Ok, I’ve been busy and have done what many have asked, giving PresBO a chance and it’s time for me to start talking again. Lots of things have happened in the last 6+ months, and a lot of it doesn’t really matter but some does.

First off, we were told that we had to bail out Chrysler and GM because the economy would be so much worse with them in bankruptcy and we couldn’t afford that. Yeah, looks like we are still here even though they are both in bankruptcy. Is it too late to get my taxes back? What does it mean? It’s all really simple, when the government tells you that they MUST do something, don’t believe it and tell your Congressman and Senators that you do not support bailing out any company. As soon as the government gives money, it wants something back and it isn’t the money, it is control.

Apparently, global warming isn’t enough to melt a glacier in Argentina. It’s a shame that this is the first report I have seen about glaciers advancing during winter. Now if they would just realize that ice forms in the winter and melts in the summer.

Of course we had some nut shoot up the holocaust museum, we had another guy kill a later term abortion doctor and it is blamed on the “right wing”. Never mind that von Brunn was about to go to a conservative magazine and start shooting because it was run by “neocons”. Wait, wasn’t there a shooting in Little Rock, Arkansas? Yeah, there was. It seems like there was a black Muslim who was opposed to the wars and decided that shooting a recruiter and a young soldier was the right thing to do, but then again there is no mention of that is there?

President Obama nominated Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court. Seems like having a person who has most of her decisions overturned by the SCOTUS, thinks that policy should be made on the Federal Appeals Court, and that just because you are a hispanic woman you will reach a better conclusion than a white man means that you are the best candidate to be a Supreme Court Justice.

Already there has been a lot of racism cries from liberals saying that any opposition to Sotomayor is race based. Nevermind that we all forget what happened to Justice Janice Rogers Brown and Miguel Estrada.

Iran had elections and, surprise, there are allegations of fraud. Their aspiring nuclear buddies, North Korea are no longer using their reactors for power but to make even more weapons grade fuel and testing rockets almost daily. Didn’t PresBO just cut funding on a missile defense shield or something?

Funny how VP Biden is saying that “everyone guessed wrong” on the unemployment numbers. Really? This is the same guy whose economic advisor has some cockamamie way of showing how many jobs have been saved while at the same time announces more job losses. The stimulus has had no effect except inflation, own it and stop blaming Bush. No, that’s not going to happen, 4 years from now we will still be told that it is Bush’s fault. Get over it, he’s not in office anymore.

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I recently published an article critiquing the Obama questionnaire which he is requiring all potential cabinet members and other potential staffers in order to vet them. I’m not going to bash on President-elect Obama, but I am going to show how this could be the savviest move he has made since winning the election.

Obama knows he probably can only use the “change” slogan in one election or it will backfire drastically. He is a long term thinker and he probably wants to have a second term, but how does he improve his chances before he serves a day in office? Eliminate the competition. Let’s think about it logically and maybe I can help this come together for you.

So far, Obama is rumored to be considering Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State, which some feel is a good move, others think that it is a chance for Hillary to make Obama look like an incompetent president. I don’t believe that either is true. What if the reason Obama is handing out this questionnaire to potential staffers is to get dirt on potential opponents in the 2012 election? Sure, they would have to run against him, but if his first term is bad, why wouldn’t they?

So Hillary, Bill Richardson, Chriss Dodd, Joe Biden, Kucinich and company have to fill one of these out if they want to be in his administration. I don’t know about the rest of them, but Hillary will take a long time to fill that sucker out. Whitewater is just the beginning. Ken Starr? Nothing. Clinton Library? Now we are getting somewhere. That isn’t even counting any potential Republicans he may bring on to his administration.(Fat chance, but I thought I would mention it.)

I believe that this may be the smartest thing he has done, but if they fall for it and don’t see this coming, they deserve to have all the dirt brought up in 2012.

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President-Elect Obama has recently opened up an online suggestion box in light of the many issues that face America including a floundering economy, wars overseas, an energy crisis, etc.

His agenda as written on his website:

“President-elect Obama and Vice President-elect Biden have developed innovative approaches to challenge the status quo in Washington and to bring about the kind of change America needs.

The Obama Administration has a comprehensive and detailed policy agenda. Among many important domestic and foreign policy objectives, priorities of the Obama Administration include: a plan to revive the economy; provide affordable, accessible health care to all; strengthen our public education and social security systems; define a clear path to energy independence and tackle climate change; end the war in Iraq responsibly and finish our mission in Afghanistan; work with our allies to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon.”

The issues he is focused on as taken from his website:

* Civil Rights
* Defense
* Disabilities
* Economy
* Education
* Energy and Environment
* Ethics
* Family
* Fiscal
* Foreign Policy
* Health Care
* Homeland Security
* Immigration
* Iraq
* Poverty
* Rural
* Seniors and Social Security
* Service
* Taxes
* Technology
* Urban Policy
* Veterans
* Women
* Additional Issues

Here is your chance for your voice to be heard and counted and let us know what you suggested. What issues concern you the most? What solutions do you have to offer? Here is your chance as to let your voices be heard:

Change.gov/Of the People, By the people

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Seems like there is a new questionnaire being given to all those who would like to have a job within the Obama administration and I think it is only fair that I write a little bit about this and add some nice commentary to see how this should be applied and if it is fair. I’m only going to go over the questions I think I can add some commentary on. Feel free to comment with any other commentary or questions. Source. Read more

What? Somebody please explain what in the hell he is talking about. Honestly, we have that on our southern border. If we were ever invaded along the gulf coast, they wouldn’t get very far.

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As a conservative, I did not support this ticket. Congratulations are in order to president elect Obama, vice president elect Biden and their campaign. May you do better than Carter.

In the mean time, I’m not going to stop criticizing his proposed policies, but will respect and praise the ones that do make sense.

This was at a polling station in Philadelphia. This location is a nursing home. Does this amount to possible voter intimidation or is this security needed?

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I have to say that it is about time. Ben Affleck nailed the loud and ranting Olbermann and made him look like he lives in his mom’s basement with his cat. This is spot on and finally after all of the Palin parodies, we see that KO, who has been ripe for parody, got what was coming to him by Ben Affleck no less. This is definitely one of those spoofs that absolutely could have been taken straight from one of Olbermann’s shows.

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I have updated the story about Senators Obama and Biden not being able to answer the tough questions. Read it here.

It is amazing how a little discussion about a seven year old video will uncover some interesting comments and inspire me to write about the president’s responsibility to appoint judges and how that will shape the country, not just for four years, but for a generation. Most federal judges have lifetime appointments as do the supreme court justices. I plan to discuss the types of judges that can be appointed and which ones are likely to be appointed by each candidate. I may even get into some opinion on why some would be bad. At the end, I hope we know what we are going to be getting in the court system by both presidential candidates.

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