Grab a chair and I'll grap a Soapbox

Ok, so the Government once again steps in to bail out a company in the private sector. Why? No choice! AIG is so intertwined in the Global markets/economy there was no choice. AIG wasn't able to secure the financing on their own because all private financing options were given the blink of an eye to make a decision...nobody was willing to do so because of the complexity/interworkings of what they were going to invest in was WAY too complex to dig into in a few days...imagine that. So let's think about this....Fannie and Freddie 200 Billion each and 85 Billion to AIG....now I am not the smartest guy on the block..but I think that is about....ah...485 Billion that the Federal Government became the Knight in shining armor riding a big ole' white horse! So how many more failing companies will think "Oh, it's going be OK...the Fed's will save us"? So what is our ...yes "OUR" Federal deficit? Remember we are one country! Well as of this writing it is 1.77 Billion per day or $9,637,088,301,671.72 that's $31,623.52 for each one of us based on a population of 304,744,364. So what the point? When are we going to demand change and accountability from each other, the local, state and federal government and the private sector that we are bailing out every couple weeks? Listen, learn and make decisions on YOUR knowledge and understanding of what is REALLY going on...not trash ads, fancy spins ads, inaccurate newspaper articles, TV interviews, well you get my point. Dig in and understand who is running for the Presidency and what they stand for as well as what they REALY intend to do. I am not one to voice my personal choice for whom I will be voting for because this is my choice and who am I to influence your decision! I was listening to MPR this morning and the topic was "Vapor Ads"...example from the Obama camp "We need a President who is not out of touch", what is really being said, John McCain is too old, been in Washington too long and not on the same page as today's world and technology. Example from McCain's camp "Obama has made no significant mark on education, elusive with accountability, a staunch defender of the existing public school monopoly, Obama's one accomplishment while in Illinois; to teach Kindergartners' comprehensive sex education. Learning about sex before learning to read, etc" . What's true? Obama supported "age appropriate" sex-education for children as a means of teaching them what was proper or improper touching, as well as to protect them against pedophiles. Again, what is the point? Neither ad addressed a single real issue, what they did accomplish was to keep us diverted and the mainstream media diverted from talking about what really matters. Instead we all focused of the BS "Vapor Ads". We each need to dig in understand and make a decision based on the facts and not the initial information being shoved in our faces.

Wow, what started out as some random thoughts took a turn while writing this. We are all given the right to choose and Vote...this is our liberty...take advantage of it and make the choice that works for your belief system.

Thanks for reading.