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Just like the media I will tell you the news and what to think too, without all the commercials.
Sunday, August 23, 2015
Thursday, August 20, 2015
Amending the 14th Amendment
Thursday, June 12, 2014
Parent's just don't understand.
UPDATE: 8/20/2015
This summer both my kids had jobs! My oldest daughter got her 2 year degree and transferred to a 4 year university. So even though they still are behind some of those kids I do taxes for, they are moving in the right direction. So nevermind! : )
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Confessions of a Caucus voter.
I have been struggling with my decision for several months. I do not take this lightly. However, I have come to a decision.
First a little background on my voting history. I have been attending Iowa caucuses since 1984. I am a conservative Republican and because Pres. Reagan was running for re-election in 1984, I went to the Democrat Caucus, not to disrupt, but to simply observe the process. I believe I caucused for Alan Cranston, but I cannot be sure. It was educating to witness the negotiations that went on to get the undecided to move to another camp, because you had to have a certain percentage (15%) to receive a representative at the county caucus.
The Republican caucus is much different. It is a secret ballot that is blank and any name can be written on it. A certain number of delegates go to the county convention, but it is the state convention that actually determines the delegates for each candidate and that does not take place until June!
I have caucused for the following, 1988 (Jack Kemp), 1996 (Steve Forbes), 2000 (George Bush) and 2008 (Fred Thompson). As you can see I almost never pick the winner, but I try to be consistent.
This year has been very difficult. Out of the gate, Romney has had the money and ground crew to fight a long battle and has scored in the mid-twenties since last year. He is presidential looking and I believe he has the countries best interest at heart. However, he has shown the ability to just say whatever it takes to win. Running for Senator and Governor in Massachusetts would be very difficult for any Republican, but don’t turn around and tell me 4 years later that you are a conservative after supporting abortion and forcing mandatory health insurance.
Mr. Gingrich can spin a phrase or throw out 10 new ideas without blinking an eye. However, he too has been very inconsistent when it comes to health insurance, assigning blame for the housing bubble or sitting on a couch for a commercial with Nancy Pelosi spouting an Al Gore environmental agenda.
Ron Paul. What can I say? He is consistent, he has the right ideas for the nation’s budget issues. However, the rest of everything he says is a train wreck. You can understand Iran’s desire for a nuclear weapon? Well sure, I guess you get a cool jacket. But Mr. Paul, that doesn’t mean we have to accept them, getting one. I might understand a teenagers desire to drink and drive, but I don’t have to allow it. Don’t get me started on the Federal Reserve. If he eliminates it that would leave the government (yes those idiots in Washington) in charge of the money supply and they would print cash at even a faster rate. They have problems but that is not the solution.
So, those guys are going to get their ticket punched and move on to New Hampshire and South Carolina. So what I want to do is give another person a ticket on that same trip. To me the only candidate that has been consistent, and hasn’t put their own foot in their mouth (Perry & Bachmann) is Rick Santorum. He took up residency (almost) here in Iowa, unlike Huntsman. He has been pro-life, fiscally conservative and seems to understand what is needed for our foreign policy. I will be caucusing for Rick Santorum, not as some anti (fill in the blank) but as a supporter of a fellow conservative.
Chris Mendelsohn - Urbandale, IA
Monday, May 2, 2011
Tax Season over, any news?
Osama Bin Laden is dead. Well Done Mr. President, I’m serious, it is an abstract concept to attack a compound and know people will be killed, it is another thing to set orders to kill one person in particular.
What next?
Time to get out of Afghanistan. I’m serious. Mission accomplished. We wanted to get Al Qaeda out of there and now they mostly are and the head guy and a lot of his command are dead or in Gitmo. Let’s get out with the promise and warning that if it becomes a haven for terrorist (drug dealers too, in my opinion) we will be back with bombs and Special Forces.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
WikiLeaks: A Defense of Secretary Clinton
Established in 2006 they have become a clearing house for “top secret” information gathered by world governments. They believe in transparency no matter what the outcome.
PFC Bradley Manning, a 22 year old Army intelligence analyst, was arrested for leaking video and documents classified but for which he had access. The first released included an airstrike in Baghdad (2007) and other various Pentagon documents dated between 2004 & 2009.
Mr. Manning apparently was upset with the military over its (DADT) “Don’t ask, Don’t Tell” policy as he is gay and had been demoted from Specialist and was scheduled to be discharged when the theft occurred.
The latest set of documents indicate that Sec. of State Clinton “directs her envoys at the United Nations and embassies around the world to collect information ranging from basic biographical data on foreign diplomats to their frequent flyer and credit card numbers and even "biometric information on ranking North Korean diplomats." Typical biometric information can include fingerprints, signatures and iris recognition data.”
This directive, which came out in July of 2009 seems more like an “update” of current files then establishing new covert actions. Having just become Sec. of State, I am sure Mrs. Clinton wanted to establish that the information she and her department are working with was up to date and not old information left over from the Bush administration.
The fact that most of the information described could be found after a “Google” search doesn’t make it anymore of becoming an intelligence asset then what this document does on this subject.
It is possible that more information will come out that will that Mrs. Clinton ordered more than just this updating of files but until then we need to give her the benefit of the doubt.
Sources (cnn.com),(wikipedia.org)
Thursday, November 18, 2010
The government is making marriage obsolete.
1960 - Birth control pill introduced helping women manage their reproductive years.
1965 - "Great Society" legislation makes the father less and less important to women and the need for financial security for poorer women comes more from the government.
1973 - Roe V Wade for those that can't or won't use birth control they simply end the child, I'm sorry the non-viable tissue matter.
As unwed mothers rise and the welfare state rewards those who are irresponsible there is no need for marriage. It is among the youth and the poor that this survey shows that pattern. Ironically, the only group who seems interesting in it are gay couples and for them it is just living a fantasy from their youth of being the bride.
Source (abc.com)