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BONNIE'S BLOGS - 2012-2013

I’m sitting here staring at this blank page trying to decide where to start today. The past two weeks have been filled with so much information that sorting it out is really a daunting exercise. So, I’m just going to dive in.

In the Legislative Committee report, at the last WCRW meeting, we highlighted a report from the Heritage Foundation on Utah taking the first step in regaining control of education for its school children. The hope is that the steps that Utah has taken will spread to all the country’s classrooms and statehouses. You can read about it here.

The second item of our report was on our Convention in Tampa. I watched it all three nights, during prime time on CSPAN, and can report that we certainly have an impressive group in our statehouses. From our four women governors: Jan Brewer of Arizona, Mary Fallin of Oklahoma, Nicki Haley of South Carolina, and Susana Martinez of New Mexico to their male counterparts in Bob McDonnell of Virginia, Chris Christie of New Jersey, Scott Walker of Wisconsin, and Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, we can be proud of this group. What we need to do now is add President Mitt Romney and Vice President Paul Ryan to this fine list of leaders. I found this article in Politico, of all places, which gives a good summary of the message and a review of the convention.

Please forgive a little personal note that I have to reveal. I’ve had a movie idol for a long time. I don’t think I’ve missed one of his movies, and I can’t wait for the next one to come out. And, much to my surprise, he appeared at the Convention! Now you know who it is, Clint Eastwood. In our California days Emmett and I were frequent visitors to Carmel. Eastwood was mayor of Carmel and owned the Hog’s Breath Restaurant and the Mission Inn. Unfortunately, I never saw him in person in all of our visits there. Back to the Convention, his performance there had some people scratching their heads, but there’s an explanation from the man himself in the Carmel Pine Cone, the local Carmel newspaper. I have to say, he “Made My Day!”

Continuing with a little more on the RNC, I found this letter to the editor, in the Cumberland Times, an interesting side note on what the Democrats call the Republican’s War on Women. There are some interesting little facts about Republican women in this letter. If the Republicans have a “ War on Women,” the Dems have another think coming!

Now we pivot to the DNC in Charlotte, NC. I found this article in RedState that put a grin on my face and you should be smiling after reading it too. It presents the contrast you’d see between the two conventions. There’s one little thing that worries me, will those watching “American Idol” and “So You Think You Can Dance” know anything about this contrast?

The MSM just might be willing to do a little vetting of the President’s job over the last almost four years. I first read this Forbes piece posted September 3, which then lead me to the New York Times article posted the day before. What a surprise to be reading this about President Obama in the MSM. From the Forbes article, “Kantor’s portrait of Obama is stunning. It paints a picture of a CEO who is unfocused and lost. What do you do? Clint Eastwood was right. You let the guy go.” The day before the Kantor NYT’s article, this article, also in the NYT, appeared on Obama’s closest confidant, Valerie Jarrett. Boy, this is interesting reading too.

I’m going to leave the rest for next week because the SF Giants and LA Dodgers game is about to start. The Giants are leading the Dodgers by 51/2 games in the Western Division at this point. I hope they can make it to the National League championship and on to the World Series.

Thanks for sharing your information, Bonnie!