So you say you want a revolution?

I would like to create an internet revolution with Governor Mitt Romney's campaign for the presidency in 2008. I'm sure a lot of you would too. Some people think that Howard Dean had an affective online campaign for president. The fact that he was able to send millions of spam messages every day does not impress me. These people could have just went to his website and read his ideas. Thousands of Idiots are able to send out millions of Viagra advertisements every day, and we don't try and make presidents out of them. Substance is more important than just using a new technology.

Some people site the number of Governor Mitt Romney blogs as early evidence of his appeal. Or perhaps we should pay attention to how he is doing on very unscientific polls.

I was one of the creators of an early Mitt Romney blog. I wanted to preserve Governor Mitt Romney's Press Releases, and enter them into cyberspace in such a manner that people could respond and interact with his words. Over the past 6 months I've received about 3 or so comments. I don't know about you, but I am not impressed with our ability to all recycle the same old news stories. Even if we found professional writers, historians, philosophers, and politicians to contribute to the Mitt Romney bloging community, I still do not think our efforts could be considered an online political revolution. Aleister Crowley said, "To read a newspaper is to refrain from reading something worthwhile. The first discipline of education must therefore be to refuse resolutely to feed the mind with canned chatter". I'm not saying that what we are righting on our blogs is canned chatter, I'm just saying that the format of the blog does not lend itself well to improvement or organization. It would be impossible for someone to read every single Mitt Romney blog post on the internet, besides there would be lots of repetition between all the Romney blogs.

Maybe all of the links, and blogs are improving the Romney internet footprint but it feels cheap to me. It feels like an advertising campaign to me, to try and improve a Google ranking. Advertising is the same as lying. If we are going to win, I want to win on substance, not because we beat the system. Besides it is too much work. It is easy work, to put a link, and say a few words, but like eating sugar, it is not very satisfying. What we need is heavy intellectual lifters that can be word smiths, that can revise, and revise until something sounds just right. We need people who are willing to stick with an issue until all aspects of it are covered, not people who jump from article to article.

The wikipedia website fulfills all the promises of the internet. It allows people to come together to a common table and truly collaborate. It provides a way to continually revise, edit, improve, and discuss a topic.

A blog post is fluff. It is created like a back-alley life that is discarded to the giant pile of blog-o-sphere post like an Abortion, to never be thought of again. A wikipedia article is created, and lovingly cared for, like a first born son. It is tweaked, and tweaked by multiple people until it sounds just right. It allows for order, because each issue gets its own spot. Millions of people can work on it, and all be heard. Each person is allowed to contribute.

When the internet came out, and before the bubble burst, there were all sorts of people hyping the new technology. It would bring people together, and solve conflict. However, different sides created their own website, and the day of the amateur-non-fact-checker has proven that opinions are like elbows, everyone has them.

People post their beliefs, without even trying to give valid reasons to agree with their conclusion. Everyone wants the right to be heard, but no one wants to accept responsibility of being logical.

People said the internet would change things, but the substance of thought on the internet was of a lower quality than the substance contained within actual books.
Sure you could respond to a "post" with another "post" but you could never get into the original post and fix it. And as the conversation goes, the confusion builds. Quality is killed, as we drown in the quantity of words. A decision is made when you are tired of thinking. The internal workings of each post is never re-worked, others just dance around it.

Then came wikipedia, and the world lived happily ever after.

Please help me edit my site: http://myclob.pbwiki.com/ If hundred or thousand of people were to work on this site, we would create an internet revolution. Right now the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitt_Romney article rivals the best magazine article about Mitt Romney. Lets make this site: http://myclob.pbwiki.com/ set the standard for all future Mitt Romney books. Lets start a revolution.

Bush and Iran

August 31st, 2006; by Myclob

If President Bush does not debate the president of Iran then the presidential hopefuls should. Iran will be one of the biggest problems that America will face. It is better to have a confrontation of words, than of blood.

 

If Mitt Romney did it, that would be cool.

Yahoo Answers

From what I understand almost as many people get answers from Yahoo Answers as Wikipedia...

 

I saw 37 questions about Governor Mitt Romney, and none of them were answered very well... We can do better, and it looks kind of fun too.

 

http://answers.yahoo.com/search/search_result;_ylt=AsqBpesMm2NfXgpFIbD9oyUjzKIX?p=Mitt+Romney

Gender

Quotes From Governor Mitt Romney on Gender

"Experience shows that kids have a far better chance of succeeding if they have a mother and a father at home. Of course, divorce or death means that there will always be many, many single parents ; these single parents often make huge sacrifices and their kids can indeed succeed. But let's do everything we can to encourage our kids to have their kids after they've married, not while they're single and in school. We have sex education in our schools. Let's also have abstinence education in our schools. Marriage and two parent families are fundamental to the development of children and to our success as a culture. We cannot afford to shrink from the timeless, priceless principles of human experience." Mitt Romney

"Today, you are witnessing democracy in action. On issues of fundamental importance affecting all of the people, it is ultimately up to the people to decide. That is what this Constitutional Convention is all about. It serves as an important reminder that no one person and no branch of government is above the voice of the people. This is as it should be. Amending the constitution is a serious matter and any changes to the document itself should be finely and narrowly drawn. I recognize that the Senate President and the Senate Minority Leader are trying to find a compromise that will satisfy people on both sides of this issue, but their proposed amendment goes too far. The Constitution should not be used to legislate new social policy. A constitutional amendment defining marriage as between a man and a woman is not a new proposal but rather a codification of longstanding policy and tradition. Civil union language is best left to the legislative process. My hope is the Constitutional Convention will approve an amendment defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman. If we do that, we will have taken an important step toward restoring the people's voice in their own government." - Source: 02-11-2004 Press Release

"I agree with the President on the need for a federal marriage amendment that defines marriage as the union of a man and a woman. As I've said before, amending the U.S. Constitution may be the best and most reliable way to prevent a patchwork of inconsistent marriage laws between states and to guard against overreaching by the judicial branch. Acts of lawlessness in San Francisco bring into even sharper focus the need to proceed with the process of amending the Constitution. I don't think anyone ever imagined that we would have courts and local officials defining marriage in a way that has no historical precedent whatsoever, and claiming it's been in the Constitution all along. Of course, we must conduct this debate with decency, tolerance and respect for those with different opinions. The definition of marriage is so fundamental to society that it should not be decided by one court in Massachusetts or by one mayor in San Francisco. In America, the people should decide. In America, the people are fair and tolerant. Let the people decide." - Taken from a 02-24-2004 Press Release

"Good afternoon. Our elected representatives met yesterday and took the first steps toward passing an amendment to the state Constitution that defines marriage as the union between a man and a woman. I applaud Senate President Travaglini, Speaker Finneran and all the members of the Legislature for conducting a respectful and thoughtful debate. As we saw, some people feel that the amendment changes the Constitution; I, and many others, feel that it preserves the Constitution. This amendment process began after the state Supreme Judicial Court redefined marriage, setting aside thousands of years of recorded history and legal precedent. The Court directed the Legislature to take action as it deemed appropriate. That's just what the Legislature did yesterday. The Legislature is now on a track to put this issue before the voters. Ultimately, this is as it should be: the people of our state will decide. I know there are deeply held personal convictions around this issue. There are real people and real lives that are affected. On a matter of such significance and with such tender sentiment involved, I would ask that we continue to show respect and consideration for those of differing views. For all of us, the rule of law is bedrock. We've seen the lawlessness that has erupted in other states and how it undermines the higher purposes we all seek to preserve. I know there's been a lot of speculation about what action I will take as Governor of the Commonwealth. Until the Legislature completes its work at the end of this month, I will have no comment on the options before me. But let me state clearly that whatever I do will be within the bounds of the law. Just as the Legislature is working within the constitutional and legal structure of our state, I will do the same. The Legislature has taken the first step. As the process continues, let us hope the final step will be taken by the people. Thank you. - Source: 03-12-2004 Press Release

"Mr. Chairman, Senator Leahy, Senator Kennedy, distinguished members of the Committee, thank you for asking me to join you today. First, I ask that my written remarks be inserted into the record of this hearing. You have asked for my perspectives on the recent inauguration of same sex marriagein my state. This is a subject about which people have tender emotions in part because it touches individual lives. It also has been misused by some as a means to promote intolerance and prejudice. This is a time when we must fight hate and bigotry, when we must root out prejudice, when we must learn to accept people who are different from one another. Like me, the great majority of Americans wish both to preserve the traditional definition of marriage and to oppose bias and intolerance directed towards gays and lesbians. Given the decision of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, Congress and America now face important questions regarding the institution of marriage. Should we abandon marriage as we know it and as it was known by the framers of our constitution? Has America been wrong about marriage for 200 plus years? Were generations that spanned thousands of years from all the civilizations of the world wrong about marriage? Are the philosophies and teachings of all the world's major religions simply wrong? Or is it more likely that four people among the seven that sat in a court in Massachusetts have erred? I believe that is the case. And I believe their error was the product of seeing only a part, and not the entirety. They viewed marriage as an institution principally designed for adults. Adults are who they saw. Adults stood before them in the courtroom. And so they thought of adult rights, equal rights for adults. If heterosexual adults can marry, then homosexual adults must also marry to have equal rights. But marriage is not solely for adults. Marriage is also for children. In fact, marriage is principally for the nurturing and development of children. The children of America have the right to have a father and a mother. Of course, even today, circumstances can take a parent from the home, but the child still has a mother and a father. If the parents are divorced, the child can visit each of them. If a mother or father is deceased, the child can learn about the qualities of the departed. His or her psychological development can still be influenced by the contrasting features of both genders. Are we ready to usher in a society indifferent about having fathers and mothers? Will our children be indifferent about having a mother and a father? My Department of Public Health has asked whether we must re-write our state birth certificates to conform to our Court's same-sex marriage ruling. Must we remove "father" and "mother" and replace them with "parent A" and "parent B?" What should be the ideal for raising a child: not a village, not "parent A" and "parent B," but a mother and a father. Marriage is about even more than children and adults. The family unit is the structural underpinning of all successful societies. And, it is the single-most powerful force that preserves society across generations, through centuries. Scientific studies of children raised by same sex couples are almost non-existent. And the societal implications and effects on these children are not likely to be observed for at least a generation, probably several generations. Same sex marriage doesn't hurt my marriage, or yours. But it may affect the development of children and thereby future society as a whole. Until we understand the implications for human development of a different definition of marriage, I believe we should preserve that which has endured over thousands of years. Preserving the definition of marriage should not infringe on the right of individuals to live in the manner of their choosing. One person may choose to live as a single, even to have and raise her own child. Others may choose to live in same sex partnerships or civil arrangements. There is an unshakeable majority of opinion in this country that we should cherish and protect individual rights with tolerance and understanding. But there is a difference between individual rights and marriage. An individual has rights, but a man and a woman together have a marriage. We should not deconstruct marriage simply to make a statement about the rights of individual adults. Forcing marriage to mean all things, will ultimately define marriage to mean nothing at all. Some have asked why so much importance is attached to the word "marriage." It is because changing the definition of marriage to include same sex unions will lead to further far-reaching changes that also would influence the development of our children. For example, school textbooks and classroom instruction may be required to assert absolute societal indifference between traditional marriage and same sex practice. It is inconceivable that promoting absolute indifference between heterosexual and homosexual unions would not significantly effect child development, family dynamics, and societal structures. Among the structures that would be affected would be religious and certain charitable institutions. Those with scriptural or other immutable founding principles will be castigated. Ultimately, some may founder. We need more from these institutions, not less, and particularly so to support and strengthen those in greatest need. Society can ill afford further erosion of charitable and virtuous institutions. For these reasons, I join with those who support a federal constitutional amendment. Some retreat from the concept of amendment, per se. While they say they agree with the traditional definition of marriage, they hesitate to amend. But amendment is a vital and necessary aspect of our constitutional democracy, not an aberration. The constitution's framers recognized that any one of the three branches of government might overstep its separated powers. If Congress oversteps, the Court can intervene. If the Executive overreaches, Congress may impeach. And if the Court launches beyond the constitution, the legislative branch may amend. The four Massachusetts justices launched beyond our constitution. That is why the Massachusetts legislature has begun the lengthy amendment process. There is further cause for amendment. Our framers debated nothing more fully than they debated the reach and boundaries of what we call federalism. States retained certain powers upon which the federal government could not infringe. By the decision of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, our state has begun to assert power over all the other states. It is a state infringing on the powers of other states. In Massachusetts, we have a law that attempts to restrain this infringement on other states by restricting marriages of out-of-state couples to those where no impediment to marry exists in their home state. Even with this law, valid same sex marriages will migrate to other states. For each state to preserve its own power in relation to marriage, within the principle of Federalism, a federal amendment to define marriage is necessary. This is not a mere political issue. It is more than a matter of adult rights. It is a societal issue. It encompasses the preservation of a structure that has formed the basis of all known successful civilizations. With a matter as vital to society as marriage, I am troubled when I see an intolerant few wrap the marriage debate with their bias and prejudice. I am also troubled by those on the other side of the issue who equate respect for traditional marriage with intolerance. The majority of Americans believe marriage is between a man and a woman, but they are also firmly committed to respect, and even fight for civil rights, individual freedoms and tolerance. Saying otherwise is wrong, demeaning and offensive. As a society, we must be able to recognize the salutary effect, for children, of having a mother and a father while at the same time respecting the civil rights and equality of all citizens." Thank you. - Taken from a 06-22-2004 Press Release

1. "In my service as Governor, I've never had anyone complain to me that their kids are not learning enough about sex in school. However, a number of people have asked me why it is that we do not speak more about abstinence as a safe and preventive health practice," said Romney. " Abstinence education gives young people the support they need in making the decision to postpone sexual activity until they are mature enough to handle the emotional, moral and financial responsibilities of parenthood," he said. "This is more than teaching kids to say no – it will help them preserve self-esteem and build character." From a 05-31-2006 Press Release

Press Releases from Governor Mitt Romney about "Gender"

2004

02-11-2004, ROMNEY STATEMENT REGARDING CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
02-24-2004, STATEMENT OF GOVERNOR ROMNEY ON THE FEDERAL MARRIAGE AMENDMENT
03-12-2004, STATEMENT OF GOVERNOR MITT ROMNEY ON CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
06-22-2004, "Preserving Traditional Marriage: A View from the States"

Thoughts from other's about Gender

• The Children of Divorce 11-13-05

Additional Topics

1. Same Sex Marriage
2. Boy Scouts
3. Family

External Links

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1852174

Videos

If you go to Google Video and type Mitt Romney, you will find this video:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4362623183954478320&q=tvshow%3ACharlie_Rose

The Governor Mitt Romney interview takes about 20 min. If you just want to watch the part about this topic, go to this portion of the video:

Gay Rights: 4:00 Min & 7:14 min

Disputing Sides

1. Mormons vs Gay Marriage advocates

My thoughts on Gender

Women should not try and improve their lot in life by tearing down men .

I think Governor Mitt Romney could do a lot to help the image of the American Man. I mean look at the role models. Bill Clinton, is a total hypocrite that said that he respected women, but treated them as objects. And George bush has about as much hyper-masculinity as a gangster. Governor Mitt Romney is nice to gays, but he thinks kids need both parents. He doesn't buy into any of that 60's gender war stuff.

I think the cultural wars are really coming to a head. Every show has some stupid man, like 12 heroic gay people. Movies like School of Rock, and shows like Oliver Bean think that it's funny to laugh at the gender confusion of elementry school students. It's the new cultural war, and its getting pretty stupid. I don't know how to explain myself better, please help! My website dedicated to this issue is located here: http://myclob.pbwiki.com/Gender

Governor George Romney of Michigan

Veteran's Memorial Building – Detroit

November 18, 1967 11 a.m. EST

My wife Lenore is my greatest earthly inspiration. She excels in eloquence, the poetry of words, empathy, and graciousness.

I have given my life to the poetry of decisions and work.

One was aspires to the Presidency should be confident he can be useful and capable of providing the needed leadership.

I decided to fight for and win the Republican nomination and election as President of the United States. I have made my decision with a great earnestness.

I am concerned about America.

The size and complexity of our national problems have bred a widespread sense of personal futility.

We have begun to see acceptance of irresponsibility as a way of life. There is growing aimlessness and flabbiness in our American society.

The evidence is everywhere.

Too frequently family responsibilities are pre-empted by Government}government and weakened by obsolete welfare policies that cripple each new generation of the poor .

The crime rate mounts and over half the major crimes are committed by teenagers. To avoid a society that seems to offer no cause worth serving, too many turn to drugs or alcoholism or other means of "escape."

Too often, young people bursting with idealism, either find themselves playing a game for which they have little heart or hurling themselves into wasteful protest against the so-called " establishment."

Men and women in the slums, bitter over unfulfilled promises, listen to revolutionaries who would plunge us into civil guerilla warfare. We are becoming "a house divided."

In this apathetic period, work is now seldom looked on as joy, and excellence of product or service is now seldom an objective.

Our magnificent economy, which offers an impoverished and hungry world the only model that can head off greater deprivation and unprecedented famine, is being systematically jammed by inflation.

The richest nation in the world is in a fiscal mess.

As we have drifted away from principle at home, we have undermined the foundation of our position in the world. Once a beacon of hope for people everywhere, America is now widely regarded as belligerent and domineering.

We are mired in an Asian land war which sacrifices are young men and drains our resources, with no end in sight. Time and again we have been taken toward the mountaintop of hope only to fall back into the crevices of sickening reality. False optimism and lack of candor on the part of our leaders have confused our citizens and sapped their resolve.

Our foreign policy has no clear positive purpose. NATO and the United Nations are in disarray, subversion threatens Latin America, and the have-not nations are losing ground.

But, I'm confident that the American people can reverse this trend. We have the creative energy and the basic principles to build a new America.

The process begins at home.

Our country's unique political institutions have released and stimulated the best in more people than any other nation in history. We won't again fulfill our destiny until we can trust the individual and what he can and should do, and the spirit God shared with men.

We must recognize that the root source of America's strength is the divinely endowed freedom of its people;

That personal responsibility and family responsibilities are essential in a free society;

That is through voluntary cooperation of responsible individuals that Americans have made life more agreeable and rewarding.

In all our communities we must–as I find poor people beginning to do in the ghettos–design a new fabric of voluntary independent agencies through which people help each other.

We must practice are fundamental principles of mutual self-respect and brotherhood with every citizen enjoying full and equal citizenship.

We must restore respect for law and its enforcement. In order of priority, it is more important to make our streets safe than to put a man on the moon.

We must restore the competitive principle, under which labor and business cooperate to serve the consumer first.

Workers must personally participate in progress to enjoy their work and take pride its product.

We must make private contribution, not concentrated power, the yardstick of reward.

We must reestablish control over Federal spending and end perpetual deficits.

In the 50 states of our union, we must again claim not state rights but state responsibilities.

We can, we must, solve the problems on which the Federal bureaucracy has so obviously failed. Our national government must lead in identifying national problems, establishing priorities, and encouraging maximum state, local, and private effort in their solution. To succeed we must decentralize problem-solving responsibility and action.

If we do those things at home, we will have taken the first giant step for re-establishing the influence of the United States in the World.

To apply these principles, to achieve these goals, to build a new America, we must have a Republican President.

The Republican Party has the faith in the individual, and voluntary cooperation, private competitive enterprise, free collective bargaining, and state and local government needed to apply these principles at home. A Republican President can work for a just peace in Vietnam unshackled by mistakes of the past. A Republican President can restore truth to government and regain the confidence of the people.

We need leadership that can elevate religion and morality to their position of paramount importance and thus eliminating growing selfishness, and immorality, and materialism. We must end the spirit of "anything goes," and restore the importance and quality of our personal lives.

The present President, who is experienced only in the tools of government, will continue, no matter what his intentions, to build greater and greater governmental control over our lives.

To decentralize our attack on problem-solving and to energize the great talents and character of the American people will require broader experience. I have had such experience. I worked in the fields, in construction, in independent and voluntary national and local agencies during war and peace, in international trade and labor conferences, in two of the nation's largest corporations operating in three major industries, and in state and federal governments.

A New American requires leadership which, by word and deed, merits the confidence of the people and is worthy of God's blessing.

Because I believe that, working together, we can build a New America, I will work toward this goal with all my heart, mind, and new spirit. I pledge energy and honesty to the task.

New Mitt Romney Website

I keep telling people we need more Mitt Romney websites, and fewer blogs. For instance we have all of these state blogs, but we are all linking to the same articles... Maybe we should be more organized... Maybe the state blogs should only address state issues, and maybe we could all work on another blog together...

 

Anyways, I put my money were my mouth is, and am in the process of changing "my" website over to a "Mitt Romney" website.

 

This is the location:

 

http://ideastockexchange.com/

 

Over the next couple of weeks I'm going to do a better job of separating my stuff from the Romney stuff.

 

It's really too much for one person to do. I need some help. If you have Microsoft front page, or know how to edit html, please help!

 

As always, I'm looking for suggestions.

 

Regards,

 

myclob

Letter from George Washington to the Hebrew Congregation at Newport

I think the following is a very good resource for those who want to address the religion issue. I would like to give a shout out to Ann Coulter who refrenced this in her book. I think it applies to Mitt Romney.

Letter from George Washington to the Hebrew Congregation at Newport

c. August 1790

Gentlemen:

While I received with much satisfaction your address replete with expressions of esteem, I rejoice in the opportunity of assuring you that I shall always retain grateful remembrance of the cordial welcome I experienced on my visit to Newport from all classes of citizens.

The reflection on the days of difficulty and danger which are past is rendered the more sweet from a consciousness that they are succeeded by days of uncommon prosperity and security.

If we have wisdom to make the best use of the advantages with which we are now favored, we cannot fail, under the just administration of a good government, to become a great and happy people.

The citizens of the United States of America have a right to applaud themselves for having given to mankind examples of an enlarged and liberal policy—a policy worthy of imitation. All possess alike liberty of conscience and immunities of citizenship.

It is now no more that toleration is spoken of as if it were the indulgence of one class of people that another enjoyed the exercise of their inherent natural rights, for, happily, the Government of the United States, which gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance, requires only that they who live under its protection should demean themselves as good citizens in giving it on all occasions their effectual support.

It would be inconsistent with the frankness of my character not to avow that I am pleased with your favorable opinion of my administration and fervent wishes for my felicity.

May the children of the stock of Abraham who dwell in this land continue to merit and enjoy the good will of the other inhabitants—while every one shall sit in safety under his own vine and fig tree and there shall be none to make him afraid.

May the father of all mercies scatter light, and not darkness, upon our paths, and make us all in our several vocations useful here, and in His own due time and way everlastingly happy.

G. Washington

Culture

What song would you think should be Governor Mitt Romney's theme song?

I like the Rock band Rush. Did you know they liked Ayn Rand?

Check out this link:

http://www.jewsrock.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=words.view&wordid=5C400234-ACA1-4A3E-8CDCC1A3C6B074C4

Also there is a They Might Be Giants song, with the word turnaround, and then there is that don't turn around song...

Speaking of Ayn Rand, what book do you think makes the strongest case for Mitt Romney. I think Atlas Shrugged makes a pretty good case, that we need competent people at the top, like Romney. What are your thoughts?

I am interested in creating a profile of Governor Mitt Romney, similar to this:

http://www.blogger.com/profile/1811941

With his favorite books, movies, and other personal types of things...

Do you know what books he likes, and all that stuff?

Thansk for any help.

More Governor Mitt Romney Photos

09-22-05 After filing education reform legislation that would give every middle and high school student in Massachusetts a laptop computer, Governor Mitt Romney checked out the prototype of a one hundred dollar laptop with the founding chairman of MIT's Media Laboratory, Nicholas Negroponte.

09-08-05 Governor Mitt Romney and hundreds of volunteers were on hand today at Otis Air Force Base to greet the first evacuees to arrive by airlift in Massachusetts from the storm-ravaged Gulf Coast .

08-18-05 Governor Mitt Romney participated in a send-off ceremony at the National Guard Armory in West Newton for the 685 ^th Finance Detachment of the Massachusetts National Guard being deployed overseas.


07-20-05 Governor Mitt Romney met with nurses and patients from the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center after making an announcement about next phase of his healthcare reform plan to expand access to affordable health insurance.

07-20-05  Reaffirming his commitment to create a state government that reflects the entire Massachusetts community, Governor Mitt Romney swore in 12 new members of the Latino-American Advisory Commission.

07-14-05 Governor Mitt Romney testified before the Judiciary Committee on his proposed death penalty bill. The legislation calls for corroborating scientific evidence, multiple layers of review and a new "no doubt" standard of proof.

06-30-05 Governor Mitt Romney, joined by members of his cabinet, signed into law a $23.8 billion budget for the new fiscal year that begins July 1.

03-30-2006  Governor Mitt Romney took aim at gang violence and witness intimidation by signing into law a measure that gives prosecutors the tools they need to protect witnesses.


03-16-2006  Governor Mitt Romney announced that the state will invest $516.5 million in Commonwealth Capital funds to build housing near public transit, improve water quality and sewer service and upgrade transportation and environmental infrastructure to support smart growth across Massachusetts.


02-21-06 Governor Mitt Romney was joined by Mass. Secretary of Economic Development Ranch Kimball as he announced Massachusetts Business Connect, a new initiative to help companies build business relationships that will create new deals and jobs in the state.




01-25-06 With revenues rising and reserves at record levels, Governor Mitt Romney filed a Fiscal Year 2007 budget that proposes significant new spending in education, health care and local aid while also cutting taxes.  For the fourth year in a row, the Governor's budget is balanced and maintains the Commonwealth's financial stability.



01-23-06 Governor Mitt Romney was joined by Health and Human Services Secretary Tim Murphy as he announced during a news conference at the State House that he will establish a panel to review the case history of Haleigh Poutre. "I believe that the people in DSS did what they believed was right. No human is omniscient. But I wonder whether any changes in protocol or procedure may reduce the likelihood of error in the future," Romney said.


01-18-06 Governor Mitt Romney in his annual State of the Commonwealth address this evening declared Massachusetts "resilient, robust, and strong."  The Governor announced a $200 million reserve fund to pay for health care reform and proposed a new plan to lower the income tax rate to 5 percent over two years.



01-11-06 Calling education "an essential investment" in the state's future, Governor Mitt Romney appeared before the Legislature's Joint Committee on Education to outline his reform proposals to bolster Massachusetts schools and improve student performance across the board.



12-16-05 Governor Mitt Romney inspected the State Police trainees during the 78^th Recruit Training Troop's graduation ceremony in Worcester.

12-08-05 Governor Mitt Romney signed legislation that prevents thousands of Massachusetts taxpayers from having to pay retroactive taxes on financial transactions that occurred more than three years ago. Under the new law, no additional taxes are due and affected taxpayers may disregard any retroactive bills they received.


11-23-05 Governor Mitt Romney served turkey at the Morgan Memorial Goodwill Annual Thanksgiving Dinner at Goodwill's Headquarters in Roxbury.


11-20-05 Governor Mitt Romney signed legislation to lower the property tax burden for Massachusetts senior citizens, which he said will help more seniors stay in their homes.


10-28-05 As Governor Mitt Romney signed into law the toughest drunk driving legislation in the Commonwealth's history, he was joined by legislators and the family of Melanie Powell, the 13-year-old girl for whom the legislation was named.



10-13-05 Sgt. Peter Damon and his wife Jenn gave Governor Romney a tour of the home that was specially built for their family by Homes for Our Troops.

Romney Video

If you go to Google Video and type Mitt Romney, you will find this video:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4362623183954478320&q=tvshow%3ACharlie_Rose

The Governor Mitt Romney interview takes about 20 min. If you just want to watch a specific portion of the video go to the designated spot.

Abortion: 15:20 min

Abortion State by state 16:04 min

Health care: 19:05a

Iraq: 20:05 Min

Global Warming: 25:55 min

Gay Rights: 4:00 Min & 7:14 min

He is awesome to watch, and if people who are not so how on him, just watched the video, I think they would get it.

A New Romney Site

Just wanted to tell you all about a new Romney site I made. It is located here:

http://reason4romney.blogspot.com/

It kind of goes along with my site here:

http://myclob.pbwiki.com/

In that it organizes press releases of his, however it allows for better formatting than the pbwiki site, and allows people to discuss each press release.

The reason that I created this site, is blogger (owned by Google) came out with a new beta. You can see on the left that you can label each post, and it will automatically keep track of each topic... It allows you to do some other pretty advanced formatting. If anyone wants to become an editor on the site, feel free to ask me, and I'll send you an invite. I think we should have one experimental blog, with maybe 50 contributors or something...

Tell me what you guys think of the site...

GOVERNOR ROMNEY ORDERS SECURITY REVIEW OF STATE'S LNG STORAGE FACILITIES

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Department State House Boston, MA 02133 (617) 725-4000 MITT ROMNEY GOVERNOR KERRY HEALEY LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 24, 2006 CONTACT: Eric Fehrnstrom Felix Browne (617) 725-4025 Mike Coelho (EOPS) (617) 727-7775  X25536 GOVERNOR ROMNEY ORDERS SECURITY REVIEW OF STATE'S LNG STORAGE FACILITIES Governor Mitt Romney today directed state energy and public safety agencies to undertake a security review of the Commonwealth's liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage facilities.  The review is precautionary in nature and was prompted by the disclosure earlier this week of a security breach at a Keyspan storage facility in Lynn.  That incident remains under investigation and there is no indication it was terrorism related. The security review will be conducted by a joint inspection team comprised of experts from the Department of Telecommunications and Energy and members of the State Police's Critical Infrastructure Assessment Unit.  The review will encompass an inspection of the facilities' physical plant, their security plan and systems as well as their training records.    The review, which is expected to take 30 days, is intended to supplement the regular inspections that take place at LNG storage facilities every two years.   ###

Governor Mitt Romney vs Senator John McCain

Mitt Romney's advantage's:

1. McCain is old.
2. Mitt Romney is a Govenor, and John McCain is a Senator. It is harder for a Senator to become President than a Govenor.
3. John McCain thinks we spend too much money on politics. He is not very good at Math, or Economics. America spend more money on Gum than we do on the whole political election cycle, including every political commersial and yard sign.
4. McCain, easily one of the most gifted, charismatic politicians of our time, has good reason to be concerned. But why would that be? McCain is the original bipartisan reformer, after all. Given his carefully cultivated reputation as a moderate willing to work closely with Democrats on campaign finance reform, a patient's bill of rights, global warming, immigration, and spending restraint, you'd think McCain would simply own voters looking to back "the party of performance." Yet it is increasingly clear that he has chosen the wrong issues on which to embrace a more moderate, results-oriented view, both in light of Republican biases and the likely general election landscape.
5. (1) Campaign finance reform was never a burning issue for voters. Rather, it was an issue of totemic significance, particularly for journalists and a narrow slice of the upper-middle-class, that pitted McCain against much of the Republican base. Achieving a victory on this front certainly generated "good vibes," for a time, but it's left little in the way of lasting voter loyalty. Moreover, McCain's efforts set very high standards for ethical behavior that can and in fact have been used against him. Every time McCain raises funds for, say, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, he will be accused--fairly or unfairly--of rank hypocrisy. Worse yet, it is hard to argue that the McCain-Feingold legislation has been a success. McCain's conservative opponents feel vindicated--the legislation solved nothing, and may have made matters worse. His allies are dissatisfied. To say the very least, this doesn't bode well.
6. Following his release after 5-1/2 years as a Viet Nam POW, John McCain divorced his wife, who had raised their children alone during his confinement. The second (and current) Mrs. John McCain was embroiled in a huge controversy over an addiction to drugs illicitly obtained from her own non-profit medical relief organization. Since 2000, a roller-coaster of controversial positions within his own party have unfortunately left this maverick Senator with the label "Republican in Name Only."
7. Similarly, the patient's bill of rights appears--again, fairly or unfairly--to have solved nothing. It has not made insurance coverage more widespread, it has not reduced the number of medical bankruptcies, and it doesn't seem to have improved the quality of medical care for very many, if any, voters.
8. Global warming is a worthy cause, and yet the winners from any forward movement on the issue are a large, diffuse, mostly indifferent group. The losers are a small, focused, and intensely engaged group. That's never a good thing in an election.
9. Then there is immigration. Insofar as the desire for immigration reform stems from a general sense of unease about rapid demographic change, economic insecurity, and a strongly-held belief that law and order has broken down, it seems unlikely that any legislation that deemphasizes stemming the low-skill influx in favor of legalizing the existing illegal population and actually increasing the size of the low-skill influx will win McCain many friends among Republicans.
10. Finally, spending restraint, one area where McCain is very much in tune with the Republican intelligentsia, is not an obvious winner against the old Clinton battle-cry of "M2E2"--Medicare, Medicaid, Education, and the Environment. Root-canal economics was unpopular in the 1980s, and it remains unpopular today, elite opinion notwithstanding.
11. The Media loves John McCain. Republicans hate the media.

Mitt Romney's Disadvantage's:

1. The Media loves John McCain
2. John McCain is a war veteren.

Sources:
1. http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2006/04/health_care_plan_gives_romney.html
2. http://lowdowncentral.townhall.com/g/9ed05262-03c3-44ab-baae-0b4966b2d886
Romney vs McCain Google Search

McCain's age could affect expected presidential run

By Steven Thomma

McClatchy Newspapers

PETE SOUZA, Chicago Tribune

Sen. John McCain.

WASHINGTON - Sen. John McCain of Arizona will do something next week that'll set him apart from everyone else who's weighing a run for president in 2008.

He'll celebrate his 70th birthday Tuesday.

http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/news/nation/15343493.htm

Abortion

I need help on these sites!  Please ask me for the password, and I'll give those who support Romney the password:

http://myclob.pbwiki.com/Abortion

http://myclob.pbwiki.com/impose%20his%20own%20will

http://myclob.pbwiki.com/opportunistic


Here is my abortion page, for those who are too lazy to click on a link :)

Governor Mitt Romney and Abortion

This site is dedicated to understanding Mitt Romney's (A 2008 presidential candidate) abortion stance.

Mitt Romney has the best abortion stance.

Reasons to agree:

1. He thinks the people should choose, not the courts.
2. He respects the rights of states to choose differently than he does. Or in other words he doesn't try and impose his own will on those who disagree with him.

Reasons to agree:

1. Those on the far right might not like that he support abortion except in cases of rape, incest, and when the life of a mother is threatened.
2. Those on the left are very afraid that Roe vs. Wade will be over turned. Mitt Romney has been calling for this longer than any other 2008 presidential candidate.
3. Romney has said that his views on abortion have "evolved" and "changed" since 2002 such that he now considers himself a "pro-life governor" who wishes "the laws of our nation could reflect that view." Some people do not think someone in their 40's or 50's can change their mind on Abortion. They see his change as being two faced or opportunistic.

Governor Mitt Romney is personally pro-life.

Reasons to agree:

1. "It is very conceivable that scientific advances will allow an embryo to be grown for a substantial period of time outside the uterus. To say that it is not life at one month or two months or four months or full term, just because it has never been in a uterus, would be absurd." Mitt Romney
2. Romney has identified himself as a pro-life politician.
3. He does not support abortion except in cases of rape, incest, and when the life of a mother is threatened.
4. Romney has been a vocal opponent of the Supreme Court decision in Roe vs Wade, criticizing the "one size fits all" statute created by the ruling. The Governor believes each state should have the right to determine its own abortion laws, voicing support for efforts in states such as South Dakota to regulate abortion within its borders.
5. Governor Mitt Romney opposes abortion except in cases of rape, incest, or serious threat to the health of the mother.

Mitt Romney is the only candidate with the credibility to oversee the reversal of Roe vs wade .

Reasons to agree

1. He respects the rights of states to choose differently than he does. Or in other words he doesn't try and impose his own will on those who disagree with him.

Related Issues

Governor Mitt Romney supports stem cell research using surplus embryos but opposes the use of cloning to create new embryos.

In 1994, Romney also said that he was personally opposed to abortion. He also said that he became committed to legalized abortion after the death of a family friend in an illegal abortion made him see "that regardless of one's beliefs about choice, you would hope it would be safe and legal."

"Many years ago, I had a dear, close family relative that was very close to me who passed away from an illegal abortion," Romney said in a televised debate opposite Senator Edward Kennedy. "It is since that time my mother and my family have been committed to the belief that we can believe as we want, but we will not force our beliefs on others on that matter. And you will not see me wavering on that." The person Romney was referring to was a teenage girl engaged to marry a member of Romney's extended family. Romney's sister Jane has said that the girl's death changed the family's perspective on the legality of abortion. "With my mom, that was a personal thing because we had a tragedy close to us -- not in our immediate family, but a young girl who actually was engaged and had an illegal abortion and died." "She was a beautiful, talented young gal we all loved. And it pretty much ruined the parents -- their only daughter. You would do anything not to repeat that."

Romney has said he has kept his campaign promises. Romney vetoed an emergency contraception bill in July 2005, claiming that allowing it to pass into law would violate his "moratorium" on changes to the abortion laws.

Prior to his run for governor Romney told a newspaper in Salt Lake City Utah that he did not want to be classified as a "pro-choice" politician.

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You should always choose life.

http://del.icio.us/myclob/abortion%2C

http://sanity.blog-city.com/read/abortion.htm

http://dmoz.org/Society/Issues/Abortion/

Source:

Roe vs Wade

What if we loose?

There is a chance that Mitt Romney will not get the 2008 republican nominee. And if he does win it, there is a chance that he will not win against the democratic nominee. Mitt Romney lost in 1994 against Senator Ted Kennedy. When Mitt Romney lost, he felt very disappointed. Sure, he was disappointed that he lost, but he was disappointed about something else. He said that he was disappointed that he had not improved the quality of dialogue. If Mitt Romney does not win the election, lets at least improve the quality of the dialogue trying to win.

In his book Turnaround, Romney said, "Ideas I brought forward were dissected and distorted to their illogical extreme." Romney had failed to "…raise new ideas for government, help rebuild a disappearing second party, and stand for something bigger than self interest… the campaign had been about charges and misperceptions, not ideas and ideals."

When we debate with people lets not distort their beliefs to "their illogical extremes". Talk to a professor that teaches a logic course, and ask them what one of the stupidest type of arguments is. I bet you they will say the slippery slope. The slippery slope argument has wasted more time than any other argument. Lets not distort what people say, and take their comments to illogical extremes. If we are going to win a debate, let's win it logically. If we are talking about x, lets not disprove x squared.

Romney wanted to also "rebuild a disappearing second party. Massachusetts is the most liberal state in our country. When we look at Mexico and Saudi-arabia we learn that one party systems are not very good. When republicans only talk to republicans, and democrats only talk to democrats we live in a scary world. I hate all the talk about red state and blue. I hate all the 2^nd grade oversimplification about "this person is too liberal" or "this person is to conservative." Lets talk about issues. I have a list of hundreds of issues at this site: http://myclob.pbwiki.com/ with Mitt Romney quotes on each of them. So many people are mischaracterizing and oversimplifying his positions.

One of the problems is that some pages don't allow feedback. Such as the Salt Lake Tribune. They like the world were they can say any stupid thing, and they outlaw people from posting corrections.

Mitt Romney felt in his defeat from Ted Kennedy that the campaign had been about "charges and misperceptions, not ideas and ideals." The same thing is going on today. People on the left are accusing Mitt Romney of hating gays because he apposes civil unions. They are taking his positions to illogical extremes. People on the right are saying that Romney has no morals, because he is nice to gay people, and says they should not be discriminated against. Both sides are stupid.

Mitt Romney is Strong on the Family. He said, ""America cannot continue to lead the family of nations around the world if we suffer the collapse of the family here at home." Mitt Romney

For instance, Kate O'Beirne, from national review online said, "Should Mitt Romney join a 2008 race that included John McCain, Rudy Giuliani, Newt Gingrich and George Allen, the only guy in the GOP field with only one wife would be the Mormon. "

People are trying to say that Governor Mitt Romney is to liberal towards gays, even after all of this…

http://myclob.pbwiki.com/Family

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitt_Romney#Same-Sex_Marriage

If Governor Mitt Romney really wants to improve the quality of diologue that he should outline all of his beliefs on a website, and let people post reasons to agree or disagree with his beliefs. These reasons would go into one of two columns. Reasons to agree, and reasons to disagree. People could then move the best reasons to agree and disagree with each of Romney's beliefs. We would have both sides coming together to the same page. We would have the arguments right there on the same page, with the best arguments at the top of each column, beneath each of Governor Mitt Romney's beliefs. Mitt Romney can improve the quality of debate, by forcing those who want to post a reason to disagree, to evaluate the validity of the top reasons to agree on a scale form one to ten. This would force people to interact with their rivals. It would create dialogue.

I explain better how this will work here: http://ideastockexchange.com/ but for the purposes of this blog, I just want to say there are lots of things that we can do to improve the quality of debate.  That way even if we loose, our efforts won't have been in vain.

If we do not face the challenge of partisan stupidity, we could very well end up like this science fiction story:http://www.hatrack.com/osc/books/empire/empire.shtml

 

Are Your Governor Mitt Romney Sites Listed?

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ROMNEY ANNOUNCES STAFF CHANGES IN GOVERNOR’S OFFICE

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Department State House Boston, MA 02133 (617) 725-4000 MITT ROMNEY GOVERNOR KERRY HEALEY LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 21, 2006 CONTACT: Eric Fehrnstrom Felix Browne (617) 725-4025 ROMNEY ANNOUNCES STAFF CHANGES IN GOVERNOR'S OFFICE Governor Mitt Romney today announced the following staff changes: Mark Nielsen, the Governor's Chief Legal Counsel, will become Chief of Staff, replacing Beth Myers who is leaving to become Director of the Commonwealth PAC.  Founded by the friends of Governor Romney, the Commonwealth PAC supports electing Republican candidates across America. Deputy Chief Legal Counsel Brian Leske will become the Governor's Chief Legal Counsel, replacing Nielsen. Nielsen has served as Chief Legal Counsel since 2004, advising the Governor on judicial selection, legal aspects of policy questions and legal issues arising in connection with the Governor's decision to sign or veto legislation.  As Chief Legal Counsel, Nielsen also directed litigation on behalf of the Governor's Office, including the two court cases that aided in the Governor's successful effort to bring new leadership to the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority. Prior to joining the Governor's Office, Nielsen practiced law in Connecticut and served two terms in the Connecticut State Senate.  He is an honors graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School. Leske has served as Governor Romney's Deputy Chief Legal Counsel since 2004.  In this position he advised the Governor on the exercise of executive powers and provided leadership and coordination to the legal staff of all executive branch agencies. Before joining the Governor's Office, Leske served in the U.S. Department of Justice as an assistant U.S. Attorney in the Appeals Unit and in the Anti-Terrorism & National Security Unit in Boston.  Prior to serving in the Justice Department, he specialized in appellate litigation and constitutional law in Washington, D.C. Leske holds bar memberships for the U.S. Supreme Court, ten federal courts of appeal, the Commonwealths of Massachusetts and Virginia, and the District of Columbia.  He is a graduate of Dartmouth College and The Georgetown University Law Center, where he was member of the law review.   ###

Tunnel Inspection Updates

		08-08-06 Governor Mitt Romney explains the repairs that were made using a new bracket system and announces that Ramp A will re-open at midnight.   [ WindowsMedia:  HighSpeed, Dialup | Real ]
		08-04-06 Governor Mitt Romney announces that a stretch of the 1-90 connector tunnel, known as Ramp A, is set to re-open upon approval by federal engineers.    [ WindowsMedia:  HighSpeed, Dialup |  Real ]
		08-01-06 Governor Romney checks the progress of repairs in the 1-90 connector tunnel with Transportation Secretary John Cogliano.     [ WindowsMedia: HighSpeed,  Dialup | Real ]
		07-25-06 Governor Mitt Romney discusses remediation techniques for faulty bolts in the Ted Williams tunnel ceiling panels.   [ WindowsMedia: HighSpeed,  Dialup | Real ]
		07-21-06  Governor Mitt Romney joins Transportation Secretary John Cogliano to announce the re-opening of the eastbound section of the Ted Williams tunnel.   [ WindowsMedia:  HighSpeed, Dialup |  Real ]
		07-20-06 Governor Romney, based on safety concerns, closes the eastbound section of the Ted Williams Tunnel.   [ WindowsMedia: HighSpeed,  Dialup | Real ]
		07-18-06 Governor Romney announces that field tests have been successful and the fix is underway in the I-90 Connector.   [ WindowsMedia: HighSpeed,  Dialup | Real ]
		07-17-06 Governor Romney describes the method by which the I-90 Connector's faulty ceiling system will be remedied.   [ WindowsMedia: HighSpeed,  Dialup | Real ]
		07-16-06 Governor Romney declares a "systemic failure" in the I-90 Connector tunnel ceiling system.   [ WindowsMedia: HighSpeed,  Dialup | Real ]
		07-14-06 Governor Mitt Romney addresses safety concerns after seizing control over the Big Dig tunnel inspections.     [ WindowsMedia: HighSpeed,  Dialup | Real ]
		07-13-06  Governor Mitt Romney announces he is filing legislation to give the Executive Branch the authority to oversee the inspection of the failed ceiling system in the I-90 Connector tunnel and for making the final determination for re-opening the closed tunnel to traffic.   [ WindowsMedia:  HighSpeed, Dialup |  Real ]