Thursday, January 22, 2004
Alright, here is my second blog posting since I have been in NH.
So far I have been making lots of phone calls to Bush supporters to get out to different events and help out with campaining. I can't say that it has been a great deal of fun, but the thing that I do love is the interaction with the voters. People talk to me like I talk to Bush everyday and their input is heard. After talking to the campaign people there usually is some truth to that. People of NH have the candidates at there finger-tips, candidates will come out to activists homes on a regular basis which to the rest of the country is unheard of.
Today we went out on the street and handed out some flyers to promote an upcoming rally for Bush. I had a great time finally getting out there and pounding the pavement. Tomorrow we are planning to make some signs for our rally with Rudy.
Well hopefully, I will be able to get some more time to post something a little more indepth, but for now I need some sleep!
So far I have been making lots of phone calls to Bush supporters to get out to different events and help out with campaining. I can't say that it has been a great deal of fun, but the thing that I do love is the interaction with the voters. People talk to me like I talk to Bush everyday and their input is heard. After talking to the campaign people there usually is some truth to that. People of NH have the candidates at there finger-tips, candidates will come out to activists homes on a regular basis which to the rest of the country is unheard of.
Today we went out on the street and handed out some flyers to promote an upcoming rally for Bush. I had a great time finally getting out there and pounding the pavement. Tomorrow we are planning to make some signs for our rally with Rudy.
Well hopefully, I will be able to get some more time to post something a little more indepth, but for now I need some sleep!
Monday, January 19, 2004
I don't have much time to do postings on here due to our work schedule, but here is a quick post. Thus far all is well. I checked in with Bush headquarters and was put to work right away. Spent about 5 hours straight calling people on the phone, it was good times. This jobs seems mindless and mundane but is key to getting people out to vote and keeping up a relationship with potential voters.
Weather report, is cold but not bad. The tepm. makes you feel worse then it actually is. Today it had a feels like of 0 but felt more like a Florida 40. Some people were complaining but I think it is mostly mental. Plus, I really don't feel bad when I am talking to locals and they say that they are freezing when I don't feel TOO BAD.
Howard Dean takes a huge hit getting KILLED in Iowa, I don't think there is a candidate that can take a hit like that and survive, but I wish him luck because my boy Bush will destroy him.
Weather report, is cold but not bad. The tepm. makes you feel worse then it actually is. Today it had a feels like of 0 but felt more like a Florida 40. Some people were complaining but I think it is mostly mental. Plus, I really don't feel bad when I am talking to locals and they say that they are freezing when I don't feel TOO BAD.
Howard Dean takes a huge hit getting KILLED in Iowa, I don't think there is a candidate that can take a hit like that and survive, but I wish him luck because my boy Bush will destroy him.
Friday, January 16, 2004
Here are some quotes that the liberal media didn't run with, even though they are outlandish comments by people who wish to run our beloved country. Are these the words of someone you would want running your country?
After a few days earlier stating that he wants to ban the Confederate flag, "I still want to be the candidate for guys with Confederate flags in their pickup trucks."
- Howard Dean.
Seems like typical double talk to me.
"We've gotten rid of him [Saddam Hussein], and I suppose that's a good thing."
- Howard Dean
No, you're right Mr. Dean; it's always good to let someone stay in power when they are killing their own people daily.
"We won't always have the strongest military" (Time, April 28, 2003).
- Howard Dean
No, that's only if Howard Dean runs the country we won't.
"The capture of Saddam has not made America safer."
-Howard Dean
Seriously? You really have to be joking with a comment like that.
"Did I expect George Bush to f*** it up as badly as he did? I don't think anybody did."
- John Kerry
And what did he mess up so badly? I am sure it wasn't what he inherited from the prior administration. By the way, I love it when a presidential candidate uses expletives in his speech. Does this sound like someone that you want your children to look up to?
"He likes to say he belongs to the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party, but I say he belongs to the whining wing of the Democratic Party."
-Howard Dean on Zen Miller
Strong words against someone that has held a political office for the Democratic Party in each of the last 6 decades, and someone the Washington Post named the most popular governor in the country.
How about the commercial that was posted on moveon.org in which compared President Bush to Adolf Hitler?
How are liberals getting away with this?
Things like this only fuel my passion to have a Republican on top as long as I am around, not only for myself but for the betterment of America.
After a few days earlier stating that he wants to ban the Confederate flag, "I still want to be the candidate for guys with Confederate flags in their pickup trucks."
- Howard Dean.
Seems like typical double talk to me.
"We've gotten rid of him [Saddam Hussein], and I suppose that's a good thing."
- Howard Dean
No, you're right Mr. Dean; it's always good to let someone stay in power when they are killing their own people daily.
"We won't always have the strongest military" (Time, April 28, 2003).
- Howard Dean
No, that's only if Howard Dean runs the country we won't.
"The capture of Saddam has not made America safer."
-Howard Dean
Seriously? You really have to be joking with a comment like that.
"Did I expect George Bush to f*** it up as badly as he did? I don't think anybody did."
- John Kerry
And what did he mess up so badly? I am sure it wasn't what he inherited from the prior administration. By the way, I love it when a presidential candidate uses expletives in his speech. Does this sound like someone that you want your children to look up to?
"He likes to say he belongs to the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party, but I say he belongs to the whining wing of the Democratic Party."
-Howard Dean on Zen Miller
Strong words against someone that has held a political office for the Democratic Party in each of the last 6 decades, and someone the Washington Post named the most popular governor in the country.
How about the commercial that was posted on moveon.org in which compared President Bush to Adolf Hitler?
How are liberals getting away with this?
Things like this only fuel my passion to have a Republican on top as long as I am around, not only for myself but for the betterment of America.
Thursday, January 15, 2004
More good news! Some interesting reading for those on the left.
ECONOMY STRENGTH GROWS
Wednesday, 14 January 2004
By JEANNINE AVERSA, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - The economy was continuing to rebound as the new year began with many regions of the country reporting that retailers enjoyed a boost from a rush of last-minute holiday shopping, the Federal Reserve said Wednesday.
Even the nation's beleaguered manufacturing sector showed further signs of life, and the central bank said reports from its 12 regional banks suggested the economic rebound that began in the second half of last year was gathering momentum in late December and early January. Housing and auto sales remaining strong amid scattered signs that manufacturers were beginning to rehire some of the 2.8 million workers laid off over the last three years.
"Reports from the Federal Reserve districts suggest that the nation's economy has continued to improve since the last survey," the Fed said in the report, called the Beige Book for the color of its cover.
The new survey will form the basis for discussion when central bank policy-makers hold their first meeting of 2004 on Jan. 27-28. Most analysts believe the Fed will continue to leave interest rates unchanged at a 45-year low of 1 percent for much of this year, hoping to provide a strong foundation for a sustained economic rebound in 2004.
In other reports Wednesday, the Labor Department said wholesale prices rose by 0.3 percent in December, reflecting higher costs for gasoline and other energy products, while the nation's trade deficit shrank to $38 billion, the lowest level in a year, as exports rose and imports fell.
The news on inflation was even better after excluding the volatile food and energy sectors. The so-called core rate of inflation actually fell by 0.1 percent for the second month in a row, leaving the core rate of inflation up just 1 percent for the whole year.
It has been the absence of inflationary pressures that has allowed the Fed to focus on promoting growth with low interest rates rather than having to consider raising rates, which it often does at this stage of a recovery, in a preemptive strike against inflation.
The Fed's regional survey said that regional sales were generally strong throughout the country, helped by a surge in the last two weeks of December.
The strongest sales were reported by the San Francisco region, which said retail spending was up considerably from a year ago. The Boston, Philadelphia, St. Louis and Kansas City districts also reported solid gains with most other districts noting at least modest increases from a year ago.
The strength in sales was led by gains in high-end products, according to reports from the New York, Philadelphia, Atlanta and San Francisco districts, while sales at discount stores were coming in below expectations.
Nearly all Fed districts reproted increases in manufacturing activity in December and several noted that factory employment edged up a bit as well. This upturn has yet to register on the national unemployment figures, with the Labor Department reporting last week that factories cut an additional 26,000 workers in December.
However, economists are hoping that various signs of a rebound in manufacturing will soon translate into significant gains in factory jobs, an expectation that the Fed survey found as well.
"Manufacturers across the country generally expect" better factory conditions in the months ahead, the survey reported, noting that manufacturers had plans to boost capital spending, especially to replace outdated computer equipment.
The survey noted that a case of mad cow disease in a herd in Washington state had resulted "in a great deal of uncertainty for cattle ranchers" with several districts reporting declines in cattle prices as a result of foreign bans on U.S. beef exports.
The 0.3 percent increase in the Producer Price Index, which measures price pressures before products reach consumers, followed a decline of 0.3 percent in November.
After three months of declines, energy prices were up 1.8 percent in December with gasoline prices spurting 5.1 percent.
For all of 2003, wholesale prices rose by 4 percent, the biggest annual gain since 1990, but economists said the better indicator of underlying price pressures was the much more modest 1 percent rise in the core rate of inflation.
Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, in a speech Tuesday, said inflation remains subdued even as the dollar has fallen by roughly 25 percent against major foreign currencies since early 2002, a view held by many private economists as well.
"The U.S. PPI underscores lack of inflation pressure and keeps Fed tightening entirely off the radar screen," said Sherry Cooper, chief economist at BMO Nesbitt Burns.
ECONOMY STRENGTH GROWS
Wednesday, 14 January 2004
By JEANNINE AVERSA, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - The economy was continuing to rebound as the new year began with many regions of the country reporting that retailers enjoyed a boost from a rush of last-minute holiday shopping, the Federal Reserve said Wednesday.
Even the nation's beleaguered manufacturing sector showed further signs of life, and the central bank said reports from its 12 regional banks suggested the economic rebound that began in the second half of last year was gathering momentum in late December and early January. Housing and auto sales remaining strong amid scattered signs that manufacturers were beginning to rehire some of the 2.8 million workers laid off over the last three years.
"Reports from the Federal Reserve districts suggest that the nation's economy has continued to improve since the last survey," the Fed said in the report, called the Beige Book for the color of its cover.
The new survey will form the basis for discussion when central bank policy-makers hold their first meeting of 2004 on Jan. 27-28. Most analysts believe the Fed will continue to leave interest rates unchanged at a 45-year low of 1 percent for much of this year, hoping to provide a strong foundation for a sustained economic rebound in 2004.
In other reports Wednesday, the Labor Department said wholesale prices rose by 0.3 percent in December, reflecting higher costs for gasoline and other energy products, while the nation's trade deficit shrank to $38 billion, the lowest level in a year, as exports rose and imports fell.
The news on inflation was even better after excluding the volatile food and energy sectors. The so-called core rate of inflation actually fell by 0.1 percent for the second month in a row, leaving the core rate of inflation up just 1 percent for the whole year.
It has been the absence of inflationary pressures that has allowed the Fed to focus on promoting growth with low interest rates rather than having to consider raising rates, which it often does at this stage of a recovery, in a preemptive strike against inflation.
The Fed's regional survey said that regional sales were generally strong throughout the country, helped by a surge in the last two weeks of December.
The strongest sales were reported by the San Francisco region, which said retail spending was up considerably from a year ago. The Boston, Philadelphia, St. Louis and Kansas City districts also reported solid gains with most other districts noting at least modest increases from a year ago.
The strength in sales was led by gains in high-end products, according to reports from the New York, Philadelphia, Atlanta and San Francisco districts, while sales at discount stores were coming in below expectations.
Nearly all Fed districts reproted increases in manufacturing activity in December and several noted that factory employment edged up a bit as well. This upturn has yet to register on the national unemployment figures, with the Labor Department reporting last week that factories cut an additional 26,000 workers in December.
However, economists are hoping that various signs of a rebound in manufacturing will soon translate into significant gains in factory jobs, an expectation that the Fed survey found as well.
"Manufacturers across the country generally expect" better factory conditions in the months ahead, the survey reported, noting that manufacturers had plans to boost capital spending, especially to replace outdated computer equipment.
The survey noted that a case of mad cow disease in a herd in Washington state had resulted "in a great deal of uncertainty for cattle ranchers" with several districts reporting declines in cattle prices as a result of foreign bans on U.S. beef exports.
The 0.3 percent increase in the Producer Price Index, which measures price pressures before products reach consumers, followed a decline of 0.3 percent in November.
After three months of declines, energy prices were up 1.8 percent in December with gasoline prices spurting 5.1 percent.
For all of 2003, wholesale prices rose by 4 percent, the biggest annual gain since 1990, but economists said the better indicator of underlying price pressures was the much more modest 1 percent rise in the core rate of inflation.
Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, in a speech Tuesday, said inflation remains subdued even as the dollar has fallen by roughly 25 percent against major foreign currencies since early 2002, a view held by many private economists as well.
"The U.S. PPI underscores lack of inflation pressure and keeps Fed tightening entirely off the radar screen," said Sherry Cooper, chief economist at BMO Nesbitt Burns.
The five day forecast calls for some snow in New Hampshire on our day of arrival with highs in the low 20s. My personal forecast is a another Bush victory in 2004, keeping our country safe and having are economy grow by the day.
On the left Clark is making a late charge at Dean, and I foresee him winning the primary in New Hampshire. I think from that point on its going to be a two man race with Clark taking those votes of the soccer moms with his newly found sensitive side. No matter, who gains the democrats’ nomination, I cannot imagine any of the candidates posing an imminent threat of danger to Bush.
Happiness is having a Republican President.
On the left Clark is making a late charge at Dean, and I foresee him winning the primary in New Hampshire. I think from that point on its going to be a two man race with Clark taking those votes of the soccer moms with his newly found sensitive side. No matter, who gains the democrats’ nomination, I cannot imagine any of the candidates posing an imminent threat of danger to Bush.
Happiness is having a Republican President.
Monday, January 12, 2004
Only 6 more day untill we all board the plane to New Hampshire, and I can hardly wait. Right now the only concern I have now is going into the cold weather. I now have the weatherchannel.com on my favorits on my computer and check out the weather in New Hampshire everytime I get on the computer. Other then that I am really exited and thankful that I have a chance to do something like this.
4 MORE YEARS! BUSH 2004
4 MORE YEARS! BUSH 2004
Thursday, January 08, 2004
This is my blog, isn't it cool!?
