Is It OK For Europe To Like Our Presidential Candidate

I found this question being asked in my daily Huffington Post feed. I personally have no problem with the concept that our best and closest allies might not hate us if Obama wins the election.

Apparently McCain and the popular press don't see it that way. I have no idea what could possibly be wrong with the idea that Europe might stop hating us if we reject McCain's bid for four more years of Bushism. I wish we could fire Bush today and have the election tomorrow followed by inauguration on Thursday!

Check out the article on Huffington and post your opinions here.

I try to be fair, but ...

I try to be as fair and baslanced as I can, but today's issues are too deeply engraved into my consciousness for me to be perfectly objective. So I will admit freely that I want Obama to win the election in November.

I have had all the deprivation and oppression I can stand from the Bush years. I don't want McCain to move in to the White House and continue with business as usual. I really want that change we can believe in.

Let me try to explain this on a personal level. The first stroke of Bush's presidential pen raised my prescription copay by a whopping 250%. That's right. 250%. It isn't a typo. He then wanted to raise it another 125% the next year. With the number of prescriptions the VA has laid at my feet, that's a substantial cut of my income. Every few months I get a check from the VA that isn't big enough to cover any of my expenses because they take my copay out of it.

The cost of living has skyrocketed. Those of you who are still able to hold down a job are feeling the pinch. What do you think it means to a guy like me? With my wife to support and a total monthly income of $230.00 how far can I stretch my money? I can't blame Bush for my disability but I can darn sure blame him for his personal war and his bungling of the hurricane crises in the Gulf of Mexico!

Those led to the beginning of the price rise. His coddling of big oil and other related businesses has made it worse. His flat refusal to take action against the speculators lined his own pockets. It helped his big oil cronies to earth-shattering profits, too.

I don't trust the republicans any more. I don't trust Bush as far as I can throw the White House and I trust McCain even less.

I want an Obama administration and let him do his best to slove the crappy situation we are in. Tax breaks for the poor! Free up more money for higher education! Let the subprime mortgage mess sort itself out! Fix Social Security and Medicare!

I'm off the soapbox for now, but I'll be back.

No, Senator McCain

This is the body of my letter to the editor I just sent to my local news outlets. John McCain thinks we can just muddle through in Afghanistan. He is quite wrong. This issue has nothing to do with his bid for the presidency. It has everything to do with his tenure as a legislator. The title of this post links to the page where you can view the video and very easily compose your own lett to the editor. If you prefer, you may feel free to copy and paste my letter and send it over your own electronic signature.

We can not just "muddle through" in Afghanistan. We have spent too much money, too many American lives, and too many American dollars "muddling through" in Afghanistan.

What we really need to do in Afghanistan is to stop muddling and get serious about unearthing Bin Laden. He needs to be brought to justice. Seven years is long enough to try "muddling through" don't you think?

Stop wasting time and money. Get busy with Afghanistan. Leave the disaster of Iraq behind and get on with the job that needed to be done in the first place: Clean out Al Qaeda!

Our government needs to be kicked into gear. Kicked firmly and with vigor! Also think about sending this to your senators, representatives and the White House.

Act up! Join a cause, write letters, speak out, involve your friends and family and for heaven's sake get out the vote!