Trip to the Lou

Ryan and I went to Saint Louis. He has been begging me to take him for months now and I found an event worthy of his attention. I took him to a WWE pay per view event the Elimination Chamber. He was able to watch his favorite wrestler John Cena wrestle and even win the Elimination Chamber event. Ryan loved it. He was so excitable that he spilt his beer when the fireworks went off. Oh, Ryan was sporting the lastest fashions fresh from the Budweiser gift shop as we took a tour of the facility the day before.

My Way News - Dems, GOP: Summit will not break logjam on health

My Way News - Dems, GOP: Summit will not break logjam on health

But it's unclear whether the House or Senate can muster the votes required by the strategy. As many as 10 Democrats who backed the House version in November - when it passed 220 to 215 - have said they may abandon the revised legislation because it contains somewhat more permissive language on access to abortion in government-sanctioned insurance exchanges.

Obama to spell out new healthcare plan - Yahoo! News

Obama to spell out new healthcare plan - Yahoo! News

Obama plans on using reconciliation to force the unpopular health care program upon an unwitting American public. This is despicable.

Okay, mark it down. Pat is right. There I said it.

November's consequence: A paralyzed government

This is not just a product of November but it will be embolden by November and will drive our nation even deeper into trouble.

I quote Dave Mustain, "If there's a new way, I'll be the first in line"

Where I did Basic Training

Army Investigates Alleged Attempt by Soldiers to Poison Food at Fort Jackson - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News - FOXNews.com

The U.S. Army is investigating allegations that soldiers were attempting to poison the food supply at Fort Jackson in South Carolina.

The ongoing probe began two months ago, Chris Grey, a spokesman for the Army’s Criminal Investigation Division, told Fox News.

The Army is taking the allegations “extremely seriously,” Grey said, but so far, "there is no credible information to support the allegations."

Five suspects, detained in December, were part of an Arabic translation program called "09 Lima" and use Arabic as their first language, two sources told Fox News. Another military source said they were Muslim. It wasn't clear whether they were still being held.

Grey would not confirm or deny the sources’ information.

Evan Bayh will not seek reelection | IndyStar.com | The Indianapolis Star

Evan Bayh will not seek reelection | IndyStar.com | The Indianapolis Star

This is big news, but I like his reason. It is an admission that we have a problem.
“Just last week, a major piece of legislation to create jobs — the public’s top priority — fell apart amid complaints from both the left and right."

Unfortunately the media has chosen to preface this as a matter of partisanship. I see the statement above and recognize his complaint to be about ideology not partisanship. He did not say that Republicans or democrats were responsible he said, "from both the left and the right."

There is an important difference of which the media is ignorant. Here a statesman points out a serious political problem and the media glosses over it as politics-as-usual partisanship. Make no mistake, political parties have existed for decades in the US, they are not the problem. It is rampant, extremist ideologues that are the problem.