Oh God, . . I hope the republicans win!

[cobra de capell]

Originally Posted by Excaliber

Obama, he's my main man!

In the above link there is picture of Bush dressed in traditional Vietnamese garb, I guess that means he's a communist?

HELLO DADDY, HELLO MAMA (A Letter from Camp Obama)
Tune: "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (A Letter from Camp)"

Hello Daddy
Hello Mama
Here I am at
Camp Obama
Camp's as pretty
As a painting
And they say we'll have some fun if we stop fainting

Our Barack has
Gifts of healing
Stevie Wonder's
Out four-wheeling
I met Oprah
Over dinner
Since she's been here she's got thirteen inches thinner

All the campers
Drink the Kool-Aid
That the counselors
At the school made
This is change we
Can believe in
'Cause the campers who come in here won't be leavin'

Now I just thought
I should buy ya
A small bust of
Our Messiah
You can put it
On your dashboard
It will guide and guard your car so it won't crash more

Yes we can!
Oh Daddy, Mama!
Yes we can!
I love Obama!
Don't tell me
I ought to find out facts
Of how
He plans to spend and tax

Yes we can!
I promise he will
Heal the holes
That cause the problems
In our souls
Oh please don't make me say
Just how--
He'll find a way

Got to stop now
Looks like we're through
Camp Obama
Has a curfew
Every day it's
Early rising
After "Washing of the Brains" it's "Plagiarizing"

Wait a minute
What's this gabbin'
Two new campers
In our cabin
See their nametags
Read the printin'
Seems the campers' names are Bill and Chelsea Clinton!

[Ronbo]

The last person I was happy to vote for was Reagan.

Carter wanted to make everyone happy by using the Johnson method of throwing money at it till it went away. It worked exactly the same.

Only reason McCain got the nod was 90% of the country didn't know who the other guys were or paid attention to what they said.

A dollar already can't change hands three times before it's completely absorbed in taxes. Even suggesting new ones should be punishable by banishment to the north pole without a jacket.

Here's a neat quiz you might want to try out: World's Smallest Political Quiz

I'm a libretarian / republican fence rider.

[65cobra1]

With all the rhetoric, BS and accusations all the politicians are throwing around, has any candidate made any statements about reducing, examining or re-evaluating the amount of foreign aid we are throwing down that black hole?

[Ron61]

Foreign Aid is a taboo subject. But with the Billions we are spending to give the Illegal aliens everything they could want, one or the other has to be brought up one of these days. I guess the Democratic Senator that went on TV yesterday touting his bill to cut off aid to our troops overseas and basically blame them for the mess wants that money to help more illegals come into the country and get health care and everything that our own citizens are denied because they can't pay for it.

Ron

[bomelia]

GovTrack: Barack Obama

(Obama bill sponsorship)

Read the Global Poverty Act, this is the one where the US is to hand over 0.7% of GNP to the UN. Its about (I heard) 85 Billion (annually)

Mike

[65cobra1]

Originally Posted by Ron61

Foreign Aid is a taboo subject. Ron

Ron, Help me out here...why is it a taboo item?

Is it because there is so much smoke and mirrors covering what we spend? Or is foreign aid (Ha! What a misnomer) just a drop in the bucket compared to the rest of the mismanaged funds in our government?

I hate to ask these questions but I'm not sharp enough to find the answers.
Regards, Ivan

[bomelia]

Never mind Ron, he was prolly in the middle of pulling another tooth. Made no sense to me either.

Mike

[Ronbo]

If your interested in who bankrupt the US, well tally up how much chinese made stuff you have in your house and you'll find your answer.

You, Me, and Wal-mart. (we all helped Home Depot run every mom&pop hardware store out of business)

A big chunk of the debt is trade deficit, the remainder is Iraq and rebuilding New Orleans. (I'm sorry which other president faced this?) As much as people don't like war it's where most new technologies get developed. It's better to blow stuff up there than the middle of some desert in Arizona.

Mind you I'm not saying GW is a good president, he isn't. However he's been blamed for people paying too much for houses, banking scams and a lot of other factors that have led to our current money crunch.

Iraq, insisting on tax cuts, $15billion in AIDS help for Africa. Yep, He's resposible for these. Not forcing you into a more fuel efficent vehicle than that gas pig SUV your driving, well that's been going on for some time and $5/gal gas will fix that.

It's always easy to blame some CEO or politician and turn a blind eye to the illegals trimming your bushes and rebuilding your bathroom. Our biggest problem has always been lack of accountability and it doesn't stop with the guy at the top.

[65cobra1]

Originally Posted by bomelia

Never mind Ron, he was prolly in the middle of pulling another tooth. Made no sense to me either.

Mike

Hi Mike,
If you referring to my post perhaps I can clarify...If not, perhaps you'd like to add your thoughts to the foreign aid "Thing."

Ronbo,
I think I understand that the Chinese trade imbalance (Plus the money we are supposed to be borrowing from China) is significant but how significant is foreign aid to our national debt structure?

If it is not a big percentage, then I guess it isn't a big deal.
Ivan