Comments on: Starting Gate: Calm Before The Storm?

[aeuro01]

Hallo

I am not american. Therefore I can%u2019t vote. But I hope the american people
will be wise enough to vote and elect McCain.

ALL PEOPLE SHOULD VOTE FOR MCCAIN.

Obama hasn%u2019t do anything as senator and he is not an american in
hearth. He is also not to trust. He has only luck !

Regards

Reuben the Engineer

[olivia4441]

raflin: If you are not afraid, you really should be. The fact that you are not is more fearful than anything else come this way so far.

[olivia4441]

Obama%u2019s record is as devoid of substance today as it was when his campaign began. Behind his soaring eloquence lies a tissue-thin resume and some disturbing personal associations.
Moreover, he and his running-mate, Joe Biden, represent a Democratic Party overly obligated to special interests like trial lawyers and rapacious public-employee unions.
Even as the economy is being rocked, Obama advocates a fundamental rewriting of the tax code that - far from cutting taxes for "95 percent" of Americans, as he promises - would dramatically raise tax rates, coupled with $650 billion in tax-credit-driven hikes in entitlement and other spending.
And that is likely just the starting point - with the Nancy Pelosi-Harry Reid Congress pushing hard to enhance the handouts while raising taxes further and slashing defense spending.
It is, in fact, on defense and national security that the differences between McCain and Obama are especially clear.
Simply put, McCain gets it - and Obama doesn''t.
McCain, for example, knew that a pacified Iraq was critical to victory in the War on Terror. Obama, despite campaign-driven rhetoric, seems barely to believe that the war needs to be fought.
But these times demand genuine, tested and principled leadership and experience - of the sort that John McCain has demonstrated in a lifetime of public service.
As Obama''s opponents during the primaries - including Joe Biden - repeatedly warned, the presidency is no place for on-the-job training.

[olivia4441]

It was a time of economic panic. The government had first caused a downturn
and then meddled until the economy collapsed completely. The people demanded
change.

Along came a glib, smooth talking newcomer. He had no governing experience to
speak of, but promised the change his people sought. He also promised free health
care, strict controls on guns and a massive redistribution of wealth from the few
rich to the many poor. The people praised him, the press extolled him and vilified
his opponent.
Children sang songs about him and university students chanted his name.

He was elected, and all the changes came to pass, but not as most had expected.

Because it was Germany, in 1938.

If that scares you, it *** well should.

The polls, the people, and the media are wrong.

[nellybelly52]

mavnomore -- Basically, the "idiots" you speak of are the backbone of hard working America. These are the same constituents that have defined the values of America. They do not have the entitlement mentality of the liberal democrats, they truly think and do not rely on the government to manage every aspect of their lives. Fannie and Freddie were the creation of these liberals who felt that all Americans deserved expensive homes without the labour of hard work. The same people who will burden more Americans to pay for healthcare for those who do not want to work. More special interest groups catering to small groups of people incapable of making decisions, something like Obama, voting "present".

McCain / Palin have worked for their success, and want America to work. To invest in America''s independance on the outside for resources, stop job losses, create new jobs.

Obama and the Unicorn Utopians will have no plan, but will cater to all who supported financially.

[rickwar]

BARACK OBAMA IS PLANNING TO BANKRUPT THE COAL INDUSTRY!

LISTEN TO OBAMA''''S OWN WORDS:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=Hdi4onAQBWQ

THE FOLLOWING STATES ARE IN CRITICAL DANGER OF AN ECONOMIC DISASTER FROM AN OBAMA PRESIDENCY:

WYOMING, WEST VIRGINIA, KENTUCKY, PENNSYLVANIA, MONTANA, TEXAS, COLORADO, INDIANA, NORTH DAKOTA, ILLINOIS, AND VIRGINIA.

PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THESE COAL-PRODUCING STATES SHOULD SAVE THEMSELVES!

DON''''T VOTE FOR THE ONE WHO WILL BRING RUIN TO YOUR ECONOMY!

ALL AMERICANS WILL BE FACING FINANCIAL TURMOIL DUE TO AN MASSIVE INCREASE IN POWER RATES DUE TO OBAMA''''S CAP AND TRADE POLICIES.


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Posted by CBSisPravda at 10:00 AM : Nov 03, 2008

Fear and Panic, typical Republican response.

[greenfun]

November 02, 2008
Ego and Mouth
By Thomas Sowell
After the big gamble on subprime mortgages that led to the current financial crisis, is there going to be an even bigger gamble, by putting the fate of a nation in the hands of a man whose only qualifications are ego and mouth?

Barack Obama has the kind of cocksure confidence that can only be achieved by not achieving anything else.

Anyone who has actually had to take responsibility for consequences by running any kind of enterprise-- whether economic or academic, or even just managing a sports team-- is likely at some point to be chastened by either the setbacks brought on by his own mistakes or by seeing his successes followed by negative consequences that he never anticipated.


The kind of self-righteous self-confidence that has become Obama''s trademark is usually found in sophomores in Ivy League colleges-- very bright and articulate students, utterly untempered by experience in real wor

[hokuto1]

PaulaAnne2 worries too much: "Do you really know the change our country is in for with an Obama administration?"

No, and neither do you. In all likelihood, it will be more change than you''d prefer, and less than I''d prefer. He''ll have the most intractable set of problems to face right off, and he''ll no doubt be blamed for not being the messiah the republicans keep talking about. But he''s what we need right now. Real Americans Vote Obama!

[antoniof123]

I made a decision to vote early and I am glad that I did.

Now you should know this I went to both web sites and read up on them in their own words (well their advisors own words). Then I tallied all the mud slinging that was done (I went to factcheck.org) and that along with the information is how to vote.

Be informed, when you listen to someone else you are just being a sheep.

[nellybelly52]

rdepontb et al.

Many men and women have raised the masses in revolt, brilliant leaders. Yet history has shown that despite their intelligence, ability to stir the emotions of a people, they failed to lead their people to the glory of their rhetoric.

Mr. Obama may be a man of great intelligence, broad perspective, and one to enflame the hearts of an America, looking for change. He lacks the grit to make decisions, be they right or wrong. His voting record of "present" shows his inability to stand for something. McCain, right or wrong did vote, and when the course of his action was dangerous, he knows to retreat and find another route of attack.

Churchill, Kennedy, Thatcher, and others never feared voicing their plan of leadership, and were willing to admit defeat, but always fought onward. Obama will never admit error.

McCain admits things, admits being human, and Palin is honest and does have a plan, like it or not, and has shown her willingness to attack, and do what needs to be done to help her Alaskan citizens. Chicago and Illinois are in without a game plan. But do have a history of great rhetoric.

McCain for leadership and a plan.

[mavnomore]

About 25 percent of the adult population in the United States is solidly authoritarian (with that group mostly composed of followers, and a small percentage of potential leaders). It is in these ranks of some 70 million that are the core of the McCain/Palin supporters.

Here comes the critically important characteristic for those of us that go round and round with them on this site and wonder why they never get it (and never will.) They are people who are so self-righteous, so ill-informed, and so dogmatic that nothing you can say or do will change their minds.

Which proves my point, you can lead a far right wing nut to the truth but you can''''t make them think.

[truthspeake2]

Obama/Biden 2008...RIP GOP!

[rdepontb]

To Nellybelly52 and friends,

Obama had to be a "hero" in so many ways to reach where he is today. Do you have any idea of the travails he has faced, of the effort, study, and dedication it has taken?

Certainly, John F. Kennedy is well-remembered; like McCain, his "ship" too was hit by enemy fire, and still he survived. Kennedy was the heir to an American fortune, where the best schools, healthy food and surroundings were always provided as a matter of course.

Same for McCain, who''s father and grandfather were Naval Admirals, without which history and standing he would have been excused from the Naval Academy any number of times for his overindulgences.

Barack went through on scholarship, hard work, and family values that prized successes so gained. He is one of our most intelligent candidates ever, has the most diverse background, the broadest perspective. Even his modest "community organizer" background, much derided by Republicans from Palin on down, was put to extremely effective use in getting out the greatest number of new voters the nation has ever seen. ("What in the world does a ''community organizer'' do, anyway?" They ask. Now they know---they rally the people to get their thoughts and needs realized, they get out the vote!)

[nellybelly52]

Olivia4441 -- I fear that external forces will work to divide this great country. What greater challenge to a country so divided by color than to have its leader taken.(May God Protect our President).

I may not agree with Mr. Obama, but have resigned to accept that there is a very real possibility that he will win. If so, I hope that Americans will unite, and struggle through the rough seas we will be riding.

[paulaanne2]

Anticlimatic? Obama''s assault on the coal industry-the SF interview in which he says he will bankrupt them and energy prices will go up.
How about Obama''s aunt, the illegal immigrant living in poverty in public housing with a four-year deportation notice? I thought Obama said we should take care of our brothers and sisters--just not aunts? And yet she made illegal campaign contributions -- but the press seems to make little of the fact that Obama has chosen to take no safety precautions when it comes to collecting money nor has he released donor names.

Wake up voters!!!
the type of change we don''t need:
"Employees for Free Choice Act"
"Count Every Vote Act"
"Fairness Doctrine"
"The Freedom of Choice Act"
English NOT our official language?
Drivers Licenses & Health Benefits for illegal immigrants?

Do you really know the change our country is in for with an Obama administration?

[olivia4441]

To paraphrase Guido the Killer Pimp from the film "Risky Business," in a sluggish economy, never, ever mess with a man''s livelihood.


But that''s what the Messiah is going to do, and as a result a lot of normally non-violent folks who "cling to guns or religion" are going to really be feeling "antipathy to people who aren''t like them," just not for the reasons Obama believes.


And therein lies the real tragedy, for November 4, 2008, could have been a shining moment in American history. After all, a black man is running for president, and might actually win. This should have united the country like never before, and come close to ending the racism that has been one of our nation''s banes since its inception.


However, because Obama used race to get himself to this point, while also pitting folks of differing incomes against each other for his own political benefit, it seems far more likely that tomorrow will divide our country like it hasn''t been in over a century ushering back in hatred that will make Martin Luther King Jr. roll over in his grave.


As a result, Tuesday has all the makings of a day that will live in infamy, for what "The One" has wrought will leave behind an America that resembles nothing like what we''ve asked in song for years be blessed.


Ironically, it seems the Messiah''s reverend will get his wish after all.

[nellybelly52]

NORTH TO ALASKA....

That is right, Palin has the only US state where economic expansion is expected for the next few years. It has been her policies and investment in infrastructure, resource management, and cost cutting that has given ALASKA the healthy economy. They have also invested in education, social programs, and more, all without raising taxes.

Obama will not do the same, but rather spend on more special interest groups, fund failing programs, raise taxes, and put more Americans on welfare than we have seen since the dirty thirties.

To see so many Americans, lulled into the belief that Obama is Kennedy is truly sad. Mr. Kennedy, was a war hero, a patriot, actually had policies and a plan. Obama is the puppet of liberal society.

McCain/Palin 08 if America matters.

[rdepontb]

Whichever party wins, they will need the full support of the country to get behind some much needed, long-awaited improvement strategies.

I remember how hard I''d worked to get by my first year in graduate school; never had I gotten so little sleep, read and wrote so much, discussed so many disparate topics. I sort of got used to that routine until I started on my actual doctoral research topic; all over again, I was sure I''d never be able to work that hard again.

What happened, of course, was that the doctorate''s was but a mere entry slip to the club of working under impossible hours and stress. I could use all of my training, would need it all, to keep moving forward.

Those who worked hard and long on this election will, I''m sure, feel the same way. The foundational work happens all along, all through the campaign. The real hard work is making something of the interim results of all that work: What do you do if you accomplish your objective of finishing your degree or winning the election? That''s a scary thought to ponder, but the answer is that to make it all have been worthwhile, it takes extra effort again to make sure you can bring those hard-won little victories to a purposeful, successful end.

Let''s all remember that we will need to work just as hard to keep everyone motivated and working in a future-defining direction after election day. We''re all prepared for it now, so let''s do it!

[joe68sg1]

Article from Yahoo! Just another example of republiCON distain for our country.

Bush team rushes environment policy changes

Whether it''s getting wolves off the Endangered Species List, allowing power plants to operate near national parks, loosening regulations for factory farm waste or making it easier for mountaintop coal-mining operations, these proposed changes have found little favor with environmental groups.

Even some free-market organizations have joined conservation groups to urge a moratorium on last-minute rules proposed by the Interior Department and the Environmental Protection Agency, among others.

John Kostyack of the National Wildlife Federation, which joined Lehrer''s group to call for a ban on these last-minute rules, said citizens are cut out of the process, allowing changes in U.S. law that the public opposes, such as rolling back protections under the Endangered Species Act.

Industry is likely to benefit if Bush''s rules on the environment become effective, Madia said.

"Whether it''s the electricity industry or the mining industry or the agriculture industry, this is going to remove government restrictions on their activity and in turn they''re going to be allowed to pollute more and that ends up harming the public," Madia said in a telephone interview.

What is unusual is the speedy trip some of these environmental measures are taking through the process.