4/30/2012 12:04 PM
Greetings;
NOW - don't yell at the messenger - I think some will like this and others will not - so voice your opinion - maybe some Maine supers can chime in.
If this man means what he says, and I think he does, maybe we can have some hope that there are more like him and that they can get elected.
Meet Maine 's New Governor --- In case you haven't heard about this guy before, his name will stick in your
mind.
The new Maine
Governor,Paul LePage
is making New
Jersey's Chris Christie look like an
enabler. He isn't afraid to say what he thinks.
Judging by the comments, every time he opens his mouth,
his popularity goes
up.
He brought down the
house at his inauguration when he shook his fist toward the media
box and said, "You're on notice! I've inherited a financially
troubled State to run. Observe...cover what we do...but don't
whine if I don't waste time responding to your every whim just for
your amusement."
During his campaign
for Governor, he was talking to commercial fishermen who are
struggling because of federal fisheries rules. They complained
that 0bama brought his family to Bar Harbor and Acadia National
Park for a long Labor Day holiday and found time to meet with
union leaders, but wouldn't talk to the fishermen LePage replied,
"I'd tell him to go to hell and get out of my State." The Lame
Stream Media crucified LePage, but he jumped 6 points in the
pre-election poll.
The Martin Luther King
incident was a political sandbag, which brought him National
exposure. The 'lame stream' media crucified him, but word on the
street is very positive. The NAACP specifically asked LePage to
spend MLK Day visiting black inmates at the Maine State Prison. He
told them that he would meet with ALL inmates, regardless of race,
if he were to visit the prison. The NAACP balked and then put out
a news release claiming falsely that he refused to participate in
any MLK events. He read it in the paper for the 1st time the next
morning while being driven to an event and went ballistic because
none of the reporters had called him for comment before running
the NAACP release.
He arrived at that event & said in front of a TV camera, "If they want to play
the race card on me they can kiss my ass", and he reminded them
that he has an adopted black son from Jamaica and that he attended
the local MLK Breakfast every year that he was mayor of
Waterville. (He started his morning there on MLK
Day.)
He then stated that
there's a right way and a wrong way to meet with the Governor, and
he put all special interests on notice that press releases, media
leaks, and all demonstrations would prove to be the wrong way. He
said any other group, which acted like the NAACP could expect to
be at the bottom of the Governor's priority
list!
He then did the
following, and judging from local radio talk show callers, his
popularity increased even more: The State employees union
complained because he waited until 3 P.M. Before closing State
offices and facilities and sending non-emergency personnel home
during the last blizzard. The prior Governor would often close
offices for the day with just a forecast before the first flakes.
(Each time the State closes for snow, it costs the taxpayers about
$1 million in wages for no work in return.)
LePage was CEO of the
Marden's chain of discount family bargain retail stores before
election as governor. He noted that State employees getting off
work early could still find lots of retail stores open to shop.
So, he put the State employees on notice by announcing: "If
Marden's is open, Maine is
open!"
He told State
employees: "We live in Maine in the winter, for
heaven's sake, and should know how to drive in it. Otherwise,
apply for a State job in Florida !"
Governor LePage
symbolizes what America needs;
Refreshing politicians who aren't self-serving and who exhibit
common sense.
THE
LAW IS THE LAW!
I really love this
one.
This is one of the
better e-mails I have received in a long time! I hope this makes
its way around the USA several times
over!!!!! HERE IS WHAT
Governor LaPage said,
"THE LAW IS THE LAW So
"if" the US government
determines that it is against the law for the words "under God" to
be on our money, then, so be it.
And "if" that same
government decides that the "Ten Commandments" are not to be used
in or on a government installation, then, so be
it.
I say, "so be it,"
because I would like to be a law abiding US
citizen.
I say, "so be it,"
because I would like to think that smarter people than I are in
positions to make good decisions.
I would like to think
that those people have the American public's best interests at
heart.
BUT, he said, "YOU
KNOW WHAT ELSE I'D LIKE?
Since we can't pray to
God, can't Trust in God and cannot post His Commandments in
Government buildings, I don't believe Government (Federal, State
and Local) and its employees should participate in Easter and
Christmas celebrations which honor the God that our government is
eliminating from many facets of American life.
I'd like my mail
delivered on Christmas, Good Friday, Thanksgiving & Easter.
After all, it's just another day.
I'd like the" US
Supreme Court to be in session on Christmas, Good Friday,
Thanksgiving & Easter as well as Sundays." After all, it's
just another day.
I'd like the Senate
and the House of Representatives to not have to worry about
getting home for the "Christmas Break." After all it's just
another day.
I'm thinking a lot of
my taxpayer dollars could be saved, if all government offices
& services would work on Christmas, Good Friday & Easter.
It shouldn't cost any overtime since those would be just like any
other day of the week to a government that is trying to be
"politically correct."
In fact....I think our
government should work on Sundays (initially set aside for
worshipping God....) because, after all, our government says that
it should be just another day...."
What do you all
think???? If this idea gets to enough people, maybe our elected
officials will stop giving in to the "minority opinions" and
begin, once again, to represent the "majority" of ALL of the
American people.
SO BE
IT...........Please Dear Lord, Give us the help needed to keep you
in our country! 'Amen' and 'Amen' Touché!
These are definitely
things I never thought about but from now on, I will be sure to
question those in government who support these
changes.
Capt. Kirk
Retired Alien
Needham Golf Club
Needham, MA