EDITOR NOTE–Honestly I have heard, “If you don’t grow, you’re dead,” so many times from the politicos I think they really believe it.”

Obama is not my guy. He is too middle of the road for me.

In your first post you also said Bush was not a leader either, but in your second post you only ranted about Obama. That’s pretty one sided.

Obama got more than half the votes cast, so it is only logical that more than half the country supports his choices for Supreme Court.

We haven’t had a real leader since FDR.

The authority of state and local governments needs to be shaply curtailed. We need to worry about them, not the Supreme Court or the president. They don’t matter much in our daily lives. State and local governments are working overtime to screw up our freedoms.

So, when I watch Reno 911; which one are you?

This post is about local govt. throwing money around as if there is no accountability or finite supply. I have seen enough waste and spend in this valley to last me a lifetime over the past few years.

Our elected officials have what I call an uncontrolled case of “consumer lust” for all manner of things most people don’t want and would not support if an election were held to decide on the project. Hence we have Urban Renewal in virtually every town in Idaho trying to spend their way to prosperity.

What has gone on in this valley in Caldwell, Nampa, Meridian and Boise is simply fiscal irresponsible with the blessings of the Idaho Legislature.

It is hard to get an accurate accounting but UR agencies all over the state get to play “Whack-a-Mole” with tax dollars and no accountability to taxpayers to the tune of over $52 Million every year. Urban Renewal agencies and their collective boards get to sit around and dream up ways to spend all that cash.

What is really galling is they have the temerity to tell us UR doesn’t cost taxpayers a dime! I am outraged that generally conservative citizens are letting these crooks get away with something forbidden in the Idaho Constitution but circumvented by the Legislature to allow all this monkey business year in and year out.

I think I just found something we can agree on… Cecil was the s#@t, too bad Butch didnt learn much from him when he was Lt Gov

Elected to office does not mean leader, and it sure as hell does not mean great leader. They are only there to help themselves and their closest friends to further their ideology to pave the way for others like them to feed the money to them in retirement. Tell me, do you really think 50% of the American public would pick those two fruitcakes O’babma picked to sit on the Supreme Court? Not a chance man. He knows they will vote radical left for 40 years. That is not representing America, that is not leading. A leader is not a leader without followers. I think we need to be able to have a national recall election on the President if the majority of State’s Governors find it appropriate to do so. And if recalled, then his federal judges can be recalled too.

When I look at the up coming election, it’s like I’m looking at dog food vs. cat food for my dinner. I’ve seen very few great leaders in my lifetime. But I do know what they look like. I will probably puke on my TV the next time I hear someone call O’bamis a great leader. I think he is more likely one of the greatest thugs in history. Perhaps we will find this out in the coming years.

Bush and Obama may be leading you in a direction you don’t want to go. That doesn’t mean they aren’t leaders. That’s a bogus argument. We should complain about the policy, not the person.

Then there are the campaigns and marketing dollars spent to “educate taxpayers” on projects like the train to nowhere that are just plain silly.

I say let the Boise Hawks pay their own way. let MLB fund their needs or let them seek another community.

I really did like Gov. Andrus laying out his policy when Gov. regarding perks for businesses to locate in Idaho. His statements on IPTV Dialogue show a few weeks back demonstrate just how goofy things have gotten for the “free market”.