oldsoldier's Blog

I don't know if  FOX8 can do this but if they can and we get a lot of response to this, maybe they could forward this to our representatives in DC to let them know how we feel about executives for companies receiving bailout funds getting bonuses even though they have mismanaged these companies. A bonus is for good work, not for what these Bozos have done. The very thought of a bonus for someone who let his company get in dire financial straits is criminal and idiotic. Make these people live in the real world, like you and me, where we only get paid if we do our job correctly.

How about it FOX8, can you help us make our feelings known?

Barack Obama is asking people to lay out of work on election day to make phone calls and drive others to the polls, this is true, I got the e-mail myself. Can you imagine what this would do to our ailing economy if only half of his supporters did this? America needs to work now to bolster the economy. This is the most irresponsible and self-centered thing I have ever heard from a political candidate. Last night, Obama told us what he would do if elected, trouble is he forgets to tell us HOW he will do it. Don't sweat the details. just vote democratic, it will all work out. I don't think so, in this time of financial crisis, the details are what it's all about.

A young woman on the M&J Show just said anyone who is still undecided is just afraid to admit that they are racist. There it goes again, the race card. There are some of us who don't think about race 24/7. Of course, she also said she wanted to have Obama's children. That's a good reason to vote for someone, just like the women who supported John Edwards, because he was so good looking, by the way, where is Johnboy now?

I do not question Kay Hagan's faith, that is between her and God. But I do question her motives accepting money from a person who has publicly stated that there is no God. Someone who wants to remove all religeous references to God fom our money, our Pledge OF Allegiance, and anywhere else the name of God is invoked. It shows that she may be a bit insensitive to the wishes to the majority of the people of North Carolina, and not too smart if she doesn't think she will be obligated to these Godless people later on.

Anyway, less than a week and all this will be over. No more political ads on tv, junk mail in our mail boxes, it can't come too soon. I just pray that whoever wins will lead our country and our state in the right direction.

I have a friend in Randleman, who like me, supports John McCain. He had a couple of signs in his front yard, nothing out of the ordinary, just your everyday political signs. The other day, his two daughters, ages 12 and 15, came in from the school bus in tears. Some black students on the bus saw the signs and called the girls "racist bi**hes, among other things, and clearly had them afraid of what might happen next. He wanted to contact the school, but his wife and daughters begged him to just remove the signs, which he did for their peace of mind. We don't know if this is the end of it, I don't think it is, but we will see. So what is my point? Millions of blacks who have never voted before, are now registering to vote because a black man is running for president. Yet those of us, who have voted in every election for years are now accused of being racist because we support the republcan candidate. To me, it is clear where the racism lies, as I'm sure it is to others. I choose not to vote for Obama because of his party, his lack of experience, and other reasons that have nothing to do with race. Frankly, I have found Barack Obama to be very charismatic, and intelligent, but his ideology is 180 degrees from mine. I believe government is too big,and taxes too high, he wants the govt. to grow, and to do that he will have to raise taxes. I feel his military plans will lead to failure, and we  need a win in order to maintain our position in world military circles. Like it or not, the bad guys only respect military strength, and we can not be percieved as weak. That is why I support John McCain, not because he is white, or Obama is black. Leave the Race Card out of this, this election is much more important than that.

Barack Obama seems to think he's already elected when he says he doesn't look like all those other presidents on U.S. currency, my, he is pesumptuous. And he is proabortion, though he admits there are some moral questions about it. When it comes to morals, you either have them, or you don't, no question about it. Nuclear arms in the hands of terrorist are a threat, but not as big a threat as conventional arms. For the most part we know where  the nukes are, but what about all those guns and grenades floating around on the blackmarket, not to mention homemade explosive devices. Safeguarding our borders against this kind of threat should be on his agenda, but I haven't heard him address that. And having a military force that is both feared and respected should also be on his list of important things. If we walk away from Iraq because things get tough, what kind of message does that send the terrorists? Using Iraq as a photo-op would not have been possible without The Surge that he was against, but he won't admit it. And friends in Iraq tell me he snubbed the soldiers on duty there, but the press onlly had their cameras on him when he wanted them to.  I have serious doubts about Obama, and I hope the voters look beyond the adoring reports the liberal media keeps shoving at us.

First let me acknowledge that the title for this is not my own. It is from the Greensboro News & Record, Wednesday, April 16, 2008, page A13. In the middle of the page is a column by Mr Thomas Sowell, that is most interesting, and should  be read by everyone who plans to vote in November. Mr Sowell reveals that Obama is the farthest left of anyone in the Senate, and has shown no inclination to work toward bipartisan legislation,  a key point on getting things passed. He has also not sponsored any significant legislation. Mr Sowell goes on to state that Obama , in the left wing tradition is for the woking class only in the abstract, or as people potentially useful for the purposes of the left, but having disdain or contempt for them as human beings. I would hope that anyone who sees this blog will take the time to read the entire column, and while there, please take note of the photo of Mr Sowell.

Perhaps the most telling thing about Obama's "Cling" speech, is that it was at a private fund raiser, doesn't that sound like an elitest gathering where a candidate can reveal his true thoughts because he is among like minded people? Small town folks cling to guns, and religion, and are bitter about the candidates who don't listen to them. And what is wrong with that? When the candidate attends a church pastored by a preacher who harbors anti-American sentiments, and his wife says she has only recently become proud of America, and the candidate himself says things behind closed doors that he would rather us small town folks not hear, maybe we should cling to something we can rely on. Maybe we should be bitter when he looks down his nose at us poor little small town folks. Don't pity us because we have religeon, don't look down on us because we are gun owners, and don't dismiss us because we are tired of politicians who are out of touch with what we must put up with everyday of our lives. And most of all, don't say one thing to us, and something entirely different to your friends, and expect us to blindly vote for you. We are small town folks, we are not the village idiots.