This Could Have Been Avoided.....

Thanks, Barney Frank. Thanks, Chuck Schumer. This is what happens when you "F' the citizens of this country in the you know what. This is what happens when Socialists run the government. I can't say anything else. Watch the video.

40 Days to Determine 40 years

There is no question that this election will change the course we are on as a nation. Will we take the road proposed by Senator McCain or that laid out by Senator Obama? There are exactly 40 days left until we head to the polls. The next 40 days will likely determine the course of the next 20, 30, or even 40 years. History tells us this is true.

America has faced uncertain and difficult times such as this before, especially in the past century. Once we were led out of this struggle by the father of modern liberalism (FDR), and once by the father of modern conservatism (Reagan). The parallels to what we face today cannot be ignored.

When FDR took office we were in the worst economic conditions this country has ever faced. Millions were hungry, out of work, and struggling to survive. The world was a dangerous place. During his presidency we would be drawn into World War II in both the Pacific and Atlantic theatres.

When Reagan took office, we were headed down a similar road. Inflation was out of control, energy shortages, and unemployment rising. We were engaged in a different kind of war, this time with the Soviet Union. The Cold War raged and the world was a dangerous place again with the posibility of nuclear war.

We are standing at the edge of the cliff again. The economy is in real trouble. Gas prices continue to rise. Home values continue to fall. Congress is considering a $700billion bailout that our grandchildren will be paying for 40 years from now. We are currently engaged in two wars and the threat of terrorism is a very real aspect of our daily lives.

My faith in America is strong. We have weathered tougher times and come through it better and stronger than ever. No matter who we select as the President, America's strength is in the character and will of its people.

As we make the choice for President in 40 days, the choice is clear. Will we follow the path of greater government involvement advocated by liberalism or follow the tenants of less government pushed by conservatism?

Both paths have worked in the past when managed properly as by FDR and Reagan. Both have also failed miserably as demonstrated by President Carter and President George W. Bush. It's up to you and I to decide who is most likely to succeed. May we be wise in our choice.

To Bailout or Not to Bailout, that is the Question

Whether it is nobler to bailout a few companies who have made mistakes or to place a 700 Billion dollar tax burden on the shoulders of the American people, that is the question.

One of the things that makes America great is the opportunity to succeed without limitation and the opportunity to fail beyond measure. No one wants their child to burn their hand on the stove, but that is part of growing up. No one will enjoy the experience of the burn and the blister that accompanies the mistake, but everyone who has burnt their hand on a stove learned a valuable lesson, and that is: There are consequences for your actions.

Lets examine Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Here are two companies who were influenced by politicians to allow for increased home ownership through relaxed guidelines in exchange for favorable rates from federal government to make home loans. Then, when bad loans started popping up as foreclosures around the country the executives had the accountants juice the books in order trigger executive payouts. Company executives certainly need to be bailed out, but in my mind I keep seeing scenarios where their bail out has something to do with Dog the Bounty Hunter. When institutions like Fannie and Freddie make mistakes share holders will simply sell off their stock and be done with it. However, you are now telling that share holder to put their money back on the table in the form of a bailout. If the Feds want to put an infusion of 700 billion into these companies okay, but when the loans come to maturity and the companies pay back the money to the government I want the interest paid on those loans to come to the American people in the form of a tax rebate for having paid increased taxes during that time period. If the government wants to make loans with my money fine, but at least pay me my dividend.

If certain companies go under then they go under, and good companies with strong financials will come and buy up their assets and the market will redistribute wealth through strong economic principals. Sometimes even companies need to burn their hand on the financial stove of America in order to learn.

Change might just make CENTS

In an effort to save millions of pension plans around the country the Federal Government is scheduled to loan over 80 Billion dollars to AIG in an exchange for 80% control in the company. This also comes on the heals of investment giant Lehman Brothers who have had their doors open since 1850 filing for bankruptcy protection and Merrill Lynch announcing they will be acquired by Bank of America. With trying times like these some are arguing for change in Washington. I agree there has to be change in order to fix some of these problems that we are facing. The question though is this: Do you want change that makes sense, or just leaves you with cents.

The punching bag over the past few years has been big oil companies making profits at the pump. While I hate paying extra to fill up as much as the next guy I hate even more the idea of choking these companies with even heavier tax burdens. Follow the logic with me if you will. Of the top 10 Global 500 list of companies 5 of them are oil companies. Those 5 companies employ a combined 406,335 people according to the 2008 report. US corporate tax burdens are nearly 50% and, we are second only to Japan for the highest tax burden placed on corporations. If we raise taxes on corporations one of two things I predict will happen:

1. We will see more outsourcing to other nations of our job. The companies have responsibilities to their share holders not to their country.




2. We will see increased cost at the pump and around the country on everything as oil companies try to make up their tax losses by increasing their profits.

Look at Ireland who used to rank amongst the top in terms of taxes on corporations and has since dropped their tax burden down around 15% causing an economic boom throughout their country.

On the table now is also the idea of the Rich being taxed in order to pay for those who are less fortunate financially. Recently Senator Barack Obama appeared on the Bill O’Reilly show to talk about his candidacy. O’Reilly began to question his tax plan and called it a free lunch for the poor. O’Reilly said, “ The free lunch is that you’re taking the wealthy in America and the big earners, OK, you’re taking money way from them and you’re giving it to people who don’t. That’s called income redistribution. It’s a socialist tenant. Come on you know that. You went to Harvard.” Obama responded, “Teddy Roosevelt supported a progressive income tax.” Notice he didn’t deny the fact that his policy was socialistic in nature, but simply said he wasn’t the first to come up with it. Not suprising from a guy who hasn't been able to come up with many orginal ideas since his campaign began.

In closing consider the following statistic:

According to the IRS 86% of ALL federal income tax are paid by the top 25% of income earners. Between income redistribution and government control of assets some might be concerned which type of change we will be getting in the future and if will make sense, or cents for Americans.

Senator Obama Attempts to Bury Barry!

Obama delivered his remarks at the Colorado State Fair on a teleprompter.
(CNN) — It appears Barack Obama's teleprompter is hitting the campaign trail.

The Democratic presidential nominee has never tried to hide the fact he delivers speeches off the device, though normally he doesn't use one at standard campaign rallies and town hall events.

But the Illinois senator used a teleprompter at both his Colorado events Monday — making for a particularly peculiar scene in Pueblo, where the prompter was set up in the middle of what is normally a rodeo ring.

Source: CNN

Did I not give you the low down on this last week? Senator Obama vs. Barry. It appears the Senator is doing all he can to limit his gaffes, but all this does is play to the notion of him being an empty suit, void of original thought.

Did Pontius Pilate Wear Lipstick?

This is silly season if you didn't know already. The Democrat Party is becoming more and more desperate every day. It is a very real possibility that "The One" may not be elected after all,
thanks in large part to the enthusiasm drummed up by Governor Palin.
In what has to be one of the most foolish comparisons of all time, two different Democrats, (One talking head - Donna Brazile, and one elected official - Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn) have stated, "Barack Obama was a community organizer like Jesus. Pontius Pilate was a governor."

Hello....what are you trying to say? Let me see... Obama = Jesus, Palin = Pilate.

It would seem to me that Obama = Pilate as the two of them seem to share a certain character flaw.
Pilate found no fault with Jesus; washed his hands of the situation and allowed the Savior of mankind to be crucified.
Barack Obama sat in the Illinois State Senate for 8 years. In that time he voted “present,” nearly 130 times . A look at Illinois records shows at least 36 times when Mr. Obama was either the only state senator to vote present or was part of a group of six or fewer to vote that way. Kind of seems like he was washing his hands of these difficult decisions.

Where were you?

7 years ago lying in bed in Phoenix Arizona the phone rang. My brother and I were sharing an appartment with a few other roomates, but it was early and if anyone was going to answer the phone it would have been the two of us. After the 3rd call in a row we realized something wasn't right, but I was moving in a week and had spent a late night with my friends the night before on my last day of work. I turned to my brother and said, "If you want to know whats so important then your getting up" As he slumbered out of bed I tried to go back to sleep only to hear a moment later, "What? What? Slow down! Okay, I'm turning on the news right now" Instantly I was awake. Just as I rolled over in bed the news turns on and we see coming from the right of our screen the 2nd plane hit the tower and burst into flames. The smoke and debris filling the air almost blocking out the shot. As the day wore on nobody believed what they were seeing. I can't see a time when the feelings of shock and anger that I had that day will not be palpable in my mind. That is where I was on 9/11 but, Where were you?

Oh Teleprompter, Where Art Thou?

Lets be honest. The "lipstick" issue has been a distraction and an effective one at that for the McCain campaign. Most people would say Senator Obama was not referring to Governor Palin, but simply using a phrase to get across his idea that he is the one who represents change. Do I think it was intended to be sexist? No. Do I think it was intended to belittle her? No. Do I think there are two Obama's? Yes.
You ask, "whatever do you mean?" When Obama stands in front of a teleprompter there are few his equal. He is polished, clear, and can hold an audience with ease. It is only when the teleprompter is removed that Obama's doppleganger, "Barry" shows up. You know the one I'm referring to. The one who says, "Um", "Ah", and "hmm" before getting out a coherent statement. The one who struggled to come up with an answer for when life began, before finally settling on it being, "above his pay grade", to answer such a question. The one who has been dropping his "g's" at the end of his words of late. The one who has been to "57 states" and been to see the "Nittally Lions" of Penn State. Alright, enough already.
My point in all of this is that Senator Obama is merely a mouthpiece. He is a sponge who has soaked up the ideas of Reverend Wright, William Ayers, and all of the campaign professionals he has around him. When he doesn't have the teleprompter in front of him, his true self is revealed. "Senator Obama" would never have made the comment about Governor Palin, but "Barry" just couldn't help himself.

Independent Women's Vote

When Sarah Palin was picked to be the VP nominee for the Republican Party, the whole world of feminism was turned upside down. There were many who thought that the pick was to go after the women who voted for Hillary. I agree with the Democratic operatives who suggest that the majority of the women voters who supported Hillary were not going to be swayed by Palin's choice for VP. Many of these women would find Palin's stance on many of the issues wrong headed and could never bring themselves to pull the Republican lever. I do believe that a small number will vote for Palin, but a more discomfort for the Democrats will come from the number of Hillary supporters who will just stay home.But, I believe the real level of support from women will come from a surprising source. If you remember a few weeks ago, at the Ric Warren forum, Obama, to some being nuanced, to others being confused, when asked about when a fetus should have rights, he responded, "it was above his pay grade." Add to this House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's mis-representation of the Catholic Church's stance on when life begins in her apperance on Meet the Press. She received very real rebukes from a host of Catholic Bishops and a number of Cardinals. Now add in Joe Biden's apperance on Meet the Press on Sunday past, and the rebuke already by Catholic Bishops from that apperance. What you have with these three things, I believe, is a Tsunami that will sweep Mc Cain and Palin to the White House in November. No, the Hillary voters are not going to make the difference, it will be the independent Catholic women who profoundly disagree with the three leading Democrats who have mis-stated the Catholic Church's position on life. They clearly understand the Democratic position is not the moral position that they are in sync with in their lives and are going to make the difference in this election.The Democratic Party has not recognized their precarious postion and it will be their downfall in November as Mc Cain and Palin will take the White House and will help to stem the losses in Congressional and Senate races.

Stand and Deliver

Joe Biden is at it again. Apparently the only thing happens more than Bill Clinton holding open interviews for new interns is Joe Biden saying things that get him into hot water. During a speech Senator Biden decided to honor one of the local state politicans by asking him to stand. It wasn't until the members of the audience started screaming, "he is in a wheelchair" did he figure out he didn't have the power to heal. Better luck next time Joe, maybe you should have the conversation with the Archbishop after all.

Lipstick On a Pig

Whether Barack Obama meant to insult Sarah Palin or was just using the same tired rhetoric that has a lot of appeal but no real substance he may have inadvertently upset many female voters. Addressing a crowd in Virginia Obama used the term "lipstick on a pig" with regards to John McCain's policies for change. This coming on the heals of Sarah Palin's well received performance at the RNC where she said what will become a joke in hockey arenas for years to come, "the only difference between a pit bull and a hockey mom is the lipstick" So the question becomes, Did he mean to insult Sarah and throw a jab at Ted Nugent's new dream girl, or Were those in the Obama camp simply too blind to see the negative impact of a poorly timed comment on Pigs and lip stick. Whichever the case may be it doesn't bode well for the Freshman Senator from Illinois.

Woman in Action

You know you have made it when they make an action figure out of you. I hope it comes with an accessory weapon package. You know, assault rifle, Moose gun, etc.
I would love to see the Joe Biden doll complete with hair plugs!