Death Penalty

One thing that has always been a mystery to me is how
the left can be against the death penalty for a murderer
and for the abortion of unborn kids. This may come as
a shock to some folks, but I am against both kinds of
death. Who gives us the right to say a child should not
be born. And if the murderer happens to be our son or
daughter or our mother or father would we still want
them to die. I think maybe not. My point is, if you are
against the death penalty for a murderer I believe you
should also be against the death of an unborn child.
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SPEAKER

Some folks may disagree with this assessment of the current Speaker of the House but I think she has been the most ineffective leader in my lifetime. She has managed to get the approval rating of the House below that of President Bush.That takes some doing. Gas prices have almost doubled since she has been in power. It might not be her fault but the Dems were going to fix the gas prices when they got the power.Didn't happen. Socratease8

Politicans

I am usually a pretty positive guy, but with the politics of today is is almost impossible to be positive. I do work on it daily so most of the time I present a positive image. A fellow once ask me where we would get our statesmen if we had term limits for our politicians. My question is, please name one true statesman in the last 20 years. I can't an neither could he. A statesman does not have to be a politician.

Bush has been blamed for everything that is bad in our society today. High gas prices, bad economy, global warming, ugly people, fat people and bad attitudes. If President Bush could make all that true he would have more power than God. The President finally woke up and lifted the ban on drilling for oil. Now if the congress would do the same, The price of gas would start to come down. The democrats say that if we start to drill today it would take 5-10 years to see a return. That is what they said 10 years ago. Does anybody see a problem with this attitude. If we don't start to drill NOW they will say the same thing in 5 years. "Don't vote for an incumbent!!" Socratease8

This is a sad day for many conservatives . Tony Snow died today at the age of 53. He will be missed by many. He is one of the few people who I would exchange my remaining years to give him a few more years on earth. I remember him from the Detroit News many years ago as a columnist. I read him often. He reminds me of Superman who said "I never Lie". Earth's loss is Heavens gain. God speed Tony Snow.
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I know this will be hard for many of you to believe, but most of the empty suits in the congress are going to run for re-election. I can't think of anything that they have done that would entice me to vote for any of them. If I was a Democrat I would be embarrassed and if I was a Republican I would be very upset at their lack of guts to fight the Dems every chance they get. These airheads are the reason gas is so high and the economy is in the tank! McCain and Obama should be on the same ticket so that we could vote against both of them with one vote. Don't vote for an incumbent. Maybe, just maybe take a look at Bob Barr. Socratease8

The environdummies are at it again. Now they say that the North Pole may be without ice this year. I think it's another scare tactic hoping we will let the government tax us more for our carbon footprint. The arctic has about 3 million more sq kilometers of ice this year at the end of June than it had last year at this same time. Last year the arctic ended up with about 3 million sq kilometers of ice. If things happen about the same this year as last year the arctic will end up with about 6 million sq kilometers of ice.

I'm beginning to think that this is not a good year to be a Democrat. They took over the congress with a promise to fix the gas problem. I'm not liking the fix that they gave us. There probably will be plenty gas because a lot of the folks can't afford it anymore. The congress will be able to buy gas because they will just give themselves a pay raise to offset the added cost. It's not a good year to be a Republican either. I think it is time for term limits. Two terms with NO benefits after they leave the congress. Now they will have to live with the laws they passed. I think they will be a lot more careful what they sign their name to.
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Update

Shortly after I started this blog I had a major computer breakdown.
I had some spyware and a virus that took over my system. I had to format the harddrive and reload windows XP.. Bummer
I have been accused and have admitted to being a curmudgeon sometimes so when I got the
unsolicited software I was not pleased. I am still loading programs that went away because of the
reformating of my drive. It will be a few days before I get this site organized. Socratease8