The Republican Party is Broken, and We Need to Fix It!

I stopped by the store the other day, and answered the phone to a very irate client. It happens from time to time, and so you learn to deal with them angry. It takes a great deal of calm and patience, and usually ends up with them either being more understanding of the situation, or with them demanding to see my manager. Oddly enough, this wasn't either of those phone calls. The lady wanted to know if we could train her on how to use computers. I replied that we did, but that we needed to come out to her house in order to do that, and that it would be $159.00 for one hour. That might seem steep, but that's about what we make doing our usual jobs, and it doesn't make business sense for us to charge any less. The lady was quite unhappy about that, which quickly turned into a rant about how Obama was screwing up our economy, and how fat cat Democrats were ruining everything else. I let the customer know that I agreed with her, but that wasn't enough for this lady. She kept me on the phone for 12 minutes while she complained about everything under the sun, related all to politics. Mostly, I agreed with her on her points, but calling into a computer repair shop to argue politics ... I dunno ... seems counterproductive. At one point, she stopped rambling and told me that I seemed to have a good head on my shoulders, and asked why I wasn't doing something to "change the world." I told her that I was too busy with my real job, and given that I was only 25, not many people would listen anyway. I thought it was funny. She was a little exasperated.

She brought up another interesting point. What the hell happened to the Republican Party? With an ample supply of ammunition, why aren't we fighting back harder? It's almost like no one wants to go after any Democrats for the fear of a counter of what we have done in the past, and almost with good cause. We haven't the best track record in recent times, and it's way past time that we started reforming ourselves. Get ready to take some lumps, own up to some failures, and then start off from there into a platform of less taxes, less social agenda spending, and more political honesty. Tough economic times mean less spending, not more. America is tired of the petty politics, and we need change. Well intentioned policies that are wrong ... are still wrong.

Perspective ... I haz it.

Seriously, this website really puts it in perspective. How much really is 1 Trillion Dollars?

Find out here.

This is the New

This is the newest version of THIS

I got tired of explaining why nathancomputing was named that way.

Another Intellectual Tidbit

http://ultimateglobalwarmingchallenge.com/

Challenging someone to prove that Man Made Global Warming exists, offers to give someone 500k for it. Heh.

Daily Republican Quote (since you won't get it in the newspaper)

"Now, instead of working hard so our children can have a better life tomorrow, we are asking our children to work hard so that we don’t have to make tough choices today."

-North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr

found on This Website.

I laughed.

Jindal, O sweet Jindal

What's this? A clean, articulate, Conservative? That's just not possible. But wait, it is. The Louisiana Governor, in the GOP's response to Obama's speech, was right on. I know it's too early to celebrate, but Jindal seems to be just what the Republicans need.

Let me start out by saying that I don't like the tone that he took in the official response to Obama. It was small. I felt like he was talking to some kindergarten kids, and that I was listening in. At first. Then I actually started hearing what he was saying, and realized that he was making complete sense. For weeks, as this Obamunism has been taking affect, my head been screaming no. I haven't been able to put a finger on it. Of course, you can point at the trillions of spending, and the debt left over to children children's children. But I couldn't articulate why I felt that it was wrong. Conservatism was swirling around in my brain, and then suddently, it saw Jindal speaking on screen, and it said yes. Yes to the idea that people, not government, is the answer.

Reuters. The first sentence says it all.

Jindal was also interviewed by the Today Show. First off, I was amazed that they would play Obama's speech in the background while the Governer was talking. Talk about disrespect. That aside, his response to the very tough questions posed to him was right on the money. He started off respectful of Obama, and then just showed where they differed. It's about time that someone stood up and said that enough is enough, and that we aren't going to be snowed anymore. The best point that he brought up was that "there's not enough money in Washington to grow our economy." He's completely right.

Jindal, you shyed away from taking Obama to task, and rightfully so. You don't just go after a sitting President for fun. They have that bully pulpit. But here's the thing. You have tremendously good ammo, and while you are using some of it, I don't think you are being strong enough in your articulation of the mistakes being made by the Obama administration. His ideas are nothing new, it's standard Democrat Party lines, wrapped up and preached by an excellent speaker. We need to point out that Obama has spoken time and time again about how bipartisanship prevailed, and how there was no Pork in this Stimulus Bill. We know that's not the case, and the feeling that I get around Orange County here is that people know it too. Hit on that! I know that you are trying to keep the nice guy routine going, but I'm tired of being trodden on and trounced by the liberal media. Give them some nice juicy soundbites that they can't help but play. What's his approval rating? I keep waiting for the hot air balloon ride that is Obama to come down, but there's strong wind keeping it afloat.

Please, Jindal, be as good as you seem. I'm tired of being excited by politicians, only to have them picked apart by the liberal media, sometimes even rightfully so. If you aren't the new voice of Conservatism, I will be dreadfully disappointed. God bless you sir, and God bless America.