Candidates Finally Address Foreclosures
Ian @ March 28, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The economic situation continues to rise, and the Presidential Candidates do nothing but spar. When will a real leader stand up, to be counted. Obama at least is talking about helping in the housing crunch. His offer of a 30 Billion Dollar bail out is at least someone talking about those who are really effected by all this. All Clinton or McCain can do is talk about market place sorting things out. Clinton offers job retraining, but like how will that help anyone keep their home?
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McCain Acting Reasonable
Ian @ March 27, 2008 # No Comment Yet
While his speech didn’t really offer much new thoughts, it was still a refreshing approach, to see someone actually act like a leader, rather than a squabbling child. John McCain may not have swayed many with the substance of his speech, but he does give people pause for thought. He does make people relax, feel like he is someone that actually means what he says, and isn’t about double talk, or about attack politics. In short, he acted like a Leader, which makes you wonder, when will the other candidates for President start acting like leaders?
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No Pardon, Commutation for Border Guards
Ian @ March 27, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Bush issues some pardons, a commutation, but nothing for the border agents who did their job. They sit in Prison, while George Bush pardons drug users, and ignores them. Yet not much of an outcry either, as the compassionate Mister Bush continues to deny any feelings for those who risked their lives in keeping America safe. Makes you wonder, does he award the Purple Heart to the wounded GI’s or does he ship them off to Osama Bin Laden instead?
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War of Surrogates
Ian @ March 26, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The constant airing of the Pastor White incidents, the constant hammering about it by the Media, clearly shows that Race is still a major issue. There is no discussion about it, just the same old gang attacking not because the ideas are bad, but because the Man proposing them is Black. Hilary Clinton has the advantage, White’s hate blacks more than they object to having a woman in charge. Her and Mr Bill continue to play the Race card, and the Media is clearly in their corner, refusing to move on, to take the issue to a higher plain. Instead they keep American politics mired in the muck, in the gutter.
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Free Speech Isn’t Easy
Ian @ March 24, 2008 # No Comment Yet
When does Free Speech end, and Censorship begin?
The decision to deny a Dutch Radical Politician from having his opinions on Islam displayed on his web site, is scary. When does a business have the right to limit what a person can think or not think? Is having a contrary opinion, a strong contrary opinion, promoting hate or simply the right of that person to not accept the view held by society? Where is the line drawn? Is it Hate because some say so, that are the target, or is there some other measurement used to determine when something is hate, or not?
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Recalls - Cantaloupe & Pear Juice
Ian @ March 23, 2008 # One Comment
Who can you trust to keep the food you buy safe? Is it the Government that is now making recall notices on the weekend, or the store that simply claims it pulled the product, but fails to list any warnings for those who bought the product before the recall? Cantaloupe is recalled for possible salmonella and yet have you heard about it in the news? Our local grocery store, Thrifty Foods supposedly heard earlier in the week, but they haven’t posted any notice. So who can we trust?
Isn’t it time we stopped accepting the blatant lies and mis information being put out there? Shouldn’t we insist that we are protected?
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Richardson for Obama
Ian @ March 22, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The Clinton Campaign shows its meanness, by deriding the endorsement of Bill Richardson of Barack Obama. Yet Hilary Clinton & company actively sought his endorsement, and lost. He is a super delegate, and can help present Obama’s case to the whole super delegate group, and he is respected. So why, if his support is so meaningless, did Hilary Clinton try so hard to get it? Maybe this is an indication of her persona, that when she doesn’t get her way, she lashes out, and how is that a good quality for a President?
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If He Wasn’t Black…
Ian @ March 21, 2008 # 2 Comments
Hilary Clinton can huff and puff, Lou Dobbs can wonder what took so long, but the truth is, if Obama wasn’t Black, there wouldn’t be any outcry beyond one or two days, if his pastor said disparaging remarks. This highlights the racial divide that does exist, and if you read his speech, you can see why Caroline Kennedy came out in support of Barack Obama. This is a man who can dream, who can have hope, despite all the bad stuff. This is about ending the cycle of hate, that exists in America today, heightened by George Bush and the Clinton’s. So he didn’t leave his Church, did you when your spiritual leader made hateful remarks?
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Do Over BS
Ian @ March 20, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Why hold a do over? Instead of worrying about how to include Michigan or Florida, flip a coin. Heads they go to Obama, tails to Clinton. Well, not really, but this stupid nonsense only shows that this party isn’t fit to lead, though their actions since taking control of the Senate & House have already proven that, this is the nail on the coffin. Talk about the real issues, about education, and start acting like a political party that WANTS TO GOVERN, not be nominated for Keystone Cops of the year.
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Can You Afford It?
Ian @ March 19, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The rising cost of houses here makes you wonder, what next? Rates go down, yet it takes more of your income to just afford your house, at least according to the RBC. So what is the solution? Is it a market place situation, or is it because of the rising foreclosures in the US market?
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Do Overs for Florida & Michigan?
Ian @ March 17, 2008 # No Comment Yet
How can the Democratic Party expect people to support them, to vote for them in November, as the party that will unite the nation, will deal effectively with the growing economic chaos, when they can’t even get their own primaries right? To strip Michigan & Florida, and now have to try to figure out how to seat those delegates only shows their incompetence. Worse, it gives the Republicans a chance at wrestling control from them. Like that is going to help solve the economic woes.
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Cry Baby Stevie Boy
Ian @ March 16, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Stephen Harper needs to be properly potty trained. Someone sure didn’t teach him how to play nice with others. Now he is suing the Liberals because he likes to keep everything secret. Frankly it is his own actions that leads many to believe he is hiding something, whether he is or not. Did the Tories bribe Chuck Cadman? I think they tried, and I think he did indeed know, given as how he has admitted he did, in an audio tape. This is politics, people sling the mud, something he has done very well himself, so he got some thrown back, and he thinks he should sue? This shows how arrogant, how AMERICAN he is, and why he really should be turfed from office. After all, he still defends Brian Mulroney, his buddy, who took hundreds of thousands of dollars while Prime Minister. He doesn’t see anything wrong there, nor in offering Cadman a million dollar insurance policy.
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FDA March Recalls, so far.
Ian @ March 15, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Higher prices for food, less safety. Doesn’t make sense anymore, at how companies raise their prices, then provide not just a crappy product, but one that is increasingly becoming dangerous to our health. Toys and now our food. It makes no sense, at the collapse of protection for the consumer. Has Business & Government simply lost their humanity, or is it that they can afford the more expensive foods, that are safer? Why is there simply a total lack of Government action on all these recalls? Just who is paying who?
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Parade of Recalls for March
Ian @ March 15, 2008 # No Comment Yet
It really is an epidemic, the number of goods being recalled due to manufacturing flaws. Whether it is lead pain violations, or the risk of fire or burns, the number of recalls is only growing. Even domestic production of food is at risk, as it seems the Corporate World simply doesn’t care about quality, or safety anymore. It is about increased profits, not about keeping customers, or even protecting consumers. It is about Money, nothing else. And somehow, that is just wrong. Children are put at risk, future society is at risk simply because we want more money, and that isn’t right.
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So Oil & Gold Are Up, What’s the Panic?
Ian @ March 14, 2008 # No Comment Yet
While the media gets it shorts in a knot over Elliot Spitzer and his prostitutes, Gold hits over a grand an ounce, oil rises over 110 a barrel, and Government leaders claim there is no recession. Just an economic down turn, while foreclosures rose 80% in February. People struggle to pay the bills, while Wall Street makes money, while Oil Companies register even larger profits than ever, but hey, no price gouging, no price fixing, just the market doing its thing.
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