THE BATTLE FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. . . . GRASS ROOTS vs TALL WEEDS

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Watching the news & listening to the radio and even reading some blog & news sites... one thing is obviously clear - - there's a BATTLE for control in the Republican party. A battle that really couldn't come at a worse time. We have a President that does NOT like his country and is killing it to boot or trying his best to. Democrat congressmen are in disagreement with him over his disastrous health care plan. Meanwhile Republican members are actually mulling over their own nat'l HC plan, or rumors to that effect. Why when we absolutely cannot afford this type of plan and it has FAILED everywhere it has been implemented, resulting in extreme waiting lists for normal care and rationing of care also; we need a new tack.

Problem is Republicans have NO leader. Michael Steele has, unfortunately, proven himself not up to the task. A man once touted as the next conservative leader has caved to the so called moderates of the party. Like so many republicans that want desperately to be liked by the press rather than those that actually do the voting he has all but ignored the conservative wing. This brings me to the meat of this article. Decision time for the Republicans.

Where do we want to go? The tall weeds? With the likes of Peggy Noonan, Kathleen Parker, Lindsay Graham et...al. Or stick with the Conservative grass roots with people like me, Randy (NC), RS (TX) real grass roots along with Rush, Sean, Laura, The Great One & the likes of Sarah Palin. Also includes many others. That is the choice. Conservatism or not. Do we take the advice of Real Conservatives and embrace those values and ideas, or do we go the way of the elites, the rockefellers, Powells etc that tell us we need to be like liberal Dems? (even tho 2 get elected they go conserv- whoops! Ignore that!)

Which way? Even leader of rep party, Mike Steele seems to lean to the elites. Why? He used to be conservative. Too worried about being liked. Something republicans have to get OVER. Press is NEVER going to like you unless you bash conservatives. Take Jonathin Martin his hit piece on Sarah Palin on Politico.com. He could not find anyone who liked the Gov for his article. Also there is the Hill.com's Roxane Tiron, who like others (matthew daley) who wrote/reported on Sarah Palin this weekend failed to mention that none of the ethics complaints have resulted in anything. A FACT conveniently left out of ALL those stories. This is typical. The outrageousness of these people. Do we take their awful advice or be who we are? Conservatives.

The people that gather around Sarah Palin, that gathered around her during the campaign. Those crowds that were bigger than McCain's! They came to see & hear HER. What did she have he did not? A conservative message. That is what we need to fire up the base and get new voters out. Just because we stand for Man/woman marriage doesn't mean we don't welcome gays in the republican Party. Megan McCain says she has gay friends who are Rep. We can't let libs convince Hispanic voters we hate them just because we demand LEGAL immigration. One of my friend's mom came from Cuba & is totally against illegals and amnesty. She says come LEGALLY learn the language then become citizens. She worked hard & thinks others should too. Being against illegal immigrants is NOT RACIST! We even have people that are. . . pro-choice! Can you f-ing believe it? Try being pro-life in the dem party... you'll get nowhere AND called names. (and yet they claim to be inclusive) Which president named more minorities to High Ranking office & cabinet positions. . . I'll wait. . . PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH!!! AND they call him a racist.

The time has come for us to pick the grass root movement. Time for us Conservative Republicans to speak out! Quit letting the liberal media define who we are. WE ARE NOT RACIST, NOT BIGOTS, NOT HOMOPHOBES. . . the Republican Party IS inclusive, and it is time WE take our party BACK!!! Take it back from the Noonan's & Parkers et al... Bring in and embrace the Kasichs, Gingrichs, McCotters, Boehners, Hatchs and Palins, Jindhal and DO IT NOW! While we have a chance to prepare for 2010. Embrace and walk through the short growing grass roots. Cut down and throw out the tall weeds where rinos roam.
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I'm John Q. Citizen
Just a Regular Guy
fueling up the lawn-mower, now get ready to plant the new seeds of hope & revolution!
The grass roots movement of constitutionalism & freedom!
Let's take our country back!

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ONE SMALL STEP. . . . .

**** (This article was published in local paper. used w/author's permission.) **** (c) 1999 MAR

The time of this writing is July 20, 1999.

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July 20 1969. . . Truly a date that will live in history as one of the most thrilling events of the first millenium. I can still remember watching the news coverage and these live pictures from the Moon. My whole family was watching. We were at the Lagoon Motel in Clearwater, Florida, on vacation. We had gotten there a day after the launch. We were in a motel just south of Atlanta for the launch.
What an exciting time for a seven-year-old boy whose imagination went wild with what they might find…hoped they would find. My parents could forget for just a little while the chaos and tragedy of Vietnam, and the civil unrest that gripped our country. Nothing else was of concern, for this one moment our country and even the world came together for a brief shining moment.
When the Ohio native, Neil Armstrong, stepped on the moon from the Eagle, he did not say this was a giant step for America, but one “… for ALL Mankind.” This was the attitude.
He and Buzz Aldrin were HEROES! Not just for a small boy in a Florida motel room, but for old and young all over the planet!
When we got back home a few weeks later, it was all my friends and I talked about. We no longer wanted to be Firemen, or Policemen… we wanted to be ASTRONAUTS! WE wanted to go to the Moon or even…Mars! Maybe even Saturn. I think from that time forward looking at the stars was not the same. Mercury and Gemini missions were exciting, but they were just in orbit. The Apollo Project shrunk the universe just enough to expand the imagination ten fold.
The one side effect it had on me was I now was forever excited by science fiction. Star Trek was on in syndication and I watched it all the time. 2001 a Space Odyssey, Silent Running, Forbidden Plant, This Island Earth, these types of movies kept the spark alive.
I was just as excited for all the moon shots, watching the coverage of each with my Mom and Dad. Even my Grandparents thought it was amazing. When the moon missions came to an end I was saddened by the lack of enthusiasm for the space program. Mostly I blame the media. They decided it was not as worthy of the attention, because we done it already. What a lack of foresight. The old liberal newshounds went right back to their mundane lives, while many of us still longed for more.
Skylab, and the Apollo-Soyuz docking kept our interest, but it would be a long while before we got back. (the topic of a future rant?) We won’t go there now.
So those of us that were fortunate enough to remember this great event firsthand will forever know the excitement of our journey to another world. We can only hope we find that excitement again, something to pull us all together. God knows we need it.

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These are my friend's words. . . BUT

I was there. . .

John Q. Citizen

"The Regular Guy"

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That's the way it was July 20th, 1969- 10:57pm edt

R.I.P. Walter Cronkite

Where were you? How did it affect your life if any? Tell me…

A REGULAR GUY'S OPINION ON GOV. SARAH PALIN

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. Well I guess it's my turn to throw two cents worth of wisdom into the ring on Sarah Palin. For the record, I am a big fan of this woman. She is charismatic, knows more than she is given credit for, and no matter what the media says has a bright future. This woman has been attacked from every imaginable quarter. democrats hate her for numerous reasons, the main one being that she scares the hell out of them.

. Why? They won't admit that. Mainly because she is so damn likable. She knows more about energy than ANYONE in the current administration. She actually has been to ANWR and knows the BS dems & others say bout it is pure BULLSH?T!! Knows that drilling there will HELP AMERICA lessen dependence on foreign oil. Another reason they can't stand her.

. As for her resignation... I believe in the long run it can help her. My friends and I were discussing this since her announcement, and agree if she takes a short break and begins helping Conservative candidates in their re-election & elections, she can draw much needed attention to important issues. She is still much liked by Conservatives. She always out drew McCain when she spoke. Her message resonated with the base! If we had a candidate that was able to speak and support her... we would have had a different outcome.

. The attacks on her have been relentless. I think this added to her decision especially the unprecedented attacks on her children. Dems would have been apoplectic had this happened to a dem/lib, or a man. People like columnist like Peg Noonan, Kathleen Parker & other so called conser pundits just can't understand her appeal. Mainly because the are not really Conservatives.

. McCain's advisers couldn't wait to attack her, but didn't have the courage or guts to put their names on their attacks. Knowing full well they were full of lies & half truths; knowing full well that in some cases were responsible for improperly preparing her. They should have turned her loose early on. She really is a much better speaker than she is given credit for. Actually she can speak much better "off the cuff" than Obama can. He really is terrible speaker w/o his teleprompter.

. The ethics charges have been total bull-shit, and designed to distract and defame her at every step. Unlike DC politicians she is not rich. She is much closer to the people she represents than ANY of the elites. That also scares them. They see her at the grocery store for goodness sakes. They say "Hello" and she speaks back to them... actually has conversations with them... (GASP!) while buying diapers & tampons and FOOD! (the horror!) When was the last time O or M'chelle ever went shopping for themselves? Or even John Mc?

. All I'm saying is that, these things add up. Reasons why people love her. Her positive attitude, friendliness and her charming personality, along with her staight forward sensibility attract people to her. (More reasons dems/libs/others HATE her) They have to attack her try to pull her down, get people to see her as white trash & unworthy of their vote.

. Others have said it, where are the women's groups? They should add the word "liberal" to their names, to be honest.

A future?? Hell yes! Take a break Mrs. Palin you deserve it. Wait a while then get back on the horse and ride into the sunset. In the end I believe you will have the last laugh.

That's my opinion. . .
John Q. Citizen
"The Regular Guy"

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CAP & TAX OR . . . . THE TAXMAN-MALARKEY CLIMATE CHANGE PILE OF SH?T!!

It's 3:am - Do you know where your Congressional aide is? Probably picking up the 300 page amendment to the 1200pg Waxman-Markey Climate Change Bill. OOooo, what's so important that we have to add this under cover of darkness & secrecy at 3:00am in the morning? Should I wake the leadership? Naw, let them sleep, they'll be voting on this later today. They'll have plenty of minutes to read it before voting.

And THAT my friends is the problem. Our representatives believe it is permissible to pass MAJOR legislation that will raise your utility bill $1000 - $3000 per year by some estimates. HOW? You ask. Don't know is the answer. Why? BECAUSE NOBODY HAS READ THE DAMN BILL!!!!!

How long does it take you to read 1200 pages? A good reader, someone that reads a lot, maybe, with nothing else to do but read, week maybe. BUT what if its filled with techno babble & legalize? 2weeks easy a little longer if you want to understand it. CONGRESS?? They don't want to understand it. Even the authors of the bill haven't read it! Couldn't tell another congressman what was in it!!! OUTRAGEOUS!!! These are the men we are electing to office... rather democrats are electing. Then to top things off, THEY ADD 300pgs MORE AT 3:00 AM IN THE MORNING!! how is that fair? How is that fair to the American public??

Here are some facts you should know. There's no such thing as a consensus in science. FACT: the scientific method does NOT allow for it. An EPA study was suppressed that expressed a different opinion than the "official" co Line. Alan Carlin an analyst for EPA was basically told "to drop it". Part of an email read,
"... your comments do not help the legal or policy case for this decision… I can only see one impact of your comments given where we are in the process, and that would be a very negative impact on our office.” (EPA) Go here 4 more

My biggest question is why the hurry?? This is not an emergency bill by any stretch of the imagination so what's the rush?? Why are dems/Pelosi/Big O, pushing so hard? Congress is going on vacation tomorrow. (Sat 6/27) The senate won't be voting on it for a while. WHY RUSH???

BECAUSE SOMEONE MIGHT ACTUALLY READ THE DAMN BILL!!!

Thus costing votes. This bill is outdated & based on the European model which even they are running away from. It costs Spain 2.2 jobs for every one created. In Australia/New Zealand are putting on hold or repealing measures included in their versions because it is crushing their economy.

Much like the Kyoto accords would have done to us, & which did to the countries that passed that load of crap. The main impetus is that if the US passes this then the rest of the world will too, including China & other polluters (3rd world) ... riiight... They're supposed to tax their budding & blooming economies in this economic climate? (pun intended) again riiight!

Are the American people willing to pay an extra $4,300/year for their utilities?? Do you have an extra &370 per month? $90 more per week???? What about the effect on Ohio, Penn, KY, Illinois, West Virginia, the cost on unemployment, the coal industry?? Obama said in a speech in 07 or 08 he would tax the coal industry. As President Obama warned us on his campaign trail, electricity prices will "necessarily skyrocket". He doesn't care. He won't tell you companies don't pay taxes... its an expense they pass on! To who? The consumer... YOU!

Call your Senator RIGHT now, tell them to vote NO on the climate change bill. Keep watching the news for when they plan to vote on this monstrosity.
So far FOX has been the only one to report on this honestly an fairly. The most honest politician in this debate so far...? The Congressman from the Great State of OHIO!! House Minority Leader- John Boehner, who called the "Taxman-Malarkey" Climate change bill "...a pile of SHIT!!!"

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That's how I see it.

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John Q. Citizen

"The Regular Guy"
Sorry for the length, couldn't be helped.

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