1. No real statesmen, but we sure have plenty of career politicians in Washington. Most have forgotten who they really represent….us!
2. We’ve got two candidates for President that frankly don’t really inspire myself or most of my friends. I don’t know about you, but I’m tired of voting for the lesser of two evils! I think we need a truly viable 3rd party in this country.
a. McCain has such a maverick track record, who knows what he would do as president. His age doesn’t concern me, surely he can survive 4 more years, grin. There’s a good reason why you can’t be president at age 18, 21, 25, or even 30. You have to be at least 35. It’s also why we need to pay more than just passing attention to who the VP will be, regardless of candidate. In life there are no guarantees that any of us, regardless of age, will live to see tomorrow so act accordingly.
b. I love the fact that we have a black man running for president. The fact that he’s made it as far as he has says so much about our country and should make us all proud. Problem is I see so many acting like he’s something new, something special, when the facts and his track record simply don’t match the hype. Sorry, but he’s just another run of the mill politician, nothing new other than when on script/teleprompter he’s a great public speaker. Peel back the talk, ask a few tough questions, and there’s little left to impress.
c. We’re electing an American President. Nothing against Europe or the Middle East, but we’re not electing the president of Europe or the Middle East. We have become such an overly vain society anymore and it’s truly sad in many ways. As such, I guess it’s not surprising that so many seem to care way TOO much about what other countries think of us. Far too many of these countries that are so critical of America, seriously need to get their own acts together before preaching at us. If we’re such a horrid country, then why do we have such a massive illegal immigration problem?
d. I haven’t checked lately, but just how much money has been poured into this election? Think either of these candidates are really going to represent you, me, or the big money donors? Look at the numbers, they are just staggering!
e. We have two candidates for President running around talking the big talk of how they’ve got the fix for all our problems. I find this interesting, very interesting indeed, considering they are both currently Senators. If they’ve really got the fix, why have they not already done it or at least tried getting it up for a vote? They are members of arguably the most powerful branch of our government. If things are really this bad and they have the solution, why wait? Fix things now and you’ll win the Presidency in a landslide. Go back and read this one again….think about it.
f. Upset over all the spending in Washington? Don’t put all the blame on the President! Congress has to approve the budgets folks! To fix a problem you have to correctly identify the source of the problem. Don’t like the war? Guess who has to approve the funds for it?
3. We simply place way too much emphasis on the President. Maybe I missed something in school, but the President simply isn’t that powerful of a man. As a country we need to start focusing more on the folks that actually have the power to affect our daily lives….the folks in the House and Senate. Until we do, little is going to change for the better regardless of who is President.
4. For those that think their choice for President this fall will make their lives better overnight (or even over many years), you need to wake up. We’re going to be lucky if things don’t turn for the worse. The solution to most of our problems doesn’t start with the person at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, with another government program, or higher taxes for the rich. One of these days we’ll learn. See item #3 above.
5. To fix our energy crisis we have to learn supply and demand concepts. Apparently far too many don’t understand these concepts. We’re not the lone economic superpower in the world anymore, think China, think India. Drill here, drill now, pay less. I’m all for alternatives and learning to make better use of what we have, but we are an petroleum based economy and that is not going to change overnight or even this decade. Ethanol is not the answer. Electric/hybrid cars are not the answer, at least not for now with our already overloaded electric grids. Plus imagine what your electric bill will be if you have a couple battery powered cars in your driveway being charged nightly. Yeah, lots of this stuff sounds good at first till you think them all the way through in the real world.
6. There are certain fundamental laws of physics and thermal dynamics that are what they are. No “magic” technology is going to change them. Time for many to wake up to this and get real for a change. Let’s think pragmatic, not emotionally when it comes to energy.
7. We have many that preach tolerance, yet often are the most intolerant of all. We have too many in America that preach racial equality, yet operate in a manner inconsistent with their preaching. Why all these labels? Why all these classes of people? Enough of the hyphenated American crap, the last I checked we’re all Americans. Let’s stop letting certain big mouths and our pathetic news media manipulate us into these divided classes. We’re not perfect, but it’s still a wonderful country to live in with lots of opportunity. If you think it’s so bad here then go pick a dozen countries at random and go visit each for awhile.
8. Real journalism is nearly dead in this country. We’ve got left wing media. We’ve got right wing media. Both tell us they have to exist to cancel each other out and one is more fair and unbiased than the other. Yeah right! How about a refreshing change? How about reporting ALL the facts. How about reporting both sides of a story? Ask the tough (and often obvious) questions of both sides? Present the facts, let people decide for themselves, if you give opinion state that it’s opinion only. I fault our horrible sad sack excuse for news media in our country for for a lot of our problems that never seem to get fixed and why our country is so divided currently.
9. I don’t agree that America is still a racist country. That said, I’m not so naive as to think we don’t still have a few racist morons around, but they are not the norm. I just don’t think most Americans judge others by their skin color. I tend to think that most of us judge people by their character, qualifications, and the company they keep. We have far too many people running around looking for a reason to be offended. I’m an 1/8th Indian, but I don’t go around getting offended by Indian jokes, the name of a sports team, and so forth. Lot of folks dearly need to lighten up and learn to get over themselves.
10. Many say our schools need to get back to the basics of reading, writing, and arithmetic. I would have to add a couple more area of study….history and basic economics.
end of rant!
