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I've been reading your comments regarding the Mississippi race and the state of the GOP with great interest. Please keep them coming.
Many want a broader agenda, just as many want a return to conservative principles. Recently there has been talk of tackling climate change an issue considered by many to be outside the GOP wheelhouse of less government, lower taxes, a strong national defense and real border security. What do you think about this? How do you think Republicans should handle this issue?
Please add your thoughts and share this blog post with Republican friends and family.
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Judge Deborah
05/23/2008 06:33 AM
Vote for Mike Huckabee for VP!
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Judge Deborah
05/23/2008 06:31 AM
Last evening I participated in a TV media talk show practice at the Dayton, OH Republican Toastmasters meeting which was videotaped.
I told everyone about the book I have written, "Judge Deborah Speaks Out! Morality Really Does Matter in America" and how I believe Mike & Janet Huckabee should be President and First Lady in 2008. I said that the Huckabees are a classy couple and they have the government and pastoral experience to lead our country and our children in a good direction.
Our next week's assignment is to prepare for a press conference! This will be good experience for appearing on Larry King Live, Oprah and Tim Russert's show!
I believe that Mike and Janet Huckabee are down-to-earth people who understand how common everyday families live, what we feel, believe, the struggles and challenges we daily face, and how our government can take the load off our backs and empower us to work together to make our country strong again, both economically and morally.
My new friend Deborah told me that if I don’t call Oprah to appear on her show and be featured in Oprah’s Book Club, she will do it for me! My friends in Dayton, Ohio are really getting excited about my book!
The foremost reason I support the Huckabees is because they give voice to the conservative ideas that made our country great and which it was founded and built upon. The Huckabees also encourage us to use our voices and to stand up for the principles we believe in and let our voices be heard!
We have started a conservative movement that will not be dampened unless we allow the candle that the Huckabees lit to go out. The only way it is possible for Mike and Janet to travel around the U.S.A. and voice our concerns and ideas and support conservative candidates is for us to donate $10, $20, $50 or even $100 on a weekly basis.
This is America’s most challenging hour, but could be her finest as we join together. Don’t be fooled by how difficult the task looks. As a Huckabee Ranger team we can accomplish the impossible. Keep your eyes on the Creator and let’s run the race our leader started valiantly!
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Granny T
05/22/2008 12:12 PM
Attention Huckabee Supporters:
There is a new VP poll on AOL where Huckabee needs out help. The article is about the McCain party this weekend and doesn't mention Huckabee in the article at all. According to one news report; Huckabee was invited but had a previous engagement [anniversary cruise] with his wife. Mike is trailing Romney 43% - 22%. Mike needs our help! -
Steve S.
05/22/2008 11:53 AM
http://hillbillywhitetrash.blogspot.com/2008/05/no-one-will-solve-our-problems-for-us.html
Bottom line: Why should the Saudis increase their oil production to help us if we are unwilling to increase our own oil production to help ourselves?
The United States has untapped reserves of oil in Alaska, off the West Coast, the East Coast and the Gulf Coast and we are unwilling to drill for them. We also have around 1.5 - 2.6 trillion barrels of oil in oil shale deposits. This gives the United States at least three times the oil reserves of Saudi Arabia.
In addition to this there is a process for liquefying coal and turning it into a motor fuel which is interchangeable with petroleum. The Germans developed the process during the Second World
War and South Africa continued development on the process, using it to supplement their own supplies of petroleum. We have more coal than the Saudis have oil.If the United States had spent the money which it has wasted on impractical technologies like wind and solar power (not to mention the money we've poured down the ethanol rat-hole) on perfecting the liquefaction of coal and the extraction of oil from shale we would not only be energy independent but the world's largest exporter of of oil and oil substitutes.
Besides our failure to utilize our domestic sources of oil and coal we also ceased production of nuclear power plants for reasons which pass well beyond the realm of illogical and enter into the purely idiotic. America stopped building nuclear power plants because of a movie which depicted an accident at a nuclear power plant. This frightened the America public into abandoning the cleanest and safest method of large scale electrical power generation ever developed by man.
Add to all of this the fact that one of the reasons that US gasoline prices are so high is the fact that we have not built a new oil refinery in 30 years and so have to import refined gasoline.
The picture which emerges is stark and bleak. The United States is not serious about solving its energy problems. The Saudis are not stupid. Every fact I have just related is well known to them, as it is to all the other oil producing nations. As long as the people of the United States are unwilling to either reduce our standard of living to 19th century levels or exploit our own resources we will have little choice but to remain the prison yard bitch of OPEC.
We will continue to be treated to the spectacle of our president, whoever he or she is, making periodic trips to Riyad with his hat in his hand to beg the Saudis (who would now be part of the greater Empire of Saddam Hussein if it weren't for us) for relief from ever higher oil prices.
Until the American people put aside their idiotic and infantile obsession with the pseudo-religion of environmentalism and get serious about energy independence we will be chained to the most unstable and dangerous area of the globe. We will continue to send vast quantities of our hard earned wealth to corrupt dictators and monarchs who will use it to export militant Islam, fund terrorists and prop up their brutal regimes. And we will continue having to spend the lives and health of our young soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines to protect brutal and corrupt Middle Eastern regimes from even more brutal and corrupt Middle Eastern regimes.
The American people must begin to act in a responsible and adult manner in regard to an energy policy. A policy which supports the continued growth of the American economy and the continued improvement of the American standard of living. We must put away fantasies of powering our "sustainable" society with the perfectly clean, perfectly safe, perfectly free and limitless energy of the sun, wind, tides and ocean currents (where everyone will have their own pair of cruelty-free sandals and a hemp fiber peasant shirt) with Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and the other illusions of childhood.
It is time for the American people, who have been lulled into a kind of perpetual adolescence by the security granted by our great wealth and power, to grow up and meet the challenges of the new century.
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McDaniel, Matt
05/21/2008 10:53 AM
Instead of focussing on this issue and fighting about whether global warming even exists.....we, conservatives, MUST change the debate around. This is an excellent time for conservatives to come out strong for the average American family. We must continue to value conservation efforts, but that is second to the financial well-being of our families. We should push the market-driven pursuit of alternative fuels and new sources of fuel.....such as turning our coal into gasoline.
Market-driven and responsive to the American public, not lobbyist or wacky environmentalists. The GOP must show that we are truly the party of empowering people, and that big government doesn't help people, but hurts them....focus on this over the culture war and we can recapture the good brand. Present a GRAND vision for this country and our issues (ie...on taxes...go for Fair Tax as a central GOP issue....no more government playground in our pockets)
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Donlon, Thomas
05/20/2008 06:22 PM
Here is a link that states the following.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080519092205.htm
They report:
"Simple, Low-cost Carbon Filter Removes 90 Percent Of Carbon Dioxide From Smokestack Gases
ScienceDaily (May 20, 2008) — Researchers in Wyoming report development of a low-cost carbon filter that can remove 90 percent of carbon dioxide gas from the smokestacks of electric power plants that burn coal and other fossil fuels.
Maciej Radosz and colleagues at Wyoming's Soft Materials Laboratory cite the pressing need for simple, inexpensive new technologies to remove carbon dioxide from smokestack gases. Coal-burning electric power plants are major sources of the greenhouse gas, and control measures may be required in the future.
The study describes a new carbon dioxide-capture process, called a Carbon Filter Process, designed to meet the need. It uses a simple, low-cost filter filled with porous carbonaceous sorbent that works at low pressures. Modeling data and laboratory tests suggest that the device works better than existing technologies at a fraction of their cost."
They cite:
http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/abstract.cgi/iecred/2008/47/i10/abs/ie0707974.htmlSo tackling CO2 emmisions may not be as difficult as feared.
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ILikeMike
05/20/2008 01:02 PM
Stop the Stealth Amnesty in the Senate.
Please read my latest post about the Stealth Amnesty in the U.S. Senate.
GOPUSA Urges Senate to Stop Stealth Amnesty
"The Senate is at it again!
Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Larry Craig (R-ID) have added an amendment to the Iraq War Supplemental Appropriations bill to provide amnesty to illegal alien farm workers.
Another provision by Sens. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) and Judd Gregg (R-NH) would "extend an expired program to allow seasonal workers to return to the country using H-2B visas."
Senators know that this bill must pass and be signed by President Bush in order to provide needed funding for our troops.
Calling it the Emergency Agriculture Relief Act the amendment, approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee last week, will grant a 5 year amnesty to 1.35 million illegal aliens employed in agriculture, plus their families.
The amendment also permits employers to freeze wages for new guest workers at 2007 levels for at least three years.
Please ask your senators to strip both the Feinstein/Craig and Mikulski/Gregg amendments from the bill before the full Senate votes on it."
If you oppose this amnesty for illegals, please go to the site and then click either the link at the top or bottom of the post.
This will take you to the GOPUSA site where you can send a message to your Senators.
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ILikeMike
05/20/2008 12:57 PM
If you oppose the Global Warming, or if you prefer the politically correct "Climate Change", agenda that is being pushed, then please check out my most recent post...
American Conservative Union (ACU) Urges Congress to Come Clean on Energy
According to the ACU:
"A well known economic consulting firm, Charles River Associates, estimates the cost to each U.S. household of going this way could reach $1300.00 annually by the year 2015. And the net loss of American jobs would be a minimum of 1.2 million by the same date and could go as high as 2.3 million jobs lost."
Please read the post and then click on either the link at the top or bottom of the post. This will take you to the ACU site where you can send a message to your Senators and Representative.
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U, Tim
05/20/2008 10:32 AM
All the talk from conservatives on here about Global Warming is somewhat alarming. It seems like in this day and age just repeating something over and over and saying "the debate is over" makes something a scientific fact. Yet just today there is a report of 30,000 scientists disclaiming Al Gore and Global Warming Alarmism.
Don't get me wrong, I am an outdoorsman that loves fishing and demands clean water and low pollution. I believe we need to be good keepers of the earth that God gave us dominion over. But let's be resonable about this. We need to compete on the global market and if our competitors don't follow the same costly and restrictive rules, we can't compete and all our jobs go overseas.
There's also talk on this forum of the scarceness of oil and high prices. Yet the reports say there is more than 400 years worth of oil within our own boarders. Cars are far less polluting now than ever and will continue to pollute less with advances. Face it, we're making progress on alternative energy sources but it's still a long way off and this country needs to be able to power itself in the NEAR future. It is the only way to ensure the security of our country and economy given the instability of the middle east...
I propose we invest in America.
I propose we open 2,000 of the 18.9 million sq acres in ANWR to oil drilling provided it's with American workers and American made equipment.
I propose we open deep sea drilling (100 miles out from the gulf coast) provided it's with American workers and American made equipment.
I propose we invest in expanded refineries provided it's with American workers and American made equipment.
At the same time let's continue to invest in alternative sources of energy provided it's with American workers and American made equipment.
How's that for economic stimulus? How many American's can we employ with good paying jobs if we just invest in ourselves? -
Steve S.
05/20/2008 10:16 AM
As President Bush traveled to Saudi Arabia to ask the House of Saud to open the oil spigots a bit wider, Congress showed once again how clueless it is when it comes to energy policy.
Underscoring its failure to grasp the nature of our current problems, the Senate Appropriations Committee on Friday refused to end its moratorium on oil shale development in Colorado.
"If we are really serious about reducing pain at the pump," Colorado's senior senator, Republican Wayne Allard, said, "this is a vote that would make a difference in people's lives." He's right.
But the shale proposal went down to defeat with Allard and 13 other Republican members in favor and 15 Democrats opposed. Once again, Democrats were on the wrong side, opting to keep oil in the ground and punish you with higher prices as a result.
This was no minor thing. Estimates put the amount of oil locked in shale in both Canada and the U.S. at more than 1 trillion barrels. Pulling out even a tenth of that would quadruple our current reserves.
This is the same Congress that refuses to allow drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, which holds up to 20 billion barrels of crude, or offshore, where another 30 billion await.
Meanwhile, Brazil — which recently made a major oil discovery almost in sight of Rio's beaches — announced that it has leased 80% of the world's deep-sea offshore oil rigs. In other words, Brazil unlike the U.S., isn't dithering as prices soar. It's drilling.
If you think Congress' decision-making on energy couldn't get any worse, think again. While Bush was in Riyadh urging the Saudis to pump more oil, congressional Democrats were busy undercutting him, threatening to halt arms sales to our Mideast ally.
It was a politically peevish move with consequences both for U.S. energy security and the balance of power. If we don't sell arms to Saudi Arabia, Russia will. The result would be a loss of American leverage with the Saudis, who, like many, feel threatened by a nuclear Iran and the menace of al-Qaida.
At least Bush convinced the Saudis to boost output 300,000 barrels a day. That helps. But we still have to do more ourselves.
The U.S. uses about 21 million barrels of oil a day. But only 8 million come from our own sources. That leaves a 13-million-barrel-a-day deficit that, at $126 a barrel, will cost us $600 billion to plug this year. That's more than two-thirds of our total trade deficit.
Congress could reduce much of our oil shortfall by drilling for more on our own territory. This would lower prices and increase security. Yet, Congress seems dead set on doing the opposite.
With its failure to tap the vast supplies in ANWR and offshore, its passage of costly global-warming legislation and now its refusal to exploit our massive resources of oil shale, Congress has set us on a path to less energy, higher prices and weakened national security.http://ibdeditorial.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=295831226052594
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Adams, Stephen
05/20/2008 01:37 AM
Governor Huckabee, I think tackling the climate change issue would be a HUGE mistake. As a meteorologist, it frustrates me when alot of alarmist, mis-information about the cause of climate change enters the political realm. In fact climate change is an oxymoron since climate is always changing. Carbon dioxide does not cause global temperatures to increase. Its temperature increases that cause carbon dioxide to increase. Our biggest controller of climate continues to be the sun and oceanic oscillations. Despite what Al Gore says, there is not consensus on the issue. In fact, the Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine's petition project has 32,000 of the world's top scientists saying their is absolutely no consensus on that man is the cause of Earth's temperature increase. Global temperature data since 1998 shows a decrease in the global temperatures which is supported through satellites.
I believe in environmental stewardship as I know you support and as commanded through God's Word. However, there is greater scientific evidence supporting natural causes for climate change. Any action by the government would make for bad policy and a lower standard of living for all Americans.
God Bless as always!
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Donlon, Thomas
05/19/2008 09:43 PM
Hi Mike,
Please follow the links on my earlier post that showed the breakthroughs that have taken place recently in solar technology. The articles are short and easy to read to read. If you have read them already - great!
Here a four links on breakthroughs and theoretical advances in fuel cell technology that have been reported within the last month. These links are also to short, easy to read articles. I want you to have a "feel" for what is going on in technology - and not be out of touch because of demands on your time.
MIT scientists improved one type of fuel cell by 50%.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080515145345.htmMethanol fuel cells have also improved by more than 50%.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080505120710.htm"A materials scientist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has deciphered the structure of a new class of materials that can store relatively large quantities of hydrogen within its crystal structure for later release. The new analysis may point to a practical hydrogen storage material for automobile fuel cells and similar applications."
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080516164817.htmChinese molecular modelers have determined that silicon nanotubes can theoretically hold hydrogen better than carbon nanotubes.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080421123120.htmMike, don't get swamped by politics. Remember, it is more important to be prepared to serve, than it is to be elected.
blessings,
Tom Donlon -
Jim Clark
05/19/2008 07:27 PM
On Travel
I remember one time I had the BRIGHT idea of hoping a flight from Little Rock to New Orleans. By the time I had gone through all of the elevated security rigamaroll, then was routed through Houston (Hobby), then had to take my shoes off several times for some security guard with an attitude, ....all the while being treated like some potential terrorist thug...in addition to having to wait on my luggage. I could have EASILY driven it much quicker, and enjoyed myself immensely more by having done so.
I knew then and there that the airline business is in trouble. While I can't speak for everybody, I just can't help but think that eventually, more and more people are going to heck with this noise. If this is what it takes to get from point A to point B, I'd about as soon thumb it.
Lets face it, with the costs of fuel skyrocketing out of control, the real future of transportation most probably doesn't involve fuel thirsty jets....at least not as many as we NOW have anyway. So, how is the common man going to get about?
I seriously think that we need to look into a nationwide network high speed, elevated, monorail skytrains. I'm talking about an over/under configuration where the trains on the top rail go one way, while the cars underneath go the opposite way (If they can design them that way). The fastest of these fly like a bat outta hell and make express runs.
We're going to have to do something pretty soon in order to curve fuel consumption...and you can bet that the fuel companies are going to lobby vehemently against any and everything that we try to do. Consequently, we REALLY need statesmen (and stateswomen) who have the backbone to look past all of the political high pressure that has been holding us back for far too long. We need people who can think out of the box and who will put the needs of america's future ahead of todays high roller lobbyists and avaricious profiteers.
Another two cents worth,
Stay safe everybody,
Jim
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Joseph
05/19/2008 11:28 AM
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Davis, Lee
05/19/2008 09:05 AM
Hello Governor,
I am disappointed in the way that John McCain has tacked the issue of climate change. He seems to have spit in the face of the party and his proposed plan of dealing with global warming is one of the largest expansions of government we have seen in recent years. I'm all about protecting the environment but we don't need to burden businesses with unfair amounts of regulation. The free market is forcing companies to innovate and we are seeing an explosion in fuel efficient cars. America has a cleaner environment than China and we don't need Obama telling us how it's unfair to the rest of the world for America to have a strong economy. Obama and Al Gore are national security threats.
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Judge Deborah
05/19/2008 06:45 AM
We have a lot of people posting who are not Huckabee Rangers.
It is highly looking like Mike Huckabee may be getting the nod from John McCain as his Vice Presidential pick according to insiders.
Thank you to all the donors yesterday!
Please, if you have never donated before, click on CONTRIBUTE, enter Donor or Event Code R23732 and donate $10, $20 or $25 to help keep Mike on the campaign trail!
The country needs to hear more from Mike!
America needs:
1) Energy independence with fuel cells, wind mills and solar panels
2) The Federal FairTax to solve the social security crisis of the Baby Boomers retiring, keep us out of recession and create a booming economy and
3) Federal Marriage Amendment and to renew the Bush tax cuts to protect families and bring the divorce rate down and create a stable environment for chidlren to grow up in!
I am highly encouraging you to donate $20 weekly to the conservative cause!
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Murray, Jason
05/18/2008 10:54 PM
RE: GOP Whisperer
5/17 at 5:16 pmPretty good post. I've said it ad infinitum (and ad nauseum), but here in Arkansas, we saw Mike Huckabee GOVERN. He did it well. He did it using unvarnished conservative principles.
Of course, the GOP"s inability to understand and appreciate Mike's record in Arkansas is one more glaring symptom of the problem GOP whisperer highlighted. They are so IDEOLOGICALLY anti-government that they don't understand government that works. They can't visualize it; they can't plan or implement it; and so, of course, there's no way they can sell it to the public.
Arkansas Reagan Republicans (and Reagan Democrats) generally understand that "Government" is not the eternal bogeymen, something to be forever and always opposed with reflexive intensity and ferocity. Rather, "government" is, in our minds, principled, common-sense, effective leaders hired by the people to manage what few things we really need government to do in today's climate.
Despite the childishly repetitive stanzas of singsong rhetoric about Mike's so-called "liberal record", yammered loud and long in the 24-hr news cycle, Arkansas (as well as Mississippi, Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama, right?) understands one thing the GOP has forgotten:
For conservatism to work in politics, conservatism has to GOVERN. Not just preach; not just run talk radio; not just oppose liberalism. GOVERN.
Mike knows this. He's proven he knows it, and can do it. That's why, no matter how hard it is for me to care what the purblind GOP does, I'm still watching Mike Huckabee very closely.
GOP Whisperer is right about one more thing. Ask yourself if you want a confused GOP running the white house in 2008 followed by four more years of Democrats THEN; or a four-year "school of hard knocks" Democrat presidency in 2008, after which, we can hope, the GOP is ready for real leadership.
We've got just the man, by the way.
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Donlon, Thomas
05/18/2008 09:44 PM
I like your approach Wayne McCormick.
I wish the religious people would remember Revelation 11:18 which states that God has set a time for "destroying those who destroy the earth."
Still, maybe their is some sense or instinct about global warming that is correct.
My sense is that a lot of solar technologies are near to coming on line that will put oil out of business. They are coming fast and furious. Not all of these are likely to put an immediate end to oil ... but the pace is picking up so fast that the casual observer has a hard time keeping up.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080514154702.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080410140451.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080508181259.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080221082950.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2007/0507-bringing_sunlight_inside.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080222125628.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080206154631.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080508181259.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080410140451.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080515211449.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080514092329.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080410101210.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080130194130.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080512143743.htm
URL]http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/540256/[/URL]With only one or maybe two exceptions all these articles are reports from this year. And All these links are from a general science site.
People don't realize how fast things are going to change when solar energy becomes cheaper to obtain than pumping oil from the ground - or digging up and transporting coal.
There are developments in fuel cell technology coming along as well. Maybe I'll post some of the links to them in a future post.
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Holland, Mike
05/18/2008 09:17 PM
I think a balanced approach is the solution. I care deeply about the environment, but I also care about the economic impact of the current fuel cost. There has to be a responsible way extract our domestic resources in the short term, until alternative sources are available, and cost effective. We have to acknowledge Climate Change, but Cap and Trade, absolutely not!
This is a bad year for Republicans, we have to diligently protect the environment, but we cannot pit the caribou against the single mom.
The elephant in the room right now is the threatened veto of the new GI Bill. This one is really scaring me. I do not know what George is thinking. He is playing right in to the Democrats hand. If they can paint John McCain as not supporting veterans, we are in big trouble. On the other hand it could provide the Bush McCain separation we need. If Bush vetoes the bill, and John supports, or co sponsors the negotiated bill. It will provide the Maverick chip we need in this Political Poker Game.
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Judge Deborah
05/18/2008 07:01 PM
Grat Job Vice President Huckabee!
Tim Russert spoke it into being at least 4 or 5 times!
I taped the 2nd airing on MSNBC at 6 pm.
Way to go!
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Keep the momentum going!
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Bryan, Cathy
05/18/2008 06:34 PM
It's easy to go ballistic at the words "global warming" so ignore those words. The real issue is pollution. We all know there is smog and water pollution, but those issues are directly tied to energy policy.
If we become energy self-sufficient in 10 years (as Mike ALREADY suggested), we will develop technologies that have less impact on the environment...period. I would love to use hydrogen fuel cells to heat my house and drive my car. (I would also like to see high-speed electric trains...just for fun!)
Regarding "market" methods: We don't want to do anything that would take resources away from us and give them to less productive economies. Since HALF of all inventions in the world come from the US (which is home to only 17% of the world's population), we will accomplish more with our resources than anyone else.
FairTax is the best thing way to free up resources to solve our energy problems, and by extension, our pollution issues.
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Kinder, Terry
05/18/2008 04:50 PM
After three straight special election losses and over 1,000 responses to a recent post by National Republican Congressional Committee Chair Tom Cole at the NRCC Blog Republican Minority Leader John Boehner replies that Tom Cole will stay put.
Does the Republican Party really want to become Democrat-Lite and push the Global Warming Agenda, Cape-and-Trade, a mimic Democrat positions?
I am very interested in what Mike Huckabee thinks about what is happening in the Republican Party right now.
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McCormick, Wayne
05/18/2008 03:20 PM
It's about time we give future generations the benefit of the doubt. I'm a Reagan/moral conservative who long ago belonged to three environmental organizations. To say man has had no impact on the climate/environment is like saying Christopher Columbus didn't change Manhatten Island. We need to engage in serious reasoned debate, maintain high standards for scientific proof and at the same time I think, assert some common sense and do what we can to be kind to mother earth! There are a lot of new technologies coming out that address this growing problem and we should favor their development! We shouldn't just be opposed to all things liberal!! This kind of mindless knee jerk reaction is going to get us in trouble!! Conservatives I think need to take the lead in safeguarding the environment, with real solutions for real problems!
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Judge Deborah
05/18/2008 09:27 AM
Watch Mike Huckabee with Tim Russert on Meet the Press on MSNBC this morning!
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Contact John McCain and tell him you want Mike Huckabee to be Vice President!
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U.S. News & World Report Huckabee Vice President Article
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NewsMax Republican Vice Presidential Poll
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http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/story?id=47109172008 Senate Elections Rasmussen Polls
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_senate_electionsMike Huckabee – Everybody’s Choice for VP, by Steve Clemmons, HuffingtonPost.com
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Hess, Richard
05/18/2008 04:11 AM
The GOP is lost they have abandoned principals now they talk of global warming to go with the looney left. If Mike is on the ticket I vote GOP if not Bob Barr.
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Jennings, David
05/17/2008 09:51 PM
To think that we can impact the global climate and create change is one of the foundations of a liberal, secular society that goes directly against the Bible.
Sure, we can ruin specific targets with pollution and a complete disregard for the mandate to care for the earth. But to think that we can affect any global condition is sheer madness.
There is but one God. And His word clearly states that the earth is decaying. It has nothing to do with us and is a losing political issue, not to mention a complete waste of resources when we divert them away from people to Ghia.
Why do you think McCain is being called McGore or McWarming?
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Brewer, Heather
05/17/2008 06:02 PM
Gov Huckabee--
"The Republicans" in power should handle the environmental issue as you outlined in your platform for president. We cannot be careless. We must conserve and be responsible. We don't need to go overboard as Americans tend do with most things, as the far left would have us do with this issue. We need to be aware of our impact on the environment, including the global warming issue. We are here to use AND care for the earth God gave us "dominion" over. It can only benefit us. I don't understand why some old school conservatives have a problem with responsible environmental conservation! The Republican party must have a voice in this debate, with respect and concern for our earth, if they want a future.
We do need to drill domestically...it's national security. But we need to do it responsibly and with careful execution. We need alternative fuels. These are all things that are basically in your presidential platform on the environment. I think McCain agrees...but he needs a little more urgency about the issue. While you were still running, McCain's web site said that we need energy independence "in our lifetime". I wondered whose lifetime he was talking about. I'm 26. His or mine? You, on the other hand, had said we could be energy independent in 10 years. McCain needs to be more dedicated to this, and unapologetically so.
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Amy
05/17/2008 02:45 PM
Thank you, Governor Huckabee, for engaging us in discussion with you, and for actually asking directly for our opinions on issues such as this. This is so refreshing in politics!
Some of the comments here on this blog are illustrations to me of why the GOP is struggling so much right now. We can no longer simply wave away and dismiss the priority of envionmental protection in Rush Limbaugh-like fashion. Republican leaders cannot continue to pretend it doesn't exist or act as if it is only important to "environmentalist wackos", as they used to be known. Whether or not climate change is caused by humans, protecting the environment is now a major, mainstream issue that is personally important to the people of America and the rest of the world. President Bush's attitude of basically ignoring the issue is not in keeping with the party of Theodore Roosevelt, and seems out of touch.
My own feeling is that all the politically-charged arguments over human-induced climate change (the fear-driven types of arguments started by Al Gore and others) are only harmful to the discussion. They are often full of hypocrisy (like celebrities flying their private airplanes around the country while telling the rest of us to "walk to work"). They really do nothing to help solve the issues of cleaner air and water, and conservation of our natural beauty and rescources. I loved your approach, Governor, of addressing "stewardship" of the environment. This type of wording should be used more often, and I think the discussion of devleoping alternative energy sources should always go hand-in-hand with discussion of climate change. Alternative fuels would solve so many problems in one- problems of national security, the economy, AND the envrionment.
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Peggy Erickson
05/17/2008 02:02 PM
I recently paid $2.29 for a dozen eggs. I hadn't noticed how the price had bee creeping up, but that got my attention! When I mentioned it to the store manager, he said prices on a lot of things like meat and dairy products and eggs have been rising due to increased feed costs. Why increased feed costs? Because so much grain is going into ethanol production.
Whether ethanol is a viable alternative to fossil fuels is debatable. Cost per mile is about the same. Ethanol may burn cleaner, but it's manufacturing process adds to air polution.
It seems there are no easy answers. We don't have scientific evidence to back any of these theories. I think we have to be open to evidence of global warming, but not read into the evidence.
We have to start looking at alternate transportation for a number of reason, such as fuel consumption, highway congestion, air pollution ... and we need to get out of the market for foreign oil. As demand rises, so will cost. As supplies diminish, oil becomes a bargaining chip on the world stage. We need to take away to value of that chip by reducing our need for foreign oil.
Several posts here have mentioned stewardship, and that is the key. Everything must be evaluated on that basis. And we need to teach voters what stewardship is and how they can contribute to good stewardship.
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Donlon, Thomas
05/17/2008 01:51 PM
Here is the working link to the news page on the website for monitoring the daily news of technological developments regarding green energy. The link I gave below failed to work for me.
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Donlon, Thomas
05/17/2008 01:37 PM
I did make a post earlier that was cited as recommended reading by Ben Dribus. Ben's post also had many good points. And the other post that Ben praised also had lot's of good points.
The thing that bothers me most from both sides of the climate debate is the lack of respect and simplistic arguments that are often made.
People should be allowed to express doubts and concerns when they come up. Scientific dissent is quelled when fear causes scientists to "shut up" to avoid offending people.
My main doubts about "global warming" don't arise because a radio host might state that we breath out CO2 therefore it can't be affecting the climate. (I know all talk radio hosts blabber many things - and some of them may have put forth more compelling arguments than the lackluster one that I cited.)
Global warming hysteria may be silencing some arguments by those who question it.
Global warming may end up being good for some areas of the world and bad for other areas. I've now read several reports and several arguments that global warming is now actually causing the Sahara to begin shrinking. Warm air can hold more moisture. Uplifts in the hotter Sahara can draw more ocean air into the region and thus bring about more rain.
Of grave concern though should be that analysis of the US weather patterns (both historical and projected) indicate that overtime there have been long-term droughts in the US breadbasket area. We have been relying on overly optimistic projections of rain fall while building cities in Arizona - for example. There is only so much rain that can be diverted from the Colorado river.
The time that the USA has been in existence may have been one of the wetter periods in the history of this continent.Back to technology.
I think the technologies will become available to get away from using fossil fuels. We should make some effort to get away from using these. We should make every effort to bring newer technologies up to speed that can eliminate our need for imported oil.Here is one breakthrough by IBM
http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9943943-54.htmlIf this other technology (link under this paragraph) isn't misleading by the company tauting its breakthrough - and if it is durable and works well - then this is a major breakthrough that will soon collapse the price of oil - and move us away from a fossil fuel based economy.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/dec/29/solarpower.renewableenergyA treehugger publication reports on another solar company.
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/09/industry_week.phpThe government is going to assist in several research projects involving solar energy.
http://www.idtechex.com/printedelectronicsworld/articles/us_government_to_make_solar_energy_more_cost_competitive_00000853.aspThe following link looks like a good source of daily news related to energy. It would be worth checking out daily if you have to keep current on new technologies. The links go back in time for about fifty webpages.
I haven't quite figured out how to navigate to these news pages. I got here from an outside link and I tried the various tabs to see how to navigate back to it - I am baffled.
I bookmarked this link and I hope it continues to work in the days ahead. It is probably a great source of information for those really interested in keeping up with the day to day progression of solar energy and other green technologies.
http://www.news.com/8300-11128_3-54-1.html
The following link is to an article that mentions that photovoltaic power-generating windows are set to be produced and a separate company is set to produce solar shingles for your roof.
http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9937182-54.htmlAnother company is claiming to be able to produce solar electricity at five cents a Kilowatt hour in about 12-15 months. (Competitive to the grid.)
http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9931422-54.htmlI ought to stop neglecting my family and house - but you guys and ladies have the picture and can read the links yourselves.
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Born, Nathan
05/17/2008 09:56 AM
Domestic drilling, localized alternative energy choices. Tell the enviromentalists to take a hike, and begin more domestic drilling. Put wind power plants here and there, solar panals in someplaces, and hydro-electric.
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Hill, Hannah
05/17/2008 09:22 AM
Research suggests that this global warming is simply a part of a global cycle that has taken place before, and is actually caused by the SUN being hotter than normal. Now what are we going to do about that?!? LOL
It'll balance out. This is an issue that the liberals are milking for increased governmental power. They are playing on the fears of those of us who didn't major in this type of thing.
We need to put first things first. Mainly, get off foreign oil. We can turn to fix global warming after we do that.
http://www.icr.org/article/3233/
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.......Bonsai-mart.com
05/17/2008 05:20 AM
Stewardship
I think is in our national and world interest to be the kind of stewards to this earth that God intended from the beginning when Adam and Eve were created in the garden. They were stewards of the garden. The garden had definition and was four square in dimension. When they were turned out of the garden they knew rather quickly that they were no longer in the garden. What they created and tended was greater than outside the garden. They experienced misery outside what they had been tending when they were inside.
We as a nation found America a type of garden. We called it a wilderness. We tamed it for our use and expansion. We are currently filling up the earth. However the earth is sustainable and giving.
I do not believe we need to Hug every tree to preserve it. Trees are renewable. No one knows the mystery of oil. It is not old dinosaur juice. The earth makes the stuff regularly. However there is other methods of propulsion for vehicle travel. We have not spent much on looking at these. Unfortunately we have been Lawing ourselves to Death. Between the Courts and Congress, laws have been continually defining our containment. We are becoming constricted in scope with the inability to have any real latitude. American creativity is being stifled from cradle to grave.
I wonder if the Wright brothers left any debris at kitty hawk. Wood, fabric and metal parts from broken planes. Did they disturb a nesting bird? Did they trample some sea oats? Did they move some sand around in a wetland area? Their very presence was disturbing to say the least. Their creativity was given by eminent domain to better the idea that flight was achievable and could become manageable for mans future use. Kitty Hawk is still there, birds have come and gone, the sea oats have come and gone, the sands of time have shifted and mankind advanced the theory of aviation. There was a kind of unique freedom then that is not so prevalent now. Hence the term "it will take an act of Congress to get it done". Governments have become too centralized in the world and wield far too much power. Anti Christ in the end will consolidate power to himself to propel himself to a world dominance because of the centralizing effect.
The Earth and America is still fairly user friendly. We need to use it with an attitude of stewardship and tend to the garden while defining who we are and what is our own good.
Allen Roach......in the Florida Panhandle.
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Nissen, Tim
05/17/2008 02:45 AM
God created the oil, coal, and natural gas which are within the earth. Indeed, it is a wonder that these substances, which we have been able, by the grace of God, to use to improve our lives tremendously, formed from decayed plant and animal material which was buried during the Flood which he brought on the world because of its sins so many thousands of years ago. This is a sign to us, like the rainbow he showed to Noah, that God is gracious even though we are woefully sinful. And it was through this grace that man discovered these fuels, was given the power to mine them, and the ingenuity to convert them to useful energy which has propelled a rise in the standard of living which no culture since the beginning of creation has enjoyed. And because of our great use of these fuels many industries, jobs, and communities depend on either the production or consumption of these fuels. But now it comes about that after years of profitably using these substances we are feeling increasing pressure to draw away from them for three important reasons. First, these substances are limited, and as far as we know the quantities which are known to be yet in the earth will not last very many more generations. Second, the use of these substances are polluting, and as some believe in such a manner which might bring about worldwide cataclysm through humanly caused global warming in the very near future. And thirdly, our national need for vast quantities of these substances requires us to engage is so many foreign intrigues and now even wars which cause us manifold problems. So we have a bit of a tension. On the one hand we have the divine approbation, practical benefit and the entrenchment of our economy in the use of these fuels but on the other we are faced with the practical realities of the present and near future. Therefore, we must seek an energy policy which strikes an appropriate balance. But how shall this be done? Well, the first thing to do, before creating a detailed policy is to lay out the principles around which the details must be organized. I propose the following:
(1) There is nothing intrinsically evil about fossil fuels, rather they are intrinsically good since every creature of God is good and can and should be received with thanksgiving to the Creator thereof.
(2) Man does have a call to be wise stewards of the gifts of his Creator.
(3) It is evil for any generation to waste and destroy the earth so that future generations are left to live in worse conditions then the previous.
(4) Because of the finite amounts of fossil fuels, the conflict which these fuels cause among competing nations and the growing energy needs of humanity there must be a commitment by all to conservation and a shift away from deriving energy from these fuels.
(5) Because there are entrenched fossil fuel industries upon which many nations, livelihoods, and communities depend and also because of (1) we should not too rapidly abandon the use of fossil fuels.
(6) To ease tensions with other countries we should make full use of our national resources in such a manner which comports with (2) and (3).
(7) There should be an acknowledgment that every created source of energy is itself good and can be used profitably and without sin by man, though there are some methods which serve better then others for a given circumstance or application. -
ILikeMike
05/17/2008 02:22 AM
There is a very interesting thread going on right now on the National Republican Congressional Committee blog right now.
Terry
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Fowler, Abraham
05/17/2008 01:44 AM
I think the GOP -- and America -- needs to wake up to the energy challenges we face.
I don't pretend to know about climate change. However, I do know several GREAT reasons why the GOP should take leadership in achieving energy independence.
The first is obviously to keep our money home and not send it to countries often hostile to us.
The second and perhaps soon to be hugely important reason is that oil supplies are peaking. That doesn't mean they will run out right away, but it does mean they can't keep up with the global increase in demand. That's why we are seeing the price of oil skyrocket.
If we don't research and develop alternative technologies NOW then we will be in serious trouble in the next few decades.
True, opening up our policies to allow more drilling here in the U.S. would alleviate the price somewhat. But that would only postpone the day of reckoning for a few years. I'd rather push hard on alternatives to oil. We need a national effort BIGGER than the Manhattan Project to tackle this.
This issue is one of the key reasons why I supported Huckabee's run for the Presidency. I don't know how he planned to achieve it, or whether 10 years is realistic, but he at least had the right goal: achieve energy independence in 10 years.
I'm all for limited government and the free markets. However this has become an issue that spills over into 1) national security, and 2) long-term economic survival. We need some leadership to face this enormous challenge.
Finally, I agree with Huckabee that if we push to find alternatives, the world will eventually beat a path to our door, again, to buy them from us.
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Centrella, Thomas
05/16/2008 09:40 PM
To anyone who thinks we need to tone down our rhetoric about abortion, be more in tune with our audience when we discuss it, and “recognize that there are other issues,” please consider what I am saying here, and please feel free to e-mail me at thomas.centrella@gmail.com if you want to discuss this further:
The sanctity of life and the sanctity of marriage and family, as well as our commitment to be One Nation under God, ARE the most important issues in this nation. Yes, as a Christian, an American, and a Republican, I am concerned about other issues as well. But the sanctity of life and the sanctity of marriage and family, as well as our commitment to be One Nation under God, tower over them all.
Here I’d like to say some things about abortion:
ABORTION: It is easy for us to try to make others like us by softening our tone about what is happening here. And, I agree that using tact can help in some situations. But the last thing we should do is to quiet down and bury this among a slew of other issues. That is precisely what some so-called Christians do who then vote for Hillary, Obama, Condi Rice, or Giuliani--all rabid proaborts. Would you do the same if they were KKK members? Would you soften your tone then? Anyone who votes for someone whom they know is not prolife is committing a grave sin. (I'm not saying you are doing that. But I think this notion of softening our tone and thinking of abortion as just one of many issues leads to that.)
I witnessed my four children being born. They are PRECIOUS! Those who call themselves "prochoice" actually believe that it would be OK for us to KILL our little babies? This is EVIL! How dare they!
Just consider how gruesome abortion really is:
How would YOU like to be have scissors stuck in your skull and your brains sucked out? That's what a Partial-Birth Abortion does! Would you still feel that "there are other issues" if YOU were the one on the other end of that "procedure"? Would you still chastise those of us who speak out against this abomination if YOU were one of the 48 MILLION babies who have been killed?
48 MILLION! 1.2 million every year! More than 3,000 every day! This IS a holocaust!How would YOU like to be burned alive with a deadly saline solution that ripped off your skin? That is a saline abortion! Would you still chastise those of us who were fighting for YOUR life as we fight for the preborn baby's life?
How would YOU like to be torn apart limb by limb until you were dead? That describes another very common abortion procedure? Would you still tell us to tone it down if YOU were on the other end of that procedure?
PLEASE stop trying to remove the speck from our eyes. Abortion is COLD-BLOODED MURDER!
Would you still chastise those of us who speak out against this horrific evil if YOU were the one being killed?
In the 1800s, when slavery was being debated, would you be there telling the abolitionists and the poor African Americans that there are other issues besides slavery and that they need to tone it down and be more in tune with their audience?I wouldn't.
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Barnette, Harold
05/16/2008 09:31 PM
How conservatives should respond to climate change:
- reject the notion that climate change is man-made based on the natural climate variations throughout the earth's history (e.g.; little ice age (1300-1800))
- Do not oppose the extraction of natural resources like oil. Rather call for extraction to be done in an environmentally responsible manner. Explain the benefits of extracting resources: 1.) Job Creation; 2.) Increasing supply leads to lower prices; 3.) less dependence on foreign sources; 4.) Increased revenue for federal and state governments
- Point out how extreme environmental politics has restricted the oil supply and led to higher oil prices. -
clover_dave
05/16/2008 09:09 PM
If you adress climate change, dont say it is a fact, it is not caused by humans only.
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Gatchel, Nancy
05/16/2008 08:22 PM
1.) Climate change, for me, needs to be an established fact.
2.) And if there is indeed climate changes occuring, are we the actual cause of it? What happened to the ice age? People did not cause that melt down.
I guess I still have many reservations and unanswered questions regarding this issue.
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Hale, Hannah
05/16/2008 07:46 PM
I am glad you brought this up as I have been thinking about this for several days.
This country has serious environmental problems that need to be dealt with.
With that said, we don't need the goverment in this: we need it OUT of it! Isn't there a free-market solution for environmental issues?
How can environmental issues be dealt with in a way that go right along with ''less government, lower taxes, a strong national defense and real border security''?
Most of the global warming stuff I hear means LOTS of goverment intervention! And I hear ''global'' recipes for prevention that sure sound bad for national security! (By the way, I think GW is a hoax)
...and one more thing.... I am scared to offer you advice, and I know if you don't follow it you have a good reason. : ) So here is something to think about before 2012:
I know one thing you did in Arkansas was the parks and recreation and ''keep Arkansas beautiful''; which is wonderful stuff and something we want to hear from governors. But as a presidential candidate, it got people scared to hear anything like it come out of your mouth. They assumed that if you were talking about environmental issues, that meant you were planing a federal department to deal with it.
Environmental stuff, health, education, and several other topics are things that need addressing yet we want the federal government out of and so either people need to understand why a president maybe needs a good view of these things but will just ''encourage'' the states to deal with it or maybe they are better left off the table of topics.
This is not very well said but you asked for our opinions. : )
~a big supporter of yours, Hannah age 18
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leal, cristina
05/16/2008 07:16 PM
I LIVE IN SOUTH TEXAS WHERE EVERY HISPANIC HAS BEEN TOLD THAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS THE PARTY OF THE POOR AND THEY BELIEVE IT! PEOPLE HERE UNDERSTANDABLY ARE VERY UPSET BECAUSE OF THE PRICE OF OIL. ALSO,TOO MANY OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS AREA HAVE RELATIVES WHO LIVE IN MEXICO AND FEEL THAT THE BORDER WALL WILL CREATE TENSION BETWEEN US AND OUR NEIGHBOR TO THE SOUTH.THEY FEEL THAT THIS AND THE OIL CRISIS WAS CREATED BY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.THEY CANNOT UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A WORLD CRISIS BECAUSE THE LEFT-WING MEDIA MAKES THEM THINK THAT THIS IS THE CASE.BY THE WAY,GOVERNO HUCKABEE I USED TO VOTE FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY UNTIL I REALIZED THAT I WAS VOTING AGAINST MY CATHOLIC PRINCIPLES WHICH DENONCES ABORTION. I HOPE THAT YOU GET SELECTED AS OUR VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.
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ashley, jeri
05/16/2008 05:57 PM
For what it is worth:
I suspect that now that evolution is revealing its ludicrousy; i.e. after years and years of deceit, the fallacy of the theory has been exposed, we are going to replace it with 'global warming.'I totally agree with your statements during the debates and interviews, Mike, that we should be leading the way to BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE EARTH.
But worshiping a planet that is dying by natural causes, is idiotic if not dangerous. It is just another lie that has as its agenda the devaluation of the creature (made in His image) and sacrificing it to another idol.
There are so many things we can do in our individual lives to be better stewards of the earth's resources. Recycling, walking instead of driving whenever possible...are sales of huge gas gussling SUVS down? Are people starting to limit their drive-through, fuel consuming idling, fast food restaurant experiences? How serious are we about affecting gas prices and developing alternative fuels when we don't try to make adjustments in our daily lives?
And this is just one issue; caring for our environment is multi-faceted. But beginning with the foundation that is was given to us to sustain our lives so we need to take care of it, and not worship it as an idol, will lead us in appropriate action to sustain it a little longer.
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Noyes, Burt
05/16/2008 05:26 PM
Part 2
After my post yesterday, I felt that I had left a lot of things unsaid.
First, let's be clear that because we don't have an influence on the earth's temperature doesn't mean that we can't be good stewards of God's earth.
When I look around our country and compare it to other nations who are not even at our standard of living and rate of consumption, yet they still have more problems with smog, pollution, dirty water, soil erosion, deforestation, disease, and hunger, it makes me realize that the reason we don't have those problems is because of our historic principles of less government and more freedom for individuals and business.
If you want to make the earth a better place and clean up cities like Shanghai and Mexico City, export freedom and capitalism!
What we have learned through trial and error in our great republican exercise can be duplicated rapidly in other metropolitan areas quickly if people and industry are given freedom from the government to make their countries great too.
As far as the issues that Mike has said are in the GOP "wheelhouse", let's see exactly what has happened.
Lower taxes: So far that is the best thing that has been done by the GOP.
Less government: Terrible! We now have the biggest , most bloated government in our history. The GOP has fallen asleep on this one.
Strong defense: We still have the greatest military but that is because we fight for just causes. The GOP has held it together on this one but has been severely weakened by "mavericks" within the ranks.
Border security: Terrible! Where's the fence? 10-12 thousand illegal aliens still cross our borders every day, bringing with them crime, gangs, drugs, and more welfare dependent families. They cost the taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars every year in education and medical treatment. Then what money they do earn is sent back south of the border instead of being used to stimulate our economy.
The "wheelhouse" isn't looking too good so far.
Finally, let's look at the kind of people the global "climate change" alarmists really are.
The same people that have brought us to the "climate change" table are overwhelmingly pro-abortion, pro-gay marriage, socialists, Marxists, communists, pro-UN, anti-military peaceniks, open borders advocates, and anti-capitalists.
Any issue, such as 'climate change", brought to the table by such people has to be carefully examined. An honest and careful examination of "climate change" by hundreds of reputable scientists yields enough sincere skepticism, even downright rejection, to render the matter a non-issue in the political sphere.
Before we add anything to the GOP "wheelhouse", let's work on the more important issues at hand and move this country back to greater freedom and prosperity.
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Stewart-Gore, Dena
05/16/2008 04:35 PM
I have an idea, but I hope it doesn't sound too expensive (time-wise). First before we go making suggestions, let's make sure we havethe right information and that we send in ACCURATE INFORMATION.
But here's the other idea I have. Let's do a study and a survey of how many people are interested in putting these issues in the platform. Right now, we have a president who back in 2003-05 was talking about a hydrogen car. I'm guessing since then he's changed his mind or doesn't know how plausible this concept really is. Let's get on 9IF IT'S POSSIBLE) MIT's website adn see if they have any research on such a device. I talked to a guy in engineering on this topic and he said it was too difficult to do. I wonder if there's anybody outtherer with opposing information and a practical working model.
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lingenfelser, fred
05/16/2008 04:28 PM
Guys, please vote for Mike in this poll. The fourth round just started today, so if you haven't voted in this round yet, do so now, and tell McCain you want Huckabee as VP.
http://innovation.cq.com/vpmadness
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ACB4Values
05/16/2008 04:12 PM
Governor Huckabee,
I am so grateful you are asking these questions and actually listening. There are people on here that are very knowledgable about things that it really blows me away - many that are more knowledgeable than I. (I wish people like Laura Ingraham would come on here and read how thoughtful, intelligent and well engaged on the issues your followers are - she is so patronizing about people that support you)
I think there needs to be a common sense approach on "climate change". First, I think that we should use terms like earthly stewardship - this says we can do things like recycling without being a phsycho about it. I know we should be good stewards and I am doing much more to be that steward and teaching it to my children.
Anwar is the perfect example to the balance that we need, we MUST drill in Anwar to help our oil and gas crisis, we must seek more drilling, we must make more refineries, we must develop more nuclear power - there are things that we can do to offset any damage that might be caused to the environment without costing jobs than we should do that as well. We need to all take more responsibility for our personal care of the earth like recycling, and we need to expand ways to make this easier for people. I can give all these things to liberals, but they have to compromise on things that help the greater good of our country.
I think that conservatives get very nervous because they do not want to become tree hugging vegetarians. We must be more concerned with peoples lives than the environment. So bottom line, we want common sense approaches without the crazy Peta people interfering in the quality of our lives and homes to save a particular type of field rat.
"Then the Lord took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it." Gen. 2:15
The problem with the way things are framed today (thanks to Al Gore) is that we worship the creation rather than the Creator. We need to reframe the issue as conservatives to still worship the Creator, while tending to and keeping the creation. That is what I would call vertical politics - except for maybe the little Al Gore comment, but the truth is the truth.
Thanks again for hearing us.
Many Blessings,
April Brown, Tx
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Fisher, Seth
05/16/2008 04:07 PM
Hey folks vote at: http://innovation.cq.com/vpmadness
Tim Pawlently has slowly been gaining on Mike and Sarah Palin in ahead by 2% points!
VOTE! VOTE!
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Crane, Sherri
05/16/2008 03:50 PM
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