Goodnight Irene
Aug 29th
I’ve always enjoyed storms. As a kid, my mother would take us out on the porch to watch the lightening. Every time it thundered my mother would declare “God is bowling”. Every storm was simply a wonder to see and hear. (As a good liberal I wonder if my mother would have herself arrested for taking her kids outside in a storm today.)
Irene is the first storm I have ever feared. I was scared enough to scare myself. To ease the fear (like an old lady) I asked my niece to spend the weekend here. I took everything in from the deck and front porch. I battened down the hatches, and then barely slept Saturday night waiting for the attack. On Sunday I just hung on wondering which tree would fall on my house and kill me. It was pathetic.
This was the June 1 tornado coming home to roost for me. I didn’t get hit in the tornado, but because those close to me did, I guess I internalized more than I thought. Mother nature has morphed from a wonder to a nightmare.
Sturbridge escaped quite nicely. We didn’t lose power, and the damage is minimal. There is nothing to complain about.
And I think it is time I got over myself. A tornado is a once in a lifetime thing, and mother nature isn’t out to get me.
(Unless of course the Mayans were right….)
Legal Tender for all debts public and private – not so private.
Aug 26th
By Conservawin
If you weren’t appalled enough by the recent comments against the Tea Party then brace yourself for those of the Dept of Justice. Yup it seems that Obama has made suggestions to businesses to self report financially responsible people who pay in cash, buy waterproof matches and other survivalist supplies to be personal responsible for yourself. Evan to track those who are concerned in the dollars devaluation and buying some Canadian Money.
(Something that If you haven’t thought of already, you should, as Canada has a balanced budget and their money is valued higher than the dollar right now.)
So add to offending comments by Joe Biden, John Kerry, Maxine Waters and the red hated Floridian legislator, this curious report from vision to America regarding the dept of Justice.
Miss George Bush yet? I do!
Free Enterprise from a 6 year old
Aug 25th
This morning on my radio/TV show our guest was Rep Todd Smola, who represents 1st Hamden County in Massachusetts. We were discussing the Casino bill crawling its way through the state legislature. There is a fight (of course) about where the government will allow the casino to be built.
My comment was “get the government out of the way. If casinos are allowed in MA let anyone who wants to build one.” Representative Smola raised all the issues of infrastructure, and Dick questioned whether one might put another out of business.
My point was, let the market decide. What better way to come up with new marketing plans, new jobs, innovation and all the things that grow an economy than letting the free market fight it out.
This afternoon, while Amy is packing to move from her tornado ravaged house, I took her kids, 6 and 9 to lunch. Megan told me she had heard part of my show and asked why we were “fighting”. I explained that we were debating government v free enterprise and tried to explain the importance of letting people build a better mousetrap. I tried to explain that people had lots of great ideas and government was very good at slowing those people down. When that happened it was far less likely that a better mousetrap would ever get built.
Without skipping a beat, Hailey (age 6) piped up that she would build a better mouse trap by “making it look and smell like cheese”. Now why didn’t I think of that?
That kid is going to be a millionaire before she reaches age 10 – unless the government gets in her way.
Why does Florida Rep Frederica Wilson hate America?
Aug 24th
(And is that why she wears those silly hats?)
Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.) lashed out at the tea party yesterday at the town meeting she shared with Maxine Waters.
“The real enemy is the Tea Party –- let’s remember that,” said Rep. Frederica Wilson of Miami Gardens, host of the meeting and jobs fair. “The Tea Party holds Congress hostage … They have one goal in mind, and that’s to make President Obama a one-term president.”
There can be no mistake that Wilson’s condemnation of the tea party is also a condemnation of the United States of America, the constitution, equal rights
and freedom.
At least by her logic.
I’ve never been so scary
Aug 22nd
Last week Maxine Waters took a shot at me:
“I’m not afraid of anybody,” said Waters. “This is a tough game. You can’t be intimidated. You can’t be frightened. And as far as I’m concerned, the ‘tea party’ can go straight to hell.”
At least that was in California, not right here on the Sturbridge Common where Saturday, a woman I’ve never seen before game up to me and told me I was the “whole problem”. (She didn’t identify what the problem was, but was clear I was all of it.) We were raising money for Operation Tree Party, and it was clear we were from the Sturbridge Tea Party.
I have to admit I get a kick out the hundreds of people I hear every day telling me, as a tea partier, what I believe. They tell me my motivations (all bad) and my intent (racism) and the source of my funds (The Koch Brothers). They blame me for the debt, the dearth of jobs and the fact that Obama’s Keynesian catastrophe hasn’t worked.
Constitutional values, fiscal conservatism and smaller government never seem to make it into the things they say I want.
Now I know how celebrities feel when people make stuff up about them. It would be funnier if it wasn’t so sad.
