Archive of entries posted on 29th March 2010

Ignoring Reagan while waiting on him

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Many Republicans … certainly many conservatives … have said we need another Reagan.

Some of the same ones say that the GOP needs to clean house, replacing liberals and moderates with more conservative candidates.

I don’t disagree with either. And they are not mutually exclusive. But many are going about it the wrong way. And I’ve been guilty, too.

The conservative movement needs someone like a Ronald Reagan. Perhaps he … or she … is already there, just not yet fully realized. But, I have faith that it’ll work out.

The other piece of the puzzle is getting conservatives in office. In Florida, for instance, everything is pointing to Marco Rubio winning the Republican nomination for Senate over that state’s governor, Charlie Crist. And that’s a good thing, since Rubio is the true conservative in that race.

But we need to be careful. We don’t need to be criticizing Republicans already in office that aren’t conservatives. You know. RINOs. Like GOP chairman Michael Steele. Or John McCain. Or Lindsey Graham. Or…

Now, I might be ruffling some feathers when I say don’t criticize them. Because those Republicans are often criticized by other Republicans or conservatives.

I say again: we shouldn’t be publicly criticizing the RINOs.

We should be following Ronald Reagan’s example: “Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican.”

This isn’t to say that RINOs get a pass. Rather, we need to be smart about how we replace them with conservatives. But we do need to replace them with conservatives.

But it would be just plain wrong to violate the teachings of Ronald Reagan while we seek out the next Ronald Reagan.

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Booooosh!!!

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Biden blames Obama’s plummeting popularity on Bush; so there is something Bush did right. When are we ever going to hear the last of the “blame Bush” meme? I’m thinking the very last statement will be Obama blaming his failure to get reelected on Bush.

Who Do We Like?

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John Hawkins of Right Wing News surveyed right of center bloggers on what they think of 35 prominent people on the right (or who claim to be on the right). Who is the most popular? That may be surprising. Who is the least popular? Not as surprising. Senator McCain may be disliked by many conservatives, but Hawkins’s survey proves that Meghan McCain has certainly struck out on her own, gaining even greater dislike than her father by her own accomplishments.

Amnesty Compromise

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We seem to be talking about illegal immigration again. After President Obama’s super-popular health care bill, it’s time for some super-popular amnesty legislation.

Now, quite some time ago I came up with the compromise solution of obliterating Mexico. This is basically amnesty as we wouldn’t have anywhere to deport most illegal immigrants. At the same time, we won’t have to worry about anymore illegal immigration from the south. Seemed a pretty fair trade off to me.

Still, I have another idea. No amnesty, no path to citizen for those who broke the law, but we give California to Mexico. That’s right, Mexico, it’s yours completely now; have at it. Some won’t like the idea of giving territory to those who are wronging us, but frankly I think we come out better on that deal. Now straddled with California and all its problems and debt, I think Mexico is going to wish it respected our border.

It’s the End of the Country as We Know It, So Let’s Have Fun

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The idea of the Democrats in power now seems to be to as erode as much rights as possible and get more control in the hands of the government. Unfortunately, it’s really hard to roll that back, but another strategy would be to just have fun with it. See, the Republicans should regain majorities again, so maybe we should just abuse this new found power. Like, Democrats are going to force people to buy health insurance, and if that somehow passes the Supreme Court, let’s think of all the things we can force liberals to buy when we’re back in control:

THINGS TO FORCE LIBERALS TO BUY

* Bibles

* Guns

* Soap

* Country music

* Glenn Beck’s latest book

* An angry badger

* Framed photo of Ronald Reagan

Afterward, maybe liberals will be like, “Hey, maybe giving the government so much power was a bad idea.” Too late!

Random Thoughts

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Must be confusing for kids playing cowboys and Indians these days because how are call-center workers supposed to take on cowboys?

So when does my insurance rate go down the promised 3000%? I hope it’s before the end of the month.

There is no excuse to not be civil unless you’re really really really sure you’re right and the other side is wrong.

People are worried about jobs and terrorism, so Obama goes after health care and our nuclear stockpile. Not sure we’re on same page.

So what’s the absolute best outcome we hope for from just letting North Korea be?

I think my greatest fear for our new child is that he will have a Bostonian accent.

Justin Bieber is so dreamy. Like how he has a fish head; that’s something straight out of a nonsensical dream.

David Frum is the thinking man’s Meghan McCain. By “thinking man” I mean “nominally sentient.”

Is it weird I refer to 256 as a “nice round number”?

The transition to computing would have been easier if we had one less finger on each hand.

24 is canceled. We’ve even given up the war on fictional terrorists.

The series debuted right after 9/11, showing us how much more effective terrorists would be if they were secretly backed by rich white people.

I hope this government being able to force us to buy stuff isn’t going to escalate. Corporate interests are going to love that one. “Buy Coca Cola: It’s the law!”

What’s with military ranks and them being pronounced nothing like they’re spelled? Colonel is “kernel” and in UK lieutenant is “leftenant”.