Yes, I Vote

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

This is very interesting.

Very, very interesting.

And I’m a bit more interested in 2012 than I have been to date.

Thursday, January 21, 2010

So Our Esteemed Leader did an interview with ABC News in which he explained that his low approval ratings are because he didn’t spend enough time communicating the core values of the American people to the American people.

In his first full year in office, OEL gave over 900 speeches and had almost 60 press conferences. Seems like he did a little too much talking and not nearly enough listening.

He needs to take some Q-Tips to his tin ears, methinks.

I don’t need OEL and his team to tell me what my core values are, thanks.

The American people have been trying to remind you, OEL! You’re ignoring us. That is your problem.

Oh, and stop blaming the previous administration for all of your problems. You’ve been in the job long enough that it doesn’t hold up any longer and it’s just rude.

Thursday, November 12, 2009

I’d take Bill Clinton back as President.

This is not a joke. I’m not kidding.

This guy is way worse.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

From the inbox, from my MIL. Prescient.

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

I present, you decide.

SaveAward.gov

We get weekly emails about it from the lead organization.

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

I’ve signed up.

Monday, September 14, 2009

They covered the rally live w/out comnmentary. You can watch here.

But not in the American media.

The pictures are awesome!

[UPDATE]: I should clarify - the Obama = Hitler signs I don’t agree with. I didn’t like them when Bush was President, I don’t like them now. However, the one picture of Obama’s Teleprompter is my favorite - we saw them all over the place and I regret not taking my own pictures of them.

The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil Constitution, are worth defending at all hazards; and it is our duty to defend them against all attacks. We have received them as a fair inheritance from our worthy ancestors: they purchased them for us with toil and danger and expense of treasure and blood, and transmitted them to us with care and diligence. It will bring an everlasting mark of infamy on the present generation, enlightened as it is, if we should suffer them to be wrested from us by violence without a struggle, or to be cheated out of them by the artifices of false and designing men.—Sam Adams

Sunday, September 13, 2009

We went to the 9/12 March on Washington yesterday. It was the first time that Beau or I had ever attended any kind of political rally or protest in our lives. Seems that was true for most people out there yesterday.

It was an adventure hauling two little kids, but they were troopers and both did really well with the crowds, no naps, and general chaos through out the day. Jesse enjoyed the ride in on the Metro, although not so much the ride home. Molly Ann hung out with me most of the day, although if you look closely at about 25-27 seconds in the video, you’ll see me sitting in a chair eating a bag of chips with MA on the blanket on the ground at my feet. There are two handmade signs stuck in the ground near me, too, that we made the night before.

We weren’t planning to march at all, but to get right to the rally point at the Capitol. But when we got to street level at the Metro station, we saw the marchers just down the block. We figured that was simply the easiest way to get to the rally area and so we headed that way and just blended into the crowds walking down Pennsylvania Avenue.

Since it was wall-to-wall people (TV outlets are reporting crowds in the 10’s of thousands. There was one person from the podium who announced some official count closer to 1.5 million people. Beau was at the Promise Keepers thing in DC years ago where there were actually 1.5 million people on the Mall and he said yesterday felt similar in terms of bodies, if not in spirit. So, it was crowded), we opted to stop trying to work the stroller through the lawns once we hit the back of the Reflecting Pool area. We found a small patch of clear grass and settled in. It turns out the area wasn’t the best for being able to hear any of the speeches, but we had a good time interacting with our fellow protesters and looking at all of the signs being walked past. At separate times, Beau and I each took one child for a walk closer, but we really didn’t get too far since the crowds got fuller the closer we moved up.

We stayed for a couple of hours then packed up and headed back to the Metro station when we knew both kids had had about enough of the day. As we got closer to the Metro station, we realized had been in a terrible location for being able to listen. The speakers got louder and more clear as we crossed the Mall area - if we had headed to our right about 200 yards we would have had a perfect spot for listening. Oh well, it was fun in any case.

All in all it was a positive experience and we think we may do it again since we know the kids will tolerate it well. I have a bunch of pictures. Those will get posted in a bit.

Monday, August 10, 2009

So Speaker Pelosi and Majority Whip Hoyer think that those of us who disagree with Obamacare and speak out about it are “un-American?”

I seem to recall that during the previous administration, those who spoke their dissent of Bush policies were the ultimate patriots.

You can’t have it both ways, folks. Speaking dissent is either patriotic or un-American. Since the Constitution backs up free speech of every kind, I’m going to go with patriotic.

* You get the satisfaction of being pop culturally literate to those who know the post title reference. Make your guess in the comments.

Friday, August 07, 2009

“It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people’s minds.”—Samuel Adams, patriot of the American Revolution

Saturday, August 01, 2009

If you have or are thinking about signing up for Cash for Clunkers, please be aware of what you’re signing up for…

Saturday, July 04, 2009

A Declaration ...

IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.—That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,—That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.—Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

... and there follows the list of grievances against King George.

Go read the whole thing. It’s a good reminder of where we came from as a nation and of what we’re in danger of losing.

Happy Independence Day, my fellow Americans.