Some people dislike the Republican Party, and that's a shame. I believe the best way to change something of a political nature is to change it from within. I prefer to remain a loyal to the GOP as a voting member, and will offer my service to this country as President.
Stranger things have happened in the past; Abe Lincoln was a dark horse, and WON THE ELECTION, a remarkable achievement for a country boy. So never procrastinate to estimate the necessity of unpremeditated events,
Please join my team, today! You can register to vote in the elections, make a contribution to the GOP, and I sure hope you will take the time to do so. Come to my GOP HQ
My motto is "It's high time we elected a President that inhales and doesn't lie about it". I will immediately, upon being sworn in, begin the process that will abolish laws that should have never been passed in the first place. This is a constitutional right of all Americans, just as it is a right for any qualified person to become a candidate for office.
I am exercising a constitutional right, and hope you will support this effort.
Thanks
Trey Haltom
AKA
Colonel Pepper
Falling Figs Music, BMI
Thursday, December 28, 2006
Saturday, December 16, 2006
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Open Letter to the Global Community
To preserve the role of Congress and the courts in the fundamental rule of law, please oppose any spying legislation that includes the dangerous proposals from Vice President Dick Cheney, which face imminent votes in the Senate and House Judiciary Committees.
The War on Terror, and The War on Drugs, may soon be recognized the War on free American People, by the people, and for the people, in order to make a more perfect administration. I'm beginning to wonder if I should renounce my affiliation with the Republican Party. How my representatives vote on this issue will be a key factor in this decision.
In the Senate, the Cheney-Specter Bill (S. 2453) would enshrine in federal law the president's claim of inherent, exclusive power to wiretap Americans at will and indefinitely without any individual,independent checks. In the House, the Cheney-Wilson bill (H.R. 5825) would allow the president to secretly search Americans' homes and listen to their phone calls without warrants for months at a time, and would make judicial review optional, even after 90 days of warrantless surveillance. Both of these bills change definitions to authorize the president's warrantless surveillance of Americans, making warrantless surveillance of Americans the rule rather than an exception. And the bills would also allow the NSA to capture and read any emails sent by Americans,as long as the government does not know if all the recipients are physically located in the U.S. -- a standard virtually impossible to prove.
Supporters claim the Cheney-Specter and Cheney-Wilson bills are"surveillance we can live with," but the fact is these so-called compromises vastly expand the government's power to spy on Americans without any individualized warrant, and the surveillance could be approved without a court ever knowing the names of Americans to be spied on or whether they've done anything wrong. The Cheney-backed proposals would also rewrite the provisions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to allow permanent and secret warrantless surveillance of Americans' international communications. But this rewrite isn't necessary, because FISA already gives intelligence agencies the power to begin a wiretap in an emergency and then get court approval if an American were aiding a foreign terrorist. FISA doesn't require the administration to "hang up" if an al Qaeda operative calls someone in America. If the administration wants to target the communications of a U.S. person who is conspiring with al Qaeda, it can easily get a warrant from the FISA court, even retroactively. In fact, the FISA court has approved over 20,000 surveillance orders in the past 27 years, and turned down fewer than 5 such requests.
I also strongly oppose these bills because they give the president the authority to sidestep the constitutionally required judicial review for wiretaps on Americans and destroys our Fourth Amendment and First Amendment protections. There is no reason to go around the courts unless the administration wants to spy on people who are doing nothing wrong, which is fundamentally contrary to the Fourth Amendment. No new surveillance powers should be granted to this or any administration without a commitment to follow the laws already on the books, and without independent checks to protect our civil liberties, as required by our Constitution and recommended by the 9-11Commission. This effort to define away basic American rights must be recognized as the executive power grab that it is, and rejected.
I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this urgent matter.
The War on Terror, and The War on Drugs, may soon be recognized the War on free American People, by the people, and for the people, in order to make a more perfect administration. I'm beginning to wonder if I should renounce my affiliation with the Republican Party. How my representatives vote on this issue will be a key factor in this decision.
In the Senate, the Cheney-Specter Bill (S. 2453) would enshrine in federal law the president's claim of inherent, exclusive power to wiretap Americans at will and indefinitely without any individual,independent checks. In the House, the Cheney-Wilson bill (H.R. 5825) would allow the president to secretly search Americans' homes and listen to their phone calls without warrants for months at a time, and would make judicial review optional, even after 90 days of warrantless surveillance. Both of these bills change definitions to authorize the president's warrantless surveillance of Americans, making warrantless surveillance of Americans the rule rather than an exception. And the bills would also allow the NSA to capture and read any emails sent by Americans,as long as the government does not know if all the recipients are physically located in the U.S. -- a standard virtually impossible to prove.
Supporters claim the Cheney-Specter and Cheney-Wilson bills are"surveillance we can live with," but the fact is these so-called compromises vastly expand the government's power to spy on Americans without any individualized warrant, and the surveillance could be approved without a court ever knowing the names of Americans to be spied on or whether they've done anything wrong. The Cheney-backed proposals would also rewrite the provisions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to allow permanent and secret warrantless surveillance of Americans' international communications. But this rewrite isn't necessary, because FISA already gives intelligence agencies the power to begin a wiretap in an emergency and then get court approval if an American were aiding a foreign terrorist. FISA doesn't require the administration to "hang up" if an al Qaeda operative calls someone in America. If the administration wants to target the communications of a U.S. person who is conspiring with al Qaeda, it can easily get a warrant from the FISA court, even retroactively. In fact, the FISA court has approved over 20,000 surveillance orders in the past 27 years, and turned down fewer than 5 such requests.
I also strongly oppose these bills because they give the president the authority to sidestep the constitutionally required judicial review for wiretaps on Americans and destroys our Fourth Amendment and First Amendment protections. There is no reason to go around the courts unless the administration wants to spy on people who are doing nothing wrong, which is fundamentally contrary to the Fourth Amendment. No new surveillance powers should be granted to this or any administration without a commitment to follow the laws already on the books, and without independent checks to protect our civil liberties, as required by our Constitution and recommended by the 9-11Commission. This effort to define away basic American rights must be recognized as the executive power grab that it is, and rejected.
I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this urgent matter.
Friday, April 28, 2006
Falling Figs
The Times Done Changed by Colonel Pepper
(To the tune of The Times They Are A Changing by Bob Dylan)
There is a fury in my soul that just will not cease
There is an anger in my mind cause there just ain’t no peace
I see this whole world, and it’s driving me mad
And I sit here each day, and I’m growing quite sad
There’s a battle outside, and it’s coming here soon
So I guess what we need is a new marching tune
Like the Battle Hymn sang to the enemies in blue
The Star Spangled Banner, it never will do
When the United States is divided in two
And it’s all over now my Sweet Baby Blue
Our leaders have brought us again into war
And diverted our minds from what’s happened before
Iraq ain’t no sweet, so why all the fuss
It’s the dammed old Chinese that have just conquered us
There’s a battle outside, and it’s coming here soon
So I guess what we need is a new marching tune
Like the Battle Hymn sang to the enemies in blue
The Star Spangled Banner, it never will do
When the United States is divided in two
And it’s all over now my Sweet Baby Blue
It is time that we took us some kings and queens down
From the highest of places to beneath the ground
Hang all of them mothers right out in plain view
Do unto them others, before they do it to you
There’s a battle outside, and it’s coming here soon
So I guess what we need is a new marching tune
Like the Battle Hymn sang to the enemies in blue
The Star Spangled Banner, it never will do
When the United States is divided in two
And it’s all over now my Sweet Baby Blue
The Times Done Changed by Colonel Pepper
(To the tune of The Times They Are A Changing by Bob Dylan)
There is a fury in my soul that just will not cease
There is an anger in my mind cause there just ain’t no peace
I see this whole world, and it’s driving me mad
And I sit here each day, and I’m growing quite sad
There’s a battle outside, and it’s coming here soon
So I guess what we need is a new marching tune
Like the Battle Hymn sang to the enemies in blue
The Star Spangled Banner, it never will do
When the United States is divided in two
And it’s all over now my Sweet Baby Blue
Our leaders have brought us again into war
And diverted our minds from what’s happened before
Iraq ain’t no sweet, so why all the fuss
It’s the dammed old Chinese that have just conquered us
There’s a battle outside, and it’s coming here soon
So I guess what we need is a new marching tune
Like the Battle Hymn sang to the enemies in blue
The Star Spangled Banner, it never will do
When the United States is divided in two
And it’s all over now my Sweet Baby Blue
It is time that we took us some kings and queens down
From the highest of places to beneath the ground
Hang all of them mothers right out in plain view
Do unto them others, before they do it to you
There’s a battle outside, and it’s coming here soon
So I guess what we need is a new marching tune
Like the Battle Hymn sang to the enemies in blue
The Star Spangled Banner, it never will do
When the United States is divided in two
And it’s all over now my Sweet Baby Blue
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