CDC...I TRULY don't know right now whether I am voting for BO. I don't like Obama's stance on taxation at all...AT ALL,
AT ALL and I have ALWAYS liked McCain and his previous stances against the "radical right", BUT I also have liberal tendencies (aaaaaagh...sorry guys,
but I am a complete fiscal conservative). I eschew organized religion, and I truly hope the heck that MChat was joking when he said "First it's 6000 years, not 4000". How can ANY sentient being believe THAT????????????????
I thought this principles on which this country was formed were superb, especially the
separation of church and state, but it seems we are regressing and now EVERY candidate has to make some kind of statement or another about HOW they believe in god more than the next guy, and for some bizarre reason it has to be a Christian god...actually, it has to be a Christian god as defined by the Council of Nicaea, not even the original one!!! I feel that McCain PANDERED to the right-wing, Christian bigots by appointing her, and THAT DISAPPOINTED ME! It just pi$$es me off, since I left a country where we were all supposed to be Church of England, and now it appears we are all supposed to be Christian...why does anyone care, it's all man-made anyhow?????
Consequently, my vote WAS going to go to "the lesser of two evils" (i.e. McCain) BUT, then he went and screwed up by appointing a "questionable" (to avoid any unnecessary hyperbolic response!) VP candidate. Sorry, I understand why some of you might think she is wonderful, but I just think she is an inexperienced, religious nutjob. Oh, and SHE HAS 5 KIDS...wtf is THAT about...what sort of "sensible decision making process" was involved in THOSE choices...she didn't check with me before she started a tribal community up there, and MY taxes are paying to educate at least 3 of them!!!! Can someone at least tell her where they are coming from?
I trusted McCain's judgement up until that choice, that's all, now I have serious doubts.
I LOVE this forum, and respect the freedoms in this country (perhaps more than most of the readers here since I am an immigrant, and have
lived in 5 different countries and seen 5 different political systems at work!!!) that allow us to debate, argue, call one another names, express disgust at one another's opinions, but when push comes to shove, we would all help one another through the worst.
CDC, you and I 'debated' this a week or so ago, and I am still "in the damn middle". Up until yesterday I WAS voting for Obama, but as of today, after careful consideration of Obama's tax programs (!), I WOULD vote McCain today...and if he dies in office, I shall move to France (YES, FRANCE!!!!!!!!!!!) the very next day because WE WILL ALL BE COMPLETELY F***ED!
"what do I know?"...I know that..
a) we are sadly lacking in true statesmen in today's political environment and are consequently bickering over two individuals who are, at best, middle-of-the-road in intellect and leadership ability. Neither could be even close to rocket-scientists (and I DO know that one, since I used to be one...
)
b) the best candidates NEVER run for office because the environment is too destructive
c) extremes in BOTH parties are completely destructive...left wing Democrats have way too many communist tendencies and right wing Republicans are like The Spanish Inquisition
d) we are stuck with Hobson's Choice for candidates
e) this country has been
severely damaged by the last 8 years of Bush rule in ways that we still don't know or understand and we will be living with the economic, social, international and political consequences for decades to come.
f) the fighting men and women of this country should receive every gratitude from each and every one of us for a) putting their lives on the line so that WE can BS around on forums like this and b) putting up with the no-win situations that our braindead, incompetent politicians put them in every day
g) the designated hitter is not good for baseball
h) The peace sign is 50 years old this year, and represents the two semaphore letters N and D!!!!
i) I also know why the American Standard gauge railroad is 4' 8.5", why Easter is so called, the origin of the term Hat Trick, why the Romans used serif fonts and a host of other useless trivia...LOL
wow, sorry for rambling, I got on a roll
Glyn