Political Pandering
* It sends more hard-earned money to the Middle East, which is terrible for our national security. Remember, 15 of the 19 terrorists on 9/11 came from Saudi Arabia. How did they get the terrorist training? The madrassa indoctrination? Oil money.
* It worsens global warming by encouraging gasoline consumption. When you flee your house in 2020 because of flooding, remember which politicians pandered.
* It makes it more likely you'll have a car accident or will waste even more time in traffic. The proceeds from the gas tax go for highway construction and upgrades. Because the tax (24.4 cents a gallon on diesel fuel) was last raised 15 years ago, our infrastructure is a mess, with potholes and dangerous crossings practically everywhere. Thousands of repair projects will be further delayed.
* It will cost 300,000 construction jobs, according to the Department of Transportation. Makes it kind of ironic when Clinton starts her rallies saying she wants "jobs, jobs, jobs."
* It will cost the U.S. Treasury at least $8.5 billion and probably much more, according to state highway officials. For McCain that's no money at all—merely one month in Iraq. For Clinton it's money she's already spent. She has said in the past that any proceeds from a windfall profits tax would go for renewable energy. The $8.5 billion figure assumes the tax would be reapplied after Labor Day. Fat chance. The one-year costs are probably closer to $30 billion.
* It won't happen anyway because Congress isn't usually quite that stupid, and if it is, President Bush would veto the bill.
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Posted By: kristinkare @ 05/20/2008 2:04:02 AM
Comment: Clinton takes Indiana by a ???razor??? and Obama wins North Carolina by a huge margin. Nevertheless, Kentucky, Montana and West Virginia are still to come.
The Democratic race for nomination is still very much alive ??? and most likely to be decided by superdelegates
If you???re tired of waiting around for those super delegates to make a decision already, go to LobbyDelegates.com and push them to support Clinton or Obama
If you haven't done so yet, please write a message to each of your state's superdelegates at http://www.lobbydelegates.com
Obama Supporters:
Sending a note to current Obama supporters lets them know it's appreciated, sending a note to current Clinton supporters can hopefully sway them to change their vote to Obama, and sending a note to the uncommitted folks will hopefully sway them to vote for Obama. It's that easy...
Clinton Supporters too ???. !
It takes a moment, but what's a few minutes now worth to get Clinton in office?! Those are really worth !
Sending a note to current Clinton supporters lets them know it's appreciated, sending a note to current Obama supporters can hopefully sway them to change their vote to Clinton, and sending a note to the uncommitted folks will hopefully sway them to vote for Clinton. It's that easy...
Posted By: dawei @ 05/12/2008 12:05:54 AM
Comment: I think all three candidates are worthless. Abama and Clinton will not handle terrorists correctly, all three will not handle China corrcetly, and McCain is an idiot in understanding Economics. Two of the top five qualifications should be Economics and military action. Not reserves or just service in the Army, Navy or Marines. I mean action in a war and probably nothing less than Captain. I saw a new blog site that is good. www.stopthenonsensenow.blogspot.com. I don't know hoe long until he gets to todays issues but he is writing about the liars in the white house during the 80's and the elite killers and terrorists, the CIA. His mission statement says he wants the people of the US to revolt and take back the government. He is right.
Remember something. Clinton said she wanted to bring this country back to old traditional family values. What did she do as junior Senator for the last six years? Her husband was an adulterous whore and nobody talked about him being a role model. All the people they interviewed on TV in bars, which shows how stupid the media is, never talked about him being the president and saying he should be ashamed. They only said it was their personal business. That is when I really knew my predictions were correct. This country is the sh**hole of the world. Nobody cares because nobody is standing up to the government and forcing them to change things. We do have the power. They are only how many senators and Congressmen? We are 6- million voters. How stupid americans are!!
Posted By: lamm01 @ 05/06/2008 9:11:30 AM
Comment: Th eonly real pandering that has been going on is yours Jonathan "I worship at Obama's" Alter.... Out of all of the "so called" journalists, you have been the absolute worst. What are you going to do with yourself (I have a few ideas) when Obama is obliterated in November......