Real republicans

All I hear about in the news concerning the Republicans is that the country is tired of them and so they are starting to turn to the Dems. Yet it doesn't seem to me that we have had any real Republicans in control of congress. I am one of the many dissatisfied Republicans that I am always hearing about. However, there is no way that I am going to vote for a Dem. What I want to see are some hard core conservative Republicans that will fight hard for what we believe is right. I don't want to hear any more talk of being a centrist or of "working" with the other side. If the Dems accuse the Republicans of being partisan then they are finally doing their job. A real conservative Republican will fight hard to stop the abuse of the taxes that are being taken from us and squandered on pork projects. Real Republicans will fight to have taxes reduced so that the government is not a burden on the people. When congress is trying to figure out how to increase their revenue then I know that they are not working in my best interest. It is the job of the government to try to fix the budget so as not to increase the deficit. It is not my job to pay for the petty, and I mean petty in the worst way possible, pork projects that have nothing to do with me or even the nation as a whole. The day a congressional candidate gets up and says that he/she will bring back less federal tax dollars for my town is the day he/she gets my vote. I call out to all Republican candidates. Please stand up and fight for what true Republicans beleive and not what the Dems agree to let use have. We are not beggars asking for a piece of crust. We need to be warriors willing to fight and destroy all who stand in our way. If you are not willing to fight then stick the binky back in your mouth and sit down because you are not man/woman enough for me. This kind of person will have a rough time of it. The Dems in DC are ruthless. So is the media for that matter. Anyone who stands up to fight the establishment in DC will be targeted. They will be scandalized and belittled. They will be made to be horrible villians in some Marvel comic book. I think that is a good thing. We need to do away with the idea of being civil with the liberals. Besides, if they hate you then you know you are doing something right. So I say to all Republican politicians, "Man/woman up!" If they would just stand up for us then I think there would be a lot fewer dissatisfied Republicans.

What do you think?

I don't know if you know who John Stossel is. He co hosts 20/20 and he writes a lot of opinion articles that can be found on line. In many ways he is my hero in the media because he is one of the few people who actually seems to know what he is talking about. He understands how other reporters misuse economic and statistical information to create a story out of thin air. An example would be the "record high" gas prices this last year. Most of the media was talking about how prices have never been this high. Well they were wrong and Stossel was the only one to point out that after you adjust for inflation the gas prices were not as high as the were in the late 70's early 80's. Well I read another article of his that makes me think about the right to vote. He refers to a book"The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies" by economist Bryan Caplan at George Mason University. In his book Caplan talks about voters who vote according to irrational biases. Now I am always telling my wife that nothing is irrational to the person who is doing it. However, Caplan does have a good point. Too many people think and vote with there emotions and not with an understanding of how economics really works. An example would be the idea that we have to protect American jobs by making it illegal for US companies to outsource. That sounds nice and compassionate. However, if you look at how the economy works all that does is make it harder for US companies to compete with foreign companies and if you don't allow foreign companies to sell in the US then prices will go up. People will buy less, companies will make less and people will lose there jobs. The question I have is what can we do to lessen the impact of economically ignorant voters. Caplan had some ideas but even he admits that they will never come to pass. The only thing I can think of is to educate people but the media usually only shows the liberal aspect of economics and that is the side that feels good but can end up being disastrous. See the Soviet Union as an example. So what can we do?

That didn't work so well.

Well so much for my daily updates on my weekly topic. I think it has been 2 weeks since I did that original post and I am just now writing another one. So I am now just going to write whenever and whatever I feel like. Like my cool bike wreck. For those of you who don't know we sold our 2nd car last December so that I could buy a bike. I figured it would be cheaper in gas money if I rode my bike to school my last semester. Just to clarify I am talking about a bicycle, not a motorcycle. My wife does not think that a motorcycle is safe enough for commuting. Since my Father-in-law likes mountain biking I got a Trek mountain bike. Well about 10 days ago he wanted to take me on a new trail that he found. I thought this would be fun. It was beautiful. The trail is longer and more interesting that the one at Cedar Hills where we use to go. Well I was chugging along really enjoying the trail when I came to a bridge. The bridge was about 30" wide which is usually not a big deal. Well, as I was getting to the end of the bridge I had gotten too close to the edge. When I tried to pull away I lost my balance a little and my front tire went right off the side of the bridge. Since it had been raining a lot my front tire fell right into the mud where it stuck. The rest of me went right over my handle bars. Have you ever seen someone fall in the movies and they just roll and come right up. Well that is exactly what I did. I managed a perfect movie roll and stand. It was only marred by a few bushes that I had to roll over. Fortunately there was no cactus on that part of the trail. A tree would have been bad too now that I think about it. I probably would have broken a few ribs if there had been a tree there. Anyway, it was really cool. I don't know why my wife makes a big deal about mike biking. It is not like it was dangerous. I mean I didn't have any scars like some of the other people who were there. It's all cool.