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Finally Convinced: I Cannot Support Obama Anymore!

I started out this political season as a strong Hillary Clinton supporter. As the primaries went on, I became convinced Barack Obama was the future of this nation. I have done everything I could to build him up on this blog, but now I must admit the truth.

John McCain’s most recent ads — modest, reflective TV spots based solely on logic and fact, not racist pandering and laughable attempts at guilt-by-association that the McCain camp should be ashamed to have paid for, let alone aired — have made me realize the four reasons no American must never ever support Obama:

American Energy Act of 2008

While the republicans did not cover themselves with glory during their six years of control in Washington, they have at least now sponsored a bill in the House that would finally bring some sanity to the oil situation in the US and the world.  Unfortunately the clown Pelosi and her insane tree hugging constituency refuse to let the bill come up for a vote.  Clearly this is blocking democracy by a partisan use of power in the House.  Vote to get rid of all liberals in November.

the very liberal media

This may seem strange to you, but this part is about music. You see, I'm sort of a music lover, a little picky about it, but aren't we all? We all seem to have OUR music, I tend to like songs where I can hear the words  and they say something, and not rap  and its filthy language, but to each his own. Also on my not list are songs of one or two words repeated endlessly, but where am I going with this? Well, I'd like you to hear my favorites. Sorry but you can't.  I started listening to songs from neil youngs "living with war today"  songs of the times and found some I thought  wonderful, and my question is, why with this liberal media bias, do we get to hear all this inane stuff and not one music station ever plays these songs?  Maybe  song titles like  "theatre of war"  or "don't obey"  or maybe  "blind mans stick" don't appeal to a liberal station.  Heck, Willie Nelson and his daughter even wrote one, it was  recorded by fifteen other groups within a week, ever hear it?  "a peaceful revolution". Must be the title that keeps it off the air. I think our liberal stations ought to cancel one of Rush  Limbaugh's tirades and put on some soothing music.  You know what?  if you are lucky, maybe your church will schedule "emmas revolution" but don't seach thru your radio stations, it's not gonna happen.

Random musings

I just returned from a week away from the world in northern Minnesota where neither my cell phone nor laptop would work.  No news, no stress; ignorance is bliss.  It was glorious, but a few things apparently went on in the world on which I’d like to comment.

Obama’s world trip.  The pictures of him with world leaders certainly made him look Presidential, but I believe the trip was a net negative for him.  The adulation of 200,000 Germans is not something I believe is important; in fact, having socialists from all over Europe swooning over Obama shows they believe he is in fact one of them.  I think they see Obama diminishing the role of the US to just another country in the world rather than the super power of the 21st century.  The Europeans would love that.

thinktanks

Why do we keep sniping at each other? dont we all want the same things, peace and prosperity for all? Maybe we should look into possible reasons, after all, if one side is calling the other baby killers  and tree huggers, in return for war mongers  and corporate shills, there may be an underlying reason. The first thing that should come to anyones mind ought to be  think tanks.
Where did they come from anyway?  "In 1970, supreme court justice Lewis Powell wrote a fateful memo to the national chamber of commerce saying,that all of our best students are becoming anti-business because of the Vietnam war, and we needed to do something about it. Powells agenda included getting wealthy conservatives to set up professorships, setting up institutes on and off campus where intellectuals would write books from a conservative business perspective, and setting up think tanks. He outlined the wholething in 1970. They set up the Heritage Foundation in 1973, and the Manhattan Institute after that.  (from sourcewatch). Investigating further, we find thinktanks  are tax exempt, and there is no limit  to the amount of money that can be donated, in fact,  the top twenty conservative thinktanks now spend more money that all the soft money  contributions to the  republican party. (from the same article)
     The real eye opener for me was, the federal government gets into the act, with their version called ffrdc's ( Federally funded research and development centers).  Its very enlightening to read the list  of american examples, including,  accuracy in media, the advancement  of sound science  coalition, the american councils on foreign relations  and  Bilderberg. This is only a short list, and I'm sure you'll find your own favorites,  the only thing I'm sure of, is when they set us one against the other,,they gain, but our great country is deminished.

Another Take on Tim Walberg

In Michigan's 7th Congressional District in 2006, Tim Walberg defeated incumbent Congressional Representative Joe Schwarz in the Republican primary.  Walberg ran a nasty campaign, attacking Schwarz in ads for his moderate stands on issues.  Most thought the primary in the 7th District was the "real" race, as it is considered heavily Republican. 

Then, organic farmer Sharon Renier, the Democratic primary winner, made it the closest race in the state for Congress.  Walberg raised $1,260,111 for that election.  Renier raised $55,682. 

So everyone took another look at the 7th.  What was going on there?

NEW World Political Map Unveiled

Stolen from a campaign bus . . .

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Comments in graphic form preferred.

W flops on Iran

I’ve said many times in these posts that a politician who changes an opinion when the facts change should not be accused of flip-flopping.  W’s new policy of letting the number three guy in the State Department go to the Geneva 6+1 meetings (but not be allowed to talk) with Iran does not fall into that category.

Ride a Bike, Pay the Price, or Take Action

As I drove through Nashville, MI the other day, my 10 year old daughter and I both exclaimed over the gas prices there... It was only $3.98 per gallon! This was the lowest we had seen it in quite some time, and it is a thing we watch closely and comment upon often. She was devastated to learn that we didn't actually NEED gas right then, because it meant we wouldn't be able to cash in on this good luck. Of course, like all of you, it makes me sick to think about being excited to see gas in the LOW price range, which now apparently means under $4.00.

Hey Independents: Can We Please See Some Independence?

The set-up here at People’s Politics is pretty straightforward: some Democrats, some Republicans, and some Independents. I would like to suggest the LSJ consider making a few cast changes. Let’s stop putting bloggers in the slots in which they’d like to think they fit, and let’s put them where their posts dictate they ought to be.

To determine whether our blogsite has a viable Independent presence, I took a look back at the last 15 posts from our most active “Independent” blogger.