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The Presidental Race
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The Presidental Race I know a few of you have been waiting for me to put my two cents in on this. I'm disappointed, I will admit it. I was all for Hillary. So this year, I just wasn't excited. Until after the conventions and the running mates were named. Why are the Vice Presidential candidates so important this year? Well, chances are McCain won't make it a full term before his health gives out and Obama seems to want to go the Kennedy route and become a martyr. So, in my opinion, this isn't Obama v. McCain, this is Biden v. Palin. What can I say about Joe Biden? He enjoys plagiarism, which is great for those going up against copyright law, including the Republican party. Yes, McCain has been using music of liberals without permission or paying royalties. Heh. Biden also likes his racist comments veiled thinly. However, he has years and years in the Senate and actually, if you can get past those two things, which I do grudgingly, he's a much better choice than Palin. I've really been looking for something nice to say about Sarah Palin. I really have. I just can't. The woman is a nightmare. Let's start with her former political views. She was a member of the Alaskan Separatist Movement, she wasn't a member... Excuse me, Alaskan Independent Party. Who have asked their members to infiltrate the two major parties. Well, she's addressed them, told them how happy she is to have them in Alaska and what do they want? Alaska to have a vote to secede from the United States. Her husband Todd is a card carrying member of the AIP. Now, there is a reason, especially if Alaska went back to being a territory. I will get to that in a minute. McCain has heralded Palin for cutting taxes in Alaska. Um, what taxes? There has never been a personal income tax or sales tax on general goods in Alaska. The cigarette tax there was just raised last month and is now the fourth highest in the country. The spirits, wine and beer taxes are the HIGHEST in the country. Which means one thing. Corporate tax cuts. No tax cuts for the working hacks, but for oil companies. And oil companies are big business in Alaska. They pay corporate and property taxes to the state. Mind you, in most municipalities, property taxes are paid to the town, township, city, etc. and pay for things like the local police force, schools, keeping country roads in good shape and all of that. They aren't paid to the state in most places. Alaska of course, is different. Which leads us to why Alaskans might want to go back to being a territory. The ONLY taxes Alaskan citizens pay out of their checks are unemployment, disability, Social Security and federal taxes. People who live in territories get full voting rights, a representative in the US House and well, no federal income taxes. Which would be a very bad thing. Alaska is the ONLY state that gets more in federal funding than is paid in federal taxes. In other words, they want a free ride. It's your federal dollars no doubt that have made Palin such a popular governor. She came up with the idea of paying every man, woman and $1,200 a year just for living in Alaska. No state income tax... Where do you think that money is coming from? She has decided to give everyone in her state welfare, while she condemns TANF for the rest of the country and I'm sure in her own state. Now, let's look at her views on a woman's right to choose. I can hear some of you already. You think pro-choice means we want to rip the zygotes, embryos and fetuses from every pregnant woman on the planet. No. It means THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE. The Supreme Court decided this in 1973 under a Republican President who was pro women's rights. That should be the end of it. But no. The religious right has gotten into the act. I want to ask all of you who are far to the right about this abolition of taxes, welfare and forcing women to be punished for a broken condom, the pill not working, or just having a careless moment. If you do away with federal funding and force poor women to give birth, what happens to that baby? Doing away with federal funding and welfare may sound good from the populist point of view, but what it's going to create is a bunch of mothers on the streets with their begging. Or, as I read in the blog of a South African blogger here a few years ago, the will be begging door to door for food and money. And it won't be Halloween and they won't be in costumes. Don't tell me adoption. Let's face it. There are PLENTY of and babies who need homes in this country. The trouble is, they're all brown and black. The shortage is of white babies. Because it's the white middle class, what's left of it thanks to eight years of Bush and upscale families who can afford abortion. So pro-life is a policy that screams of white fright in my opinion and is racist. Let's make sure there are plenty of white babies for the people who want them. Who cares if it's inbred? Yep. Sarah Palin is against abortion in the case of . I truly feel sorry for her . We have no idea if her really wants this baby. If we are to listen to the hype, her set out to get pregnant at 17. To trap a boy into marriage. Man, I can't wait for her to write that expose of a book. Let's face it. Study after study has shown that who get pregnant on purpose are doing so because they're not getting any love or attention at home or they're in a home situation they want to escape by any means possible. I wonder which of those two categories her falls into? Then there are her religious views. The woman goes to a Bible Church who's pastor's views parallel Fred "God Hates Fags" Phelps. About the only differences between the Wasilla Bible Church and the Westboro Baptist Church are in Wasilla, the congregation isn't just Pastor Larry Kroon's family and they haven't started protesting funerals. Yet. Kroon is an end times fatalist. His sermons are online both in text and audio. The man makes Reverend Wright look like a nice guy. I am serious on this. This man preaches that if we all don't follow his way of God, God will smite the entire world. Yet he preaches against his congregation reading things such as Hal Lindsey and Tim LaHaye. Hal Lindsey is the one who popularized the entire Rapture thing in the 1970s with the book, "The Late, Great, Planet Earth." It came out around the time the Jehovah's Witnesses started screaming they knew the exact date the world would end in 1975. But he doesn't want his congregation to get their religious information on the wrath of God anywhere but from him. Can you say cult? "So?" I hear a few of you saying, "what does what her pastor believe have to do with what she believes?" If you were thinking this, you don't deserve to have the right to vote. The woman believes we should be a theocracy based on her religious beliefs. She is a former Pentecostal who now attends a church which is more severe than that cult. And yes, Pentecostal churches do have cult mentalities. Palin's social policies are based on her religious beliefs. These people make Richard M. Nixon look like a saint and a great President. But that is another post entirely. Now let's look at the biggie. Sarah Palin is under investigation and just may be eligible for jail time. She is under investigation for abusing her power to have Alaska's Public Safety Commissioner, Walt Monegan fired. "Why did she want him fired?" I hear you cry. "Surely he must have done something awful!" Well, it depends on how you look at it. What did Walt Monegan do that was so fucking dreadful? He and Palin's sister got a divorce. So, he had to be fired. Yeah, makes sense. If you're into graft and dirty politics. God, there is so much wrong with this woman that I know I'm leaving a few things out. However, what I find scary is how much steam the McCain/Palin ticket is picking up because she's a woman. I find it incredibly sexist to vote for someone based on gender. Male or female. Look at what they believe in. Look at who they are. Don't just say, "YES! FINALLY A WOMAN IN POWER!" Because to vote blindly based on that will be to turn us into a country based on religious law. Sorry, but keep your religion out of my personal life. Dear Goddess, why, oh why couldn't he have picked Kay Bailey Hutchinson?  |
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A few other things: Palin tried to ban books from the library, stop Wasilla and State Dept heads from speaking, she has no foreign policy experience, she berates earmarks but went to Washington to get them. She also believes the Bible is literally true and does not believe in evolution! She also fired the Wasilla police chief for opposing the NRA policy of allowing all to carry concealed weapons! She is a fascist and far right wing. The fact that Rush Limbaugh loves her should tell you enough! Unqualified and fascist. Makes George W. look good, which says a lot...
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9/8/2008 6:09 pm |
ok ok but she does have really good hair!
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9/8/2008 6:59 pm |
Ya know I love ya MissAnn. If I didnt you would not be on my watched list. That does not mean that I agree with all your political dribble  I prefer my own dribble. Facts as I see it are simple. Neither candidate offers shit to better America. The unemployment rate is at an all time high yet there are more illegal immigrants in the country working than ever before. Ship the illegals home. That frees up some 20 million jobs. Make real and hardcore welfare reforms that force Americans to migrate to jobs like they used to.... I think I will post a post on that. Bottom line. Neither candidate offer crap and neither do their running mate. Even if they did they are going up against a do nothing congress that has been in power 2 years and we are worse off now than two years ago. Face it. We are just fucked. I find it incredibly sexist to vote for someone based on gender. Male or female. Look at what they believe in. Look at who they are. Don't just say, "YES! FINALLY A WOMAN OR A BLACK IN POWER!" Because to vote blindly based on that will be to turn us into a country based on godless or muslim law. Sorry, but keep your atheism out of my personal life. *snicker* I am not dead yet
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Troopergate is bigger symptom of her willingness to use government to hurt her enemies even by illegal means. Nixon redux anyone? Not for me.
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Municipalities in Alaska can implement their own sales tax, which is what Palin did in Wasilla. Of course, she did cut property taxes. Which is a progressive tax, and which is regressive? I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed man. - Winston Churchill
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I don't like her, either, but in the interest of fairness, some of the stuff written in this post and comments may not be entirely true. There's a lot we don't know about her. Again, with all due respect, I don't get how the right to lifers are necessarily racist for their views. Statistically, the ratio of black women seeing abortions is quite a bit higher than whites. Per 1,000 white pregnancies, 204 were aborted. Per 1,000 black pregnancies, the number jumped to 534. The statistics I found were from 1995. Another interesting fact, over half of the abortions obtained were performed at under 12 weeks of gestation (85  . I can't help but wonder if we choice advocates agreed to ban partial birth abortions (except to save the mother's life) if a lot of the tension in country wouldn't go away.As it stands now, Roe v. Wade guarantees that these first trimester abortions will remain legal. The decision was based not only upon the implied Constitutional right to privacy, but hundreds of years of common law practice. It seems that abortion up until "quickening" has generally been allowed all throughout history, at least in most cultures. Most cultures understand that an embryo/fetus becomes a person. So, Roe v. Wade gets overturned. Who's gonna care for the mothers during their pregnancies? Who's gonna care for all of the little black babies afterwards? Who's going to answer for all the deaths caused by illegal, unsafe abortions? Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety. Other women cloy The appetites they feed, but she makes hungry Where most she satisfies. For vilest things Become themselves in her, that the holy priests Bless her when she is riggish. ~~ from Antony & Cleopatra
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Miss Ann, I think it's cute that you take an interest in politics but really. You see Miss Ann, these things are best left to those of us who know things. Yes I realize that you have your little opinions and would like to play a part but you should really leave these things to literate citizens. Yes yes you are concerned about the price of corn and pork bellies and the price of fuel for your tractor but we must look beyond that. You see Miss Ann, I live in a great metropolitan area. I know what the real issues are. I am not swayed by the rising price of a pitchfork or overalls or straw hats. We cannot leave the future of this country in the hands of hillbillys and okies. How would that look? What would the Taliban think? not to mention the North Koreans. This is a sex site is it not? Why don't you concentrate on showing your vagina on cam? I still haven't seen your vagina and neither have the lonely farmers. This is your purpose in life, your vagina, not politics. Spread your legs first and then we will listen to your thoughts on politics.
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Sex is not the only thing in life, even though it is very important. Besides politics, while irritating, is actually very important in affecting our lives. Palin is so far right she scares me if she is in charge of the Fed gov't. George W. should have taught us it matters if an idiot is Prez of the US.
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Once again, America gives us two choices for the presidency. At least with George W Bush and John Kerry, we had the "better the devil you know" mentality. We don't get that now. George Dub-ya is a fuckwad, but I have a sinking suspicion that Sarah Palin is gonna be ten times worse. Banning books from the library? What's going in their place? Palin probably didn't think that far ahead. But then again, I can't get behind Barack Obama and Joe Biden. With Obama, we have a guy that does not stand up for the national anthem. And Joe Biden seems to have come from nowhere. So, come Election Day, there are two things I might do. 1. Stay home and not have a thing to do with it. The late, great George Carlin has a point about elections: "I think if you vote, you have no right to complain. People like to twist that around, but if you vote, and these guys come in, and they screw things up, you have no right to complain coz you voted them in. I, on the other hand, who did not vote, have every right to complain about the mess you made that I had nothing to do with." Thank you, George. Besides, the American people don't put the president in the White House. The electoral college does, and unlike the American people, the electoral college can be bought. 2. Choose an independant or a write-in candidate. Write-in vote: Superman. Where's Jesse Ventura when we need him? Come into my realm! You aren't afraid...are you?
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Who is Kay Bailey Hutchinson? As for the 'Dr'...reminds me of Peanuts cartoon; does he hang the 5 cent sign, too?
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   The Swedish Angel What are we reading Those that makes me go hmmmmm
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9/16/2008 1:05 am |
 .......are you going to report it to RIGTHWINGER ?I am as good as you are bad
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Miss Ann, I think it's cute that you take an interest in politics but really. You see Miss Ann, these things are best left to those of us who know things. Yes I realize that you have your little opinions and would like to play a part but you should really leave these things to literate citizens. Yes yes you are concerned about the price of corn and pork bellies and the price of fuel for your tractor but we must look beyond that. You see Miss Ann, I live in a great metropolitan area. I know what the real issues are. I am not swayed by the rising price of a pitchfork or overalls or straw hats. We cannot leave the future of this country in the hands of hillbillys and okies. How would that look? What would the Taliban think? not to mention the North Koreans. This is a sex site is it not? Why don't you concentrate on showing your vagina on cam? I still haven't seen your vagina and neither have the lonely farmers. This is your purpose in life, your vagina, not politics. Spread your legs first and then we will listen to your thoughts on politics. When you're banging a hooker you picked up on the street, try to spare a thought for the rest of us whose lives are not based around sex. Some of us have something called a life. Come into my realm! You aren't afraid...are you?
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Some non-hillbilly presidents: Reagan, JFK, FDR, Truman, Nixon, Eisenhower. George Sr. was from New England and just visited Texas.
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10/5/2008 8:53 pm |
I didn't realize you could just say"no thank you" to an investigation? I'm in the middle of a political race right now, you'll have to wait to investigate wrongdoing? WTF?
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