Say Anything Blog

Today, The Hon. John Corzine, Commissar of the People’s Democratic Republic of New Jersey and formerly one of the most liberal Democrat members of the United States Senate said, and I quote, “We must get into the taxpayer’s wallets...” For what purpose, you ask?, since New Jersyians are already among the most heavily taxed people among the 50 states. Corzine wants to raise the toll on major New Jersey roads by an immediate 50%!! On one section of the Garden State Parkway, this would mean an $8 toll to drive one way for a mere 15 miles. Corzine excuses his rape of the people by saying that New Jersey must get out from under its burden of debt. He utters not one word of budget or cost-cutting measures to do so, but only the need to get into wallets.

Could there possibly be a clearer or more explicit example of the liberal left's perception of the purpose of government and the means to pay for it?

“For unto us a child is born.
Unto us a Son is given,
And His name shall be called,
Wonderful!
Counselor!
The Mighty God!
The everlasting Father!
The Prince of Peace!”

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In a recent and provocative op-ed piece in The Wall Street Journal, Peggy Noonan questions whether Ronald Reagan could actually win among republicans and conservatives in today’s religiously-charged atmosphere. Reagan, she says, limited his theology to a comment that he experienced God while riding on horseback. She goes on to lambaste the Clinton campaign as ‘hollow’. Fair enough. But, what bothers me here - and Noonan is not the only culprit - is the growing tendancy among political elites and many in the public to equate conservatism with fundamentalist theology. Their thinking seems to go like this: Most fundamentalists are [social] conservatives, ergo most conservatives must be fundamentalists. This illogical and dangerous assumption is beginning to drive our presidential primaries as though they were national tent prayer meetings with every candidate on both sides required to defend his or her relationship to God. As a result, matters of state are forced into the wings while religion takes center stage… the very thing the Framers did not want.

In a move which will send shock-waves around the globe, His Holiness, Benedict XVI, today issued a warning that Environmentalist have an agenda and they are using scare-tactics to achieve their ends. The leader of 1 billion catholics world-wide, and a respected scholar and theologian, the Pontiff went on to declare that the needs of plants and animals do not come before the needs of humans. Well, its about time someone said it! Check it out at http://www.drudgereport.com. You will be taken to the Daily Mail of London, which begs the question: Will our leftist/liberal media touch this story?

In case no one has noticed, the three major Democrat candidates are busy running for president. In the meantime, our eight or so candidates are squandering time, money and resouces in a desperate bid to win the approval of enough liberal-republicans, moderate-republicans and/or conservative-republicans just to get on the ballot! Check out Republican Voters Uninspired by Candidates on http://www.drudgereport.com. Admittedly, the link takes us to the NYT - no bastion of objective reporting - but Nagourney’s piece has the ring of some truth.
  As I have said before on this site, democrats are not big into litmus tests. They will unite behind a cockroach if it looks like a winner. On the other hand, republicans - and conservatives in particular - nit-pick each prospect into oblivion. The reason for this dichotomy is simple: liberals are ruthlessly pragmatic while conservatives are stubbornly principled. [Statistically, all the dems have to do to win the presidency is to keep the faithful from wandering off the reservation. On the other hand, a republican candidate must convince 20% to 25% of democrats to switch their allegiance to win. Reagan’s sweeping victories come to mind.] 
Sayanythingblog is a wonderful opportunity to bloviate and I do it as much as anyone. The problem is that we’re not in Rob’s cozy den fuming in private. Our principled rants are viewed by lots of people who pick up on why Romney, Guiliani, Thompson, McCain, Huckabee and all the rest of our candidates are bad, bad, bad; albeit for differing, even conflicting reasons.  No wonder the GOP is uninspired. Maybe its time we aimed our fire at the real target: the leftist/liberal opposition.

Several days ago, a madman shot and killed 8 people at a gun-free Nebraska Mall. Today an armed security guard at the 10,000 member New Life Church in Colorado Springs shot and killed another nut when he opened fire in the church parking lot. Lets see. What is the lesson here?
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