Matt Nelson's Blog (3)

Much to my surprise the Chippewa Valley lost their most vocal and public supporter of the FairTax this week. It has come to my attention that the local radio station carrying Neal Boortz has cut the Boortz show from the lineup. To me this was devastating news. Mr. Boortz almost single handily drew me into the talk radio format. Beyond that if it were not for Boortz I would have no idea about the FairTax and its merits. He has been replaced with the Glen Beck show. Are you kidding me? Glen Beck… Continue

Ok I was at the EC Tea Party today. It was the first time I have ever participated in such an event. It appeared as though I was not the only protest virgin in the crowd. A crowd that was heavily conservative, a demographic that can be real hard to organize. Today they got over their individualistic tendencies to collectively display their displeasure in the massive surge in government spending over the past six months. That's right this began being fueled by the Bush administration. Now Obama… Continue

Today I gave my John Linder speech in my speech class. It was OK but I have work to be done on my speaking ability. We were assigned to do a special occasion speech featuring a public figure. Most of my classmates are giving satire type speeches on fictional characters featured in the mass media. I told myself last semester that any presentation assignment I receive will feature the fairtax if I can justify the topic. The class seemed interested in the fairtax topic and asked some good… Continue