I Am A Republican And I ...

I have been thinking about this post for over a month and this weekend gave me the incentive to actually right it. Today's Liberal politicians and media pundents like to throw out claims like Republicans want to kill grandma and move women back in to the stone age. I am sure there are things I hear about Liberals that I tend to believe after hearing them many times regardless of the truth. I hope you read all of these and post your comments below!

I am a Republican and can admit that I am wrong some of the time. So this post is to counter common myths about Republicans and Conservatives. I hope you enjoy this sometimes light hearted and sometimes serious explanation of my Conservative beliefs that may surprise some. Most of these differ from common misconceptions and some conflict with the Republican party stance, but I am just being honest with you. Some of my conservative friends may see these differently, but that's okay. We are all Americans, let's act like it more often then.

I am a Republican and I own a rain barrel with plans to buy a few more! Water is precious and becoming expensive, plus the plants love rain water much more than tap water.




     
I am a Republican and I don't watch FoxNews! Have not watched it for about 7 months. I can do my own thinking and do my own research. Even when I did, it was not my main source of info. Oh and I don't even go to FoxNews.com, and while writing this, thought of how I have not even opened the FoxNews app on my phone in months, so I deleted it. After posting this photo, I realized that many of you liberals would get a chuckle out of what the iPhone said today...

I am a Republican and I compost. Because like many of these things, it's the right thing to do. Not because I am saving the planet but because it's free, good for the plants and easy to do. We even used old boards from the previous owner and built our own!

I am a Republican and I do NOT support the death penalty. I agree that we need deterrents to crime but I draw the line here. It really is pretty simple, in my heart, no matter how vile or evil the crime, the only entity that can decide to end a life is God and not the courts and not other imperfect humans.

I am a Republican and I believe that the planet may very well be warming. But do not believe that the cause is the human consumption of fossil fuels and other pollutants. I am pretty sure that the main controller of temperatures here on earth is our SUN. With solar flares being the main cause for spikes ( more like bumps ) in the earths "fever". The one question that never seems to get addressed by global warming enthusiasts is this... the earth has had 3 ice ages, pretty sure all of them happened before the invention of oil drill, the Ford Model A and coal burning. Yet what then ended the ice ages and warmed the planet if no SUV's and charcoal grills were around?

I am a Republican and I recycle, reduce and reuse. My town does not have curbside recycling but there is a recycle center that accepts most items and beginning this week (better late then never) we started our recycle bin. Cardboard, plastic, glass and any other material that we can send there instead of the landfill is sweet! Again because protecting the planet from unnecessary waste is the right thing to do, not because it will save the planet from pending doom, but it's nice to leave it as clean as you found it!

I am a Republican and through the G.W. Bush presidency, I never thought he was doing a great job. He did protect us after the horror of 9/11 and helped get the country through tough times but other than that he was pretty much horrible. Spent WAY too much money, grew the government too large and did nothing but harm the battle towards ILLEGAL immigration. I guess I could also say he was a man of his word and wore his faith on his sleeve. You can disagree with his words and beliefs but he stood by his heart.

I am a Republican and I support equal right for gay individuals and couples! How can conservatives complain about personal freedom limits with healthcare or government regulations, yet not offer everyone the same and equal freedoms to ALL Americans? Hypocrites? Perhaps this group says it the best. Log Cabin Republicans - "We are loyal Republicans. We believe in limited government, strong national defense, free markets,low taxes, personal responsibility, and individual liberty.... We also believe all Americans have the right to liberty and equality.... Opposing gay and lesbian equality is inconsistent with the GOP's core principles of smaller government and personal freedom." 

See my previous post regarding gay marriage for more thoughts, from this Kansan.

What Constitution?

"But when Congress refuses to act, and as a result, hurts our economy and puts our people at risk, then I have an obligation as President to do what I can without them."

President Obama on January 4, 2012.

Uh, NO !

Wow, that is perhaps the most troubling statement ever made by this president. So many to choose from but this one is frightening. This is not the first time he has made a statement like this. Now I admit that congress is for the most part inaffective, that does NOT give the President the right to bypass congress to get done what he feels is the right thing to do. Under the United States Constitution, one individual does not have that much power. You would think that a constitutional scholar like the president would understand the limits of power provided by that document. But how can we be sure when we have never seen any of his writings or opinions (they have not been released).

Not to get into the details of this particular piece of legislation (look here is you'd like to) but this is a clear disregard of the constitution and it's limits on power of the three branches of government. Because of open election results, one branch thinks this is a bad bill and is blocking the completion and implementation. Exactly how it is designed to do. The president does not have the power and authority to bypass congress and implement dictatorial actions to accomplish what HE thinks is the right thing to do.

I started to write here about main stream media, but this is beyond the media. This is the peoples problem. We are the ones that need to be outraged and fearful of such power grabs by any form of government, especially ours. Like most government entities, you give them an inch and they take a yard. Does America really want ONE person to have the power to affect millions of people with one signature?

That is not the America I know, how about you?

Americans, it is 2012... time to stand up.

Medal Dis-Honor

Yesterday, the President made a huge flub that the main stream media will not tell you about. President Obama in his remarks to troops at Fort Drum Thursday told the US Army’s 10th Mountain Division about the time he awarded the first Medal of Honor to someone not receiving it posthumously. The medal, he said, went to an alive Jared Monti. The only issue is that Jared Monti died in service in Afghanistan, and did in fact receive the medal posthumously.

I searched abcnew.com, and msnbc.com and found no mention of this. Imagine if someone like Bush had made this mistake, do you think you would have known about it? Remember when they made a big deal about Bush leaving a press conference through the wrong door? This man forgot his very FIRST Congressional Medal of Honor presentation he gave to the soldiers surviving parents. How do you think they felt after seeing that? In my mind this shows that the award presentation meant little to him and how little that soldiers sacrifice moved him. Just words prepared for him by a staff writer, not words he truly did not feel with his heart. You would think that this should have been an occasion that would have left a strong impression about being the Commander In Chief and the vital role he is responsible for.

The least we can do for our honored dead is to remember them. (correctly)

Add this to the list of things that move me to assist in removing him from office in 2012. See the videos below, first the mistake yesterday, and then the actual presentation.

June 2011



March 2010

What is important ?

I have spent most of the last few months working on my Royals blog Ballparkthinking. Then lately I feel like I am drawn to pick this up again because if we can't get Americas economic and political feet back on solid ground then we are in serious trouble.

A lot of you may think I am totally a right wing hack but that's okay. I just write about what I feel is important, and make cases that I strongly believe in. If you think I am crazy then I guess that is just how it will have to be. But please don't stop reading. I have heard over and over lately that failure to stand for your beliefs is not an option. I've heard speak your mind without fear and that is what I intend to do. I am making my stance and I am doing so without fear because yes I believe that strongly.

The next 1-2 years could be some of the most critical years in my lifetime. Not just for the 2012 election but for the direction of this country which could play a big part in the election. If things don't get better ( and I am confident that they will not ) then what regular  citizens do and say will play a momentous part of the future America we leave for our children and grand-children. The country is broke. At  the time I write this, the United States National Debt stands at 14.3 TRILLION dollars. Check it here to see what it is when you read this. In 2004 it was 7.1 trillion... doubled in 7 years under Presidents Bush and Obama. Neither one of them have done you or I any favors at this point.

I don't want this to turn into a bash Obama site, there are plenty of those with plenty of reasons. What I would like this to turn into is a place for anyone to see what I am thinking, and a site to house a historical record from my point of view. Right or wrong, I may turn out to be either one but better to be wrong than to have been right and not spoken up.

There may be some personal stuff here, some local things and lots of national thoughts.  Sure baseball is a lot more fun, but a LOT less important. I feel I am being called to act in some way, called to stand in some way. I think this may mean stepping out of my comfort zone at times, but I think it's time. Perhaps writing this and expressing my thoughts here, will help me think it through and point me in the direction I need to point towards.

Please stay tuned... not asking you to agree with me. Please add your comments either to agree or to pick my arguments apart. Discussion is good, freedom of speech is good and the ability to agree to disagree is one of the founding principals of this country.