THE REPUBLICANS NEED A GRAND GESTURE

I'm not softening my position a bit, in spite of the emails.  I'm sorry, but the Republicans richly deserve to lose control over the House and the Senate in 2006.  There is no excuse whatsoever for their profligate spending, and no excuse for Tom Delay's absurd claim that there is no fat in the federal budget.  Every American should be disgusted at this spending spectacle. 

Montana has agreed to send money back for all "earmarks."  Earmarks, by the way, are Washingtonese for "pork."  Why can't the rest of the states follow through?  Whether we like it or not, we're going to be spending over 100 billion on hurricane relief.  Do we really need to be spending $50 million for an indoor rain forest in Iowa, or $250 million for a bridge to nowhere in Alaska? 

Yes, I know --- for every Republican that loses there's another Democrat in congress.  That's not a good thing. But the Republicans show no sign of getting right with the budget and returning to their limited government roots.  It's time for shock therapy.  We'll just have to endure a few years of Democratic Socialists in government in order to purge the system.

Atlanta's Meeting of the Mouths October 1st (Sean Hannity, Neal Boortz, Ron Carlson, Hollis Gillespie, Clark Howard, James Carville and Neil Cavuto)

ONLY IN SAN FRANCISCO

We learn this morning that the mayor of San Francisco thinks that wireless Internet service is a basic right.  Now, by "basic right" that would mean that wireless internet service is right up there with the right to worship as you please and the right to free speech.  Indeed, the right to wireless Internet service is right up there with the right to your life! 

Remember, no person has to surrender either their time or their property in order for your right to free speech to be recognized and upheld.  You cannot, however, guarantee anyone a right to Internet service, health care, a job, a home or any of the other new acquired rights unless someone somewhere along the line gives up either their time (a portion of their life) or some of their property.  The mayor of San Francisco, then, is stating that his subjects have a right to a portion of the lives and property of others.  Well ... that's the trend.  We'll see how you like it when you are the one who has to sacrifice to meet someone else's "rights,."

MOVE OVER AARP

There's a new Sheriff in town.  It's called NASCON.  The National Association for Senior Concerns.  This organization will be an alternative to the leftist dogma and politicizing of the AARP.  Finally there's a senior citizen's organization that will offer the benefits of AARP membership without spending membership funds on leftist political causes.  For more information you can click here! 

THE SAFE CHOICE

Politically hobbled by low poll numbers, President Bush decided yesterday that he was going to make the safe choice for his next Supreme Court nominee.  Did he follow in his father's footsteps, picking a strict constitutionalist and strong conservative as Bush Sr. did when he nominated the 43-year-old Clarence Thomas?

Nope.  Instead, we get his 60-year-old personal lawyer, Harriet Miers. Sorry to say it, but this one looks like a deal with the Democrats.  For proof of this,  you need look no further than the comments from Democratic minority leader Harry Reid on the nominee: "I like Harriet Miers."  Bush was also supposedly told by some "Republicans" in the Senate that he had little chance of getting a conservative confirmed.  So here we are.

Some on the right complain that Harriet Miers used to be a Democrat.  It's true that she was, and even contributed to Al Gore in the 80's.  But Ronald Reagan was once a Democrat, as was (and is) Zell Miller.  People change their minds.  No big deal.  Others complain that she was never a judge.  Since most of the justices on the Supreme Court these days have been walking disasters when it comes to rulings, experience doesn't really account for much, aside from providing a paper trail.

So, in the end, it looks like Bush punted.  He probably could've done worse.

MOVE OVER, JIMMY CARTER

In a move straight out of the 1970's, George Bush is sending his energy secretary out to speak around the country.  His message: drive slower, turn down the thermostat and conserve energy.  And just as it was in 30 years ago, this policy is a disaster.   American is not going to conserve its way out of an energy crunch.  The answer is and always will be technology.  Remove all roadblocks to research into new energy sources, and clearing the way for the exploitation of the resources we already have.  That means telling the people of Florida to get a grip while we start tapping the vast recourses of natural gas off the Florida western shore. 

Aside from the fact that it won't work, it's a political mistake.  It sure worked for Jimmy Carter, didn't it?  The only reason people are going to turn down the thermostat is if they want to save money, not out of some worldly responsibility to conserve.

The problem with high energy prices is one of supply and technology.  How do we bring more natural gas to market, in order to reduce the price?  How do we use it more efficiently, so as to get more bang for your buck?  That's the answer...not some crackpot government campaign telling you you're an energy hog.

If George Bush addresses the nation from the Oval Office wearing a sweater, you'll know he's really lost his mind.

964 INSTEAD OF 10,000

Authorities in New Orleans have officially stopped looking for dead bodies.  Naturally, this is a good thing.  But just how many dead bodies have been found?  Was it the 10,000 that was predicted by the Mayor of New Orleans?  Was it the huge numbers that FEMA supposedly ordered 25,000 body bags to accommodate? Nope.

The numbers are in, and the official death toll stands at 964.  Furthermore, that's the death toll for the entire state of Louisiana, not just New Orleans.  Looks like the Mayor was about 9,036 short in his prediction.  Not that that's a bad thing.  Fewer dead folks is definitely good.

But the story here is the media.  Will they call New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin on the carpet and ask him why he was so wrong?  Will there be accountability for those who exaggerated the Katrina disaster for political gain?  Imagine if it had been a Republican that made the 10,000 dead prediction.  It would be the top story on many newscasts...how could they have been so wrong?

It is good news that the casualties in New Orleans are far below what people thought they would be.  Now what do you suppose you could do with 24,000 extra body bags?  Maybe sew handles on them and give them to gym class at school.

There is one thing of which we can be absolutely sure however.  Every one of those deaths can be blamed directly on (all together now) George Bush.  It's all his fault.

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