Who Are You Voting For ?

[alevin]

I second L2R's motion. Platters are still one of my all-time favs too. thanks!

 

[luv2read]

One of my all-time favorite songs! Thanks so much for the wonderful vid, Buster!

 

[Buster]

Fodder..I didn't bother checking this out..frankly, it's just for amusement..

The two presidential candidates have given their top-10 lists of favorite songs to Blender magazine. Obama likes newer songs like "Touch the Sky" by Kanye West and "Ready or Not" by the Fugees, but he also goes for classics like Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" and Franklin's "Think."

McCain chose two ABBA songs: "Dancing Queen" and "Take A Chance On Me." He also likes "Good Vibrations" by the Beach Boys and "Blue Bayou" by Roy Orbison.

He chose "I've Got You Under My Skin" by Sinatra, while Obama chose Sinatra's "You'd Be So Easy to Love."

Obama also chose songs by Bruce Springsteen, the Rolling Stones, Nina Simone, U2, and "Yes We Can" by will.i.am, which mentions Obama.

McCain's top 10 also included songs by Merle Haggard, Dooley Wilson, Louis Armstrong, Neil Diamond and [The Platters. ]


The year I was born..

 

[luv2read]

Barack Obama's Stealth Socialism

By INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY | Posted Monday, July 28, 2008 4:20 PM PT
Election '08: Before friendly audiences, Barack Obama speaks passionately about something called "economic justice." He uses the term obliquely, though, speaking in code — socialist code....

Straight enough?

http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=302137342405551

Good article. Very accurate. Obama is telling each group what they want to hear, as all politicians do and have always done. "Different strokes for different folks" as the saying goes. One thing that catches my eye, though, is this phrase:

"...government must step in and redistribute pieces of the pie. That requires massive transfers of wealth through government taxing and spending..."

Isn't this is precisely what this administration has been doing - stealing from the middle class and giving to the rich? The biggest transfer of public money to private interests in history just took place with the BSC and Fannie/Freddie bailouts. The tax increases to pay for it haven't come yet...but they will, and the next two administrations will be blamed for it. Tax cuts for the rich (not middle class) and industry, wealth transfers to save the big boys butts, all at the expense of the middle class. Real income has declined for everyone except the truly wealthy, theirs has increased (google the stats). Reverse socialism? Take the money from the middle class and instead of redistributing to the masses, consolidate it in the hands of the few? IMO the consolidation of wealth and power and encroachments on personal liberties that have taken place during the past 8 years are alarming. It doesn't matter which party it is, they're all after our money for their own interests, and we get to keep less of it every year. "Shut up and pay up." It's time for the middle class to stand up and back up the Constitution, and call for a return to the principles our Founders taught us. Respect for the Constitution, the rule of law, individual liberty, sound money, and a noninterventionist foreign policy. I'll vote for whoever can provide them. Step forward, PLEASE!

 

[alevin]

works for me. Something else to chew on...

New Tax Credits
A variety of new tax credits for self-employed and low- income workers, homeowners, and parents of college students would ensure that no families making under $250,000 would see a tax rise (who here would get hit, if this is the plan?), they said in the conference call. The average real tax burden for those earning $1.5 million a year would increase to about 25 percent from about 21 percent they pay now, Goolsbee said in the call.
Furman and Goolsbee said Obama's plan would result in a tax burden amounting to 18.2 percent of the economy. The Congressional Budget Office says the tax bite this year will be 18.7 percent of gross domestic product, rising to 19 percent in 2009.
Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers, an Obama adviser, said Republicans were wrong when they warned of economic disaster in the 1990s because of the tax policies of then-President Bill Clinton. During that time, the U.S. experienced a period of sustained economic growth.
``The idea that a return to the tax policies of the 1990s would somehow damage the economy in some substantial way is supported by neither theory nor evidence nor the longer-term history,'' Summers said.

 

[Buster]

Barack Obama's Stealth Socialism

By INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY | Posted Monday, July 28, 2008 4:20 PM PT
Election '08: Before friendly audiences, Barack Obama speaks passionately about something called "economic justice." He uses the term obliquely, though, speaking in code — socialist code....

Straight enough?

http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=302137342405551

 

[fabijo]

Why not? Let's make everyone president. And make sure all women over 60 have tattoos of our names.

 

[Buster]

If you really want to vote, you make your choice. If you don't see who you want on the ballot, write them in. Here we are talking about our freedom, but we are conditioned to think it's okay to let others give us our choices.

You could even vote for me:

:nuts: http://fabsadventures.com/?itemid=31 :nuts:

You got my vote Mate...can I be your VP?

 

[luv2read]

Write-in for Bill Cosby. I'll vote.

 

[Silverbird]

Sigh, you're too serious, Birch. I was trying to get this thread back on the joke. My serious assesment is further down on the thread. That was before I realized that the proposal was which of the 3 Stooges would you like?

 

[fabijo]

How about taking it a step further? If you sincerely want to bend over, vote. Put your responsibility into someone else's hands.

 

[Birchtree]

If you sincerely want to bend over and appease the Russian Bear then vote for Obama because the world is about to change again - aggression and the fear of it will be the new world mantra. Good luck with that.

 

[Silverbird]

I'd vote for Curly, but he takes too much abuse! :toung: How about Colbert for President? (I'm not a politician, I just play one on TV)

 

[fabijo]

Does anyone know for sure are our only choices going to be Obama or McCain on Election Day?

If you really want to vote, you make your choice. If you don't see who you want on the ballot, write them in. Here we are talking about our freedom, but we are conditioned to think it's okay to let others give us our choices.

You could even vote for me:

:nuts: http://fabsadventures.com/?itemid=31 :nuts:

 

[alevin]

Buster honey, that article doesn't say anything about his wife making him change anything. converting from Islam to Christianity is not like changing your shirt, it's a huge potentially deadly deal, certainly to someone who is a serious follower of Islam.

The book he wrote about his growing up (grade school, Buster, grade school) years in Indonesia and later teenager years in US, was published in 94 when he was still a state senator. He started attending church in Chicago long before he ever met his wife. Let's try to keep the facts straight, or at least straighter, ok? A little broader reading might help with that.

 

[Buster]

OBAMA: I never practiced Islam...eeeeh, Not exactly true, He practiced it daily at school, where he was registered as a Muslim and kept that faith for 31 years, until his wife made him change, so he could run for political office. 4-3-08 Article 'Obama was 'quite religious in islam'' :suspicious:

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=60559

 

[Stoplight]

Yeah Spotlight, your original post was cute/funny.

Miss Piggy,

THANK YOU ! THANK YOU ! THANK YOU !

My original post was meant to be just "funny"....didn't mean to start a raging debate....I love seeing what everyone is thinking, but I just posted this 'cause I'm a "Stooge"....it's a "guy" thing

Should've used a different "Subject" line....

Stoplight...

 

[Silverbird]

According to Wikipedia (may be wrong)

The Libertarian Party has nominated former Congressman Bob Barr, the Constitution Party has nominated pastor and radio talk show host Chuck Baldwin, and the Green Party has nominated former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney. Ralph Nader declined to seek the Green Party nomination and is running as an independent candidate.

 

[Miss_Piggy]

Yeah Spotlight, your original post was cute/funny.

Does anyone know for sure are our only choices going to be Obama or McCain on Election Day?

 

[Gumby]

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Vote for change? Did I read that somewhere?