tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664152354039572057Sat, 05 Oct 2024 05:24:04 +0000This blog will be a forum for discussion across a variety of topics. These can range anywhere from the economy, government policies, international news and events, technology, politics, sports, entertainment, and even books.http://thefreefirezone.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Blogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664152354039572057.post-3620760024701845091Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:40:00 +00002009-02-02T09:09:38.723-05:00As the astounding $819 billion spending spree was forced through Congress last week by the Democrats by a vote of 244-188. Of that vote not a single Republican supported the bill and 11 Democrats also voted nay. This is far from the bipartisan support that the new president has been calling for. As the bill prepares to take the floor in the Senate this week there seems to be much of the same old http://thefreefirezone.blogspot.com/2009/02/politics-of-change-pelosi-style.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664152354039572057.post-7029731344704868297Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:54:00 +00002009-02-01T23:01:30.974-05:00Here is a well argued response to my last blog Bankrupting America from D.Brea:A few things I want to make clear right off the bat. There are currently two immediate problems facing the US Economy, the first one (one that is already happening) is deflation. Prices on everything from real estate and stocks to gasoline and consumer goods are plummeting, creating the very real danger of a http://thefreefirezone.blogspot.com/2009/01/bankrupting-america-part-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664152354039572057.post-5596362207731581623Sat, 24 Jan 2009 14:17:00 +00002009-01-24T09:50:14.066-05:00As I am sure many people are aware by now, President Obama wants to push through another gigantic $825 billion stimulus package. The plan is intended to infuse a large amount of cash into the economy in order to reestablish jobs, industry, and health care. His economic advisers believe that unemployment can hit 10% before we are really out of the recession and President Obama expects Congress to http://thefreefirezone.blogspot.com/2009/01/bankrupting-america.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664152354039572057.post-656041879268294659Tue, 20 Jan 2009 12:46:00 +00002009-01-20T08:01:46.650-05:00President-elect Barak Obama will be inaugurated today in front of an adoring crowd numbering over 350,000 people at the Capital building itself. This is a great day for the United States for many reasons. First, the United States is getting some much needed change to the White House in both domestic and foreign policies. More importantly though, by noon today, the United States will swear Barak http://thefreefirezone.blogspot.com/2009/01/inaguration-of-st-obama.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664152354039572057.post-3736636035936497910Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:46:00 +00002009-01-09T10:26:41.183-05:00Obama believes wholeheartedly that only government can fix the current state of the economy. He says that the state of the US economy is reaching a downturn not seen since the Great Depression of the 1930's. I will not disagree that the United States has certainly hit lows I never thought possible; unemployment is 7.2% now, the stock market cannot seem to break even 9000 for an extended period ofhttp://thefreefirezone.blogspot.com/2009/01/only-government-can-fix-economy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664152354039572057.post-5506671496546006838Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:07:00 +00002008-12-11T08:48:10.224-05:00In this past election the United States dodged a big bullet that could have thrown the presidential race into overtime which potentially could have taken months to resolve. The reason is because of the election system in the United States. The elections system in the United States is an absolute disgrace for the flagship country of the Western world that prides itself on having the most fairly http://thefreefirezone.blogspot.com/2008/12/why-we-need-election-reform.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664152354039572057.post-7797404085807585928Sun, 07 Dec 2008 14:16:00 +00002008-12-07T10:20:10.844-05:00One of the many problems the West must deal with regarding Islamic terrorism is its political implications. In the West, the governments are set up in a mostly secular fashion with a clear separation of religion and state. Governments are not allowed to interfere with religious activities and religion is not allowed to govern politics. In the West, religion has not been controlled by its http://thefreefirezone.blogspot.com/2008/12/islamic-political-terror.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664152354039572057.post-4952681264531538964Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:25:00 +00002008-12-01T18:39:03.038-05:00<!--StartFragment--> Well I hope everyone had a nice holiday (for anyone outside the United States, it was Thanksgiving), but back to business. Over the last weekend I am sure that everyone is already aware of the terror attacks in Mumbai. A previously unknown terror group, the Deccan Mujahideen claimed responsibility for the violent two-day shoot out with Indian counter terror operatives that http://thefreefirezone.blogspot.com/2008/12/dealing-with-terrorism.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664152354039572057.post-8304909055340039466Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:58:00 +00002008-11-24T08:53:56.257-05:00Ever since election day of this year, gay marriage has once again become a hot button issue when California passed Proposition 8. The general idea behind Proposition 8 was that it defined in the state of California's constitution what a legal marriage consists of. The definition is that a legal marriage will be between a man and a woman and effectively bans any form of same sex unions. Now I am http://thefreefirezone.blogspot.com/2008/11/my-issue-with-gay-marriage.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664152354039572057.post-9189080349064805897Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:10:00 +00002008-11-17T13:34:11.517-05:00Over the last few weeks we have been hearing about how much trouble the Big Three are in (the Big Three comprises of General Motors, Chrysler, and Ford). The American auto industry is in a lot of trouble, GM alone in the third quarter ripped through $7 billion dollars without making a single penny. Chrysler and Ford did not fare much better in the same quarter. The important debate now taking http://thefreefirezone.blogspot.com/2008/11/another-bailout.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664152354039572057.post-2414123631989576057Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:39:00 +00002008-11-12T09:27:44.200-05:00Once the results of this past election day came in, it was obvious something has gone wrong with the Republican Party. President-elect Obama won a huge electoral majority of 364 to 163. During this past presidential campaign, once conservative bastion states such as New Mexico, Virginia, and North Carolina voted for Barack Obama. The Republicans did not fair well in either the House or Senate http://thefreefirezone.blogspot.com/2008/11/fixing-grand-new-party.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664152354039572057.post-8931621634023136497Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:59:00 +00002008-11-11T16:10:02.734-05:00Today is Veterans Day and I just wanted to take some time to thank all the members of the armed services who have chosen to serve and protect this great country. Thank you for putting your lives in danger to protect us from our enemies who wish us harm. I would also like to say thank you to all the families of the armed services who allow the family members to join a military branch. Finally, I http://thefreefirezone.blogspot.com/2008/11/veterans-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664152354039572057.post-4006534940343007786Sun, 09 Nov 2008 21:30:00 +00002008-11-09T16:51:27.600-05:00President elect Barack Obama has himself in quite a tough situation now (well any newly elected president will). I am not talking about the economy being in trouble, American opinion abroad, Iraq,  the war on terror, energy or any other generic problem that John McCain would have inherited. I am talking about Obama's message itself, that he is "change" and (paraphrasing his words) that he will http://thefreefirezone.blogspot.com/2008/11/obamas-new-biggest-problem-and-no-its.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664152354039572057.post-3658015848110217912Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:03:00 +00002008-11-07T10:22:06.420-05:00Now that this presidential race is FINALLY over, I would like to take some time to acknowledge the people, organizations, and staffs who worked tirelessly to bring more election coverage to all you news viewers than I ever thought was humanly possible.First, I would like to congratulate the evil, biased, propaganda spewing, hypocritical, lying (and any other bad name you can think of) Fox News http://thefreefirezone.blogspot.com/2008/11/congratulations.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664152354039572057.post-4003610883392223124Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:43:00 +00002008-11-05T13:46:11.437-05:00Many of my recent blogs have been criticizing Obama's run to the White House because I did not and do not agree with many of his political views. I am sure that I will certainly post future blogs which further criticize Obama, since I do not see my political views changing anytime soon. I would like to quote John McCain from a speech which he gave just a few days ago, "Americans do not hide from http://thefreefirezone.blogspot.com/2008/11/reflection-on-american-history.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664152354039572057.post-1860977078085600338Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:21:00 +00002008-11-04T16:57:44.098-05:00After 2 long years since the first presidential candidates announced the beginning of their campaigns, we have finally made it to Election Day 2008. Many presidential hopefuls from John Edwards to Bill Richardson, and let us not forget the brutal Democratic run-off between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have fallen by the wayside. Then the perpetual under-dog John McCain upset the former http://thefreefirezone.blogspot.com/2008/11/election-day-2008.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664152354039572057.post-73106362535082423Sat, 01 Nov 2008 14:07:00 +00002008-11-01T23:58:26.220-04:00This presidential election has gone on for just about 2 years now, and this is far too long. We have presidential wannabe's now announcing their campaigns before the incumbent's term is half over and raising campaigns, donations, and other aspects vital to a serious presidential run. But in this humble blogger's opinion, a 2 year presidential campaign is just way way too much and I am sick of http://thefreefirezone.blogspot.com/2008/11/i-am-sick-of-this-election.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664152354039572057.post-4153661161738435766Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:05:00 +00002008-10-30T12:06:47.462-04:00Here is a great rebuttal to my last post left in the comment box a few days ago.The rich would pay more under Barack Obama's tax plan, and the poor and middle-class would pay less, a nonpartisan analysis finds. Under John McCain's plan, the rich would pay much less than they do now, the poor and middle-class would pay a bit less, and the federal deficit would grow, the study found.Obama says he http://thefreefirezone.blogspot.com/2008/10/my-issue-with-obamas-plan-part-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664152354039572057.post-8920968242227521077Sun, 26 Oct 2008 13:08:00 +00002008-10-26T10:06:16.715-04:00It seems that many people like the idea of Sen. Obama's tax plan of wealth redistribution. Sen. Obama has made it clear time after time that he wants to raise taxes on the top 2 percent of the population and cut taxes on 95% of the income tax payers. He then wants to take this supposed increased tax revenue and write checks to the poor. Yes, this is a good cause and certainly sounds good to lowerhttp://thefreefirezone.blogspot.com/2008/10/my-issue-with-obamas-tax-plan-other.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664152354039572057.post-6219524189136057892Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:23:00 +00002008-10-22T07:32:22.052-04:00This is a great counter point to my last blog Spend! Spend! Spend!. The comment was left on 10/17/08.Ask yourself, are you better off now than you were 9 years ago? Now ask yourself, is this nation better off now than 9 years ago? Unanimous answer among Americans: NO! Why?!The easiest way to summarize the reason is to tell you that the party in power has changed. Thus, the philosophies that http://thefreefirezone.blogspot.com/2008/10/spend-spend-spend-part-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664152354039572057.post-4772657571866015979Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:54:00 +00002008-10-16T23:19:58.313-04:00As I was watching the final presidential debate last night and listening to Sen. Obama reiterate his economic plans to the public, he kept saying one thing over and over. As Sen. McCain pointed out in the middle of the debate, all of Sen. Obama's economic plans involve spending even more government money that the Treasury Department does not seem to have at the moment. It does not matter what thehttp://thefreefirezone.blogspot.com/2008/10/spend-spend-spend.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664152354039572057.post-184682697129854020Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:38:00 +00002008-10-13T07:42:03.066-04:00A reader left a comment on my blog "Obama's Socialism" dated 10/12/08, this is what he said:Voters in the George W. Bush era gave the Republican Party nearly complete control of the federal government. Now the financial markets are in turmoil, top government and corporate leaders are on the verge of panic and scholars are dusting off treatises that analyzed the causes of the Great Depression. Mr.http://thefreefirezone.blogspot.com/2008/10/obamas-socailism-part-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664152354039572057.post-9190851811050566446Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:17:00 +00002008-10-12T11:42:49.209-04:00John McCain and Barak Obama are very divided on how to handle the economy in general. One is basically championing big government and the other wants to let the marketplace do its thing. Obama clearly supports a big government to generate a marketplace and a virtual welfare state. McCain on the other hand wants to leave business alone and have only enforce necessary regulations so they do not http://thefreefirezone.blogspot.com/2008/10/obamas-socialism.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664152354039572057.post-6419289725625489342Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:21:00 +00002008-10-10T12:54:34.455-04:00Today the Dow Jones around lunch time seems to be continuing its nose-dive and may very well drop under the 8000 mark by the closing bell. Most investors seem to be cashing out every investment they own, taking their losses, and making a run for the hills. However, as most financial experts will tell you, investors are an irrational bunch that tend to get caught up in the emotion of things (whichhttp://thefreefirezone.blogspot.com/2008/10/is-there-silver-lining-to-this-economic.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664152354039572057.post-555231540040142480Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:13:00 +00002008-10-09T13:52:48.675-04:00In every presidential election there will always be those who try and commit voter fraud to get their candidate elected, and this election is no different. However, many of these accusations have pointed towards ACORN who is a grass roots voter registration group. In the past, ACORN has had its employees prosecuted and convicted for voter fraud and it seems to be happening again. Just this week http://thefreefirezone.blogspot.com/2008/10/stealing-swing-states.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2