About Iraq

J.J. Jackson asked:


According to a recent Zogby poll, 52% of Americans support “a U.S. military strike to prevent Iran from building a nuclear weapon”. Just in case that is unclear, it means that the majority of Americans are in favor of war with Iran. Which means I have to ask the serious question of whether or not everyone that supports such an action is ready to stick with the repercussions of such a strike? Or are they going to get upset when everything isn’t settled within thirty minutes or less? Are they going to do the same thing they did with Iraq and be (like John Kerry) for it before they were against it?

Much like the continuation of the war against Saddam Hussein’s Iraq instigated by years of violating every aspect of the ceasefire which kept him from assuming tent temperature after being routed in 1991, the majority of Americans appear to favor striking at yet another foe of the United States and her allies. At least for now until American soldiers begin dying in a number they arbitrarily deem to be unacceptable most likely. Or maybe there is an off chance they will be able to hang in there until the media tells them that the ensuing war is a failure?

Iran has been threatening the world for years. Only the willfully blind and mentally retarded haven’t seen it and I have to apologize to the mentally retarded for lumping them in with people who should know better but are too entrenched in their own ideology to admit it. From promising to wipe Israel from the face of the Earth and push the Jews into the sea to arming terrorists in Iraq, the Iranian leadership has taken what the world has let them have. The only question right now is whether or not the world is willing to let them have a nuclear weapon capable of killing thousands in a single blow to make good on their threats.

Some nations have already said by their actions that an Iranian bomb is just fine with them. Some countries have worked hand in hand with the radical leadership of that nation for years to help push this technology and their nuclear program along.

I just want it to be clear that make no mistake, if we bomb (and justly so) Iran’s nuclear facilities or the Quds Force which is helping the faltering insurgency in Iraq there will be war. And it is not likely to be a war that will be completed in thirty minutes or less like your pizza. You will not be able to complain that you were “lied” to or “mislead” in a pathetic attempt to justify your lack of interest in the bloodshed that will commence.

If you support bombing Iran now will you become another in a long line of chickenhawks? Will you be hawkish enough to send soldiers to the fight but too chicken to finish it like so many in America are with the current war on terror? Because we don’t need any more of those sorts of people. We have plenty of them right now.

Yes, I know that right now I’m being labeled as a warmonger by simpletons (again the willfully blind) who would rather stick their head in the sand and hope that the world and all the troubles in it would pass them by. But I expect such nonsensical rhetoric from shallow individuals who abide by ideology over truth. And that truth is that there are bad people in the world. It’s not like I am suggesting we bomb Aruba to acquire some nice resort properties or something silly like that and advocating attacking someone that has done nothing to threaten harm to anyone.

So think carefully before you answer my original question.

Iranian President Mahmoud INeedAJihad and the radicals he leads are certainly not much more than a paper tiger or a roaring flea, but as many of the chickenhawks now running for the tall grass with regards to Iraq have found out it only takes a small and determined group of fanatics to cause more carnage than you might expect. Sure the carnage looks gruesome and they will not win the war because of it, but they will sure test your patience and your commitment.

A strike against Iran will provoke a response. But it is a response the United States and her allies can handle. Just do not poke the hornets nest unless you are ready to get stung. My fear is that most Americans are not willing to get stung however. And then it will only be a matter of time before the hornets swarm and sting anyway.

Hello Domino’s? Where’s our pizza?



Jeff

Robert Walsh asked:


Robert Walsh Kids Clothing wants to announce the creation of their newest page on their website, entitled “Support Our Troops, Soldiers & Army Wives In Iraq & Afghanistan War”. Since September the collapse of Wall Street and the Housing Foreclosures countrywide has dominated the NEWS.  Americans from coast to coast are focusing on their economic concerns of keeping their jobs, saving their homes from foreclosure, and protecting their saving and investments from being a complete loss.

Due to this refocusing we seemed to have forgotten our troops in Iraq, and the Afghanistan war against terrorism.  With all the doom and gloom at home we want to remind our fellow citizens that there are thousands of American soldiers in Iraq.  Afghanistan and the war in Afghanistan is the front line in our war against terrorism.  Our service men and women still need our support.  And with the Holiday Season upon us it is more important than ever that we give them a touch of home on the battle fronts abroad as we have done in all of our previous wars over the last fifty plus years.

This page, http://www.robertwalshkidsclothing.com/23.html, suggests ways to support our troops and their army wives here at home.  With every donation Americans can share the “Holiday Spirit” by sending an e-mail Christmas to one of over 200,000 troops stationed overseas away from their families in order to safeguard our freedoms here at home.  A simple donation may provide soldiers a call home to their army wives and children with a prepaid phone card.  This certainly is a top holiday gift, because it brings SO MUCH JOY to everyone, including the giver and the recipients and their families.

These precious simple gifts that are PRICELESS are made available through the generosity of ordinary Americans who want to recognize American soldiers worldwide who once again sacrifice their lives and the lives of their army families during this Holiday Season. 

Through your kindness and generosity we can give back to our troops a gift that is PRICELESS.  A holiday card that tells a member of our Armed Forces we haven’t forgotten, and we are grateful for your service CAN MEAN SO MUCH to that soldier stationed high in the cold and remote mountains of Afghanistan. To write soldiers or have an e-mail card sent in your name is a real morale booster for that G.I. Joe.

Or to adopt a soldier with a donation for that prepaid phone card not only supports the soldiers in Iraq, but also their army wives here stateside who receive that surprise precious long distance phone call that unites the army family for the HOLIDAY….how precious is that!!! 

We want to encourage Americans, despite their own economic hardships, to realize that even a small donation of $20.00 is less than one penny for the every service men and women abroad.  It would take approximately $2,000.00 to raise it to a penny per soldier stationed overseas.

So please join our effort to remember our troops this Holiday Season with an affordable donation that will bring PRICELESS HOLIDAY JOY to a soldier and his/her family.  You can’t buy much with a penny these days.  But by helping to raise a penny per soldier abroad with YOUR DONATION and Donations like yours is the BEST GIFT YOU CAN GIVE to our soldiers this HOLIDAY SEASON!  Please help Support our Troops.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL OUR SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN & THEIR FAMILIES THIS HOLIDAY SEASON!!!



Samantha

Desi asked:


Do our troops protect the defenseless civilians from Iraq and should they? I would like to know if they just kill anyone who is in their way that is innocent or they protect them?

Alfred

Dave Kelsen asked:


Let’s start with some facts:

Jesus was crucified long before the U.S. existed Jesus did not have a political affiliation Jesus was a Hebrew Barak is a traditional Hebrew name (and existed in Jesus time, as opposed to the name Jesus, which did not) The Old Testament was written in Hebrew primarily, and Aramaic

The English translation of the bible is an interpretation of a interpretive translation. The first amendment of the constitution establishes your right as a citizen of this country to believe what you want and say what you want.  When 33 pastors participated in “Pulpit Freedom Sunday” they complained that their 1st amendment rights were being violated.  In truth, only their tax-exempt status could be threatened, however literature distributed by the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) stated that in most cases, nothing will actually happen.  So far, nothing has.  So why the big deal?  Churches are not obligated to file a return with the IRS.  In a 2006 article on psalm145.blogspot.com it was reported that the average church income is close to $5 Million per year.  Imagine having to suddenly pay taxes on that.  It’s not about free speech, it’s about the money.  But it gets worse.

Every church that participated in this event supported the Republican candidate from Arizona.  Coincidentally, the Alliance Defense Fund is based in Arizona.  Pastors reasons for swaying voters are mainly issues concerning abortion, same-sex marriage and stem-cell research.  With the exception of Roe v Wade, neither candidate will change the laws regarding these issues on a federal level.  So why would you support one or the other based on religious conviction.  Some Christians falsely believe that our country was founded on Christianity.  In the 16th Century, Queen Elizabeth punished those who would not conform to the Church of England.  For that reason, the United States of America was specifically designed to seperate church from state.  Devout Christians including Thomas Jefferson and James Madison believed strongly that religion should be separate from government.  The Constitution and the Bill of Rights apply to each and every person regardless of race, creed or sex.   So why do these pastors feel the need to mix their churches back in with the government?  Who is actually behind these actions?

Pro-lifers who support John McCain also support a war that was started under false pretense.  Pro-lifers that support McCain support the killing of men, women, pregnant women and children equally.  There is no question that the decision to invade Iraq was based on incomplete information at best, and deceit at worst.  Former Treasury Secretary Paul O’neill told “60 Minutes” of the newly elected Bush administration that “From the very beginning, there was a conviction that Saddam Hussein was a bad person and that he needed to go”.  Former Secretary of State, Colin Powell, who delivered the knock-out punch that convinced Americans of the threat, calls his dissertation on Sadam’s Weapons of Mass Destruction the lowest point in his life, that the information given him by the White House was anything but an intelligence document, some characterized it as a “sort of Chinese menu from which you could pick and choose”.  Secretary Powell was not told that one of the sources had been flagged as a liar and fabricator.  Former CIA director George Tenet stated that VP Cheney had is sights on Iraq as early as late 2001, early 2002 even though they knew Osama Bin Laden was in Afghanistan.  To think that we have not been fooled is naive, but to believe that it was “God’s will” in invade Iraq is insane.

“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it” - The Friends of Voltaire, Evelyn Beatrice Hall - 1906

Our country is a melting pot of cultures that have the freedom to choose what to believe.  Faith is the practice of tolerance, understanding and love.  Any law inhibiting ones ability to choose based on religious belief or preference goes against the very principle that our country was founded on and is therefore un-American to the fullest.  Government does not belong in your church.  Fight to keep it out.



Raul

michael Webster asked:


BY MICHAEL WEBSTER: INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER Nov 9, 2008 at 5:00 PM PDT

 

According to records kept by El Universal Mexico’s largest newspaper they report since 2005, the 24 hours of last Monday alone was the most violent for the year in the country, with 58 murders linked to organized crime.  This figure surpasses the record set on Sept 12, 2008 when 41 murders occurred within a 24-hour period. Both records occurred in the same year.  Among those murdered just in one day were seven police commanders and officers.  One police officer was wounded and the severed head of a private security guard was left in a gasoline station restroom.

The overwhelming majority of main news items in Mexico on any given day is the killings and violence that happen in Mexico on a daily bases. At the current rate of violent deaths in Mexico it is projected that the number will reach 5,000. That is more deaths than in the Iraq war, where we as Americans are spending 10 billion per month of tax payer’s money to support that war and have over 150, 000 troops and other Americans in country today. Mexico is our immediate neighbor to the south with a population of well over 100 million people with a war that is killing it’s citizens at an alarming rate. Many of those murders kidnappings and violence in Mexico is spilling into the United States where Americans have been killed and/or kidnapped. This is all related to the drug war going on in Mexico between the powerful Mexican drug cartels and the Mexican Government.  

What follows is a compilation of the comparison of deaths both in Iraq and Mexico. To date there have been more then 4,000 plus violent deaths in Mexico both Mexican and U.S. citizens. In comparison to date in Iraq there has been killed appax. 1,312.

During the last 24 hours 38 persons have died in different events caused by members of organized crime; the number has reached 4,052 in 2008 in this country (Mexico), surpassing by more than three times the number of dead in Iraq this year.

 

Additionally an alarming number of Americans are vanishing in Mexico where there has been a dramatic increase in the numbers of U.S. citizens who have recently been reported missing or kidnapped along the border with Mexico, reports the Washington Post. Many who have vanished from U.S. cities are still missing and it is feared they will turn up in the mass graves that have been discovered lately in Mexico.

U.S. State Dept recently issued Mexico alert said “Recent Mexican army and police force conflicts with heavily-armed narcotics cartels have escalated to levels equivalent to military small-unit combat and have included use of machine guns and fragmentation grenades.   Confrontations have taken place in numerous towns and cities in northern Mexico, including Tijuana in the Mexican state of Baja California, and Chihuahua City and Ciudad Juarez in the state of Chihuahua.  The situation in northern Mexico remains very fluid; the location and timing of future armed engagements there cannot be predicted”. Public shootouts have occurred during daylight hours near shopping areas in many Mexican border towns. Click on or  

What follows is the deadly and apparently relentless daily routine of blood and mayhem spread throughout the country of Mexico. Remember this is just one typical day of violence in Mexico. This is from only a few Mexican newspapers. There is no attempt to report every similar instance published in other Mexican newspapers for that day.

 

The following are item headlines appearing on 10/28/08 in the papers indicated.

 

From El Debate (Culiacan, Sinaloa)

-    Unknown subject is murdered in Culiacan

-    Traffic policeman found murdered in Culiacan

-    Unknown subject is found incinerated

-    Shootout between police and hit-men results in one death

-    Guasave resident murdered in Tijuana (Guasave is a city in Sinaloa)

-    Man found incinerated at the Linita de Hitaje Cemetery. The body was in a car reported stolen.

From Diario (Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, edition

-    Four executed and one abducted

-    Bullet riddled body found in Chihuahua

-    Policeman killed Saturday had been threatened in a banner

-    Armed commando kills four outside a bar

-    Shot with gun in the mouth

-    Juarez resident murdered near Sateno

-    Two executed in Chihuahua; they were police

-    Chase and shootout reported in the state’s capital

-    One more killed in Chihuahua City

There were at least 15 persons reported executed from dawn yesterday until press time for this edition; nine of them were in Tijuana, Baja Calif., four in Chihuahua and two in Sinaloa. The violence of criminal groups continues to be unstoppable in the country.”

The following is deadly attacks in Iraq so far this year 2008 totaling approx. 1,312

 From BBC News: Deaths in Iraq

23 Nov 06 - 200 dead

- Five car bombs and mortar attacks in Sadr City, Baghdad

13 Aug 06 - 57 dead

Four-storey building destroyed in blast in Zafaraniya district.

18 July 06 - 53 dead

Car bomb in southern city of Kufa near Shia shrine

1 July 06 - 66 killed

Car bomb in Sadr City, Baghdad

7 April 2006 - 85 dead

Triple suicide bombing at Shia Buratha mosque

5 Jan 06 - 110 dead

Suicide bombers hit Karbala shrine and police recruiting station in Ramadi

18 Nov 05 - 80 dead

Multiple bombings in Baghdad and two Khanaqin mosques

14 Sept 05 - 182 dead

Suicide car bomber targets Baghdad laborers in worst of a series of bombs

16 Aug 05 - 90 dead

Suicide bomber detonates fuel tanker in Musayyib

28 Feb 05 - 114 dead

Suicide car bomb hits government jobseekers in Hilla

24 June 04 - 100 dead

Co-ordinated blasts in Mosul and other cities

2 March 04 - 140 dead

Suicide bombers attack Shia festival at Karbala and Baghdad

1 Feb 04 - 105 dead

Twin attacks on Kurdish parties’ offices in Irbil

28 Aug 03 - 85 dead

Car bomb at Najaf shrine targets senior Shia cleric

In Ciudad Juarez the body of a man who had been beheaded and whose hands were handcuffed behind him was found hung from the Rotario Bridge in Juarez across the border from El Paso Texas. He had been forcibly kidnapped and carried off two days before according to police. A message from a local criminal organization was left nearby. The gruesome display even for this northern border city long accustomed to drug-related violence was shocked.

Shortly after the grisly sighting about 5 a.m., police found the victim’s head in a black bag in a nearby plaza, said state police spokesman Alejandro Pariente.

Pariente said the body was wearing black jeans, a red T-shirt and white sneakers, and was handcuffed. A banner apparently directed at rival drug-gang members was hung next to the corpse.

The victim’s father was barely able to identify his 23-year-old sons body.

 

Caution what follows is a photo showing the hanging body just before its removal.  Yet one more body was found near the Rio Grande in Juarez, this one shot in the head.

Elsewhere, masked men gunned down two police officers in a convenience store in Chihuahua City, the capital of Chihuahua state, where Juarez is located, said Eduardo Esparza, spokesman for the state attorney general’s office. After the killings assailants left a toy pig next to the bodies. A man wearing a pig mask was found hung in a residence in  Juarez. Near the body was a message threatening to do the same to others. Police believe the message was from drug gangs.

Drug violence has been escalating across Mexico and cartels have turned to increasingly gruesome methods to send a message to their rivals and police.

Also in Juarez, the same day four men were found shot to death. And four other men fell victim to gunfire attacks in various places in the city.

Elsewhere in town, the cadaver of a man was found hanging from a metal fence in front of an empty house. A mask with the face of a pig had been placed over his head and his hands had been cuffed. There was also a threatening “narco-message” left with the hanged body.

Later the same day Mexican army personnel detained four heavily armed men in Cuauhtemoc, Chihuahua; the four had with them “an anti-tank rocket launcher, a high explosive rocket, two caliber 308 rifles capable of piercing armor, two cal. 223 AR-15 rifles, a caliber 556 rifle, a .22 caliber rifle, a .22 revolver, a caliber 11.25 pistol, 12 fragmentation hand grenades, a gas grenade and clips of various calibers.” They also had five “T3  level bullet proof vests, bandoleers, gas masks and ID cards of the PGR (Mex. Dep’t. of Justice) plus small amounts of drugs. Most of the front page and the headline on the printed version of a Juarez paper were devoted to the horror which Juarez residents feel because of the level and brutality of all the violence.

Tijuana violence does not cease there either it is becoming an everyday affair according to Jose Gonzalez a resident of Tijuana were there is more violence reported and where the finding of cadavers and narco messages keep police agencies on alert on both sides of the border and the civilian population in a state of panic.

In Tijuana alone there have been to date more than 700 execution type killings carried out by organized crime that have been counted this year, which makes it one of the most violent in the city’s history. Recently in TJ two more decapitated bodies were found, two police officers were murdered and so were eleven other men, all within a 14 hour period.

In a banner headlines on the printed front page of a TJ newspaper read: City policeman executed Physician kidnapped. 

 

A second “ministerial police” agent lost his life Wednesday afternoon in TJ. He was driving his car when the occupants of two other vehicles opened fire killing him dead in his car. Two severed human heads were left on top of the lids of each of two blue plastic barrels found near the Otay Mesa border crossing point on the east side of TJ near the California border. The location is just four blocks away from where six persons were killed by gunfire on Monday. The headless bodies were inside the barrels, and a narco message.

 

A “Ministerial Police” commander was killed and his police officer escort was critically wounded Monday afternoon when killers shot them repeatedly while the two were eating at a restaurant. The hit-men left and disappeared as quickly as they had arrived. 

 

Recently four men fell victim to a gunfire assault at a junkyard in the Lomas Verdes section of TJ but between 4 p.m. and late evening six other men were shot to death and two others were wounded in two other incidents elsewhere in town.

Just yesterday, ten gunmen lost their lives after a shootout with state agents in Nogales, Sonora. The police were attacked with fragmentation grenades; three police and three civilians were wounded.

The body of a gagged man was found in Cabo San Lucas; his fingers had been chopped off. Eight persons have died in Baja California Norte in the last 24 hours, the product of a spiral of violence.

Just recently two Rosarito police officers were assassinated while on patrol. Twenty kilometers away three other persons were murdered. Seven other crimes took place in Chihuahua; two men were found dead in Hermosillo, Sonora, two in Culiacan and “some others more” in Guanajuato, Guerrero, the Distrito Federal and Taxco.

A related account in “El Universal” (Mexico City) states that violence in Rosarito has cost the lives of seven police and at least a dozen other persons in less than thirty days; it adds that there have been mass resignations of police there because of fear of being murdered. Just some years back Rosarito was a laid back, peaceful ocean beach town.

Just recently Baja racer Arron Cooper another American was shot in Mexico while pre-running the Baja 1000 race. See: Baja Racing News.com for more details.

Sources:

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FORMER BORDER PATROL OFFICERS (NAFBPO)  

El Universal, El Debate and Diario newspapers. El Paso Police Dept. El Paso Sheriff’s Dept. Mexico City Police Dept., Juarez Police Dept.

Click on or Google:War on terror and drugs by Michael Webster



Roy

Joy Gendusa asked:


Like baseball, basketball is one of America’s favorite pastimes. The evening the Houston Rockets won the NBA Championship in 1995, the streets of Houston were packed with throngs of people and seemed to be a common thread amongst everyone no matter their race, color or creed…. that commonality was sports. It didn’t matter if they weren’t really basketball fans; they were fans of being winners and that night, we were all winners.

There is something going on in Iraq right now that reminds me of that nostalgic moment: Operation Soccer Ball. Apparently the Iraqi people, particularly the Iraqi children, are passionate about soccer. Actually, it’s football to them, but we call it soccer. You could equate their passion for the game of soccer to our love of football or baseball. Any street, field, farm, or dusty ground off the side of the road is a veritable soccer field in Iraq. From reports of soldiers overseas, Iraqis are all passionately chasing some form or fashion of a soccer ball. If they don’t have a soccer ball, they’ll use anything as a substitute – even a rock – and play with it like they were playing for the World Championship.

Iraqis need soccer balls, and whoever started Operation Soccer Ball, in my opinion, is brilliant. It was started as a way to convey the goodwill of America and American soldiers by giving Iraqi children soccer balls that they so desperately desire.

The love of sports, in this case being soccer, is starting to become an instrument of peace and is forming a common bond between the US and the Middle East. It’s transcending cultural differences and language barriers and it’s also mitigating the aggravated feelings of some Iraqis that would rather not see US presence in their land.

I found out about Operation Soccer Ball from a local radio station in Tampa Bay — WQYK. They contacted my company, PostcardMania, to print posters promoting Operation Soccer Ball in an effort to raise money for the cause and enable soccer balls be sent to soldiers in three different locations in Iraq. The purpose of the mission was to solidify relationships with the future leaders of Iraq by giving soccer balls out to the Iraqi children.

The program actually started in Tampa by a woman named Gina McDowell whose son, PFC McDowell, is serving in the Army Reserves presently stationed in Al Hillah, Iraq. He is part of the Provincial Reconstruction Team attached to the United States State Department. Gina came up with the idea of collecting soccer balls when her son told her the impact they had on Iraqi children. She then contacted WQYK to help spread the word and aid in the collection.

Operation Soccer Ball was run through the local VFW. (There may be other programs like this around the country.) And PostcardMania printed the posters — pro-bono. We do lots of pro-bono work for charities and recently started doing more for the military. We were contacted this past summer to help USO Georgia by printing 18,000 postcards for a large deployment of American troops so they’d have postcards to write home to their families on one last time before boarding their plane on their journey to the Iraq and Afghanistan.

Well, I got a letter the other day that Operation Soccer Ball was a big success — over $8000 was raised for the project and all the monies went directly to the cause which enabled WQYK to collect over 3500 soccer balls and enough money to ship them (it costs close to $2 to ship each ball!). One interesting note that really stood out was that after being befriended with a soccer ball, some Iraqi children have risked their own safety by disclosing the whereabouts of numerous IEDs (explosive devices) and insurgents to our soldiers. Wow. It’s amazing to me that a small gesture of a soccer ball can impact so many lives.

It’s the pleasure in life, or even the contemplation of pleasure, that enriches our lives. For some it could be a trip to the Bahamas. For others, it could be a stroll down memory lane with an old friend…or the love of a good game of basketball. But for the Iraqis, it’s the game of soccer. And a lot of good people are creating a safer haven in the worn-torn Middle East with just a few balls – who’d have thought?

Michael, a soldier in Iraq who has a blog on the net, cited some Kiowa pilots from the 1st Cavalry Division that had been dropping soccer balls from their helicopters after completing their missions. One story in particular really struck a chord.

“I remember this one time when we came down, ready to drop a few balls and we see this kid standing off in the distance. He had his arm cocked back to his ear, just ready to hurl a rock at us. I pulled one of the balls out and tossed it to him. The kid just stood there for a second, like he really wasn’t sure what to do, but then he dropped that rock, grabbed the ball and gave us the thumbs up. That was cool.” –Chief Warrant Officer Sonny Hinchman, Kiowa pilot.

The Tampa Bay program has ended but hopefully this story will inspire others across the nation to develop similar initiatives in their cities. More corporations can get involved by donating soccer balls — monetary donations or donations of the soccer balls themselves with possibly a company logo on each ball. What a great way to get exposure and positive publicity after donating a few thousand balls. Even big conglomerates like Nike, Microsoft or even city governments like NY, Atlanta, Houston or Tampa Bay can get on the bandwagon. Heck – let’s rain soccer balls instead of bullets. Who knows, we might just have the next World Champion Soccer Team on our Hands: Team Iraq.

Other resources:

www.anysoldier.com

www.Spiritofamerica.net

www.postcardmania.com

www.wqyk.com

http://adayiniraq.blogspot.com

www.mnf-iraq.com



Theresa

104inc.com asked:


Webster’s dictionary defines debate as “a discussion, as of a public question in an assembly, involving opposing viewpoints.”

Now, either Mr. Webster was hallucinating when he defined that word, or Sarah “Pail In Comparison” Palin and John “I-have-no-substance-so-let-me-just-talk-smack-on-Obama” McCain have taken the liberty of redefining the word before our very eyes.

It’s a funny thing, really. After watching the Vice Presidential and Presidential debates, I saw one thing that got me thinking. McCain and Palin do belong together, but they’re on the wrong network, and on the wrong platform. Considering that neither of them could answer a question with a real answer to save their lives, and considering all the ‘dancing’ they do around each question, they’d be better served on Dancing With the Stars. However, I must admit that McCain has impressed me greatly - for a man with his physical ailments, barely able to raise his hands and walk fluidly, he sure can groove - who said white men can’t dance, huh?

On the flip-side, you have the stellar, stoic, and confident Obama who looks in the eye of the camera, in the eye of the American people, and instills confidence in us, instead of instilling further fear that we will all one day have to flee to neighboring countries and watch the USA crumble into oblivion. Obama will make a change, people!

So, you still don’t know who to vote for, huh? Well, let me ease this burden for you. We spend, and have been spending $10,000,000,000 a month in Iraq for the past several years. Did you get that? Not $10,000, not $10,000,000, but TEN BILLION DOLLARS A MONTH IN IRAQ. Now, don’t you think that TEN BILLION DOLLARS would be better suited coming back into our economy? I thought so.Where is Bin Laden? Where is Al-Qaida? They sure as hell aren’t in Iraq. They’re in Afghanistan, parts of Pakistan, and God knows where, yet we’re still up in Iraq’s kool-aid. What gives? Basically, the Republicans have taken each and every consumer, bent them over, handled their business, and didn’t even have the common courtesy to give a reach-around.

Finally, I’ll leave you with this. McCain will give a huge tax break to those who make over $200,000/year, while the rest of us John. Q.Taxpayers (not Joe Six-Packs: a retarded euphemism) have to tighten our wallets. On the other hand, Obama will raise taxes only for those who make the $200,000/year, while the remaining 95% of the population won’t see any increase. Now, I know it’s odd to see a politician display common sense and present an actual plan to benefit this country, but I tell you, it’s either Obama or nothing.

Bottom line:

McCain = The rich get richer, we stay in Iraq fighting a meaningless war, spending billions monthly while the country continues in its worst recession since 1929.

Obama = The country is assisted. Taxpayers get a break. The economy gets boosted, and we’re on our way to the international supremacy we once possessed.

Need any more help? Not sure which way to go? Well, at least there’s one easy choice. Log on to 104Vote.com for related articles on the upcoming election, as well as simple and easy ways to accommodate all your needs! Stay tuned for Part III next week when I get into the fundamental differences in their health care views.





Albert

gregorywer asked:


Why is the US falling apart domestically and Iraq sits with a surplus of $79 billion of their own unspend money. How does George Bush sleep at night while fellow Americans are swindled into voting him into another term in office and while he is at it organise $750 billion for his rich buddies. How the FCUK can people still vote Republican.

Lester

Reba K asked:


The US flew nearly $12bn in shrink-wrapped $100 bills into Iraq, then distributed the cash with no proper control over who was receiving it and how it was being spent.

The staggering scale of the biggest transfer of cash in the history of the Federal Reserve has been graphically laid bare by a US congressional committee.

In the year after the invasion of Iraq in 2003 nearly 281 million notes, weighing 363 tonnes, were sent from New York to Baghdad for disbursement to Iraqi ministries and US contractors.

Who deserves prosecution over this loss of US funds?

Karl

Brad asked:


I’ve noticed this hypocrisy of most of the supposed “anti-war” groups. Nobody ever mentions that the War on Iraq has led to the death of over 1 million Iraqis, but the respectable “anti-war” groups have constantly mentioned how many Americans have been killed.

Why does nobody seem to care at all about Iraqis who have been maimed or killed in this War?

Roberto