I was sitting in a hotel room watching an interview with Jesse Ventura (you know, the pro wrestler turned governor of Minnesota) recently, and of course the subject was the presidential election.

He made a comment that really intrigued me: Have the two presidential candidates on the ballot, but a third option for “none of the above”.

Essentially, that would represent the folks who are taking the time to do their duty to vote, but don’t have enough confidence in any of the candidates to vote for either of them.  I kind of like that.

To be honest, I don’t see anyone in the running I’m convinced would make a good leader of …

An easy way to fix our political system? Vote more. Not for people, but for issues.

If we voted on issues at the federal level rather than just for people, would our government get more done? From my standpoint, people have become so removed from the political system due to the fact that we elect people to make decisions and vote on our behalf. The problem is that most people don’t trust that their elected officials will represent them based on their own beliefs. After all, when was the last time my representative called me up and said: “Hey Grant, what do you think about abortion? …

President Bush is dreaming up ways to “stimulate the economy” as you read this. He will present his grand ideas on January 28th at the annual State of the Union speech.

This desire to stimulate the economy goes beyond the Oval Office, however. On Friday, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid wrote a letter to the President seeking cooperation in developing an economic stimulus plan.

As many of you know, I’m a big fan of letting a free market and free economy work. The last thing we want to do is watch the government try to stimulate the economy. Let the …

It seems that not everyone in the scientific community is so hip to the Global Warming movement. Yesterday a detailed report was released by the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee revealing that over 400 prominent scientists disputed man-made global warming claims in 2007, as embellished by former Vice President Al Gore in his movie “An Inconvenient Truth’.

It’s about time!

The scientists named in this report, who are from more than two dozen countries, recently voiced objections to major aspects of the so-called “consensus” on man-made global warming. These scientists, many of whom participated in the UN IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), spoke critically about …

I received the following link through an email forward from a good friend.

I’m not really into politics much, and quite frankly, our political system has hyped itself to a point where quite few people really care about what goes on in Washington, which is unfortunate.

However, if you’re a political no-nothing like myself, this little 11 question poll will tell you which of the 500-some candidates share your same views on certain topics.

Select a Candidate 2008

Good luck.