Remove Sheila Jackson Lee

How does Sheila Jackson Lee keep getting re-elected? I understand the lack of desire to vote for a "cookie cutter" Republican Neo-Conservative. Thing is, there are other alternatives.

POINTLESS: Sheila Jackson Lee has not produced a single piece of legislation that has even made it to the floor for a vote. Why, Because the only thing she seems to be interested in is getting legislation to congratulate other leaders for winning elections in other nations and odd-ball legislation to recognize people that have nothing to do with her district or the U.S. Congress!

PATRIOT ACT!: Whether you are for or against the PAT-ACT, you have to be disgusted at SJL's inability to be real with the people. The first time around, she voted for it then complained that it was taking away the rights of the people and that she wasn't allowed proper time to read it before voting for it. When The PAT-ACT came up to be expanded and extended, she not only had the time to read it, she had a chance to propose changes in order to make it less intrusive on American's rights. What did she do? She voted to extend and expand it, after having adequate time to read it. Head spinning, yet?

BAIL-OUTS!: SJL voted for the Bush bail-outs. Those were ill advised bail-outs but she voted for them anyway. Here is a kicker...When the first bail-out bill came up for the Obama administration, she first voted against it, HOWEVER.....she quickly changed her mind when the bill went back to congress and had tons of pork added to it then, once the bail-out bill had enough unrelated crap added to it, she voted for it. I guess the first bill didn't have enough of the tax payers money being wasted for her tastes.

In 2010, please help send this hypocritical member of congress a message. You can't bring yourself to vote for a Republican? Don't! SJL will probably win the election, regardless but, if someone that doesn't even belong to the Republican or Democratic parties were to get an unusually high number of votes, it might just wake up the career politicians that continue talking out of both sides of their mouths.

Vote for Mike Taylor
http://www.miketaylor18.com

For real change and true hope.

Round 2

Hello all,

I felt the need to get started a little early for round 2.

2008 was a jump start year for me. I was unknown and being a presidential election year I knew it would be difficult for a third party candidate. Now, people have seen my name. I am better known. 2010 will not have those draw backs.

I have already begun to build my campaign for 2010. New Web site that will be updated as time goes by. More time to get my name to more people. More time to build a bigger war chest for advertisement.

Our constitution needs to be protected. I will do everything in my power to protect it but I need your help. Please check out the new Web site and join the email list. I promise not to overwhelm you with emails, I know many campaigns tend to get tenacious with email lists. I'll only post with important information and maybe the occasional reminder about the campaign.

Look for me on the ballot for U.S Representative Texas Congressional District 18 in 2010. Thank you all for your continuing support and together, we can make a better tomorrow.

Mike Taylor,
http://www.miketaylor18.com

The day After, 2008

I would first like to start by thanking everyone that supported me and helped to get my name into public view. There were many factors in this years election. Unfortunately, those factors worked against me.

On a positive note, I have learned a lot, this year. I learned that, even though a few thousand people wouldn't know me if they saw me on the street were willing to vote for me on the basis of principle. People were willing to look past the social engineering that the big two parties have built upon over the last century.

This gives me hope. I will restructure, I will rebuild and I will come back. As long as hope survives, I will be there to help it along. All of you that gave me the opportunity to be heard, you are my inspiration.

Keep me in mind over the next couple of years. I will be there. Help me support other liberty minded candidates. 2010 is an important year for Texans. Governor, Rick Perry, won re-election with a total of 39% of the popular vote. Yes, that's 39% and not a typo.

Look on the ballot, in 2010, for the name Jeff Daiell. I've met the man and still speak with him at times. He is a good man with will and strength to lead Texas. Perry is not well liked. I ask that you give Jeff a chance, just as you gave to me. He wants the best for Texas. He is the best for Texas. http://www.jeffdaiell.com/

Thanks again,

Mike Taylor

Libertarian Candidate U.S. House TX-CD18

myspace.com/mikeforcongress

Effects of Ike

Mike Taylor for U.S. Congress TX-18

Effects of Ike

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

I wanted to take this opportunity to say that I am very proud of the city of Houston regarding the community response to hurricane Ike. I, like most of Houston and the surrounding areas, have been without power, cable and phone since we were hit.

I also wish to make note of the heartless use of this disaster to garner political gain. It’s disgusting to see TV Ads being paid for with political campaign funds from people like John Cornyn. I saw an Ad were he was talking about relief funds and then openly had the disclaimer that the Ad was paid for by his campaign and approved by him. I’m not running against Cornyn so this is not an attack against my opponent. I am simply pointing out an obvious fact that Cornyn is taking advantage of his position as an incumbent to make allegations that he is the only one that would do something to help the community struck by disaster. It’s sickening to me and I hope I am not alone.

Another person that has taken full advantage of the chance to jump in front of every TV camera in her district is my opponent. One has to ask, if this were not an election year, would Sheila Jackson Lee even bother making a statement? I would say no. When Rita caused damage and loss of homes in 2005 (Not an election year) I never heard a peep from Mrs. Jackson Lee. She never made so much as a radio sound bite for the people affected by the high winds from Hurricane Rita. Nothing!

As a U.S. Representative Mrs. Jackson Lee has ZERO authority to do anything. Once a national disaster has been announced, recovery efforts are performed and authorized by state and local governments in concert with the President of the U.S. and federal disaster recovery agencies. The house and senate members have ZERO say in anything unless as bill is presented to provide funding for recovery costs. Even then, congressional members cannot promise anything not provided in such a bill.

Mrs. Jackson Lee, while playing her game of “find any active camera”, is doing nothing more than getting in the way of city and state officials trying to do their jobs in such a crisis. She is, in essence, abusing her power as an incumbent to gain political favor through free media coverage in an election year. This is a luxury that none of her opponents have. The same goes for Mr. Cornyn.

Abuse of incumbency and taking advantage of a crisis situation is deplorable. These people should be ashamed of themselves. I am ashamed to admit that these people keep their jobs as my representatives in light of these events. Mayor White, a fellow Democrat with Mrs. Jackson Lee, has been more than happy to help his fellow Democrat find every spotlight available. He, too, has shown willingness to abuse his incumbency for the advancement of his fellow party members. I imagine he will eventually seek high offices once his term as mayor has expired and he is making sure he stays in good favor with his party.

Even if you do not vote for me, I would encourage you vote for anyone but the incumbents during this election year. Many of them have been in office too long and their only purpose to keep their jobs. They no longer have the welfare of the people in mind and have completely self-serving in their positions.

Mike Taylor

http://www.miketaylor08.us

Why women should vote.

I got this in an email from a fellow LP Texas candidate. I felt it should be passed around. Women need to know what happened during the time women were fighting for their right in the ballot box.


Not sure who the original author was but this is too important not to pass around, even if I can't give credit to who wrote it, originally.


>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

WHY WOMEN SHOULD VOTE


This is the story of our Grandmothers and Great-grandmothers as
they lived only 90 years ago.


Remember, it was not until 1920 that women

were granted the right to go to the polls and vote.


The women were innocent and defenseless, but they

were jailed nonetheless for picketting the White

House, carrying signs asking for the vote.
And by

the end of the night, they were barely alive.


Forty prison guards wielding clubs and their

warden's blessing went on a rampage against the

33 women wrongly convicted of 'obstructing sidewalk traffic.
'


They beat Lucy Burn, chained her hands to the cell

bars above her head and left her hanging for the

night, bleeding and gasping for air.
They hurled

Dora Lewis into a dark cell, smashed her head

against an iron bed and knocked her out cold.
Her

cellmate, Alice Cosu, thought Lewis was dead and
suffered a heart attack.
Additional affidavits

describe the guards grabbing, dragging, beating,

choking, slamming, pinching, twisting and kicking

the women.


Thus unfolded the 'Night of Terror' on Nov.


15, 1917, when the warden at the Occoquan

Workhouse in Virginia ordered his guards to teach

a lesson to the suffragists imprisoned there because

they dared to picket Woodrow Wilson's White House

for the right to vote.


For weeks, the women's only water came from an

open pail.
Their food--all of it colorless slop--was

infested with worms.
When one of the leaders, Alice
Paul, embarked on a hunger strike, they tied her

to a chair, forced a tube down her throat and

poured liquid into her until she vomited.
She was
tortured like this for weeks until word was smuggled

out to the press.


So, refresh my memory.
Some women won't vote this

year because--why, exactly?
We have carpool duties?

We have to get to work?

Our vote doesn't matter?
It's raining?

Last week, I went to a sparsely attended screening

of HBO's new movie 'Iron Jawed Angels.
' It is a

graphic depiction of the battle these women waged

so that I could pull the curtain at the polling booth

and have my say. I am ashamed to say I needed the reminder.


All these years later, voter registration is still my

passion.
But the actual act of voting had become

less personal for me, more rote.
Frankly, voting

often felt more like an obligation than a privilege.


Sometimes it was inconvenient.


My friend Wendy, who is my age and studied

women's history, saw the HBO movie, too.

When she stopped by my desk to talk about it, she

looked angry. She was--with herself.
'One thought

kept coming back to me as I watched that movie,'

she said.
'What would those women think of the

way I use--or don't use--my right to vote? All of

us take it for granted now, not just younger women,

but those of us who did seek to learn.
' The right

to vote, she said, had become valuable to her

'all over again.
'

HBO released the movie on video and DVD.
I wish

all history, social studies and government teachers

would include the movie in their curriculum I want
it shown on Bunco night, too, and anywhere else

women gather.
I realize this isn't our usual idea of

socializing, but we are not voting in the numbers that

we should be, and I think a little shock therapy is in

order.


It is jarring to watch Woodrow Wilson and his cronies

try to persuade a psychiatrist to declare Alice Paul

insane so that she could be permanently institutional-

ized. And it is inspiring to watch the doctor refuse.


Alice Paul was strong, he said, and brave.


That didn't make her crazy.


The doctor admonished the men: 'Courage in women

is often mistaken for insanity.
'

Please, if you are so inclined, pass this on to all the

women you know.


We need to get out and vote and use this right that

was fought so hard for by these very courageous

women.
Whether you vote democratic, republican or independent party -
remember to vote.


History is being made.

>>>>>>>>>

Mike Taylor
http://www.miketaylor08.us

A chance to be real

Mike Taylor for U.S. Congress TX-18

A chance to be real

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

All too often the people are provided "dead pan" press releases, simple policy issues talking to the people. When was the last time a candidate actually requested a chance to talk WITH the people? I'm not talking about focus engagements where the audience is pre-selected or events that are only for a certain group of people. I'm talking about a chance to for people to really get to know the person they are considering or may consider.

Mrs. Jackson Lee is good at talking to people. She jumps in front of a microphone/camera at every opportunity. I bet if you were to email her or her campaign office you would probably get a form-letter style response sent by a staffer or volunteer, not from the candidate, herself.

I want to take this time to type up a request to people that will or may be voting this November 4^th. I have a regular job while also working to build my campaign and I do need time with my kids so asking people to call would be impractical but through email, the conversation can be more easily handled and you can get the answers you need to make an informed decision. You will also not have to worry about getting form-letter responses. I will make it a point to reply to everyone, myself. That's right; you will have a chance to get information directly from the horse's mouth.

If you want to know where I stand on any given issue, ask me. Not being a candidate from either of the two largest political parties, I will not be allowed access to many of the same media events that my opponents are allowed access to. This is most unfortunate for the voters because it limits them to only what the media wants them to know about. That does not give you, the voter, a real chance for freedom choice, does it? Thing is, both the Democrats and Republicans like it that way. Yes, you read that right. Neither of them wants you to have full choice of information to make a decision. This is how they win elections, by working the system of ignorance to the wider spectrum from being seen or heard.

Ask yourself, do you really want to vote for someone that would rather you not be informed? You may or may not like what I have to say about any given issue. The point, though, is that you have the right and ability to get that information.

Please, visit my Web site. Email me questions or suggestions. Join my email news letter list (I promise not to overwhelm you with email). If I am at the computer, you can get replies within hours or even minutes. Granted, I can't stay in front of the computer 24/7 so there may be times when a reply might not come for a day or two but I do promise to get back with you on any given issue you wish to know about at the earliest possible chance. Remember, like you, I have a regular job and family plus the added time consumption of a campaign but I will get back with you as soon as I can with the answer you need.

A voter filled with knowledge is a voter filled with power.

Mike Taylor

http://www.miketaylor08.us

Email: mike@miketaylor08.us

Mike Taylor for Congress endorsed by Nate Peele!

Sunday, March 30, 2008 Web blogger Nate Peele officially endorsed Mike Taylor for U.S. Congress.

http://thatsrightnate.wordpress.com/2008/03/30/i-endorse-mike-taylor-for-congress/

Excerpt:

"I know that the 18th is Barbara Jordan’s district and I do reallize there are strong reasons why an African-American representative makes sense for the district, but if people are serious about change in the district, I believe that the 18th District’s Mike Taylor has the best chance for making the change a reality. Taylor (http://www.miketaylor08.us/) is an advocate of smaller more managable government and though I am in no means a libertarian, Taylor may be just what the 18th needs. His chances of winning are small, but the impact of every vote for him over a simple straight ticket or leaving the contest blank is huge. That’s why I’m making Mike Taylor my first endorsement on this blog."

Mike Taylor for congress
http://www.miketaylor08.us