Before we get into the numbers, note that the survey which will be quoted below is a poll of self-identified Republicans. The figures were provided by Daily Kos/Research 2000. Much of the content was first posted in February, 2010.
    The poll of more than 2,000 self-identified Republican voters shows the paranoia in the Republican Party and the pressures and beliefs that draws lawmakers further and further away from political moderation. It is no wonder that Democrats and Republicans find themselves unable to produce meaningful bills and laws from which Americans can benefit.

 

Let's take a look at some of the poll results ...

    Well, I’ve done it again, Stanley!
    After all, who would believe that millions of American men and women would sit still, hour after hour watching a procession of cooks dice, chop, salt, season, marinate and whisk dishes for their culinary entertainment?
Today, the Food Network is seen in more than ninety million households. Food Network shows are featured on thousands of television screens in airports and hospitals. 
   

    When I first heard, in 1993, that a television channel would be exclusively devoted to food and cooking I turned to my wife and said, “Boy, those suckers are in for a terrible disappointment. They won’t last a month. Who is going to watch someone peel potatoes or sauté liver on television?” 
      

    Its Super Bowl weekend, but the big event in politics is the first national Tea Party Convention in Nashville. And I don’t think it’s about playing dress-up in Mommy’s clothes and drinking pretend tea with a teddy bear. Organizers say some 600 people have paid $549 each to attend the convention and that the event is sold out. But they add that tickets costing $349 are still available for Saturday night's banquet, where former Alaska governor and 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin will give the convention's keynote address.

 

    The convention is aimed at bringing the Tea Party Movement leaders together from around the nation for the purpose of networking and supporting the movement's multiple organizations' principal goals. And just what are their principal goals? Well, I’ve been trying to figure that out. Other than a movement which originated with anti-tax protests in response to the stimulus package, and Americans that are fed up with big-government, I can only find that tea party supporters are people that “desire our God given Individual Freedoms which were written out by the Founding Fathers. We believe in Limited Government, Free Speech, the 2nd Amendment, our Military, Secure Borders and our Country”. (Tea Party Nation).

 

    What we’ve seen on the news about these rallies are angry (or passionate) people with signs and costumes that are just downright distasteful. I’m all for a grass-roots movement for the people and by the people, but if you want to be taken seriously – lose the hatred.

    Can you imagine hiring a lawyer who wouldn’t prepare ahead of time to represent you in court? Would you choose a doctor who wouldn’t take the time to check out your medical history or evaluate your current health problems before operating on you? Would you allow your children to go to a school where the teachers had no time to prepare for classroom management, curriculum delivery, and assignments?
     Furlough Fridays have been the cause of an extraordinary amount of negative press directed at teachers in the local newspapers, the source from where I usually read about decisions made on my behalf as a teacher. Claims have been published that put the teachers at fault for this mess. Doesn’t anyone know teachers are usually the last ones to find out any information regarding their jobs?
    I knew from the start that ratifying the new teacher contract would mean trouble.