Does John McCain really know what he is saying? Today while attending the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota he either knowingly or unknowingly volunteered his wife Cindy for the Miss Buffalo Chip beauty pageant, which is well known by attendees to feature topless and bottomless pageant hopefuls.
Either John McCain didn’t know about the pageant, in which case we now know he will say anything to anyone to get elected, or…
he did know about the pegeant, and joking or not, we now know that he condones such things, and therefor does not have the moral terpitude to be the President of the United States.
In Knoxville, TN, Jim D. Adkisson was apparently frustrated over being out of work and had a “stated hatred” of the liberal movement. So he entered the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church during a children’s performance Sunday and shot people.
Its a shame that our political discourse today must occur in a “news” environment that includes hate radio and hate television (read: Fox News), where if you are what the hate mongers label as a “liberal,” then you are the purported source of all their angst and personal failings.
Most European nations, Norway included, use the price of gas as a tool to accomplish national energy and social goals. For example, U.S. citizens and/or their employers must pay for their own health insurance; in many European countries, gas taxes help provide this basic service for the residents.
Another example: the U.S. has no credible energy policy, nor a credible plan to combat global warming. Norway does.
When considering global gas prices, the U.S. media would do us all a favor if they made an “apples to apples” comparison. Rather than just looking at price and assuming that all facts are equal, dig into it a little bit.
For example, lets tack on the cost of the U.S. war in Iraq (don’t tell me its NOT about oil!) to the price of gas. $1 trillion dollars and counting; what what would it cost if this subsidy were honestly factored into the price of gas? No doubt the U.S. would have the most expensive gas in the world, and not Norway.
Nearly 8 years of George W. (the W standards for Worst) Bush has taken a huge toll on the middle class and working Americans. The Wall Street Journal today discusses how educated middle class Americans are dealing with the collapse of their living standards.
Can America deal with another 8 years of failed Republican “trickle down” bullshit? After 8 years of Bush W., and way too many recent years of Republican executive leadership, its clear that Republicans are simply waging war on the middle class. Their goal is to supress wages, deny benefits, and push off a disproportionate amount of the tax burden onto the middle class and their children.
Just look at the results:
Decline dollar value
Declining stock market
Two income families are the norm
Real wages have been supressed for decades
Social Security has been raided and inflation adjusted payouts to seniors wanes each year
It’s clear to us now: the Republican vision of America is one in which the rich get richer on the backs of the middle class. McCain will simply continue this proud Republican legacy.
Did Michelle Obama really say “Whitey”? This unprofessional video recording has just surfaced from North Dakota, where someone purported to be Michelle Obama, responds to a question and uses the word “Whitey.”
My take away from this is that it’s ok for you to break the law if the government asks you to. Afterall, When Libby broke the law, Bush just pardoned him. When the Telecom companies broke the law by illegally spying on their customers, the Congress just rubber stamps a law saying, “nada problem.”
Even though 99% of Congress has ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA what they are providing immunity FOR, it still passed!! Unbelievable.
Thank you to Senator Feingold and Senator Specter, true patriots who will redeemed by history.
Shame of Senator Obama for backing away from his promise to resist Telecom Immunity. And shame on the Bush Administration for making a mockery of the U.S. Constitution. Shame on the Democratic Congress for allowing this to happen.
It’s a shameful day for America when the rule of law is shredded.
Thanks to the New York Times for having the courage to break the story, and to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (www.eff.org) for promising to challenge the constituationality of this provision. I remain a pround subscriber to the NY Times and a monthly financial supporter of the EFF.
Hey, our rights are important. We can’t just roll over and let this happen.
Fox News has not been successful smearing Barack Obama, so they’re focusing on the lesser well-known Michelle Obama. Its simply outrageous, as you can see from the video below.