Fixing the Vote

TYLER - The price of oil swelled to another record high Monday morning - before dropping back. It almost hit $140 a barrel - but then fell 25 cents. It appears - a recent increase in oil output from Saudi Arabia -- is not driving down crude prices. Former Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich, who started a bipartisan group called "American Solutions for Winning the Future" held little back at the Texas Republican Convention. He wants to use American solutions to change to the U.S. energy policy.

Simply put - he's fed up with Congress: "The problem is not big oil or the foreigners," said Speaker Gingrich. "The problem is not the Saudis. The problem is getting Congress to do it's job." And that job, he says, is to start using the energy we have. "Congress outlaws every conceivable energy source," said Speaker Gingrich. Gingrich is making his case for domestic drilling by launching a campaign with Actor Chuck Norris, with the slogan: "Drill here, Drill now, Pay less." The campaign is urging Congress to do something now to bring down gas prices. Speaker Gingrich also has thoughts on speculators. "It's people who are betting the U.S. is too dumb to produce (its own oil)."


He sides with East Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert -- when it comes to speculators and drilling. "If you began selling off two million barrels a day...we can pump out of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. It would immediately bring down the price of oil." Speaker Gingrich proposes selling off half of the reserve - now. "Do it suddenly..without telling anybody in advance and punish every speculator."The very speculators, he says, that are betting against America."

GO TO WWW.AMERICANSOLUTIONS.COM AND SIGN THE PETITION !!!

How about we do this to get our elected officials, it eliminates the ???"ties to favored interests" aspect, and the career politician aspect. You put the names of everyone who has served the good of the public such as military, police, firefighters, hospital workers, state, county, city employees, etc, in a hat. Every six years you pull two names out of the hat and there are your senators. They go to Washington, represent their districts and come home and go back to work. Do the same thing at the appropriate times for your house of representatives. You put the names of the ones who served as senators and representatives in a hat and every four years you pull out two names - President and Vice president. Can you imagine the secret service pulling up to your neighbor???s house one morning (think of the one you feel is a little out there)? They knock on the door and out comes the guy dressed in a bathrobe, his wife???s pink slippers and holding a cup of coffee in a "you might be a redneck???" mug, needing a comb and a shave and scratching himself in unusual places - all the while the press has him on national TV and the secret service guy is saying "Good morning Mr. President???" while Matt Lauer is trying to shove a microphone in his face to ask him how does it feel to be president. Who knows, it just might work???.

Or better yet, eliminate the Electoral College, let every eligible person vote for the individual person they feel is qualified for these jobs and let the democracy work the way it is supposed to work. I don???t like either of the two presidential candidates; it???s like being forced to decide if you want syphilis or gonorrhea. Our freedom of choice is gone ??? under the current system, we can't vote for the individual we feel is most qualified and best able to act as President of the USA. We are forced to choose from two very poorly qualified people. By the way, the best choice dropped out long before the democratic primary was bought.

Quote of the Day........' My friends, we live in the greatest nation
in the history of the world. I hope you'll join with me as we try
to change it.' -- Barack Obama
W.T.F.WHY CHANGE IT ......... ITS ALREADY THE GREATEST NATION !!!!! DUMB ASS OBAMA !

Has anyone seen this? I would love to here comments on this.

http://www.eyeblast.tv/public/video.aspx?RsrcI
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Are they lies? Or do people just don't see? You make the choice.

Has anyone seen this? I would love to here comments on this.

http://www.eyeblast.tv/public/video.aspx?RsrcI
D=2036

Are they lies? Or do people just don't see? You make the choice.

In response to "will not vote Obama" : I think that doing away with the $102,000 FICA payroll tax cap is a great idea. I always had to pay taxes on ALL of my earnings since I never made near the maximum. This FICA tax, as it stands, is the most biased against the lower wage earners, since they can't deduct it on an itemized Federal Tax Form. However, Social Security benefits are TAXABLE when you collect them if you have a half decent pension. This would go a long way to bringing Social Security to stabillity.

I know I will get hit for this... THERE IS A SIGN IN IOWA.. The state which started off Obama's winning spree.... though the votes where divided among Edwards, Obama and Clinton... hmmm... Time to start praying.

Although we go back and forth, I would like to say there are many voters who are not voting for Obama because of the color of his skin, All candidates have a message that they pitch and campaign month after month telling us over and over again what they will do once elected. I dont know why all the anger is towards Obama he is running just like McCain, wether you feel they are all liars or not, we need to work what we have, I know this isn't the first election you were angry about. But let me remind you when Clinton was in the office our Country had a surplus, we are spending millions a week in Iraq and McCain doesn't even have an exit plan, just today he was asked and said that was not too important.

I along with others are looking for change in our government and I will see that my vote goes to OBAMA

JUST SO YOU KNOW I'M SICK OF ALL THE THIS IS HISTORIC TIME FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT BULL *** IT WILL BE HISTORIC WHEN WE CAN ELECT SOMEONE WHO DON'T LIE TROUGH THIER TEETH TO GET ELECTED ALL THIS IS BULL *** PLAIN AND SIMPLE THE PARTIES DON'T CARE HOW WE FEEL THEY JUST DO WHATEVER THEY CAN TO GET THIER PERSON ELECTED AND WE FIGHT IT OUT ON THESES *** BLOGS WAKE UP PEOPLE ALL OF THE CANIDATES SUCK REAL BAD........................................................ OUR CHOICES ARE DUMB OR DUMBER WHICH ONE DO YOU LIKE ???

Posted By: sharenews @ 06/11/2008 6:46:41 AM
Comment: IMPORTANT BULLETIN FOR ALL BLOGGERS ON THIS SITE:

TO NEWSWEEK STAFF:

This is to report that there is a FRAUD going on, on this site, in which bloggers are using the names of various bloggers (Obama supporters are most likely the culprits) who are fraudulently writing blogs that are deplorable and tagging them under other bloggers names (non-Obama supporters names). I officially reported such a fraudulent abusive use of fake postings that I just viewed on this site today that affected me personally. This is what it said in which the blogger fraudulently used my name as the poster:

IT SAID THIS. I NEVER WROTE THIS. SO ALL OTHER POSTERS, ESPECIALLY FORMER HILLARY SUPPORTERS, BEWARE:

Posted By: sharenews @ 06/11/2008 03:05:43

Comment: I agree. So why do so many Obama supporters make him out to be a Messiah?

I NEVER wrote the above comment or ANY mention of Obama being a Messiah. At this point I am ready to bring this abusive process that you are using on your site to FOX NEWS as I have done this before and they are very responsive. I have copied this report to send onto the media if I dont see a stop to the smearing of my name or others on this site moving forward!

How destructive to the U.S. economy would a Barack Obama presidency be?

An exclusive Newsmax analysis warns: There could be a very rough time ahead.

Beneath Obama's flowery rhetoric lies a dangerous economic plan that will wreak havoc on the American economy.

Obama plans to return to the failed policies of high taxation coupled with an expansion of government spending.

Worse, Obama says he is absolutely committed to almost doubling the capital gains rate ??? something he will easily accomplish with a Democrat Congress.

In the coming months ??? when investors realize that Obama will raise the cap gains rate ??? there could be a stampede of asset sales as investors rush to take their profits now to avoid Obama's doubling of the tax rates next year.

All of these issues and more are explored in Newsmax magazine's special report "Obamanomics ??? the Coming Tax-and-Spend Nightmare," by Wall Street Journal columnist John Fund.

This Newsmax magazine special report gives Americans the first in-depth look at the Democratic presidential candidate's likely strategies ??? and how they will affect not just the larger economy, but your personal wealth as well.

Indeed, Obama makes no bones about his plans to go on a tax rampage. Not only would he increase the capital-gains tax rate from 15 percent to as much as 28 percent, he wants to allow the 2001 and 2003 Bush tax cuts to expire in 2010, which effectively raises taxes on Americans by tens of billions of dollars.

He also wants to do away with the $102,000 FICA payroll tax cap, which means anyone making over $102,000 would pay an additional 7 percent in taxes on earned income.

And the loan dividend tax rate George Bush implemented? Under President Obama it will be DOA!

The National Popular Vote bill would guarantee the Presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states (and DC). The bill would take effect only when enacted, in identical form, by states possessing a majority of the electoral votes???that is, enough electoral votes to elect a President (270 of 538). See www.NationalPopularVote.com
The bill would make every vote politically relevant in a presidential election. It would make every vote equal.
The National Popular Vote bill has been approved by 18 legislative chambers (one house in Colorado, Arkansas, Maine, North Carolina, Rhode Island, and Washington, and two houses in Maryland, Illinois, Hawaii, California, and Vermont). It has been enacted into law in Hawaii, Illinois, New Jersey, and Maryland. These states have 50 (19%) of the 270 electoral votes needed to bring this legislation into effect.

I had to say this again, Did you hear about this?

during McCain speech, he stated " he will veto every beer"

Now what was this man thinking when he said this during his speech to the American people. Let's guess

"BEER" come on folks think about this clearly....
OBAMA 08'

" Today, some 50 million eligible American citizens are not on the rolls.
My guess would be that most of those 50 million are not on the rolls because they are uninformed, misinformed and disinterested people. Unfortunately that would also include many uneducated.. We don't need votes from people who don't understand or care what they are voting for or against.

" Today, some 50 million eligible American citizens are not on the rolls.
My guess would be that most of those 50 million are not on the rolls because they are uninformed, misinformed and disinterested people. Unfortunately that would also include many uneducated.. We don't need votes from people who don't understand or care what they are voting for or against.

" Today, some 50 million eligible American citizens are not on the rolls.
My guess would be that most of those 50 million are not on the rolls because they are uninformed, misinformed and disinterested people. Unfortunately that would also include many uneducated.. We don't need votes from people who don't understand or care what they are voting for or against.

I was a Democrat for 20 years and have been constantly disappointed in who we have on the ballot. Both in the primaries and in the general election. Sadly Obama is going to be more of the same in a long list of mediocre candidates. At least with Hilary we had someone with some guts and real experience. Obama is just not ready for the job and I do not have confidence in him representing the Democrats or the USA as President. As much as I don't like John McCain, since Hilary is not in the race I will have to vote for McCain. And I don't think Hilary should be VP. She deserves better than that. So maybe I'm not a new voter anymore, but my vote this fall cannot be for Obama.