Obama Caving?

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Saturday May 16, 2009 · 4:45 PM PDT

2009/05/16 · 16:45

I am beginning to wonder how many campaign promises Obama is going to break?

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Wednesday November 05, 2008 · 11:11 AM PST

2008/11/05 · 11:11

Ted Stevens running for office in Alaska. These people are trying to get him into office being a convicted felon!

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Tuesday November 07, 2006 · 12:27 PM PST

2006/11/07 · 12:27

I have voted in the same place (a school) for 17 years. I went to vote after checking my status online.
When I got to the school a little hand written piece of paper written in magic marker, "Not a voting place. Got to the old school (museum)." NO address, NO directions, so I ask the school crossing guard, "Where is this place?" She did not know.
So I called my wife on my cell and she told me where she thought it was located and I found it.
But while there a woman and her mother were there, the mother almost in tears. They had walked to the polling place and were told to go else whee. I offered them a ride (I didn't care HOW they voted, just that the COULD vote.)
Well, the kindly declined my offer and said they would walk.
My state is so red if you chipped off the paint it would be red underneath. Why cannot these people figure out how to make it easy and accurate?
I don't even want to get into the electronic voting disaster waiting to happen.
From a loyal American disgusted by crooks, thieves and deceitful behavior.

Another missed opportunity

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Thursday September 28, 2006 · 4:36 PM PDT

2006/09/28 · 16:36

Well, the Democrats have again squandered away a chance to do some good and filibuster the "Torture" amendment. Harry Reid caved again as did the rest of the leadership.

I find it interesting that we have never condoned torture in any previous war and did not need to, nor do we now.

Are we becoming our enemy? As we loose our freedoms we stand like sheep.
Sadly posted, maverick

Common Sense

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Thursday September 22, 2005 · 3:29 PM PDT

2005/09/22 · 15:29

As I have heard all the excuses for the inability of our government to execute emergency plans I find a familiar thread. We had C130s full, ready to go to on the runway in San Diego. Homeland Security has 9 I believe, stockpiles of food, water, and all the emergency supplies needed in an emergency and none were used. (When asked why they did not send anything they replied, "No one asked.") The Red Cross was told to wait and so was the Coast Guard who had a great plan to follow Katrina into New Orleans and were either not let in or told to stay put. Here is an analogy I think fits perfectly. Your neighbor's house is on fire and you sit in your house and watch it burn while he desperately tried to stop the fire. The house burns down. He comes over and asks, "Why didn't you help and the answer is, "You did not ask." I don't have to be asked to help a fellow human being in trouble, why does the government?

One BIG reason this country is in such bad shape

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Saturday September 17, 2005 · 8:00 PM PDT

2005/09/17 · 20:00

Setting aside the Katrina disaster, the war, the nepotism, the blatant lies I believe this is a huge contributer to what we have evolved into. During the last Senate election the average cost per Senator to run his campaign was $9,473,789.00 or $131,580.40 per month in office. Now there are exceptions. For instance, SD where Tom Daschle and his running mate John Thune spent a total of $35,271,263.00 combined which is equal to $63.00 per registered voter in their state. This is for a job that the pay starts out at $158,100.00 plus benefits. I also wonder how any Senator can be honest or not beholden to anyone and still raise that kind of money even if he is rich to start with. To raise that kind of money how can a Senator or Representative get any work done except raise money? Mention campaign reform and the Republicans run like cock roaches.

Semantics and BS

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Monday September 12, 2005 · 2:42 PM PDT

2005/09/12 · 14:42

I have to hand it to the Republican spin machine. They can come up with a catch word or phrase within micro-seconds. Accountability is now "finger pointing" a good dodge for anyone mentioning responsibility. Now the "race card" , just a substitute for discrimination is being resurrected from a long absence on national TV. Also, truth and BS are being mixed up to serve whatever purpose is necessary at the time. Why did not the mayor do this or that. He is a MAYOR, not an emergency response expert and I have never heard what he did right or wrong. At his level I would suspect contacting the Governor and FEMA about the situation, which he did would be the first things that had to be done. Some buses did take people out of the city and returned. Whatever the Governor or mayor did or did not do does not erase this fact. According to the FEMA Bylaws, NO one needs to authorize them to move!! Read More

The whole Picture

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Saturday September 10, 2005 · 1:22 PM PDT

2005/09/10 · 13:22

I purposely have waited a few days to see how the reaction would shape up and give me time to step back and look at this as a whole. As I predicted the Bush SSM (Super Spin Machine) is in full gear with limited success. The usual MO, blame the locals, mayor, Governor, anyone but the real people responsible. Five of the seven top FEMA managers are political appointments with little or no emergency background. The news media again is faltering and failing to assess the blame where it belongs. Accountability and now become "finger pointing". If it were not for blogs this story would be on page 20 of some obscure newspaper. Read More

The Teflon administration

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Wednesday September 07, 2005 · 7:08 PM PDT

2005/09/07 · 19:08

I saw and read about what I expected today. The Republican super spin machine is in high gear. Everyone is avoiding the truth. Bush is ignoring (publicly) his own party's criticism of him, FEMA and the fiasco surrounding Katrina.

One thing that really amazes me is the call for X-mayor Giuliani from New York. It is like if he was there everythnig would be alright. Right. The 9/11 terrorist attack is not comparable to this hurricane. First, NY was not totally under water or affected. The disaster was isolated in a specific area. The hurricane was equated to covering and area the size of England! How much can any mayor do when FEMA stops, instead of sending, supplies, material and HELP?

Shouldn't some sort of law be passed that the head of a governmental agency have some education in that field or at least extensive experience? What a novel idea.......

I want to see an independent investigation run by someone other than the people responsible for the failure. I want it now, not when they have spun this out of proportion and confused and muddled up the situation that the American people will again be fooled.

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