Will some of the constitutional betrayers in the Arkansas legislature rise for a roll call?  February 19, 2013

1.    D. Altes (R—Ft Smith)……”Present”
2.    N. Bell (R—Mena)………….”Present”
3.    J. Gillam (R—Judsonia)……”Present”
4.    K. Hammer (R—Benton)….”Present”
5.    J. Rapert (R—Conway)……”Present”
6.    W. Sabin (D—Little Rock)…”Present”
7.    M. Shepherd (R—El Dorado)”Present”
8.    E. Williams (R—Cabot)………”Present”
9.    J. Woods (R—Springdale)……”Present”

Why are the above 9, and perhaps many more, being charged as betrayers?

I.     Eminent Domain.  Representatives Nate Bell, Kim Hammer, and Senator Jason Rapert are engaged in an attempt to destroy the time honored and revered The Right of Eminent Domain, which confers protection against seizure of private property.  What are the rewards that the aforementioned 3 are expecting if they are successful in their proposed treachery and who or what is the force behind their unconstitutional behavior?  In the end, what is their pay-off? The attack on the Right of Eminent Domain emits the pungent order of the “stack & pack em” U.N. Agenda 21 crowd.

II.    Tort Reform.    Republicans have long been shilling for insurance companies, the Chambers of Commerce, and corporate entities to quash the 7th Amendment.  Their attacks have been launched incrementally.  It is obvious from available data that Senator Eddie Joe Williams (R-Cabot) is the prime mover orchestrating the latest attack on our Amendment 7. Perhaps the senator is not familiar with the 7th Amendment and in all good conscience believes he has a superior legislative mind than our Founding Fathers, in this case most particularly Madison, Jay & Hamilton.   Incidentally, Rep. Mathew Shepherd is riding shotgun for Eddie Joe in the vile attack on the right to trial not to be impugned by any government agency or agencies.

Suppose Senator Williams is travelling from Little Rock to Cabot and a Tyson chicken truck or a Wal-Mart 18 wheeler crosses the median and runs over he & his vehicle and as a result of the crash, Williams loses both arms.  Question: Would the Senator be satisfied with a government predetermined evaluation of his loss or would he be more confident in the honesty and empathy of a jury of his peers who have no political connections or obligations?  Of course, we know what Eddie Joe’s answer would be.  The Founders had no intention of having the American jury system tampered with by self-serving bureaucracies and politicians who are influenced by Special Interests.  

Senator Williams obviously overlooked this phrase from the 7th Amendment “The right of trial by jury shall be preserved and no fact tried by a jury shall be otherwise examined”.

He was elected to serve not only his constituents but all Arkansas residents—not hospitals, not the Chambers of Commerce, not the insurance companies, not corporate entities and certainly not LOBBYISTS--the scourge of government.  Is there a payoff for carrying such unconstitutional & egregious legislation?

III.    Term Limits.   Have Representatives Altes, Bell, Gillam, Sabin & Senator Woods articulated to Arkansas citizens why they are for extending term limits? Of course not!  They will in unison state that they have not yet finished their legislative work.  What a crock.  Fort Smith’s Rep. D. Altes has termed in and out any number of times and citizens in Fort Smith would be hard-pressed to make one positive statement about his presence in the state legislature. Precisely the reason why government has evolved into self-serving political parasitism. And on the subject, the right honorable Senator Jon Woods wants to raise the pay for the legislators. Has the senator noticed the state of the Arkansas economy and the thousands of illegals slopping at the welfare trough? Couple this with the huge increases of the homeless in the Senator’s neck of the woods, i.e. NW Arkansas.   Shame on the Senator & the rest of the legislature who are pushing for raises.  Drastic cuts need to be made in legislators’ travel allowances.   More self-serving rumblings out of Fort Smith in the person of government employee Rep. Stephanie Malone, stating “she doesn’t want full term limits” (?) she just wants “partial term limits” (?).   Stephanie needs to explain.  The Founders did not intend or want career politicians.

Speaker of the House, Rep. Davy Carter has indicated he favors the extension of Term Limits.  Extending Term Limits would further enhance the ability of self-serving politicians to increase their already questionable activities by expanding the size of their taxpayer subsidized playground. On that basis we are sure Rep. Carter would allow citizens to vote on the issue.

Note: Republicans proclaim they are the party of the Constitution, small government and freedoms…observe the above. 

The new Republican majority in the Arkansas House & Senate are doing their best to out-Democrat the Democrats.  Republicans have morphed into the realm of irrelevancy; hence their new name—The Party of Irrelevance (POI) and is suffering with and from the Simpletonian Complex.

You certainly want to put your trust in this bunch.

Joe McCutchen
Fort Smith
arkansasfreedom.net 

Oh yes, there is the ongoing flimflamming by Gov. Beebe re the proposed N.E. Arkansas Steel Mill.  Can you see $250 million (and counting) taxpayer dollars injected into this highly questionable endeavor? And at the same time, factoring in 20% of the operation being owned by the Arkansas Teachers’ Retirement System. (?)  Residing close to Memphis cancels out most of the theoretical benefits to Arkansas. This ain’t no flea market adventure.