Monday – June 28, 2010
The story continues:
On today’s date, in 1778 , the battle Monmouth, New Jersey, took place. This was one of the first battles that Washington was able to repel the British army. Though this battle was a draw, it started Washington’s army on the course to victory over the British. After a long hard winter at Valley Forge, it became apparent that the army was intact and wanted to win the war.
It also created a folk hero or heroin by the name of Molly Pitcher. After her husband, a gunnery officer, became a casualty she picked up the line and began her quest for independence by loading the cannon that her husband was responsible for.
http://www.britishbattles.com/battle-monmouth.htm
When we look at our heroes, we must remember that it was not only men, who helped in the cause for independence, it was a group of patriot American women who we did not label, but accepted as one.
This week, we will lead up to the beginning of our story as a nation. On July 4th, we celebrate our freedom and our independence that men and woman of history created. Last week, I related a story. This week, we celebrate our story. In that celebration we must remember what the march for freedom and independence was all about. It was not over greed and it was not over politics. Our forefathers warned us about both and warned that greed and politics would ruin the Union of States, if we did not protect the fundamentals of the Union and protect the freedoms that were inherently ours. The forefathers wrote the documents and people like Washington and Molly Pitcher fought for the principles that were American.
This week, leading up to the July fourth holiday, the White House will bring a suit challenging the State of Arizona’s immigration law. The immigration law passed in Arizona mirrors Federal law, which the Federal government does not enforce. This will become an attempt to move the discussion of amenity to the forefront of the discussion. This is what the forefathers warned about when they spoke about greed and politics. The action taken by the White House does not improve the situation, but will destroy securing the border even more. It will play to the fears of constituents and play to the desires of those who want the benefits and that want free membership in our society.
The majority of Americans, who want immigration reform and who want the borders secured, favor the Arizona law. This is another way of diverting attention away from the economy and the Gulf Oil spill. This is what the politics of the July fourth celebration of 2010 will be. It is the greed of those who want the power and it becomes the politics of the day to retain the power so those who will get the benefits of citizenship will vote for the party that makes it easiest to attain the benefits without going through the process.
This week the sanctions go into effect in Iran. It will have little or no impact on the questions of Iran going nuclear. It will only support the notion that this administration is showing weakness. This display of new sanctions does not promote a strategy for tearing down the regime in Iran. It displays a strategy of containment for the immediate future. There are no ultimatums and the actions coming from the administration certainly are actions that demonstrate a resolve that was demonstrated in the founding days of the nation.
This week will be all about the Kagen nomination to the Supreme Court. Her written words have been hard to find because there are few documents that the Senate can find. However, her spoken words are her record and this will be the story of her nomination hearings. Don’t ask don’t tell and banning military recruiters from the Harvard campus is a story in itself.
As we continue the story for independence, this week, pay close attention to the details of the stories we have discussed today. These stories work to define us as a nation. The question we have to answer is what type of nation do we now want to be?
In had a conversation with a friend yesterday and we spoke about the importance of words and what are meant by the words we speak. I related this quote to her and asked her to read it when she had a chance. I want to do the same today.
I cannot forget about the quote that I ended Friday’s FORUM with. It was by Barry Goldwater, a conservative Republican who new the importance of words and who lived by the words he spoke, he said, “I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size. I do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them. It is not to inaugurate new programs, but to cancel old ones that do violence to the Constitution or that have failed their purpose, or that impose on the people an unwarranted financial burden. I will not attempt to discover whether legislation is “needed” before I have first determined whether it is constitutionally permissible. And if I should later be attacked for neglecting my constituents “interests,” I shall reply that I was informed that their main interest is liberty and that in that cause I am doing the very best I can.”
These words really do bring into focus the words of our forefathers and what should be spoken of today. My hope for Independence Day is to have our candidates speak similar words. These are words that Hope is truly built upon.
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: There are 127 days until the midterms. In the days leading up to Independence Day lets focus on the words of liberty and freedom and remind our politicians come November 2, 2010.
Monday, June 28, 2010
Friday, June 25, 2010
A broken promise!
Friday – June 25, 2010
A broken Promise!
Two weeks ago, Arizona Governor, Jan Brewer met at the White House with President Obama to discuss immigration and the passage of Arizona’s immigration law.
The Governor was hoping that something would come of the meeting. The President said, “give me two weeks and I will present my plan to you”. She waited, and yet nothing has happened. Yesterday, the Governor sent an open letter to the President and asked, where the plan that was promised me and the citizens of Arizona two weeks ago? Where are the troops and where is the 500 million dollars to assist us in securing the border?’ The President and the White House have yet to comment except to say that the White House will challenge the law in court and Mexico now is suing the State of Arizona over the Law that 68% of the people in this country support.
I left yesterday’s FORUM with a discussion about immigration and said this will be an issue in November, not only in Arizona, but across the nation.
My wishes are not to continually beat up on this President, but at some point you must agree that something is wrong in America. 48% of voters now disapprove of this president’s job approval, and 45% approve! 457,000 people lost their jobs last week. However, there was a drop of 19,000 people from the week before. On average, 467,000 people, per week, have lost their jobs in this country. 8.5 million people have now lost their jobs in this recession. I will concede, the recession is not the president’s fault. However, when he made it political, it then became his responsibility. Retail sales are down, as are new home sales. This will be another hidden story going into the fall.
My question is, how far down does this country have to go before the media wakes up? I don’t want to sound childish, but if this were George Bush, can you imagine how the press would be reacting to these man made disasters?
At least some of the people are waking up, because for the first time, 62% of voters say this country is now heading on the wrong track! This, unfortunately, is not humorous. The bright side is that my friend Steve, whom I wrote about this week, is now one of the 62%!
I related a story this week that I wanted to share with you. I thought that it was one that needed telling. It was a discussion that was between one American to another. I like stories and I like the people who tell them. Two of my favorite story tellers were from a time long gone. So let me continue this story with some of their words.
Will Rogers was a famous American story teller in the early part of the last century. Some say he was a statesman, some say a cowboy and some would classify him as a philosopher. What ever you say about the man, he made observations and turned them into humor. He said: “I don’t make jokes, I just watch the government and report the facts.” I think we need more of a Will Rogers than the media that we have today.
Another favorite of mine was Mark Twain. He could transform you to another time and another place with wit and humor. He said: “No man’s life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session.”
He wrote in his biography: “Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself. — Mark Twain, A.B. Paine’s Mark Twain: A Biography (Harper, 1912, Vol. 2, page 724).
The story this week will continue into next week and beyond. Unfortunately these stories are the politics our time. There is no running away from it. You can hide and you can deny or you can become a Will Rodgers and find a serious humor in all of it. You can read some of Twain and understand what he means by the word “idiot” and understand how liberty becomes something else other than what the legislature wants.
We should respect our leaders and we should demand that a code be followed by our leaders: Jefferson said: “When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property.”
He also said: “The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not. “
Another story line, in American history, came from a man that could have been President. He said: “I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size. I do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them. It is not to inaugurate new programs, but to cancel old ones that do violence to the Constitution or that have failed their purpose, or that impose on the people an unwarranted financial burden. I will not attempt to discover whether legislation is “needed” before I have first determined whether it is constitutionally permissible. And if I should later be attacked for neglecting my constituents “interests,” I shall reply that I was informed that their main interest is liberty and that in that cause I am doing the very best I can.”
This man was Barry Goldwater. He was a statesman, a Senator, a humorist, at times, and his philosophy came from a historical backdrop in wanting a Republican form of government, because that is our story. He made no promises, but to follow the Constitution. If you do, you will not break your promise!
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: 130 days remain between now and the midterms. My promise is to bring you the facts and a story behind those facts.
A broken Promise!
Two weeks ago, Arizona Governor, Jan Brewer met at the White House with President Obama to discuss immigration and the passage of Arizona’s immigration law.
The Governor was hoping that something would come of the meeting. The President said, “give me two weeks and I will present my plan to you”. She waited, and yet nothing has happened. Yesterday, the Governor sent an open letter to the President and asked, where the plan that was promised me and the citizens of Arizona two weeks ago? Where are the troops and where is the 500 million dollars to assist us in securing the border?’ The President and the White House have yet to comment except to say that the White House will challenge the law in court and Mexico now is suing the State of Arizona over the Law that 68% of the people in this country support.
I left yesterday’s FORUM with a discussion about immigration and said this will be an issue in November, not only in Arizona, but across the nation.
My wishes are not to continually beat up on this President, but at some point you must agree that something is wrong in America. 48% of voters now disapprove of this president’s job approval, and 45% approve! 457,000 people lost their jobs last week. However, there was a drop of 19,000 people from the week before. On average, 467,000 people, per week, have lost their jobs in this country. 8.5 million people have now lost their jobs in this recession. I will concede, the recession is not the president’s fault. However, when he made it political, it then became his responsibility. Retail sales are down, as are new home sales. This will be another hidden story going into the fall.
My question is, how far down does this country have to go before the media wakes up? I don’t want to sound childish, but if this were George Bush, can you imagine how the press would be reacting to these man made disasters?
At least some of the people are waking up, because for the first time, 62% of voters say this country is now heading on the wrong track! This, unfortunately, is not humorous. The bright side is that my friend Steve, whom I wrote about this week, is now one of the 62%!
I related a story this week that I wanted to share with you. I thought that it was one that needed telling. It was a discussion that was between one American to another. I like stories and I like the people who tell them. Two of my favorite story tellers were from a time long gone. So let me continue this story with some of their words.
Will Rogers was a famous American story teller in the early part of the last century. Some say he was a statesman, some say a cowboy and some would classify him as a philosopher. What ever you say about the man, he made observations and turned them into humor. He said: “I don’t make jokes, I just watch the government and report the facts.” I think we need more of a Will Rogers than the media that we have today.
Another favorite of mine was Mark Twain. He could transform you to another time and another place with wit and humor. He said: “No man’s life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session.”
He wrote in his biography: “Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself. — Mark Twain, A.B. Paine’s Mark Twain: A Biography (Harper, 1912, Vol. 2, page 724).
The story this week will continue into next week and beyond. Unfortunately these stories are the politics our time. There is no running away from it. You can hide and you can deny or you can become a Will Rodgers and find a serious humor in all of it. You can read some of Twain and understand what he means by the word “idiot” and understand how liberty becomes something else other than what the legislature wants.
We should respect our leaders and we should demand that a code be followed by our leaders: Jefferson said: “When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property.”
He also said: “The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not. “
Another story line, in American history, came from a man that could have been President. He said: “I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size. I do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them. It is not to inaugurate new programs, but to cancel old ones that do violence to the Constitution or that have failed their purpose, or that impose on the people an unwarranted financial burden. I will not attempt to discover whether legislation is “needed” before I have first determined whether it is constitutionally permissible. And if I should later be attacked for neglecting my constituents “interests,” I shall reply that I was informed that their main interest is liberty and that in that cause I am doing the very best I can.”
This man was Barry Goldwater. He was a statesman, a Senator, a humorist, at times, and his philosophy came from a historical backdrop in wanting a Republican form of government, because that is our story. He made no promises, but to follow the Constitution. If you do, you will not break your promise!
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: 130 days remain between now and the midterms. My promise is to bring you the facts and a story behind those facts.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Strike three and the final pitch!
Thursday – June 24, 2010
Strike three and the final pitch!
This week I am relating a conversation with someone I know who is a liberal and who reads the FORUM every now and then. Steve is middle aged and works in retail. He does not know why he votes for democrats except that his family is democrat, “always have been, always will be.”
After I mentioned to Steve that I wanted to feature our conversation, because I thought it was worthwhile, he said fine. He also said he would reply at some point on the FORUM.
My conversation with Steve lasted for about fifteen minutes. It was cordial and I used the principles and techniques that I write about in the guide. By the way, I am completing an update to my Conservative Guide to Community Organizing.
I started my conversation with Steve after he made a comment about Mondays FORUM. The three topics that I think will take center stage in the midterm elections bothered Steve, because he thought I was to rough on the president, because he didn’t cause any of the problems that I mentioned. He may not have, but he took responsibility when he made it political.
Continuing with where I left off from yesterday, the third strike is Immigration. Steve asked why we can’t just stop the illegal aliens from entering the country. I said we could and that the new Arizona law would help in the effort. Steve asked exactly what the law was for and said it won’t stop the illegal’s, it will discriminate against not only them but others.
I told him he was misinformed and explained that he Arizona law mirrored Federal law. I referred him to the website to read the law. I went onto say that for decades the Democratic Party has wanted to grant amnesty and the Republican Party has wanted aliens to apply for citizenship. It is the Democrats who make it political, because they use the group as a voting block. I also mentioned that the President is considering a blanket executive order that would grant amnesty to all. I also said that if the government wanted to pass reform they would and that reform would be to regulate immigration and secure the borders. None of this has been done. In my conversation, I mentioned that there are some that want our immigration law to mirror Mexican law, not only here, but in Canada as well, and all of North America would be subject to these laws. This put things in perspective for Steve.
I related some of the figures of minority and Hispanic percentages in population and where they are concentrated. Much of these facts and figures I have written about. This scared Steve and made him aware that immigration should be regulated. I went on to tell him about the crime scenario at the Border States and this is why the governor of Arizona has signed the law that she did. Much of this Steve did not know. My assumption at this point was that he is ill informed and I told him that.
As we were talking over this fifteen minute period, I continued to relate some of the historical facts of immigration. I told Steve that our forefathers had made statements about immigration 235 years ago. He was not aware of them and he was shocked that it was being discussed then. He thought it was just a recent development.
I went on to say, there are a lot of issues that this country is facing. I mentioned that he should start reading history and that he should start paying attention to what the Democrats are doing. I said that every move they make they take a little bit of our freedom and liberty with them. Steve said he agreed, especially with Healthcare. He then said if they can do it with healthcare they can do it with everything else. He said he voted for Obama and he now thinks he made a mistake. Steve said that at some point with all the controversy you sense that things are out of balance. He said he started to read some of the periodicals and historical documents that I had told him about in previous conversations. He shared them with his family and they found out that our forefathers were running away from “some of the things that are kind of happening today.”
Steve said he loved the banner on the Pinecone website and that he now knows that the words spoken then, should be words spoken today. The banner on the website, if you have forgotten, is: “It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather and irate tireless minority to set brush fires of freedom in the minds of men.” Samuel Adams.
Steve said, “I am afraid the minority are the people that are trying to save the country!”
He also said he will not vote for any democrat in this coming election.
I said,” I think you get it!”
I wanted to relate this conversation, because it is important. People like Steve will come to their own conclusions, if they have the facts and if they are steered in the direction of what our history means to each and every citizen of this country. It is our liberty and freedom that makes us great and not the government that thinks they should regulate those liberties and freedoms.
Yesterday, General McChrystal resigned his assignment in Afghanistan. This is tragic, because he was qualified and served with dignity. I said yesterday that I didn’t condone his actions or the story that resulted from loose lips. Remember “loose lip’s sinks ships.” I respect the chain of command and the presidency that sits at the top of the command. However, sometimes you just get a feeling that something is wrong and I think that the general’s frustration is a sign of this. I think we will see more of this going forward. I think that another layer has now been stripped from the onion skin that surrounds this president.
The real story behind this is: how did this situation get to the point that this decorated General resigned and how did another general, by the name of Petraeus, who was McChrystal’s boss, who the left named “Betrayus“ became the new point man? I believe it is because of the professionalism on his part and certainly not the Presidents. I think the other part of the story will be – “don’t shoot the messenger.” I hope that General Petraeus gets the job done and I hope the president will listen to him and no one else between now and July 11, 2011. This is the professionalism that the president must now exhibit.
The next out - will be Rahm Emanuel. Unlike McChrystal, this is a good one to loose for the sake of the country!
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: In 131 days we will be the messengers of change when these topics are brought to bear, don’t forget the economy because the president has fouled out on that as well.
Strike three and the final pitch!
This week I am relating a conversation with someone I know who is a liberal and who reads the FORUM every now and then. Steve is middle aged and works in retail. He does not know why he votes for democrats except that his family is democrat, “always have been, always will be.”
After I mentioned to Steve that I wanted to feature our conversation, because I thought it was worthwhile, he said fine. He also said he would reply at some point on the FORUM.
My conversation with Steve lasted for about fifteen minutes. It was cordial and I used the principles and techniques that I write about in the guide. By the way, I am completing an update to my Conservative Guide to Community Organizing.
I started my conversation with Steve after he made a comment about Mondays FORUM. The three topics that I think will take center stage in the midterm elections bothered Steve, because he thought I was to rough on the president, because he didn’t cause any of the problems that I mentioned. He may not have, but he took responsibility when he made it political.
Continuing with where I left off from yesterday, the third strike is Immigration. Steve asked why we can’t just stop the illegal aliens from entering the country. I said we could and that the new Arizona law would help in the effort. Steve asked exactly what the law was for and said it won’t stop the illegal’s, it will discriminate against not only them but others.
I told him he was misinformed and explained that he Arizona law mirrored Federal law. I referred him to the website to read the law. I went onto say that for decades the Democratic Party has wanted to grant amnesty and the Republican Party has wanted aliens to apply for citizenship. It is the Democrats who make it political, because they use the group as a voting block. I also mentioned that the President is considering a blanket executive order that would grant amnesty to all. I also said that if the government wanted to pass reform they would and that reform would be to regulate immigration and secure the borders. None of this has been done. In my conversation, I mentioned that there are some that want our immigration law to mirror Mexican law, not only here, but in Canada as well, and all of North America would be subject to these laws. This put things in perspective for Steve.
I related some of the figures of minority and Hispanic percentages in population and where they are concentrated. Much of these facts and figures I have written about. This scared Steve and made him aware that immigration should be regulated. I went on to tell him about the crime scenario at the Border States and this is why the governor of Arizona has signed the law that she did. Much of this Steve did not know. My assumption at this point was that he is ill informed and I told him that.
As we were talking over this fifteen minute period, I continued to relate some of the historical facts of immigration. I told Steve that our forefathers had made statements about immigration 235 years ago. He was not aware of them and he was shocked that it was being discussed then. He thought it was just a recent development.
I went on to say, there are a lot of issues that this country is facing. I mentioned that he should start reading history and that he should start paying attention to what the Democrats are doing. I said that every move they make they take a little bit of our freedom and liberty with them. Steve said he agreed, especially with Healthcare. He then said if they can do it with healthcare they can do it with everything else. He said he voted for Obama and he now thinks he made a mistake. Steve said that at some point with all the controversy you sense that things are out of balance. He said he started to read some of the periodicals and historical documents that I had told him about in previous conversations. He shared them with his family and they found out that our forefathers were running away from “some of the things that are kind of happening today.”
Steve said he loved the banner on the Pinecone website and that he now knows that the words spoken then, should be words spoken today. The banner on the website, if you have forgotten, is: “It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather and irate tireless minority to set brush fires of freedom in the minds of men.” Samuel Adams.
Steve said, “I am afraid the minority are the people that are trying to save the country!”
He also said he will not vote for any democrat in this coming election.
I said,” I think you get it!”
I wanted to relate this conversation, because it is important. People like Steve will come to their own conclusions, if they have the facts and if they are steered in the direction of what our history means to each and every citizen of this country. It is our liberty and freedom that makes us great and not the government that thinks they should regulate those liberties and freedoms.
Yesterday, General McChrystal resigned his assignment in Afghanistan. This is tragic, because he was qualified and served with dignity. I said yesterday that I didn’t condone his actions or the story that resulted from loose lips. Remember “loose lip’s sinks ships.” I respect the chain of command and the presidency that sits at the top of the command. However, sometimes you just get a feeling that something is wrong and I think that the general’s frustration is a sign of this. I think we will see more of this going forward. I think that another layer has now been stripped from the onion skin that surrounds this president.
The real story behind this is: how did this situation get to the point that this decorated General resigned and how did another general, by the name of Petraeus, who was McChrystal’s boss, who the left named “Betrayus“ became the new point man? I believe it is because of the professionalism on his part and certainly not the Presidents. I think the other part of the story will be – “don’t shoot the messenger.” I hope that General Petraeus gets the job done and I hope the president will listen to him and no one else between now and July 11, 2011. This is the professionalism that the president must now exhibit.
The next out - will be Rahm Emanuel. Unlike McChrystal, this is a good one to loose for the sake of the country!
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: In 131 days we will be the messengers of change when these topics are brought to bear, don’t forget the economy because the president has fouled out on that as well.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Strike two, my conversation with Steve:
Wednesday – June 23, 2010
Strike two, my conversation with Steve:
Continuing from where I left off yesterday, with my conversation with Steve, I feel it is important to illustrate each point in the discussion so that I can offer some examples on how to handle the liberal.
Steve did concede some of the lost history with the Iranian issue. He then said, “Well, what about the oil spill in the Gulf?”, and I said, “What about it?” He said, “The president is being prudent with the moratorium on drilling and it is the fault of BP and no one else!”
I said that only G.H.W. Bush can claim to be prudent. I did concede that BP was primarily at fault, because it was their rig. I went on to say that the Bush administration found all sorts of violations on that rig and the Obama administration found no violations and used this rig as an example for others to follow. We both agreed that possibly each administration might have made mistakes.
I then said that we have a common ground and he agreed. I mentioned that drilling at these depths is the problem and I explained how the oil companies did not like to drill at these depths because it is very costly and dangerous. When you drill at these depths and something goes wrong it is impossible to send a diver down. All you have is a camera and gushing oil. Even robots cannot function at 100% at these depths.
The president was mistaken when he said we use 20% of the world’s oil and we have 2% of the supply. Our untapped resources can supply this country alone with 25 years of crude. It makes more sense to drill on land than at sea. Every morning, when America wakes up, our thirst for oil equates to 20 million barrels a day. We are sending our money to many who are enemies of this country and could, if they wanted to, bring this country to a screeching halt. Steve was not aware of this.
I then mentioned that while the president wants to be prudent, we are in day 64 of this crisis. The president is using this crisis to advance his agenda with cap and tax the old cap and trade legislation. I explained what the legislation was and said the president and his party will tax every form of energy you use. Steve did not understand this aspect of the bill. I said we all agree that energy it a top priority, but without oil our way of life is threatened. I said we need to explore all forms of available sources. Wind, nuclear energy and clean coal all have applications. It is not prudent to sign a bill and say that a bill is signed and just go do it. This president is making a serious mistake with raising taxes and saying he has a victory with an energy policy. Steve understood my point and agreed that it is best to pursue domestic oil production while working towards new forms of energy.
He asked why Conservatives are so tied into big oil drilling on land. Republicans want a sensible approach to oil production. We want to drill on land where it presents less risk to the environment and is cheaper to get when reserves are found. It is the Democrats who are held captive by the environmental lobbies and who make these false arguments and cost the industry untold amounts of money, as a result of where they are forced to drill.
Oil production is not evil. It is the people who have committed crimes that make it evil. Oil is not dirty. When accidents occur and the wrong decisions are made it then becomes a mess. This is what we now have in the Gulf. The president can suspend the Jones Act and bring foreign aid in to help. The President and the administration turned down 13 countries with the technology to stop the and clean up the oil. I explained to Steve what the Jones Act was and explained how the decision’s coming out of The White House have made this situation a lot worse.
I asked Steve if suspending oil production for six months make sense while the economy is troubled and people are still losing their jobs. Steve was not aware that the president put a drilling moratorium in place in the Gulf for six months.
The decision of a Federal Judge, yesterday, to suspend the moratorium was not made when I discussed Mondays FORUM with Steve. This Federal Judge did the right thing. He said in his decision, “just because an oil rig failed does not mean they are all dangerous.”
Steve saw my point and asked why he did not know some of these facts. I asked what do you read and listen to? He said I read the papers and listen to the six o’clock news. I said that was his first mistake.
This week, I am making a point to relate a real conversation and how you can defend the conservative side with thought, respect, fact and humor. When we organize, it is important to defend your point of view and bring in the real facts when you know the other person is not aware of them. Even a liberal knows that what is happening today is not right and does not make sense. Steve is finding out. In tomorrows Forum you will see how he did.
A side bar: The events of General McChrystal and the article in Rolling Stone present serious problems for the President and the country. I do not condone the General’s comments or what he has done. He violated the code of the military. But, as we need to find out what happened in the Gulf, we also need to find out how this highly decorated General went astray, opened up and why he is frustrated with the decisions coming from the White House. This is the president’s challenge and not the General’s.
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: There are 132 days to discuss what is right and what is wrong. I hope I am helping you to do that.
Strike two, my conversation with Steve:
Continuing from where I left off yesterday, with my conversation with Steve, I feel it is important to illustrate each point in the discussion so that I can offer some examples on how to handle the liberal.
Steve did concede some of the lost history with the Iranian issue. He then said, “Well, what about the oil spill in the Gulf?”, and I said, “What about it?” He said, “The president is being prudent with the moratorium on drilling and it is the fault of BP and no one else!”
I said that only G.H.W. Bush can claim to be prudent. I did concede that BP was primarily at fault, because it was their rig. I went on to say that the Bush administration found all sorts of violations on that rig and the Obama administration found no violations and used this rig as an example for others to follow. We both agreed that possibly each administration might have made mistakes.
I then said that we have a common ground and he agreed. I mentioned that drilling at these depths is the problem and I explained how the oil companies did not like to drill at these depths because it is very costly and dangerous. When you drill at these depths and something goes wrong it is impossible to send a diver down. All you have is a camera and gushing oil. Even robots cannot function at 100% at these depths.
The president was mistaken when he said we use 20% of the world’s oil and we have 2% of the supply. Our untapped resources can supply this country alone with 25 years of crude. It makes more sense to drill on land than at sea. Every morning, when America wakes up, our thirst for oil equates to 20 million barrels a day. We are sending our money to many who are enemies of this country and could, if they wanted to, bring this country to a screeching halt. Steve was not aware of this.
I then mentioned that while the president wants to be prudent, we are in day 64 of this crisis. The president is using this crisis to advance his agenda with cap and tax the old cap and trade legislation. I explained what the legislation was and said the president and his party will tax every form of energy you use. Steve did not understand this aspect of the bill. I said we all agree that energy it a top priority, but without oil our way of life is threatened. I said we need to explore all forms of available sources. Wind, nuclear energy and clean coal all have applications. It is not prudent to sign a bill and say that a bill is signed and just go do it. This president is making a serious mistake with raising taxes and saying he has a victory with an energy policy. Steve understood my point and agreed that it is best to pursue domestic oil production while working towards new forms of energy.
He asked why Conservatives are so tied into big oil drilling on land. Republicans want a sensible approach to oil production. We want to drill on land where it presents less risk to the environment and is cheaper to get when reserves are found. It is the Democrats who are held captive by the environmental lobbies and who make these false arguments and cost the industry untold amounts of money, as a result of where they are forced to drill.
Oil production is not evil. It is the people who have committed crimes that make it evil. Oil is not dirty. When accidents occur and the wrong decisions are made it then becomes a mess. This is what we now have in the Gulf. The president can suspend the Jones Act and bring foreign aid in to help. The President and the administration turned down 13 countries with the technology to stop the and clean up the oil. I explained to Steve what the Jones Act was and explained how the decision’s coming out of The White House have made this situation a lot worse.
I asked Steve if suspending oil production for six months make sense while the economy is troubled and people are still losing their jobs. Steve was not aware that the president put a drilling moratorium in place in the Gulf for six months.
The decision of a Federal Judge, yesterday, to suspend the moratorium was not made when I discussed Mondays FORUM with Steve. This Federal Judge did the right thing. He said in his decision, “just because an oil rig failed does not mean they are all dangerous.”
Steve saw my point and asked why he did not know some of these facts. I asked what do you read and listen to? He said I read the papers and listen to the six o’clock news. I said that was his first mistake.
This week, I am making a point to relate a real conversation and how you can defend the conservative side with thought, respect, fact and humor. When we organize, it is important to defend your point of view and bring in the real facts when you know the other person is not aware of them. Even a liberal knows that what is happening today is not right and does not make sense. Steve is finding out. In tomorrows Forum you will see how he did.
A side bar: The events of General McChrystal and the article in Rolling Stone present serious problems for the President and the country. I do not condone the General’s comments or what he has done. He violated the code of the military. But, as we need to find out what happened in the Gulf, we also need to find out how this highly decorated General went astray, opened up and why he is frustrated with the decisions coming from the White House. This is the president’s challenge and not the General’s.
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: There are 132 days to discuss what is right and what is wrong. I hope I am helping you to do that.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Strike one!
Tuesday – June 22, 2010
Strike one!
I had a conversation with a liberal friend who read yesterday’s FORUM. He said I was too rough on the President, because “look at what he inherited” from Bush and the others.
Well, you can imagine how I reacted. Just as I explain, in my Practical Guide to Conservative Organizing, when confronted with hostility, answer it with thought, respect, fact and humor. This is called the TRFH factor.
I started the conversation about my view this way: “The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so.”
-Ronald Reagan
This week, I will answer this question with each item I detailed in yesterday’s FORUM. I also hope to illustrate how you can address liberals. These three strikes should become the issues for the midterm. When the administration strikes out, our economy will also strike out in the fall, as a result of these three topics. They are; Iran, the Gulf Oil spill and Immigration.
The first strike, in the argument, is Iran. It is true the President did inherit a terrible situation. However, when you run for president, you must be prepared to handle the circumstances and not make unintended circumstances, as a result.
Since the Carter administration, this country has been held hostage by Iran. Carter failed to contain the radical element of the Komani government and the radical element of Islam. This country was held hostage for 444 days. When our embassy was overtaken by the revolutionary guard, the current president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was seen in photos as one of the captors. The embassy personal were taken to various spots, blind folded and were interrogated. They were humiliated and were televised in lone appearances and postured in pre-written statements.
All of this was due to the Shah of Iran, who was a friend of the United States, who was losing his power and was forced to leave the country in an overthrow by the Ayatollah Kohmani, who assumed control and who radicalized Iran. He was the one who called the United States “The Great Satan”.
The back drop was oil and the power of a Middle Eastern Country defeating the United States, not only militarily, but through economic means by holding the oil in the Gulf hostage. Many of you may not realize it, but Iraq, under Saddam Huessien, was friendly with the United States at that time. Iraq was also an enemy of Iran during the same period. Carter tried to extract the hostages with a midnight military raid. It was met with disaster when the helicopters crashed in the desert at the beginning of the assault.
With this failed attempt, Carter also became a hostage, as was his nation when gas shortages and lines began to occur at the gas pumps. Gasoline was about .25 a gallon then and it rose dramatically to .75 and then to a dollar and more.
Flash forward. Every president since Carter has had to deal with Iran. Reagan became president when Carter lost his re-election campaign. Reagan won in a land slide victory. Iran was playing politics, because they knew Carter was weak and ill equipped to handle the situation on an international basis and was in trouble domestically as well. As soon as Reagan became President the hostages were released. This was another blow to a failed progressive liberal president.
George H.W. Bush won the election after Reagan’s two terms. George Bush started the action in the Gulf when Saddam invaded Kuwait. He was able to gain a coalition of Countries to fight against Iraq and their ambitions of expansion. His only fault was that he didn’t go to Baghdad to oust Saddam, his son W., did. Under Reagan and Bush, the former Soviet Union fell and the world seemed to be a better place because the mid east was somewhat contained through military action.
Then Clinton became president after defeating the first Bush. During the Clinton years, nuclear technology was stolen and then sold to Iran, after it made its way to Korea and China. This was the result of a President who was preoccupied and could not stand firm. Due to a sexual scandal, that he lied about, he was later impeached. During the Clinton years, terrorism rose dramatically. Our enemies saw a troubled president without focus. In his tenure, the first attack on the World Trade Center occurred. There were bombings at our foreign embassies and our U.S. warship, the Cole, was attacked by terrorists in a small boat in Yemen. I can say with some authority, that if Bush had won and Clinton had lost we might not have the issues today with the President we have today. Elections do have consequences. Clinton also gave up three chances to take out Osama bin laden.
Then, George Bush won a controversial election against Al Gore. Our Constitutional provisions worked and it should have been a signal to the rest of the world that we are a country of laws and that succession was peaceful. The Democrats never got over the loss. From day one of the Bush administration he was made out to be a villain and unqualified to be president. Again, our enemies saw a nation at war with itself. Our laws did not stop that horrific attack on 9/11, but our laws gave the president the authority to attack our aggressors. George Bush did not dither, he did not show weakness and he acted with focus and deliberation, only to be criticized by the Democrats when the death count was rising.
Bush decided to start the war in Afghanistan and then move it to Iraq. Sadam Huessien was ousted and caught and then executed for his crimes. In all of this time, just about every terror attack in the world had the fingerprints of Iran on it. I believe that Bush wanted to go into Iraq to do two things: bring democracy after Huessien was ousted and then to have boots on the ground when a decision about Iran had to be made.
Behind all the planning and calculated war strategy no one predicted that Barack Obama would become President. We are now confronted again with Iran. This time it is not a simple matter of an embargo that is being initiated by sea. It is not a simple matter of prohibiting commerce with Iran through our allies. It is not a simple matter of words by a president who is dithering like Jimmy Carter. It is not a simple matter of demanding through the U.N. that Iran stop their nuclear ambitions.
It is a matter of a president who is ill equipped to manage this situation on a world wide basis. It is a matter of being held hostage by a country that started modern day terrorism, as we know it. It is a matter of two past president’s who had failed to act and who did not show the resolve that our enemy is now demonstrating. It is a matter of presidents who have taken the easy road, instead of the hard road. Three President’s that we cannot blame are Ronald Reagan, George Bush and his son, 43.
I ended the discussion with this line: “Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong.” - Ronald Reagan
My liberal friend Steve was silent and then said “I forgot about some of these facts.”
A side bar, as of this morning General Stanley Mcchrystal the commander in Afghanistan is on his way home after making critical comments about the administration and their war policy. These comments were made in an article in Rolling Stone. Like General McArthur facing Truman and then being fired for his comments, Mcchrystal will now face this president. The troops respected McArthur and followed him, our troops in Afghanistan respect and will follow Mcchrystal. They might not respect Obama in the same way!
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: If we are strong and make the arguments we will start cleaning up this mess in 133 days.
Strike one!
I had a conversation with a liberal friend who read yesterday’s FORUM. He said I was too rough on the President, because “look at what he inherited” from Bush and the others.
Well, you can imagine how I reacted. Just as I explain, in my Practical Guide to Conservative Organizing, when confronted with hostility, answer it with thought, respect, fact and humor. This is called the TRFH factor.
I started the conversation about my view this way: “The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so.”
-Ronald Reagan
This week, I will answer this question with each item I detailed in yesterday’s FORUM. I also hope to illustrate how you can address liberals. These three strikes should become the issues for the midterm. When the administration strikes out, our economy will also strike out in the fall, as a result of these three topics. They are; Iran, the Gulf Oil spill and Immigration.
The first strike, in the argument, is Iran. It is true the President did inherit a terrible situation. However, when you run for president, you must be prepared to handle the circumstances and not make unintended circumstances, as a result.
Since the Carter administration, this country has been held hostage by Iran. Carter failed to contain the radical element of the Komani government and the radical element of Islam. This country was held hostage for 444 days. When our embassy was overtaken by the revolutionary guard, the current president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was seen in photos as one of the captors. The embassy personal were taken to various spots, blind folded and were interrogated. They were humiliated and were televised in lone appearances and postured in pre-written statements.
All of this was due to the Shah of Iran, who was a friend of the United States, who was losing his power and was forced to leave the country in an overthrow by the Ayatollah Kohmani, who assumed control and who radicalized Iran. He was the one who called the United States “The Great Satan”.
The back drop was oil and the power of a Middle Eastern Country defeating the United States, not only militarily, but through economic means by holding the oil in the Gulf hostage. Many of you may not realize it, but Iraq, under Saddam Huessien, was friendly with the United States at that time. Iraq was also an enemy of Iran during the same period. Carter tried to extract the hostages with a midnight military raid. It was met with disaster when the helicopters crashed in the desert at the beginning of the assault.
With this failed attempt, Carter also became a hostage, as was his nation when gas shortages and lines began to occur at the gas pumps. Gasoline was about .25 a gallon then and it rose dramatically to .75 and then to a dollar and more.
Flash forward. Every president since Carter has had to deal with Iran. Reagan became president when Carter lost his re-election campaign. Reagan won in a land slide victory. Iran was playing politics, because they knew Carter was weak and ill equipped to handle the situation on an international basis and was in trouble domestically as well. As soon as Reagan became President the hostages were released. This was another blow to a failed progressive liberal president.
George H.W. Bush won the election after Reagan’s two terms. George Bush started the action in the Gulf when Saddam invaded Kuwait. He was able to gain a coalition of Countries to fight against Iraq and their ambitions of expansion. His only fault was that he didn’t go to Baghdad to oust Saddam, his son W., did. Under Reagan and Bush, the former Soviet Union fell and the world seemed to be a better place because the mid east was somewhat contained through military action.
Then Clinton became president after defeating the first Bush. During the Clinton years, nuclear technology was stolen and then sold to Iran, after it made its way to Korea and China. This was the result of a President who was preoccupied and could not stand firm. Due to a sexual scandal, that he lied about, he was later impeached. During the Clinton years, terrorism rose dramatically. Our enemies saw a troubled president without focus. In his tenure, the first attack on the World Trade Center occurred. There were bombings at our foreign embassies and our U.S. warship, the Cole, was attacked by terrorists in a small boat in Yemen. I can say with some authority, that if Bush had won and Clinton had lost we might not have the issues today with the President we have today. Elections do have consequences. Clinton also gave up three chances to take out Osama bin laden.
Then, George Bush won a controversial election against Al Gore. Our Constitutional provisions worked and it should have been a signal to the rest of the world that we are a country of laws and that succession was peaceful. The Democrats never got over the loss. From day one of the Bush administration he was made out to be a villain and unqualified to be president. Again, our enemies saw a nation at war with itself. Our laws did not stop that horrific attack on 9/11, but our laws gave the president the authority to attack our aggressors. George Bush did not dither, he did not show weakness and he acted with focus and deliberation, only to be criticized by the Democrats when the death count was rising.
Bush decided to start the war in Afghanistan and then move it to Iraq. Sadam Huessien was ousted and caught and then executed for his crimes. In all of this time, just about every terror attack in the world had the fingerprints of Iran on it. I believe that Bush wanted to go into Iraq to do two things: bring democracy after Huessien was ousted and then to have boots on the ground when a decision about Iran had to be made.
Behind all the planning and calculated war strategy no one predicted that Barack Obama would become President. We are now confronted again with Iran. This time it is not a simple matter of an embargo that is being initiated by sea. It is not a simple matter of prohibiting commerce with Iran through our allies. It is not a simple matter of words by a president who is dithering like Jimmy Carter. It is not a simple matter of demanding through the U.N. that Iran stop their nuclear ambitions.
It is a matter of a president who is ill equipped to manage this situation on a world wide basis. It is a matter of being held hostage by a country that started modern day terrorism, as we know it. It is a matter of two past president’s who had failed to act and who did not show the resolve that our enemy is now demonstrating. It is a matter of presidents who have taken the easy road, instead of the hard road. Three President’s that we cannot blame are Ronald Reagan, George Bush and his son, 43.
I ended the discussion with this line: “Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong.” - Ronald Reagan
My liberal friend Steve was silent and then said “I forgot about some of these facts.”
A side bar, as of this morning General Stanley Mcchrystal the commander in Afghanistan is on his way home after making critical comments about the administration and their war policy. These comments were made in an article in Rolling Stone. Like General McArthur facing Truman and then being fired for his comments, Mcchrystal will now face this president. The troops respected McArthur and followed him, our troops in Afghanistan respect and will follow Mcchrystal. They might not respect Obama in the same way!
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: If we are strong and make the arguments we will start cleaning up this mess in 133 days.
Monday, June 21, 2010
The absence of intelligence!
Monday – June 21, 2010
The absence of intelligence!
I can remember when the left was complaining that George Bush had an absence of intelligence, when he went to war. To the left it’s all about intelligence. Well, it’s been their turn at bat and they have struck out. The administration has had its chance at bat and they have not hit anything.
The three topics in the news this week will be: Iran, the Gulf and the immigration law in Arizona, which all are now affecting the President’s approval rating.
Strike one: The President is acting tough with the sanctions that are now in place against Iran, plus new ones. The U.S. will set penalties for third - country banks and companies that traded with blacklisted Iranian banks or subsidiaries of the Countries Revolutionary Guard. The U.S. has targeted 16 Iranian banks for alleged links to terrorism or weapons of mass destruction, in addition to construction subsidiaries of the Revolutionary Guard, which western officials said controlled up to a third of the Iranian economy. Since the U.S. has already forbid its own companies and citizens from dealing with Iranian state-owned groups, the penalties were largely intended to deter other countries and companies.
These sanctions should have been in place two years ago. The Iranians have anticipated these moves and have taken advantage of the time it has taken to write the sanctions and have now made deals with China and Russia to counteract the sanctions. In other words, the economic part of the sanctions will not affect anything. Iran is moving towards its goals of becoming a nuclear player and essentially has disregarded the Obama administration, because of their weakness and their inability to garner the support of Russia and China.
In the end, Israel will protect itself, if it feels threatened. It would take a few military strikes to set the Iranian program back a few years. This will be the only solution to a complex solution that the U.S. and this administration can’t seem to fix. Iran knows this president will not use the military option.
Strike two: The Gulf Oil spill will take on a new dimension this week, because some local communities are now taking matters into their own hands along the Gulf Coast. Last week, the Coast Guard shut down oil pumping barges for 24 hours, due to safety jacket requirements not being followed. These types of bureaucratic red tape shut downs are part and parcel to the problems in the Gulf with this spill.
New patterns of oil will be found to have penetrated other areas of Florida’s coast line. There is no real date for any relief of the gushing oil, except that some time in August a new well will have been drilled to relieve the pressure of the current site.
BP will question some of the payment terms to those that have been harmed. They will also question - what does restoration mean do we restore the shoreline to pre spill conditions or to new ecological levels? This event will become an integral part in the economic recovery as more details come in we will see the effect.
Strike three: The administration will move forward in its effort to bring a legal challenge to Arizona’s immigration law. 71% of the people in Arizona favor the law, while clear cut majorities of Americans nationwide are in favor of the law, as well. It is being protested by minorities and those who favor amnesty. 26% of voters believe the Justice department should challenge the law, while 58% of voters, in fact, favor passage of a law like Arizona’s in their own state. When asked specifically about the chief provision of the Arizona law, support is even higher. 69% of voters believe a police officer should be required to check the immigration status of anyone stopped for a traffic violation or violation of some other law if he suspects the person to be an illegal.
It will be interesting to see the Arizona’s Governor Jan Brewer take center stage and possibly defeat the efforts of the President in the coming weeks.
The Rasmussen Reports of the Presidential tracking Poll for Sunday June 20, 2010 show that 28% of the nation’s voters strongly approve of the way the President is performing his role. 44% strongly disapprove, giving him a Presidential index rating of negative 16, last week it was negative 15.
A new trend that is starting to take hold in the numbers is 47% of voters still blame today’s economic problems on the recession that began during the Bush years. However, new polling shows that 45% of voters now say they’re due to the policies of President Obama. This is a shift in opinion that cannot be discounted due to partisan politics.
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: There are 134 days until the midterms. The intelligence is now coming in, it cannot be denied there is now an absence of intelligence and it’s not on the people’s part!
The absence of intelligence!
I can remember when the left was complaining that George Bush had an absence of intelligence, when he went to war. To the left it’s all about intelligence. Well, it’s been their turn at bat and they have struck out. The administration has had its chance at bat and they have not hit anything.
The three topics in the news this week will be: Iran, the Gulf and the immigration law in Arizona, which all are now affecting the President’s approval rating.
Strike one: The President is acting tough with the sanctions that are now in place against Iran, plus new ones. The U.S. will set penalties for third - country banks and companies that traded with blacklisted Iranian banks or subsidiaries of the Countries Revolutionary Guard. The U.S. has targeted 16 Iranian banks for alleged links to terrorism or weapons of mass destruction, in addition to construction subsidiaries of the Revolutionary Guard, which western officials said controlled up to a third of the Iranian economy. Since the U.S. has already forbid its own companies and citizens from dealing with Iranian state-owned groups, the penalties were largely intended to deter other countries and companies.
These sanctions should have been in place two years ago. The Iranians have anticipated these moves and have taken advantage of the time it has taken to write the sanctions and have now made deals with China and Russia to counteract the sanctions. In other words, the economic part of the sanctions will not affect anything. Iran is moving towards its goals of becoming a nuclear player and essentially has disregarded the Obama administration, because of their weakness and their inability to garner the support of Russia and China.
In the end, Israel will protect itself, if it feels threatened. It would take a few military strikes to set the Iranian program back a few years. This will be the only solution to a complex solution that the U.S. and this administration can’t seem to fix. Iran knows this president will not use the military option.
Strike two: The Gulf Oil spill will take on a new dimension this week, because some local communities are now taking matters into their own hands along the Gulf Coast. Last week, the Coast Guard shut down oil pumping barges for 24 hours, due to safety jacket requirements not being followed. These types of bureaucratic red tape shut downs are part and parcel to the problems in the Gulf with this spill.
New patterns of oil will be found to have penetrated other areas of Florida’s coast line. There is no real date for any relief of the gushing oil, except that some time in August a new well will have been drilled to relieve the pressure of the current site.
BP will question some of the payment terms to those that have been harmed. They will also question - what does restoration mean do we restore the shoreline to pre spill conditions or to new ecological levels? This event will become an integral part in the economic recovery as more details come in we will see the effect.
Strike three: The administration will move forward in its effort to bring a legal challenge to Arizona’s immigration law. 71% of the people in Arizona favor the law, while clear cut majorities of Americans nationwide are in favor of the law, as well. It is being protested by minorities and those who favor amnesty. 26% of voters believe the Justice department should challenge the law, while 58% of voters, in fact, favor passage of a law like Arizona’s in their own state. When asked specifically about the chief provision of the Arizona law, support is even higher. 69% of voters believe a police officer should be required to check the immigration status of anyone stopped for a traffic violation or violation of some other law if he suspects the person to be an illegal.
It will be interesting to see the Arizona’s Governor Jan Brewer take center stage and possibly defeat the efforts of the President in the coming weeks.
The Rasmussen Reports of the Presidential tracking Poll for Sunday June 20, 2010 show that 28% of the nation’s voters strongly approve of the way the President is performing his role. 44% strongly disapprove, giving him a Presidential index rating of negative 16, last week it was negative 15.
A new trend that is starting to take hold in the numbers is 47% of voters still blame today’s economic problems on the recession that began during the Bush years. However, new polling shows that 45% of voters now say they’re due to the policies of President Obama. This is a shift in opinion that cannot be discounted due to partisan politics.
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: There are 134 days until the midterms. The intelligence is now coming in, it cannot be denied there is now an absence of intelligence and it’s not on the people’s part!
Friday, June 18, 2010
A moment in time!
Friday - June 18, 2010
A moment in time!
On this date in 1775 British Redcoats evacuated Philadelphia. I wonder if that was what Tony Hayworth the CEO of BP was thinking when he was being grilled by the likes of Henry Waxman and Bart Stupack at the Congressional hearings yesterday over the Gulf Oil spill. I think that Tony kept his traditional British cool and kept his traditional British composure which I think is tradition. However, I was embarrassed by the questions and the tone coming from the committee. Some of these people are in part responsible for the spill because of the various pieces of environmental legislation they had voted for in past sessions of Congress. This is just another reason to vote them out.
If I were Tony Hayworth I would have said the following; we have not only said we have also taken the responsibility of paying for the damages. Your oil spill restoration act of the 90’s say’s we have to, it’s your law. However, you must stipulate that the United States was also at fault. It was your policies that forced us to drill at these depths. And it was in part your fault that the oil has reached your shores. Why did this Administration turn down help from 13 countries 3 days into this spill, you even sent written letters turning down the offers of sending free equipment and the necessary technology that would siphon and clean the site at the source.
Unfortunately I am not Tony Hayworth and I am not the one writing the check. But I wish I could sit in front of these buffoons and ask some questions that would be a moment in time.
Much like everything else with this congress and this administration they put on a good show in the beginning but in the end you walk away wanting so much more. It is day 59 and the oil is still spewing. It is estimated that this well could empty oil into Gulf for four more years if it cannot be stopped. There are no questions being asked why it cannot be stopped and there are no questions being asked of the administration why help was turned down. I believe this is where the real story is and where the plot begins that is aimed at destroying one more industry and creates one more demon. I have no apology for that remark!
Any way it is only a moment in time that has disappeared as quickly as the Congressional members got there 15 minutes of fame.
I am ending this week with a quote by Ronald Reagan. He was man that got to the point and was able to sift through the details maybe this is why he was so successful.
Reagan said: 'Government is like a baby: An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.'
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: There are 137 days until the midterms. I believe we can make that a moment in time when we evacuate the Democratic Party from the Halls of the U.S. Congress. I know Bart Stupack is gone because he see’s the moment in time coming!
A moment in time!
On this date in 1775 British Redcoats evacuated Philadelphia. I wonder if that was what Tony Hayworth the CEO of BP was thinking when he was being grilled by the likes of Henry Waxman and Bart Stupack at the Congressional hearings yesterday over the Gulf Oil spill. I think that Tony kept his traditional British cool and kept his traditional British composure which I think is tradition. However, I was embarrassed by the questions and the tone coming from the committee. Some of these people are in part responsible for the spill because of the various pieces of environmental legislation they had voted for in past sessions of Congress. This is just another reason to vote them out.
If I were Tony Hayworth I would have said the following; we have not only said we have also taken the responsibility of paying for the damages. Your oil spill restoration act of the 90’s say’s we have to, it’s your law. However, you must stipulate that the United States was also at fault. It was your policies that forced us to drill at these depths. And it was in part your fault that the oil has reached your shores. Why did this Administration turn down help from 13 countries 3 days into this spill, you even sent written letters turning down the offers of sending free equipment and the necessary technology that would siphon and clean the site at the source.
Unfortunately I am not Tony Hayworth and I am not the one writing the check. But I wish I could sit in front of these buffoons and ask some questions that would be a moment in time.
Much like everything else with this congress and this administration they put on a good show in the beginning but in the end you walk away wanting so much more. It is day 59 and the oil is still spewing. It is estimated that this well could empty oil into Gulf for four more years if it cannot be stopped. There are no questions being asked why it cannot be stopped and there are no questions being asked of the administration why help was turned down. I believe this is where the real story is and where the plot begins that is aimed at destroying one more industry and creates one more demon. I have no apology for that remark!
Any way it is only a moment in time that has disappeared as quickly as the Congressional members got there 15 minutes of fame.
I am ending this week with a quote by Ronald Reagan. He was man that got to the point and was able to sift through the details maybe this is why he was so successful.
Reagan said: 'Government is like a baby: An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.'
Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives
A footnote: There are 137 days until the midterms. I believe we can make that a moment in time when we evacuate the Democratic Party from the Halls of the U.S. Congress. I know Bart Stupack is gone because he see’s the moment in time coming!
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