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Just to the Right: 2006-02-12

Thursday, February 16, 2006

Good Stuff -- Not To Mention Right On The Mark!

I have been reading books about human genetics, such as The Seven Daughters of Eve, and here is what I have learned...

Humans existed as members of small bands of nomadic hunter/gatherers. They lived on deer in the mountains during the summer & would go to the coast and live on fish and lobster in winter.

The 2 most important events in all of history were the invention of beer and the invention of the wheel. The wheel was invented to get man to the beer.

These were the foundations of modern civilization and together were the catalyst for the splitting of humanity into 2 distinct subgroups:

Liberals and Conservatives.

Once beer was discovered it required grain and that was the beginning of agriculture. Neither the glass bottle nor aluminum can were invented yet, so while our early human ancestors were sitting around waiting for them to be invented, they just stayed close to the brewery. That's how villages were formed.

Some men spent their days tracking and killing animals to B-B-Q at night while they were drinking beer. This was the beginning of what is known as "the Conservative movement."

Other men who were weaker and less skilled at hunting learned to live off the conservatives by showing up for the nightly B-B-Q's and doing the sewing, fetching and hair dressing. This was the beginning of the Liberal movement. Some of these liberal men eventually evolved into women. The rest became known as 'girliemen.'

Some noteworthy liberal achievements include the domestication of cats, the invention of group therapy and group hugs, and the concept of Democratic voting to decide how to divide the meat and beer that conservatives provided.

Over the years conservatives came to be symbolized by the largest, most powerful land animal on earth, the elephant. Liberals are symbolized by the jackass.

Modern liberals like imported beer (with lime added), but most prefer white wine or imported bottled water. They eat raw fish but like their beef well done. Sushi, tofu, and French food are standard liberal fare.

Another interesting revolutionary side note: most of their women have higher testosterone levels than their men. Most social workers, personal injury attorneys, journalists, dreamers in Hollywood and group therapists are liberals. Liberals invented the designated hitter rule because it wasn't "fair" to make the pitcher also bat.

Conservatives drink domestic beer. They eat red meat and still provide for their women. Conservatives are big-game hunters, rodeo cowboys, lumberjacks, construction workers, firemen, medical doctors, police officers, corporate executives, Marines, athletes and generally anyone who works productively.

Conservatives who own companies hire other conservatives who want to work for a living.

Liberals produce little or nothing. They like to "govern" the producers and decide what to do with the production. Liberals believe Europeans are more enlightened than Americans. That is why most of the liberals remained in Europe when conservatives were coming to America.

They crept in after the Wild West was tamed and created a business of trying to get MORE for nothing.

Here ends today's lesson in world history:

It should be noted that a Liberal may have a momentary urge to respond to the above before simply laughing and forwarding it. A Conservative will be so convinced of the absolute truth of this history that it will be forwarded immediately to other "true believers."

Are Democrats Getting THAT Desperate??

Okay, so while it's not uncommon for a Congressmen or even a United States Senator to headline a fundraiser for a legislative candidate, did anyone else find it amusing that the former DEMOCRAT NOMINEE FOR VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES is coming in to headline a fundraiser for a candidate running for the state senate??

I mean ... first of all, you take a guy like John Edwards, a trial attorney who served one term in the senate (a feat worthy of recognition all by itself), but wasn't likely to even be reelected because he was unpopular in his own state, you put him on the ballot as a Vice Presidential hopeful because he's good looking and makes the liberal women swoon, and the ticket loses.

You would think that was bad enough -- and maybe he has a future on the speaking circuit, going state to state to speak at state party fundraisers (hey, why not -- he makes the liberal women swoon, remember??), but why on EARTH would he be bothering to come to St. Charles County to assist in yet another ill-fated election opportunity for the democrats?

The second senatorial district, since being redrawn, has been solidly in republican hands and, some would argue, was in pretty conservative hands prior to that with democrat Ted House and his predecessor republican Fred Dyer.

Keep in mind -- this is a district that even elected Jon Dolan! So you have to assume that there were a number of straight republican ballots cast -- otherwise, you have to think that there are that many people that actually liked Dolan(?). Dolan carried this district in 2002 by almost 11,000 votes.

Of the 60,000 some voters in the district, only about 13,000 came from Lincoln County. Now, Lincoln County shouldn't be ignored by any stretch of the imagination, but the fact is that the bulk of the district is in St. Charles County.

I have argued for years that, until the 2nd Congressional District is redrawn to include a majority of St. Charles County voters, we'll never have a congressman from St. Charles County -- mostly because the folks in St. Louis County wouldn't DARE vote for someone from St. Charles County to represent them. This is the same reason I believe that nobody from Lincoln County will win the 2nd Senatorial District. Especially a democrat. While a republican from Lincoln County could POSSIBLY stand a chance against a liberal democrat from St. Charles County, that is not the case here.

Wayne Henke, state rep. from Lincoln County, is a nice enough fellow. Conservative where he has to be, but still tows the democrat party line in Jefferson City. A retired farmer, Henke threw $80,000 of his own money into the campaign. As of the January disclosure report, minus his own 80 grand, Henke had raised a grand total of $20,000 for this special election. This infusion of $80,000 may mean something for Henke, but in a special election that is likely to cost upwards of quarter of a million dollars, given the realities of the district, it just seems like a waste of money and opportunity for the democrats. I mean ... if Edwards comes for this, and Henke loses, is he likely to come in for more fundraising events in Missouri? Or do you think some will suggest he kindly keep his distance?

On the other hand, republican rep. Scott Rupp is a great choice for this seat. Rupp has distinguished himself as the Vice Chairman of the Higher Education Committee in the House, owns his own business, in which he assists families in finding ways to finance college, and is a solid conservative voice for the entire district.

What Henke suffers from most is the fact that he's from the "minority" county in this situation. But who knows? Next time districts are redrawn, Lincoln County might not have to share a senator with St. Charles County. Of course, by that time, they'll probably have zoning!