Having said that, California is an advanced example of where the Federal Government is heading with all the new regulatory legislation. The cost of living is so bad here that thousands of people are moving to the deserts of Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico in an attempt to avoid the debilitating taxes the state places on businesses and landowners.

When we recalled governor Gray Davis and replaced him with the “governator”, we expected a paradigm shift towards a more efficient, less intrusive, and less taxing state government. As I am disappointed with the Republican party as a whole, I have also been utterly disappointed by Arnold. The same man who once ran on cutting government programs suddenly made “stopping global warming” a top priority of his administration. Those earlier aspirations to “save the planet” have now gone the way of the dodo as a result of the major budget issues, but it reflects the attitude of yet another “conservative” politician stabbing his base in the back.

The governator is a great example of what supporters of the Republican party have to deal with. Within the so-called “Conservative movement” there is talk of forming a third party that could compete with the Republican and Democrat parties. There have been many attempts (all futile) to do so in the past, but today it seems to be an action of necessity. Both parties are power hungry. However, unlike the Democrats (who seem to be open about their intent to permanently cripple the economy these days), the Republicans are susceptible to striking compromises even when they are in charge of both houses of congress. There is no true Conservative party. Republicans are too willing to abandon core principles in favor of political expediency and the remote possibility that Chris Matthews might like them better.

Republicans pick and choose the Reagan principles they'll tout in order to get votes – the most popular being tax cuts. However, that's as Conservative as they're willing to go. I haven't heard any recent politician of consequence claim that he believes in “founding principles”; they only believe in “Reagan principles.” This is because a career politician, no matter who they are, is power hungry. If they truly believed in “founding principles,” (which are the first written iterations of the American Free Spirit) they would be obligated to leave congress after two terms.

The only way we can reverse the path of destruction that statists-disguised-as-progressives are leading our great nation down is to adopt an easily understandable rhetoric based on the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the spirit of the era in which they were written that can counter the un-American rhetoric of those who are, at present, in charge.

By the way, I think its better that we let the Indians cut down the Giant Sequoias for firewood once they get Calaveras Big Trees State Park. Maybe people will wake up to the fact that a lot of tribes were very “environmentally unfriendly.”

Semper fi.

Having said that, California is an advanced example of where the Federal Government is heading with all the new regulatory legislation. The cost of living is so bad here that thousands of people are moving to the deserts of Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico in an attempt to avoid the debilitating taxes the state places on businesses and landowners.

When we recalled governor Gray Davis and replaced him with the “governator”, we expected a paradigm shift towards a more efficient, less intrusive, and less taxing state government. As I am disappointed with the Republican party as a whole, I have also been utterly disappointed by Arnold. The same man who once ran on cutting government programs suddenly made “stopping global warming” a top priority of his administration. Those earlier aspirations to “save the planet” have now gone the way of the dodo as a result of the major budget issues, but it reflects the attitude of yet another “conservative” politician stabbing his base in the back.

The governator is a great example of what supporters of the Republican party have to deal with. Within the so-called “Conservative movement” there is talk of forming a third party that could compete with the Republican and Democrat parties. There have been many attempts (all futile) to do so in the past, but today it seems to be an action of necessity. Both parties are power hungry. However, unlike the Democrats (who seem to be open about their intent to permanently cripple the economy these days), the Republicans are susceptible to striking compromises even when they are in charge of both houses of congress. There is no true Conservative party. Republicans are too willing to abandon core principles in favor of political expediency and the remote possibility that Chris Matthews might like them better.

Republicans pick and choose the Reagan principles they'll tout in order to get votes – the most popular being tax cuts. However, that's as Conservative as they're willing to go. I haven't heard any recent politician of consequence claim that he believes in “founding principles”; they only believe in “Reagan principles.” This is because a career politician, no matter who they are, is power hungry. If they truly believed in “founding principles,” (which are the first written iterations of the American Free Spirit) they would be obligated to leave congress after two terms.

The only way we can reverse the path of destruction that statists-disguised-as-progressives are leading our great nation down is to adopt an easily understandable rhetoric based on the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the spirit of the era in which they were written that can counter the un-American rhetoric of those who are, at present, in charge.

By the way, I think its better that we let the Indians cut down the Giant Sequoias for firewood once they get Calaveras Big Trees State Park. Maybe people will wake up to the fact that a lot of tribes were very “environmentally unfriendly.”

Semper fi.

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