Matt Snyder For President

06/11/2013

Government, I figure, is like your mail. When I say, "government," I'm not talking about the people... the president, the Congressmen, Supreme Court Justices, or the state and local office holders... I'm talking about the principle of being governed. We all have our ideas of how we would like to be governed, and that "government" is like having pieces of mail out there being sent to you.

Some pieces of mail are quite important to you... you need them... you need to know what information they hold. Most pieces of mail don't really represent life-changing decisions, but you keep an eye on them just in case they might hold some news that you might find helpful or... harmful in any way. Other mail is just junk... it may or may not even pertain to you, but you have the option of perusing it or not.

Whether your beliefs put you on the far left, far right, or anywhere in between, your satisfaction in our nation's governance is represented by these pieces of mail... and we certainly hope that the news we receive, with each piece of mail, is what we were hoping we'd find. Sometimes it is... sometimes it's not.

The actual people, however, who make up our federal, state, and local governing bodies are the senders of that mail. Most of the time, and usually depending on which sender, the news isn't vitally important to us, so it may not matter much what news they send. Maybe you were hoping for some left and you got right. Maybe you expected some right and received a bunch of left. This is all between you and the people who send you your mail. If you don't like the news, our nation has a way for you to address your grievances.

I know, it's another analogy... but this analogy is a bit more fun because we have to remember the link between what happens in government... and the public. If not for our 1st Amendment guaranteeing our privately operated media the freedom of the press, there would be no link between us and those who... tax us, protect us, create laws to govern us, spend our money, teach our children, or perhaps fail to do any of these things as well.

The media, in this analogy, is the crazy postman who only delivers some of the mail, some of the time, only when he wants to, and only to whomever he feels should get it.

As if that's not bad enough, sometimes he opens your mail erases some of it, adds his own comments to it, or changes some of the news altogether and then adds comments based on the incorrect information. We don't really have a way to address this situation, do we? How do we deal with this man-made fog?

07/20/2012

What brilliant speakers gathered to shape our nation's founding-- it's a shame most people these days lack the attention span to read more than a couple of sentences... we would certainly benefit from men such as these... then again, we already have.

http://mattsnyderforpresident.com/id9.html

Besides, the influence of the great will generally enable them to succeed in elections—it will be difficult to combine a district of country containing 30 or 40,000 inhabitants, frame your election laws as you please, in any one character; ...

07/10/2012

http://townhall.com/political-cartoons/2012/07/10/100899

03/11/2012

Did anyone know impeachment proceedings have begun over Obama's use of war powers in Libya without congressional approval? This is the first I've heard of it-- our media SUCKS! I would think such a thing would constitute "news."

03/08/2012

Stop calling names please.

They’re called hypocrites. They’re accused of having a double-standard. Allow me to set the record straight. It’s really quite simple-- Our team makes the rules for our team, and their team makes the rules for their team. Since our team has morals, standards, values... that sort of thing, it’s going to be a bit more… difficult to play by OUR rules.

When one of our guys slips up and calls someone a slut, that’s not good… by OUR rules. We expect better from our team. We hold them accountable.

When one of their guys calls someone “a mashed up bag of meat with lipstick on it," well that’s not even considered a “slip up.” That’s just par for the course. We can’t call them hypocrites because they’re still playing by THEIR team’s rules.

If one of our guys plays footsy in a bathroom stall, we hold him accountable-- we get rid of him.

If one of their guys receives extra-marital, on-the-job perks underneath the oval office desk, well… par for the course.

So you see, it isn’t so much a double-standard, it’s just a different standard. So please stop calling the left hypocrites-- remember, they’re just playing by THEIR rules while making sure our team plays by OUR rules-- nothing hypocritical about that-- and let’s face it, it would be completely ridiculous for anyone to expect THEIR team to last a day holding to OUR rules, OUR standards, and OUR morals. Even our guys have trouble holding to them, but when they do fall short, rest assured, we will hold them accountable.

For those of you who are wondering just how low the bar is set on the other team, well, apparently you have to send a picture of your Tony Weiner to about 40,000 constituents in order to actually turn THEIR team’s hurdle into a limbo bar. I mean… you gotta draw the line somewhere… right?

I'm sorry Rush Limbaugh called 30-year-old Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke a "slut." She's really just another professional femme-a-gogue helping to manufacture a false narrative about the GOP "war on women."

03/03/2012

Circumstances and obstacles exist in the lives of working men and women, some of which have caused good people to depend on government assistance. Politicians and government workers make efforts daily to benefit people. We also hear every day about the efforts that have been made to enhance the fortunes of the rich. We hear quite often from politicians who step in front of cameras to throw their scraps to the poor (or promise to do so if elected). What is all too rare, however, is to hear of someone who has made real efforts to improve the circumstances of the working class-- those who are not in bed with politicians or dependent on government programs-- those who are struggling and are yet willing to work (or have worked their entire lives) to overcome these circumstances and obstacles but still face them everyday.

What are these circumstances? Unemployment, high costs of fuel, health concerns, having family members in the military overseas, inflation, crime, threatened pensions, lack of education, and possible home foreclosures. These issues aren‘t just slick talking points for candidates, they're real burdens to the American people. They have serious consequences to those of us who are already standing on a precipice. While these things may not affect the rich, they matter to us. The Lord has given us this life. It’s a beautiful gift. It’s precious, it’s limited, and our time here is unknown. Again, I have no problem with rich people; but, we only get one go-around in this lifetime and it really, really sucks to have to live this one life down-trodden and depressed simply because our politicians insists on taking away our freedoms and neglecting our struggles because it’s much more profitable to serve the needs of the people who can afford to get them re-elected.

02/27/2012

Anyone feeling sorry for the poor union workers out there?
http://finance.townhall.com/columnists/johnransom/2012/02/27/the_99_thats_not_you_gets_a_7000_cash_bailout_bonus

Hey, good news everybody. Remember that $23 billion that the US

02/22/2012

Wow. Arizona makes a reason for its citizens to pay sales tax in other states instead of at home... http://www.azjournal.com/2011/07/22/arizona-dusts-off-use-tax-law-in-effort-to-capture-more-revenue/

Did Aunt Ethel come back from her summer vacation in Amish country with a handmade butter churn she bought from an old farmer in a small store where he had been making the wooden churns the same way for the last 46 years? If she did, does she recall whether she paid sales tax? What if she skipped th...

01/25/2012

I like this one... thought it deserved another mention.

I have a challenge for all you presidential hopefuls: tell me what you can do for me, my family, my friends. I don't want to hear about your opponent's bad habits. I don't want to hear about their misfortunes, and oh so human behavior.
What I want to hear is what YOU have to offer. It's funny that you will spend billions of dollars bashing each other in the media, but you won't spend the money to tell me what makes you special enough to be called MY president. You work for ME... consider this a job interview. What can you do for the United States? Do you know? If you don't, your constituents will not either! Think about it, and get back with me:) Thanks!

Thanks for the challenge, Jennifer. It's pretty easy though. What I'm offering is to take this gigantic political monstrosity we call "Washington" and move it out of your way. Once the government's prying hands and eyes are off of you, you and your friends and your family will have the opportunity to become whatever your efforts will make of you. If you're willing to earn your keep, you'll be able to keep what you earn. If your desire is to smoke w**d and stare at the sun all day, you'll find yourself stoned, blind, and hungry with no means to feed yourself.

We've got enough people thinking they know how you should live your life. The politicians work tirelessly to put limits on your successes and boundaries on your possibilities. The president's job description is well defined in the Constitution. Yours is not defined at all. I think that's pretty great.

So that's my offer to you. I promise to abide by the duties prescribed within the law of our great land and nothing more. If there's something you want, I promise to protect your right to work your butt off and acquire it; and I promise to do my best to make sure some bureaucrat doesn't come along and take half of it away and give it to some lazy yutz who chose to smoke pot and stare at the sun all day.

01/14/2012

It's what I've been saying all along-- what we really need in Washington is another millionaire! They clearly have all the answers to help us out of this mess-- they're successful and they know how to make gobs of money. Now all we need to do is find one that cares about something other than making gobs of money so they can help us get out of this mess.

Here's your homework for the weekend: Find out who was the last president we had that wasn't a millionaire.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/election-2012--how-rich-are-these-guys.html

Certain 2012 candidates are worth hundreds of millions, others far less.

12/24/2011

Are you appeased by the American media? While the "new media" has certainly brought a great deal of awareness to our populace, we cannot expect these sources of information to save us. They have opened our eyes, but we must act on what we see. Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity are not policy-makers. Beck and Savage cannot veto. Our radio-show heroes and internet bloggers will tell us things that the main stream media will not, but we cannot sit back and act as if we are now fully informed just because Ingraham, Boortz, and Levin are on our presets.

We still have a duty to research the topics which are presented to us by our new media friends; and we shouldn't forget the fact that they, too, have limitations on the amount of information that can be shared within their time slots. Bloggers risk credibility and readers' interest whenever they choose their topics, so expect them to focus on issues already in the spotlight.

What does it all mean? It means we have work to do-- as citizens, as patriots, as voters. Assembling an army means nothing if they're not willing to fight. Our new media have assembled us, informed us, rallied and inspired us. We are the army of voters that can change our nation's future... if we are willing to fight. If we are only willing to wait-- wait and see who Limbaugh tells us to vote for-- wait to hear which bills the Republicans sponsor-- wait to see which issues the bloggers tell us are important, then we are not an army... we're a herd.

12/20/2011

I do not apologize for this. http://www.mattsnyderforpresident.com/id47.html

The focus of this issue needs to be on the well-being of the animals.