republican national convention
DAY THREE
Posted September 4th, 2008 by zachary.smith
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The morning was fairly uneventful, but I spent quite
a bit of time helping out at the volunteer center making care packages
for hurricane victims. It was hard work but good. I really enjoyed the
work, and it felt good knowing I could help my fellow Americans. Plus
there wasn't anything else going on so I was glad to be of use and
productive rather than aimlessly wandering around the city.
Day Two - Morning Update
Posted September 2nd, 2008 by zachary.smith
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Looks like things are getting back to normal and plans are to get the
convention back on schedule. Had breakfast this morning with the
Vermont delegation and heard from several speakers. The most prominent
speakers during our breakfast were Carly Fiorina former CEO of Hewlett
Packard (also once briefly mentioned as a possible VP pick), and Andy
McCain John McCain's son from his first marriage (also who is
successful business man in his own right). They and the rest of
speakers spoke about John McCain the man relating more of his personal
story. A couple members of our delegation will be late to the
convention so they swapped credentials with Alex and I. I will be on
the actual floor for the first couple of hours of the convention
tonight until they arrive. Am really looking forward to hearing Fred
Thompson speak and am just glad New Orleans was spared so we can get
down to business. I will post again this evening after I get back from
the convention. Have fun.
Traveling to Minnesota
Posted September 1st, 2008 by zachary.smith
Hello all, started this blog from an altitude of 36,000 feet and about an hour behind schedule (I love airports, sense my sarcasm). Got up at 2am EDT and drove from Presque Isle to Bangor with enough time to grab breakfast. Checked in around 5:30am and took off on time and arrived in Newark airport for my connecting flight a little after 8am. Boarded the plane to Minneapolis and spent nearly an hour taxiing in line to take off. Oh well, so far so good, met an alternate delegate from Massachusetts on the flight and can tell the flight is full of other convention goers including protesters. The plane only seems to have two temperature settings, roast and icicle, which also changes depending on which end of the plane you're on and which end complains the most. On a good note the stewardess gave everyone raisins (which I do love), also lucky me which no one else seems to, so here I am typing away at 30 plus thousand feet with half a dozen boxes of raisins, not bad.
I have been thinking about how truly historic this election is going to be, and how excited I am that the first woman Vice President is going to be a Republican. I am very fortunate to be a part of it and in the middle of the action no less.
Georgia & the Convention
Posted August 12th, 2008 by zachary.smith
Just a few days ago Russia invaded our ally and sovereign nation of Georgia. How quickly we forget, as I find it interesting that we are shocked that Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, or really ‘Dictator in Chief’ is behaving like the former soviet KGB agent he is. In what is a clearly a neo-soviet move, Russia is attempting to rebuild its empire, literally. Georgia is a pro western democracy and a good friend to the United States, and even a possible future member of NATO (something I hope we now fast track). I don’t think anyone can miss the message Mr. Putin is trying to send us. Those of you who are students of history may find the parallels to Germany circa 1938 so similar it almost defies belief, as the Russians are literally using the same exact strategy. Putin is taking the Hitler play book and following to the letter, and make no mistake Georgia is only the first. If we don’t stand against Russia now and remind them they lost the Cold War (World War 3 really), and that we will not tolerate our allies and peace loving democracies being conquered, it will be our freedom that will be threatened next. We must act now and not appease Russia the same way Germany was, otherwise we will find ourselves in the midst of a new vastly more serious Cold War, and one in which we’ll be starting off from a position of weakness.
