Democrats on an escalator

enough said!

The Sky is Falling!!

"The Fundamentals of our Economy are strong." -John McCain, Agree or Disagree? What are the fundamentals of our economy? He explained the fundamentals of the economy is the American people and capitalism, and he is right. The problem has not been the fundamentals, or foundation of our economy, but Government bureaucracy, and dare I say, socialism, that has counteracted the effects of the free market in a disastrous way in recent History. Housing, Energy, and Manufacturing (specifically Automobile) are three of the obvious problem areas. Government paved the way for lenders to lend to the "unqualified" borrowers by guaranteeing these loans with taxpayer money, which not only produced billions in bad loans, but putting the risk on the taxpayer. Everyone should own a home right? (who cares if they can afford it) No risk sounds like a wonderful reason to overextend yourself if you are a bank. Lenders are thinking, Hey, with house values going up who cares if we foreclose on bad loans, we get a free house right? Except that because of the run on the housing markets, house values were inflated, and when these "interest only" adjustable rate loans were "adjusted" upwards because of rate increase the bubble burst and banks are getting stuck with devalued houses.
Has anyone noticed that oil is around $95 a barrel but Gas prices are Still $3.80? Raise your hand if you know why! Whats that? we have no refining capacity? I support the Drill Baby, Drill, but once we get the oil out of the ground, who is going to turn it into gasoline? Oh yeah, nobody! Anyone ever heard of the Government imposed Clean Air Act of 1990. So what has caused our Energy crisis? It starts with a G and ends with overnment. I will let you figure it out. I am tired of hearing that oil companies are raping us, when their actual $ per gallon profit margin is a fraction of the government's take per gallon of gas.
GMAC is tearing it up in China, Europe and Latin American but not here in the US. Once again our politicians and the EPA have felt the need to shackle the Auto industry with over burdensome fuel mileage restrictions. This was their excuse for asking for a $50 billion bailout. They claimed that adhering to these government regulations have caused them twice that much in recent years. But all of this is Bush/McCain/Capitalism's fault. So I do agree that the fundamentals of our economy are strong. It is government that has gone beyond oversight and regulation into tampering with the free market. They have a wonderful track record with Social Security and Medicaid, and now Mae and Mac. I can't wait until they control universal health care! By the way check out this article from 3 years ago about Mae and Mac! Also take a look into this bill that McCain sponsored 3 years ago on this issue!! WOW! I also wonder what impact 2 wars, 2 of the worst natural disasters in our country's history, and 9/11 have had on our economy in the last 8 years??

The Least of These

"We must take care of the Least of These"......"except we are gonna do it with your money" - Barack Obama. (OK I added the last part). I am tired of being told from Mr. Obama that the American people need to do a better job of "being our brothers keeper", "and taking care of the least of these". Well it is obvious that the Democratic ticket does not follow that mantra. Over the last decade, Sen Biden has given an average of...get these numbers... $395 per year in charitable donations. When compared to his income this amounts to 0.1% to 0.3% of his income. WOW, way to go Joe!! Obama's "big heart" is not much bigger! he contributed around $240,000 last year. Sounds like a lot except for the fact that he made over $4,000,000 last year. His contributions equaled almost 6% of his income....astronomical numbers compared to his VP pick. I won't even get into the story of Obama's younger brother who lives off of $1 a month. The point is that I am tired of being preached to about taking care of others when the people who are doing the preaching are not doing the practicing. Just for the record, John McCain gave 27% of his income in charitable donations last year. OK here is the rant. Look back at the times of "real" change in our Country's history such as the end of slavery, women's suffrage, desegregation and the end of the Cold War and see which party had a leading role in facilitating that change. When you look at the rhetoric in politics today, you may be surprised by what you find.

Qualified Dissenter

I saw this ad today and it really hit home with me. Pretty simple but effective. My question is why have we let the media and self serving politicians define the current state of this war instead of the people who are actually fighting it? I realize that not all the soldiers who have served in Iraq share this soldiers view, but In the past few years I can't recall hearing many of their viewpoints at all. In Gen. Norman Schwartzkopf's autobiography "It Doesn't Take A Hero", he shares his frustration with polititians, both Democratic and Republican, who tried to interject their ideas and influence onto the battlefield despite their absolute ignorance of any military strategy, during Vietnam and the first Gulf war. How is it that the voices that matter the most seem to be the ones that are never listened to? Regardless of this guys opinion one thing is for sure, he earned his right to share it.