Principles that are ingrained as a part of ones inner self make for a great deal of commentary on my part. Yet, is that all there is when you have deep principles that can’t be compromised? Better yet, are those principles ones that will win an election to Congress?

What I have heard for the past few months is that the American people should simply “vote every incumbent out of office and start from scratch”. What I am finding is a complete and total distrust of politicians in general, Congress more specifically, and people clamoring for a new, fresh face as someone representing then in government.

The operative word is that people WANT to be Represented in what their desires and will is for their government. Our current political crop seems to have lost touch with one very important fact- the PEOPLE fund the government, the PEOPLE have a voice through their Representative, and the Representative has been charged with the role of listening to that voice of the PEOPLE and legislate accordingly. Our politicians are elected based on their campaign speeches and rhetoric, but those who elected them are believing that it is more lip service and hype simply to get elected/re-elected. Those we entrust with our vote are simply going about their way without regard for the voice of the PEOPLE having the final say in which side of an issue should be taken.

When you hear that infamous “stump speech”, what are you looking for? Someone who is promising the moon, stars, and the planets? Or are you looking for someone who shares your values, your principles and your ideas about the role of government in your personal life? I honestly believe that a candidate needs to stand on those basic, core principles and never waiver nor compromise for the sake of “getting along”, being “bi-partisan”, or moderating in an effort to achieve something that will result in re-election. All too often, the latter is the goal and the end result for the PEOPLE of this nation has those “unintended consequences” that costs YOU, the citizen in ways you least desire.

With all that has been prefaced, I find that many people here in Florida are almost unable to tell you who their Congressman/Congresswoman is. Even fewer even know what Congressional District they are in. Yet, these are the very people who are the first to utter those infamous words- “the government should do something about that” when things go a different way than they expected them to go. They find themselves not having a clue as to what their Representative is proposing, what direction his votes are going, nor what issues he/she might stand strong on or compromise for the sake of “getting something else” more important for a personal agenda. It seems that only those issues which receive national attention are people energized enough to even write or call their Congressman/Congresswoman.

So what does it take to get people involved in a new and fresh face. Former Governor Lawton Chiles had a moniker that few in Florida will ever forget- “Walkin’ Lawton”. He was a man who campaigned from door to door, neighborhood to neighborhood, and face to face with those in this State. EVERYONE, literally, knew who Lawton Chiles was and where he was on issues. He took his message directly to the people and they responded accordingly. He was elected by a good margin and appealed to the masses unlike any gubernatorial candidate in recent memory.

Can a viable election be ran where the candidate is a virtual unknown, stands on principles and values that are unwavering, and believes that most of the people they represent carry those same values and principles? Will face to face contact and talking about the fears that are coming upon this nation with the fiscal irresponsibility, the necessary increase in taxes that will come unless government is reduced, and that the Constitutional government needs to be restored in this nation?

I can answer that, from people I have spoken to lately, there is a desire for representation in Washington that not just HEARS what people are saying, but listens to them, believes in their desire for smaller and less intrusive government, and also fear the direction this nation is heading. I also hear that people really do desire a change of faces in the Capital and with those who have the same common sense values they also share with most Americans. Government needs to apply those same values to spending, government programs, and taxation that they believe is good for this nation. They WANT to know who is representing them in Washington and KNOW that the voice is on their side by being vocal, and not ignored by their elected official. I honestly believe this is what the vast number of voters and citizens desire from government and will take steps accordingly to assure that it happens.

I am proud to announce on this posting, I have officially entered the race for the U.S. House of Representatives in the 3rd Congressional District of Florida. I believe that as a Common Sense Conservative, principled and with unmoveable core values, I can offer that voice OF THE PEOPLE of our people in this District, and for the people of this nation who, just like me, work every day. My voice on issues seems small without the action to go with it.

I would hope you visit the Yost for Congress website. It explains the issues from a common sense perspective and the common sense solutions to what this nation is facing. I believe that unless we take the action to change the faces in Washington, we are going to never get the results that Americans deserve. I believe that we are begging for a voice of smaller government, a FairTax enacted, and a nation in which government no longer is in control of more and more of our lives.

With YOUR help, this can happen in this District. With YOUR support and efforts, I will be your next, new Congressman from the State of Florida. With YOUR help, WE THE PEOPLE can take back America and make her into the beacon of light for the world to see as the bastian of Freedom, Liberty, and a life lived as you choose. You can also follow the campaign, the issues, and the solutions at the Yost for Congress Blog.

This is going to be an adventure into reality for me. I hope you will follow the campaign, join our mailing list for updates as they happen, and support me in my venture. May God bless you and yours, and the United States of America.

Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, and countless others are now dead and gone. Some by the hands of others. Some by their own cowardly hand. In either case, it was the uprising of the people or war that brought their demise. Has Obama crossed that line where his own defeat is self evident?

If you have any doubts that this nation is heading to the Statist/Fascist form of government, you really are foolish in your beliefs. Look around and tell me what part of your life is government NOT in control? What are you able to do that is either not regulated or taxed? I can answer both questions easily.

1. You have no aspect of your life in which government is not either regulating or controlling.
2. There is so little that is not taxed or regulated: I would have to sit for a lifetime to come up with one example

With all that has happened since inauguration day, this nation has headed down a slope that can be called nothing less than Fascism/Statism. Our current banking system is under direct control of government. TARP money has bailed them out and we hear this past week, that even more capital is needed to “insure the safety” of our economic system to the tune of countless billions of dollars. The initial TARP “loans” that were secured by Preferred stock is going to be converted to Common Stock which gives government nearly 100% control of the banking industry. (If you don’t know the difference, simply put, Preferred Stock represents no ownership in any company, but is a stock that pays a guaranteed dividend. Common stock IS ownership in a corporation and has voting rights for Boards of Directors, policies to be adopted, and other rights of any shareholder. Preferred stock has no voting rights)

Then let’s look at the Chrysler bankruptcy deal. Direct government (administration) intervention has assured government control, union control, and little concern for those who actually made direct investment in Chrysler through bonds they invested in. Many of these bondholders will receive pennies on their actual investments, hence, losses amounting to billions. Yet, our President refers to these as “selfish” people without any regard for their economic well being. Bonds are SECURED loans and in a bankruptcy proceeding, by law, these are supposed to be paid first from any proceeds available. This deal will assure them they are last on the totem pole with the UAW being the very first to be awarded nearly 100% recovery on their bond holdings. That is going to lead to another debacle that will lead to total government control, ownership, and management of Chrysler in the very near future. The Fiat-Chrysler “merger” is supposed to save this company, but little faith is going to be given to such a deal as Fiat has been the Italian governments pet project for some time. Building cars in Italy is nothing like the free enterprise system we have here. Government all but runs the Italian car industry and will either want to do the same here with Chrysler and will force U.S. involvement as well.

GM is going to be the next one in line for another forced bankruptcy under direct government control from the White House. No doubt, the path and direction is being laid out in the Chrysler deal and the future of GM is going to be much the same as Chrysler’s fate. Obama has no restraint in firing those who won’t “get in line” as he did with GM’s head, Rich Waggoner, and will do the same again with any corporation that doesn’t tow the government line in his effort to bring this nation under the complete and utter control of government.

Our energy future is going to be resting in the hands of government all too soon as well. Already the Obama administration has indicated that he will no allow further exploration for new oil and gas resources. Much of the previously available land has been closed to further development, the oil shale projects are being closed, and no new offshore drilling is going to occur. Alaska will be shut out of the debate at the Federal government level soon enough. Atomic energy is out as the Obama budget de-funds the Yukka mountain nuclear waste facility,and  is assuring that any new nuclear power plants will not be built by attempting to stop the building of those projects underway.

You see the controls in energy beginning to happen with the onslaught of EPA regulations that classify CO2 as a “harmful emission”. Any power plant, factory, or industry that “emits CO2″ will be under strict regulatory policy by the EPA who can and will write regulations curbing the release of this harmless and necessary trace gas (385 parts per million in our atmosphere is a TRACE GAS!). Every single business and industry will come under EPA regulations as they literally have the ability to write the law without any Congressional action. Trust me, YOUR job and your employer or your business is at risk of either closing or reducing it’s workforce to meet these oncoming regulations.

Should we add the possibility that the Cap and Trade scheme is going to be enacted this year to the mix? Well, let’s think about that one for a bit. It will result in a near doubling of your current electric bill, your water bill, your sewage bill, your gasoline prices, your food costs, and any other item you might purchase will be affected by this law. When the public outrage occurs, the government will be the very first to get on the bandwagon of promises and then have every reason to take over the power plants and other industries to “reduce the costs to the people of these vital industries” to the American way of life. Does that sound familiar? It should, because it is exactly the same rhetoric Mussolini and Hitler used to take over their nations in the 20′s and 30′s!

Now, let me give you a number you need to remember. $15 TRILLION American dollars. Now what does that represent? The current administrations commitments to either spending or guarantees that have been made since Obama took office. In other words, this represents the TARP bills, the Stimulus package, the budget proposals, the loan guarantees, and all the promises offered from the government. This is money that you, the taxpayer are going to be either asked to come up with, or on the hook for, should the economy take another little dip as it inevitably will with current spending levels of the government. Let me give you another number. $57 TRILLION American dollars. Now that number represents the FUTURE promises of all “unfunded liabilities” of this nation in our Social welfare programs, including Social Security, Medicaid, Food Stamps, Housing, and any other social welfare program currently in existence. This DOES NOT include any proposals for expanding the role of government into “universal health care” that is in the pipeline to come.

I honestly could go on and on with what all of this is going to mean, but to put in as simple a term as possible, our government is creating this crisis situation in order to once again, exert government power to take over every single aspect of this nation, it’s people’s lives, and our incomes and benefits we enjoy. Our Freedom and Liberty is under direct assault and way to many people are sitting on the sidelines waiting for the other shoe to drop. Then there are those who chose to sit on the sidelines, collect their government goodies, and who pay NO TAXES into the system and use it for all it is worth. These people also vote.

This is nothing more than pure and unadulterated FASCISM at play. Dare to call me a lunatic, but when you look into the annuls of history, you see the very same power plays at work, the very same economic system at work, and the people desiring government to do the things like “make the trains run on time” as Mussolini achieved in Fascist Italy.  The fate of these nations ended in war and/or death to these tyrants.

Our nation has already reached the point where the levels of government spending and commitments is unsustainable. The burdens of taxation will be overwhelming on every single working American to the point where their very existance will be reduced to serfdom under the direct tyranny this nation was founded in order to excape. At what point do we the people of this nation say “ENOUGH IS ENOUGH” and do more than push back. Will it lead to the same demise of our politicians that Rome, Italy, Germany, and other nations who have embarked on this venture have been dealt? Or will it lead to the demise of our entire nation by a war of another conquorer?

I see people each and every day look toward Washington with an eye of fear. I see people who are tired of the spending, the taxation, and the out of control predatory regulations that dictate life in general for everyone. Freedom and liberty are at the hands of government and appear to be heading out the door for all of us. When will this frustration turn to anger and a desire to turn back the role of government to the Constitutional government that was created by the founders of this country? When will YOU begin to wake up to the road this nation is heading down and actually do more than offer lip service to what is happening around you? Jefferson said plainly that “When the people fear government, you have tyranny. When government fears the people, you have LIBERTY”. Your role in this whole ordeal is to help make government fear WE THE PEOPLE and retake this nation from those who desire power and control that our Constitution promised to the citizens. It really is approaching the time for the NEXT American Revolution. Will it be peaceful or one of war? I pray for the former as people become enlightened on what is happening around them.

Will you take a moment and read the Redress of Grievances Petition and make a commitment to take back our nation? Will you actually commit to doing more than sitting on your hands and actually make an effort to tell Washington enough is enough? If so, you will sign the Petition, and then you will encourage others to do so as well. I thank you in advance for your support in this grass-roots effort to make a difference in the direction this nation is heading.

It is time for the PEOPLE to control our government once again. Otherwise, we are going to see government in TOTAL control of the people. That is the Obama Fascism that will lead to the demise of this nation. May God help us all if we let that happen.

Inside Obama’s budget is the elimination of the funding for the states that incarcerate illegal immigrants. When you eliminate that money, the states are going to have but one option- free them. What happens then?

President Obama sent his budget details to Congress and the elimination of funding for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAPP) is a cut of $400 million that is used to jail illegal criminals. Now, I can imagine that there are border states like California, Arizona, Texas, and New Mexico that are going to find it hard to justify keeping those illegals who have been fortunate enough to be jailed, and will most likely be freed as there will be no funding to keep these people where they rightfully belong. Most, if not all, are there because they first, committed a crime and second because they did it as someone who entered this nation illegally.

I imagine that it is going to be a field day for the criminal illegals when the jailhouse doors are swung wide open and they simply walk out to go back to whatever life they had prior to incarceration. Law enforcement hands are going to be tied as they solve crimes that lead back to illegals and when they discover that there is no funding to keep them off the streets, they will simply release them once again.

I would imagine that if you live in one of the states (and I am sure there are others receiving funding), that you should perhaps arm yourself and do whatever is necessary to have a concealed carry permit. The only recourse you may have is to make certain that you are protected from the onslaught of crime you will be facing from those who have no business being in this country in the first place.

But, what really pours salt in the wound, is that of the estimated 20 million illegals in this nation, our President supposedly “gets it” that before he can push his “immigration reform” plan, he first needs to secure the borders. But the need to fund the housing costs of those who have already committed crimes and need to be removed from society are not that important? Something simply does not compute in that equation.

Then again, from what I have been able to determine so far, very little this administration is doing makes much sense. I guess this is more of that “Hope and Change” we have come to admire in this new President who obviously has no desire to incarcerate those illegal alien criminals. I guess it is left up to the American people to “hope he changes his mind” and Congress overrides his cuts in this program. Perhaps there are those in Congress who actually understands that the burdens being placed on taxpayers for the tremendous amount of government money for social services like Medicaid, welfare, food and housing programs for the illegals in our nation.

Yet, I imagine that our President only sees another way to garner more votes in his re-election bid in 2012. Once again, Obama shows that his politics far outweighs his principles. These are principles that every Conservative should not only embrace, but make a part of their core belief in that Americans deserve far better than having to pay the way for those here illegally.