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Election 2008: 4 Way Chaos?

ParaTed2k — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:53:52 -0400

Obama is dangerous for America

jesseledesma — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:13:25 -0400

It is important that we do not get carried away by the fever of the mob. When George W. Bush ran for the first time there was a fever of excitement because of the novelty. Getting carried away by the mob may mean a person does not think and make good choices.

However, Mr. Bush had actual substance to his policies. Mr. Bush and I are in sync about the direction of the country. The president is right about retirement investment being a personal matter, not a government r...

No I do not like homosexuals.

jesseledesma — Mon, 12 May 2008 16:57:33 -0400

Do I hate gays? The answe is no. I think hate is a useless emotion that does not build anything positive.

However, if homosexual relationships are suppose to be about loving some one and sharing your life with them, then why all the politics? There in is my discontent. I believe in the right of individuals to live their "private lives" according to their desires. It is not for me to offer opinion, nor petition congress.

Gays and lesbians cannot say their lives...

A taste of their own medicine

Paladin77 — Mon, 12 May 2008 14:48:30 -0400

For years democrats have been manipulating primary elections so they can have a weak challenger for their candidate. They did it in 2000 by voting for Senator McCain against Governor Bush. It did not work but they tried hard in several elections previous now it seems that doing this is a bad thing. When it happened to republicans it was okay and fair. When it happens to democrats, i.e. “operation chaos”, it is a bad thing. Maybe next election they will let republicans determine who we want for e...

Ding dong the witch is almost dead...

terpfan1980 — Mon, 12 May 2008 09:32:12 -0400

Gee, I seem to recall someone (one particular) suggesting that Obama was falling back to Earth and that Hillary was widening the gap and gaining strength. In fact, there were some loco comments in this article: Hillary campaign insists on changing rules after the fact

So do the results that came in INdiana or North Carolina reflect that change? If so, uh, gee, I seem to be missing it.

Will Barack Obama win in November 2008

Bahu Virupaksha — Mon, 12 May 2008 06:45:06 -0400

There is an air of confidence in the Obama camp; and this air of confidence is premature. I watched the interview with Wolf Blitzer on CNN, and I felt that the magic touch which enabled Barack Obama to connect with his audience was just not there. The hectic campaign season has perhaps taken its toll.

It would be utterly wrong on the part of Barack Obama to assume, given the unpopularity of the Iraq War and the state of the economy to assume that victory is just round the corner. While it is ...

Hillary campaign insists on changing rules after the fact

terpfan1980 — Fri, 09 May 2008 21:05:06 -0400

You could see this coming from a mile away... Apparently Hillary's campaign learned some lessons (the wrong ones apparently) from the Gore 2000 campaign, most importantly if you are losing and the numbers are against you keep contesting and keep trying to get the rules changed in your favor until the math, hopefully, eventually turns in your favor.

From The Washington Times, by Christina Bellantoni (See complete article by clicking on linked headline below)

Yay! Supreme Court upholds photo ID law for voters in Indiana

terpfan1980 — Fri, 09 May 2008 15:57:28 -0400

I love this news (from Associated Press, by Mark Sherman, Associated Press Writer):

Supreme Court upholds photo ID law for voters in Indiana

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court ruled Monday that states can require voters to produce photo identification without violating their constitutional rights, validating Republican-inspired voter ID laws.

In a splintered 6-3 ruling, the court upheld Indiana's strict photo ID requirement, which Democrats and civil rights groups said would deter poor, older and minority voters from casting ballots. Its backers said it was needed to prevent fraud.

For details on who voted what ways for this one:

Hillary and Obama simple profile.

jesseledesma — Fri, 09 May 2008 14:19:23 -0400

I plan to write two simple profiles and then ask a question.

Ms. Hillary Clinton is a woman married to a "cheater" who has on occassion defended her husband for sake of politics. In addition, she has no real values and just tows the democrat philosophical line because thats what you do when you are a democrat. Moreover, she has no several occasions stretched the truth.

Mr. Borak Obama is a person associated with a 1970's radical and a black radical minister who has had made som...

Barak Obama, Empty Suit!

Moderateman — Thu, 08 May 2008 08:23:59 -0400

This is why An Empty Suit Like Barak Hussein Obama appears to be such a powerful speaker! He has done his home work, or has more than likely had his lackeys do it for him and has copied the speaking patterns of four of the most powerful speakers of the last 65 years. The only Powerful speaker he left out was Adolph Hitler, but I am sure if he thought he could get away with it he would have used Adolf as a role model too!.Basically he is much like the dummy a ventriloquist holds on his lap while ...

Who would be President if every American citizen was allowed to vote?

KingCasper211 — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:32:22 -0400

This report was written by Jamie Fellner, associate counsel of Human Rights Watch and Marc Mauer, assistant director of The Sentencing Project. Paul Hirschfield, a research associate of The Sentencing Project, conducted the principal data analysis. Mareke Aden, a Human Rights Watch intern, provided research assistance and Christina Portillo, a program associate of Human Rights Watch, also provided research and production assistance.

The Sentencing Project
The Sentencing Project is a nationa...

Global Food Riots

Artysim — Wed, 07 May 2008 12:51:16 -0400

A time of great change is upon us. In the last few weeks there were riots in the streets of Egypt, Somalia, Haiti, Morocco, Madagascar, Thailand and Mauritania. And this is just the beginning. Here in Canada, Filipinos are buying up rice and shipping it back home to the Philippinnes, another country that may soon see rioting.

The people in these nations were not rioting over politics or ideology. They were not rioting because of religion or human rights abuses by thei...

Senator Barack Obana and the African-American vote

Bahu Virupaksha — Wed, 07 May 2008 06:05:25 -0400

The great writer and Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison wrote once that "White skin notwithstanding, Clinton is our first black president. Blacker than any actual person could ever be elected in our childrens' lifetime". With this kind of endorsement, it is hard to fathom the fact that his wife hasd dropped to single digits as far as Arican-American vote is concerned.

The real reason for this fall is not hard to find. The highly negative campaign she ran against Obama made many believe that she...

Obama Set Up?

little-whip — Wed, 07 May 2008 00:15:29 -0400

Let's make one thing clear first, I am not a 'Democrat.' In fact, I think three-quarters of those who refer to themselves these days aren't really 'democrats.' They are leftists wearing democratic clothing, but I can assure you there is nothing democratic about leftist regimes. Read your history books, kiddies. Read and learn.

That being said, I have had a deep and abiding dislike of Hillary Clinton since her hubby Bill first took office and she took it upon herself to attem...

Are we still American Citizens?

KingCasper211 — Mon, 05 May 2008 09:33:33 -0400

American Citizens United for Rights & Equality (ACURE) is an organization of (1) citizens who experience, (2) citizens who has a loved one experience, or (3) citizens who strongly disagree with; inhumane treatment of incarcerated individuals and/or legal discrimination against those with a criminal background. Do not be mistaken; we are not a body of citizenry that expects special privileges, or considers past unlawful choices as acceptable. We are a body of citizenry who both accepts ...

A "Windfall Tax" on Oil Would Be a Disaster

greywar — Mon, 05 May 2008 09:26:41 -0400

If you are one of the multitude of folks out there who think that somehow you will "get Mr. Exxon" with a magical tax on oil profits let me disabuse you of the notion. Such a tax would only hurt you the consumer and the economy at large.

Firstly, costs are fungible. Whether these costs are material inputs, labor, or taxes makes no difference as all are equally redistributed not to the business itself but rather to the consumers who bu...

Amazon goes after New York state over new taxes

terpfan1980 — Mon, 05 May 2008 07:25:02 -0400

Go Amazon go!

Government Regulation is Necessary

Artysim — Mon, 05 May 2008 06:40:25 -0400

Many folks like to harp against the evils of big government and how all it does is create a stumbling block for industrious private business with endless reams of red tape, taxes and laws. In some regards, these complaints are entirely valid. But government organizations play a crucial role in our society. They exist to ensure the protection and best interest of the public, both physically and financially.

This necessity exists for a simple reason- someone's gotta be the traffic cop and ...

How to Lose an Election

momijiki — Sun, 04 May 2008 18:46:40 -0400

There has been a temporary 30 yen (roughly 25 cents)/liter consumption tax on gas in Japan for the last thirty years. Don't you love the loose application of temporary? But such a loose interpretation will not lose and election for your. Having the public find out that the majority of that tax which is supposed to be used for road improvement has mainly been used for massage chairs, tennis courts, unbelievably stupid graft projects like plays or paper projects to promote useles...

Fire first, ask questions later or keep letting bad folks...

terpfan1980 — Fri, 02 May 2008 14:33:28 -0400

Opening up the kangaroo court for the readers to take sides and tell me which approach is 'right' or 'wrong' here. Please offer your verdict (opinion) in the commentary and feel free to take offense with the approach that others may have for this subject.

Vote Democrat! And Destroy the Economy!

Gideon MacLeish — Fri, 02 May 2008 14:20:13 -0400

As millions of Americans are reeling in some of the harshest economic times our generation has faced (unemployment numbers and GDP don't tell the whole story), it would seem they would gear November's vote towards helping in what few areas it can. And it stands to reason if they vote for a Democratic President AND a Democratic Congress that one of two things will happen. Either a) they will need to abandon every campaign promise immediately; or b) they will plunge us further into recession.

W...

There is No Oil Shortage

Artysim — Fri, 02 May 2008 10:14:38 -0400

There is indeed no oil shortage, nor is there a food shortage. Global demand for both food and energy has been regularly outpaced by the supply but prices on both commodities have skyrocketed. Despite political rhetoric about needing to produce more oil and build more refineries domestically, that will not change the price, nor will any refineries come online anytime soon. All of those "solutions" will take years and cost a lot of money. Besides, here in Canada we're reg...

Bush

jesseledesma — Thu, 01 May 2008 19:03:08 -0400

The president did not misspeak. When he was on the naval ship in front of banner 'Mission Accomplished", the president was right. Sadam had been removed from power and the Iraqi Army had given up the fight.

The mission was to take Sadam out of power. He was the leader of Iraq. The war was against Iraq. Once the leader leaves and the army stops fighting, the war is over.

It was not Mr. Bush's fault that the religious zealots wanted to control the country with i...

Sorry, Obama I cannot afford your crisis intervention.

jesseledesma — Thu, 01 May 2008 16:59:25 -0400

This really will not take long. When Mr. Bill Clinton was in office I sat down and did a simple psycholgical analysis of him. It was not that flattering.

A few minutes ago I watched Barak Hussien Obama speak about everything that is wrong with Mr. Jeremia Wright's latest diatribe.

I saw Mr. Obama smiling to himself in what I would describe a gloating fashion. The three instances werer as Obama came to point in his speech were he believed that his carefully crafted words were go...

"Medicare drifiting towards disaster"

Island Dog — Thu, 01 May 2008 09:32:58 -0400

Fantastic! All we need now is another government entitlement program.

"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Medicare is lurching toward disaster and it is too late for the Bush Administration and Congress to do anything about it, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt said on Tuesday.He said the next administration will have to act to stop rising costs and get control of the $400 billion federal health insurance plan for the elderly, which now covers 44 million people."