Posted on 03/05/2007 8:24:25 AM PST by AuntB
Those of us who have been involved in property rights battles appreciated Helen Chenoweth-Hage. What a great loss to all of us due to her untimely fatal accident last year. Talk about your dream ticket for the presidential race.
A poster from Idaho, Helen's home state, on a polictical forum states:
"We are very particular about our conservatives.We like principles and backbone. We elected Helen Chenoweth/Hage and Bill Sali. Helen loved Duncan Hunter and spoke of him often, that is why I loved him before he ever decided to run."
Helen and Duncan had a great appreciation for each other and accomplished much while they were both in congress, especially protecting private property rights.
It was announced this week that the Mt. Soledad Cross, which the ACLU sued to have removed, will in fact remain per the Supreme Court, largely due to the actions of Duncan Hunter.
In a field hearing held by COMMITTEE ON RESOURCES on the Endangered Species act in 1999 in Hemmet, California, Chenoweth and Hunter were in the forefront to protect the average American citizen property owner. They questioned, with little mercy, the bureaucrats who through archaic regulations and unnecessary paperwork were thwarting use of private land by it's legitimate owners. Hunter's comments speak for themselves.
Mr. HUNTER: I think that shows some of the misguided policies, and, Mr. Chairman, I think this falls on our back as well as those of the Administrators. In this effort that is to protect the environment and the perversion that I think we have made of some of the regulations, we have actually damaged the environment. We have massive traffic jams that are a result of people not being able to afford homes in the areas where they work. One reason they cannot afford homes is because we are protecting their environment in the communities where they work. So we have them put out tons of smog on the freeway to get 60 miles away where they can afford a home. So I think that working America has a real stake in seeing to it that we pull back regulation, make it more reasonable and make it more applicable to folks like the gentleman who was in here, Mr. Turecek. I do not know if you saw him, but average people that have pieces of land that they want to develop, to give them a fighting chance at it. Mr. Kading, I appreciate all of the witnesses, but I especially appreciate you being here and laying out the perspective of a working man."
Recently, Hunter has stated this concerning property rights and the Kelo property rights/eminent domain decision by the Supreme Court:
"I am deeply concerned with the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision greatly broadening local government’s use of eminent domain in Kelo vs. New London and believe it is important that Congress protect the property rights of private landowners and curb the government from excessive regulatory takings. It is for this reason that I voted in favor of expressing the grave disapproval of the House of Representatives regarding the majority opinion in the Kelo case.
Additionally, I cosponsored H.R. 3268 , the Eminent Domain Tax Relief Act of 2005, which abolished the capital gains tax on private property taken by the government through eminent domain. I also voted in favor of a legislative amendment offered to H.R. 3058, the FY2006 Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, prohibiting federal funding from being used to improve or construct infrastructure support on lands acquired through the use of eminent domain of private property for private development."
Hunter was awarded the American Farm Bureau Federation Friend of Farm Bureau award for the 105th Congress. The "Friend of Farm Bureau" is given each session of Congress to those members of Congress who were nominated by their respective state Farm Bureau and approved by the American Farm Bureau Federation Board of Directors.
Helen and Duncan worked on other projects such as controlling trade agreements like Nafta and getting out of the World Trade Organization.
Afta NAFTA - "GOP sponsors of the NAFTA Accountability Act in the 104th Congress included such high-profile conservatives as Duncan Hunter, Zach Wamp, Helen Chenoweth, and Gerald Solomon. In a speech before Congress on March 12, 1996, Hunter claimed that between one and five million jobs had been lost to corporate downsizing over the past three years. "We seem to be giving our own country away" through NAFTA, GATT, the World Bank, and foreign adventurism, he said: "billions and billions to other countries while our own people head for the unemployment office or have to settle for jobs in fast-food restaurants."
From March 27, 2000: Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) has managed to win seven co-sponsors so far for a resolution that he introduced earlier this month calling on the United States to withdraw from the World Trade Organization. Responding to the congressman's call to co-sponsor the measure, issued in a letter March 10, have been Reps. Helen Chenoweth (R-Idaho), Duncan L. Hunter (R-Calif.)........
This morning we read an article about Diane Alden, who has been an important journalist in the property rights battle and conservatism in general.
The bio on Adlen states, " Diane's heroes include Ronald Reagan, Pope John Paul II, Joan of Arc, St. Padre Pio, Lou Dobbs, the Minutemen, Phyllis Schlafly, Helen Chenoweth-Hage, Barbara Cubin, George Putnam, Marc Bernier, Duncan Hunter, Tom Tancredo, Jeff Sessions, Mark Kirkorian, Frank Gaffney, Steve Farrell, Peter Brimelow, William Hawkins, her dad Neil Alden, as well as the unsung heroes who have blogged and supported real conservatism and American interests as opposed to the partisan or corporate variety. Most particularly her heroes include the men and women of the Armed Forces of the United States who lay it on the line every single day." [snip]
Go Duncan Hunter!!
You can't even justify the statement you made. That is what I questioned over and over. Your answer is evident...ZIP.
I won't bother to read any more of your posts since you won't back up what you say.
Bye.
It's a record of his vote. Nothing more.
Are you saying it's a lie? I'm a sheeple for finding a source that indicated his vote?
Spell it out here for me.
Oh, that is rich. You demanded backup which I refused intially to do for you, and then when you finally badgered me into providing it you, which I did, you make this lame post.
Bye yourself.
He sure does, plus I see more and more cross-overs to the right side. We welcome them with open arms. Especially the former Rudy-Rooters!
Since I have honestly not read the language of what was voted on, I will say I'm not defending the vote. I would have to read what was in it.
But, I will never, ever read anything funded and used by left wing socialists. And that site is funded, compiled and utilized by left wing socialists.
I guess I could have searched further to find another place, but that's hardly the point.
I'm probably in trouble with Hunter supporters for using Google.
I'd welcome the website address of a rightwing seach engine that will show that he didn't cast a vote for that bill. Got one?
Always best to go to the source. The gov sites. And remember, people vote yes or no on what is in a bill also, not necessarily the bill itself.
His vote for farm welfare is not my primary objection to him. I don't like it, but it's not a deal-killer.
His stance on free trade is a big deal to me.
Still, as I have stated on this thread before, if he's the nominee, I will support him in November. He's unlikely to get my support in the primary election which is at least 11 months away in my state. Things can change.
Duncan Hunter is right on most of the issues and very right wing on those that the GOP is wrong on.
It hunting season I'M A HUNTER.
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>>>>His stance on free trade is a big deal to me.
He is for trade; but not at the cost of blood money. That is a big difference.
Hmm...Come back GulfBreeze, you're doing a great job!
Nobody is against trade, at least if they like oil or coffee or rubber.
Blood money is just an inflammatory label. You can do better than that.
"It looks as though even real conservatives who advocate for real free trade can't resist economic populism. Hunter is no different than the democrats when it comes to trade. He appeals to class warriors who want the government to raise costs for all Americans in an effort to protect their chosen special interest."
I would like to see a quote that backs that up. If you don't have one, you are making presumptions that are not founded in this or the other articles I have read.
I still don't agree with it, though.
Yes, third world country workers do work for lousy wages. Your alternative puts them out of work altogether. I'm trying to see the compassion in that, but I'm coming up short.
And "blood wages" or "slave labor" are highly charged emotional slogans, but don't really describe the reality. Really good for internet fights, but not really descriptive of people who are glad to have a paying job. Because their alternative is NOT to have one.
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