I had never been able to identify the principles of the Democrat party.  I always believed they just wanted power and would say anything do anything to achieve and hold on to that power.  Sure, nearly all politicians have a tendency along those lines but the Democrats did nothing but that as near as I could tell.  I never heard anyone articulate what their principles really were.  Even when I would press some of them for a statement of principles I would get a blank stare like a deer in the headlights and some mumbling about diversity and equality.  However, just this afternoon, I finally read an answer by William Schneider to that question and it finally makes sense what they are about.  He said, “It looks to use the power of government to promote economic and social justice.”  How very cool.  How succinct.  And it all makes sense now.  Thank you Mr. Schneider.

However there are a couple of problems with these principles.

• They are unconstitutional.
• Government is unable to accomplish those goals.  It only creates more problems than it solves.

So now that I finally have an understanding of what the Democrat party is really about let’s get on with the process of driving them into political extinction.  Their principles are abhorrent to me.

Barb has a cousin, Karen, in the hospital in Richland, WA.  She is a month younger than Barb and they saw a lot of each other growing up and continued to see each other in adulthood.  Barb, normally a morning person, would many times stay up late into the night talking with Karen when she came for a visit..  The last news I heard, a couple hours ago, was that Karen was on life support and they were doing an EEG to look for signs of brain activity.  Barb and her sister Nancy came over yesterday to be with her and her family and are staying with me again tonight.  The house I stay in is only a couple blocks from the hospital.

When I first started work over here I stayed with Karens mom and stepfather for several months.  Karens daughter Lacey is going to school at the University of Idaho just across town from our house in Moscow.  Lacey is a year older than our son James who is also attending the U of I. Lacey helped James getting into the swing of things at school and they even shared a class or two and would go to the gym to exercise together.  Lacey went to an IPSC match with me once and I borrowed her pistol because I had accidently left mine at her grandparents place.  During the summer of ’03 Lacey stayed at our house during the week while she worked at the university.  Lacey was there for the historic fireball video with our daughter Kim and provided the background expletives.  Lacey helped with Boomershoot 2003 (second picture from the top).  In other words our family is pretty close to Karen and her family and there will be a lot of sorrow in our house if she passes away.