06
Apr 2010
Last night as Holly and I were settling down to watch the latest episode of Chuck, my phone rang. I didn’t recognize the number so I figured that it was another survey to ask me who I’ll be voting for at the Republican State Convention in a few weeks. I answered the phone expecting to have a delay while the call was routed to some operator in a call center. Instead, my greeting was answered immediately with an actual person. The caller asked if he was speaking with Jeremiah, which he obviously was, so I answered in the affirmative. He then introduced himself as Rob Bishop. This is where my mind went weird.
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30
Mar 2010
Yesterday I received a phone call from somebody with Senator Bennett’s campaign inviting me to have breakfast with the Senator this morning at IHOP in Centerville. Because I’m taking my job as state delegate so seriously, I jumped at the opportunity to meet with him and ask some questions.
I arrived a few minutes early to try and ensure a spot close to Senator Bennett. It worked. I sat next to him for the duration. Granted, he was actually standing, but I was so close that I could touch him. (Despite a request that I received, I didn’t actually touch his cheek to see if his skin would crumble as a powerful vampire’s would. His hand did fail to turn to dust as I shook it though.)
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Category: Current Events, Jeremiah, Politics
Tags: Afghanistan, campaign, Centerville, delegate, health care reform, IHOP, immigration, politician, question, Senator Bennett, state convention, Washington
24
Mar 2010
I’ve noticed since the House passed the health care “reform” bill on Sunday evening, Twitter and Facebook are ripe with people voicing their opposition. That’s good in the sense that people care enough to actually follow what is going on. It’s bad though because, as was proven on Sunday, many of our elected leaders don’t really care what their constituents have to say regarding the issues. The arrogance that is coming from Washington amazes me especially considering the fact that these are the same people who criticized the previous administration’s arrogance. Regardless of where they fall on the political spectrum, I think that it’s safe to assume that most people are unhappy with the way that things are being run in our nation’s capital at the moment. I also think that these feelings have been festering for years (I’m not just blaming Obama) and are now starting to come to a head.
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Tags: ballot, caucus, election, facebook, health care reform, neighborhood, Obama, primary election, reform, Republican, Senator Bob Bennett, state convention, Utah, voice, vote, voter, voting, Washington
05
Nov 2008
So all of the votes have now been counted and we now have the first African-American president in the history of our country. While I’m proud of the fact that we’re not a bunch of racist haters like some would have us believe, I’m very concerned over having Barack Obama as Supreme Chancellor… I mean president.
As I was watching various news channels last night, and started coming to the realization that our country thinks that socialism is cool, I started trying to mentally prepare myself for the next four years. I keep trying to convince myself that the most liberal member of the U.S. Senate won’t be too liberal of a president. It’s not working. I know too much about history and I have too much knowledge of his policies.
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Category: Politics
Tags: Al Franken, America, american president, barack obama, Emma, Holly, new president, News, Obama, positive attitude, senate race, Socialism, supreme chancellor, u s senate, vote
04
Nov 2008
After what seems like a million years, we finally get to vote for the people that will take it upon themselves to destroy our country. I’m sure that they don’t think that their policies will destroy our country – they’re doing what’s in their best interests, I mean the country’s best interests.
I plan on voting on my way into work. I’m actually still conflicted on whom I will be casting my ballot for. I don’t like what’s been going on with our government over the past few years so I’m reluctant to vote for any incumbents. I’ll probably end up voting for multiple third-party candidates but I know that doing so is just throwing my vote away. At least I can say though that I didn’t vote for “that guy”. I do know though that I’m not voting for Obama for president. I don’t like McCain but I dislike Obama even more.
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Tags: Acorn, Al Franken, America, ballot, barack obama, Europe, fraud, government, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Obama, Orrin Hatch, president, third party candidates, Thunderdome, unemployment, unrest, vote, voter, voting
24
Oct 2008
I know that we’re still a few days from Halloween, but with the presidential election and trick or treating in the air, I thought that it would be fun to post this comic that I stumbled upon. The thing that makes it so funny is the fact that it’s true.
If you’re lucky, Comrade Obama will only take half of your candy. He’ll be sure to get the half that has the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups though.
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09
Oct 2008
I’ve been thinking a lot about the state of our economy. I must say, I’m not very optimistic. I’m very angry with the politicians in Washington right now. Given the economic circumstances that our country is facing, spending money to save failing companies that then turn around and spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on retreats is just complete stupidity in my opinion.
In his Communist Manifesto, published in 1848, Karl Marx proposed 10 measures that were to be implemented after the proletariat gained power. The purpose of this was to centralize all instruments of production in the hands of the state. Measure number five was to bring about the “centralization of credit in the banks of the state, by means of a national bank with state capital and an exclusive monopoly.” Let’s all give communism a great big welcome to the United States!
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Tags: bad business decisions, centralization, Communist, economic crisis, great depression, House, Karl Marx, Manifesto, proletariat, U.S. Constitution, United States, vote, Washington
04
Sep 2008
I have to admit that I’m a huge Sarah Palin fan. Ever since I heard that she was going to sue over the decision to list the polar bear as endangered, I’ve been a fan.
When I heard that John McCain had decided to pick Governor Palin as his running mate, I was elated. Then I heard her acceptance speech. What’s more than elated? Whatever it is, that’s what I was. And then she spoke at the Republican National Convention last night.
I don’t know if it’s possible for me to be more impressed with this woman. She appears to be a true conservative that doesn’t like big government. She also says that we need to start domestic drilling which shows me that she has a grasp on the impending energy crisis that the country is facing. Add to all of that, she’s not from Washington. In fact, she’s about as far from outside of the beltway as I can imagine. I like that.
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Tags: barack obama, Bob Barr, community organizer, energy crisis, executive experience, Governor Palin, Joe Biden, John McCain, libertarian candidate, polar bear, republican national convention, Sarah Palin, Socialism, upcoming election, vote, Washington
28
Aug 2008
People who vote for Barack Obama because they want “change” will probably get change. That may not be a good thing though. Enjoy the music video for Barack Obama’s unofficial campaign theme song.
Is it propoganda if it’s true?
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