During the Civil War Abraham Lincoln had great difficulty in finding generals who were willing to fight. These supposed leaders were tentative in there approach to military strategy. When Lincoln was asked about this he stated, "I don't need anybody but I do need somebody". He found his somebody in U.S. Grant.
The present day Republican party has an opportunity to wrest the White House in 2012 but not by nominating 'anybody'. As much as I love Sarah Palin she will have a greater impact on bringing the Republican Party together in an area not related to running for the presidency. Mitt Romney would be a good candidate except he has two things working against him: (1) he initiated the dreadful health care plan in Massachusetts while governor. It has been a massive failure and (2) he's a Mormon. That's like being a Catholic in 1960 and JFK found that to be his biggest hurdle to the presidency along with his youth. Mike Huckabee, Newt Gingrich and Tim Pawlenty are too visible too soon. People have already formed opinions on them and it spells "loser"
For these reasons I'm backing Senator John Thune, senator from South Dakota. The American electorate don't know it yet but he's as close to Ronald Reagan as we've had since, well, Reagan. Thune is an Evangelical Christian, married and the father of two daughters. He's 48 years old with Hollywood looks. In 2002 he ran for the office of senator and was defeated by Democrat Tim Johnson by 500 votes. Thune refused to have a recount which would have dragged out the recount process for months and cost the State millions. For this he gained much respect. Thune then set his site on the election of 2004 against Tom Daschle, Senate Majority Leader, and took him down. Isn''t that great. Johnson suffered a stroke and to this day is impotent in the Senate unless there's a big vote then the Dems throw him in a wheelchair and drag him to where ever he's needed. If it wasn't for the action by Thune against Johnson, Daschle would still be a perpetual thorn. As it is now, the the tax cheat is helping mess up health care with his undercover input. Thune defeated Daschle and 'somebody' defeats Harry Reid. Fantastic!
Thune is 100% Pro-Lif'e, has voted against same sex marriage and did the same for gay adoptions in D.C.
He is a supporter of Free Trade Agreements.
Thune is a proponent of gun rights and to prohibit lawsuits against gun manufacturers. When it comes to immigration he is against sanctuary cities for illegals.
Finally, the American Conservative Union has voted him a rating of 100. That's almost perfect, isn't it?
John Thune, and this will drive liberals and Democrats nuts, thinks we should cut taxes and stop wasteful spending. He wants the government to get out of the way and allow the recession to cure itself. What a novel concept!
The very best thing about Thune at this time is he is under the radar. While the MSNBC'ers of the world have their sites set on Palin, etc. Thune can go about raising a war chest while no one's looking. Better yet, he's squeaky clean, I think. In this day nothing is certain but until I'm shown otherwise, John Thune is my candidate to resurrect the country and take it back from the communists.
Friday, December 11, 2009
Shovel Ready Boondoggle
From Dennis Cauchon at USA Today:
The number of federal workers earning six-figure salaries has exploded during the recession, according to a USA TODAY analysis of federal salary data.
Federal employees making salaries of $100,000 or more jumped from 14% to 19% of civil servants during the recession's first 18 months — and that's before overtime pay and bonuses are counted.
Federal workers are enjoying an extraordinary boom time — in pay and hiring — during a recession that has cost 7.3 million jobs in the private sector.
The highest-paid federal employees are doing best of all on salary increases. Defense Department civilian employees earning $150,000 or more increased from 1,868 in December 2007 to 10,100 in June 2009, the most recent figure available.
When the recession started, the Transportation Department had only one person earning a salary of $170,000 or more. Eighteen months later, 1,690 employees had salaries above $170,000.
The trend to six-figure salaries is occurring throughout the federal government, in agencies big and small, high-tech and low-tech. The primary cause: substantial pay raises and new salary rules.
"There's no way to justify this to the American people. It's ridiculous," says Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, a first-term lawmaker who is on the House's federal workforce subcommittee.
The number of federal workers earning six-figure salaries has exploded during the recession, according to a USA TODAY analysis of federal salary data.
Federal employees making salaries of $100,000 or more jumped from 14% to 19% of civil servants during the recession's first 18 months — and that's before overtime pay and bonuses are counted.
Federal workers are enjoying an extraordinary boom time — in pay and hiring — during a recession that has cost 7.3 million jobs in the private sector.
The highest-paid federal employees are doing best of all on salary increases. Defense Department civilian employees earning $150,000 or more increased from 1,868 in December 2007 to 10,100 in June 2009, the most recent figure available.
When the recession started, the Transportation Department had only one person earning a salary of $170,000 or more. Eighteen months later, 1,690 employees had salaries above $170,000.
The trend to six-figure salaries is occurring throughout the federal government, in agencies big and small, high-tech and low-tech. The primary cause: substantial pay raises and new salary rules.
"There's no way to justify this to the American people. It's ridiculous," says Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, a first-term lawmaker who is on the House's federal workforce subcommittee.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Obama Embraces Gays And Lesbians
As Seinfeld said, "I'm not Gay. Not that there's anything wrong with that". It seems to be that the appointment of members of the alternative lifestyles by Obama have an emphasis on schools and our children. Two significant examples being, Chai Feldblum(right photo) and Safe Schools Sex Czar, Kevin Jennings. Jennings is a member of NAMBLA and has come out with some rather controversial books for implementation in our public schools. I'm no prude but the idea introducing a "Guide For Fisting" in grades 7-12 is more than disgusting. If you've never heard of 'Fisting' you'll have to look it up because it's too appalling to explain. I have blogged an article from The Family Research Council. As you might expect it's a conservative group with a conservative viewpoint. According to some that would make them out of the mainstream. Read on:
"Gay sex is morally good." "Committed, loving households [can have] more than one conjugal partner." "Gays win; Christians lose."These could easily be the new mottos of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) if Chai Feldblum escapes today's Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing as the next boss of the EEOC. That string of comments is only part of Chai's shocking record on marriage, religious liberty, conscience, special rights, and polygamy. Feldblum, a lesbian, comes with an impressive resume of radicalism--complete with tours at the Human Rights Campaign, the ACLU, and a clerkship with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmum, who authored the Roe v. Wade decision. She even authored the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), which is more than a little ironic since the EEOC would be the agency to enforce ENDA. If confirmed, Feldblum would help President Obama achieve his goal of assembling a team of liberal extremists in every pocket of his administration. Speaking of the ridiculous White House appointments, check out the Washington Times op-ed on one of the President's other homosexual proteges, Kevin Jennings, safe schools czar, whom FRC has been sounding the alarm over. Apparently, his "recommended reading" list as head of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) contains some interesting subplots.
Follow The Money
You might recall that yesterday I wrote about how Mark Penn, a pollster for Hillary in the last election, received $6 million worth of stimulus money to save three company jobs. It reading the Washington Examiner for today it is revealed that Hillary still owes $995,000 to his firm. And exactly what did Penn provide for this stimulus cash? Well, he helped during the switchover from Analog to Digital TV, or was it the other way around? The Examiner stated that a couple of thousand people received informational service. Now I understand. That does make it well worth his pay.
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
ACORN Lives
The Democrats side with a corrupt organization and the Republicans support the taxpayer. So, I've taken a paragraph from Big Government from a speech from Rep. Jon Boehner of Ohio
"Last night, defying the will of a bipartisan majority of the House and Senate, Democrats voted to allow the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) to receive federal taxpayer dollars."
"Last night, defying the will of a bipartisan majority of the House and Senate, Democrats voted to allow the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) to receive federal taxpayer dollars."
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