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teherie · 10-07-2008, 09:55 PM

These aren't debates. They are scripted events that will be spun to suit the self serving agendas of the media outlets promoting their own candidate of choice tomorrow morning. I am listening with one ear as I type this.

The reality is that whoever wins next month will have to make some tough choices to make over the next four years.

In the interest of full disclosure, my son (who is finishing a 15 month deployment in Iraq this month) and his wife are both officers in the U.S. Army. The military is spread too thin and the cost of this war has been estimated at $14 million dollars per hour. Check out the stats on depression and mental illness and the attrition rate. 58% of the officers from the West Point Class of 2002 did not re-enlist when their four year service obligation was met.

Along with the cost of the war, the expenditure that is crippling the economy is not high taxes, it is the spiraling cost of energy (i.e. Gasoline, Natural Gas, Electricity). Everything we buy, is shipped by truck, train, ship or plane and the added cost of fuel applies to all goods and services across the board.

"It's amazing how much can be accomplished when no one cares who gets the credit." Harry S. Truman (Democrat)

"Farming looks might easy when your plow is a pencil and you're standing 1,000 miles from the cornfield. "Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)

Now I am signing off to play a few Lightfoot tunes on my Martin.

10-07-2008, 09:55 PM	#5
teherie Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Erie, PA Posts: 78	Re: Round two of the presidential debates These aren't debates. They are scripted events that will be spun to suit the self serving agendas of the media outlets promoting their own candidate of choice tomorrow morning. I am listening with one ear as I type this. The reality is that whoever wins next month will have to make some tough choices to make over the next four years. In the interest of full disclosure, my son (who is finishing a 15 month deployment in Iraq this month) and his wife are both officers in the U.S. Army. The military is spread too thin and the cost of this war has been estimated at $14 million dollars per hour. Check out the stats on depression and mental illness and the attrition rate. 58% of the officers from the West Point Class of 2002 did not re-enlist when their four year service obligation was met. Along with the cost of the war, the expenditure that is crippling the economy is not high taxes, it is the spiraling cost of energy (i.e. Gasoline, Natural Gas, Electricity). Everything we buy, is shipped by truck, train, ship or plane and the added cost of fuel applies to all goods and services across the board. "It's amazing how much can be accomplished when no one cares who gets the credit." Harry S. Truman (Democrat) "Farming looks might easy when your plow is a pencil and you're standing 1,000 miles from the cornfield. "Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) Now I am signing off to play a few Lightfoot tunes on my Martin.