True American Hero – Sheriff Joe Arpaio
What do you call a man who;
Has over four decades serving the public in law enforcement,- Is responsible for over 10,000 inmates in his prison system,
- Doesn’t coddle prisoners and has over 2,ooo housed in an outdoor tent city to keep costs down,
- Doesn’t coddle prisoners and has forbid pornography, smoking, and coffee and restricts TV watching,
- Offers the cheapest meals in the jails costing an average of 15 cents a meal and are only served twice daily to cut costs,
- Requires inmates to work and provide labor to the community,
Update – March 4, 2010: Texas’ Governor Rick Perry has been one of the most outspoken national voices critical of the Washington power grabs. So what does Texas Senator K. Baily Hutchison do? She runs against him. The conservative-lite Hutchison decided that Texas no longer needed a strong voice in their Governor’s mansion.
Update – Lord Christopher Monckton has gotten some attention at least on Fox News and other balanced media outlets. I am still impressed with his love of United States and his passion for pulling back the curtains to expose the man made global warming (AKA climate change) schemes. Al Gore has still managed to avoid debating anyone of stature and most recently several liberals have suggested Sarah Palin as an adversary. I love Sarah Palin, but she is not the person I want to put up against Gore. 
Betsy McCaughey is the former lieutenant governor from New York. It is unclear how a Pittsburgher ended up in New York, but we will forgive her as she has become one of the most articulate voices for sanity in the health care debate. In a nutshell, she has been speaking against the massive overhaul proposed by the Obama Administration. She has had the nerve to use facts and figures to dispute claims by Pelosi, Reid, and Obama to scare folks into supporting their efforts. With all of their efforts, however, 
The begining of this Longfellow poem was used by Lord Christopher Moncton to end his address at Bethel University last week. I had never heard that poem before, but Lord Monckton told the audience that it was also used by Winston Churchill in an address to FDR as we entered World War II. It shows the deep love, respect, and hope that our country represents to many in the world. Lord Monckton also said these touching words:
Unfortunately for Minnesota, they are recently most known for having a former 
My first exposure to Governor Rick Perry of the Great State of Texas was listening to an interview when he was visiting the Left State of Pennsylvania a few years ago. Gov. Perry and the correspondent (sorry, but I can neither remember nor find references to this interview) were discussing the Texas Legislature and their activity. This is of great interest to Pennsylvanians as we have one of the 