Huckabee 08

The Home School Legal Defense Association has endorsed Mike Huckabee for President:

"We believe that Mike Huckabee, Governor of Arkansas, should be elected the next President of the United States. Mike is a principled conservative, a friend of homeschooling, a man of character, and a man with a mature faith in Jesus Christ."

HSLDA highlighted Mr. Huckabee's strong character as well as his strong politics. Mr. Huckabee is opposed to the United Nation's Convention on the Rights of the Child, a policy that Hillary Clinton is in favor of. HSLDA believes that a true conservative is needed to beat Hillary Clinton:

"Since 1976, no person running for president as a moderate Republican has ever won the election....
- Ford and Dole--both moderates-- lost in 1976 and 1996.
- Reagan, a clear conservative, won landslides in 1980 and 1984.
- George H.W. Bush portrayed himself as a Reagan man in 1988 and won. But as president he violated his famous "read my lips-- no new taxes" pledge, and was defeated in 1992 when it had become clear to America that he was a moderate.
- George W. Bush ran as a conservative and was elected in 2000 and 2004."
... Moderate Republicans simply cannot win the presidency."

Mr. Huckabee certainly has the credentials of a conservative:

"He believes and is willing to say that Islamic extremism needs to be understood as a theologically driven threat. He believes that America must be strong, but should never be perceived as a bully. He believes that our borders must be secured not only from illegal immigration but from the growing trend among American judges of 'illegally importing' international law into our American judicial systems."

He's also funny. My brother Adam and I both agreed on this point after watching portions of the GOP debates. He got a chorus of laughter for his comment that "We've had a Congress that's spent money like John Edwards at a Beauty shop."

At this point, I am definitely going to vote for Mike Huckabee in the Republican primaries.

Yardwork

I have decided to clean up the ranch in the terribly short time perioed before my De Anza summer class starts. Today was an excellent start:

- I mowed/weedwacked a large portion of weeds including the pool area, path up to the pool, space in front of the garage, etc.

- I cleaned the pool's filter after vacuuming junk off the deep-end floor yesterday. The filter enjoyed the process throughly. White is better than brown, eh?

- Nathan and I cleared a branch that fell across the driveway - always fun. Sadly, my Chainsaw would'nt start.. gotta work on that, cause there's another branch on a trail near our house.

Blogspot Frustration

Why Can't You Edit On Blogspot!! Patently Ridiculous! What if I wanted to delete a post or edit a post because of an egregious typo, yet was unable to? It would be horrible.

Stephanie: I will try to keep you entertained in the form of postage ;-)

Brady

Summer

Debate

Shiloh, Jared, my Dad and I just returned from Belton Texas, where we attended the annual National Championship of our speech and debate league. It was excellent fun.

Jared and I are going to take a Chemistry class together at De Anza this summer. We have just over two weeks to enjoy being done with school. Ouch. :-)

Blogspot

I believe I have conquered the intricacies of Blogspot, or at least the obvious necessities. It is yet to be seen how much I will post.

Brady