Vote the Incumbent Out

Who Votes for These People?

2010-04-05T20:12:00.000-07:00

Seriously, who votes for these people? He should really be concerned about all those American Sailors. Some of our ships are operating dangerously close to the edge of the world.

My Number one, So Far

2010-04-05T19:23:00.000-07:00

If I were to vote today for the senate nomination, I would vote for Tim Bridgewater. Tim is a real down to earth guy. Easy to talk to and has a good head on his shoulders. I had the chance to speak one on one with him for about 20 minutes Friday night. He has some great ideas, many of which I have thought about in the past few years. He is a fair tax supporter but would consider a flat tax if that was what could pass. Like me he believes an income tax punishes productivity, hurting the economy it needs to raise funds. He wants energy independence. Having worked in the energy sector, he understands the balance needed between more oil production and developing alternative sources of energy. He worked in the Reagan administration collecting foreign debt owed to the US so he understands Washington, however, since then has worked in the private sectors starting several small businesses in several different industries. And let us not forget, he is a member of the NRA, and for someone who just bought a nice new Ruger 10/22(that would be a .22 rifle or as Obama would describe it, a deadly assault gun), that puts my mind at ease.

The only complaint I really have at this point would be the cheesy brochure of him in a sports jacket and slacks sitting on the tail of his old pick-up truck. It just seems a little too "Scott Brown" for me.

I'd suggest anyone wondering about the candidates check him out. He's seems pretty good. Tons better than Bob Bennett, that for sure.

VOTE THE INCUMBENT OUT

Just keep walking Bob.

2010-04-04T19:45:00.000-07:00

You know how I feel about incumbents. I might vote one back once or twice, but if they haven't gotten it done in 18 years, I'm going to question sending them back.

Bob, it's time for you to go.

18 years ago, you promised to only run for two terms. 18 years ago you promised to reform entitlement programs. 18 years ago I wasn't old enough to vote. If you can't get it done in 18 years, why should I send you back for more?

Thursday night, Bob Bennett's office invited me to sit at his table at the Lincoln Dinner. I politely declined as I was not planning to attend the dinner, however, I did attend the meet and greet before the dinner. (I should preface the rest of the story by telling you that all State Delegates attending the dinner were given blue name tags so the candidates new who they should focus on. I did not have a name tag.) Myself and Shawn, the other delegate from my precinct, were having a conversation when Bob Bennett came up to us saying, "I've been told I'm only suppose to to talk with blue name tags." I tried to introduce myself but he continued past me to speak with Shawn, blue name tag. He talked with Shawn for a minute and then asked him if he had any question. Shawn deferred to me at which point I re-introduced myself as a State Delegate and asked my first question.

To save you from the boring details, I will tell you that he answered my questions by asking me very condescending and loaded question, to make his point. He wants to cut back on social security and medicare but when I asked if he would be willing to eliminate the pensions that elected officials get, he looked down and pointed at me and in a very condescending tone asked, "What pension do you think I get? The same pension they get up at Hill (AFB)." I told him, "there is no reason for us to be supporting elected officials after they finish there term."

QUIZ TIME: How many current Senators and Congressman are $$$millionaires$$$? (Athletes that play for the Senators don't count.)

I asked other questions, but they were all answered with the same tone and finger. He did explain that we should reelect him so he can fix the entitlement system. I'm all for that. He told a story about after he was first elected that he stated to all the other republican Senators that he wanted to reform the entitlement programs. I then asked him why after 18 years of failing does he think he can now come home with a win. Can anybody guess the answer? Doesn't matter, it wasn't good enough to write.

There are worst things about Washington than Bob Bennett, but in the words of our glorious President, It's time for a change. Bob has had his chance. He is a moderate in conservative clothing. He voted for TARP. His sponsored health care bill was as bad as the debacle we now have. He has just lost touch with voters in Utah. It is time.

VOTE THE INCUMBENT OUT

Getting Back Into It

2010-04-04T19:08:00.000-07:00

Since we are coming up on a new election and since I was elected a State Delegate in my precinct, I thought I would start posting my impression of the up coming races. Friday night was the Tooele County Republican Party Lincoln Dinner fundraiser. I was not planning on going, even though Bob Bennett's office invited me personally to sit at his table, but there was a meet the candidates function before that I wanted to attend. So I party crashed.

To keep this from going to long I will give my impressions of the Senate and other races in later posts, and leave this post for more general impressions of the evening.

VOTE OUT BOB BENNETT

A warning to Bob Bennett, this is not going to be an easy race for the nomination. Not to many people there speaking highly of you, and if you treat others the way you treated me before you found out who I was, the race will only get tougher.

I knew nothing about Governor Gary Herbert a few months ago. I was a little uneasy about him when he took over the state. Didn't Impress me much as the Lt Gov. He has impressed me as Governor. When the session started he drew a line in the sand and said he would veto any new taxes that came across his debt, and they tried. I am impressed with him and meeting him was a pleasure. He did have to compromise on the tobacco tax, for the budget. I don't like it, but I understand it. It was definitely the best option for solving the budget problem.

This post may seem a little too positive for me, but don't worry my next post on Bob Bennett will be far from positive.

Obama to Take On International Tax Dodgers. More Nominations Coming.

2009-03-04T05:08:00.000-08:00

When I saw the headline Administration to take on International Tax Dodgers first thing I thought of was he must be making more nominations to cabinet posts. The best part is that Geithner is the guy telling us this. It must take a tax evader to find tax evaders.

St. Louis Tea Party

2009-03-01T06:09:00.000-08:00

Conservative Protests against "Obillions" Stimulus package are getting popular. I think this guy has it right at the one in St Louis.

Bill Hennessy of Ballwin, the lead organizer. "We'll do this every chance we get until Congress repeals the pork — or we retire them from public life."

The greatest power we have as Americans is our right to vote, but when we continue to vote for the same people that continue not to listen to listen to us, we might as well not have the right at all.

Still Laughing. Vote them out!

2009-02-28T17:52:00.000-08:00

Pretty Sure They are Laughing at us too.

2009-02-26T18:08:00.000-08:00

Next Time You Go to the Doctor...Think about it.

2009-02-26T10:27:00.000-08:00

Since Obama is proposing to reinstate the ban on so-called "Assualt Weapons", here a fun fact for everyone to chew on.

Doctors
(A) The number of physicians in the U.S. is 700,000.

(B) Accidental deaths caused by Physicians per year are 120,000.

(C) Accidental deaths per physician is 0.171.

Statistics courtesy of U.S. Dept of
Health and Human Services.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Now think about this:
Guns
(A) The number of gun owners in the U.S. is 80,000,000.
(Yes, that's 80 million)

(B) The number of accidental gun deaths per year, all age groups, is 1,500.

(C) The number of accidental deaths per gun owner is .000188.

Statistics courtesy of FBI

So, statistically, doctors are approximately
9,000 times more dangerous than gun owners.

FACT: NOT EVERYONE HAS A GUN,
BUT
ALMOST EVERYONE HAS AT LEAST ONE DOCTOR

I'm pretty sure they are laughing at us.

2009-02-25T05:19:00.000-08:00

Congress Should be Arrested

2009-02-14T07:30:00.001-08:00

Federal obligations now exceed the World GDP. GWP. This is from World Net Daily.
Here are some highlights.

As the Obama administration pushes through Congress its $800 billion deficit-spending economic stimulus plan, the American public is largely unaware that the true deficit of the federal government already is measured in trillions of dollars, and in fact its $65.5 trillion in total obligations exceeds the gross domestic product of the world.

The real 2008 federal budget deficit was $5.1 trillion, not the $455 billion previously reported by the Congressional Budget Office, according to the "2008 Financial Report of the United States Government" as released by the U.S. Department of Treasury.

"It's not likely this will happen without the Federal Reserve acting as lender of last resort for the Treasury by buying Treasury debt and monetizing the debt," he said.

"Monetizing the debt" is a term used to signify that the Federal Reserve will be required simply to print cash to meet the Treasury debt obligations, acting in this capacity only because the Treasury cannot sell the huge of amount debt elsewhere.

The $65.5 trillion total federal obligations under GAAP accounting not only now exceed four times the U.S. gross domestic product, or GDP, the $65.5 trillion deficit exceeds total world GDP.

"The federal government is bankrupt," Williams told WND. "In a post-Enron world, if the federal government were a corporation such as General Motors, the president and senior Treasury officers would be in federal penitentiary."

Touche'

Can we please throw these people out.

2009-02-14T07:05:00.000-08:00

Is $7.4 Trillion really alot of money?

2008-11-25T05:01:00.000-08:00

Is it? It is a chunk, but what if Corporate Accounting practices were used on the US Governments Books? How does $59,100,000,000,000 sound. That is over $500,000 for every US household. I don't have that much debt. I have a mortgage but at least that is backed by a house.
So how does that break down:
BALANCE DUE
The cost per U.S. household of unfunded promises made by federal, state and local government:
Medicare $255,280
Social Security $144,251
Federal debt $43,380
Military benefits $25,863
State and local debt $17,537
Federal civil- servant benefits $14,374
State and local retiree benefits $13,114
Other federal obligations $2,548
Total $516,348

We really need to get rid of these fools in Washington. They don't know how to do anything right.

$7,400,000,000,000

2008-11-24T20:30:00.000-08:00

That is the total of what has been pledged so far by our generous US Congress. I couldn't be more proud. I remember when they were talking about $700 billion. So $7.4 trillion would make this about $24,000 per person. Great. If I've learned anything in the last few years, it's that when your being buried by debt, go shopping. Bloombergs got an article that is worth reading.

My Favorite line, "The pledges, amounting to half the value of everything produced in the nation last year."

Another great one, "It’s nine times what the U.S. has spent so far on wars in Iraq and Afghanistan."

And one more, "Federal Reserve lending last week was 1,900 times the weekly average for the three years before the crisis."

And if your still not worried about it, "The worst financial crisis in two generations has erased $23 trillion, or 38 percent, of the value of the world’s companies and brought down three of the biggest Wall Street firms."

NYC Orders Churches to Stop Helping Homeless

2008-11-22T20:10:00.000-08:00

So what does Separation of Church and State really mean. According to Prop 8 opponents, Churches shouldn't get involved in political issues. Some say it was to keep us from having a state sponsored church, or maybe it means that the State should stay out of church issues.

The First Amendment states, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..." So is New York City trampling on the First Amendment when it tells churches they can't help the homeless unless they are open for at least five days a week.

I think so.

Real Change

2008-11-19T16:12:00.000-08:00

I got wind of this column today. And she's got it right for the most part. Why do we give these guys such a great salary, benefits, and pension. Oh right, they gave that to them. Quit worrying so much about the president and vote the rest of those rascals out. They are the real problems.

Opps

2008-11-19T05:05:00.000-08:00

Come on, who hasn't left something on the car as they drove off.

Economy Tanks, Time to hoard SPAM

2008-11-15T20:41:00.000-08:00

I thought this article was interesting. I know my family is partly responsible.

Red Country, City Blues

2008-11-13T07:54:00.000-08:00

As a follow up to a previous post, I found this map which shows how the election went County by County. There is a disconnect between Rural and Urban America. This is why state rights are so important. I'm not going to pretend to know what it takes to live in Massachusetts, and I certainly shouldn't have a say (vote) as to their laws. So stay out of mine.

Protests Going Too Far

2008-11-13T05:23:00.000-08:00

Temple protests, Sunday Service protests, An old lady get beat up for holding a cross, and a Mormon losses his job. I think these protests have gone abit too far. I can't believe that someone can hold a sign that says "Seperation of Church and State, Let Democracy Work". Democracy did work. It worked very well. People went out and voted and the ammendment won. No freedoms were even banned. People are upset, but don't use fear to promote your agenda. If you do, you are no better than the KKK.

Obama Rules!

2008-11-11T05:17:00.000-08:00

"...given the daunting challenges that we face, it's important that president elect Obama is prepared to really take power and begin to rule day one." Valerie Jarrett, co-chair of Barack Obama's Transition Team

Drill

2008-11-11T05:04:00.000-08:00

I may not be the biggest Obama fan, but I do respect the election process. I hope he does well. However, I am a proponent of state rights and believe the federal government should keep out. So when I read that Obama will stop drilling planned for Southern Utah, that really upsets me. Doesn't he have enough to do with the economy, the war, the energy crisis, not to to worry about drilling in Utah. Don't get fooled when you read this article, the federal government already owns too much land in Utah, they don't need more, and drilling won't affect the National Parks. Let Utah decide what Utah wants to do with Utah's resources.

$700 Billion becomes $2 Trillion

2008-11-10T13:50:00.000-08:00

Why wasn't this in the news. I heard it was happening but can't believe the number. Why was it such a big deal to pass a $700 billion bailout package if the Tresury department had the right to spend 1.3 trillion without congress'e approval. And after all that happens, the big news is Who Did We Loan It To. Shouldn't the story be, "How Does an Unpopular decision to Blow $700 Billion Become $2 trillion" Leave it to the Government to go over budget.

Please take over my Healthcare Uncle Sam. You know how to run things right.

New Excersise Regiment

2008-11-06T05:07:00.000-08:00

I'm always looking for something that will make weight loss easier. One women has found away to do just that. Running not enough? Just imagine the added benefit of running with a fox attached to your arm. Just 1 mile a day to reach your fitness goals.

Electoral Map Tells All

2008-11-05T18:47:00.000-08:00

If you check out the interactive electoral map on foxnews.com it really shows you one of the problems in this country; the giant riff between urban and rural life. Remember in 2004 when the map was all red in the center and blue on the fringes. This year it was more blue, but zooming into the states you see the same issue. Take Nevada, the entire state is red except for the counties of Las Vegas, Reno and Carson City. Ohio, the same way. Red all over except for the counties surrounding the urban areas. Nebraska's fun, 4 counties are blue out of the 30+. Oregon, East Red, Northwest Blue. Why is it that Rural = Republican while Urban = Democrat.
Maybe it is better stated Rural = Conservative while Urban = Liberal. Maybe this is why it upsets me so much when liberals from the East and West coast come into Utah to promote there agenda. Heck, I moved out of Salt Lake County becuase they where too liberal. (Who votes for 3 tax hikes in one election, oh and 2 more this year.) Urban people don't understand rural life and I don't pretend to understand what it takes to live in the city. I do know the Constitution and the Bill of Rights guarantee certain rights and no politician, Democrat or Republican, has the right to takes those away.
But what do I know, all I do is clean my guns and read my Bible.

A Good Way to Vote the Incumbent Out

2008-11-05T05:16:00.000-08:00

Some of you would say that 'it is better to vote in the incumbent republican than vote in a democrat' or vice-versa. First, there are other parties than Republican and Democrat. Second, do what they did in Utah's third district. During the republican primary, they ousted long time congressman Chris Cannon and nominated newcomer Chris Chaffetz. He won last night and should make a good representative. Chris, don't think you can make a career out of this, you should be looking for something else to do in a few years.

Pennsylvania: Racist, Redneck and Stupid.

2008-11-05T05:06:00.000-08:00

Is it just me or do anybody else take offense to being called a racist. Well, not the good people of Murtha's district in PA. Nor do they mind being called Rednecks. So how about stupid? How dumb do you have to be to believe that someone that is insulting you to your face is going represent you in Washington. How will we ever get change in Washington when we continue to vote in people like Murtha to represent us.

Vote Out the Incumbent

2008-11-03T15:31:00.000-08:00

This may be too late to make any difference for tomorrows election, but it is time someone starts talking about what will bring about real change in Washington. It has nothing to do with the catch phrases, political tag lines, and bumper sticker slogans. If you really want "Change and Hope", or "Change that Matters", or if putting "Country First" is what you want, than the best thing anyone can do is vote the incumbent out. You've probably heard the quote, 'The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. ' Why then do we continue to to elect the same politicians that make the same promises year after year and give us the same worthless result. Republican and Democrats alike go to the poles only to vote for straight down the party lines. Can't you just take a few minutes once every two years to at least read about the who you are voting for. They may not really believe what you do.
Some of you will say that voting out a strong incumbent will weaken your states seniority in congress. You might be right. You may not have that chairman spot on the Armed Services committee. Here is the thing about congress though, every vote counts. Even a junior senator gets to vote.
The problem is, that these lifetime senators and congressmen love to make packs with other lifers and the agreements they make are seldom good for the country or even your state. Stop thinking the federal government should pay for all your little projects. It just enslaves your State and forces your "representative" to make bad decisions for the promise of a kick-back. Take the $700 billion bail-out Pork. I love Spam, but stop the Pork.

Now that I've ranted, let me tell you what I think, for what it's worth. I'm a conservative. Fiscal Conservative first, but also social. I'm a registered republican but believe that they are just as wrong as democrats on most issues. I believe in term limits for all elected official and that states should be self-sufficient. Taxes need to be low and spending lower. I believe in the constitution and not in the UN, and if you have read all the way to the bottom of this post, you must somewhat agree with me or absolutely disagree. Either way come back periodically and I will share my opinion about what this country (not the politicians but the people), need to do to get out of the mess we are in.
Government is created by the people to guarantee rights, not grant them.