Scottsboro, Alabama - August 24, 2020 - Scottsboro Mayors Race and the Controversy - UPDATE September 3, 2020 Secretary of State, Circumvention of State Law, UPDATE August 26, 2020, Political Retribution, Partisanship in a Non-Partisan Election Proves Costly, Robo Calls - UPDATE: August 25, 2020 McCamy Wins Mayor's Election, FATPAC Mysteriously Disappears From Facebook - August 1, 2020 Mayor's Race Video Interviews

Scottsboro City Hall, photo by G. Morgan

UPDATE - August 25, 2020 - McCamy wins Mayor's election, FATPAC (link below) Forwarding Alabama Together, mysteriously disappears from Facebook after disinformation and deceit aimed at the current Mayor Robin Shelton.

UPDATE September 3, 2020

"Funding source of campaign attack ad remains a mystery -Secretary of State, says "circumvention of state law."

FYI regarding FATPAC, Forwarding Alabama Together, attack ad which included current Scottsboro Mayor Robin Shelton attack on Facebook.  Secretary of State, John Merrell calls the venture a circumvention of state law.

"Funding source of campaign attack ad remains a mystery" - By Eric  Fleischauer   www.decaturdaily.com

" — An attack ad released on Facebook two days before the municipal election slammed the candidate who most aggressively challenged incumbent Decatur Mayor Tab Bowling, but voters still have no way to figure out who paid for it. Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill last week called the secretive venture a circumvention of state law. The candidate who was the target of the ad, David Childers, said it prevented him from being in the runoff."

POLITICAL HIT JOB VIA FACEBOOK SCHEME TO DISCREDIT MAYOR, GAVE MCCAMY AN ELECTION ADVANTAGE?

The mysterious, alleged PAC site claimed Shelton committed criminal acts, some on the site went so far as to claim Mayor Shelton had committed a Class C Felony without any definitive proof as to court opinions, AG opinions, Ethics Commission Opinions. McCamy claimed he knew nothing about the site until a link was forwarded to him. My thoughts, I don't believe McCamy, his claim was the same as FATPAC, Shelton's letter violated state law, so says Jim McCamy. More discussion on this below.

Scottsboro Mayors Race and the FATPAC Controversy  Forwarding Alabama Together   (FATPAC)  https://www.facebook.com/ForwardingAlabamaTogether

VIDEO INTERVIEWS

Video Interview Of Incumbent Mayor Robin Shelton August 1, 2020

Robin Shelton's Facebook site: https://www.facebook.com/RobinSheltonForMayor

Video Interview of Mr. Jim McCamy, Candidate for Mayor August 1, 2020
Jim McCamy's Facebook site: https://www.facebook.com/JimMcCamy

Scottsboro Mayors Race and the FATPAC Controversy  (Forwarding Alabama Together   (FATPAC)  https://www.facebook.com/ForwardingAlabamaTogether Disclosure on Facebook listed the Montgomery, Alabama phone number as 706-662-9343

       The Letter from Mayor Shelton (click on image to expand view).

(pg1) Photo by FATPAC, Fair Use for non-profit news reporting and commentary

(pg2) Photo by FATPAC, Fair Use for non-profit news reporting and commentary

After speaking to Mayor Shelton, Mayor Candidate Jim McCamy, Forwarding Alabama Together (FATPAC) a Montgomery, Alabama PAC representative (Facebook disclosure - Montgomery, Alabama phone number as 706-662-9343) and many others. Mayor Shelton states he spent his own money in the preparing, copying, mailing, writing and distribution of the letter, not utilizing any City of Scottsboro resources.

What specific part of the law, Code of Alabama 36-25-5, https://codes.findlaw.com/al/title-36-public-officers-and-employees/al-code-sect-36-25-5.html ,  says a governor, state representative, commissioner, city council member, mayor or any other elected political official may not use a political entities letterhead, where he or she is an office holder, and say thank you, stating accomplishments, vote for me. That is not, to my thinking, receiving personal gain. Personal gain refers to utilizing ones elected position and/or government resources facilitating or gaining financial benefits for business, self, family or an associate’s financial gain. Utilizing the ideology that political opponents say that an incumbent may not utilize the letterhead of the office he or she holds in a letter to say thank you, here are my accomplishments, vote for me, and doing that is an illegal act is ridiculous. I say, show me specifically where it says that specific act is illegal, in our laws, court rulings, AG Opinions, Secretary of State, or Ethics Commission opinions or rulings.

Thinking about the history of politics in the Scottsboro Mayor’s race, the involvement of former political officials and employees of the City of Scottsboro is questionable in this scheme, including the current candidate for Mayor Jim McCamy running against the incumbent Mayor Robin Shelton. McCamy says he knew nothing about this FATPAC until someone forwarded him a link. McCamy indicates he does not appreciate my accusations in slamming him, that I “don’t know what I’m talking about,” regarding TVA, Washingtonian, Democrat Party politics and further states, “Pretty clear where you are.” Others say, wrongfully, in their discussion of this issue that I have slandered them, which I point out they are wrong. Stating I do not trust a specific individual or a group of individuals further than I can throw City Hall is not slander.

After discussions with everyone involved, I'm not buying any of this FATPAC nonsense 2 days before the municipal elections. Now, after the election, FATPAC disappears, my thinking,this was a political hit job by those seeking revenge against Shelton, and I do not believe McCamy was unaware about this scheme as he claims. Reason, he stated to me Shelton's letter violated state law, that was the FATPAC claim. Another question comes to light: Was the FATPAC site an "in-kind political contribution" not claimed, in my opinion an issue worth investigation

UPDATE: August 26, 2020 - Inquiries Reveal More and First Amendment Issue
The letter pictured above raises another issue. It is a huge issue. Think about this - if the letter is illegal, is political campaign ads which show a government building, office or public entity seal where the politician serves/works illegal? Restriction of Political Speech vs Ethics or Public Official restriction laws and regulations? 

My problem with the Facebook FATPAC site is the hidden agenda, now it has mysteriously disappeared from Facebook. It appears to have been a political hit job. I have received info that it originated and was facilitated from a former local politician seeking revenge. Inquiry reveals it was political party connected. This is what happens when a politician uses a political party for support, non-partisan election, then the opposing party hits you back, with FATPAC. See the Republican Party photo.

Fair Use for non-profit news and commentary; photo imagery from a public Facebook political site, Robin Shelton for Mayor.

NEXT UP,  FCC VIOLATIONS, CELL PHONE ROBO CALLS

From the FCC ( link - https://www.fcc.gov/political-campaign-robocalls-robotexts ) - Political campaign-related autodialed or prerecorded voice calls (including autodialed live calls, prerecorded voice messages, and text messages) are:

• Not allowed to cell phones, pagers, or other mobile devices without the called party's prior express consent.
• Not allowed to protected phone lines such as emergency or toll-free lines, or lines serving hospitals or similar facilities, unless made with the called party's prior express consent.
• Allowed when made to landline telephones, even without prior express consent.

Photo's of Robo Calls sent enmasse to Cell phones by McCamey, Mayor Elect, and Mayor Shelton

Fair Use of political campaign photos for non-profit news reporting and commentary.

Fair Use of political campaign photos for non-profit news reporting and commentary.

Another issue regarding political campaign speech restriction laws vs First Amendment rights of political speech.

SHHH- WE HAVE SECRETS AT THE JACKSON COUNTY COMMISSION - SECRET DELIBERATIONS ABOUT THE TEN COMMANDMENTS WITH SECRET RIGHT WING POLITICAL ATTORNEYS

(photo by G.Morgan)

JACKSON COUNTY COMMISSION MEETS AND CONDUCTS SECRET DELIBERATIONS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR ONE HOUR WITH THE RIGHT WING LIBERTY INSTITUTE ATTORNEYS, THE ISSUE - THE TEN COMMANDMENTS DISPLAY.

September 2, 2014 - Scottsboro, Alabama:  Today's county commission work session was a long one. 17 items on the Agenda with #17 added, an Executive Session to discuss pending or threatened litigation. There is no pending litigation, there have been letters requesting the commission to not display the Ten Commandments. WHY THE SECRECY?

The commissioners, the county attorney, and the two attorneys from the right wing religious Liberty Institute were in the executive session for 1 hour deliberating the TEN COMMANDMENTS public display issue in secret.

About the Liberty Institute - quote: "Our nation was founded on the premise that rights come from God... Liberty Institute’s mission is to defend and restore religious liberty across America—in our schools, for our churches, inside the military, and throughout the public arena... freedom does not mean confining religious expression to church or home, but that true religious liberty consists of recognizing individuals’ God-given right to follow their conscience and to live and act according to their faith in every area of life.    https://www.libertyinstitute.org/about

Following the Liberty Institutes reasoning - DOES THIS MEAN RELIGIOUS FANATICS HAVE A RIGHT TO KILL AMERICANS IF THEY ARE FOLLOWING THEIR CONSCIOUS?? WHOSE RIGHTS ARE BEING PROTECTED, THE CITIZENRY OR GLORY SEEKING RIGHT WING  POLITICIANS AND THEIR EXTREMIST ATTORNEYS?? 

Commissioner Tim Guffey says: "What I'm trying to do is erect a monument of historical documents," Guffey said Thursday in an interview with AL.com. "It's the Constitution, the Ten Commandments and the Declaration of Independence. I feel like that's what this country was founded on. These documents helped America become the greatest country in history...I'm using it in the context of this is historical. I'm not doing it to push religion at all."  http://www.al.com/news/huntsville/index.ssf/2014/08/jackson_county_commissioner_wa.html

Fair Use, education and news reporting - TimGuffeyforcommission.com Gov. Bentley on left, Commissioner Guffey on right. 

I do not believe any of Guffey's statements for one second about the Ten Commandments issue. This is not about history, or for that matter, religion or responsible speech, this is about deceit and right wing extremism of power hungry politicians attempting to politicize religious freedom for the express purpose of furthering their personal political goals of power and glory. 

The Proposed Scottsboro Boys Pardon - Is Not Representative of Justice

Original Photo (owned by G.L. Morgan) Entitled "Enjoying Their Freedom," July 26, 1937: Samuel B. Leibowitz and the 4 Scottsboro Case defendants wave farewell as they leave for New York after viewing a movie in Cincinnati, Ohio. The four which were freed: Eugene Williams, Roy Wright, Willie Roberson and Olen Montgomery.

The proposed "Scottsboro Boys" pardon is a faux pardon. A politically motivated feel good measure which does not represent justice in any sensible terms. http://www.waaytv.com/news/local/story/Morgan-Co-republicans-ask-for-Scottsboro-Boys/0SmrAf1w3U2K2NXR9KleAA.cspx

Legal Definition of Pardon: The action of an executive official of the government that mitigates or sets aside the punishment for a crime. The granting of an unconditional pardon fully restores an individual's civil rights forfeited upon conviction of a crime and restores the person's innocence as though he or she had never committed a crime.

Pardon facts in Alabama: Under the Alabama Constitution, the pardon power is shared between the Governor and the Legislature.The Constitution gives the Legislature the power to regulate the administration of pardons... http://www.pardon411.com/wiki/Alabama_Pardon_Information
--Mason v. State, 103 So.2d 337 (Ala. Crim. App. 1956)(“Instead of blotting out the existence of the guilt of an offender, the very acceptance of a pardon is an implied acknowledgement of guilt . . . .A pardon cannot wipe out the historical fact of the conviction, and as appropriately stated by one court, it involves forgiveness, and not forgetfulness.”) aff’d, 103 So.2d 341 (1958); see also Randolph County v. Thompson, 502 So.2d 357 (Ala. 1987)
--Any arrest or conviction will continue to be part of the criminal history record even if a pardon is granted. Johnson v. State, 421 So.2d 1306 (Ala. Crim. App. 1982), cert. denied, 439 So.2d 1340 (Ala. Crim. App. 1983). Alabama does not have an option for expungement of a conviction.


It is not possible to make the Scottsboro Defendants whole again by the proposed faux pardon. What is the purpose of this pardon and is it possible to acquire Justice in this case? I say, "if you want justice, put your money where your mouth is," I make two suggestions and explore the issues: http://thedailysentinel.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/article_cd5a372e-ed29-11e1-ac96-001a4bcf887a.html

Links to news reports on the proposed faux pardon:

Birmingham News- http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2012/08/pardons_sought_for_the_remaini.html#incart_river_default

Huntsville Times Opinion-
http://blog.al.com/times-views/2012/08/pardoning_the_scottsboro_boys.html

Scottsboro Daily Sentinel- http://thedailysentinel.com/news/article_ba6b64a2-e8bb-11e1-a20a-0019bb2963f4.html   OpEd- http://thedailysentinel.com/opinion/editorials/article_6535445e-eb99-11e1-acad-0019bb2963f4.html 

Scottsboro Stories: http://scottsborostories.blogspot.com/

Republican Party Headquarters Opening in Scottsboro, Alabama

 In downtown Sottsboro, Market Street on the Square, there exists a rare sight. The Republican and Democrat Party Headquarters are separated by 20 feet, one store front. Yesterday I attended the Republican Party office opening. This was a chance chance to meet and listen to the Republican candidates for county political office. Also attending were U.S. Congressman Mo Brooks and State Senator Shad McGill.

Jackson County Republican Party Headquarters

Jackson County Democrat Party Headquarters

Ribbon Cutting of the Jackson County Republican Party Headquarters in Scottsboro, Alabama.

Pictured from left to right: Tim Guffey, candidate for Commission District 1; James Michael Sisk, candidate for Commission District 4 ; Chris Woods, candidate for Chairman of the Jackson County Commission; State Senator Shad McGill (in back); Ms. Ellen O'Connor, Republican Party Women's Committee Chairperson; U.S. Congressman Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) Alabama 5th Congressional District; Jason Venable, candidate Commission District 2 ; Ricky Dooley, candidate for Probate Judge; Phillip Thompson, candidate Commission District 3; Joseph Vaughn, candidate for Jackson County Superintendent of Education.

Daily Sentinel article: http://thedailysentinel.com/news/article_8bc43fc2-e7ab-11e1-8b8f-001a4bcf887a.html

VIDEOS

REPUBLICAN PARTY, MEET THE CANDIDATES 

U.S. Congressman Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) Alabama 5th Congressional District Speaks.

Jackson County Alabama Political Forum - Meet the Candidates

On February 28, 2012 the Student Government Association at Northeast Alabama Community College sponsored the 2012 Jackson & Dekalb County Political Forum. It was a packed auditorium, most of the candidates and voters were from Jackson County. Many said it is the largest political candidate participation in memory. Enjoy the photography and music. Good luck to the candidates, thank you for running for public office.

Also may be viewed on You Tube at: http://youtu.be/kFWFBZ4zFFo

Windows Media Audio-Video Production by Garry L. Morgan, Photography by Garry L. Morgan, audio by the Posies-audio rights aquired via Microsoft Inc. licensing aggrement. Usage is not for profit community educational awareness.

Tea Party Event at Jackson County Park

Ms. Ellen O'Connor, Jackson County Republican Party Women's Club Chairperson.

The Tea Party held a political rally at the Jackson County Park Sunday. The rally kicked off with Blue Grass music played by Wills Town Junction. There were 85 people who attended the rally.

Ms. O'Connor gave a report concerning last years Tea Party Rally which raised $550. She introduced Tony Goolesby, Sylvania, Al. City Council member.

Mr. Goolesby said we are here today for remembrance of the First Responders who sacrificed so much on that memorable day in New York ten years ago. He stated, "God is the only one who can take a bad situation and make it better."

Goolesby spoke on two different occasions. He quoted several Bible Scriptures, Psalms 119-93, " I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have preserved my life." He spoke for several minutes concerning his thoughts on this verse.  Mr. Goolesby in his second presentation spoke about Isaiah 5, 20-21 " (20)Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter. (21) Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight." Goolesby said, "The government will never tell you the truth...I think this is what is wrong with America." His next scripture quote came from Ecclesiastes 3. 1-8, "There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens..."

The next Speaker was Alabama Senator Shadrack McGill.  Senator McGill delivered a prayer and quoted scriptures, 2nd Peter:  "³ His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. ⁴ Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires."

Senator McGill ask the question, "why are we befriending those who will destroy us?

 Ms. Kayla Carter sung the Star Spangled Banner and Amazing Grace. Mr. Goolesby delivered the Pledge of Allegiance.

Next up was the video, "We the People," a video letter to President Obama stating we reject your vision for our country.

Mr. J.E. Edwards was the next speaker. Mr. Edwards is retired, a World War 2 Veteran and has been a Red Cross Volunteer for 35 years. Mr. Edwards stated he spent 19 months in Europe during his tour of service during WW2. Mr. Edwards gave a special thanks to his wife for the period of time he was not at home during his Red Cross volunteer work.

 Mr Edwards is a retired teacher, he told of his days as a teacher and how he felt about the poor children in which many had not eaten when they arrived at school. I think Mr. Edwards held back a tear when his thoughts drifted to the children of Sand Mountain. God Bless our World War 2 Vets and the men and women who taught in Alabama Schools many years ago.

The next speaker was Mr. K.Carl Smith, a U.S. Army Veteran. He wore a t-shirt which proudly proclaimed, "I'm an FDR Republican, a Fredrick Douglas Republican.

 "I do not want a slave master Republic." Mr. Smith spoke of the distinct differences between President Obama and Mr. Douglas, "Obama rejects our Constitution, Frederick Douglas supported our Constitution."

"We are fighting a battle of propaganda." Mr. Smith talked about the 4 values of Frederick Douglas, 1) Respect for the Constitution, 2) Respect for Life, 3) Limited Government, 4) Personal Responsibility.

"Who are the Frederick Douglas Republicans," he asked? "We are people who are not afraid to stand up for our beliefs and convictions. We are every day citizens who will fight for liberty and justice and are not satisfied with the status quo. This movement is not about the color of our skin, this is about values."

In his book Mr. Smith goes on to say, "Frederick Douglas Republicans are not bound by race, color, creed or religion. We come together as a united front..."

He spoke about Jesse Jackson and liberals being about insults, accusations and instigation's.

Mr. Smith had this to say about diversity, "Jehovah God initiated the first diversity program as he ordered his disciples to carry the word of God to the world."

Mr. K. Carl Smith was an excellent motivational speaker. I spoke with him afterwords asking if he had any political ambitions. He stated to me, "I do not at the moment, but if I do it will be at the Congressional level. His book is titled, "Frederick Douglas Republicans, A Movement to Reignite America's Passion for Liberty." Good luck to you Mr. Smith, we need people such as yourself in Washington to change the course of negative endeavors. Consider a run against Mr. Brooks.

The last speaker was Mr. Paul Reynolds, National Committeeman, Alabama Republican State Committee.

Mr. Reynolds stated, "I need feet on the ground, we need to raise $300 million dollars."

The most impressive portion of the rally was Mr. K. Carl Smith, a graduate of Alabama A&M University. He has the "right stuff," and he is a person which could motivate the people of U.S. Congressional District #5 to vote for him. I thought he was a down to earth motivational speaker and well grounded in his values. He has an innovative approach and is well versed in the "Art of Engagement." He is the "Conservative Messenger." http://conservativemessenger.org/ This Keith Smith is a Classical Liberal.


What are Frederick Douglas Republicans? http://scottsborostories.blogspot.com/

The question and challenge, will the Jackson County Tea Party distance itself from the Republican extremist "Southern Strategy," a covert policy of racial discrimination expressed in advertisements and secessionist 10th Amendment rhetoric and political policy?   http://scottsborostories.blogspot.com/2010/09/republicans-southern-strategy-racism.html   

As Mr.Smith pointed out the Democrats of the 19th and 20th century practiced slavery, racial discrimination and exclusionary policy, so did the Republicans. No doubt times have changed, members of the "White Rooster" conservatives, Alabama Democrats of old, remaining have migrated to the Republican Party and make up a base of the right wing extreme. There are Democrats which do not subscribe to extremist exclusionary political action just as there are Republicans which do not subscribe to exclusionary political action. There are conservative Democrats which display values akin to conservative Republicans but are separated by political party lines.

The terms conservative and liberal are frequently confused and utilized as a divisional tactic of both political parties. We desperately need unity and solutions for our many problems,  the most pressing being our national debt. Will the Tea Party subscribe to American Unity or support exclusively Republican Party political strategy? That is the question in which members of the Tea Party must answer. An American independent political party is needed, the Tea Party could be the beginnings of that independence if it decided to go down the road of Independence in the Spirit of America and remove itself from current political divisionary tactics.

Town Hall Meeting with U.S. Representative Mo Brooks, or as some may call it, Bash President Obama Republican Rally

 Scottsboro Mayor Melton Potter introduces 5th District Congressman Mo Brooks, Republican from Huntsville.

 Congressman Brooks stated he was a Fiscal Conservative and believes our nation will be subservient to China if the debt situation does not change. He stated we are supplying China with the means to destroy us by virtue of our debt payment to them.

 Congressman Brooks assessment of our financial plight was right and wrong. He was right, our debt is the problem, his figures are correct. He was wrong on blaming our financial crisis on the Democrats and President Obama. There are solutions, Brooks did not have them. His solution was to create dissension and division in support of the Republican Party. At the bottom of the page I list the solution to our problems. Our debt problem is related to our growing energy crisis and problems. Washington politicians, Brooks included, have no meaningful solutions.

Congressman Brooks ranted on for most of the meeting about how our economy was crashing and if the Democrats continued on with their programs such as health care and socialism we would surely be subservient to the Chinese. The crowd of about 50, including 5 staffers, applauded loudly in sync with Brooks as he continued on with periodic episodes of Obama bashing mixed with economic doom and gloom.

 Brooks blamed most of our problems concerning the Southwest Asian Wars on the current administration. He failed to mention any Republican responsibility related to the current war,  instead he took the road of 'blame the Democrats and Obama.'

The Congressman did not realize or failed to mention it was the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 of the 106th Congress, a Republican Congress ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/106th_United_States_Congress ), which allowed the Mortgage crisis and economic downturn which began about 2006, culminating in a financial meltdown in 2008 under President Bush, it was President Bush who began the TARP program bailouts.

 2011's 30 year outlook according to Mr. Brooks. When the TVA debt situation was brought forward his tune changed from a devout Fiscal Conservative to a devout Republican Socialist. Telling all how nuclear power and the TVA was going to save us from an era with no power. Sheer pro-nuclear propaganda right out of the nuclear lobby's play book.

 Congressman Brooks stated the Democrats and President Obama's Health Care Plans and other entitlement programs are breaking the United States. The crowd of mostly over 65-80%, continued to applaud loudly, apparently not realizing their Social Security and Medicare would come to a halt if the radical Republicans had their way. As the crowd applauded with fervor to the Obama bashing, I decided to boo the festivities, as there was entirely to much President Obama and Democrat bashing. Although I do not agree with all of our President's policies, he is our President. To base ones political policy and platform on bashing Democrats and President Obama does not produce results, it produces  division of the populace. Brooks' political strategy utilizes the principles of ideological propaganda as a communicative technique.

When asked about Bellefonte the Congressman stated he supported nuclear power. He told the crowd of Republican supporters the shutting down of coal facilities, due to the environmentalists and the EPA, nuclear power must be brought on line. Not true pointed out Ms. Gretel Johnston of Scottsboro, Ms. Johnston told how Energy Efficiency technology could produce the power needed. Brooks replied, "Oh, you mean the efficient energy light bulbs." Ms. Johnston explained some of  the Energy Efficiency measures which would supply over 300,000 jobs in the Southeast, including Jackson County, if a serious plan was implemented.

I informed the Congressman about TVA's tremendous debt to which I was heckled by a Chamber of Commerce staff member and a Goose Pond Colony staff member, obviously they were Republicans not interested in facts and attempted to interrupt my presentation. When the Congressman was asked if he supported TVA socialism and extending TVA's $30 billion dollar debt limit his reply was maybe, maybe not, depends on how it was worded by those asking. Apparently the Congressman is not as Fiscally Conservative as his presentation appears.

TVA's Financials: "TVA- SEC Form 10-Q Quarterly Report May 3, 2011, page 49, debt- $24.125 billion; interest on debt- $25.832 billion; long term total obligations including debt, interest on debt, fuel contracts, leases and power commitments $68.868 billion dollars." Total debt and debt interest- $49.9 billion!  http://investor.shareholder.com/tva/secfiling.cfm?filingID=1376986-11-36

Turn about is fair play, but not in the eyes of the Scottsboro Police who were there to obviously keep in line any comments against Brooks and the Republican extremist ideology. When a Republican supporter decided to bash Ms. Johnston and myself for our presentation, I spoke up in protest. The Police Chief, came over and stated to me, "don't interrupt, wait until you are recognized to speak." However, the Police Chief said nothing to the hecklers from the Chamber of Commerce and Goose Pond Colony who attempted to interrupt my presentation.

The town hall meeting was informative, informing true listeners of how far right wing the Neu Republikans have moved. Real solutions to the debt crisis are not in the Republicans political strategy book. Bash Democrats and our President was the outcome of the meeting.for the explicit purpose of rallying additional Republican support.

Solutions:  Jobs, put Americans to work, stop the political deceit and pandering, it is dividing our nation. Political bickering and name calling does not support solutions but supports the political party, we need solutions not furtherance of individual and party political agendas. A comprehensive Sustainable Energy Plan for the United States is the tool for resolving many of the problems facing our nation. It will bring jobs and secure our energy future from dependance on foreign energy sources which have led us into wars costing thousands of American lives and trillions of dollars.

The Neu-Republikan Party's Tea Party

Racism, Deceit and Fascism is the Neu-Republikan Party's Tea Party strategy of right wing extremism.

The Neu-Republikan Party-Sieg Heil??

"Republican U.S. House candidate Rich Iott is pictured wearing a Nazi uniform for his participation in re-enactments of the Nazi’s 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking.  http://blogs.clarionledger.com/jmitchell/2010/10/15/congressional-candidate-takes-part-in-nazi-reenactments/

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The Republicans goal is to support their corporate money providers at any cost, even if it results in the destruction of local environments or the world. There will be a growing riff between in the Democrat and Republican Party. http://www.politicususa.com/en/gop-morality
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The Republicans have stated their policy is no compromise on any issue. http://www.tnr.com/blog/jonathan-cohn/78740/boehner-no-compromise
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They will do anything to gain power to include bashing the heads of protesters and the press who ask unwanted questions. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20001591-504083.html http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1010/43778.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txU55iFG9UA
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One of my big concerns with the Republicans is the mixing of religious doctrine and politics for political gain. http://christiancitizens.org/ ( The old Christian Coalition) History demonstrates this religious-political mix results in a destruction of liberty for citizens. In this ad campaign which has showed up in many Alabama Press publications today is mostly one big fat lie in describing Democrat candidates. I guess lying is an acceptable trait of these so called Christians. http://www.christiancitizens.org/alabama_coalition-christian_voting_guide.html
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The Republicans practice a political strategy of racism to gain votes, "The Southern Strategy,"  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/22/michael-steele-for-decade_n_547702.html
the Southern Strategy exposed. http://scottsborostories.blogspot.com/2010/09/republicans-southern-strategy-racism.html

UPDATE August 4, 2012: Is "political conservatism" a form of insanity? "A meta-analysis culled from 88 samples in 12 countries, and with an N of 22,818, revealed that “several psychological variables predicted political conservatism.”Which variables exactly?In order of predictive power:Death anxiety, system instability, dogmatism/intolerance of ambiguity, closed-mindedness, low tolerance of uncertainty, high needs for order, structure, and closure, low integrative complexity, fear of threat and loss, and low self-esteem.The researchers conclude, a little chillingly, that “the core ideology of conservatism stresses resistance to change and a justification of inequality.”"  http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/genius-and-madness/200809/is-political-conservatism-mild-form-insanity 

Is political ultra-conservatism indicative of mental illness? "Researchers at the University of California at Berkeley essentially confirmed this view with an meta-analysis of scores of academic studies on conservative political attitudes last year. In the study, "Political Conservatism as Motivated Social Cognition," the Berkeley researchers found (Berkley link} common psychological factors linked to political conservatism include: fear and aggression, dogmatism and intolerance of ambiguity, uncertainty avoidance, need for cognitive closure, and terror management that causes conservatives to shun and even punish outsiders and those who threaten the status of their cherished world views..." http://reason.com/archives/2004/10/20/pathologizing-conservatism  "Terror management" as a behavior is not conducive to facilitating communications in any environment.
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The Republican's "Southern Strategy" = Racism

An expose on the Republicans Southern Strategy on "Scottsboro Stories:" http://scottsborostories.blogspot.com/2010/09/republicans-southern-strategy-racism.html

Alabama's Republican Candidate for Governor, Robert Bentley's Weak Point

Does the Republican candidate for governor, Robert Bentley, support antiquated Separate but Equal, does he support abolishing the Civil Rights Act? I have asked him and his campaign, he refuses an answer.
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"State Rights" Bentley's position on seperate but equal. 1) "...state governments are free to make their own laws and exercise their own discretion." 2) "I believe the Tenth Amendment establishes limits on the federal government, which have not been enforced. As Governor, I will defend the sovereignty of the State of Alabama, and I will support our right govern ourselves under our own laws and to make our own decisions without federal interference." http://www.robertbentley2010.com/index.php?page=protecting-our-constitutional-rights (The link listed was the link of Robert Bentley's political platform. It has been removed and replaced with "RB 2010 - Random Banter" How convenient considering the legal actions being taken against Alabama due to Bentley's racist policies based on state rights.)

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"Without Federal interference," does this "without Federal interference" concern the enforcement of the Civil Rights Act? The U.S. Government abolished Jim Crow laws in Alabama through the Civil Rights Act. Vestiges of Jim Crow still remain in Alabama's Constitution.

GOP, Sarah Palin, Tea Parties=Racism?? "Divide and Conquer Political Action."

" One Picture is Worth Ten Thousand Words," is the old adage by Fred Bernard, 1927, 'Printers Ink" trade journal magazine. Tea Party rallies seem to be an exclusive event for whites only.

Has the GOP in its campaign against President Obama fostered racism in its quest to gain control of the Federal Government's legislative branch?

Pandering an ideology of exclusionary political action seems to be a Tea-Party Rally call. If the Tea Party rallies are inclusive of all people regardless of race, color or creed, WHERE ARE THE MINORITY FOLKS? This editorial writer for "New America Media" thinks the GOP fosters racism. http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=7bb3419445b715f0da948951aa9cdc95 In the above picture, Palin in Nevada, as well as other pictures of tea party rallies, there is a lack of minority people in the rallies. Why, exclusionary political action, are Palin's, the Tea Party and the GOP's political messages exclusionary of minority people?

SOVEREIGNTY RESOLUTION/SECESSION or RACIST ALABAMA LEGISLATURE ATTEMPTS REPEAL OF CIVIL RIGHTS ACT

President Johnson signs Civil Rights Act, hands pen to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Senate Joint Resolution (SJR) 27 attempts to invalidate the Civil Rights Act and other Federal Law.

SJR 27 attempts to overturn years of work and sacrifice by the Civil Rights Movement. SJR 27 is sponsored by whites who support repeal of Federal Legislation designed to prevent Racial discrimination. These racist politicians and extremists are attempting to deceive the citizens of the state.

The Alabama Senate passed Senate Joint Resolution 27 which was introduced by Alabama State Senator Beason along with nine co-sponsors. This Resolution is nothing more than an attempt at legalized racism by right wing extremists.

This resolution suggests repeal of the Civil Rights Act and other Federal Laws in Alabama. Quote: "BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That all compulsory federal legislation that directs states to comply under threat of civil or criminal penalties or sanctions or requires states to pass legislation or lose federal funding be prohibited or repealed."

The U.S. Government is not an agent of the seperate states, as stated in the resolution: "WHEREAS, the scope of power defined by the Tenth Amendment means that the federal government was created by the states specifically to be an agent of the states." If this were true, the Supreme Court would have no power over the laws of the several states in declaring a state, or local law unconstitutional and void. It appears the legislators who support this resolution should brush up on the relationships of the State and Federal Government.

We are not living in the mid 19th century or the Jim Crow era of Alabama which some seem to think. We have made many advancements in race relations and technology. Unfortunately there are those who have not advanced and seem to relish the ideologies of Jim Crow opression and eliminate advancements and sacrifices of many brave Americans.

This worthless resolution, SJR 27, is the result of right wing extremist expressing their bigoted ideology due to a Black President being elected to office. Where was this outrage when white Presidents and Legislative Authority were accomplishing the same so called repulsive acts?

Links: http://www.waff.com/Global/story.asp?S=11853830 http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20100120/NEWS01/1200345/Hundreds-gather-at-TEA-rally http://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2010/01/alabama-senate-to-feds-back-off/ http://www.al.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/base/national-97/1263993313166810.xml&storylist=alabamanews&thispage=1

Full Resolution below.

WHEREAS, the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States reads as follows: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people"; and

WHEREAS, the Tenth Amendment defines the total scope of federal power as being that specifically granted by the Constitution of the United States and no more; and

WHEREAS, Federalism is the constitutional division of powers between the national and state governments and is widely regarded as one of America's most valuable contributions to political science; and

WHEREAS, James Madison, "the Father of the Constitution," said, "The powers delegated to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the state governments are numerous and indefinite. The former will be exercised principally on external objects, [such] as war, peace, negotiation, and foreign commerce. The powers reserved to the several states will extend to all the objects which, in the ordinary course of affairs, concern the lives, liberties, and properties of the people."; and

WHEREAS, Thomas Jefferson emphasized that the states are not "subordinate" to the national government, but rather the two are "coordinate departments of one simple and integral whole. The one is the domestic, the other the foreign branch of the same government."; and

WHEREAS, Alexander Hamilton expressed his hope that "the people will always take care to preserve the constitutional equilibrium between the general and the state governments." He believed that "this balance between the national and state governments forms a double security to the people. If one [government] encroaches on their rights, they will find a powerful protection in the other. Indeed, they will both be prevented from over passing their constitutional limits by [the] certain rival ship which will ever subsist between them."; and

WHEREAS, the scope of power defined by the Tenth Amendment means that the federal government was created by the states specifically to be an agent of the states; and

WHEREAS, today, in 2009 (2010?), the states are demonstrably treated as agents of the federal government; and

WHEREAS, many federal laws are directly in violation of the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States; and

WHEREAS, the Tenth Amendment assures that we, the people of the United States of America and each sovereign state in the Union of States, now have, and have always had, rights the federal government may not usurp; and

WHEREAS, Article IV, Section 4, United States Constitution, says in part, "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government", and the Ninth Amendment states that "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people"; and

WHEREAS, the United States Supreme Court has ruled in New York v. United States, 112 S. Ct. 2408 (1992), that Congress may not simply commandeer the legislative and regulatory processes of the states; and

WHEREAS, a number of proposals from previous administrations and some now pending from the present administration and from Congress may further violate the Constitution of the United States; now therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA, BOTH HOUSES THEREOF CONCURRING, That the State of Alabama hereby claims sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the Constitution of the United States.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this resolution serves as notice and demand to the federal government, as our agent, to cease and desist, effective immediately, mandates that are beyond the scope of these constitutionally delegated powers.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That all compulsory federal legislation that directs states to comply under threat of civil or criminal penalties or sanctions or requires states to pass legislation or lose federal funding be prohibited or repealed.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the President of the United States, the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate of each state's legislature, and the entire delegation of the Alabama members of the U.S. Congress.

Fortunately this legislation carries no weight of law but expresses a right wing extremist ideology, expressing a covert form of racism. Previous laws of this nature were passed prior to secession which brought on the Civil War and attempted during the Civil Rights movement. Now our nation has a Black President, up jumps a Sovereignty/Secession movement. I'm wondering how the Council of Conservative Citizens fits into the picture and the amount of influence in Alabama's Legislature? http://cofcc.org/ http://alcofcc.wordpress.com/

As a retired military service member I take great offense concerning this law and its implications toward secession and racism. It is remarkable, of all the problems in our state and nation our allegedly esteemed legislators pass this resolution instead of reforming the State's Constitution and ending the last vestiges of Jim Crow contained in Alabama's Constitution.

You Tube Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gm3xCXYg69o

I strongly urge all citizens to contact Governor Riley's Office concerning this resolution and urge him not to sign SJR 27.