September 7, 200719 yr I know what was meant by this line, but I just can't shake the image of Baker grooming Thompson the way baboons on the Serengeti plain groom one another... :eek: :scared: :eek: :scared: :creepy: :lol: :lol: :lol: :laugh: ...me, too! But...he might be the first Republican presidential candidate that I vote for...we will have to see who gets the nominations.
September 7, 200719 yr I want to hear him say 'Russians don't take a dump without a plan' at one of the G8 summits... :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Classic!
September 7, 200719 yr :laugh: ...me, too! But...he might be the first Republican presidential candidate that I vote for...we will have to see who gets the nominations. That sounds terribly bigoted... ...oh wait... wrong thread. :irked: :lol: :lol: :lol: Great line. BF, that would make one amusing image. Not enough time today, but I'll see what we can do as the campaign unfolds. :thumb:
September 7, 200719 yr Both he an John Edwards announced their Presidency runs on late night comedy talk shows (Edwards did it on the Daily Show, pre-Kerry). Coincidence or Political "Rock the Vote"-esque move to involve the younger crowds? On one of the news show, it said about 2.5 million watched the FoxNews Rep debate that night. 5.5 million watch the Tonight Show. 'nuff said.
September 7, 200719 yr That sounds terribly bigoted... ...oh wait... wrong thread. :irked: :lol: :lol: :lol: Great line. BF, that would make one amusing image. Not enough time today, but I'll see what we can do as the campaign unfolds. :thumb: Didn't mean to offend...I thought that it was actually a compliment. I have only been able to vote since the 1992 election. I would have voted for Reagan if I had been old enough. I am not anti-Republican. I would vote for someone that does not share the majority of my views if I felt that they were highly qualified, humble, honest, had the our best interests at heart....and I was not sold on the democratic candidate. So, depending on the nominations, I may vote for a Republican this year...for the first time.
September 7, 200719 yr So, depending on the nominations, I may vote for a Republican this year...for the first time.A very clear indication of maturity on your part.
September 7, 200719 yr http://www.fred08.com/About.aspx Even then, Thompson’s sharp sense of humor and knack for the dramatic had begun to show. Friends and coaches recall a football game in which Thompson lay at midfield, recovering from a particularly hard hit. When the coaching staff ran out to check on the prone Thompson, he looked up at them and asked, “How's the crowd taking it?"
September 7, 200719 yr http://www.fred08.com/Principles/PrinciplesSummary.aspx?View=Federalism The Framers drew their design for our Constitution from a basic understanding of human nature. From the wisdom of the ages and from fresh experience, they understood the better angels of our nature, and the less admirable qualities of human beings entrusted with power. The Framers believed in free markets, rights of property and the rule of law, and they set these principles firmly in the Constitution. Above all, the Framers enshrined in our founding documents, and left to our care, the principle that rights come from our Creator and not from our government. ... Centralized government is not the solution to all of our problems and – with too much power – such centralization has a way of compounding our problems. This was among the great insights of 1787, and it is just as vital in 2007. .... Before anything else, folks in Washington ought to be asking first and foremost, “Should government be doing this? And if so, then at what level of government?” But they don’t. The result has been decades of growth in the size, scope and function of national government. Today’s governance of mandates, pre-emptions, regulations, and federal programs bears little resemblance to the balanced system the Framers intended. ... Perhaps the clearest example of federal over-involvement in state and local responsibilities is public education. It’s the classic case of how the federal government buys authority over state and local matters with tax-payer money and ends up squandering both the authority and the money while imposing additional burdens on states. Between 1970 and 2005, federal spending on education increased nearly 150 percent without results to match. The No Child Left Behind law itself increased federal funding by some 26 percent, while creating 50 new educational programs nationally, imposing almost 7 million hours and more than 140 million dollars in compliance time and costs. The classrooms of America, where the learning actually takes place, receive but 61 cents out of every tax-payer dollar appropriated.
September 7, 200719 yr From the same website.... A good first step would be to codify the Executive Order on Federalism first signed by President Ronald Reagan. That Executive Order, first revoked by President Clinton, then modified to the point of uselessness, required agencies to respect the principle of the Tenth Amendment when formulating policies and implementing the laws passed by Congress. It preserved the division of responsibilities between the states and the federal government envisioned by the Framers of the Constitution. It was a fine idea that should never have been revoked. The next president should put it right back in effect, and see to it that the rightful authority of state and local governments is respected.
September 7, 200719 yr http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,296039,00.html HANNITY: But you also said that you plan on joining a lot of the debates in the future, but you don't think much of the debate process now, why? THOMPSON: It is not designed really to illuminate people's thoughts and feelings. Thirty-, 40-second sound bites, you know, to questions that hopefully will elicit some kind of a comment about one of the other participants, something like that, to make a little story, that sort of thing.
September 7, 200719 yr Author Good work but you have him leaning to the left. You should know better.
September 7, 200719 yr Good work but you have him leaning to the left. You should know better. I was working with amateur monkeys.
September 7, 200719 yr I was working with amateur monkeys. What is the old saying, you are what you work with.:lol:
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