Posted by
mgraves on Sunday, March 30, 2008 5:10:13 PM
Prepping for shipment sometime in the next month. I've got a couple days off, so I thought I'd check in.
I tried to have a post typed up by someone else, but the destructions I gave were faulty and the post didn't show up. I'm blaming the fact that the Townhall format was altered between the time I wrote the directions/instructions and the time when I sent the letter with the post--I do, however, like the new format. I'll have to see about setting up new instructions.
Anyway, the post was a diatribe against the United Nations--it was very clever and insightful, trust me.
One thought on the elections (with the caveat that the opinions I express are, as always, my own and are not intended the represent the positions or opinions of my employers or anyone else connected to me): Sen Obama is really annoying. His campaign seems to based entirely on mindless platitudes, i.e. we want to create jobs (as though Sen Clinton or Sen McCain don't share this goal?); we want to grow the economy (same as previous); we want to reduce American dependence on foreign oil (even he points out how commonplace this notion is, and his solution to it--windfall profits tax--is contrary to reason and economics); and "the war was wrong and I've always been against it" (how about a discussion--or at least a reference to a reason--why or how the war was and is contrary to our national interest?) Sen Obama does have a health care plan, but considering its closest corollary is the DMV, I'm not certain why he claims this.
Say what you wanted to about Sen Thompson, at least he had positions and detailed plans for how to confront the issues facing America. The same goes for Sen McCain--even if he is wrong on immigration, campaign finance, Gitmo, and elsewhere.
Don't tell me what the problems are--I can do that myself. Tell me what you're going to do about it (or better yet, not do about it). An election of ideas would be nice, but considering the caliber of candidates over the last several election cycles, that is unlikely. I'm not going to miss this year's election cycle.