BTW——

The Constitution Party, the 3rd largest political Party in the United States of America, has for sometime been concerned with the usurpation of power by the Federal Government. We also have been concerned with the Real Id Act of 2005, a Division B of an act of the United States Congress entitled Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005, Pub. L. No. 109-13, 119 Stat. 231 (May 11, 2005).

This Act, set to take Effect on May 11, 2008, would:
-impose undue financial costs on the State of North Carolina
-take from the State of North Carolina powers left previously only to it, of the issuance of drivers’ licenses
-place a citizens personal information on a card that could be used for criminal gain, with the possibility of financial and medical information. This card would be swiped through readable technology, instead of the traditional method of police interview.
-Be used for possible checkpoints throughout the United States.
As Congressman Ron Paul (R-Tx) has said:
This legislation gives authority to the Secretary of Homeland Security to expand required information on driver’s licenses, potentially including such biometric information as retina scans, finger prints, DNA information, and even Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) radio tracking technology. Including such technology as RFID would mean that the federal government, as well as the governments of Canada and Mexico, would know where Americans are at all times of the day and night. (Ron Paul -A National ID Bill Masquerading as Immigration Reform, Before the US House of Representatives, February 9, 2005)
Therefore, we the members of the Constitution Party of North Carolina-in solidarity with the Legislature of Maine and several other states now considering similar measures, call on our elected North Carolina State Legislators to pass this resolution:
WE, the Members of the Legislature of the State of North Carolina now assembled, most respectfully present and petition the President of the United States and the United States Congress, as follows:
WHEREAS, the federal REAL ID Act of 2005 mandates an unfunded national driver’s license on the people of North Carolina, and;
WHEREAS, implementation of REAL ID would cost North Carolina taxpayers approximately $200-$400 million (conservatively out of the $11 billion total cost), and;
WHEREAS, the REAL ID national database will invite theft of identity and invasion of privacy, and;
WHEREAS, REAL ID will impose inconveniences and higher taxes on North Carolinians with no attendant benefit such as protections from terrorism; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED: that North Carolina State Legislature refuses to implement the REAL ID Act and thereby protest the treatment by Congress and the President of the states as agents of the federal government; and be it further
RESOLVED: That the North Carolina State Legislature implores the United States Congress to repeal the REAL ID Act of 2005; and be it further
RESOLVED: That official copies of this resolution, duly authenticated by the Secretary of State, be transmitted to the Honorable George W. Bush, President of the United States; the Honorable Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff; the Honorable Michael Easley, Governor of the State Of North Carolina; Richard Cheney, President of the United States Senate; Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives; and each member of the North Carolina Congressional Delegation.

We, the Members of the Constitution Party of North Carolina, do call upon the elected Legislators of the State of North Carolina, to pass this resolution without delay. We call on the North Carolina Legislature to pass laws interposing the power of the State of North Carolina, between her citizens and this unconstitutional attack on their liberties and welfare.

1) If a candidate bails on his or her party in 2008, he or she is effectively writing off the possibility of getting that party’s nomination in 2012. This plays especially big on the Republican side, where the 2008 nomination is a losing proposition, but the campaign sets up 2012 both for the nominee and the also-rans.

2) Most of the real contender candidates are also sitting in elected offices NOW, and they’d be begging their parties to dump them at the next primary elections for those offices if they bailed to Unity08.

Just ain’t gonna happen.

I also don’t see Hillary/Rudy running together under any circumstances, but a previous commenter is right—they could just pull a Cheney and have Giuliani register his “residence” elsewhere. Bush/Cheney 2000 proved that that law wouldn’t be enforced in any meaningful way (and let’s be honest, it’s kind of vestigial in any case).

For the record, Austin did not include this story, I did. I will keep your suggestions in mind in my future blogging, as I do all the comments that I read. I am glad to hear that you think TPW is influential. However, I do not claim to be a journalist, investigative or otherwise. I just post items here that concern alternative party politics that interest me and that I think might interest others as well. In this case we have an editorial written by an alternative party candidate for president of the United States, claiming that Unity ‘08 is the work of the Clintons. Whether that claim is true or not, I think the claim itself is pertinent to this site. I labelled this blog entry “opinion.” When I read it I really wasn’t sure what to make of it. I too thought it might be meant as a joke, but I’m still not sure . I am not even sure whether his candidacy is a joke or not. I agree with those who do not think the piece was particularly well written. I did not write it; I am just the messenger. I have no other information that the Clintons are behind Unity ‘08, and I posted it here to see if other readers had heard of this before or think that it is possible that he is right, and also to find out other people’s opinions about Moriarty.

This Clinton/Unity08 has got to be a joke-but that does not mean we Independents should not come together and come up with a team to run for President. I suggest that folks call Senator Chuck Hagel offices to say he should run for President and run as an Independent. If the Senator runs as an Independent and picks the right running mate(Wesley Clark, Sen. Webb or even Russ Feingold)he would be viable but he must announce soon.

If you folks want a better country and really bring the us a together make the calls to the Senator office-they are listening!

Thank You John Valianti
Marshfield, Ma

Ps. Richard Winger we should talk-you can email me at John@southshoresign.com

It must be a slow reporting day for you to include this piece. I am not a Unity08 insider, but this information appears ridiculous (and the source article you use doesn’t seem professionally written, satire?). Third Party Watch has significant influence and reach in Third Party political circles nationwide, so I hope that you will be very careful (i.e. more careful). Your “reporting” on such a story, even with the disclaimer that you use, only gives it more “legs”. Now, if you have information in regard to its falseness or truth, you could put it out there (if solid) and that could be news.