"The Republican Fisherman"...

A woman in a hot air balloon realized she was lost. She lowered her altitude and spotted a man in a boat below. She shouted to him, "Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don't know where I am." The man consulted his portable GPS and replied, "You're in a hot air balloon, approximately 30 feet above a ground elevation of 2346 feet above sea level. You are at 31 degrees, 14.97 minutes north latitude and 100 degrees, 49.09 minutes west longitude. She rolled her eyes and said, "You must be a Republican." "I am," replied the man. "How did you know?" "Well," answered the balloonist, "everything you told me is technically correct, but I have no idea what to do with your information, and I'm still lost. Frankly, you've not been much help to me."

The man smiled and responded, "You must be a Democrat." "I am,"
replied the balloonist. "How did you know?" "Well," said the man,
"you don't know where you are or where you're going. You've risen
to where you are, due to a large quantity of hot air. You made a
promise that you have no idea how to keep, and you expect me to
solve your problem. You're in exactly the same position you were
in before we met, but, somehow, now it's my fault."

Ben Cline Townhall Meeting...

Delegate Ben Cline held a Townhall meeting last night in Middlebrook before going to Richmond next week to start the next General Assembly session.

After a complete statement as to what he intends to do while in Richmond he took questions and statements from local citizens...

Ben and the other delegates will be very busy during their short session and there is much to get done. They will first have to keep a close eye on the new Governor Tim Kaine who will be sure to follow in the steps of Democrat Governor Mark Warner. In talking with Delegate Cline and other Delegates in the past, they intend to work with the new Governor to move Virginia ahead on important issues. They will also be looking to keep the new Gov in check and do what is right for a strong and conservative Virginia.

Here are some of the topics that were discussed last night:

* Cline has always been supportive of reducing State government and use private enterprise to get the job done more efficient and less waste. Warner stated the same intentions before he was elected but in the 4 years he was in office hee reduced 0, Zero, Zilch, nada, government positions and actually added thousands...

* At this time the Governor refuses to show the research that he uses to get to his budget. And what is shown is in such a format that it is very hard if not impossible to follow. This is something that should be very easy and transparent to show where our money is being spent, used, and wasted...

* During the townhall meeting a local citizen brought up the topic of local farms being able to sell products produced on the farm at the farm and directly to the public. After a brief discussion Cline agrees that he is in favor of supporting this but caution and exceptions may need to be made for items such as some meats that are vulnerable to contamination. Another local citizen, Tom Nelson stated that he is in the process of opening a new business in the town of Middlebrook, "Middlebrook General Store" with a partner and they intend to buy from and offer products produced by local farmers.

* In regards to Transportation, Cline stated that he is in favor of adding more truck lanes in areas on 81 that get congested. Adding 4 more lanes the entire length of 81 is not wise or a good way to spend taxpayers money. Cline also spoke of a bill he presented in the past to increase the number of State Troopers by 10 officers. The estimated cost to train and equip each Trooper is $100,000 each or $1 million for all ten Troopers. He was told that this could work but he needed to find funds to offset the cost. He found that the Virginia Lottery was already spending an incredible amount of money on advertising the lottery and that could be spent in a much more productive manner supporting the addition of 10 Troopers.
In fact Cline stated that he found the new Donald Trump Lottery ticket that uses Trump's name and image costs the VA Lottery $250,000... ** My research found that there are over 110 individual "Scratcher" type instant lottery tickets now!!! This info is available at http://www.valottery.com/scratchers/new.asp

Unfortunately Cline was denied this request and we still do not have the additional Troopers to patrol 81...

"Try your Spin..."

Try Your Spin...

Every since President Bush was elected back in 2000 he has been blamed for every negative thing that has happen during his term(s). It has been amazing to watch the Democrats and Main Stream Media (MSM) "Spin" everything they can get their hands on and to blame it on the President and his "Corporation in pocket", the Evil Halliburton...

Here I am starting a forum to show the numerous, and sometime humerous, examples of this "Spin" used by the Dem's & MSM...

Remember?: * Hurricane Katrina. This was the result of President Bush not going along with
the Kyoto treaty. Since his term started the CO2 has
so much that Hurricanes are popping up everywhere and
the President, with the use of the weather machine owned
by the Evil Halliburton, steered Katrina into New Orleans since
many people there did not vote for him in the elections...

* Homeless. Since President Bush took office there are homeless people
everywhere. The soup lines are longer then ever and we are
near depression levels even with the unemployment rate is
at 5%...

* Gas Prices. Gasoline prices have never been $3 gallon until President
Bush needed to pay off his Energy corporate buddies who got
him into office...

There are numerous more examples of the "Spin" and if you have some examples please post them and I will be sure to add them to the list...

Try your "Spin": Take your own turn at the wheel and come up with your own "Spin" on a topic and see how you can blame it on the President. Unfortunately we just lost 12 miners in that accident in West Virginia. The investigation has started and it appears it was probably a gas explosion from a methane gas build up. It is just a matter of time before it becomes the President's fault and now is you chance to beat the Dem's & MSM to it... Post your "Spin" and I will be sure to add it to the list...

What will it take?...

Had an interesting conversation with a co-worker today who said she was against President Bush and the Republicans because they were playing "God" in Iraq. She agreed terrorism and terrorist were bad but how did we have the right to go in and take out Hussein and fight the terrorist over there. We were attacked here and have no business fighting and killing people in Iraq or the middle east. This is the first conversation of this type that I have had with this "Young" lady who has a good heart but little exposure to actual facts and only knows what she hears from the MSM (MainStream media)...

Today I saw this article on the Internet written by Thomas Sowell that pretty much sums it all up...

"We could deter the nuclear power of the Soviet Union with our own nuclear power. But you cannot deter suicidal terrorists. You can only kill them or stop them from getting what they need to kill you." Thomas Sowell

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/sowell010306.asp

It is unfortunate but there are many out there that do not see, or want to see, the bigger picture. There have been many comments on how "It's not our war or our business" to be there. "This is costing too much". "This war can not be won".

The fall of communism and the Soviet Union would not have happened if President Reagan and many did not actively address it.