Many people determine to make resolutions for the coming New Year; the New Year is now here. Question for you: what do you believe the GOP needs to do to remake itself for 2007? What should the GOP do in order to make itself credible, powerful and more aligned with its Conservative goals?

I have a few thoughts. To wit:

• We need to simply spend less;
• We need to have an enforced firm, consistent and fair ethics set;

Globally, the GOP needs to:

• Stand up
• Bark back
• Bite back

The GOP seemed, to me, to have forgotten for the past 6 years what to do with Power. They need, further, to:

• Limit government;
• Lower taxes across the board or even create a Flat Tax;
• Secure our borders absolutely;
• Push for Energy Independence, starting with ANWR;
• Defend this country from within and without.

America needs:

• Honesty and Truth in Government;
• Honesty and Truth in Bills: no riders on any bill whatsoever — clarity only.
• Honesty and Truth in Funding: when specific individual bills encumber money, they can ONLY encumber money for that specific bill; the cash cannot be diverted for any other purpose;
• Honesty and Truth in Campaigning: campaign funding limited to $100 maximum per person or corporation;

And trust me, the Democrats will not be extending hands across the aisle.

The Democrats take control of Congress this Thursday and are planning to kick Republicans under the bus from the get-go, deciding to press for new ethics rules for lawmakers (on its face, a good idea — but will ethics apply to both sides of the aisle if, in practice, at all?), a minimum wage raise (on the heels of Fornicalia’s doing precisely this, now to $7.50 from $6.75, with the City and County of San Francisco changing their minimum wage to $9.14), more cash for stem cell research and interest rate cuts on student loans.

From the Washington Post:

But instead of allowing Republicans to fully participate in deliberations, as promised after the Democratic victory in the Nov. 7 midterm elections, Democrats now say they will use House rules to prevent the opposition from offering alternative measures, assuring speedy passage of the bills and allowing their party to trumpet early victories.

This is in keeping with Pelosi saying there will be no witch-hunt committees to impeach Bush or impale him with endless investigations. Read: they will conduct endless witch-hunts and instigate endless investigations.

That was my list of GOP Resolutions for 2007.

What’s yours?

BZ

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I will be away from the Blogosphere for a bit, as I take my fiance to the Fornicalia coast for a Crab Festival, a very nice hotel, a “couples massage” and some whale watching tours.

Likely it will be raining — perhaps even horizontally so — at the coast and we are well aware of that chance. However, should this occur, we have brought books and are looking forward to spending time reading together. Ever exist in a relationship wherein you’re sufficiently comfortable that just being with that person in the same room is comforting? It’s a wonderful feeling of comfort and security. If I acquire decent photos, I’ll post some when I return.

Take care, and hold the ones you love close; never miss an opportunity to tell those you love precisely that.