Conservative Musings

Now Republican Governors At The Pork Troff

I was glad to see the Republicans in the House vote 100% against the so called stimulus bill.  In spite of that solidarity, Republican governors are now seeking the money that bill would provide.

Get a grip, governors.  Consider what your fellow Republicans are attempting in DC.  Sure, the money this bill will provide would sure help your all's bottom lines.  But it's the private sector's economy that's in the tank right now.  Filling the public sector's coffers is going to do little to help the total economy.

What we really need is more money in the private sector's hands.  As in you and me.  And those rich guys that provide jobs with their invested riches.  A cut in taxes would be a good start in that direction.

President Obama ran on a platform of trickle up economics.  This public sector hand out comes closer to a trickle down mentality.  Spend at the top, and hope it floats down. 

Not gonna work near as well as they think it will.  If at all.

-Colonel Steve

Which Storm Was Worse?

John Belski, meteorologist at WAVE TV, has asked on his blog which storm was worse: the 1994 15.9 inch record breaking snowstorm, or the recent icestorm?

In 1994 after the big snowstorm, the mayor and county judge were in our studios for a news conference. We were talking to each ahead of time and they mentioned to me that it couldn't get any worse and I said it could be... the 16 inches of snow could have been an ice storm and we would have had the city with no power and extreme cold. In 2009 it is cold but not as cold as 1994 but we have no power in many areas due to the ice.

For those of you who remember the 1994 storm when the city was shut down for 4 days, no gas, no food, everyone snowed in....which was worse.... 1994 or 2009???

No doubt in my mind that this year's storm is the worst by far.  In 1994, the worst problem we had was trying to get around town for up to a week.  This year, it's transportation problems AND massive power outages.

Note the graphics included with John Belski's blog post.  We have areas outside of Paducah and Murray where whole counties are totally, 100% without power.  We also have the area around Owensboro, Madisonville, Henderson, and Central City where it may be 3 weeks before power is restored.

The 1994 storm has nothing to compare to this.

-Colonel Steve

This site may harm your computer

So says Google today.  For EVERY website found on a search.  Even if you search for Google themselves.

At least they are not discriminating.

Update:  At least they fixed it quickly.  Gone bad, then good in a matter of 5-10 minutes.  Very good on the fix, guys!

-Colonel Steve

Snowstorm & Power Outage

We're some of the lucky ones around Louisville, since our power was only out from 2-230am this morning.  That said, our household has grown from it's normal 2 to now 9 of us under 1 roof.  We've got some family members without power who've moved in with us.

Suffice to say, the next 7 to 10 days may just be rather crazy.  That's how long power may be out, according to LG&E.

Good luck, everyone.  And hopefully, I might find some time to blog.  But if not, you'll know I'll sure be busy!

-Colonel Steve

42 Years Ago Today

In what was to be the first test of the Apollo/Saturn configuration that eventually took men to the moon, three astronauts died on the launch pad. 

Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee were in the command module of the Apollo/Saturn 204 (AS-204) mission (later named Apollo 1) at Cape Canaveral's Launch Complex 34.  During a test and training exercise, a voltage surge was detected on board, followed by communication from the command module that there was a fire aboard.  The fire spread within seconds, killing all 3 men aboard.

This led to an almost 2 year delay in the Apollo program.  During this time, many changes were made to the Apollo systems that would later take Neil Armstrong to the moon.

Today, we remember these three men as pioneers in our space program. 

-Colonel Steve

DVR!

Just purchased over the weekend the TiVo HD Digital Video Recorder .  So far, I'm loving it!

I did consider "renting" Insight's DVR, but I've never been one to rent what I could own.  At $15.95 a month, buying the Tivo with a lifetime plan pays for itself in 3 years.

I'm now getting into the Netflix streaming as well.  Nice!

-Colonel Steve

Louisville Metro Becoming Transparent?

Two members of the Louisville Metro Council, Ken Fleming, R-7th District, and Hal Heiner, R-19th District, are sponsoring an ordinance to require the city to build a website showcasing the city's expenses.

Great idea!  In the spirit of President Obama's promise to be transparent, this theoretically oughta pass.  However, our local executive branch leader, mayor-for-life Jerry Abramson, would surely block it.  Somehow I don't think he thinks it would be in his best interest.

-Colonel Steve

Attitudes

Responding to comments about different views on taxes, President Obama responds "I won."  Therefore, only his opinion is what matters.

Responding to concerns about differing views from the opposing party, President Obama comments "You can't just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done."  Therefore, opposing viewpoints should be ignored.

Responses by President Obama in signing executive order canceling abortion funding restrictions: “It is time that we end the politicization of this issue.”  Therefore, the abortion funding should remain forever.

Wow.  Sounds to me like someone with an attitude.  An attitude telling the opposing side to effectively shut up.

Are attitudes about the first amendment going the way of attitudes towards the second amendment?

-Colonel Steve

Murtha Volunteers.....

to take Gitmo prisoners in his district.

I'm am so amazed this guy is still in Congress.  At first glance, I feel sorry for his constituents, maybe taking in these prisoners.  But then again, they did re-elect him.  The embarrassment of this guy still getting headlines like this falls on those who voted him back into office.

-Colonel Steve

Global Warming Not Believed

Rasmussen polls now show more Americans believe global warming is part of a planetary trend, not man-made.  I guess Al Gore's bunch haven't been convincing lately.

-Colonel Steve