It seems odd that the Democrats, the party of Unions and the Working People, are so quick to bail out banks while they are willing to let the automakers hang out to dry.  The automakers embody everything good and bad about union labor in this country.  Why force them to cut back and eliminate contracts when banks do not have to?  Then it came to me in a flash.

Does anybody remember this Senator Harry Reid gem from December?  “My staff tells me not to say this, but I’m going to say it anyway. In the summer because of the heat and high humidity, you could literally smell the tourists coming into the Capitol. It may be descriptive but it’s true.”

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I watched the Press Conference last night.  Not all of it, but most.  I paid attention part of it, but not all.  It was a bit boring.  As I sat there with my mind wandering, I had another one of the moments of clarity.

President Obama has been drawing criticism lately for things like TV appearances, use of Teleprompters and other non-policy related issues.  All of these items have one thing in common, they are campaigning tools.  Obama is still more in Campaign Mode than Executive Leader Mode.  The reason is simple.

Insecurity.

Yes President Obama is a very smart man.  Yes he is an excellent public

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I saw two very interesting stories on the environment yesterday made me stop and think.  One was about the UK, and a projected need for their population to shrink by half to be sustainable in a green manner.  This recommendation was made by one of the Prime Ministers leading Green Advisors.  The other story was about Oregon and how they have lost jobs due to green regulations shutting down the lumber industry.  In attempts to recover some jobs, they had also attempted to put wind mills in those areas which were also shot down by the green movement because the power lines would be an eye sore and the windmills can kill birds and bats. 

At first I reacted to these stories with a narrow minded indignation on the government and action groups getting involved in issues where they should not be.  How can you have liberty where a government advocates population control?  How can green groups oppose replacing a non-green industry with green power?  Then I had an epiphany.  My thought process was not Conservative at all.  I was locked into a narrow mindset based on past, false assumptions.  My eyes opened to a way that we can reduce government

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There was a barely reported news item last week about the Federal Reserve committing to buy $1 trillion worth of Treasury Bills.  There was a light mention that the Fed knows they have to be careful to avoid this action leading to inflation.  The reality is, a little inflation is the least of our problems when you are dealing with trillions of dollars.  With so much money, the amounts are hard to understand and people just let the news item slide by.  This may help people understand it more.

The Federal Reserve operates the US Mint, which prints money.  For the Fed to buy these Treasury Bills, they will have to print that $1 trillion.  To put this in easier terms, think of the US Mint like the Franklin Mint.  Like beautiful collectors plates, the value of money is impacted by how limited the supply is.  Think of the beautiful Obama collectors plates you bought that were in a series of  10,000.  You paid your three easy payment of $29.95 to buy these

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It is all over the headlines about various Democrats in Congress strutting about threatening to take back the AIG Bonus money through passing special taxes.  I guess it is no surprise that the media is not raising any red flags on this issue.  I have a few points I want to raise here about why this action frightens me.

First and foremost is the fact that I do not even think this is legal.  I know the Democrats are really not that into the whole Constitution thing unless it is convenient.  In case any do want to give the Constitution a glance they should look under Article 1, Section 9, Clause 3 where it is stated  “No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed.”  Now I never took Latin in

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People are mad at AIG.  This week it became public that despite billions of dollars in bailout money being paid to AIG to keep them alive due to poor decisions, they are paying out millions in bonuses.  Personally, I am not buying the indignation fro the Obama Administration.  To me it sounds like they have known for a while that this was coming, but did not let it out to the media until after the checks went out.  This story is not about that however.  This is about how we do not need the government to be able to fix this.  This is about not relying on the Government when we can fix this without them, and do a better job at it.  Instead of relying on them, there are steps we can take ourselves to correct AIG.

AIG is an insurance company.  They sell a variety of insurance and investment services for individuals as well as companies and other groups like pension funds.  The President, Congress, Treasury and Federal Reserve are not customers.  They are more like sugar daddies at this point.  We the people are their customers.  Like all customers we have a way to show a company

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There is lots of talk about what needs to be done to fix education.  The big push is that we need to spend more.  I do not totally disagree, nor do I totally agree.  The bigger problem right now is not how much we spend but how we spend it.  To me it is like a trip to the grocery store.
 
Lets say you are on the way home from work when your spouse calls.  They need you to stop by the store on the way and pick up toilet paper and light bulbs.  You have got $20 on you, so it will be no problem.  As you pull in to the store you realize you forgot to ask what type of bulbs are needed, but figure it is OK because you have enough to get both regular 100 watt and 3 way bulbs.  When you get there, you grab a cart and head in.  On your way to the TP and light bulbs, you pass the beer aisle.  Mmmmmmm…. Beer.  You turn down there first, like we said there is plenty of money so we can splurge.  You see a 12 pack of

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Who here misses the use of the word “Maverick?”  I know I never thought that I would long for the day where I heard it on the news again.  That was before Democrats had control of Congress and the White House.  Now, I would be happy hear about a Democrat Maverick.  At this point, I would be happy to hear of a Democrat having an independent thought. 

Say what you will, but Republicans still have people out there bucking the party.  There may be times with things like the Stimulus that it is upsetting, but Republicans do it.  Three Senators bucked and voted for the Stimulus because they felt the money their constituents would get outweighed the overall negatives of the bill.  Many Republican Governors have stepped up

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There is already talk of the Presidential election in 2012.  I have seen PACs formed for Sarah Palin and Mitt Romney advertised on various websites.  I felt the last election was just a tiny bit long at two years of constant campaigning, four will really be a bit overboard.  More importantly, we have 2010 to worry about.  If there is anything vital to the survival of Conservative politics and the health of our country it will be the 2010 mid-term elections.  I sincerely believe that that party needs to start looking at locations for battlegrounds to take seats away from Democrats now and begin selecting and grooming potential candidates.  Here are my top reasons why the political landscape will be ripe for change.

Economy

As James Carville once said “It is the economy stupid.”  Current optimistic projections say that the economy will continue to slide a while longer and

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The media is pushing another Rush feud this week.  Once again they are trying to draw a fight between Rush and Newt, and Rush is taking the bait.  If I could speak with Rush personally I would ask that he remember the words of Ronald Reagan when he said “Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican.” 

The recent comments made by Newt should not have really caused any problems taken in their context.  Newt basically said that it is irrational to hope for the failure of President Obama because it will mean a failure for America.  He then acknowledged that there are a lot of policy issues that he does not hope succeed.  That is basically what Rush has said.  He would love the President to succeed if he pursues the right agenda, but hopes he fails at what it appears he is actually going to try to do.  The

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