Food for Thought

Kyle Battaglia| July 15, 2008 11:36 am

This was sent to me in an email, and I’m not sure who the original author is, but I found it rather interesting:

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I thought this told the story very well!

If you drop a frog in boiling water he will leap right out. If you slowly heat the water he will be content until it’s too late to get out. That is exactly how history works. It moves slowly and we never really see any danger until it’s too late.

Remember how suppressed workers were before unions came along? The unions leveled the playing field. Unfortunately, over a long period of time the pendulum swung too far. Slowly, businesses and factories closed and jobs left the country. We were comfortable and didn’t see the change coming. We blamed everyone except ourselves for what happened. We weren’t alert to how slow things change over time.

World War II, and the Korean War, demonstrated how powerful a united nation could be. Our nation and our families were united. The father was the head of the family and the President was the head of the nation. Both were highly respected. We were content and happy.



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Another Hypocrite in Office

Joshua Hursa| July 14, 2008 10:02 pm

Another one of our republican colleagues, Alabama Attorney General Troy King gets caught in a gay sex scandal. He was caught in his marital bed with another man. A harsh critic of homosexuality and even attempted to ban sex toys, the Alabama attorney general is filth. It disgusts me how the Republican Party holds itself as the moral compass for this country when we stand behind people who spew hateful bigoted comments. The Republican Party stands for free markets and limited government. The party should NOT pretend to be the religious or moral leaders of this country. The governments function is not to uphold morality; it is to protect individual rights. To state that the federal government should tolerate anything other than equal rights for all smacks of a Jim Crow existence I do not tolerate or accept. We deserve better and demand better from our party than to allow the elected officials we nominate to support this trash. When members of the Republican Party, particularly from the Christian right, pander to people of faith we come off sounding condescending and hypocritical. How can one support limited government and also ask the federal government to deal with marriage (a states’ rights issue) and abortion (a decision already dealt with by the Supreme Court). I hope that we learn from the mistakes of Tom Foley, Larry Craig and now Attorney General King. We should only nominate candidates who actually support the constitution, support human rights and only tolerate a limited, small government. After all, people are mere mortals and mortals have the ability to sin. A quote from the bible, “Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s, and unto God the things that are God’s” (Matthew 22:21), even alludes to separate moral and governmental entities. The party of Lincoln and Reagan deserves better.

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CPAC 2009

Joshua Hursa| July 11, 2008 1:06 am

The Rider University College Republicans will be attending the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington D.C. on February 26 to February 28, 2009.  Tickets have gone on sale and are only $15.  This deal continues untill November 7, 2008.  I encourage all members who are interested in attending to purchase their tickets here.  Scroll down to “register now” and be sure to select “student pass.”  Please send my an email at my address below if you do buy a ticket so we may then compile a list of all students attending and then get hotel room(s).

hursaj[at]riderucrs[dot]org

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Wrap Up of County Republican Chair Races

Joshua Hursa| 12:41 am

This past month marked the point of the year where the Republican and Democrat parties decide who to elect for their county chairmen.  County chairmen are elected by the county committee, which is comprised of two delegates from every election district in the state.  In every county party laws state that the two delegates must be comprised of one male and one female elected from the district they represent.  Most of these chairmen are largely overlooked for their importance; however, they wield much power.  The ability to deliver the line in the primary as well as match fundraising and institutional support for a candidate is vital for victory come November.  Below is the list of the Republican county chairs.  I wish our new chairman much success in the two years ahead.

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Obama Not So Sharp on Economics Either

Kyle Collins| June 25, 2008 8:56 pm

Senator John McCain has stirred some new trouble with Senator Barack Obama, regarding lifting the 1981 Congressional ban on Off Shore drilling. McCain wisely opined that opening up new reserves to oil, even though it would likely take a few years before it can be pumped into your car,  will have a “psychological impact that I think is beneficial”. Obama’s swift response to an economic truth was to disavow McCain’s stance as “Washington- Speak for it Polls well” claiming expanding our reserves will have no real impact.

However just a vague understanding in economics could makes McCain wise and Obama ignorant. The Associated Press reports that there is an estimated 18 Billion Barrels of oil in which could be extracted. While the annual production of that source will still be pitons compared to United States Annual 6 billion barrel a year thirst (which is predicted to double by 2025) it is certainly much more than the 700M in the strategic reserves Democrats are demanding to be released to the public.

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