THANK YOU! (And Don't Ever Give Up!)

"Politicians are like diapers. Both need to be changed regularly, and for the very same reason."

--Ronald Wilson Reagan

Well, the people have spoken and even though Genessee County seems to be the exception to the rule in this state, enough of us to have come to our senses to cause the state of Michigan to turn red once again.

That in itself is not enough, we must hold our new leaders accountable and keep up the vigilance...call, write, meet with your representatives and hold their feet to the fire. It is what we must do to keep our government from being the runaway train.

I did not win, but I am happy to have made a difference and I learned a lot in running for office the first time. I want to THANK YOU ALL for your help and your support. It's impossible to do something like this without many good people standing behind you.

Conservative Principles will never get old. Hearing a speech from Reagan in the sixties is as relevant today as it was then. We must keep the fight up for bringing sanity back to the government, and bringing government, again, back to the people.

I hope that you will continue to fight to make Michigan a working state once again, and restoring sanity to a state that needs to learn to live within its means.

We at least have a chance of that really happening now.

Your Right to Bear Arms

"Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth."

George Washington

Since our forefathers knew what it meant to take up arms against their own government, these words by our country's father are not to be taken lightly.

Make no mistake about it, George Washington was a wise man and would not make a mockery of such a serious thing as taking up arms against those in authority over him.

That is why we should never make the mistake of thinking that our government has a right to take away something clearly granted to us in the Constitution. The right to own and to bear arms is something that is the backup guarantee of our freedoms.

To our forefathers, a government that always knows its citizens would be armed was something high on the list of priorities in our enumerated rights.

Why should that right be less important to the current crop in Washington, D.C and elsewhere? It should not be less important, and yet somehow, there is always someone wanting to legislate this right AWAY from us.

It is a threat that never leaves us, and anyone that would want to take away our arms should be viewed with suspicion: why?

The criminal element is less bold when people are armed: should the government be viewed as any less threatening to us as individuals as a threat to our freedoms and our personal property?

The right to bear arms is part of the backup plan --for the PEOPLE-- that our forefathers had the wisdom to put into place: so much so that is placed right in the beginning paragraphs of our sacred Constitution.

Note: I have received a very high (A-) rating from the NRA and an endorsement from the Michigan Coalition for Responsible Gun Owners.

Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.

George Washington

The Battlefield is the Ballot Box...

"In this great nation, there is but one order, that of the people." --James Monroe

Our forefathers gave us a tremendous gift when they fought for our freedom from tyranny in the Revolutionary War. They knew what a great price was paid for our freedom and what a difficult thing it was to take on their own government.

They had seen firsthand what war does to families, their towns and their own homes and land--the cost that was very dear.

When our government was formed, the wisdom in how each branch of government was set up gave us the right to fight against our government without picking up a musket: those wise men gave us the ability to fight with our vote: a beautiful gift.

You see, the forefathers knew what power does to people and they absolutely envisioned our need to pull back the reins on those who are elected to represent us.

These past two years have shown us more than ever how corrupt our politicians are, especially in Washington, D.C.

We have seen how total disregard for the constitution leaves a country in shambles, and that if the supreme law in the land is not obeyed, everything else is chaos. We are just beginning to see the chaos and it is scaring us.

When a new baby is born and on his first day is already deeply in debt--owing the government $40,000--there is something that puts great fear into the parents that their child might never have it as good as they did if he's that far behind just getting started.

America is not a backward country: and we know we must remedy that and stop the wild government spending. We can still save ourselves if we make drastic changes.

How many Americans neglect this sacred right to vote, when filling in your ballot is almost as easy as stopping in to a convenience store?

It is my hope that more Americans will vote than do not. Our record, to this point, is dismal, in the participation in government.

Any American who is even mildly aware of what is going on in Washington, D.C. knows that there is something truly wrong there.

Our Battlefield is the Ballot Box, and we must not neglect our duty to those who follow us and our fellow man, we must go there and fight our onerous government and do so for our kids and their kids, and those beyond, so we can hand them a country that is just as good as the one we had.

I am hoping for a greater participation than ever on this election day: it is our only hope to take our country back to Constitutional sanity.

Is Capitalism a Dirty Word? Our Goliath Government.

"Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end, and no sense of responsibility at the other."

--Ronald Wilson Reagan

IN the present atmosphere, and here in Granholm's paradise, but especially in Washington, D.C., capitalism and its adherents are almost too ashamed to declare themselves believers in the system that has wrought the greatest economy the world has ever known.

With more than forty percent of Americans on some form of dole from the Federal Government, there has to be a way to keep feeding Goliath (our government): after all the giant is getting hungrier all the time, fatter all the time and a lot of those in government right now know it must be kept healthy because it uses our tax monies to buy votes from groups of people.

Business--capitalist businesses--have been the one feeding this giant, after all businesses pay plenty of taxes, and more importantly they employ wage earners, who then in turn pay their taxes. (This is all very basic but seems to be forgotten by those in government who would keep coming to businesses for more and more taxes and regulation.)

In order to confiscate more of our money, the present administration has declared war on the American Economy and the American Businessman. The businessman is the enemy, the bad guy, the source of ALL our problems: a scapegoat.

Add to that lie the burden of the onerous regulations and taxation of businesses with more coming and no end in sight from the state of Michigan and you've got yourself a Gigantic Fight Against Goliath.

I'm a big believer in the freedom for businesses to succeed or to fail. My belief is that the ONLY role of government in the enterprise of the American people who own businesses is this: GET OUT OF THE WAY.

You see, contrary to popular opinion, freedom means just that. You are free. Free to succeed, free to fail. There were no guarantees built into the constitution and anyone who tries to imply that is guilty of twisting truth.

There is no way that your success, or your failure for that matter, should be "guaranteed by the government". Whomever coined the term "too big to fail" was not a believer in capitalism.

Some businesses should fail, because they made very poor decisions and kept doing more of the same; year after year. Their practices and their spending was out of control....much like our Goliath Government.

But businesses should not fail BECAUSE of the government and that is what is happening all around the state. State and federal governments are placing such huge burdens on our small businesses--who, by the way, are the biggest employers of all!--that they are finding it hard to keep afloat.

If businesses keep going away from Michigan like they have been, who then will government shake down to keep feeding Goliath?

Business are shutting down, closing their doors and laying off employees, yet Granholm is busily traveling the globe to "bring jobs to Michigan"!

Instead what we need is our state government working in Lansing to create an atmosphere that will keep the businesses that are already here! It was bad enough for Michigan before this national recession hit, but now that the whole country is suffering, we're worse off than we could have imagined!

I will do my best in Lansing to work for getting Goliath Government off the back of the businesses in our state.

An Introduction: Pleased to Meet You!

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Obtaining our freedom has not been easy, I want to help preserve our hard-won unique American freedoms.

My name is Susan Culver and I would like to be your next State Representative. Thanks for taking the time to look me up!

I am a Conservative and have the endorsement of Citizens for Traditional Values. My husband and I have lived in Genesee County all of our lives. He owns a company in Genesee County that has been in business for over 80 years.

I am a MED LPN, but discontinued work to be a stay-at-home Mom.

We have two children; the oldest will be attending Hillsdale College this fall and our youngest will be in the 7th grade.

My memberships include: First Baptist Church of Flushing, Flint Right to Life, Genesee Tea Party, and Committee Against Tax Increases.

ON THE ISSUES, I AM:

Pro-Life - I believe that life begins at conception and ends at natural death.

Pro-Marriage - I believe that marriage is between one Man and one Woman.

Pro-Business- Business, not the government, is where jobs are created.

Pro 2nd Amendment - I support Our Right To Own and Bear Arms.

Opposed to Raising Taxes - I support cutting taxes and wasteful spending - Government is out of control from the White House to the Lansing Capital.

Opposed to Obama Health care - I will support any effort to overturn this law in Michigan. Forced health care is not the answer. This will cause medical services to be rationed and drive up the costs even more.

I'm ready to serve you!

I'm not a politician but I want to be your voice and take your concerns to Lansing. I see the decline in morals and how it is affecting our families. Michigan has lost and is losing more and more jobs, and homes are being foreclosed on in record numbers, our young people are leaving the state in record numbers.

If you agree with my conservative views, please vote for SUSAN CULVER on August 3rd in the 48th District of Michigan. I would like to represent YOU as the next State Representative.