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Sarah Palin In The Tri-Cities

ryantodd — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:46:02 +0000

With all the hub-bub, brewhaha, and commotion of 2008 Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin coming to Richland to spend Thanksgiving with her family; there really is only one question: WHO CARES??!! Do you care?

A 140 Character Conversation With Ryan Rose (of St. Louis)

ryantodd — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:31:18 +0000

I ran across a tweet from @ryan_rose this morning that caught my attention. He referred to the 10% unemployment rate and how the “repubs” will spin some negative BS. It wasn’t so much that part, it was the next sentence of “I’m sure we should cut taxes on their buds”.

My automatic response to this was “YES, WE NEED TO CUT TAXES!!!“. By lowering taxes on small and medium sized business, we will enable business to grow and flourish.

We all have our opinions but I guess the one thing that bugs me is the automatic “pigeon-holing” that we all do. To automatically label someone (red or blue / republican or democrat / genius or idiot) because they don’t share one of your values is ludicrous.

As far as I’m concerned, the thought that anyone is willing to accept higher taxes so we can support people who should be supporting themselves is insane! Or the thought that we need to raise taxes because the government can’t balance a checkbook to save their lives. I’m not going to make the assumption that he’s a fascist, just misguided.

So, @ryan_rose,just because I’m very much in favor of being fiscally conservative, pro small business, and a big fan of social darwinism… doesn’t make me a cousin of Glen Beck. I’m not that extreme.

I’ve enjoyed our conversation today and look forward to them in the future. It’s fun to debate with people who have different views because it’s what keeps us all sharp. Take care and have a great weekend.

Obama’s Take On Kanye

ryantodd — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:52:39 +0000

Apparently President Obama was asked about the whole Kanye West / Taylor Swift debacle and commented during an “off the record” moment at a CNBC interview that Kanye was a “jack-ass”. Normally I wouldn’t even waste my time bringing up any thing from the world of pop but I feel this one is important.

As reported by Foxnews, some reporters from ABC took that and ran with it on Twitter. Here’s what is the result:

In ABC’s response to this, they state “This was done before our editorial process had been completed”. We all know the major news outlets edit their stories. But how much do they censor their reporters?