A comment on Terror

It took the terrorists, from 1993 to 2001, eight years to have something that really terrified this country.

They took that time to organize and plan.  It is arrogant to think that any person or party could keep our country safe by taking away civil liberties of citizens and invading two countries, one that might have had something to do with the terror and another as a vendetta.

Since we did not get "the big bad guy", we have given him time to organize and plan.  I, as a tax paying voter, will not put the party in power that has used the terror to its political advantage, especially since that party gave "the big bad guy"time....

Why are the Oil companies not Drilling now?

With the windfall profits and the support of the Republican Party, why are the oil companies not aggressively drilling right now?

The answer is simple, the oil companies don't want to pay for the exploratory drilling.  McCain's promise of "Drill here, Drill now" is a signal to the oil companies that if he got into office the tax payer would pay the bill.  This is a way to get more money from the oil companies to support his campaign.  

There is no real profit for the oil companies until the well is dug.  Exploration off-shore is expensive.  That would cut into profits.  

It is cheaper to support the "drill candidate", than it is to drill one exploratory well after another to find the crude.  In a way, this becomes a win-win for the oil companies. If the feds pay for the exploratory drilling, it costs the companies nothing and then they get the profits from the good wells. 

The question for the tax payer voter is:  Do you want to pay for this?   

Let's examine what I want to write

Some might have noticed I took down two of my articles.  The reasoning is I was not happy when I wrote those.  

That might not surprise some.  I did write, "I'm pissed" at the top of one.  But those articles did not reflect what this election is really about: issues.  I prefer to write about issues and international news.  

Character is not an issue.

Character is how a person acts.  The candidates are running to become public officials that will have to make decisions on things that will affect my life and everybody else's.  Yes, character will affect those decisions partially.  Most of those decisions will really be made on the persons perspective and other people's opinions.

Let's over the next few weeks examine the issues facing the American Public.  Let's talk about the failed policies of the Bush administration.  

I hope to restrain myself when I see someone character affecting what I find important.  How that person acts is not my business, how that person decides on the issues that affects me, that is my business.