I've often argued that oil and gas exploration is a state's rights issue. It is abundantly clear that the State of Florida does not want drilling to negatively affect its beaches and shores

According to the U.S. Census, the most common reason people give for not voting is that they were too busy or had conflicting work or school schedules.

The willingness of America's veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude.

Far too often we see attention paid to the firearm and not the criminal.

With a nation at war against terrorism and our men and women on the front line defending our homeland from abroad, resources need to be prioritized and allocated properly.

As a strong supporter of our 2nd Amendment rights, I believe tougher enforcement of our nation's existing gun laws must be done before any more laws are enacted and put on the books.

But recently it seems that each time I vote, I am being asked to compromise my conservative ideals and my commitment to the American taxpayer simply for the benefit of political gain.

All are free to believe or not believe; all are free to practice a faith or not. But those who believe must be free to speak of and act on their belief

...the facility at Guantanamo Bay is necessary to national security.

The democratic process is only as great as the people who participate in it.

The 2004 Election marks the first time in modern political history that Republican voter turnout matched Democratic turnout in a presidential election year.

The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level ofthinking we were at when we created them. - Albert Einstein

If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased

never was there a thoroughly noble nature without some romance in it.

Self-defense is the clearest of all laws; and for this reason - the lawyers didn't make it.

The point is to be involved in the moment.

We have to fight them daily, lake fleas, those many small worries about the morrow, for they sap our energies.

The spirit of jazz is the spirit of openness.

If All Men Were Brothers, Would You Let One Marry Your Sister?

A dance performance is rather like going out into a battlefield. You have to hold the attention of as many as five to 10,000 people a lot of whom do not follow your language.