Looking With Different Eyes

Here's a question for you: Who do your elected officials work for? Do they work for the people who elect them or special interests groups? When one is elected do they cease being an individual and have to check their own views and thoughts at the door?

The Writing on the Wall

I am sitting here on Saturday afternoon listening to an internet talk show when I really should be doing something else and was just struck by a thought. Scary huh that I actually think? Anyway a caller just mentioned how she had just recently began to pay attention to politics and is scared with what she sees.

For The Common Good

How many of you remember the good old days, back in say, 2008 when the campaign was heating up and the Democratic contender called for a "Citizen's Army"? There wasn't much made of it in the mainstream media, but there were a few bloggers out there who recall the speech.

New Hampshire Primary Reflections

In a speech in South Carolina Wednesday, republican candidate Newt Gingrich made a comment basically telling people not to vote for any candidate just because the main stream media says they are going to win, instead vote for who you think is the best candidate to beat Barack Obama. Of course Gingrich thinks that would be him. Other than that the advice is good.

Is Maginn the right choice

I am posting this letter written by Kevin Macomber about the new republican party chairman in Massachusetts, Robert Maginn. It seems he donated to Deval Patrick's campaign and has donated to the likes of Chuck Schumer.

Tea Party Vs Occupy Movement

A recent poll taken by Umass/Lowell shows the Tea party movement has a lower approval rating than the Occupy movement. For those of us involved in the Tea Party this is somewhat disturbing, but not so much of a surprise, at least not to this writer.

Karl Marx would be proud

Karl Marx sure would be proud of the "Occupy Wall Street" crowd. They have manged to come up with a modern day equivalent to his "Communist Manifesto". They have posted on their website a list of thirteen demands which I guess they are hoping to accomplish with their protests.

Rhode Island tea party splits

I came across an article today about a new group which has formed in Rhode Island, the Ocean State Tea Party in Action. Evidently this is some kind of splinter group from the Rhode Island Tea Party, and they want to focus at the state level. I am not surprised.

Are we ready for Rick Perry

Are we ready for a preacher president? Is this what we would get with Texas Governor Rick Perry? Yesterday he led a prayer event in Texas attended by about 30,000 people, which has been compared to a camp meeting. There were also the usual complaints on whether this event violated the first amendment and the "separation of church and state" which we all know isn't part of the first amendment or the Constitution. My question is "Would this be too much for a President, holding camp meetings etc.?"

Every cause needs a victim

Have you ever noticed the left always has to find a victim? Think about it, whenever anyone on the right opposes something they support, the first thing the left does is find a group who can be the victims. They can always find a group to be a victim, even if they have to invent one.

You'll Eat Your Damn Peas And Like It

First it was we would all have to make sacrifices, then it was those keeping our thermostats lower and who can forget making sure our tires were properly inflated. Now our fearless leader is telling us to eat our peas. Is this leadership or what?