Howdy friends and neighbors. Wow! I simply cannot believe the response I have received about my January 28th column on the presidential campaign. I have received e-mails from across the nation written by lots and lots of good, common sense folks. It’s truly humbling. A lot of them have asked if I would consider running for President, but I assure you, I had way too much fun in college to run for that or any other position. Many times, at my extra-curricular activities, a camera was present. It was all harmless fun as I was influenced, scratch that, I was part of instigating mountains of trouble. Many of the friends who were right there with me are still my best friends even today. I guess I could just appoint all of them to a do-nothing, high-ranking position. See, I know how the game works.
I’m also afraid my simple mind would just totally mess up the governmental machine because while growing up on a farm and ranch, when we had an old wore-out, outdated, obsolete, hunk-of-junk piece of equipment break down, we had to grab the torch, the welder, and what ever else was handy to fix it. And if we couldn’t fix it, sometimes the best solution was to push it over a canyon wall for soil conservation practices and replace it with a more up-to-date machine. Please don’t forward this to the EPA; I’m sure the above method of disposal is a clear violation of common sense.
Another problem against me is that my family and I actually have and live on a budget. We simply live on less than we make. This is such a simple concept that I’m just not sure congress would ever understand. It takes fifth grade mathematics to complete this system. Oh, and a huge part of a working budget is good communication with all involved parties. See, it is way too simple for D.C. to ever embrace or grasp.
I’m going to step out and predict, if we could get him to run, a clear landslide winner for the ‘08 elections. I mean this dude would probably take it by an 80 percent or better majority. It would be the most slanted race in years. If “None of The Above” was on the ballot, we could call the race before those in the central time zone finished voting. I truly believe this should be an option on our ballots just to show the top candidates that they are full of themselves and most Americans want a new batch to choose from. I guarantee if “None of the Above” was an option, I would check it. Nope, sorry, we are seeking new candidates now. Y’all can go home and try to make in the real world. I’m all for it!
Again I want to thank all of the people out there who responded to me personally or via the wire. It is plain as day to me that there are thousands of people wanting and seeking out something to read with some common sense. This country is filled with salt of the earth people and this column allows me to hear from them all the time. I believe Hollywood and the media just don’t get it. They think us simple folks are so backwards, but that is what’s backwards. I think the reason they are down on the country and the economy is because more and more good, common people are just simply turning them off.
Believe me, I’m not going to try to make sense of this old world, but I look at what I have, and I look to heaven and thank God for all the blessings he has given me. From the country I live in, to the men and women who protect it, to my family, all the way down to my faithful dog. Some day I will fully understand, but for now, I’ll just trust and believe.
I’m Monte Tucker, and that is what’s under my “vote for None of the Above” Hat.
Monte, your Jan. 28 article took the internet by storm, deservedly so, I might add. Old fashioned down home common sense has been sorely lacking in America and you supplied just that. Well done, sir.
As for “None of the Above,” I pretty much feel the same way. I cannot honestly support a single candidate in the running currently. It is a sad day for us all that America has slid this far away from our roots.
Since my return to America (after 5 years overseas in the Army, Viet Nam then Germany) I noticed a difference and have been wondering since where America went.
Thank you for common sense articles that we need to read.
I’m very impressed with your writing and the things you have to say. I think you are a great American and, like me, you are proud to be an American. Too bad there aren’t more of us out there and instead we have all these America-haters trying to destroy our great nation–the scariest of all being Barack Obama.
In the past I have read other articles in the same regard as yours. I also agree that “none of the above” should be a viable ballot option. It would show the government that the citizenry has the right to vote no confidence for the listed candidates. I will vote this year, but the real (and I might add former) candidates have been bankrupted by the present political runners and the three remaining choices rather smell of something from a hog confinement lagoon. Living in Iowa, I can pretty much tell the difference between the truth and hog manure AND NO, I did not vote for any of those three candidates in January.
To that end, keep up the good work with your commentaries, they are greatly appreciated and warranted. Will Rogers would be proud of you. You are from Oklahoma, right? Oh yes, I also like the term, professional bovine relocation specialist. Kind of classy in a 21st Century sort of way.
Daryl Cleveland
A single Norwegian amid a sea of Swedes.
Good job Monte,
We need a modern Okey WIll Rogers to put some humor
in our ridiculous presidential primary system.
Hope the road out in western Ok are holding up.
My father and uncle helped build them in the early 30s
Don Van Fossen
Alliance, OH
As a former computer programmer (but still in the field) and as a resident of Ohio, I chuckle when I see our Secy of State (a Dem) throw out the programmable Voting Machines, in Cleveland, in favor of paper or scanned ballots with no way of checking for errors (U. of Md article). I think the Dem’s don’t like these machines because they are difficult to mess with. I think the paper system has too many hands touching to many ballots. I’d rather take my chances with against a miniscule number of motivated computer hackers than an army of political hacks. The reason I bring this up is if the process could be automated in all states and proven 99 44/100ths % pure, we could implement the None of The Above choice and have “Do Over”’s as often as once a month. We could start the election process no earlier than March of election year – if it takes longer to elect a president than it does to create a baby we’re doing something wrong – and continue until someone with a majority, or Super-Majority is chosen.
Also my Blogspot is http://brendasbabblings.blogspot.com and I maintain a church planter’s web-site at http://www.ofnb.net. I maintain a “Knee-Mail” Prayer Ministry for our church and our church planter and also act as the voluntary secretary (pastoral ministry assistant) for the church planter.
I was born in Tennessee and also am a former Texan, who lived in Austin from the time I was 10 until I was 17 or so, so I have a lot of “good ole’ boy” in me although I am a woman. I have also lived in Mississippi since 1962, so I am mostly a Mississippi redneck in addition.
I just received your January article about “Change” in my e-mail today and I just wanted you to say that this old lady in Mississippi thinks you are right on the money. In fact, I just started my blog recently and one of my articles is entitled “Common Cents” and it concludes with a short, one-stanza poem about the loss of common sense. I also have an “obituary” on there which came in the e-mail about the passing of common sense. I thought perhaps you might like to see someone else’s opinion about our world today.
You are truly right on the money about “none of the above”. If you could just legally change your name to “None Ofthe Above” and have it added to the ballots, you would win in a landslide vote. Huckabee was the only one I even sort of liked and he is the one I voted for in the Mississippi primary Tuesday, even though he has sort of dropped out. Since he was on the ballot, he got 12% or about seventeen and a half thousand of the votes cast Tuesday.
Anyway, I’ve added your website to “My Favorites” where I can check back in once in a while and see where your thoughts are going.
Keep it up Cowboy.
Grinning Grammy,
Brenda Carson
Jackson, Mississippi
Good work, how do I find your credentials, which is not all that important, but may need to satisfy some liberal dingbats challenges. Thanks, JLS