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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06
Apr 2010
Apr 2010
Category: Current Events, Politics
Tags: campaign, citizenship, congress, Congressman, Constitution, country, delegate, Earmarks, Europe, government, health care reform, history, Jeremiah, Jimmy Carter, military, Obama, politician, president, President Obama, question, Republican, Rob Bishop, spending, state convention, stimulus, stimulus bill, United States, voting, Washington, waste One Comment
07
Jul 2009
Jul 2009
I grew up with guns. The love of shooting is something that has been instilled in me for as long as I can remember. Some of my favorite times growing up were going to the farm in Idaho and shooing guns with my dad and grandpa. We would set up cans or other assorted targets in front of giant stacks of hay and spend the afternoon shooting.
I remember the first time that I went skeet shooting. I didn’t hit anything but it was still fun. My shoulder hurt for days. I think it was the first time I’d ever shot a shotgun.
I remember when I came to the realization, years after the fact, that the reason that I never killed any pheasants during the hunt is because I was only armed with a BB gun. When I mentioned this to my dad, he told me that it was because none of the other hunters wanted to get shot. Since I was probably six at the time, I agree that it was sound logic on their part.
25
Jun 2009
Jun 2009
Last night President Obama laid out his healthcare reform plans for the world to see. I’ve been trying to stay away from political topics but I can’t resist this one. I promise I’ll keep it brief.
At my work we ship a lot of stuff. So much stuff that we have a UPS guy make two stops at our office every day. Note that I said UPS guy and not mailman. Our mailman is a nice guy but we’re lucky to see him once a week because of Postal Service cutbacks. This can be extremely irritating when we have to mail something. The Postal Service isn’t reliable enough for us to depend on so we chose to go with a non-government entity for our shipping needs.
Category: Current Events
Tags: America, capitalism, congress, Constitution, country, FedEx, government, healthcare, mailman, Obama, president, President Obama, reform, United States, UPS 2 Comments
16
Apr 2009
Apr 2009
Over the past few days, I’ve been feeling more and more fearful about the direction that our country is headed. The thing that really set me off is the recent report released by the Department of Homeland Security which basically labels anybody who disagrees with what the politicians are doing right now or hope to do in the not too distant future as a right-wing extremist that should be placed on a terrorist watch list. This may sound odd but I thought that it was OK to disagree with politicians in America. Apparently it’s not.
As I was listening to Glenn Beck yesterday on my way home from work, he started talking about this report and his words struck me to the very core. He was saying everything that I was feeling! Below are a few excerpts from the transcript of his monologue. (You can read the whole thing here.) I could not have even come close to saying it better myself.
Category: Current Events
Tags: abortion, America, ammunition, barack obama, congress, Constitution, country, flux capacitor, Glenn Beck, government, gun, immigration, Laws, Obama, president, states rights, taxes, Texas, United States, Washington 3 Comments
