man o man……..Is this getting ugly!!!
First off…….we are all here because of fishing……….so easy on each other guys………huh? easy………
I am not a big Bush fan. However, as many others have put it, I feel he is a better candidate than Kerry. However, when you look at the whole picture…………In the past 4 decades, we have only had maybe 3 good presidents and 2 is pushing it…………Kennedy, Reagan, and I will give Clinton for getting some things accomplished while he was in office…….but that is it. All other presidents and candidates have been weak…….
I’m voting not for party but for the agendas that each party represent.
Therefore, I stand in:
1: what is mine is mine……..not yours…….Go earn your own and don’t be a leech……..communism doesn’t work and Europe is now proving socialism doesn’t work…….
2: Stop killing babies…….
3: Let the “free market” (large companies) feed America through good creative prosperous business. Did everyone forget about “American Ingenuity”?
4: Have the proper military to defend us.
5: Get the union out of our schools and let the schools do what they were suppose to do………teach………and if they can’t do it……..get out……….
6: I don’t need money going to diversity training in school, yet have the school tell me there isn’t enough money for them to buy a math book, so I have to buy it out of my own pocket……..
Honestly, I think Kerry is a very intelligent person. However, I personally beleive that special interest groups have deterred what the party stands on. The same thing happened with Gore. Clinton didn’t let the special interest groups influence him and much as he did stay focused on the US financial situation……..
As for the war in Iraq…….If Saddam didn’t harbor terrorist, then why was there terrorist camps in Iraq and why have we captured terrorist in Iraq???? This war is about terrorism and peace in the Mid-East. If you think this war is going to stop in Iraq, I have news for you……….We will be in Syria or Iran soon……..
Let me give you an open, honest to God response to all of this.
I used to be in the military. In 97, we went to terrorism training classes to be educated on our new threat………terrorism. It was our new enemy……….ALTHOUGH THE AVERAGE CITIZEN OUT THERE DIDN’T KNOW THAT…….INCLUDING YOU………So take me serious on this……
In 98, I was vacainated for Anthrax, because a new threat was out there from the terrorist that they were going to use Anthrax against us. It was a whole new awakening………….The threat was becoming more real……….Again, THE CITIZEN DIDN’T KNOW THIS. Most of the soldiers in my unit didn’t comprehend the threat or understand the level of severity of this threat. The reason why we were vacinated, was soley due to the fact that there wasn’t enough vacination to go around for all citizens of the US.
That hit me home harder than anything before……..Why………..Because I was vacinated for Anthrax, because of terrorist threats against this nation, that nobody knew about, other than priority military and higher government officials.
Why did it open my eyes so bad………Because our threat was made clear it would happen on home grounds, not overseas………..AND I WAS VACINATED, BUT MY 5 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS NOT……….AND SHE WOULDN’T BE, BECAUSE THERE WASN’T ENOUGH TO GO AROUND………….IF IT HAPPENED, SHE WOULD DIE, AND I WOULD LIVE……….Sleep on that for a few days, actually a few months………….
So, are we safer with the war Bush is waging, I think so………………..
Why, because I feel we have a leader who has step up to the plate and taken control of the situation. This was coming for many years and it was happening during the Clinton years………….(WTC, Oklahoma, Saudi embassy, Port of Yemen) Then, we get a massive strike against the WTC, and Bush steps up to the plate with one basic agenda (ELIMINATE THE TERRORIST).
So, today I sleep better, (I’m out of the military completely now………finally got my discharge papers stating my service to my country is complete and honorable) I cannot be called back……….and I’m happy about it, because of my daughter……..But I did my time………..
Today, I feel we have a leader who has pushed this threat into the laps of the terrorist, instead of US soil and embassys………
Now, do you still think that Bush has a personal vendetta for war?????