinion.)

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UPDATE: Utter Nonsense

Posted on August 30, 2010 | 3 comments

This is not only nonsense, but a complete waste of time, effort and (wait for it) our money.

Funding a pro-Palestinian ad campaign on billboards in Israel.

UPDATE: As I said. A complete waste of time. And effort.

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Sucker Punch?

Posted on August 30, 2010 | Leave a comment

Not hardly.

Education secretary urged his employees to attend Sharpton’s rally

Further in the article is this little gem:

… “[Conservatives] think we showed up [to vote for Barack Obama] in 2008 and that we won’t show up again. But we know how to sucker-punch, and we’re coming out again in 2010,” Sharpton said.

Wow, that’s some tough talk for a (gasp) Reverend. Goodness.
Isn’t there a message in the Good Book about, turning the other cheek? Or, love thy neighbor as thyself? What happened to that?

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A Heinous Act

Posted on August 29, 2010 | Leave a comment

Federal officials are investigating a fire that started overnight at the site of a new Islamic center in a Nashville suburb.

I was asked about this story this evening while at an event, but I was not aware this had happened.

The few, or the one, that did – I hope is caught and charged accordingly.

We don’t do this, people. I don’t, pretty sure most of us don’t.

We are supposed to obey the Rule of Law in this Republic, aren’t we?

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We Don’t Need Dept. of Education

Posted on August 28, 2010 | Leave a comment

Because of Secretary Duncan’s Race to Waste Your Education Dollars.

The “money” line: “But grant applications are what RttT is all about, and they have made RttT the biggest waste of your education dollars ever.”

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Think Twice About Contact-Less Credit Cards

Posted on August 28, 2010 | Leave a comment

Warning:

The ease with which your credit card info (what about Real-ID?) can be stolen is upsetting.

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Visa Fee Hike Called Discriminatory

Posted on August 28, 2010 | Leave a comment

The U.S. is reviewing whether a law that increases some visa fees is compliant with World Trade Organization rules, the U.S. Department of State announced last week. President Obama signed into law on Aug. 13 a $600 million bill for increased surveillance for illegal immigrants on the U.S.-Mexican border. The cost of the new measures are to be paid from an increase in H-1B and L visa fees paid by tech workers brought into the country by companies with more than 50 staff, and in which more than 50% of the staff are on these visas. The new border security law has been criticized as discriminatory by India’s National Association of Software and Service Companies that have more than 50% of their staff in the U.S. on these visas.

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Let Me Get This Straight

Posted on August 28, 2010 | Leave a comment

Government agents can sneak trespass onto your property in the middle of the night, put a GPS device on the bottom of your car and keep track of everywhere you go. This doesn’t violate your Fourth Amendment rights, because you do not have any reasonable expectation of privacy in your own driveway — and no reasonable expectation that the government isn’t tracking your movements.

That rule now applies in California and eight other Western states. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently decided the government can monitor you in this way virtually anytime it wants — with no need for a search warrant.

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Okay. So two wrongs make it right? My God.
All this does is open the door for more abuse – against law abiding citizens and not just suspected criminals.

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