Political Thoughts

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Hi, how are you? Rush starts his show like that sometimes. Oh my god, he listens to Rush Limbaugh, every chance I get. I use to listen to him everyday back in the days of over-the-road driving (ten to twenty years ago). Now, I don’t have that much time and besides there is so many other things that keeps me busy. However, I do listen to him when I can.

This morning I did something that I haven’t done in awhile. I went bike riding for about two and half hours. To be clear about it, I went for a ride on my bicycle. Man, I had a great time!

The title I’ve given this post, I know, is “political thoughts”, and I do have lots of political thoughts. I have read and studied lots of political thoughts. I have a political thoughts degree. It‘s true - one of the things I have accomplished in my life is graduating from college. I have attended four colleges in my life, and on my wall in my den above me, is my certificate of graduation. It states “Bachelor of Science.” Now please don’t get me wrong, I don’t mean to be bragging or anything like that. I don’t usually tell people what I just said here, but I just wanted to let you all know a little more about me. I have yet to post any profile on myself here on my blog or places such as ezinearticles, but I will in time.

There are actually seven certificates I have on my wall above me that I am proud of. I bet most of you viewing this blog have accomplished or are accomplishing noteworthy things in your life too. Well, you should be proud of your accomplishments. It took dedication, hard work, sacrifice, whatever, and you accomplished it. Now, you don’t have to brag about it, but it’s o.k. to be proud of what you accomplished.

Oh, I will only mention at this time, two other ones on the wall. First, I have a certificate that states on a certain date I was initiated into Pi Sigma Alpha, which is The National Political Science Honor Society. The last one I’ll mention is one that I am probably most proud of - it states: “This is to certify that __________, was Honorable Discharged from the United States Navy on the 1st day of November 1971...”

I wanted to get back to Rush, for a couple more comments. I am Rush Limbaugh’s biggest fan. Do you want to know why? Because it says “Rush’s Biggest Fan” on the coffee mug I bought from his website. Also, a very close relative of mine told me once, that “…I listened to Rush Limbaugh, once, for about thirty minutes or so and really didn’t like him…”

I try to keep informed on what is going on in the world on a daily basis as much as possible. On the internet, I’m not sure of the number of websites I go to for information. I must have at least thirty to fifty sites in my “favorites list”. Most of these are news sources. Television - I watch The Fox News Channel. I like Fox and Friends in the morning, Neil Cavuto and for sure Glenn Beck in afternoon. In the evening, Bill O’Reilly, Hannity, and Greta sometimes, and Baseball. Radio - Rush, Mark Levin, Laura Ingraham, Hannity, occasionally Michael Savage and G. Gordon Liddy, and there are others that I may listen to on the radio sometimes. There are several publications and email letters that I subscribe to also. It’s impossible to listen to everything daily, but I try to get the most I can.

I’ve talked mostly about myself, well I just wanted to give you some background on where I’m coming from.

Tom - political thoughts, political thoughts, political thoughts…

Due to the time factor and all, how about some links you can go to and check out some news of the day? I will refrain from any commentary, for now due to the time factor.

I subscribe to the Heritage Hotsheet, which is sent from The Heritage Foundation at heritage.org, When I got back from bike riding today, checked my email and they had sent me “Items for Wednesday, August 05, 2009. Here are the links:


Angry Protestors Confront Democratic Lawmakers at Health Care Town Halls (Fox News .com)
Analysts

* Michael Franc
* Danielle Doane
* Robert Moffit


Russian Subs Patrolling Off East Coast of U.S. (New York Times)
Analysts

* James Carafano
* Ariel Cohen
* Mackenzie Eaglen


Seniors defend Medicare plan Obama calls ‘wasteful’ (USA Today)
Analysts

* Robert Moffit
* Nina Owcharenko
* Greg D'Angelo
* Dennis Smith


Obama administration withholds data on clunkers (Associated Press)
Analysts

* Brian Darling
* James Gattuso
* Ben Lieberman
* Ernest Istook


Fed study - Climate bill spells gloom for jobs (Washington Times)
Analysts

* Ben Lieberman
* David Kreutzer


More links from Heritage.org just came in:


Democrats Reverse Stance on Health Care Organizations Chart for Constituent Mailings



House Health Care Bill Yields $9.2 Trillion in Deficits



Barney Frank: Public Option is Best Way to Single Payer



Townhall Downfall: Rep Steve Kagen



Details Matter: A Response to HHS Secretary Sebelius


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Liberty Tom