supermajority

Here's a scary thought.

Twice in history we have had a filibuster-proof and veto-proof majority of one party in power in the White House and Congress (both Democrat). In the first, under Franklin D. Roosevelt, we as a nation were handed the New Deal, the single biggest boondogle in our political history. In the second, it was Lyndon Johnson leading the charge for the Great Society, the war on poverty, a monumental failure by any measure.

It certainly looks as though we are headed for our third such period, and the stakes could not be higher. If this happens, I think it's likely we will be looking at an economic disaster we might not be able to recover from. A lurch toward socialism, the likes of which we haven't seen since the 1930's.

We're talking government run health care, cap and trade economics, in the guise of global climate change legislation, the silencing of conservative viewpoints in the form of the "fairness doctrine", all sitting on Nancy Pelosi's desk to be voted on once Barrack Obama is in the White House. In addition I would bet on some new sort of scheme to redistribute wealth within the borders of this country.

I think conservative voters are going to stay home in droves, as McCain is not their man. However there are a couple guys he could choose as a running mate that could fire up the base in a way he cannot. Bobby Jindal first and foremost would get my vote.
He seems to be a rising star in the party, who at least says all the right things. Duncan Hunter or Tom Tancredo would be two others. I think he's already decided on Mitt Romney, which may be a good choice, but unless he speaks like he did after he dropped out of the primaries, he won't get conservatives on board.

We are living in interesting times.

Keller's Folly

I exercised one of my more important rights as a citizen yesterday. A primary election in the state of Florida was held, and of course I participated. The thirty-first voter at my polling station, at 4:00pm. Pathetic. It seems that politics is going to intrude into my life on a more regular basis as we draw closer to the November elections.

My primary reason for voting yesterday (no pun intended) was to try to find a Republican to replace Ric Keller, U.S. Congressman from the 8th district, whom I have voted for regularly in the past. He has, however, gone back on a promise to not run for another term. Not unforgivable, as I don't care about term limits and such, but an indicator of your character, that you would make a conspicuous promise and then change your tune when it is politically expedient.

No, what frosted me, and lost Keller my support, was his behavior during Nancy Pelosi's dog and pony show awhile back over the funding for the war in Iraq. Now I do not care what your politics are, I believe, at the bare minimum we owe it to the folks who take on the dirty and dangerous mission of being at the tip of the spear, to not politicize their job. We are there and we must see it to a conclusion, then sort out the political consequences. Congressman Keller, on the other hand saw the wave of opposition building in the halls of the Capitol, and decided to surf it. He turned out to be on the wrong side. Apparently, his conservatism was all for show, not a matter of principal. Unfortunately for Ric Keller, mine is not.

The War in Iraq is not "like mowing your neighbors lawn...", Ric.

Unfortunately, Keller won the primary by a small margin, so what that means for me as that I will leave my ballot blank in that spot in November, even if it means electing his scumbag Democrat opponent, Grayson, whose idea of a well thought out, convincing campaign is to ask voters, "If Ric Keller can't admit to wearing a hairpiece, what else is he lying about?" I think the country might survive.

On another topic, I find it odd that the Obamessiah, chose Joe Biden as his running mate. Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Biden get into a little trouble with the racism police in the past year or so, during the primary season for saying that black people finally had a "clean, articulate" black candidate to vote for."
I believe he also said that Obama was too inexperienced for the job.
Strange bedfellows indeed. He must really hate or fear Hillary Clinton to have not chosen her.

Fay, Fay, Go Away

Just a quick note to let you know we're fine and dry. Not everyone in Central Florida has been so fortunate this week, and we're thankful that for us, at least, Fay has been a pretty ho-hum storm.

The space coast has not been so lucky. As of 6pm Wednesday, there has been 25 inches of rain at Patrick Air Force Base, with another 5-10 inches expected overnight. As if those families don't have enough to worry about in their lives. Palm Bay and Melbourne have had almost as much to follow the fires of two months ago. Hopefully this thing will get moving and leave us all alone soon!

We've had plenty of rain but little wind, almost all of it east of I-4. At least we were forced to check our batteries and start up the generator to make sure everything worked.

R.I.P. Isaac Hayes

One bad motherf...shut your mouth!



I could be wrong but isn't that Jesse Jackson honing his hanger-onner technique at the beginning?

Water, Water Everywhere, and I Can't Give My Lawn a Drink

You know, as a homeowner, I don't ask for much. I obey the laws of my community. I keep my grass cut. In deference to my neighbors,I haven't painted a giant Chiefs logo on my Garage door; although it would look spiffy. I pay my taxes.

And yet, the St. Johns Water Management District, the government entity charged with controlling water use in Central Florida, has decreed that I am to water my lawn no more than twice in a week, on specific days determined by whether you live at an odd, or even numbered address. Okay despite the fact that I own the land, and do not draw from city water since I have a well and pump, I can appreciate the need to conserve. After all we just came out of a drought.

Except, I drive around the area almost daily, and I see golf courses watering daily. I see city properties watering during torrential downpours, (they do make rain switches you moronic idiots; remember when you required them on all new construction several years ago?!). And now the same St. Johns Water Management District has made a huge cash deal with a water bottling company to extract 500,000 gallons of water per day from our aquifer to be bottled and sold for drinking. Let me repeat that. FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND GALLONS PER DAY.

Now excuse me for being a rabid conservative who only thinks of himself, but does this seem fair, or even logical? I've gone along with your stupid rules for a long time, because I think it's important to manage resources to the extent we can, and after all the rules are the rules. If you don't like them, vote for someone who thinks the way you do. It's the way we're supposed to do things in the good old US of A. But this is absurd. You have sold an essential resource to the highest bidder at a time when out of the other side of your collective mouth, you're lecturing me and my fellow citizens about how in five years we're going to begin running out of water. And I might add, you're using these same scare tactics to try and shut down the business I happen to be a part of.

Well I do vote and I will use that to try to keep you under control, if not put you out of a job, But I'm going to damn well water my grass whenever the hell I want!