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August 26, 2008 at 3:27 PM #262393August 26, 2008 at 3:28 PM #262097
Mark Holmes
ParticipantExactly; the responses by anxvariety and Ex-SD are emblematic of the typical right-wing response.
And I don’t see how my previous post indicates my decision to vote for Obama is based on the color of his skin. Kind of a ridiculous concept, that.
I was simply saying that a middle-class African-American being elected President is revolutionary for the simple fact that it hasn’t happened before. If it happens, it shakes up the status-quo in a way that is hard to imagine.
To be honest, I would have just as happily voted for Hillary, and with the same excitement, for the change that a woman president would have brought.
Any Democrat, white, black, brown, orange, green or yellow, would be a welcome change to the disgrace that was the Bush administration.
August 26, 2008 at 3:28 PM #262301Mark Holmes
ParticipantExactly; the responses by anxvariety and Ex-SD are emblematic of the typical right-wing response.
And I don’t see how my previous post indicates my decision to vote for Obama is based on the color of his skin. Kind of a ridiculous concept, that.
I was simply saying that a middle-class African-American being elected President is revolutionary for the simple fact that it hasn’t happened before. If it happens, it shakes up the status-quo in a way that is hard to imagine.
To be honest, I would have just as happily voted for Hillary, and with the same excitement, for the change that a woman president would have brought.
Any Democrat, white, black, brown, orange, green or yellow, would be a welcome change to the disgrace that was the Bush administration.
August 26, 2008 at 3:28 PM #262309Mark Holmes
ParticipantExactly; the responses by anxvariety and Ex-SD are emblematic of the typical right-wing response.
And I don’t see how my previous post indicates my decision to vote for Obama is based on the color of his skin. Kind of a ridiculous concept, that.
I was simply saying that a middle-class African-American being elected President is revolutionary for the simple fact that it hasn’t happened before. If it happens, it shakes up the status-quo in a way that is hard to imagine.
To be honest, I would have just as happily voted for Hillary, and with the same excitement, for the change that a woman president would have brought.
Any Democrat, white, black, brown, orange, green or yellow, would be a welcome change to the disgrace that was the Bush administration.
August 26, 2008 at 3:28 PM #262360Mark Holmes
ParticipantExactly; the responses by anxvariety and Ex-SD are emblematic of the typical right-wing response.
And I don’t see how my previous post indicates my decision to vote for Obama is based on the color of his skin. Kind of a ridiculous concept, that.
I was simply saying that a middle-class African-American being elected President is revolutionary for the simple fact that it hasn’t happened before. If it happens, it shakes up the status-quo in a way that is hard to imagine.
To be honest, I would have just as happily voted for Hillary, and with the same excitement, for the change that a woman president would have brought.
Any Democrat, white, black, brown, orange, green or yellow, would be a welcome change to the disgrace that was the Bush administration.
August 26, 2008 at 3:28 PM #262398Mark Holmes
ParticipantExactly; the responses by anxvariety and Ex-SD are emblematic of the typical right-wing response.
And I don’t see how my previous post indicates my decision to vote for Obama is based on the color of his skin. Kind of a ridiculous concept, that.
I was simply saying that a middle-class African-American being elected President is revolutionary for the simple fact that it hasn’t happened before. If it happens, it shakes up the status-quo in a way that is hard to imagine.
To be honest, I would have just as happily voted for Hillary, and with the same excitement, for the change that a woman president would have brought.
Any Democrat, white, black, brown, orange, green or yellow, would be a welcome change to the disgrace that was the Bush administration.
August 26, 2008 at 5:08 PM #262117greekfire
ParticipantI am voting for who I think is the best person for the position, not for who I think has the best chance of winning. That’s what I would do down at the Del Mar racetrack…pick a winner. This isn’t a horserace to me.
A vote for anyone other than Obama or McCain is a vote of no-confidence in our political parties and their candidates. If enough people vote their minds, hearts, and guts, then maybe the two major parties would take notice and start representing the people again. Voting for the lesser of two evils still leaves you with evil.
Republicans and Democrats have given us or allowed:
1. a $9.6 Trillion debt ($32k for every man, woman, and child).
2. Over 700 military bases in over 130 countries.
http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0115-08.htm
3. Handing over the Congress’ right to coin money
3. Creation of the Federal Reserve system
4. Fiat money created out of nothing and which is backed and expanded by debt
5. Fractional reserve banking
6. A progressive tax structure whereby many people pay the gov’t nearly half of what they make.
7. Increased privacy of the government; decreased privacy of the people (Patriot Act, National ID card).
X. Any others I’ve missed…?August 26, 2008 at 5:08 PM #262321greekfire
ParticipantI am voting for who I think is the best person for the position, not for who I think has the best chance of winning. That’s what I would do down at the Del Mar racetrack…pick a winner. This isn’t a horserace to me.
A vote for anyone other than Obama or McCain is a vote of no-confidence in our political parties and their candidates. If enough people vote their minds, hearts, and guts, then maybe the two major parties would take notice and start representing the people again. Voting for the lesser of two evils still leaves you with evil.
Republicans and Democrats have given us or allowed:
1. a $9.6 Trillion debt ($32k for every man, woman, and child).
2. Over 700 military bases in over 130 countries.
http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0115-08.htm
3. Handing over the Congress’ right to coin money
3. Creation of the Federal Reserve system
4. Fiat money created out of nothing and which is backed and expanded by debt
5. Fractional reserve banking
6. A progressive tax structure whereby many people pay the gov’t nearly half of what they make.
7. Increased privacy of the government; decreased privacy of the people (Patriot Act, National ID card).
X. Any others I’ve missed…?August 26, 2008 at 5:08 PM #262328greekfire
ParticipantI am voting for who I think is the best person for the position, not for who I think has the best chance of winning. That’s what I would do down at the Del Mar racetrack…pick a winner. This isn’t a horserace to me.
A vote for anyone other than Obama or McCain is a vote of no-confidence in our political parties and their candidates. If enough people vote their minds, hearts, and guts, then maybe the two major parties would take notice and start representing the people again. Voting for the lesser of two evils still leaves you with evil.
Republicans and Democrats have given us or allowed:
1. a $9.6 Trillion debt ($32k for every man, woman, and child).
2. Over 700 military bases in over 130 countries.
http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0115-08.htm
3. Handing over the Congress’ right to coin money
3. Creation of the Federal Reserve system
4. Fiat money created out of nothing and which is backed and expanded by debt
5. Fractional reserve banking
6. A progressive tax structure whereby many people pay the gov’t nearly half of what they make.
7. Increased privacy of the government; decreased privacy of the people (Patriot Act, National ID card).
X. Any others I’ve missed…?August 26, 2008 at 5:08 PM #262380greekfire
ParticipantI am voting for who I think is the best person for the position, not for who I think has the best chance of winning. That’s what I would do down at the Del Mar racetrack…pick a winner. This isn’t a horserace to me.
A vote for anyone other than Obama or McCain is a vote of no-confidence in our political parties and their candidates. If enough people vote their minds, hearts, and guts, then maybe the two major parties would take notice and start representing the people again. Voting for the lesser of two evils still leaves you with evil.
Republicans and Democrats have given us or allowed:
1. a $9.6 Trillion debt ($32k for every man, woman, and child).
2. Over 700 military bases in over 130 countries.
http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0115-08.htm
3. Handing over the Congress’ right to coin money
3. Creation of the Federal Reserve system
4. Fiat money created out of nothing and which is backed and expanded by debt
5. Fractional reserve banking
6. A progressive tax structure whereby many people pay the gov’t nearly half of what they make.
7. Increased privacy of the government; decreased privacy of the people (Patriot Act, National ID card).
X. Any others I’ve missed…?August 26, 2008 at 5:08 PM #262418greekfire
ParticipantI am voting for who I think is the best person for the position, not for who I think has the best chance of winning. That’s what I would do down at the Del Mar racetrack…pick a winner. This isn’t a horserace to me.
A vote for anyone other than Obama or McCain is a vote of no-confidence in our political parties and their candidates. If enough people vote their minds, hearts, and guts, then maybe the two major parties would take notice and start representing the people again. Voting for the lesser of two evils still leaves you with evil.
Republicans and Democrats have given us or allowed:
1. a $9.6 Trillion debt ($32k for every man, woman, and child).
2. Over 700 military bases in over 130 countries.
http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0115-08.htm
3. Handing over the Congress’ right to coin money
3. Creation of the Federal Reserve system
4. Fiat money created out of nothing and which is backed and expanded by debt
5. Fractional reserve banking
6. A progressive tax structure whereby many people pay the gov’t nearly half of what they make.
7. Increased privacy of the government; decreased privacy of the people (Patriot Act, National ID card).
X. Any others I’ve missed…?August 26, 2008 at 5:27 PM #262132PatentGuy
ParticipantWhat greekfire said.
Plus, they’ve created an expectation in the masses that government should bail you out of anything bad that may happen to you, especially if you are fortunte to have your misfortune happen to a group of people that can be pandered to.
We have become (past tense; not “are becoming”) a “where’s my bail out” society. Politiciaqns love this, because it makes them even more important.
August 26, 2008 at 5:27 PM #262336PatentGuy
ParticipantWhat greekfire said.
Plus, they’ve created an expectation in the masses that government should bail you out of anything bad that may happen to you, especially if you are fortunte to have your misfortune happen to a group of people that can be pandered to.
We have become (past tense; not “are becoming”) a “where’s my bail out” society. Politiciaqns love this, because it makes them even more important.
August 26, 2008 at 5:27 PM #262344PatentGuy
ParticipantWhat greekfire said.
Plus, they’ve created an expectation in the masses that government should bail you out of anything bad that may happen to you, especially if you are fortunte to have your misfortune happen to a group of people that can be pandered to.
We have become (past tense; not “are becoming”) a “where’s my bail out” society. Politiciaqns love this, because it makes them even more important.
August 26, 2008 at 5:27 PM #262396PatentGuy
ParticipantWhat greekfire said.
Plus, they’ve created an expectation in the masses that government should bail you out of anything bad that may happen to you, especially if you are fortunte to have your misfortune happen to a group of people that can be pandered to.
We have become (past tense; not “are becoming”) a “where’s my bail out” society. Politiciaqns love this, because it makes them even more important.
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