I have not posted to this blog for quite awhile...mostly due to my daughter's denigration of my opinions. She thinks that I am bordering on dementia.
However, I am not bordering on dementia; I simply have a very different view of the future of our country.
I am a constitutional conservative. I believe that the federal government has limited powers as enumerated in the 10th amendment. I believe that the Health Care Law is a violation of the constitution. I believe that abortion law is a state issue. (I am pro choice, but I believe it is a state issue.)
I think we MUST raise the retirement age to save Social Security; we MUST add a means tested deductible to Medicare; we must add a means adjustment to collecting Social Security.
We have trying times ahead. Let's lead and make some hard decisions. We have done that in the past...I hope we do it in the future.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Sarah Palin and the Saints
I am a New Orleans native who does not follow football...but I have usually had an open ear to how the Saints were doing...not that I watch the games, but in general I paid attention to how they were doing. But the last few years I have lost track of them. One of my brothers, who calls me every couple of weeks kept bragging and bragging about the Saints this season....to the point that I finally shut him up by promising to travel to his residence for a Super Bowl Party if the Saints made it there. He lives in North Carolina and I live in Nebraska, so this was no small promise. Not that I expected to have to live up to this promise...but I did. We drove there and spent three days partying and celebrating the Saints. We even celebrated the Saints before they won...well you'd have to be from Louisiana to appreciate that.
Sarah Palin rose up from political nowhere land as the Saints rose from being the Ain'ts to a real contender for the title. It took the Saints a little longer to rise up than Sarah, but they both came from out of nowhere and broke all sorts of records.
The Saints were not the favorite in the Super Bowl; the powers that be in the NFL were predicting that Peyton Manning would out perform the Saints. And the powers that be in the political world are predicting that Sarah Palin is a flash in the pan and could not even win the Republican nomination for president in 2012.
Hmmm.....Sarah has made some shrewd political decisions, not traditional decisions, but good decisions. So have the Saints! Drew Breas...surgery and a come back. Sarah, resignation and a come back.
Most of the country underestimated the Saints; most of the country has underestimated Sarah Palin. Football is not politics, but how America thinks about football and politics is about the same.
Bottom line.....the left should continue to attack Sarah for everything because she is a very real threat to them in 2010 and, I hope, in 2012.
Sarah Palin rose up from political nowhere land as the Saints rose from being the Ain'ts to a real contender for the title. It took the Saints a little longer to rise up than Sarah, but they both came from out of nowhere and broke all sorts of records.
The Saints were not the favorite in the Super Bowl; the powers that be in the NFL were predicting that Peyton Manning would out perform the Saints. And the powers that be in the political world are predicting that Sarah Palin is a flash in the pan and could not even win the Republican nomination for president in 2012.
Hmmm.....Sarah has made some shrewd political decisions, not traditional decisions, but good decisions. So have the Saints! Drew Breas...surgery and a come back. Sarah, resignation and a come back.
Most of the country underestimated the Saints; most of the country has underestimated Sarah Palin. Football is not politics, but how America thinks about football and politics is about the same.
Bottom line.....the left should continue to attack Sarah for everything because she is a very real threat to them in 2010 and, I hope, in 2012.
Friday, January 29, 2010
State of the Union 2010
I have watched many State of the Union addresses ....never have I been lectured to so obviously.
President Obama has decided that "we the people" do not understand what he proposes and that all Republicans are evil and refuse to cooperate.
Never have so many been so wrong. The American people do understand what what our legislative branch has tried to do; we have rejected it. And no state could have sent a louder message than Massachuttes.
Our president chose to try to embarass the Supreme Court, a branch of government equal to the Executive branch and to the Legislative branch. Of course the court justices are not able to talk to the press about their decision, and Obama knows that, so Obama's word will reverberate with the MSM.
Obama did not hear the Scott heard round the world. He dismisses the Tea Party Movement just as more of us join the movement.
He may well be one term president....and not one that created the "change" he wanted.
President Obama has decided that "we the people" do not understand what he proposes and that all Republicans are evil and refuse to cooperate.
Never have so many been so wrong. The American people do understand what what our legislative branch has tried to do; we have rejected it. And no state could have sent a louder message than Massachuttes.
Our president chose to try to embarass the Supreme Court, a branch of government equal to the Executive branch and to the Legislative branch. Of course the court justices are not able to talk to the press about their decision, and Obama knows that, so Obama's word will reverberate with the MSM.
Obama did not hear the Scott heard round the world. He dismisses the Tea Party Movement just as more of us join the movement.
He may well be one term president....and not one that created the "change" he wanted.
Friday, January 22, 2010
Republicans Beware
Scott Brown's win in MA on Tuesday gave a real boost to those of us that have been blogging and/or demonstrating against Obamacare. The Democrats have taken a step back.
I am very afraid that Republicans will rest on their laurels and not put forth a cohesive plan to give Americans what they want....a plan to control cost, allow innovation, and keep us (the US) innovating. Wow, is that a tall order.
But, I believe we can do it....but not by national order.
I am very afraid that Republicans will rest on their laurels and not put forth a cohesive plan to give Americans what they want....a plan to control cost, allow innovation, and keep us (the US) innovating. Wow, is that a tall order.
But, I believe we can do it....but not by national order.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Election Postponed in Hawaii?
In an article that has been buried on internet web sites and in my own local paper is the fact that one of Hawaii's congressmen is resigning next month to pursue a campaign for the governorship. The real news is that since Hawaii's election office has only a $5000 budget until July (I hope that includes the salaries of the personnel in the office) they have decided they may not hold a special election and just wait until the September primary elections and the November election. Hawaii may be one congressperson short until then.
There is the possibility that an accounting error may turn up $1.3 million is funds, but a state legislator thinks that the money, if found to be available, could probably be better spent on the poor people in her state.
Although this story has been pretty much buried, I think it is worth front page news! What are the responsibilities of states? I suppose few state constitutions actually prioritize their functions, but it seems to me that holding elections in a timely manner should be at the top of any list that might exist. It is seriously dangerous to do otherwise.
With many state budgets in trouble this year and a regularly scheduled election in November, what would happen if some of the states just postponed their elections until they had enough money to afford to hold them? Or what if some misguided legislatures decided to spend the money on entitlements instead of the elections? What would happen to our republic?
Yes, this is pretty much over reacting. But the thought that a state would just let a seat be empty until the regular election rolled around was pretty astounding to me.
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20100105/NEWS01/1050357
There is the possibility that an accounting error may turn up $1.3 million is funds, but a state legislator thinks that the money, if found to be available, could probably be better spent on the poor people in her state.
Although this story has been pretty much buried, I think it is worth front page news! What are the responsibilities of states? I suppose few state constitutions actually prioritize their functions, but it seems to me that holding elections in a timely manner should be at the top of any list that might exist. It is seriously dangerous to do otherwise.
With many state budgets in trouble this year and a regularly scheduled election in November, what would happen if some of the states just postponed their elections until they had enough money to afford to hold them? Or what if some misguided legislatures decided to spend the money on entitlements instead of the elections? What would happen to our republic?
Yes, this is pretty much over reacting. But the thought that a state would just let a seat be empty until the regular election rolled around was pretty astounding to me.
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20100105/NEWS01/1050357
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Science or Pseudo-Science?
Al Gore needs a high school Science lesson.
I recently heard a news clip on one of the cable networks (no NBC affiliate) where Al Gore said that Global Warming was like Gravity...it’s here.
Well, the inventor of the internet needs a science lesson, much like one I would teach to a 9th grade class. Science is a body of knowledge based on the application of the scientific method. That method involves procedures that have been in place for a couple of centuries.
First, based on observation, you make an hypothesis (best guess). Then, second, you design an experiment that you hope will confirm or fail to confirm your hypothesis. If your experiment confirms your hypothesis, you submit your work to the scientific community for confirmation. Then, only if your hypothesis is confirmed by numerous duplications of your results, your hypothesis may be accepted as a theory.
Theories are not scientific law or fact. Theories must be subject to prolonged investigation by members of the scientific community. They must be able to reproduce your results repeatedly, and infallibly, for a theory to become law or scientific fact.
There is still a Theory of Evolution and a Theory of Global Warming Caused by Man. These theories are not the same as scientific law....like The Law of Gravity or Boyle’s Law (gases - mass, temperature and pressure). That the globe is warming is a fact in the short term...and 100-150 years is very short term with respect to the Earth’s climate. That man’s carbon emissions have increased as the globe's temperature has increased since the Industrial Revolution is only a correlation to global warming. But, a correlation is not the same as a cause and effect relationship. Show me the data and the cause and effect relationship and I might agrees it's a theory, but not a law. If you prohibit publication of studies that disprove your hypothesis I suspect your scientific hypothesis is not even worthy of Theory status.
And so, VP Gore, your proclamation that Global Warming is equivalent to The Law of Gravity is almost as ludicrous as your claim to have invented the internet. My 9th Grade students would have known better.
That is not to say that we should not be actively pursuing every single alternative energy source that our collective minds can conceive. Fossil fuels are a limited resource and the pollution of our habitat is not a good thing. I support immediate energy independence through the exploitation of our own fossil fuel resources in the immediate future with a heavy emphasis on developing alternative sources of energy in the near future.
I recently heard a news clip on one of the cable networks (no NBC affiliate) where Al Gore said that Global Warming was like Gravity...it’s here.
Well, the inventor of the internet needs a science lesson, much like one I would teach to a 9th grade class. Science is a body of knowledge based on the application of the scientific method. That method involves procedures that have been in place for a couple of centuries.
First, based on observation, you make an hypothesis (best guess). Then, second, you design an experiment that you hope will confirm or fail to confirm your hypothesis. If your experiment confirms your hypothesis, you submit your work to the scientific community for confirmation. Then, only if your hypothesis is confirmed by numerous duplications of your results, your hypothesis may be accepted as a theory.
Theories are not scientific law or fact. Theories must be subject to prolonged investigation by members of the scientific community. They must be able to reproduce your results repeatedly, and infallibly, for a theory to become law or scientific fact.
There is still a Theory of Evolution and a Theory of Global Warming Caused by Man. These theories are not the same as scientific law....like The Law of Gravity or Boyle’s Law (gases - mass, temperature and pressure). That the globe is warming is a fact in the short term...and 100-150 years is very short term with respect to the Earth’s climate. That man’s carbon emissions have increased as the globe's temperature has increased since the Industrial Revolution is only a correlation to global warming. But, a correlation is not the same as a cause and effect relationship. Show me the data and the cause and effect relationship and I might agrees it's a theory, but not a law. If you prohibit publication of studies that disprove your hypothesis I suspect your scientific hypothesis is not even worthy of Theory status.
And so, VP Gore, your proclamation that Global Warming is equivalent to The Law of Gravity is almost as ludicrous as your claim to have invented the internet. My 9th Grade students would have known better.
That is not to say that we should not be actively pursuing every single alternative energy source that our collective minds can conceive. Fossil fuels are a limited resource and the pollution of our habitat is not a good thing. I support immediate energy independence through the exploitation of our own fossil fuel resources in the immediate future with a heavy emphasis on developing alternative sources of energy in the near future.
Sunday, November 29, 2009
World War, Now and Then
Does anyone remember WWII? A time when the country united to fight a common enemy?
As a WWII buff I know a lot about those times. The country was willing to sacrifice in order to win a war. And they did win it even though they hated how it had to be done,
After 9/11 our country united in a way I have never seen before...and it had nothing to do with GWB. But where is that mentality now? Where was the call to arms that our forefathers experienced and that drove women to weld and rivet during WWII? (How traditional was that?)
The "War on Terror" has no status because it is not a declared war. Congress has not declared war since the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941.....but more civilians lost their lives on 9/11 than soldiers on
December 14th, 1941 in Pearl Harbor. Meanwhile we face serious threats from home grown terrorists
It's hard to declare war against an enemy that has no real home territory. But, most Americans think we are fighting war...Afghanistan and Iraq to the contrary.
Are we at war or are we not at war? Congress, make up your mind. The President can ask Congress to declare war, but only Congress can decare war. Declare war on Al Que'da. Do it now or don't tax me into oblivian to pay for stuff that does not exist in the minds of politians.
We either have a war or we do not. Convince me we have a sacrifice worth making....I'll make the sacrifice.....but not for cap and trade (it is merely another scheme to redistribate wealth)....and not for a health care bill that will do the opposite of WH rhetoric.
We helped win WWII.....Let's win the Health Care Reform Bill defeat. Defeat the worst bill Congress has ever written.
As a WWII buff I know a lot about those times. The country was willing to sacrifice in order to win a war. And they did win it even though they hated how it had to be done,
After 9/11 our country united in a way I have never seen before...and it had nothing to do with GWB. But where is that mentality now? Where was the call to arms that our forefathers experienced and that drove women to weld and rivet during WWII? (How traditional was that?)
The "War on Terror" has no status because it is not a declared war. Congress has not declared war since the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941.....but more civilians lost their lives on 9/11 than soldiers on
December 14th, 1941 in Pearl Harbor. Meanwhile we face serious threats from home grown terrorists
It's hard to declare war against an enemy that has no real home territory. But, most Americans think we are fighting war...Afghanistan and Iraq to the contrary.
Are we at war or are we not at war? Congress, make up your mind. The President can ask Congress to declare war, but only Congress can decare war. Declare war on Al Que'da. Do it now or don't tax me into oblivian to pay for stuff that does not exist in the minds of politians.
We either have a war or we do not. Convince me we have a sacrifice worth making....I'll make the sacrifice.....but not for cap and trade (it is merely another scheme to redistribate wealth)....and not for a health care bill that will do the opposite of WH rhetoric.
We helped win WWII.....Let's win the Health Care Reform Bill defeat. Defeat the worst bill Congress has ever written.
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