and it is a tie.
yesterday in the national league worst (west) division there was a tale of two ballclubs, the dodgers and the diamondbacks. dodgers go ahead 3-0 in the first; d-backs fall behind 4-0 in the first. dodgers lose in the 9th 4-3, d-backs win 8-6. dodgers played "see the ball, fumble the ball" and if that failed at failure they then played "see the ball, catch the ball, throw the ball away." dodgers made 4 errors in a game that they really needed to win. it is tough being a dodger fan.
republicans have been in power for 8 years. during that time: we suffered the worst attack on american soil since pearl harbor. we lost 3 huge buildings in new york city that have not been rebuilt. the pentagon was attacked but we did rebuild it. (gotta have priorities) one of the most beautiful cities in the world was devastated by a force 5 hurricane and we have not rebuilt it. (we did send deadly contaminated trailors for evacuees to live in though) we went from the largest surpluss in history to the largest debt in history. we are in two seemingly never-ending wars. our banking system is hanging on by a thread. our housing market is kaput. millions are losing their homes. millions are out of work. gasoline was $1.46 when they came in, now at $3.80. inflation is running at the highest level in decades. our international standing is at an all time low. we are hated and feared around the world. (on 9-12-01, the whole world INCLUDING THE MUSLIM WORLD was on our side) our roads and bridges are falling apart. our educational system is mediocre at best with our standing among industrialized nations at or near the bottom in all tests.
john mc cain voted with george w. bush 95% of the time. (maverick that he is).
with all of that, mc cain and obama are basically tied in the polls.
john mc cain questions obama's patriotism yet john mc cain read a north vietnamnese propoganda statement during the vietnam war. (he says he was tortured into it but lots of american soldiers were tortured and they didn't read propoganda statements...but hey, why question john about this, why we have his word that is what happened and we know that politicians never, never, never ever lie.)
john mc cain was part of the keating 5 but is never, never ever questioned about it. granted, he played a very minor part but still he was in it and it NEVER COMES UP.
john mc cain apparently does not know the difference between a sunni and a shiite but he tells us obama doesn't have the experience to lead.
john mc cain doesn't know where iraq and afghanastan are in relationship to each other but he tells us that obama doesn't have the experience to lead.
john mc cain, in his book (you know the one where he proves he is a hero) says that we "lost" the vietnam "war" because we wouldn't bomb harbors in the north. he conviently leaves out that by bombing chinese and russian ships in the northern harbors could have brought on world war III. he also never mentions in his book that the south vietnamnese were lead by military dictatorships and that there we double digit changes in the so called presidency of south vietnam all brought about by military coups. (he also leaves out that vietnam, LIKE IRAQ, never did anything to us. he leaves out that ALL THE REASONS WE WERE GIVEN FOR WHY 57,000 AMERICANS HAD TO DIE IN VIETNAM WERE LIES!!! THE TONKIN GULF INCIDENT DIDN'T HAPPEN!! IT WAS A LIE!! WE WERE TOLD THAT IF NORTH VIETNAM WERE TO WIN, CHINA AND VIETNAM WOULD BAN TOGETHER AND CONQUER ALL OF ASIA. A LIE. THEY WOULD GO INTO THE PHILLIPINES. A LIE. WE WERE FIGHTING FOR DEMCOCRACY. A LIE. JUST LIKE ALL THE REASONS WE WERE GIVEN FOR GOING INTO IRAQ WERE A LIE. ALL OF THEM!) this is the experience that john mc cain brings; believing lies that lead to the deaths of thousands upon thousands. he believed the lies of vietnam and he believed the lies of iraq. he is either stupid and guillible or he is a natural born warmonger. take your pick.
john mc cain was in the bottom 5 of his class of over 900 and yet he tells us that he has the intelligence and experience to lead whereas that A student who does know where iraq and afghanastan and does know the difference between sunni and shiite doesn't.
and it is a tie.
john mc cain runs no commercials or political ads where he promotes any ideas, just attacking obama and promising to drill for oil (which, of course, won't do fuckall for gasoline prices EVER)
and it is a tie.
we pay more for health care than any other country in the world and mc cain wants to leave the system as it is.
and it is a tie.
mc cains campaign is filled with washington lobbyists, one of whom got 800,000 dollars from the country of georgia, where johnny mac now wants to put american troops.
and it is a tie.
70% of americans feel that the country is going in the wrong direction but half of them want to vote to continue the course we are on.
and it is a tie.
70% of americans want us to get out of iraq. johnny mac is willing for us to stay 100 more years.
and it is a tie.
67% of americans say that the economy is their main concern. john mc same admits he knows very little about economics and basically is willing to continue all of bush's economic policies including huge tax breaks for oil companies. (they are doing so poorly you know)
and it is a tie.
i wonder if the fact that we are the least educated populace of the industrialized world has anything to do with this. we are the permenant bottom of the class when it comes to geography, history, science and math. but hey, who needs to know those things? the nfl season is about ready to begin, we know that.
my real question is why all of these things that i just listed not talked about in the press? why does the press repeat mc cain's charges against obama but never, never ever questions john mc cain on these very serious matters. why are not the hard questions asked of him? why does the press pussyfoot around him and let him make accusations against obama that have no basis in fact? hmmmm. liberal press and all.
oh well.
go dodgers.
republicans have been in power for 8 years. during that time: we suffered the worst attack on american soil since pearl harbor. we lost 3 huge buildings in new york city that have not been rebuilt. the pentagon was attacked but we did rebuild it. (gotta have priorities) one of the most beautiful cities in the world was devastated by a force 5 hurricane and we have not rebuilt it. (we did send deadly contaminated trailors for evacuees to live in though) we went from the largest surpluss in history to the largest debt in history. we are in two seemingly never-ending wars. our banking system is hanging on by a thread. our housing market is kaput. millions are losing their homes. millions are out of work. gasoline was $1.46 when they came in, now at $3.80. inflation is running at the highest level in decades. our international standing is at an all time low. we are hated and feared around the world. (on 9-12-01, the whole world INCLUDING THE MUSLIM WORLD was on our side) our roads and bridges are falling apart. our educational system is mediocre at best with our standing among industrialized nations at or near the bottom in all tests.
john mc cain voted with george w. bush 95% of the time. (maverick that he is).
with all of that, mc cain and obama are basically tied in the polls.
john mc cain questions obama's patriotism yet john mc cain read a north vietnamnese propoganda statement during the vietnam war. (he says he was tortured into it but lots of american soldiers were tortured and they didn't read propoganda statements...but hey, why question john about this, why we have his word that is what happened and we know that politicians never, never, never ever lie.)
john mc cain was part of the keating 5 but is never, never ever questioned about it. granted, he played a very minor part but still he was in it and it NEVER COMES UP.
john mc cain apparently does not know the difference between a sunni and a shiite but he tells us obama doesn't have the experience to lead.
john mc cain doesn't know where iraq and afghanastan are in relationship to each other but he tells us that obama doesn't have the experience to lead.
john mc cain, in his book (you know the one where he proves he is a hero) says that we "lost" the vietnam "war" because we wouldn't bomb harbors in the north. he conviently leaves out that by bombing chinese and russian ships in the northern harbors could have brought on world war III. he also never mentions in his book that the south vietnamnese were lead by military dictatorships and that there we double digit changes in the so called presidency of south vietnam all brought about by military coups. (he also leaves out that vietnam, LIKE IRAQ, never did anything to us. he leaves out that ALL THE REASONS WE WERE GIVEN FOR WHY 57,000 AMERICANS HAD TO DIE IN VIETNAM WERE LIES!!! THE TONKIN GULF INCIDENT DIDN'T HAPPEN!! IT WAS A LIE!! WE WERE TOLD THAT IF NORTH VIETNAM WERE TO WIN, CHINA AND VIETNAM WOULD BAN TOGETHER AND CONQUER ALL OF ASIA. A LIE. THEY WOULD GO INTO THE PHILLIPINES. A LIE. WE WERE FIGHTING FOR DEMCOCRACY. A LIE. JUST LIKE ALL THE REASONS WE WERE GIVEN FOR GOING INTO IRAQ WERE A LIE. ALL OF THEM!) this is the experience that john mc cain brings; believing lies that lead to the deaths of thousands upon thousands. he believed the lies of vietnam and he believed the lies of iraq. he is either stupid and guillible or he is a natural born warmonger. take your pick.
john mc cain was in the bottom 5 of his class of over 900 and yet he tells us that he has the intelligence and experience to lead whereas that A student who does know where iraq and afghanastan and does know the difference between sunni and shiite doesn't.
and it is a tie.
john mc cain runs no commercials or political ads where he promotes any ideas, just attacking obama and promising to drill for oil (which, of course, won't do fuckall for gasoline prices EVER)
and it is a tie.
we pay more for health care than any other country in the world and mc cain wants to leave the system as it is.
and it is a tie.
mc cains campaign is filled with washington lobbyists, one of whom got 800,000 dollars from the country of georgia, where johnny mac now wants to put american troops.
and it is a tie.
70% of americans feel that the country is going in the wrong direction but half of them want to vote to continue the course we are on.
and it is a tie.
70% of americans want us to get out of iraq. johnny mac is willing for us to stay 100 more years.
and it is a tie.
67% of americans say that the economy is their main concern. john mc same admits he knows very little about economics and basically is willing to continue all of bush's economic policies including huge tax breaks for oil companies. (they are doing so poorly you know)
and it is a tie.
i wonder if the fact that we are the least educated populace of the industrialized world has anything to do with this. we are the permenant bottom of the class when it comes to geography, history, science and math. but hey, who needs to know those things? the nfl season is about ready to begin, we know that.
my real question is why all of these things that i just listed not talked about in the press? why does the press repeat mc cain's charges against obama but never, never ever questions john mc cain on these very serious matters. why are not the hard questions asked of him? why does the press pussyfoot around him and let him make accusations against obama that have no basis in fact? hmmmm. liberal press and all.
oh well.
go dodgers.
posted by Ron Shock | 7:25 AM
5 Comments:
Liberal press. From what I recall of my days dabbling in student journalism, newsrooms average out to be pretty moderate, leaning liberal a small bit. But they're clearly scared for their jobs the way they've pussyfooted the last seven years. Just no teeth at all.
When the red-states quit getting their news from Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Ann Coulter; and believing lit like it was Jesus who said it, THEN we'll get logic in the US
i have always thought that the reporters themselves were fairly liberal however, once you get to management level, they are right wing to the core and they are the ones who decide which way a story will be written and which editorial writers to use.
the run up to the iraqi invasion and how it was reported nationwide should dispell any notions about the so called liberal press. no one asked the hard questions; no one pointed out that the united nations inspectors found no evidence of wmd's. the press just sucked up to bush and help beat the drums of war.
Actually srm, it's quite the opposite. When ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, PBS, The New York Times, Time, Newsweek, The LA Times, etc, etc, etc...when those publications start showing even a semblance of fairness in reporting, then the United States will start to see the real picture. Until then, they are sheeple who would even consider voting for a person like B. Hussein Obama. A man with a whooping 143 day of experience before running for the highest office in the world.
Gee Ron, have you ever considered maybe things are tied because Obama has no experience? Or because he associates with racist, America hating preachers who believe the United States started the AIDs virus. Or because he assoiates himself and does deals with convicted felons (Rezco) and known terrorists (William Ayers).
Or maybe its because he believes we have 57 states, or because his wife has never been proud of her country before her husband ran for office, or that his grandmother is a "typical white person". Whatever that means. Think anyone would object if McCain called someone a 'typical black person'?
Maybe it's because if the guy isn't behind a teleprompter, he is a babbling fool. Or because he goes to Germany and tells the world he is essentially The Messiah then insults real American telling them they cling to guns and religion.
You think maybe they are tied because B. Hussein Obama is nothing more than a rock star created by the media and that when you break through the facade, there is nothing there. No experience, no record. He knows what his advisors have told him to say.
Could it be that America see's the approval rating of the Democrat Congress at 9% - the lowest in history and sees how poorly things have gone since the Democrats took control of the House and Senate. Most of the doom and gloom you preach happened primarily in the last two years. The two years the Democrats had control.
You think that might have something to do with it?
Most Americans don't like believe that we are the cause of the evil in the world. They don't believe our taxes should be raised simply because they have worked harder to achieve a higher lifestyle.
Maybe instead of your incessant diatribe of the evil of McCain, you should take a second and ask yourself "What will Mr. Obama bring". Oh yeah... Change. Hope.
Hey - maybe it isn't all about McCain.
Psst...Hey Ron...
Don't tell anyone but the new World Trade 7 has been completed and occupied for almost 3 years now. Construction started in 2002. It took them over 3 years to build it. It's 5 stories taller and much nicer than the old one.
Here's a link to a photo of it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Wtc7-2006-0911.jpg
Construction began on the new Freedom Tower complex in April of 2006. It took Skidmore, Owings & Merrill over 2 years just to design it. It is slated to open Summer of 2013. You don't exactly build a 110 story, 3 million square feet building overnight. It took 8 years to build the original WTC.
And of course this is all privately owned property with Larry Silverstein being the principal figure. The government hasn't had anything to do with rebuilding it and they aren't supposed to.
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