Kirwin’s Kommentary
By Brian Kirwin | Wednesday, October 6th, 2010 | PolicySo much has ticked me off lately, I wanted to share it with you in one huge post.
Jon Cash says he was fired as WAVY-TV weatherman because of religious discrimination, so he’s suing and complaining to the EEOC. Talk about “Leave everything and follow me,” eh? Personally, I’m not one for suing an employer who doesn’t want me around, but that’s the government we have, folks. Imagine if Sam Adams forgot about that Tea Party idea and just called a lawyer. Doubt we’d be free.
When are we going to put an end to smearing women in politics. I’m sick of how the media attacks Sarah Palin, Christine O’Donnell, and yes, even Krystal Ball, with a level of vitriol that they’d never launch at one of the boys. Double standards a plenty. I’ll tell ya, if the media reported what some of the guys in this game do the way they focus on these ladies, you’d have to increase the rating on the nightly news.
But the boys on the beat cover for the boys on the street. Always been that way, and it still is for the most part.
I even heard a radio talk show host complain about female politicians because they don’t wear dresses. “Look feminine,” he begged. Poor man.
Speaking of poor men, what a different Glenn Nye we have this year. Two years ago, Glenn Nye was everywhere. Neighborhoods, business meetings, civic events. I felt like if I flattened my tire, when I got out of the car, Glenn Nye would likely be at the side of my car with a jack.
Now he’s half-asleep at debates mumbling half-answers about everything in the country people don’t like, and claiming it’s not his fault because he’s too irrelevant in Congress to be responsible for any of it.
Great platform!
And Kenny Golden keeps charging on. Of course, he ignores his quote that it would be “stupid” for him to stay in the race if he didn’t have more than 10% in the polls, which he doesn’t. He believes he’s polling better in double-secret imaginary polling done by the same guy who was on the grassy knoll in 1963. It’s just the polls that have actually been done by actual polling companies that show Kenny Golden well below his self-imposed 10% dropout target.
Kenny, you’re sounding like the politicians you keep saying you aren’t like. You sound like those Congressmen with 30 years seniority who say they favor term limits.
Scott Rigell’s gonna win this thing, and it’s a shame that it has to be against one guy who doesn’t say what he believes and another guy who doesn’t believe what he says.
And Light Rail….
Yes, folks. Light Rail costs money. So do libraries. So do schools. So does the military.
Most of what government does doesn’t pay for itself. If it did, no one would pay taxes. In fact, if it did pay for itself, government shouldn’t be doing it (ABC, for example).
And speaking of ABC, any Republican who whines about making ABC privatization “revenue neutral” needs a refresher course in why they are Republican. We’re not electing you to look out for government. We’re electing you to look out for us.
ABC should be privatized, and I don’t care if the state doesn’t make a dime. Let the people make money. Novel concept, eh?
Light rail? I’m like most people. I don’t care if we get it or we don’t. I may ride it occasionally, but not consistently. Some may. Some may not. I know we will pay.
Light rail will cost taxpayers money. So do roads. So do police and fire. The question should be is it a service we want or not. But the argument that we should eliminate everything government does that doesn’t pay for itself is silly, unless you’d like to see how we’d do without the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines for a while.
And about the drama of the Third Crossing vs. expanding the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel, Norfolk Mayor Paul Fraim, clinging perilously onto his city’s last thread of relevance, wants the Third Crossing for the port. Others want the HRBT expanded to relieve traffic congestion.
Here’s my philosophy. If the project’s primary purpose is congestion relief, that’s a state project. If a project is for the ports to send tons of imports all over the country, that’s federal, baby, and like the Monitor Merrimack, it’s Uncle Sam’s responsibility.
Not that it matters, because all of that is just subtext for Democrats to say “we need to raise gas taxes.” You’ll hardly notice it, they say, which is the dumbest comment for an elected official to make.
If you have to point out that we’ll hardly notice it, you’re kind of defeating the point of not noticing. Besides, if someone robbed my bank account but only stole enough that I “hardly noticed,” it still doesn’t make me feel all warm and cozy about being robbed.
Speaking of being robbed…
Hillary says she doesn’t want to be VP. Ya know what? I believe her. I think she wants to primary Obama.
If Chris Christie isn’t the Republican nominee in 2012, I’m going to be bored beyond tears. If I have to sit through debates where Mitt Romney is the smartest and Mike Huckabee is the best speaker again, I may become a Democrat.
Ok, not really.
That was just to make Mike Barrett’s heart skip a beat.
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The right wants to jeer him. The left wants to censor him. Moderates usually want both. Brian Kirwin is a political consultant and public relations strategist in Virginia Beach with a lightning-rod flair. Brian also serves on the VB Arts & Humanities Commission and frequently appears on Hampton Roads theatrical stages, if only to prove that all actors aren’t liberals. Kirwin’s columns stir up debate and hit the political scene with no punches pulled.
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16 Responses to "Kirwin’s Kommentary"
Hope you feel better Brian. Don’t worry about my heart, but rather than decide about Party, why not actually look at positions and competence? That is what I do. The only real difference I see in our attitudes is that I don’t automatically condemn government as you often do. In fact, as a person who runs a business, I know we can’t be successful without an efficient and competent government. Of course, I know it is not always so, as corporations regularly fail at their missions as well. Keep up the good work.
“Don’t worry about my heart, but rather than decide about Party, why not actually look at positions and competence? That is what I do.”
HA!
Name the last Republican you supported, Mike. Just curious.
Like I would take that bait; you and others would just label he/she a RINO. Point is, I avoid ideological extremists, and prefer a pragmatic and moderate approach that applies business prnciples to the operation of government services. Frankly, if Scott Rigell were left to his own devices, I could have voted for him, based upon my personal knowledge of his business practices and his support for community initiatives. Regretfully, to win the nomination in the Party today requires a transformation to the ideological right; I have seen how that almost destroyed this nation, and I want no part of that again.
Mike did you support Bouchard or Obama? Both of these guys you could say are to the extreme left
If your business isn’t successful without an efficient and competent government…then your not running a business.
You could have voted for Rigell for his business practices and his support for community initiatives. What else is left?
Matt, you prove my point if you think Retired Captain Joe Bouchard was on the left side of the political spectrum. Frankly, he was a centrist, with an incredible understanding and grasp of issues, exactly the kind of Delegate we need in the General Assembly. Regretfully, in this District, if you are not an evangelical and an anti tax extremist, you have no place in the Party. The Governor’s intrusion in local races to support just that kind of candidate is very disturbing to me, and bodes ill for Virginia’s competitiveness going forward.
John, your comment is laughable; any businessman needs educated workers, transportation access, work force training, a capable judiciary to fairly adjudicate disputes, puboic safety in which to conduct business, fair and balanced regulation, and yes, a fair and balanced system of taxation to support these functions. I know it is the extreme right’s attitude that the role of an elected official is to cut the arms and legs off government so the body can be drowned in a bathtub, but those folks never tried to run a business.
Mike also needs government to give him $135,000
Mike Huckabee 2012!
Yes Brian, it was worth it to the City to pay to move public utility lines from the ROW so we could invest $15 M to build a headquarters for 250 office workers and to pay real estate tax of over $150,000 per year in perpetuity.
Except you had already built the building when you got the money. What would you have done if you didn’t get the 135K? Torn it down?
Mike,
The Governor didn’t involve himself in the Bouchard vs Stolle race, since he wasn’t the Governor, he was RUNNING for the job.
Well J.M., that’s true. My point is, I deplore the partisan endorsement by any Governor of local candidates in city council or board of supervisor races. Governor McDonnell has put himself in the middle of the city council race in VB, and has endorsed a candidate who is disruptive, has character issues, rarely gets a second on his motions, is not even supported by other members of council who know him best. Now, why would McDonnell get involved in this and other local races? Local issues are just that, and there is no republican, democratic, or independent way to provide the programs and services that citizens need and want. Stay out of local politics.
Mike, are you going to be consistent and criticize City Council members who endorse people running for Governor or Lt. Governor?
Clearly Brian, you don’t know up from down. MJB sends!
Sure I do. Mike wants taxes up. I want taxes down.
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