Boston Tea Par-tay

'Nuff said.

The parachute won’t open….

….unless you pull the ripcord! We can keep hurtling to our detriment toward the cold, hard, ground, or we can slow down the pace of our descent, giving us time to figure out the best way to land and start over. Pulling the ripcord can only be done by electing Scott Brown to the US Senate. Any way you slice it, he’s the answer to most of our ills right now, and will send the message that the days of backroom deals, bribes, government takeovers, and outright thuggery are over.  REMEMBER TO VOTE!

The real reason you should vote for Scott Brown

Look.  I’m as giddy as the next guy with the fact that there’s actually a very close race to fill Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat in Massachusetts.  Did you hear that?  Massachusetts could lose TED KENNEDY’S senate seat to a REPUBLICAN. It’s surreal.  Anyway, everyone wins by electing  Scott Brown to the Senate (throw him a few bucks if you can; consider it an investment).

Let me explain: You don’t like the health “reform” bill?  Of course not, nobody on either side of the aisle does, and an all-encompassing distaste for the bill could be a more unifying issue to ordinary Americans than national security.  Everybody hates the prospects, and all for very different reasons.  If we elect Scott Brown, in the immediate term he counts as the 41st vote against the bill, in any form.  Phew – the nation would thank us, while Congressional Democrats will scapegoat us as the reason why their swell deal didn’t pass.  I’ll gladly take the blame!  Now as for the medium-term risks:  he’ll only sit for two years, so think of it as a short-term hedge investment.  This may slow down or completely railroad any other bone-headed schemes dreamed up by Congress that will put us in the poor house (Cap and Trade, Crazy Climate Crap, Taxes on the Taxes for the Taxes?).  You stave off some really bad economic plans, and can kick him out in two years after our President and our Congress have been dope-slapped back to reality.  If you’re a Democrat, it’s a hedge strategy that just may keep you in the majority in both houses with this year’s mid-term elections (blame Scott Brown and the Republicans for why the “reform” won’t pass).  Suffer the Republican for two years, until you get some better leadership that isn’t so ass-backwards.

But the real reason to vote for Scott Brown, is that if you elect Martha Coakley as the 60th rubber-stamp Senator, there is the very real possibility that any chance of economic recovery will be squelched by the greedy self-interests in Washington, and cause our downturn to linger for at least the first half of this decade.  That leaves a lot of ground to make up, worst of which could mean that your kids, even if well-educated, won’t find good jobs after you’ve mortgaged your home for their college tuition.  Add it all up, and here’s the scariest part:  your children may never move out of your house.  Think seriously before you pull that lever, fill in that dot, punch that button, or however the heck we vote around here.  Scary, isn’t it?

For What It’s Worth…

..today in the course of running my errands before my very important volunteer responsibilities at the elementary school library, I noticed only ten political signs planted in people’s front yards. Surprisingly, all ten were for Scott Brown (R), and I didn’t see a single one for Martha Coakley (D). This was an area plastered with Obama signs 14 months ago. I’m just saying.