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Most news sources are saying that the GOP will retake Congress in 2010 and the White House in 2012, fact.

So Demturds, what will you do when socialized medicine makes it impossible that you win an election ever again? Scared yet Demtards? Oh yes, you are very scared. haha you lose again libstains, and the Tea Party is to thank, fact.


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See your congress hard at work. Ya gotta love cell phone cameras. What would your boss say if he caught you playing solitaire on company time ?

THEY CAN’T READ THE BILLS THEY VOTE ON BUT THEY CAN PLAY SOLITAIRE AND CHECK BALL SCORES!

House Minority Leader Lawrence F. Cafero Jr., R-Norwalk, pictured standing, far right, speaks while colleagues Rep. Barbara Lambert, D-Milford and Rep. Jack F. Hennessy, D-Bridgeport, play solitaire Monday night as the House convened to vote on a new budget. The guy sitting behind Hennessy is checking out the baseball scores.

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Oct
28

EZ Million One Of A Kind

Posted by: Bob Cleveland | Comments (0)

On Saturday, I was saddened to learn of EZ Million’s passing. He passed away due to complications of blood clots and infection. Just recently, he had to

have one leg amputated.

I first met EZ, in 1968-69 at my mom’s house in South OKC. EZ and my brother-in-law were active in the Republican Party and also at that time were always talking about computers. At the time, I actually thought both of them were a little strange.

EZ was one of the first conservatives in Cleveland County. He was a true believer that Congress should follow the Constitution. He preached this long before anyone else had ever thought about using the words “Constitutional Conservative”.

I do not believe we will ever have another EZ Million, he was an excellent statistician, colorful and sometimes controversial. He advocated for the OU/Texas game to be a home and home series and even talked about the amount of money Norman loses each year with the game being in Dallas.

EZ used to call me once or twice a week, asking who is running or who should be running for the Senate or the House in Cleveland County and he would recommend speakers for our luncheon club. He was a major advocate in trying

to get conservatives involved in School Board and City Council races.

I am proud to call EZ Million a friend. We will miss EZ, who without a question, was one of a kind!

Bobby

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Jul
27

Tobacco And Big Government

Posted by: Bob Cleveland | Comments (1)

Tobacco and Big Government

Recently, I took the day off and went to Bokchito to work at our family ranch. As the day progressed, I decided to drive into Bennington and get a burger. While waiting for the burger, I opened the “Durant Democrat” to catch up on the news there and turned to the Opinion page. I soon realized I was reading one of the most liberal newspapers in the state. Wow, does this paper have some left-wing opinions. One opinion that caught my eye was an article concerning Tobacco Controls.

The article begins with, “In a historic move many thought might never occur, Congress overwhelmingly approved unprecedented new legislation that backers say could go far in addressing the scourge of tobacco.”

It goes on and quotes Obama saying it “truly defines change in Washington.” The House approved it by 309-97 and the Senate 79-17. So, again, we had some Republicans going over to help Obama and change.

The bill put the FDA with new powers. Now I do not smoke and detest cigarette smoke. My brother died at the age of 51 of throat cancer as a result of smoking. My sister died of the same at the age of 69. I loved my brother and sister and miss them dearly. I was with my brother the day the doctor told him he had cancer and would not live six months. I will never forget that day.

Both my brother and sister were well aware of the end results of smoking. Every person in America knows the results of cigarette smoking. Obama is not going to change the results. We are getting a lot of change from Obama and his socialist agenda, and none of his ideas are good for America.

First of all, the FDA did not want control of the tobacco industry. Second, we do not need more government control even with products like tobacco. I do not believe you can pick and choose which big government we want. You are either for or against big government. Is Obama going to ban fatty foods next? Some would say, “No, that’s crazy. There are safe levels of cheeseburger consumption, but not tobacco.”

That may be true, but who is to say what Obama will ban next? I just hope all our Republican friends will just say “NO” to Obama!

Remember what Thomas Jefferson said, “A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take away everything you have.”

The government is claiming that lives will be saved by changing the control of cigarettes to the FDA. Yeah, just like the stimulus was going to put people to work, and if we don’t pass this stimulus right now unemployment will reach 10%. I could go on and on.

Big government is big government. Do we really want EVERYTHING to change?

As one bumper sticker says, “I’ll work to keep America. You keep the change.”

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050309_coal_plant_vmed_widecPresident Obama is ready to pursue an aggressive Cap & Trade plan that will cost  energy customers more than originally purposed.  Cap & Trade is a scheme in which the government puts a limit or a cap on carbon dioxide emissions from a plant and charges or penalizes the plant for the overage. 

 Often theses limits are not attainable for older factories.  However, another plant may emit less than its allotted emissions and that factory can sell the difference to higher emitting factories.  In my opinion, cap & trade is a scheme to exhort governmental control and confiscate additional taxes.  All in all driving up the cost of the product produced.  The Washington Post has a good article about the true cost of Obama’s Cap & Trade plan.  Article by Tom LoBianco.

President Obama’s climate plan could cost industry close to $2 trillion, nearly three times the White House’s initial estimate of the so-called “cap-and-trade” legislation, according to Read More→

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