current state

11/2/10 is Election Day and given the current state of health care reform and the Senate constantly ignoring the will of the people, I have decided if this bill isn’t change that I’m going to do something I have never done – skip an election.

Having been a life long Democrat and getting involved in the actual party politics at a very young age, this decision doesn’t come very lightly. It’s not just the Democratic Party that is broken, but the system as a whole. When we have a Senate where the minority actually rules then we see that democracy is dead in the United States.

It has become obvious over the past 11 months that the Democrats aren’t willing to listen to the people who worked to deliver them to power, so the only message we can send now is to watch as their numbers decline. Hopefully once that happens we can start building up a new, better party with elected officials who remember the people they represent – you and me.

If there is some big turn around in the healthcare bill then I will gladly rescind this, but with every passing day the bill becomes less of what we hoped for and more of what the insurance companies will love. The profits of big business are once again trumping the lives of Americans and that is a sorry state of affairs for this nation.

Those words are from none other than William Krystol:

He has nothing to lose. His campaign is totally overmatched by Obama’s. The Obama team is well organized, flush with resources, and the candidate and the campaign are in sync. The McCain campaign, once merely problematic, is now close to being out-and-out dysfunctional. Its combination of strategic incoherence and operational incompetence has become toxic. If the race continues over the next three weeks to be a conventional one, McCain is doomed.

I don't think a presidential campaign has ever hit the restart button with only three weeks to go, but it would seal the deal on Obama winning if McCain did take this gamble. The biggest thing it would show is that McCain is a reactive person, instead of a proactive one. With the current state of America that is something we really don't need. Please let John follow the advice of his PNAC buddy on this. Hit the restart button! Give us some fun these last few weeks.

I hope your day is better then it is here. We are getting rained on and there is talk of severe thunderstorms this afternoon with winds up to 50mph and 3/4 inch sized hail.

With the bad weather it is a good time to reflect upon our nation - where it was and where it is. I was thinking last night that 230 years ago our forefathers were in a great fight. They were fighting for a new idea and to remove an occupying force from our nation who we would no long recognize as our leaders.

Here we are less than 2 1/2 centuries later and we are now an occupying force in another nation with their citizens trying to get us out. What has happened to our once great nation?

One part of the Declaration of Independence that always comes to mind when I think about our current state of the union is this:

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness

Bush is out in full force doing his cowboy talk against other countries:

"If the Iranians are trying to influence the outcome of the political process, or the outcome of the security situation there, we're letting them know our displeasure," Bush said. "Our call is for those in the neighborhood to allow Iraq to develop a democracy, and that includes our call to Iran as well as to Syria."

So in the last week we have had harsh words with Syrian, Iran, China and North Korea. If Bush is looking to start world war 3, he is on the right course. Scary part is we are not able to handle world war 3 and doing this talk in our weakened state is putting more Americans at risk.

If we ignore all of Bush's problems here at home. Forget about Katrina, wiretapping, the CIA leak, the Dubai ports deal, cooked intelligence, everything and just focused on his foreign policy and diplomacy then we should still have enough to impeach him. He is constantly putting America in harms way by his "tough talk" and lack of diplomacy.

Something Bush should consider is the fact that maybe Iraq is wanting the help of Iran and Syria. Polls over there show an overwhelming number of Iraqi's and their parliament want us out now. Also a majority of Iraqi's support attacks on our troops. This is alarming news and should be looked at carefully. That can lead one to believe more so that Iraq is looking to an ally in their neighbors to the west and east.

It is also scary when you think about the state of our military. Our troop levels are way down and what we do have is tied up in Iraq. Going to war with Iran is most likely enough to cause the United States to reinstate the draft.

The following is President Bush's response to Harriet Miers withdraw
(compliments of Raw Story):

Today, I have reluctantly accepted Harriet Miers decision to withdraw her
nomination to the Supreme Court of the United States.

I nominated Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court because of her
extraordinary legal experience, her character, and her conservative judicial
philosophy. Throughout her career, she has gained the respect and admiration
of her fellow attorneys. She has earned a reputation for fairness and total
integrity. She has been a leader and a pioneer in the American legal
profession. She has worked in important positions in state and local
government and in the bar. And for the last five years, she has served with
distinction and honor in critical positions in the Executive Branch.

I understand and share her concern, however, about the current state of
the Supreme Court confirmation process. It is clear that senators would not
be satisfied until they gained access to internal documents concerning
advice provided during her tenure at the White House disclosures that would
undermine a president's ability to receive candid counsel. Harriet Miers'
decision demonstrates her deep respect for this essential aspect of the
constitutional separation of powers and confirms my deep respect and
admiration for her.

I am grateful for Harriet Miers' friendship and devotion to our country.
And I am honored that she will continue to serve our nation as White House
Counsel.

My responsibility to fill this vacancy remains. I will do so in a timely
manner.