Comments on: PRESIDENTIAL PERSPECTIVE

By: Jon G

Jon G — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:42:35 +0000

Is that mountain in Montana? If it is I’m right behind you guys.

By: MissouriDemocrat

MissouriDemocrat — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:16:17 +0000

Thanks Jon G and Taxpayer, the code at the gate to the mountain top is 1234 and then shout “here we go” it opens right up. I was wondering when the last time a politician did do what was right? Hum….

By: Jon G

Jon G — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:07:53 +0000

Taxpayer 834512-
‘with each respective “side” equitably strong enough that zilch is going to get done without this perception of joint sacrifice.’ This pretty much sums it up-personal sacrifice. Politicians must do what is right at all cost and do what the majority of their constituents demand. Case in point is every poll I saw regarding property tax repeal was that most Hoosiers wanted it but, obviously the politicians ignored that. Go to the STOPINDIANA site and read the quotes from OUR representatives and it will make you sick.
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MissouriDemocrat -sorry to hear about your cancer, fight hard and stay positive, our prayers are with you.

By: Taxpayer 834512

Taxpayer 834512 — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:40:32 +0000

Agreed. Looking like better shot with benevolent monarchy (easy there, Abdul). Otherwise, after getting the birdies out of the nest, will be headed up the mountain for next shift behind you.

By: MissouriDemocrat

MissouriDemocrat — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:07:13 +0000

Well all that is very true Taxpayer834512… you make some interesting ideas there. However, those in power will never allow a law to dilute their power. That is an age old story shown in every civilized nation over and over again throughout our human existence. Power corrupts as we all know. I long ago gave up on my party to be solvers of problems and surely dont trust the other party to be solvers of problems. The very notion of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit is just that a notion. Now that our once agricultural nation is an industrial one, and that the industrial one is now service based (having shipped our jobs to other countries) and rampant crime, economic uncertainty, etc. that mountain, my vodka and the internet seems more enticing than ever.

By: Taxpayer 834512

Taxpayer 834512 — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 02:58:10 +0000

That’s why I propose (more like dream) of undertaking tasks requiring “bipartisan sacrifice”. Theoretical example: Pursuing less domestic spending (affecting the less affluent more) in conjunction with removing tax loophole(s) (affects the more affluent). As I believe our greatest threat to be economic, I think first of our different polarizations along the lines of production and comsumption, with each respective “side” equitably strong enough that zilch is going to get done without this perception of joint sacrifice. Maybe there will be across the board spending reduction. I think it’s more likely losing a city or a literal revolution to bring this magnitude of change. We’ll continue to flop in the bottom of the boat awhile longer. Last Indiana assembly being an example: a diluted pursuit of tax caps and township government reduction with zilch on lobbyist reform or hiring/immigration reform (despite voter support for all four).

By: MissouriDemocrat

MissouriDemocrat — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:28:04 +0000

Thank you Taxpayer 834512 for your good wishes on my recovery from cancer. A event such as this does wake one up about this whole health care debate, not taking sides today on which is right and wrong. I see elements on both sides with merit. Taking positions on stands concerns me unless we could make a firm law that says if you take a position once elected you have to hold true to it period. The honest reality is regardless of whom gets elected they needs a support base in the Congress to get a roll of toilet tissue shipped to the Pentagon at 10 times the retail cost with 15 copies in triplicate of the Requisition and Purchase Order and either parties Senator’s earmark. Get my point. All this discussion of he, she, they will do this or that is stupid because with or without some base (not saying that the base has to be of your party if elected president) you get nothing done anyway. We have been rolling from side to side for too long. Bush even with dominance of his own party got little done on his original agenda pre-911. Not to get into that debate either. For a Unifier it sure seems that 8 years after his election we are more divided than ever. War/Peace, Rich/Poor, Healthcare/No Healthcare. all of it is a mess to the point that I have said and continue to say, give me a mountain with internet access, a case of Skol Vodka and I will move.

By: Jim L.

Jim L. — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 00:36:43 +0000

Some of this chatter about Andre is really juvenile and won’t get a response from me. Got a preview of Myers yet-to-be-released TV ad. It is great. This is a guy who genuinely cares about people, and, as you will see, about the environment. I am a Myers convert.

By: Taxpayer 834512

Taxpayer 834512 — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:15:38 +0000

Right there with you, MD. I’d vote for anybody orange with a horn growing out of their head, if they’ll get specific on the issues and I concur with their stands relative to the other guy. Good luck with health.

By: MissouriDemocrat

MissouriDemocrat — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:20:59 +0000

At the risk of being called a racist…. There is of course that saying, if it sounds too good to be true it probably is. It seems anyone that takes on the Obama juggernaut is labeled a racist. Frankly, I do not care if he is purple, I like some meat with my milk in the old baptist way.