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Independents Gaining Momentum As More Americans Reject Party Politics

By Bill Golden Bill4DogCatcher.com and JeffersonConservative.com My prediction is that there will be 5-6 independent senators in the U.S. Congress by 2014, many or most will be former Republicans. These are the Republicans that are generally conservative in nature but … Continue reading

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A Long Story Short: Conservative Principles And Lack of Believability

by Bill Golden JeffersonConservative.com and Bill4DogCatcher.com We conservatives must be believable if we want to be believed. We need vision and firm answers to real problems. We have failed that standard miserably. We’ve hidden behind ‘principles’ when reality is that … Continue reading

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Government's Role in Creating Innovative Infrastructure and thus Jobs

by Bill Golden JeffersonConservative.com and Bill4DogCatcher.com What role should the federal government play in creating the conditions for jobs creation? Many conservatives and libertarians would tell you the role should be none, let the market sort things out. As someone … Continue reading

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Tea Party Adieu … Jefferson Sought Reasoned Argument And So Do I

by Bill Golden JeffersonConservative.com aka Bill4DogCatcher.com I wish the Tea Party well. Have met many fine people, many smart and concerned people. But it is time to say adieu! America needs more than concern. America needs leadership. The Tea Party … Continue reading

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California | Proposition 14: Do Away With Political Primaries

by Bill Golden Bill4DogCatcher.com aka JeffersonConservatives.com A good idea! … California will offer voters the chance to radically change how leadership gets elected by eliminating political primaries. Passage of Proposition 14 would establish a general primary where all voters vote … Continue reading

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U.S. Attempts To Block Constitutional Challenge to States' Challenge of Health Care Reform Law

By Bill Golden Bill4DogCatcher.com The Obama administration has now adopted a strategy of trying to preempt court consideration of the constitutionality of the Health Care Reform Act by arguing that states have no legal basis or standing to challenge the … Continue reading

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National Debt = Public Debt. Your and My Current Debt: $12,926,689,780,236.68 as of 2010.05.18

by Bill Golden aka Bill4DogCatcher.com & JeffersonConservative.com Our public national debt can be sliced and diced many ways. Lots of pundits exist that will help you figure out what the numbers are. The U.S. Department of the Treasury provides all … Continue reading

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Arizona – If You Do Nothing Then 'We The People' Have The Right To Do Something

by Bill Golden aka Bill4DogCatcher.com Arizona – lots of talk of boycott of Arizona for its new law requiring identification for those stopped by police for some violation of the law and suspected of being a non-U.S. citizen. Yet out … Continue reading

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If You Were To Have An Opinion …

“(Cicero) has left it to record that he always studied his adversary’s case with as great, if not still greater, intensity than even his own… He who knows only his own side of a case, knows little of that… If … Continue reading

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Is It Time for a New Center-Right Party?

JeffersonConservatives.com does not endorse candidates or parties. The following posting is meant to show the evolution of political thought in the center-right, with the center-right normally being in the realm of the GOP or the rightwing. Obviously some see the … Continue reading

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