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[Terry]

" A "bout time "WE" all took it seriously! !

 

"To sin by silence, when we should protest makes cowards out of men."








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Please help get the word out!  Thanks.
Chilling News from Ohio:



Just thought I would share with you a little bit of what we heard at last night's Republican dinner here in Crawford County, Ohio. John Kasich (running for Gov. of Ohio) was the keynote speaker.  Also present were many politicians, most notably, Bob Latta, our U.S. Congressman. Mike and I walked up to Bob and thanked him for his conservative voting record and voiced our concern about what is going on in Washington. He made some funny botox remarks about Pelosi and then agreed with us that we have every reason to be concerned.

As there were others waiting to talk to him, our time was brief. Although what took place later that evening should make chills run up and down everyone's spine to hear. He asked to speak a few words at the end of the night and went up on stage. He proceeded to tell the crowd how bad things really are in Washington. He said if he could tell us even half of what the agenda is and what this administration plans to do to our country we couldn't sleep at night. He said he only gets 4 to 4-1/2 hours of sleep a night and worries constantly about what they want to do to this country.
 
He said that Pelosi, Reid and Obama have to be stopped. He said, "You know, you always hear this is the most important election blah blah blah, but I am telling you people...whatever you have to do to wake people up you need to do!  We have got to vote them out in 2010 or with the things they have planned for this country we won't even be a country by 2020! Ten years."
You could see the look of almost desperation on his face.

He talked about the huge debt.  He talked about how the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) gets their "figures". He sits on the finance committee and listens to the ramblings of Geithner and Bernanke. He said, "If you think that the Chinese won't hold this over us with all our debt you have another thought coming. Our children will have nothing."
"I don't care if you have to go out door to door, tell at least 10 people who will then tell 10 people. We have to do this. This is the single most important election ever in the history of this country. The change that Obama promised us is NOT the change people thought he meant."




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WELL, I'VE JUST SENT THIS OUT TO EVERYONE ON MY DISTRIBUTION LIST!  WILL YOU DO THE SAME?  WE CAN GET RID OF MOST OF THE BAD GUYS IN CONGRESS THIS NOVEMBER, INCLUDING "FANCY NANCY".  LET'S DO IT RIGHT THIS TIME.

[Terry]

 Australian Prime Minister says NO - Second  Time he has done this!

 
   
He's done it again..   

He sure isn't backing down on  his hard line stance and one has to appreciate his  belief in the rights of his native countrymen. 

A breath of fresh air to see  someone lead.
I wish some leaders would step up in  Canada & USA . 

 



This man  should be appointed King of the World.. Truer words have  never been spoken.

  It took a lot of courage for  this man to speak what he had to say for the world to  hear.  The retribution could be phenomenal, but at  least he was willing to take a stand on his and  Australia 's beliefs.





Prime  Minister Kevin  Rudd -  Australia  ( "Hits the nail square on the head!")

Muslims  who want to live under Islamic Sharia law  were told on Wednesday to get out of Australia , as the  government targeted radicals in a bid to head off  potential terror attacks.. 


Separately, Rudd angered  some Australian Muslims on Wednesday by saying he  supported spy agencies monitoring the nation's mosques..  Quote: 

'IMMIGRANTS,  NOT AUSTRALIANS, MUST ADAPT.. Take It Or Leave It.
I  am tired of this nation worrying about whether we are  offending some individual or their culture. Since the  terrorist attacks on Bali , we have experienced a surge  in patriotism by the majority of Australians. ' 

'This culture has been developed over two  centuries of struggles, trials and victories by millions  of men and women who have sought freedom' 

'We speak mainly ENGLISH, not Spanish,  Lebanese, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, or any  other language. Therefore, if you wish to become part of  our society . Learn the language!'

'Most  Australians believe in God. This is not some Christian,  right wing, political push, but a fact, because  Christian men and women, on Christian principles,  founded this nation, and this is clearly documented It  is certainly appropriate to display it on the walls of  our schools. If God offends you, then I suggest you  consider another part of the world as your new home,  because God is part of our culture.'

'We  will accept your beliefs, and will not question why. All  we ask is that you accept ours, and live in harmony and  peaceful enjoyment with us.'

'This is OUR  COUNTRY, OUR LAND, and OUR LIFESTYLE, and we will allow  you every opportunity to enjoy all this. But once you  are done complaining, whining, and griping about Our  Flag, Our Pledge, Our Christian beliefs, or Our  Way of Life, I highly encourage you take  advantage of one other great Australian freedom, 'THE  RIGHT TO LEAVE'.'

'If you  aren't happy here then LEAVE. We didn't force you to  come here. You asked to be here. So accept the country  YOU accepted.
Thinking of going there to live myself.  Visited a couple times & really love it!

[Terry]

Kathryn Lopez                                                                                                                                                     Rock the Vote,                                                                                                                                                     Rock the Boat: By Kathryn Lopez | October 25th, 2010  |                                                                                   Well, here we are again, America.

If you're loving politics right about now, I suspect it's because you've come to view it as a sport, or as a necessity from which you have become somewhat emotionally detached. Right now is the time in a campaign season when even those of us who used to watch election returns when we were kids — late into the night, long past our bedtimes, well before we knew what exit polls were — are ready for it to be over, even while making every day left count. I. Can't. Wait. For. It. To. Be. Over. That's the temptation, the frustration and the anxiety.

It's the time in the election cycle where you want to cry, scream or move to a planet without polls. It's the time when it seems nearly impossible to have a reasonable conversation about politics: emotions are so high, propaganda is so sharp and positions are so entrenched. So many people have a stake in a win — whether for ideological or financial reasons, to save face or to otherwise look or feel good the morning after — or the afternoon of the recount.

Think, for instance, of Christine O'Donnell, the Republican nominee for Senate in Delaware. She won fairly in a primary, and since then she has been the subject of ceaseless ridicule courtesy of by pundits, journalists and talk-show hosts. Criticizing policy ideas is one thing — raising questions about her record and qualifications is only due diligence. But the attacks go way beyond pale.  How dare she argue on national television for sexual responsibility? Or how dare she say that the First Amendment does not include the establishment of a wall between church and state? (Never mind the fact that it actually doesn't.)

And then there is Ohio, where Rep. Steve Driehaus' re-election campaign is faltering. In an attempt to save his seat, he's making an outrageous legal bid to stop the Susan B. Anthony List from running some billboard ads against him. The SBA List, a pro-life political action committee that exists to elect anti-abortion candidates, has been campaigning in earnest against Democrats who have represented themselves as pro-life but voted for the healthcare bill anyway.

The ads merely point out that Driehaus, by voting for the bill, essentially supported taxpayer-funded abortion; a hard look at the facts of the legislation will support this view. There is not, contrary to conventional belief, a universal prohibition on federal-taxpayer-funded abortion. (Which is why House Republicans have pledged to pass one.) The SBA List's point is a legitimate one — but, as in the case of NPR and Juan Williams, some people would rather shut down a controversial view than allow a civil discussion.

It's sometimes hard to tell the truth from the lies, especially when partisans are in constant attack mode. And yet, it's worth the effort, even in these emotional, trying, tiring days. Perhaps this year more than ever, because we see on the campaign trail some genuinely competing worldviews, offering voters a real choice. There are Americans who haven't participated in politics for years now contributing in myriad ways, because they see the values they treasure slipping away. They see their country and their culture devolving, from responsibility to dependency.

And these people know that, as much of a struggle as it is — being ridiculed and shouted down and taken to elections commissions and even, sometimes, forced into court — it is worth it.

In an essay on "Democracy and Authority," Jacques Maritain described his fondness for pluralism in democratic life. The 20th-century philosopher wrote: "A just pluralism seems to furnish the most normal remedy for the difficulties inherent in all democracies. We know, indeed, that evil and foolishness are more frequent among men than intelligence and virtue." He went on: "Experience shows that in politics ... persons of education and refinement are no less often mistaken than the ignorant ... In these matters, if the central virtue of the leaders is political prudence — which is rare and difficult to acquire — what matters most in the rest are right instincts."

Right instincts are resonating on the campaign trail this year. That's why so many candidates who are not your usual political fare are threatening many an entrenched officeholder with losing their seat. Some of them will win, some will not. But they all recognize that the fight is a good one to wage. Sen. Barbara Boxer should have a hard-fought re-election, and Rep. Maurice Hinchey of New York, an embarrassment in office, really could and should lose his re-election bid. Sens. Harry Reid and Linda Murkowski, Rep. Anthony Weiner — whoever your incumbent with a sense of entitlement is — would be exposing his or her foolishness by being angry and bitter because they have a battle on their hands. For there is prudence in the American voter, who truly appreciates democracy and his role in it,  and that common sense is especially present this year.

[Terry]

Daniels: Climate key to growth

State's recovery hopes bank on success of private sector

Niki Kelly
The Journal Gazette
 
Daniels
   

[Advertisement] 





Gov. Mitch Daniels' prescription for the state's economic recovery is simple: Get out of the way.



"The organizing principle of our entire administration is to provide the best possible business climate," he said. "That's what we work on all day, every day."



But instead of spending taxpayer dollars to spur the growth, Daniels prefers a different approach.



"It's action to increase the chance that the private sector can flourish," he said.



For instance, Daniels said the best way to encourage job creation – if politics and finances didn't matter – would be to simply remove the barriers to investment. This means, for example, eliminating environmental and safety permitting that holds up growth.



"I would set aside some of the barriers government puts to hiring," he said.



Daniels would institute instead a self-certification system that would include government monitoring.



If such monitoring detected violations, companies would be fined or penalized. But that would come after the company had invested in Indiana and Hoosiers had been hired.



Another proposal would be to reduce the state corporate income tax to bring it more in line with individual income tax rates. Indiana's corporate income tax of 8.5 percent is higher than many states, while its individual income tax rate is just 3.4 percent.



But with those ideas being out of reach in the near future, Daniels is relying on initiatives and programs that have been established since he was first elected in 2004.



The governor immediately created the quasi-governmental Indiana Economic Development Corp. to react more quickly to job opportunities. Changes in tax codes and state law made it more attractive, financially, for companies to add jobs and invest in equipment. Also, a property tax exemption was created for information technology equipment and tax credits were enhanced for research and development.



In addition, Daniels points to leasing the Indiana Toll Road to pay for major infrastructure improvements, as well as property tax changes and balancing the state budget, as helping to make Indiana attractive and competitive to prospective companies.



Several independent studies found Indiana to have one of the better tax and regulation climates in the nation, as well as being a national leader for the low cost to do business.



Those facts have helped Indiana lead the nation recently in private-sector job growth. In August, Indiana gained 54,700 jobs – fifth highest in the nation and third highest in terms of percentage growth.



"We're clearly recovering," Daniels said. "We are creating more jobs per capita than just about anybody after taking a big hit."



One reason behind Indiana's slow-and-steady growth is the IEDC is winning numerous competitive consolidations. This is when a company from Indiana or another state is consolidating facilities and therefore chooses to shut down plants in one state but keep them open – and even add jobs – in another state.



Since January 2009, Indiana has won 62 consolidations accounting for 10,000 new job commitments and more than 14,000 jobs retained. Many of these consolidations are located in northeast Indiana.



Indiana Secretary of Commerce Mitch Roob – who also runs the IEDC – said the state has lost only one competitive consolidation. He did not, however, count the recent decision of Navistar to leave Fort Wayne because Navistar refused to negotiate with the state.



Roob said Indiana needs more private-sector investment, noting that several major projects have been sidelined because companies are afraid to spend in the rocky economy.



"There are only so many competitive consolidations you can get," Roob said. "Eating the bones of neighboring states is not a national economic plan."



For all Indiana's success, the state unemployment rate has refused to budge. According to state figures released Friday, in September, unemployment stood at 10.1 percent, virtually unchanged from August, when it was 10.2 percent.



"Unemployment numbers are weird," Daniels said. "The important thing is to see the number of people in jobs keep growing. It's sometimes baffling."



Chris Ruhl, director of the Indiana Office of Management and Budget, said he can see in payroll withholding numbers that many employees are working additional hours, perhaps moving back to full time after having hours cut. The next step is for companies to add new employees.



One other factor helping Indiana keep ahead of its Midwestern neighbors is the growing national presence of Daniels as a possible 2012 presidential contender.



In recent months, he has appeared in numerous national newspapers, magazines and news shows. And he has been discussed more and more in national political circles.



"It's the chicken and the egg thing," he said.



Daniels thinks the only reason he is getting attention is because Indiana has a success story to tell in fiscal policy and other areas. But others think Daniels' potential run is causing others to look at Indiana differently.



Either way, Daniels said, "if this attention allows us to catch the eye of a business, great."

[Terry]

With the national debt nearing $14 trillion and a deficit of $1.3 trillion last year, Washington is sitting around and waiting for the recommendations from that toothless bipartisan deficit commission.



As for the president, the Associated Press reports that after the midterms, Mr. Obama plans to put more emphasis on fiscal discipline in his next two years in office.

The president has said that if we're going to get serious about the deficit, we'll have to look at everything – including entitlements and defense spending & (( 'i' say gov spending on all the little frillies they're use to - like free health care - gett'n paid for doing nothing - retirement benifits - & all the other b___sh__! they get "US" citizens don't:: )) . He says it will be a "tough conversation."

Meanwhile, as candidates and lawmakers spew their ideas about cutting the deficit, experts say all the talk is nothing more than "fiscal fluff."

They say ideas like eliminating waste, fraud, abuse, earmarks, tax evasion, or returning unused stimulus funds won't solve our deep fiscal problems.!!! :" IT COULDN"T HURT!!!"
In the meantime, the government keeps spending. Since 2007, when the newly-minted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (( PEW !! " )) vowed there would be "no new deficit spending," the national debt has increased by five trillion dollars.

[Terry]

Real Clear Politics TuesdayPresident Assails GOP on Clouded Final Push - David Espo, Associated Press
Public Focuses on Poor State of Economy - Mary Schneider, Indianapolis Star
The Difference Between Obama & FDR - John Steele Gordon, Commentary
Republican Plans Will Cut More Jobs - Jesse Jackson, Chicago Sun-Times
Obama Has Betrayed a Lack of Substance - Shmuley Boteach, AOL News
What If Gallup's Generic Numbers Are Right? - Jay Cost, Weekly Standard
Down-Ballot Power - John Nichols, The Nation
Hopeless: Inside the World of Robert Gibbs - Robert Draper, GQ Magazine
Obama Isn't Interested in Compromise - Marc Thiessen, Washington Post

RCP Morning Edition
The Spendthrift State & the Public's Burden - Neil Reynolds, Globe and Mail
Tea Party Movement is Deluded - George Monbiot, The Guardian
Optimism in U.S. Government Hits 36-Yr Low - Gary Langer, ABC News
Dems Quite Sure Somebody Else is to Blame - David Brooks, NY Times
Obama's Final Midterm Moves - Richard Wolffe, The Daily Beast
For Democrats: Red Alert in the States - David Paul Kuhn, RealClearPolitics
Tea Party Movement Takes Aim at D.C. - Rasmussen & Schoen, Politico
Age of Austerity Coming to the U.S.? - Thomas Edsall, The New Republic
The Coming Political Tsunami - Ed Koch, RealClearPolitics
The Midterm Through Lens of 5 Races - Naftali Bendavid, Wall St. Journal
Small Businesses Losing Out to Red Tape - Mellor & Berliner, USA Today
The Sorry State of America's Infrastructure - Bob Herbert, New York Times
Brass Oldies - Thomas Sowell, Investor's Business Daily
Like BBC, NPR Stamps on Free Expression - Janet Daley, Daily Telegraph
Juan Williams: Busted for Bigotry - Andrew Sullivan, The Atlantic
Ask Molly Norris About Religious Tolerance - David Harsanyi, Denver Post
Meet the Man In Line to Manage Buffett's Billions - Carol Loomis, Fortune
Senate Polls: WV, CT, KY, CA, NC, IL / Gov Polls: OH, IL, CA, CT, NM, PA
RCP Election 2010: Tran Counts on Big Vietnamese Turnout in CA-47

Editorials
Independents Siding With GOP on the Issues - The Oklahoman
The GOP's Anti-Government Extremism - The Nation
Europe Rethinking the Welfare State - Orange County Register
Big Insurance, Big Medicine - Wall Street Journal

[Terry]

Last Updated: October 21. 2010 1:00AM .Jay Ambrose
Facts prove troublesome for Obama
... DO SAY!

Lots of pundits are trying to figure out why President Obama is facing disaster this midterm election, but few have said it better than Michael Oakeshott despite his disadvantage of having been dead for 20 years.

Oakeshott was an English philosopher whose specialty was politics and disposition was to prefer "fact to mystery," and "present laughter to Utopian bliss." He said all this in an essay titled, "On Being Conservative," in which he also trenchantly described politicians of the opposite sort, what I would call the Obama sort.

Such people, he said, see government "as a vast reservoir of power," and that power "inspires them to dream," to come up with "favorite projects" that "they sincerely believe are for the benefit of mankind." So they grab for the power, maybe increase it, and then use it to impose these projects on everyone else. To them, government is "an instrument of passion" and "the art of politics is to inflame and direct desire."

That's not Obama? Of course it is. He spent 2008 stirring up as much emotion as he could, telling voters how awful things were and how he would make it all better.

His favorite project has been the health care remake that leaves no stethoscope untouched, or nearly none as government intrudes massively when it more productively could have addressed certain particulars with nonabrasive, inexpensive prudence.

Oakeshott tells us something else is also at work, namely that some "prefer the promise of a provided abundance to the opportunity of choice and activity on their own account.," which is to say, some will shrug at liberty losses as they cheer pledges of income redistribution and extension of the welfare state.

As so it is with Obama's self-declared triumphs. Even though it won't fully kick in for some years, the health plan is already stymieing business expansion and raising premiums. And the $862 billion stimulus that was supposed to create millions of jobs? Facts caught up with this mystery.

When things like this go amiss, says Oakeshott, "we become aware of what the camel thinks of the camel driver," and that is what's happening.

A public plagued with Obama's version of plenty is turning on him and his abettors.

It's not because voters have been rendered idiots by economic circumstances, as Obama put it somewhat more circumspectly in one of his talks, but because we see a truth he seems incapable of accepting.

Jay Ambrose, formerly Washington director of editorial policy for Scripps Howard newspapers, is a columnist living in Colorado. E-mail comments to letters@detnews.com.



From The Detroit News: http://detnews.com/article/20101021/OPINION03/10210344/1008/OPINION01/Facts-prove-troublesome-for-Obama#ixzz13Uw8yXyp

[Terry]

In a move reminiscent of the Veitnam era leak of the Pentagon Papers, Wikileaks has released thousands of pages of documents about the war in Iraq. Much like the Pentagon Papers, the Wikileaks reports show how little the public really knew about the war and how it was conducted. Many more civilian casualties than the government admitted to. The disaster of unaccountable contractors. The duplicity of our supposed allies. The whole affair confirms yet again how important it is that we have an open, accountable government, one that doesn't hide behind a wall of classified documents. The Bush administration, in its enthusiastic marketing of  the war, clearly sanitized it for the American public. The truth is, war is always ugly, bloody and messy. At its best, it's hell. It's even worse when incompetent zealots wage it.

[Terry]

THE COW AND THE ICE CREAM   
ONE OF THE BEST EXPLANATIONS
OF WHY OBAMA WON THE ELECTION

   



"We are worried about 'the cow'

when it is all about the 'Ice Cream.'

The most eye-opening civics lesson I ever had was while teaching third grade this year.

The presidential election was heating up

and some of the children showed an interest.
I decided that we would have an election

for a class president.

We would choose our nominees.

They would make a campaign speech

and the class would vote.

To simplify the process, candidates

were nominated by other class members.

We discussed what kinds of characteristics

these students should have.

We got many nominations and from those, Jamie and Olivia were picked to run for the top spot.

The class had done a great job in their selections. Both candidates were good kids.

I thought Jamie might have an advantage

because he got lots of parental support.

I had never seen Olivia's mother.

The day for their speeches arrived.
 
Jamie went first.


He had specific ideas about how to

make our class a better  place.

He ended by promising to do his very best.

Everyone applauded and he sat down.

Now is was Olivia's turn to speak.
Her speech was concise.

She said, "If you vote for me,

I will give you ice cream."  She sat down.

The class went wild.

"Yes! Yes!  We want ice cream."

She surely would say more.

She did not have to.

A discussion followed.

How did she plan to pay for the ice cream?

She wasn't sure.

Would her parents buy it or would the class pay for it?  She didn't know.

The class really didn't care.

All they were thinking about was ice cream.

Jamie was forgotten.

Olivia won by a landslide.

Every time Barack Obama opened his mouth he offered ice cream and 52 percent of the people reacted like nine year olds.

They want ice cream.

The other 48 percent know they're going to have to feed the cow and clean up the mess.


This is the ice cream Obama promised us!
 


 

                 Remember, the government cannot give

                                           --anything to anyone --


that they have not first taken away     

     from someone else.
 
       Did you vote for the ice cream?

[Terry]

This is the ice cream Obama promised "US"!

[Terry]

 

Pick Your Reason


When your friends can't explain why they voted for Democrats, give them this list.  They can then pick a reason .



 



 



 


10.  I voted Democrat because I believe oil companies' profits of 4% on a gallon of gas are obscene but the government taxing the same gallon of gas at 15% isn't.



 



 



 


9.  I voted Democrat because I believe the government will do a better job of spending the money I earn than I would.



 



 



 

8.  I voted Democrat because Freedom of speech is fine as long as nobody is offended by it.



 



 



 

7.  I voted Democrat because I'm way too irresponsible to own a gun, and I know that my local police are all I need to protect me from murderers and thieves.



 



 



 

6.  I voted Democrat because I believe that people who can't tell us if it will rain on Friday can tell us that the polar ice caps will melt away in ten years if I don't start driving a Prius.



 



 



 

5.  I voted Democrat because I'm not concerned about the slaughter of millions of babies through abortion so long as we keep all death row inmates alive.



 



 



 

4.  I voted Democrat because I think illegal aliens have a right to free health care, education, and Social Security benefits.



 



 



 

3.  I voted Democrat because I believe that business should not be allowed to make profits for themselves. They need to break even and give the rest away to the government for redistribution as the democrats see fit.



 



 



 

2.  I voted Democrat because I believe liberal judges need to rewrite the Constitution every few days to suit some fringe kooks who would never get their agendas past the voters.



 



 



 

1.  I voted Democrat because my head is so firmly planted up my _ _ _ that it is unlikely that I'll ever have another point of view.



 

I'll keep my Freedom, my God and my Guns... You keep the Change...



 

Get out and vote November 2nd, 2010!



Voice "U"r opinion!

[Terry]

Thanks Willy!

[Terry]

[Terry]

Back to the real story of this election, which is the $4 BILLION spent–as much as (and possibly more than, when it's all counted) the last presidential election.  Most of the money, thanks to the Supreme Court's outrageous Citizens United decision and the inability of Congress to pass the Disclose Act, is secret. We simply have no idea who is behind the spate of ugly attack ads that dominated the election, but we can certainly guess. Let's just say that that money isn't being spent on good governance. It's going to defeat candidates who might want to regulate those businesses. Like Wall Street banks, which would just as soon not have new financial regulations depress their ability to make gobs of money, no matter how much damage they do to the economy. Or oil conglomerates which would just as soon not have government tell them not to cut corners when building offshore platforms. Or the Chamber of Commerce, which would just love to have the Bush tax cuts for the very wealthy made permanent. They've successfully stoked public anger to the point that people are quite willing, even eager, to vote against their own interests on behalf of these anonymous players in this election. We'll see where this anti-government uprising leads.'i', for one, don't think it's going to make us happy.  :mad:

[Terry]

Well, Obama promised change. I don't think this election is quite what he had in mind. It's hard to read the polls as anything but a repudiation of the Democrats now in power. Republicans will read this as a rejection of Obama's agenda. Democrats will read it as a rejection of Obama's failure to execute his agenda. Both will be wrong. Republicans remain as unpopular as ever. they were soundly defeated two years ago. Democrats are the new whipping boys, for precisely the same reasons the GOP was trounced in 2008. It's the economy, stupid, and the failure of our politicians to address it. Government is broken, and  everybody knows it except those vying for power. the only reason the GOP is going to triumph in this round is that there's nowhere else for the electorate to go. With two more years of gridlock virtually assured, it's hard to know who will be repudiated in 2012.
Was this a ploy by big business & (the powers that rule) to guarantee grid-lock for the next 2 years?
WHAT IF? The Democratic Party had had both houses for 2 more years, would they have made changes to improve our economy?  or just make it worse like they have the last 2 years?  :confused:  ::D: or visa-versa what if the last presidental election had gone republican?
Like 'i've said previously, "WE" got no chance of winning.  Government is out of "OUR" hands; regardless of which way "WE" vote.  ::(: