DEMOCRAT VS REPUBLICAN

[Franco]

Lesterus,
I know that you have a unique perspective on government. I just believe that our country is in need of a major overhaul. That why we have elected officials and not dictators. We are sending much of our manufacturing jobs over seas, corporations and walmart are the winners there. Now our kids and grandkids are getting toys full of lead. How many time do you call for customer assistance, cable tv, credit cards, etc and get a call center in India? China, India, etc are the worst environmental polluters in the world. Next time you go to Sam's Club pick of a package of food ans see where it comes from. China or Indonesia, Thailand whatever. Whats happening with our farmers, fisherman, ranchers here??? What kind of standards do they have??
We are relying on fossil fuels, of which we don't own much. Shell, Exxon-Mobil, BP all have posted record profits. Oil is around $95 a barrel, gas is well over $3 a gallon. Much of the worlds oil comes from the middle east, is it just a coincidence we are at war over there. Take some of those TRILLIONS of dollars the war is costing us (money we are borrowing from China) and invest it in alternative fuels. Take the money out of the middle east, they go broke, then give them the finger. Ronald Reagan broke the Soviet economy, he didn't have to go to war.
Our current president has the lowest approval rating, even worse than Nixon during the impeachment.
The war was started with misinformation, lies and deceit. Where are the WMD's? We should know, George Bush's father sold them to Iraq. Our current president was in the oil business with Bin Laden. We have a private army (Blackwater) not constrained by conventional laws and treaties. Why, so they can do our dirty work and no problems for the administration. We have given no bid, open ended contracts to rebuild the Iraqi infrastructure that we blew up!! Those contracts went to companies like Haliburton. Cheney was a principal in Haliburton and his ownership is in a blind trust now. That doesn't mean he aint gonna be richer than god when this is all over. Waste, corruption, and shadt dealings are rampant.
Housing, Healthcare, Jobs, education, are all in the toilet.
Sorry for the rant, but it pisses me off when more people vote for American Idol than in a presidential election then
B I T C H about our government. WE do need to change how our country does business!

[tsubaki]

YES, WE SHOULD BE AN IMPERIALISTIC, REPRESENTITIVE REPUBLIC.
(sorry I hate taking care of everybody else) ;D

[Franco]

tsubaki

DAM RIGHT, we should look after our selves first, a majority of the technology that has happened the last 100 years came from us and we give it away.

[Monkey Butler]

Hey MJ....

As a God, this might be a good time to hit this key on your keyboard....



Politics and Boats don't mix.

[tsubaki]

The next election:
You Democrats are going to be very pleased with yourselves at the presidential election because the American public is so ignorant about who is running that they are going to vote for who they can remember their names of. You Republicans are going to be up in arms as to why the Democrats won. The truth of the matter is, the general public has no concept as to who should lead this country to prosperity and the Electoral College is as useful as the public vote.
It amazed me when Clinton won the election over Bush, however this was due (in no small part) to Dan Rather declaring Clinton the winner 2 hours before the polls closed. Thanks to the news media telling us how to think we can predict who, what, when, where and how the outcome will be.
Over hearing conversations from registered voters like “I won’t vote for Bush in this next election” or “I wish Arnold Schwarzenegger would run, cause I’d vote for him” drives me insane (neither are eligible). Our Mexican and Canadian neighbors most likely have more voting sense than our legal citizens.
This all began in our school system, actually much longer ago than that. The Social Security System has ramifications as to being un-American and rightly so (I for one hope to benefit from a small portion I have contributed, however very doubtful).
Amazingly the last election was not for the best or most qualified but against the most hurtful. This election shows even worst qualifications across the board.
Whatever your convictions are, stick to them. If your not sure, don’t pollute the decision with stupidity or popularity of the candidate.
We as a country have done amazingly well over our 230 plus years in existence. It would be a shame to go the way of the Dodo or USSR after all this struggle.

[tsubaki]

Hang on Monkey, don't get me delited yet ;D I'm trying to make everybody mad. ;D

[Monkey Butler]

Originally Posted by tsubaki

Hang on Monkey, don't get me delited yet ;D I'm trying to make everybody mad. ;D

Your not trying hard enuff, throw some religion in.....

[tsubaki]

Don't get me started on that.
Our preacher tried for 9 months to talk us out of marriage, "your Catholic and she's Baptist, the odds are against ya'll". 25 plus years, she still ain't killed me.
Having been to Lutherian, Prespaterian, Methodist, Jehoviah Witness, Baptist, educated and baptised Catholic and several offshootes of each religion, I've come to the conclusion they are all crazy. The person dosen't make god, God makes the person.
(Sorry, shooting for a buffet here)

[Monkey Butler]

Ya' see.... that's what I'm talkin' 'bout.....

All of a sudden we went from poitics to religion!

[tsubaki]

I motion we move to fishin and start tellin real lies ;D