Where is our Next President? (The Democrats)

I don't know about you, but I look at the list of potential candidates and I couldn't be more disuaded. Yet, when the time comes I will choose one and vote. None of them right now are inciting any passion in my heart to vote for them. The debates were about as boring as you could get. Softball questions and everyone getting along. The only thing they all agreed on was that the other party was bad. Like we didn't know this would be their opinion right? Obama has raised more Money than Hillary but she leads him in the polls. I wouldn't trust the polls if I were looking for my Democratic Candidate (I am not a Democrat). There is a saying around motorcycle shops though "Money talks, bullshit walks". If Obama continues to raise more money than the Clinton Machine I would say he has a better chance of being elected than Hillary and therefore Hillary should "walk". Both of these candidates scare the hell out of me though for various reasons. Neither will get my vote of course because of their far-left agenda. Just as I would not vote for someone with a far-right agenda. Obama seems more "Presidential" than Hillary by far though. He has the image, the voice and the intelligence that when compared to Hillary puts her to shame. I do not like where he stands on abortion and I do not like that there are some strong questions about his church. One of the places a man gets his values is from the church he attends. I have heard nothing good about his church, but again, I haven't been there. No, I don't see either of these people in office.

President Bush is Smarter than you!

Ok, have to admit it. I was having my doubts about the troop surge. But it seems to be working. Every military commander in the field is telling us that it is working. They are there, they are on the scene, they know more about the situation than we do. Bottom line, we all had our doubts, even me. In theory it is always best to listen to the Generals in the Field when it comes to mission accomplishment. Our President is doing this and it is a wise choice. He continues to give military commanders what they ask for to get the job done. Now, admit it, his plan is working! He is smarter than all those who doubted it would work. This means he is probably smarter than you. See, he has information that the public does not have. Rather than sacrifice that information to the public and improve his ratings, he chooses to do the right thing and gives the military commanders what they need. I say we wait until September now and stop all the negative rhetoric. Lets wait and see what the Generals say in September.

Tipping

Ok, enough is enough. Everytime I turn around there is a tip jar on the counter. Bad enough that when you pay for things now with your credit card there is a TIP line underneath your cost. You have to put a line through this now so as to make sure someone doesn't add a tip after you have left the restaurant. A good Waiter or Waitress deserves a tip, no doubt. But someone who works at a Megachain Coffee drive through and just makes a cup of coffee? Please! A cup of coffee these days runs about $3.50. I can see handing someone four bucks and saying keep it. But who carries four one dollar bills now? So, you get your change at the window, you receive it hand to hand right next to the tip jar. The pressure is incredible! Do I put in a buck? Or do I put in the fifty cents? Not like I am leaving it on the table at my favorite restaurant and no "Tip Contact" is made with the server. Oh no! This person is right there in your face with their tip jar conveniently poised! If I put in a buck, I'm an ok kinda guy in their world. If I put in fifty cents, I'm a cheapskate dirtbag. I now avoid these places at all costs.

We cannot pull out of Iraq. I hate to say it but we just can't. The civil war and genocide that would occur if we pull out prior to Iraq being able to govern itself would be too devastating to our public conscience. Yes, we created this monster, but now we have to deal with it. It is no longer a question of winning. It is a question of doing the right thing on a humanitarian level. I want our Troops home, but are we willing to watch the onslaught of innocents after we pull out? I'm not.

Veterans First

VETERANS ARE THE PRIORITY
We should pay particular attention to our Veterans. These are people who volunteered to serve our country in time of need. Our time of need is here and they are serving valiantly. How we treat our Veterans and future Veterans is going to affect our country economically, politically and socially for as long as our nation is in existence.
Veterans will be returning home eventually. They need to have a place to prosper when they return to civilian life. We saw from previous conflicts what can happen if we do not find a way to merge them back into society.
Veterans will be facing several issues when they return. We need to be prepared to provide services to meet their needs and help them deal with these issues. Three major areas to concentrate on will be mental health, physical health and employment. We do have programs in place to address these issues but we need to be prepared for the influx of Veterans needing these services.
When it comes to the Veteran’s mental health the major concern of course is post traumatic stress disorder. This is a real diagnosis and it can affect many of our veterans returning from overseas. It can cause veterans to actually end up behind bars and in our prison systems or mental health facilities at the tax payer’s expense if not treated properly. Hopefully, we are ahead of this and are planning accordingly.
We also have the physical health issue. Many of our Veterans are returning from overseas after being wounded in action. The Veterans Administration (VA) has provides rehabilitation services and financial aid for disabled Veterans. The VA also provides prosthetic services to better help our Veterans function in society. We need to make sure that the VA has everything they need to provide proper treatment and aid for the increased number of wounded Veterans.
Finally we have employment. It is in society’s best interest to return the Veteran to the work force. It shows that we have respect for our Veterans. It shows future generations that military service is something you can be proud of. It re-introduces a tax paying member of society back into the economy. Our choice is either support the veteran in becoming a productive member of society or a dependant member of society. As a Veteran I much prefer being a productive member of society and I am sure my peers would as well.

You mean the car Bombs in London Targeted the Gay Pride Parade?

That is what some news agencies are saying. One of the cars found was right on the main street that the parade would be coming through. Let's see, Gays don't like Christians and they call us breeders, hate-mongerers etc etc. I don't think I saw any Crosses hanging from the windows of those car bombs though. Yes Liberals, they want to kill you just as bad as they want to kill the conservatives. Now, the question is which comes first for you liberals? Do you finally admit that these people want you dead despite the way you have tried to defend them? Or do you continue to try to appease them? I know, maybe you can find some gay Islamic extremists to come out publicly supporting your lifestyle.

Scooter Libby is FREE

Hey, Like I said before OUR President is loyal! He knows who has served him faithfully and he does what he can to take care of them. We all knew the sentance would be commuted now didn't we? Who can honestly say that they expected Scooter Libby to actually serve time behind bars? Fred Thompson said in an earlier interview that he also would have pardoned Scooter Libby. I think the President wanted to wait as long as he could on this one but finally his hand was forced. I think he did the right thing really. He knows the full story and how Libby either "Took one for the Team" or he was railroaded by anyone opposed to the Bush administration. In either Case, the commuted sentance was the least that a good leader would do. You take care of your people. All Scooter Libby was guilty of was leaving himself open to be a target.

Congressional Updates

House Squeezes Private Tax Collectors: H.R.2829 allots $1 million for private debt collection this is $6 million short of what the IRS requested. It is written so that it prohibits funds from being used to implement an executive order giving the president greater power over the federal rule-making process. It also provides $1.6 million for White House maintenance and restoration projects. They are still working on this bill and will continue after the July 4th Recess.

Bee's: Bees are the primary pollinators of America’s food crops and they are dying out. In comes bill (S.1694) attempting to fund research to figure out why. The study of "colony collapse" investigates a little understood phenomenon in which worker bees in a Western honey bee colony abruptly disappear.

Ethics Reform Stalls: Although the House and Senate passed legislation to overhaul lobbying and ethics rules, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) threw a wrench in the works by blocking Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-NV) attempt to name conferees. McConnell made his cooperation conditional upon a vote on a separate bill (S.223) that would require electronic filing of campaign finance reports.