How can she be ready to face our nation's problems when she won't even face any questions on h

• New campaign slogan: It's all about the O - nm
  • New Mc slogan - rafael
    • How can she be ready to face our nation's problems when she won't even face any questions on h - sad but true
      • She must've had to fly back home and - empty the dishwasher.
    • The most ridiculous thing about a post like this... - sam
      • my cause - rafael
        • I can take it, that is not the problem... - Indy Observer
          • I am so totally middle america - rafael
            • You imply that anything on Fox News is... - sam
              • rebuttal - TTP
                • answer... - sam
                  • Sweetie, it would be - TTP
                    • Personal attack politics. You really don't know any other way...do you? - sam
                      • You're cute when you are angry. - TTP
                        • Not a bit angry....lol Thanks for the compliment, tho. - sam
                          • Last-worditis. - nm
                            • stalker. nm - sam
                              • Pathetic, self-absorbed little housewife. - !

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We could all talk about our differences as friends.  Some we would get along with and others not but we could talk about all of it respectfully with each other. Having the anonymity makes us all probably take things up a notch or two higher than we would in person, but I suspect we would all be making the same points, just in person.   That said, with election day being tomorrow, I hope that all of us, no matter who is elected, will make the best of the situation and try to be kind to our fellow human beings regardless of race or religion.. Good night and Amen...lol

take it however you like, that is my personal opinion.  We have a lot of great women leaders and yes a lot of women have fought for our rights as women, but that has nothing to do with a women running this country.  Again, my personal opinion and why should I go and be a man because that is how I feel.  Different people with different opinions, part of what makes the world go round.  I feel the way I feel and I am not ashamed of it. 

You really just proved the exact reason I stated women are not ready to lead this country.  You reacted with emotions stating I should be ashamed and I am a disgrace, you were GUIDED by your EMOTIONS/FEELINGS.  Goodnight!!

It looks like our wonderful govt is thinking about another stimulus -- remember those tax rebates we got back in the spring of this year? It was $600 an individual and $1200 a couple.  The govt doesn't want to do quite the same kind of stimulus as last time because -- get this -- 80% of the Americans who received it used it to either pay down debt or bolster savings.  Here's what they want the new stimulus to do:

•The extension of unemployment benefits and possibly food stamps from 39 to 52 weeks.

•A boost in infrastructure spending, despite the problems of getting the money to work quickly.

•Some relief for state and local governments facing tighter budgets because of lower tax receipts and rising Medicaid costs.

God forbid we give something to the middle class -- let's extend the food stamps and boost the "infrastructure spending" -- what is that anyway?  I'm guessing it's a way to line the pockets of the suits even more.  When is it going to end?

it and turn it and manipulate it until it becomes something completely different and ugly, and you adopt THAT as the truth, when it isn't even close to what the real truth is.

Three fingers are three fingers.  Nothing more.  Nothing less.  No hidden meaning.  Just three fingers that the rest of the sane, intelligent, reasonable WORLD sees and recognizes as THREE FINGERS, as I said in my post.

While I hope its McCain, Obama “seems” to be in the lead.  I say seems because I think a lot of what we hear gets distorted and I have to remember back to when Gore ran and everyone was 100% sure he’d win he didn’t.  Also I think everyone was sure that Kerry would win and he didn’t.  And I was also talking to my dad and he said when Kennedy & Nixon were running everyone was sure Nixon would win, but he didn’t.  So I believe that there is nothing that we can be sure of and you just never know what could happen.  And whether it is Obama or McCain, I hope the country will turn around and improve. 

I’d like to share a couple thoughts as I’m curious if other people feel this way too.

First, I have to say that I’m sitting here with my ballot not filled out yet and not sure if I will even vote because the two choices are neither of whom I picked.  I know I can write in anyone I want, but will that just waste my vote on nothing?  While I’m a registered democrat there is just some things that are not sitting right and its on both sides.  On the dem side I would have liked to have seen Richardson or Kucinich, and on the rep side I would have liked to see Ron Paul or Duncan Hunter.  But no, who do they pick?  John McCain.  The guy who lost against Bush (talk about a bad omen).  I just don’t get why they think he will win over Barack Obama if he couldn't even win over Bush.  No doubt about it Barack Obama is a spectacular speaker.  He seems well put together.  So how in the world did they ever think McCain could win over him.  I also don’t get it because Romney, Huckabee & Paul were doing very well in the primaries and McCain was not, but at the last minute all of a sudden McCain is picked.  Maybe the “big plan” is they put in such a person on purpose so the democrats would win.  One can only imagine.  So with that said I’m not real trustful of the government and here I sit with my blank ballot wondering what to do.

While I am not for either of the candidates that are running for President I do happen to like both running mates.  I actually hoped Biden would have been chosen for President, and even though I had no idea who Sarah Palin was, I do like her.  Yes you can ridicule me all you like, but I could care less about the “fluff” stuff, I’ve read about what she has accomplished and I think she’s a fine person.  My perfect ticket.  Biden/Palin.  HA HA HA.  Please don’t flame me, I’m just trying to describe my dislike for the Presidential candidates.

While I do have to admit McCain just doesn’t seem to “get it”.  There is so much he could bring up but he doesn’t and it makes me wonder how strong of a person he is and would he be good in the office.  My husband adamantly flat out says “NO”.  Then in the same breath he says but look at the other candidate.  Both of them scare me.  Not for anything the media says because I don’t believe or trust the media, but rather looking at their past records.  I believe they are both saying what they believe we want to hear to get elected - isn’t that what all politicians do? 

As for Obama’s tax hike, I don’t have to worry because I don’t make $250K or over, but at the same time I don’t want to receive from the people who do because that would not be fair to them.  Especially someone putting in over 60 hours a week to make ends meet and now they are going to take some of that and give to me?  What I do have to worry about is if he pulls a Bill Clinton and then lowers the tax rate and now people making 90K and up will have more taken from them.  Then when he realizes he needs more money to fund all his programs he will then lower the rate and lower and lower.  Then before we know it instead of getting taxed 23% on 30K a year we will be taxed 42 or 43% like we were under the last democrat president.  So, we’ll just have to wait and see, and if it happens I will deal with it.

As for who’s to blame for what has happened with the economy there is enough blame to go around on both sides.  You can’t honestly say it’s all the republicans fault or it’s all the democrats fault.  That’s not fair because I’ve seen both sides against the bail out and both sides for it.  It’s just a little disheartening to know that both candidates who want to be our leader voted for it (no matter what they said ahead of time).  This is why I have a lot of distrust in them both.

Also what I don’t like is if I don’t vote for Obama because of his policies people will accuse me of being a bigot and will say I’m not voting for him just because he’s black (which is not true), but on the other hand there are people out their voting for him solely because he is black.  Are they bigots too? (which as I stated earlier I have not voted for anyone yet).

What I am trying to do right now is research some of what Nostradamus predicted.  It seems like I remember he had said something about what would happen to America.  He predicted a lot from World Wars ad Hitler coming to rise, to the Twin Towers falling.  Yes, I know some of his predictions did not come true, but he had more right than wrong.  So I’m curious and researching some of his predictions to see if there is anything about the US and what will happen to our country.  My husband says he believes there is.  If I find something I can post if anyone is interested. 

What I am wondering and starting to believe more and more is maybe this is our time and its up.  If you believe in Armageddon or Nostradamus or another other future events maybe it’s already set in stone that our time has come.  Maybe we have lived a little too much of “the good life” and now its time for a transformation in America and that is why Obama will get in.  Some of us believe we may not “deserve” it and a lot of people probably think its nonsense, but we have to remember we thought we would never be attacked before 9/11 either.  So, I’m not saying I think we deserve it, but just a thought that maybe our time has come.  So wonder if others think this way too, or am I just hitting heavy on the “Ju-Ju Juice”.  HA HA

Would like to hear your thoughts.  Please no slams.  I tried not to slam any of the candidates so nobody would get offended.  There’s plenty I don’t like about all of them, and some I do like about all of them.  I just feel really mixed up right now and wonder if others are like me (or am I just weird).

By Maria Recio McClatchy Newspapers

WASHINGTON — President George W. Bush's "after-life," as Laura Bush calls the post-presidency, is shaping up to be pretty comfortable, with a Dallas office, staffers, Secret Service protection, a travel budget, medical coverage and a $196,700 annual pension, all at taxpayers' expense.

However, Bush will be the first president not to benefit from one former lifetime benefit: Secret Service protection.

"He'll be the first one to receive it for 10 years," said Malcolm Wiley, Secret Service spokesman. Congress changed the law in the 1990s so that any president elected after Jan. 1, 1997, and his or her spouse will receive the federal protection for only 10 years.

The Bushes will move to their new $2 million, 8,500-square-foot Dallas home — not paid for by taxpayers — on Jan. 20, and there Bush will be close to his future presidential library at Southern Methodist University.

"We're working on a conceptual design for the building," said Mark Langdale, president of the George W. Bush Foundation. The president will help develop the $300 million structure, which will include a library, museum and policy institute.

Fundraising is just beginning, Langdale said. Once the project is finished in 2013, the National Archives and Records Administration will take over the operation of the library and museum, at federal expense. Construction will be paid for with private funds, and Bush is expected to be involved in organizing the fundraising drive.

"He is enthusiastic about spending a lot of his time and effort working on the programs of the institute," Langdale said.

Bush will maintain an office nearby in space acquired by the General Services Administration, which, under the Former Presidents Act, will pay for the office suite and staff to assist him for the rest of his life.

Bush's pension, which is tied to the base pay of the most senior government executives and increases with federal cost-of-living adjustments, will be about half the $400,000 annual presidential salary. He and Vice President Dick Cheney will receive transition expenses as well for seven months — one month before the inauguration and six months afterward — "to facilitate their transition to private life," according to the Congressional Research Service.

The GSA also covers travel expenses for any official activities attended by a former president, as well as two staff members. Former President Bill Clinton was allocated $50,000 for travel in fiscal year 2008 and former President George H.W. Bush, $56,000.

Former presidents and their families are entitled to health care in military hospitals, although they have to pay a reimbursement rate set by the Office of Management and Budget.

Bush will receive a state funeral upon his death, with full military honors for the former commander in chief.

As an outsider, I could give you another perspective and one not nearly so dire as yours.  However, I also realise that my view is slanted as I simply adore this country and Americans in general.  In short, given the information at his disposal, George Bush’s decision to oust Saddam looks altogether reasonable--though, again, not necessarily right. To argue otherwise demonstrates both ignorance and bad faith. So what are we to make of the downward spiral of sectarian mayhem that is currently drawing Iraq into the abyss? The violence seems senseless to us . . . but perhaps that’s the point. Perhaps our enemies recognize that the great exploitable weakness of the American military is that, in the wake of Vietnam, the American public’s grasp of geo-politics runs only as deep as the lyrics to Bob Dylan’s “Blowing in the Wind.” This is a weakness every bit as real, and every bit as deadly, as a missile with a faulty guidance system or a tank that stalls in its tracks--and it will remain a real weakness until the American public is knocked upside the head a sufficient number of times to outgrow it. What the degeneration of the mission in Iraq indicates most profoundly is that one 9/11 was not enough to crack through the platitudes of the late 1960s--which are deeply embedded in the universities, television networks and editorial pages of major newspapers. There remains, in such circles, the delusion that the jihadists are ultimately live and let live types, that totalitarian Islam will eventually just peter out, that the principles of the European Enlightenment will simply dawn on a billion Muslims without us cramming them down their throats.This may in the end prove the deadliest error in geo-political judgment Americans have ever made. Members of the genocidally well-meaning baby-boom generation will likely go to their graves believing they “gave peace a chance,” having spared themselves the anguish of killing hundreds of thousand Muslims . . .  and likely bequeathed to their children and grandchildren the anguish of killing scores of millions. 

It's just a device used by the neocons to keep the attention of the stifled.  They know that the repressed loonies in the county slobber over anything pertaining to sex.  Just look at O'Reilly.  Nearly every night he has some story about prostitutes, strip clubs, girls gone wild -- he is complaining how horrible it is, yet they always have tapes behind him of half-naked coeds grinding away.  If it is so horrible, must we see the tapes over and over?

Tillman didn't talk about why he went into the service to anyone.  We will have to assume that what his mother is saying is true.  Has the wife spoken out?  I would think if he told his deepest heart's secrets, it would be to her.  She was his high school sweetheart.  Here's a snippet from a Newsweek article. 

He joined the service just after a honeymoon to Bora Bora with his high-school sweetheart, Marie. He and a younger brother, Kevin, slipped off to enlist in Denver, where they could avoid publicity. Kevin, who gave up a budding minor-league baseball career, remains in the Army. Pat Tillman wanted no attention, no glory, for joining the rank and file. He didn't want to be singled out from his brothers and sisters in the military, says former Cardinals coach Dave McGinnis. Tillman apparently had made a pact with his family to stay silent about his service, a promise they have kept. They have gathered to grieve inside the comfortable family home in a leafy enclave of San Jose.

His was no simple case of patriotism; Tillman was never known as a flag-waver. His agent, Frank Bauer, told reporters he had suspected that Tillman might quit to teach or to practice law like his father, Patrick Sr., but not to join the military. Snyder, his college coach, said Tillman never used the word patriotism when he explained his plans to enlist. He just seemed to think something had to be done. When players asked why he enlisted, he didn't want to talk about it. McGinnis says there were reasons Pat said he had that he didn't want to divulge, and the coach respected his view and his right to make his own path. Tillman had always been different. When he joined the pros, he rode a bicycle to practice because he didn't own a car. He refused to buy a cell phone. A sports publicist at Arizona State once described him as a surfer dude.

It seems his mother decided the pact no longer had any merit.  Personally, I see another Cindy Sheehan, disobeying her son's wishes.