The United States of America has always been about the concepts of freedom and responsibility. It was founded on those principles 225 years ago when a group of mostly rich, mostly well-educated people got together and decided that representation in a government was more important than loyalty to the King of England and freedom to achieve was more important than suppo
Grim: All I'm asking for is a "wait and see" rather than "shoot now and ask questions later" attitude. We aren't through the election, have no winner and still, people are already building the new walls around their beliefs. Was Clinton the ONLY reason the 90's were good? Of course not. But give him SOME credit. He worked well with both parties. Is that something evil? He certainly didn't ADD to the deficit and we were better off in 200
KarmaGirl: I understand what you are saying but having read The Gospel of Wealth I can tell you that unions can serve a purpose, the problem is that want unions want is in direct opposition to profits. So I understand why the situation can be so difficult. What we are seeing in the U.S. is what England went through 100 years ago when industry left England with it's shops and services industry. The key to that will be that unions are
Grim: Oh right.... Clinton "inherits" a 400 billion dollar deficit projection for 1993 and YOU think that was a "boon"? Or do you remember what people said when Clinton got tax increases in 1993? The right claimed we would have the biggest depression in history, calling it a total dismantling of the Reagan years. But, oh yes, we came outin 2000 with a BETTER economy than 1992 and a surplus. Now Grim, which part of 1995-2000 do y
Vox Populi: When Clinton was elected all I heard was your rhetoric. However, I don't remember that 8 years later when we had the best economy in history and a surplus hearing the right singing his praises. I assume after giving Mr. Kerry hot feet you wouldn't be afraid to admit you were wrong, would you?
Messy Buu: Just for the record, let's say Kerry wins, the deficit drops and we get back on an even keel with employment rising and healthcare dealt with so that the number of uninsured Americans drops in half. Would you then vote for Kerry in 2008? I'm not saying that all these things are guaranteed, but those would be goals if Kerry is reelected.
KarmaGirl: Well, as a long time observer of business, I think you need to look at the process of how the U.S. rose to be the economic powerhouse it WAS and why the future is now so bleak. First, unions protected the worker against the management that wanted to give nothing to the worker. (See Andrew Carnegie for some good descriptions of how owners saw workers early in the century). Then after basic rights (a good wage, adequate v
Martin: The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation held a "town meeting" with folks from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and while there were Canadians for and against Bush one woman from Nova Scotia talked about how she had "given up" her citizenship over Bush's election in 2000. She said, in essence, that Bush had a global viewpoint that extended as far as the suburbs of Washington and that countries outside of the U.S. should be "afraid, very afraid
Champas: Bush's dream is a world where everyone is like us. The problem is that "like us" is 7.5 trillion in debt. The problem is "like us" is 15% of the population with no healthcare. The problem is "like us" is 10% un- or under-employed. Someone wake us up.....!
WiseFawn: Well, the best of choices is always the second worst....
Draginol: We agree for almost the same reasons. However, one thing that you didn't mention which I think has played a much bigger role in this than anyone ever imagined is the growth of Air America. Now at approximately 40 stations it has given the liberal base a voice to listen to and Al Franken hip-hopping all over the country at either rallies or broadcasts has lifted the democrats from being in a real funk in the spring to being ready, w
Tandis: One thing I have noticed about Mr. Bush is that he has no mission other than a foreign policy designed to bring democracy to the world. Everything else (taxes, poverty, jobs, the economy, healthcare) is of no consequence by comparison to his feelings about terrorism and the "mission". You may find this attitude acceptable. But the damage in all these other areas done so far and in the next 4 years will be impossible to measure if Bu
Grim: As you know I have nothing against voting for 3rd parties and indeed if you think Bednarik represents your views, go for it!
drmiler: Neither candidate has a paucity of supporters. Does it impress you even in the slightest that the large majority of newspapers support Kerry or do you see it as pandering? I mean, you wouldn't call Newsmax fair, would you?
Bungy32: Well, I also was skeptical at first but the more we get into the final stretch, the more apparent how much better a candidate Kerry is!
blogic: I felt Kerry didn't just shine a light on the Bush inadequacies, but rather offered an alternative in each case. That is why, in my mind, Kerry is viable. We have his ideas as well as his passion. It's a good mix.
Dr. Guy: The FACTS are that when the soldiers were advancing on Baghdad they "passed by" the dump and it went UNSECURED for 2 weeks that could have been used to take some or all of the explosives. The FACTS are that when they passed by the Iraqi soldiers were retreating and not mounting any offensive. The FACTS are that the millitary command did not ISSUE COMMANDS to take the supply dump so they passed it by. This does not show in
Blogic: If you read the endorsements 2 things become very clear about the Bush Presidency: 1) there is no connection between the reality Bush paints in terms of the economy and Iraq and the world we live in and 2) Kerry presents an alternative because Bush has not kept the faith with the American people. These were very identifiable in the debates between the candidates and are even clearer now.
Dr. Guy: You know, you really need to stop getting all YOUR news at Newsmax, FOX, and Drudge. 377 TONS of explosive WERE there at that site, recorded by the IAEA! Get it! That's tons, dude, not easily movable, not back up the Ford F-150 and cart it down the road. That requires big equipment that should have been EASILY spottable and U.S. troops went by the facility and never checked even though WE KNEW it was an explosive dump.
Messy Buu: So what you're saying specifically about Florida is that there was no tampering and no possibility that an election with as many voters as there were could be "accurately" talied as being 257 votes separating the candidates with no recounts necessary? The Republicans in 2000 asked for recounts in several states also. What were they thinking?! Tally the votes once and flip a coin and let's get on with the Presidency! Wo
Dr. Guy: So you mean the United States goes into Iraq to look for WMD's and we find a Al Qaaqa that is supposed to have explosives as reported by the IAEA and now, even 18 months later, the White House said Monday they didn't know what the story was in the first place? That isn't a story?
ShadowWar: Both sides have committed numerous "attrocities" of sign stealing and billboard spotting with outrageous statements about both candidates. This is not a LEFT phenomenon only. You would have been better off titling your article "BOTH SIDES IN TOTAL MELTDOWN"
Messy Buu: What would be your standard for a "fair election"? Would it be that every vote was counted or would it be that both sides had equal numbers of votes disqualified? Both parties have an equal interest in the election but one party has more registered voters than the other. Does this lead to campaigns to shortshrift the opposition to keep voter tallies down? As has already been reported both sides have don
Wise Fawn: Thanks! (CrispE blushes with pride)
Jill User: We don't have a license or test for having children either...... Interestingly, the normal curve seems to be in effect with voting nationwide in that there is a full range of voters from totally uninformed to Joe User bloggers (hehehe) and everything in between. Educated and uneducated all get a say because that is the way the founding fathers imagined democracy. It seems to have worked ok for the past 225 ye
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