Hollywood Obama

First, yes i want change!
Second, don't drink the punch!

Change to me is not voting for the "CNN" candidate or Paris Hilton's choice for candidate, the media and hollywood again are shaping this election. Who could possibly be more out of touch than these two entities? Millionaire kids and stars who don't know what gas cost nor their heating bills, and a media who thinks that coverage of Obama's gym visit is more important than McCain's tour to the middle east.

In lieu of that alone it is not fair to target McCain for having money and numerous homes. Al Gore was a democrat who bled global warming and had a 9,000 sq ft home sucking away at Ozone, oh and lets not forget John Edwards who was in the running for being the VP and his affair, oh yeah just like democratic Clinton. Obama still made over 900,000 dollars last year, I hardly call that in touch with middle America, regardless of his upbringing. People forget quickly where they came from.

America needs reform, neither of these candidates will change the stars nor the stripes. I just want one who protects them. Clintons cuts in defense spending left us vulnerable to what happened on 9.11, and the De-Regulation or "lightened regulation" of the financial institutions of the late 1990's helped create this monster housing slump now hitting us. George Bush is not a great president, but he is certainly the Democrats scapegoat for many things they caused, and he got stuck with.

Read the angles, research the candidates make your own choice, but don't rely on CNN and MTV's rock the vote campaign to make your presidential choice. Republican's aren't "cool" in Hollywood or with the youth, however "cool" is not what this is about!

Teachers with guns, I say go for it

So Texas now allows one rural high schools teachers to carry guns to work, and college students in Utah can as well. What's the problem here again? People are so scared of sanctioned gun owners and abuse, however the majority of guns used in crimes are by the psychopaths, criminals, and those who don't carry them legally.

The last person to bitch will be the first person who's son or daughter is saved by this new law. The inadequacies of law enforcement are imminent, not that they are failing as organizations but that they can't handle a societal collapse that starts at home. Just as you can't stop a Muslim extremist from blowing up a bus and himself for a good he deems worth it, you can't stop a student from walking through the doors and blasting people. You can deter it, but you can't stop it! So would you hear how little Timmy's teacher shot and killed/hurt the bad man before he could hurt someone else, or how they cried in fear for 40 minutes, hid under chairs, and jumped out of windows to avoid their own deaths, or witnessing their other classmates being mutilated?

These are college educated, responsible, underpaid teachers here we are talking about, the same folks who raise your kids 8 hours a day for 12 years! They have a vested interest in protecting your kids, and they care about them. What if the teacher is in a bad mood, or gets jumped for his gun, etc....? Well there will be another one in the next room ready to end the situation.

I am for gun safety laws, but not for the harm of children which could be avoided.

That is what grinds my gears

Exxon please Exit:

In a beautiful anomaly of capitalism exxon has reaped a record 11.66 billion dollars in quarterly revenue yet CNN has the nerve to post an article called, "how lower fuel prices could hurt you." The anomaly of it all is Exxon Shareholders on a regular 401k based investment level get their nice $2.00 dividend per share or whatever it ends up being, yet they have just charged their credit card $150 in gas to take the Yukon to the beach.

Working to the perfect capitalistic idea of it all is how Profits are maximized in this sector but at the expense of the entire economy. Two industries of pure speculation, and forfeited demand have caused this downward spiral of a recession that has started. Housing/Mortgages, and Big Oil.

So as the economist and activist hold capitalism as the right of Exxon to rape us, and watch dogs do nothing to help, the economy suffers. Standard and Poors, & Moody's ratings on Fannie and Freddie sure were accurate. "Amply Liquidable" is what i believe they said on the cash positions only days before the two giants crashed.

Our market is not reflective of our economy as a whole. I am so eager yet terrified to see what happens when the stars and moon align and it comes full circle again. These guys buy and sell millions and millions of dollars in investments daily on the whims of Bank of America is up or down a percent, Oil is up or down $2 a barrell, A Jobs report says unemployment is .1% different.

These should be a drop in the bucket and used as indicators only, not bargaining and selling ques. What happened to investing in companies with a strong business plan, a niche, a way to stay profitable. In my opinion it goes back to a grandfather mentality, "glitter is not gold, and a dollar in hand is a dollar in hand." Hedging, Derivatives, and speculation can only last so long. Its imaginary money banking on imaginary economic conditions. Am i the only one who sees this as madness.

Economist, academia, and alike will tell you that this is completely sustainable, many of these folks are the same ones who said the housing bubble wouldn't bust, who saw the tech bubble bust, and who have contributed to the growing gap between todays working america and corporate america (wall street america).

And those are just todays thoughts and todays rants.