By Dave Buhlman
If you feel that the country's government only needs a little trimming around the edges, a policy touch-up here and there, most of the candidates for president will satisfy your desires. Their voting records, speeches, and responses in the debates have indicated essentially more of the same, maybe with a little different twist, or just an adjustment of the deck chairs on the ship of state.
If, on the other hand, you feel that our problems run deeper and require significant shifts in the way the federal government is operating, then Congressman Ron Paul should be your choice on January 8. He is the only candidate calling for sharp turns in the direction we have been traveling for at least several decades. The policy reversals supported by Congressman Paul include ending the undeclared war in Iraq, pulling out the troops that we now have in 130 countries, and drastically cutting foreign aid to governments around the world. Trade deals, such as NAFTA, that hurt American workers would be jettisoned, and relationships with other sovereign countries would proceed on a mutually beneficial basis that helps ordinary Americans. If terrorists persist in their cowardly murders after these changes, Congressman Paul will deal with them swiftly and effectively without committing thousands of our troops to the effort.
Because the federal government has no constitutional role in many arenas, including education, funding for the massive federal Department of Education, and a number of other unconstitutional federal agencies, would not be included in President Paul's budget. With these sensible changes, billions of dollars would not have to be expended, which would reduce taxes, and the weight of the enormous public debt we are putting on the backs of our children and grandchildren.
With the liberty enshrined in the Constitution as the underlying theme, Congressman Paul would carry his efforts into the Oval Office against the Patriot Act, the Military Commissions Act , the War on Drugs, and other laws which allow the federal government to snoop into the lives of ordinary Americans. Using the billions saved from cutting back on government expenditures here and abroad could result in the elimination of federal income taxes on wage earners. With these readjustments to expenditure priorities, no one would have to be cut off from benefits, although a phasing out would have to begin to stop the government from being used in so many arenas to redistribute wealth, as is done in communist and socialist systems.
Over six million dollars was raised for Congressman Ron Paul in one day on December 16, which broke the one-day record for donations. On November 5, over four million dollars was raised for the campaign of this medical doctor, who has delivered over 4,000 babies and is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. So, although much of the mainstream media has Congressman Paul stuck in the second tier of candidates, the thousands who donated, along with thousands of others who desire deeper changes, could result in some welcome surprises on election day.
As a former two-term New Hampshire Republican State Representative, I respectfully urge you to join me on January 8 to give this very decent man and trusted leader a victory in New Hampshire. Let's again show the pundits how off base they can be.
Copyright 2007. All rights reserved.
Dave Buhlman is a former two-term New Hampshire State Representative, a published author, and a strong supporter of our Constitutional Republic.
12.28.2007
Dear Diary
Hampton Union 12-28-07
By Ron Dupuis
Dear Diary; Me, being a mans man, a manly sort of man, a masculine man, a man secure enough in his masculinity to keep a “Diary”, I do hereby submit the following inner most privet thoughts and neurotic feelings concerning the year past. If, indeed, as in the past, you, Dear Diary, allow me to rant and rave without the jaundice nonsensical type comments I receive from the pointy headed liberals in my life, I MAY make some mildly humorous, yet succinct , prognostications concerning 2008. It’s up to you.
Let me begin with a brief rundown of Christmas at the Dupuis household. It was great despite beginning at 5:30. The fireplace was roaring and the coffee was hot. My wife, the lovely Dorene, received all the jewelry she desired and an array of items that seemed to be necessary in order for this to be a home and not just a house. Santa was particularly generous to Miss Casey, our thirteen year old. She now has more computer capabilities than the Apollo 11 space capsule.
I was thrilled when my 2008 “Vast Right Wing Conspiracy” membership card arrived by secret messenger. As you know” Dear Dairy” we have been responsible for everything bad that has happen to the Clintons since the 90’s. From Whitewater to the $100,000 stock swindle, from Paula Jones to the Rose Law firm missing documents, from the Health Insurance failure to Chinagate, it was us. We are even responsible for fixing up Clinton with Lewinski. Wait until people see what we have in store for them in 2008.
Recently a question came my way from one of my pointy headed liberal friends (yes Dear Diary, there are liberals in my life whom I consider friends) as to why this column seems to trash Democrats all the time, and are there any Democrats that I like?
My response was immediate; “I trash Democrats because they make it so easy”, and “No there are no Democrats that I like.”
There are Democrats that I like as you, and only you know Dear Diary. Bill Richardson comes to mind. He has a wealth of experience both foreign and domestic. Joe Biden has a theory on how the situation in Iraq should be resolved that merits a “look see.” Barack Obama is an honest man, but because of his lack of experience the only chance he has of becoming President is if he steals it as Kennedy did in the sixties or Gore tried to do in 2000.
That’s about it for this entry Dear Diary. As usual you have allowed me to vent my inner most thought without comment and I thank you. As promised, here are a few predictions for the coming year.
1. Mitt Romney will not be the Republican nominee for President.
2. The Patriots will win the Super bowl.
3. The Democratic race is so close that it will be a “brokered” convention and Obama will emerge the winner.
4. Bill Clinton will be involved in a scandal so huge that it will rock Hillary’s campaign and upon losing the nomination she will file for divorce.
5. Whether they sign left handed pitcher Johan Santana or not, the Red Sox will win their second in a row World Series.
6. I will quit smoking.
7. If John McCain announced today that Sen. Joe Lieberman has agreed to be his V.P., they would not only win the Republican nomination but would go on right to the White House.
8. Finally, I will receive more comments concerning this column than anything else I’ve ever written.
Until next time, thank you Dear Diary.
Ron Dupuis is a long time New Hampshire resident, a former State Representative, and a freelance writer. His e-mail is drcdupuis@comcast.net. His web site may be viewed at www.imho-nh.blogspot.com
By Ron Dupuis
Dear Diary; Me, being a mans man, a manly sort of man, a masculine man, a man secure enough in his masculinity to keep a “Diary”, I do hereby submit the following inner most privet thoughts and neurotic feelings concerning the year past. If, indeed, as in the past, you, Dear Diary, allow me to rant and rave without the jaundice nonsensical type comments I receive from the pointy headed liberals in my life, I MAY make some mildly humorous, yet succinct , prognostications concerning 2008. It’s up to you.
Let me begin with a brief rundown of Christmas at the Dupuis household. It was great despite beginning at 5:30. The fireplace was roaring and the coffee was hot. My wife, the lovely Dorene, received all the jewelry she desired and an array of items that seemed to be necessary in order for this to be a home and not just a house. Santa was particularly generous to Miss Casey, our thirteen year old. She now has more computer capabilities than the Apollo 11 space capsule.
I was thrilled when my 2008 “Vast Right Wing Conspiracy” membership card arrived by secret messenger. As you know” Dear Dairy” we have been responsible for everything bad that has happen to the Clintons since the 90’s. From Whitewater to the $100,000 stock swindle, from Paula Jones to the Rose Law firm missing documents, from the Health Insurance failure to Chinagate, it was us. We are even responsible for fixing up Clinton with Lewinski. Wait until people see what we have in store for them in 2008.
Recently a question came my way from one of my pointy headed liberal friends (yes Dear Diary, there are liberals in my life whom I consider friends) as to why this column seems to trash Democrats all the time, and are there any Democrats that I like?
My response was immediate; “I trash Democrats because they make it so easy”, and “No there are no Democrats that I like.”
There are Democrats that I like as you, and only you know Dear Diary. Bill Richardson comes to mind. He has a wealth of experience both foreign and domestic. Joe Biden has a theory on how the situation in Iraq should be resolved that merits a “look see.” Barack Obama is an honest man, but because of his lack of experience the only chance he has of becoming President is if he steals it as Kennedy did in the sixties or Gore tried to do in 2000.
That’s about it for this entry Dear Diary. As usual you have allowed me to vent my inner most thought without comment and I thank you. As promised, here are a few predictions for the coming year.
1. Mitt Romney will not be the Republican nominee for President.
2. The Patriots will win the Super bowl.
3. The Democratic race is so close that it will be a “brokered” convention and Obama will emerge the winner.
4. Bill Clinton will be involved in a scandal so huge that it will rock Hillary’s campaign and upon losing the nomination she will file for divorce.
5. Whether they sign left handed pitcher Johan Santana or not, the Red Sox will win their second in a row World Series.
6. I will quit smoking.
7. If John McCain announced today that Sen. Joe Lieberman has agreed to be his V.P., they would not only win the Republican nomination but would go on right to the White House.
8. Finally, I will receive more comments concerning this column than anything else I’ve ever written.
Until next time, thank you Dear Diary.
Ron Dupuis is a long time New Hampshire resident, a former State Representative, and a freelance writer. His e-mail is drcdupuis@comcast.net. His web site may be viewed at www.imho-nh.blogspot.com
12.20.2007
MERRY CHRISTMAS?? OF COURSE
Hampton Union 12-21-07
By Ron Dupuis
Every year at about this time, no matter what publication is carrying the IMHO column, the subject matter is usually about pointy headed PC’ers who manage to tick me off with their politically correct greetings. The end result is a column filled with deep seeded resentment for these dolts whose only mission in their empty lives seems to be aggravating me. Not this year.
The Christmas season is moving along quite nicely this year for the Dupuis family. The CHRISTMAS TREE is up and decorated. It’s not the holiday tree, or the Yule tree, or even the winter festival tree. In the Dupuis home it’s the CHRISTMAS TREE, and nothing less.
(Authors note; for years it was tradition in our family to go to a tree farm and find the most beautiful evergreen appropriate for our needs, harvest it, and drag in home for further use. Trees are a crop that should be planted, managed, and harvested, like any other crop. For the past few years we have switched to a silk artificial tree. Not because of any nonsense Al Gore has claimed, but simply because it is a lot cheaper and easier to maintain.)
The neighborhood CHRISTMAS party was a huge success adding to our family’s ongoing holiday happiness. This year instead of crowding into one house and drinking eggnog while discussing everything from children, to lawn care, and eventually politics, the Grandview Terrace Christmas Committee decided to do a Christmas Tour. It was sort of a traveling party with five different homes and five different holiday staples. I felt it was great because just when the political discussions were about to get a little heated, we had to put on coats and hat and walk to the next host family. The festivities were capped off with about thirty of us singing carols at the front door of one particular family who because of poor health could not get out. A true neighborhood Christmas.
The ordeal of Christmas shopping has become more of a bonding experience with my thirteen year old daughter. The only gift I am required to purchases is one for my wife and with the wisdom of a young female at my side I’m more secure and less of a confused, disorientated husband searching for the perfect gift, for the perfect women. Of course before entering the mall I have to explain to my sometime self centered offspring all the reasons why Mom does not need a Hollister hoodie or an Abercrombie and Fitch vest.
The Christmas dinner plans have been made and for some strange reason instead of me preparing the main meal, my wife has decided that this year the task will be all hers. Visions of sleeping late were quickly thwarted when it was announced that my responsibility would be the traditional early morning breakfast.
So much for sleeping in.
For the sake of repeating my self “the Christmas season is moving along quite nicely for the Dupuis family this year.” There is no reason for me to issue my yearly fatwa calling for a jihad against all you pointy headed PC’ers. You may wish me “Happy Holidays” and I’ll just smile. You may wish me a “Seasons Greetings” and again, I’ll just smile. In fact, you may wish me anything you feel is Politically Correct, and I will just smile.
Smile and, of course, wish you and all your PC friends, and anyone else who happens to be within the sound of my voice at the time a very, very MERRY CHRISTMAS.
MERRY CHRISTMAS everyone!!!
Ron Dupuis is a long time New Hampshire resident, a former State Representative, and a freelance writer. His e-mail is drcdupuis@comcast.net. His web site may be viewed at www.imho-nh.blogspot.com
By Ron Dupuis
Every year at about this time, no matter what publication is carrying the IMHO column, the subject matter is usually about pointy headed PC’ers who manage to tick me off with their politically correct greetings. The end result is a column filled with deep seeded resentment for these dolts whose only mission in their empty lives seems to be aggravating me. Not this year.
The Christmas season is moving along quite nicely this year for the Dupuis family. The CHRISTMAS TREE is up and decorated. It’s not the holiday tree, or the Yule tree, or even the winter festival tree. In the Dupuis home it’s the CHRISTMAS TREE, and nothing less.
(Authors note; for years it was tradition in our family to go to a tree farm and find the most beautiful evergreen appropriate for our needs, harvest it, and drag in home for further use. Trees are a crop that should be planted, managed, and harvested, like any other crop. For the past few years we have switched to a silk artificial tree. Not because of any nonsense Al Gore has claimed, but simply because it is a lot cheaper and easier to maintain.)
The neighborhood CHRISTMAS party was a huge success adding to our family’s ongoing holiday happiness. This year instead of crowding into one house and drinking eggnog while discussing everything from children, to lawn care, and eventually politics, the Grandview Terrace Christmas Committee decided to do a Christmas Tour. It was sort of a traveling party with five different homes and five different holiday staples. I felt it was great because just when the political discussions were about to get a little heated, we had to put on coats and hat and walk to the next host family. The festivities were capped off with about thirty of us singing carols at the front door of one particular family who because of poor health could not get out. A true neighborhood Christmas.
The ordeal of Christmas shopping has become more of a bonding experience with my thirteen year old daughter. The only gift I am required to purchases is one for my wife and with the wisdom of a young female at my side I’m more secure and less of a confused, disorientated husband searching for the perfect gift, for the perfect women. Of course before entering the mall I have to explain to my sometime self centered offspring all the reasons why Mom does not need a Hollister hoodie or an Abercrombie and Fitch vest.
The Christmas dinner plans have been made and for some strange reason instead of me preparing the main meal, my wife has decided that this year the task will be all hers. Visions of sleeping late were quickly thwarted when it was announced that my responsibility would be the traditional early morning breakfast.
So much for sleeping in.
For the sake of repeating my self “the Christmas season is moving along quite nicely for the Dupuis family this year.” There is no reason for me to issue my yearly fatwa calling for a jihad against all you pointy headed PC’ers. You may wish me “Happy Holidays” and I’ll just smile. You may wish me a “Seasons Greetings” and again, I’ll just smile. In fact, you may wish me anything you feel is Politically Correct, and I will just smile.
Smile and, of course, wish you and all your PC friends, and anyone else who happens to be within the sound of my voice at the time a very, very MERRY CHRISTMAS.
MERRY CHRISTMAS everyone!!!
Ron Dupuis is a long time New Hampshire resident, a former State Representative, and a freelance writer. His e-mail is drcdupuis@comcast.net. His web site may be viewed at www.imho-nh.blogspot.com
12.19.2007
Winter: Not dead yet
---by Micheal
One of my favorite scenes from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, is the spoof on the Black Plague. For those of you not as intimately familiar with the movie, this is where Eric Idle is pushing a cart of "bodies" through the muddy village streets calling out "Bring out yer dead!" At this call, John Cleese comes out with an old man over his shoulder. "Got one for you." At this, the old man says, "But I'm not dead." Cleese scolds the old man. "Oh shut up. You will be in a minute." The old man protests again. "I'm feeling bettah. I think I'll go for a walk..." Cleese scolds again, "You're not fooling anyone..."
I was thinking of this scene when I was snow blowing off my driveway -- again -- after last Sunday's snow storm. Last year, we had no snow until late January. People who promote the dire scenario of global warming were quick to point to 2007's brown January as proof of doom to come. (Though I'm not sure how not having to snow-blow figures into doom.) This winter, we've got 17 inches of snow on the back deck, and it's not even officially winter yet.
This year, it's like winter, slung over shoulder of the global warming alarmists, is protesting, "But, I'm not dead." The alarmists are probably parroting Cleese by saying "You're not fooling anyone." But, to my eye, winter seems particularly healthy this year. Not at all ready for the "dead" cart of climate doom.
I know some of my snow-hating friends won't appreciate this, but I'm kind of glad to see the snow. Oh sure, it's not fun to drive in, but NOT leaving myself 5 minutes to get someplace and driving 100 miles per hour seems to have mitigated that problem. On the plus side, my raspberry bushes and perennials have a nice insulating layer of snow on them, so the frost won't kill the roots. And, the landscape looks Currier & Ives picturesque. We're getting the much sung-about white Christmas! The kid in me thinks that's pretty cool.
I think it's nice to see a good ol' fashioned winter again. But you know, if things do warm up over the years to where snowy winters live only in grandpa stories, that's okay too. I'll try my hand at growing oranges. Change need not automatically be bad.
However, I won't spend any time worrying over where I'll plant those orange trees. Winter has reminded us all that he's not quite dead yet.
One of my favorite scenes from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, is the spoof on the Black Plague. For those of you not as intimately familiar with the movie, this is where Eric Idle is pushing a cart of "bodies" through the muddy village streets calling out "Bring out yer dead!" At this call, John Cleese comes out with an old man over his shoulder. "Got one for you." At this, the old man says, "But I'm not dead." Cleese scolds the old man. "Oh shut up. You will be in a minute." The old man protests again. "I'm feeling bettah. I think I'll go for a walk..." Cleese scolds again, "You're not fooling anyone..."
I was thinking of this scene when I was snow blowing off my driveway -- again -- after last Sunday's snow storm. Last year, we had no snow until late January. People who promote the dire scenario of global warming were quick to point to 2007's brown January as proof of doom to come. (Though I'm not sure how not having to snow-blow figures into doom.) This winter, we've got 17 inches of snow on the back deck, and it's not even officially winter yet.
This year, it's like winter, slung over shoulder of the global warming alarmists, is protesting, "But, I'm not dead." The alarmists are probably parroting Cleese by saying "You're not fooling anyone." But, to my eye, winter seems particularly healthy this year. Not at all ready for the "dead" cart of climate doom.
I know some of my snow-hating friends won't appreciate this, but I'm kind of glad to see the snow. Oh sure, it's not fun to drive in, but NOT leaving myself 5 minutes to get someplace and driving 100 miles per hour seems to have mitigated that problem. On the plus side, my raspberry bushes and perennials have a nice insulating layer of snow on them, so the frost won't kill the roots. And, the landscape looks Currier & Ives picturesque. We're getting the much sung-about white Christmas! The kid in me thinks that's pretty cool.
I think it's nice to see a good ol' fashioned winter again. But you know, if things do warm up over the years to where snowy winters live only in grandpa stories, that's okay too. I'll try my hand at growing oranges. Change need not automatically be bad.
However, I won't spend any time worrying over where I'll plant those orange trees. Winter has reminded us all that he's not quite dead yet.
12.17.2007
A Little Rain on McCain
By Dave Buhlman
Senator John McCain is clearly the chosen candidate of the establishment. With endorsements by the ultra-liberal (i.e., socialist) Boston Globe, the formerly conservative New Hampshire Union Leader, and the the lead newspaper in Iowa, McCain has had a sweep thus far of the announced newspaper endorsements.
None of these Orwellian organs of truth is concerned about the following in Senator McCain's record.
He is the co-author of the McCain-Feingold Incumbent Protection Act that outlaws any naughty talk by certain activists about incumbents 60 days before an election. So the so-called conservative Senator joined with one of the most liberal senators to restrict free speech and protect their cushy jobs at one of the upper public troughs. So for McCain, the First Amendment guarantee of free speech was just a suggestion. Newspapers are exempt from the smothering aspects of McCain's Incumbent Protection Act so maybe that's why they had no qualms endorsing the straight talker.
His affection for illegal immigration knows no bounds, although he has recently pretended that he's gotten the message from American citizens that they want the laws actually enforced. Before joining with Senator Kennedy to author an amnesty bill for illegal immigrants, McCain strongly opposed Proposition 200 in his home state of Arizona. Prop 200 was an effort to prevent any more hospitals from closing in Arizona due to the weight of the demands for services by illegals. Other institutions in his state were also crumbling under the influx from Kennedy's previous immigration reform bill, but that meant little to McCain. He was on a mission to help the corporations get and keep cheaper labor from south of the Rio Grande, and any suffering that brought to his constituents in Arizona was just too bad. And it was just too bad for all of America if they did not want lawbreakers rewarded by the Amnesty bill he cooked up in Kennedy's kitchen. President Bush was all for it, as were many Republicrats in Congress, so it was a joyous, bipartisan screwing of the American people. But it was stopped, at least for now.
No need, I guess, to go back to the Keating Five scandal of the 1980s in which Senator McCain had a starring role as a recipient of largesse from Keating the Cheater.
On freewheeling immigration from the south, all of the Republican candidates, with the notable exception of the two Congressmen - Ron Paul and Tom Tancredo - were all for it before they were recently heard to be against it. They all heard that the congressional switchboards were shut down due to the enormous call volume from outraged Americans during the summer and fall that defeated the McCain-Kennedy Amnesty bill and some nuthouse plan by a Democratic Senator called the Dream Act. This act was a dream for illegals and a nightmare for the beleagured American citizens who are just trying to survive all of the weight of the world the government loads on their shoulders, from fighting and funding wars to high taxes to pay the interest on the national debt.
So far as I know, all of the Democratic candidates for president love illegal immigrants and are not much concerned about the additional murderers and rapists that come in amongst the hoard. I know that's stating the obvious, but out of disrespect, I didn't want to leave the other corporate political party out of the mix.
Copyright 2007. All rights reserved.Dave Buhlman is a former two-term New Hampshire State Representative, a published author, and a strong supporter of our Constitutional Republic.
Senator John McCain is clearly the chosen candidate of the establishment. With endorsements by the ultra-liberal (i.e., socialist) Boston Globe, the formerly conservative New Hampshire Union Leader, and the the lead newspaper in Iowa, McCain has had a sweep thus far of the announced newspaper endorsements.
None of these Orwellian organs of truth is concerned about the following in Senator McCain's record.
He is the co-author of the McCain-Feingold Incumbent Protection Act that outlaws any naughty talk by certain activists about incumbents 60 days before an election. So the so-called conservative Senator joined with one of the most liberal senators to restrict free speech and protect their cushy jobs at one of the upper public troughs. So for McCain, the First Amendment guarantee of free speech was just a suggestion. Newspapers are exempt from the smothering aspects of McCain's Incumbent Protection Act so maybe that's why they had no qualms endorsing the straight talker.
His affection for illegal immigration knows no bounds, although he has recently pretended that he's gotten the message from American citizens that they want the laws actually enforced. Before joining with Senator Kennedy to author an amnesty bill for illegal immigrants, McCain strongly opposed Proposition 200 in his home state of Arizona. Prop 200 was an effort to prevent any more hospitals from closing in Arizona due to the weight of the demands for services by illegals. Other institutions in his state were also crumbling under the influx from Kennedy's previous immigration reform bill, but that meant little to McCain. He was on a mission to help the corporations get and keep cheaper labor from south of the Rio Grande, and any suffering that brought to his constituents in Arizona was just too bad. And it was just too bad for all of America if they did not want lawbreakers rewarded by the Amnesty bill he cooked up in Kennedy's kitchen. President Bush was all for it, as were many Republicrats in Congress, so it was a joyous, bipartisan screwing of the American people. But it was stopped, at least for now.
No need, I guess, to go back to the Keating Five scandal of the 1980s in which Senator McCain had a starring role as a recipient of largesse from Keating the Cheater.
On freewheeling immigration from the south, all of the Republican candidates, with the notable exception of the two Congressmen - Ron Paul and Tom Tancredo - were all for it before they were recently heard to be against it. They all heard that the congressional switchboards were shut down due to the enormous call volume from outraged Americans during the summer and fall that defeated the McCain-Kennedy Amnesty bill and some nuthouse plan by a Democratic Senator called the Dream Act. This act was a dream for illegals and a nightmare for the beleagured American citizens who are just trying to survive all of the weight of the world the government loads on their shoulders, from fighting and funding wars to high taxes to pay the interest on the national debt.
So far as I know, all of the Democratic candidates for president love illegal immigrants and are not much concerned about the additional murderers and rapists that come in amongst the hoard. I know that's stating the obvious, but out of disrespect, I didn't want to leave the other corporate political party out of the mix.
Copyright 2007. All rights reserved.Dave Buhlman is a former two-term New Hampshire State Representative, a published author, and a strong supporter of our Constitutional Republic.
12.12.2007
It's My Space
Hampton Union 12-14-07
By Ron Dupuis
If you are a Democrat, there is absolutely no reason to read this column. Because of his recent surge in all the polls, both locally and nationally, and because this is my space to express my “humble opinion” each and every week, and because I want a man in the White House who is GOD fearing and not afraid of his faith, I’m going to sing the praises of my favorite Presidential candidate, Mike Huckabee.
For tunneled vision, close minded Democrats, instead of reading any further, there are several options. One is to gather up your laptop and go to one of your cherished, pretentious coffee shops, order a double mocha latté with foam, sprinkles and whatever, sit by a window and pretend to do some work. Your image will be enhanced if you have one of those tumor looking phones hanging off your ear. Another option would be to watch Oprah. You never can tell, there may be a free new car in your future, or perhaps a refrigerator. Finally you may find a group of Hillary supporters, join hands and sing a few verses of “Cumby-yah”, then sit down and discuss the “vast right wing conspiracy” that is trying to destroy her.
(Authors note; the monthly meeting of the V.R.W.C. society has been changed from Tues to Wednesday. Members are urged to contact the secret underground message center for further details.)
Now, my praises for Gov. Mike Huckabee.
Mike Huckabee is a down to earth un-pretentious, blue collar type of guy. The son of a firefighter who always held at least two jobs, Mike was the first member of his family to graduate from high school. Inheriting the work ethic of his Dad, Mike held two, sometimes three jobs, in order to get through college. After overcoming what seemed tragic health issues for his wife (cancerous tumor) during the first year of their long time marriage, Mike decided to let his faith in GOD define his character. A belief he still hold today and especially during this campaign.
On a few of the major issues;
Fair Tax Plan; I like it because it does away with the I.R.S. and all the lawyers, C.P.A.’s and accountants that make a living preying on the average citizens hard earned dollars because of a failure to understand how to best file returns. It is a little complicated for me to do it justice so I urge everyone to look up www.fairtax.org.
Border Security; First and foremost “Build the fence”. Mike has received the endorsement of Jim Gilchrist founder of the Minutemen, a group that has been in the forefront of border security for the last five years.
Health care: The current system is broken. We don’t need a mandated government program. What we need is a consumer based system that promotes and rewards early preventative care. Enough said.
When you are climbing in the polls, your competition is worried and will say any thing to discourage your vote. I urge everyone who is a Republican to go to www.mikehuckabee.com and read the Governors position on all of the issues.
I’ve met with Mike Huckabee several times. I’ve questioned his positions both privately and in public forums. I have read everything I could find concerning his candidacy, both good and bad. The Dupuis family has even had him as a guest at our home. Our conclusion is that there is no other person we would like to see win the Republican nomination than Mike Huckabee.
Ron Dupuis is a long time New Hampshire resident, a former State Representative, and a freelance writer. His e-mail is drcdupuis@comcast.net. His web site may be viewed at www.imho-nh.blogspot.com.
By Ron Dupuis
If you are a Democrat, there is absolutely no reason to read this column. Because of his recent surge in all the polls, both locally and nationally, and because this is my space to express my “humble opinion” each and every week, and because I want a man in the White House who is GOD fearing and not afraid of his faith, I’m going to sing the praises of my favorite Presidential candidate, Mike Huckabee.
For tunneled vision, close minded Democrats, instead of reading any further, there are several options. One is to gather up your laptop and go to one of your cherished, pretentious coffee shops, order a double mocha latté with foam, sprinkles and whatever, sit by a window and pretend to do some work. Your image will be enhanced if you have one of those tumor looking phones hanging off your ear. Another option would be to watch Oprah. You never can tell, there may be a free new car in your future, or perhaps a refrigerator. Finally you may find a group of Hillary supporters, join hands and sing a few verses of “Cumby-yah”, then sit down and discuss the “vast right wing conspiracy” that is trying to destroy her.
(Authors note; the monthly meeting of the V.R.W.C. society has been changed from Tues to Wednesday. Members are urged to contact the secret underground message center for further details.)
Now, my praises for Gov. Mike Huckabee.
Mike Huckabee is a down to earth un-pretentious, blue collar type of guy. The son of a firefighter who always held at least two jobs, Mike was the first member of his family to graduate from high school. Inheriting the work ethic of his Dad, Mike held two, sometimes three jobs, in order to get through college. After overcoming what seemed tragic health issues for his wife (cancerous tumor) during the first year of their long time marriage, Mike decided to let his faith in GOD define his character. A belief he still hold today and especially during this campaign.
On a few of the major issues;
Fair Tax Plan; I like it because it does away with the I.R.S. and all the lawyers, C.P.A.’s and accountants that make a living preying on the average citizens hard earned dollars because of a failure to understand how to best file returns. It is a little complicated for me to do it justice so I urge everyone to look up www.fairtax.org.
Border Security; First and foremost “Build the fence”. Mike has received the endorsement of Jim Gilchrist founder of the Minutemen, a group that has been in the forefront of border security for the last five years.
Health care: The current system is broken. We don’t need a mandated government program. What we need is a consumer based system that promotes and rewards early preventative care. Enough said.
When you are climbing in the polls, your competition is worried and will say any thing to discourage your vote. I urge everyone who is a Republican to go to www.mikehuckabee.com and read the Governors position on all of the issues.
I’ve met with Mike Huckabee several times. I’ve questioned his positions both privately and in public forums. I have read everything I could find concerning his candidacy, both good and bad. The Dupuis family has even had him as a guest at our home. Our conclusion is that there is no other person we would like to see win the Republican nomination than Mike Huckabee.
Ron Dupuis is a long time New Hampshire resident, a former State Representative, and a freelance writer. His e-mail is drcdupuis@comcast.net. His web site may be viewed at www.imho-nh.blogspot.com.
12.11.2007
CUT OF YOUR HEAD
By Dave Buhlman
In the 1960s we used to quip derisively to each other, "If you want to lose ten pounds of ugly fat, cut off your head."
It certainly is not Seinfeld-level humor, but it worked well enough for us a few times, just as long as it wasn't overused.
Of course, even fat guys who definitely needed to lose some serious ugly fat would not follow through on this suggestion because to do so would render them dead, and in a very messy way. So it just wasn't worth it. A little lighter, headless, but unable to appreciate the achievement. Not a good deal.
Another not so good deal that has actually come our way is the response by the President and Congress to the attacks of 9-11. They needed to react to a serious assault, but instead of hitting the real perps where it hurts, they began the process of cutting off the constitutional rights of a few hundred million innocent "fellow" Americans. This is not the right solution to address this problem, anymore than cutting off one's head to lose some weight is the right thing to do.
Since 9-11 our leaders have allowed government snoops and stooges to spy on innocent civilians, suspended habeas corpus (enshrined in the Magna Carta in the year 1215), allowed the military to be used within the United States, thereby gutting posse comitatus, run up the national debt to nearly $10 trillion, unleashed a torrent of unnecessary tasering of civilians, and created yet another useless mammoth bureaucracy in the form of der Homeland Security Department to protect der fatherland, but mainly to provide yet more public employment on the backs of beleaguered taxpayers.
For those paying attention to these frightening attacks on our civil liberties, the willy-nilly willingness of our elected federal politicians to infringe on our rights is a bad sign of things to come. It's as if all of these big, long bills were already sitting in a word processor somewhere in the bowels of the Capital just waiting for a reason to hit the print button and bring these bills directly to a vote without bothering to even read them. Such a string of usurpations, foisted upon us in a warm and fuzzy bipartisan spirit, one in which Bush, Pelosi, Kennedy and McCain could readily agree to the same script, means that there are no current roadblocks for further attacks on the liberty and privacy of ordinary Americans. The outsider, Bin Laden, could never have accomplished this deterioration in a million Ramadans. It had to be an inside job.
Dave Buhlman is a former two-term New Hampshire State Representative, published author, and avid supporter of returning our country to constitutional government. Copyright 2008. All rights reserved.
In the 1960s we used to quip derisively to each other, "If you want to lose ten pounds of ugly fat, cut off your head."
It certainly is not Seinfeld-level humor, but it worked well enough for us a few times, just as long as it wasn't overused.
Of course, even fat guys who definitely needed to lose some serious ugly fat would not follow through on this suggestion because to do so would render them dead, and in a very messy way. So it just wasn't worth it. A little lighter, headless, but unable to appreciate the achievement. Not a good deal.
Another not so good deal that has actually come our way is the response by the President and Congress to the attacks of 9-11. They needed to react to a serious assault, but instead of hitting the real perps where it hurts, they began the process of cutting off the constitutional rights of a few hundred million innocent "fellow" Americans. This is not the right solution to address this problem, anymore than cutting off one's head to lose some weight is the right thing to do.
Since 9-11 our leaders have allowed government snoops and stooges to spy on innocent civilians, suspended habeas corpus (enshrined in the Magna Carta in the year 1215), allowed the military to be used within the United States, thereby gutting posse comitatus, run up the national debt to nearly $10 trillion, unleashed a torrent of unnecessary tasering of civilians, and created yet another useless mammoth bureaucracy in the form of der Homeland Security Department to protect der fatherland, but mainly to provide yet more public employment on the backs of beleaguered taxpayers.
For those paying attention to these frightening attacks on our civil liberties, the willy-nilly willingness of our elected federal politicians to infringe on our rights is a bad sign of things to come. It's as if all of these big, long bills were already sitting in a word processor somewhere in the bowels of the Capital just waiting for a reason to hit the print button and bring these bills directly to a vote without bothering to even read them. Such a string of usurpations, foisted upon us in a warm and fuzzy bipartisan spirit, one in which Bush, Pelosi, Kennedy and McCain could readily agree to the same script, means that there are no current roadblocks for further attacks on the liberty and privacy of ordinary Americans. The outsider, Bin Laden, could never have accomplished this deterioration in a million Ramadans. It had to be an inside job.
Dave Buhlman is a former two-term New Hampshire State Representative, published author, and avid supporter of returning our country to constitutional government. Copyright 2008. All rights reserved.
12.07.2007
Hampton Union 12-7-07
WORKING KNOWLEDGE OF ENGLISH
By Ron Dupuis
I realize I'm going to catch a lot of flack for this, especially from the politically extreme left, however, I've had it up to here (visualize my hand, palm down, right above my eyeballs) with people who work with the public unable to converse in America's common language.
My frustration had been building for some time and seemed to reach a flashpoint a few days ago while trying to resolve a computer program problem. The person on the other end of the phone line seemed to have an understanding of what I was trying to convey but I had absolutely no idea as to what he was telling me. It didn't help when every time a question was finally understood and answered, he found it necessary to say in a most extreme polite manner "Tank you bedy much, sir."
It gets better. After what seemed an interminable amount of time and about a thousand "tank you bedy much sirs," it was time to resolve some issues of online ordered Christmas gifts that had yet to arrive. My intention was to not only check on the tardy packages, but also place an additional order if indeed it was practical to do so. The female on the other end had the sweetest little child-like voice; almost all in Spanish. It got so frustrating for the both of us; she had to hand me off to her supervisor.
Perhaps a quiet lunch with my daughter will ebb my mounting contravention.
Upon arrival at our favorite deli where we order the same items practically every visit, we found a new clerk who spoke a language that sounded something like a combination of Slavic and pig Latin. Repeating our gastric desires at least three, perhaps four times, the aforementioned clerk managed still to screw it up. Not just by forgetting a condiment or garnish, but instead delivering an item so foreign that we could not even find any resemblance on the menu.
A few weeks ago House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., refused to bring to the floor a bill passed by the House that would protect employers from federal lawsuits for requiring their workers to speak English. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., who sponsored the amendment was quoted as saying "I cannot imagine that the framers of the Civil Rights Act intended to say that it's discrimination for a shoe shop owner to say to his or her employees, "I want you to be able to speak English on the job."
The Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission feels differently. Their view is that English only policies are not relevant to job performance or safety. One Texas congressman was quoted as saying that "If it is not relevant, it is discriminatory, it is gratuitous, it is a subterfuge to discriminate against people based on national origin."
Now here is where I'm going to receive all the flack from the political left. I have had it up to my proverbial eyeballs with trying to get through life's everyday activities struggling with ongoing communication problems. From this moment on, if there is anyone, store clerk, phone rep, or even sandwich maker, who does not understand me or whom I don't understand, I will take my business elsewhere and find someone who has a working knowledge of English. In My Humble Opinion, it is not the fault of these poor people who are trying to make a living despite a huge language barrier, but instead the fault of our government who by its lack of common sense allows this problem to persist.
Ron Dupuis is a New Hampshire resident, former state representative and freelance writer. E-mail him at drcdupuis@comcast.net or vist his Web site at www.imho-nh.blogspot.com.
By Ron Dupuis
I realize I'm going to catch a lot of flack for this, especially from the politically extreme left, however, I've had it up to here (visualize my hand, palm down, right above my eyeballs) with people who work with the public unable to converse in America's common language.
My frustration had been building for some time and seemed to reach a flashpoint a few days ago while trying to resolve a computer program problem. The person on the other end of the phone line seemed to have an understanding of what I was trying to convey but I had absolutely no idea as to what he was telling me. It didn't help when every time a question was finally understood and answered, he found it necessary to say in a most extreme polite manner "Tank you bedy much, sir."
It gets better. After what seemed an interminable amount of time and about a thousand "tank you bedy much sirs," it was time to resolve some issues of online ordered Christmas gifts that had yet to arrive. My intention was to not only check on the tardy packages, but also place an additional order if indeed it was practical to do so. The female on the other end had the sweetest little child-like voice; almost all in Spanish. It got so frustrating for the both of us; she had to hand me off to her supervisor.
Perhaps a quiet lunch with my daughter will ebb my mounting contravention.
Upon arrival at our favorite deli where we order the same items practically every visit, we found a new clerk who spoke a language that sounded something like a combination of Slavic and pig Latin. Repeating our gastric desires at least three, perhaps four times, the aforementioned clerk managed still to screw it up. Not just by forgetting a condiment or garnish, but instead delivering an item so foreign that we could not even find any resemblance on the menu.
A few weeks ago House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., refused to bring to the floor a bill passed by the House that would protect employers from federal lawsuits for requiring their workers to speak English. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., who sponsored the amendment was quoted as saying "I cannot imagine that the framers of the Civil Rights Act intended to say that it's discrimination for a shoe shop owner to say to his or her employees, "I want you to be able to speak English on the job."
The Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission feels differently. Their view is that English only policies are not relevant to job performance or safety. One Texas congressman was quoted as saying that "If it is not relevant, it is discriminatory, it is gratuitous, it is a subterfuge to discriminate against people based on national origin."
Now here is where I'm going to receive all the flack from the political left. I have had it up to my proverbial eyeballs with trying to get through life's everyday activities struggling with ongoing communication problems. From this moment on, if there is anyone, store clerk, phone rep, or even sandwich maker, who does not understand me or whom I don't understand, I will take my business elsewhere and find someone who has a working knowledge of English. In My Humble Opinion, it is not the fault of these poor people who are trying to make a living despite a huge language barrier, but instead the fault of our government who by its lack of common sense allows this problem to persist.
Ron Dupuis is a New Hampshire resident, former state representative and freelance writer. E-mail him at drcdupuis@comcast.net or vist his Web site at www.imho-nh.blogspot.com.
12.02.2007
Carbon and the lynch mob
---by Micheal
The mob is all worked up. The rabble rousers preach from their soap boxes about impending ruin unless "someone does something." The mob wants to lynch someone, anyone, to avert the prophesied ruin. The soapboxers point at carbon. "There he is! Get him!" Everyone takes off with torches and pitchforks in hand. The hunt for the villain d'jour begins.
When did Carbon start wearing a black hat? When I was in school, Carbon was just a humble element on the periodic table, Atomic number 6, stable with 4 outer electrons, etc.. The stuff of graphite and organic molecules. Now, carbon is THE demon which threatens to kill us all. Who'da thunk? He seems like a nice quiet guy, as they always say.
Lynching poor carbon is a fairly recent phenomenon, but a highly suspect one too, judging from the bandwagon rhetoric. The populist theory to explain global warming is to blame "greenhouse gases." Despite the media fiat declaring all scientific debate ended on the matter, there are quite a few scientists who think the warming is due to other factors, not carbon. (The atmosphere of Mars is 95% CO2, and Mars is a very very cold place.)
John Coleman, founder of The Weather Channel, points out that global temperatures started rising around 1880 before carbon dioxide levels increased. How did carbon manage that? Like many lynch mobs, they may be stringing up the wrong guy, but that hasn't usually bothered lynch mobs much. They're upset, so someone must pay. Doesn't matter who.
Carbon has become the latest nasty thing which the environmentally pious ostentatiously remove from their lives, much like red dye or animal-tested products or transfats used to be. Now to be fashionably correct, one must be "carbon-neutral" or be striving to reduce one's "carbon footprint." Like poor ol' carbon is a toxin. I'm all for reducing oil use, material consumption and increasing recycling, but I'm not buying all this self-righteous gush about halting global weather changes by doing driving a hybrid. Hogwash.
You just watch. This rush to lynch poor carbon will result in a flurry of "new" products touting their "low-carbon" this or "carbon-neutral" that. Of course, Low Carbon Super Ultra Regular Bleach will be the exact same product it was before it was "low-carbon", but that won't matter. Flocks of well-meaning, but woefully uniformed people will plunk down buckets of dollars for all these scam products thinking that they're making a difference. It won't make one whit of difference.
You're certainly free to buy Carbon-Lite toaster pastries or Low-Carbon Latte, but if you think you're somehow saving the world through pious consumerism, you're not. You're just making some hucksters rich.
The mob is all worked up. The rabble rousers preach from their soap boxes about impending ruin unless "someone does something." The mob wants to lynch someone, anyone, to avert the prophesied ruin. The soapboxers point at carbon. "There he is! Get him!" Everyone takes off with torches and pitchforks in hand. The hunt for the villain d'jour begins.
When did Carbon start wearing a black hat? When I was in school, Carbon was just a humble element on the periodic table, Atomic number 6, stable with 4 outer electrons, etc.. The stuff of graphite and organic molecules. Now, carbon is THE demon which threatens to kill us all. Who'da thunk? He seems like a nice quiet guy, as they always say.
Lynching poor carbon is a fairly recent phenomenon, but a highly suspect one too, judging from the bandwagon rhetoric. The populist theory to explain global warming is to blame "greenhouse gases." Despite the media fiat declaring all scientific debate ended on the matter, there are quite a few scientists who think the warming is due to other factors, not carbon. (The atmosphere of Mars is 95% CO2, and Mars is a very very cold place.)
John Coleman, founder of The Weather Channel, points out that global temperatures started rising around 1880 before carbon dioxide levels increased. How did carbon manage that? Like many lynch mobs, they may be stringing up the wrong guy, but that hasn't usually bothered lynch mobs much. They're upset, so someone must pay. Doesn't matter who.
Carbon has become the latest nasty thing which the environmentally pious ostentatiously remove from their lives, much like red dye or animal-tested products or transfats used to be. Now to be fashionably correct, one must be "carbon-neutral" or be striving to reduce one's "carbon footprint." Like poor ol' carbon is a toxin. I'm all for reducing oil use, material consumption and increasing recycling, but I'm not buying all this self-righteous gush about halting global weather changes by doing driving a hybrid. Hogwash.
You just watch. This rush to lynch poor carbon will result in a flurry of "new" products touting their "low-carbon" this or "carbon-neutral" that. Of course, Low Carbon Super Ultra Regular Bleach will be the exact same product it was before it was "low-carbon", but that won't matter. Flocks of well-meaning, but woefully uniformed people will plunk down buckets of dollars for all these scam products thinking that they're making a difference. It won't make one whit of difference.
You're certainly free to buy Carbon-Lite toaster pastries or Low-Carbon Latte, but if you think you're somehow saving the world through pious consumerism, you're not. You're just making some hucksters rich.
12.01.2007
NO POLITICS ON THANKSGIVING
Hampton Union 11-30-07
By Ron Dupuis
Being the political person that I am, it's very difficult not to discuss politics during this election cycle.
"No politics!" That was the declaration made by my wife as we packed for our trip to the "Big Apple" for the Thanksgiving weekend.
"Whenever we travel you always seem to get into a political discussion with someone that causes your daughter and I a great deal of discomfort and distress."
"That's not true" was my reply.
"Yeah?" "Well, there's a waiter in Connecticut that you made so angry that he brought us our food, late, cold and over cooked all because you asked him if he had a green card."
"I was just being a little inquisitive, and besides, he had a strange accent and didn't speak English very well."
"He was from the South, you dolt." "I'm warning you, don't ruin this trip by discussing politics with anyone" was her final word.
"I'll try," I promised meekly.
The moment the car we hired to take us to the airport pulled into the driveway I knew I was in trouble. The driver and owner of Beauchamp's Car and Limo Service was none other than old friend Joe Beauchamp, someone I had not seen in several years. Since we had both run for public office years ago, naturally the conversation turned to politics under the glare of my wife in the back seat. When the glare from the rear got so intense it could be felt by both Joe and I, we cut the conversation short and made the rest of the trip in inane sports banter.
At the airport while waiting for our flight, I spotted a woman wearing a "Huckabee for President" T-shirt. Since my wife and daughter were in the ladies room, and Gov. Huckabee was my early endorsement, there was a need for a forbidden "political discussion." The Huckabee supporter was Shannon McGinley of Bedford. She told me she and her husband are strong supporters of Gov. Huckabee and will be hosting a coffee for him at their home on Dec. 1. We were in the middle of discussing all of the governor's attributes that make him a viable candidate when my wife returned. Hoping not to have been busted, a hasty retreat was made to the waiting area where I sat staring straight ahead.
"You're not trying very hard" was my spouse's comment.
"Yes dear," was the only response I was able to muster.
The rest of the holiday weekend was spent with a multitude of traditional Thanksgiving events and political discussions of every kind. The New York City police officer who recognized my New England accent when I asked for directions to where they blew up the parade balloons immediately told me he was from Gloucester, Mass. When I confessed to being from New Hampshire he asked me how Mayor Rudy Giuliani was doing. At the parade when my wife mistakenly informed a family from Alabama that I wrote a column for a New Hampshire newspaper, all they wanted to discuss is the primary and how their favorite candidate, Hillary, was doing. For that particular forbidden "political discussion," I place the blame squarely on my wife.
Outside of Macy's department store, while waiting for my wife and daughter, who were inside with an abundance of credit cards trying to make me a much poorer man, a conflict began with a number of follower of someone called Pastor Tony Alamo. Admittedly, it was I who initiated the conversation by asking who their favorite candidate for president was.
"Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ of course" was the immediate reply.
After a long "political discussion" as to their foolish thinking, and in my best sarcastic manner I said "Besides that, he's not doing very well in the polls." I'm pretty sure I heard them praying for my blackened soul as I walked away.
I kept my mouth shut during the rest of the trip.
Being the political person that I am, it's very difficult not to discuss politics during this election cycle.
Ron Dupuis is a New Hampshire resident, former state representative and a freelance writer. E-mail him at drcdupuis@comcast.net or visit his Web site www.imho-nh.blogspot.com.
By Ron Dupuis
Being the political person that I am, it's very difficult not to discuss politics during this election cycle.
"No politics!" That was the declaration made by my wife as we packed for our trip to the "Big Apple" for the Thanksgiving weekend.
"Whenever we travel you always seem to get into a political discussion with someone that causes your daughter and I a great deal of discomfort and distress."
"That's not true" was my reply.
"Yeah?" "Well, there's a waiter in Connecticut that you made so angry that he brought us our food, late, cold and over cooked all because you asked him if he had a green card."
"I was just being a little inquisitive, and besides, he had a strange accent and didn't speak English very well."
"He was from the South, you dolt." "I'm warning you, don't ruin this trip by discussing politics with anyone" was her final word.
"I'll try," I promised meekly.
The moment the car we hired to take us to the airport pulled into the driveway I knew I was in trouble. The driver and owner of Beauchamp's Car and Limo Service was none other than old friend Joe Beauchamp, someone I had not seen in several years. Since we had both run for public office years ago, naturally the conversation turned to politics under the glare of my wife in the back seat. When the glare from the rear got so intense it could be felt by both Joe and I, we cut the conversation short and made the rest of the trip in inane sports banter.
At the airport while waiting for our flight, I spotted a woman wearing a "Huckabee for President" T-shirt. Since my wife and daughter were in the ladies room, and Gov. Huckabee was my early endorsement, there was a need for a forbidden "political discussion." The Huckabee supporter was Shannon McGinley of Bedford. She told me she and her husband are strong supporters of Gov. Huckabee and will be hosting a coffee for him at their home on Dec. 1. We were in the middle of discussing all of the governor's attributes that make him a viable candidate when my wife returned. Hoping not to have been busted, a hasty retreat was made to the waiting area where I sat staring straight ahead.
"You're not trying very hard" was my spouse's comment.
"Yes dear," was the only response I was able to muster.
The rest of the holiday weekend was spent with a multitude of traditional Thanksgiving events and political discussions of every kind. The New York City police officer who recognized my New England accent when I asked for directions to where they blew up the parade balloons immediately told me he was from Gloucester, Mass. When I confessed to being from New Hampshire he asked me how Mayor Rudy Giuliani was doing. At the parade when my wife mistakenly informed a family from Alabama that I wrote a column for a New Hampshire newspaper, all they wanted to discuss is the primary and how their favorite candidate, Hillary, was doing. For that particular forbidden "political discussion," I place the blame squarely on my wife.
Outside of Macy's department store, while waiting for my wife and daughter, who were inside with an abundance of credit cards trying to make me a much poorer man, a conflict began with a number of follower of someone called Pastor Tony Alamo. Admittedly, it was I who initiated the conversation by asking who their favorite candidate for president was.
"Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ of course" was the immediate reply.
After a long "political discussion" as to their foolish thinking, and in my best sarcastic manner I said "Besides that, he's not doing very well in the polls." I'm pretty sure I heard them praying for my blackened soul as I walked away.
I kept my mouth shut during the rest of the trip.
Being the political person that I am, it's very difficult not to discuss politics during this election cycle.
Ron Dupuis is a New Hampshire resident, former state representative and a freelance writer. E-mail him at drcdupuis@comcast.net or visit his Web site www.imho-nh.blogspot.com.
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