Our government just can't get its priorities straight. Now that we're heading into Memorial Day weekend, the cops are out in full force stopping anybody who isn't wearing a seat belt. The catch phrase 'Click It Or Ticket' is designed to scare us into wearing our seat belts for fear that the government will nab us with a huge fine. We should be afraid of the laws of physics, not the rule of law. We'd be crazy by not buckling up ourselves or our children for fear that a crash could kill us, but not because the police will slap us with a huge fine.
And then there's the recent border security law that Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed to help its local cops enforce federal laws to guard against illegal aliens. Hispanic groups and liberal activists went nuts because they want you to think that anybody can be pulled over for any reason. But the law states that cops can't make you produce your papers unless you committed another violation. Some lawyers actually think that Arizona is violating the U.S. Constitution because it's up to only the federal government to guard the borders. But Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution states that 'Congress shall have the power to...establish a(n) uniform Rule of
Naturalization.' Naturalization means setting up uniform rules to help immigrants go on a pathway to citizenship. This is separate from border security, although the liberals will have
you believe that they mean the same thing. All 50 states have the power to protect their citizens.
Yet Article I, Section 8 also says that 'Congress shall have the power to...suppress Insurrections
and repel Invasions.' There are an estimated 12 million illegal aliens in America today. These aliens invaded our country. Granted, it was not an armed invasion, but they are syphoning off our time and money because they are taking advantage of our generosity. The costs of health care and education that these illegal aliens are taking from American taxpayers are several billions of dollars annually. Phoenix is the kidnapping capital of America thanks to drug traffickers and other criminals crossing the border daily. It's too bad Governor Brewer had to sign that bill because President Barack Obama and the Democratic Congress are not doing their Constitutional duty of protecting the American people against this invasion. Let's wake up before it is too late.
I have an idea. Let's eliminate these enforcement zones on the seat belt laws because they are a complete waste of precious law enforcement resources. Then we can place this manpower on the border protecting Americans. Just a thought.
G.J. LaRouche, 27 May 2010
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Monday, May 17, 2010
The 4-9-3 strategy, part 4!
Under my plan for the judicial branch, electing judges will be a much simpler process. All justices and judges are currently elected on a rotating basis within any jurisdiction. For example, there are over 60 judges in the 3rd Circuit Court in Wayne County, which means its residents must vote for over 20 of them every two years. My plan would call for all judges to be up for election or reelection at the same time during every mid-term election. This way it'll be much easier to pick the judges of your choice. I also reduced the terms for all judges to just four years so they will be held accountable to the voters more often. They will also be limited to two terms for each courtship and to only 24 years of combined experience in the courts to mandate a steady turn-over and allow new judges to serve the public.
I also require that all judges be placed on partisan ballots so you'll know exactly where they stand on the issues. Judges are practically politicians, anyway. Why should they hide in the non-partisan part of the ballot? There's no such thing as a non-partisan ballot because that is an oxy-
moron. This will also give them party support and name recognition. I also integrated the legislative and judicial districts so that the voting districts for the judges will be much smaller. This will make it much easier for voters to elect judges. Do you remember what the ballot for the city of Detroit looked like in 2006 in part two of my report? Well, this is how the new ballot would look like in Detroit in 2014 if the new Michigan Constitution adopted the 4-9-3 strategy:
1) a) Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court
(Choose one for a four-year term):
___ Republican Candidate ___ Democratic Candidate
b) Associate Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, 1st Appellate District
(Choose one for a four-year term):
___ Republican Candidate ___ Democratic Candidate
2) Judge of the Michigan Court of Appeals, 1st Appellate District, 1st Senate District
(Choose one for a four-year term):
___ Republican Candidate ___ Democratic Candidate
3) Judges of the Circuit Court, District 1-A
(Choose two for a four-year term):
___ Republican Candidate ___ Democratic Candidate
___ Republican Candidate ___ Democratic Candidate
4) Judges of the District Court, 1st District
(Choose three for a four-year term)
___ Republican Candidate ___ Democratic Candidate
___ Republican Candidate ___ Democratic Candidate
___ Republican Candidate ___ Democratic Candidate
Detroiters will have to vote for only eight judges every four years instead of over 100 of them every six years. And putting judges on partisan ballots gives voters real and clear choices. The ballots for electing judges will also be uniform throughout Michigan so all voters will have equal say in who will represent them. Now isn't this a simpler way to elect judges? There are many advantages to doing it this way. The districts are smaller so no one judge will have to hide with a huge group of other judges running in the same circuit. This is true especially in the Court of Appeals, in which each judge would have to reside in his own Senate district. Many appellate judges live in the same neighborhoods and can't relate to their constituents because they are so far removed from them. My plan requires that all 36 Appellate judges live in their unique State Senate Districts. And the four Associate Justices of the Supreme Court must live in each of the four appellate districts. I drew it up this way so that you will know who your judges are and can
contact them personally if you ever need their help. If local representation is good enough for the legislative branch, it's good enough for the judicial branch.
My system is also much simpler and reduces the number of total judges. I eliminate the four municipal courts in the Grosse Pointes because are they just self-serving cash cows that take hard-earned money away from the people. I also integrated the Probate Courts into the District Courts, which helps reduce the total number of judges in Michigan from 621 to 581. Eliminating 40 judges will cut the bureaucracy and make life easier for Michiganders.
I hope I have convinced at least some of you that having a new Michigan Constitution will make this state a much better place to live.
G.J. LaRouche, 17 May 2010
Source: Michigan Manual, 2007-2008 Edition
I also require that all judges be placed on partisan ballots so you'll know exactly where they stand on the issues. Judges are practically politicians, anyway. Why should they hide in the non-partisan part of the ballot? There's no such thing as a non-partisan ballot because that is an oxy-
moron. This will also give them party support and name recognition. I also integrated the legislative and judicial districts so that the voting districts for the judges will be much smaller. This will make it much easier for voters to elect judges. Do you remember what the ballot for the city of Detroit looked like in 2006 in part two of my report? Well, this is how the new ballot would look like in Detroit in 2014 if the new Michigan Constitution adopted the 4-9-3 strategy:
1) a) Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court
(Choose one for a four-year term):
___ Republican Candidate ___ Democratic Candidate
b) Associate Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, 1st Appellate District
(Choose one for a four-year term):
___ Republican Candidate ___ Democratic Candidate
2) Judge of the Michigan Court of Appeals, 1st Appellate District, 1st Senate District
(Choose one for a four-year term):
___ Republican Candidate ___ Democratic Candidate
3) Judges of the Circuit Court, District 1-A
(Choose two for a four-year term):
___ Republican Candidate ___ Democratic Candidate
___ Republican Candidate ___ Democratic Candidate
4) Judges of the District Court, 1st District
(Choose three for a four-year term)
___ Republican Candidate ___ Democratic Candidate
___ Republican Candidate ___ Democratic Candidate
___ Republican Candidate ___ Democratic Candidate
Detroiters will have to vote for only eight judges every four years instead of over 100 of them every six years. And putting judges on partisan ballots gives voters real and clear choices. The ballots for electing judges will also be uniform throughout Michigan so all voters will have equal say in who will represent them. Now isn't this a simpler way to elect judges? There are many advantages to doing it this way. The districts are smaller so no one judge will have to hide with a huge group of other judges running in the same circuit. This is true especially in the Court of Appeals, in which each judge would have to reside in his own Senate district. Many appellate judges live in the same neighborhoods and can't relate to their constituents because they are so far removed from them. My plan requires that all 36 Appellate judges live in their unique State Senate Districts. And the four Associate Justices of the Supreme Court must live in each of the four appellate districts. I drew it up this way so that you will know who your judges are and can
contact them personally if you ever need their help. If local representation is good enough for the legislative branch, it's good enough for the judicial branch.
My system is also much simpler and reduces the number of total judges. I eliminate the four municipal courts in the Grosse Pointes because are they just self-serving cash cows that take hard-earned money away from the people. I also integrated the Probate Courts into the District Courts, which helps reduce the total number of judges in Michigan from 621 to 581. Eliminating 40 judges will cut the bureaucracy and make life easier for Michiganders.
I hope I have convinced at least some of you that having a new Michigan Constitution will make this state a much better place to live.
G.J. LaRouche, 17 May 2010
Source: Michigan Manual, 2007-2008 Edition
Thursday, May 13, 2010
The 4-9-3 strategy, part 3!
Now I want to discuss how to make electing our legislators and judges easier. In the legislative branch, there are 38 State Senators and 110 State Representatives. What came to my mind was that this is nearly a 3:1 ratio. I simply reduced the numbers so that it would be official. My plan eliminates two Representatives and two Senators so that there will be 108 Representatives and 36 Senators. This will create a 3:1 ratio. But instead of apportionment boards acting indepen-dently of each other, I would place three State Representative districts in their entirety into one State Senate district.
Then I decided to go one step further by adopting the strategy of how Appellate Court districts are drawn. In the Michigan Constitution, the four Appellate Court districts are drawn along county lines to be as close in population as possible. Then I draw nine Senate districts in each Appellate district before placing three Representative districts in each Senate district. This is the 4-9-3 strategy. This system puts everything in order. Nothing is random or unpredictable.
It minimizes the chances of gerrymandering and demands that the districts be drawn to be as close in population as possible. By dividing Michigan into four quadrants first, those who draw the districts know that there is much less room for corruption.
Now how does this fit into the judicial districts? Easy. I have simply rearranged the judicial branch and its numbers so that its districts shall depend on the legislative boundaries. This is where the most profound change takes place. The Supreme Court will have only five justices instead of seven. The Chief Justice will be elected state-wide while the four Associate Justices
will be elected in their respective Appellate districts. Then each Court of Appeals will have nine judges instead of only seven. But the difference here is that all appellate judges would be elected along their Senate districts.
The Circuit and District Courts would also experience some major changes. There will be 36 Circuit Courts drawn along each Senate district. Each Circuit Court will be divided into three sections (A, B, and C) that are drawn along each Representative district. There will be two Circuit Court judges from each section. Then there will be 108 District Courts, one for each Representative district. And three judges will come from each district.
In all, there would be five Supreme Court justices, 36 Appellate Court judges, 216 Circuit Court judges, and 324 District judges for a grand total of five justices and 576 judges. This means that Michigan would have only 581 judges instead of 621, a reduction of 40 judges. In case you're wondering, my plan integrates the Probate and District Courts while abolishing the four muni-
cipal courts in the Grosse Pointes. This way there's less bureaucracy in the judicial branch.
I know this sounds like a bold agenda, and it is. But I believe in order and structure so that everything would be much easier to follow. The only way to put this plan into place is by deman-
ding a Constitutional Convention. In my next segment, I discuss how this plan would impact you personally.
G.J. LaRouche, 13 May 2010
Then I decided to go one step further by adopting the strategy of how Appellate Court districts are drawn. In the Michigan Constitution, the four Appellate Court districts are drawn along county lines to be as close in population as possible. Then I draw nine Senate districts in each Appellate district before placing three Representative districts in each Senate district. This is the 4-9-3 strategy. This system puts everything in order. Nothing is random or unpredictable.
It minimizes the chances of gerrymandering and demands that the districts be drawn to be as close in population as possible. By dividing Michigan into four quadrants first, those who draw the districts know that there is much less room for corruption.
Now how does this fit into the judicial districts? Easy. I have simply rearranged the judicial branch and its numbers so that its districts shall depend on the legislative boundaries. This is where the most profound change takes place. The Supreme Court will have only five justices instead of seven. The Chief Justice will be elected state-wide while the four Associate Justices
will be elected in their respective Appellate districts. Then each Court of Appeals will have nine judges instead of only seven. But the difference here is that all appellate judges would be elected along their Senate districts.
The Circuit and District Courts would also experience some major changes. There will be 36 Circuit Courts drawn along each Senate district. Each Circuit Court will be divided into three sections (A, B, and C) that are drawn along each Representative district. There will be two Circuit Court judges from each section. Then there will be 108 District Courts, one for each Representative district. And three judges will come from each district.
In all, there would be five Supreme Court justices, 36 Appellate Court judges, 216 Circuit Court judges, and 324 District judges for a grand total of five justices and 576 judges. This means that Michigan would have only 581 judges instead of 621, a reduction of 40 judges. In case you're wondering, my plan integrates the Probate and District Courts while abolishing the four muni-
cipal courts in the Grosse Pointes. This way there's less bureaucracy in the judicial branch.
I know this sounds like a bold agenda, and it is. But I believe in order and structure so that everything would be much easier to follow. The only way to put this plan into place is by deman-
ding a Constitutional Convention. In my next segment, I discuss how this plan would impact you personally.
G.J. LaRouche, 13 May 2010
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
The 4-9-3 strategy, part 2!
Now I want to delve into what the people of Detroit have to face every other year in picking their judges. There are judges from five kinds of courts that they have to elect. The justices of the Supreme Court are elected state-wide, and there are seven of them. The judges of the Court of Appeals are elected in their appellate districts, and there are seven of them. The 3rd Circuit Court represents all of Wayne County, and there are 61 judges in this particular circuit. The 36th District Court encompasses Detroit, and there are 31 judges from there. Finally, there are eight Probate Court judges from Wayne County. All of these judges are elected on a rotating basis, and they all serve six-year terms, except for Supreme Court justices who serve for eight years.
Now here's what Detroit voters had to face in the 2006 election in choosing their judges. Hold on to your seat. This will take a while. This is what their ballots looked like:
1) Justices of the Michigan Supreme Court (state-wide ballot):
Choose two for an eight-year term -
(five people on the ballot)
2) Judges of the Court of Appeals (1st District):
Choose two for a six-year term - {incumbent positions}
(four people on the ballot)
3) a) Judges of the Circuit Court (3rd Circuit):
Choose 19 for a six-year term - {incumbent positions}
(19 people on the ballot)
b) Judges of the Circuit Court (3rd Circuit):
Choose one for a six-year term - {non-incumbent position}
(two people on the ballot)
c) Judges of the Circuit Court (3rd Circuit):
Choose four for a six-year term - {incumbent positions}
(four people on the ballot for a partial term, until 1/1/09)
4) a) Judges of the District Court (36th District):
Choose 11 for a six-year term - {incumbent positions}
(11 people on the ballot)
b) Judges of the District Court (36th District):
Choose one for a six-year term - {incumbent position}
(three people on the ballot for a partial term, until 1/1/09)
c) Judges of the District Court (36th District):
Choose two for a six-year term - {incumbent positions}
(two people on the ballot for a partial term, until 1/1/11)
5) a) Judges of the Probate Court (Wayne County):
Choose two for a six-year term - {incumbent positions}
(two people on the ballot)
b) Judges of the Probate Court (Wayne County):
Choose one for a six-year term - {non-incumbent positions}
(two people on the ballot)
c) Judges of the Probate Court (Wayne County):
Choose one for a six-year term - {incumbent position}
(one person on the ballot for a partial term, until 1/1/09)
Now you're probably saying to yourself that you can't figure any of this out. That's okay. Nobody can figure this out. I love how they separate incumbent and non-incumbent positions. I also enjoy how they differentiate full-term and partial-term judges. (No wonder there's so much corruption in government.) In total, there were five different kinds of courts split into 11 distinct categories. Some of them were competitive, but most were not. Nobody knows anything about these judges, and most are given a free pass because of the way everything is set up. This is not representative government.
In total, the citizens of Detroit had to fill 46 vacancies, most of them with no competition, in the
judicial branch in 2006. If you stretch this out, this means that Detroiters must vote for over 100 judgeships every six years! This is way too much to ask for people to do, especially in a city that has faced more than its share of hardships. We need to change the way business is done in government.
So what is the solution? My plan, which I want implemented in the Constitutional Convention next year, will focus on how to organize the legislative and judicial branches so they will be dependent on each other. The 4-9-3 strategy will make voting for our representatives much easier. The next installment will provide the light at the end of the tunnel.
G.J. LaRouche, 12 May 2010
Source: Michigan Manual, 2007-2008
Now here's what Detroit voters had to face in the 2006 election in choosing their judges. Hold on to your seat. This will take a while. This is what their ballots looked like:
1) Justices of the Michigan Supreme Court (state-wide ballot):
Choose two for an eight-year term -
(five people on the ballot)
2) Judges of the Court of Appeals (1st District):
Choose two for a six-year term - {incumbent positions}
(four people on the ballot)
3) a) Judges of the Circuit Court (3rd Circuit):
Choose 19 for a six-year term - {incumbent positions}
(19 people on the ballot)
b) Judges of the Circuit Court (3rd Circuit):
Choose one for a six-year term - {non-incumbent position}
(two people on the ballot)
c) Judges of the Circuit Court (3rd Circuit):
Choose four for a six-year term - {incumbent positions}
(four people on the ballot for a partial term, until 1/1/09)
4) a) Judges of the District Court (36th District):
Choose 11 for a six-year term - {incumbent positions}
(11 people on the ballot)
b) Judges of the District Court (36th District):
Choose one for a six-year term - {incumbent position}
(three people on the ballot for a partial term, until 1/1/09)
c) Judges of the District Court (36th District):
Choose two for a six-year term - {incumbent positions}
(two people on the ballot for a partial term, until 1/1/11)
5) a) Judges of the Probate Court (Wayne County):
Choose two for a six-year term - {incumbent positions}
(two people on the ballot)
b) Judges of the Probate Court (Wayne County):
Choose one for a six-year term - {non-incumbent positions}
(two people on the ballot)
c) Judges of the Probate Court (Wayne County):
Choose one for a six-year term - {incumbent position}
(one person on the ballot for a partial term, until 1/1/09)
Now you're probably saying to yourself that you can't figure any of this out. That's okay. Nobody can figure this out. I love how they separate incumbent and non-incumbent positions. I also enjoy how they differentiate full-term and partial-term judges. (No wonder there's so much corruption in government.) In total, there were five different kinds of courts split into 11 distinct categories. Some of them were competitive, but most were not. Nobody knows anything about these judges, and most are given a free pass because of the way everything is set up. This is not representative government.
In total, the citizens of Detroit had to fill 46 vacancies, most of them with no competition, in the
judicial branch in 2006. If you stretch this out, this means that Detroiters must vote for over 100 judgeships every six years! This is way too much to ask for people to do, especially in a city that has faced more than its share of hardships. We need to change the way business is done in government.
So what is the solution? My plan, which I want implemented in the Constitutional Convention next year, will focus on how to organize the legislative and judicial branches so they will be dependent on each other. The 4-9-3 strategy will make voting for our representatives much easier. The next installment will provide the light at the end of the tunnel.
G.J. LaRouche, 12 May 2010
Source: Michigan Manual, 2007-2008
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
The 4-9-3 strategy, part one!
As you know, I'm in favor of State Proposal 10-1 in Michigan that would demand a Constitutional
Convention (aka a CON-CON) which would rewrite the state's Constitution next year. I know many people are scared that extreme liberals will take over the convention if one is called, but they already dominate our government already. We've been tolerating their big government agenda for a century now - complete with high taxes, bloated government, and huge deficits. I want conservatives to take advantage of this opportunity to roll back big government. One of
the most important ideas that I have is how we can change the way we elect our legislators and judges. This is something that I think too many Americans overlook, but it is something we need to examine. First, let me show you how our legislators and judges are elected.
The bicameral State Legislature is divided into a House of Representatives and a Senate. The House has 110 members elected to two-year terms who are limited to three terms. The Senate has 38 members elected to four-year terms who are limited to two terms. All legislators are elected on partisan ballots. Every ten years their districts are redrawn after each Census to adjust to the population shifts in Michigan. These districts are determined by apportionment boards that are independent of each other. I think most people know this already.
Then we come to the judicial branch, of which there are six different kinds of courts. The Su-preme Court has seven justices (one Chief Justice and six Associate Justices) who are nominated at their state conventions and elected by all of the people in Michigan. The Court of Appeals have four unique districts drawn along county lines that are equal as possible with respect to popula-
tion. Each Appellate Court has seven judges led by a chief judge. Then there are 57 Circuit Courts spread throughout the state along county lines. There are a total of 221 Circuit Court judges. There are 105 District Courts throughout the state drawn along either county or city lines. There are a total of 258 District Court judges. Then there are 78 Probate Courts spread along county lines, and there are 105 Probate Court judges. Finally, there are four municipal courts, each with one judge, in the Grosse Pointes.
All the judges are elected to six-year terms, except for the Supreme Court Justices (who have terms of eight years) and the municipal judges (who have terms of four years). All justices and judges are elected on a rotating basis, except for the municipal judges. There are no term limits on judges and they are placed on non-partisan ballots.
I know I just bored you into a coma with all of these numbers and facts. My goal was to let you know how confusing this is. In my next installment, I will show you how confusing it is to elect judges in the city of Detroit. You don't want to miss it, unless of course you're already in a coma.
G.J. LaRouche, 11 May 2010
Source: The Michigan Manual, 2007-2008 edition.
Convention (aka a CON-CON) which would rewrite the state's Constitution next year. I know many people are scared that extreme liberals will take over the convention if one is called, but they already dominate our government already. We've been tolerating their big government agenda for a century now - complete with high taxes, bloated government, and huge deficits. I want conservatives to take advantage of this opportunity to roll back big government. One of
the most important ideas that I have is how we can change the way we elect our legislators and judges. This is something that I think too many Americans overlook, but it is something we need to examine. First, let me show you how our legislators and judges are elected.
The bicameral State Legislature is divided into a House of Representatives and a Senate. The House has 110 members elected to two-year terms who are limited to three terms. The Senate has 38 members elected to four-year terms who are limited to two terms. All legislators are elected on partisan ballots. Every ten years their districts are redrawn after each Census to adjust to the population shifts in Michigan. These districts are determined by apportionment boards that are independent of each other. I think most people know this already.
Then we come to the judicial branch, of which there are six different kinds of courts. The Su-preme Court has seven justices (one Chief Justice and six Associate Justices) who are nominated at their state conventions and elected by all of the people in Michigan. The Court of Appeals have four unique districts drawn along county lines that are equal as possible with respect to popula-
tion. Each Appellate Court has seven judges led by a chief judge. Then there are 57 Circuit Courts spread throughout the state along county lines. There are a total of 221 Circuit Court judges. There are 105 District Courts throughout the state drawn along either county or city lines. There are a total of 258 District Court judges. Then there are 78 Probate Courts spread along county lines, and there are 105 Probate Court judges. Finally, there are four municipal courts, each with one judge, in the Grosse Pointes.
All the judges are elected to six-year terms, except for the Supreme Court Justices (who have terms of eight years) and the municipal judges (who have terms of four years). All justices and judges are elected on a rotating basis, except for the municipal judges. There are no term limits on judges and they are placed on non-partisan ballots.
I know I just bored you into a coma with all of these numbers and facts. My goal was to let you know how confusing this is. In my next installment, I will show you how confusing it is to elect judges in the city of Detroit. You don't want to miss it, unless of course you're already in a coma.
G.J. LaRouche, 11 May 2010
Source: The Michigan Manual, 2007-2008 edition.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Thank you, Ernie Harwell!
On Tuesday night, Ernie Harwell, the radio voice of Detroit Tiger baseball for 42 years, passed away in his home in Novi, Michigan. At the age of 92, he peacefully died of the cancer that he had suffered with for the past several months. Even though his millions of admirers across America knew this day would come, it is sad nevertheless. Everybody will miss him dearly.
The earth is a little darker now that Ernie is gone, but heaven is just that much brighter because he will spend eternity there. The thing that I remember most about him was that he never had an enemy in the world, and I envied him for that. As a political commentator, I have an enemies list a mile long and three feet thick. If you've ever read my blog, you'll see what I mean. He saw only the good in people because he saw only the best in people.
Now that Ernie is gone, there are so many ordinary people who have a plethora of wonderful stories to tell about him. He was simply the nicest and most giving person they ever knew. Even though he was a celebrity, he never let that go to his head. He made people feel at ease when he was around. Tiger legend Al Kaline said that Ernie Harwell was about as close to perfect as a person could be. When you hear all of these stories, you may think that those telling them are engaging in hyperbole. Of course, this happens with most people when they die. But that's not the way it is for Ernie Harwell. He was the real deal and the genuine article.
Ernie may be 'looong gone,' but his soul will not 'stand there like the house by the side of the road.' His spirit is secure in heaven, where he has met both God and Jesus. 'That's two for the price of one,' as Ernie would say. Right now he is announcing baseball games in heaven, where he is having the time of his life - or should I say afterlife. He was famous for playing a game in which
he claimed to know where fans lived after he witnessed them catching foul balls. For years I was amazed how he knew where those fans lived, as if he interviewed them before the game. Then I finally realized that he didn't really know where they lived. He just played that game to make Tiger fans feel connected to each other. I can only imagine how he would play this game while announcing a baseball game from heaven. If he did, he would probably say something like this:
'And Babe Ruth is at the plate with Cy Young pitching. Here's the one-one pitch. Ruth swings and fouls it off into the stands along the third-base line. And a Jewish carpenter from Jerusalem caught that one. It's amazing how he made that grab while baring a cross over his shoulder. Somebody give that man a contract!'
Ah, only Ernie Harwell could've delivered it like that. He was simply the greatest baseball announcer in history. I may sound biased on this one because I'm a Tiger fan, but I'm right on this one. I'm sure many people would agree with me.
G.J. LaRouche
6 May 2010
The earth is a little darker now that Ernie is gone, but heaven is just that much brighter because he will spend eternity there. The thing that I remember most about him was that he never had an enemy in the world, and I envied him for that. As a political commentator, I have an enemies list a mile long and three feet thick. If you've ever read my blog, you'll see what I mean. He saw only the good in people because he saw only the best in people.
Now that Ernie is gone, there are so many ordinary people who have a plethora of wonderful stories to tell about him. He was simply the nicest and most giving person they ever knew. Even though he was a celebrity, he never let that go to his head. He made people feel at ease when he was around. Tiger legend Al Kaline said that Ernie Harwell was about as close to perfect as a person could be. When you hear all of these stories, you may think that those telling them are engaging in hyperbole. Of course, this happens with most people when they die. But that's not the way it is for Ernie Harwell. He was the real deal and the genuine article.
Ernie may be 'looong gone,' but his soul will not 'stand there like the house by the side of the road.' His spirit is secure in heaven, where he has met both God and Jesus. 'That's two for the price of one,' as Ernie would say. Right now he is announcing baseball games in heaven, where he is having the time of his life - or should I say afterlife. He was famous for playing a game in which
he claimed to know where fans lived after he witnessed them catching foul balls. For years I was amazed how he knew where those fans lived, as if he interviewed them before the game. Then I finally realized that he didn't really know where they lived. He just played that game to make Tiger fans feel connected to each other. I can only imagine how he would play this game while announcing a baseball game from heaven. If he did, he would probably say something like this:
'And Babe Ruth is at the plate with Cy Young pitching. Here's the one-one pitch. Ruth swings and fouls it off into the stands along the third-base line. And a Jewish carpenter from Jerusalem caught that one. It's amazing how he made that grab while baring a cross over his shoulder. Somebody give that man a contract!'
Ah, only Ernie Harwell could've delivered it like that. He was simply the greatest baseball announcer in history. I may sound biased on this one because I'm a Tiger fan, but I'm right on this one. I'm sure many people would agree with me.
G.J. LaRouche
6 May 2010
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Secure our borders!
It has been nearly ten years to the day when President Bill Clinton and Attorney Gereral Janet Reno ordered armed federal agents to storm a Florida house to snatch a six-year-old boy named Elian Gonzalez and sent him back to Castro's Cuba. The devastating impact of that action trau-
matized that child for life. His mother lost her life so that he could live free in America. But leave it up to the Democrats to snatch tyranny out of the jaws of liberty. Now let's think about what happened last week when Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed a bill into law that would tough-en the border between her state and Mexico. But now the crazy left has protested this new law. Let me clear a few things up so that even the radicals on the left can understand them.
This new law only enforces existing federal law. It really doesn't add anything new to the laws that are already on the books. Arizona is having a very difficult time with its border because the federal government (i.e. Congress and the President) won't do its job. These are not loving, law-abiding citizens coming to America. These are some very shady characters, including drug deal-ers and murderers. Phoenix is has become the crime capital of the country. It is second to Col-ombia in kidnapping and has a very high homicide rate. Ranchers are getting gunned down on their own property. Police officers and border patrol agents are getting shot at and killed. The people of Arizona are facing a security crisis. Arizonans have no choice but to fend for them-selves!
The thing that irks me the most is that all of the Latinos are playing the race card on this issue,
claiming that Republicans are targeting them just because of their race. Nothing could be fur-ther from the truth. The fact that they're all Latinos is beyond the control of Republicans. It's not our fault that radical terrorists are Muslim. That's just the way it is. It wasn't our fault that we had to kill Japanese soldiers after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. General George Patton had no choice but to kill Germans because Nazis were German. And General George Washington had to kill British Redcoats to gain America's independence. Americans are never prejudice because we love killing anybody who threatens freedom. Of course, times certainly have changed. Things aren't nearly as bad as they used to be. President Ronald Reagan won the Cold War without killing a single Soviet soldier. These Latinos are getting off very easy because none of them have been rounded up, shot, or killed.
And compare these protesters to the Tea Party Patriots who are revolting against a government that has raised taxes, skyrocketed the debt, and imposed socialized medicine on America. The Tea Party Patriots clean up their trash, don't get arrested, and don't throw bottled water at the police. {I find it ironic that Mexicans would throw away precious bottled water since you can't drink the water in Mexico.} If these people coming across the border were French instead of Mexican, I'd come after them twice as hard. I would never want the Corsican Mafia kidnapping or killing innocent people. We're all Americans. Let's remember that. If President Barack Obama would dedicate just 1% of the funding of his socialized medicine law to truly secure the border, we wouldn't have this problem.
As for protecting the border, I think Governor Brewer should appoint Janet Reno to head a special task force on securing the border and order her to round up every kidnapper, killer, and drug dealer in the same way that she grabbed Elian Gonzalez and sent him back to Cuba. That should solve the problem.
G.J. LaRouche, 4 May 2010
P.S. As a side note, today is my mother's birthday. I want all of you to know that she raised her
son to be a patriotic American.
matized that child for life. His mother lost her life so that he could live free in America. But leave it up to the Democrats to snatch tyranny out of the jaws of liberty. Now let's think about what happened last week when Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed a bill into law that would tough-en the border between her state and Mexico. But now the crazy left has protested this new law. Let me clear a few things up so that even the radicals on the left can understand them.
This new law only enforces existing federal law. It really doesn't add anything new to the laws that are already on the books. Arizona is having a very difficult time with its border because the federal government (i.e. Congress and the President) won't do its job. These are not loving, law-abiding citizens coming to America. These are some very shady characters, including drug deal-ers and murderers. Phoenix is has become the crime capital of the country. It is second to Col-ombia in kidnapping and has a very high homicide rate. Ranchers are getting gunned down on their own property. Police officers and border patrol agents are getting shot at and killed. The people of Arizona are facing a security crisis. Arizonans have no choice but to fend for them-selves!
The thing that irks me the most is that all of the Latinos are playing the race card on this issue,
claiming that Republicans are targeting them just because of their race. Nothing could be fur-ther from the truth. The fact that they're all Latinos is beyond the control of Republicans. It's not our fault that radical terrorists are Muslim. That's just the way it is. It wasn't our fault that we had to kill Japanese soldiers after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. General George Patton had no choice but to kill Germans because Nazis were German. And General George Washington had to kill British Redcoats to gain America's independence. Americans are never prejudice because we love killing anybody who threatens freedom. Of course, times certainly have changed. Things aren't nearly as bad as they used to be. President Ronald Reagan won the Cold War without killing a single Soviet soldier. These Latinos are getting off very easy because none of them have been rounded up, shot, or killed.
And compare these protesters to the Tea Party Patriots who are revolting against a government that has raised taxes, skyrocketed the debt, and imposed socialized medicine on America. The Tea Party Patriots clean up their trash, don't get arrested, and don't throw bottled water at the police. {I find it ironic that Mexicans would throw away precious bottled water since you can't drink the water in Mexico.} If these people coming across the border were French instead of Mexican, I'd come after them twice as hard. I would never want the Corsican Mafia kidnapping or killing innocent people. We're all Americans. Let's remember that. If President Barack Obama would dedicate just 1% of the funding of his socialized medicine law to truly secure the border, we wouldn't have this problem.
As for protecting the border, I think Governor Brewer should appoint Janet Reno to head a special task force on securing the border and order her to round up every kidnapper, killer, and drug dealer in the same way that she grabbed Elian Gonzalez and sent him back to Cuba. That should solve the problem.
G.J. LaRouche, 4 May 2010
P.S. As a side note, today is my mother's birthday. I want all of you to know that she raised her
son to be a patriotic American.
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