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McCain gets really NASTY!

Check out his new ad.   Three black men doing bad things followed by an elderly white woman.  What a cheap and nasty campaign ad.   Let’s elect McCain and Palin, we can set Civil Rights and the Women’s movement back fifty years in one shot.  The Republican Party is the Lynching Party - bring your own [...]



States Rights - a Feudal System

Bear with me - sometimes the answers to current problems have historical roots - and the answers to complex problems have already been worked out.  Over time people have tried varieties of government and economic systems.  Our Founding Fathers studied the history of government and molded the bold liberal experiment that we now call the [...]



McCain, “My Friends, trust me”

McCain wants the people to trust him.  We are nauseated every time we hear McCain use the term ‘my friends,’  he wears it out.  He suggests he is your friend - but we should all check the value of or 401k’s today.  That is the true measure of how much the Republican brand is your [...]



Race is perception - why it matters in politics

Son,
I am a baby boomer - that generation of people that outnumber the rest of you folks. We grew up with civil rights and anti-war protesting and counter culture movements. Today we are skeptical about those who wish to claim the mantle of leadership for cultural change. Race is always important.
We loved Martin Luther King, [...]



Ron Paul, Marijuana, Government

Son,
Ron Paul takes huge leaps of logic. There is a fundamental problem with his libertarian philosophy. That philosophy ignores the inter-dependence of modern society. Centralized government must take a larger role in a world where individuals States can no longer stand alone - Marijuana crosses the State borders like the wind. No one State can [...]



Pelosi - Mothering of Congress, no smoking

Son,
Is Nancy Pelosis the mother figure of Congress?  No - this is just another sexist comment by Chris Matthews on Hardball.
Pelosi has established some rules about smoking on Capital Hill.  Some of the Congressmen are not happy about it.  This is an issue that is being address in every legislative body in the country, right [...]