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You ask for it, you got it! Round 2 of the StandinUp2theMan Awards. I must say these are a bit easier to come by than normal. There are alot of people Giving the the proverbial "man" the big salute lately.

I am going to start with you. Well, most likely you. There are over are 175 million people actively involved in the facebook world. I am not sure just how many of you gave Mark Zuckerburg, CEO of Facebook, a little piece of your mind about the recent so called "privacy" changes he tried to slip by you, but It was ALOT.When he decided he was going to basically own you, or at least anything posted onto facebook for..EVER, you didn't stand for it. Between Mr. Zuckerburg, and Chris Kelly, Chief Privacy Officer, facebook has head their heads spinnin in a whirlwind of confusion. The best part,Chris Kelly was hoping to run for the Democratic nomination for Attorney General. ATTAWAY TO WIN THE POPULARITY CONTEST CHRIS.

My Next award goes to former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich. At CPAC on Feb 27,2009 he was originally supposed to speak for 20 minutes. His speech ran about an hour, without teleprompter. He addressed the Attorney General, and his recent comments on America being a Country of Cowards. He challenged Attorney General Holder to a conversation about cowardliness. He said Americans were not cowards, and basically would not stand to be govern by people who would not tell the truth. At one point he referred to members of the house as robots, for voting on the bill without knowing what was in it. Taking humorous jabs at Pelosi,saying that a certain part of Obama's speech should become a youtube video, (when he attacked CEO's who have private planes). "She would hyper actively jump up like oh my gosh I'm speaker I have to applaud right this very second!", he said, "How dumb do they think we are? Like we don't know every single person in here is paying taxes to fly her around in her private plane. You can paint US AIR FORCE on it, doesn't mean it isn't private." He said what alot of Americans are thinking. He said it out loud, and he said it proud. He wasn't afraid to voice his opinion about the events that have gone on, and are continuing, he had ideas to lead the republican party down the road, and he was unbelievably secure in standing up to the man.

And the Award Goes To:

Well, today I have decided to do something a little different. Today is the going to be the first ever Survivor73 award. This award is not an easy award to win. It is for those people out there that really go out on a limb and stand up to the man. I see people everyday that stand up for themselves and for their faith, so these awards are not going to be given out frivolously. You really have to make me think "Way to go! Atta way to stick it to the man!"

OK, so now that everyone is understanding the rules of the award, surprisingly, I have 2 to hand out. The first one goes to a fellow Texan, a good ole boy if you will! I must say, I have never been more proud of my Governor than I was today. Seems Mr. Perry, Rick to some, has some hesitations about this stimulus fund that just might be heading in our direction.

It's not that he is saying "Get on back," he is just very very concerned about all the strings that are coming attached to this. “One thing that concerns me is that dollars are going to come into Texas that require us to match those dollars, and then two years from now, those federal dollars won’t be there, but we will be on the hook to pay for those programs going forward,” Perry said.

The share of the fund expected to land in Texas is just under 17 billion dollars. Perry would gladly accept federal dollars for Infrastructure and Hurricane Ike damage, but a he said we need to say "no thanks" to putting a bill on Texas for expanding Federal Gvmnt.
WAY TO GO GOVERNOR PERRY! STAND UP TO THE MAN!!!


Next award goes to someone not so local. Actually, quite far...like Rome. This award goes to the big guy himself. His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI. The Holy Father deserves this award for soooooo many reasons but since I am giving them out today, I will go with the one that is most recent. Pope Benedict gets the Survivor73 award for standing up to the man (ahem) when he met with Nancy Pelosi today, and let her know, with absolutely no confusion, that politicians, and legislators, cannot back abortion if they are Roman Catholic. He emphasised that this includes being personally against abortion but publicly back abortion rights in the name of pluralism and democracy.

"His Holiness took the opportunity to speak of the requirements of the natural and moral law and the Church's consistent teaching on the dignity of human life from conception to natural death ..." a Vatican statement said. (worldnews)

Pelosi visited with the Pope today while stopping to visit with family in Italy. She mentioned her meeting with the Pope in a press conference, and said she praised the church for fighting poverty, hunger, and global warming but she mentioned nothing about the great big finger wag she got from the Pope. I wonder why?

So there ya have it...2 fantastic starts to a great tradition. Feel free to email your ideas for award nominees...