Friday, June 27, 2008

Bobby Jindal. The New Conservative. ala David Cameron

Bobby Jindal makes the case for chemical castration and signs bill.
Note the other states including California that has the bill. Not in this link but in others there are other bills in the Louisiana legislature to further restrict pedophiles.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/johnmccain/2206684/John-McCain's-'running-mate'-Bobby-Jindal-backs-chemical-castration-bill.html
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The recent Supreme Court ruling against the death penalty for child rapers, reasoned that murder was not a punishment equal to the crime. Death being irrevocable, where rape wasn’t. I personally had hoped that it was the right of the state to set the punishment. They didn’t. However as far a fitting the crime. The chemical castration or physical castration would be more appropiate. See also this video from Youtube of an interview of Bobby Jindal. He explains it better than I. Note near the end the part about the drilling in Louisiana. This guy is good. McCain could do worse. However I hope he doesn’t.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6M9dBsUhyo&eurl=http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x151772
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Below are some of my links to explain why I like Bobby Jindal. I personally hope he isn’t chosen or accepts the Vice Presidency. He has too much good to do where he’s at. Maybe later. He has time. He is the youngest governor of Louisiana. President Jindal anyone??
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http://conservativeinmuskegon.blogspot.com/search/label/Jindal
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Regards, Live Dangerously Be A Conservative

Thursday, June 26, 2008

Subtle Lessons.

Hat tip to wowOwow and columnist Liz Smith
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http://www.wowowow.com/post/charlie-rose-george-will-liz-smith-46691
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Long interview of George Will. I may have changed my ideas some after listening to George. I do appreciate that guy. Kind of puts me back on an even keel. Charlie a couple of times came close to losing it, by what Newt might call George Will’s “persistent optimism”.

Another subtle lesson I learned. This one comes from across the pond.

A quote from David Cameron. “No unfunded tax cuts” Think about that simple statement and the difference between simply saying “Cut Taxes” . There is a world of difference between the two. A cacophony of subtlety. The first accomplishes the second, but in what is a far more palatable way. A more palatable conservative way. The first denotes fiscal responsibility, the second threatens draconian measures. Which way would you prefer to accomplish the same thing? David Cameron knows and has the electoral victories and popular support to back it up.
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http://uk.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUKL2619614520080626?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews&pageNumber=3&virtualBrandChannel=0
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Check out my side bar near the top for “Updates From Across the Pond” for more Cameron stuff.

The two different ways show me the gulf that separates the new British “Bottom up Politics” From the American Conservative way. The English system deals in terms of facilitating the services the government provides. Making it work, by putting a conservative slant on things. Getting the private sector involved in running different aspects of the government thus funding future tax cuts. The Conservatives here seem more in your face, more all or nothing. Too “CUT TAXES” if you get my drift. I think we as a party have drifted too far from the people. While bashing Obama for his elitism, we need to offer something other than our own form of elitism. George Will tired me out. What is obvious to him takes me awhile to puzzle out. Before I tackle the big issues like breaking the union stranglehold on the quality of teaching, I need to educate my self with things like “no unfunded tax cuts” That is if I really want to make a difference. If I really want to help win an election.

Regards, Live Dangerously Be A Conservative

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Leaders Fight For Every Inch, Winning or Retreating

I’ve been blogging about the Guerilla War in the House against the failed energy policies of the past. That battle is the reflection of the sentiment (anger) bubbling up from the people over the gas prices and how the House and Senate aren’t doing anything to help. The “Guerilla members have been putting out positive “do something” efforts to highlight that anger they feel from their constituents. There has been a ground swell reflected in the increasing legislative attempts by some of the lesser known members to do something constructive. The Republican leadership had been floundering around after the recent special election losses. Now they have woke up and are adding their weight to the increasing effort to get the Congress as a whole to get behind the “drill here, drill now, pay less“ idea. The leaders are actually starting to lead. I’ve blogged about their success and how John Boehner the Republican House leader is truly becoming a leader in the effort. Letting (facilitating) the bottom up flow of sentiment. Helping to shape it into a coherent force. Check out Boehner’s latest attack of Pelosi and crew, in the following link.
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http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=95278
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For more of Leader Boehner’s efforts of late click on the home link or header to get to his home page. He is putting out a daily barrage. In the above link, he gives a pretty good description of how the Pelosi crew is at a loss, because their plans do nothing to lower prices, in fact they will raise them. They don’t know what to do. They are against a rock (the Green Peace type left wing attack machine that won‘t offer any compromise) and a hard place (the lower and middle income voters they claim they want to help but who are getting hurt the most by their failed policies).

Some of my Republican colleagues seem to think that the “Guerilla” efforts don’t amount to anything, aren’t worth doing. In and of themselves perhaps. Although standing up for the hopes of the people even if you think it useless does have it’s own reward. I think though that these efforts at voicing their constituent’s desires is working. Some of the “Guerillas” I’ve posted on like Tim Walberg, Dan Burton, Lynn Westmoreland, Tom Price. It is nice to see the “Guerilla” voice is becoming a Republican one. There are a lot more of these voices I haven’t found yet but I did find one.

Tom Feeney (R Fl) of the US House. Another Guerilla Warrior in the House.
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http://www.house.gov/feeney/index.shtml
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This shows Tom Feeney’s efforts. Below you will see two links from Tom Feeney’s site above that show the first two of the 10 reasons he has compiled that have led to the price at the pump we have now and how to correct it. These are his individual efforts to help keep the discontentment of his constituents the voters in the news and the minds of the Congressmen. A “Guerilla” effort made by a “Freedom Fighter” to lower gas prices in the real world and not the fantasy dreams of the left. To paraphrase another politician. “A little press hear, a little press there and pretty soon you’re talking Real Media” Also in an election year you’re talking Real Pressure. Enough constant pressure backed by growing public awareness and anger with a Congressional rating lower than the President’s , and some of the more “Common Sense” Democrat members may decide that they can vote for more drilling, a little here a little there. See the specific links below for the first two sniper shots. You know, this is real Bottom Up Politics. Even Jim Webb has felt the pressure. Democrats are looking for a way out without hurting their left wing base. They can’t without being crucified by them. We saw that in the Hillary vs. Obama battle if you want to take this into the Presidential Election Arena. But I digress, getting back to Tom Feeney one of the real doers. Looks like he’s putting these reasons out once a week.
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http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/fl24_feeney/toptenenergy.shtml
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http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/fl24_feeney/oilshale9.shtml
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Now I want to blog as one of the angry constituents that I am. I want to bring this high blown talk of “Guerilla” stuff to a more personal level. To where I live.
Feeney’ #10 mentions. (quote from #10) “Section 526 chokes off the flow of fuel from Canadian tar sands. Canada is one of America's most reliable allies and economic partners but the federal government cannot purchase this available fuel.”

If you read my blog, you know I’m from Michigan, because of that I’ve highlighted # 10. The reference to Canadian Tar Sands should ring a bell. See this link where I blogged about the Detroit refinery. This brings it back home to me, at a local level.
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http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080621/NEWS06/806210341/1008/NEWS0
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Notice the part about Canada’s tar oil sand.
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“Although the refinery's size, even after the addition, isn't remarkable (it'll be midsized among the nation's 143 refineries), the new addition will be geared for squeezing gasoline and diesel fuel from controversial Alberta tar sands -- unconventional heavy oil that has become more attractive as oil prices skyrocket.”
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While the refinery addition will not guarantee to lower gas prices, it will in less than two years be pumping into the supply 400,000 gallons a day. Can’t hurt. If I put 20 gallons in my tank a day, it would take me 20,0000 days to use up one day’s output from the expansion. If the Numbers don’t seen to fit. Remember the difference between bpd and gallons per day. The main point is valid. Whether it is 400,000 gallons a day or 4,000 a day. It is a positive constructive thing, it works no matter how small. It even doesn’t require government money to do it. It fits into my own slogan of “Make Do, Make it Now, Make it Work”.
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http://conservativeinmuskegon.blogspot.com/2008/06/page-from-newt.html
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Think also that this is a small refinery and a small expansion of it. Now multiply that by say 10 new refineries and lots of major expansions. I think it becomes more clear. Add to that new nuclear while increasing and giving incentives to alternative energy efforts and the more efficient use of our Tax dollars, will give you the “all of the above energy package” of the Republicans House. That package brings us back to John Boehner. You can find his site on my side bar under “Old Standby Links. He has a link to a site about the “All of the above” energy package. I might add at this point I’ll be happy with a part of any of the above, we need something to build upon. The Michigan Refinery shows how it works and the speed with which free enterprise can do things. While you’re looking check out the Republican leaders site in the Senate, Mitch McConnell just below Boehner’s on my side bar. He has been pushing the idea for awhile now.

The refinery is one of those concrete steps that we need more of, to start to change the upward price movement of gas to a downward one. Small yet concrete, actually doing something. Not the big talk that does nothing. To re-paraphrase “A little concrete here, a little concrete there, and pretty soon you have a Real Highway” Oh Yeah. It’ll be one that we can afford to buy the gas to drive on.

Regards, Live Dangerously Be A Conservative

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

WAY TO MUCH NEWS

UPDATES OF INTERESTS

I’m posting the following to help me catch up on what has been happening in the House and Senate and the world outside of the Energy efforts I’ve been concentrating on lately.

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Link to politico June 23 article
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http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0608/11263.html
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Man you ought to get the hatred already spewing forth from the left bloggs. The book is hardly more than a rumor won’t come out untill Aug. The big guns of the left are hoping to chop it off at the knees, they are afraid of another Swift Boat. The same publisher is publishing the title that published “Unfit for Command”. Plus a journalist from the prestigious National Review is writing it. The book’s title is “The Case Against Barack Obama” the sub title is perspective: “The Unlikely Rise and Unexamined Agenda of the Media’s Favorite Candidate.”

Can’t wait. How good it is will be easily seen by the amount of hate that spews from the Left. The “Hate-o-Meters” will be pegging the red.
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This next one has me asking where does Political Correctness stop. The Next step in the Fairness Doctrine?
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http://www.newscloud.com/read/Boil_Them_In_Big_Oil_Lets_Start_With_You_Conservative_Politics_Today
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If you can be sued for thinking wrong, why not set up a program to reeducate everyone. Oh yeah the NEA is already working on that, not to worry.
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Next, Germany’s new ruling Conservatives have just come out united in favor of Nuclear power.
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http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3399861,00.html
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They rely heavily on Russian Oil. They share a history and border with Russia. I too would want to be independent of them. Also notice in the article that the driving force for the change is political. Bottom up from the consumers paying too much up through the ranks untill the leaders change policy to fit the people. Sounds familiar to me. Lol Newt wins the Volkswagen.lol

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John Boehner gets the unemployment bill compromised and worked out.
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http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0608/11288.html
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My opinion is that The Republican leaders in House and Senate are finding themselves with some leverage from their backing of the Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay less movement. By taking the lead in what they are calling the “all of the above” energy idea. They are again hitting their stride. We did get funding for the war, got a lot of what we wanted in the unemployment area, and got a bill for the Veterans both sides could be proud of. We had to give in on most of the Medicaid changes the Democrats wanted. I consider that a pretty good deal, made by Boehner.
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This next article from Politico compliments Democrat leader Hoyer in the House on his negotiating skills in getting the FISA bill passed.
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http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0608/11292.html
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Compromises were made as to what conservatives wanted, but the war against terror can continue. Judging from the hate coming from the left, and some of his coleagues in the quote below, I would say we came out pretty good.
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— but now finds himself subjected to a barrage of criticism from his party’s left.

Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) called the House bill a “capitulation.” Salon.com’s Glenn Greenwald called Hoyer an “evil, craven enabler of the Bush administration.” Firedoglake.com blogger Jane Hamsher — delivering the lowest possible blow from the liberal blogosphere — declared Hoyer “the new Joe Lieberman.”
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Pay close attention to the reference to the Blue Dogs and others who were making a “Discharge Petition” that was in the works, look doable. The threat of that seems to be what got Hoyer to make the necessary concessions and take a possibly harmful and controversial battle off the table before the election.
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Link to Cameron’s latest volley for the Conservatives in England. See the video about survey of workers in their National Health Service. Notice in the article the old liberal lines that any change would hurt the colossus and interrupt the changes that are already under way that will fix it. The truth is that those fixes have been under way starting with setting the thing up in the first place.
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http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,91211-1319912,00.html?f=rss
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Below is a link to a Pew study of why conservatives are happier than liberals. While it seem their point of view is liberal (60 second psyche’s is liberal) The obvious conclusion stands out from the liberalese double talk which in itself is a downer.
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http://www.sciam.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=BABCDEA5-D180-499B-094168CBE5442468&sc=rss
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The “obvious conclusion” I refer to is that we conservatives accept the way things are now with all the limitations that liberals bemoan and cry about and then we do something constructive about the problem. We can admit more freely that what we are doing in and of itself may not change the world but will change our little corner of it and that is enough. Another thing to keep in mind is brought out through a book I have listed on my side bar. “Who Really Cares” by Arthur C. Brooks. It shows conservatives give more to charity than liberals who seem stuck in the “bemoaning” stage which prevents actions. It helps show that action is the key to happiness. Doing something brings us into the world. Doing things makes one happy.
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Way too much news today !!!!!!!!

Regards, Live Dangerously Be A Conservative

Page From Newt

MCCAIN BORROWS ANOTHER PAGE FROM NEWT.

Wherever McCain is getting this stuff from doesn’t matter, it’s gaining traction. It is keeping the momentum going, it is building upon the momentum of the Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less ideas fostered by Newt and Congress as I’ve been posting about and the Republican leadership is getting behind it too. Newt crystallized the concept, but the idea has been a Republican one for a long time. The Democrats had been able to cast the Republicans as being on the side of big oil against the little guy. McCain is becoming the leader was nominated to be. A straight shooter a maverick coming up with real concrete solutions for the short term and longer term ways to obtain future goals. He is pissing off my best conservative friends. Everyone thought Kenedy was nuts to put a man on the moon in less than 10 years. He probably was but we did it. Making a better battery has to be easier than that.
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http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D91FU4PG0&show_article=1
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This is great as it forces the opposition to in effect say we can’t do it, or it won’t help us in the short term, or let’s conserve more so we’ll use less, or we should be taxing oil more. You’ve heard it before over and over. If McCain can keep this up the American people will be pretty sick and tired of hearing it too.
With this kind of positive concrete solution, he is reversing that trend and putting the Democrats in an illogical position. A position where their arguments are counter intuitive and not user friendly. For people who don’t understand liberalese, it’s common sense baby. These drilling petitions in and out of Congress and being pushed by the Republican leaders finally are finally turning into a real bottom up movement. The public has finally gotten enough of the we can’t do it attitude from the constant drumbeat of the far left. We know we can, we’ve done it before. I pray John McCain will keep this up. There is plenty by way of constructive ideas out there. Newt has a bunch. Look also at the young Turks in the party like Tim Walberg. There is vitality out there I pray McCain can tap into it. If the leaders don’t want to go along ignore them. He is surprising me. I’m learning to like surprises.

I live in Michigan and on the 21st the following was announced after a long hard battle.
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http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080621/NEWS06/806210341/1008/NEWS06
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Too little too late? Won’t effect the price of a gallon of gas in Texas. Ask the pile driver who is immediately starting work. I’ll bet he and his family are happy. The people who will fill the 135 new permanent jobs won’t be saying what the liberal far left guy was quoted as saying.
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"That's really disappointing," said Donele Wilkins, director of Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice.
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He probably sees this uproar about gas prices as bitter people clinging to such old fashioned ideas as working for a living. Don’t they know that the government will look after them?
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http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080621/NEWS06/806210341/1008/NEWS06
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Below another link that shows Michigan will get an additional 400,000 barrels a day in 2010
135 people will be making a living and be able to afford a Prius.
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http://www.greencarcongress.com/2008/06/marathon-oil-be.html
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from that single addition to one small refinery. Not much maybe in the great scheme of things but a trickle that could turn into a gusher if other refineries did the same and some new ones were brought on line to handle our new drilling efforts off shore and on land. Couple that with a lot of nuclear plants starting up. With new prizes and red tape cutting as incentives for innovative technologies that work to come to the front (See McCain battery prize and the tax credit for auto makers of carbon free emission cars)----all of that put together and you have a huge change not only in price of gas, but a sea change in the general attitude of Americans from a Carter like malaise to a robust positive can do anything attitude.

For this to work, John McCain is going to have to use all the support and new ideas out there bubbling up from the grass roots. He seems to opening up. We are going to have to help him do this. This is new territory for Republicans, to trust somebody that doesn’t adhere to the orthodox conservative dogma and is willing to try new ideas. Reagan Republican ideas. Maybe FDR Democrat ideas. Ideas that help the government work better. In a conservative way. There are ideas galore out there not just on the Republican or the Democrat side but on the American side. Imagine being able to vote for a good American and leave it at that. I’d be out of a job.lol but then again I don’t get paid so I would be ahead of the game.

Regards, Live Dangerously Be A Conservative

Monday, June 23, 2008

A Crack In The Dam ??

Jim Webb Senator from Virginia joins his senior Virginian Senator John Warner in calling to lift the drilling ban for natural gas off the coast of Virginia. Right after it was announced we saw a flurry of bad things said about Senator Webb. Notice the comments too.
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http://www.raisingkaine.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=14691
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Webb happens to be a Democrat, while Warner is a Republican. Webb also has been rumored to be on Obama’s short list for VP. What is going on?? Wouldn’t this seeming break with Obama over drilling harm his chances of becoming Barrack’s running mate? The link below dated today seems to have completely forgotten about the previous misstep (?) by Jim Webb, and makes the case as to the good reasons he would bring to the Obama ticket. What is up with that ?? See the article below. Draw your own conclusions.
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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-webb22jun22,0,5041810.story
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My conclusion is that as the article says Webb is like a Democratic McCain. A foil to bring in the Hillary supporters. That on the face of it would be a reasonable assumption. With him being a claimed “ Reagan Democrat” in his other life. However, the following quote from the article above seems to be very unlike Reagan indeed more like Lenin.
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He also has embraced a form of economic populism, swerving closer to a pure class-based approach than most politicians dare to go, bashing large corporate salaries and lamenting the gap between the rich and poor in America. He also has called for a new national drug policy that doesn't focus on jailing offenders, says free trade hurts America and takes a hard stance on Immigration
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Except the immigration idea which for sake of keeping context, I kept it in he doesn't sound much like Reagan to me. Of course like Mao, Lenin wasn’t too fond of illegal immigrants. Well Stalin wasn’t too fond of anyone, let alone immigrants, but they say he wasn’t a true Leninist. But I digress lol.

My idea is that this may give Obama a chance to come up with a partial drilling plan not on his own but through his understanding of the need for his running mate to cling to what? Reagan ?? His military roots? Gee I guess the conspiracy theory thing I’m not so good at. Maybe Webb is just being a Democrat and trying to say anything to get elected again, it is after all his first term. And Obama really isn’t going to pick him as a running mate because he's trying to get elected to his first term himself. And the Media has just had another convenient Alzheimer Moment to help block out the Inconvenient Truth about the energy crisis; that Newt’s “Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less” petition is so full of common sense and becoming so popular with the voters that there is one who is willing to buck the tide in favor of his constituents. For noble reasons or crash politics, the public is being served when common sense prevails.

Regards, Live Dangerously Be A Conservative

Sunday, June 22, 2008

Too much going on I have to post twice today. lol

The Guerilla Gas War.

House Republicans are now firmly behind changing American Energy policy. The leadership of John Boehner in the House is becoming evident as he organizes the opposition. Not just a few lone voices out there any more. Like Walberg, Westmoreland, Burton. Below is a link to John Boehner’s web site which lists what he’s been up to.
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http://republicanleader.house.gov/
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Getting back to the Guerilla War type of thing I especially liked the 2 min. speeches tactic he used, I was again reminded me of Newt’s early Republican Revolution.
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http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=94998
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This is a full court press covering every possible way of getting the word out and for once the
Republicans seem to be all getting on board. The Senate under Mitch McConnell is ramping up their efforts also.

The whole new dimension to the equation that fired this up and is leading by example is Newt Gingrich. He brings a New Media a Web 2.0 presence to the debate. He knows Guerilla Marketing. He also as a regular on FOX helps get the message out in the Major Media. I had to laugh last nite I was watching an in-depth report by FOX about the facts behind the “Drill Here” frenzy then they went to people on the street to see what they thought and the last guy on the street was ---- Newt Gingrich. He said one sentence with a straight face. I fell off my chair laughing. That is Guerrilla Marketing. How he pulled that off I don’t have a clue.

Boehner’s site has this other site of theirs linked in it called “the all of the above energy solutions” I linked the part I liked about the list of “discharge Petitions”. Notice the first one , the No more excuses petition. That is the one I had blogged about and how Tim Walberg of Mi. was leading the charge well he was and the link shows the other discharge petitions since then.
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http://www.gop.gov/energy/multimedia/calendar.html
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I applaud their efforts. The word is getting out. I was excited when I noticed that I was given a hat tip on Dan Burton’s Blog. He is a conservative leader of the House and one of the original backers of the Drill now movement. I blogged about seeing him along with Tom Price backing Lynn Westmoreland’s petition in one of my Guerilla posts. He seemed amazed that someone actually listened. All I can say is “Build it and they will come” Keep on doing what you’re doing.
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http://www.danburtonblog.com/2008/06/blogger-writes.html
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Check out the rest of his web site, as I’ve blogged before it is full of information on this battle. Not only on this battle. If you have the time scroll down through Dan’s blog and see all the different efforts he’s making. You can see why he is called a Conservative leader in the House. He has been preaching energy solutions in a common sense way for a long time.
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http://www.danburtonblog.com/
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Regards, Live Dangerously Be A Conservative

PS Newt’s “Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less” Petition. Check it out, sign it if you will.
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http://www.americansolutions.com/actioncenter/petitions/?Guid=54ec6e43-75a8-445b-aa7b-346a1e096659
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Check his main site out also at http://newt.org

Another Make Do, Make It Now, Make It Work Moment

Michelle Malkin is doing something really nice with Melanie Morgan from and along with Move America Forward. A Web a thon if you will. A selfless act from a lot of different people and groups and business’, for the good of our troops.
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http://michellemalkin.com/2008/06/20/six-more-days-til-the-from-the-frontlines-web-a-thon/
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The quote below is from the article above, Michelle’s words tell how a good idea with the right people will take off and get a life of it’s own. Reminds me of Newt’s “Drill Here” petition. My whole idea of Bottom Up politics. Making the politicians and bureaucracies fit the solution.
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The tireless Melanie Morgan got the ball rolling a few months ago during an e-mail exchange we were having about the untapped synergies between radio, grass-roots conservative activism, and the Internet. I introduced her to Brad Hunstable at UStream and things took off like a rocket. The MAF team has amazing organizational skills and boundless energy; UStream’s staff has also gone above and beyond in making the program happen. I’m honored to play a small part in this unprecedented event and can’t wait for you to join us for an unforgettable day. Mark your calendars, tell your friends, and be sure to tune in.
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The good idea, the purpose of this, is to send the most ever care packages to our troops overseas. Michele says. “You can purchase care packages right now, right here, in advance of the web-a-thon. Buy early and often! MAF has raised over $200,000 in advance of the telethon. Our goal is $500,000” I can’t but hear an echo of the idea that we Americans can come up with solutions to a problem and promptly put them to work. My slogan Make Do, Make It Now, Make It Work. Is an attempt at the same idea. Hear are some people coming up with a plan and others chipping in to help make it work with what is available. No government money I know of is involved, but that would be taken if necessary to make the plan work, and not taken if it slowed it down. The link below takes you to the order site and shows the different packages available to send the troops.
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http://www.thecampaignstore.com/store/default.asp?parentid=409
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I’m doing the $15.99 package as befits my station in life. Something really neat is that President Reagan’s Jelly Belly jelly beans are included in all packages which the troops asked for to give to the kids over there. On the Jelly Belly pack in US and Iraqi will be the following words. Denoting the “candy diplomacy” the personal thing.
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A gift from the American people in
hope that your country will one day
enjoy the freedom and opportunities
that we have in the United States.
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If you donate $100 or more you get your own Jelly Bellies. Oh well too bad for me.
I know the troops have plenty to eat. This isn’t about that. It is to show the overwhelming support of the people back home for our troops so far away, and to thank them for what they are doing. I guess I’ll just buy some cheapies at Meijer’s and pretend Reagan gave them to me, while I smile thinking of how some Soldier will be practicing “candy diplomacy” with Jelly Belly’s I in Muskegon made possible through the vast network of Americans on the web. Again Thank You Michelle

Regards, Live Dangerously Be A Conservative