Friday, July 11, 2008

McCain Video and the need for 3rd Party Candidate Win

I recently received an email with a link to this YouTube video about John McCain:




This is a good video and shows just how much career politicians will say whatever it takes to get elected. Sadly, I'm sure someone could put a video together that shows the same of Obama. The most recent item Obama has flip-flopped on is public campaign finance. For more than two years, Obama claimed he would use and support the public campaign finance system, which would provide his presidential campaign with $84 Million dollars to use for the general election. Obama has gone on record numerous times stating that politicians need to support the system and, when they do, the system works to level the playing field of public campaigns.

Unfortunatley, a month ago, Obama has now declined use of the public finance funds and calls the system "broken", yet his voting record clearly shows he supported the system for practically his entire tenure in the senate. His campaign will be the first campaign since Watergate to not use public finance money....

The bottom line is that whether you vote for Obama or McCain, it will be "Washington as usual".

I read an article today about how Obama is the better candidate because he is so "compassionate" and has been "in the trenches" with the middle class. Well, unfortunately, compassion and "in the trenches" experience is NOT what is needed in a politician.

what is needed is a politician that will uphold his oath to serve and protect the US Constitution, the supreme rule of law this nation is founded on. Neither Obama or McCain have a voting record that shows their unwavering support for the US Constitution and, thus, neither should get your vote in November.

So the question becomes - who do you vote for?

Well, there are three other parties with enough ballot access across all 51 states to mathematically win the election in November. But you won't here about any of them from the national media and if you ask anyone about them, the common response you will get is that you are "throwing away your vote" when you give it to one of these 3rd party candidates. This is of course proproganda that is used against Americans to brain wash them into thinking just that - so they take the lower road and vote the lesser of two evils: a Democrat or a Republican.... (not all of the Dem's and Rep's are bad - there are a few that are staunch supporters of the US Constitution - unfortunately, none of them are still in the race for President)

The fact of the matter is if enough Americans knew about these 3rd party candidates and actually voted for them, they could win and a win by a 3rd party candidate for the Presidency is the EXACT kind of shockwave needed to reverberate through the Democratic and Republican parties that the American people are taking Washington back.

I'm personally going to support Chuck Baldwin, the Constitution Party candidate. He is a strict constituionalist with a conservative mindset about our country.

There is also Bob Barr, the Libertarian Party nominee and, as I write this email, the Green Party is in the process of selecting their candidate at their national convention in Chicago. I'm hoping they pick Cynthia McKinney, a two-time congresswoman from Georgia who drew national attention with her stance for ethics reform legislation in Congress... of course, she was promptly defeated on that initiative.

The bottom line is that every American needs to understand that voting for either Obama or McCain is a vote for the "status quo". Every American needs to understand the truth behind getting elected and how their vote for a candidate works, and, finally, every American needs to understand they have more than two choices for President when they go to the polls in November....

Read more about ballot access issues and how to get involved in ensuring our nation has free and open elections at these sites:
http://www.cofoe.org/
http://www.ballot-access.org

Unfortunately, candidates in Iraq actually have freer and easier access to getting on the ballot than American candidates!!

Read more about 3rd party candidates running this year here.

And read more about the mathematical chances of a 3rd party candidate winning the election here.

Also, turn off ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, FOX, MSNBC and other major news affiliates. Seek out independent news sources that offer full, objective coverage of the elections, ALL the candidates, international issues including Iraq, Iran, China, Russia the US and global economies and other hot topics in our world. My personal favorites are

News With Views
Democracy Now
The Media Research Center
The Financial Times (UK publication)
The Economist (UK publication)
Prison Planet
Jim Sinclair's JSMineset (Financial Market news and Gold Market news)
Open Democracy

Finally, to understand just how critical a part the national media is playing in all of this, you should read

"Fighting For Air: The Battle to Control America's Media" by Eric Klinenberg

and

"The Shock Doctrine" by Naomi Klein

God Bless America!

-- Kristin

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Sunday, July 6, 2008

Saying Good-bye Is Never Easy...

On July 4th, our beloved pet, D.O.G., passed away. His death was sudden and unexpected and everyone in our family feels deep grief in the loss of this wonderful dog. D.O.G. came into our lives eight years ago and touched us all with his playfulness and loyalty. He would do the "crab walk" forever wanting "butt scratches" and would roll outside in the dirt and sunshine all day if allowed. Forever a puppy, D.O.G. filled our home with carefree happiness and unconditional love. He will be missed by everyone.

D.O.G. was lovingly buried yesterday at the base of a beautiful oak tree in our backyard where he will forever be in the shade in the place he loved the most - OUTSIDE!

Rest in peace, big puppy...

-- Kristin

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