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Gary Dye
Gary Dye (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Oregon's 3rd Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on May 21, 2024.
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Biography
Gary Dye was born in Portland, Oregon. He earned a bachelor's degree in 1981 after studying at Oregon State University, Pepperdine University, and the University of California Irvine. Dye also earned a master's degree from Pepperdine University in 1989 and a second bachelor's degree from the University of California Irvine in 1991. His professional experience includes working as a chemical engineer and measurement engineer in the natural gas industry. He also previously worked as a process engineer in oil refineries.[1][2]
Elections
2024
See also: Oregon's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024
Oregon's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 (May 21 Democratic primary)
Oregon's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 (May 21 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Oregon District 3
Maxine Dexter defeated Joanna Harbour, David Walker, Joe Meyer, and David Frosch in the general election for U.S. House Oregon District 3 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Maxine Dexter (D)  | 67.7 | 226,405 |
 | Joanna Harbour (R) | 25.2 | 84,344 | |
 | David Walker (Independent Party / Progressive Party) | 3.1 | 10,245 | |
 | Joe Meyer (Pacific Green Party) | 3.0 | 10,106 | |
 | David Frosch () | 0.7 | 2,459 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 810 | ||
| Total votes: 334,369 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 3
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 3 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Maxine Dexter | 47.3 | 47,254 |
 | Susheela Jayapal | 32.8 | 32,793 | |
 | Eddy Morales | 13.4 | 13,391 | |
 | Michael Jonas | 2.4 | 2,359 | |
 | Nolan Bylenga | 2.1 | 2,138 | |
 | Rachel Rand | 0.9 | 856 | |
 | Ricky Barajas | 0.6 | 649 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 430 | ||
| Total votes: 99,870 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jeremiah Campion (D)
- Theodore Gwynn (D)
- Earl Blumenauer (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 3
Joanna Harbour defeated Gary Dye and Teresa Orwig in the Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 3 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joanna Harbour | 55.0 | 13,948 |
 | Gary Dye | 27.1 | 6,869 | |
 | Teresa Orwig | 17.0 | 4,303 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.0 | 258 | ||
| Total votes: 25,378 | |||
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Endorsements
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2022
See also: Municipal elections in Multnomah County, Oregon (2022)
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Oregon Metro Council President
Incumbent Lynn Peterson won election outright against Alisa Pyszka, Gregory A. Horner, and Gary Dye in the primary for Oregon Metro Council President on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Lynn Peterson (Nonpartisan) | 53.6 | 183,035 | |
| Alisa Pyszka (Nonpartisan) | 31.9 | 108,757 | ||
| Gregory A. Horner (Nonpartisan) | 7.5 | 25,485 | ||
| Gary Dye (Nonpartisan) | 6.7 | 22,847 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 1,255 | ||
| Total votes: 341,379 | |||
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2020
See also: United States Senate election in Oregon, 2020
United States Senate election in Oregon, 2020 (May 19 Republican primary)
United States Senate election in Oregon, 2020 (May 19 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. Senate Oregon
Incumbent Jeff Merkley defeated Jo Rae Perkins, Gary Dye, and Ibrahim Taher in the general election for U.S. Senate Oregon on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jeff Merkley (D / Independent / Working Families Party) | 56.9 | 1,321,047 |
 | Jo Rae Perkins (R) | 39.3 | 912,814 | |
| Gary Dye (L) | 1.8 | 42,747 | |
 | Ibrahim Taher (Pacific Green Party / Progressive Party) | 1.8 | 42,239 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 2,402 | ||
| Total votes: 2,321,249 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Oregon
Incumbent Jeff Merkley advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Oregon on May 19, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jeff Merkley | 98.7 | 564,878 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.3 | 7,386 | ||
| Total votes: 572,264 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate Oregon
Jo Rae Perkins defeated Paul Romero, Robert Schwartz, and John Verbeek in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Oregon on May 19, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jo Rae Perkins | 49.2 | 178,004 |
 | Paul Romero | 30.4 | 109,783 | |
 | Robert Schwartz | 11.1 | 40,196 | |
 | John Verbeek | 8.1 | 29,382 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.2 | 4,250 | ||
| Total votes: 361,615 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Matthew Kulow (R)
Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for U.S. Senate Oregon
Gary Dye advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. Senate Oregon on July 6, 2020.
Candidate | ||
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Pacific Green Party convention
Pacific Green Party convention for U.S. Senate Oregon
Ibrahim Taher advanced from the Pacific Green Party convention for U.S. Senate Oregon on June 6, 2020.
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| ✔ | | Ibrahim Taher (Pacific Green Party) |
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2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Oregon District 3
Incumbent Earl Blumenauer defeated Tom Harrison, Marc Koller, Gary Dye, and Michael P. Marsh in the general election for U.S. House Oregon District 3 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Earl Blumenauer (D) | 72.6 | 279,019 |
 | Tom Harrison (R) | 19.8 | 76,187 | |
 | Marc Koller (Independent Party of Oregon) | 5.6 | 21,352 | |
| Gary Dye (L) | 1.5 | 5,767 | |
 | Michael P. Marsh (Constitution Party) | 0.4 | 1,487 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 514 | ||
| Total votes: 384,326 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 3
Incumbent Earl Blumenauer defeated Ben Lavine, Charles Rand Barnett, and Eric Hafner in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 3 on May 15, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Earl Blumenauer | 91.0 | 91,226 |
 | Ben Lavine | 6.0 | 6,008 | |
| Charles Rand Barnett | 1.6 | 1,586 | ||
 | Eric Hafner | 1.4 | 1,377 | |
| Total votes: 100,197 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 3
Tom Harrison advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 3 on May 15, 2018.
Candidate | ||
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Independent Party of Oregon primary election
Independent Party of Oregon primary for U.S. House Oregon District 3
Marc Koller defeated David Walker in the Independent Party of Oregon primary for U.S. House Oregon District 3 on May 15, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Marc Koller | 55.7 | 930 |
| David Walker | 44.3 | 741 | |
| Total votes: 1,671 | |||
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Independent Party of Oregon primary election
Marc Koller defeated David Walker in the Independent Party of Oregon primary for U.S. House Oregon District 3 on May 15, 2018.
Independent Party of Oregon primary election
Independent Party of Oregon primary for U.S. House Oregon District 3
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Marc Koller | 55.7 | 930 |
| David Walker | 44.3 | 741 | |
| Total votes: 1,671 | |||
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2016
Elections for the Oregon House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on May 17, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 8, 2016.
Incumbent Jeff Reardon defeated Sonny Yellott, Gary Dye and Timothy Crawley in the Oregon House of Representatives District 48 general election.[3][4]
| Oregon House of Representatives, District 48 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Jeff Reardon Incumbent |
63.10% | 15,154 | |
| Republican | Sonny Yellott | 28.21% | 6,774 | |
| Libertarian | Gary Dye | 4.71% | 1,130 | |
| Independent | Timothy Crawley | 3.98% | 956 | |
| Total Votes | 24,014 | |||
| Source: Oregon Secretary of State | ||||
Incumbent Jeff Reardon ran unopposed in the Oregon House of Representatives District 48 Democratic primary.[5][6]
| Oregon House of Representatives, District 48 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Jeff Reardon Incumbent (unopposed) | |
Sonny Yellott ran unopposed in the Oregon House of Representatives District 48 Republican primary.[5][6]
| Oregon House of Representatives, District 48 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | Sonny Yellott (unopposed) | |
Campaign themes
2024
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Board of Directors – Libertarian Party of Oregon David Douglas School District – Citizens Budget Committee Distribution Measurement Committee – American Gas Association Vice-President – Western Gas Measurement President – Northridge Condominium Association Whistleblower – local utility terminated my career
Numerous campaigns for political office- Keep us out of World War III. Stop the warmongering. Bring ALL of our troops home. Minimize our standing army because it is not needed except to engage in foreign wars. Defend North America only, lending our military to allies under attack, only. Weapons sales should be determined by stockholders of weapons manufacturers. Break diplomatic relations with any country that does not have a democratically elected government. Withdraw from the UN until all member governments are democratically elected. Close all embassies (they’re obsolete), suspend all foreign aid (we’re bankrupt).
- Reform our government: 12-year federal term limits; reduce government 10%/year until deficit is eliminated; convert Social Security Trust Fund to sovereign wealth fund; convert government pensions to 401-K; no pensions for politicians; fire all directors, managers, and supervisors within the FBI, CIA, and State Department. Start eliminating departments where government has no business being there.
- Establishment of a universal transaction tax with a constant rate (TBD) of taxation on anything and everything (goods, services, capital gains, groceries, utilities, charity, inheritance, etc.) and eliminating all other federal taxation, coupled with universal basic income for everyone. Then, cut entitlement programs and the bureaucrats that run them -- balancing the budget.
byGary Lyndon Dye
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2022
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2020
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A. Grandfather's farm was seized by the Soviet government, and family sent to the Gulag to atone for their sins of being farmers. B. Mother was thrown into a Nazi concentration camp for collaborating with the enemy. Reunited with her mother 40 years later. C. Father is one of the last surviving witnesses to Black Sunday of the Depression-era Dust Bowl. He was the 10th of 10 kids, and would caddy two golf bags at a time for tips. When he was 11, his skull was crushed, and eye put out, by a backswing when he was trying to utilize the ball washer. His father advised him to drop out of high school and work, because any further education was of no value. He became a union man in a large commercial bakery, D. These two parents - heavily influenced by their tumultuous childhood - had a 57-year marriage of substance abuse and violence. Father still lives in their 760 sqft house (no garage). E. Terminated from NW Natural Gas for whistleblowing, The company was knowingly overcharging on customers' bills, and neglecting measurement accuracy standards for billing, because it produced extra profit. The political machine running Oregon had filled the executive ranks with their operatives, and didn't like the honest engineer (me) trying to correct things. (He had to go.)
F. First career was as a process engineer in oil refineries, including four years in Saudi Arabia. Took many notes while living under a totalitarian government, and, while living in the same lands as Moses, J- Imagine what it's like to have a few billion dollars in the bank. Luxuries beyond imagination, with servants to take care of any mundane task. Your wealth is big enough that you can pay someone to manage it, and it doesn't take a genius to park it somewhere in the stock market so that it grows and grows and grows. And you can have a house and penthouse in the city, a place in the mountains, a place on the ocean, etc. A personal assistant that takes care of all the hired hands and scheduling any anything else you might ask. You do what you want, when you want. And this goes for your children and their children, and on to eternity. You have it made. This is as cl
- Who is it that is greater than you? Who is morally superior? Who is all wise? Who is most kind and benevolent? Who has existed since the beginning of time, and be here forever? Who is above the law? Who are you to trust, and to believe? Who blesses you with His Providence? Who will punish you with His wrath? Who are you to worship? Who demands your obedience? Who is supremely jealous? Who are you to trust with your children? Who will you trust with your life? Who claims to have created everything, and who is it that can destroy everything? Who promises you Heaven if you only believe in Him? Who commands your Faith? You know His name - The Government. The Government is all of the above. The Government demands to be your god, and the Gover
- MMT, Modern Monetary Theory, is better named MHT - Modern Hoodwinking Theory. It goes something like this: 1. Homo Sapiens becomes sufficiently intelligent and complex such that individual species members become specialists in the goods and services they produce. 2. With the above, individuals trade their surplus goods or services for the surpluses of goods or services of other individuals. Institutionalized, this becomes a bartering economy. 3. One of those goods becomes a "natural" currency because it is valuable, durable, identifiable, relatively scarce, and easily traded. Precious metals become the best natural currency, and soon crowds out all the other natural currencies. It is adopted by convention. It becomes universally recogni
We should always be able to describe our libertarian Utopia, and strive to reach that Utopia, but not necessarily advocating for the immediate adoption of any libertarian ideal. To get to the Promised Land, we need to get non-libertarians on board, and we'll only be able to do that if they are convinced that our plan to get to the libertarian Utopia is plausible and acceptable. What I believe that won't be acceptable is to say that, if Libertarians get elected into office and are able to take over the government, we will completely tear down and obliterate the existing government the very first day. That transition plan would cause such a disruption and pain to people and organizations that have become dependent on the pre-existing government that we will have sabotaged our stated goal of maximizing the happiness of society without sacrificing any individual's happiness. This kind of plan will not be accepted by current non-libertarians. Only a smart transitional plan will get non-libertarians to become libertarians, and that will be the only way of accomplishing our goal of establishing Libertaria
BTW, I hope you read my book before the movie comes out...
This is the way we show our gratitude toward our patriotic soldiers - to use them as political pawns?
And please keep in mind, if you've always been part of the swamp, but you've always wanted to rule the swamp, you're never going to drain the swamp (except for those swampdwellers that object to your rule). Want proof? Has even a fraction of an inch of the swamp been drained yet?
But don't worry - as long as you get him re-elected, that's when he'll really start draining the swamp - you'll see!
Get your Presidential candidates to talk about the deficit and national debt, and how we are currently experiencing a false economy. It should be the number one issue in the debates, but it is never talked about. It's Trump's Achilles's Heal, and it's the one issue that could bring him down. But this has to be explained to the American people, and the debates is where this can be done. Get your media to join in. This issue will stick with the American public, much more so than Medicare for All, the Green New Deal, and all of the other freebies you're promising.
And if you think that the ruling elite can't pull off a permanent totalitarian state with you and your kind as slaves, think again: With today's ubiquitous webcams and internet and face-recognition technology and artificial intelligence and the internet of things and crunching of mega-data, coupled with our modern voluntary addiction to all things social media, super-billionaire tech moguls are already cooperating in censoring voices that are in opposition to the ruling elite. They do this to appease the politicians who might threaten to take a good part of their wealth and power away from them. Given full permission to extend censorship and pro-government propaganda at will, it wouldn't be long until our country resembles Oceania in the year 1984. And as it foretells in 1984, we will never again be able to escape totalitarianism - anytime or anywhere. It's done - the war between the individual and the collective will have bee
We need to renounce our recognition of any unelected gang that is posing as a government for any nation, and cease diplomatic relations with that country until free, fair, and democratic elections are held to legitimize the government of that nation. Also, we need to withdraw from the United Nations until every member of that organization has installed a government that has been elected through a free, fair, and democratic election.
For if we feel that it is OK for any country to be taken over by a gang, then it must be OK for a gang to take over our country, right?
Let's face it - not only was the Constitution a flawed document, but the Founders were flawed men, too. And yet, we've been taught to revere our Founders. And we expect Black people to look up to them in reverence, too. Why? How did the life of a slave change before and after the Revolutionary War? What kind of revolution did THEY experience? Were their shacks improved, or something?
I'm not sure if it's not more White Arrogance than it is White Supremacy, that we force Black Americans to revere the Founders through their indoctrination in public schools, and to not give equal billing and reverence to those that fought for THEIR freedom and equality. And to not expect White kids to have equal reverence for them, too.
Yeah, I don't think those statues should be standing there alone. They give the message that Black lives don't matter. That their freedom and pursuit of happiness didn't matter then, and so maybe it doesn't matter now. But instead of pulling them down, maybe new statues should be erected for those that brought freedom and equality to other people. There's plenty of room on Mt. Rushmore for some more faces. There's plenty of room for more reverence.
I guess the person who thought up this latest fraudulent global-warming scheme got a lot of atta-boys from the global-warming propagandists, as you can tell from all the comments submitted - including none other than the great Greta Thornburg herself!
This is why so many people deny the climate-warming narrative. Thier "science" depends on cherry-picking of the data, misleading information, disinformation, and outright lies.
And please keep in mind, if you've always been part of the swamp, but you've always wanted to rule the swamp, you're never going to drain the swamp (except for those swampdwellers that object to your rule). Want proof? Has even a fraction of an inch of the swamp been drained yet?
But don't worry - as long as you get him re-elected, that's when he'll really start draining the swamp - you'll see!
Well, I guess if half of our leaders are Republican, and half are Democrats, we must have only half of our best and brightest running the government.
But wait - I'm Libertarian, so I think none of the best and brightest are leading our government, and hardly any of the best and brightest are working in the government.
If everybody believes that the best and brightest are not running our government, maybe we ought to get government out of everything we can, rather than trying to get government into everything our leaders want. Maybe the institution of government is not designed to be very good at doing anything that the public sector can do. Maybe we ought to migrate toward a limited government - one that runs only the police, military, courts, and jails. Just a thought...
We need to renounce our recognition of any unelected gang that is posing as a government for any nation, and cease diplomatic relations with that country until free, fair, and democratic elections are held to legitimize the government of that nation. Also, we need to withdraw from the United Nations until every member of that organization has installed a government that has been elected through a free, fair, and democratic election.
For if we feel that it is OK for any country to be taken over by a gang, then it must be OK for a gang to take over our country, right?
It's not OK.
And with this, we must organize a boycott of all goods coming from China until the unelected, illegitimate thugs that have a stranglehold on that country have resigned or been overthrown, and a democratic election has transformed China into a free republic.
The force of a boycott is justified from abroad because these thugs have facilitated, and then instigated a cover-up and muzzling of, the beginnings of the coronavirus pandemic, allowing widespread destruction, misery, and death to billions of people worldwide. They must be punished for their transgressions; this cannot stand.
The time for such a boycott is now: Factories worldwide are shut down, not just by the coronavirus, but because much of the supply chain for these factories are starved for parts from shutdown Chinese factories. And the last of Chinese supply parts and consumer goods are soon to arrive in our ports, with no consumers or working factories available to purchase much of it. We can and should commence this boycott now, while we don't need their parts and can't buy their goods.
How is the CDC doing? Is the coronavirus under control? Were they prepared for a virus outbreak? Isn't a virus outbreak the most obvious disease that we'd ever want to control? In their vast budget, did they stockpile masks and medical gowns and testing kits and ICU beds and emergency quarantine facilities and... Did you hear any warnings from them about how our healthcare industry had shifted manufacturing of these medical products to China, so that they're in shortage here, right when a viral outbreak has occurred? And again, why no stockpiling?
The most simple and obvious tasks for a big-budget, focused department of the government to perform, and they fail miserably. Yet, they put out studies on the effects of global warming. Thanks.
And Bernie wants the government to run the healthcare industry. Think about that. And think about any business that government tries to run - education, financial, housing, charity, etc. Government is a disaster, and yet we're slated to get more and more of it, until it's running every aspect of our lives.
But I get the feeling that, not only will the media not take up Trump on his challenge, but Trump won't even make that challenge. The media is part of the ruling elite that has always allowed corruption in government, and Trump was not interested in Biden's corruption, but only wanted to damage Biden's political campaign, just as his impeachment claimed. Trump would never expose his political allies of their corruption. He cares about the allies, and not about their corruption. He will not drain the swamp, but only be its ruler.
(Catch my drift?)
A. Grandfather's farm was seized by the Soviet government, and family sent to the Gulag to atone for their sins of being farmers.
B. Mother was thrown into a Nazi concentration camp for collaborating with the enemy. Reunited with her mother 40 years later.
C. Father is one of the last surviving witnesses to Black Sunday of the Depression-era Dust Bowl. He was the 10th of 10 kids, and would caddy two golf bags at a time for tips. When he was 11, his skull was crushed, and eye put out, by a backswing when he was trying to utilize the ball washer. His father advised him to drop out of high school and work, because any further education was of no value. He became a union man in a large commercial bakery,
D. These two parents - heavily influenced by their tumultuous childhood - had a 57-year marriage of substance abuse and violence. Father still lives in their 760 sqft house (no garage).
E. Terminated from NW Natural Gas for whistleblowing, The company was knowingly overcharging on customers' bills, and neglecting measurement accuracy standards for billing, because it produced extra profit. The political machine running Oregon had filled the executive ranks with their operatives, and didn't like the honest engineer (me) trying to correct things. (He had to go.)
F. First career was as a process engineer in oil refineries, including four years in Saudi Arabia. Took many notes while living under a totalitarian government, and, while living in the same lands as Moses, Jesus, and Muhammed, wrote his book of philosophy (The Technical Details of Happiness). It turned out to be consistent with libertarianism, but prophesied a new Abrahamic religion that had as its god a totalitarian government.
G. While visiting Santa Claus, family was victimized by the Clackamas Town Center shooter, but support for the 2nd Amendment remains unwavering.
And since this god is a providential god, he needs to send government disciples to your door and forcibly collect the government's tithings. He doesn't care if you can afford to pay the tithings or not, because he does not tolerate selfishness. He doesn't care about the charities you want to give to, because it is the government's charities that matter. And if you dare refuse to pay the government's demands, you will be sent to jail, and if you resist, the government will use force, even if it costs you your life. Fear government, and fear his wrath.
So far, I haven't seen Trump reduce any federal employees. I cite the size of the federal budget as my evidence. He's only replaced federal workers he doesn't like with employees he likes. He hasn't yet drained even one drop of water from the swamp.
But I get the feeling that, not only will the media not take up Trump on his challenge, but Trump won't even make that challenge. The media is part of the ruling elite that has always allowed corruption in government, and Trump was not interested in Biden's corruption, but only wanted to damage Biden's political campaign, just as his impeachment claimed. Trump would never expose his political allies of their corruption. He cares about the allies, and not about their corruption. He will not drain the swamp, but only be its ruler.
And please keep in mind, if you've always been part of the swamp, but you've always wanted to rule the swamp, you're never going to drain the swamp (except for those swampdwellers that object to your rule). Want proof? Has even a fraction of an inch of the swamp been drained yet?
But don't worry - as long as you get him re-elected, that's when he'll really start draining the swamp - you'll see!
Well, I guess if half of our leaders are Republican, and half are Democrats, we must have only half of our best and brightest running the government.
But wait - I'm Libertarian, so I think none of the best and brightest are leading our government, and hardly any of the best and brightest are working in the government.
If everybody believes that the best and brightest are not running our government, maybe we ought to get government out of everything we can, rather than trying to get government into everything our leaders want. Maybe the institution of government is not designed to be very good at doing anything that the public sector can do. Maybe we ought to migrate toward a limited government - one that runs only the police, military, courts, and jails. Just a thought...
There is a hierarchy in Animalia, not only as quantified by the DNA in the evolution of the species, but in modern-day food chains and in total geographical dominance, that has all other species as being lower species than ours.
And, more importantly, since We the People are Equal, we all can proudly proclaim: We are on top of the Universe, and there is nothing Superior to Us!
But there is. We have already accepted that which is Superior to us as being God. And only God. There is no other. And, as we submit, that which is Superior to us can take our things away from us at Will, and can lay down the laws for us to follow, and can tell us what is right and what is wrong, and can punish us for doing wrong, and can punish us for doing nothing wrong (because the earlier wrong was later deemed by our Superior to be not-wrong).
That entity exists: It is the Government. Government is our superior and our one and only God; and, as Government, indeed, exists, then God, indeed, exists.
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- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 15, 2020
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 12, 2024
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "Candidate Filing Search," accessed August 25, 2016
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "November 8, 2016 General Election official results," accessed December 21, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Oregon Secretary of State, "Candidate Filing Search," accessed March 9, 2016
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Oregon Secretary of State, "May 17, 2016 Primary Election Abstract of Votes President," accessed August 2, 2016
