IS IT TRUE out going Governor Mike Pence and Vice Presidential nominee says he believes that Lt. Governor Eric Holcomb could best do the job replacing him? …we will see if the 22 member search committee agree with Governor Pence on July 26, 2016? …U S House of Representatives members Susan Brooks, Todd Rosita, and State Senator Jim Tomes have also submitted their names for consideration to this appointment?  …we have been told that a back room political deal has been cut concerning this appointment.  …Lt Governor Holcomb shall be selected as Governor Pence replacement in an extremely close vote and shall assume the duties as acting Governor on July 27, 2016?  …we also been told that acting Governor Holcomb will select a female as his running mate?

IS IT TRUE we are extremely disappointed to hear that State Auditor Suzanna Crouch had no interest in the the vacant Governor position?  …we are pleased that she has no interest in this position because we feel she is doing one heck of a job in State Auditors position?  …who knows what future political opportunities lay ahead for her?  …we can’t wait for the political drama to begin?

IS IT TRUE that Democratic U.S Senate Candidate Evan Bayh visited Evansville last Friday? …Bayh stated if elected, he will bring Republicans and Democrats  together?.  … Bath stated if he wins, he will work to create jobs, cut taxes, grow small businesses, and make college more affordable?   …doesn’t this sound like his campaign promises of the past?  …we wonder why he didn’t say anything about Obama Care, his official resident status since he left office and what was the major source of his income since he left office 6 years ago?

IS IT TRUE we hear that Evan Bayh better get ready to answer numerous questions concerning how he and his wife generated income after he left the U S Senate 6 years?  …it’s our guess they made millions of dollars sitting on major corporate boards and doing lobbying work for multi-mullion dollar corporations?   …we predict if Republican US Senate candidate Todd Young has his way these questions will haunt Mr. Bayh throughout the campaign?

IS IT TRUE that Evan Bayh has many million of dollars left in political war chest when he decided not to run again for the U S Senate 6 years ago?

IS IT TRUE it looks like President of the Evansville City Council Missy Mosby has done it again?  …if you check out  tonight City Council agenda you will not find not one reference allowing members of the public to make any comments about governmental issues that concern them?  …we are told this is a developing story?

IS IT TRUE that the head of the Democratic National Committee, Debbie Wasserman Schultz,  has resigned as Convention Chairperson after emails surfaced that raised questions about the committee’s impartiality during the Democratic primary?  …we are extremely pleased that the politically toxic and know-it-all Wassermann Schultz has been finally shut down?  …we hope that the local Democratic Central Committee will have the same resolve to do similar too a couple of locally elected officials?

FOOTNOTE: “IS IT TRUE” will be posted on this coming Wednesday?

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Copyright 2015

STOP Stealing Our Wealth, Opportunity And Security!

Freedom, IN – Since 1970’s Bank Secrecy Act, banks must report large financial transactions to federal agents. Since then, the reporting requirements have gotten tougher, more expansive, and secretive. For example, the “Suspicious Activity Report” invokes a gag order, and nullifies the already-lowered dollar limit such that any financial activity at all may be secretly monitored by federal agents.
Some might think increasing secrecy, power and spying is good; that it keeps us safe.

But voters make decisions on information that is increasingly missing or proven false. It’s foolish to believe that politicians we claim we don’t trust are honest with us when it comes to programs that actually fund their cronyism; like “civil asset forfeiture” programs.

While few know it, police forces now take more money and property from USA citizens by “civil asset forfeiture” (as opposed to “criminal asset forfeiture,” which requires a conviction) than do all other criminals, combined.

This “forfeiture” at gun point doesn’t require charges of any crime, or any warrant. Increasingly, this is done with foreknowledge of money movement provided by devices like the “Electronic Recovery and Access to Data” or ERAD (as in eradicate?) machine, which uses data harvest initially intended to fight drug trade and terrorism, but is in practice irrelevant to either, and is allowed to fund police departments.

This is armed highway robbery. This “policing for profit” must be stopped, not expanded.

But just this week, US House Rep. Larry Bucshon touted his support of, among other anti-constitutional bills, H.R. 5607, the Enhancing Treasury’s Anti-Terror Tools Act.

ETATTA did not go through regular order, and was rushed to the floor under suspension of the rules. No amendments were considered, debate was limited, and, as usual, few representatives actually read the bill before voting on it.

This carelessness is apparent in the practical force of the law proposed – that in violation of the USA Constitution’s Article I Section I, Article II Section I, Article III Section I, and Amendment IV, bureaucrats in executive agencies are granted even more power to write rules, judge their efficacy and infractions, and at least recommend, and ultimately execute, new actions as already imposed upon Americans as by the ERAD device, without warrant, probably cause, or conviction of any crime. Furthermore, ETATTA expands the role of the Treasury’s power of spying and enforcement to non-monetary assets – essentially encompassing all property.

Politicians have blurred the lines between good-guy and bad-guy, dividing us by class and race, imprisoning a higher percentage of citizens than any other nation, and making us less secure and prosperous to boot.

In other words, government has become what it’s supposed to protect us from.

I have a plan to restore respect for the badge and restore faith in all our important institutions. It’s an already well-respected plan to not only police the police and govern government, but also to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.
Liberty or Bust!

Andrew Horning

Libertarian for 8th District US House of Representatives