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The Republicans Sleep! The Democrats Mark Time!

Posted in Broken Government, Election, Energy Policy, Immigration, WP Political Blogger Alliance, oil, tagged , , , , , , , , , on May 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Way back in yesteryear the Republicans, led by Newt Gingrich, came up with the “Contract with America” and retook the majority in both Houses. This occurred in 1994. Gingrich showed that retaking the majority in Congress could be done by just leveling with the American people and promising to meet the needs and wants of the voter. Yet the Republicans still sleep. Is their no real new leadership in the Republican Party that can come forward to make a new “Contract with America” and deliver to the voter what the voter is seeking?

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Oil Companies Responsible for High Gas Prices?

Posted in Broken Government, Energy Policy, oil, tagged , , , , , , , on May 27, 2008 | 13 Comments »

The oil companies are not gouging us as your Congress would have you believe. The price at the pump today represents a smaller percentage of the price of a barrel of oil, despite all the taxes heaped upon you when you fill up, than the percentage was back in 1993.

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Future cost of air travel – what does it mean to US.

Posted in Broken Government, Economy and Trade, Energy Policy, Government, oil, tagged , , , , , , , , on May 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

How long will the airlines be able to keep air travel in financial reach of the consumer? How long before the cost of air travel becomes prohibitive? How long before air cargo becomes cost prohibitive or before it adds significantly to the cost of goods sold for those goods shipped by air?

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NBC – no longer a news source!

Posted in Election, The Political Process, tagged , , , , , , on May 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »

If you wish to be intentionally misled, watch NBC and MSNBC, otherwise find a new source for your news.

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Iraqi Government – takes control!

Posted in Government, Iraq, WP Political Blogger Alliance, tagged , , , , , , , on May 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

For Iraq to finally take on the militias and then Al Qaeda in an autonomous manner, and do it successfully, our Iraq journey has finally crossed over the hump and is on the downward slope.

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Special Interests are buying your Congress!

Posted in Broken Government, Government, The Political Process, WP Political Blogger Alliance, tagged , , , , on May 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Does it make sense for a candidate for Senator or a Congressman/Congresswoman from your state or district, who will represent you in Washington, to receive the bulk of his or her campaign contributions from parties who reside or PAC’s located outside you state or district?

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Visionaries, Leaders, Great Statesmen – where are they?

Posted in Broken Government, Economy and Trade, Election, Energy Policy, Government, WP Political Blogger Alliance, oil, tagged , , , , , , , on May 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

…Where are the leaders with a true overarching future vision of where this country needs to be and the leadership and knowhow to make it happen…

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The Country is on the Wrong Track? Set it Right!

Posted in Broken Government, Checks and Balances, Government, tagged , , , , , , , , , on May 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Once members of Congress are representing the right parties – the people of the district and the state legislatures, this country will start to be more bipartisan, and start to correct the problems we face.

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Racism or Truth and Reality

Posted in Election, Government, The Political Process, tagged , , , , on May 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Today, things have changed, post Reverend Wright and post Michelle Obama’s comments on how proud she is now, finally. Barack Obama’s handling of these distractions and his own comments on voter class, the “bitter” comment, have changed how he is viewed by some who have already voted for him, a substantial segment of the Democratic party, and a significat number of undecided independents, who have not as yet voted.

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Awash in Special Interests – the solution!

Posted in Broken Government, Election, Government, The Political Process, tagged , , , on May 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

How can any representative to Congress adequately focus on the needs of their local constituents, when they are beholden to so many outside their constituency for so much?

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A National Security Energy Policy – What are we waiting for?

Posted in Broken Government, Economy and Trade, Energy Policy, oil, tagged , , , , , , , on May 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »

The threat of Al Qaeda and terrorism from other sources will be nothing compared to the devastation to this nation if our foreign oil supplies are cut off and we have not developed a viable alternate energy matrix. The social unrest will be a nightmare. The price of food will soar out of reach. What are we waiting for?

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Buying Superdelegates’ votes – it’s legal!

Posted in Election, The Political Process, tagged , , , , , , on May 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

To all you Democrats out there who believe in the purity of democracy, be it known that Superdelegates can accept campaign contributions for their own campaigns from the Presidential candidate’s campaigns.

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1913 was the True Birth of our Federal Government!

Posted in Broken Government, Checks and Balances, Government, tagged , , , , , on May 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Just when did the States finally lose their battle to be an integral part of this nation’s guiding force and be an equal partner with the Federal Government?

Well, it was 1913! In 1913, the States abdicated their role as an equal partner with the Federal Government by ratifying the Seventeenth Amendment.

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