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September 28, 2009

Scott Brown

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is faced with a choice it has not made in 37 years, send a Republican to the United States Senate. Things have changed since that time in Massachusetts and it is time to get someone in the office that reflects the current makeup of the Bay State.

Scott Brown has served in the Massachusetts House and Senate, and as an attorney in the state's National Guard for over two decades. So those who have not heard of him can be rest assured that he is commited to service and to his people he represents. As Tip O'Neal stated in the late 1980s, if you handle the Massachusetts State Legislature, you can handle the United States Congress. He felt the due to the level of politics going on in Massachusetts that it acted as a great prepatory school for the federal level. The combined time on Beacon Hill and the international work he has done working with foreign armies as a Lieutenat Colonel in the National Guard assigned overseas, Scott has proven his abilty to work with the opposition and to see the bigger picture this country is now dealing with.

The question of him losing his patience with a group of students at a Wrentham high school over derogatory statements about him and his family have been an issue of contention. Senator Brown felt that it was unfair to attack his family, and who does not? But his performance as a National Guar officer has been beyond reproach, not one negative statement has been made about his performance, and those that have worked with him have never had a single complaint. He has carrierd himself in the federal and international area's with nothing but respect for the position he holds and the people under his charge.

Scott Brown has federal experience. 

 

September 21, 2009

2 Party System...

What a two party system will look like. Now that Massachusetts is in the midst of game play as a result of the demise of Edward Moore Kennedy, it is time to examine what a two party political system will look like. Before I started really lambasting the Bay State about its one sided nonsense I decided to find out what it would look like to have Democratic and Republican leaders through out the state system. I found the most comparable system to be in the Keystone State, Pennsylvania. In 2006 and 2007 I spent several months around the Harrisburg area and logged in a few hours with discussions with various people in the State House. My conclusion was that if most people in Massachusetts could see this system, they would be more comfortable with the idea of allowing others to get into power. There government has become no more conservative or right wing as the result of having two parties in power, quite the opposite actually. The scariest things in life are the unknown, Massachusetts does not have that problem this time.

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