This and that.......

~ Big "birther" Donald Trump comes out for Mitt Romney. It would be way cool if an enterprising reporter asks Romney his position on the "birther" issue.

~ Is President Obama still dragging his feet on the oil pipeline? All indicators are that he will stubbornly hold that position even if it brings him down politically. His loyalty to the enviro wackos who support his is alarming.

~ Will we ever learn the truth about Fast and Furious? Listening to the attorney general today made having lunch difficult. This is becoming a major embarrassment for the country. Attorney General Eric Holder is a national disgrace.

~ Can we call the Chevy Volt a hot car?

~ How long before Israel takes out Iran's nuke capability.

~ Surprise. Providence, Rhode Island is filing for bankruptcy. This is not the first RI city to take that step, Central Falls went that route recently. Will others follow?

~ How long will it take for the Taliban to take Afghanistan back after we pull out? Iraq won't be far behind either.

~ The chaos in Egypt almost makes us yearn for Hosni Mubarak.

~ He saw his shadow. Six weeks to go.

Later.......

Ciao.......Moe 



Romney aquires new constituents........

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Ciao.......Moe

Now what???????

In the immortal words of Yogi Berra, "It ain't over 'til its over." Well it ain't over. We have barely started. Was yesterday anyone's last hurrah? Hardly.

To begin with there are forty-six more election events of various types. The number of delegates allocated to date are only a very small percentage of the whole.

Is Mitt Romney the Ronald Reagan man he has been made out to be? Get real. Mitt the moderate managed to carve out that position for himself with some adept slight of hand. When he ran against Teddy Kennedy not so long ago Romney presented himself as being as liberal and in some instances more liberal than the "Liberal Lion". Pretty neat trick. In the debate Romney presented his self as the anti Reagan, denouncing Reagan as out of touch.

In the Romney-Kennedy contest I found it necessary to blank, to pass on the US Senate. I could not bring myself to hold my nose and vote Romney. I said so on the air and was surprised at the number of callers who had originally supported Romney until that very revealing debate.

The senate race was in 1994, the same year as the Newt Gingrich Contract with America. Nearly all GOP candidates for the house or senate that year signed on with the notable exception of Romney who reject the "contract" out of hand.

You may say that was a long time ago. Over eighteen years is a very long time and people can change their  mind on some issues. I grant you that. The Romney positions were reaffirmed in 2002 as a candidate for governor. In a debate with Shannon O'Brien he made clear he he was pro-choice (a euphamism for pro abortion) and took a number of liberal positions so the distinction between him and the very liberal O'Brien were limited.

The race was fairly close and there were a number of third party candidates running. With the divided vote Romney was elected governor with less than a majority of the vote.

In office he governed as he super liberal. Among other things he promised to get to the bottom of the "big dig" fiasko where millions of dollars could not be explained. After meeting with the heads  of the major contractors a week after he took office he became invisible in matters concerning the big dig and didn't get involved again when a huge section of the tunnel fell and killed a passanger of a vehicle passing through the tunnel. At that point he finally took a serious interest in the big dig.

During his term as governor he began to change some of his positions and tried to cast himself as a conservative. The man who publically denied he was anything like Ronald Reagan is now trying to glom on to the former president.

What's that old saw, "A rose, is a rose, is a rose."

It is painful to see this apostate conservative degrade a man who was among Ronald Reagan's favorite congressmen (according to Nancy Reagan).

There's plenty of time to make straightren the record.

To repeat the immortal words of the great Yogi, "It ain't over 'til it's over".

Have a good day.

Ciao.......Moe

This and That.......

~ Our prayers are with the family of Rick Santorum. The youngest Santorum has a terminal disease and we can simply wonder how this is affecting his race for president. He had his priorities in order in spending valuable campaign time at her side at her time of need.

~ An early favorite of ours, Michelle Bachman, is planning to run again for her House seat. We need an independent voice in the congress who, to use a phrase often used by Christy Mihos, speak truth to power.

~ It is interesting to note the GOP presidential nomination will not be settled today. Whatever happens today it would be interesting to see a head to head pairing between Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich. With four in the race it is not likely we will get to see such a match up.

~ Word has it congressional Republicans plan to place the president squarely on the spot concerning Canadian oil. They're putting him on the spot in having only a veto to stop the pipeline from becoming a reality. It's one thing to give lip service at stopping the pipeline yet something else entirely to veto something which is popular with Democrats and Republicans alike.

~ I think I have this story straight. It seems hard to believe the nature of bureaucracy and policies that can only leave us scratching our collective heads. The incident at New York's LaGuardia Airport.  A screener discovered unidentifiable items inside a passenger's carry-on bag. The officer prevented the metal item from going through because of its "material and appearance," a TSA official said.  When the next shift arrived, one officer saw the items and mistakenly believed they were test objects, used to check screener proficiency. When that officer later learned they were not test items, the officer alerted others, and the TSA contacted the Port Authority Police Department, responsible for protecting the airport. Sleep well.

~ We just thought you'd find this Romney video humorous ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9IJUkYUbvI

~ Has anyone found the missing $1.2 billion yet? It must have evaporated.

~ Where will the "occupy" movement ultimately bring us?

~  Picture of the year.




Sorry about no post yesterday. We had a medical day - yup, everything is OK.


Ciao.......Moe

I was just thinking.......

~ 50 degrees below F last night in Alaska. Just thinking of that cold is bone chilling. Hey Al Gore, where's the global warming?

~ Could we say receiving Herman's endorsement could mean Gingrich is raising Cain.

~ Yet one more reason to dump Obama - Hugo Chavez said he wants to "shake hands" with Barack Obama and have "good relations" with the USA if they are each  reelected this year.

~ Nicolas Sarkozy will be in deep electoral doodoo shortly. He plans to announce tax hikes on the national sales tax on goods and services, government sources said.

~ We keep hearing how the prison population is aging. Any thoughts we can build geriatric units where the intensity of the incrceration could be less and thusly be less expensive?

~ All along we've been told AG Holder was in the Sargeant Schults category and knew nothing about Operation Fast and Furious. Well that was a lot of bunk. We now learn Holder was informed on a nearly hour by hour basis by his underling that Border Patrol agent Brian Terry’s murder on the day it happened – December 15, 2010.
~ Comment by Mitt Romney during his debate with Teddy Kennedy during the 1994 US Senate race: “I was an independent during the time of Reagan-Bush. I’m not trying to return to Reagan-Bush.” He maintained the sme posture during his race for governor in 2002 until nearly the end of his term in office.

~ Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani praised Newt Gingrich and criticized Mitt Romney as a flip-flopper. “I’ve never seen a guy change his positions on so many things, so fast, on a dime, on everything,” Giuliani said about the former Massachusetts governor. “Pro-choice, pro-life. And pro-choice because somebody, a close friend, died, and he became pro-choice because this woman died of an abortion. Then he figures out there are embryos and he changes.


Enough thinking for one day.......

Ciao.......Moe

Life's small pleasures.......

The last place Helen and I had dinner out before I took ill eighteen months ago is a medium sized Portuguese restaurant in Fall River, Massachusetts. Caldeiras Restaurant is now our favorite place to dine out.

We had a de ja vu all over again today. Helen persuaded me it was finally time to get out be normal again. One of our most pleasurable experiences is to occasionally dine out, just the  two of us. One of our favorite places is Caldeiras near downtown Fall River. It is also the last place we dined out before Mother Nature intruded in my health and leveled me for the better part of a year and a half.

Caldeiras sprecializes in Portuguese cuisine. You name it they've got it. The food is outstanding. We've never had anything but good meals there. Coupled with outstanding service with a large smile Caldeiras is one place we find we can escape from city living. The moment you enter the restaurant (they have a tavern adjacent to the restaurant) you leave the city behind. Today we were treated to what sounded like the pan flute of Gheorghe Zamfir (yes, the name is spelled correctly). The mood was set within minutes and we were ready to enjoy a well prepared Portuguese meal.

Helen frequently has seafood and I opt for beef. Both were great and the soup was something we both look forward to having, kale soup which is a Portuguese delicacy.

Caldeiras has a good wine list and an excellent dessert menu. Before becoming ill we have dined at Caldeiras often. Come to think of it, it is where we had a family dinner with son in law Jon Rose before he shipped out for duty in Iraq a few years ago. We had most of the family there for the send off dinner and everyone, even the young ones, had a good meal and time.

Now that I'm back on my feet we intend to make the place a regular stop for fine eating.

Tomorrow we'll get back to less pleasant things. Happy eating.

Ciao.......Moe Lauzier

This and That

~ The debates mercifully are done --- for a while. Time to let the voting do the talking for now.

Voting in Florida is currently ongoing and a great deal of balloting has already occurred. Based on the two Florida debates Newt Gingrich has lost his strong lead versus Mitt Romney. The GOP establishment has fallen into line behind Romney.

Would a loss here bury Gingrich. I think not. A different approach will be necessary, to wit, no more Mr. Nice Guy. The new more feisty Romney has set the tone for now.

With the full court press executed by the GOP Romney needs to win convincingly or his anticipated victory will leave many questions unanswered. A couple of wild cards are how well Ron Paul and Rick Santorum will do. The key players are still Romney and Gingrich.

~  The latest Gross Domestic Report is just out and it ain't good. Real GDP increased 1.7 percent in 2011 , compared to an increase of 3.0 percent in 2010 last year. This has just got to be George Bush's fault.

~ He earns about trenty million a year. Yup, that's what the former Massachusetts Governor said in the debate. Anyone believe Mitt Romney is clueless about how his money is invested? Could I interest you in waters edge land along the Muddy River? Maybe his blind trust isn't so blind.

~ I thought modern luxury liners were un sinkable. Shucks, that's what they said about the Titanic. Galosh.

~ Another day, another great stimulus investment bites the dust. This one an electric car where we lost more than a hundred million smackeroos.

~ Do you recall the old question of whether you are better off than four years ago? Well......are you?

~ Guess who is getting married? None other than Barney Frank. His longtime partner  Jim Ready and Barney will tie the knot after a longtime relationship.

C ya tomorrow.

Ciao.......Moe