The US (and, consequently, the Worldwide) Economy is continuing to choke and sink.
Our economy was at an all time high in the last Democratic administration. Under G.W.Bush, our economy has fallen deeper than many economists believed possible ever again. The world has lost faith in the US, both politically, and economically.
McCain’s hero, Reagan’s "trickle down economics" did not work in the 1980s, and they will not work now. Old Republican ideas simply are not working. It’s time for a change in Washington.
The New York TImes officially endorsed Senator Obama for president.
"The American financial system is the victim of decades of Republican deregulatory and anti-tax policies. Those ideas have been proved wrong at an unfathomable price, but Mr. McCain — a self-proclaimed “foot soldier in the Reagan revolution” — is still a believer.
Mr. Obama sees that far-reaching reforms will be needed to protect Americans and American business.
Mr. McCain talks about reform a lot, but his vision is pinched. His answer to any economic question is to eliminate pork-barrel spending — about $18 billion in a $3 trillion budget — cut taxes and wait for unfettered markets to solve the problem.
Mr. Obama is clear that the nation’s tax structure must be changed to make it fairer. That means the well-off Americans who have benefited disproportionately from Mr. Bush’s tax cuts will have to pay some more. Working Americans, who have seen their standard of living fall and their children’s options narrow, will benefit. Mr. Obama wants to raise the minimum wage and tie it to inflation, restore a climate in which workers are able to organize unions if they wish and expand educational opportunities.
Mr. McCain, who once opposed President Bush’s tax cuts for the wealthy as fiscally irresponsible, now wants to make them permanent. And while he talks about keeping taxes low for everyone, his proposed cuts would overwhelmingly benefit the top 1 percent of Americans while digging the country into a deeper fiscal hole."
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I have already voted for Obama, and I hope the rest of the nation does likewise.
Yes We Can.
On September 11th, 2001, the US was attacked by a guerilla organization, based in Afghanistan. George Bush used the attacks of September 11th to pull the greatest political scam in US history, and directed American Patriotic Anger not at the Al Quaeda in Afghanistan, who were responsible for the attacks….but at the nation of Iraq.
Senator Barack Obama has stood against the unjust war on Iraq since the beginning.
Now Senator John McCain is stirring up anger….and directing it at the neighboring nation…Iran.
Afghanistan continues to house the terrorists who attacked the US….and yet we’re directing our fire power elsewhere, and Republicans like John McCain would have us continue to ignore the terrorists within Afghanistan until we have used the full force of our indignation to remove ever Muslim country from the map.
Let me make this clear: I do not support a war on Iraq, Iran, North Korea, or Afghanistan. September 11th was the action of an independent, civilian terrorist organization, not any single nation or religious group. I do not believe that any war will bring back our dead. Causing more death is just a tragedy.
But I will not stand for politicians killing human beings, in the name of a justice falsely served on the wrong nation.
Senator Obama has never made any false promise that he absolutely will not wage war on Afghanistan. However he has vowed to meet with diplomatic leaders from any nation. And for making a promise to pursue diplomacy, he has taken criticism.
What sort of backward world do we live in, where we would rather wage a war than a conversation?
I believe that diplomacy begins with words and mutual respect, not with ammunition.
This is another reason I chose to vote for Barack Obama.
About the photo:
Five years ago, Lauren and I marched from Pioneer Square, in a rally against the war in Iraq. We joined a die-in. This is basically an organization where people pose dead on the street. The intention is to confront people with the realitities of the war. War in theory is only numbers. But in reality, it’s real people dying. Real children. Someone’s brother. Someone’s daughter. Someone’s father. Someone’s best friend. And if you see real people, and think of the world that would be left behind without them, it’s harder to make the sacrifice.
soo….
Today, Lauren and I again marched from Pioneer Square (accompanied by a woman I met this woman in a coffee shop).
Today’s march was a Zombie walk. Which is a bit more fun in purpose. Several thousand Zombies took over the city today.
Chanting:
What do we want?
Brains.
When do we want them? When do we want them?
Braaaaaaiins…..
I thought I could get some pretty provocative photos, that would accomplish the same shock confrontation as the die-in. It’s hard to be a zombie and hold a camera though. But my message still stands.
