Freedomstar's Rants

A deal has been reached in the bailout of Wall Street. It is being done to stabilize the stock market and hopefully keep the economy running. I hope however that voters realize that this won’t help the middle class and the working class. The bailout won’t stop the rises in prices, loss of jobs, more people losing health insurance and many other situations. This bailout doesn’t change my mind that we need to change the political party in the presidency. McCain and the Republicans won’t help the average American. They’ll only do more to protect the wealthy and big corporations. McCain stated the debate that his solution is to cut spending. That means he’ll make cuts on social security, medicare, welfare and anything that benefits the poor. Why do we want four more years of this? We’d be fools to do this!!!

Labels: bailout, conservatives, Democrats, liberals, McCain, Obama, Republican

I’m happy that the First Amendment allows freedom of religion. Everyone in this country can believe or not believe as they choose. It’s all right to believe as you like, but it’s not right when you want to force your religion or beliefs on other people, or think your religion is the only true one. This leads to oppression and wars. Governor Palin is a religious woman. She is entitled to follow her religion She is an intelligent woman, a good wife and a mother. So this entry in not meant as a personal attack on her. That said, I’m scared if she should become the vice president and may eventually the president of this country.

Why? Governor Palin is a member of a controversial, fanatical tending Christian religion. She is a Pentecostal Evangelical. Members of this group believe the Bible should be taken literally. They believe we’re living in the “End Times” before Judgment Day and await the Apocalypse and the Rapture. This is what scares me and should scare everyone about Governor Palin.

We don’t know how deeply she believes in the teachings of her church. I don’t want someone with such radical ideas in control of our nuclear arsenal. We can’t tell if someone with such beliefs might hasten Judgment Day believing they were doing God’s will by hastening the so called “End Times”. That is a truly scary proposition.

We can’t afford to vote such a person into a powerful office. This is a really valid reason to vote for the Democrats. Say no to a potential fanatic.

Labels: Democrats, fanatics, McCain, Obama, Palin, Republican

We are in the 21st Century. Aren’t we? Then I can’t accept my fellow White’s racism. Some polls show that Whites don’t want to vote for Barack Obama because he’s African American. I’ve heard some say then can’t bring themselves to vote for him because of the color of his skin. This attitude disgusts me in this age. Wen are we going to bury racism once and for all. This is not the time of the early Twentieth Century of lynchings, Jim Crow laws, segegration and the Klan. We should not be voting for a president based on the color of their skin.

Barack Obama is an educated, intelligent man. He comes from a middle class background. He was a community organizer that helped people. He is a Christian. He is a senator. Above all, he is a fresh face with new ideas that can help our country. His is not a war monger or religious extremist like his opponents. The color of his skin has no bearing on his humanity and caring for people and our country.

I’m sick of racism. I’m sick of religious fanatics and war mongers. I’m sick of greedy, selfish corporations and wealthily people who don't give a damn about anyone else but themselves. It’s time for a change in the presidency. I hope the young people and minority groups of this country come out in droves and put the first African American in the presidency. I hope White people with any intelligence and decency will vote against racism and make Barack Obama president.

As for me, this middle aged White woman is going to vote for Barack Obama. The color of his skin doesn’t scare me. I’m more terrified of his warmongering and religious fanatic opponents who will turn this country into a war raging theocracy if we don’t watch out. I’m saying yes to hope. I’m saying yes to a better life for all people. I’M SAYING NO TO RACISM! NO TO WAR! NO TO RELIGIOUS FANATICS! Vote for Barack Obama and save our great nation!!!!!

Labels: conservatives, Democrats, racists, Republican

We, the taxpayers, are going to pay heavily for the government bailout of the financial institutions. I understand it has to be done, but I hope it’s done with strict controls and oversite. I hope the Congress puts in strong regulation on this bailout so it doesn’t happen again. Let’s go back to the rules and laws put in after the Great Depression and find new strong regulation for today’s markets. The taxpayers shouldn’t have to pay for the mistakes of wealthy Wall Street brokers and companies. The government doesn’t give the average American a break. It’s time the government shifts their concern to the people instead of Big Business. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!

This blog entry is not from the point of view of a Democrat or a Republican, a liberal or a conservative. Today I speak as a woman. I applaud both parties for having viable women candidates this year. Hillary Clinton would have been a good president. Governor Palin seems to be a smart, intelligent woman along with being a wife and mother. As a woman, I could not support her as a candidate though. From what I’ve heard about and from her, she is not a supporter of women’s rights.

First, she is against abortion in any form and wants to see Roe vs. Wade overturned. She is entitled to her own personal opinions and beliefs on abortion, however she does not support a woman’s right to choose not even in cases of rape or incest. That’s not right. It’s fine for her to make her own personal choices, but not right for her or anyone else to make that choice for other women. No one should tell anyone what to do with their bodies. I can’t support any woman who won’t support the right to choose.

Another reason I couldn’t support this woman is because of her views on foreign policy. She seems to believe war is the solution to dealing with problems. A person that doesn’t believe in diplomacy first is dangerous. I won’t support someone who would involve us in more wars and get more of our young people killed.

Next, Governor Palin doesn’t support worker's rights. She’s against collective bargaining. This hurts women in the work force. It will keep them from equal pay for equal work. Her view follows the current Republican views of letting the private sector do as it wants. This leads to further erosion of the rights of workers including women.

These are just a few of the many reasons why I couldn’t support Governor Palin. A female candidate should have strong support for women’s rights and not try to set back the work of feminists a hundred years. She should not want to impose her beliefs and opinions on others or promote the removal of rights for women or any other group. There will be a woman president some day but this woman should never be the one.

I’m tired of right wing conservatives making accusations that liberals are unpatriotic, whiners, irreligious and other things. Liberal is not a dirty word. I’m a moderate liberal, but conservative on some issues. I do believe government should help improve the lives of people. Government should spur innovation and push companies to create good paying jobs for Americans, provide health care for all and many other things.

The conservatives have been in power for eight years. Look where their policies have gotten us. Rising gas prices. Rising food prices. Tax breaks for the wealthy and corporations with no relief for the middle and working classes. Rising crime rates from desperate people. No health care for many people. Pensions disappearing. Jobs disappearing over seas or reduced to minimum wage level. People losing homes. So, I’m going to give my opinion on how I see conservatives.

I’ve come to the conclusion that conservatives are driven by three attitudes which harm other people and undermine the American way of life. Whether political or social conservatives, they are driven by greed, selfishness and a need to tell other people what to do.

First, conservatives are driven by greed. Conservatives want less government in people’s lives. Most conservatives tend to be from wealthy families or big businesses. Of course they don’t want government in their lives. Without regulation and protections for people, they're free to pursue their greed without answering to anyone. They don’t want watch dogs on them. They don’t want to pay their fair share in taxes as recently demonstrated by the release of information of how many rich people hide their money in foreign banks to avoid taxes. Tax loop holes favor corporations and the rich while everyone else pays heavier taxes.

Next, conservatives are driven by selfishness. It’s fine for them when they have the means to live extravagant, comfortable lives, but when someone suggests a service or idea to help people, they don’t want it. Why? Because they would have to pay for it. Conservatives have an “I’ve got mine, to hell with you” attitude. Selfishness sets in and they don’t care about other people. An example of this is the health care crisis. Millions of people have lost their health insurance and others can’t afford it. This has occurred because corporations are being allowed to drop insurance to make bigger profits. Insurance companies, hospitals and pharmaceutical companies are being allowed to raise their prices exorbitantly without any government oversight to stop them. When politicians move to try to help people with a universal health care system, the conservatives start screaming words like socialism and health care is not a right but a privilege. They don’t care who suffers or dies as long as they don’t have to pay for it. Another example is the desire of conservatives to destroy the social security system. They claim its a drain and is going to run out of money. They want people to have it privatized. They just want to get away from paying into the system for other people because of selfishness.

Finally, conservatives thrive on telling people what to do and how to live their lives. For a group that believes in noninterference from the government, they sure are vocal about wanting to control other people. An example is the abortion issue. Social conservatives want Roe vs. Wade overturned and take away a woman’s right to choose. A woman should be free to make that choice on her own. Women don’t need men, the government or a bunch of religious fanatics telling them what to do with their bodies. The antiabortion crowd just want to have control over women’s bodies to keep them under men’s power. Conservatives also want to prevent gay people from getting married or having other rights. So much for staying out of people’s lives.

I’ve come to dislike conservatives and their philosophy. Most conservatives are greedy, selfish and dictatorial. They are ruining the economy, undermining the U.S. constitution and trying to drive our nation back into the past where only the privileged have rights and protections. We are in the 21st century. Our country should be moving toward a bright future for all people with more rights and protections against those who take advantage of us, not backward into the 18th century.

Labels: conservatives, Democrats, liberals, McCain, Obama, Republican

The stock market plunged over 500 points today after several financial institutions collapsed. Our economy is getting worse. Who would be the better candidate to handle the economy? I say Barack Obama and the Democratic party. Historically, every time the economy has gotten worse, it has been under a Republican administration. John McCain said today that our economy is still sound. Is he kidding? Obama will help the middle class and poor people. We don't need another rich man that will only help his fellow wealthy people. It's time for a party change in the White House.

Labels: economy, election, McCain, Obama

Polls say one candidate is up and the other down. They say how popular or unpopular a politician is. They tell us how people feel about different issues. One thing needs to be remembered. Polls aren’t always accurate or depict what every single person in the country believes. Polls can change on a daily basis depending on how people feel,what they hear or what's happening in their lives that day. There is a margin for error in all polls. I don’t believe a small sampling of people reflects everyone in the country.

One poll taken in the past few years is that people feel our country is on the wrong track. I’m curious and worried about what track they think we should be on. Is it a path to a brighter future for all or a path into the past? One path leads toward hope and the other to darkness.

First, the scary path. This path leads into a drift into the past with less rights for people and erosion of the American dream. It seems some people want to go back in time to the early 1900s or before. Religious fundamentalists are pushing to take away a woman’s right to choose, restrict the civil rights of gay people and want religious ideas taught in public schools. They seem to want a society driven by social Darwinism where the rich get wealthier and the rest of the people need to survive by the law of the jungle. They seem to want a government with only a military and nothing else. They want workers without unions, protections, benefits and low paying jobs, so corporations can get obnoxiously richer. They want to finish destroying the environment because they only care about now and not future generations. This path leads to the end of freedoms, democracy and hope.

Now, for the path to a brighter future. Things this future would include should be to better the lives of people. There should be health care for everyone whatever their social class. Our country should put more effort into better education for everyone and not try to dumb down the population. There should be more higher paying jobs for workers with benefits like it used to be. We need laws protecting the people from greedy big business. This future should have sustainable, renewable sources of energy while protecting the environment. There should be an end to poverty because in a rich country like ours there should be none. The American dream should be attainable to everyone, not just the wealthy. Politicians should represent the people that vote for them not corporate interests and lobbyists. These are a few of the many things for a bright future.

I hope the wrong track polls mean that people want to change from darkness and move to a betert track. With the presidential election coming, I think we should vote for the Democratic candidate. He may not be an FDR, but let’s give him a chance. Eight years of Republican rule has driven us into darkness with an economy in shambles, a growing divide between rich and poor, job losses and a costly, unnecessary war. The Republican candidates only offer more of the same and are warmongers. Here’s to a brighter future!

Labels: Democrats, election, McCain, Obama, Palin, polls, president, Republican

I really get tired when religious fundamentalists claim to know the mind of God or that He talks to them. We are only human and no one can claim to know or understand the Lord’s plans. I’m a Christian. I believe in God. I believe Jesus died for our sins and accept him as my Savior. That said, I don’t believe statements like the one Governor Palin said that God wanted us in Iraq. How does she know? Using the Lord in politics is wrong. The fathers of our country had it right with separation of church and state. My response to such statements like what governor Palin said is a quote from the book The Tainted by Glenda Larke:

“Please don’t tell me that was God’s will. It’s a damned dangerous business to assume you know the mind of God, however much what happens seems to agree with your own view of the world.”


Such thinking doesn’t help our country or people. Stop claiming to know what God wants. None of us knows. As human beings politicians and everyone of us aren’t qualified.

The Republicans are chomping at the bit after their convention last week. They think they have the election won. Polls show McCain has a lead over Obama now. The battle is not over yet. I listened to the Republican speeches. McCain didn’t say how he was going to help the people of the country. All I heard from McCain was about his military service and suffering as a prisoner of war in Vietnam. I’m sorry for the man. He did this country a great service and is a real patriot. The fact is, these events happened over thirty years ago. Does McCain believe people should make him president just because we should feel sorry for him? That’s not a good enough reason to make him president. He is only going to make things worse for the people of this country. He doesn’t believe in worker’s rights. He doesn’t think everyone deserves health care. If he wins, the draft will be back. McCain shouldn’t win or we’re in trouble.

Labels: election, McCain, Palin, Republican

The war of words between the presidential candidates got ugly today when McCain accused Obama of being sexist and calling governor Palin a pig. He didn’t do that. The controversy is over a common saying and the Republicans have used it in the past too. Yet who is being sexist?

McCain has been keeping Palin by his side since the Republican convention. She is doing any interviews or answering questions. Why? Doesn’t he trust her on her own? Does he consider her incapable of towing the party line? Or, is she just there to be eye candy to confuse the voters from his old ideas? I’m suspicious of his motives and voters should be too.