I am mere hours away from graduating from Keuka College and moving onto bigger and better things. Listening to “The Boss” today and hanging out with a bunch of friends these past several days (and having way too much to drink) I have come to the realization that I am about to write about those “Glory Days.”
With all the bitching and moaning I do about Keuka, in the end, I had a blast. I’ve met some incredible people, paid way too much for a higher education, paid a ton in dorm damage, drank shitty beer, woke up with really bad hangovers, continued to run, picked up a new sport – tennis, interned in DC, gave the Registrar’s office hell, ate horrible food every day, pulled all-nighters, went streaking, fished, and had countless other great memories.
To all of the friends that I have made along the way and Keuka College’s class of 2011: It’s been great. However, I will still NEVER recommend anyone to get their education at Keuka College (sorry, it had to be said).
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Is Bin Laden getting those virgins he was promised?
How does America one-up a royal wedding? By killing the most wanted man in the world. As news stations across the country and world started breaking the story about Navy SEALS killing Osama Bin Laden it seemed as if all of America reunited once again.
A lot has been said and written about what it means now that Bin Laden is dead and how it all happened. There are those, of course, that don’t believe that he is dead and that Obama announced this purely as a reelection campaign to boost his ratings (that are still sagging).
Questions began to arise where he was found. Turns out, Pakistan is the correct answer. It is pretty amazing that Bin Laden was hiding so close to Pakistan’s “West Point” and they had no idea. It is also pretty amazing that he wasn’t living in a hole somewhere on the border of Pakistan – Afghanistan. Apparently, his complex was some “million dollar” housing project with huge walls around it. Abbottabad, Pakistan might now be one of the most looked up/popular cities in the world right now.
We have now found out that during the raid, the SEALS took computers and virtually everything electronic. Hopefully, as soon as everything is ripped from these devices there will be useful information that our military can use. One of the most ironic parts of this story is that President Obama has now used information from a Gitmo detainee. That seems to be a step back from his campaign promise of shutting down Gitmo as soon as possible. Apparently, Obama now realizes that Gitmo saves lives and that the CIA did a phenomenal job.
One of the biggest questions that arises from this whole mess is: Did Pakistan know Bin Laden was hiding within their borders? I wouldn’t put it past them. The Obama Administration has said the operation to Bin Laden was never told to the Pakistani government in fear that they would leak it to Bin Laden. The tension between the US and Pakistan is quite high right now. I hope those in Congress start questioning our relationship with Pakistan. However, the former Pakistani President claims that they never knew Bin Laden was in Pakistan.
There are still those who don’t believe that Bin Laden is dead. And there are still those who think he was dead long before May 1, 2011. The White House on May 3rd said they would release a picture to put the conspiracy theorists to bed. However, the White House and Obama is now saying they won’t release a picture or the video. Some families of the victims from 9/11 are asking the President to show the pictures so they know it is real – so they can have some type of closure. I couldn’t imagine what the families of the 3,000+ victims are feeling now that Bin Laden is dead.
I wish that Obama would release the pictures. I think it would stop some of the conspiracy theorists and give the world a reason to believe that he is 100% dead. However, I do believe he is dead. I am giving President Obama some credit, but I am giving our service members more credit. I also think that President Bush deserves some credit as well. I’m not one to usually agree with Wolf Blitzer, but on May 1, 2011, he said: “Just like on September 11, 2001 you will never forget where you were or what you were doing when those planes crashed into the World Trade Center; tonight, you will never forget where you were or what you were doing when the most wanted man was killed.”
A lot has been said and written about what it means now that Bin Laden is dead and how it all happened. There are those, of course, that don’t believe that he is dead and that Obama announced this purely as a reelection campaign to boost his ratings (that are still sagging).
Questions began to arise where he was found. Turns out, Pakistan is the correct answer. It is pretty amazing that Bin Laden was hiding so close to Pakistan’s “West Point” and they had no idea. It is also pretty amazing that he wasn’t living in a hole somewhere on the border of Pakistan – Afghanistan. Apparently, his complex was some “million dollar” housing project with huge walls around it. Abbottabad, Pakistan might now be one of the most looked up/popular cities in the world right now.
We have now found out that during the raid, the SEALS took computers and virtually everything electronic. Hopefully, as soon as everything is ripped from these devices there will be useful information that our military can use. One of the most ironic parts of this story is that President Obama has now used information from a Gitmo detainee. That seems to be a step back from his campaign promise of shutting down Gitmo as soon as possible. Apparently, Obama now realizes that Gitmo saves lives and that the CIA did a phenomenal job.
One of the biggest questions that arises from this whole mess is: Did Pakistan know Bin Laden was hiding within their borders? I wouldn’t put it past them. The Obama Administration has said the operation to Bin Laden was never told to the Pakistani government in fear that they would leak it to Bin Laden. The tension between the US and Pakistan is quite high right now. I hope those in Congress start questioning our relationship with Pakistan. However, the former Pakistani President claims that they never knew Bin Laden was in Pakistan.
There are still those who don’t believe that Bin Laden is dead. And there are still those who think he was dead long before May 1, 2011. The White House on May 3rd said they would release a picture to put the conspiracy theorists to bed. However, the White House and Obama is now saying they won’t release a picture or the video. Some families of the victims from 9/11 are asking the President to show the pictures so they know it is real – so they can have some type of closure. I couldn’t imagine what the families of the 3,000+ victims are feeling now that Bin Laden is dead.
I wish that Obama would release the pictures. I think it would stop some of the conspiracy theorists and give the world a reason to believe that he is 100% dead. However, I do believe he is dead. I am giving President Obama some credit, but I am giving our service members more credit. I also think that President Bush deserves some credit as well. I’m not one to usually agree with Wolf Blitzer, but on May 1, 2011, he said: “Just like on September 11, 2001 you will never forget where you were or what you were doing when those planes crashed into the World Trade Center; tonight, you will never forget where you were or what you were doing when the most wanted man was killed.”
Monday, April 11, 2011
Get your work done.
We have always been taught by our teachers and parents that procrastination is a bad thing; we were taught that we should get work done as soon as we are given it. Clearly our politicians were never taught by our parents and teachers. They must have been taught by those educated elites that think it is alright to wait until that last possible minute to get work done. I mean, why do today what you can put off until tomorrow? Don’t get me wrong, I have done my fair share of waiting until the last minute to get things done. However, the things that I wait to get done the last minute are not nearly as important as the federal budget…
Last Friday, April 8th, the government almost shut down because our two political parties could not agree on a budget. At one point it was said that they were arguing over ten cents per dollar maybe less. In the closing hours of day, approximately 11 pm, the Democrats and Republicans put their differences aside and came to an agreement to cut about $38 billion off the federal budget. There were arguments about where to cut and why they should be cut. Some of the arguments involved cutting funding for Planned Parenthood, NPR, and PBS (in a little bit I will delve into what I think should be cut).
Last year, the U.S government spent a lot of money (yes, I know it is the “evil” Wikipedia that I used).I would venture to say that every year from here on out will continue to increase spending regardless who is in office. In yesterday’s USA Today, Speaker Boehner wrote an Op-Ed explaining what the next fight and the fight after that will be like for the federal budget. In the Op-Ed, Boehner explains that there will be a tax hike around $1.5 trillion and $9.1 trillion debt added to the already almost insurmountable debt within the next decade.
Some of my friends seem to be upset at the Republicans for agreeing to $38 billion in cuts. I say to them, shame on you – we should take what we can get! Like Boehner says, our next fight and the fights after that will be the real heavy hitters. Did anyone honestly want the government to shut down? If it did, all of the politicians would have been the biggest political failures in American history. Let’s just take into account that Rasmussen just released a new opinion poll on Obama’s approval rating and he now has an Approval Index rating of -20%. Without the Tea Party movement, does anyone think we would have gotten any of these cuts? Probably not and here is a short video clip that you might like.
My biggest question is: what if the government did shut down? We’re already on our way to $5 a gallon for gas. If the government did shut down, there would be some serious political back-lash. I agree that there needs to be spending cuts across the board. That does not mean just for Planned Parenthood, NPR, and PBS. I am talking about spending cuts across the entire board including Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and so forth. Republicans talk about cutting spending back to the 2007 levels; why don’t we cut spending back to the 2000 level? It seems a bit radical, but it just might work and save the national economy. Unlike Governor Brown of California, I do not think this is the most divided the country has been since the Civil War; in fact, I think the country is actually coming closer together since the debate about the budget has come into light.
This past week and Friday was just typical politics as usual in Washington. It was also a fight to see who had the bigger balls – however, both parties lost and have made the general public pretty upset that it took our elected officials this long to come up with a budget. Hey Washington, grow up.
Last Friday, April 8th, the government almost shut down because our two political parties could not agree on a budget. At one point it was said that they were arguing over ten cents per dollar maybe less. In the closing hours of day, approximately 11 pm, the Democrats and Republicans put their differences aside and came to an agreement to cut about $38 billion off the federal budget. There were arguments about where to cut and why they should be cut. Some of the arguments involved cutting funding for Planned Parenthood, NPR, and PBS (in a little bit I will delve into what I think should be cut).
Last year, the U.S government spent a lot of money (yes, I know it is the “evil” Wikipedia that I used).I would venture to say that every year from here on out will continue to increase spending regardless who is in office. In yesterday’s USA Today, Speaker Boehner wrote an Op-Ed explaining what the next fight and the fight after that will be like for the federal budget. In the Op-Ed, Boehner explains that there will be a tax hike around $1.5 trillion and $9.1 trillion debt added to the already almost insurmountable debt within the next decade.
Some of my friends seem to be upset at the Republicans for agreeing to $38 billion in cuts. I say to them, shame on you – we should take what we can get! Like Boehner says, our next fight and the fights after that will be the real heavy hitters. Did anyone honestly want the government to shut down? If it did, all of the politicians would have been the biggest political failures in American history. Let’s just take into account that Rasmussen just released a new opinion poll on Obama’s approval rating and he now has an Approval Index rating of -20%. Without the Tea Party movement, does anyone think we would have gotten any of these cuts? Probably not and here is a short video clip that you might like.
My biggest question is: what if the government did shut down? We’re already on our way to $5 a gallon for gas. If the government did shut down, there would be some serious political back-lash. I agree that there needs to be spending cuts across the board. That does not mean just for Planned Parenthood, NPR, and PBS. I am talking about spending cuts across the entire board including Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and so forth. Republicans talk about cutting spending back to the 2007 levels; why don’t we cut spending back to the 2000 level? It seems a bit radical, but it just might work and save the national economy. Unlike Governor Brown of California, I do not think this is the most divided the country has been since the Civil War; in fact, I think the country is actually coming closer together since the debate about the budget has come into light.
This past week and Friday was just typical politics as usual in Washington. It was also a fight to see who had the bigger balls – however, both parties lost and have made the general public pretty upset that it took our elected officials this long to come up with a budget. Hey Washington, grow up.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Politics as Usual... Define Foreign Policy.
Great news: more than half of the registered voters in a Quinnipiac University poll have said that Obama does not deserve a second term. Let’s examine why this is…
My bet, just like the article states, is that the people are dissatisfied with Obama’s position on Libya and a lack of a clear-cut foreign policy; therefore, the poll numbers are a bit reactionary. Strangely, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has a 66% approval rating. Now, one of two things can be true: 1) Obama is not really in control and has gotten himself in over his head, or 2) Hillary has actually been doing a good job. I am going to say it is probably number 1 but that is more of a question for those of you who are reading this. As a side-note, there have been rumors that Hillary might step down even if Obama wins re-election and if that is the case, Obama will be hurting even more with his foreign policy.
According to Rasmussen, 21% of the people polled believe that the United States does not have a clearly defined plan in Libya. My response to that is: obviously. To all of my liberal friends and those who support Obama I have a question for all of you: didn’t you criticize Bush for the same un-clear plan in Iraq and Afghanistan? Let me get this straight, those of you that support Obama’s “mission” in Libya did not support Bush’s mission in Iraq and Afghanistan? I can understand your point on Afghanistan but then again, Obama increased the amount of troops there. As for Iraq, didn’t Iraq have a brutal dictator who was suppressing his people? Technically, Libya is the same thing even though Iraq did not have the brutal protests like Libya does. I guess the point that I am trying to make is: it wasn’t okay for Bush but it is okay for Obama based on your logic. Seems a bit hypocritical for those of you who were against the Iraq and Afghanistan invasions.
I have no suggestion that anyone would like to hear. However, my opinion is that we should retrench a little bit. I think we should let the French and the Arab nations that are upset with Libya take care of the problem by themselves. However, Obama has sent CIA operatives to Libya to spy on the rebels. The United States has bigger fish to fry right now like the economy but I guess Obama really is not worried about that. (As this is not an economic post, you should check out this article anyways because it is big news.) If anyone has a better suggestion that retrenching or sending the CIA to spy on rebels, please call up the White House.
My bet, just like the article states, is that the people are dissatisfied with Obama’s position on Libya and a lack of a clear-cut foreign policy; therefore, the poll numbers are a bit reactionary. Strangely, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has a 66% approval rating. Now, one of two things can be true: 1) Obama is not really in control and has gotten himself in over his head, or 2) Hillary has actually been doing a good job. I am going to say it is probably number 1 but that is more of a question for those of you who are reading this. As a side-note, there have been rumors that Hillary might step down even if Obama wins re-election and if that is the case, Obama will be hurting even more with his foreign policy.
According to Rasmussen, 21% of the people polled believe that the United States does not have a clearly defined plan in Libya. My response to that is: obviously. To all of my liberal friends and those who support Obama I have a question for all of you: didn’t you criticize Bush for the same un-clear plan in Iraq and Afghanistan? Let me get this straight, those of you that support Obama’s “mission” in Libya did not support Bush’s mission in Iraq and Afghanistan? I can understand your point on Afghanistan but then again, Obama increased the amount of troops there. As for Iraq, didn’t Iraq have a brutal dictator who was suppressing his people? Technically, Libya is the same thing even though Iraq did not have the brutal protests like Libya does. I guess the point that I am trying to make is: it wasn’t okay for Bush but it is okay for Obama based on your logic. Seems a bit hypocritical for those of you who were against the Iraq and Afghanistan invasions.
I have no suggestion that anyone would like to hear. However, my opinion is that we should retrench a little bit. I think we should let the French and the Arab nations that are upset with Libya take care of the problem by themselves. However, Obama has sent CIA operatives to Libya to spy on the rebels. The United States has bigger fish to fry right now like the economy but I guess Obama really is not worried about that. (As this is not an economic post, you should check out this article anyways because it is big news.) If anyone has a better suggestion that retrenching or sending the CIA to spy on rebels, please call up the White House.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Give me those 2 points.
Currently, there is a lot of news out there. However, it is a the eve of Major League Baseball season, pretty close to the National Hockey League playoffs, and the Final 4 (I was just told that NCAA women's Final 4 is soon too!?).
Let's start with Hockey. The playoff race is tight in the West and the East. In the Western Conference, spots 6 through 10 are separated by 5 points. Most teams have 6 games left so there is a potential to get 12 total points. Now, in the East, spots 7 through 10 are within 5 points of each other. Number 8 and 9 are separated by 3 points and 9 and 10 are separated by 2 points. Personally, I believe that there might not be anything better than playoff hockey in the NHL. The level of play right now is just incredible. All the teams that are on the outside looking in know if they lose, they may have to get the golf clubs out. The way I see it heading into the playoffs, the West stays the way it is and in the East, number 8 and 9 switch (which means my team makes the playoffs). For the playoffs, I think the West might take the Cup this year. I think it might be the Sharks' year. The East will be tough because the Flyers are playing lights out and so are the Capitals. The reason Vancouver will not win the Cup this year is because they are going to get the Presidents cup. Statistics show that the team the wins the Presidents cup usually does not win the Lord Stanley's cup… But, we will have to wait and see who steps up their game and who falls asleep.
For one of the best months ever in sports, March has turned out to not let us down. I find it hard to believe that with the 5.2 million brackets turned in on ESPN that only 2 had the Final 4 picked correctly. Kentucky is playing awesome right now, but so is Kemba Walker (notice how I will not say "uconn" in this post). VCU and Butler are both surprises and this is the first time in NCAA history that an 8 seed or lower has gone to the Final 4 in consecutive years. VCU is surprising a lot of people because there was a debate about why VCU should not have been playing in the tournament this year. I was one of those who thought VCU should not have been playing. Now, it is hard for me to choose who I want to win. I wish that VCU did not have to play Butler in the Final 4 because I would like to see them play for the championship together, however, that was not the plan. My predictions: Butler will be playing Kemba Walker and Butler wins by 2 in the championship game.
What all baseball fans have been waiting for: opening day. Tomorrow starts it all (I think it is a bit early to be playing baseball but I guess MLB has to start early because the season is so long). There is a lot to look forward to this year; like, the Yankees not making the playoffs and the Cubs missing out, again. The Phillies are going to be tough this year, that starting pitchers rotation is phenomenal - hopefully Cliff Lee won't get hurt and play like he did last year. But, teams can't win just on pitching alone. On MLB.com, they had power rankings for this year. On top, with no surprise, the Phillies. For number 2, they had the Red Soxs. I did not think they were going to have that strong of a team, granted this is just speculation but whoever made that list is an "expert." In the American League, I think the teams to make the playoffs will be: the Rangers, Red Soxs, Twins, and the Rays. The National League: the Phillies, Giants, Reds, and the Braves. It should turn out to be a great baseball season. To throw in one last jab, I would like to thank the Brewers for taking Greinke and for Greinke breaking his rib when he left Kansas City.
Let's start with Hockey. The playoff race is tight in the West and the East. In the Western Conference, spots 6 through 10 are separated by 5 points. Most teams have 6 games left so there is a potential to get 12 total points. Now, in the East, spots 7 through 10 are within 5 points of each other. Number 8 and 9 are separated by 3 points and 9 and 10 are separated by 2 points. Personally, I believe that there might not be anything better than playoff hockey in the NHL. The level of play right now is just incredible. All the teams that are on the outside looking in know if they lose, they may have to get the golf clubs out. The way I see it heading into the playoffs, the West stays the way it is and in the East, number 8 and 9 switch (which means my team makes the playoffs). For the playoffs, I think the West might take the Cup this year. I think it might be the Sharks' year. The East will be tough because the Flyers are playing lights out and so are the Capitals. The reason Vancouver will not win the Cup this year is because they are going to get the Presidents cup. Statistics show that the team the wins the Presidents cup usually does not win the Lord Stanley's cup… But, we will have to wait and see who steps up their game and who falls asleep.
For one of the best months ever in sports, March has turned out to not let us down. I find it hard to believe that with the 5.2 million brackets turned in on ESPN that only 2 had the Final 4 picked correctly. Kentucky is playing awesome right now, but so is Kemba Walker (notice how I will not say "uconn" in this post). VCU and Butler are both surprises and this is the first time in NCAA history that an 8 seed or lower has gone to the Final 4 in consecutive years. VCU is surprising a lot of people because there was a debate about why VCU should not have been playing in the tournament this year. I was one of those who thought VCU should not have been playing. Now, it is hard for me to choose who I want to win. I wish that VCU did not have to play Butler in the Final 4 because I would like to see them play for the championship together, however, that was not the plan. My predictions: Butler will be playing Kemba Walker and Butler wins by 2 in the championship game.
What all baseball fans have been waiting for: opening day. Tomorrow starts it all (I think it is a bit early to be playing baseball but I guess MLB has to start early because the season is so long). There is a lot to look forward to this year; like, the Yankees not making the playoffs and the Cubs missing out, again. The Phillies are going to be tough this year, that starting pitchers rotation is phenomenal - hopefully Cliff Lee won't get hurt and play like he did last year. But, teams can't win just on pitching alone. On MLB.com, they had power rankings for this year. On top, with no surprise, the Phillies. For number 2, they had the Red Soxs. I did not think they were going to have that strong of a team, granted this is just speculation but whoever made that list is an "expert." In the American League, I think the teams to make the playoffs will be: the Rangers, Red Soxs, Twins, and the Rays. The National League: the Phillies, Giants, Reds, and the Braves. It should turn out to be a great baseball season. To throw in one last jab, I would like to thank the Brewers for taking Greinke and for Greinke breaking his rib when he left Kansas City.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Revolution?
With the recent and continued protests in Egypt, Libya, and now, Wisconsin, it comes to mind that the world is getting more messed up every day. Tensions are high, the economy is still bad (and might be getting worse), and nobody has had a solution.
Libya is on the verge of a civil war, which is disheartening because oil prices have decided to rise. During Egypt’s ordeal, oil prices were rising but within the past two days oil has now hit over $100. You better believe that we’re heading for $4 or $5 a gallon for gas.
As the looming threat of the increasing gas prices continues people across the country are finally understand that things need to change. For instance, Wisconsin is taking steps to restore fiscal sanity to their budget. Their Governor, Scott Walker, seems to be not backing down on reducing the budget deficit by $300 billion of the next two years. How is he doing? Going after the unions. This has made a lot of people upset, especially the teachers union. Mr. Walker is asking for teachers to pay 12.3% into their healthcare. Makes sense, it’s not free someone needs to pay for it and not the tax payers. Apparently the DNC is helping gather protesters. Obviously, they have not looked at the recent polls that show about half of the American public supports Mr. Walker.
Wisconsin is not the worst of it. In Washington, Republicans and Democrats are fighting about the national budget. Republicans are threating to shut down the government, which is an interesting concept and a completely different blog post (stay tuned!). Here is a good article. Last week, Congress voted to cut $100 billion in spending. However, Republicans seemed to take back their “Pledge to America” with 92 Republicans voting against the spending cuts. A big surprise was Congressman Allen West of Florida voting against the spending cuts since he was voted into office by the Tea Party wave. I would venture to guess he voted against the spending cuts because there was a lot of military spending cuts in it, but still very unacceptable from someone who was the Keynote speaker at CPAC.
The main point of the post is: what is going to happen here as the economy is still in shambles? One Democrat, Michael Capuano of Massachusetts, is urging the unions “to get a little bloody." I am not suggesting that we as a nation get violent like Egypt and Libya; that is not our style. However, when more and more states start to follow Wisconsin (and New Jersey) people are going to have to sacrifice a bit. It could get a bit messy. But, if this works, it could be good for our economy in the long run and we could become a stronger nation. All of these events are making for an interesting 2012 presidential race (Chris Christie, please run!) and if Wisconsin works, the federal government shuts down, and gas prices go to $4 or $5 a gallon, we might have a Republican president after all. Overall, this is a very interesting era…
Libya is on the verge of a civil war, which is disheartening because oil prices have decided to rise. During Egypt’s ordeal, oil prices were rising but within the past two days oil has now hit over $100. You better believe that we’re heading for $4 or $5 a gallon for gas.
As the looming threat of the increasing gas prices continues people across the country are finally understand that things need to change. For instance, Wisconsin is taking steps to restore fiscal sanity to their budget. Their Governor, Scott Walker, seems to be not backing down on reducing the budget deficit by $300 billion of the next two years. How is he doing? Going after the unions. This has made a lot of people upset, especially the teachers union. Mr. Walker is asking for teachers to pay 12.3% into their healthcare. Makes sense, it’s not free someone needs to pay for it and not the tax payers. Apparently the DNC is helping gather protesters. Obviously, they have not looked at the recent polls that show about half of the American public supports Mr. Walker.
Wisconsin is not the worst of it. In Washington, Republicans and Democrats are fighting about the national budget. Republicans are threating to shut down the government, which is an interesting concept and a completely different blog post (stay tuned!). Here is a good article. Last week, Congress voted to cut $100 billion in spending. However, Republicans seemed to take back their “Pledge to America” with 92 Republicans voting against the spending cuts. A big surprise was Congressman Allen West of Florida voting against the spending cuts since he was voted into office by the Tea Party wave. I would venture to guess he voted against the spending cuts because there was a lot of military spending cuts in it, but still very unacceptable from someone who was the Keynote speaker at CPAC.
The main point of the post is: what is going to happen here as the economy is still in shambles? One Democrat, Michael Capuano of Massachusetts, is urging the unions “to get a little bloody." I am not suggesting that we as a nation get violent like Egypt and Libya; that is not our style. However, when more and more states start to follow Wisconsin (and New Jersey) people are going to have to sacrifice a bit. It could get a bit messy. But, if this works, it could be good for our economy in the long run and we could become a stronger nation. All of these events are making for an interesting 2012 presidential race (Chris Christie, please run!) and if Wisconsin works, the federal government shuts down, and gas prices go to $4 or $5 a gallon, we might have a Republican president after all. Overall, this is a very interesting era…
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Now Featuring...
I have never realized how annoying Ron Paul fans were until last week. With that being said, I echo Donald Trump when he said: “Ron Paul has zero chance of winning.”
CPAC was a blast. If you have not had a chance to watch any of the speeches I highly recommend checking the following speakers and panels out: Alan West, Andrew Breitbart, the Defending Free Speech on Campus (panel), Repealing Obamacare (panel), and Paul Ryan. You can watch them here: http://cpaclive.org/ all you need to do is sign up real quick and they will not spam you I promise that!
I learned a lot last week. I also learned that 2012 is going to be hard, actually I already knew that. Some believe that the Republican Party is in an in-party fight. This is not true! Ron Paul fans are really not Republicans, and Libertarians only believe in one facet of conservatism – fiscal responsibility. Also, I would like to take this time to point out to those who do not believe this: conservatives are very accepting. CPAC invited a group called GOProud and while some socially conservative groups were outraged many attendees stand by CPAC’s decision to allow them to attend. Social issues should not be political! Having worked for the American Conservative Union (ACU) and volunteering for CPAC for the second year I will say no more about the issue.
Speaking on a more personal note, I have become more and more disenfranchised with establishment politicians. Even more so than before. For instance, once again Republicans shot themselves in the foot in my own Congressional district! I am clearly talking about NY-26 and Chris Lee. Very disappointed because I really thought he was an up-and-coming star in the Republican Party and all around nice guy. Apparently, he was too nice.
This is why I have decided to talk to my father who has decided that he will be running for Congress in the 26th District of NY. I will be setting up a Facebook page, Twitter page, Youtube page, and a website page very soon! We can use all of the help that we can get and all the votes we can get! If you would like to know more information about him and where he stands please ask and I will tell or better yet, he will personally tell you! Wouldn’t it be nice to actually know a Congressman or know that Congressman would work for the people for a change!? We can only do this with your continued support!
So there is a lot of exciting things coming up right around the corner. Once we get the ball rolling with the campaign I will be updating everyday more and more about what is going on and how we’re looking. I will also be keeping up with the issues that really matter to the 26th District of NY.
CPAC was a blast. If you have not had a chance to watch any of the speeches I highly recommend checking the following speakers and panels out: Alan West, Andrew Breitbart, the Defending Free Speech on Campus (panel), Repealing Obamacare (panel), and Paul Ryan. You can watch them here: http://cpaclive.org/ all you need to do is sign up real quick and they will not spam you I promise that!
I learned a lot last week. I also learned that 2012 is going to be hard, actually I already knew that. Some believe that the Republican Party is in an in-party fight. This is not true! Ron Paul fans are really not Republicans, and Libertarians only believe in one facet of conservatism – fiscal responsibility. Also, I would like to take this time to point out to those who do not believe this: conservatives are very accepting. CPAC invited a group called GOProud and while some socially conservative groups were outraged many attendees stand by CPAC’s decision to allow them to attend. Social issues should not be political! Having worked for the American Conservative Union (ACU) and volunteering for CPAC for the second year I will say no more about the issue.
Speaking on a more personal note, I have become more and more disenfranchised with establishment politicians. Even more so than before. For instance, once again Republicans shot themselves in the foot in my own Congressional district! I am clearly talking about NY-26 and Chris Lee. Very disappointed because I really thought he was an up-and-coming star in the Republican Party and all around nice guy. Apparently, he was too nice.
This is why I have decided to talk to my father who has decided that he will be running for Congress in the 26th District of NY. I will be setting up a Facebook page, Twitter page, Youtube page, and a website page very soon! We can use all of the help that we can get and all the votes we can get! If you would like to know more information about him and where he stands please ask and I will tell or better yet, he will personally tell you! Wouldn’t it be nice to actually know a Congressman or know that Congressman would work for the people for a change!? We can only do this with your continued support!
So there is a lot of exciting things coming up right around the corner. Once we get the ball rolling with the campaign I will be updating everyday more and more about what is going on and how we’re looking. I will also be keeping up with the issues that really matter to the 26th District of NY.
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