High Ground Underground

The Final Stretch & Hopeful Polls We're now 30 days out from the election, so as close as it is, now's the time to get your second wind and give it all you've got to the finish line.  I just dug deeper than I imagined (after already shelling out for the convention) to donate (not only to Romney's campaign, but the Nat'l Republ. Senatorial Comm., CA Republ. Party & Craig Huey) -- I figure also a wise investment in the defense industry I'm employed by, as well as our nation's (incl. Social Security?) solvency, etc.  I attended a debate watching party Wed., will fast & attend a rally tomorrow, and plan to join a deployment to Las Vegas the last weekend of the month.  I'm composing a letter to the editor, blogging, praying, got an inflatable elephant to hold yard signs, wearing T-shirts, etc.  I for one don't want to have future generations ask why we didn't do more to stop the decline when we could.  This is our "gre...

Romney, Perry & the Tea Party Romney's front-runner days now may be over (at least for a while), with Perry taking the lead as soon as he entered the race, and before anyone knew much about him. I think another big factor (though fewer now admit it) is religion. Perry's another good-‘ol-boy Huckabee. It has awakened some fire in Romney, at least -- he's pointed out Perry's (& others') career politician status, and his own business experience. We'll see how the debates and campaigns go -- it could be a repeat of 2008, but I'll do what I can. My sister saved a good cartoon which I found online: While the above pokes a little fun at some Tea Partiers (& Mormons), don’t get me wrong. I may not agree with everything the more extreme Tea Partyers advocate (it’s not a monolithic movement), or their sometimes intransigent or hasty approach (although at least they're peaceful and orderly, unlike the union & Leftist thugs, and sometimes lib...