Ok...I'm on the Bandwagon

Ok, I'm going to admit it. I'm on the Fred Thompson bandwagon. Sure, you can banter one way or another if he's really a Conservative or just a Rockefeller Republican, but when I look at the current band of pretenders I feel completely underwhelmed. My two favourites that are officially running now (Ron Paul and Tom Tancredo) have no chance. It's an honest assessment.

Sure, I don't agree with everything Thompson has said or done. There are big things and there are small things there that I don't agree with. However, Fred Thompson is much better than anybody else in the field right now and he can win if he decides to get in.

I think America is tired of the two-faced, double-speak politicians that plague both parties. What Fred Thompson offers is someone who doesn't seem to be afraid to speak his mind and say it in a way where there's not much room for wondering what he really means. Here's a guy (that can win) that has openly advocated giving states more power and speaks to the mission of reforming government bureaucracy all within the same week.

Hey, in all honesty, he's no Ronald Reagan...but he's definitely the best candidate with a winning chance we've had since Reagan. I have no doubts about that.

Now where's my Thompson '08 bumper sticker?

Update: My bumper sticker is on the way...along with a few extras if anyone wants one too.

We thought it would be nice

Can someone tell me how Congress giving a small, suburban municipality in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to build a small park has anything to do with anything that Congress should be spending money on?

The word that the municipality won't soon get any of the $300,000 it had applied for came as unhappy news for officials.

Monroeville had planned to make a parcel next to Park Diner, between Route 22 and Northern Pike, into a small park with benches, tables and landscaping.

"We thought a little park with those features would be nice," said Marshall Bond, municipal manager.

Now that plan may have to wait until Congress passes a budget.

Now, take that small $300,000 and multiply it by how many little towns around the country may get earmarks like this to build nice little parks or some other nonsense. It starts to add up. It starts to add up to a lot of money going to things that Congress has no business spending money on.

But hey...they thought it would be nice. Good for them.

Heard of the Internet?

Apparently the Army Corps of Engineers is smart enough to make updates to their web sites but they aren't smart enough to figure out that they could place inundation maps for potential flooding from a break in the Wolf Creek Dam in Kentucky on the web. That would probably make it too easy for the public to see them.

However, they have put up a list of public libraries that have the maps available for viewing.

Yeah...yeah...I know. There's nothing wrong with going to your local public library. But how hard is it to make some nice scans and place them on the web so more people can see them?

You Awake?

Psst...you awake?

Who's asking?

Me...your blog.

Oh. You.

Yeah, me. It's been a while.

I guess.

Did you hear about Parker vs. DC?

Of course I did.

What about Fred Thompson?

Again...yes. I may not be blogging but that doesn't mean I'm not paying attention. And I haven't been completely absent. There are other things I've been doing to keep me busy.

Ok. Just checking.

Ok.

Ok.

That it?

Yeah...for now.

Ok.