Harry Reid, let the governmaent run right

I'm tired of partican politics, and for quite a while, that I don't like the Tea Party. But now, Senator Reid, that said that you told that the Bill from the House that was DOA? So you are just as bad as Tea Party. Don't say that we disagree, but we'll take it to a vote, and then compromise? You're as stupid as the Tea Party is. Refuse to vote on the 15 bills that the House have sent you and refuse to talk? You're just like Mitch McConnell saying their # 1 goal is to stop all and see

Leaving Iraq- If not now, when?

The troops are out of Iraq and will be home for the holidays. And a man that I have respected and have met a few times, Senator McCain has stopped being the maverick, the smart, moderate person I knew and has turned into a NeoCon and Tea Party puppet. I spent 20 years in the military, Senator, and I know that when the objective is complete, you leave and come home. Are you saying our mission in going to Iraq was to set up an American satellite state to counter Iran? No, the mission was to defeat Hussein and bring democracy to the country. Well, the despot is dead and election have been held. What now do you want from Iraq? The country will continue to have problems, but they will be their problems, not ours. And would keeping 20,000 troops there prevent these problem? No, we'd just be sucked into them. Unfortunately, Senator, you think like too many military men I knew, and why I got out when I did. "No matter what happens, I will not allow this command to get smaller," is a statement I heard several times in briefings. This, I believe, is the mindset that keeps troops in Europe. History will be written many years from now, when both you and I are dead, Senator, but when it is written, if this is found to be a mistake, the problem won't be that we left too soon, but that we went there in the first place.       

With Newt, Tea Party finds a match made in their heaven.

Although I have my doubts about Newt Gingrich's staying power, what I fear isn't that he'll say something stupid and blow up his chances for the nomination, but that he'll continue to say stupid, idiotic things, and this will endear him to the Tea Party. This is a man that was fined $300,000 while in the Congress, came up with the plan to compromise with Democrats only as a last resort, thinks poor inner-city people have no work ethic, believes child labor laws should be abolished, sees no problem receiving over a million dollars from a government agency he thinks is taking illegal actions, and believes the dumbest thing he ever did was to do an ad with Nancy Pelosi. And lastly, he hates President Obama, not just his policies, but him personally. And he fits like a hand in a glove (an iron glove, though) with the Tea Party. They believe that banks are under-regulated (overturn Dodd-Frank), want air and water rules relaxed, if not completely repealed (Abolish the EPA), believes that the Constitution doesn't apply to all people (wants to limit the rights of gays and lesbians), and will go against the Constitution to stop the census (Abolishing the Commerce Department, which oversees the census, which is required in the Constitution). And yes, they hate President Obama, not just his policies, but him personally. The are a perfect match, but I wouldn't call where they are at heaven.     

What can they be looking at? Must be Fox News

In the paper today, out of 9 letters to the editors, 3 were hatred directed to President Obama, the Democratic party, or Occupy Wall Street. One said that  President Obama's speech in Kansas should have been given in Liberal Kansas, and not one President should give such a class-warfare rhetoric speech. After reading the speech transcript, what was the class warfare? The part that said that laws should be fair? The part that said loopholes should be closed to even out the tax burden? And wasn't it taken almost a word for word from another Presidental speech? Oh, that's right, yes it was, and a Republican President at that. The letter against the Democratic Party said that liberals refuse to compromise. Again, what did the GOP compromise on? If Democrats were willing to look at Medicare and Social Security and make cuts, where was the Tea Party on raising revenue and cutting defense spending? They were nowhere, refusing to look at either. The letter against the Occupy Wall Street groups said that they were camping out at every park, disturbing the peace, cops were getting beaten up and people killed by the occupiers, the group burning cars and breaking windows. Not only for the most part did this not happen, and vandalism was almost non-exiastant until the protesters were maced, hosed, and corralled into small areas, but it was the police in certain areas that were spraying pepper spray into the eyes of people that were hand-cuffed and on their knees. By these 3 letters just got me thinking, where can the Tea Party be getting their information? I know it's not CNN or MSNBC, and I doubt the 3 broadcast news casts would tell such obvious lies. No, I think I know where it came from, and it makes me want to change my last name. For my real name is John Fox, and when I give out news about myself, it comes out as a Fox News Report. I think I'll change my last name to Onion-LOL!!!   

How many people can be on the edge of a dime?

Although I am thoroughly disgusted with the GOP and their remaking themselves the Tea Party, when it comes to the budget deficit and the need to get it balanced, both sides are at fault. GOP, taxes are too low, no if, ands or, buts. While the norm for the amount of government income (taxes) to GDP and expenditures to GDP is around 19%, and taxes sit at 16% now. This cannot continue, and taxes must be raised. But expenditures are now at 23% or more (it seems to differ by how it is calculated), and this cannot be continued. So my suggestion is to have taxes at 21% and expenditures capped at 19% until the budget is balanced, and the then taxes can be lowered to 20%, and expenditures can be raised to 20%. But I know that will never happen. Why? Because in a lot of ways, it is like I am on the edge of a dime, seeing the head side and the tail side never meeting, and thinking they are both the only correct side to the coin. But until there are more people not siding with either side of the coin, but splitting the difference, there won't be any compromise. And that makes me wonder, how many people can fit on the edge of dime, anyway?

Oh yes, Mr. Cain, you had an affair

I hate to tell you this, Herman, but it really doesn't matter if you had sex with that woman. Well, it does, but it really doesn't since, if you knew a woman for over 10 years, gave her money occasionally, and your wife knows nothing about any of this, or even that you knew her, then you were unfaithful to her. Reverse the situation and see how you'd feel. Your wife has known a man for that long, has occasionally given him money (It's just that she's generous), and you know not one thing about him, or know that she knows him. Has she been truthful to you all these years? Has she been faithful to you? Now, back to you, and your actions. Does this make you a bad choice for President? No, there are many other things that do that, like your lack of experience and you views on the world. But it does mean that you've been living a lie for many years, and that, in my mind, does disqualify you to lead this country.  

Are debates Reality TV? No, it's an alternate world

It has been suggested that having Donald Trump moderate would show the debates for what they are, which is really a badly produced reality show. But I think it really shows that we now live in an alternate world, where non-sense makes sense, and lies are accepted as fact. Where is the place that has debates between those that have a background of governing states, like Johnson and Roemer, can be in the debates, and a CEO who has run for office but never elected has to sit out? Where is the place that when a candidate lies, it is immediately brought up, and they must answer the accusation? Where is the place that tells a person's background and holds them responsible? That would be the real world. But that's not where these debates are being held. No, these debates are being held in: THE TEA PARTY TWILIGHT ZONE.