Jerreigh@contemplayshuns.com

Pray your vote counts

Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler frets often about how worried he is that Colorado suffers from rampant voter fraud -- although he has yet to offer any proof.

So, what's Gessler doing to "protect" us against voter fraud? According to Denver's daily newspaper, he wants to reduce the security of electronic voting machines used in Colorado.

The machines Gessler wants to use provide no paper trail of how you or I vote. So, they're an open invitation to hacking -- or manipulation by the people who control them. Like our secretary of state.

Gessler wants to make it harder for groups he doesn't think will vote his way to vote at all. And he wants to make it easier for people running the system to hack the system. Of course, no one with control over an electronic machine whose results can't be audited would ever do that. Yeah, right.

I believe in separation of church and state. But I think Gessler's decision means we better pray our votes get counted. Let me modify that. We better pray our votes get counted correctly.

Occupy Wall Street: Why They're Protesting

It's not about redistribution. It's about restitution.

 

Source: FactSpy.Net

Mitt versus Mitt

This video was posted to YouTube by the Democratic Party.

 

 

 From: DemocraticVideo

 

NAFTA | Did The Canadian Government Lie About Obama?

Did Barack Obama lose the Texas and Ohio primaries because of a lie by the Canadian government?  Maybe.

Here's a Canadian Broadcasting Corp. news story on the political flap on the eve of the Texas and Ohio primaries about the "assurance" to Canada from an Obama representative that Obama really didn't mean his campaign promise to renegotiate NAFTA.

I think Canada is due some serious payback after the election.

That's my two cents' worth.  What's yours?  -- Jerreigh@contemplayshuns.com

Don't Tell Teenagers About Sex | Maybe They Won't Notice

Read My Lips | No New Absolutes

Read his lips.

John McCain has promised not to raise my taxes.  Ever.

Won't raise yours either, he says.

I don't find that reassuring.  I hope you don't, either.

Republicans love to talk in absolutes.

No new taxes.  No "amnesty."  No "surrender."  No "socialized medicine."  No talking to our enemies.  No serious discussion of serious issues.  No new ideas.  No. No. No.  No, we can't.

Well, that's not entirely true.  They're more than happy to put new ideas on the table that serve their own agenda -- tax cuts for the rich, giving money to "faith" based groups (as long as you're part of the right faith), signing statements asserting the president's right to ignore laws passed by Congress or interpret them any way he likes, insisting on the right to listen in on any phone call they choose without warrants or oversight.

They have an agenda.  They just don't want to debate it.  Disagreement equates to disloyalty.  Everything is black and white.  You're with us or you're against us.  They use their buzzwords to shut down debate or divert attention from the real issues.  Meanwhile, they tell us we can have anything they want without having to sacrifice or pay for it.  I guess that's what our kids and grandkids are for.  Paying for their excesses.

Our economy is in deep trouble. One reason for that is the out-of-control spending and borrowing by our national government.  The only way we'll able to fix that will be serious debate of all the options open to us, including less spending and more taxes -- and the political courage to act on a real solution that almost certainly will mean sacrifice and pain. But the Republicans will do everything they can to vilify anyone who wants to talk about raising taxes -- especially taxes on the rich.

Can't talk about undoing the mess in Iraq.  That's "surrender."  Immigration reform?  Can't discuss anything that includes "amnesty."  Health care reform?  No "socialized medicine."  And so it goes.

We have some serious issues to fix.  The only way we'll be able to do that is to have serious discussions about serious issues without debate-killing buzzwords and partisan gotchas.

So, read my lips.  No new absolutes.

That's my two cents' worth.  What's yours?  -- Jerreigh@contemplayshuns.com

Duking It Out In The Primaries | Starting To Be Fun

A month ago the pundits said it would all be over by now.  Wrong again, I'm happy to say.  Actually, it's starting to really be fun.

The media's already onto the page of speculating that continuing the fight for the nomination must be bad for us Democrats now that Reagan Footsoldier McCain appears to have the Republican nomination sewn up.  Look for that story line in spades beginning Wednesday and until they get bored with it.

I disagree.  In fact, I hope the Republicans get their nomination settled quickly and the Democrats keep at it for a while.  That helps us.

If McCain sews up the Republican nomination too soon, he'll become less visible because the Republican part of the horse race will be over.  That'll mean more coverage for our side while McCain languishes except as a target for the right wingnuts.  If Hillary and husband can control their instincts to play mean and dirty, that works to our advantage.  We like both of our candidates.  The air time they'll get debating issues and taking potshots at McCain before the other side has a clear target for the return fire works to our advantage.

So, I hope Mac the Footsoldier sews it up tonight.  And that Barack and Hillary take a while to determine which of the two of them will have the honor of defeating the footsoldier and moving into the White House next January.

Oh, and I think we owe George Bush a thank you on one score:  He has done so much damage to our country that he's gotten the American public interested in politics in a way I haven't see since Vietnam.  We'll all be paying the price for the damage he's done for a long, long time.  But thank you, Mr. Bush, for pushing people like me to a point where we realize we can't afford to sit on the sidelines this time around.

That's my two cents' worth.  What's yours?  -- Jerreigh@contemplayshuns.com

Mitt Mac | Hill Bam

I hope this cartoon's right, although I think Hillary's more likely to be our next president.

Hill or Bam?  I'll take either one.

Listening to them debate Thursday night was a refreshing change from their recent squabbling -- and from the nonsense Mitt, Mac & Huck are peddling.

That's my two cents' worth.  What's yours? -- Jerreigh@contemplayshuns.com

George Bush Countdown | 355 Days Left

"I don't think people ought to be compelled to make the decision which they think is best for their family." -- George Bush, 2002

Presidential Politics | Final Four

Well, we're down to the final four.  More or less.

I have mixed feelings about the latest two dropouts.

I was sad to see Edwards leave.  He's been my candidate from the start.  But he's right.  It was time for him to get out of the way.  He wasn't getting any traction.  I like his populist message.  I hope the thought survives his candidacy.

With Edwards gone, I'm switching my support to Obama.

Rudy?  Good riddance.  We already have a president fixated on 9/11.  Well, he's fixated on Iraq.  But he used 9/11 to get there.  We don't need another 9/11 president.  And there's something about the guy that gives me the creeps.

That's my two cents' worth.  What's yours?  -- Jerreigh@contemplayshuns.com