Happy 200th Birthday Mr. President

Today is the 200th Birthday of perhaps the greatest American President, Abraham Lincoln. He helped abolish slavery, unite our country, and helped bring the Republican party to power in 1860 with his election. One person can make a difference in our country, never forget that. Thank you Mr. President.

Recount versus Revote

I realize that it would be more expensive to have a run-off election if the results were close in any given election, but shouldn't any 'elected' representative of the people have at least a simple majority of the vote? I mean, really? If there was a run-off, I'm sure this Minnesota Senate race would have been decided already. I'm not sure which way it would have gone, probably to Coleman, but at least we'd having two sitting U.S. Senators.

Stimulus Package

What a waste of $790 billion. I am going to be paying interest on this debt until I die. What are they going to do when the next recession comes around? If Keynesian economics really did work, then why doesn't the government spend $10 trillion every year? We could have the sweetest roads, free education, health care, housing, food, etc. Oh yeah, it doesn't work... Forgot... The liberals are going to fall on their faces if this really goes through because it will fail...miserably.

Racial Reconcilation

I'm sick of racial reconciliation. At Northwestern College in St. Paul MN, a generally conservative school, they are shoving it down our throats. We had two chapel speakers this week blab on about how whitey is holding down the minorities. Look to the past, they say, look to the past. How about look at what's going on right now? How about look at the poverty and lack of education in the inner-cities? How about the breakdown of the family? The absence of fathers in the home? Maybe you should blame yourselves for letting yourselves continue in this cycle of poverty. Pull yourselves up by the bootstraps brothers & sisters! Get an education! Get a job! Stop blaming me, I've never hurt you or your family's chances of succeeding. Everybody has a chance to make it in the real world, everybody. It ain't gonna be easy, but quit griping about it! Build yourself up instead of tearing me down.