Here's an Idea for the Presidential Debates

Now that we can pretty much safely assume that Repulsican Mitt Romney is going to be the other major party candidate running against Demoncat/Dummycrap, Baracka Hussein Obama, we can begin to think about upcoming debates, in the style of Lincoln-Douglas (though those were Senatorial debates), Kennedy-Nixon and Reagan-Carter.  With style equal to or greater than Obama, and substance superlatively superior to Obama's, Romney should be able to out debate the lying, cheating, thieving, conniving, shyster, charlatan Chicagoland lawyer without a law license, even with the disadvantage of Barry reading his teleprompter, while Mitt responds on his own.  But as Romney insists on being a proper and polite politician, as exampled by his statement that Obama's a nice guy, when he is, in actuality, the epitome of evil, Romney, on his own and by himself in a one on one debate will have his ass handed to him by the Muslim Marxist.  Though Romney is adept at under the table dirty tricks, i.e., Ginger White, he hasn't the chutzpah to be up front, open and honest enough to publicly and proudly proclaim the above stated facts about Obama, or that he is a baseborn, Bolshevik buffoon illegitimately conceived by a Mau Mau Muslim Marxist and an air-headed, anarchist slut, and that he is more of a Malaysian Muslim than an American Christian.  Or that for whatever Christian credentials Obama tries to claim, his Black Liberation Theology is waaaay more radical, irrational and unreasonable than Mitt's Mormonism.
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That's why Romney needs to go ahead and name his cabinet, to help him campaign in more than just a "Unity Tour", to face off against Obama and his cabinet kooks in a series of oval table debates.  Imagine an 'economic cabinet' debate with Obama, Biden, Geithner and Tom Bryson on one side of the table, facing Romney, Jon Kyl, Prof. Walter Williams and Herman Cain.
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                                                                                                                                                           Picture a 'security cabinet' debate of Obama, Biden, Rodham-Clinton, Holder, Ann Rice, Napolitano and Panetta being made to be seen as the Dummycraps that they are by Romney, Kyl, Newt, Barnard or Carter, John Bolton, Tom del Bacarro and Admiral McRaven.  A round table debate on law and legality with law licenceless Obama, with Biden, Holder, vapid and vacant headed Verrilli, US Atty Exec Director H. Marshall Jarrett and Barry's appointed Trotskyite twats on the Court, Kagan and Sotomayor versus MBA and JD holding Romney, with Kyl, Carter, Bolton, Rudy Giuliani, Judge Brown and Justice Wainwright would be SO entertainingly enlightening and enlighteningly entertaining.
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And wouldn't you just love to see such one on one face-offs as Kathleen Sebelius and Dr, Ron Paul, Ray LaHood and Gov. Mary Fallin, or Steven Chu and Michael Williams?   Even an ethnic opposition between Chu and Elaine Chao would be a hoot and a half.  I'd even enjoy a back and forth between that clown, Jay Carney and Michelle Bernard.   
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And I know that Sarah Palin would make mincemeat out of Ken Salazar.   It would be that way all of the way throughout Obama's cabinet of crazies and my envisioned Romney staff.

I Love My State, But She Surely Does Embarrass Me Sometimes

As I am fond of boasting, I am an eighth generation North Carolinian Son of the American Revolution.  Except for a brief period in the 70's I have lived in North Carolina my entire life and plan to continue to do so until my death, when I hope someone shall erect a marker in my memory in the old Stoner Cemetery in southern Alamance County, just east of 'downtown' Bellemont.
I shan't try to enumerate all of the 'things' of which I'm proud about this state.  There are just too many.  But there are instances and personalities that and who have shamed me as a North Carolinian, like so many, too many of our politicians like Easley, Nifong, Perdue, Edwards, Black, and even Helms.  At least in Jesse Helms' case, the embarrassment was caused by political incorrectness and public insensitivity, rather than criminality, as is the case with the others.  The others, of course, are a bunch of Demoncats and Dummycraps, whereas Sen. Helms was just a loud mouthed Repulsican.  And truth be told, I was never really ashamed of or embarrassed by Sen.Helms.  Guess I just caught myself almost being politically correct.  Now, that's shameful, for someone who has always held that the primary plank of any political/philosophical platform has to be: NO POLITICAL CORRECTNESS!
Presently, I suspect that my fellow North Carolinians are going to embarrass me again, like never before.  On May 8th, as part of the primary elections, there will be a proposed state constitutional amendment for the voters to consider.   It reads: "Marriage between one man and one woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized in this state.  This section does not prohibit a private party from entering into contracts with another private party, nor does this section prohibit courts from adjudicating the rights of private parties pursuant to such contracts."
Marriage is but a contract.  It is an agreement between consensual parties to form a partnership of domesticity, designed to enhance those parties' pursuit of happiness, one of the "self evident..inalienable rights" proclaimed in the state constitution's article one, section one.  Marriage is but an arrangement that is as old as the history of mankind.  Historically and traditionally, much of the marriage concept was to declare a man's dominion over and practical ownership of a woman, and that woman's subjugation to that man.  Thus, the woman's vow to "love, honor and obey".  Thankfully, that last verb has been largely stricken from most contemporary marriage vows, as marriage is supposed to be an agreement between equals.
This entire amendment madness is nothing more than newly elected Repulsican politicians kowtowing to the religious fundamentalists of the state, allowing them to force their doctrinal dogma on the entire population of the state.  Morality can't be legislated and it is a prime function of government in a free society to protect the individual rights of members of minorities against the tyranny of the masses.  While homosexuality may be abhorrent, disgusting and vile to many, if not most, it is not a crime, in that it causes no demonstrable loss or harm through force or fraud.
Many, if not most of my conservative contemporaries are dead set against any governmental action or inaction that might be construed as support for homosexuality.  Many of these people doth protest too much, I think.  MLK's niece, Alveda King, of whom I am a fan, equates gay marriage with genocide.  Jason Lewis proclaims that gay marriage will lead to people marrying their cats.  My libertarian hero, Neal Boortz says that homosexuals presently enjoy the same right to marry as heterosexuals.  Gay marriage could, I suppose, lead to humanity's genocide, if everyone practiced homosexuality, thus preventing the procreation of the species.  Nothing can ever lead to marrying cats, or any other animal, as animals don't have the reason and rationality to enter into contracts.  And while it is true, as Boortz points out, that homosexuals have the same ability as heterosexuals to marry a person of the other gender, the difference is that they, the homosexuals don't have the ability to marry one of the gender they prefer as a sexual partner.
It all comes down to sex, sex, sex, sex, sex.  There is always going to be a per centage of any population, generally a small per centage, wherein the men would rather put their penises into another man's rectum than in a woman's vagina, and the women would rather perform cunnilingus than fellatio.  As abhorrent and abnormal as the majority may find these practices, it's none of our damned business, as public policy, as long as they don't do it in the public square, so to speak, or use force or fraud to achieve those wants and wishes.  For all of the rhymes and reasons to support or oppose this amendment, the most basic tenet to be considered is that we all are supposed to enjoy equal protection under the law to do any and every 'thing' we wish, so long as that 'thing' does not cause demonstrable loss or harm to another through force or fraud.  I don't see homosexual marriage, or bigamous or polygamous marriage between consenting parties causing me, or anybody else demonstrable loss or harm.  As marriage is nothing more than a state/societal sanctioned religious rite, and as some established religions are okay with homosexual marriage, this amendment could be interpreted as religious repression, which is, of course, prohibited by the federal constitution's first amendment and NC's constitution's article one, section thirteen.
In the final analysis, let the homo's enjoy the same right to marry whom they choose, as the hetero's do.  Constitutional amendments are largely a messy and unnecessary practice, especially in a state which has the history of rewriting its constitution every hundred years or so, anyway.

                 

Mitt's Won the Nomination. Can He Win the Election?

It seems to be accepted that Mitt Romney is going to be the Repulsican nominee, which he should have been in '08.  If he had been, I think that he would have handily beaten the Bolshevik buffoon who easily defeated the hapless John McCain't make up his mind if he's conservative or liberal.  In a race between two relative unknowns, Romney would have come out on top, with presentation and style equivalent to or better than Obama's and policies and principles far superior to Baracka's.  And he would have eliminated all of the votes Barry got from people voting for him based solely on his epidermal pigmentation, by choosing as his Vice-Presidential running mate, the man I wrote in for Veep, Herman Cain.
Now, four years later, with Barry as an incumbent, with that bully pulpit and a billion dollars to spend on negative campaigning, Mitt is not going to have an easy task in ridding our Republic of this Marxist menace.  He can't do it alone, on his own for several reasons.  He's not going to be able to out-negative Obama, because Obama is just too good at it, as he's proven time and again throughout his pusillanimous political career.  Romney is good at it, as he probably proved by believably being responsible for the finding and financing of that lying Atlanta harlot, Ginger White.  But he, or maybe nobody, is as good at it as Obama.  He's not going to be able to win the trust of the true conservative faction on his own.  And he doesn't have the chutzpah to stand up and state the basic, brazen facts that Barry is a lying, cheating, thieving, conniving communist committed to converting America away from constitutional capitalism.
There is one way Romney can triumph in all three of those instances.  He has to constantly and consistently campaign with a message of positive reinforcement of what he and his administration will do to undo all of the damage that Obama has managed to dump on America in just one term, on top of a century of enroaching liberal lunacy. The next two obstacles can be overcome by going ahead and announcing the people he will pick to help him run the country in such a way that will return us to constitutional conservatism and perpetual prosperity and who will call out Obama and his cohorts on their failed policies and practices. 
Here are the men and women Romney needs to name as his administration, so that they can go head to head and toe to toe, campaigning against and debating with the fools working with and for Obama.
Vice-President.  Marco Rubio, Marco Rubio, Marco Rubio.  That's the name I keep hearing as the person to pick to be one heartbeat away from the Presidency.  Rubio is so thought to be what is needed to capture more Hispanic votes and more Florida votes.  I have a better idea for that, which I'll get to in a bit.  But is political expediency the poor, pitiful and primary purpose for picking people to run the Republic?   I, as I believe many Americans are, am sick to death of first term senators rising to such heights of import.  It is the primary purpose of the Vice-President to run the Senate.  An elevated freshman senator is not the person for that job.  The person for that job is a three termer who is the second ranking Repulsican in the Senate and rated by National Journal as the fourth most conservative Senator.  He is not seeking reelection this year, which he would surely win.  He has said that the only office in which he would have an interest is that of Vice-President.  That man is the good Arizona Senator, Jon Kyl.
   
Secretary of State.  Hands down, no doubt about it, fourth in line to the Presidency should go to Newt Gingrich.  With his doctoral understanding and knowledge of history, and his outstanding oratorial abilities, he's a natural for the job.  And in any head to head debate with the current Secretary, he'd handle her as he did her doofus/rapist husband in the 90's.

Secretary of the Treasury.  To expose Tim Geitner as the tax cheating idiot that he is, and to implement sound fiscal policy, there is not another American better suited for this posting than columnist/commentator and Economics Professor Emeritus, Walter Williams.

Secretary of Defense.  I thought of four star general David Petreus, but we might be better off leaving him to run the CIA.  I therefore nominate four star admiral William McRaven, commander of the Navy Seals.

Attorney General.  ANYbody would be better than the race pimp we have now.  But to confront the likes of Eric Holder, we need another Negroid American, but one with a sense of pride in professionalism and responsibility to duty.  For style, I'd go with Michelle Bernard.  For substance, I'd go with Stephen Carter.

   
As eighth in line to the Presidency, I would want Sarah Palin as the last Secretary of the Interior.  Her primary directive would be to reorganize the cabinet department into The Domestic Affairs Division within the State Department, on equal hierarchical status with the Foreign Service.

Secretary of Agriculture.  I pick my own state's Agriculture Secretary and real life farmer/agri-businessman and president elect of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture, Steve Troxler.  Much like Palin, he would be given the directive to downsize that departmental bureaucracy into a division of the Commerce Department.














To be the most powerful and influential Secretary of Commerce since Herbert Hoover was the third man to hold the office about ninety years ago, I pick Herman Cain to oversee the massive reorganization and downsizing of present cabinet level departments of Agriculture, Labor, HUD, and Energy into divisions of the Commerce Department.  Politicians from Rick Perry to Obama have said that Commerce is a department that needs to be eliminated.  But as commerce is one of the few areas of endeavor that the Constitution grants to the government, it is a department that needs to be kept, but in a way that doesn't go beyond its Constitutional mandate.  Herman has the real world experience and expertise to oversee such a massive undertaking and in the final analysis, after governmental reorganization, he would be eighth in line to the Presidency, though he should be President and Romney should have this position.

Secretary of Labor.  Since he's such a supporter of big labor in his home state, while purporting to be a conservative, let Rick Santorum be that department's last cabinet level executive.

Secretary Of Health and Human Services.  With the fiscal sense to know that this department is perhaps the most behemoth within the total bureaucracy, Dr. Ron Paul would be the best pick to reorganize this department, as its last Secretary, into the the new Department of Science and Medicine, over which he'll preside as the first cabinet level Surgeon General of the United States, overseeing functions that matter and eliminating ones that the government has no business performing.

Secretary of HUD.  Would be a good one for Pawlenty.

As the Constitution mandates the government to establish and maintain post roads, we need a Department of Transportation.  And it needs to be a 21st century organization that even the brillliant Ben Franklin could not envision when he was basically our first Secretary of Transportation when he was our first Postmaster General.  I have found three capable and conscientious women to take over from dumb ass Ray LaHood.  Six term West Virginia Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito serves on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and its Subcommittees on Highways and Transit and Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials.  With no real experience or expertise in transportation, long time Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen would be a good pick to shore up Hispanic and Florida votes, if that's all we want from our political appointees.  And I like both of these women's libertarian positions on social morality issues.  Perhaps the best pick would be Oklahoma governor, Mary Fallin, who also served on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure during her two terms in Congress, which would allow the other two to keep their important voices voting on Capitol Hill..

  Reps. Capito and Ros Gov. Fallin

Secretary of Energy.  This is another cabinet appointment with the historical significance of being the last one.  When I discovered this fellow, my reaction was to figure him as Secretary of Transportation.  But it turns out that the Texas Railroad Commission has much of nothing to do with trains or other means of travel and transport, but with oil and natural gas.  Michael Williams is a tenured member of that board, serving as Chairman twice during that period.  He recently resigned from the Commission to seek one of Texas' new Congressional seats.  Even though he is a highly popular politician in Texas,  Williams faces party competition in the May 29th primary.  With experience and expertise in energy matters, including serving on an advisory board to the Department of Energy, Williams might better serve his Arlington area potential constituents and the nation as part of Romney's cabinet.

Secretary of Education.  The department everyone's been promising to eliminate for decades.  I believe that Charles Butler, of The New Coalition for Economic and Social Change could be the man to shut it down.  Being from Chicago, he could be a real reverse reflection to Obama's  Chicago style.  As a caveat to eliminating this ridiculous bureaucratic behemoth, all departmental employees will never be allowed to accept any governmental employment, other than classroom teacher.

Secretary of Veterans Affairs.  A very, very important function of our government, but hardly needs a separate cabinet level bureaucracy.  Like our newest cabinet level department, DHS, it needs to be incorporated into the Defense Department.  As its next and last Secretary, I nominate Lt. Gen. Patricia Horoho, RN, the first woman and first non-physician to serve as Army Surgeon General.  

As our last Secretary of Homeland Security which has always been a bureaucratic boondoggle, I pick Tom del Becarro, of the Conservative Hispanic Society and Chairman of the California Repulsican Party.  He achieved that post despite the bachelor's penchant for the ladies, appropriately and otherwise.  As a primary function of DHS is border control and del Becarro is a strong advocate for border security and a supporter of legal immigration, he'd be a great choice, for practical and political reasons. 

I thought of Sheriff Joe Arpaio, but OMG, he turns 80 on Flag Day this year.  He is a national hero and should be a federal figure, perhaps as the Commisioner of Customs and Border Protection.  That position is presently vacant, with Deputy Commisioner David Aguilar, an Obama administration appointee, serving as acting Commissioner.  Let him stay on as the Sheriff's lieutenant.
            
As for other cabinet level appointees...White House Chief of Staff.  Romney, minch up and be the first President since Kennedy to serve as your own COS.  Did 24  teach us nothing?  It's always the Chief of Staff who mucks things up.
Administrator of the EPA...Ivar Giaver, Nobel scientist who recognizes and proclaims the truth about global warming.  He is about as old as dirt, but we do have older denizens on Capitol Hill.  If he doesn't live that long, I'd say Dr. Roy Spencer, Principal Research Scientist at University of Alabama-Huntsville.
 
    Prof. Giaver
Director of OMB.  Gone.  That's what the President, Vice-President, the Secretary of Treasury and Treasurer of the U.S.  are supposed to do.
U.S. Trade Representative.  Gone.  That's what the Secretaries of State and Commerce do. 
U.N. Ambassador.  How about John Bolton, if he'd want it.  If he didn't, throw a bone to Jon Huntsman and appoint Bolton as Solicitor General.
 
Council of Economic Advisers.  Again, that's what the Prez, the Veep and the Secretaries of Treasury and Commerce are supposed to be doing for their six figure salaries and lifetime security.
Secretary of SBA.  No longer cabinet level pay grade.  But I would advance the name of Elaine Chao, for her background in family business, government and non-profit, not to mention her ethnicity.

Other positions of import...make Rudy Giuliani The U.S. Attorney.


Press Secretary..J.C. Watts

As part of this new government, I would like to see MLK's niece, Alveda King nominated and selected to be Chaplain of one of the chambers of Congress, if either post is vacant or make her a part of the U.S. Federal Chaplain Service, as long as she'll quit proclaining gay marriage to be genocide.

And we've got some old timers sitting on the Supreme bench.  Romney will need to nominate good replacements, if vacancies do occur, like Dale Wainwright of the Texas Supreme Court and Janice Rogers Brown, Federal Appeals Court Judge. 

Now that's an Administration and a Judiciary with experience and expertise that should be able to accomplish the work of America, especially if Tea Party conservatives can take more House seats and make Michele Bachmann Speaker of the House and second in line to the Presidency, in place of the current RINO Repulsican John Boehner. 
And to really make it work, Republicans and Repulsicans need to regain a Senate majority.  That would have put RINO Richard Lugar third in line to the Presidency, if his Tea Party challenger Richard Mourdock hadn't handed him his backside in the May 8th primary.  Now, Orrin Hatch of Utah, who is also facing a Tea Party challenge, would be the senior Senate Repulsican if he manages to turn back that challenge and win his seventh term.  If Hatch also loses his seat, Thad Cochran of Mississippi would become the  Senate President Pro Tem
   Sen. Hatch   Sen. Cochran
Not only would this be a government of direction and determination, it would be a government of diversity, based on individual merit and principle, rather than on diversity for diversity's sake.  We can only sincerely hope for real change.