Did Obama ask if we wanted change??

Well, I think McCain answered with a VP pick that makes Obama's pick of Biden look like self-destruction.

Sarah Palin adds a dimension to this election year like nothing we have EVER seen before. Here is an average working class woman who saw that something was wrong and actually did something about it. She IS the REAL AMERICA. None of the candidates up there can say they understand ME and truly mean it, except for her. She stood up to special interest and fought it. She stood up to an incumbent in her OWN party and won. She is a pioneer in the world of politics and not because she is a woman - but because she is the embodiment of "Mr. Smith" going to Washington. The little guy CAN make a difference!

I could care less about the fact that she is a woman. That is NOT the reason I am so excited to see her get the VP pick. I am excited about her stances on guns and the sanctity of life. I am excited that she is not part of the old school Washington insiders. She is a breath of fresh air to the McCain campaign. She has nothing to hide, nothing to lose, and EVERYTHING to gain.

And for the record - I am happy with America. I really don't want it to change. There are some issues that could be worked on and adjusted, but I do not want this country to change. I think too many people are looking for a way out of the consequences that come about in their lives from their own poor choices and bad judgment.

I for one am not in favor of having the people whose homes are in foreclosure coming to knock on my door and ask for money, when they bought a house they couldn't afford. I am not in favor of someone knocking on my door asking me to pay for their kid's health care. I am not in favor of someone knocking on my door asking if I can pay for Joe Schmo to go to college. This country doesn't work that way. The next time you begin to think that big expensive bureaucratic social programs are the way to go - imagine knocking on your neighbor's door and asking for more of their money. It is the government providing a service - but the government is not paying for it. It is your friends and neighbors and family. I have plenty of friends who make a lot more money than we do. We do not expect them to help us pay for anything one bit.

Let's not tax businesses more. Do we think the employment situation is bad now? If we taxed big corporations more - what do you think would be the FIRST thing to happen? Even more job losses!

Why do we not drill for more oil NOW? Because someone plays the sad polar bear card and our hearts melt when we gaze into its sad little eyes. It's ridiculous. Drill for oil, do it now - and in the meantime continue the research and development of all energy sources - that includes oil, natural gas, nuclear, coal (we have THE largest coal deposits in the WORLD! Why don't we do to coal what the Middle East did with OIL??), wind, solar, hydro... Let's stop sending our money to the Middle East - to the people that hate us. Let's make our government stop DEPRIVING its citizens of its own abundant natural resources! Our government is taking enough of my money already.

And how on earth can anyone say that Iran is not a threat? How can anyone say that Iraq wasn't even a threat? I agree the timing was bad, but I also think the timing would never have been perfect. It's better though that we ousted Saddam sooner rather than later. And why don't we hear the news outlets discussing the laundering of all sorts of weaponry/bombs/nuclear materials out of Iraq. The IAEA knew this stuff was there BEFORE we invaded in 2003 - but still did nothing about it. Check out this story: http://www.nysun.com/editorials/iraqs-yellowcake/81328/

Look at what we are left with after the Clinton era...
What has NAFTA done for us? It sent our jobs elsewhere.
Bill didn't go after Bin Laden. What did it cost us? Well - I won't even begin to try to count all the lives and money we have paid for that.

Washington is in need of an overhaul, and with Palin on the ticket - I have hope that it can be done. It certainly isn't going to happen with a one term senator and the hard @$$ 37 year Washington insider schmuck Biden.

Our country was founded on the ideals of personal property, personal rights, and the ability to live life to the fullest - however full you want it to be. I'm afraid that if this country elects Barack Obama and his policies are implemented, we will be headed down a very dangerous path.

The Glass Menagerie

OK - so it's been almost a year since I updated this blog... I just had to type this out somewhere!

OK - did anyone else think that the spectacle last night was just over the top, complete waste of money???? WOW!! Talk about an EGO! How ironic 45 years to the day after MLK's speech BO accepts his party's nomination for president. Was it REALLY a coincidence?

It just made my blood boil, sitting there watching the charade of feel good politics. And then I think about the expense of it all? The DNC could've made an even bigger statement against the economic issues at hand... by maybe paying off some people's houses?? Paying for someone's medical bills?? ANYTHING other than the grandiose circus of last night.

Yeah his speech was good. Yeah he is charasmatic. Yeah it even made me feel all giddy when all the confetti started pouring out and the fireworks went off.... but GOLLY it was a SHOW!!! Politics of emotions get us no where. Look where it got Germany in the 1930's.

In the Dec of Independence, our forefathers wanted to promise us a country where certain unalienable rights were extended to all. They promised life, liberty, and the PURSUIT of happiness - not happiness - but the PURSUIT of it. This is a nation where hard work pays off! I don't want to be just another worker of the society for the government to help out. I want to break the glass ceiling.

CHANGE is NOT always good folks.

Off my soapbox...