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Tea Party, "Splainin' it to Lucy!

The era of big government is over. Remember that from Pres. Bill Clinton. He said it, and America believed it. Liberals hated it, and what happened? The government grew.
Then Texas Governor George Bush convinced us that he would be a tax cutting leader who would keep government under control. He then used his political capital to reduce taxes but thought he needed to get along with the our friends on the other side by expanding government. They won, he lost. When you extend your hand, they cut it off.
Then Bush tried to explain to America that we needed to provide amnesty for illegal aliens, which was wildly unpopular.
The Republicans in congress under Bush, decided they would spend as much or more on some parts of government, which went against the feelings of conservatives of both parties, and there are a lot of them.
You have to stand for something, or you'll fall for anything.
The Republican Congress and George Bush were repudiated at the polls in 1986 by the democrats complaining about government spending and blaming Bush and the Republican congress.
Then in 2008 the democrats won both houses of congress, destroyed George Bush's last two years, vilified him as a war criminal and set up an inexperienced senator to run, someone who hadn't voted very much so no one would know where he stood for.
They found Barack Obama who could read, but no one knew what he stood for.
They took back ALL THREE branches of government. They believed the American people wanted big government spending and big government programs. They believed wrong. After running up huge debt and untold spending caused by unpopular programs they shoved down the throats of America, conservatives raised their voices to say NO MORE!
The Tea Party had three simple principles, smaller government, lower taxes and a strong national defense. The same principles of Ronald Reagan in 1980.
So when the media says they don't understand what the Tea Party stands for, that should be expected, because they never understood the principles of Reagan and how he was able to connect with the foundation of America's beliefs, conservative beliefs that have been around for more than 230 years. Liberals can't remember these principles, and conservatives will always remember them. It's nothing personal, it's just our country and our future we care so much about.

Here's the problem

Government is like a little baby, with a voracious appetite at one end and no control at the other. President Reagan said something similar.
Here's a plan for November. Sunset laws. Sunset laws are laws that require every agency to be reviewed for whether or not we need it after a period of time.
For insance, do we really need a buggy whip inspection unit that was created in 1899 to continue today? Probably not.
With all the agencies that have been created over time that were in excess of the 10th Amendment to the Constitution, where the limits of the Federal Government prevent too much influence over the states.
Now, we have an out-of-control federal government that is growing larger than anyone ever anticipated and spending huge amounts or borrowing huge debt to cover the spending of these huge government programs.
What's wrong with Sunsetting agencies, making them explain what they do and why?
I had breakfast with Sen. Tom Coburn this week, me a just 50 of his closest friends, and he said he's been asking the questions about agencies and what they do. He's found dozens of agencies with the same responsibilities. There is something wrong with a government that can't control what they do and has multiple agencies doing the same thing.
If Republicans were smart, they would make this a keystone of their efforts to retake the congress. This is something I'd vote for.

Coming to a Radio Station Near You

I have big news, I am starting a new radio program starting on March 1st, 2010. It's called Radio Oklahoma Mornings with Larry Stein. The station is in Oklahoma, and covers most of eastern Oklahoma on KOCD 103.7 on the web at kocd1037fm.com.
The show will be news, weather, sports, information and me providing information and fun in between the segments.
I still have some work to do to get ready, training on the computer since I will be the only one in the studio, and things should kick off at 6 a.m. on Monday morning.
I'm excited and will be making posts on this site about issues and welcome your input. I'm also on Face Book if you want to join me there.
Wish me luck.

Buried a Super-Man Today

I went to grade school, junior high and high school with Chris Fyffe and we spent lots of time together over the years, today we buried Chris' dad....there goes another one.
I had to smile through the tears at the funeral.
Just like my dad who died a few years ago, he was born before the depression, and survived; served our great nation to save the world in World War ll, and survived; and then he went to Korea, and survived.
If you read the obituary, you know that Mr. Fyffe was one of the last survivors of the Pearl Harbor attack. His ship was also hit by a Kamikaze attack which sunk his ship and they were in the water for hours if not days. He survived but lost many friends, you can imagine the horror.
General Omar Bradley was asked how we would win WW ll, and he told the reporters we had a secret weapon. They all gathered close with their pencils ready to hear about what it was, and Gen. Bradley said, "The American soldier." Another secret weapon was buried today.
These men, thousands die each day, were responsible for saving the world and ending tyranny. We owe so much. Some of us remember the turmoil of our youth, when we thought we knew everything. When we complained about our parents and how they didn't have the latest tape deck, or cassette, the newest car or some other gadget. We forgot that they were the generation that won the world its freedom, and then came back to the world they left behind and invented all those new technologies that we have taken, and standing on their shoulders, created newer technologies and a better world.
They described Mr. Fyffe as not very friendly, in fact he didn't make many friends, fearing he might lose them like he did his friends and buddies in WW ll. My dad was the same way. Many of our fathers probably felt we don't appreciate the freedoms they won for us. Our fathers came back different than when they left, and before they considered Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
My dad wasn't the friendliest guy either, Danny Overland always told me he had never heard anyone use language like my dad, in fact my dad used to say, "Jesus Christ, Larry!" and Danny thought my parents named me after the Savior.
It was a mostly older group today. Chris and his wife looked great, we promised to meet on our motorcycles for a weekend of camping at Lake Murray, and all are welcome, we could make it a reunion for all the people we like.
I cried this afternoon because Chris' dad reminded me so much of my dad's death, I was in shock when my Dad died, buy every single time I go to a funeral, and see the magnificent flag that means so much to patriots and people around the world it all comes back. Our flag is the symbol that inspires people who will lash their bodies to anything that will float with the prayer that an one of America's secret weapons on a Navy ship will pluck them from the waves. There is a touching story of a Navy sailor who rescued some Vietnamese refugees in the South China see, and they didn't know much English, but when they were rescued and brought on board, they looked into the eyes of the American sailor and said, "Hello freedom-man! "
Today, at the funeral, one of the elderly gentlemen went to see his friend for one last time in a casket draped in our flag. You could tell he was former military, because he was sharply-dressed and was standing a little straighter when he got to the casket, looked at his friend with his Army uniform, and snapped one last salute for his fallen comrade.
So when you say your prayers tonight, say one extra for Bill Fyffe and his family. Another Superman, who pledged on the Constitution to protect and defend America. And the next time your thinking about how tough life can be, remember those who sacrificed and made the world we enjoy today possible. God Bless our veterans and God Speed Bill Fyffe.

Updated American Express Commercial

Do you know me?
I've lived in Oklahoma all my life, I've been a reporter in newspapers, radio and TV and even had my own television and radio shows, but maybe you don't know me.
I'm a conservative Oklahoma Republican, I believe in lower taxes, less government, a strong national defense, protecting the lives of the unborn and the constitution.
Because I believe in these "dangerous things" according to Department of Homeland Security director Janet Napolitano, suspects I may be a terrorist.
Isn't it ironic! The same principles that our founding fathers supported are now considered dangerous by the same government they founded?
Oh, and if you have recently served our great nation in the military, you are automatically considered a terrorist suspect as well.
Janet still has her job. She has made some boneheaded mistakes, including changing "terrorism" into "unscheduled man made disasters". Don't you feel safer already?
And when reporters wanted to ask her about the terrorism "suspects" she ignored the first amendment and told the reporters she would answer ONLY one question. Try to get away with that if you are a Republican or conservative-ain't gonna happen.
So, if you are a conservative American, vote Republican and live below the Mason-Dixon Line, you can be a terrorist suspect, too.
So, remember to carry your Terrorist Identification Card (TIC) in case you are stopped. And at night, please place your TIC in a window facing the street, because law enforcement agents responding to the area outside of sector five, won't respond to property displaying the TIC card to protect their safety.

Oklahoma City Tea Party--Capitol Success!

I attended the largest and greatest gathering of like-minded conservatives in Oklahoma history as 5,000+ attendees--The Tea Party at the State Capitol.
What a group; polite, courteous, and focused on doing what they can to tell the Federal Government to stop the spending, stop the huge debt, and stop taking over businesses and expanding government programs. We can't afford trillions of dollars of debt for our children and grand children to pay off so stop it and stop it now.
Simple-you can't spend your way into prosperity.
Message delivered, and the politicians at the Federal Government need to heed that advice or there will be lots of FORMER democrat congressmen looking for work after November 2010.