Communism, Totalitarianism and Cool Rednecks

Gees, where should I start? This country is going backwards quickly. Our founders are rolling in their graves so fast, they have to think they're on a merry-go-round.

This whole "bail-out" thing is driving me crazy. The world's socialists are giddy because they believe that George W. Bush has joined their ranks. Wrong again!! He has become a communist, not a socialist. In communism, the government owns and controls everything. We don't have that here do we? In either case, we have some crazy stuff going on now-a-days.

AIG has already blown through the $87 billion of taxpayer money that was given to them by our federal government. Now, they are asking for an additional $38 billion. How many spa treatments can you get for that??? UPDATE: The feds just approved their request.

Some say that the bail-out isn't working because other companies are "holding out in hopes of getting a better deal from the Treasury than they can dream of from anywhere else".

This is just a follow-up on John McCain's bail-out remix. Estimates say it will cost around $300 billion. How's that complete spending freeze going Senator?

NATO troops in Afghanistan are upset because we are now asking them to actively engage Afghan drug lords. I guess they have a bit of a point since we were the ones that allowed these folks to operate, even with our protection.

Our government has been spying on its citizens. The spies at the NSA have been recording and getting a kick out of the pillow-talk between our soldiers and their loved ones.

BTW, North Korea is preparing to restart its nuclear activities.

Coolest rednecks I've ever seen. Maybe you can teach your bretheren a thing or two.

Depriving Americans of their ability to vote??? You don't say.

Today's Tidbits

Senate approves of the bail-out measure. It looks like it will be greater than the original $700 billion dollar plan. Great.

After our great success giving our defense technology to the Chinese, we are now giving India access to our nuclear secrets. I'm sure that's going to work out just nicely.

John McCain is getting out of Michigan now that it appears as if he has no shot in winning that state. According to the polls, he's sinking pretty quickly across the entire country. Sarah Palin not doing much better now-a-days. Couldn't have anything to do with her interview with Katie Couric?

National debt becoming so large that it soon would not be able to fit on the screen in NYC that tracks it. Sad and disappointing that nobody in our government cares. They are very willing to make our kids pay for their mismanagement of taxpayer funds.

China spying on its citizens' text messages. How long before this comes to the United States? Uh oh. The Patriot Act......I forgot.

Wednesday's Tidbits

This communist-style bail-out is driving me crazy. Never in the history of our country has anything like this happened. Of course, we've had other bailouts. But, nothing even close to this proportion.

Warren Buffet buys $5 Billion dollars of Goldman Sachs preferred stock. He just financed his own little private bailout.

I wish he could finance the rest of them instead of us having to do it. Of course, there's a tax increase heading our way because of the bail-out. Even after it's done, what are the chances that we'll ever see our money back?

BTW, what's the urgency in having this bill rushed through Congress without reviewing the details and fine print? Neil Cavuto also says that these companies should have known better than to loan money to minorities. WHAT???

McCain dropping quickly in the polls because of the recent financial crisis. Now, he wants to suspend his campaign and cancel the debates so he can concentrate on the economy. Yeah right. He's trying to prevent himself from drowning!! It can't help that his campaign manager, Rick Davis, has taken $15k a month from Freddie Mac up to last month! BTW, Obama says the debate is on. Can't weasel out that one so easily.

Obama making up ground in Indiana. I know one mother of a blogger that deserves some recognition for her leg-work.

Feeling Safer Today?

A few things have been going on lately to make me realize a few things. Regardless of who wins the presidency, they'll have their work cut out for them. The world is a mess. Most of the stuff was created, caused or promoted directly by the Bush Administration.


Even though a "cease-fire" is in place, the Georgian government sees no sign of the Russian troops leaving. This is not going to end easily. It looks like they are trying to go back to the old ways of the Soviet Union and create a new Iron Curtain.

Pakistani President has resigned.

Iran says that it will help other Muslim nations launch satellites into outer space. They also announced that its warplanes have the capability to reach Israel. Looks like this is going to work out nicely as well.

Iraq's government cracking down on U.S. backed Sunni forces.