“I had one last goodbye with my wife. … They told me she doesn’t want to go with you and it was her decision, we didn’t influence her in any way. They said you could talk … they led us to rooms.”

In tears, they hugged. “She told me all the rooms were bugged. She whispered all the rooms were bugged and they could probably hear it.”

watch this testimony and much more here (Steve Hall is the one you just heard from)

What do you make of this?

I think it’s gut check time for conservatives. Are you going to be consistent in your criticisms and application of principles, or do some leaders get a pass due to being “on your side”?

The “Church” of Scientology is a vampirical organization which seduces the unwary into becoming hypnotized and mind-controlled minions, bled dry of their life, money, and energy in false hope of achieving “total freedom”. In my opinion it’s the worst cult anywhere. But don’t take my word for it; listen to those who have escaped it. You can just do a web search for scientology information, or check out the following links:

Xenu.net, a vast compendium of important info the “Church” would very much prefer you not to see.

Watch a 2 hour interview with actor and longtime Scientologist Jason Beghe, whose classic voice is heard on many Scientology videos and commercials.

Part 1 of 16 of an excellent interview with longtime Scientologist John Duignan.

There is literally more information available now than you can possibly absorb in a lifetime, and other than that controlled by the “Church”, it’s pretty much all damning. Look as long as you need to make your own mind up, and then sign the petition to revoke their tax-exempt status. Then pass it on to a friend.

I never thought this would or could happen.

Wow!

We’re dead.

Well, well. A fight! Good. Now we have something worth discussing. So the question is, is Bob Tiernan a better choice than Vance Day? A second question is, do we still need someone else in the race other than those 2?

I’ll save the second question for after we deal with the first one. I’m not overly familiar with Tiernan, having only dim memories of him from his prior political activities (I wasn’t following local politics very much at that time). So I’m just digging in now. Here’s the first thing I’ve seen which I found to be helpful:

blogging about Tiernan

Here’s another Mapes blog page; this one is somewhat more tangential, but still relevant.

And one more from Mapes about the race, including some backstory about the recent leadership of the state GOP.

And now here’s what a Republican (and a bunch of commenters) has to say about it.  READ THAT ONE even if you don’t read the others.

Hmmm.  It’s still early for me, but I have to say I’m kinda liking this Tiernan idea so far.

Click here.

Sorry I haven’t posted more lately.  I was just so excited about this wonderful election between these two fine upstanding members of the Council on Foreign Relations that I couldn’t… ehhh, by now you know I’m pulling your leg.  Truth is I just have been lazy about blogging.  There are some interesting things going on though.  I’ll post about them in a little while (a few weeks or so).  Until then… please do view that link.  It’s almost entirely pictures, for once.  No heavy reading!

If you don’t like the idea of that kind of thing happening here, perhaps you’d better bone up on the basis of our currency.  (Hint: it rhymes with “wet”.)

Senator Smith voted for the bailout.  From now on, taking him out of office is a high priority for yours truly.  I invite you to join in and help toss him.  You can start by promoting my friend, David Brownlow, who is running for that Senate seat on the Constitution Party ticket.  There has never been a better moment to “go off the reservation” and vote 3rd party, and Brownlow is everything Smith isn’t — first and foremost, an honest American who will obey his oath of office. It would be terrific to get him into the Senate.  Of course, that’s a long shot, but even if it fails, the statement made will be worth it.  The people have to take action, or we’ll just get more of the same — in this case, more debt, more broken promises, more socialist nanny-state government masquerading as “conservatism”.  Oh, and more bailouts.

No.

The image above is not mine, but it sure sums up my take on the whole mess.  McSame is currently enjoying some attention over having spoken out about the dangers of the subprime bubble as long as a couple of years ago, but Ron Paul has been forecasting all of this more clearly for much longer.  But, let’s not pay any attention to him….

DEAR AMERICAN:

I NEED TO ASK YOU TO SUPPORT AN URGENT SECRET BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH A TRANSFER OF FUNDS OF GREAT MAGNITUDE.

I AM MINISTRY OF THE TREASURY OF THE REPUBLIC OF AMERICA. MY COUNTRY HAS HAD CRISIS THAT HAS CAUSED THE NEED FOR LARGE TRANSFER OF FUNDS OF 800 BILLION DOLLARS US. IF YOU WOULD ASSIST ME IN THIS TRANSFER, IT WOULD BE MOST PROFITABLE TO YOU.

I AM WORKING WITH MR. PHIL GRAM, LOBBYIST FOR UBS, WHO WILL BE MY REPLACEMENT AS MINISTRY OF THE TREASURY IN JANUARY. AS A SENATOR, YOU MAY KNOW HIM AS THE LEADER OF THE AMERICAN BANKING DEREGULATION MOVEMENT IN THE 1990S. THIS TRANSACTIN IS 100% SAFE.

THIS IS A MATTER OF GREAT URGENCY. WE NEED A BLANK CHECK. WE NEED THE FUNDS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. WE CANNOT DIRECTLY TRANSFER THESE FUNDS IN THE NAMES OF OUR CLOSE FRIENDS BECAUSE WE ARE CONSTANTLY UNDER SURVEILLANCE. MY FAMILY LAWYER ADVISED ME THAT I SHOULD LOOK FOR A RELIABLE AND TRUSTWORTHY PERSON WHO WILL ACT AS A NEXT OF KIN SO THE FUNDS CAN BE TRANSFERRED.

PLEASE REPLY WITH ALL OF YOUR BANK ACCOUNT, IRA AND COLLEGE FUND ACCOUNT NUMBERS AND THOSE OF YOUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN TO WALLSTREETBAILOUT@TREASURY.GOV SO THAT WE MAY TRANSFER YOUR COMMISSION FOR THIS TRANSACTION. AFTER I RECEIVE THAT INFORMATION, I WILL RESPOND WITH DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT SAFEGUARDS THAT WILL BE USED TO PROTECT THE FUNDS.

YOURS FAITHFULLY MINISTER OF TREASURY PAULSON
(from LewRockwell.com)