two issues came to light over the past couple days. first, obama is proving to be an effective liar and totally unaware of how the country actually works economically. his remarks in texas that no one can succeed in business without government support is ridicilous. he said without roads etc these business could not succeed. well, when oil was found, the businesses built their own roads, drilled for their own water and provided for their own fire and police protection. it is scary to think that this man, our current president is that ignorant. If he aint that dumb, then he must be lying. in either case, he does not belong in the White House.
now, romney needs to do two things. one he needs to release tax returns for at least the last 4 years. i dont care if it impacts his partners or not. he is the one who chose to run, he knew going in this would be an issue, so he needed to figure out a way to do it. if he wont, then walk away and let the republicans find someone else. there is plenty of time. second, get a proper explanation of the bain thing out there. from 1999 to 2002 he was listed as CEO and sole stockholder. either he was or he wasn't. if he wasn't, explain how. if he was, explain why. but explain the discrepancy.
we need an election that is decided on the merits of obama's record (horrible) versus the record and/or plans of his opponent, not a pissing contest about issues that should not matter.
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Thursday, July 12, 2012
7/12/12 musings
first, let's talk pot. got medical pot law on books that for some reason has not been implemented yet after alomst two (?) years. and now have talk of decriminalizing pot (good idea). get them help in lieu of punishment (at a lower cost to boot!) i think we should start doing things that make sense rather than things that are "moral".
second thing on my list today is "budgets". why does government always have to raise capital by borrowing for all its maintenance needs. if you got a park, you know the benches will need painting, board replacement, etc. So, why don't you "budget" for it? this "budgeting" process goes up through NJ transit and all other state and federal agencies. if you know u r going to need new cars, "budget" for them, instead of borrowing for them.
next is foreign affairs. i'm tired of third world, and near third world, countries jerking us around. if they are going to stand up to us, let them stand up to us without our help! you want to show us how tough you are, great! Now, do it on your dime! it 's time we pull the plug anytime a country screws with us. yeah, we might be percieved as bullies, but i'm tired of turning my cheek and acting the fool for the world's bozos!
Romney spoke before the NAACP. He should have come out with both guns firing. If blacks look at where they are now compared to where they were 20 years ago, they were a hell of a lot better off then. Obama has done nothing to improve their lot, and won't, if given another 4 years. And, i think he was given a chance to express his views, so, rah, rah for the NAACP!
House vote to repeal "Obamacare" succeeds. This will force the Senate to vote on it again, identifying the Senators voting for or agin it, making it difficult for those up for reelection in tight States. This i think could turn the tide for the senate in november toward the republicans.
the "study" of memorable TV moments is either total "BS" or a dire indictment of our country as it exists today. How can anyone not have the moon landing in 1969 on their list? That was the most significant technological moment in our history! Certainly a top five, if not #1 or #2. i have never been one who could march in step with the masses, but i cannot be so out of touch that anything OJ did could possibly be in my top 25, not even my top 50.
last for today is about money in politics. The amont of money being raised and spent is appalling. and, the methods being used to raise it have become more nefarious. trying to keep this simple, it all began with trying to stop corporate money from being used in elections. it then grew into stopping union money from being used. then try to stop foreign money and the beat goes on. at the end of the day, the ruling says - you can spend all you want as a corporation as long as you don't let the campaign control how it's spent. oh, and by the way, you don't have to tell us who is making donations. otherwise, you must tell us and there are limits to how much can be donated, which favors the union side of things. i can offer two solutions to this problem. one is to make all airwaves free to candidates. airwaves belong to us, we rent them out, so we can control their use. you say the devil is in the details. i can be the devil (as can just about all american citizens), so that's not really an issue. the alternative is to allow (and limit) the amount of money used in a campaign. once again, i'll act as the devil.
second thing on my list today is "budgets". why does government always have to raise capital by borrowing for all its maintenance needs. if you got a park, you know the benches will need painting, board replacement, etc. So, why don't you "budget" for it? this "budgeting" process goes up through NJ transit and all other state and federal agencies. if you know u r going to need new cars, "budget" for them, instead of borrowing for them.
next is foreign affairs. i'm tired of third world, and near third world, countries jerking us around. if they are going to stand up to us, let them stand up to us without our help! you want to show us how tough you are, great! Now, do it on your dime! it 's time we pull the plug anytime a country screws with us. yeah, we might be percieved as bullies, but i'm tired of turning my cheek and acting the fool for the world's bozos!
Romney spoke before the NAACP. He should have come out with both guns firing. If blacks look at where they are now compared to where they were 20 years ago, they were a hell of a lot better off then. Obama has done nothing to improve their lot, and won't, if given another 4 years. And, i think he was given a chance to express his views, so, rah, rah for the NAACP!
House vote to repeal "Obamacare" succeeds. This will force the Senate to vote on it again, identifying the Senators voting for or agin it, making it difficult for those up for reelection in tight States. This i think could turn the tide for the senate in november toward the republicans.
the "study" of memorable TV moments is either total "BS" or a dire indictment of our country as it exists today. How can anyone not have the moon landing in 1969 on their list? That was the most significant technological moment in our history! Certainly a top five, if not #1 or #2. i have never been one who could march in step with the masses, but i cannot be so out of touch that anything OJ did could possibly be in my top 25, not even my top 50.
last for today is about money in politics. The amont of money being raised and spent is appalling. and, the methods being used to raise it have become more nefarious. trying to keep this simple, it all began with trying to stop corporate money from being used in elections. it then grew into stopping union money from being used. then try to stop foreign money and the beat goes on. at the end of the day, the ruling says - you can spend all you want as a corporation as long as you don't let the campaign control how it's spent. oh, and by the way, you don't have to tell us who is making donations. otherwise, you must tell us and there are limits to how much can be donated, which favors the union side of things. i can offer two solutions to this problem. one is to make all airwaves free to candidates. airwaves belong to us, we rent them out, so we can control their use. you say the devil is in the details. i can be the devil (as can just about all american citizens), so that's not really an issue. the alternative is to allow (and limit) the amount of money used in a campaign. once again, i'll act as the devil.
Monday, July 2, 2012
Dwayne Wickham
read his commentary today in APP (7/2/12). Essence of his words are that all black need to come out in volume in order that obama can be reelected. he needs blacks to win. nothing to do with issues, just obama the blacks to vite for him. this is as racist a call as anything any southerner did in the 50's or 60's. this call for votes worked in 2008 for two reasons. first, a black man was on the ballot for the first time. i understood it then. second, it was a time of "hope and change". i did not believe it then, but many others did. I do not believe even the most gullible believe it now.
Sunday, July 1, 2012
this is just a note regarding today 7/1/12. biggest issue was obamacare supreme court decision discussion. roberts was main interest. some called him very smart and way ahead of everyone else, others called him a traitor and yet others thought he came around to the view that wee need unified health care and this was a way to keep the ball rolling toward that goal. i think he didnt have the balls to do what was right and necessary. his only job is to interpret the constitutionality of the law, not to determine what any law might casue the country to do. he failed miserably. he used convoluted logic to escape making the proper decision in this case and he probably thinks he saved our country a lot of aggravation by doing so.
he has not! We need more people to use the KISS principle when making decisions. things just aint that complicated when you boil them down to the basics.
he has not! We need more people to use the KISS principle when making decisions. things just aint that complicated when you boil them down to the basics.
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