stanhootzz's Blog

To those who much is given, much is owed!

If you are going to quote numbers site the source. It seems that you are only interested in the dollar amount being used in these wars, how about the lives that have been changed? Before you answer with your limited thinking abilities, I am also talking about the thousands and millions of people that are no longer subject to tyrany, and the multitudes of Iraqi and Afghans that the liberal media won't show because it does't fit their agenda.

So then we might as well not even go out and vote since tha CIA has already decided who will be our next president, Right?

Like I've said before, someone always cries conspiracy when they don't have a real answer or they don't like decision making by our leadership.

Our government probably faked the Lunar landing and the Infamous attack on Pearl Harbor too, right?

Exactly, In by view as was taught by my Philosophy Professor, I take very seriously the accounts that I read, hear or view. I have found that With the exception of very, very, very few, the BBC is about as accurate and objective source of information out there. When you quote a article from a source do you know where that source is from? I think not, it is most assuredly gathered from another source that has been re-written from another that has been re-written from another. This and only to this is what I was referring to as limited thinking, I apologize if you were offended.

Unfortunately the liberal media is not interested in providing us with objective facts so we may interpret the information ourselves, they are interested in the money that they make on the ad business. This is why I gather my information from the BBC, you will find that the articles and views are from BBC staff and will not have a lot of "sources close to but wanting to remain anonymous" statements.

I agree there is a terrible situation in Iraq and Afghanistan, I don't believe they were better off before NATO involved itself. Remember it is NATO who is involved in these wars, the United States is just the strong arm for NATO and it fall apart into chaos without us.

The Iraqi people may have a dismal infrastructure, however if you were to interview every Iraqi citizen alive (and maybe the deceased ones too) I believe the overwhelming consensus would be gratefulness to the United States.

Business is a Juggernaut and will continue to do for itself, does that make it right? No! What America needs are Unions like they have in Germany. Do you know that the poverty level in America is $17,500 annually and that WalMart employee's average $13,000 annually? While in Germany, which has the only union sponsored WalMart, the associates enjoy a comfortable life due to unionization.

It seems that our country is regressing to a stage in history where working people are victimized by employers.

I am a junior capitilist! I am coming outta the closet, I say squash the little guy, use, buy, manipulate the laws and or government process to squeeeeeze my profit margins that much higher.
And heaven forbid that you should protest my capitilist ideals, that would make you UN-AMERICAN and "Not a Patriot" in the eyes of ths present administration.
Runaway/un-regulated (or the atmosphere of greed) capitilisim will be the doom of our great country.

stanhootz, In no way do I disagree with the fact that our government is spending happy, I believe that the government is bogged down in a quagmire of legislative bickering by political parties arguing about insignificant issues while the American people endure hardships that are not necessary. Can you tell me why our government spends so much on space exploration yet we can't even seem to have uniform spending on education, California the third largest economy in the world, ranks 47 among the 50 states. I'll tell you why, our government works for the preservation of the government, not the people. We can afford to have universal health care, we can have affordable housing, we can do something about hunger and disease, it however is not on our representatives agenda. Now that is not to say that there are not a miraculous few that are truly for the people, they are just not enough. A President with ideas is not going to be enough, these candidates can say that they are for change, lets be realistic though, unless the wasteful spending habits and pork lining of legislation by representatives who get fat from special interests are done away with, it will continue.

I know that this across the board topics, my point is we have no real representation among politicians.

Your welcome, as for the comment by BFCOFFMAN, the NCLB act is a great law, now if only we can get the funding we need to accomplish the task we would be in great shape as a country of educated citizens that won't rely on foreign expertise to do what we should be able to. California is poised to cut $4.8 BILLION from the education fund, does that sound like the NCLB act is working? Call, write or email your representatives and let your voice be heard!

Your welcome, I also wanted to let you know about a great site to gather information on the issues that concern you. www.newstatesman.com and weekly magazine, Very infromative, Irreverant and nicely written. There is a great article on Barack Obama that objective thinkers will find interesting, it seems he is not the idealist man that the liberal media potrays him to be. Very pro-war, has voted to increase war spending, has voted to increase troop deployment, has taken money from special interest groups for his campaign, was not in the senate in 2002 to vote on the war resolution to send troops to Iraq as some people would have you believe, voted against the resolution to withdrawl troops from Iraq, he has said "I would not hesitate to send troops into Pakistan without Pakistans approval to hunt down terroists". This doesn't sound any different than we have already heard, but wouldn't you rather have someone in office that has the military experience to make those decisions when it's time?

Registration is free for New Statesman, and it's simple, if you want to see this article in whole (because this only a fraction) you want to go to archive and January 10, 08 Obama unmasked.

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