Oct 09, 2008 11:24AM GMT
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Politics - United States
Are you going to be PROUD to vote for your choice for President of the United States of America this election?
This question just struck me as I was reading some of the posts here on sodahead. How many of us have just pulled the lever or pushed the button for our vote in the past, without really feeling PROUD of our selection? How many times have we been disappointed with the choices that 'We the People' have been presented with? Is this year any different than the past? Does it really matter if you are proud... or, if the Country as a whole is proud of our President? What do you think?
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raves +2 posted Oct 15, 2008 06:14PM GMT
Answered I'm voting for Obama and I'm PROUD of it!
Obama is the first person I'm proud to have voted for since Clinton.
The last two presidential elections were the lesser of two evils.
Everyone PLEASE get out and vote.
This is the most important election of our lives...
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raves +3 posted Oct 13, 2008 03:02AM GMT (edited)
Answered I'm voting for McCain and I'm PROUD of it!
I am voting for McCain.... I am working for McCain....
As a Christian, I can see no other choice that I
could face Christ and admit to.....
I will never cast a vote for anyone who is
pro-choice, or pro-abortion.....
I will not be a part in the distruction of
the innocent babies, 1000 a day, that are
murdered in the name of choice....
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raves Oct 22, 2008 10:48PM GMTSome people lose children through no choice of there own. Why don't the young women who are pregnant choose adoption over abortion. There are lots of people who would love to have a child or children through adoption because they cannot have a child of there own.
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raves +2 posted Oct 13, 2008 12:14AM GMT
Answered I'm voting for Obama and I'm PROUD of it!
I'm proud to vote for Barak Obama because (a) he's not a Republican...we can't afford as a COUNTRY to have another Republican President, (b) he's "saying" the things I want to hear (not that that always happens...i.e. "NO MORE TAXES"...lol) and (c) he seems to actually care about healthcare issues, the middleclass (not that there is one anymore) and he's using HIS own money to promote himself...not the taxpayers', lobbyists' and/or big companies' money. -
raves +1 Oct 13, 2008 06:46PM GMT (edited)I can respect that everybody hold Obama on a pedistal, I mean he wants to allow government to take care of you, the middle class, and punish those who fought for what they have for being sucessful. Lets tax the people who are making over 250k per year, that couldn't possibly have any negative effects...could it? let's see, tax small business on a graduated level anywhere from 63% to 68% (up from and average of 40%) of their gross earnings. The effect of that will be either the cost of good will skyrocket, or the business owners who dont want to screw over the public will loose more, lay off their employees and probably go out of business. Then he wants to impose a carbon tax on the oil companies. Again, the effect will be that the cost of energy will probably go up because the oil companies will need to recoup their losses and we are the ones who will have to pay. And what about that Universal Health Care he wants everyone to have, well that speaks for itself, just find information on the Canadian health care system and see how that works and how much it cost and how far behind they are from us technology wise, ours may be "bad" but state run health care is by far worse, just dont ask Michael Moore to explaine it to you, find out for yourself. Now I can go into the many variou...I can respect that everybody hold Obama on a pedistal, I mean he wants to allow government to take care of you, the middle class, and punish those who fought for what they have for being sucessful. Lets tax the people who are making over 250k per year, that couldn't possibly have any negative effects...could it? let's see, tax small business on a graduated level anywhere from 63% to 68% (up from and average of 40%) of their gross earnings. The effect of that will be either the cost of good will skyrocket, or the business owners who dont want to screw over the public will loose more, lay off their employees and probably go out of business. Then he wants to impose a carbon tax on the oil companies. Again, the effect will be that the cost of energy will probably go up because the oil companies will need to recoup their losses and we are the ones who will have to pay. And what about that Universal Health Care he wants everyone to have, well that speaks for itself, just find information on the Canadian health care system and see how that works and how much it cost and how far behind they are from us technology wise, ours may be "bad" but state run health care is by far worse, just dont ask Michael Moore to explaine it to you, find out for yourself. Now I can go into the many various ways that we can fix these areas with out costing the people any money, but your better off looking into "Free Market Health Care" "Free Market Energy" "And Laizzez-Faire Economics"(or the Austrian School of Economics) to find all the solutions. It comes from the people themselves, not the government, the government has never had a program that wasn't poorly run and over budget. If you want to find out where these solutions would come from...well its not from these crappy Republicrats, it comes from the Libertarian Party. Bob Barr could make all of these things happen if he were in office, it just takes us, the people, to finally be discusted enough with our government to try a new approach, one that will work.
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raves posted Oct 12, 2008 09:44PM GMT
Answered I'm voting for Obama because I feel like I should.
get real obomites, he wont take care of his own [ 1/2] brother, what makes you think he'll care more about you?
August 20, 2008, 20:54
Obama’s brother lives in a Kenyan shack
U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama’s lost brother has been tracked down in Kenya. George Hussein Onyango Obama, aged 26, was found by journalists from the Italian edition of Vanity Fair. He reportedly lives in poverty in a shack on the outskirts of Nairobi.
He has the same father as the U.S. senator, Barack Hussein Obama, but a different mother. Her name has been given as Jael.
The youngest of Obama’s half-brothers says he lives on less than a dollar per month in a 2m x 3m shack. Its walls are decorated with posters of famous footballers and a calendar featuring exotic beaches. The magazine also noted George has a newspaper picture of his brother.
He has only met his famous brother twice. Once when he was five and then in 2006 when Senator Obama visited Nairobi. George admits their meeting was very brief and cool. -
raves +2 Oct 13, 2008 12:25AM GMTOne of my brothers' is a multi-millionaire (of his own making). 3 other of my siblings are making at least six-figure salaries. My youngest sister has 2 disabled children, one severely. I am bedridden and collect SS disability.... Neither one of us expect or would consider asking for help from the others' and are never offered any help. Does that make them bad people? No. They worked hard to get where they are and we were dealt different hands in life. That's just the way it goes!
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raves +1 posted Oct 12, 2008 05:45PM GMT
Answered I'm voting for Obama and I'm PROUD of it!
Guess who I am…I was part of the Keating five scandal and stole, but I am hero. I got reprimanded by the Senate when I lied about being involved with the Savings and Loans scandal, but I am a hero. I want to obliterate N. Korea and Iran from the face of the Earth, but I’m a hero. I cheat on my loving wife and became an abusive womanizer, but I am hero. I don't pay taxes on one of my 8 homes, but I am a hero. I think rape and bombing jokes are funny, but I am a hero. I strongly plagiarized my story about a cross in the sand, but I am a hero. My campaign is full of crooked lobbyists who work for the Great Oil Party (OPEC), but I am a hero. I am John McCain and I have all of these ego personalities, but I am NO HERO. I am an ill-fated cancer patient and a POW who served his country 37 years ago who did some unpatriotic things to survive a death camp, including collaborating with the enemy. The only thing I am NOT is a SUPER HERO! Elect me because Political corruption is where I shine the brightest.
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raves +1 posted Oct 12, 2008 05:39PM GMT
Answered I'm voting for another candidate and I'm PROUD!
I'm placing my vote for Bob Barr. He is the ONLY candidate to speak out against the bailout that passed last week (in an Un-Constitutional method by the way) with 150+ Billion dollars in pork attached to it.
Here are a few of Bob Barr's plans:
- We should seek to establish a wall of separation between government and the economy. The legitimate economic functions of government are to protect property rights, adjudicate disputes, and provide a legal framework in which voluntary trade is protected. The government should stop attempting to “manage” the free market.
- Government should stop acting as the welfare agency of first resort under the guise of providing social insurance. In general, private charity should be the first resort for anyone in need. The process of welfare reform begun by Congress in 1996 should be continued to reduce even further people’s dependence on Washington.
- The Fourth Amendment was designed for precisely this purpose — to protect Americans from illegal searches and seizures by the government. Yet the Bush administration, aided by many Congressional Democrats and Republicans, has worked to gut both constitutional and legal protections for the privacy rights and civil liberties of American citizens. The next administration must rever...I'm placing my vote for Bob Barr. He is the ONLY candidate to speak out against the bailout that passed last week (in an Un-Constitutional method by the way) with 150+ Billion dollars in pork attached to it.
Here are a few of Bob Barr's plans:
- We should seek to establish a wall of separation between government and the economy. The legitimate economic functions of government are to protect property rights, adjudicate disputes, and provide a legal framework in which voluntary trade is protected. The government should stop attempting to “manage” the free market.
- Government should stop acting as the welfare agency of first resort under the guise of providing social insurance. In general, private charity should be the first resort for anyone in need. The process of welfare reform begun by Congress in 1996 should be continued to reduce even further people’s dependence on Washington.
- The Fourth Amendment was designed for precisely this purpose — to protect Americans from illegal searches and seizures by the government. Yet the Bush administration, aided by many Congressional Democrats and Republicans, has worked to gut both constitutional and legal protections for the privacy rights and civil liberties of American citizens. The next administration must reverse course, demonstrating that it recognizes it is tasked to defend a free society not undermine it.
- America should not be the world’s policeman. The American purpose is to provide a strong national defense, not to engage in nation building or to launch foreign crusades, no matter how seemingly well-intentioned.
It is time to reemphasize the word “defense” in national defense. By maintaining a military presence in more than 130 nations around the world in more than 700 installations, with hundreds of thousands of troops deployed overseas, the U.S. spends more to protect the soil of other nations than our own. Bringing these soldiers home would better protect America while saving lives and money. The U.S. requires a military strong enough to defend this nation, not to support and defend much of the rest of the world.
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raves +2 Oct 13, 2008 04:16AM GMT (edited)I agree, I wish people would get over the two party system that has been screwing over the American public for over a century now. The Libertarians believe in a whole host of ideas that benefits everyone. Things like working towards eliminating the federal income tax or move towards a flat tax. -x- abolishing the 16th amendment -x- No bailing out big corporations for making faulty investments. -x- Ending the pointless war on drugs and stopping the criminalization marijuana, pot heads are not felons. -x- moving to a free market health care system where you get government out of the health care business and erase the borders in which you can buy insurance. Allow for the medical field to become a market of competition forcing down the cost and elevating service, making it affordable for even low income families while not costing taxpayers 135 billion a year in money we don't have to give. -x- Completely un regulate the economy and allow the citizens to dictate the market, set interest rates and prices all the while getting back to the gold standard in currency. That will drive down the cost of living and make the dollar worth a dollar again, almost eliminate the national debt and allow people to retire with sound money. -x- eliminate the income tax on people dependant on social s...I agree, I wish people would get over the two party system that has been screwing over the American public for over a century now. The Libertarians believe in a whole host of ideas that benefits everyone. Things like working towards eliminating the federal income tax or move towards a flat tax. -x- abolishing the 16th amendment -x- No bailing out big corporations for making faulty investments. -x- Ending the pointless war on drugs and stopping the criminalization marijuana, pot heads are not felons. -x- moving to a free market health care system where you get government out of the health care business and erase the borders in which you can buy insurance. Allow for the medical field to become a market of competition forcing down the cost and elevating service, making it affordable for even low income families while not costing taxpayers 135 billion a year in money we don't have to give. -x- Completely un regulate the economy and allow the citizens to dictate the market, set interest rates and prices all the while getting back to the gold standard in currency. That will drive down the cost of living and make the dollar worth a dollar again, almost eliminate the national debt and allow people to retire with sound money. -x- eliminate the income tax on people dependant on social security -x- allow people to choose how and when they save for their retirement and not allow the federal government to dictate how much you can earn after you retire. -x- and among many other things, allow people to freely govern their own lives. Let them make decisions that benefit them with out being told that you can't. Be allowed to make decisions about schooling and health for your family that fit your ideas and allow you, the citizen, to be the one who rules over government, not be ruled by government. If people really want change, then voting for either Obama or McCain is just voting for the status quo, change only comes from outside the box and very small government. I encourage everyone to look into it
www.lp.org
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raves Oct 13, 2008 04:24AM GMTGriffin.... I see that you're undecided. I have no idea who you are, but I too, was undecided... actually I was disenfranchised. Hearing McCain and Obama going at each other like school children on the playground was sickening me to no end. I mean, they were supposed to be the best of the 2 major parties and look at them. Well, I heard about a guy named Bob Barr on Glenn Beck and got excited. His plan is to reduce the size of the Federal Govt and get it back to doing what it was supposed to do in the first place. To keep from making a huge reply to your post, check out my response a few spaces above yours. If the information piques an interest, check out www.bobbarr2008.com and investigate the issues. If you decide to do so and read the responses on the site, my ID on there is Brian S
By the way, I am an Independent but the Libertarian platform has many issues that are on the same line of thinking that I have. I've always believed in voting for the person, not the party.... but this time I am considering suspending that personal rule. -
raves +1 posted
Answered I'm voting for Obama and I'm PROUD of it!
I am very proud of my candidate, Barack Obama. Most of all, though, I am proud of my fellow Americans for rising up and taking so seriously their right to vote.