By caving to Woke Left, MLB proves it is ‘past it’s time’

Fairfax, Va. – In reaction to the announcement today by Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred to move the MLB all-star game from Atlanta to protest Georgia’s new voter integrity laws Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning issued the following statement:

“Major League Baseball’s decision to stand against basic voter integrity laws in this nation is tantamount to taking strike three with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning. After last year’s decision to kneel to the Marxist movement Black Lives Matter, today’s announcement ends baseball’s status as ‘America’s Game.’ Americans for Limited Government urges fans to make the New York City-based commissioner’s decision a deciding factor on whether to spend entertainment dollars with a sport which believes there should be more ballot integrity for all-star game voting than for electing state and national officials. Mark April 2, 2021 as the day when the national pastime decided to go past it’s time.”

Americans for Limited Government led a national email campaign to urge Commissioner Manfred and team owners to stand up to the Woke Left and keep the all-star game in Atlanta.

For media availability, contact Catherine Mortensen at 703-478-4643 or by email at cmortensen@getliberty.org.

Time for Congress to end ‘trillion dollar splurges’

Fairfax, Va. – Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement in reaction to the March unemployment figures released from the Bureau of Labor Statistics:

“If Congress needed any more proof that the 91 percent of the recently passed $1.9 trillion spending bill that did not deal with health care needs should be pared back with all money not already spent rescinded, today’s employment report ends any argument.  The Bureau of Labor Statistics surveys taken in mid-March show what any sentient person already knew, continued opening of the economy produces massive job gains.

“This confirms, once again, that this is nothing more than a continuation of the Trump recovery with the major gains directly attributable to the former president’s push to re-open the economy.  The emergency is over, and the spending-drunk Democrat Congress needs to stop throwing around trillion dollar splurges and begin budgeting again.”

From the BLS report:

“Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 916,000 in March, and the unemployment rate edged down to 6.0 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. These improvements in the labor market reflect the continued resumption of economic activity that had been curtailed due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Job growth was widespread in March, led by gains in leisure and hospitality, public and private education, and construction.”

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For media availability contact Catherine Mortensen at 703-478-4643, or email at cmortensen@getliberty.org.

April 1, 2021, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today sent the following letter to the Scottsdale City Council in opposition to the city’s new General Plan:

“Americans for Limited Government led the charge in passing Proposition 207 in 2006. This was done to protect property values against arbitrary regulatory takings, and to provide for remedies under law should those property rights be violated.

“It is clear that under the 2006 Proposition 207 protecting property rights, the new Scottsdale General Plan on zoning will be a regulatory taking and most certainly reduce the property values of Scottsdale residents, and if it goes forward, require just compensation to impacted residents. What’s more, the failure of the city and the planning commission to follow the basic procedures laid out under the law further opens the people of Scottsdale to unnecessary litigation. Contrary to popular belief, you cannot just ignore the letter of the law and pretend it does not exist when it suits you.

“Americans for Limited Government strongly urges the Scottsdale City Council to reject the new General Plan that will result in massive costs to taxpayers including compensatory costs, and a basic denial of property rights that Proposition 207 was designed to prevent.”

Attachments:

Letter to Scottsdale City Council, April 1 at https://getliberty.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/AZ-Property-Rights-4-1-21.pdf

For media availability contact Catherine Mortensen at 703-478-4643 or cmortensen@getliberty.org .

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‘Straight national security issue’

Fairfax, Va. – Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement in response to the international shipping crisis caused by the giant container ship that blocks the Suez Canal:

“World commerce goes through a few very narrow choke points which are extremely vulnerable. The tanker ship blocking the Suez Canal is estimated to have cost the world’s economy almost $9 billion a day. What’s more, Moody’s reports that 15% of the world’s container ship traffic goes through that one very vulnerable chokepoint. But other man-made passageways are similarly vulnerable, 60% of the cargo which goes through the Panama Canal originates or is destined to reach the United States user according the FreightWaves.com.  When combined with the importance of the Straits of Hormuz, a natural, narrow passageway which 25 percent of the world’s oil flows through every day, it is obvious that the economic well-being of most of the First World is dependent upon a few vulnerable passageways located in relatively unstable parts of the world.

“Given the United States’ dependence upon the Panama Canal for a significant amount of our trade, it is important that the Biden administration redouble efforts to thwart the Communist Chinese Belt and Road Initiative, which is currently investing heavily in Panama with an eye toward gaining dangerous influence over this pivotal central American country. There is nothing partisan about whether military or cargo ships can get through the American built Canal, it is a straight national security issue, and this is an area where a strong commitment of the Biden administration countering the Chinese entre’ to Panama should be met with support from both sides of the aisle.”

For media availability contact Catherine Mortensen at 703-478-4643 or cmortensen@getliberty.org.

March 26, 2021, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement praising Gov. Bill Lee (R-Tenn.) for pushing legislation to remove Chinese Communist Party propaganda centers, called Confucius Institutes, from state universities in Tennessee:

“Governor Bill Lee has taken an important step in unwinding the state of Tennessee from the influence of the Chinese Communist Party by pushing legislation to deny Confucius Institutes from the public university campuses in the state.

“Confucius Institutes have been at the center of the Chinese government’s efforts to buy their way into influence over the U.S. higher education system. In Tennessee, the Governor has ordered a shutdown of the Institutes at their public colleges and universities turning away the Chinese government payola for allowing them to infiltrate the schools.  In the past, public colleges in the state of Tennessee have received $2.5 million, which Governor Lee is foregoing in the future.

“Both the states of Texas and Utah are also considering legislation to shutter Confucius Institute offices in their universities.  Americans for Limited Government urges all fifty states to discontinue all affiliations with this Chinese Communist Party influence operation in light of President Biden’s decision to welcome them with open arms.”

Interview Availability: Please contact Americans for Limited Government at 703-383-0880 or email media@limitgov.org.

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Fairfax, Va. – Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement in response to President Joe Biden’s call to ban America’s most popular all-purpose sporting rifle.

“The murder of 10 Coloradans on the fifth anniversary of the Islamic terrorist attack in Brussels, Belgium, is no excuse for Congress to attack U.S. citizen’s right to keep and bear arms. Demagoguery aside, this tragedy points to the larger problem of hate groups within America. Disarming the rest of us due to the crazed actions of one person is akin to closing down every mosque in the United States because the shooter happened to be Muslim. Neither is acceptable and it is time those on the Left who continually attempt to exploit tragedy, to just stop.”

Interview Availability: Please contact Americans for Limited Government at 703-478-4643 or email cmortensen@getliberty.org.

March 8, 2021, Fairfax, Va.–Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement urging the Senate Judiciary Committee bring back Attorney General nominee Merrick Garland to explain what he meant in his college writings a review of the musical “The Fantasticks” when he wrote “Most important are the Jones-Schmidt songs themselves, simple and engaging melodies with a few tender ballads like ‘Try to Remember’ and some hilarious group numbers like ‘it Depends on what You Pay,’ which provides a shopping list of rapes for sale (e.g. ‘the military rape–it’s done with drums and a great brass band.’)”:

“While historical context does matter, Merrick Garland should be called back to the Senate Judiciary Committee to answer questions from his college writings that appear to condone rape and kidnapping. It is clear that in this day of cancel culture, that if any Trump nominee were to ever praise a song whose lyrics included lines such as ‘A pretty rape! A literary rape! We’ve the obvious open schoolboy rape, With little mandolins and perhaps a cape…’, which was altered in 2006 by the songwriter Tom Jones, that they would be pilloried with no chance for response.

“It is fair to request that Judge Garland reappear before the Senate Judiciary Committee to clarify what he meant when he said the number, ‘It Depends on What You Pay,’ about rape was ‘hilarious’. Cancel culture, which is effectively deleting Dr. Seuss from Read Across America Day based on post-modern interpretations of some of his works, is little more than the French Revolution mob beheading anyone who ever aggrieved them. To end it, the left must be held accountable to the same standards as the rest of America. As believers in free speech, it is our heartfelt belief that Garland should be given every opportunity to clarify what he meant, rather than simply being cancelled.”

Attachments:

“It Depends on What You Pay,” Original lyrics: https://www.lyricsondemand.com/soundtracks/f/fantastickslyrics/itdependsonwhatyoupaylyrics.html

Rape!
R-a-a-a-pe!
Raa-aa-aa-pe!

A pretty rape!
A literary rape!

We’ve the obvious open schoolboy rape,
With little mandolins and perhaps a cape.
The rape by coach; it’s little in request.
The rape by day, but the rape by night is best.

Just try to see it.
And you will soon agree, señors,
Why
Invite regret,
When you can get the sort of rape
You’ll never ever forget.

You can get the rape emphatic.
You can get the rape polite.
You can get the rape with Indians:
A very charming sight.
You can get the rape on horseback;
They’ll all say it’s new and gay.
So you see the sort of rape
Depends on what you pay.
It depends on what you
Pay.

The kids will love it.
It depends on what you pay!
So why be stingy?
It depends on what you –

The spectacular rape,
With costumes ordered from the East.
Requires rehearsal
And takes a dozen men at least.
A couple of singers,
And a string quartet.
A major production.
Requires a set.

Sounds expensive!

Just try to see it.
And you will soon si,si señors,
Why
Invite regret,
When you can get the sort of rape
You’ll never ever forget.

You can get the rape emphatic.
You can get the rape polite.
You can get the rape with Indians:
A very charming sight.
You can get the rape on horseback;
They’ll all say it’s new and gay.
So you see the sort of rape
Depends on what you pay.
It depends on what you
Pay.

So why be stingy?
It depends on what you pay!
The kids will love it.
It depends on what you –

The comic rape.
Perhaps it’s just a trifle too unique.
Romantic rape:
Done while canoeing on a moonlit creek.
The gothic rape!
I play “Valkyrie” on a bass bassoon!
The drunken rape.
It’s done completely in a cheap saloon.

The rape Venetian
Needs a blue lagoon.
The rape with moonlight
Or without a moon.
Moonlight is expensive but it’s in demand.
The military rape:
It’s done with drummer and a band.

You understand?
I understand.
It’s very grand.
It’s very grand.
It’s done with drums and a great big brass band!
Yeah!

Just try to see it.
I see it!
I see it!
And you will soon si,si señors,
Why
Invite regret,
When you can get the sort of rape
You’ll never ever forget.

You can get the rape emphatic.
You can get the rape polite.
You can get the rape with Indians:
A very charming sight.
You can get the rape on horseback;
They’ll all say it’s new and gay.
So you see the sort of rape

Depends on what you pay.
So you see the sort of rape
Depends on what you pay.
So you see the sort of rape
Depends on what you pay.
So you see the sort of rape
Depends on what you pay.
Depends on what you pay.
Depends on what you pay.
Depends on what you pay.
Depends on what you pay.

So why be stingy?
It depends on what you pay!
The kids will love it.
It depends on what you

Ra-aa-aa-pe!
Ole!

Interview Availability: Please contact Americans for Limited Government at 703-383-0880 or email media@limitgov.org.

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