Saturday, June 6, 2009

Is NC's Governor an Alcoholic?

Over the past several months I have tried to become more involved in the political process. Why am I doing this in a non election year? Its because I am greatly concerned about the lack of principled leadership, the lack of fiscal responsibility, and the level of disregard for the Constitution, at both the State and Federal level, in both political parties. I am significantly concerned about how these items, if left unchecked, will affect me, my children, and the country I love.

So I have begun reading various web-sites that are devoted to these issues. Some of them send me email updates periodically. One of the sites I've recently discovered which I am very happy with is Americans For Prosperity. They seem to be well organized, principled, and share the same values I do.

The feature I like the most about AFP is one in which if you type in your zip code, and send an issue specific email, they direct it to the elected officials representing your area. Pretty cool, huh?

This past week I sent an email to the Governor, my local Senator and my local House Representative. The email implored them to not raise state taxes until they are certain all wasteful spending, tax payer dollars going to those in our state illegally, and a couple other items, had been accomplished. No small task.

I actually got a response back from my NC Senator. I'm not sure if she wrote it or not, or if someone on her staff wrote it. But I am convinced a person wrote it, because we went back and forth several times. I was impressed I got a non computer generated response.

I also got a response back from the Governor, sort of. Since I sent her office an email, well they now have MY email address. Guess who is the newest addition to Bev Perdue's email communication list? You got it, me. But that's OK.

This is what leads me to question whether the Governor is an alcoholic. Her email to me included several headline events that happened recently, which she believes some credit is due her office. It also includes a summary of her schedule for the coming week, which I think is a good thing for the public to see. Well, included on her schedule for Monday, the last item for the day, is a "Recovery Meeting". See, see!! Decide for yourself. :)

PS: Its D-Day plus 65 years. Say a Thankful Prayer.