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It appears Obama is having a live interview with Wolf Blitzer on Thursday afternoon (CNN) 4-7pm.  Mr. Wolf hopes viewers will learn something they didn't know about Obama during the interview and encouraged viewers to send any thoughts on possible questions.   I'm going to post my question right here:

Why socialism?

Part 1
In just two years:

Remember the election in 2006?
Thought you might like to read the following:
A little over one year ago:
1) Consumer confidence stood at a 2 1/2 year high;
2) Regular gasoline sold for $2.19 a gallon;
3) The unemployment rate was 4.5%.
Since voting in a Democratic Congress in 2006 we have seen:
1) Consumer confidence plummet;
2) The cost of regular gasoline soar to over $3.50 a gallon;
3) Unemployment is up to 5% (a 10% increase);
4) American households have seen $2..3 trillion in equity value evaporate (stock and mutual fund losses);
5) Americans have seen their home equity drop by $1.2 trillion dollars;
6) 1% of American homes are in foreclosure.
America voted for change in 2006, and we got it!
Remember it's Congress that makes law not the President. He has to work with what's handed to him.
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

1. You have to be against capital punishment, but support abortion on
demand.

2. You have to believe that businesses create oppression and governments
create prosperity.

3. You have to believe that guns in the hands of law-abiding Americans
are more of a threat than U.S. Nuclear weapons technology in the hands
of Chinese and North Korean communists.

4. You have to believe that there was no art before Federal funding.

5. You have to believe that global temperatures are less affected by
scientifically documented cyclical changes in the earth's climate and

Heads up! Tomorrow night (February 26, 2008 at 9:00 PM), the History Channel will air a new segment of their Universe series that could be very interesting. It will try to address what was before the Big Bang (If you even believe this theory). This is a subject I don't see anyway of discussing without raising religious beliefs (ie uncle R hehe).......

Should Evolution be taught in public shools as fact, theory or not at all?  Your opinions are welcome.  I would think Evolution should not be taught at all until proven as fact, otherwise you would have to teach all theories from creationism to UFOism..........thoughts?

Today is not "Presidents' Day" accouding to Federal law 5 U.S.C 6103.  It has nothing to do with MLK Day. Lincoln's birthday and was never a Federal holiday.

2008 Federal Holidays
"Federal law (5 U.S.C. 6103) establishes the following public holidays for Federal employees:
Tuesday, January 1 New Year's Day
Monday, January 21 Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Monday, February 18* Washington's Birthday
Monday, May 26 Memorial Day
Friday, July 4 Independence Day
Monday, September 1 Labor Day
Monday, October 13 Columbus Day
Tuesday, November 11 Veterans Day
Thursday, November 27 Thanksgiving Day
Thursday, December 25 Christmas Day

Made ya look....... :)

If you're like me, you're probably sitting around somewhere in the dark, trying your best to avoid all forms of media coverage of the 2008 presidential primary season. Maybe for the first time in years, you eschewed the weekend talk shows, even Fox News. And except for the crossword puzzle or the sports section, you probably refused to even open your Sunday.

Yes, if you're anything like me you are sick of seeing headlines touting the inevitability of a John McCain nomination and tired of hearing how conservatism is dead and that its adherents had just better realize it and roll over. You've had it with pundits, liberal and conservative alike, who pompously quote polls like bad Shakespearian actors in an effort to influence, rather than report so-called popular opinion.

How the devil did we get here? We knew this election cycle was going to be a new experience, since Dick Cheney declared years ago that he was not interested in moving up the presidential ladder, but we thought we were in good shape. Going into the 2006 mid-term elections, GOP fortunes were still bright; George Allen seemed poised for re-election to the Senate and probably the 2008 presidential nod.

Then came Macaca-gate and the sickening spectacle of a proud conservative bowing in the face of liberal hand-wringing and pressure. Had Allen simply good-naturedly shook off the whole controversy -- a la Ronald Reagan's "the bombing begins in five minutes" gaffe -- or refused to apologize as did George W. Bush in the "Clymer" incident, he'd probably be well on his way to the White House right now. Sadly, that is not the case.

Instead, we are left with a depressing scenario; a sort of death-watch, waiting for the horribly self-fulfilling prophesies of the media to manifest themselves. And it seems as if -- as they almost did in 2000 when certain networks called Florida for Al Gore in order to depress Panhandle voting there -- they are again basically telling conservatives to stay home, that their votes won't matter.

BUT IT DOESN'T have to be that way. While there are still too many moderates in the fold, most Republicans yet realize that the base of the party is grounded fairly well to the right. So much so, that our last presidential loser, Bob Dole, has stepped into the fray asking Rush Limbaugh to go easy on McCain for the good of the party should he gain the nomination.

If the power of the right was indeed waning, would Senator Dole feel compelled to issue such a letter? More to the point, why does McCain feel it necessary to put in an appearance with the conservative base at CPAC this week?

As for me, I'll support whichever Republican wins the nomination, but Mitt Romney seems to be the one saying all the right things right now. I know he is only a recent convert, yet it is clear that although Romney may be the entity you don't know, John McCain is certainly the one you do. There are, however, those who will refuse to support Romney because he once was, or is still, a liberal.

Of course, some of them who are not old enough to actually remember Ronald Reagan would have similarly castigated the formerly-Democratic Gipper himself on certain issues like abortion. These folks would do well to remember the words of the Dutchman concerning the pitfalls of a slash-and-burn approach to politics:

Every eveing upon my return to Clay County, I exit off 2-95 South on Blanding.  Over the past few weeks there has been a gentleman (to put it nicely) standing at the red light with a 'Give me your money sign'.  Granted, this person may be down on his luck, but he looks to have decent tennis shoes, decent blue jeans and shirt and jacket.  I really dont mind if someone stands out on the street asking for money, but at what point does it become a hazard.  Im not sure what the law is about loitering on a highway exit, but it seems that JSO should make these folks move one.  I say JSO

I was thinking today of what might MLK think about society today.  Whould he think we've come far? or whould he think we've just scraped the surface?  Granted, we have come along ways, but exactly how far?  Will we ever achieve total equality in this society?  Just wondering.......