Education:  Piedmont High, Piedmont, Alabama
                            Auburn University, Social Sciences (BS)
                            University of South Alabama, Educational Leadership (MEd)

Employment: Teacher, Spanish Fort High School, Baldwin County Alabama
                                   Public School System.

Experience/Training: Alabama Army National Guard, United States Army                                                   
                                                     2002 Candidate for Alabama House of Rep. District 94
                                                     2006 Candidate for Alabama House of Rep. District 94
                                                     1997-Current 12th grade high school educator. 
                                                               --United States History
                                                               --American Government/Economics
                                                               --Advanced Placement Political Science


Family: Married for 17 years to Mrs. Kay Ponder
                   Two children:  Ellen Ponder & Jacob Ponder

Political Absolutes:  Conservative.
                                               Rule of Law.
                                               Pro Life.
                                               Free Enterprise.
                                               Worth of the Individual

The Great Communicator warned our nation long ago about the destructive power of socialism.  Socialists such as:  Adolf Hitler (German Nazism),  Joseph Stalin (Soviet Communism), Mao Zedong (Chinese Communism), Ho Chi Minh (Vietnamese Marxism), and Benito Mussolini (Italian Fascism) were perfect warning examples during Ronald Reagan's time.  Woodrow Wilson (D), Franklin D. Roosevelt (D), Lyndon B. Johnson (D), Jimmy Carter (D), George W. Bush (R), B.H. Obama (D)  have all supported Socialist policies. The Square Deal, New Deal, Great Society and "Change Deal" destroys the dignity and worth of every individual. 

It appears our national leaders have forgotten their history.  It appears many groups of people today seem willing to accept a false sense of governmental economic security in exchange for their God given natural rights. It appears many groups today seem willing to give up their guaranteed constitutional rights in exchange for a temporary government handout. 

Thank God I am an Alabamian.  Our state culture remains morally and fiscally conservative.  The people in our state appear willing to meet the challenges of defeating federal tyranny.  Alabamians are refusing to surrender their God given rights of personal and economic freedoms.  Our state government appears willing to defend it's Sovereignty.  We must elect representatives who are not afraid to speak the truth about the physical and fiscal dangers of government socialism. 

Ronald Reagan's warning about the dangers of socialism are as true today as they have ever been.