I’ve always considered myself a chevy guy. My first car was a 88 Chevy Cavalier. It had 4 wheels, an engine but not much else; no air conditioning, no power windows, no automatic transmission and no radio (that lasted about 2 days until I bought a cheap one at Kmart). My dad always had Chevy’s. The car I learned how to drive on was a 78 Chevy Impala (think cop car). I’ve always had good luck with my Chevy’s. They weren’t flashy but were reliable and well made. So, for me this is a tough decision but…..
I will not buy another Chevrolet or GM car again (Chrysler is out too but then again I would never have bought a chrysler in the first place. What can I say, I was a chevy guy.).
How does a Chevy guy come to this decision? I can not and will not support private sector bailouts and government control of private sector companies. I voted against this in the past presidential election and now I will vote with my dollars.
Ford is looking pretty good to me right now and I suspect to many other Americans that want to buy American but don’t support big government run amok.
Porkins is a guest writer for today’s rant. He is a veteran ranter, and carries his metaphoric soap box with him wherever he goes. He is an otherwise average Joe, in middle name only.
Dear Drackles,
Why did you do it? What possible compulsion led you to forage, week after miserable rainy week, for the thousands of of pieces of twigs, string, leaves, can pop top (?), and other detritus into the tiny hole in the side of the house. Sure, it’s high up, in between the first and second floor and well protected from predators. But seriously, didn’t the noise, wind, and heat lower the market value of that particular piece of property? It’s not like there is a shortage of places to build a nest in my back yard. In fact, there are two other trees within 25 feet of the dryer vent.
I tried to be tolerant. I refrained from destroying your first nest until our vent was so blocked that our clothes were not drying any more and the whole laundry room smelled like it was going to start on fire. So I ripped your budding home to shreds. When you started building it the second time, I again waited in the hopes you wouldn’t block it up completely. You did. And as a result, your straw fortress was besieged and destroyed with the battering ram of my fist. The third time, you were quite stealthy. I didn’t even know you had come back until I noticed that my clothes were again not drying and that there was no more dryer lint accumulating on the patio out back, being that there was a giant wall of mud covering it. How the hell did you get so much mud up there anyway? You don’t have any thumbs!
So I did what any calm, sensible, rational man would do – I destroyed your home for the third, and what I hope will be the final time.
Look, I’m not a monster. I don’t take pleasure in the destruction of what surely took you a lot of time and effort to build. I was also very careful this last time when completely destroying your nest as I was fearful that there would be babies or eggs, though I was sure that the heat from the dryer would have cooked them completely. But given the choice between your comfort and my dryer starting on fire, you’re going to lose every time. Sorry, but that’s just the way it is.
Save us both a lot of time and effort – just build your nest in a tree like normal birds instead of trying to be sly and building it inside of a brick enclosure.
“In May of last year, the Gallup polling organization asked 1,200 American adults about their giving patterns. People who called themselves “conservative” or “very conservative” made up 42% of the population surveyed, but gave 56% of the total charitable donations. In contrast, “liberal” or “very liberal” respondents were 29% of those polled but gave just 7% of donations.
These disparities were not due to differences in income. People who said they were “very conservative” gave 4.5% of their income to charity, on average; “conservatives” gave 3.6%; “moderates” gave 3%; “liberals” gave 1.5%; and “very liberal” folks gave 1.2%.” - from the WSJ
Conservatives are so cold-hearted. huh?? Sorry, strike that. Liberals are so cold-hearted. Imagine that. So, let me get this straight, they don’t want to give, they want to take.
That’s the question isn’t it? Why do so many Americans vote against Republican candidates?
The reasons are many but I think the following three are the most important.
Tell me again the differences between a Democrat and a Republican? They both want to take my money (although for different reasons) and they both want to tell me how to live my life. The Republicans need to get clear separation from the Democrats on basic issues – Lower taxes, Smaller government, Personal responsibility, Individual freedom, Strong national defense and State’s rights. Don’t give lip service to it. Believe it. Live it. Start with these fundamental issues and sell it! The american voter is a customer. The Republican party needs to explain why they have a better product (ideas) and deliver on that product so they can get repeat customers.
Do the Republicans need to be so close to the evangelical right? Gay marriage, school prayer and family values are not the most important issues on the average American’s mind. It’s time to distance themselves from the authoritarian wing of the evangelical right. Why are we even talking about gay marriage? Why is the government involved in straight marriage? They are only distractions from the core issues that will alienate a growing base of libertarians and moderates that may or may not agree with the issues personally but definitely don’t want the government telling them what to do!
Where are the great candidates? The Republicans need orators. Candidates that can inspire the base and explain the differences in clear, concise language. A modern day version would be Daniel Hannon, but the classic example was Ronald Reagan. He was the last great orator for the republican party. He mixed that everyman quality with brains and a sense a humor.
The time is now for the Republicans to regain their focus and get back to the basics.
It’s a sad day for America, Arlen “Turncoat” Specter just became a democrat. Limited government took one step closer to the abyss. There is always hope but the democrats led by the Three Amigos (Obama, Pelosi, Reid) can do massive amounts of damage in the next 18 months until the mid term elections.
The Bill of Rights consists of the first ten amendments to the constitution. They enumerate rights that specifically protect rights for the individual. Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religion andFreedom from Unreasonable Search and Seizure are just a few of these rights.
The actual text of the second amendment is “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
It’s pretty simple really. There are only two words that people have a hard time with. The first is Militia, which defined here is any adult male. Any!! The second is Arms, which is a weapon that an individual can carry (pistol, knife, shotgun, etc.). So, The right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed becomes clear?
Well, for an excruciating illogical reason that escapes me, the answer for some is still no. They would argue that this is the only right defined in the Bill of Rights that is a collective right instead of an individual one. Hogwash!!! If that didn’t work, they would argue that we have to protect people by eliminating or restricting guns. Asinine!!! Criminals do not obey the law, so therefore, more laws would only be obeyed by the people you are protecting.
Ben Franklin once said, “Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.” and “They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty or safety.”
Why would thousands of Americans protest a sitting president and their government? Well, if you only watched the coverage of the big 3 networks, then you may think something like this has never happened before and all the participates are either just a bunch of right-wing extremists or were put up to it by some sinister force.
In reality, many people are tired of all the taxes and fees. Many people are tired of the wasteful spending of government. And many people are tired of the governmental attempts at social engineering. This is not an anti-obama movement, although he embraces all of the above. This is non-partisan. Both the Democrats and Republicans are at fault.
Will it last? Who knows? Any movement needs a leader. A leader that can articulate the vision and be a focal point to rally behind. Do I see that leader at the moment? No. What I do see though are many people that have never spoken out starting to. The genie is out of the bottle.
