Voter ID – about time!

I am a citizen of the United States and take my PRIVILEGE to vote with profound awareness that more than half the world’s population does not have the same right to vote, in a truly free and democratic way, to pick their leaders. It is also a RIGHT bestowed upon citizens of this Nation by our founding fathers. This sacred right and privilege has been protected for the citizens of this Nation by the blood of millions of defenders of our Nation’s sovereignty.

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Obama’s Federal Elections Commission is badly broken!

Today, the FEC is dead in the water, unable to render any decisions on any the weighty matters before it. The Commission only has two members and thus cannot field the four votes necessary to carry most decisions. It is short handed and actually shutdown now during a Presidential election year, due to infighting between the parties.

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Obama on Fox News Sunday – not worth it!

They should be more concerned with the person behind the candidate façade. They need to help the voter understand if the candidate is real, possibly misleading them, and sensible and smart enough to the leader of the free world.

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The New York Times – The Low Road to Journalism

The New York Times, a bastion of fair and equitable journalism with no special agenda – yea right – wants Hillary Clinton to move on and cease her run for the nomination of the Democratic Party. They call the (Pennsylvania) victory an inconclusive result. A 55% to 45% win is inconclusive? They say voters are [...]

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My Platform for President – The Tax Policy Plank

The fair tax is simply a better plan for this country.

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My Platform for President – the Trade Plank

The comparative trade advantage we had held to varying degrees from the time we were founded is gone. The world caught up to us and is kicking our collective butts.

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My Platform for President – the Energy Plank

I have had about all I can take of the pandering give away short term economic and energy fixes being offered by our candidates. I am frightened by the different plans to manage our military, wars, and our foreign policy. So I decided to provide my own presidential platform planks. I consider these planks to be the building blocks to preserving this country’s greatness, our national security, and to rebuild our economic health. These planks will be spelled out in a series of blogs focusing on one plank at a time.

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The Great Debate of April 16, 2008

Barack Obama did so much open field running to avoid answering direct questions, that he might find himself drafted by the NFL instead of getting the Democratic Nomination. Two things are clear about this debate, Obama supporters only heard what they wanted to hear, and they still do not understand that the kind of [...]

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McCain Economic Proposal

While Senator McCain did not reiterate his promise to balance the federal budget by the end of his first term, he did commit to a tax cut, tax suspension, tax elimination, a larger personal exemption, and a specialized increase in Medicare.

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Good Intentions and the Jimmy Carter Effect

While experience is not a formula for success, it is much better than uninformed good intentions. We have too much to lose to just blindly make change. We need to address change with a blend of judgment and experience – even a poor history of experience is a learning tool.

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Does anybody really know what time it is? – IRAQ!

This song got it right as it pertains to Iraq. Clearly there are reasons for the U.S. to be in Iraq, but the reasons are unclear to many. Clearly we want victory in Iraq, but it is unclear just what victory is. Clearly we want to avoid defeat in Iraq, but it is unclear just what defeat is. Clearly all Americans want to get out of Iraq (at some point), but it is unclear just how and when to get out to many.

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Iraq – the finale!

Success or failure on the Iraq matter falls to this conflict.

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What do I want from Congress?

At the beginning of this piece, I asked “What do I want from Congress”? Well, I want a Congress that is more responsive to the decay in the underpinnings of this country’s economy and strength, and less interested in pandering, getting rich, being and re-elected to consolidate power. I want patriots in Congress. I want leaders in Congress. I want neither Republicans nor Democrats in Congress. I want concerned citizens in Congress. In the fall, we can and should change 468 House and Senate Fannies in Congress – they might then get the message.

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Just how far left is Senator Obama?

In Presidential election of recent vintage, the Democratic and Republican Party’s candidates for nomination have had to move left for the Democrats and move right for the Republicans to obtain the nomination. The party regulars, the primary voters, and especially the caucus attendees of each party generally represent a more pure view of the [...]

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