United Socialist States of <s>Russia</s> America

[Johnny Lupara]

Originally Posted by Joe G

What's wrong with a little corruption??






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..nothing, as long as the "family" benefits.....

[shelbyfestguy]

[Johnny Lupara]

..well, I actually found out some news today that made me feel just a little guilty about being a staunch republican....but not for too long....

Big midwestern race was one in eastern Kansas, between Nancy Boyda (democratic incumbent, first term) and Lynn Jenkins, Republican who is the kansas state treasurer. It was a pretty bitter election, that ended up being won by Ms. Jenkins.

Nancy Boyda actually caught some negative national press by walking out in the middle of committee testimony by a general who was explaining the success of the surge....

well, a coworker told me today that Nancy Boyda was actually being considered for the regional administrator job (political head) of the epa office I work out of, and that she used to work for the epa.

..being the bright investigator that I am, I finally figured out that this Nancy Boyda is one and the same as Nancy Thrutchley (divorced and now remarried) who I was very good friends with 20 years ago. She and I actually partnered to put on a baby shower for another one of our group of friends (no jokes here please...) But she left the epa, got remarried, and our little group kind of faded away over time.

I guess this is the closest I get to political power, and of course it had to be a democrat.....

It might be nice, although kinda weird, if she does end up in charge of this region....maybe I can get a better office or something......


*and some day I will share the tales of growing up with the kids of a Missouri governor, of course, he was a democrat also....

[Carnut]

Originally Posted by Johnny Lupara

..well, I actually found out some news today that made me feel just a little guilty about being a staunch republican....but not for too long....

Big midwestern race was one in eastern Kansas, between Nancy Boyda (democratic incumbent, first term) and Lynn Jenkins, Republican who is the kansas state treasurer. It was a pretty bitter election, that ended up being won by Ms. Jenkins.

Nancy Boyda actually caught some negative national press by walking out in the middle of committee testimony by a general who was explaining the success of the surge....

well, a coworker told me today that Nancy Boyda was actually being considered for the regional administrator job (political head) of the epa office I work out of, and that she used to work for the epa.

..being the bright investigator that I am, I finally figured out that this Nancy Boyda is one and the same as Nancy Thrutchley (divorced and now remarried) who I was very good friends with 20 years ago. She and I actually partnered to put on a baby shower for another one of our group of friends (no jokes here please...) But she left the epa, got remarried, and our little group kind of faded away over time.

I guess this is the closest I get to political power, and of course it had to be a democrat.....

It might be nice, although kinda weird, if she does end up in charge of this region....maybe I can get a better office or something......


*and some day I will share the tales of growing up with the kids of a Missouri governor, of course, he was a democrat also....

If your such good pals, maybe you could get her to switch parties. Now that would work all the way around would it not?

[Johnny Lupara]

Originally Posted by Carnut

If your such good pals, maybe you could get her to switch parties. Now that would work all the way around would it not?

...from what I have been reading, I think she has drunk too much of the democratic kool aid.....

but it is kinda cool to compare how she apparently is now, versus 20 years ago.........the real story of me knowing her started almost 30 years ago with a group of 3 married gals at work (more or less my age) who adopted me (I was single then) when they realized my self destructive life style. My major food groups were identified as beer, donuts, tacos and pork rinds.......they took me on as a project to try to save me from myself.....LOL

after I found a wife who would put up with me, we did quite a bit as couples until divorce, kids, job changes, moves etc occurred. I guess I will wait a few days for the smoke to clear, and send her a note (email) expressing sympathy for her election day loss.....I will try to be most sincere.........

[Carnut]

Originally Posted by Johnny Lupara

...from what I have been reading, I think she has drunk too much of the democratic kool aid.....

Too much kool aid, they should take it off the shelves.

[SLGT750]

I think Lee says it best

Well he was
never known for his "sugar coated" speeches.





snopes.com: Where Have All the Leaders Gone? — Lee Iacocca


The two party
system????

Remember Lee Iacocca, the VP at Ford credited with
the
birth of the Mustang, the man who rescued
Chrysler,
Corporation from their death throes, and the owner of
the
famous quote 'Lead, follow, or get out of the
way'?
Well, he's back! He has a new book, and here are
some
excerpts. Lee Iacocca writes:

'Am I the only
guy in this country who's fed up
with what's happening? Where the
hell is our outrage?
We should be screaming bloody murder. We've got a
gang
of clueless bozos steering our ship of state right over
a
cliff, we've got corporate gangsters stealing us
blind,
and we can't even clean up after a hurricane much
less
build a hybrid car. But instead of getting mad,
everyone
sits around and nods their heads when the politicians
say,
'Stay the course'

Stay the course? You've got
to be kidding. This is
America , not the damned 'Titanic' I'll
give you
a sound bite: 'Throw all the bums out!'

You
might think I'm getting senile, that I've gone
off my rocker, and
maybe I have. But someone has to speak
up. I hardly recognize
this country anymore.

The most famous business leaders are not the
innovators but
the guys in handcuffs. While we're fiddling in Iraq
,
theMiddle East is burning and nobody seems to know what to
do. And
the press is waving 'pom-poms' instead of
asking hard questions. That's
not the promise of the
' America ' my parents and yours traveled across
the
ocean for. I've had enough. How about you?

I'll go a step
further. You can't call yourself a
patriot if you're not outraged. This
is a fight I'm
ready and willing to have.

The Biggest 'C' is
Crisis !

Leaders are made, not born. Leadership is forged in
times
of crisis. It's easy to sit there with your feet up on
the
desk and talk theory. Or send someone else's kids
off to war when
you've never seen a battlefield
yourself. It's another thing to lead
when your world
comes tumbling down. George Bush, Dick Cheney and who
is
this Bozo coming up next? One of the most Liberal Idiots
in the
U. S. Senate and he is talking about disarming
America . I can't
believe the American people are
seeing what he is about to do to this
country. May God
have mercy on us all.

On September 11, 2001, we
needed a strong leader more than
any other time in our history. We
needed a steady hand to
guide us out of the ashes. A Hell of a Mess. So
here's
where we stand. We're immersed in a bloody war with no
plan
for winning and no plan for leaving. We're running
the biggest deficit
in the history of the country. We're
losing the manufacturing edge to
Asia , while our once-great
Companies are all moving offshore. We're
getting
slaughtered by health care costs. Gas prices are
sky
rocketing, and nobody in power has a coherent energy policy.
Our
schools are the worst in the world. Our borders are
like sieves. The
middle class is being squeezed ! every
which way. These are times that
cry out for leadership and
we are getting ready to put the most Liberal
Senator in the
U. S. Senate in as our next President because we want to
be
fair and elect someone just because of his race. We
don't have
time to be fair, we need a strong leader.

But when you look around,
you've got to ask: 'Where
have all the leaders gone?' Where are the
curious,
creative communicators? Where are the people of
character,
courage, conviction, omnipotence, and common sense? I may
be
a sucker for alliteration, but I hope you get the point.

Name
me a leader who has a better idea for homeland
security than making us
take off our shoes in airports and
throw away our shampoo? We've spent
billions of dollars
building a huge new bureaucracy, and all we know
how to do
is react to things that have already happened.

Name me
one leader who emerged from the crisis of Hurricane
Katrina. Congress has yet to spend a single
day evaluating
the response to the hurricane, or demanding
accountability
for the decisions that were made in the crucial hours
after
the storm. Everyone's hunkering down, fingers crossed,
hoping
it doesn't happen again. Well guess what people?
We are having more
floods right now. What are we doing
to help these people out. Now,
that's just crazy.
Storms happen. Deal with it. Make a plan. Figure out
what
you're going to do the next time. Why are we allowing
people to
build in flood plains anyway? If you build in a
flood area, expect to
be flooded and deal with it.
Don't expect the Government to bail you
out.

Name me an industry leader who is thinking creatively
about
how we can restore our competitive edge in manufacturing.
All
they seem to be thinking now-days is getting
themselves bigger salaries
and bonuses. Who would have
believed that there could ever be a time
when 'The Big
Three' referred to Japanese car companies? How did
this
happen, and more important, what are we going to do about
it?
likely nothing!

Name me a government leader who can articulate a
plan for
paying down the debt, or solving the energy crisis,
or
managing the health care problem. The silence is deafening.
But
these are the crises that are eating away at our country
and milking
the middle class dry.

I have news for the gang in Congress and the
Senate. We
didn't elect you to sit on your asses and do nothing
and
remain silent while our democracy is being hijacked and
our
greatness is being replaced with mediocrity. What is
everybody
so afraid of? That some bonehead on Fox News will
call them a name?
Give me a break. Why don't you guys
show some spine for a change? I
honestly don't think
any of you have one!

Had
Enough?

Hey, I'm not trying to be the voice of gloom and
doom
here. I'm trying to light a fire. I'm speaking out
because I
have hope; I believe in America ... In my
lifetime I've had the
privilege of living through some
of America's greatest moments I've
also experienced
some of our worst crises: the 'Great
Depression',
'World War II', the 'Korean War', the
'Kennedy
Assassination', the 'Vietnam
War', the1970s oil crisis, and the
struggles of recent
years culminating with 9/11. If I've learned one
thing,
it's this:

'You don't get anywhere by standing on
the
sidelines waiting for somebody else to take action. Whether
it's
building a better car or building a better future
for our children, we
all have a role to play. That's the
challenge I'm raising in this book.
It's a call to
'Action' for people who, like me, believe in
America
It's not too late, but it's getting pretty close.
So let's
shake off the crap and go to work. Let's
tell 'em all we've had
'enough.'

Make a 'real contribution' by sending this to
everyone
you know and care about......our future is
at
stake!'