Expressing Opinions

When it comes to the environment, John McCain only has the interests of Big Oil at heart. That’s why he has over 22 Big Oil lobbyists advising him. That’s why he favored lifting the moratorium on off-shore drilling — a move that prompted Big Oil to donate over $1 million to his campaign. And thanks to the League of Conservation Voters, we’ve got the proof!

The senate will likely be voting next week on these issues. Please call Senator McCain’s office in Washington (202-224-2235), and tell him to stop siding with Big Oil and start supporting clean energy.

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One picture is worth a thousand words, but I think this Alaskan sums it up.

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How money does he get from lobbyist?

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Why did not hear about what this admiral is saying to Congress? ABC News is reporting: ‘Grim’ Afghanistan Report To Be Kept Secret by US

Last week, Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told Congress “we’re running out of time” in Afghanistan. “I’m not convinced we’re winning it in Afghanistan,” Adm. Mullen testified.

Perhaps foreshadowing the NIE assessment on Afghanistan, Adm. Mullen told Congress, “absent a broader international and interagency approach to the problems there, it is my professional opinion that no amount of troops in no amount of time can ever achieve all the objectives we seek in Afghanistan.”

And in the same article:

Seth Jones, an expert on Afghanistan at the Rand Corporation think tank, called the situation in Afghanistan “dire.”

“We are now at a tipping point, with about half of the country now penetrated by a range of Sunni militant groups including the Taliban and al Queida,” Jones said. Jones said there is growing concern that Dutch and Canadian forces in Afghanistan would “call it quits.”

“The US military would then need six, eight, maybe ten brigades but we just don’t have that many,” Jones said.

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Why is the government so quick to bail out the rich on Wall Street, but have done little to nothing to help out homeowners on Main Street? While the average American has suffered with higher prices at the pump, grocery store, and just about everywhere else, the piece of sh*t Bush administration has done nothing but stand on the sidelines and spew rhetoric with little or no action.

Now they are want to take our tax dollars and reward the greed of the rich by having the American public bail them out. Nothing has been done to help the average American. While countries like China have oil subsidies to keep oil prices down the Bush administration has done nothing! There is a housing crisis because of greed from predatory lenders and what has been done about that? Nothing!

During this time CEO’s have been making millions of dollars in golden parachutes and bonuses as rewards for their greed and the raping of the American economy. How about if Congress helps out the American on Main Street first? Don’t you think if the average American has stability in the home budget they will be more likely to spend some of their hard earned wages, thus stimulate and support the economy?

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What is McCain saying about cracking down on CEO’s who make millions on Golden Parachute’s when they bail out of the dieing companies. Plus what does he say about one of his advisers who did exactly that? Hear it from John McCain himself.

This video is what he said yesterday.

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I enjoy funny t-shirts and this one brought a smile to my face.

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Here is something from an email sent to me.

[The] Alaska Women Reject Palin rally was to be held outside on the lawn in front of the Loussac Library in midtown Anchorage . Home made signs were encouraged, and the idea was to make a statement that Sarah Palin does not speak for all Alaska women, or men. I had no idea what to expect.

The rally was organized by a small group of women, talking over coffee. It made me wonder what other things have started with small groups of women talking over coffee. It’s probably an impressive list. These women hatched the plan, printed up flyers, posted them around town, and sent notices to local media outlets. One of those media outlets was KBYR radio, home of Eddie Burke, a long-time uber-conservative Anchorage talk show host. Turns out that Eddie Burke not only announced the rally, but called the people who planned to attend the rally ‘a bunch of socialist baby-killing maggots,’ and read the home phone numbers of the organizers aloud over the air, urging listeners to call and tell them what they thought. The women, of course, received some nasty, harassing and threatening messages.

I felt a bit apprehensive. I’d been disappointed before by the turnout at other rallies. Basically,in Anchorage , if you can get 25 people to show up at an event, it’s a success. So, I thought to myself, if we can actually get 100 people there that aren’t sent by Eddie Burke, we’ll be doing good. A real statement will have been made. I confess, I still had a mental image of 15 demonstrators surrounded by hundreds of menacing ’socialist baby-killing maggot’ haters.

It’s a good thing I wasn’t tailgating when I saw the crowd in front of the library or I would have ended up in somebody’s trunk. When I got there, about 20 minutes early, the line of sign wavers stretched the full length of the library grounds, along the edge of the road, 6 or 7 people deep! I could hardly find a place to park. I nabbed one of the last spots in the library lot, and as I got out of the car and started walking, people seemed to join in from every direction, carrying signs.

Never, have I seen anything like it in my 17 and a half years living in Anchorage. The organizers had someone walk the rally with a counter, and they clicked off well over 1400 people (not including the 90 counter-demonstrators).This was the biggest political rally ever, in the history of the state. I was absolutely stunned.The second most amazing thing is how many people honked and gave the thumbs up as they drove by. And even those that didn’t honk looked wide-eyed and awe-struck at the huge crowd that was growing by the minute.This just doesn’t happen here.

Then, the infamous Eddie Burke showed up. He tried to talk to the media, and was instantly surrounded by a group of 20 people who started shouting O-BA-MA so loud he couldn’t be heard.Then passing cars started honking in a rhythmic pattern of 3, like the Obama chant, while the crowd cheered, hooted and waved their signs high.

So, if you’ve been doing the math Yes. The Alaska Women Reject Palin rally was significantly bigger than Palin’s rally that got all the national media coverage! So take heart, sit back, and enjoy the photo gallery. Feel free to spread the pictures around to anyone who needs to know that Sarah Palin most definitely does not speak for all Alaskans.The citizens of Alaska , who know her best, have things to say.

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So what is Obama saying about the economy?

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