I’ll put South Dakota’s colorful Republican former governor and Congressman Bill Janklow, one of my favorite politicians, up against any politician for brash conduct, brains, ability and effectiveness. He knew how government worked and how it could be harnessed in a beneficial way, which should be the main function of any officeholder. He served four years as state attorney general, eight as governor, sat out four years because of term limits, came back for four more years as governor, was reelected again for a fourth term, was term-limited out again, then ran for and won South Dakota’s only House seat. He won easily every time. Known to many as Wild Bill, his 22- year career ended tragically when he ran a stop sign on a rural South Dakota road and hit and killed a motorcyclist, which he never got over, and was convicted of vehicular homicide in 2003. It haunted him to the end, of course. His main flaw was always being in a hurry. He was one who should have always let someone else drive.
As the ArgusLeader.com website says “Bill Janklow: 1939-2012: Larger than life to the end.” Governor Janklow had inoperable brain cancer and died January 12 at age 72. A U.S. Marine for three years, enlisting at age 17 after dropping out of high school, then going through college and law school, he put together an amazing life story and helped many others along the way - you should check him out. Bill Janklow R.I.P.
Only 22 House Republicans bucked their leadership in opposing a debt limit hike last summer. One was Michele Bachmann, points out World Net Daily (WND.com) founder Joseph Farah. Yes, Ron Paul also voted no. Good for Michele and Ron - and the other 20.
Dr. Paul says we are spending $1 trillion more than revenues from all sources and advocates cutting spending to keep up with revenues, a simple solution that seems lost on most of his colleagues. Congressman Paul’s detractors claim this is “extremism.” Does it sound extreme to you? He is different from the Big Government Republicans opposing him and is more in line with what the Republican Party used to stand for. His toll-free Congressional update number is 1-888-322-1414.
“There’s not an ounce of arrogance in Dr. Paul, says writer-activist Jacob Hornberger, who has known him for more than thirty years. Maybe that’s why some arrogant politicians don’t like him.
“War is just one more big government program.”
Joseph Sobran
Which attorney general was worse: Ramsey Clark, Janet Reno or Eric Holder? Amazingly, the public keeps voting for those who appoint these creeps. Anyone remember Ramsey Clark? What a crowd, as Jacob Cohen used to say. Remember Jacob Cohen? He changed his name to Rodney Dangerfield.
Who is the “kindest” member of the U.S. House as voted by Congressional staffers? An annual survey is conducted by Washingtonian magazine. This year’s winner is Congressman Walter Jones (R) of North Carolina. Walter Jones has a libertarian-conservative philosophy, opposed the Iraq War and endorsed Ron Paul for president in 2008. Bob Dole won that award when he served in the House and Senate.
Think of the economic impact and huge job creation we could have by switching cars to run on natural gas produced in the USA and Canada, instead of foolishly shipping oil in from the Middle East, mostly from our enemies, always at exorbitant prices.
The site ANGA.us (America’s Natural Gas Alliance) has the numbers and they are staggering. Check the site for yourself - talk about an underutilized resource.
“The economic benefits of natural gas extend well beyond job creation. Natural gas contributed $385 billion to our nation’s economy in 2008 alone.
If the natural gas community were a state, it would rank 12th in GDP, just behind Virginia and ahead of Michigan, Massachusetts and Washington state in 2008.”
ANGA.us
That’s the economic impact of natural gas compared to state annual average gross domestic product (GDP). Never forget - $385,000,000,000 ($385 billion) is big bucks. One billion is big bucks. It’s still 1,000 X 1,000,000. You could spend $1,000 per day every day for 2,000 years and you would still be well short of one billion dollars, actually $730,000,000 spent. Billion used to be a shock word but not any more.
Bumper sticker of the day: Palin - Bachmann 2012.
That could be a great combination - both smart, nice-looking and hated by liberals. Good for them!
“Mitt Romney won the Iowa Caucus by eight votes. Of course, liberals are claiming the actual winner is Al Gore.”
Jodi Miller on Newsbusters.org
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