Bed Wetting Liberal

So most of the people I work with are solid John McCain supporters and they call me a bed wetting liberal. I just laugh at them. Some of them believe Obama is a Muslim, and they fear he will take their guns or he will redistribute their money and they are afraid he will talk to nations we are enemy's of. They say he is a communist. They are afraid that we will be involved in more wars if we leave Iraq. That we will be perceived as a weak nation if we leave Iraq.

Do you see a trend here? Its the politics of fear. In any of our conversations they never bring up any points for McCain it is always things against Obama. That in itself speaks volumes. If you have nothing good to say about your candidate and can only pick on the other side then you must have the wrong person running.

Barack Obama is not a Muslim and so what if he was. Is that any different than being a Catholic like John F. Kennedy. The answer is no.

He is not going to take your guns. Like the NRA will ever let that happen. Lets get real.

The government already redistributes your money through your income tax dollars. That is what Medicad and other programs do. He also means that redistribution will happen by creating more jobs and keeping jobs that for the middle class.

We need to talk to nations we do not agree with. If we continue to talk trash to them and about them then what do we expect when they attempt to do us harm. All country's have something to offer one another. We need to us this to our advantage. The United States has much to offer. some very simple. Just think what good it would bring by being able to get country's things like potable water, electricity, roads, education and food. These are things that North Korea, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Cuba, Venezuela, Russia all need help with. These country's need major help in these areas and these are very simple things we can do to improve our standing in the world.

We need to go into Darfur and do some real good. If we can invade Iraq we can invade Sudan and do some real good for humanity. Sudan may not have much to offer on the world stage but it would help our standing if we went in their full force and put an end to genocide.

We need to stop torture. We all know what torture is. Stop playing with words. Torture need no definition. That may help our world standing.

Simple things Barack can do to help the worlds view of the United States.

Oh yeah, he is not a communist. That is beyond words.

I asked one of my bosses, a big McCain fan, how come if things were so great during the Bush years the "trickle down" theory of economics did not work. He just mumbled, "I am not going there" as he walked way. I guess he had no answer.

Why would you?

An eight year old boy dies in Massachusetts from a self inflicted gun shot wound while shooting an Uzi at a gun expo. I ask why on earth would you ever let an 8 year old shoot an Uzi. The young boy's father is a medical director at a hospital, you would have thought he would have known an Uzi is not for an eight year. Just plain stupid that a young life is wasted because of complete and total ignorance.

Complete waste of a young life. Sad beyond words.

Frank Zappa on Crossfire

We need to stand up and be heard

I have always been fascinated by the events that took place in the United States in 1968. In my opinion that year changed the United States forever. I wonder how much different we would be today if Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King had not been assassinated. Would we see a better world? What would we have become?

The thing that fascinates me the most is the student protests that happened around the world. Those students believed they could change the world and made the world aware of their opinions. Many of the things they believed were radical and many were not. They were sick and tired of the status quo and actively went about trying to change the world for the better.

I think the time is near where this will happen again. However this time it will be the poor and middle class that will protest. The students of today are spoiled and really have no clue in the workings of the world. Ipods, cell phones, laptops, nice cars and other things have made them complacent. The poor and middle class are the ones who now can see what needs to be changed and I think we are close to seeing us pushed to the brink. The rich are getting richer and the poor and middle class are getting closer together economically. As we lose jobs, lose homes, cars, have larger credit card debts, get paid less and feel like our opinion is not heard we will begin to stand up and be counted. The thing we need to watch out for is the government, police and other authority figures will not be nice. They will take dissent much less kindly that they did in 1968 and those days were not pretty. Police tactics are much more advanced these days and the government will not be afraid to use these tactics to suppress distention.

I know that many police departments around the country are actually preparing for some type of riots after the results of the election are fully know. I know this for fact. I work in the law enforcement field and they think riots are a likely possibility. Of course a vast majority of them are very afraid of Obama winning and this plays right into their hand.

I say go Obama. I hope you can be the catalyst for change. We truly need it.

The wheels are coming off

It seems that the whole economy is coming apart. The Dow keeps dropping at crazy rates and there seems to be nothing to stop it. The unemployment rate is starting to creep up at an alarming rate and there seems to be nothing to stop it.

We look to our leaders for answers and they all have nothing to say. No real answers just your typical bullshit. They keep on giving money to big corporations while we the people are losing our retirement, paying more for goods and losing our jobs and getting downsized.

Its about time we stand up and demand some answers. Maybe we need to start hitting the streets and protest. Tell Washington we want results and not faulty bailouts for the company's that got into this mess. They did not listen when we told them no to the bailout and they all voted for it. If we hit the streets then they will have to listen. The time is here.

I do not get it

So I know some people, as we all do, who think that Barack is a Muslim and a terrorist and now a communist or socialist. Come on people. Do you not think that the F.B.I. and the CIA have thoroughly investigated ALL of those claims? Do you really think that the answer is yes to those questions? Is the government hiding its findings? Is they found out he was anything other than what he claims to be and actually was a subversive do you think they would not have let this be known. Would they actually let an actual Muslim terrorist become president?

Come people wake the hell up? Are you really that ignorant.

Speaking of ignorant I see that Rush Limbaugh has said the Colin Powell is supporting Barack because he is black. This is actually getting some traction in the right wing media. Well if that is actually true then I guess Joe Lieberman must be supporting John McCain because he is white.

And we wonder why the country is so fucked up. People you need to think things through before you believe all the shit that ANY form of media puts out daily.

I'm back......................

Well after a nice weeks vacation away from home I am back.

I was up in the Florida panhandle for a few days. Stayed in a hotel right on the beach for $52.00 a night. It was nice to just hang out on the balcony and watch the waves roll in. Went on a roadtrip on took a decent amount of pictures. Will post those on Flickr.

Then I got to spend a few days in St. Augustine and watch my 16 year nephew and his baseball team play in a tournament. They got invited down from Ct. to play. Unfortunately they did not do well but it was great to see him play. I very rarely get to see him and have seen him play only a few times. It was good to see him outside of his regular environment. He is a good kid.

He is a big McCain fan and I got him to go into a Barak Obama campaign office in St. Augustine and get me some bumper stickers. It was fun too see him go in against his will. All for Uncle Mark. Yes I do have a picture of him going in.

What the hell did Flickr do to the home page. It has some decent new features. However the whole comment portion of the page is not how I like it. It needs some tweaking to say the least.

Times must be tough. My company is taking away our cell phones. They told us today that Wednesday morning we have to turn them in. Thanks for the huge lead time. I went and got and Alltel after work. Nothing fancy. Just a decent phone. I think I will join the ranks and get rid of my land line. No need for two phone numbers anymore.

Road Trip

Off to the Florida panhandle for a few days. A little photo journey to an area of Florida I have not really explored.

Things I wonder about

Are turn signals on car an option? I see any cars where they seem not to have them or maybe they are just broken. Have you seen this?

Is eating healthy an option? All the food that is bad for your health is cheap and healthy food expensive. Since we have so many people living paycheck to paycheck what option do they chose?

Why do so many people give up their vacation time and go to work instead? You deserve your vacations, take them. Believe me the company does not give a shit if you do not take the time.

Why do so many people drive slow in the left hand lane of six lane highway. You can at least go faster than the people in the lanes to your right, and use your turn signal when you do move over.

How come so many people get drunk at sporting events and become real assholes?

How come when I take pictures at night they usually suck a great deal?

Why am I having panic attacks?

Holy Crap

I am going to the bank tomorrow and withdrawing some money to squirrel away. The great depression round two is coming to a neighborhood near you. Be ready. Look what greed has done to us. Would you have ever thought it possible that the worlds banking system could collapse?

How many average Americans have lost what little retirement saving they had and now will have to work years after they had planned to retire. That will ultimately be real issue of this whole mess. The average American getting stuck with the bailout bill and getting to work more years as a reward.

So Sad

So I see on the news tonight that McCain's supporters are mad and they do understand how they are losing to Obama at this point. They are asking him to turn up the negative ads about Obama and are asking him to push the William Ayers story. They are also blaming mainstream media. I guess they just do not get it. McCain is losing because he picked Sarah Palin, because outside of his core supporters the rest of us do not care about the William Ayers story, because the rest of us do not like they way your supporters attempt to tie him to terrorists by using his middle name in a negative fashion, because we do not like to tone of your campaign.

You are losing more votes as time goes along because your campaign does not seem presidential anymore. If you ratchet up the negative ads and smear tactics at your rallys I promise you that you will continue to slide in the poles.

You seem to be lost and are struggling, thank you for this.

They are running SCARED

Well it seems that John "The Angry Old Man" and Sarah "The Puppet" Palin have decided to ramp up the nasty part of the campaign. I guess when it seems like you are on your way to becoming a LOSER you will resort to bullshit schemes and tactics to get votes. Well I say just keep on coming with all your crap. It will backfire for you and result in a win for America.

I hope that Obama ramps up his game at a little and put a little extra pressure on McCain. I want to see McCain crack on national television. Oh the joy that would bring.

BTW, thank you to Tina Fey. You kick ass.

Justice Served?

So I see that O.J. Simpson was convicted of armed robbery and kidnapping in Las Vegas.
Well is this justice served for his being found not guilty of killing his wife and Ron Goldman?

I think, like most people, that he sure as hell was guilty in those murders. The whole case in Las Vegas stank from the very beginning. It stank of setup, stupidity, and a whole host of other things. However it seems that the crimes he was convicted of are really complete bullshit.

The whole lot of people in that hotel room where morons. Why is there a tape of this whole thing by one of the "victims". The guy who arranged the whole deal tapes it and then sells the tapes for $210,000. It seems nobody disputes the items really belonged to Mr Simpson. A bunch of dumb and greedy people doing dumb things. It really is that simple. The only real crime is that of being a bunch of morons.

So I ask. Is this a case of justice served? Because he got away with murder do you think he got a fair trial this time? Could he really have gotten a fair trial? Could you have sat on the jury?

We have been saved.................

The world is all ok. We have passed the "Make Wall Street rich, screw the little man" bill and we have seen the real puppet "Sarah Palin".

I guess because we are so rich we can just add another $110 billion to the bailout bill. WTF is that all about. Maybe all this money could have been used to help people with no insurance actually get some, maybe we could have given that money back directly to the taxpayers, maybe we could have created a fund to help stem the home foreclosure crisis or maybe we could have used the money to help the people on our ever growing unemployment rolls. Maybe.

As for the Dullbate Thursday night it was not that great. Sorry pundits. Sarah Palin may have made her party happy because she made not big blunders, but really. They wound her up, pulled the string and she went out and said what she was told to say. You could tell quite easily that everything she said was what she was trained to say. It did not seem forced, but it also did not seem like they were original thoughts. I know that is part of the debate process, but you need to let the debater be their own person. When she lost her train of thought she always went to energy or some other subject like stating she and John are mavericks. If they are mavericks we are screwed.

As for Joe he did fine. He was in a no win situation really. He could not go to soft and he could not really push too hard or he would have been vilified. However he knew the facts quite well and Sarah did not.

If that debate made the Republicans happy and brought the party closer together well I am glad. I'll be happy when we win on November 4th and you will be wondering what the hell happened.

By the Way

If the banks really gave a shit about home owners failing mortgages they would renegotiate the mortgages. They would be better off getting something back from homeowners than getting nothing. But they only care about themselves and not "We the People".

I say negotiate in good faith and you will see the economy repair itself. If not them you deserve to fail. Remember you are the ones would pushed these crappy deals and knew that many of these people were bad risks.

What a sad bunch of Leaders

So now we have the Senate poised to vote on their version of the bailout plan tonight. The bill has gone from a paltry three pages to a massive 451 pages. The sad thing is that we have now added a whole load of crap to the bill that has nothing to do with the bailout. There are now tons of tax breaks which had nothing to do with the problems we are facing today. These items should not be in the bill. Do our leaders get it? Do they understand that these should not be part of the bill? Of course not. We want the bill to fix the problem and not give out all these bullshit tax breaks.

Here are some highlights:


EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN WOODEN ARROW SHAFTS.


INCOME AVERAGING FOR AMOUNTS RECEIVED IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXXON VALDEZ LITIGATION.


Seven-year cost recovery period for motorsports racing track facility


Increase in limit on cover over of rum excise tax to Puerto Rico and
the Virgin Islands.


Indian employment credit.

There are many more things that do not belong in this bill.

Here is a link to the bailout bill. Read away, its long.

http://banking.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?Fuseaction=Articles.Detail&Article_id=76b1aea4-39b8-404f-b3cd-f8b6c46e3b14&Month=10&Year=2008