Sen. Richard Burr - A RINO? Bleeding His Base....

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A month ago I questioned Renee Ellmers' misguided equivocation in the matter of earmarks. But being new to her seat she has yet to cast a single vote. Also, being unfamiliar with her new position she could have easily miscalculated the weight of her words. Lastly, I tend to critique politician in power by their vote rather than their words.

Ricard Burr, by contrast has been in power and has a voting record on which he can be judged. Although I was aware of his recent votes on DADT, his penchant for earmarks ($105,803,000 in fiscal year 2010 ranking 61st out of 100 senators) and the Food Safety Modernization Act, I was unaware of the ire he has drawn from his constituents due to the latter of these two votes.

This morning I attended a local conservative meeting and met Bert Jones who represents Rockingham Co. NC. in the NC General assembly as well as a couple of county commissioners. Amid the back and fourth of conversation Ricard Burr's name was brought up. The disappointment among the group in his record was thick and quickly coalesced in words. Three, perhaps four individuals, Burr's base, vowed not to support him with their vote again. High on their list of complaints was his support for the Food Safety Moderization Act. No mention was made of a press favorite; Burr's DADT vote. Ricard Burr defended his vote on the Food Safety Modernization Act on his site:

“Our nation’s food safety system was designed over a century ago and was appropriate for a world in which most of our food was grown and processed domestically. I voted in support of S. 510 today because I believe it is important that we modernize and update our approach to food safety to address issues that stem from our increasingly global food supply. After months of discussion and debate, I am confident the final version will work for North Carolina and will protect small processors and farms.” – U.S. Senator Richard Burr

This sounds too similar to the arguments put forth by statists when encumbered by our Constitution's government limiting framework. The Constitution is old, they say, and we should accept the fact that only a "living and breathing" Constitution can appropriately reflect our nation's modern needs.

To support the Food Safety Modernization Act one must accept the arguments of the statists to find constitutional muster in this bill where none exists.

Richard Burr did just that with his support for the Food Safety Modernization Act. He grew the federal government at the loss of NC state power and individual liberty.

Richard Burr -- RINO.



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Brad Miller NC-13 -- On the wrong side of history...

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The economy in Britain and much of the world is in dire straits and it would not be an exaggeration to say we have entered a period of history that far from being a 'crisis of capitalism', historians looking back may well call it the 'crisis of regulatory statism'.

The history of government at this point seems to be little more than a ramping up of governance at the expense of the citizenry. Liberals offer staggering increases in government while pretending to be generous with rights that in reality have little economic impact on anything, while conservatives offer only a slowing of government growth and increasing government power in other more subtle ways. Who offers a return to true liberty of the individual and limited government?

It is not hard to look at the various nations around the world and see that economic vitality follows those nations that adhere to limited government and individual liberty. Even China's stellar growth has come with its moves toward liberty and away from total control.

Nations that were once popping with innovation throughout Europe are now stuck in a bureaucratic nightmare of government overreach and near paralysis through regulation as their citizens continue to loose their liberty and ability to cope with the changing world. As a result the whole of the area has been experiencing an economic spin-down for decades. As for the US, America is following the lead of Europe with Utopianist leaders such as Brad Miller.

I can only hope that our form of government which has proven resilient while at the same time quite nimble compared to others throughout the world will pivot and put Brad Miller on the wrong side of history.



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