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| Am I the only one who has noticed that the same people on the left who squealed about the debt our children will be burdened with under Bush's tax cuts, war spending, etc... are the EXACT same ones who don't seem concerned at all about the future of thier childrens financial security under our current Social Security program?
Liberals Should Stop Scaring America on Social Security Reform
By Kevin Fobbs
"Well our children who are in their mid-20s will be beginning to retire then. And guess what, unless you have won a lotto or just happen to have gotten lucky at a casino, the young adults of today will retiring to a system that will be completely bankrupt. What a fine mess to hand over to our children and an even greater mess to leave the country in.
Of course this is a very dangerous game that the liberals in Congress are playing with the lives and futures of our children and grandchildren. I can tell you the callers to my daily radio show on WDTK 1400 AM in Detroit have tackled this issue head on. They spoke with passion to Bob McFadden who was representing the White House response on Social Security. He shared with my listeners his own story as he had shared it with the President earlier that week. You see, if Bob's family would have had the President's plan in place nine years ago when his father suddenly died of a heart attack at 57, all of his siblings, his mother...his whole family would have been able to have taken advantage of his father's Social Security benefits. This would have been a comfortable nest egg, which would have eased the loss."
Read the whole article...
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| "On Sunday, the sun will rise on the land of Mesopotamia. I can't wait, the dream is becoming true and I will stand in front of the box to put my heart in it." -Mohammed/Iraqi Blogger
Amid the winds of change, I've picked up a few truly inspirational words from those who are facing that wind full force today...
"The Iraqi election is not only important for Iraq but for the whole world including the USA, the UK, the EU, the Middle East, the UN and the other countries. This is not because Iraq is a superpower but because it is representing a turning point in the history of the region." -Sam at Hammorabi
"I'm about to go to the voting center to cast my vote and I thought I should post few words to thank all my friends, the readers of this blog for their support and love for me, my brothers and all Iraqis. I hope I'll be able to post after voting and I'll keep you updated. Thanks again for your care and may God bless you all and give you a hundred times what you have gave Iraq. I know it seems impossible when it comes to those who lost their beloved ones but I hope they know that theie sacrifices were not in vain and that they gave humanity the most precious thing a man has, his life." -Ali
"No more 99.99 % in Iraq!
This is the figure of the Arabs' dictators except Saddam!
He used to get 100%!
Surprisingly those who voted for the master of the mass graves are abstaining now!
Our voting is:
No to the terrorists!
No to the dictatorships!
No to hate and racism!
No to the fascists!
No to the Nazis!
No to the mentally retarded tyrants!
No to the ossified, narrow-minded and intolerants!
The Iraqis are voting in few hours time for the new Iraq.
We are going to create our future by ourselves not by dictators.
We are going to say:
Yes for the freedom and democracy!
Yes for the civilized Iraq!
Yes for peace and prosperity!
Yes for coexistence!
Yes for the New Iraq!
Let them bomb and kill us. It will not deter us!
Let them send their dogs to suck our bones. We care not!
Let them bark. It will not frighten us.
Let them see how civilised to be free and democratic!
Let them die by our vote tomorrow! It is the magic bullet which will kill them!
Welcome New Iraq.
Welcome freedom and democracy.
Welcome peace and prosperity for all nations with out exception but terrorists!"
posted by hammorabi @ 1/29/2005 11:59:37 AM
"It is wrong to assume that the terrorists' attacks are resistance. The real occupiers of Iraq are the mentally retarded terrorists who tried to impose their dull and tyrant role over every one. The difference between them and the occupation by the Multinational forces is that these forces are unmasked professional soldiers who themselves would like to go back to their beloved ones and families and their governments knew this. These troops will go back as soon as we can provide our own security. We feel we need them now to help us to build a state of constitutions and democracy before they leave." -Hammorabi
"Now, and thanks to other humans, not from my area, religion and who don't even speak my language, I and all Iraqis have the real chance to make the change. Now I OWN my home and I can decide who's going to run things in it and how and I won't waste that chance. Tomorrow as I cast my vote, I'll regain my home. I'll regain my humanity and my dignity, as I stand and fulfill part of my responsibilities to this part of the large brotherhood of humanity. Tomorrow I'll say I'M IRAQI AND I'M PROUD, as being Iraqi this time bears a different meaning in my mind. It's being an active and good part of humanity. Tomorrow I and the Iraqis that are going to vote will rule, not the politicians we're going to vote for, as it's our decision and they'll work for us this time and if we don't like them we'll kick them out! Tomorrow my heart will race my hand to the box. Tomorrow I'll race even the sun to the voting centre, my Ka'aba and my Mecca. I'm so excited and so happy that I can't even feel the fear I though I would have at this time.
I can't wait until tomorrow." -Ali Fadhil
"Some of us were celebrating regaining sovereignty, some were celebrating the end of occupation, others were happy because they think the new government will bring safety and order. I was celebrating a new and a great step towards democracy, but we were all joined by true hope for a better future and by the love we have for Iraq."
- Omar
"I am happy to report...no I am honored to report that I have cast my ballot in our election. It is such an amazing feeling to be able to have some control over the destiny of my nation, a feeling I have not known before!"
- Husayn Uthman
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With elections begining in Iraq, we can only hope the population is pleased to have new ballots, and are forever done with these:
Let Freedom Ring~
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Eric Zorn
'08 reasons why Obama will run for president:
"I am not running for president. I am not running for president in four years. I am not running for president in 2008."
--Barack Obama, Nov. 3, 2004
Oh, but he will.
And here, for your Inauguration Day reading pleasure, are the top 8 reasons why the new junior senator from Illinois will change his mind about '08.
1. He can't be sure when the bloom will fade.
Sure, Obama is a huge celebrity now, an eloquent, charismatic embodiment of the best the Democratic Party can offer. But The Next Big Thing multiplied by Overexposure plus Time equals Yesterday's News.
Momentum like he has now is a powerful commodity, and there's no guarantee--not even much chance--that he'll still have anything like it in 2012.
2. The Democratic field appears weak.
Hillary Clinton has come out on top of every survey I've seen in which pollsters ask Democrats whom they'd like to see atop the ticket in 2008.
But I suspect this is the name-recognition factor at work, and that when primary season rolls around, Democrats will see her as a poisonously polarizing figure who will build a bridge back to the 20th Century and those dreadful Clinton Wars.
Other names mentioned along with Obama include John Edwards, John Kerry, Al Gore, Howard Dean, Wesley Clark, Joseph Biden, Tom Vilsack, Mark Warner, Russ Feingold, Evan Bayh, Harold Ford Jr. and Bill Richardson.
Among average Democrats, Obama's is the only name that doesn't tend to provoke either a yawn, a puzzled look or an anguished cry of, "Please, God, not again!"
3. The Republican field looks weak too.
Vice President Dick Cheney is out of the picture for health reasons, so unless he resigns and someone else takes his place, the 2008 presidential election will be the first since 1952 in which an incumbent president or vice president isn't running.
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani might be formidable in the general election but is too moderate to survive the GOP primary process. Sen. John McCain's time will have passed. Ahn-old can't run because he's foreign-born.
There's talk of Bill Frist, George Pataki, George Allen, Mitt Romney, Bill Owens, Chuck Hagel, Haley Barbour and Jeb Bush, but it doesn't leave Democrats crumpled in despair and resignation.
4. Another shooting-star, hope-for-tomorrow politician is coming up behind him in the Democratic ranks.
Four years ago, Obama was a little-known state senator still licking his wounds after taking a 30-point thrashing in a 2000 congressional primary.
And though we don't know who he is today, four years from now, some currently obscure but brilliant young man or woman will be the talk of Washington and on everybody's short list for the 2012 national ticket.
The brass ring may also still be there for Obama to grab in 2012, but ...
5. A long voting record in Congress has a way of muddying the track for presidential hopefuls.
We're often reminded that, though many have tried, only two men in history--Warren G. Harding, in 1921, and John F. Kennedy, in 1961--have moved directly from the U.S. Senate to the White House.
A big reason seems to be that the legislative process demands significant compromises and yes/no votes on often complicated proposals--all of which opponents then twist, chop into misleading sound bites and throw back in your face during campaigns.
6. The chance might not present itself again until 2016.
If another Democrat wins the presidency in 2008, that person will likely run for re-election in 2012. In 2016 Obama will only be 54 going on 55, but reasons 1, 4 and 5 above suggest he won't be as attractive a candidate.
7. He'll have the money.
Obama is the Midas of fundraisers these days, and his spokesman Robert Gibbs says his campaign fund still (already) has roughly $600,000.
8. He'll want at least to lay the groundwork for future national races.
Win or lose, making friends in Iowa and New Hampshire and testing himself in the early caucus-primary season against tougher challengers than Alan Keyes won't hurt Obama's long-term prospects. His political style is well-suited to small-state races.
Gibbs denied again Wednesday that Obama will run in 2008.
Don't you believe it.
All I can say is, Watchout Hillary! *LoL*
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