http://www.redstate.com/biggator5 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:21:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was at The Villages in Florida today to check out Glenn Beck's rally. I have some pictures, which I'll upload to my site later. Right now I want to put down my thoughts on his 100-Year Plan. First off, let me tell you that Beck was amazing. On the radio, ... http://www.redstate.com/biggator5/2009/11/21/glenn-becks-100-year-plan/ I was watching Fox & Friends this morning. They had on Nidal Malik Hasan's lawyer and they were giving him a hard time. While I don't like lawyers in general, I was somewhat appalled by their questioning. I would think John Adams might be as well. Shortly after the Boston Massacre, ... http://www.redstate.com/biggator5/2009/11/11/lessons-learned-the-boston-massacre/ Back in August, I volneetered to help Representative Ginny Brown-Waite with a Veterans Benefit Resource Fair she is hosting here in my town. I did this long before Obama and Hollywood pushed people to volunteer. Today is the day of the fair. I am not doing it because it is cool or ... http://www.redstate.com/biggator5/2009/11/07/i-volunteered-before-it-was-cool/ There have been shootings in downtown Orlando. I-4 has been closed in both dirrections. Orlando Sentinel is reporting two dead. Update: (1:24pm) Suspect is Jason Rodriguez. May be former employee in building. Will have link when I get it. He is consider armed and dangerous. They are looking for him in the ... http://www.redstate.com/biggator5/2009/11/06/breaking-orlando-shootings/ Anyone keeping the count on how many Democrats have come out against the Pelosicare? WASHINGTON -- Congressional Democrats lost a key vote in the health-care debate Thursday, when U.S. Rep. Suzanne Kosmas, D- New Smyrna Beach, said she would go against her party and oppose its $1 trillion-or-more plan to cover ... http://www.redstate.com/biggator5/2009/11/06/breaking-democrat-suzanne-kosmas-fl-24-tells-pelosi-no/ As some of you well may know, I am against marriage as a state institution. The state has taken something good and twisted it into something rotten. Marriage has more to do with politicians and lawyers than your local clergy. I say we make Civil Unions gender blind and give ... http://www.redstate.com/biggator5/2009/11/04/maine-makes-thirty-one/ CharlieandObama.com Yesterday, the Marco campaign emailed me that they were lunching a new fundrasing website that "will be the most powerful online fundraising tool in Florida’s political history." They did not disappoint. It's damning in it's simplicity. The email I got said this about the site: This site is a stark, moving and ... http://www.redstate.com/biggator5/2009/11/03/charlieandobamacom/ Ok, not really. I want to go through a thought experiment in which I, BigGator5, was to run for Florida's 5th Congressional District. Since I don't want to step on anyone's toes, we'll say Ginny Brown-Waite has chosen to retire and return to private life at the end of her ... http://www.redstate.com/biggator5/2009/10/31/biggator5-r-fl-05-2010/ I wonder how long it will take for Obama to now arrest CIA officers as international war criminals (H/T Hotair): US drone strikes against suspected terrorists in Afghanistan and Pakistan could be breaking international laws against summary executions, the UN’s top investigator of such crimes said. "The problem with the United States ... http://www.redstate.com/biggator5/2009/10/28/cia-international-war-criminals/ Is It Constitutional? For some time, I have been plugged into Representative* Ginny Brown-Waite's (R FL-05) official website to keep track of her press releases since I live in her district. I just got an update that just floored me. Basicly, Ginny Brown-Waite congratulates the President on being chosen to get the Nobel ... http://www.redstate.com/biggator5/2009/10/27/ask-before-he-receives/ Yesterday I went to see Marco Rubio at The Villages. Now to set this up, I have more or less been supporting him over Charile Crist because I am mad at how Uncle Crist has been running this state. To support Mr Rubio, I thought I needed to see this guy ... http://www.redstate.com/biggator5/2009/10/23/a-man-crush-on-marco-rubio/ While I am here talking about a constitutional amendment, I thought I take the time and talk about Prop 8 and it's impact. Let me be brutally honest with you. Since Henry VIII got his hands on marriage, it hasn't been the same. We all know the story. Henry didn't get ... http://www.redstate.com/biggator5/2008/11/14/repeal-the-17th-amendment/ The subject of our troops is a personal one for me. You see, I am in love with a soldier. Sure we all may have had family in the military. My Grandfather was an Army MP in Germany shortly after the war. My father never join the military, but he confessed ... http://www.redstate.com/biggator5/2008/11/11/im-in-love-with-a-solider/ On the off chance I wanted to see how the Hillary Clinton Forum was taking the election of Dear Leader. Seeing how they were part of the PUMA network of people who oppossed Barack Obama and the Democratic Party's effort to push him into the nomitation. Obviously, not very well... WV4Hillary Hi ... http://www.redstate.com/biggator5/2008/11/10/the-downfall-of-the-hillary-clinton-forums/ On October 20th, I went into the voting booth and voted. It was an easy vote now that I think about it. When I went in, I had a Palin button that had her picture with the caption "Read my lipstick" and is currently my favorite one I have right ... http://www.redstate.com/biggator5/2008/11/04/why-mccain/ I'm back and I know you guys have been waiting for my return. Right now however, some quick thoughts: I do apologize for being harsh on the directors. The bit about "(Michelle Malkin) has more balls than all the RedState Directors put together" was over the line. Voted some time ago. First day ... http://www.redstate.com/biggator5/2008/11/04/quando-omni-flunkus-moritati/ Since ALL of our leaders here at RedState have officially gone over the deep end ((yet another promoted Pro-Bailout dairy, while those anti-Bailout dairies are not... the fix is in at RedState)), we need to look for leadership elsewhere. No, not me. I don't want the job even if you paid ... http://www.redstate.com/biggator5/2008/10/02/operation-hold-the-line/ Have I called anyone names? Have I said people supporting the Bailout, are "Conservatives Of Convenience" or a "Populist"? Have I lied at anytime? All I am asking and I have yet to get a striaght answer, is what has happen to our fiscal conservative values? Are they truely for sale ... http://www.redstate.com/biggator5/2008/10/01/the-death-of-fiscal-conservativism/ It looks like both Leon H. Wolf and Erick Erickson are now bending over backwards for a $700 Billion Bailout! And on top of that, another article in support of the bailout is promoted to the front page. Is Moe next? ((Ops, spoke too soon...)) Common people, what is wrong here? ... http://www.redstate.com/biggator5/2008/09/30/breaking-redstate-has-lost-its-nerve-now-b/ The ten most dangerous words in the English language are "Hi, I'm from the government, and I'm here to help." -President Ronald Reagan With that in mind, call The Capitol switchboard number at 202-224-3121 and tell your Republican rep what The Great Communicator would say about this helping hand from the ... http://www.redstate.com/biggator5/2008/09/30/the-ten-most-dangerous-words-in-the-english-l/