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Thursday, September 25, 2008

THESE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN ON THE SAME DAY
SO WHAT?

These photos were taken on John McCain's 69th birthday. While people were dying in Katrina, he was with President Bush celebrating his birthday. So what? Now is the time to STOP divisive politics.

So what if he suspends his campaign to go and talk about the massive economic collapse when nine days ago, he said that the U.S. Economy was in good shape? What matters is that we united - we need to reach across aisles. If we cannot unite, the next U.S. President (McCain) will not be able to "shake things up".

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Gary, this is your blog and you can post what you want, but this is just ridiculous! So, were all the democrats in congress and the senate in New Orleans when Katrina hit? This is a joke and you know it. Where was Barack Obama during Katrina? where was Nancy Pelosi? Where was Harry Reid? You say that we need to unite yet continue to post things that are divisive, anti Republican, and contrary to what you are saying we need to do at the same time!!!

Posted 9/25/2008 5:03 AM by TimRayPhoto - - reply

"he said that the U.S. Economy was in good shape"

You are putting words in McCain's mouth as he didn't say that, He said "that the fundamentals of the economy were still strong" i.e. ( employment, inflation, interest rates, etc...) He didn't say that the economy was in good shape, but it is true that the fundamentals are still strong, but if something isn't done about this current crisis then that obviously could change.

Posted 9/25/2008 5:08 AM by TimRayPhoto - - reply

@TimRayPhoto - Right On Tim.

Posted 9/25/2008 6:26 AM by ShooterSteve - - reply

This isn't ridiculous. GWB knew about Katrina. He was flying that day. Instead of flying to New Orleans, he made a detour and stopped in Arizona to give McCain a birthday cake. Anti Republican stance is the only way to be American, because the Republican Party doesn't care about the American People. Now McCain is refusing to debate because he doesn't know what he is talking about. He is so spun around by the lobbyists who are running his campaign that even he doesn't know what he believes anymore. He is against regulation, except now he is for it? He is contradicting himself within days even sometimes within the same sentence. He is against the bail out, but he is urging that is passes as quickly as possible? Saying that "the fundamentals of the economy are sound" is just stupid because none of the things you mentioned, employment, inflation, interest rates are sound. Then he back pedaled and said that he was talking about the American worker, funny that you didn't mention this statement. He doesn't know what he is talking about so he just reads what the lobbyists running his campaign tell him to say.

Obama flew to New-Orleans to assess the damage, spoke about the horrors of poverty that made it so that so many people couldn’t afford to leave, spoke about the tragedy of FEMAs slow response based on Bush failing to make sure FEMA did his job and making it a state issue.

I am tired of you defending these failed policies. I know that the only reason that you defend them is because of your pro-life stance. You have decided that you will never vote for a pro-choice candidate, so you have to convince yourself that the pro-life candidate is right on all the other issues so that you can justify voting for him. You are wrong and you will continue to be wrong. If you and the other people like you succeed in getting McCain into office, you will hurt America even more than you did when you voted GWB into office.

I want someone brilliant in office, not someone who could blend in at a BBQ. John McCain was joking that the little fishys (misspelled because that is the pronunciation that McCain used) like the oil rigs and that is why they are environmentally sound? Sound just like the dumb uncle who comes to your BBQ and runs his mouth off about things he doesn't understand.

You do not have the facts behind you. You just keep repeating the schizophrenic Republican talking points. They have been wrong on the economy for 8 years and that is enough.

http://my.barackobama.com/page/invite/bolatestremarks/

Posted 9/25/2008 7:55 AM by heartfeltphoto - - reply

Actually McCain has been wrong on the economy for 27 years, but who is counting.

Posted 9/25/2008 7:55 AM by heartfeltphoto - - reply

Oh, by the way, the fishy remark brings up the "drill baby drill" argument. We currently have tons of drilling land open to the oil companies. The oil companies are not drilling where they currently have the rights to drill because they don't want to increase supply which would lower the price. They like high priced gas because they make tons of money. Even if we did open up the gulf to drilling, we can't force the oil companies to drill, they don't want to drill here. They want to keep supply, demand, and price right where it is. All the independent research say that even if they did drill, it wouldn't bring down the price of gas for approximately 10 year.

Posted 9/25/2008 8:00 AM by heartfeltphoto - - reply

@heartfeltphoto -

I'm sorry but you are wrong, the democratic leaders weren't there either, and the truth is that Bush did go to New Orleans to survey the damage after Katrina. I thought this post was supposed to be about John McCain, and that he wasn't in New Orleans, so I pointed out that the top democratic leaders weren't there either, so that is why it is so ridiculous!

"Anti Republican stance is the only way to be American, because the Republican Party doesn't care about the American People."

This just goes to show how brainwashed you are!!!

"Now McCain is refusing to debate because he doesn't know what he is talking about."

Give me a break, He wanted to debate Obama many more times but Obama refused.

"Oh, by the way, the fishy remark brings up the "drill baby drill" argument. We currently have tons of drilling land open to the oil companies. The oil companies are not drilling where they currently have the rights to drill because they don't want to increase supply which would lower the price"

Again you show how brainwashed you are, the areas that the oil companies want to drill is me easier to drill and less costly. Maybe you like paying over $4 per gallon of gas, maybe you love sending your hard earned money to countries that hate us.

Posted 9/25/2008 8:16 AM by TimRayPhoto - - reply

"Saying that "the fundamentals of the economy are sound" is just stupid because none of the things you mentioned, employment, inflation, interest rates are sound."

Unemployment is 6.1%
Inflation 3.5%
Prime loan interest rate 5.0%

Posted 9/25/2008 8:29 AM by TimRayPhoto - - reply

And where was Cindy McCain on the day after John "suspended his campaign"?

Raising Money in Seattle

Hypocrites and losers.

The american people see through it... and all of Tim's lack of accountability and partisan blaming of democrats for everything under the sun don't change the fact that this election is almost over... and it ain't looking good for Johnny and Bible Spice.

"Give me a break, He wanted to debate Obama many more times but Obama refused."

Funniest. Comment. Ever.

I've got a bridge to sell you Tim. Of course, like McCain, it goes nowhere.

"Maybe you like paying over $4 per gallon of gas, maybe you love sending your hard earned money to countries that hate us."

Maybe we're going to elect people that know how to change that... as opposed to the same confederacy of dunces that created it.

Ya think?

F

Posted 9/25/2008 8:38 AM by fjblau - - reply

I have facts. You have spin. I am not brainwashed. I am intelligent. I look at both sides and come up with the logical conclusion based on facts. You are brainwashed by your pro-life stance.

Since when is unemployment being at 6.1% (and rising) sound?

You are blind and you are being led by the blind. Blinded by your right wing fundamentalist beliefs that make you unable to see what is really going on. You have decided that your guy is right and that you have to vote for him, no matter what idiotic things he says. And all because he is pro-life.

Posted 9/25/2008 8:46 AM by heartfeltphoto - - reply

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjkCrfylq-E

Posted 9/25/2008 9:02 AM by heartfeltphoto - - reply

@fjblau -

"Give me a break, He wanted to debate Obama many more times but Obama refused."

"Funniest. Comment. Ever."

ABC News' Nitya Venkataraman Reports: Former President Bill Clinton defended Sen. John McCain's request to delay the first presidential debate, saying McCain did it in "good faith" and pushed organizers to reserve time for economy talk during the debate if the Friday plans move forward.

Appearing on Good Morning America Thursday, Clinton told ABC News' Chris Cuomo that McCain's push to postpone the debate would only be a good political move if both candidates agreed. McCain announced on Wednesday that he would "suspend" his presidential campaign to come to Washington to help negotiate a financial bailout bill

"We know he didn't do it because he's afraid because Sen. McCain wanted more debates," Clinton said, adding that he was "encouraged" by the joint statement from McCain and Sen. Barack Obama.

"You can put it off a few days the problem is it's hard to reschedule those things," Clinton said, "I presume he did that in good faith since I know he wanted -- I remember he asked for more debates to go all around the country and so I don't think we ought to overly parse that."

If the debate moves forward as planned for Friday night, Clinton says "they should be able to talk about this some of the debate because it is a security issue."

The former president thought Bush's address Wednesday night on the economic crisis had a "positive reaction".

"I thought it was the clearest statement of why we're in the fix we're in, at least what the nature of it is and why some national action is needed," Clinton said.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/09/bill-clinton-do.html

"Maybe we're going to elect people that know how to change that... as opposed to the same confederacy of dunces that created it."

Let's see the democrats were against drilling for oil here in areas where the oil really is! Most democrats are against clean coal! Democrats are against building more refineries! democrats are against building nuclear power plants! Which leaves us having to get our energy from other countries.

The answer according to democrats is for us to develop some other alternative energy source, or go after the big oil companies (the truth is that the oil companies are only making a 8.2% profit) our government makes more income from taxes per gallon of gas then then the profits that oil companies make, yet the people of our great country are suffering from having to pay such high fuel prices.

Posted 9/25/2008 9:04 AM by TimRayPhoto - - reply

Looking at the situation from across the border (Canada), it seems that the Republicans will be voted in again, not because it's the best man/woman team, but because we usually deserve who is elected. It almost sounds like a Karma thing. And,sometimes, you really have to hit rock bottom to touch the bottom and spring yourself out of the hole.

We're having federal elections in October. You probably don't know about it. It's the equivalent of putting someone at the helm of a country, like your next President, except that we call him Prime Minister. The Quebec province is somewhat divided politically from the rest of the other provinces in the country.

We have a funny party called "Le bloc québécois" (literally, the Quebec Block(ing) Party) who will never be elected by majority and whose only purpose is to protect Quebec interests, which it cannot really do on the Federal level. However, it eats up votes that could go to majority parties that are represented in all provinces. So, Quebec deserves who is elected, because Quebecers have a tendency to vote AGAINST a party rather than FOR a party. Is that the same in the US?

Posted 9/25/2008 9:05 AM by richardj7 - - reply

@heartfeltphoto -

"I have facts."

What do you have facts about? Give us your facts

Since when is unemployment being at 6.1% (and rising) sound?
Unemployment rates go up and down all the time that is what happens when you have a free market economy.

"You are brainwashed by your pro-life stance."
I could say the same about you.

Tell me how Obama is going to solve our economy? Give me the facts:) He is so BRILLIANT that his top economic advisors are Franklin Raines and Jim Johnson, two men that I believe committed fraud on the American people and should be going to prison, and two of the main culprits for the current financial mess we are in. Yet Obama has them as his advisors, could it be that he has received favors and much $$$ from them???

Posted 9/25/2008 9:17 AM by TimRayPhoto - - reply

I don't want anyone to miss this so I'm posting it here:

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/09/bill-clinton-do.html

Posted 9/25/2008 9:29 AM by TimRayPhoto - - reply

Hi Gary.

You are taking one side and using photography as propaganda.

I'm not defending McCain because what he said was ridiculous, but Obama has been in the senate since for almost four years and has spent two of those years running for president, so he hasn't helped the situation either.

The question you should be asking is: Now that we are in this situation, what can we do to fix it? Is a government bailout in the best interest of the US ecomony?

Sean

Posted 9/25/2008 10:11 AM by SeanAzul - - reply

Is that a hint of optimism I hear, Gary? :)

I decided awhile back that I really don't care who wins anymore. God is in control all this, and if we think it's one person who can turn this ship around then I have a bridge (er, some wood) to sell you. It's hard to imagine the nightmarish "What If" scenarios of how bad things can and will get, but it's not my place to focus on them. I'd love to see our troops come home and the insane spending on wars end, and things to stabalize, but until then I'm with the Church of Love and we all know that God IS love.

"People gather bundles of sticks to build bridges they never cross." ~Author Unknown

Have a peaceful day.

Posted 9/25/2008 10:27 AM by gmahler5th - - reply

You are brainwashed by your pro-life stance."
I could say the same about you

No, actually you can't. I do not decide who I am going to vote on based on one issue and one issue alone. You decided a long time ago that you will NEVER vote for a pro-choice candidate. Then you force yourself to believe in the candidate who is pro-life only because he is pro-life.

If I thought McCain was better for the economy, better for health care, better for the environment, better for energy independence, better for education, etc, then I would vote for McCain, even if I disagree on the abortion issue. But here is the kicker. I believe that McCain is wrong on the economy, wrong on health care, wrong on the environment, wrong on energy independence, and wrong on education. I vote on all of the issues, not just one.

"Tell me how Obama is going to solve our economy? "

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONM7148cTyc

You can also go to Obama's web site and read his entire economic plan. You can also watch Obama in March talking about the problems in the economy caused by the current administration. He was warning for more regulations against coorupt companines long before the economy crashed last week.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEB9DJQJZLA

Posted 9/25/2008 10:48 AM by heartfeltphoto - - reply

He is brilliant, and that is why I support him. I want someone in office that is smarter than me.

Posted 9/25/2008 10:49 AM by heartfeltphoto - - reply

On another note. Witch hunter pastor Muthee prays for Palin to become Gov of Alaska.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnebvWc8Nx8

This guy makes pastor Wright look like an angel.

Posted 9/25/2008 10:54 AM by heartfeltphoto - - reply

@heartfeltphoto -

Tell me the last presidential candidate that you voted for who was pro-life?

Tell me the last senator you voted for who was pro-life?

"I believe that McCain is wrong on the economy"
So you think bigger government and more taxes will help the economy?

"wrong on health care,"
Tell me where the money is going to come from to pay for national health care?

"wrong on the environment"
So, tell me how he is wrong?

"wrong on energy independence"
Tell me how he is wrong?

"wrong on education"
Tell me how he is wrong?

Posted 9/25/2008 11:43 AM by TimRayPhoto - - reply

heartfeltphoto said: "He is brilliant, and that is why I support him. I want someone in office that is smarter than me."

If brilliance is the reason he should be president, then why choose him why not choose this man:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Langan

I happen to believe we shouldn't choose a president just because he is brilliant, but rather choose someone for president who is a leader.

Posted 9/25/2008 12:08 PM by TimRayPhoto - - reply

@TimRayPhoto - Heartfelt is so clueless I can't even start to write. There is great Bill Clinton audio on how Rep. kept comming to him to reform Freddie and Fannie, THEY (DEMO's) added all this insentive to help low income people get loans they could not afford, it opened the door for crazy lending deals. The Bush admin. tried as I posted yesterday 17 times this year alone to reform. NO from congress. The oil Co.'s cant drill 50 miles out they have no testing or info wher the oil is. It would take them 10 years to find, drill and refine. It would take 2 months if 30 miles out.

Posted 9/25/2008 12:11 PM by ShooterSteve - - reply

I think we should choose a president by flipping a coin. Because half the people will vote one way and half the other. WHy waste time?

Then whoever does get in people are going to complain about anyway. It doesn't matter

Posted 9/25/2008 12:32 PM by psween

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@heartfeltphoto -

Heartfelt said: "Obama flew to New-Orleans to assess the damage, spoke about the horrors of poverty that made it so that so many people couldn’t afford to leave, spoke about the tragedy of FEMAs slow response based on Bush failing to make sure FEMA did his job and making it a state issue."

The problem is that Obama went a year after Katrina first hit on July 21, 2006:):):) In fact he was the 55th senator to go:):):)

Here are the facts from Obama's own Senate site dated July 22, 2006:

On Friday, Obama became the 55th senator to tour New Orleans, according to a tally maintained by Landrieu's office. He visited shelters in Houston with former Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton after the storm but had not toured Louisiana, even though he has been a vocal critic of wasteful government spending on recovery and reconstruction.

"There was no magic reason why now instead of earlier," said Obama, who initially avoided traveling to New Orleans last year to avoid appearing too political. "We didn't want to come down here unless there was something concrete and productive to do."

Here is the link to the page on Obama's own site:

http://obama.senate.gov/news/060722-obama_joins_par/

So, Gary why didn't you even check to see if Obama went to New Orleans before you posted such an anti McCain post?

Posted 9/25/2008 3:00 PM by TimRayPhoto - - reply

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