Vote Anti Incumbent

The WSJ today reports a large increase in starts for residential properties.  Home construction climbed in May far above expectations, with single-family starts rising a third month in a row and giving more evidence of stability in the housing sector.

Yet, Senator Senator Johnny Isaacson of Georgia has a propasal to give a large tax break to anyone who buys a home this year.  First time homeowners already can get a $8000 credit for buying a house this year.  But Isaacson wants a higher tax credit for anyone who buys a house this year.  You must understand Isaacson servered as president of his firm Northside Realty of Atolanta for 20 years because becoming a Senator to fight for the real estate builders and developers.

With housing starts jumped 17% we do not need more stimulus Mr. Isaacson. If you live in Georgia, please contact your senator and advise you are against this.  And next election please vote against this self centered puppet of the real estate industry.

I don’t know if it is that I am now semi-retired and have more time on my hands or it may be that we could really be in another Great Depression, but I am planting a Victory Garden this year.

Victory Gardens were popular in both World War I and II and were grown in the US, Germany, Britain and Canada by everyday people to increase the food supply and to boost morale and enjoying the produce. Victory Gardens were to grow vegetables, fruits and herbs.

I live in the suburbs so I elected the square foot garden type that is built above ground in 4 feet by 4 feet plots.  Then you add your soil mixture. It is very efficient.  I got a used copy of the book by Mel Bartholomew on Ebay and it is an excellent reference for everything you need.

Also I purchased the heirloom seeds in the Victory Garden package via mail order.  Heirloom seeds are non hybrids and are support to have good tasting produce like in the good old days before corporate farming.

The Victory Garden of today is fun and a small way to take control by growing your own.  

The press is reporting some G20 protesters in London have adopted slogans such as “Hang a Banker” and “Storm the Banks,” organizers of the London march said they wanted a peaceful day.

I say a good way of personal protest is to switch over your account to a local credit union.  Most credit unions did not and no not do investment banking and shaky loans.  Mostly they loan only to their local members.   Credit unions also pay higher interest rates on money markets and CDs.  Keep your money working locally, do not give it to a New York Bankster. 

Of coarse always check out the rating of any credit union before opening an account and keep your money under the insured amounts, currently $250,000 per account.  Once you have your accounts in the credit union or credit unions, then take your money out of the bank.

My friends in Vermont reminded me about the tax day protext on April 15, 2009.  I went to taxdayteaparty.com/ and found one for Atlanta Georgia area where I live.  Check out your state and read some of the comment postings and you will see people finally are really upset with government spending and give aways.

If you can, please attend one of these in your area.  

Speaking of voting out incumbents, Senator Chris Dodd needs to be voted out.  He is head of the Senate Banking and Finance committee while this financial crises happened.  To hear him now, he makes it sounds like he is a good guy trying to correct the problem.  Where was he when the banks were going crazy?

I don’t think he is telling the truth about AIG and his amendment for AIG bonuses. Now we learn AIG employees have given Senator Dodd big contributions.  This guy is at the heart of this financial mess and needs to be voted out. There has always been rumors about his reputation.  Remember Mr. Dodd getting preferential treatment on this personal mortgage loans as a friend of Angelo Mozilo, Countrywide’s then-CEO.

Dodd needs to resign from the Senate. Votes should make sure he goes.

An independent may be variously defined as a voter who votes for candidates and issues rather than on the basis of a political ideology or partisanship, a voter who does not have long-standing loyalty to, or identification with, a political party. a voter who does not usually vote for the same political party from election to election; or a voter who self-describes as an independent

I made a mistake.  Back at election time, at the last minute I said Obama was the anti incumbent candidate. That was a mistake.  I should have stayed with Ron Paul, who I voted for in the primary.

Neither Democrats nor Republicans are worth voting for is you want real change, not just a slogan.

Now that Obama has a start, you can see by the people he has put in his cabinet and key positions, that things remain the same.  His appointment of the same insiders who caused some of the problems is disturbing. Most disappointing is this same approach to big spending to cure the economic woes.  His letting the Federal Reserve call the shots and the encouraging the American people to spend, spend, spend.  It is like the whole system is a ponzi scheme that must keep going or it will fall apart and Obama is just the latest ring leader who gave people false hope for real change.

Is Timothy Geithner better or different than Hank Paulson?  Not one bit.  How about Lawrence Summers and others? Nope.

Obama promised to get us out of Iraq. But he seems insistence to start again in Afghanistan. Or in Pakistan and other places. Sounds like the industrial military movement is still strong.  

What will it take to get a real third party established?  What if the whole system really does collapse, will that do it?  Stay tuned.  

EVERY CITIZEN NEEDS TO READ THIS AND THINK ABOUT WHAT THIS JOURNALIST HAS SCRIPTED IN THIS MESSAGE.  READ IT AND THEN REALLY THINK ABOUT OUR CURRENT POLITICAL DEBACLE. Charley Reese has been a journalist for 49 years.

By Charlie Reese Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them. Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have deficits?

Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against inflation and high

taxes, WHY do we have inflation and high taxes?

You and I don’t propose a federal budget. The president does. You and I don’t. House of Representatives does. You and I don’t write the tax code, Congress does.You and I don’t set fiscal policy, Congress does. 

You and I don’t control monetary policy, the Federal Reserve Bank does.

One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one president, and nine..

Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault. She and fellow House members, not the president, can approve any budget they want. If the president vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if they agree to.    

It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million can not replace 545 people who stand convicted — by present facts — of incompetence and irresponsibility. I can’t think of a single domestic problem that is not traceable directly to those 545 people. When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise the power of the federal government, then it must follow that what exists is what they want to exist.

If the tax code is unfair, it’s because they want it unfair. If the budget is in the red, it’s because they want it in the red If the Army & Marines are in IRAQ , it’s because they want them in IRAQ. If they do not receive social security but are on an elite retirement plan not available to the people, it’s because they want it that way.

There are no insoluble government problems. Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power to regulate and from whom they can take this power. Above all, do not let them con you into the belief that there exists disembodied mystical forces like “the economy,” “inflation,” or “politics” that prevent them from doing what they take an oath to do.

Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible. They, and they alone, have the power. They, and they alone, should be held accountable by the people who are their bosses. We should vote all of them out of office and clean up their mess!Charlie Reese is a former columnist of the Orlando Sentinel Newspaper.

What you do with this article now that you have read it………. is up to you.

Some people say both major parties are the same, so it does not matter until we get a true Independent candidate, such as a Ron Paul type.  But as it stands now, Obama is surely the anti incumbent candidate in this election.  McCain is 95 percent the same as George Bush and only recently has tried to present himself as changing things in Washington, which we know he will not do.  Also I don’t think McCain understands anything about the economy but the Bush approach of letting the corporations do what they want to.   He will probably make the current head of Goldman Sacs head of the treasury just like GW did.  You see where they got us.

Obama is not perfect but at least he will be a change from the gangsters we have now.  It may end up the same, but it will take a while for his gangsters to get established.

The Wall St Journal reports:

Last week, Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain said his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, hadn’t sought earmarks or special-interest spending from Congress, presenting her as a fiscal conservative. But state records show Gov. Palin has asked U.S. taxpayers to fund $453 million in specific Alaska projects over the past two years.

Why does McCain repeatly state that Palin never sought special interest spending when the records are clear that she has.  McCain seems to think he can keep repeating this incorrect information and it will become true. Sounds like George Bush to me.

I think the stage is now close to being set for the McCain vs Obama 2008 Presidential elections.  Man is this going to be interesting. If there is in fact, McCain vs Obama, here are so many cross currents going on, no one knows for sure how this will come out.

I do get the feeling that Independents will favor Obama. At least he will shake things up a bit, maybe not as much as you may expect, but some for sure.  And many believe that may be a good thing, considering the disastrously coarse George Bush has put America on. 

John McCain definitely will be more of the same. He and George Bush are the closest of friends and both support each other. McCain has the lobbyist on his staff and the NY money Wall St. gangsters ready to go.  I would not be surprised to see the current head of Goldman Sachs lined up to be the next Secretary of Treasury, just like former Goldman people Hank Paulson and Bill Rubin. Before coming to Treasury, Paulson was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Goldman Sachs since the firm’s initial public offering in 1999 Maybe he will make that idiot Jim Cramer Secretary of Treasury (just kidding on that one).

Isn’t it funny that the Southern States went for the black man while the liberal Northern states went for the party establishment politician, Hilliary Clinton.  It wasn’t just black folks in the South voting for Obama.

So the stage is set while final preparations are being done. The real action will start soon. How will you vote? 

The WSJ has an article saying Obama will be the Democratic candidate, now that former Senators Nunn of GA and David Boren of OK have endorsed Obama, it is all over.

They go on to say Obama has raised way more money and from his website and individuals. Ms. Clinton has not done as well and is going back to her machine repeatedly for money, which is getting old and has some detractors. 

I think I agree. It will be Obama vs McCain in November.

Looks like Obama is going to win this thing - and be the Democratic party candidate.  No wonder the Clintons are talking about a can’t lose ticket - with the both of them on it.   They wish.  It was admirable to hear Obama diss the idea - saying he is running for President and offering no moves toward a joint ticket with the Clintons.

Sean Hannity and the right wing radio crowd are now blasting Obama all day long. This tells me, they too believe Obama will be the Democratic candidate.  They really wanted to win, as they have waged wage on her for many years.  Also they know Independents may vote for Obama over McCain and his Republican friends.  So now all day long you will hear right wing radio blast Obama from even angle. Got to put a doubt in people’s mind.  Just like that blasted President Clinton (who was a far sight better than there man Bush).  But it doesn’t’ matter, the people who listen to that garage already have their minds made up.

By the way did you see McCain and President Bush all buddy buddy at the White House photo op.  I don’t think McCain realizes (or Bush for that matter) how low in respect Bush has fallen in the people’s eyes.  Why would you want Bush to support you??? 

Ann Coulter, conservative commentator says she will campaign for Hilliary Clinton if McCain is the Republican candidate.

James Dobson, right wing called Evangelical leader says he is deeply disappointed in the Republican party if McCain gets the nomination, which seems likely.

Rush Limbaugh, conservatives favorite talk show host, says McCain has stabbed the Republican party in the back numerous times.

So is the Republican party better off without the above characters and can they win without them. That is the predicament.  It seems like these characters are the reason the Republican party was lost to the social conservatives.  Can they retain their grip and stranglehold on the party?  Would the party be better without them?  As an Independent business man, these are the very people that have turned me off the Republican party.

Ron Paul says he will not drop out before the Republican convention. He says he will not endorse nor vote for John McCain, one reason being McCain love of perpetual war.

Tell him Mr. Paul!!

Polls show Obama will match up better than Clinton against McCain.  The conclusion was that Obama does better with men than Clinton and has less negatives.

With Obama’s wins in Washington and Nebraska, he is ties with Clinton. This prompts comparisons like made above on other than votes.

If this continues as a close race for the Democratics, it will costly in money, energy and split the party.

The leaders coming out of Super Tuesday 2008 are John McCain and Hillary Clinton.  These are the establishment candidates. CNBC just said Wall St. will be very comfortable with either of these candidates. There will be no surprises. They will know what to expect. 

Not to rule out Obama, but with a McCain vs. Clinton race, we are heading towards more of the same. Status Quo will be maintained, unless there is an upset by Obama for the Democrats. That is possible but not expected.

This may bode well for the stock market because as they always say “the one thing the stock market doesn’t like is uncertainty”.

My wife got on of those emails, you know the kind that a long list of people had emailed to everyone they knew.  It was about Obama.  It supposedly was from a military man that was upset before Obama did not salute the flag during the pledge of allegiance. As proof there was a photo of Obama hands down and Hilliary with hand over heart. They were on a platform.

In addition the email said Obama was a Muslim.

People think he must be one of those black people that converted and changed their name.

I had read Obama book a few months back and remembered him explaining the common misconception that he was a Muslim.  In the meantime I saw Obama on TV giving a speech in St Louis a couple of days ago.  He said people are sending around emails about him with untruths and specially mentioned these two items that were in the email my wife got, that he does not salute the flag and that he is Muslim.  He took the opportunity to address both of those issues.

Obama says he certainly does salute the flag during the pledge of allegiance and has done so since he was three years old.  When I saw the photo sent around in the email, I kind of thought that was pretty weak “evidence” as it could have been at the start or end of the ceremony.

He also said that his father was at one time a Muslim but by the time he was born, his father was no longer a Muslin.  His father left when he was three years only and had no influence on him above religion. Obama says he is a Christian and has been attending Church for over 20 years.

Obama easily defeated Hillary Clinton in the SC primary. Does this mean it is over for Hillary Clinton?  Clinton is leading in states like California and New York.  But Southern states may vote for Obama.

Comment: Interesting that Southern states vote for a black man and so called “liberal” states do not.

80 percent of Africian Americans voted for Obama.

Comment: Now that he won SC, that should give the signal it is OK to vote for Obama. This may pick up steam.

SC Polls now say US ready for a black or female president.

Comment: After George Bush, why not?

In SC, Economy and health care are top concerns, even above Iraq.

Ron Paul was in second place in Nevada, ahead of all other Republicans except Romney.  I really consider Ron Paul to be the only anti incumbent in the 2008 presidential race.  It is nice to see him do well.  He is doing better than some of the other Republican candidates who were sneering at him during the debates. Go man!

To me, Ron Paul makes the most sense when talking about the economy, one of the hot issues right now.  We have really gotten ourselves in a mess and those in charge are talking about more of the same, to fix the mess. We need someone like Ron Paul to steer a better coarse.

CNN reports Sen. John McCain was the projected winner of South Carolina’s Republican primary Saturday night despite a strong showing by former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee among the evangelical Christian voters who dominated the day’s turnout.

Comment: How can McCain win over someone who dominated the day’s turnout.

Exit polls found self-described evangelical Christians made up nearly 60 percent of the vote, and Huckabee — an ordained Baptist minister who emphasized his conservative Christian credentials — was the choice of 40 percent of those voters. But he took only 12 percent of the nonevangelical vote, while McCain took 40 percent and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, 21 percent

Comment: So Huckabee took only 12 percent of the nonevangelical vote.  Sounds like reverse vote against the dominating evangelicals.  They have been in power, or their man Bush has, for a long time and I think people don’t like the way things are going.