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Today I met two heroes
Oct 16th
I spent the weekend raising money for Operation Tree Party, our project to repopulate the trees lost in the June 1st tornado. We met a lot of people at Harvest Fest and heard a lot of tornado stories. The most moving moment for me happened this afternoon when I got to meet and speak with Gold Star Mom, Debra Booth whose son Josh was killed 5 years ago tomorrow.
As is my style, I asked Debra all about Josh, and how she was doing, and how one continues on after losing her only son in Iraq. Although we were both teary-eyed, she spoke about Josh with such love and joy that it was easy to meet him through her. At one point she commented that she had no idea how he became the man he was. I was wide-eyed at her uncertainty and told her with complete certainty that Josh became the man he was because of his parents. Of that I have no doubt.
When Debra told me she was a Gold Star mom, I knew whose Mom she was even though I had never met either Debra or Josh before. I remember when Josh died – only because he was from Sturbridge and because like so many others, I am so appreciative of our soldiers and their unwavering willingness to keep us free.
Today I had the opportunity to be also appreciative of one soldier’s mother, a Gold Star Mom who also gave all to this country because she gave us her only son. Please remember that we are eternally grateful to both of you.
Where will OWS end?
Oct 16th
One of my favorite people in our local tea party is a certified Beckafile. She was helping us yesterday at Harvestfest where we were raising money for Operation Tree party, lamenting about OWS and how it is designed by Soros, SEIU, Van Jones, et al to allow Obama to declare martial law and suspend the next election. She was wondering aloud whether the military would side with Obama or with America.
It does seem pretty clear that the “Hate America” movement is going full steam, and it is hard to know where it will end up at this point. The democrats and the media are embracing the protests, even reveling in them, and that alone is telling. The racist, anti-semitic, hateful signs and speeches at the OWS rallies are business as usual, completely ignored by the same media that accused the tea party of all those evils with no evidence. Apparently all kinds of hate are acceptable if the left does it.
It’s hard to not consider my friend’s concerns given the double standards embraced by the media in this country. They are no longer the guardians of our freedom. But I also worry about what is being ignored at the same time, on purpose I suspect. Fast and Furious is coming to a head, Solyndra gets uglier every day, and it seems like every day we discover a new executive order that limits freedom that was snuck in and not reported on.
I may not be as far over the edge as my friend, but I am indeed worried. And I think everyone else should be as well.
OWS – Share the burden
Oct 14th
Last week the overtime cost for the Boston Police for the Bay State version of for Occupation Wall Street was $2 million. Part of that time was spent arresting over 200 protesters. Given the hard economic times we face, and the demand for “shared burden” by these protestors, I have a solution. The cost should be borne by those arrested. Defendants are routinely assessed costs in any court hearing. Often they are arbitrary. These are calculable. There would be no need for police overtime if these people were not breaking the law.
Today it was announced that overtime in NY is $3.5 million so far and growing. The arrests continue. Let’s make those arrested pay their “fair share”. Why should the 99.999999999 % of us not incurring the costs pay for those who are. Mommy and Daddy can simply consider it an increase in this quarter’s tuition.
After all isn’t that exactly the protester’s point?
Call me crazy
Oct 13th
Something just doesn’t add up in this Iran-declaring-war-on-us, plot. First of all you have to question the timing. Subpoena’s about to be delivered in the Fast and Furious matter and suddenly we have a much more important story (at least according to Holder) which in of itself makes me very suspicious. Over at JOM, Ranger suggested we might have been waiting for the hikers to be set free, but then why not the next day? And if Iran really wants to start a war wouldn’t they keep those hostages as leverage?
Senators briefed on the matter think there is really a threat, and they sure know more than I do. But why would Iran team up a used car salesman with a Mexican drug cartel? It simply makes no sense for a number of reasons. Why would Iran think it could trust a Mexican drug cartel, and why would a $3b drug cartel risk everything for $100,000 down?
Last night on On The Record Greta interviewed a man who knew Mansour Arbabsia, the alleged terrorist. A man who for a short time worked with Arbabsia said he couldn’t imagine he was a terrorist because he was so disorganized. Why would Iran risk so much with so little?
Something is fishy here.
Cainiac Fever
Oct 11th
I’m really enjoying Herman Cain’s surge. I have a Perry bumper sticker on my car which I am about to replace with an OMG-ABO bumper sticker. (Shameless plug – on sale here later today.)
At any rate, Cain is my kind of guy. He grew up seeing opportunity everywhere he looked, and took full advantage of it. And the results were spectacular.
Everyone knows about his success running Godfather’s pizza. My favorite notch in his belt is his success at Burger King, where he turned the worst performing region in the country into the best performing region in the country, in three years. That’s one year less than a presidential term.
Nothing sums things up better than Walter Russell Mead:
Racist Republicans Flocking to Cain
Either a lot of Democrats have been slandering millions of American voters as racist, or the Tea Party hasn’t gotten the word that Herman Cain is African American. That is the only conclusion that can be drawn after a slew of recent polls shows that Cain is picking up the ‘teavangelical’ vote as former favorites like Michelle Bachmann and Rick Perry fade.
In particular, this morning we get the word from my native state of South Carolina that Cain is the leader in the Republican primary there. According to this American Research Group poll, Cain has a small and statistically insignificant lead over Mitt Romney: 26 percent to 25 percent.
Unless there has been a heretofore unnoticed surge of Black voters into the ranks of the South Carolina GOP, this means that one out of every four voters in the most conservative electorate in the United States are now ready to vote for a Black candidate for president. This should not be all that surprising; the conservative backed governor in South Carolina is of Indian descent, and the voters of Charleston have sent a Black Republican to Congress. It would be hard to find a district of liberal whites who have such a consistently cosmopolitan voting record.
I don’t know any conservatives who even notice skin color, altho I’m sure they exist. That’s the only thing most liberals noticed in 2008.
