Gas Prices Go Down-Analysis

Have you noticed that if gas prices are rising there is lots of reporting , angst, and blame all over the media.  Rising prices produce reports of conspiratorial theories, blaming political leaders (whoever is in office)-but mainly whoever you don't like anyways, calls for major change, and especially blaming oil companies.  However, if prices are lowering, you don't see any praise of oil companies, really any praise or thanks at all towards anyone.   Sometimes you hear that politicians conspired to lower prices just in time for an election or whatever.  In other words, those looking for something like that will always find it.  Market forces cause increases and decreases in prices of commodities all the time.  If anything is to blame or to be praised it is the supply and demand curve.  Consumers do have some control over consumption and that will be reflected in the price.  Still, the praise for lower prices is pretty much silent compared to the rancor over rising prices.  Funny how human nature works. 

Alabama Delegation Meeting #2

I just returned form our second delegate meeting.  We are all looking forward to a great convention.  Much more questions this time about sightseeing, transportation, parties, etc.  I meet several people there and at the meeting the evening before.  I was privileged to briefly meet Sen. Jeff Sessions and Chairman Mike Hubbard.  I also talked with the likely Republican candidate for the 5th Congressional seat, Wayne Parker.

Congressman Paul Ryan on Energy Policy

He has some good points.

McCain wraps it up

Well, John McCain now has enough pledged delegates to cinch the Republican nomination. I will certainly support his effort even though he is not my first choice. Posts of the convention will be here, so stay tuned. Even though McCain has some problems in my book, I'd rather see him as commander in chief than certain Democrats I know.

Alabama Delegation Meets

The Alabama Delegation meet Sunday February 17. To make the meeting, I had to fly back from Dallas Texas then drive over three hours to Montgomery through torrential rain. Minutes after I arrived the tornado warning sirens went off. A big tornado struck Prattville, AL just minutes after I had passed that town! No one was killed, just a lot of damage as this photo shows.















The meeting continued as we were in a strong building. The McCain delegates were obviously nervous and loaded for bear, as they were outnumbered by the Huckabee delegates. They made a motion to adjourn and meet again a month or so later "after McCain would have it all wrapped up". I thought, I just came through a tornado to get here and I'm not driving all the way back again just to do what we came here to do today. Well, the controversy continued. I won't get into details, but some of this had more to do with internal Alabama politics than the convention. When all was said and done, we elected a delegation chairman, Mike Hubbard, the party chairman who was neutral on the candidates. We elected Huckabee delegates to several key committee positions, but also some McCain people were elected for some positions too.

I have to relate one incident (one of several). At one point a McCain delegate said, "Come on, who here thinks Huckabee has any chance? I mean we all know the nominee will be John McCain". Well, that did not sit well with us. I wanted to say, the fat lady may be warming up, but she hasn't sung yet, in fact there may yet be another act to this opera! I seriously thought about standing up and saying : "NUTS". That is what General Mcauliffe said in the battle of the bulge.  Well, we don't just give up because the other side is ahead. Let's let all this play out, then we will join forces whoever the nominee happens to be. I was proud of how the Huckabee delegates handled themselves.

One note, I was impressed with Mr. Edgar Weldon.  He deftly calmed the nerves and guided the meeting to a successful conclusion.  (I was later on to find Mr. Weldon has been a great asset to the party and has vast experience in bringing consensus over the years).

I'm a Huckabee Delegate!

Due to the election here in Alabama on "Super Tuesday", I have been elected as a delegate to the Republican National Convention pledged to Mike Huckabee.

I am going to try and post information here as I go along.

HuckChuckFacts

This Mike Huckabee add is funny!

Mike Huckabee

Hey, he's the best out there!

I think you will see Mike Huckabee rising in the polls in the coming months. All the Republican candidates are impressive, but Mike has the right stuff. He is of great character, inginuity, and is a great speaker and communicator. More importantly he seems ot be the most likely to succeed in the general election.