A whistle blower site forced to be removed from the internet makes me wonder about our alleged free speech, if we really do have that, or is it just a fallacy? Don’t forget McCain/Feingold also took away free speech in politics. This reoccurring problem makes me fear that democracy is on its way out.

I saw Bush #41 endorsement of McCain - heard his remarks about the Conservatives’ stupidity - heard him say that McCain is a man of character and reaches out, even to the other side. He sure does! Now, in this day and age, in deference to the voters he is trying to reach, would it seem quite seemly of him to reach out to his own party? I also saw Lawrence Eagleburger, who I admire, call those Conservatives who are not enthralled with candidate McCain reactionaries. I still find it unbelievable that, according to Bush #41 and Lawrence Eagleburger, McCain has a right to his principals and integrity, and that takes priority over Conservatives’ rights to principals, integrity, and rights to self-expression. After all, I thought that was reputedly the so called American way.

I have always thought that candidates are supposed to reach out to the voters they wish to obtain. Now it seems they are to reach out to certain segments and the rest are to blindly follow - how sad. This makes me think of that old use of the Judas goat to have the sheep blindly follow to the slaughter house - for me that is a “No thank you!”

Something happened that I never expected. I saw an article that was actually praising Bush for something he did. I nearly fainted. Seems a singing star named Bob Geldof, who has been involved in helping Africa for years, especially with the Live Aid Concert in 1985, actually had the audacity of criticizing the media for their condemnation and unfair treatment of President Bush. One thing you can say for him, he has stood by his principals and commitments without regard for polls, personal popularity, condemnation by the media, Democrats, and hate mongers in waiting. He has striven heartily for freedoms here and throughout the world with no thought for his personal glory. On the other side, Clinton received blind adulation from the news media, even with his morality issues and making no moves without checking the polls first, and whatever he did was to do that which would bring him personal glory and of course self-gratification, as in the case of Monica.

Now let’s look at global warming again. China had a very, very cold winter with many problems. Greece is now facing a severe snow and winter problem. Jerusalem is having snow storms. The United States, in many parts of the country, have had a very harsh winter. There are also other areas of the world that have had extremely harsh winter. Many scientists have said that a global cooling cycle will start in either 2011 or 2012, and here we are proposing massive expenditures for global warming - a case of a day late and a dollar short.

Now we have had the explosion and decimating of a gasoline refinery in Texas. That lets oil go over a $100 a barrel to enrich speculators and further push our economy down and our deficit up. Shortsightedness saw to it that no further refineries were built. Shortsightedness is also what is keeping us from drilling in ANWR and other areas that would enhance our economy. I know they think all those tourists will flock to ANWR as they have been doing. One thing I would point out is that the average American doesn’t have the means to visit there, but I guess we should be so glad the wealthy have a pristine wilderness to visit. I would hope they would all go and stay there so they could enjoy it permanently.

Now I would like to point out an extremely serious problem facing America. The majority of the personnel at the State Department are liberals who have their own agenda, which they will follow to the detriment of the country in many cases. The Secretary of State is appointed by the President, and in most cases is a good and patriotic citizen who wishes to serve the country and the administration. However, the Secretary of State allows the personnel of the State Department to stay on. This has been an aggravating boil on the ass of America for about 60 years. It is time that this boil be lanced and new blood brought in - and I mean from John Negroponte on down. They love their luxurious position, but feel, as you saw recently, they don’t want to go to Iraq or any other less than desirable billet. The State Department, CIA, FBI, Immigrations and Customs department, and other similar arms of the government are supposed to be apolitical, but I know, and so does every other thinking person, that this is not true, and efforts need to be made to insure that these arms of the government are to be apolitical, become that way, and stay that way.

May God continue to bless the USA!