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I didn’t say the era of Reagan was over, Newt did.

“If I were using oil to heat my house, Newt would be the one to encourage switching to natural gas. That is what he was talking about.”

Bullcrap. I have a better idea. How about Newt let me make my own damn decisions in regards to how much heating oil I decide to use. It’s none of his or the government’s damn business to tell or “encourage” me to use a certain product. I’m smart enough to make my own decisions TYVM.

“Newt believes that government does not need to be big to be better. He believes in good government and knows how to make government better. The others candidates have not done it in Washington DC. This is where the game is played and Newt has proved he can do it.”

Good Government as you put it is an oxymoron. Beyond handling the inherent functions (defense, security, etc) there is NO such thing as Good Government. Newt’s philosophy is no different from the Rockefeller strategy that “Republicans can come up with ways to run the general welfare programs better and more efficiently”. Finding a way to keep the 300 pages of Obamacare he thinks is good will result in larger Government. Funding moon colonies will result in larger Government. Big Ideas = Bigger Government.

It does not take a rocket scientist to lead the United States. All you have to do to be successful in governement is lower taxes, cut spending, kick the a$$ of America’s enemeies when warranted, and let the private sector do it’s thing. Anything beyond this is simply asking for trouble and larger government.

Yes, if government helped by giving natural gas developers less Big Government hurdles to get natural gas developed, piped and down your street. Those oil furnaces don't run forever and when you learned that oil heater was needing replacement, I bet I could encourage you to buy my latest high efficiency natural gas furnace if you had natural gas in your neighborhood. It's funny how you jump to the assumption that Newt's going to do it with government force instead of less government. He wants human innovation to do it and government helping when possible for that innovation to happen.

Now, can I sell you on that natural gas furnace?

In Newt's book To Renew America, Newt says:

"Government today works on the same 1920s Taylorite model that has long been superseded in business. What we need now, throughout the federal government, is the same sort of strategic downsizing and overhaul of basic assumptions, base on respect for individual achievement, that has benefited business so enormously in the past decade."

"The best tribute we can give Dr. Deming is to reestablish America as a country in which every citizen has an opportunity to contribute his or her share to the fullest of his or her abilities. That will be a renewal of American values and a true fulfillment of Deming's American Dream."