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7/27/04

Is The American dream dead?

I have long held the belief that our government(s) in nearly all of it's forms (city, town, county, parish, state, federal) are overstepping their bounds. I am now learning first hand just how far too far it has gotten at the local city level.

Our local City of Janesville WI. housing code enforcement office has recently contacted me demanding that I contact them to arrange for them to Inspect a building that I own. I told them they were not welcome to do so and was duely informed that they would then get an "Inspection Warrant". I was also informed that I would not be able to be represented at this hearing to obtain said inspection warrant. And if I still refused them entrance they could/would break into the appartments to perform the inspection. I believe this to be a major violation of my consitution rights and potentially the rights every citizen of this City. Rather than allow them to cause damage to the building I relented and allowed them to inspect. I anticipate they will soon formaly insist that I complete major repairs costing more than I can curently afford. I'm not saying that none of them need to be done, just that the government shouldn't be sticking it's nose into my business and telling me what, and when it has to be done unless it is in imminent danger of causing harm to someone.

This is not the first time I've had contact with this dept. A few months ago I found a buisness card from one of them (Timothy J. Gorman) in my mailbox. It fell out of my mail when I brought it into my house. Which means he came onto my property without my permission and violated U.S. Postal regulations by mailing mail without postage, which he now denies doing. I contacted him, and was informed by him that there had been an anonymous complaint about the appearance of my house. He then asked me when I was available and requested to meet me to discuss the issue. I told him I was available right then. Since I was the one talking to him at that time I assumed he was available as well. Since his office is about 6-7 blocks away from my home it would have taken him next to no time to come over. He however refused to come at that time and insisted that it be at another time. I informed him that I wasn't available any other time soon, so he told me he would just send me a letter. Upon further discussion he then informed me that his letter was going to be an order to correct the violations he noted upon inspecting my property ealier from the exterior. I have always tried to live within my means and pursue the "American Dream". About 13 years ago, I bought a house that was a fixer upper, thinking that I would be able to fix it up myself over time as I could afford it. It also happened to have been converted into a 2 unit building and for a time I rented the upper unit. I thought being a Landlord could be my way of making some extra money, so I bought another 4 unit building also a fixer upper about 9 years ago. As tenants moved in and out I would make some minor and sometimes slightly major repairs to the various appartments. Many years I didn't make much if anything on the rentals. Perhaps I was naieve in thinking I needed to keep the rents low so people could afford to live there.

As life has it's way of kicking you in the face I have had some really bad tenants in some of the appartments, and some that I've had to kick out and not get proper compensation due to the excessive costs involved in taking them to court. And if I did take them to court, a few of them have declared bankruptcy thus forcing me to lose money on back rent, repairing dammage they caused to the appartments, and the costs of taking them to court. On top of this the city was overtaxing all rental properties for a few years of the sevral which I have owned them.

I have always held the belief that I am responsible for my own debts, and that I shouln't seek money/assistance from some government agency to do things such as make repairs on my house(s) because I believe that money they are handing out to be stolen frrom you and me. I'm quickly running out of options I don't want to, but I believe I'm going to have to relent again, and take some of our stolen money from the very government that is insisting I spend money I don't have.

"I'm a desperate man
Send lawyers, guns, and money
The ($#!+) has hit the fan "

Warren Zevon

6/15/04

I find the recent Supreme court ruling on the pledge of allegiance a bit troubling. I think they had the constitutional authority to rule properly that "under GOD" is certainly permissible in our pledge of allegiance since it doesn't promote a specific religion. But in taking the non-ruling way out, by ruling that the person that filed the original suit didn't have the authority to sue on behalf of his daughter because he wasn't the legal custodial parent in a divorce. it seems to me they set the precedent (intentionally or otherwise) that non custodial parents have no authority over their children. Unless a parent has been striped of his/her legal parental status (IE because of some form of abuse to the child or someone else showing him/her to be a danger to the child) there should be no court/ruling taking away any parental authority over any of their children. Unfortunately I don't know what the legal status of the person that filed the original suit is. But as far as I can tell he has contact with his daughter and probably has not been stripped of any legal status by a divorce court. So why would the Supreme court now take the stand that it has in what I believe to be an Unconstitutional ruling against his parental rights.

1/16/04

Global wCaOrOmLing

I dare say I think I have these nutcases on their global warming issue figured out. They think that we (humans) are creating more high preasure systems in the weather, thus squeezing the air and causing it to heat up. Then when an occasional low preasure system comes along it expands and causes lower than normal temperatures in those select areas. IE the New England area this week where it got down to record breaking cold with windchills rated at -100 degrees. They think we've turned the world into a global refrigerator.

1/15/04

I saw a bumper sticker the other day that I feel the need to address. It's not really a new saying; it just prompted me to think about how stupid it really was. It said, "War is not the answer". Now to the casual observer I suppose this makes sense. No one likes to go to war, so war should never be the answer right? Except, Who determines that we need to go to war? Sure we (our congressional representatives) may vote on it. But there first has to be a situation where we deem it necessary to make that vote. It's the bad guys doing bad deeds that determine when war is necessary. If they do something bad that needs to be dealt with and they refuse to allow it to be dealt with in a diplomatic fashion it is they (the bad guys), Not us (the good guys) that determine war is the only way. So in the end it is the bad guys that force war to be the answer. And it is indeed the answer sometimes as it was in Afghanistan, and Iraq. As a result of these two conflicts bad guys in bad governments everywhere are shaking in their boots. And that my friends is a very good thing.

10/5/2003

Rush is right. Rush is so right, that he's not allowed to be wrong, even if he's not. Apparently that is the way he's being treated. He made a statement on a sports talk show on ESPN that was essentially an accusation against many in the sports media that they were being racist, and he's the one that resigned because his co-analysts on the program were getting heat from some sports media types. Probably the same ones that were actually acting in a racist fashion themselves. Well there's justice for you.

Now at the same time there's also some accusation apparently from a former employee that he's been buying/using drugs illegaly. I've not heard that he was acutally charged by a law enforcement agency so I'm going to withhold judgement on this one. It's ammazing though that so many people automaticly assume he's guilty. It appears that they just can't wait to see him topple. Some of the people I've heard gleefully hoping the accusations are true, are ones I've heard admit to drug use themselves in their past. I'll admit his non-denial denial seems to say there's something to these accusations, but hey what lawyer wouldn't give his client advice to do that when faced with something you aren't sure about. Given how busy Rush is preparing for his show(s) I'm sure it's possible he asked an employee to pick up things for him from time to time. I'm also sure that people misunderstand each other every day and maybe this is a misunderstanding on someones part and perhaps this person doing the accusing is just using her employer as a fall guy for her own misdeads. (Just posing an equally plausible explanation for what we are hearing.) Lets just wait to see if Rush is actually charged with anything before we hang him, OK.

10/11/2003

Ok, Rush has admited to being addicted to a Prescribed pain medication(s). He still hasn't been charged with any crime. Given the known addicive qualities of the medications being reported, I'm sure most people could easily become addicted to them. I guess the question remains, did he resort to criminal means to obtain more of the drugs after his prescription ran out? Or was a doctor perhaps remiss in maintaining control of his prescribing a known highly addictive drug? I'm sure more information will be forthcoming. I certainly hope that Rush did not resort to criminal activity to get the drugs. He would definetly disappoint alot of people if he did. Me among them.

8/28/2003

Regarding the removal of a monument containing the 10 Commandments from the Alabama Supreme Court building.

Excuse me. I could be wrong here, but doesn't the Constitution state in part. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;" It seems to me that we hear an awfull lot regarding the first part of that portion of the 1st amendment. But we hear very little regarding the second portion. I guess just because it specifies that the restriction is upon Congress, the courts feel free to restrict religious exercise whenever and where ever they wish. Recognition of the basis of our laws is not an establishment of religion. Anyone that has read any base amount of our founding documents and the writings of those that helped write it would know that there is a clear correlation between the 10 commandments, the bible, and our countries founding documents. The whole point of that portion of the constitution is that they didn't want government to establish A (Singular) Government sponsored/promoted religion like the King of England had done to them. Nor did they want government to restrict people in freely exercising the religion of their choice. While we have done very well on the first point we have been doing increasingly poorly on the later.

I have my suspicions that the more conservative members of the US Supreme Court intentionally decided against hearing the case specifically to prevent the decision that given recent bad rulings from them collectively would surely be as bad/worse as the rulings from the lower courts have been.

6/30/2003

Well now we have a Supreme court that has elected to show us what bafoons we are and set the stage for legalised racism once again. Totally ignoring the 14th Amendment to our Constitution. "Section. 1. ALL persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the EQUAL protection of the laws." This means that no one should be given preferential treatment by the US or State Governments. For by giving one person preferential treatment I.E. based on race you are therefore descriminating against all others.

Another of their fine recent blunders is to make sodomy in almost all of it's forms legal. They did stop short of making it legal when it involved children. But when Senator Rick Santorum warned against the effects of this then potential decision he was blasted as a hate monger for saying it would make several forms of sodomy legal if they struck down the Texas law against sodomy. Already on the chopping block for the last several years has been the idea that marriage can only be between a man and a woman. Now the homosexual activists want to pretend that they can be married as well. If you believe as I do that it is in jepoardy of becoming corrupted, please sign the petition to support an amendment to our constitution to make sure it stays a sacred union between a man and a woman.

Sure our country has live through harder times, and put up with stupider ideas being tried. But why do we have to sit back and allow the stupidity to continue any longer than it has already?

Freedom's Source
It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press.
It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech.
It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who has given us the freedom to demonstrate.
It is the soldier, not the lawyer, who has given us the right to a fair trial.
It is the soldier, who salutes the flag who serves under the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag.
Were it not for the brave, there would be no land of the free.
Author Unknown

3/24/2003

Now that we've finally taken decisive action in Iraq it's time to start looking at the next area of the world which harbors ill will tword us. after all we are on a mission to rid the world of terrorists. The obvious choice would be to support the fall of the current terrorist supporting government of Iran. After the problems we had trying to convince people that we needed to get rid of Sadam an easier target might be the best choice. Since there are already civilian uprisings in Iran it shouldn't be too difficult. But never underestimate the peacenik mentality, nothing that should be easy will ever be with them around stirring the pot against it.

"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty." Excerpt from John F. Kennedy Inaugural Address

1/29/2003

The only evidence that Saddam/Iraq is an imminent threat that some people will accept is that which only gives them a split second to change their mind..........______________________________________________________

"What if [Saddam Hussein] fails to comply [with inspections] and we fail to act, or we take some ambiguous third route, which gives him yet more opportunities to develop ... weapons of mass destruction? ... Well, he will conclude that the international community has lost its will. He will then conclude that he can go right on and do more to rebuild an arsenal of devastating destruction. And some day, some way, I guarantee you he'll use the arsenal." Bill Clinton 1998

10/14/2002

To all of you peaceniks that don't understand the imminent threat to the USA posed by many nations around the world. Regardless of your willingness to defend yourself, you will be a target along with the rest of us if we don't remove the threat before it is deployed. Otherwise I hope that peace flag you fly will protect you from the chemical, biological and nuclear weapons that are aimed at you too as a citizen of this semi-free country.

"A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy. While the people are virtuous they cannot be subdued; but when once they lose their virtue then will be ready to surrender their liberties to the first external or internal invader." --Samuel Adams

7/9/2002

The whole notion that the constitution allows for some people opposed to religion, to impose their will and demand that the rest of us not even speak of religion in their presence is absurd. If that were the case then the rest of us would have an equally absured power to impose our will on anyone who disagrees with our point of view on any matter. The constitution clearly states that the government has no right/ability to make law to prevent anyone from exercising their freedom of speach and or religion. Therefore no court has the ability to create that precedant either. The recent judgment of the 9th circuit will be overturned in one way or another. Either they will do it themselves, or the supreme court will. If either of them fail to do the right thing the people of the US will do it for them. The justices that made this judgement need to make a little trip over to some less than free country and try and impose their will there.

5/29/2002

The homosexual newspaper, "Washington Blade" has just published an article and the headline says it all: "Nickelodeon goes gay." The "Blade" says that the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) is working with Nickelodeon on an upcoming children's program! Nickelodeon will be airing the show this summer that will promote homosexual sodomy as a normal lifestyle to our nation's children! I have just signed a petition urging Nickelodeon to cancel production of this pro-homosexual show. I am urging you to sign this petition to protest this effort to normalize homosexuality. Nickelodeon leaders must get the message that they should not be promoting sodomy to children! Please join with more than 43,000 concerned citizens who have already signed this petition! To sign this petition, go to: conservativepetitions.com to Stop Nickelodeon

"History fails to record a single precedent in which nations subject to moral decay have not passed into political and economic decline. There has been either a spiritual awakening to overcome the moral lapse, or a progressive deterioration leading to ultimate national disaster." --General Douglas MacArthur

12/15/2001

For those of you scared by Our Esteemed President removing US from the ABM treaty with a nonexistent government, Don't be. It will not spark a new Cold War Military build up. The Treaty didn't end the previous Cold War. But removing ourselves from it could very well end the current one. Just in case you can't figure it our for yourself we have enemies that want to destroy us now. They are currently seeking weapons technology that they hope to use to remove us from the face of this world. The sooner we develop an Anti Ballistic Missile system that we can deploy wherever we and our allies need it. The sooner they will discover that their efforts are wasted and move on to something else. Like maybe a better form of government, much like the Former member states of Former Soviet Union is engaged in now. Since they gave up their Cold War when they discovered that our form of government can out pace them in the development of bigger/bader forms of destructive capabilities that they didn't want to experience.

"The question is not whether to go to war, for war has already been thrust upon us. The only choice is between victory and defeat. And let's be clear, we must choose victory, a victory that cannot be secured at the bargaining table." --House Majority Whip Tom DeLay

11/21/2001

To all those people that choose to bash Harry Potter books and the new movie, for having some kind of evil intent: Why can't we just treat these books and the movie(s) as the harmless entertainment they are? There are so many truly evil things in this world we need to deal with. We don't need to waste our time trying to prove there is some evil intent in something there clearly is not. I have read the books. My son, who has been struggling with reading, has taken a liking to them as well, just like so many others have. He's more inclined to fantasize about himself being a Pro football player than a wizard, warlock or any other magical creature. So get off the bash the books bandwagon and on to something more useful.

10/19/2001

Look out there, all around these United States of America. That is the America us true conservatives see every day. Patriotic, hard working, generous people, making this country the best place to be in the entire world. Thank You for letting us see who the silent majority really is.

9/12/2001

Oh, to have the profound words no one else can come up with to express our outrage at the attacks that happened yesterday. I have expressed dismay in the past over the problems with several people�s attitudes that we have no more enemies, and therefore no need for as large a military as we need. It is quite apparent today that that attitude is quite false. Much too late many are forced into the realization that they were wrong. And we do need a strong military. And effective intelligence operations, able to operate world wide to discover plans for operations such as this so that we can prevent them, rather than mourn their occurrence. We have been warned through several attacks on our people, and property in several locations throughout the world. As well as the stated threats of those now thought to be responsible for what they said they wish to do to us. But we ignored the signs for too long. It's not too late to try to prevent further attacks. Unshackle our American ingenuity and let�s protect ourselves through superior firepower. Once again we must make anyone that seeks to do us harm, pay the price for messing with the best, freest, most diverse, strongest Country in the world.

8/6/2001

Ask me what I believe about GOD, A higher power, or religeon in general, and I'll tell you i'm very conflicted about it all. But, what I don't understand is how people who claim to be seriously religeous can possibly be Liberals/Democrats. How is it possible to believe in an Almighty GOD, and supporting the immoral actions of many Democrats, abortion, A thieving Government, homosexual rights, and so many other things that clearly go agaainst GOD's will?

6/22/2001

The other day I saw a stupid bumper sticker that said "Hate Is not a Family Value" right next to another stupid one that said Gore/Lieberman. I beg to differ. For instance, I hate that some people think it's OK to kill Babies, born and unborn. This is a "Family Value" among others I'm passing on to my Son. Hate in it's proper context is most definitely a Family Value. Context is everything.

3/26/2001

Why does our President have to go around campaigning to convince us that our government should stop taking so much of our money? Shouldn't it be us, telling him that? I think most of us have gotten fat and lazy to the point we don't even have the time to spend all of our own money and so we expect the government to do it for us. Should any of you ever have that problem please contact me and I would be very happy to spend your money for you, on whatever you need it spent on. And I guarantee you that I won't charge you as much as the government would to do it for you. I could only charge you 50% and in most cases that would be better than what the government wastes to get the same job done. I am looking for a better job anyway so if this can be it, I'm sure you will be satisfied. All you need to do is tell the government to stop taking it so that you can give it to me to spend for you. Email me

2/06/2001

Well, Now I am thoroughly disgusted. We officially live in fear of little white fluffy things commonly referred to as snow. Not the actual stuff though but the anticipation of it. Today our local schools closed due to snow. When there is literally less than 1' on the ground. The Weather reports are calling for significant amounts, but that is showing no signs of arriving any time soon, and no sign of arriving prior to the end of the school day. Thus rendering the decision to close the schools ahead of time absolutely stupid. What would happen if our other Government services decided to close due to the anticipation of some no where near catastrophic event? They are literally acting as if we cannot deal with the stuff so we should avoid dealing with it altogether. I did call the superintendent of schools who while he cited the anticipation of a lot of snow couldn't defend closing the school ahead of time. All the time being rude to me and accusing me of being rude to him because I was trying to participate in a two way discussion. Even though when I wasn't saying anything he had nothing to say. If I had totally shut up, the silence would have been deafening. I don't think the schools should close even if the actual snow arrives. We can deal with it. This kind of thing happens, and we shouldn't shut down because of it. We should get out there and live life becuase of it.

12/11/2000

It is my contention that Clinton has been behind this push for Court intervention in the recount of the Florida votes almost from the begining. After all Algore did call and conceeded the election to Bush and then later called to recant that concession an hour later. I believe that when Clinton heared that he had conceeded he called Algore and demanded that he call Bush back to recant. Also, I find further evidence of this in the fact that the Whitehouse won't release transition money to President Elect Bush.

11/27/2000

After so many recounts of the vote in Florida I've lost count of how many there were. Never once did Bush lose. Yet the democrats in their vain attempt to win kept manufacturing vote after vote. If we let this continue surely they would be able to manufacture enough for Algore to finally win. Bush has been certified as the winner, yet the fight continues. Gore(Clinton) and his minnions continue to protest as though they had actually won, and the vote was somehow stolen from them in the same way that they attempted to steal it from Bush. It never ceases to amaze me how people will fall for the accusations of wrongdoing from the very people doing the wrongdoing themselves. Throughout ths election/campaign Algore has accused Bush of supporting/proposing bad policies that the Clinton/Algore administration has actually implemented. They accuse Bush of cutting social security when Algore cast the tiebreaking vote to raise taxes on Social Security income. And Clinton signed that legislation into law. But somehow that's totally ignored or worse than finding some way to fix the system. So that people of my age can be assured that not all of our hard earned money goes to waste in that toilet we call Social Security. I personally think that with IRA's, 401k's, 403b's and other forms or retirement savings we should just abolish Social Security. I know that for a freebie starved public that would never fly politicaly but Bush should at least get credit for trying to fix it rather than being bashed as though he's tring to do the same thing Algore did by cutting into current recipients benefits. And now in the post election wrangling it's Algore (who has never won, except in the eyes of the media) accusing Bush (who has never lost any count of the votes in the election) of trying to steal the election. Algore = total hypocrite.

11/8/2000

Well now, here we are on the day after a real squeaker for George W. Bush. If the numbers hold true in the recount in Florida he will have done what has been said could never be done. He has proposed major reforms to the Social Security system and lived to tell about it (politically speaking).� I for one am very glad that the lies told about his proposals didn't cost him the election. I'm glad that he now has the mandate needed and the necessary votes in the House and Senate to support his reforms. Even though they're so slim that the dems will pull every dirty trick they can think of to obstruct the Republicans. Remember what is happening to our economy right now so you don't feel�the need to blame a failing economy on GWB in the future. I personally have been feeling a failing economy for over a year now. My personal income has been slipping, my taxes continue to grow beyond my ability to afford them.

I am glad that we won't have to destroy our country to get done what needs to be done. �(See below) �My own personal views on why Bush didn't win by a greater margin was that there were some people that just wouldn't vote for him because of his obvious association with his Father. and their dislike of some of the things he did. also the late breaking news of his DUI 24 years ago, while it should have been irrelevant. It actually mattered�to some people.

On the illegal side, voter fraud seems to have been rampant. Polls staying open later than law allows in areas heavily populated by democrats. Extra ballots given to likely Gore supporters, people registering to vote at the polls in multiple locations, and outright buying of votes by democrat loyalists. I was speaking to a very misinformed liberal today and discovered that she had no clue that buying votes was illegal. And when informed of it she still thought that it should be perfectly legal.

10/25/2000

It is my sincere desire that George W. Bush be elected (and I do believe he will be) president of these wonderful, if a bit trampled upon, United States of America.

However should the truly terrible happen, and we get a lying, corrupt, flaming liberal (Algore) for the third consecutive term in a row. I propose that everyone, no matter how Conservative, Libertarian, or Constitutional, start to act as liberal as humanly possible. So as to hasten the total demise of Liberalism in the pathetic brains of those that truly are Liberals. We will need to destroy ourselves in order to save ourselves, before someone else does it for us(China, North Korea, Iran, Iraq, ). �If we can get all this touchy feeley *^%#$^& over and done with, and on to rebuilding our nation into into the lands of Freedom that our founding fathers envisioned. Maybe we will still have a nation capable of being rebuilt.

8/2/2000

Why do we think we need government to provide our healthcare/prescription drugs for�us? �I hear conservatives on this stupid bandwagon that we should provide prescription drugs for Seniors. If none of these wonderful inventions were ever invented, would we still feel as though we had some right to them? Do we have any rights to anything yet to be invented? why do we feel we now have�rights where none existed before? The answer is that we don't. We do however have the right to buy for ourselves that which is legal and we can afford to buy for ourselves. We may need to make prescription drugs health care and everything else more affordable by getting government out of the way. But that is all we should be doing.� Not paying for things for people.

6/21/2000

Elian Gonzalez is now back in Cuba. He's not even with his father, he's in a re-education compound. Do you feel good about your what opinion was on what should have happened to him? I'm confident I was right. And I'm very saddened that he was allowed to be kidnaped by the Cuban government. I hope you've learned a lesson about how things are in this world, and that it's up to you too, to stand for what is right. Not just what feels right at the time.

4/29/2000

It has been reported that Elian Gonzalez is now telling his dad and others around him that he want's to go back to Cuba. �Well no kidding, considering what he was just put through here. �He's probably been traumatized into thinking this is the way life is in the US. �At least in Cuba if you say you love communism, and don't speak out about how horrible life is under the dictatorial rule of Castro. They pretty much leave you alone to wallow in your poverty stricken, slavery induced,�squalor. �He's probably never experienced the horrors of Castro first hand but he's seen�the very underbelly of America first hand and very up close and personal. �Those that wish to send him back to Cuba have no real clue what the consequences to themselves may be if this type of action is allowed to go on without consequences to the�perpetrators (Bill Clinton, Janet Reno, The INS). �Many people seem to think that since these people are of Cuban heritage that they are not�Americans. �The civil rights of�American citizens were violated by our government. �How long will it be before�it happens to you?

4/22/2000

Today is a very sad day to be an American. We no longer have a government that protects our freedom. I have served in our United States Army to preserve the freedoms we enjoy here in the US. I never thought it would come to a time when instead of preserving freedom our government would work to oppress us. It has now happened. Agents of the Federal government kidnaped Elian Gonzalez from the home where he was living in freedom, to work toward returning him to Cuba, where he will be brainwashed and enslaved to the whims of Fidel Castro. I'M MAD!!! This fight has never been about Fathers rights. It has always been about preserving freedom for Elian and anyone else that comes here from oppression. They were seeking a proper settlement of their dispute in a very legal way by using the court system. The courts had not terminated their rights to care for and have custody of the boy. The Father, if he had the freedom to do so, Could have visited the boy where he was. On numerous occasions the relatives that were caring for Elian invited him to do so. The plain simple truth is that he didn't/doesn't have that freedom. He lives in fear himself of what will happen to his relatives that remain in Cuba if he doesn't do what ever Castro wants him to do. Notice where the Miami relatives went when Elian was no longer there. They went to where Elian is. We should not be enabling Castro in the oppression of his people. Why don't we just tear down the statue of liberty? Obviously we don't mean what it stands for anymore.I don't know why but this somehow reminds me of an incident almost exactly 2000 years ago. For those of you that are Atheists and as such don't know, Jesus was taken away and crucified by the government. And what if Jesus comes back like that? Who is going to stand up for our rights when they come knocking down our doors?

3/14/2000

How can liberals so blindly follow and support people like Clinton and Gore? We see time after time the corruption of these two, and others around them, exposed. And liberals continue to follow them blindly. They cooperate in the commission of criminal acts that others go to jail for. And yet they are somehow able to be seen as innocent. Or it's no big deal as long as they say they are sorry. And then they call for new laws.�New laws, to do what? They've already committed crimes! What new laws do they want? Ones that make what they did legal?

3/14/2000

Congratulations to George W. Bush on his victories in the Republican primarys. If you read my earlier posts you can see that I was a bit worried about the whole thing. But now we have to worry about combating and defeating an even worse candidate, and maybe worse liar. I hope George W. Bush can overcome his main obstacles. The Media, Liberal lies, and those that still resent his father for his "read my lips, NO NEW TAXES" blunder. I hope he chooses his VP well, and doesn't alienate those already behind him. �Just so he can get someone that might bring in more left leaning support.

2/22/2000

So much for breathing easier. How are the Democrats choosing their candidate? Are they going to hash it out at their convention? They seem to have shut down their primary altogether. Did someone declare Gore the winner by default and now they get to send all their members into the polls to vote for the worst possible Republican candidate, so they will have no opposition in November. I'm really getting worried that the Republican party is going to allow Democrats to really screw up their party. It's obvious that McCain only cares about winning the nomination and has no idea what he's going to do after that. There is no way he will win the general election because 50% of the people voting for him are democrats that aren't going to vote for him, they will be voting for their favorite Democrat.

2/20/2000

Well I am breathing a little bit easier today after George W. Bush has won fairly convincingly in South Carolina. Especially considering the amount of liberal democrats that are openly calling for dems to vote for and voting for McCain. I would like for Allan Keys to see the light and now back out and endorse Bush. He's clearly taking votes from GWB. I'm still rather confused how conservatives like Gary Bauer could possibly consider endorsing McCain? Does he just dislike GWB personally? Because he clearly has a political ideology closer to GWB than to McCain

2/2/2000

Given The worst case scenario of the possibility of John McCain winning the Republican nomination I am now going to endorse George W. Bush. While he has never been my first choice. He is now in my opinion the best choice to beat out Mr. McCain, who is without a doubt the worst possible choice for the Republican nomination. Our country cannot stand another 4-8 years of bad liberal policies and judicial appointments.

1/8/2000

The Knight in shinning armor for Elian Gonzalez comes in the form of an honorable Representative from the state of Indiana. �Rep. Dan Burton is chairman of the House Government Reform Committee which issued a subpoena forcing Elian to appear before his committee in Feb. Creating the situation that will not allow Elian to be deported to Cuba until after the courts in Florida have made their decision on his fate. Trumping the idiotic ruling by the INS which would have forced Elian to be sent back prior to the Florida court's ruling. While it isn't a guarantee that Elian will never be deported, it at least gives him his day in court. I'm willing to bet the media will be blasting him for this action. I, for one, am congratulating him.

I have heard the idiotic argument that if the roles were reversed and there was a citizen of our country in Cuba we would be demanding his return. While the statement is correct, it ignores one very large and very fatal fact. The United States of America is not a Communist Dictatorship with guards walking around threatening to kill us if we try to leave, or make adverse statements against our government. We aren't trying to restrict Elian's freedom We are trying to ensure it. In fact most of the arguments I've heard for sending him back fail miserably to take�this into account. I�happen to have a son�almost the same age. While I love�him dearly I would never want him to have to grow up in the conditions that exist in Cuba.

1/1/2000

Well world, we made it past all the media hype and safely into the year 2000. �What more can I say that you don't already know on the subject. �If you are still down in your bunker it's safe to come out now. Well maybe you should stay down there, maybe it was actually you that we needed to watch out for anyway. �Happy New Year to all the rest of you.

12/18/99

In case you didn't already know it I have adamantly denounced all this Y2K hysteria that has been pervading our world. �I would like to amend my prior statement. Not that I think I was wrong. �But it appears that we will be having some pretty serious difficulty on or about the beginning of next year. It however has nothing to do with any kind of problem with computers malfunctioning. There have been several recent reports of law enforcement agencies catching people planing and�making terrorist threats around the world and in the US. Presumably they will be timing their actions to coincide with the non problem of Y2K computer malfunctions.

11/13/99

Parents beware: �If your child(ren) hasn't't dove into the world of Pokemon yet, they probably will. As a matter of principle I avoid supporting all fads. But this one seems to be especially pervasive. And not only that it is loaded with violent behavior. �I would hope that everyone that comes into contact with pokemon either stop it altogether or pay special attention that it doesn't get out of hand. I myself was considering buying my son a gameboy with the pokemon game. But after �watching a couple of the shows and reading this article, I will no longer be considering it.

10/21/99

We have a very dangerous, conflicted, and hypocritical government. First they inject themselves in our lives by taking over providing medical services for some of us. Then when they determine that some legitimate companies are endangering the lives of some of us by providing a legal product. A�product they subsidise the production of. They then sue those companies for the money they claim they spent�on some peoples health care. Destroying those companies. Why do we tolerate our government destroying our businesses? Most of us are not independently wealthy and cannot afford to lose our jobs. Yet we just ignore a government out of control and do nothing to stop it.

10/15/99

I get really irritated listening to Politicians talking about how some poor people are homeless even while working 40hr./week jobs. �When they are the ones that made housing unaffordable by raising taxes so high the people can't afford the taxes let alone the house. Government already takes 50%+ of what people make. And they keep wanting to spend more than what they already steal from us, and raise taxes even higher. They just want to look good when they go out and help out the downtrodden �lying under their feet. �We really do need to take back our country .

9/20/99

What ever Pat Buchanan decides to do, he is sure to drag out the decision for as long as people are willing to make a big deal about it. �After all most of the political game is to get people to know that you are out there. �So as long as there is controversy over his possible defection, he is getting free publicity and will move up in the polls as a result.

9/12/99

A�couple of weeks ago the people of East Timor voted to be free from Indonesian rule. �Since then they have become targets of if not the Indonesian Army, anti-independence militiamen supported by Indonesia. We can somehow justify running off to Kosovo to stop the fighting where two rival but relatively equal strength groups that have been fighting to rule the others. But now when some people try to peacefully vote for their freedom we can't do anything about it.

I personally would support sending some sort of monetary $upport or weapons to the people seeking to be free from the rule of Indonesia. We waste plenty of money on worthless �and corrupt countries�like Russia surely we could spend the money better on helping people that are willing to fight for their freedom. I would not however support sending troops to force them to stop fighting for their freedom. I don't even think we should send any troops in any capacity. �At the very least we should send them our verbal support. And condemn the Indonesians for their brutality.

9/10/99

Hey world, Guess what we made it through the first so called y2k type bug, the 9999 one. And we haven't reverted back to the stone age. �Told you it was hype.

9/4/99

Most people do not appreciate or recognize good service until they receive bad service.

9/01/99

The dishonest among us create the mistrust of all. Especially those just starting out with no proven history of honesty and responsibility.�

The other day I read a story that credit companies are having a hard time making money because we are paying our bills on time. �Then yesterday I get what looked like a piece of junk mail. I almost trhew it away. �It was a credit card bill. �Is it possible that in order to get more money out of us they are trying to get us to be late with our payments by disguising the bill so we don't give it the priority it needs.

8/28/99

GWB as a mere candidate for president is being blasted by the media for not answering a question about drugs. �There is no evidence he has ever used drugs, and he has not been accused by anyone of having used them. �But merely the question and his refusal to answer it, along with the media's ability to twist answers to other questions has given us the impression that he is hiding that he did use them.

Yet president BJC has continually lied about several things that there is overwhelming evidence he has done. And we the American people give him a pass, refusing�to hold him accountable in any way. �I don't know about you but I�sense a little bit of hypocrisy here. Check out the latest allegations.

8/21/99

Liberals/democrats can't let a tax cut during a time when�there is no deficit prove that tax cuts do not cause deficits, overspending does. And that tax cuts when we are being�overtaxed will result in more revenue to the government by creating higher profits to companies and more income to individuals, thus creating more taxable income to tax.

During a conversation with my brother(Chris), He pointed out that children will learn alot of bad things in life and in school. �I agreed but pointed out that more and more those bad things they learn are condoned rather than condemned. Especially in places like school. �And We as parents are made to feel wrong for teaching that bad things are bad.

8/4/99

Most of the pleasure we get from lifes activities is from the presence of those we are with. �Then the activity takes on a greater meaning. �

7/17/99

I heard a sound bite of Senator Smith's resignation speech on Rush today. I disagree with his assertion that Republicans are only interested in winning. Their problem is that once they do win they are too afraid to legislate the way they said they would in order to get elected. Whether it's due to their fears of polls, Democrats attacks or not getting reelected I don't know, probably all of them.

Republicans need to learn that in order for people to support them they have to tell people why they should, what they stand for, and how they have implemented what they said they were going to do, if they are incumbents. We all know that politics is full of compromises. But�they have�to implement what they say�they are for, as much as possible before compromising on anything.

7/7/99

Third party advocates seem to assume that whatever emerges as a viable party with power to accomplish their objectives, will somehow be better than what we have now.

6/27/99

ATTENTION ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS:

If you don't / won't do the job you were elected to do, please resign and let someone that does want to do it�have the job. �I am so tired of hearing that those that represent me aren't doing what they said they were going to do when they ran for the office. �If you had no intentions of doing it (ie cutting taxes etc.) then don't say you will. �I have so few elected officials that actually represent how I think that when even they don't follow through, virtually nothing gets accomplished.

6/18/99

I�have sent the following via email to congress. �I strongly urge you�to as well@� IN-SEARCH-OF.ORG

It's amazing the stupidity of anyone that would chose to desecrate our flag in America. They would only be choosing to protest the very Government which gives (doesn't take away from) them the right to protest in the first place. We should punish any lewd or dangerous activity associated with the protest. I.e. if one chooses to burn the flag unsafely, or exposes themselves in order to defecate or urinate on it. They should be punished for these activities not the desecration of the flag itself. It is truly constitutionally protected free speech and should remain so into perpetuity. �It goes to the very heart of the first amendment of our constitution in that we�are all granted by our creator the right to protest the actions of our government. �I oppose any legislation that restricts it for that reason.

6/12/99

Is this world a�freak show we live in? �Did I pay admission? �Can I leave and get my money back?

Forgive me if I don't jump for joy at the news of this settlement in Kosovo/Yugoslavia. For now we commit troops into a supposedly un-hostile environment where more of them will die keeping the peace than died in "the War". We now get to pay $$,$$$,$$$,$$$.$$ to clean up and fix up the mess we made. �Meanwhile I have to work harder to pay for all the taxes the various government agencies WANT (not need). And I don't have time to fix my own house.

6/5/99

Which is more�likely to happen first? Republicans get a backbone, or Democrats figure out how bad their policies really are?

Shop for your political leaders like you would shop for anything else. �Try to get the highest quality for the lowest price. �

Or is it possible that people really do try and buy the rotten $#!+ at the bottom of the stack.

Isn't it hypocritically ironic that Hillary asks us to take an oath (against violence)after we spent over a year trying to hold Bill accountable for breaking several of his own oath's.(Swore to a�couple of them, to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth, �and To obey, uphold, and defend the constitution of the USA)

5/28/99

Liberals are more threatened by Conservatives than by any Chinese/Russian/Communist/Cuban/Nuclear threat.

5/20/99

Free speech in our country has forced our leaders to tolerate people criticizing the Government. Me among them. But over time They have taken this to the illogical conclusion that they no longer have to lead, as long as they go along with the will of the people as demonstrated by numbers in polls.

I�have sent the following email to congress. �You can too at IN-SEARCH-OF.ORG

Dear Honorable (questionable) US Senators and Representatives,

I am getting very frustrated with the total apathy represented by most of you in congress as well as many of Americans. We are getting new evidence daily of some kind of corruption in our government. And yet you seem to do nothing about it, maybe even engaging in the cover up yourselves. Our Countries credibility as a leader of the free world is eroding daily. It is supposed to be your job to police these attacks on our way of life. When are you going to start doing your jobs? When its too late and we don't have anything left to defend. Or will you establish yourselves as courageous people that though afraid of losing your jobs stand up and be counted as one of those that did not buckle under the pressure. Please, for the good of our country do everything in your power to stop the corruption before it's too late.

Respectfully,

CURT H.

5/14/99

Millions of law abiding citizens of this country own firearms and use them safely and responsibly. �We don't need more laws restricting their ownership of guns. �The vast majority of criminals that use guns to commit crimes don't bother following the laws we already have in order to obtain their guns. �So more restrictive laws are not going to do any good. �Besides Law enforcement agencies are overburdened now and usually cannot get to the scene of crimes until it's too late for them to do any good. �Or worse as in the Littleton case won't do anything until it's over. So the law abiding among us need to be able to protect themselves in any legal way they see fit. If that means they want to have a gun then they have my vote that says they can.

"The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference -- they deserve a place of honor with all that is good." -George Washington

5/3/99

This weekend Sen. Chris Dodd said that He didn't know who is responsible for the espionage�ongoing in our nuclear weapons labs. �But that whoever it was their heads should roll. �Is it possible that he meant the President? �If he didn't I think he should have. �Since it is obvious that the President knew about it while it continued to occur and did nothing about it.

4/20/99

Yet again we have another senseless attack on our kids, by kids. �This time�near Denver, CO. With occurrences like this we inevitably look for somebody to blame. While we are all responsible for our actions. We must all look in a mirror and ask what is my role in this problem. By that I mean what are we doing in our communities and families to prevent our kids from doing the same thing, or as things go, worse. We have become very permissive of bad things in our society. Abortion, Divorce, excess taxation which causes the need for both parents to work, Institutionalized day care and more. And no longer permit good things such as GOD in our schools/lives, An at home parent, teachers having the ability to punish bad behavior. When we don't discipline our children they develop no self discipline. I refuse to not discipline my child in a manner that is fit and propper. If he is misbehaving and a scolding gets the job done, then that is what he gets. However if his actions call for much sterner punishment, then he will get it. Including a swat or more on his behind, or hand, or cheek. Yes, I have done it in public when necessary and endured the resulting visits from child welfare people and the police. Because of the lack of tolerance we have as a society for disciplining anyone anymore. But I guarantee you that if you happen to meet my child on the street he will not be rude to you, he will say please, and thank you, and he won't be the bully beating up on your child in school. However he will defend himself against your bully. As I work here on my computer he crawls up on my lap knowing that he is welcome to do so because I love him. And he knows it even when I have to discipline him. I am not the perfect parent, none of us are, but we should all strive to better ourselves and our children. And for those of you that are wondering, they found NO evidence of abuse of any type.

So what are you doing to insure that your child is not going to be one of those kids that grow up to hurt or kill someone. My contention is that we all are responsible by allowing misbehavior to go unpunished we allow worse behavior to become normal. And no making a child go sit in a corner or not allow video games for a half an hour, or a day, or even a week is not punishment. I mean punishment, as in real consequences for real (bad) actions. If a kid is laughing at you while he/she is being punished you're not doing it right, they are not getting the message that what they did was wrong and they better not do it again. All they are thinking is, I better be more careful so I don't get caught next time.

And no, Just taking/keeping guns away from bad people is not going to stop bad people from doing bad things. As this incident shows they had explosives and other weapons that can do just as much damage as guns can. Just look at what we are doing in Yugoslavia/Kosovo. We haven't fired one gun off yet.

"Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws" Plato (427-347 B.C.)

4/14/99

Will liberals ever be able to stop being hypocrites. �Last weekend Al(duh)Gore visited our liberal mecca in WI., Madison. �He was complaining about how women are being oppressed in science fields and the same day NASA announces that they are planning an all female space crew in the next year or so. �Doesn't sound to�me like they are being discriminated against. Liberals and the NOW gang, (NAG's National Association of Gals�as Rush Likes to call them) would like us to totally ignore the reality of biology which naturally keeps women out of the work force. Only in isolated cases are women oppressed in any way other than by their own desires to remain out of the work force due to child bearing and rearing, and their own personal desire to not work.

3/31/99

It is ok to dislike what the Serb's are doing to the Kosovars without expecting our government to do anything about it. �They have been fighting in that region for many years, they hate each other. �The only way we are going to bring peace to the area is to take over. That would be a very difficult, dangerous, and expensive task. �One which we have no reason to take on. �We have no national interests in the area which we need to defend. So the mission is purely humanitarian. �And the way we've��botched it so far we are helping the current bad guy's. �We need to stop playing around and get out now. �We should use the Russian opposition to this action as an excuse to say ok we're offsides we'll go home now. �My fear at this point is that other unfriendly forces around the world will look at how weak we play the war game now and see it as a chance to join in.

3/27/99

Never underestimate the imagination of someone seeking to justify their actions no matter how screwed up what they did was. �

3/15/99

It occurred to me this evening, after attending a PTA meeting that we don't pay enough attention to our school board elections. �We received a presentation from a school board candidate that basically said that the spending caps put in place to restrict the over spending of our school districts have become the minimum for increases rather�than the maximum. To me it is offensive to say that just because it's a government job there should be an increase in your compensation every year. I have no problem with merit increases, �but a pay increase just because you've managed to work for the same employer for another year doesn't make sense to me. �And all of the candidates running for my local school board seem to be saying we can't educate your children for the same amount or less.�We can't cut costs by becoming better at it. �We can't do it the way private industry does it. �This is government. It must get bigger every year therefore cost more every year. �I reject that entirely and I think it proves the need for some form of �private/public school choice to be implemented so there is real competition to do actual cutting of costs.

3/14/99

Just in case you might be afraid / hopeful that Bill and Hillary are splitting up don't be. �As with everything in their carefully orchestrated lives this is too. �They are never leaving each other permanently. �Both of them know too much about the Illegal activities of the other so that if they were to divorce, either one�could easily send the other to jail. And neither wants that, so it isn't happening.

Check out this parody at SUMMER INTERN

3/8/99

The left have the secret to getting away with all their dirty deeds. All they have to do is cover everything up long enough to be able to claim that it was too long ago to do�anything about now. And then just let the information out in dribs and drabs through right leaning media sources. And when those of us that really care get overwhelmed and can't maintain a level of outrage sufficient to inform the rest of the population. �Then they let the left leaning major media sources put out the full story.

2/26/99

There is no longer any political backing for tax cuts. Americans have gone apathetic due to the media hyped notion that there is no crisis in our government wasting / overtaxing / overspending. We may not even have a balanced budget soon due to wimpy Republicans going along with increased spending proposed by the president and democrats. They have this notion that Americans don't really care what they do since they've been able to pretend there really is a surplus by including social security in the budget.

Why should we/our government be so concerned about supporting "the poor" in�this country? �They're doing better than a lot of people in the world. �Even I am probably included in the statistics as poor which is ridiculous while I'm not rich yet, I'm not poor either. �I am all for helping out those that can't help themselves but there really aren't that�many of them. Besides I give to charities such as the Salvation Army�and�the Red Cross� I�don't want my taxes being wasted on such causes. �By that I mean the government wastes 72% on bureaucracies and only 28% actually gets to the needy. �

2/19/99

AS PREDICTED WE HAVE WIMPS FOR REPRESENTATION IN THE SENATE. �APOLOGIES TO THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE FINE, UPSTANDING, HONORABLE SENATORS.

CLICK HERE TO SEE HOW YOUR WIMP VOTED SINCE A MAJORITY OF THEM ARE, I AM MORE RIGHT THAN WRONG.

Bill Clinton was�not convicted because the left/democrats were able to convince the American people that the case�against him was all about sex .�And not about his�perjurious testimony in court, his obstruction of the judicial system and his abuse of the power of the office of the presidency in order to avoid being convicted of sexual assault/harassment. The case which Paula Jones brought against him would�have handled itself if he hadn't tampered with it.

2/7/99

WELL I FOR ONE AM PRETTY DISGUSTED BY THE WAY THIS LATEST CLINTON FIASCO IS ENDING. �THE DEMS. WHO ARE ALWAYS CRYING BIPARTISAN THIS AND BIPARTISAN THAT DON'T HAVE THE GUTS TO STAND UP FOR THE LAW. �AND AS USUAL THEY DRAG A FEW WIMPY REPUBLICANS ALONG FOR THE RIDE. DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE WE CAN ARRANGE TO HAVE OUR SENATORS TO GET A SPINE REPLACEMENT?

IN 1992/93 I WAS THINKING THAT THIS COUNTRY MIGHT BE IN FOR A REVOLT OF SOME SORT TO GET IT BACK ON TRACK. �THEN CAME THE VICTORIES OF THE REPUBLICANS IN 94. AND I �THOUGHT WELL THIS MIGHT BE WHAT WE NEEDED. �BUT IT SEEMS TO HAVE RUN IT'S COURSE WAY TOO SOON. WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE TO GET US BACK ON TRACK? �I HESITATE TO SAY BUT SINCE WE DON'T HAVE THE GUTS TO FIGHT THE ENEMY WITHIN OUR BORDERS, IT MAY COME FROM OUTSIDE THEM. GIVEN WHAT OUR CRIMINAL IN CHIEF HAS DONE TO OUR MILITARY SOMEBODY MAY START THINKING THAT THEY HAVE A CHANCE............

1/29/99

For anyone to say that Clinton is guilty but shouldn't be removed from office, they are saying to you me and America that if you or I would lie In court, obstruct the judicial process for our own gain, or misuse any power we have in our lives/jobs, then the only punishment we should receive is for someone with authority over us to tell us that we were wrong and don't do it again. �No loss of job. No fine. No jail time.

1/22/99

Thought of the day:

If someone promises to lie what good is the promise?

1/13/99

I�think I have figured out why Clinton has so much support. �People that are politically unaware don't realize, that while The President is an Important person in the running of our government, he is not indispensable. �Our government is set up to be able to run with out one .Also that if bill clinton is convicted and removed there is within the constitution direction on how he is to be replaced. They are thinking in their uninformed minds (being the product of modern public education)�that if Bill Clinton is removed we have to go through some complicated process to replace him. �Or worse in some of their minds they may be thinking that some Republican will get the job.

1/7/99

I realize that anyone that supports the president is unlikely to be reading this. But in case there is/are please explain to me how you can support such a creep. I don't get it how is it possible for anyone in good conscience to want him to remain in office. Not that I have any desire for Algore to be president but he at least doesn't seem to be as big a creep as B.J.Klinton.

One of the stupid arguments I've heard is that everybody makes mistakes. I know that. But first of all he did several things on purpose not by mistake. Also even if He did something Illegal by mistake. That doesn't mean that he shouldn't receive some sort of punishment for doing it. I'm sorry all censure is is saying you did something wrong it is by no means a punishment.

Virtually every major stupid decision I have made in my life was in some way influenced by sex.

12/19/98

We're living in historic times. Only the second time in the entire United States of America's history we have impeached our president. �As in all things there are those that are on the right side of the issue and those on the wrong side. First those on the right side are most of the republican membership of the House of Representatives which are too numerous to mention. �Also deserving mention are the following members of the democrat side for standing up to the pressure of their leaders. Included is their votes on each article as presented for vote.

Taylor, Dem, yes, yes, yes, yes

McHale, Dem, yes, yes, yes, no

Stenholm, Dem, yes, yes, yes, no

Hall, Dem, yes, yes, yes, no

Goode, Dem, yes, yes, yes, no

On the wrong side are most of the democrats and the independent members of the House of Representatives. Unfortunately�the following wimps from the republican party �also didn't vote to impeach. And in my opinion should resign.

Shays, GOP, no, no, no, no

�King, GOP, no, no, no, no �

Houghton, GOP, no, no, no, no

Souder, GOP, (no, no, yes, no) along with several republicans did vote right on one or�more of the articles.�In my�opinion anyone�that didn't at least�vote�yes�on�the�two�articles that�passed should not run for any more terms at the end of this one.

I�will maintain a link to FOX NEWS'page that they are reporting the results of�the vote on for as long as they do

12/14/98

It's coming down to crunch time for the Criminal in chief. Will he be�impeached or not? �Any congressman that does not vote too Impeach should resign. �If you�have a wimp for a congressman give him/her a backbone. Any one that wishes to do so�may use this site as a place to call for the Resignation of their wimpy congressman if they don't vote to impeach.

12/12/98

Polls are a self perpetuating phenomenon. �The media �repeatedly says that there is this movement on a particular subject based on some stupid poll. �The good sheeple that watch and listen without thinking believe them and�base their opinion on them.� Then they take�more polls and the results always show that they were right the first time Whether or not that would be�the actual result if the people were properly informed.

11/28/98

Y2K, YEAR 2000 �

The so called problem we are(n't) going to have �in the year 2000 or sooner. If we are to believe some of the doom and gloomers in the world, we will be returning to the stone age 01/01/2000. All because some computers some people use are so old that the date can't be changed. If the date can't be changed then there is no way the y2k problem could possibly effect it. If you are viewing this, you personally will not have a problem with your computer and I contend that no one of consequence will either. Any for profit business is not going to let their computer interfere with their ability to make money. �The only possible people that will experience any difficulty at all will be people that don't use modern equipment such as our government. �And who really cares if our government has a little more trouble interfering with our lives because they are busy fixing a non-problem. Since there is the possibility that �government computers will be operating thinking that it is 1900 do you suppose we will only have to pay the then nonexistent �income taxes.

�If after reading this you still think there might be a problem somewhere, prove it. I have heard nothing that actually proves that there will be any problem at all. If you can prove to me that there will be any problem we can't solve in a few minutes, feel free to do so. Anyone that wishes to disagree with me on this issue is free to put their money where their mouth is. I will gladly accept the gift of transportation to anywhere you feel would be the most dangerous destination as a result of the "Y2K bug". � �� � � � � �

Otherwise shut up, I'm sick of hearing about it!!! �

11/21/98

Consider the consequences of not following through on an impeachment of the president. �None of the allegations as presented by Ken Starr have been disputed. �Therefore we have a known criminal running the country. A�condition which is not supposed to be allowed by law. No one having been convicted of these types of crimes is allowed to run for public office. So why should we allow someone that has been known to engage in them continue to be president. �To do so will create the precedent that criminals be allowed to run and serve as officials in our government.�

11/12/98

I am getting tired of politics, or am I. When I first became seriously interested in the political health of our country in 92. I was not able to vote. The frustration I experienced made me realize what a privilege and duty voting really is. Now that I can vote I am getting frustrated by the apparent apathetic treatment our leaders in govt. receive. �We need to realize that there are constitutional duties that or government has to follow. To cease those actions and allow the various checks and balances to go unused will result in our govt. to �run roughshod over our rights.

It amazes me sometimes how some people can oppose something that would be in the countries best interest. �Just because to do so would also benefit some group of people that they personally dislike.

11/8/98

Good Bye Mr.Newt:

Good luck in your future as a private citizen. Now if Republicans can really select new leadership without cannibalizing themselves. If they all agree on who their leaders are going to be before they elect a Dem by default. They should be reinvigorated to actually make the best of what they have left of a majority. Because now more than ever they all need to be on the same page in order to get anything done. They need to do what they did with welfare reform. Stick to their guns with real common sense proposals. And keep hammering on them until the president signs them into law. And then for 2000 they need to create a new Contract with America and have a real candidate for President. Instead of just who they think deserves the nomination by having moved up the internal chain.

11/7/98

More ideas about the latest election.

Republicans did win a majority of the elections. However since they won less than they did in the 96 and 94 elections it appears as though they have lost. �If the Republican leadership changes and the new ones in charge have learned that they need to do what they said they were going to�do (I.e. cut taxes, privatize Social Security, school choice)then this election was a very good lesson for them. Many republicans in my area actually campaigned on the tax cut issue. �But they may have lost because they had nothing to prove that their party was going to do any thing to get the job done. �It amazes me sometimes how some people can oppose something that would be in the countries best interest. �Just because to do so would benefit some group of people that they personally dislike.

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So what I'm trying to say is wake up America!

Get informed before you vote!

PLEASE!

Thank you,

CURT