Month: April 2008

A Tax Holiday–A McCain Idea

John McCain has offered his newest idea for giving the consumer a break on the high cost of gasoline.  (Long pause for effect and thought)  His plan is to suspend the federal tax on gas for the 3 months of the summer.  First of all, that money is used for the infrastructure; money which is needed to sure up such things as roads and bridges, which in case no one has noticed, is falling apart.  Secondly, that would be a lose of about $9 billion and would cost about 300,000 people their jobs.

Other news from yesterday, Shell Oil Co reported profits of $7 billion in the first quarter of 2008.  (another pause for effect?  Exxon continues to report large profits quarter after quarter…thinking…..why not go after a windfall profits?

The American people so happy to get a tax cut that they will support any call for one…but what will this one effect?  Maybe another bridge will collapse from lack of attention.  This plan sucks!  It is a band aid for a gun shot wound!

It is time for the American people to face facts…less taxes mean less services to the people….means less money coming to the government coffers…means more profits for companies….and the people pay in the long run anyway.

Condemnation Of A Pastor

Finally, Obama has made a speech that everyone has been screaming for…he has condemned in the strongest terms the remarks and actions of his former pastor, Rev.  Wright.  And I swear that this will be the last post on this subject I will make.

I have heard the pundits say the the situation is “very complicated”   I ask why?  It is a private citizen making outlandish comments and voicing his personal opnion.

It is complicated because the media wanted it to be so.  Almost appears, at times, that the media is attempting to assassinate the Obama campaign.  Why do I say this?  For instance, the Wright thingy is a person, not attached to the campaign is making comments, but he media keeps trying to make him a semi-major player in the campaign.  Making everything this man says as somehow important to the Obama plan.  But yet when a lie is told, an out right lie, not much was made of it and it was allowed to silently slip away.

One candidate has LIED–the other not so much–all politicians lie–it is in their genetic make up–but a voice from the fringe speaks louder than a falsehood from the middle.

IMO, Rev. Wright needs to shut the hell up–he is defeating his desire to empower African-Americans.  He is killing the every person that could make that dream come true. I have questioned his motives and still do so.

Obama has now done what all have wanted for a month–but will it be enough for the media to let it go.  Would be really nice if the media would let the candidates speak on specifics they have for the problems we all face.

Candidates And The Gas Tax

ABC News: Gas Tax 101: Where the Candidates Stand

Looks like Clinton has the same idea for the gas tax as McCain. Does anyone else see a scary trend there? She will make changes to lead the country, but yet she has the same plan as a Bush-ite. Where would the difference be?

This will not improve much….maybe a half a tank of gas..but as I have said already would cost about $9 billion in much needed tax money and possibly cost about 300,000 jobs. Where is that leading the country in a different direction.

Issues For The Democrats

Some have asked why the candidates do not speak more on the issues at hand. Think about it! The media seldom asks questions on issues, they prefer to continue to pick the crap to report on. There is another reason why the issues are not so important.

I bet you would like to know why? The answer is very simple–with the two Dem candidates there is not a spit worth of difference in there stands on the issues.

Here are just a few of the comparisons:

On abortion: Obama-pro Clinton–pro
On China–neither have a solid position
ON health care–similar positions with minor differences, but neither is universal
On Iraq–both favor a timetable with minor differences
On gay marriage–both are opposed
On social security privatization–both oppose

Just a few of the issues that voters will be looking at. I realize that my comparison is a simplistic, but if one wants clarification, then I suggest that one visit their websites.

If one is a voter on issues then the decision will not be an easy one, but most Americans go past issues and head straight for the personality. If that is one’s plan then I say good luck with that–but please if later they are dissatisfied with their choice, keep quiet, because they were stupid enough to vote for a personality, they will just have to live with their choice for the time being.

How To Marginalize The Candidate?

Clinton is trying her new math saying she is actually leading in the race for the Dem. nomination.  At best it is a stretch of the imagination.  Plan B is to marginalize Obama.  Meaning show that he is outside mainstream America.  This technique is an attempt to show that Obama cannot win states like Pennsylvania.  But wait, Clinton probably would not win it either, too many social conservatives.

So to help with this attempt she send sher surrogates like Wolfson and Bill out to thump their power crazed chests like some horny homo politicus.  Wolfson for instance, watch him talk, he is an arrogant little weasel the same with Bill.  He talks and dismisses the fact that most new voters are energized by Obama and not the same old bunch that Hillary and her boys represent.

Listen to a recent interview with Wolfson and his demeanor was that of talking down to the voters for not supporting Clinton.  He speaks badly of Obama and in the interview I watched, he basically said every derogatory thing he could think of, with the exception of calling Obama “boy” and he would have done that if he thought he would have gotten away with it.

Wolfson, Bill, Hillary, et al still have this air of inevitability about her candidacy; it is her birth right to be the nominee.  May I suggest that they remember something Thomas Paine once wrote:

“When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.“

Is It Wright Again?

The media’s rush to help Clinton secure the nomination, got another boost in the last couple of days.  The Rev. Wright has spoken and now the 20 second sound bites are flying around the web.  Obama has been called on to crap on his pastor, he has done everything but threaten legal action against him.  Why is what a man says so important to media?  The candidate did not say it.  As i have said, Wright has said nothing that MLK did not say the only difference was the choice of words, but the ideas were the same.

This is just the media assisting one candidate over another.  For instance the MSNBC show Morning Joe as gone from Huckabee to Romney to Clinton, the only thing I can say is that they were backing losers before Clinton, we can only pray they are backing a loser yet again.

Gee, I know that some will think for a bit off, but think it over…….Most days morning Joe is loaded with Clinton supporters, especially Wolfson and Harold Ford, Jr.  At least Ford talks like he is neutral but he is the chairman of th DLC and that is the agenda that Clinton is pushing in her stump speeches.

No I am not a supporter of Obama, I am a supporter of the whole truth and the media leaves a bad taste in my mouth at every turn.

A Stable Government In Iraq

I was watching an interview with Gov. Crist of Fla. yesterday. He spouted the crap about the people of Fla. no being represented, but first of all it was him and is Repub cronies that did this and caused the prob.

But he lauded the attributes of McCain and condemned the new DNC add about McCain’s comment of a 100 years in Iraq. He then went on to say, “we need to establish a government in Iraq that is stable…before we pull out of the country”.

……..Thinking…………….

need to establish? Would that truly be a democracy? What part of the US establishing a stable government democratic? Basically, we DID invade Iraq for the purpose of nation building. At least that is the way I read this statement. And you?

Champion Of Democracy

That is the title that has been hoisted onto the US, but are they?  First, just the act of voting does not make a democracy, can be a start but should be the end game.  The US is always pushing for democracy in some countries across the world.

The first one that comes to mind is the Palestinians.  For decades they were pushed to let the people decide on their leadership.  Finally, the did just that, but now here is the problem, they elected Hamas, a group that the US considers a terrorist organization.

The US did not acknowledge the will of the people.  So with this, what signal does it send to the world?  That they can have democracy as long as the US approves of their choices?  Call me ignorant, but does that not kinda defeat the purpose of democracy?

Syria’s Nuclear Facility

The Bush administration has made a strong case that Syria built a nuclear reactor with North Korean help but should not have waited until months after Israel destroyed the suspected facility to share its intelligence with Congress, two U.S. lawmakers said Sunday.

I have a problem with this. Why is this being offered now? The facility was destroyed last year, but now they offer proof of the claim that was a nuclear site. But 7 months is plenty of time for doctoring these photos to tell the story they want to tell.

Why am I suspicious? WMDs come mind. Saddam’s involvement in 9/11 also. Basically, they have lied before and they could be lying now.

My suggestion is to have the photos checked out by experts and look for tampering.

Trust come to mind and the Bush clan has none to offer.

Professor’s Classroom

OSIM! And time for the quiz–spring is here and I realize that everyone is pretty bored, but try to keep up.

Ever notice that presidents have to name their time in Washington, i.e., New Deal, etc. In the election of 1824, when Andrew Jackson became pres, what did he name his administration?

Please keep answer short and sweet, I do not have time nor energy to care about long diatribes. Good luck and good googling.