Did you hear that someone from Florida, Mel Martinez may be the VP candidate for McCain? He is a hispanic...

Ok, I was reading over something interesting that you may find enlightening:-

[quote]Part 1 - In just 16 months:
Remember the election in 2006? Thought you might like to read the following:

A little over 16 MONTHS ago:

1) Consumer confidence stood at a 2 1/2 year high;
2) Regular gasoline sold for $2.19 a gallon;
3) The unemployment rate was 4.5%.

Since voting in a Democratic Congress in 2006 we have seen:

1) Consumer confidence plummet to the lowest point in over 75 years;
2) The cost of regular gasoline soar to over $4.50 a gallon;
3) Unemployment is up to 5% (a 10% increase);
4) American households have seen $2.3 trillion in equity value evaporate (stock and mutual fund losses);
5) Americans have seen their home equity drop by $1.2 trillion dollars;
6) 1% of American homes are in foreclosure.

America voted for change in 2006, and they got it!


Remember it is Congress that makes laws; not the President. He has to work with what's handed to him.

Quote of the Day........'My friends, we live in the greatest nation in the history of the world. I hope you'll join with me as we try to change it. ?? -- Barack Obama


Part 2 - Taxes:

Whether Democrat or a Republican you will find these statistics enlightening and amazing.

www.taxfoundation.org/publications/show/151.html

Taxes under Clinton 1999............................Taxes under Bush 2008
Single making 30K - tax $8,400.....................Single making 30K - tax $4,500
Single making 50K - tax $14,000...................Single making 50K - tax $12,500
Single making 75K - tax $23,250 ..................Single making 75K - tax $18,750
Married making 60K - tax $16,800.................Married making 60K- tax $9,000
Married making 75K - tax $21,000.................Married making 75K - tax $18,750
Married making 125K - tax $38,750...............Married making 125K - tax $31,250

Obama will return to the higher tax rates. It is amazing how many people that fall into the categories above think Bush is screwing them and Bill Clinton was the greatest President ever. If Obama is elected, he said he will repeal the Bush tax cuts and a good portion of the people that fall into the categories above can't wait for it to happen.

Secondly, Obama wants to take a great nation and turn it into a quasi-socialist nightmare. The Dems have this theory that people and companies who make money are evil and they want to punish them and that people who don't make money are 'disadvantaged' and they want to give them stuff. If they'd stop taking the money from those who have worked hard and made themselves wealthy, then those wealthy people could expand their businesses and hire...you guessed it - the poor people. The poor people could then become self-sufficient, and with a little effort maybe even become wealthy themselves. 'Trickle Down Economics' may have gotten a bad rap in the (liberal) media, but it works and it took us from the Carter era mess to the prosperity that Clinton falsely claimed credit for in less than a decade, and enabled us to topple the USSR, largely through economic pressure, at the same time. Obama has no real position that is not influenced by the latest polls. He has no real economic plan other then ripping the money from those fortunate enough to have more then others and giving it to those poor people. His health care plan is atrocious. He has the experience of a billygoat. Has the personality to match.

Thirdly,  he's trying to open up the Strategic Oil Reserve to public use! It is such an irresponsible, short-term response to a strong Republican energy plan, it's ridiculous!

I'ts irresponsible because America is teetering on the brink of war with Iran. Yes, she is, so, Liberals, shut your traps before they open. We don't want to deplete our emergency oil supply when the world supply of oil is teetering in the balance.

For you older members (or more historically informed ones), remember the Oil Embargo back in the '70s? That's what we'll be facing if we release the stockpile now: we won't have the money when we need it. Sure, we'll pay less at the pump for 6 months (that's how long the stockpile will last), but what after that? Worse than where we started.[/quote]

Below are my own opinion,

People are yapping about how McCain is all like Bush, when he isn't. Bush is a hardcore conservative, while McCain on the other hand is barely a conservative...you could probably even call him a moderate.

Democrats said McCain relies on increased drilling for oil, even though McCain supports a mix of policies, including alternative energy sources.

You haven't talked about the Strategic Oil Reserve which he is trying to open up. If I am not wrong, Reagan practiced trickle down economics and it worked.

Again

1.) Regarding trickle down economics, read #2 of my last response, the good effects are temporary only as America soon finds itself low on the money it needs....Galbraith called Trickle Down the horse and sparrow theory....The horse eats an apple and then goes to the bathroom if the sparrow is lucky it can find something to eat in the horse's dung....Reagan's trickle down economics almost bankrupted America and caused the recession of the early 1990's (which really hit California hard) by ringing up a trillion dollar debt that stymied job growth as well as creating a climate that allows big corporations to export jobs overseas without creating new jobs for those people thrown out of work....Clinton's tax plan in the 1990's helped give America a budget surplus which Bush squandered on nonsense like the Iraq War 

2.) I don't think either Obama or McCain has much of a plan for the energy problem....At least, Obama seems willing to look at different options....He's not frozen in ideology like McCain....The truth is alternate energy research must be quadrupled....Oil will not last forever and may be depleted even in my lifetime.  

3.)Not everybody's rich but the super rich are increasing by slight numbers and the poor or the working poor (one paycheck away from complete bankruptcy and disaster) have increased by even larger numbers....The middle class in the US is in the process of being wiped out....People expect goods and services from their government and they don't mind paying a little more in taxes for safe neighborhoods and well-maintained roads and quality schools....The problem is the rich don't pay their fair share of taxes in the US....Look at how much the super rich or for that matter big corporations pay and it is far less than they should.

4.) The bottom line is healthcare in the US is not like healthcare in Malaysia....It's extremely expensive....Private insurance is astronomical so you rely on your job to provide you with coverage....What happens if you lose your job?....I believe universal healthcare is not only a good idea I believe it is a right and Americans should demand it....The quality of healthcare issue is a seperate debate.  

That's just silly....As you work so shall you eat....A society composed of rich people and trickle dpown becomes like France before the revolution....Let them eat cake then off with their heads!

Well sorry to sound insulting I have to tell you that argument is just idiotic....What you are talking about is called The Flat Tax by economists and not only will you cease the creation of new wealth(which is why a lot of people work hard in a capitalist society to begin with hoping to strike it rich in business etc.) as the tax burden will be so overwhelming to make up for what the rich aren't paying, you will soon have a revolution on your hands.

And not at all people earn their wealth, some are just lucky enough to be born into the right family....Not everyone is Bill Gates

Seriously, just type Why Obama cannot be president in google and all these come up....

I was just posting it to proof that ALL politicians lie and flip flop for their own gain, be it Senator Mccain or senator Obama or even Senator Clinton.

Heck, not only politicians lie and flip flop, even us normal citizens do so.