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Having 100 lobbyists running your campaign for President of the United States is like having 100 child molesters running the campaign for President of the Boy Scouts…both sides have a hidden agenda.  I’m sure child molesters don’t like to be compared to a Washington lobbyist, but who cares what they think? The fact is, John McCann has 100 lobbyists running his campaign.

As the American people battle high unemployment, high gas prices, a collapsed housing market, and a U.S. dollar that is sinking lower than whale poop, John McCann has clearly shown who he is loyalty to. Didn’t we learn anything from Bush’s cabinet of Enron executives where he was taking this country. Where is McCann going to lead us with 100 lobbyists?  

Government Rebate Check Money Trail

1. The Feds send every tax payer a $600 rebate.
2. Taxpayers purchase merchandise made in China.
3. Taxpayers purchase gas from the Arabs.
4. Taxpayers purchase fruit and vegetables from Mexico, Honduras.
5. Taxpayers purchase cars from Japan. 

 
What part of the $600 actually stimulates the American Economy? 

 At the gas pumps in this morning, I stare at the swiftly spinning dials, and the cycle of anger begins. Oil Robber Barons strike at the pumps again. I check out at the grocery store, Oil Robber Barons impact the food I eat. I come home and watch the nightly news, Oil Robber Barons, Oil Robber Barons, something about Hilary and Obama, Oil Robber Barons.

It is true that we are a capitalistic society, and our country enjoys the luxury of a free market, but when our economy is driven by Oil Robber Barons, where is the line between a free market society and out of control greed?

The countries that regulate thier oil sales, have a stronger dollar then the U.S. (They are financially stronger than the United States.) Why, because they know their economy is based off the cost of fuel. Do we need the same regulations to protect our country, or do we allow Oil Robber Barons to drive down America until we are a weak, over inflated, hollow country, dependant on the generosity of other nations? 

With all the people I would like to blame for the economy and the ever diminishing dollar, I think the American economic demolition awards should go to the Washington Lobbyist. It is their success in persuading a weak Congress, Senate and White house to pass laws that took away from America and gave greedily to the corporations they represent. This lobbyist/political partnership did more harm to the U.S. than our enemies could only dream.

The lobbyist/political partnership is simple; lobbyist provide the money to elect a politician, and once in office, or re-elected, the politician passes laws to make the corporation more money. And by hedging a “global economy” against a weak and leveraged American debit, we have a pillaged America. Like the fall of the Roman Empire, the roads to the U.S. have been opened by greed and quickly invaded. All this while our soldiers are sent away to fight for freedom of people that would wish us all dead. We have no heroes to protect us from the money changer hordes.  

I wonder who the lobbyist want for President?

The White Man’s burden: the illusive “white man” is the majority cause of racisms, sexism, communism, capitalism and pestilence. In fact even sounding out about this jeopardizes me from entering into public office and or my own talk show. But I will take the risk to get the word out. The “white man” seems to be the only group on earth that is actually held accountable for his actions, and the actions of others. (I want you to feel our pain.) And now with the ever up coming election, the pressure to do the right thing weighs heavier on our minds, because we will be blamed for whatever outcome. And it is the out out of decision that will make the next president of the United States. Do we cast our vote to make a woman president, an African American, or the whitest white man in the world president, John McCain? I mean, if we vote our race and color like everyone else seems to be doing, John McCain is the most caucasian one can get without the help of science.

Before I continue, here are some statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau

Population, 2006 estimate      299,398,484
Female persons, percent, 2006......................................50.7%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2006..................66.4%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2006.....14.8%
Black persons, percent, 2006.........................................12.8%
Asian persons, percent, 2006 .........................................4.4%
American Indian, percent, 2006.......................................1.0%

According to the U.S Census Bureau there are more women in the U.S. then there are men, so statistically speaking they are responsible for who is president.

Hillary Clinton is falling short on the Democratic votes, and Obama is in the majority even though the black vote only accounts for only 12.8%. (This is providing all African Americans voted for Obama.)  

With this in mind, I spoke to all the white men in America last night, and we decided that if you want our vote, we have demands that first be met.

1. We would like to see more white basketball players. If white people financially support this sport, we want to see more people that look like us playing it.
2. We want more of a say in how women’s clothes are fashioned. The design for the past 20 years hasn’t really been doing it for us.
3. We want to be able to use the “N” word when you do.
4. We want to be able to use the “C” word when you do.
5. We want ice skating removed as an Olympic event.
6. Because you have BET TV we want WET TV. (You know what I mean)
7. We want public urination legalized.
8. We want the planet Uranus renamed to Urectum.
9. If Hilary becomes President, we want birthday sex on our birthday, and yours.
10. If Obama becomes President, we want black people to quit blaming us for their problems. And of course we still want birthday sex twice a year.

If you want us to vote for John McCain, there better be more than a $600 tax rebate in it for us.

I read that Nike workers in Vietnam are unhappy about the working conditions at the Nike plant "in Vietnam" and have gone on strike twice. They claim that their $1 (U.S) a day is not enough for long work day, and they want more money and treated like human-beings, not slaves.

Was not this the start of the Vietnam War, French textile workers revolting because of harsh working conditions and slave wages? Did they not want to join the communist party to be liberated? And now the communist party is the largest manufacture of textiles in the world? Does this mean that the over 40,000 Americans that lost their lives, gave their lives for nothing? Will Iraq parallel Vietnam; no matter how long we are there it will ultimately revert back to the way it was?

And finally, does it matter whether we are there for 10 years or 100; can time mask or justify our loss of live and resources?

What is your opinion regarding this?

Douglas Chick
DouglasChick@gmail.com

 When unchallenged, character is the easiest of all attributes to fake. When faced with peril, bravery, courage, and honesty can only be proven with actions, not words. But how quickly character abandons a politician during an election year. I am embarrassed that this is what our country has been reduced to; politicians that will say and do anything for one more term, begging for just one more chance. They over promise, and under deliver, or deliver nothing at all. I read that members of the congress and senate only work 2 days a week, and spend 3 day raising campaign money, not just during an election year, every year.  The fear of having to enter into the private sector job market and compete with the rest of is justifiably frightening.

George W asked for one more chance because he said he wasn’t finished. Now the Clinton’s are back also asking for another chance. With oil, insurance, and pharmaceutical companies on the right, god only know what the left has to offer us. A vote for the same old family of politicians is a vote for the same lobbyist and special interest groups.

Every four years we have a chance to make a choice that is best for us and our country, but we become

influenced by the promises of false prophets. Wolves in wolves clothing. Liberal wolves blame conservative wolves and conservative wolves blame the liberals. And the only voices they really listen to are from the special interest groups the fund their campaigns. 

The Unchallenged Politician will say and do anything to be elected, because they know that once they are in, we can never get them out again. I believe that the only way to make these career politicians stand by their promises is to remove the ones that do not produce results. Once enough career politicians are fired and replaced, the new ones and remaining ones will find a way to work together for the better good of America.

I am not a liberal, I am a conservative. My friends that still support the Iraqi war; stubbornly say it was the right thing to do. For whom I ask? Not for the 500,000 dead Iraqi’s, and certainly not the over 3000 dead American’s they gave their lives for people that would wish us all dead. McCann says that we will be in Iraq for 100 years, and that seems to be the conservative pledge. I will not pledge my tax dollar or give support to those that intent to spend money that I have not made yet. Having to choose between giving my tax dollars to Americans verses Iraqi’s, Saudi’s, or China, I think I will select my people first. If you want your money to go overseas, I will not stop you.

My friends that still follow their conservative party lines see nothing wrong with giving privilege to pharmaceuticals, oil, and insurance conglomerates, even though they are in middle-class tax brackets that are burdened by the seemingly endless hunger for more. Supply and demand is perhaps one of the most fundamental concepts of our economy and it is the backbone of our free market nation. It is those principles that made us the strongest country in the world, but something has changed, and we are no longer the richest nation. We now depend on countries like China to buy our debt. A communist country that was once a sworn enemy must by our debt to protect their economy? Lobbyist and special interests are no longer American born, but they are a threat to America.

Voting for a President is much more than voting for someone that shares, (or say they share) my ideology. The 20% devalue of the U.S. dollar, reduced my ability to pay my bills also by 20%, and subsequently I am left with less impulse purchasing dollars. With a choice of the remaining Presidential candidates, I have to select someone that is best for my tax bracket, not a candidate that is best for someone with a much higher bracket, or lower. Mike Huckabee says that he doesn't have a degree in math, he has one in miracles? We do not need miracles to save America, just honest people that are good at math.

I am no fan of the democratic mind-set, and probably never will be, but how poor a job has George Bush done that I must consider a democratic to save America?

Douglas Chick
DouglasChick@gmail.com

I have heard so many people say, “It doesn’t matter who is President.” and I must admit, I’ve said it too. Clearly it does matter, because look at us now. When down to two candidates, what are our real choices? Here are my Top 10 priorities: 

These are the answering I am looking for in a Presidential candidate.

What are yours?

Douglas Chick
DouglasChick@Gmail.com

It is the U.S. consumers that have all the power. It is the people that dictate products, not the sellers. If we do not like a certain product, then we simply do not purchase it. If a toy is made by slave child labor, we boycott and demand change. The seller has no choice but to oblige, if they refuse, we refuse to buy. We do not purchase products that harm our families, then why do we purchase goods that hurt our family’s quality of life?

If you purchase goods and services made in another country and remove that money from your local community, it directly affects you. If you only purchase items made locally, you help your local economy, and money stays in your neighborhood, city, state, and country. However, if you purchase products made in other countries, you only benefit their neighborhood, city, state and country.

With my purchase money I want to help the people of my area first, then the people of my state, after then the people of my country. Only after my local, state and national economy has been satisfied first, then I might consider purchasing a product that helps strengthen another country. With every product I buy that is made in another country, or service I use, I hurt the people and economy of my country.  We can survival terrorist attacks; it is what we are doing to the dollar that will destroy us. We can blame the government for allowing jobs to be sent overseas, but We the People are the consumers, and only we can make the United States a financial power again.

Douglas Chick
DouglasChick@gmail.com 

The Democratic primaries have turned into a battle between Barack Obama and Bill/Hillary Clinton. Obama needs a second speaker on this team to be the bad guy and say whatever we wants and not be accountable. If I were Obama I would pick the comedian Lewis Black. Lewis could drop 40 pounds, slug down 100 cups of coffee and shout angerly at reporters, like Bill Clinton is doing for Hillary. Man, I have heard of the beast with two backs, but Bill and Hillary are the beast with two mouths.