gdp's Comments

Big Government : Obama: The Problem We All Live With

Fri, 2 Sep 2011 02:20:46 +0000

Is the painting hanging in the hallway or on the door??

Big Government : Financial Reality Part III: Reforming Social Security

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 23:24:15 +0000

In addition to making the changes suggested, it would also make sense to link Medicare eligibility to Social Security eligibility. Both are retirement programs, so individuals should "retire" for both Medicare purposes and Social Security purposes at the same time.

Big Government : Possible O'Keefe Explanation: He Was an ACORN 'Secret Shopper'

Mon, 1 Feb 2010 16:58:16 +0000

Unlike the Executive Branch the Legislative Branch does not consider their offices to be Federal. If you try to access an Executive Branch office you are not allowed to proceed unless you are: 1) a building employee with an ID card; or 2) your are escorted by someone from the office you intend to visit. If you go to the office of a Member of Congress, you merely walk through a security screening that checks for weapons, etc. By holding themselves out in this way, the Members of Congress have been able to say that their offices are the "people's offices", and, as an additional benefit, they've been able to hold themselves above laws that they have enacted, such as smoking in federal buildings. I haven't read anywhere that O'Keefe's group bluffed their way through security, so I doubt that a Federal offense was committed. I'm sure that this will end being just another nuisance issue, as other Member of Congress offices deal with from time to time when unwanted/unwelcome visitors show up to create a disturbance.

Big Government : Explaining the Tea Party Movement and the Bewilderment of the Political Class

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:22:13 +0000

Q: What do the GOP and Bin Laden have in common? A: They both want to take credit for someone elses work

Big Government : Exclusive Book Excerpt: Right Now. A Twelve-Step Program to Defeating the Obama Agenda

Mon, 4 Jan 2010 17:25:28 +0000

YGBSM Michael!!! We've never been stupid, and we're no longer naive. Please instead write a book ten years from now entitled "How My 12-Step Program Defeated the Obama Agenda and Took Back America" Otherwise get out of our way.

Big Government : Tea Parties: The Biggest Mistake We Could Make in 2010

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:17:29 +0000

The TPP succeeds because it stands for nothing that mainstream Americans hate; it is only hated by the major political parties and the extremists. Fiscal Responsibility, Limited Government, and Free Market are difficult to hate unless you have an agenda. I read that the TPP needs to remake the Republican Party; this is wrong. Parties have platforms that include other issues such as abortion, gay rights, human trafficking, etc. These things make THEM easy to hate. Most Americans can fit in the TPP tent; if they just understand the simplicity of the tent. This country’s ails can't be cured overnight. I'll accept the gains that can be achieved by electing candidates of ANY party so long as they stand for the three TPP principles; I don‘t care about their stance on other issues. The TPP will succeed if it continues to emphasize its three principles and makes it known that it will back politicians of any party so long as they support these principles. If the TPP does this the only people in America that will hate us are the major political parties and the extremists (and the MSM!!). This movement isn't about remaking political parties; its about rescuing America.

Big Government : Obama’s Rush to Judgment

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 21:44:41 +0000

Barry also doesn't want us to know that HIS CIA knew about this guy and his attempts to contact Al Qaeda, but would not share this information with the Army. He can't blame this one on Bush.

Big Government : The Long, Dark Tea-Time of the GOP's Soul

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 14:29:01 +0000

I agree that the GOP is the "last best hope' but only in the long run. Meaningful change in Washington means changing out the players. If the career politicians in Washington decide to start playing to the conservative voice, they will be like an alcoholic who stops drinking but keeps hanging out in bars. They will continue to succumb to the interest groups,financial influencers, and cronyism that goes with the corruption of power. The only solution is to take them out of the environment. For the short term, we just need to break up the Washington power structure; it doesn't matter whether its Reps or Dems who are elected; it matters that the careerists are ejected. The TPP needs to develop a strategy that (1) identifies the conservative who ought to continue in office; (2) defeats the remaining incumbents in the primaries. Some voters may need to change party affiliation in order to vote incumbentsin the primary. There are 435 Representatives and about 33 Senators up for reelection every two years; that's 87% of the Congress. It wouldn't take but two or three elections for the politicians to figure out who they really work for.

Big Government : The Profitability of Lobbying

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:20:59 +0000

I agree completely. We need to make sure that the incumbents don't make it past the primaries. It doesn't matter whether Reps or Dems win in the general election; just that incumbents depart. It will take two or three election cycles for THEM to really figure out that WE have taken control of our destiny, but then WE can start making the real changes that need to occur, such as eliminating paid lobbyists and changing campaign finance to allow contributions only from individual registered voter citizens who have a stake in the outcome of the election (i.e. their district/state for Reps and Sens).

Big Government : Tea Party Dilemma: Honey, I Shrunk the Party

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:19:19 +0000

I agree, but it is even more important to get rid of incumbents during the primaries, not just RINOs. The message must be sent, even if it takes out a few good people. As they say in the army, you've got to expect a few losses in a big operation

Big Government : Tea Party Dilemma: Honey, I Shrunk the Party

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:16:32 +0000

Thanks to our wonderful RINOs, the czars would be in place even if they had required Senate confirmation.

Big Government : Tea Party Dilemma: Honey, I Shrunk the Party

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:08:50 +0000

I found this link on the Huffington Post; looks like the libs are starting to get concerned. http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/10... Just need to get the GOP to start taking notice. Interesting to note that the article doesn't mention NY 23.

Big Government : Tea Party Dilemma: Honey, I Shrunk the Party

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:02:02 +0000

Who cares whether the GOP gets a majority in either house of the congress; more important is that incumbents don't get reelected. The Tea Party may cause the GOP to lose seats, but it doesn't matter because they don't represent us anyway. We won't correct the problems in the congress in one election, be it NY 23 or Nov 2010. But we can send a strong message by not bringing back any incumbents. And then doing the same thing in 2012, and again in 2014, and again and again until THEY get it right. I am all for making sure that incumbents don't make it through the primaries next year, and we happen to have good conservative candidates then we of course should back them. If the Democrat wins NY 23 it will have very little impact on what happens in the congress between now and Nov 2010. But if Doug Hoffman comes in second in the election, it will give the GOP a few months to decide whether THEY want to lose more seats in congress by backing more of their RINOs. We can't run scared from these idiots. If we stick to our principles we will prevail, but we've got to be patient.