And why is it a happy day you might wonder?  Because now the Republican party (please listen, Senator Cornyn) has the opportunity to spend money wisely and get a good fiscal conservative in that Pennsylvania Senate seat since dear Senator Specter is finally showing his true colors and switching to the Democrat party.  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/28/arlen-specter-switching-p_n_192298.html

Happy days may be to come. . . 

You may have seen this already, but just in case you haven't. . .I'm making it available for all to read easily below or you can read the article at http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9c0de7db153ef933a0575ac0a96f958260&sec=&spon=&&scp=2&sq=steven%20holmes&st=cse.

It is sad to say that Representative Fred Hill did not seek another term this last election in Texas District 112.  His successor is Angie Chen Button.  She takes office on January 13th.

It was announced on www.quorumreport.com that Ms. Button would be supporting Representative Joe Straus as the next Speaker of the House of Representatives here in the state of Texas.  Upon reading this, I emailed her campaign (since she does not have a phone number, email or office to contact).

Below is my email (edited from website goop to the original form) and the subsequent response.  Needless to say, it is this kind of non-responsive elected representative that makes one's blood boil. 

Is it just me or do others become offended when a politician we elect who is supposed to represent you has the audacity to have someone else respond to you (in this situation, I think we can all agree that it's not as if she's so important or busy with committee meetings as to be unable to respond personally) and then not even address the issue that you raised?  I am so tired of politicians thinking that there is no one watching and that no one cares what they do and therefore they can just do as they please with no repercussions. 

At the moment, I'm concerned that Ms. Button may be yet another RINO and certainly is worthy of a watchful eye during her first term.

Back to the issue, you'll see what I mean. . .

With everything that is going on in the U.S. regarding the economy and the bailouts, the following should be good food for thought.  Take some time to reflect on these.

Every day I see emails or blogs discussing the reform, revitalization or energizing of the Republican party.  While it's great that so many people are interested in getting people out to vote, I have some serious reservations with what is being discussed.

Let me clarify. . .I am in favor of improving the overall energy and vitality of the party and its members as well as recruiting new members and motivating them to be active.  Now that we have that out of the way, let's look at the concerns.

Every day I wonder what happened to the concept of personal responsibility.  Today, I'd like to take this a little further than my normal musings.  When did it become okay for a person or a company to disregard personal responsibility and shove it off on someone or something else? 

Here's my question.  How is it that anyone thinks that more taxes will be beneficial?  What I've heard is -- well, it's only for those making over $250,000.  My question is -- so?  I've also heard -- well, those that make a $1,000,000 or more should pay more.  My question -- why?  Let's lay it out. . .

Think about this simplistically.  When you have more money in your bank account, what do you do?  The likely answer is spend it or invest it.  Either of those puts money back into the economy.  What happens when we put money in the economy?