Family values, maybe not

For the past thirty years the GOP has sold it self as the party of family values. High morality,integrity and family values the shining example of the American way, used to be the benchmark of the Republican party. After the past few months of Presidential debates , I'm beginning to wonder if this is really what it means to be a Republican in America. It would appear that I have been wrong for all of these years, believing that the Republican party stands for anything more than get it while you can at the expense of all others. Lying cheating and whatever it takes , in both their personal lives and their business lives apparently are the norm just as long as they achieve the prize. Lies and personal attacks seem to be a time honored tradition within the Republican party, say it enough times and it becomes true. My pride in the American way swells with each day as we move forward in selecting a President. This is nothing near what our forefathers had in mind when they envisioned this country when they started it so many years ago. Please put someone who has some morals ,integrity, values and ethics up in the next state primary, give us someone worthy of governing the most powerful nation on earth. In God we trust .

Super PACs and other topics

Super PACs: Last week after losing the Iowa Caucus Newt Gingrich was crying like a baby over the use of Super PACs by some of his Republican rivals vowing to have the practice abolished. This week however after being given five million dollars by a billionaire to his own Super PAC he is all for the use of such institutions. Political Campaign contributions have always been a problem, and after several attempts at solving the issue of trying to remove big money from the game, they came up with this method which is by far the worst way of financing an election. Now there is a way to inject massive amounts of money , unchecked into any campaign, simply by routing it through a super PAC. Never going to change. This big money issue is never going to go away so you had better just get used to the idea of who ever has the most money is going to be the nominee and or the winner of any election. Term limits: Term limits have been talked about for years , but has it's time finally come? Now that the main stream Republican candidates are talking about it , perhaps we can move forward to a higher level. Iran: This week several of the candidates for the Republican nomination for President have come forward, saying that they would go to war with Iran , to stop their perceived nuclear program, stating that the current President is not doing enough to stop this threat. Russia , has expressed regret and concern calling for more six way talks after Iran has announced that they are able to refine their uranium futher, but not to the level required for making nuclear weapons but for the production of civilian power and radioactive isotopes, used for medical purposes.Is this really what we want at this time, another war fought with borrowed funding? Why don't we just take care of America for a change, and see how things go,and if futher information is gathered concerning the attempts by Iran in obtaining a nuclear device, then we can act on it in a responsible manner. Gold: Do you own gold? are you planning on obtaining more. Just a thought, let me ask you , if you had many untold pounds of gold in your possession as apparently many of the gold and silver exchanges now on TV do , and after making the claim that gold is now ready to triple again as it already has in the past , why would you be wanting to sell it now . Gold , you can't eat it.

Can you believe this

Five days to go before the Iowa Republican Caucus, and there have been more swings than in the schoolyard playground. Michele Bachman has gone from polling first after winning the straw poll six months ago to running last. I guess once you get to know someone you can make informed choices.Tim Pawlenty left back then, as he failed to gain any support. Then came herman Cain and his 9 9 9 plan , and with it all of his infidelities real or otherwise and he was also a memory.Rick Perry was a late entrant and he shot to the top, only before losing traction and sliding back down into the also ran group. Newt Gingrich, was riding the wave to the top ,polling with a lead in the double digits even announcing that he would indeed be the nominee. Only that was before the rest of the group ran ads reminding America of Newts past. Mr. Gingrich started crying foul , saying that it was negative advertising, and that he was going to stay positive and stay on message and that he was above that kind of campaign. Only after seeing his lead evaporate did his vow of superiority go out the window, saying on a nation wide news show that he would indeed remain with his positive message and not resort to the negative campaign practices employed by his competition, even while bashing each and every one of them on the show. All along, while all of the others have gone from just an also ran to having their turn at the top, Mitt Romney has clung to his twenty something percent polling numbers . He can't get any support outside of his small group. Jon Huntsman decided not to spend any time in Iowa and may be the best candidate in the bunch , but he doesn't have a chance of gaining any support after not playing by the rules by bypassing Iowa. And that leaves Rick Santorum he is making gains everyday in the polling numbers, as each of the other front runners crash and burn although he is still lagging behind the other front runners Romney and Paul. Ron Paul, has been gaining in strength each day in Iowa , but he still is being dismissed as a serious candidate by all the others in the campaign and by all of the network news. Gary Johnson never was given any chance of competing, and has left the group and went on to the libertarian party, to run as a spoiler. Getting good? depends on you idea of good. The clock is tickng

There are others

As Christmas comes again we all rush around the shopping centers and malls trying to find that gift that will be just right for that special somebody on our lists. We yell at the other people at the traffic lights and turn into Indy drivers to get that last parking spot , acting as if the other guy is the enemy, someone to be beaten at all cost. After it is all over and the gifts have been opened , there is little time left for thinking about the less fortunate among us. There are people that are starving to death around this world, who would like nothing more than to just have a few bites every couple of days. Even right here in America , there are people who through no fault of their own are existing on nothing more than scraps. They dig in the dumpsters trying to find something to bring home to their children, if they even have a home. Millions of Americans have lost their jobs because of greed and lust for money. This single minded quest has taken away from America all that once made us a great nation. Nobody cares about you , get it while you can , seems to be our new motto as Americans. I got mine, too bad about you but could you get out of my way as you are blocking my light. Remember when we cared about something bigger than ourselves, sometihng nobel honest and desirable. Now sadly nothing. America now is in our last days and the picture is not getting any better. We are facing an election year in 2012 and we will go to the polls to elect the person who will lie to us the best and promise us the most, knowing full well that nothing will ever change for the better. But does it have to be this way. There are good people out there but their message has not been heard and is not getting through. Our system is broken and needs a complete overhaul. From taxes,jobs,housing entitlements,markets, defence spending just about every thing needs to be looked at and redone, but we are more worried about if the rich corporations can bring back the money that they earned in other countries without paying any taxes on it. I got more for me, are you still hungry? Or perhaps we are worried about some 16th century culture that has sworn vengence on us , because we rob, rape and maim all in our path. Remember Christmas? remember the reason for the season? What would Jesus do.

Not in my lifetime

Not in my life time , did I ever think that I would live to see such a disfunctional government as the one the we are now paying for their services. Many American's go off to their jobs each day out of habit and necessity. Oh sure there are the rich, retired, disabled and the unemployed , but for the most part all American's are expected to provide some amount of service and earn a living. Workers: workers , when hired are hired to fill a specific need, based on the needs and requirments of the company that employs them. If they fail to do their work as required , then they are replaced. Sometimes they are given a chance to better their job performance and go on to become good employees. Other times they are just let go as they do not fit into the plans of the company, and no company can be expected to keep nonproductive employees. Does this sound as though this where we stand as a country and with our paid employees ie: our elected representives? Do we give them another chance to better their job performance or do we just replace them without further notice? 2012 elections think about your choices. There are 33 out of 100 senate seats up for grabs and all of the 435 house seats, along with the President. Remember only you can prevent congressional embarrassment.

North Korea, Whats next

With the passing this week of North Korean "Beloved Leader" Kim Jong Il the world has moved closer to a complete unkown.With his youngest son Kim Jong Eun set to take over control of North Korea, this leaves the world at a precipice that is not welcomed at this time in history. Kim Jong Eun has been grooming to take over control for only a short time ( just a few years) as compared with when his father was groomed ( over twenty years)to take control from his father. This leaves a vacuum in the power as to who rightfully controls North Korea, as he may be seen as too untested and inexperienced to be charged with the ruling of this country, by some of the generals now in power. At twenty something Kim Jong Eun has been trying for the passed year to gain support of the hard line generals now in the top of the power structure. And with the passing of his father , he may be required to gain the support from these generals from scratch on his own accord. The world needs to excercise extreme caution at this time, as any move on the part of any of his precieved threats may lead to an inaccurate interpretation by this young man. In his youthfull attempts to gain this much needed support , he may very well do things, that to him will bolster his position with these generals only raising the stakes with the rest of the world. Will we see a flexing of muscles militarily from this young leader, or will calmer heads prevail. This is a time where vigilance needs to be employed and to avoid a rush to judgment, and not do anything foolish.

Not the Governments responsibility

After watching most of the Republican debates , one thing is in absence in most all of the conversations, jobs. While the group does talk about a wide range of subjects, they hardly touch on the subject of jobs. When this does come up they usually just say that it is not the Governments responsibility to provide jobs and move on, telling us how it is up to the private sector to create jobs. This comes from a group of people who are all government employees. Everyone of their jobs were created for them at a cost to the American public. This I got mine you get yours mentality is what has gotten America into this position to begin with. These people need to understand that the identified need, is why their jobs were created in the first place. If it were not for the identified need , then these people would be handing out carts at Wal-Mart like the rest of us. In this time of high unemployment ,these elected officials should be working on finding anyway to bring the jobs back to America( identified need ) , and if that means they need to be just a little bit on the protectionist side , then so be it. The time of giving away the store to the special intrest groups should be a thing of that memories are made of. We need to bring about sustained growth in America, not just in one industry, but across the board. Tariffs, this need not be a dirty word , and it does work apparently as our trading partners seem to use this against us when things are not up to their expectations. Leveling the playing field is something that brings about the added measure of advancement and should be used to it's full potential. Trade war, only if you call it that by name.Otherwise it is just doing business, and don't think for a moment that others in this world wide trade don't use everything at their disposal to advance their agenda.