Day: March 16, 2008

Which Candidate To Choose

Choosing A Candidate

I have spent many, many years analyzing, researching and then supporting this candidate or that. Below I offer you the whole process I go through to find “my” candidate. Am I successful? Hell no! There are no guarantees when you are dealing with politicians, but at least I take a long look before I support. I think that is the key to the people taking back the political process from the parties.

Things I look for:

Does the candidate appear to be capable or is he just a face in the crowd?

What are his/her qualifications?

the proposed ideas and positions of the candidate similar to yours? Not just one, but a majority.

Who are the groups supporting him/her?

Is he/her a leader?

Is the positions canned or is there originality?

Warning signs:

A candidate that has nothing but emotional issues.

Are solutions to problems realistic? Or is it just taking points.

Solutions offered are simple, no sacrifice to complex problems.

Does the candidate only speak on gay issues, race, immigration, the flag–emotional issues, but never speakes about real issues like healthcare, education, etc.

A candidate that only tells you what they want you to hear and not reality.

The biggest, use of negative campaigns and gives false impressions of their opponent.

I sincerely hope this will help people find their candidate. This is not the only “benchmarks”, but it will get one started in the right direction in finding their perfect candidate. Remember, a one issue candidate, even if it is your hot button issue, is never a good choice. Keep in mind that all presidents leave their mark and it will most likely effect your children or grandchildren more than you, so their futures or lack of, should be a concern when picking a candidate to support.

Remember also that your choice will be something that you must live with for the next 4 years.or longer. This should be used for local, state and national candidates. The person you choose will be your voice in the government. Or will he/she?

McCain In Iraq

What a piece of work! get the American people to pay for a trip to Iraq as a campaign ad. Let me see. it is Sens. McCain, Graham and Liebermann, all are part of the McCain Repub campaign. And the media is buying into this ploy by saying that they are all part of the Senate Armed Forces Committee. Where are the Dems on that committee? This is a campaign stop, people.

If this was not about his running for President then ALL members of the committee should be there. This is an attempt to give the American people the Repub side of the war and not the truth, the whole truth.

If this was a fact finding mission everyone should be there at the same time and get the same info. This is the perfect time for McCain to go to Iraq, the Dems are up to their butts in accusations and campaigning.

Just another way they will dupe the voter. Sad part is they will buy it hook, line and sinker.

Weekly Update

With all the bantering back and forth by the two campaigns on he said, she said, there was not much reporting on trivial bullsh*t. But I did find a few worthless pieces of crap out there.

I need booze
To watch this worthless news
That I cannot possibly use.

1–more studenst skilled, more car crashes, more fires, and more plane crashes—YAWN!

2–NY Gov is a “john” for a $4000 hooker, oh sorry, escort. For that kind of money the bitch had better be able to whistle Dixie with her genitals.

3–Some guy in India setting world record for longest ear hair. I cannot make this shit up!

4–Glligan’s Island Mary Ann gets busted in Idaho for mary jane–you go girl–bless her heart

5–US military commander in Iraq resigns, because he does not agree on Iran–their is some with guts after all.

6–Woman spends 24 months on toilet—what?–that is right she was there everyday for 2 yrs. Masybe should not eat so much peanut butter.

That is it for the worthless crap being reported on the MSM. Did yoiu get your money’s worth out of that?

Have A Day!

40 Years Later

It has been 40 years since the cruelty of the My Lai massacre. Many will not remember the name until they are reminded by someone whi does. The media will let this go and it will be remembered officially by few with the exception of the Vietnamese people.

March 16, 1968
Charlie Company landed following a short artillery and helicopter gunship preparation. The soldiers found no enemy fighters in the village on the morning of March 16. Many suspected there were NLF troops in the village, hiding underground in the homes of their elderly parents or their wives. The U.S. soldiers, one platoon of which was led by Second Lieutenant William Calley, went in shooting at “suspected enemy position”. After the first civilians were killed and wounded by the indiscriminate fire, the soldiers soon began attacking anything that moved, humans and animals alike, with firearms, grenades and bayonets. The scale of the massacre only spiraled as it progressed, the brutality increasing with each killing.

The report concluded that the Task Force commander responsible for the operation, Col. Frank Barker, had failed to “make clear any distinctions between combatants and noncombatants in their orders and instructions.” The result, it stated, was that he had “conveyed an understanding that only the enemy remained” in My Lai.

The report asserted, however, that there was no higher command responsibility for what happened in My Lai. It concluded that the policy guidance from Gen. William Westmoreland, the commander of all U.S. forces in Vietnam, was “consistent in adhering to the humane standard of protecting the civilians within the combat zone.”

Two things to remember: 1) you were probably not there, so your opinion holds no value. 2) troops follow orders, it is something that they were brainwashed to do.

WORD!