Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Monday, October 27, 2008
Election Time! "If you don't like Willie Nelson, you got to go to prison."
Cross Canadian Ragweed
President Song
Oh if I were president, I'd make you understandNo more questions no more lies,I will tell you the truth looking in your eyesIf I were president.
Well first and for most son Jesus Christ is the only one,You’re going to talk to when your day begins.I'm going to pass a law that says everyday you got to get down on your knees and pray, Thank the man for dying for you sins.
Chorus:If I were president, I would make you understand Jesus is the man he's the reason that we stand, if I were president
We're gonna put the word out on the streets no more Washington, DC,I'm gonna make this country big and strong.No more paying of your taxes
The capital is Pampa, Texas, that's the only place a house that big belongs.
Chorus:If I were president, the blue-collar man won't get the shaft.
Nobody's gonna laugh when Jerry Jeff is my chief of staff,If I were president.
Well, Iraqi boys you must be nuts,You’re digging yourself deeper in a rut.I got a way to end your problems soon.We'll bring home every one of our boys And pull out our biggest badest toy And blow you crazy !@$%@^%$ to the moon.
Chorus:If I were president, nobody's going to push us around.If they threaten us or put us down we'll burn there county to the ground.If I were president.
Well, I got one for you Sadaam HusseinWe’ll resurrect General John Wayne,Put together a very simple plan.We’ll put down our nukes put down our guns And you and the duke will be one on one And he'll kick your a$$ as if you were a man.
Chorus:If I were president,If I were president.If you don't like Willie Nelson, you got to go to prison.If I were president.So cash your vote and make it meAnd if I win the beer is free if I were president
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
How did this happen?
I am looking for any and all medical opinions. Even from the mystery political commentator on Hillenblog.
I woke up Tuesday morning and could hardly walk on my right foot. There is a shooting pain in and below the bone in my arch and it is radiating up the back of my calf. I can put some weight on it ( probably more weight if my weight loss plan had worked), I can't stand on it alone, walking is extremely painful and Jackson says that I go up the stairs like a baby. There is a little swelling and the area is red.
Here is my weekend.
Saturday- Hiked 7 miles and went caving. Felt fine
Sunday- Church and played water volleyball. Felt fin
Monday- Played washers and ate. Felt fine
Tuesday- Woke up and felt like someone ran over my foot.
Wednesday- Same as Tuesday
What do you think?
If it still hurts on Thursday I am going to the doctor. So whoever guesses the correct diagnosis will get a prize.
CT
I woke up Tuesday morning and could hardly walk on my right foot. There is a shooting pain in and below the bone in my arch and it is radiating up the back of my calf. I can put some weight on it ( probably more weight if my weight loss plan had worked), I can't stand on it alone, walking is extremely painful and Jackson says that I go up the stairs like a baby. There is a little swelling and the area is red.
Here is my weekend.
Saturday- Hiked 7 miles and went caving. Felt fine
Sunday- Church and played water volleyball. Felt fin
Monday- Played washers and ate. Felt fine
Tuesday- Woke up and felt like someone ran over my foot.
Wednesday- Same as Tuesday
What do you think?
If it still hurts on Thursday I am going to the doctor. So whoever guesses the correct diagnosis will get a prize.
CT
Friday, August 15, 2008
15 day and 49 minutes
until the official start of college football season...that is the first Sooner game. It has felt like college football outside. The air is getting cooler and people have a spring in their step.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
A letter from Sarah Steelman
Attached is a recent letter from Sarah Steelman to her supporters.
On this last Sunday before the election I wanted to take a minute to discuss some of the values issues that are so important to me, and so important to many of you. I was prompted to write by a comment at a stop on the tour from a gentleman who said just remember who is in charge and pointed up. And I told him that whatever we do here whether in our jobs or for our families or in our lives it should be based on those things eternal because that is what is lasting.The Bible says in Hebrews 11:1, “Now FAITH is the substance of things HOPED for, the evidence of things unseen.” Our founding fathers had tremendous faith and they relied on God to guide them through the birth of our nation. They had a vision of this great country of ours. They believed that as long as we restricted the power of government allowing people to be free to pursue their hearts and their dreams that this nation would flourish.As you all know, Ronald Reagan, inspired me as he did many of you. I am reminded of his description of American in his State of Union speech in 1988:“Well, these ideas were part of a larger notion - a vision, if you will, of America herself - an America not only rich in opportunity for the individual but an America, too, of strong families and vibrant neighborhoods, an America whose divergent but harmonizing communities were a reflection of a deeper community of values - the value of work, of family, of religion - and of the love of freedom that God places in each of us and whose defense He has entrusted in a special way to this nation.All of this was made possible by an idea I spoke of when Mr. Gorbachev was here - the belief that the most exciting revolution ever known to humankind began with three simple words: “We the People” - the revolutionary notion that the people grant government its rights, and not the other way around.”That is the kind of America I believe in - where the power is in the hands of the people.The choices our leaders make matter because it reflects our values as a people. As a Christian, I believe that God gives each and everyone of us life and a purpose. That is why we must protect and respect life from the unborn to the sick and elderly. Every single life, in God's eyes has infinite value. Family is the cornerstone of our society and it starts with honoring marriage. That's why I wrote the amendment to our constitution defining marriage between one man and one woman. And it's why I will always fight for smaller government, so that the real power rests where it should, with you and your family.But most importantly, we fight for the reasons our founders fought. For our God-given rights to life, to liberty, and to pursue those destinies that He places in all of our hearts. We fight so that this beautiful state and nation we love, under God, will stand strong -- so that our children and our children's' children may know even greater blessings than we have known. So that they can be all God creates them to be. Those things are eternal.And finally, God asks us to put others first, to love your neighbor as yourself, to walk the extra mile, to do more than what is expected. As a believer, that is what is asked of us, and that is what I will always strive for no matter what job I do.Tonight I want to thank you for your support and humbly ask for your prayers for my family. Tomorrow we put in our final day of campaigning before Tuesday's primary. Thank you for your support and your willingness to fight for the principles of conservatism and the values we hold dear.
On this last Sunday before the election I wanted to take a minute to discuss some of the values issues that are so important to me, and so important to many of you. I was prompted to write by a comment at a stop on the tour from a gentleman who said just remember who is in charge and pointed up. And I told him that whatever we do here whether in our jobs or for our families or in our lives it should be based on those things eternal because that is what is lasting.The Bible says in Hebrews 11:1, “Now FAITH is the substance of things HOPED for, the evidence of things unseen.” Our founding fathers had tremendous faith and they relied on God to guide them through the birth of our nation. They had a vision of this great country of ours. They believed that as long as we restricted the power of government allowing people to be free to pursue their hearts and their dreams that this nation would flourish.As you all know, Ronald Reagan, inspired me as he did many of you. I am reminded of his description of American in his State of Union speech in 1988:“Well, these ideas were part of a larger notion - a vision, if you will, of America herself - an America not only rich in opportunity for the individual but an America, too, of strong families and vibrant neighborhoods, an America whose divergent but harmonizing communities were a reflection of a deeper community of values - the value of work, of family, of religion - and of the love of freedom that God places in each of us and whose defense He has entrusted in a special way to this nation.All of this was made possible by an idea I spoke of when Mr. Gorbachev was here - the belief that the most exciting revolution ever known to humankind began with three simple words: “We the People” - the revolutionary notion that the people grant government its rights, and not the other way around.”That is the kind of America I believe in - where the power is in the hands of the people.The choices our leaders make matter because it reflects our values as a people. As a Christian, I believe that God gives each and everyone of us life and a purpose. That is why we must protect and respect life from the unborn to the sick and elderly. Every single life, in God's eyes has infinite value. Family is the cornerstone of our society and it starts with honoring marriage. That's why I wrote the amendment to our constitution defining marriage between one man and one woman. And it's why I will always fight for smaller government, so that the real power rests where it should, with you and your family.But most importantly, we fight for the reasons our founders fought. For our God-given rights to life, to liberty, and to pursue those destinies that He places in all of our hearts. We fight so that this beautiful state and nation we love, under God, will stand strong -- so that our children and our children's' children may know even greater blessings than we have known. So that they can be all God creates them to be. Those things are eternal.And finally, God asks us to put others first, to love your neighbor as yourself, to walk the extra mile, to do more than what is expected. As a believer, that is what is asked of us, and that is what I will always strive for no matter what job I do.Tonight I want to thank you for your support and humbly ask for your prayers for my family. Tomorrow we put in our final day of campaigning before Tuesday's primary. Thank you for your support and your willingness to fight for the principles of conservatism and the values we hold dear.
Monday, August 4, 2008
Vote!
Educate yourself on the candidates and get out and vote. Don't take my word for it and don't let the existing political powers that be do so. If you have questions on why you should vote for Sarah Steelman for Governor of the great state of Missouri feel free to call me.
If you want to take a step to reform the GOP in your state please vote for Sarah Steelman.
CT
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Update
Still holding at 20lbs. Have yet to buy running shoes or run. I ran out of Cheez-Its on Friday so that problem is fixed for now. I did make short work out of that pan of lemon bars. On a positive note I have more than doubled my intake of water. On a negative note I have more than doubled my trips to the head.
CT
CT
Saturday, July 26, 2008
For Lotz
Check out this album. http://www.lonestarmusic.com/album.asp?aid=1430
Ol' Milwaukee's Best-Adam Carroll is one heck of a song. There is not a bad song on there.
Cross Canadian Ragweed
If you are not familiar with them take a lookhttp://http://www.crosscanadianragweed.com/. They were playing tonight in Oklahoma at Bordertown. I would have liked to have gone but it would not work out. So I would like you all to brush up on your Cross Canadian Ragweed and lets go see them here http://www.ccrreddirtroundup.com/ or maybe in Hays, Kansas.
Friday, July 25, 2008
20lbs
20lbs....
That is what is I would like to shed. Starting today I am at 20lbs. My plan is to run daily, cut out Cheez-Its, limit myself to water and coffee, and build a sweat lodge in my backyard.
Stay tuned for updates on my progress.
That is what is I would like to shed. Starting today I am at 20lbs. My plan is to run daily, cut out Cheez-Its, limit myself to water and coffee, and build a sweat lodge in my backyard.
Stay tuned for updates on my progress.
CT
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Debate
If you missed last nights debate you can catch it on KY3 http://www.ky3.com/news/local/25834409.html. I give the edge in the debate to Sarah Steelman. Watch it and make up your own mind.
CT
CT
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
John C H Gabill
Lately I have been very interested in 1880's photography. In particular the work of John C. H. Grabill. He is the king of the cowboy photographers. If you get a chance to take a look at his collection on the LOC site I would recommend it. If not I am attaching some of his work to my blog.
CT
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Election Time
First off I am not telling you who to vote for in the upcoming gubernatorial primary. Ok I may be a little. Below is a good article on the pony that I have picked.
Kimberly Strassel, writing on editorial page for the Wall Street Journal:
GOP Reformers Face a Tough FightJuly 18, 2008; Page A11
The 11th commandment of politics is that elected officials shall not take sides in their party primaries. Then again, Missouri Republicans are burdened with so many sins, what's one more?
For an insight as to why the GOP is down and out in Washington, take a look at Jefferson City. That's where Sarah Steelman, the state treasurer, is running in an Aug. 5 primary for the Missouri governorship. And it's where her reform campaign against earmarks and self-dealing is threatening the entrenched status quo, causing her own party to rise against her.
So bitter are House Minority Whip Roy Blunt and Sen. Kit Bond at Ms. Steelman's attack on their cherished spending beliefs that last month they rallied the entire Missouri congressional delegation to put out a public statement openly criticizing her campaign against six-term U.S. Rep. Kenny Hulshof. Joining them in their support of Mr. Hulshof has been the vast majority of the state Republican machine. Ms. Steelman is clearly doing something right.
AP
Missouri State Treasurer Sarah Steelman
Her sin is in fact to belong to that new mold of Republican – Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, Sens. Tom Coburn and Jim DeMint – who know it's no longer enough to simply hawk lower taxes. In 10 years as a state legislator and treasurer, her target has been the slothful political favor factory that's led Republicans away from small-government principles and outraged conservative voters.
And, oh, the howls of misery. Ms. Steelman's Republican colleagues were livid with her attempt to strip them of comfy pensions, annoyed with her "sunshine law" requiring them to be more open in their dealings, furious at her attacks on their ethanol boondoggles, appalled that she criticized GOP state Speaker Rod Jetton for moonlighting as a paid political consultant. The final straw was her temerity to make her primary race about her opponent's Washington earmarking record.
For Mr. Blunt, this is also just a wee bit personal. His son, Matt, is the outgoing governor, and has been on the receiving end of a few Treasurer Steelman blasts. Last year she stopped payment on a $70,000 secret check his administration cut to settle a sexual harassment suit against an official. Her demand for transparency blew the case into the open, infuriating GOP colleagues.
There was also Ms. Steelman's attempted cleanup of an ethanol program. The treasurer announced her office would no longer provide below-market interest rates for ethanol plants that counted state officials or their relatives among investors.
Among companies barred was Show Me Ethanol, whose shareholders included Mr. Blunt's son Andy – one of the state's top lobbyists – as well as Republican state Rep. John Quinn and his wife, not to mention the wife of Republican U.S. Rep. Sam Graves. Instead of thanking Ms. Steelman for ridding it of this conflict, in May the Missouri state senate voted to overturn her policy. It did so with a head-count vote, so as to avoid a written record.
Undaunted, Ms. Steelman has made ethics reform the centerpiece of her campaign. Mr. Hulshof has been able to tout his own history as an ethics reformer, though the fervor with which his party's regulars have embraced him has undercut that message. His real weakness is that despite conservative credentials on taxes or social issues, he's run wild with the GOP crowd that just won't relinquish the pork. Which is of course why Mr. Blunt (who pioneered House earmarks) and Mr. Bond (who sits at earmark central, the Senate appropriations committee) love him.
Ms. Steelman's ads have noted Mr. Hulshof's support for the Alaskan Bridge to Nowhere, the Maine Lobster Institute, the Perfect Christmas Tree exhibit and the Woodstock concert hall. Their first debate last week centered on Mr. Hulshof's spending record. In an interview with a local reporter, he felt so cornered that he asked the interviewer what earmarks have "to do" with being "governor" anyway.
Mr. Hulshof's congressional protectors have proved equally amusing. In their statement, Messrs. Blunt, Bond and Graves, as well as Reps. Jo Ann Emerson and Todd Akin, told the public it was perfectly OK Mr. Hulshof had voted for earmarks – because they'd voted for them too!
Ms. Steelman has her own weaknesses – among them ties to the trial bar – which Mr. Hulshof is highlighting. He's also neatly spun his establishment ties into a formidable campaign war chest. Despite this, polls show he retains only a modest lead, and 30% of likely Republican voters have yet to decide. The winner faces Democratic Attorney General Jay Nixon, who currently beats both in polls.
If Ms. Steelman's bid shows anything, it's how determined a wandering Republican Party, both nationally and locally, is to hold on to the bad habits that lost them their reputation. Beware to the reformer.
Write to mailto:%20kim@wsj.com
Kimberly Strassel, writing on editorial page for the Wall Street Journal:
GOP Reformers Face a Tough FightJuly 18, 2008; Page A11
The 11th commandment of politics is that elected officials shall not take sides in their party primaries. Then again, Missouri Republicans are burdened with so many sins, what's one more?
For an insight as to why the GOP is down and out in Washington, take a look at Jefferson City. That's where Sarah Steelman, the state treasurer, is running in an Aug. 5 primary for the Missouri governorship. And it's where her reform campaign against earmarks and self-dealing is threatening the entrenched status quo, causing her own party to rise against her.
So bitter are House Minority Whip Roy Blunt and Sen. Kit Bond at Ms. Steelman's attack on their cherished spending beliefs that last month they rallied the entire Missouri congressional delegation to put out a public statement openly criticizing her campaign against six-term U.S. Rep. Kenny Hulshof. Joining them in their support of Mr. Hulshof has been the vast majority of the state Republican machine. Ms. Steelman is clearly doing something right.
AP
Missouri State Treasurer Sarah Steelman
Her sin is in fact to belong to that new mold of Republican – Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, Sens. Tom Coburn and Jim DeMint – who know it's no longer enough to simply hawk lower taxes. In 10 years as a state legislator and treasurer, her target has been the slothful political favor factory that's led Republicans away from small-government principles and outraged conservative voters.
And, oh, the howls of misery. Ms. Steelman's Republican colleagues were livid with her attempt to strip them of comfy pensions, annoyed with her "sunshine law" requiring them to be more open in their dealings, furious at her attacks on their ethanol boondoggles, appalled that she criticized GOP state Speaker Rod Jetton for moonlighting as a paid political consultant. The final straw was her temerity to make her primary race about her opponent's Washington earmarking record.
For Mr. Blunt, this is also just a wee bit personal. His son, Matt, is the outgoing governor, and has been on the receiving end of a few Treasurer Steelman blasts. Last year she stopped payment on a $70,000 secret check his administration cut to settle a sexual harassment suit against an official. Her demand for transparency blew the case into the open, infuriating GOP colleagues.
There was also Ms. Steelman's attempted cleanup of an ethanol program. The treasurer announced her office would no longer provide below-market interest rates for ethanol plants that counted state officials or their relatives among investors.
Among companies barred was Show Me Ethanol, whose shareholders included Mr. Blunt's son Andy – one of the state's top lobbyists – as well as Republican state Rep. John Quinn and his wife, not to mention the wife of Republican U.S. Rep. Sam Graves. Instead of thanking Ms. Steelman for ridding it of this conflict, in May the Missouri state senate voted to overturn her policy. It did so with a head-count vote, so as to avoid a written record.
Undaunted, Ms. Steelman has made ethics reform the centerpiece of her campaign. Mr. Hulshof has been able to tout his own history as an ethics reformer, though the fervor with which his party's regulars have embraced him has undercut that message. His real weakness is that despite conservative credentials on taxes or social issues, he's run wild with the GOP crowd that just won't relinquish the pork. Which is of course why Mr. Blunt (who pioneered House earmarks) and Mr. Bond (who sits at earmark central, the Senate appropriations committee) love him.
Ms. Steelman's ads have noted Mr. Hulshof's support for the Alaskan Bridge to Nowhere, the Maine Lobster Institute, the Perfect Christmas Tree exhibit and the Woodstock concert hall. Their first debate last week centered on Mr. Hulshof's spending record. In an interview with a local reporter, he felt so cornered that he asked the interviewer what earmarks have "to do" with being "governor" anyway.
Mr. Hulshof's congressional protectors have proved equally amusing. In their statement, Messrs. Blunt, Bond and Graves, as well as Reps. Jo Ann Emerson and Todd Akin, told the public it was perfectly OK Mr. Hulshof had voted for earmarks – because they'd voted for them too!
Ms. Steelman has her own weaknesses – among them ties to the trial bar – which Mr. Hulshof is highlighting. He's also neatly spun his establishment ties into a formidable campaign war chest. Despite this, polls show he retains only a modest lead, and 30% of likely Republican voters have yet to decide. The winner faces Democratic Attorney General Jay Nixon, who currently beats both in polls.
If Ms. Steelman's bid shows anything, it's how determined a wandering Republican Party, both nationally and locally, is to hold on to the bad habits that lost them their reputation. Beware to the reformer.
Write to mailto:%20kim@wsj.com
Here I Go Again On My Own.
So I have decided to give the blog another go. I have a few things in the pot that are ready to go. So hang on for a few back to back posts. If by chance anyone is reading this I will give you some time to digest the first before moving on to the next.
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