teddy12b - I am sorry if you think I slung any mud your way - I certainly did not mean to. I would not have mentioned my daughter in the same breath if I was slinging any mud. Being upbeat is a good thing and I would rather be around some one upbeat than grumbling. I salute your attempt at making it better. I know you never thought you would get a response like mine - sorry about that too, I just got on a roll.
myronman3 - Let us talk facts, not any whining, not through rose colored glasses - real facts
On with the facts - the real facts. Personally I was better off when gas was $4.00 a gallon. I have taken a bath in the stock market and as gas prices go lower, so does the stock market. I am not rich, but I am old and have accumulated a "little" money. I have been saving a little every year for over thirty years. Some years more than others but pretty steady. I know how I got it, no one handed it to me. Lower gas prices does not necessarily mean things are better so how can I be upbeat to see lower gas prices? Maybe I went a little over board in explaining some basic economics; to explain why lower gas prices right now is not a good thing and why Obama's plan, what ever it is; is not going to work. Yep, Obama sure sounds good, doesn't he, sounds hopeful too. He convinced millions of people to vote for him. He is also THE MOST LIBERAL Senator we have, maybe the most liberal in history. I know what a liberal Democrat believes in. There was a time that Democrats were conservative, even the great John F. Kennedy was not any where as liberal as Democrats are today ( Ask not what your Country can do for you, but what you can do for your Country). No hand outs there. I do not care what Obama says, this is what is going to happen. Taxes are going to go higher, not just for the people and businesses making over 150K or 200K or 250K, what ever the flavor of the day is, but for everyone that earns a paycheck. Oh he will not take it away in one fell swoop from the "middle" class he says he going to protect, but little here and a little there...Raise the Social Security tax, medicare tax, let the Bush tax cuts go to the wayside and then give back part of it saying he gave you a tax cut. I am not sure how he is going to do it, but he is not stupid and I am sure he will come up with a way. Obama says he will give the middle class a tax break - it ain't going to happen. He has agendas he wants to do ( like more money for college students, more money to the teachers, health care for everyone, alternative energy and it goes on) and he can't do it by taking from the folks over (you pick it) giving it to the middle class and doing all of his programs. Liberal Democrats want bigger Government (that takes more money) to save yourself from yourself. They want to take from the "rich" and give to the poor, making them even more dependent on their Government, not earn it them selves. After all we are all born equal - even an African American can become president. So why can't any one do it? They do need ambition and a desire to succeed. He says he is going to create jobs, sounds real good, that is what we really need. He is a little fuzzy on how he is going to do it. Is he going to recreate the CCC, or does he have some other plan in mind? How can he create new jobs in the private sector if he is taxing and regulating companies into bankruptcy? To stay in business they will have to raise prices - it will either make you pay more for every thing (good bye tax break) or drive them out. I am not even going into abortion (since you brought up Jesus; I am sure he thinks well of that), the church he attended for 20 years, his dubious Muslim ties, some of the people he socializes with when he can get away with it. If facts say I am doom and gloom - then you have your rose colored glasses on and do not want to look at facts. Keep those glasses on, please do not take them off, because when you do you will not like what you see. I am not particularly fond of Mc Cain but he was much closer to what we really needed than Obama will ever be. Obama sounds real good, he does have a silver tongue, and I think he really, really believes in what he is going to do or try to do. I think he just has not been honest with us on how he is going to accomplish his beliefs or really what his beliefs really are, because there would be such an outcry as you never heard before from the people of the United States. Looking the other way and hoping for the best in this case is not going to work, think about it. I have been financially hurt very badly. I do not make even close to what Obama says is the cut-off even 100K is way over what a I make. Like I said before I earned every thing I have. I am tight wad, I save and I do not like to pay more than I need to for something. Look at some of my other posts, I whine about the price of a Handi rifle. Everyone else just accepts the fact it costs more. Well I can go on and on. I hope you have read down this far, am not belittling you in the least, not slinging mud. Continue to hope for the best, that is one way to cope. I personall have been hurt about this economy and I do not think anyone can turn it around very fast, we have to be on the right path. I have never been one to set back and let some thing happen, I go get it done. The older I get the worse I get. So if being a little pushy is bad, then I am bad, and I apologize to you. I would hope you really take an objective look at the real facts. Your beliefs are yours and yours alone. I do wish you the best and I wish everyone regardless of party affiliation the best. We are all Americans and we are going to have differences, that is part of our process. I just think that Obama has it all wrong. I wish I could have voted for Sarah Palin, Collin Powell or Condoleezza Rice for president. I really wish I could have voted for Collin Powell - a man I think; that has integrity and would be honest about what he is going to do. That is probably why he said he would not run for office, just too honest.
Sorry again to everyone for going on and on. If you know me very well, you know for the most part I post long, probably too long most times.
Gas prices are in the low 2's here. I understand they are under $2 in places.
