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I don't like every Obama stance, heck I shudder at the thought of a DEM CONgress and Executive branch but hey I thought the Republicans would actually do some damage once they had it all, BOY did they!
This manufacturing things to be terrified of Obama about has reached stupid proportions.
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At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.
He was indicted! If you think this is not going to become an issue in the upcoming elections, you are sorely mistaken. Tit for tat!
Has Obama ever been indicted for anything?
This will be the ugliest campaign in our contries history and if you think "The Keating Five" will not be a factor, you are mistaken.
We have the inuendo of a preacher affecting a future president.
We have the fact of an indictment of a future president.
Seems pretty black and white to me.
I want to know more about Obama's dealings with Rezko.
Sure, and I'd like to know more abut McCain and Renzi.
They've all got warts, haven't they? There is no question in my mind but that Obama is very sincere and believes he can honestly affect change in our political system. The system could use some changes, but not the radical overhaul proposed by Barrack and now being parroted by McCain. Change needs to come very slowly and will take years to affect.
A new comer like Barrack will try to make an immediate impact and will be thwarted by his own party members as well as the opposition. Jimmy Carter is a fine example of this. The reason he was so ineffective is because he was fighting both parties when he tried to bring change to our political system. There are just too many dollars and too many special interests that have strangle holds on the politicians and that includes all the politicians.
And the fact that there is so much animosity between factions even with-in the individual parties. If you want to effect change, the first thing that will have to be done is to eliminate the animosity and try to get everyone working towards a common goal. Since this animosity has been going on and only getting worse since the 1970's, it is a momumental task and maybe not even possible due to the radicals on each side.
I just don't see a youngster like Barrack being received very well by those same radicals of both parties when he tries to take away the source of their riches.
They've all got warts, haven't they? There is no question in my mind but that Obama is very sincere and believes he can honestly affect change in our political system. The system could use some changes, but not the radical overhaul proposed by Barrack and now being parroted by McCain. Change needs to come very slowly and will take years to affect.
A new comer like Barrack will try to make an immediate impact and will be thwarted by his own party members as well as the opposition. Jimmy Carter is a fine example of this. The reason he was so ineffective is because he was fighting both parties when he tried to bring change to our political system. There are just too many dollars and too many special interests that have strangle holds on the politicians and that includes all the politicians.
And the fact that there is so much animosity between factions even with-in the individual parties. If you want to effect change, the first thing that will have to be done is to eliminate the animosity and try to get everyone working towards a common goal. Since this animosity has been going on and only getting worse since the 1970's, it is a momumental task and maybe not even possible due to the radicals on each side.
I just don't see a youngster like Barrack being received very well by those same radicals of both parties when he tries to take away the source of their riches.
So we should just continue to feed the radicals their riches, give Caesar his due, so to speak?
That's worked out well for us hasn't it?
The latest talking republican talking point lately seems to be Obama is the second coming of Jimmy Carter. Do you really think voters today, especially younger ones, can and will relate to a President from thirty years ago?
It doesn't play the same as McCain is the second coming of Bush.
So we should just continue to feed the radicals their riches, give Caesar his due, so to speak?
That's worked out well for us hasn't it?
The latest talking republican talking point lately seems to be Obama is the second coming of Jimmy Carter. Do you really think voters today, especially younger ones, can and will relate to a President from thirty years ago?
It doesn't play the same as McCain is the second coming of Bush.
This system has been in place for over 200 years. It has elvoled slowly into what we have today. While it might not be perfect, I certainly prefer it to any other place I could go to. So in answer to your question, yes, it has worked out well for us.
Sorry, but I just don't get into this whole class warfare thing. I have very liberal leanings when it comes to social issues, but this is one issue I really can't comprehend. I'm not jealous of people who have more money than me. I'm satisfied with my life and my lifestyle and have spent 47 years working to get there. I'm not rich, but I'm comfortable. I wonder if I could have accomplished what I have with my life living in a country other than the US.
And as far as relating Barrack to Carter, it's the relative inexperience and the campaign rhetoric I am talking about. Both went in with high ideals and a plan to radically change DC. Carter went down in flames. I'm afraid the same thing could happen to Barrack.
This system has been in place for over 200 years. It has elvoled slowly into what we have today. While it might not be perfect, I certainly prefer it to any other place I could go to. So in answer to your question, yes, it has worked out well for us.
Sorry, but I just don't get into this whole class warfare thing. I have very liberal leanings when it comes to social issues, but this is one issue I really can't comprehend. I'm not jealous of people who have more money than me. I'm satisfied with my life and my lifestyle and have spent 47 years working to get there. I'm not rich, but I'm comfortable. I wonder if I could have accomplished what I have with my life living in a country other than the US.
And as far as relating Barrack to Carter, it's the relative inexperience and the campaign rhetoric I am talking about. Both went in with high ideals and a plan to radically change DC. Carter went down in flames. I'm afraid the same thing could happen to Barrack.
Class warfare?
Wasn't the article you posted to start this thread all about class warfare as you phrase it?
I'm glad things worked out for you 40, an American success story.
Unfortunatley not everybody in this country has had the success you've had despite working probably just as hard. Especially in these economic times.
At the beginning of the tear my industry was balls to the walls including my own business. It's now come to a screeching halt, 9/11 levels of a screeching halt.
So to paraphrase, yeah, I'm bitter.
Class warfare?
Wasn't the article you posted to start this thread all about class warfare as you phrase it?
I'm glad things worked out for you 40, an American success story.
Unfortunatley not everybody in this country has had the success you've had despite working probably just as hard. Especially in these economic times.
At the beginning of the tear my industry was balls to the walls including my own business. It's now come to a screeching halt, 9/11 levels of a screeching halt.
So to paraphrase, yeah, I'm bitter.
The class warfare thing really had nothing to do with your post, just something on the back of my mind in this political season of sillyness.
Sorry to hear about your business slowing down. I'm hoping this is just a temporary thing and we'll began to see a rebound before September. As a former businessman, I can appreciate your agony trying to keep your good people working while riding through this low point. It seems like collections slow down during these periods making it even harder on you.
The problem is that no one ever worries about the small businesses. We bail out the car companies and airplane companies and financial companies, but the backbone of the country, the small businessman, has to face his problems alone. When Clinton and the Republican Congress decided to balance the budget by cutting the military in half, hundreds of thousands of small businessmen went broke because the government stopped their military spending almost overnight. We never had a chance to find another source of income and couldn't cut our fixed overhead fast enough. Nobody offered to bail any of us out. We didn't have a big enough lobby.
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