The Issues America Will Face in the 2012 Election

The problems we will be facing in 2012 will be the same issues we are facing today. Neither Clinton, Obama, McCain, nor Huckabee have a viable plan to make Social Security solvent, reduce the debt, save America from attack from terrorists, or make health care more affordable.

There are four options to fix the Social Security problem: Raise Social Security taxes, raise the retirement age, lower the benefits, or privatization. Raising taxes will hurt an already struggling economy. The retirement age has already been raised from 65 to 70, raising it will only make more elderly Americans below the poverty line. Many jobs that Americans are working requiring physical activity will become very difficult once a worker turns 65. If workers have to work those type of jobs past their 70th birthday, their bodies might not be able to handle the workload and they will either be forced to retire or be fired before they can collect Social Security.

None of the candidates listed above are suggesting a balanced budget, let alone reducing the debt. While none of the candidates' plans will result in deficits as atrocious as the ones we have been experiencing, we can no longer afford to run up thd debt. It is approaching out annual Gross Domestic Product. The first $700 billion of the budget will have to go towards the debt (assuming we start paying off the debt). The longer we wait, the more we have to wait to start paying off the debt.

The Republicans' plan is to continue the surge may seem sound. The truth is that the longer we are in Iraq, the more people will feel that we are antagonists. We need to start pulling troops out as soon as possible, leaving enough troops to protect those rebuilding the country. None of the candidates have a sound policy on immigration. Our borders will remain open (especially with social spending being rampant on illegal aliens). The most sensible way to reduce the mass influx of illegals is to cut off all social spending to them.

Health care is expensive. It is expensive because of over-regulation from on side and lax rules where money is being wasted. We need to quit spending money on health care and make those who have been benefiting form health care money more accountable on how they spend their money.

We need a candidate who knows the real issues who will tackle them. We need the President and Congress to flip the bird at special-interest groups and fix the problems they have caused.

Nader's In - Democrats Need to Shut Up!

Every four years, Ralph Nader throws his hat in the ring. He announced yesterday that he is running for President for 2008. This angers the hard-core Democrats.

Democrats claim that Ralph Nader stole votes from Al Gore in 2000. Ralph Nader deserved those votes. Democrats are disillusioned into believing that their candidate is entitled to every liberal vote and that the Democratic Party is the only party entitled to run a liberal candidate.

This is the Democrats' biggest problem. Their platform is all about entitlements and it has spilled beyond the programs. They should be more concerned about what the Constitution entitles us to (Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness, Bill of Rights, etc.) and less concerned about social entitlements. Social entitlements are a theft of taxpayers' money and of Americans' liberties.

Two shows Saturday!

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2:30PM - "New Hampshire Primary Recount Appeal"Michigan Republican Presidential Candidate Albert Howard who paid $55,600 to initiate the New Hampshire Primary Recount files Petition of Appeal to the New Hampshire Ballot Law Commission c/o Office of the Secretary of State, William Gardner State House Concord, New Hampshire 03301 documents submitted on February 15, 2008. Subject of Petition: Appeal of results of the Presidential Primary recount completed February 11, 2008; examination of contested ballots in that recount. Relief Requested.

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Something About Ethics

I am going to start off by saying the issue is not about an alleged extra-marital affair. The issue is about voting for someone with strong moral character.

John McCain served admirably during Vietnam. He has fought against wasteful spending. He has (for better or for worse) stood up against his party and supported what he felt was right and just.

But John McCain and his policies are not perfect. "McCain-Feingold" is little more than assurance that an incumbent can keep his or her job as long as desired. It made things difficult for anyone willing to challenge the incumbent as well as for candidates who are neither Democratic nor Republican.

Let's assume that the relationship between John McCain and Vicki Iseman was platonic. Iseman is a lobbyist who represents various groups ranging from education to transportation to telecommunications.

One company was Glencairn Ltd, a client of Alcalde & Fay. The clients of Alcalde & Fay contributed thousands to McCain's 2000 campaign. Ms. Iseman was a representative of the company. McCain wrote letters to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on behalf of Glencairn Ltd urging it to uphold agreements that allow television companies to own two stations in a same city.

McCain also introduced a bill offering tax breaks for stations owned by minority companies. Ms. Iseman also represented companies who would benefit from such legislation.

As long as we have foxes guarding the hen house, we are going to have a shortage of hens. In the months to come, there will be more stories like these coming out about McCain, Obama, and Clinton. The only way to get rid of the problem is to quit voting for the people who cause the problem.

A Good Day to Work

Today is "Presidents' Day," a day which many federal, state, and local government offices are closed.

I have a love-hate relationship with the above statement. Any occasion which the government closes down is a joyous one. Below is a list of holidays:

New Year's Day
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Presidents' Day
Memorial Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Columbus Day
Veterans' Day
Thanksgiving Day
Christmas Day

Why do we observe Columbus Day? He was 0-4 in finding a route to India. He never set foot in what is now the United States. Why isn't Constitution Day a national holiday. It is only THE document that makes America the countryy of hope, freedom, and liberty.

A "DIfferent" Kind of Candidate

Parts of Ahmnodt Heare's Platform:

War with Iraq is wrong. We should be fighting Canada for allowing
William Shattner and Celine Dion to infiltrate our country.


I am for gay marriage. Married people have less sex than single
people. That will teach them.


I would repeal all laws that protect stupid people. Lord knows
they're not an endangered species.

Ahmnodt Heare's claim to fame is creating a 60-second ad which won critical acclaim. It featured celebrity "endorsements" including former House Majority Leaded Tom DeLay.

His ideas are out there (although I love his position on "stupid people"). I think his tagline says it all: "On Election Day, tell your fellow Americans, 'Ahmnodt Heare'!"

Free Speech

It's easy to support free speech when you agree with it. It is easy to speak freely when there is no fear of retaliation. It is more difficult when the free speech is controversial or if the person expressing him or herself is abrasive. A free society recognizes that all free speech be protected.

I think the cartoon above is in poor taste. That aside, Westergaard had something to say. It provoked thought and emotion. The freedom of expression often comes with a price. It can come with praise and admiration if people agree with the point of view. It can come through a rebuttal or a boycott if people disagree.

Nobody should ever be assassinated or arrested just because one expresses him or herself in a manner that is controversial. Intimidation is not the way to silence voices of dissent. The best way to silence a controversial statement is to make a stronger argument.

A Case for a National Primary

Iowans had a potpourri of candidates in which to chose from when they went to caucus last month. Republicans had 11 candidates to choose from while Democrats had eight. The Republicans were down to five candidates and the Democrats slimmed down to three. Both parties had a candidate suspend his campaign by Super Tuesday.

John McCain has all but clinched the Republican nomination. Barack Obama is pulling away from Hillary Clinton. Twenty states have yet to vote. Voting for the President could be academic by the time primaries come to Pennsylvania in April and North Carolina in May.

Both Parties have a peculiar habit of knocking out their better candidates early. Bill Richardson, the only Democratic with executive and international experience, was knocked out before Super Tuesday. Mitt Romney is a former governor with over 25 years of international business experience.

A national day of primaries and caucuses would give hope to the better candidates whom for various reasons, seem to do poorly in Iowa and New Hampshire. People in Pennsylvania and North Carolina need to feel as part of the process as much as voter in Iowa and New Hampshire.

People say that a National Primary day would lead to a greater likelihood of a brokered convention. The current system is all about the parties and nothing about the voters.

Washington GOP Caucus

Republicans | Polls | County Results
Candidate Votes % of votes Delegates won
McCain 3,468 26% 0
Huckabee 3,226 24% 0
Paul 2,799 21% 0
Romney 2,253 17% 0
Uncommitted 1,729 13%
87% of precincts reporting - as of 9:30AM EST 2/10/08

The polls closed yesterday early in the evening. Since this is a caucus, it should only take a few hours to count all the votes. All the votes were counted in Kansas for both parties' caucuses before voting ended in Washington. 13,500 votes have been counted thus far. There are approximately 2,000 votes left to count. How long is this supposed to take? Is this another case of Paulophobia? The Spokane NBC affiliate reported that Ron Paul won Spokane County by a large margin.

How long does it take to count a total of 15,500 votes?

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The RNC, the DNC, and Their Lemmings

I have come with some conclusions from the "Super Tuesday" results: America wants a leader. Americans are so desperate for "leadership" that it does not matter where they are being lead.

The economy is a major issue in this election. Our deficit spending is out of control. We are currently saddled with a $9.2 trillion debt. The FY 2009 budget proposed by President Bush ($3.1 trillion) could add the debt to almost $10 trillion by this time next year. Most of the candidates would add to the debt in future years.

The Republican candidates are talking about cutting taxes. Cutting taxes will create added revenue to the Treasury. The Democrats are talking about making the rich pay their "fair share." Neither party has talked about cutting spending beyond "pork barrel spending." The Democrats would drastically increase social spending. Most of the Republicans would increase military spending.

The ugly monster approaching from the rear-view mirror is Social Security. 80 million Americans will retire over the next 20 years. This means 80 million fewer people paying payroll taxes and 80 million more people getting monthly checks from the government. A huge debt plus a massive payout obligation adds up to a huge mess.

One Republican candidate has a viable plan to address the current debt and future deficits. Republicans opted instead to ignore our economy and fall off the cliff. John McCain is the most fiscally "conservative" of the three Republicans who the lemmings will give their vote. His proposals will give a "mere" $6 billion addition in deficit spending. Romney will increase the deficit by almost $20 billion and Huckabee will increase it by over $50 billion, Ron Paul's budget will reduce the deficit by over $150 billion, but since the most fiscally conservative candidate has been labeled as a "lunatic", he has not received enough votes to remain viable.

The Republicans' fiscal calamity is a picnic compared to the offering from the two most popular Democratic candidates, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Senator Clinton's proposals would add a $210 billion deficit while Barack Obama's will bring an additional $280 billion.

Americans are lemmings because we rather be lead than be free. We rather throw money at problems than try to fix them ourselves. The problems still exist because nobody wants to handle the problems Americans face. Enjoy the dive.

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Paulophobia

"Paulophobia" is in the establishment. They are the people who will only interrupt a boycott of mentioning Ron Paul with a slanderous, ill-researched piece written by a two-bit hack.

Paulophobes are easy to spot. They suffer from the following symptoms:

• The inability to count to four. "All three Republican candidates would rather face Hillary."
• The need to exclude the smartest candidate.
• The need to limit the smartest candidate in debates in which he somehow got included in.
• The need to ask pointless questions to the smartest candidate i.e. "Are you electable?"

Ron Paul is a loon. If he was sane, he would recognize how important it is to send other people's sons and daughters to die for oil. A lunatic like Ron Paul would not know how to run up the federal debt to $1 trillion, never mind the $9.3 trillion the sane people have. And Ron Paul ought to be committed to a mental institution for suggesting that government officials abide by the Constitution. Sure George W. Bush swore to uphold and defend the Constitution twice, but even he knows it's just a "God damned piece of paper!"

I would love to write more, but I have to help the "lunatic" take over the asylum.