Bellingham Tea Party Town Hall

Posted by wally at 5:45 am Politics, State Issue 4 Responses »
Jul 082010

Tonight the Bellingham Tea Party organization is hosting the first in a series of candidate meetings, town halls and debates.

Interview U.S. Senate & House of Representative Candidates

  • When: Thursday, July 8th
  • What: U.S. Senate & House of Representative Candidates
  • Where: Whatcom Community College
  • Time: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
  • Bring: Questions for the candidates
  • Cost: Free to the public

I’ve been planning on attending this event since the notice first popped up on Facebook.  After reading that Rick Larsen was to going to be there I started to have second thoughts.

I need to hear more from Clint Didier, missed meeting John Koster, and would actually like to hear from Larry Kalb.  But there is no way I would ever consider a vote for Rick Larsen and I wasn’t sure I could stay awake through all his blandness.  Peppy is good.  Bland is bad.    Now Rep. Pete Stark’s recent town hall was peppy.  I would never vote for him, if someday I were to live in California, but I would make every effort to go to one of his town halls.

Apparently his positions are similar to Rick Larsen and other Democrats, but in his own idiotic way,  he does put on a show worth seeing in person.

So, okay I’ll go tonight.  Please nudge me if I snore.  Take my pulse if Rick Larsen’s answers run long.

On the Street at Bellinham’s Tax Day Tea Party 2010

Posted by wally at 8:06 pm National Issue, Politics No Responses »
Apr 152010

What things looked like from our spot along the Guide this afternoon.

Bellingham Tea Party has a new website

Posted by wally at 5:51 am American Culture, Local Issue, Politics No Responses »
Mar 282010

BTP The local Tea Party organization has a new website and at first look it is quite a step up from the blog style of their previous site.  I found this new site to be well laid out with menus directing to information that previously was there or just too much digging to find. 

In addition to keeping us up to date on planned local events the website is heavy on education about the forming of our nation and the values of those who founded it.  And much of it like this video on our American Form of Government is aimed at those who don’t have political science PhD’s. 

They also managed to keep some of the live nature of a blog by providing an area for fresh current content.  This Feature page looks like it will have weekly articles by local favorite Jerry Stewart as well as Soapbox articles by locals who may or may not be your favorite :)

I give two thumbs up for the site and the mission of the Bellingham Tea Party.

On a Merry note

Posted by wally at 9:48 am American Culture, Politics, Religion No Responses »
Dec 062009

As I said earlier I got caught on the whole Holiday tree vs. Christmas tree at our nation’s capital.  The fact that it is so easy to think negatively about our nation’s leader and the moral state of our nation should be a bigger red flag to me that there is something wrong.   Not so much with our nation, but with my attitude.

This didn’t hit me so much at the time as it did when I was over at Facebook yesterday.  An old high school teammate was pointing out how Coke proclaimed Merry Christmas (Feliz Navidad) in Spanish, yet only Happy Holidays in English.  And a more recent acquaintance described Lynden as the last place on earth where people love to wish each other a Merry Christmas.   There, two very positive people with a little cynicism to their comments.  Odd how visible the Christmas red flag is over other people :)   It’s kind of like Indian Native American poker  where you plant the card on your forehead for everyone but you to see. 

So the blessing from these two was that they got me thinking positive.  Thinking about what a great nation we live in that private companies are free to print Merry Christmas or not, and in any language they desire.    And thinking about a recent positive Rasmussen Poll I read that cited

 72% of adults prefer "Merry Christmas," while 22% like "Happy Holidays" instead’. 

It is everywhere in America and not just in Lynden that people prefer the Merry Christmas greeting during Christmas season.   So odds are that if you say Merry Christmas to someone it will be warmly received.   Being somewhat political, I’ll also note to you that

Ninety-one percent (91%) of Republicans… like store signs that wish them a "Merry Christmas," compared to just 58% of Democrats.

That explains the Lynden thing and gives fair warning that in Bellingham, a warm reception from your Merry Christmas is a bit more of a coin toss.  Ya’ know though if your Merry Christmas comes from you heart, it shouldn’t really matter where it lands. 

Ok, last thought to help choose a cup half full of ‘nog attitude rather than the alternative comes, albeit a bit out of context, from Titus.

To the pure all things are pure: but to them that are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.  (Tit 1:15)

There, I’ve blathered enough.  Merry Christmas.

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