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Tuesday, October 18, 2005

The difference between Left and Right

OK - this can go a number of directions I know, but I think that this poll over at Minnesota Public Radio is the most telling one I have seen. It asks (I am deadly serious here) which one of the Constitutionally granted rights they are most willing to give up to the government! That's right gentle reader, our friends on the left are willing to give up their God granted, Constitutional rights. Not surprisingly, according to the poll 40.2% of my fellow Minnesotans would be perfectly happy to surrender their right to bear arms. While that result does not surprise me, it certainly frightens and saddens me at the same time. The right of the citizenry to keep and bear arms is going to be the right that protects the other rights from the over-reaching arm of an out of control government who is bent on usuruping the rights of the people!

So there you have it, dear readers....our friends on the left are happy to give away their rights while those of us on the right are not willing to give up a single one! For we on the right know, that the day the citizens give up any one of these God given rights (to the government) the rest will fall in short order! The people of Minnesota need to wake up to the fact that government is not our friends and that the best government is the one that governs least!

posted by The Lady Logician at 3:55 PM permalink 0 comments

Monday, October 17, 2005

Proud to be a Conservative

I rarely listen to the Rush Limbaugh program anymore. I prefer the calm, quiet reasonings of the Dennis Prager show which is on at the same time in our area. However, this article in today's Wall Street Journal is a real gem! It articulates in clear, concise terms why we are proud to be Republicans. It also ties in nicely with this post by my friend and fellow blogger Savage Republican.

"The Miers nomination shows the strength of the conservative movement. This is no "crackup." It's a crackdown. We conservatives are unified in our objectives. And we are organized to advance them. The purpose of the Miers debate is to ensure that we are doing the very best we can to move the nation in the right direction. And when all is said and done, we will be even stronger and more focused on our agenda and defeating those who obstruct it, just in time for 2006 and 2008. Lest anyone forget, for several years before the 1980 election, we had knockdown battles within the GOP. The result: Ronald Reagan won two massive landslides."

Yes, Rush is right and so is my friend Savage Republican. We do expect perfection from ourselves and our elected leadership. Bravo gentlemen for a couple of well thought out pieces.

"The Democratic Party today is split over the war and a host of cultural issues, such as same-sex marriage and partial birth abortion. It wants to raise taxes, but dares not say so. It can't decide what message to convey to the American people or how to convey it. And even its once- reliable allies in the big media aren't as influential in promoting the party and its agenda as they were in the past. The new media--talk radio, the Internet and cable TV--not only have a growing following, but have helped expose the bias and falsehoods of the big-media, e.g., Dan Rather, CBS News and the forged National Guard documents. Hence, circulation and audience is down, and dropping. "

In this quote, Rush also ties into another article I read today. While this article says it in a little harsher manner than I would, as a parent I do understand and appreciate the analogy. The Democratic Party is acting like a bunch of spoiled, petulant children. Spoiled, petulant children should not be allowed to run the country. We need adults to run the country, because the country faces grown up problems. Which is why I come back to a post I made here. For the sake of the country, the adults need to get our arguments done and then move on so that in 2006, we do not turn the governance of the country over to the spoiled, petulant children.

posted by The Lady Logician at 8:41 PM permalink 0 comments

I am so depressed....

Apparently, Chairman Howard Dean was in my own backyard (H/T Republican Minnesota)on Saturday and I missed it. I am depressed, because if I had known that the Chairman was going to be so close, I would have prepared an appropriate welcome for him - maybe even cooked him lunch - so that I could thank him for all of his hard work on behalf of the Republican, er, Democratic Party. Thankfully we have the Star Tribune on hand to tell us all about the Chairman's visit.

"Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean said Saturday that the party intends to target the seats now held by U.S. Reps. Mark Kennedy and John Kline."

I am so glad that we have the Star Tribune around to hand us that news flash. The Scott County DFL has only been saying that for the last 6-8 months that I know of.

"He pointed to the problems of White House adviser Karl Rove, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and Rep. Tom DeLay of Texas. DeLay has been indicted on campaign finance law violations.
Rove and Frist are under investigation in unrelated matters.
"The Republican Party is bankrupt of ideas and bankrupt of morality," Dean said, tying in Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty because of the resignation of his campaign treasurer, Ron Esau, whose mortgage company was found to have "misled and deceived" homeowners."

I should have warned you about that last one. How hysterical is that? The party that brought the VietNam war into the 2004 election is saying that the Republicans are bankrupt of ideas???? I won't touch the morally bankrupt statement at all because both sides are equally guilty of moral bankruptcy - neither party has the lock on moral bankruptcy.

"Dean, however, said the Democrats will campaign on the issues of a "real national defense policy" based on truth, job creation tied to renewable energy, health insurance for every American, and strong public education."

John Kerry kept telling us about this mythical "plan" that the Democrats have for "real national defense" etc but I have yet to see any plan put forth? Have you????

"The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux, which run the casino, are based in Prior Lake, in Kline's Second District. Responding to Dean, Republican Carey asked sarcastically, "Has Coleen Rowley actually found out where the Second District is? She's been globe-trotting all around the country."

Now that quote is funny - true but funny all the same. It would be nice if Coleen would start campaigning in the district she wants to represent....

In all seriousness - this visit was sponsored by the latest 527 to join the DNC stable. It is high time to repeal McCain Feingold and get rid of 527's once and for all.

I want to close with a presonal note to Chairman Dean. Next time you are in Scott County - please stop by the Lady Logicians house. I promise you a wonderful lunch, served with a side of what Scott County is all about!

posted by The Lady Logician at 5:42 PM permalink 0 comments