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Thanksgiving Thank Yous

Thursday, November 26th, 2009 at 4:51 pm  
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Happy thanksgiving to all our readers. While we are always complaining and highlighting what is wrong in America and her political sphere, we would like to take this opportunity to give our thanks to what is pleasant and great about America.

10)Thanks for the effort of our troops. Whether we agree or disagree with the mission that our troops are sent to, we appreciate the fact that there are still people who would take the bullet for this country. They are the ones putting their lives on the line while we debate…

9)Thanks for CSPAN. Go anywhere around the world; you would not get a channel as good as CSPAN. No other parliament sessions have channel that is unbiased and, more importantly, as raw as CSPAN is. The best source for political news in America; thank you for a service very less appreciated.

8)Thank you readers. Thank you for reading this content, we hope to get more by the next thanksgiving, but we appreciate what we have. We would not be running without your help and your support. We hope that you carry on reading our material and please just sound off what you think.

7)Thanks for state rights! The tenth amendment is something that we always ignore. It is something that is a cornerstone of our life, but is usually overlooked. A Californian would not want to have Texas‘ terrible health care system, while a Texan does not want a bankrupt state like California.

6)Thanks for free speech. This is something that is often taken for granted till it is taken away. The reason that our country has made so much success is that we have the right to dissent. Take away freedom of speech and we would lose all other forms of freedom as well.

5)Thanks for the economic growth, finally. I really hope that this would drag the unemployment numbers down. It is still nice to know that we are one quarter away from leaving this recession. Lets hope that we learn our lessons.

4)Thanks to our health-care providers. They put their lives on the line for work that is often unappreciated. Thank you researchers, who carry on finding cures for diseases. Thank you nurses and doctors who care for us when we are sick. This is especially so in times where a strain of flu can kill us.

3)Thanks for our safety. Thank you policemen, prison officers and firemen, our everyday heroes. Thank you CIA, FBI and other agencies who work night and day trying to keep us sane, heroes that we do not see everyday.

2)Thanks for Independents. We keep politics sane in America. There are just too many wing-nuts in both parties. You guys are the real Americans, Americans who live and believe in America, not an ideological Democratland or Republicanistan.

1)Thank for the American spirit. The resolve that keeps this country running great, despite troubled times. The call to help those who lost their jobs, homes or health care due to something that they did not cause. After all, it is this spirit that truly defines America, even Indian Prime Minister acknowledges it.

Happy thanksgiving everybody and happy holidays.

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Californian Republican girls for office!

Saturday, September 26th, 2009 at 6:49 pm  
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Carly Fiorina and Meg Whitman are Republican corporate ladies from California that are going to run for public office. Carly Fiorina used to be the CEO of Hewlett-Packard and the Vice President of AT&T. Meg Whitman was the CEO of E-Bay.

Before I go about my critics, I think that I would like to make it clear that I think that these two women are not on the same level of competence as my usual Republican female political targets, Governor Sarah Palin and Representative Michele Bachmann. These are the types of women that the Republican party should be wooing, accomplished women with brains. Not women who give no-brainer speeches that are poisonous for the country. If they were, I would not dismiss them in an instant and compare them to the other people that are also running for the same office.

In the case of Carly Fiorina, I would not support her over Senator Barbara Boxer. The first reason is that I think that there is not much that is really wrong with Senator Boxer. She is not the greatest Senator in America, but she is not a Senator Barney Frank or Senator Harry Reid. She does not spew the poison of hatred that all the four politicians that I have disapproved of earlier did.

The second reason is that there are past judgments in Carly Fiorina’s past that are suspect. Her screw up of HP is one thing that I guarantee her opponents would bring up. The very fact that she ran HP though is something to be commended and I think that it should not be a big negative point for her. Some may even comment on her crappy website; which I think was a ploy all along to get attention.

However, it is her blind endorsement Governor Palin that I objected to. Any Independent and even some Republicans could see that Governor Palin was a know-nothing big-mistake. But Ms. Fiorina came out in stout defense of Governor Palin saying that she was qualified. She also did played the gender card and said that the attacks on Governor Palin were sexist. That made me question : Would she have independent observations or would she be playing the Republican party’s message? That is a risk that I am not willing to take with her.

As of now, Meg Whitman, has my support to be California’s next Governor. Unlike Carly Fiorina, there is nothing that seems out of place from Meg Whitman. In fact, when it was revealed that she was on Senator McCain’s shortlist for Vice President last year, I questioned McCain’s judgment further. He accepted a dim lady, over a lady that made E-Bay what it is today! That really did not make sense to me.

Secondly, I share a lot of her views. For example, we both disagree on taxing away on non-green energy. Our reasons are different though. She thinks that there could be unknown effects on the economy that is not studied yet, whilst I think that the government should be more hard handed. I do not know if she is pro-choice as I am, but I agree with her that minors should not be able to get an abortion without parental or guardian’s consent. Though I support gay marriage and she does not, I think that there is no harm in her opinion of guaranteeing equal rights between civil unions and marriages.

Lastly, there no rival in the gubernatorial race that is anywhere close to being as accomplished as her. She should be the symbol of a successful American woman. Not the First Ladies, Miss America wannabes that think that they are protecting marriage or the know nothing politicians like Governor Palin and Michele Bachmann.

Things can change. E.g. If Senator Boxer screws up big time or if another side of Meg Whitman is displayed, then I would change my mind. Else, I would support Whitman for Governor and Senator Boxer to keep her seat.

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Harvey Milk Day :Laughable

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009 at 8:16 am  
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When there is the debate of health-care, the Californian terrible debt, Californian fires that caused many misplaces, Van Jones quitting, Afghanistan, what to the Democrats in California want? They want to honor Harvey Milk with a Harvey Milk Day..

Are you kidding me? This is why Democrats are not going to win elections. They suck at politics! Who cares about having a Harvey Milk Day now? Who does? If I were gay, I would rather have a job and health-care rather than having a Harvey Milk day!

Look, it is not that I do not like gay people. I think that they should have the right to get married; I definitely think that they should have the right to serve in the armed forces; when it comes to adoption, I think that it should be a case by case basis like everybody else. I am not a gay basher at all.

But I just do not see what is the big deal about having a day to celebrate a gay San Fransisco supervisor. Did he fight for gay rights? Was he a Martin Luther King of the gay community. Come on! He was just a supervisor that was gay. That is it.

Why are the Democrats going for this now? It just stuns me. If they had a Democratic governor, at least we can make the judgment that they are trying to divert their problems away. But they are doing it now at a time when the Republican Governor has lots on his plate and already vetoed this once already!

I think that the Democrats should be punished in some manner for wasting people’s time with such a ridiculous request. What are they doing for California? They should be coming up with proposals and solutions. Not horse-crap like this.

My goodness! When is America going to wake up? When are we going to go past the partisan battles and come to our senses on what is going on? I think that the Democrats and Republicans should have their heads knocked against each other for all this mess.

I really am glad that I am an Independent thanks to stories like these!

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