Take that Republicans!

Housing prices increasing, housing sales up, number of claims for unemployment increasing, the stock market at a 9 month high.

Not even a 10th of Obama's stimulus is out, yet your former President threw $780 billion at these corrupt companies on his way out and it crashed. Obama doesn't even release 10% of his, and already we are starting to recover.

Seems like what Obama is doing is working.

Enough of your lies already.

The problem with the burqa.

Some people are trying to see this as a violation of the rights of a religion, but the religious part isn't the problem.

The burqa is a problem because it covers the face and covers the body, thereby obscuring any physical identification marks at all.

This is a serious problem. Not only does being able to see a persons face and body reveal body language useful to communication, it also allows identification of people that have done something against the law.

If this is allowed, what prevents someone from wearing a burqa while robbing a bank then throwing the burqa away later? It means they got away scott free with an illegal act because no one can identify the person that did it.

Its not just that the burqa is discriminatory, and it is, its that it presents REAL problems for law enforcement and regular people.

The bikini, on the other hand, does exactly the opposite. You can’t hide a persons face or body when the person is wearing a bikini.

Your argument has no merit because you aren’t looking at it from a logistical point of view.

This is a matter of legal safety of the local population. Would you rather a terrorist get away with what they are doing because they can't be identified due to the burqa they wore during an attack? Or would you rather be able to identify the perpetrators so they can be brought to justice?

This is the problem. It is not a religious one, its a logistical one.

War! What is it good for? Absolutely nothing.

What is the American obsession with war and fighting? If it isn't a "War on Drugs", its a "War on Terror" or, a "War on Poverty" or, as of yesterday in New Orleans, a "War on Rats" (referring to the disease carrying critters).

Not everything needs to be a fight. Not everything needs to be war. This country needs to curb its aggression because they aren't helping themselves with anything.

Why is everything always doomsaying in this country? It has got to stop.

For them its war and fighting all the time, and then they wonder why the amount of gun violence in Chicago has escalated to epic levels, why horses are being mutilated for their meat in Miami (DO NOT EAT THE MEAT FROM THESE ANIMALS, IT IS TOXIC AND YOU CAN POTENTIALLY DIE), and why teenagers would trap a cat in a box and then throw in an explosive firework to kill the animal for fun.

http://www.kcra.com/cnn-news/20211769/detail.html

http://www.justnews.com/news/20196651/detail.html

Why are they surprised that this kind of stuff is happening when they encourage the attitude that causes it at every possible chance?

I knew there was a reason that something about Obama jogged my memory.

Though I'm Canadian born and now live in the United States, we study United States history. And, when I found out I would be moving to the U.S., I took courses in college about American History since I thought I'd need to know it in order to take my citizenship eventually.

Part of this was a study of John F. Kennedy. Admittedly the study was actually very short since there are a great many American Presidents and a very long and involved amount of American history.

Something about President Obama kept bringing up this image of John F Kennedy. No, not in the way he looks of course. But there's just so much more to a person than the way they look.

Lets take a deeper look, shall we?

Though their childhoods were greatly different both attended Harvard Law School graduating cum laude.

Both were involved heavily in school activities, Kennedy writing for the "Freshman Smoker" and Obama for the Harvard Law Review.

Both have written best selling books, Kennedy about the British involvement in the Munich agreement titled "Why England Slept" and Obama two books, one called "Dreams of My Father" about race relations, and the other "The Audacity of Hope" about the American Dream.

No, Obama does not have a military background, though Kennedy does.

Kennedy graduated from Stanford School of Business and Obama from Oxford in political science.

Kennedy was a Congressman for 6 years, but has a mixed voting record, often diverging from the Democratic party. Obama became an Illinois Senator in 1996, and a United States Senator in 2004 which he served until 2008.

Both were happily married during College to their sweethearts, and had two children.

Kennedy was only 46 when he was elected, Obama only 48.

Kennedy was known for his intense use of television and radio during his entire time as President. Obama has become known for his intense use of television and the Internet during his time as President.

Both were and are ardent supporters of education, medical care, and government intervention during an deep recession.

Kennedy promised an end to racial discrimination, and went so far as to order federal protection for students that wanted to enter into formerly all white Colleges and instituting executive orders to assist in it and even supporting laws in the legislature that would accomplish that task. Obama has promised the same for the homosexual population but, with only 7 months in office and a full plate), has yet to accomplish much, though he has made it legal that same sex partners in the military can now gain things like their partners medical plan.

Kennedy gave an influx of cash into the economy when the recession hit just like Obama. At first, it didn't work for Kennedy and things hit an all time low about a year after he was elected. The economy turned around and prospered during the Kennedy administration. GDP expanded by an average of 5.5% from early 1961 to late 1963, while inflation remained steady at around 1% and unemployment began to ease; industrial production rose by 15% and motor vehicle sales leaped by 40%. This rate of growth in GDP and industry continued until around 1966, and has yet to be repeated for such a sustained period of time. Obama seems to be headed in that direction, though the results remain to be seen.

Both Kennedy and Obama are supporters of women's rights and attempted to institute fair pay laws. Obama has been more successful at that than Kennedy was.

Both have been advocates of changing the immigration system. Kennedy instituted the system we now have, and Obama is trying to change things yet again. Its been passed to congress.

Both are supporters of the space program with Kennedy presiding over mans first walk on the moon. Obama's administration is talking about going back to the moon but this time building a space station.

During Kennedy's time, there was war in Iraq, and in Ireland, just as there is war in Iraq and Afghanistan during Obama's administration.

Both were and are regarded as "rock stars" during their time due to their intense popularity and tendency to be in the public eye constantly, with the public being nearly obsessed with just about everything to do with them and their family's.

The Republicans loathed Kennedy just as they loath Obama.

Scary the parallels. And this is only the beginning.

Hate. Its an ugly word that has caused wars.

And yet, I'm forced to admit something. I hate the Republicans.

Yesterday, while Obama was giving his speech on tv, the Republicans were sitting all by their lonesome in parliament talking about health care. They didn't care that they were doing this while all the Democrats were elsewhere with Obama, and in fact even pointed this fact out at one point as though it won them some sort of prize. So in effect, they were simply there patting themselves on the back with how wonderful they were.

And the entire time, they were talking about how bad the Canadian health care system is. The problem is that nearly every single thing they brought up was...

1. A blatant lie

2. The very small exception to the rule.

3. Twisting the way the Canadian system works so that they can feel superior

or

4. A total misunderstanding of how the Canadian system actually works.

The whole thing left me with the feeling that I wanted to reach through the television and strangle each and every one of them.

The one thing in this world that I cannot stand, more than anything else, is what they just did.

And so I am forced to admit that I well and truly HATE the Republican party. They are a curse, a blight, on the well being of this planet. They are like those nasty children in high school that were dumb as a brick but a big bloody bully.

And yet, there are morons in this country that actually support them.

I'm a little confused as to what in hell is wrong with so many Americans. Voting for them is voting for voluntary ignorance and its no wonder the country is slowly going down the tubes.

A bag of dog poop wrapped up in pretty wrapping paper with a bow

is STILL a bag of dog poop.

Get it Republicans? Adding twitter, using a web site, and making baseless childish commercials meant to tug on the emotions doesn't change your message. Its still the same bag of dog poop, you just changed the wrapping paper and the bow.

I have an idea for a reality tv show.

How about we take a bunch of the nasty rich people in this country and make them work in Burger King and live in an apartment without a dishwasher and where they have to carry their laundry down to the basement to use the public washer and drier by paying for it with change for 6 months to a year to give them a taste of what its like to be a regular person?

What brought this idea about? Well, the number of times that I keep hearing that the rich don't think anyone else works in this world and that we all just want a free ride.

Children, we aren't interested in a free ride, we're interested in an equal ride. Lawyers and accountants don't get the regular person cutbacks. Regular people don't own yaughts or jaguars. Regular people struggle from paycheck to paycheck just to put food on the table and pay for their ten year old "I had to buy it used because it was cheaper" car. Regular middle class people don't take yearly paid vacations to the Riviera or even to Hawaii.

But no, the poor rich people think that because they may be actually forced to pay their fair share of taxes, instead of getting it discounts by legal rats, their lives are over and that they are just paying for lazy people who don't want to work.

Its time the rich people started giving back to the people that made them rich in the first place in ways other than giving them jobs with wages that can barely allow them to live from paycheck to paycheck.

I hope Obama takes taxes from the rich. They can finally pay for their due.

Warren Buffet revealed that he paid 17.7 % in taxes while his receptionist was taxed at 30% in 2007. How is that fair to anyone else? Oh woe is them, the rich aren't going to be allowed to pay nearly half the amount of tax that the rest of us do. How terrible. NOT.

"With great power comes great responsibility". Its time for the greedy rich to finally realize that because the American Dream has become ONLY a dream, and they are currently making it worse.

Was Michael Jackson murdered? I'm starting to think its a distinct possibility.

From the beginning, I thought his death was suspicious. After learning more from LaToya Jackson, I'm starting to come to the conclusion that I was right.

The doctor that treated him was supposed to be a cardiologist. Which honestly actually makes sense to have, especially if your frail and weak like Michael apparently was during that time. And if you're going on a major tour. And yet this doctor gave him CPR on the bed before moving him to the floor. Even people who don't know how to do CPR know to move a person to the floor before doing anything.

And then there's the fact that all the money and jewelry in the house disappeared immediately after, before a family member even arrived.

And why were there needle marks on his neck? I was in a car accident in 2004 where I received life saving surgery and I don't have any needle marks in my neck. I have them on my arms (they tell me I kept pulling my IV's out, and they gave me alot of shots. I have five marks on my right wrist alone) but not my neck. I can't think of anything that would require a needle in the neck. Thats a dangerous spot for a needle because of the major arteries. Even junkies would have better brains than to stick a needle in their neck.

LaToya has raised so many more questions, its not even funny. I think we're looking at a murder investigation. If the cops are bright and willing to do the right thing.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1199092/La-Toya-Jackson-Michael-murdered--I-felt-start.html

The Bush Administration reminds me more of Hitler every day

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/11/cheney.surveillance/index.html

Wake up Republicans. This is unacceptable. You are destroying the world.