MY CHOICE FOR PRESIDENT AND WHY

No, it isn't the seeming love birds nor the seeming back stabbers. I swear Bill looks like he's plotting against Obamamama. . (Bill also looks fat, old and unkempt to me. But what do I know? I'm only a voter.) But I do get to make a choice. Herewith my choices and my reasoning. Oh, don't forget to click on the header.

1. Obamamama wants us to give up our right to legally carry concealed weapons. Yep. He said so. Like Buck and FHB and Lin, I have no intention of turning in my permit. You see, we have read the Constitution and its Amendments, The Bill of Rights and people like Paine, Washington, Adams, Franklin and so on. And we've come to accept them as wise, wise people. The big O is from Chicago. Many years ago when I really, really loved everything about Chicago, even I wondered if I shouldn't have been carrying then.
2. I know about big government expanding its sayso just to protect those who have fallen into cushy, good paying government jobs. The principle behind this is to make one's bureau so big, so complicated, with so many employees, that the average citizen gives up trying to get to you after the frustration mounts over his/her head and cascades down like rain from a hurricane. Or CYAWP. I gave up with Internal Revenue years ago. There is no chance that government bureau in charge of concealed weapons won't expand. Like Topsy.
3. Clicking on the header takes one to Jack Cashill's admittedly muckraking page. But it talks about big O and retired terrorist (did I write that? Retired?) Bill Ayers. There seems to be a lot of truth bared in his reviews of Obamamama. There's a page of his essays(?) available at http://www.cashill.com/articles_all/recent.htm .
4. I don't know about y'all (ooops linguistic slip) but I am tired of the people I elect to the Presidency or Congressional offices lying through their teeth to me. Yes, oral sex is indeed sex. Yes, weapons of mass destruction mean nuclear (not nucular) to me. Yes, breaking and entering is a violation of law and makes one a crook. Yes, allowing people to break American immigration laws is a crime. And on and on.
5. I am sick of the lack of reasoning on voters parts when they don't seem to be able to recognize the obvious fact that unless the entire electoral system is changed, we the people are the ones who will suffer. (Actually neither candidate seems to see the need to end No Child Left Behind, teacher tenure and poor performance from teachers.) Give us back our schools Mr. would be President.
6. I'm an old creeky male now, but I have lived through two Presidents dying in office. Franklin Delano Roosevelt when I was a pup (I used to listen to his fireside chats, well, my parents saw to it that I sat and listened) and John Fitzgerald Kennedy shot to death by at least one sniper. Neither of these events caused anything but grief and sorrow among the people of the United States. (I beg your pardon, one of them gave us a great President, the other a thief and scoundrel. No, figure it out yourself,) I do not want to witness a third such event. I will have to give McCain the edge in living out one term. I am afraid that O would not survive the sniper attack. We have a lunatic fringe (fringe? Hell, CNN says more than a third of the population will hate a black President. Viciously.) that still doesn't want blacks to have equality. But having written “A steady attack on the white race . . . served as the ballast that could prevent the ideas of personal and communal responsibility from tipping into an ocean of despair” is not a phrase to calm the lion's heart. Bill Ayers needed to choose his words more carefully. Unless he has a hidden agenda.
7. The chances of my ever casting a vote for slobby looking governator Bill Richardson are found in between infinitesimal and none. The man is a carpet bagger. Have a look, have a listen, have a read. New Mexico should apologize to the other 49 for this fiasco. Sorry, America.
8. OK. then it is McCain and Palin for me. Richardson gets my vote to be returned to Mexico. Revenge can be sweet.
9. One more reason for my vote: I see no motivation (other than perhaps some jealousy) for the vicious and uncalled for attacks on Ms. Palin. You see, I can remember a neck tie salesman who didn't have much knowledge of how things worked in Washington suddenly having the Presidency thrust on him. And of his becoming one of the best Presidents America has ever had.

OBAMA, CLINTON, CATMOVES FOR PRES

Working piecemeal and in such a dangerous position should get warnings from OSHA. But they may be too busy filling out the mountains of paperwork (whatever happened to The Computer, which was going to eliminate paperwork?

I think this picture represents the jerry rigged attempts at government that Americans have had to put up with for the past 20 some years.

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It seems a sad fact of higher education in our America, that far too many uni's and colleges are living in the dream world of Ivory Towers, where they and theirs are safe and protected from the harsh and ugly realities of the world and its ways. Promulgating these precepts, what can we expect other than confusion and candidates like Obama and Clinton?

There is NO Messiah going to run for President this time around. (I think the last one with common sense might have been Jack Kennedy, but that's open to argument.)

Dwight David Eisenhower warned us about watching out for the Military/Industrial complex and their machinations. Franklin D. Roosevelt told business to go to hell and do things his way. Harry Truman echoed his former boss. George Washington didn't want a Federal Banking system.

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What have we got running today? A lady who breaks into tears when the going gets tough.

A guy who wants to be all things to all people.

Another guy who seems to indicate he wants to go along with the things the way they are now.

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Balls.

How about somebody who says "to hell with the status quo. Let's try some things that are really, truly designered to help our own citizens. Let's not keep the entangling alliances that incompetents have developed over the past years. Let's not accept a role as the World's Police Force. Let's tell countries that we will spend Trillions for defense, but not one red cent for any tribute. Let's tell the world that America is going its own way and business will be subservient to the American populace or it will be closed. By force, if necessary. The age of screw the customer is over. Line up, get into the mood of becoming helpful to your own people or move to a foreign country where you can try to sell to us."

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There.

I've just negated the top two Dems and the single top Republican. There's no real promise in any of them.

Maybe what's needed is a real, functioning cap on how much each candidate may spend in each state in their effort to get elected. It could be based on the population of the state. Maybe a buck per person of voting age. It should include all forms of ads. Newspaper, TV, radio, Web sites, etc., etc.

I hope you don't think either of the two main political parties would allow this to happen. If they did pass a bill such as this, I'd be willing to be bet they'd "forget" to put a penalty on violations.

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I think I might nominate Lin (of The Creek site) for lady Pres. She's a lot wiser and one hell of a huge bunch more humorous than the ex pres's sobby female. I think I'd like Babzy to be her running mate, too. With those two in charge we'd be howling with laughter more than crying in our beers (as we do now).

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Catmoves wants to be dictat, er, President, too. "Hang 'em high" is my slogan. At least it ought to scare the bejesas out of them.

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Who's your nominee?

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Don't forget to click on the header. And I did NOT write this article.

BILL RICHARDSON WON'T YOU PLEASE COME HOME?

Looks like a group photo of the Iowa electors who chose to vote for our governator, Bill Richardson, in the primary.

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But there's more to this story:

I visited my doctor Friday morning (for some needed assistance) and he, smiling from ear to ear, told us about his son's experience with Richardson Party Politics.

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Seems the young fellow, a state employee, took some time off and went up to Iowa to help Bill get votes.

Before he left, he contacted the people in Richardson's campaign and was told he would be reimbursed for travel expenses both ways, and would get bed and board paid for while he was there working for his "hero".

Apparently, someone "forgot" to pay him (and his mates who went with him), so he wound up calling Dad and asking for some money to buy food and get home. Dad laughed and laughed, suggested he find his way back home by bus, promised to feed him when he got back.

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I looked at Doc skeptically, and he admitted sending bus fare to the lad. But that was all, he grinned at me. "He's learning about honesty and politicians" was the explanation.

To make the story complete, our local newspaper ran an article on Saturday, stating that the governator had closed the Iowa office and asked his "volunteers" to follow him to New Hampshire.

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Now, the "volunteers" were as successful as they could be with what they had to work with in Iowa. We know that Obama won the contest with Hillary a distant third.

Bill? Oh, he got fourth place. With almost 2% of the total vote.

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Now, it seems to me that any reasonably intelligent person, who could only get such a piddling number, would understand that he was not liked and would not be able to get the votes needed in any of the Eastern states. He should be able to figure out that those voters were neither impressed nor believed his fairy tales.

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I gained a lot of respect for Iowa voters after this fiasco (on Bill's part). They weren't fooled by his rhetoric, they didn't buy his "qualifications", they didn't believe in his pie in the sky.

I suspect that the almost 2% were those who devoutly wanted the idiocy of Iraq ended as soon as possible, regardless of any consequences down the line. (No, I don't believe in G. Bush's war. But that's another posting.)

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In a way, it has now become a painful embarrassment for us New Mexicans. And Bill won't realize that his "team" made the biggest effort, spent the most money they ever have and still couldn't sell him to the people. His statement "On To New Hampshire" is not a rallying cry. Considering the Iowa results it sounds more like a painful wail, a "I coulda been a contender" kind of stance.

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Somehow, I think the New Hampshire voters will see through his act, will note that he has been gone from New Mexico for almost a full year while the state has more than enough problems that are not being taken seriously by him. After all, if he can't care for a state of 2 million, how could we entrust 300 million souls to him? He is, once and for all, a carpetbagger in the worst sense of the term.

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One more word of advice Bill: the American people are really, really worried about the economy and your record of spend, spend, spend, even if we don't have it, won't stand you in good stead.

TERRY TAMMINEN FOR PREZ

Never mind Hillary, Obama, Richardson nor any of those other people. They're amateurs.

I've discovered a new candidate for the job of Prez of these United States. He's got some interesting thoughts, too. __________________________________________Count Me In My presidential platform calls for clean air and no war. What about yours? By Terry Tamminen 16 Feb 2007 Grab hold of the political moment. The U.S. appears headed for a bumper crop of 2008 presidential candidates, most of which know they can't possibly win the nomination, let alone ever be hailed as the chief. So why do they toss in their hats? Many say it's to ensure the national debate includes their ideas for improving America. On that basis, I figured it was time I stop being coy and jump in too. I therefore declare my candidacy for president of the United States and, if elected, here's my agenda: 1. Apologize to the world and get out of Iraq immediately. If the oil companies want their wells protected, let them hire the hundreds of thousands of Iraqis who are currently the victims of our invasion and inept occupation to become security guards. Save over $100 billion a year.2. While the recent U.S. House bill to reduce about $14 billion of oil subsidies is laudable, I would eliminate the other $100 billion too. Combined with my first point, that gives us $200 billion a year to work with on other priorities. 3. Apologize to the families of the 100,000 people who die prematurely in the U.S. each year from disease related to completely preventable petroleum air pollution (and the 6.5 million Americans who suffer from asthma and other respiratory diseases) for public policies that allow such legalized assaults. Use half of the $200 billion to provide health insurance to the 45 million Americans who have none, so at least everyone will get health care. It doesn't really matter if people are poor, slackers, or illegal immigrants. It costs us far more than $100 billion a year to deal with the illnesses of the uninsured, providing expensive reactive health care mostly in emergency rooms instead of more affordable proactive health care in a doctor's office. 4. Use $20 billion a year to replace every diesel mass-transit and school bus in the nation that emits more pollution than the cleanest engines on the market today. Then tackle the oldest, dirtiest trucks and locomotives. Replace these vehicles with ones that run on the cleanest fuels available, which today are biofuels, natural gas, and hydrogen. This program will not only reduce a significant percentage of the life-threatening air pollution that grips our cities, it will stimulate investors to build a nationwide fueling infrastructure for clean fuels. It will also cut greenhouse gases. And I would consider insisting that the replacement vehicles be mostly American-made, thus renewing the U.S. auto industry and its workforce. In The Same Vein One Nation, Under Terry An interview with California environmental adviser Terry Tamminen. Use the rest of the money to offer a four-day (32-hour) work week to any government employee willing to volunteer one day a week for public service, and encourage other employers to do likewise, with an emphasis on volunteering in local schools. People could make their communities better, safer places to live, and reduce crowding on freeways (reducing air pollution and lost productivity for everyone).Would any or all of these measures improve your everyday life? Better health care, less pollution and disease, thousands of new jobs, less traffic -- I suspect that would make a difference worth voting for. I have solutions for global warming, illegal immigration, foreign affairs, and the erosion of our education and justice systems too, but I'll save those for the rubber-chicken dinner circuit. In the meantime, look for me in New Hampshire and Iowa perfecting my baby-kissing techniques.And if you think you can do better, why not tell the world by declaring your candidacy and setting out a platform of your own?

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - - - - Terry Tamminen is the former secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency and is now a policy adviser and author. His new book is Lives Per Gallon: The True Cost of our Oil Addiction.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It's not a joke. We need someone who can sort out the messes created by our most recent administration. I know, this guy is an environmentalist (no, Hillary, that is not a bad word) and far too many of us think that because right now it's colder than hades there is no such thing as global warming. That ain't the way it works. It sounds like an oxymoron but "global warming" also indicates this horrid cold weather. Read the reports. Google has them. New Hampshire and Iowa are too far away for an old geezer like me to travel too, but I hope he finds the voters there interested. Iowa should love him. That's where they grow the vegetables we put in our gas tanks.