Empty Eloquence

I'm beginning to see a crack in Obama's armor. People now seem more aware that his empty words are in fact "just words" - words like "hope" and "change" with little real meaning, substance, or context. His so called "eloquence" is starting to define him as "just eloquent" and little else. Abraham Lincoln made some good words but they had substance and meaning in the bitter turmoil of the times. They weren't just vaporous words meant to stir a crowd. Obama's empty rhetoric reminds me of 1984 when Walter Mondale, the eventual Democrat presidential nominee, said to Gary Hart, his opponent, "Where's the beef."

Some have compared Obama to John F. Kennedy, but where is the comparison? In spite of the fact that JFK would probably fit in more today as a Republican than a Democrat, he had some 14 years as a U.S. Senator after serving valiantly in World War II. Senator Obama has about three years as Senator and a few years in the state legislature with very little to show in significant accomplishments, and he knows little about what it takes to defend a country in time of war. I remember when JFK said those famous words, "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country". Whereas, Obama seems to be asking not what you can do for your country, but what I can do for you. This is just the opposite of JFK's vision. In fact John McCain probably has much more in common with JFK than any of the two Democrat nominees.

OneConservative

The First American Idol President?

Yes, it's true. Our country may be witnessing the first nominee for President that is campaigning like he is a contestant on American Idol. Just look at the MSM (MainStream Media) drooling all over itself while playing snippets of Obama speeches showing the wild near convulsions from his audience. For example, Chris Mathews of MSNBC, formerly an ardent Clinton supporter, said he felt a "thrill" up his leg after listening to one of Obama's speeches.

The American Idol TV show judges talent. In Obama's case this is his oratory skills. All you have to do is substitute the media for the judges. In many of his speeches Obama seems to stir the crowd with themes like hoping for hope, causing young people to almost faint. I keep looking for an audience applause meter while I watched Obama show that he is the best when it comes to saying something about nothing. In fact, it's almost like he is a character on the comedy show Seinfeld, the show about nothing.

While it's nice to hope, hope by itself never gets things done. People actually doing things get results, whether they be good or bad. It's nice to stir the crowd with themes like hope and change, but we need the know what specific actions the speaker is hoping for and what specific changes he or she wants to make. In Obama's case he is really hoping for changes that will make people more dependent on government rather than stirring them into accomplishing more for themselves and being more accountable for their own actions. Government doesn't make this country great, people do. That's the theme I want to hear. I want to hear the specific actions a candidate will take to reduce dependency on government and lower taxes, so people are free to achieve the best for themselves, their families, and their country.

OneConservative

Oh No! The Sun Actually Warms the Earth

Oh no! Is it true that the Sun is the main cause of global temperature change? I can't believe it. I thought that we are causing temperatures to change with our "greenhouse gas" emissions. Maybe there is a secret code that DaVinci left behind that may lead us to the truth that the sun is directly related to the warming of the earth.

Another report alleging that the Sun is the primary cause of global temperature change has once again punched a hole into the global warming hoax, or should I say, religion, since a lot of it relies on faith. The article, published in the Investor's Business Daily, reports that the sun fluctuates in an 11 year cycle, but so far in this cycle, it has been "disturbingly quiet". The Canadian researchers warn that if the sun remains quiet for another year or two it could possibly mark the beginning of a solar hibernation period similar to one that began in 1650 and lasting to 1715. This period was marked by severe winters resulting in massive crop failures and famine in northern Europe.

This is just another report that shows that if people continue to bow to the faith that global warming is man-made without taking into account other plausible scientific explanations, they risk destroying man's productivity and hope for future prosperity though unnecessary environmental burdens and massive government taxes. The world better wake up before it's too late.

The Return of Conservatism: From the Ground Up

Well, unless the Republicans can miracuously come up with a candidate that represents the ideals of conservatism, the chances are that we will have a psuedo conservative President next year either in the form of a John McCain, or an extreme liberal President in the like of the Clintons or a Barack Obama. If that is the case, how do we get conservatism back into the mainstream? Michelle Malkin has an article that promotes the concept of working from the bottom up rather than from the top down. She basically says that we need to help get conservatives into our local governments, legislatures, and Congress if conservatism is to thrive. If we can't work conservatives in from the top-down than try from the bottom-up. It will take a couple of political generations but will result in a more solid conservative base. If we end up having an extremely liberal government take control over the next 4-8 years, it will eventually fail under its own weight, and hopefully the people will finally get the picture, and conservative principles will return with full fury from the bottom-up.

OneConservative

Can John McCain be Trusted?

I don't know John McCain personally and I have no way of knowing if he can be trusted to support conservative issues. He seems like an honorable person and one who adheres to his true principals. However, from what I know of his track record on some important issues I have some serious doubt that he is the person to represent conservatives. Some examples: giving legal status and other benefits to illegal immigrants over those who apply for citizenship legally, employing a hard core open borders advisor to his campaign, resisting tax cuts, suppressing free speech through campaign finance reform, giving constitutional status to illegal enemy combatants, etc.

I have to give him credit on his strong support for winning in Iraq and his support of President Bush in this regard. I do question his apparent ill temperment and the cheap shots he takes on Mitt Romney. Also, he seems much more conciliatory to his Democratic liberal friends than he does to his conservative base and fellow Republicans. He seems to show disdain for those that oppose him, unlike President Bush who doesn't seem to have a vindictive bone in his body and never seems to show disdain for some of his political opponents (although I have to admit at times I wish he did, but that is my temperment speaking; however, I am not the one running for political office).

So far, if John McCain gets the nod as it looks like he will, I will reserve my judgment on voting for him in the general election or write in Mitt Romney's or Fred Thompson's name, unless he is able to sincerely show that he will take a more conservative stand on some important issues. But as it stands right now, I will vote for Romney in the Massachusetts primary.

OneConservative