There comes a time in every campaign season that you have to eat crow when you are wrong and my time is now. No, I will not recant anything I wrote in the primary as it was a primary and everyone is entitled to their opinion and I had mine at the time. I will go on record and say that NO-ONE except the Hall campaign expected them to win and we were all wrong.
It is time for people to hang up the grudges and spend the next 46 days working to get good people elected to the state and federal levels of government. Is David Hall our first choice - to some no to others yes but therein lies the bigger question. Who will better serve the people of the Tennessee 5th? I believe that person to be David Hall.
David and his camp have leaps and bounds to make in order to win. David needs to focus time and resources in Davidson County. Wilson and Cheatham will go overwhelmingly for David.The Hall camp has to make up at least a 7 point defcit in Davidson to win the day while keeping good leads and moderate to heavy turnout in Wilson and Cheatham counties.
There are a few things that is going in the Hall camp's favor:
1. The political winds of the nation.
2. The depressed mood of democrats which will translate into terribly depressed turnout in generally strong democratic areas of Davidson County.
3. A very strong republican gubernatorial candidate in Bill Haslam.
4. Energized republicans as well as a previously untapped tea party resource.
We are all always talking about making a difference and now is the time for us to put our money and time where our mouth is. Get out and support and vote for David Hall.
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Friday, September 3, 2010
Saturday, August 14, 2010
World Trade Center Mosque issue
Ok I have attempted to hold my tongue when people have talked about the mosque that is proposed for the ground zero area in New York City. It is bad enough that we are so desensitized that we, as a nation, have forgotten what happened on 9/11/2001. It is even worse that our bumbling president has the nerve to actually condone the building of a mosque (he backed it and then he has to clarify because the teleprompter messed up) of the faith (I use that term very loosely given that ALL ISLAM is a political socio-economic society not a religion). The Islam community domestic and abroad will view this as a VICTORY of 9/11/01. If this was not the driving force then the planners of the site would have taken Governor Patterson's offer to relocate on other properties owned by New York. But guess what is not going to happen.
Our Constitution guarantees the freedom of religion not the freedom of a political regime and that what Islam has been is and always will be. It is pathetic that people will not rise up and say know to the infiltration of these people into our inner workings as a nation. We have cities trying to incorporate sharia law into our laws and there is not want or need for it in our nation.
If you are a weak kneed liberal who feels the need to hold hands and be accepting then you call me and I will assist you in getting a one way ticket to a sharia based society and lets see how long you hold their hand before they cut yours off.
Our Constitution guarantees the freedom of religion not the freedom of a political regime and that what Islam has been is and always will be. It is pathetic that people will not rise up and say know to the infiltration of these people into our inner workings as a nation. We have cities trying to incorporate sharia law into our laws and there is not want or need for it in our nation.
If you are a weak kneed liberal who feels the need to hold hands and be accepting then you call me and I will assist you in getting a one way ticket to a sharia based society and lets see how long you hold their hand before they cut yours off.
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Obama's Governing!!
Everyone is acting so surprised at the Obama Administration's attempt to create backdoor amnesty. The Obama camp instructed the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to come up with ways to bypass Congress and create a path to citizenship.
This should come as no surprise given that Obama uses Czars and recess appointments to shove his agenda down people's throats. For an administration that claimed we would see transparency and openness all they have shown us is closed door negotiations and procedural moves to keep the people's voices from being heard.
Here is a list of the Czars:
1. Herbert Allison Jr., bailout czar, [replaced Bush bailout czar Neel Kashkari, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Stability confirmed by Senate]
2. Alan Bersin, border czar
3. Dennis Blair, intelligence czar [Director of National Intelligence, a Senate confirmed position]
4. John Brennan, counterterrorism czar
5. Carol Browner, energy czar
6. Adolfo Carrion, urban affairs czar
7. Ashton Carter, weapons czar [actually Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics and so subject to Senate confirmation]
8. Aneesh Chopra, technology czar
9. Jeffrey Crowley, [openly gay white man] AIDS czar
10. Cameron Davis, Great Lakes czar
11. Nancy-Ann DeParle, health czar
12. Earl Devaney, stimulus oversight czar
13. Joshua DuBois, religion czar, aka God czar
14. Arne Duncan, education czar
15. Kenneth Feinberg, pay czar
16. Daniel Fried, Guantanamo closure czar
17. J. Scott Gration, Sudan czar
18. Melissa Hathaway, [soon to be] cybersecurity czar
19. David J. Hayes, water czar [a Deputy Interior Secretary and therefore subject to Senate oversight]
20. Richard Holbrooke, Afghanistan-Pakistan (Af-Pak) czar
21. John Holdren, science czar
22. Kevin Jennings, safe schools czar [nominated to be Assistant Deputy Secretary of Education, Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools, a newly created post; openly gay founder of an organization dedicated to promoting pro-homosexual clubs and curricula in public schools]
23. Van Jones, green jobs czar
24. Gil Kerlikowske, drug czar
25. Ron Kirk, trade czar
26. Vivek Kundra, infotech czar [Shoplifted four shirts, worth $33.50 each, from J.C. Penney in 1996 (source)]
27. Douglas Lute, war czar [retained from Bush administration, married to Jane Holl Lute, currently a Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security]
28. George Mitchell, Mideast peace czar
29. Ed Montgomery, car czar [replacing Steve Rattner, who stepped down amid controversy over his former firm’s role in a possible kickback scandal]
30. Lynn Rosenthal, domestic violence czar
31. Dennis Ross, Mideast policy czar
32. Gary Samore, weapons of mass destruction czar
33. Todd Stern, climate change czar
34. Cass Sunstein, regulatory czar
35. Larry Summers, economic czar
36. Michael Taylor, food czar
37. Arturo Valenzuela, Latin-American czar (nominee) [although this post is referred to as a czar, he is nominated to be Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs and so is subject to Senate confirmation]
38. Paul Volcker, economic czar number two
39. Elizabeth Warren, TARP czar [chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel for the Trouble Assets Relief Program; note that Herb Allison is more frequently called the TARP czar]
40. Jeffrey Zients, government performance czar [replaced original nominee Nancy Killefer who withdrew her name after issues with her personal income tax filings surfaced]
Positions established but not yet filled:
41. Behavioral science czar
42. Copyright czar
Positions being planned:
1. Income redistribution czar
2. land-use czar
3. Consumer financial protection czar, aka mortgage czar (source)
4. radio-internet fairness czar
5. Student loan czar, to oversee a program of mandatory service in return for college money (source)
6. Voter list czar
7. Zoning czar
This should come as no surprise given that Obama uses Czars and recess appointments to shove his agenda down people's throats. For an administration that claimed we would see transparency and openness all they have shown us is closed door negotiations and procedural moves to keep the people's voices from being heard.
Here is a list of the Czars:
1. Herbert Allison Jr., bailout czar, [replaced Bush bailout czar Neel Kashkari, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Stability confirmed by Senate]
2. Alan Bersin, border czar
3. Dennis Blair, intelligence czar [Director of National Intelligence, a Senate confirmed position]
4. John Brennan, counterterrorism czar
5. Carol Browner, energy czar
6. Adolfo Carrion, urban affairs czar
7. Ashton Carter, weapons czar [actually Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics and so subject to Senate confirmation]
8. Aneesh Chopra, technology czar
9. Jeffrey Crowley, [openly gay white man] AIDS czar
10. Cameron Davis, Great Lakes czar
11. Nancy-Ann DeParle, health czar
12. Earl Devaney, stimulus oversight czar
13. Joshua DuBois, religion czar, aka God czar
14. Arne Duncan, education czar
15. Kenneth Feinberg, pay czar
16. Daniel Fried, Guantanamo closure czar
17. J. Scott Gration, Sudan czar
18. Melissa Hathaway, [soon to be] cybersecurity czar
19. David J. Hayes, water czar [a Deputy Interior Secretary and therefore subject to Senate oversight]
20. Richard Holbrooke, Afghanistan-Pakistan (Af-Pak) czar
21. John Holdren, science czar
22. Kevin Jennings, safe schools czar [nominated to be Assistant Deputy Secretary of Education, Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools, a newly created post; openly gay founder of an organization dedicated to promoting pro-homosexual clubs and curricula in public schools]
23. Van Jones, green jobs czar
24. Gil Kerlikowske, drug czar
25. Ron Kirk, trade czar
26. Vivek Kundra, infotech czar [Shoplifted four shirts, worth $33.50 each, from J.C. Penney in 1996 (source)]
27. Douglas Lute, war czar [retained from Bush administration, married to Jane Holl Lute, currently a Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security]
28. George Mitchell, Mideast peace czar
29. Ed Montgomery, car czar [replacing Steve Rattner, who stepped down amid controversy over his former firm’s role in a possible kickback scandal]
30. Lynn Rosenthal, domestic violence czar
31. Dennis Ross, Mideast policy czar
32. Gary Samore, weapons of mass destruction czar
33. Todd Stern, climate change czar
34. Cass Sunstein, regulatory czar
35. Larry Summers, economic czar
36. Michael Taylor, food czar
37. Arturo Valenzuela, Latin-American czar (nominee) [although this post is referred to as a czar, he is nominated to be Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs and so is subject to Senate confirmation]
38. Paul Volcker, economic czar number two
39. Elizabeth Warren, TARP czar [chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel for the Trouble Assets Relief Program; note that Herb Allison is more frequently called the TARP czar]
40. Jeffrey Zients, government performance czar [replaced original nominee Nancy Killefer who withdrew her name after issues with her personal income tax filings surfaced]
Positions established but not yet filled:
41. Behavioral science czar
42. Copyright czar
Positions being planned:
1. Income redistribution czar
2. land-use czar
3. Consumer financial protection czar, aka mortgage czar (source)
4. radio-internet fairness czar
5. Student loan czar, to oversee a program of mandatory service in return for college money (source)
6. Voter list czar
7. Zoning czar
Friday, July 30, 2010
Personal Rant
I have been chugging along as a political Hack/Adviser for quite a few years now and I have to say that I am thoroughly disgusted with politics right now. I have never seen a more bitter and divisive campaign than I have seen over the last 2 cycles first we have a polished democrat who has very little substance in there moral fiber and even less substance when it comes to the issues and the truth. That leads to a new culture in Washington where we allow 92,000 page leaks (probably will surface that the White House knew it was going to happen) and we forget everything that makes this nation great.
On a more local level we have people who are biting fellow conservatives heads off and spreading lies about their opponents solely for the chance to run in a race to be elected to a political office. This has spread as a far as the executive committee races across the state as well and it is a disgrace. Maybe we need to do what one American town did and fire everyone candidates and incumbents alike find a few level headed farmers and let them take a crack at it. Best I recall a few of the best citizen politicians we have had were farmers.
What do you think?
On a more local level we have people who are biting fellow conservatives heads off and spreading lies about their opponents solely for the chance to run in a race to be elected to a political office. This has spread as a far as the executive committee races across the state as well and it is a disgrace. Maybe we need to do what one American town did and fire everyone candidates and incumbents alike find a few level headed farmers and let them take a crack at it. Best I recall a few of the best citizen politicians we have had were farmers.
What do you think?
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