Judicial Dis-Appointments, Plus Bryan Daniel on Transportation

We had a busy weekend. The Saddleback Civil Forum with Pastor Rick Warren and the Presidential Candidates made for an exciting Special Edition on Saturday night. We were in studio analyzing the forum real-time and creating a few audio clips for the post-forum analysis. Thanks to Jonathan Saenz for his insights and opinions. The most vivid distinction between Obama and McCain was on their Judicial Dis-Appointments...

On Sunday we turned to Texas Transportation Issues. Bryan Daniel, Republican for Texas House District 52 was in studio. We had many great calls from the listeners concerned about public forums with TxDOT, toll roads, and specific ways to improve transportation funding.

The audio recordings for both shows can be found on our web-site...

www.americablessgod.tv/main/video_gallery.htm

God Save the U.S.A.

Texas & the North American Super Corridor

Texas Transportation Issues ... and the North America Super Corridor.

www.nascocorridor.com

Texas House District 52 has several unique attributes for the 2008 election. Rep. Mike Krusee is not running for re-election and Williamson County is experiencing growth and a solid economy while other parts of the nation suffer.

Williamson County has its share of transportation related developments. The newly constructed State Highway 130 Toll Road is a big part of the economic trust of Williamson County along with a host of other road projects at the county, state and federal level. Critics of the Toll Roads sound the loud horn of double-taxation, land-grab, and sovereignty.

Bryan Daniel will be in studio with us on August 17th to address the Transportation issues facing Williamson County and Texas. Bryan is the Republican nominee.

www.bryandaniel.org

Other District 52 Candidates are Diana Maldonado-D and Lillian Simmons-L.

www.dianamaldonado.com
www.lptexas.org/2008/simmons.html

Visit www.politicalhope.com for more information.

Special Edition of Political Hope Radio Show

Are you planning to watch or listen to Rick Warren's Presidential Forum this Saturday night? ... We'll you're going to need a place to vent afterwards ... and I mean without beer cans.


Join me on The Word, 99.3 / 98.5 FM Radio in Austin, or on-line at http://www.theword993.com/. We'll analyze Warren's program and take live calls, so you can "vent" from 9 - 10pm CST.


Saddleback Church and Faith in Public Life will co-host the "Civil Forum on Leadership and Compassion" this Saturday evening from 7-9 pm CST. Pastor Rick Warren and the Presidential nominees will be dealing with issues such as poverty, AIDS, the climate and human rights. The forum will be simulcast live on The Word. You can read more details on the forum using the following links.


Saddleback Civil Forum - Event web site


Rick Warren on His Upcoming Presidential Forum - One News Now


Pastor Snags Obama, McCain for Joint Appearance - CNN

"Well, I don't support anybody for president publicly. I never endorse. I never campaign. You know, as a pastor, I don't really think that's my role. I have to shepherd both sides of the flock. And I have a church full of Democrats and a church full of Republicans and a church full of independents. So, I think they're both amazing men. I've known them for a long time. They're both very, very different. They have both different theories of government, different theories of leadership, different approaches to life. And I -- what I do is I think, because I know them, I think I can set up an environment that people can actually say, oh, so that's what that guy's really like. And I think I can do that for both John and for Barack." - Pastor Rick Warren, Saddleback Church

Join me live on-air this Saturday night at 9pm CST, and let's vent ...

Barna Report Shows Support for McCain Among Qualified Evangelicals

The mainstream polls indicate that evangelicals are evenly split between McCain and Obama. A new Barna report paints a very different picture when evangelicals are "qualified" in the Presidential poll. Barna's qualified poll greatly reduces the number of evangelicals in the country, and shows much greater support for McCain among "evangelicals".

Presidential Race Tightens as Faith Voters Rethink Their Preference
Using the common approach of allowing people to self-identify as evangelicals ... John McCain holds a narrow 39% to 37% lead over Sen. Obama.

Using the Barna approach of studying people’s core religious beliefs produces a very different outcome. ... and Sen. McCain holds a huge lead (61%-17%) over the Democratic nominee.

The difference is in how you define an evangelical. With the Barna method the voting block is greatly reduced, and the political alignment comes through more clearly. Other the other hand the power of the voting block is marginalized.

For what's it's worth. Your thoughts are always welcome...

God Save the U.S.A.

The Audacity of Socialism

I'm wondering why there are not more articles like the one that follows. Investor's Business Daily has been running a series called ...

The Audacity of Socialism

Why are Marxist and Socialist policies not being decried in our nation? We are the land of the free. We are independent, hard working, and risk taking. We love personal freedom, and we used to accept personal responsibility. Now socialist policies are expected and accepted.

What has happened to America? What are you thoughts?

Aug 10th Show

None of the Above: Third Parties & The Presidential Race

The 2008 Presidential Race has been in play for too long already, and we're not finished yet. With a long primary season, and non-stop campaigning, this is shaping up to be a very important and historic race.

Many folks are clamoring about The Hope of Change promised by Senator Barack Obama. Others have fallen in line with Senator John McCain. Still others are choosing "None of the Above", and seek write-in or third party candidates.

"As long as Americans continue to accept the failed choices of the two major parties, our country is going to be served up nominees representing the lowest common denominator of acceptability. That's what the notion of voting for the lesser of two evils every four years gives us – continually declining standards of leadership." - Joseph Farah, Founder & Editor, World Net Daily

Clell Drumheller and Wes Benedict will be in-studio on August 10th to help us understand these third parties and their Presidential candidates. Listen and join us with your live calls on-air...

http://www.theword993.com/ or 99.3 / 98.5 FM Radio in Austin

Call us locally in Austin at (512) 637 - 9673 (WORD) - or - toll free at (888) 860 - 9673.

Clell is the Southern States Regional Director for the Constitution Party (CP). The CP is still rather young, and has ballot access hurdles to overcome in Texas. They have a handful of candidates running in Texas as independents or write-ins.

Wes is the Executive Director for the Texas Libertarian Party (LP). The LP has been around since 1971 and has 173 candidates on the Texas ballot this year with 10 currently in office.

Privatizing Education vs. Adjustments to the Formula

Pam Waggoner and Ben Easton were our guests for the Political Hope Radio Show on Sunday, August 3rd, 2008. Pam & Ben are running for Texas House District 48, a seat currently occupied by Democrat, Donna Howard. Pam is the Republican candidate and Ben is a Libertarian.

Our topic was Public School Funding. Pam is primarily concerned about equity with the current system and seeks to change the recipe to deal with current issues. For instance Texas' Robin Hood plan currently considers the local tax income and number of students, but fails to recognize existing assets and debt. So a district that is in debt with bonds may still be forced to hand over millions of dollars to another district that has all of its buildings paid for. Pam also supports changes to allow local entities to deal with ever changing operating cost, instead of waiting on the legislature to act. (e.g. the price of gas for the school funding formula was last adjusted when it was 78 cents or so).

Ben seeks total privatization of the school system. He would place the total responsibility back into the hands of the people and eliminate state run schools. This is a radical change from where we currently are, but the idea did stir interest from folks contacting me after the show. The questions were in regard to more detail. How would such a plan work? What would it look like? What would parents have to do to get their kids in school?

Ben, this is your opportunity. Post a response with more details...