What is more intrusive on state’s rights and the sovereignty of the US than a Justice Department and President aligning with foreign governments against the people and state of AZ?

Is this the case that will make US law subservient to International law and give credence to the school of legal thought calling for US judges to look to foreign laws and courts for assistance in interpreting the U.S. Constitution?

It’s time for Congress, and the rest of our elected officials and their appointees to live up to their oath to uphold and protect the constitution and the people of the United States.

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- Text of Independence Caucus Press Release –

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Frederick, MD (September 1, 2010) –The Independence Caucus is proud to announce our endorsement of Joseph T. Krysztoforski, an exceptional and principled candidate for Congress from Maryland’s 6^th Congressional District.

The Independence Caucus, a conservative grassroots caucus comprised of liberty minded individuals across the nation, carefully evaluates candidates for federal and state offices, through a thorough vetting process. The iCaucus endorsement shows the candidate has first, successfully answered the Candidate Qualifying Questionnaire (CQQ) established to clearly define a candidate’s fiscal policies, Constitutional standards, views on state’s rights, and moral character. Secondly, the candidate has participated in a personal interview in which answers from the CQQ are addressed along with questions from caucus members within the candidate’s own state.  Finally, a caucus vote is held to decide which candidate the members believe to be the best representation of their voice. For Maryland’s 6^th Congressional District the Independence Caucus endorses Joseph T. Krysztoforski.

He has earned the caucus’ vote of endorsement and the support of Independence Caucus members in Maryland and the rest of the country.

Krysztoforski will bring to Congress 30 plus years’ experience in technology, education, banking, finance and healthcare to serve the people of Maryland and the nation. He is a dynamic leader with a long list of accomplishments including company startups, growing businesses and job creation. He is a former certified teacher and secondary educator, recipient of the Republican Congressional Medal of Merit and has a Biographic in multiple editions of Marquis’s Who’s Who. 

Steve Kukral, Icaucus director for Maryland, commented, following the vetting interview, that Krysztoforski is a “Thoughtful, nuanced, articulate individual, used to positions of power, comfortable with those positions, but not full of himself”.

We are convinced the good people of the 6^th district are ready to stop the politics as usual and will appreciate Krysztoforski’s message of limited government, states’ rights, fiscal responsibility, strong national defense, and repealing unconstitutional legislation. Krysztoforski is a dynamic leader,  putting faith, family, and country foremost in his life. He seeks to bring real citizen representation, not lip service, back to Washington by becoming the party upset in the upcoming September Republican primary. 

“I am honored to have received the endorsement and support of the Independence Caucus.” said Krysztoforski. “I ask 6^th District voters to stand with the Caucus, support my candidacy and vote Krysztoforski on September 14. Together we can take back Congress from entrenched career politicians and return the House to the control of the people.”

To find out more about Krysztoforski’s campaign and platform, visit his website at: www.jtkforcongress.org.

To find more information about the Independence Caucus or to become an Independence Caucus member visit http://www.icaucus.org

An audit by the Federal Election Commission found financial misstatements in the campaign finance account of my opponent, Roscoe Bartlett, during the 2008 election cycle. He understated contributions from PACs and failed to report payments of expenses. I’m not surprised; more than 50% of his campaign contributions come from PACs, employees and family members working for companies sponsoring the PACs.  It’s another example of how entrenched he is in the process of staying in office. 

My opponent states he’s frugal, I wasn’t aware that being frugal meant under reporting 10% in donations and not reporting 24.6% in operational payments. In business, we refer to this ‘as cooking the books’.  Isn’t that what lead to the Enron and WorldCom collapse?

This is not the first time my opponent was caught underreporting finances. He failed to report real estate transactions in his financial disclosures. When an audit surfaced those omissions his response was the same as in this case. He placed the blame on errors caused by staff and dismissed the findings by stating he filed amended reports when the misrepresentation was uncovered by the audits. Is a pattern emerging?

This is another example of an entrenched politician who believes they don’t have to play by the same rules as the rest of us, unless they get caught. Obviously, he is not aware of what’s going on in his own house. You have to question what else he is missing.  While I appreciate he stresses his honesty, I still question the circumstances surrounding the discrepancies.

Frederick News Post Article

On July 6, 2010, the Administration filed their lawsuit to stop implementation of Arizona S.B. 1070 and a ruling has come down in support of the federal government.

However, the states have the right to protect their own interest when the Federal Government fails to protect their citizens by not enforcing federal laws. The federal government has the duty to enforce all laws passed by Congress, and the law upon which the federal government rested its case demands, they “faithfully” execute and enforce all laws. I have not found any federal statute that prohibits states from enforcing federal law when the federal government fails to faithfully enforce its own laws.

The court has handcuffed a local jurisdiction and in turn is preventing  enforcement of federal law, at the local level, when it is in the best interest of the citizens of the state.  This  ruling against a state’s right to enforce federal law to protect its borders and its citizens, will have consequences far beyond the implementation of Arizona S.B. 1070.

The DOJ should not continue to focus its resources on mounting a challenge to Arizona’s law; they should focus resources on enforcing current immigration laws and securing our borders.  It’s the federal government’s responsibility to enforce the Immigration and Nationality Act [8 U.S.C. 1103(b)] and other laws passed by Congress. It’s the President’s responsibility to ensure that his administration upholds all laws passed by representatives of the people.  

We should severely doubt Washington’s  commitment to resolving the illegal alien issue as we face  increasing intrusions on the authority of local governments and attempts to legislate away, one by one, individual freedom.

Congress won’t change until we change Congress. It’s time to take back our government from entrenched career politicians and return it to the people!

For Immediate Release:

July 20, 2010 (Frederick, MD) – Joseph Krysztoforski was notified today that the national group,  Conservative Congress  endorsed his candidacy for the U.S. House of Representatives.

“We were very excited to endorse Joe Krysztoforski for Maryland’s 6th Congressional District as a true Conservative candidate.  Joe is the type of leader that we need in DC to bring real conservative values back to the forefront in the issues we are fighting in our country today” said Nick Brown, Chairman of the organization. “In these difficult and important times, the voters in Maryland’s 6^th District are lucky to have a common-sense, conservative candidate like Joe Krysztoforski.”

The organization, Conservative Congress, founded in 2009, is chartered with holding accountable candidates and elected officials that champion conservative views but are not supporting or voting those views once elected.

“Krysztoforski is a true leader! He has executive experience; he’s principled, direct and grounded in his beliefs. He understands the issues and knows what needs to be done” said Dale Davis, a districy resident.

“I am honored to have received the endorsement and support of the Conservative Congress.” said Krysztoforski. “I ask 6^th District voters to stand with the Conservative Congress, support my candidacy and vote Joseph Krysztoforski on September 14. Together we can take back Congress from entrenched career politicians and return the House to the control of the people.”

Krysztoforski for Congress – Campaign Committee JTK for Congress

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I’ve always been proud of our country and the principles upon which it was founded, but we all deserve to be proud of our government. Congress consistently abdicates its responsibilities under the Constitution. The separation of powers has virtually disappeared.

Career politicians choose political expedience over what’s right for the nation. They are more influenced by special interest groups and Political Action Committees than the people they represent. They believe they have the right to manage among other things, our personal health and welfare. Their philosophy is, we know what you need, you don’t know what you need, and we will take care of you. Well that’s not what America is all about and that’s not the function of the federal government.

Two hundred twenty three years ago, the Founding fathers gave us a republic. Ben Franklin leaving the Constitutional Convention is quoted as saying ‘ a republic if you can keep it’. A republic requires guidance to prevent it from straying and becoming perverted.

We the people, not career politicians and special interest groups are the guardians of the republic. An entrenched body of career politicians erodes accountability and responsiveness; promotes a growing national debt, rampant spending, political scandals and cronyism. They have become the American Aristocracy.

That seat in Washington is not a democratic seat, not a republican seat, not a seat to be bought by special interest groups and not a seat for politicians to build a career upon. It’s the people’s seat.

I aak for you vote and support.

Thank you and God bless the great state of Maryland and the United States of America.

Krysztoforski for Congress – JTKforCongress.org

According to the Congressional Budget Office, over the next ten years the IRS will require between $5 and $10 billion in funding to implement Obamacare.

Scores of new federal mandates and fifteen different tax increases totaling $400 billion are imposed under the recently passed Healthcare Bill. In addition to more complicated tax returns, families and small businesses will be forced to reveal further tax information to the IRS, provide proof of ‘government approved’ health care and submit detailed sales information to comply with new excise taxes.

This increase in IRS funding will be used to hire, an estimated 16,500 or more,  additional IRS agents and employees. Now I ask you why should reforming our health care system require an expansion of the IRS?

Healthcare needs to be moved to the states and the IRS needs to diminished in size, not expanded, as we overhaul and simplify the tax system.

Link to Joe’s  Web Site

On this, the 234th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, let’s take a time out to contemplate the value of our Independence. As we race to picnics, concerts, fireworks and family gatherings, let’s pause to remember those who were willing to sacrifice their lives and fortunes so that future generations could be free and independent. Happy July 4th to all and God Bless the United States of America.

The following story started circulating on the net a few years back. I thought it was worth repeating today.

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A True American Hero – Courage Under Fire

It’s November 11, 1967. You’re a 19 year old kid. You’re critically wounded and dying in the jungle somewhere in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam. Your unit is outnumbered 8-1 and the enemy fire is so intense, from 100 yards away, that medevac helicopters have stopped coming in.

You’re lying there, listening to the enemy machine guns and you know you’re not getting out. Your family is half way around the world, 12,000 miles away, and you’ll never see them again. As the world starts to fade in and out, you know this is the day, yours and your buddies last day.

Then – over the machine gun noise – you faintly hear that sound of a helicopter. You look up to see a Huey coming in. But … It doesn’t seem real because no medevac markings are on it.

Captain Ed Freeman is coming in for you. He’s not medevac so it’s not his job, but he heard the radio call and decided to fly his Huey down into the machine gun fire anyway. Even after the medevacs refused to come in to the area. He’s coming anyway.

He lands the Huey and sits there in the machine gun fire, as they load 3 at a time on board. Then he flies you up and out through the gunfire to the doctors and nurses and safety.

And, he kept coming back!! Until all the wounded are out. No one knew until the mission was over that the Captain had been hit 4 times in the legs and left arm.

He rescued over 29 soldiers that day, soldiers who would not have made it out of the jungle without the Captain and his Huey.

Did you see anything in the mainstream media about this hero’s passing. I doubt it, but I’m sure you’ve seen article after article, video after video about celebrities cheating on their significant others, who Sandra Bullock is dating and the latest on Tiger Woods.

Medal of Honor Recipient, Captain Ed Freeman, United States Air Force died in August of 2008 at the age of 80, in Boise, Idaho.

God Bless and Rest His Soul.

“Freeman died on August 20, 2008 due to complications from Parkinson’s disease. He was buried with full military honors at the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery in Boise. In the 2002 film We Were Soldiers, which depicted the Battle of Ia Drang, Freeman was portrayed by Mark McCracken. The post office in Freeman’s hometown of McLain, Mississippi, was renamed the Major Ed W. Freeman Post Office.”

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On March 17, 2010. when I declared my candidacy for the House of Representatives, the national debt was $12.501 trillion. In a little more than 90 days, the debt increased to nearly $13.200 trillion, an increase of $699 billion. The national debt, the amount of money the government owes its creditors, will be nearly $14 trillion by December 2010, or just about $45,700 for every man, woman and child in the country. Programs slated to begin and new programs that Congress plans to put into place in 2011 will require an increase in the debt ceiling, causing the national debt to reach unprecedented highs by August 2011. If the spending level remains the same, which it will not, the national debt will reach $15 trillion by the November 2012 elections. Some analysts forecast, and I agree, that the national debt will climb to $16 trillion by January 2013 and reach nearly $20 trillion before the end of the decade. That will amount to almost $68,800 for every man, women and child in the country.

Spending continues, the debt grows and there is no end in sight!

We are a debtor nation and, with the passing of every second, we are going deeper and deeper into debt. As the debt grows, so does the risk that holders of the debt won’t be repaid. China, the UK, Japan, Saudi Arabia and Iran hold the majority of our debt. Do you see any issues that could affect National Security?

The time for talk is over; the time for action is now!

Together with Congress, the administration is responsible for ensuring that the debt pay down is started by this generation and not our children or grandchildren’s generation. The only way this can be accomplished is to increase revenue, and inevitability, the only way to increase revenue and REDUCE THE DEBT, WITHOUT INCREASING TAXES, is to balance the budget, eliminate unnecessary programs, departments and special interest projects. I balanced budgets in the private sector for over 30 years. This is not rocket science.

The time has come to tighten the belt around the Federal Government and reel in spending before the national debit exceeds the GDP. I will lead the way and introduce legislation to reduce our status as a debtor nation, balance the budget, begin a pay down of the debt, the elimination of unnecessary government programs, full disclosure of earmarks, and a move to zero based budgeting.

The time for talk and task forces to study the issue is long gone. We must ensure that future generations are not burdened by Congress’s unbridled spending.

We, the people, are the guardians of our republic. Nothing will change until we change Congress and put an end to the hold entrenched career politicians have on our republic.