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Is it really too much to ask?

Posted by Gregg Shoemaker on Thursday, February 28, 2008 8:28:57 PM
Seriously, we as a country have done so much for this world, especially after a war, is it too much to ask a little love in return?
We had the marshall plan and the berlin air lift taking the preverbial "lemons" and made lemonade. Now we have allies from what were our enemies.
So while we figure out global "warming" which is highly disputable, couldn't Iraq lay a pipline straight into Texas and provide some 10 cent a barrel crude? Lets give em some time to settle then lets give them an economy, we benefit from low gas prices and they sell lots of oil.
Its a simple yet obvious idea. We can do both....we can explore for new energy or better yet do what France does and go nuclear solving much of the issue, and in the mean time DROP THE PRICES and free much of our economy. All we have to do is lift some taxes and allow some drilling and the prices will plummet. The U.S. government needs to grow some "barrels" and step up to ease the prices.
Soon is not soon enough!
Lets all call our senators and congress people and make them act now!
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Bush is to blame for high gas prices

Posted by Gregg Shoemaker on Thursday, February 28, 2008 1:53:09 AM
As I was at the gas station filling up my truck I caught myself thinking "Wow only $3.15  a gallon, what a deal. All the other stations in town are $3.23 or higher". Then I though "What the hell am I doing? I actually think $3.15 is a good deal"? It was not too long ago that gas was $1.50 a gallon.

Then I got a bit peeved and I then came to realize that these high gas prices were the fault of none other than President Bush. I  am not talking about one of these, "We did not land on the moon" conspiracy's.

Begin rant: If I hear another person say the oil prices are driven by free markets I am going to scream! If you believe that I have some great beach front property I would like to sell you in Arizona. When my government makes laws so we cannot drill for our own oil it artificially manufactures less supply for the demand. So our own laws take any semblance of "free market" and flushes them right down the drain. End rant

So getting back to Bush being the one responsible for these high gas prices. He is not "In on it with the oil company's" It was his failure to  place blame where it belongs, on the Democrats. I blame his advisors, all of them. When he came to office there was not one of them who explained what a Bully Pulpit was and how to use it. I blame Bush for not finishing every speech, talk or event he spoke at with "Wow these gas prices are really high if only we could drill for our own oil, but the Democrats block every attempt". Or "Remember when you fill your tank it would be much cheaper if the Democrats would let us drill for our own oil". Or maybe "We would not have to buy oil from tin horn dictators all over the world if Democrats would let us frill our own oil". Or even better "When you are paying $3.30 a gallon think Democrats".

If Bush would have done something along these lines every time people fill their tanks they would think "Lousy Democrats". By doing this he would put them on the defensive and make the likes of Howard Dean go before the people and explain why his party is in favor of the U.S. relying on oil from dictators and not relying on our own oil.

So in this respect I will always blame Bush for sitting back and not taking any initiative to getting the truth out to help the American people for all the energy  and oil prices that have sky rocketed out of control.

Signed Barron Wasteland

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Making friends with Hurricane Katrina

Posted by Gregg Shoemaker on Saturday, February 16, 2008 12:22:04 PM
Here we go again with the blame game. When did the republican party turn left like a circle track nascar?
Our president, and yes he is Still our president, started his presidency like a lion for the conservative movement.
Then hurricane katrina landed and the blame game went into full force, as if 911 and the conspiracy theories weren't enough.
Now George Bush is to blame for natural weather phenomena. I see this as the turning point for President Bush.
He started to cave in by getting rid of Mike Brown over the "governments failure". HELLO the government always fails.
Once Bush caved, the elite media and the snarling James Carville types smelled the blood and it was like throwing a three legged cat into a pack of wolves.
After that its been a never ending series of placations and promises that Bush wants to restore trust in government.
Obama,Clinton and McCain have all said the same things.
Well I Don't trust government and our founding fathers didn't either!
We don't need trust in government we need trust in the people of which the government is of, by and for.
This is where the left turn occured when the republican leaders started talking like leftists.
Lets at least elect a conservative congress,house and senate if possible. And lets go back to trusting the good people of this country.
 
 
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Dr. Evil and Mitt Romney

Posted by Gregg Shoemaker on Friday, February 08, 2008 1:39:32 AM
So today Mitt Romney gave a "concession" speech which was the conservative's conservative oration.
I thought wow, where was this Mitt throughout the campaign. The only conclusion is that Dr. Evil had stolen
Mitt's mojo and he had just gotten it back in time for his concession speech.
Seriously I don't know if Mitt was afraid to show his true self, (which I knew was there all along, hence my vote
for him), or if he was drowned out by the pro-wrestling tag team of McCain/Huckamania.
I think that Mitt just didn't hit that stride we all aspire too in an interview for a job or in a high school debate or the worst place of all on a date. He certianly hit it in his concession speech, i'm guessing it was one of those "the pressure is off now I can relax' things.  Maybe this was the lesson which will be
applied for 2012 when the True Reganite will emerge and he will articulate with the passion and zeal we heard today. Whatever the scenario Mitt is a true conservative and I can only hope that he can help lead us to win in the legislative branch to keep that beautiful check and balance, balanced.
We have a lot to fight for and a lot of fighting to do but lets grab our mojo and proclaim freedoms worth in every conversation we hold. Lets never forget "live free or die" because freedom is worth that much.

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McCain,Super Bowl,Cold War

Posted by Gregg Shoemaker on Monday, February 04, 2008 3:56:47 AM
After watching the Super Bowl I thought to myself, wow that was a hard fought close game.
Both sides playing their guts out played within the agreed rules and agreed to let the officials administer the agreed upon rules. The officials did just that.....and nothing more! Because that was all they were there to do!
Imagine officials stopping the game immediately after every sack of quarterback Tom Brady and beginning investigation proceedings or wanting to inquire into the tax records of the sacker?
What would happen if the officials told every player on the Patriots don't come on the field if there are 11 players on the field, but then turned a blind eye to every player that did come on Illegally. Then told the Giants, we know there are way more than the allowed players on the other team, but were going to grant them amnesty from the rules, because we're to lazy to enforce them, and we're gonna let them stay, so play hard. I think the parallels are quite obvious to the way a big government politician would govern and a limited government politician would.
So the question is do we want John McCains on the field creating another morass of legislation granting amnesty to the "illegals" instead of simply enforcing the rules? Will we let McCain be the head referee, with clinched jaw, angry at the rich corporations, not releasing enterprize to succeed so we all benefit?
I say let Romney have a crack at it. He's hit on what we all should be paying attention to, the economy.
We need a military to defend us, but we also need to fund that military with technology and rounds. Remove the military, lose the nation. Remove the funding, lose the military. Choke business, lose the funding. It's that simple.
So with all the pressures of an emerging juggernaut like China and the combined strength of the European Union, wouldn't it make sense to unleash our economy? Why do we let foreign nations strap our businesses with tariffs while they ease restrictions on their own industries? On top of that we want to hamstring our own industries with stronger restrictions. Can you say carbon offsets? McCain is consumed with capping spending...hurrah!! Yet he has no problem keeping our entire nation crippled with high fuel costs by not wanting to drill in anwr.
We have to be secure at home physically AND economically to fight terrorism. Does the spending war, a.k.a the Cold War, ring any bells?
If anyone in this presidential bid understands economics and its importance domestically and abroad, its Mitt Romney.
Check one vote for Mitt right here.
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Hello There!

Posted by Gregg Shoemaker on Sunday, February 03, 2008 5:05:29 PM
I just wanted to say hello and welcome to Hard Line at townhall.com!
This is a brand new blog and as such this is the inagural post.
I and others will be posting on the hottest topics of the day with a variety of perspectives and styles from a group
of talented and very opinionated bloggers.
The goal is to provied a down to earth and sometimes irreverent look at political and national issues from a very conservative point of view.
Just to kick things off a short statement on John McCain and immigration.
Does he think we have the memory of a 5 year old in front of nicktoons?
I recieved an automated call from him moments ago touting his strong stance on immigration and "not giving any special treatment to illegals already here". I mean its down right insulting to think our fellow "republican" thinks we're that dense. We are the ones that made the phone calls shutting down systems and sending aids to 4-bucks for coffee just to escape the wrath of the McCain/Kennedy "amnesty" bill.
So remember just like our party mascot the elephant who has life long memory capabilities we WON'T forget and we will not back down.
I and others will be posting soon we hope you enjoy our perspective and we look forward to blogging for our country's sake.
Gregg Shoemaker
Your fellow Patriot
and
Founder of Hard Lines
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