Just a brief comment spawned by a casual observation of where we are today….

The seed that germinated this thought arose from staring at the odd juxtoposition of two posts on “Elbert with An “E” blog just recently.

One was a jokingly fun poking comparison of the Democratic Party with the Socialist Workers party (there are similarities) in a spot right above commentary on Minner’s veto and its unfortunate effort to be overridden.

I was reminded again of how the entire blogging community, whether Republican or Democrat, had united in its wanting our state to protect our right to control our own property….It was universal. The last time anything universal occurred in the blogging world was with Bluewater Wind. Then before that, outrage over the actions of one infamous villain John Adkins……

It seems like the principal common denominator which fuels the anger seething in all of us, uniting us in such fashion, is our un-abashedly American, all-encompassing hatred of anyone who puts themselves as being above the letter of the law…. Adkins did, and now, the poor guy is nothing more than a “whack a mole ” head popping out of a platform full of holes. As soon as his skull begins to appear, bloggers everywhere bring their hammers down. So it is with the ghost of McDowell, who pompously tried to ride over the wishes and whims of the Delawarean people, 90% of whom said they wanted wind to supply their electricity. Now, as he strides through legislative hall you would think he was Monica Lewinsky by the number of furtive whispers echoing up and down the hallways, following his wake…..

It is now that a new target emerges before us. One that even if your were unconcerned before, by the method in which this deal was handled, you are involved now. Perhaps what is most galling to our personal egos, is our unwitting parts in the game called “Playing The Voter Like A Fool“. You know that game with the rules which go: “let’s pretend we are for something, but in the end, not get it done….”

Most of us respond to that frame of childishness by saying, “if you are against it, just come out and say so… Why waste everyone’s time?”

Now, not only do we have to fight for our rights as property owners, but we need to fight for our pride as well. And fortunately for us, that always makes one fight a little better…..

Our new target is really the same old target. But like an onion, as one strips away each layers, one descends to a more pungent core. That odious smell bringing tears to our eyes, comes not from our top elected representatives, but those who hide behind their machinations and program, modify, and control those very individuals who we elect to represent us.

This time it is that strange alliance between organized labor and the wealthy developers that dominates New Castle County. Held together mostly by phone calls and occasionally by a neutral planning organizations, these two groups have a common interest in building more, and more houses anywhere space can be found…. Which for those of you down south, explains how someone like Paul Clark can get elected up here in New Castle County.

Labor’s backing is indispensable for a primary fight. Thousands of volunteers flock across our state lines to support whichever candidate their affiliated union is backing. Often striking up a conversation with someone holding an election sign, yields this incredible answer. After taking their pamphlet from their hand, listening to their plea, ask them how they know the candidate….. They won’t lie to you. They will tell you just where they come from….as well as how much they are earning for their work that day…..

So if you are running against a labor endorsed opponent, you had better count on at least 10 people of your own at every polling place, to match the ten of theirs, if you wish to portray a showing of strength…. Which means in practical terms, that as a politician, if labor talks, you follow through on what they say because if they decide to dump you, it will invariably cost you too much to stay even…….

Now this can be good for society if labor says go with prevailing wage. (lol Dave) But it is not good if it is used to set back the 5th Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America….

“No person shall be … deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.”

Of course it is implicit that “just compensation” stands to mean what my property is worth to me, not the one trying to steal it out from under me…. If you want Osborne to move…make him an offer he CAN”T refuse…. (Here, Ed, take this 40 Billion, spend it on the wife and kids….)

Whereas John Carney looked unbeatable just last Thursday, here today on Tuesday, most bets are off, because it has become readily apparent that his roots penetrate deep into this group. Intertwining roots from which he cannot run.

The time for games has past. Today the pendulum is swinging towards a time when our Constitution shall again be enforced. Perhaps our newly-acquired heightened-sensitivity to our Constitution’s demise, is due in part to those arrogant actions taken by those who are solely intent on protecting themselves at our expense…. Perhaps their haughty dismissal of our cherished national document, that has indeed piqued our anger a little, enough that when anyone tampers with changing its basic principals, each one of us jumps on with fists pounding.

Because of this escapade, John Carney is the unfortunate target. The one most readily available.

Governor Minner is a lame duck. All other candidates have said they would have signed this legislation in a heart beat. The Republican party, on its last breath, has now been given a respirator. And yesterday’s joke, Charlie Copeland, actually voted to override the Governor’s veto…..(although we will find out one day that he did so knowing that it would not have passed anyway…) since that is sooooo unlike him. Matt Denn has a “by” and as of today, I assume his silence is due to the support he currently has with this element.

Perhaps as did Cornwallis at his surrender at Yorktown, we should today play “When the World Turned Upside Down.”

Imagine if in November we go against the grain of the entire US, and keep the House Republican, turnover the Senate and elect a Republican for Governor. If that were to happen, it could be traced right back to this unethical decision made by a lame Governor, and backed by the labor-developer contingent of both parties.

For it brings into focus that neither of the political parties themselves are to blame. It is the individual members of those parties who have gone to bed with this contingent (and forever more, must plan their lives around the periodic inflammations that occur because of it….) we have to watch out for.

Some of them voted to sustain the veto.

Those voting to sustain the veto were Amick, Blevins, Cloutier, Connor, Cook, DeLuca, Henry, Marshall and McDowell. 9 in all .

Amick will be resigning. Blevins, Cloutier, Conner, Cook, and McDowell all have terms that do not expire this year. That leaves only DeLuca, Henry, and Marshall as targets. Each of these reside in extremely lopsided Democratic districts, and most likely, will not have any primary challenger this September.

But if by God’s grace one does appear, they will require our entire blogosphere’s undying support, as those brave souls prepare to charge the Gates of Mordor against those out of state laborers manning the polls on election day. We must do so united, in order to next year rewrite these wrongs herein made against our noble Constitution of the United States of America.