Having finally stumbled across the finish line and secured the Democratic nomination Barack Obama hit the road this week with an economic tour to convince voters he is not a traditional tax and spend liberal. This will be tough because he likes tax increases and spending the tax payers’ money and is very liberal. The McCain team, anticipating Obama’s offensive, kicked off the week with this statement: “While hardworking families are hurting and employers are vulnerable, Barack Obama has promised higher income taxes, Social Security taxes, capital gains taxes... etc...etc.
And still the Obamanomics go Ape over him.
Obama himself demonstrated his complete lack of understanding of economics with MOST EVERYTHING he has said, proposed, voted on, etc.! He even admitted himself that he does NOT understand economics. I heard the words roll out of his mouth! So, how then can he try to even claim that he can fix the country especially considering how MUCH he loves to tax and spend!
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The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author. A Vet that had a 20 year hitch in the US Army and never regretted one day of it.
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- I’m just a retired Soldier ( retired, NOT tired) who does not like seeing my Country torn apart by people that don’t give a damn about it. I went into the Army at the age of 19 and stayed in for 20 years. Never regretting one day of it. I saw lots of places, I met lots of people and learned lots of things. The main thing that I learned is that there is NO place in the world like America. I Love this Country, and I'll fight tooth and nail to defend this great country, anytime and any place. ... I will fight again, and again, anytime to keep her strong and free.
They can’t understand why I cheer for the military. They can’t understand why I’m in favor of this war.
Well, My generation had Vietnam. My generation had 9-11. My generation has Iraqi and Afghanistan and Iran.
And they can’t understand that.
I see liberals every day on TV. I see journalists like Katie Couric, Sam Donaldson, and Peter Jennings talking about a “quagmire.” I see celebrities like Alec Baldwin, Ed Asner, and Danny Glover talking about how they’re ashamed of America. I see anti-war protesters, some my age still sticking with their parent’s beliefs, equating my President to Hitler. I see Vietnam Vets, like the man in my office, saying we should keep our military at home, and worry about protecting our own land, and not worry about what’s happening in the rest of the world. And I see Democrats, calling for a regime change, and urging us to put our safety in the hands of the strangers at the UN.
They do not represent my generation. The Greatest Generation is gone. The Baby Boomers are a setting sun. Generation X is dead. But Generation 9-11 is alive and well. I woke up on September of 2001, as did many others like me. We have to live with losing friends and loved ones that day. We have to live with being cautious every day after. We have to live with sacrificing some of our freedoms for the greater safety of others.
This is the dilemma we see every day. Me, and others like me, want to trust our government. We want our troops, who have selflessly volunteered to fight for us, to go wherever the terrorists are hiding, and kill them before they can kill us. We want our Homeland Security to tell us to be careful. We want to believe our President is doing what’s best for us.
My parent’s generation wants to recapture the 50's.
Some still live in those days of Richard Nixon when the government was corrupt.
My generation wants America to be right. And we believe we are.
This is our world war. My grandparent’s had Germany and Japan. We have Afghanistan and Iraq, not to mention Iran and North Korea. We are all soldiers, and we are all patriots. We fight every day, not only against those who wish to do us bodily harm, but those who wish to do us mental and spiritual harm as well. We fight against anti-war ideals and isolationism, which have never worked. We fight against a media inundated with negativity. We fight against politicians who wish to sell us out to the UN. And we fight against the sixties generation and their disciples, who still believe we are not at war.
But it is war. It’s a different kind of war. It’s not the kind our parent’s grew up with and it’s not the kind they can understand. But me and my generation, we’re coming to understand it very well.
So when this man, who works in my office, looks at me and says “You don’t know what it’s like.” I can’t help but think…
He’s got it backwards.
3 comments:
SM, After looking at what the new branch of Government just did creating new laws, I think no matter what McCains political agenda is. He''s got my vote if he sticks by his states Supreme Court appointees as the same type as Roberts and Alito. the current majority has just rewrote the Constitution. So I don't even consider the other comedian for prez......stay well
tapline, I'm with you on this, and SM....if McCain only nominates good honest constitutions readers for SCOTUS appointments, we'll know he was lightyears better than anything Obama would produce, and let's not kid ourselves...the oldsters on the bench haven't stuck around for their health! I'm sure they've just been waiting until they have a NICE lefty president to appoint another lefty to their seat!
I'd like to SMACK their seats, personallY!!!
Tapline and Z. thanks for the visit and for your comments.
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