With the new revelations about Tom Daschle and the approximately $128,000 federal tax bill he tried to skate on (I don’t know the amount of his state tax liability), I’m wondering if all of the politicians are crooks. This group is making W’s administration look pure as the driven snow; course I’m not sure honest and incompetent is much better than dishonest and incompetent.
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Obama made a lot of nice sounding (to the left) promises during the campaign and after he was elected. By some counts there are over just over 500 promises that he has made, some very important and some that are pretty much just words. While he has not apparently broken any promises yet, a couple of key ones seem to have run into difficulty recently.
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The recent news about afghanistan is all bad, as far as I can see. We seem to want to send in more troops...don't we need some idea what we're trying to accomplish? More disturbing is the fact that are willing to kill civilians to get at suspected terrorists, what next, do we start shooting hostage holders in this country, disregarding the hostages?
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The big business branch of the Republican Party has some
people well trained in believing the supposed “debunking” of global
warming. We’re supposed to believe that
global warming is a fraud and that there is no consensus in the scientific
community that it is real. Neither of
these statements is true and there is no debate among reputable scientists as
to the reality of global warming. The
facts are actually quite simple- increased levels of carbon dioxide in the
atmosphere cause the earth’s temperature to rise. The carbon dioxide levels are increasing due
to man’s used of fossil fuels in the past 300 years as well as
deforestation. More carbon going in the
atmosphere and fewer trees to absorb the carbon equals a net increase in carbon
dioxide levels.
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Our political leaders are struggling with various ideas to reverse our current financial maladies here in the USA. Currently, the President has tentatively proposed a “stimulus” program amounting to something over 800 Billion dollars of government spending on public projects throughout the land. Previously, in the past couple of months, the Bush Administration and Congress have doled out over 350 Billion dollars to Wall Street financial institutions and have promised another 350 Billion as the “need” arises.
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Obama has had his ups and downs in the first couple of days. Some of it was to be expected, but some fly directly in the face of his campaign promises.
The case of William Lynn, who was nominated to be the Department of Defense’s number two guy, seemingly directly violates Obama’s pledge keep lobbyists away from government in the areas within which they worked. As a senior vice president and registered lobbyist for Raytheon, I believe he is exactly the type person Obama said he wanted to keep out of his administration. I guess campaign promises don’t count once elected and you have a compliant press.
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January 22 was the 36th anniversary of the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v Wade decision, which made abortion legal. For me and many others, this is a day of celebration.
Good people may differ in their views about abortion. Good people may disagree in their beliefs about when life begins. But when a woman is faced with an unwanted pregnancy, it must be her life situation, values and beliefs, and her assessment of her health risks, that guide her in deciding what to do. Only the woman herself can make the best choice for her - not the government, not strangers who have strong views of what a woman "should" do - only the woman herself.
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Ronald Reagan, who was the best President of my lifetime, was exactly right when he said in his first inaugural address “government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.” While we have gotten used to partisan bickering, mendacity and downright lying, today was a special case.
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The Constitution of the United States at Article II, Section 1, Clause 8 specifies the oath or affirmation of office of the President of the United States that is required to be recited by the new President upon the beginning of a term of office. This is what the Constitution specifies;
“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.”
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First, congratulations to President Obama. But in an interesting conversation last night, someone asked me what my hope was for the Obama Presidency? My immediate reaction was “I wish him well.” After thinking about it for a while though, I’m not sure my initial reaction was correct. I do wish him well, if…
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