US Debt Clock

WHY ARE WE STILL SPENDING MONEY WE DON'T HAVE????????


This is a view of the website US Debt Clock.org

Uncle Jay explains Congress

I love this video.  Seriously, why aren't we doing term limits?

What happens when you ask Harlem why they support Obama?

Shortsightedness by the Democrats

The following is a 2004 video about the potential problems at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Politicians saw this problem coming.  Don't listen to their lies now.

Presidential 2004 County by County Results

Let's talk for a minute about the 2004 Presidential Election between George W. Bush and John Kerry.  While we all know how close the final vote count was, very few people seem to realize why it was so close.

If you look at the country as just land mass, Bush ran away with the election.  The key for John Kerry which made the election so close is that he won the major metropolitan cities with the exception of Dallas and Houston.

This led me to wonder why there was such a difference between people who live in the country and people who live in the city.  The conclusion that I arrived at was that people in the country are used to fixing their own problems and people in the city are used to complaining to a governmental authority until the problem goes away.

Below is a map of the county by county results for the 2004 Presidential Election.

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McCain's views vs. Obama's views

Let's cover what each candidate believes.  As much as possible, I'm going to try to make this an item by item comparison.  On the subjects they agree on (yes, they agree on a few even though they phrase it differently), I'll highlight those subjects in green:

A website that does an excellent comparison is Obama vs. McCain

McCain

• Abortion:  Pro Life


• Alternative Fuels:  Supports research into alternative fuels


• Budget:  Wants to attack governmental spending and claims he'll have a balanced budget by the end of his first term


• Death penalty:  For the death penalty


• Gay marriage:  Against gay marriage but supports same sex unions
  


• Global warming:  Believes global warming is occurring
  


• Gun Control:  Wants to uphold the rights of citizens to keep and bear arms


• Health Care:  Does not want government run health care


• Iraq War:  Supports the Iraq war and wants to keep troops there until they can be brought home without the threat of going back for another war


• Marijuana:  Against legalizing the use of marijuana


• Oil:  Supports drilling in United States to reduce independence on foreign oil


• Patriot Act:  Voted for the Patriot Act


• School vouchers:  For


• Social Security:  Supports privatization of a portion of Social Security


• Stem Cells:  Supports federal funding of embryonic stem cells


• Taxes:  Wants to keep the Bush tax cuts, doesn't want to raise taxes on anyone


• Unions:  Anti union


• Vice President:  Young and spunky (just had to throw this in for fun)

Obama

• Abortion:  Pro Choice


• Alternative Fuels:  Supports research into alternative fuels


• Budget:  No claims about balancing the budget.  Says he'll curb future spending by cuts or increased revenue (taxes)


• Death penalty:  For the death penalty


• Gay marriage:  Against gay marriage but supports same sex unions
  


• Global warming:  Believes global warming is occurring
  


• Gun Control:  Supports limits on gun ownership


• Health Care:  Wants government run health care


• Iraq War:  Wants the troops to come home now without concern for the future consequences


• Marijuana:  Admits to smoking marijuana and for medical marijuana


• Oil:  Opposes drilling in the United States to reduce independence on foreign oil


• Patriot Act:  Voted against the Patriot Act


• School vouchers:  Against


• Social Security:  Against privatization of Social Security


• Stem Cells:  Supports federal funding of embryonic stem cells
  


• Taxes:  Wants to raise taxes on those making over $150,000, wants to repeal the Bush tax cuts, wants to raise dividend taxes to 40%


• Unions:  Pro union

Who Should You Vote For?

Use the link below and answer some questions about your beliefs and you'll quickly find out whether you agree more with John McCain or Barack Obama.

Find Your Candidate