akapatrick's Blog

The man isn't even office yet and his pending rule has people scared to act. This was posted on CNN today in an article about the use of the 700 billion bank bailout....
Paulson, however, has said publicly in recent days that he would not ask Congress for the remainder of the $700 billion package before the end of the year. Instead, it would be up to the next session of Congress to approve the remaining bailout money so that President-elect Barack Obama and his administration can allocate it as they see fit.
Combine that with the fact that the G20 has to meet again to get his blessings on matters they could not finalize last weekend, and this president is screwing us already.

I thought Obama's acceptance speach was very humble.  Voting for McCain, I was relieved and had some respect for this.  But what of his statement that he won't be able to accomplish anything till his second term?  Now that's arrogant.  He never told his supporters this in the campaign.  How do suppporters of both appreciate this comment that he not only expects a second election, but that he apparently expects not to be effective in his first?

The problem with obama is he has been shooting from the hip from day one.  He is a good speaker because he believes he is saying what the audience wants to hear.  And that's the key.  He says what he believes the audience wants to hear.  It hasn't been until really recently that things he says make any sense at all, and that's because he has had to redefine his stance based on what he has heard.  Problem is, if he just keeps telling us what he thinks we want to hear, what does this man really think?  A great speaker, yes.  But what change is he talking about then?  He just keeps poll pandering.  Maybe that's the change he's talking about.  When the polls change, so will he.  A president that just keeps blowing in the wind.

While I support McCain and probably will vote for the crazy old fart, i have to say one thing.

Who the hell said we needed to compete!?  How do you compete with countries who's people make a dollar a day? Hello! The only way to do that is pay our workers .99 cents a day.  We need to tax imports, not embrace them.  The only people made richer in the long run from imports, are the people selling the stuff, from the foreign manufacturer, to the retailer, to the wealthy stock holders of said companies.  You can't keep spending more than you make.  It's just stupid.  I'm sure a first grader even knows that.

Can someone please pass this on to him, in case he does get into office.

 

I just read the article here about Palin's racial hiring practices.  According to the numbers, 240 members of her appointed staff report race, 8 are black, and 49 are native alaskan.  Okay, 4% of Alaska is black, and 18% of Alaska is native alaskan.  Do the math, she is damn close to the actual percentage on black, and a little over on native alaskan.  Black  leadership states she is not receptive to insistance on her to hire more blacks into positions, but according to the numbers, everything is fair.  What's the problem then, stop playing the race card.  Does she have to have double the black percentage to not be considered racist?  Then if you ask me, she would be racist for hiring less than whites than there are in the state percentage wise.  But I'm white, so I can't say I'm being discriminated against.  This self serving double standard has got to stop.  If she dismisses race card playing activist for trying to manipulate her into racist hiring practices, I agree with her.

So what?  I find it comforting to think that somebody would spend money making the next potential vice president look more presidential.  It's part of the uniform, like any other job, except it's not a pullover stamped Joe's Fast Food.  Of course the wardobe for the the next vp is going to cost more.  Give it a rest.  No harm, no foul.  Just reporters looking to make a name for themselves.

I watched the Michelle Obama speech last night waiting for the contraversial screw up, but never really noticed anything truely noteworthy.  I actually smiled when I heard Obama's daughter blurt out a "Hi Daddy" to her father when he appeared on the screen behind her.  That was a precious moment, a moment that would make a any parent feel good.  This was an unscripted child reaching out to her father to say I love and miss you daddy.  But It seemed to contradict Barrack's script.  He was supposed to say something about where he was, and who he was with.  This was extremely important for some reason.  Perhaps it made him a better candidate, or more of a democrat.  Whatever the case, it was extremely important to say his lines.  Apparently more important than truely acknowledging his child's very cute attempt at attention.  Maybe she has a habit of interputing?  Maybe she was told to be quiet and didn't listen?  Whatever the case may be, maybe Barrack should have embraced the moment with his daughters, said hello, asked how they where, or showed how extremely proud he was.  He should have done anything, if not for his kids sake, but for the viewers sake.  He was live in fornt of milions, press like this doesn't come every day.  And when it does, do not ignore the terribly cute child, especially your own, to get on with the script.  This could have been an endeering moment in time, instead, it was just plain awkward.  And yes, Obama finally did say hi to his daughter, but I think it was like her third attempt to get his attention.