I'm sick and tired of hearing about the price of oil and how it is sky-rocketing. Every news resource out there is complaining about it: the price of gas, the price of heating oil for the upcoming oil (if only Global Warming were true we'd be in luck). The minorities and women will be hardest hit because they will be at home with no heat since they don't have a job to go warm up at during these trying times - give me a break! The price of gas is expensive and it is unfortunate, especially since there's a recent memory of $.89/gallon gasoline just a decade ago. Listen, it is not going to help the price of gas at all by complaining about it. As a matter of fact, be thankful you live in America, if you think gas is expensive here, go to other countries like New Zealand where a coworker of mine is from. He tells me that a good price for gallon of gas over there is about $6.50US and that was when he left the country seven years ago, it's more expensive now. He can't understand why all of us are complaining about the prices, he loves it! He has a huge Hummer and doesn't care how much gas he uses. Just remember, if you think you've got it rough here in America, regardless of the issue, be it gas prices or anything else, remember that you don't have it that rough. This is the greatest country on Earth and you take it for granted, we all do.

Judges in Alaska joined 23 other states and recently passed a law that makes it legal for a minor to get an abortion without the consent of a parent. Thirteen-year-old middle-school students can get pregnant, go to their local Planned Parenthood, get an abortion and the parents will never know about it. The reasoning behind it is that it 'infringes on the child's right to privacy'.  What!? The key word in that phrase is CHILD! The parents have every right to know what is happening with their child up to age eighteen regardless of what radical-leftist judges think!

Not only is this disgusting because it promotes abortion and teen sex, but it is also intertwined with hypocrisy. The same libs who require that parents fill out medical forms consenting whether or not their kids can have a Tylenol if they get a headache during school, now want the parents left in the dark on subjects as serious as pregnancy.

The governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, publicly spoke out against the ruling calling it outrageous. She brought up the point that parental consent laws are inconsistent since consent is required before a child can get a piercing, a tattoo, a flu shot, and a number of other things. "Our state Supreme Court has failed Alaska. They've separated parents from their children."

All of this while a high school junior in Stafford County Virginia tries to start a pro-life and pro-abstinence club and is told she can't by administrators. She actually hired a lawyer and filed a lawsuit. Before the case went to court, the school changed their mind and allowed the club to form. I'd like give a shout out to Stephanie Hoffmeier for standing up for what she believes in and taking it as far as she did, she is a true patriot. It makes me sick to think school administrators are so quick to speak out against a club that stands for a code of conduct and moral superiority, while they aid and abet knocked-up teens with killing their babies. The public school system - another government-run success.

The Great Global Warming Cult...strong words? Let's explore why I would say such a thing by first looking at some definitions of the word cult:

cult
noun
a system of religious veneration and devotion directed toward a particular figure, object or belief.

For starters, let me say that these eco-freaks are 100% devoted to their cause. They are quick to jump to conclusions about warming, and they assume anything that they, or other humans do that isn't completely 'natural', it is somehow hurting the atmosphere. First of all, how do they have the gall to presume that we, as a tiny, tiny part of this vast world, are capable of destroying such an immense force? Think of everything our planet has gone through and withstood, is it possible that CO2 could be the one thing that is actually capable of destroying it? The answer is simply no, and if you believe otherwise you're an idiot. That may come off as harsh but that's because it is meant to, idiot. Anyone who can tell me to my face that CO2 emissions from my VW could destroy the entire planet by depleting the atmosphere is off their rocker. Here's a few quick facts and things to ponder that will take a total of two minutes to read, but will disprove Global Warming:

• The Earth has gone through many changes throughout existence. This is a completely natural fluctuation in the Earth's temperature. The changes come from the sun. The sun has spots which are just really excessive balls of burning gas, when these balls burst they send an extra wave of heat at Earth causing a slightly higher temperature. Eventually, things will cool down and revert to the way they were. However, this process can take up to 200 years, so when Al Gore shows you charts, he shows you the last 50 years and you see it's going up and up. In 100 years it will be going down again, mark my words.

• Al Gore claims that high CO2 levels cause the global temperature to rise. He shows charts that graph the similar patterns between the two as a visual aid. If you look closer and more precisely at the data graphs, you'll see that CO2 does not create hotter temperatures, rather it's the other way around. Hotter Earth temperature causes more CO2 to spew into the atmosphere. This makes perfect sense since CO2 is a natural gas (you create it every time you exhale). CO2 comes out of us as a waste product so why wouldn't it come out of the Earth itself as a waste product?

• A single moose, in one years time, expels the amount of CO2 (through flatulence alone) equivalent to the amount of CO2 that an average mid-size car gives off after driving 12,000 miles (which also happens to be the yearly average for an American driver). So it is safe to say that a car and a moose expel the same amount of CO2 yearly. Some eco-freaks are driving 'friendly' cars to do their part to help cut emissions, what are these lousy moose doing?

• If Global Warming is true than how do you explain the extreme raise in global temperature experienced back in the 1800's?

• How do you explain the 'Great Global Cooling' that was widely spoken of by the alarmists of the 1970's?

• Let's assume that all of the above is total bunk and we really are in a Global Warming crisis. Who are we to say that Earth is already at the perfect temperature? Maybe it's just finally warming up to the perfect temperature we were meant to have all along.

Now look, I don't doubt that the Earth is warming, it is. But the concept that it is because of humans is what is ridiculous. This is just a fluctuation and will lower and raise again, probably in our lifetime, just be patient!

So, in conclusion, don't believe Al Gore or any of the scientists he paid off to agree with him. Think for yourself and think logically. Do some history research and question these cult members and you too can be a 'denier'.

What is wrong with kids these days? They're sick. They're a bunch of sickos. Everyday you hear about another kid amassing a smorgasbord of weaponry,  bringing a gun to school, shooting someone, committing suicide, and/or some other abhorrent offense. What is our country becoming?

Just search Google for 'school shooting' and you'll get quite a list, and the way things are going, probably a breaking news story about yet another current shooting. In the mind of teenagers, it is now socially acceptable for them to take a  gun to school and blow some kids away if they're a little dissatisfied with the way their life is going. I'd like to say I blame _________, but there's no one person or group that's responsible for making these kids into monsters, it's society as a whole.  

I will say this though, this school shooting nonsense all started with Columbine High School and those two homosexual nerds Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. Before that, you never heard about school shootings. Many wackos who have committed like crimes since Columbine, have written journals saying how they wanted to be like these two nuts.

We, as a society, need to stop indoctrinating kids with garbage about depression,  letting emotions out, and all of this new age garbage. It's turning the kids into a bunch of sissies and making them feel worse about themselves, thus, making them resort to violence. They fall under the impression that their life is complete chaos and no one has ever been worse off than them. They go on medication that has God knows what side-effects and they lose their mind. The funny part is, most of the time, these kids don't know how good they have it. We need to get inside these kids heads and stop these lunatics before they cause harm to anyone. There is no reason that school shootings should be as common as they are!

Well, it's official. Nobel Peace Prize nominee Al Gore has won the 2007 prize. Yes, politician, businessman, and inventor (of the Internet) Al Gore has won the Peace Prize for his exaggerated climate film "An Inconvenient Truth". In how many ways is this just wrong? Let's explore some of the ways:

First and foremost, the film is filled with lies, propaganda, and an alarmist message. For you people who don't follow World news, let me inform you that other countries have passed laws that say if teachers intend to show students this film they must present 9 Untruths and present an alternate viewpoint. The 9 False Claims can be found here. When will American schools grow the bollocks to do the same?

The Nobel Peace Prize is not a fitting award. Now in my opinion, this harangue doesn't deserve the Academy Award it received, but they're a bunch of liberal pinkos anyway, so I'm not surprised. But to award the Nobel Peace Prize to him is taking things too far. Granted, the reputation of this once noble prize has been damaged in the past by giving the prize to people like Jimmy Carter and Yasser Arafat who have done nothing but weaken this country and the world. Alfred Nobel wrote in his will, read in 1896, "(The prize should be awarded) to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between the nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses." Now what about 'An Inconvenient Truth' or what Al Gore has personally done on his climate changing tour, meets any of that criteria? He has not brought countries together, this is apparent since other countries are dismissing his myth and calling all of us 'stupid Americans' for believing in his false religion and worshiping his god Mother Earth. It has nothing to do with any army or war, and therefore does not promote peace. So what qualifications does he have to get this award? None.

Al Gore and his message are not commensurate with past winners and their messages. Jean Henri Dunant, founder of the Red Cross and responsible for the writing of the Geneva Convention; Theodore Roosevelt, for his peace treaty collaborations; and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for his campaigning for civil rights, just to name a few. Does Al Gore and his hypothesis on Climate Change really compare to what these folks have done? Al Gore's Global Warming hoax is nothing more than a money making opportunity, he knows that you fools will pay to see his movie and pay money to offset your carbon emissions via Carbon Credit Companies which he owns or has money invested in. He has stock in all sorts of big companies, companies who you will be patronizing to buy products to decrease your carbon footprint. Al Gore is not a dumb man and I would never like to give you that impression, in fact, the man is a genius. He's working you all over and yet when presented with the facts you still believe in Gore, he truly owns you.

So I think it's safe to say that with the assigning of the 2007 prize, the Noble Peace Prize has officially become a politically-driven joke with no real meaning. There were other nominees this year who would've been much more appropriate winners, but evidently the facts don't matter anymore.

Are you familiar with the FairTax? Are you familiar with our current tax system? Are you aware that the three front-running Republican presidential nominees (Guiliani, Romney, Thompson) along with every Democrat presidential nominee (except Mike Gravel) are against the FairTax? Well, in this blog I'm going to give you some facts about taxes and why we as the voters need to stand up for the cause and elect leaders who want to better the economy and the American lifestyle. We don't need a big-government Democrat or Republican in the White House or in any other political position for that matter. The people we elect are our servants, we hired them and we can choose to fire them (every 2 to 4 years), and if they aren't serving us properly we need to get some backbones and make sure they understand what we believe in or we need to get them out of office! If you had a maid on your personal household staff and she didn't do anything, just sat around watching TV on your bill doing what she wants to do, you wouldn't continue to pay her to keep her on staff would you? You need to start thinking about politicians the same way!

Current Tax System
Our current tax system, mandated by the IRS, takes money from you directly from your paycheck before you even see it. The percentage varies depending on a number of factors but it's safe to say they'll take around 23% or so. Next time you get your paycheck look at the stub and see your Gross Pay amount. That's what you earned, the amount of your paycheck is your Net Pay - or the amount of money left over after the government has had its way with your source of income. Then the money the government takes is used for various things. Now when you ask most politicians where this money goes, they'll tell you it goes for things like road construction, law and order, public service positions like police and EMS, waste management, school funding, and public utilities. All of this is true to some extent, but that money also goes for things like Health Care programs, Welfare and unemployment pay outs, drug/alcohol programs, arts/museum funding, business subsidies, and many other small unnecessary programs and institutions. The people that are paying these taxes are legal US citizens who have valid jobs (not illegitimate jobs like drug dealers and prostitutes, who get paid under the table, so to speak). The millions of illegal aliens in this country are taking from our government by using our roads to drive on, throwing away their garbage using our waste disposal services, being protected by our law enforcement, taking free education for their children at our public schools, enjoying our many outdoor parks and free public attractions, and many other things too. These same illegal aliens are making money at factories and getting paid under the table and never putting a dime back into this country. And of course there's the millions of the unemployed who get paychecks from you via taxes. You're just such a generous person, you're willing to work that extra 10 hours overtime every week so some of our fellow American friends can lay at their home and relax their perfectly-capable bodies Monday through Friday. Oh and of course there's our friends who are on Welfare and do have themselves some jobs. Maybe they're on Welfare because they are only able to schedule 2 days a week at their fast food job, or maybe it's because their job simply does not pay enough per hour, but that doesn't matter because what they can't bring home for themselves will be given to them by you, the taxpayer. After all, it is your fault that they're having career difficulties. While you were in college working hard to get a degree or working hard at a factory job until you made your way up to department manager, they were struggling with their teenage pregnancy, their drug problem, their trouble with the law. So much of your tax money goes to unnecessary programs and causes it'll make you sick if you think about how much of your money has been thrown away, so it's best not to think about it, let's move on.

The FairTax Proposal
The FairTax is a different type of tax, it wouldn't be pulled from your income before you get your paycheck, no, you would actually receive every penny of your gross income! How will the government take it's share of money you ask? In the FairTax plan, income comes through a consumption tax. This means the government will take it's money by taxing items you buy. Now most states do have a sales tax, this would work the same way, instead of 5% sales tax it would be more like 23% tax. Now after seeing that, you may be saying "are you insane! Taxes that high are perverse!" but if you do the simple math and think logically for a second you'll realize this is a great deal! Right now, about 23% of your entire paycheck is being taken. So in other words - the government looks at your entire sum of money and takes 23%. With the FairTax, the government looks at whatever YOU SPEND as 100%. So if you only spend half of your weekly paycheck, only half of the paycheck gets taxed at 23% instead of 100% like it currently does! These high taxes do not apply to money going towards education or your savings which is great news for people paying off college loans since they can now easily put down that additional 23% towards the loan payment each month. Now for the icing on the cake: each state has a set number that is the official Poverty Level, probably around $13,000 for a married couple. Nobody pays taxes on any goods or services up to the poverty level. So technically speaking, if you spend less than $13,000 in a year, you'll never pay taxes. How is this regulated if it's a consumption tax, how will the government know how much you buy? They won't have to. The government declares what the poverty level would be for your set circumstances, then they tax 23% of that number (the tax) and divide it into equal monthly payments that would go to each American with a Social Security card. So a married couple would probably get around $250 a month with this 'prebate' system. People who spend, say $40,000, will pay taxes on every dollar over $13,000, but those in poverty (who aren't even making $13,000 and therefore not spending $13,000) will never pay taxes. This will also generate revenue from sources that were previously neglected: under-the-table workers, undocumented illegal aliens, illegitimate-job holders, etc.

The Economy
Even though you'll save money, the economy will not suffer, think of what people will do with all of that extra money they have. They'll be able to save up that extra cash for a few weeks and use it for a down payment on that new car or house they've been wanting for a long time - the car market and real estate markets will boom as will the stock market. With all the extra money people will have, they can afford to put it into the stock market and make that investment again boosting the economy.

You need to learn more about the FairTax before you attempt to debate it with others or before you write your congressman. To learn more, here are the two best sources, I recommend using both of them:

The FairTax Book by Neil Boortz and John Linder
and
www.fairtax.org

Thanks for reading, if you have any questions or comments please ask and I'll be happy to answer questions, clarify explanations, or debate you if you disagree with me. Also, sorry about the length, I try to keep them short and sweet, but I have too much to say!

Can someone answer this question for me please? Ron Paul for change. Ron Paul rEVOLution. Strippers for Ron Paul. The list of bizarre, hippy, tree-hugging groups goes on and on. Let me put this out there: Ron Paul is an internet phenomenon and that is all. Some activist bloggers, tree-huggers, and 'compassionate' conservatives who spend more time in internet cafes than at work are turning Ron Paul into the talk of many internet sites. The fact of the matter is this: no matter how hard these Paul-lovers try, this Texas Congressman does not stand a chance at winning the Republican nomination. He'd be better off running as a third party candidate as a Libertarian. But then again, he knows he wouldn't win that way either. He'd rather run on the Republican ticket and get in the spotlight with the other top-tier candidates like Thompson, Romney, and Giuliani, as a way to get his name out there. For this I cannot blame him, but he's got to understand that while he is getting his name out there for a future rerun for the presidency, he stands no chance with his political stances as they are. The liberals aren't going to vote for him because of his very conservative social views (which by the way, is one area of Paul's politics I support). The true conservatives aren't going to support him because of his cut-and-run antics. Even the true Libertarians won't vote for him because of their traditionally strong stance on National Security. Many libertarians are backing Giuliani for President.

Now don't get me wrong, Ron Paul is not my least favorite candidate. Paul still beats out any Democrat candidate currently running. As I mentioned earlier, I am a fan of Paul's social conservatism - supports gun ownership, is pro-life, wants amendment to allow school prayer, and supports secure borders, to name a few. Even some of his economic concepts are good - free trade supporter, his support of abolishing the death tax and income tax (although I must say his failure to completely back the FairTax Act is a little disenchanting). But when it comes to National Security he gets an 'F'. He's against the domestic surveillance programs, is against declaring war on Iran if the nuclear threat heightens to an unfortunate level, wants to simply get out of Iraq without considering the consequences, voted against and does not support the Patriot Act. He also is calling for the elimination of the Department of Homeland Security, NASA, the FBI, and the IRS (I have yet to hear him make a concise statement as to how he plans to collect taxes without the IRS mandating it).

So after reading this you might be saying - "well smart guy, who's your favorite candidate?" To be honest, I'm not crazy about many of the candidates, but there is one candidate who I'm a big fan of and that is Colorado Representative Tom Tancredo. His strong conservative platform is exactly what this country needs after having a moderate Republican in office for 8 years. Unfortunately, I know that Tancredo does not stand a chance of winning. It's pretty sad that if you're unable to raise millions of dollars for your campaign you're automatically disqualified. And maybe you're saying "if he had enough support he would've raised the money." I would have to disagree with this statement simply because the majority of Republicans and Libertarians in the entertainment world are backing Giuliani with their big bucks. The small families who support him can't afford to make thousands of dollars in contributions, not to mention the media only talks about the top 4 runners and never mentions the other candidates. For Americans who get all of their info about the election from TV and newspapers, the chances of them even knowing who Tom Tancredo is are slim. So, being a realist, I'm not going to waste time talking up Tancredo instead I decided to pick a candidate who's doing well in the money/polling world and actually stands a chance. And that man is Fred Thompson. I hope you'll support him too. I'll be the first to tell you he's not as conservative as I would like, and that he's made some questionable judgments in his past, but I honestly think he's America's only hope at this point. Don't listen to all the negative on Thompson and there's plenty coming from both sides of the isle. I find that funny since the Republicans comments are usually saying how he's not a true conservative, he's just posing as one, yet these are the folks voting for Giuliani - a war-supporting Democrat with an R next to his name. I hate to say this about Giuliani, but I really don't think he'd even be in support of the war if 9/11 hadn't occurred in his city, it seems to me he's out for revenge more than for the reason of securing America and making a democracy out of Iraq.

So to close, I would like to urge you to really look into what all of these guys stand for. I recommend going to Wikipedia and searching for "Political Positions of (Candidate Name)" and also at "www.ontheissues.org". Also, check all of their stances on the FairTax since my next post will be about the FairTax and how amazing it is. Thanks for reading!

Note: I wrote this blog a few months ago before I had this Townhall blog; I'm posting it now so I don't have an empty blog page until I can write a new entry. It's cool anyway because you can see that my prediction that I made back in February became a reality. Thanks for reading!

Remember Y2K? Yes it seems like it was many years ago, but alas it was a mere seven years ago. We all sat in our homes, fingers crossed, as Dick Clark counted down the seconds before the year 2000 was upon us. All of North America will lose power. Personal information lost. Civilians will go insane causing destruction everywhere. The world will end! The boorish outlooks went on and on. "Our lives are in the computers, if they shut down because of the Y2K bug, we'll be in serious trouble." B.S. It never happened. Even as I sat there on that historical night, Welch's sparkling grape juice in hand, I knew what everyone (especially the mainstream media) was saying was pure delusion. Yes, what the Associated Press was able to use as the topic of asinine stories for weeks on end, was a subject that my 7th grade mind knew was absurdity.

So why the repeat scare of computer malfunction causing major technological problems, this time due to the Daylight Savings Time change? Simple: it's because the mainstream media wants to scare you, play on your emotions, and get you concerned over nothing. Why would the want to do that? This is just a small piece of the puzzle and their main objective folks. The mainstream doesn't report news, it reports nonsense that is used to get you worked up - then they deliver the punch line, usually in a guarded and unforthcoming manor. A punch line that will turn your smart, moral mind into that of liberal sewage.

Prime example: Global Warming. The media builds and builds the subject up through the newspaper, news programs, talk shows, blogs, magazines, web sites, and other forms of media, and makes it into this horrific tragedy that's (supposedly) happening at an alarming rate - and you're to blame. We are guilty of horrid sins like melting Iceland and drowning cute little polar bears. The list of treacheries goes on and on. Now the punch line in the form of a series of news headline stories making your memory recall all of the garbage it had been fed previously -

"prominent democrat Former Vice President Al Gore is breaking open the subject of Global Warming, educating us on the dangers and how we can help fix this environmental issue."

"Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is working with other democrats to form a Committee of Energy Independence and Global Warming to help protect Americas and the world's environmental security."

"Hollywood star John Travolta gave a speech on Global Warming today urging everyone to do their part in the fight against global warming."

"President Bush's see-no-evil, hear-no-evil stance on global warming is so intractable that even when his own administration's scientists weigh in on the issue, he simply won't hear of it."

"the Republicans who are Global Warming deniers are on par with Holocaust deniers. Though one denies the past and one denies the present."

You see, now they've got you! If you're for Bush or anyone who agrees with him, you're dumb, uneducated and evil. If you're a John Travolta fan, you'll listen to him. If you care about the horrible things you're doing like killing polar bears, you'll join our mission. Next thing you know the DST change by Bush was all part of his "evil master plan" and the only reason he did it is because he has profitable reason to do so, etc.

So my point is, don't let the media scare you into something that isn't 100% proven fact. As a matter of fact, disregard all things put out by the liberal media and you should be okay. The unforseen time change is not going to "mess everything up". With technology being as amazing as it is these days, there will be no issue.

Besides if the clocks don't automatically change for daylight savings time you could always, gee I don't know, use your hand and you mouse and manually fix it. Use your hand and your brain, I know, it's a crazy idea right?