Beautiful Night

I just want to take a second, and talk about what a beautiful night it is. Its about 70 degrees and cool and breezy.  There are a few clouds in the sky that look like giant floating cottonballs.  It is late enough that all the bugs are gone.  And for some reason- maybe because it is a monday, all my neighborhood is quiet.  These are the kinds of nights to enjoy and cherish.  I know I will be looking back on this in a few months when it gets cold and the snow arrives.  Well good night everyone!!!

Candidate Tussle

Perry is in and looking strong.  It looks like he and Michele Bachmann are going to fight it out for the support of the all important Tea Party. 

On a side note, I really really like the Tea Party.  I think people should have gotten organized and involved like this a long long time ago.  I like how de-centralized it is with no real leaders for the MSM to focus in on and try to attack and distract people.  It really is just the honest expression of true Americans who want the best for their country.

So anyway, I think Perry really has Bachmann rattled.  She has been off her game lately, and not campaigning as well, and when she does campaign, she makes huge promises like taking the price of gas back down to $2 a gallon.  Now I don't think that is beyond the realm of the possible, but it does set her up for easy attacks and one offs by her enemies.  Perry came in strong, with harsh words for the Fed, and good campaigning right off the bat.  He is being set up as an establishment guy, when actually many movement conservatives are working against him.  But his enemies are right to be worried about him.  He is a strong campaigner, and he has one of the best records in the country.  If he can help his state be so incredibly successful during the Obama double dip recession and general stagflation, just imagine what he could do for the country.  This is catching the interest of tons of conservatives, and independents, and has already propelled him high in the polls.

08/17/2011

08/17/2011

McNabb????

I am a little skeptical about the Vikings this year.  After the total collapse last year with Brett Favre retiring, and Chilly getting fired, we have lost Sidney Rice, and Pat Williams.  This really is going to be a rebuilding year.  I do like that they drafted a promising young quarterback in Christian Ponder, and brought in veteran Donovan McNabb.  Hopefully this will give us a fighting chance in our division this year and the potential to seriously grow in the years ahead.  We really need to solidify that quarterback position.  It has been a decade since we have had a real franchise guy who showed promise, and was in the peak of his career.  The lack of leadership and consistency there has left our team adrift.  This was especially evident when Favre came in in 2009, and was able to put the peices together, and give us a serious run at the Super Bowl.  There is no denying it, we have a good team, with quite a bit of talent on it, we just need someone to lead it to it's natural potential. 

Go Michele!!!!!!!

Today Michele Bachmann won the Iowa Straw Poll!!!!  I am really impressed with how well she has done in such a short time.  She did have advantages like being born in Iowa and serving in Congress in an adjacent state, but she proved that she could successfully compete on a big stage under a huge spotlight with some of the biggest names in the game.  I think this shows that she has real potential, and is a serious contender.

Republican Debate

I watched the debate on Fox last night.  It was much better then i expected!!  It was too bad that Michele Bachmann and Tim Pawlenty tore into each other as much as they did.  I like both of them for different reasons.  I would like to see either of them succeed, so it was a shame to see them try to cut each other off at the knees.  I think the suprise of the night was Newt Gingrich.  I had pretty much written him off, but he made a really good showing for himself.  It will be interesting to see if he can capitalize on that or if his campaign continues to flounder.  I think Santorum did well, and he made several points that I think are very important, but I really don't see his campaign going anywhere.  He certainly is fighting the good fight though!!

Are you getting your moneys worth???

I wish there was some kind of reality TV show where they toured the multitude of ridiculous government agencies and bureaus.  It could be sort of like a mix between Undercover Boss (because ALL those govt bureaucrats work for us!) and my favorite sitcom The Office (because they are all self important losers taking pleasure in running whatever little tyranny they have built).   There could be special episodes on public service unions, and safety commisions.  There could be entire episodes just on how many offices and departments there are out there.  You could have wilderness month and hit up Fish and Game, DNR, Dept of Interior, Land Management, etc etc.  This show would be great because it would really show people how redundant and useless these departments are.  I think if more people knew how swamped we are paying for all these groups, there would be more calls to eliminate all the redundant ones, and finally demand some results and accountability from the few that were left.  Just saying...

As The World Burns.........

You see riots breaking out across the world.  In some places they have been going on for half a year now.  The Arab Spring has burnt out as the factions that gained power are now busy consolidating it.  In the places where there is no clear winner, fighting rages on and casualties pile up.  Now even in the "First World" countries violence is breaking out.  It starts off as "protests" and soon escalates at any excuse to hurt someone or break something.  The world economy is causing all of this.  Different regions have different specifics, but in every one  it boils down to people not having enough personal freedom and personal responsibility.  In the middle east people have had absolutely no personal freedom, and feel helpless stuck in their stagnant economies.  Frustration built up until it started exploding!  Literally!!  In the Western World, people have spent generations being bought off by government promises and entitlements.  They lost any sense of personal responsibility.  And like a spoiled child who runs out of toys, they are reacting violently to the news that the gravy train is going to have to stop soon.

Obama Makes History (of Our AAA Credit) - The Editors - National Review Online

Obama Makes History (of Our AAA Credit) - The Editors - National Review Online

This is the best article I have found that explains what led up to this mess, and what the important factors are. This should be read by every American citizen. It really puts it in terms that help others understand what is going on, and why it is happening. Anyone have any other articles to recommend?

S&P Downgrade

No suprise here.  S&P decided to downgrade America's credit rating from AAA status to AA+.  This makes sense because they are not measuring whether or not the debt deal got done by August 2nd like the Democrats were so worried about.  They are actually measuring the content of the deal.  If we had passed the Ryan plan or the Cut Cap and Balance plan then there was a chance that we could have kept our sterling credit rating.  But by passing the plan that the Democrats had gutted, that provided for no real meaningful spending cuts or structural reforms, S&P had to be honest in its assessment.  And in all honesty all this plan does is slow down the budgetary problems that got us in this mess in the first place.   As long as we continue to spend more then we need to, we will continue to dig ourselves deeper and deeper into a hole.  The farther we get, the more painful it will be to get us out.

Obama's lame duck session

I think that this is officially the beginning of the end for Obama's presidency.  He has tried every single Keynesian trick in the book to expand government, and its not working.  The more he spends and expands the size and scope of government, the more people are waking up to what it means for their lives and futures.  The economy is such a mess now that even people who voted for the guy are sick of him, and want something different.  He came into office promising to be something different.  A post-partisan president. But in office he has proven to be a hardcore liberal.  He has pushed bills thru like the stimulus and the repeal of DADT.  He has forced Obamacare on a nation that doesnt want it.  And now he has spent us into an inch of defaulting.  No one can deny that he tried all the most liberal things available, and now no one can deny that they have failed, and his presidency with it.

Spending Authorization Bill 2011

The debt ceiling is going to be raised again.  I don't understand how so many people can convince themselves, each other, and millions of people in the country that the best thing to do when you have spent too much money is to go ahead and spend a few TRILLION more!!!  They need to be held accountable.  This next election, unless something has changed with the economy, there is going to be a house cleaning!!

God Bless

All my prayers go out to those poor people in Norway.  I wish they could have had a chance to defend themselves.  May God show mercy on their souls and those of family and friends they left behind.

Brokest Nation in History

Borders recently went out of business.  As recently as when I was in High School, it had the coolest, most cutting edge business model around.  It combined CD's with movies, and a ton of books!!  I loved it!!  Tons of my favorite stuff all in one place. 

Unfortunately in the last 15 years they have fallen behind.  The failed to start selling ebooks.  They failed to set up their own website, so all their online sales gave profit to Amazon.  They were contractually obligated to an older inefficient distribution model. 

And so I hate to see them go, but fair is fair.  They agreed to certain terms, it didn't work out, and now they have to sell off their assets, and start over in new jobs.  This is the responsible thing to do.  It means telling the truth.  Admitting where you went wrong.  And being willing to live up to your obligations and honor your word.  It is best for everyone too, because it is a clear, undeniable signal that the model Borders was using was a failure.  All that, because of a system that was only 15 years behind the times.

Well Govt is also behind the times.  They have signed on to several programs that are between 60 and  80 years behind the times.  The Democrats have used these programs to buy votes for generations now, and have built up those constituencies until the Democratic party itself can no longer exist without them.  These programs are so old and inefficient that they are doing irreprable harm to our government and our economy, but the Democrats know that without them they would be goners. 

So our country finds itself in a situation where the Democrats make themselves popular by creating programs to buy votes.  These programs ruin the economy.  And the Democrats fight tooth and nail to keep them because they know they can't survive without them.  They are taking us down, and either they have to be defeated so that our country can start to heal itself, or they will burn through the economy using all that money to buy votes to stay in power until there is no money, and no economy left.

Slow-Roasting

Going on Day 4 of straight 100 plus heat index.  It is too hot to blog!!

Stand for Fiscal Sanity!!!

Everyone should go to this website:

nodebtincrease.com

www.nodebtincrease.com

The Deal

I am glad that the Congressional Repbublicans didnt go for the deal that was offered.  The Democrats got us into this mess by spending trillions of dollars of other peoples money and now they want a deal where they get to spend another trillion today in exchange for a promise that they maybe will agree to 3 trillion dollars of cuts over the next 4-10 years.  Hmmmm does anyone really think the spendaholics can be trusted?  They need to be held responsible for the problems they have created.  The first thing that needs to be done is for them to fix this problem.  We need to find some kind of way to prevent them from going crazy spending money like they have been doing the last 70-80 years.

"Shared Sacrifice"

"Shared Sacrifice" is the new code word that Democrats are using to try to get more money.  They have already spent trillions of dollars that they didn't earn on their friends and pet projects.  They have been so enthralled by their own obsessions that they either don't understand or honestly don't care that their financial recklessness is ruining the country.  Even when they are confronted with the facts they come up with phrases like this as an excuse to try to get just a few billion more.  I hope the House stands firm.  They need to stand up for us and rein in this insane spending.  We need to stop trusting office to people who are obsessed with the power they get by spending other peoples' money.

Eat the Rich!!!!

Eat the Rich!@!  It has been the battle cry of the Democrats for generations.  They have used it to effectively get people to ignore their excessive spending.  They have divided they large majority who dont consider themselves rich from the small minority who are most wealthy and used envy to use that majority to abuse the minority.  This has gone on so long that most people don't even think twice about it.  But as a wise man once said "The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other peoples' money to spend!"  We have reached that point.  Obama keeps begging for "just a few more taxes!"  He promises it would only be on the rich.  But he has spent so much money that even if he confiscated EVERY single penny the rich have and left them starving in the street, it still would only pay for one tenth of the bill that he has racked up.  Abusing the rights of productive people will no longer hide the Democrats' spending problem.  People are finally starting to wake up to that.

Primary Buzz

I am starting to get more excited about the primaries!  It is really exciting that Michelle Bachman is neck and neck with Romney.  She is so principled and passionate that she would make a great candidate.  If the race stays between the two of them then it is only a matter of time before she overtakes him.  He is so staged and fake and has so many permanent black stains on his record that there is no way conservative primary voters will go with him.  It is exciting just to think of what all Michelle could accomplish when she gets elected.  She could reverse so many of Obama's mistakes that within 2 years she could have our economy humming along again.  And considering the circumstances of how horribly Obama has screwed things up (so much that even most nonpolitical people have to admit it) and how passionate and untarnished Michelle is (so that she wont just be another republican who says the right things to get elected and then turns in democrat-lite in office) there is a real chance that she will be able to get significant things accomplished and turn back the 80 years of democrat entrenchment!!!!