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		<title>By: SWSamurai</title>
		<link>http://www.samuraimarineblog.com/2008/11/05/is-america-dying/comment-page-1/#comment-748</link>
		<dc:creator>SWSamurai</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:25:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Joseph... Thank you for your comment, it is much appreciated.

I have been cornered a couple times since my decision to change sides, but I stand firm.  I have always been more of a Conservative than a &quot;Republican&quot;.   When I did become a Rep... it was because they stood for what I believed in at the time.  I am proud to say that I voted for Reagan and Bush Sr.  Both Great Men.  Somewhere after Bush Sr., the party lost it&#039;s way.  Neither stand for you and I anymore.. the &quot;Little Guys.&quot;  They will say they do, and that their goal is to make life better.  But Face it... with all his good intentions (where ever they might be hiding) I will bet good money that Obama will be lucky to get a quarter of his plans passed.

The biggest problem is that there really has been no &quot;movement&quot; to put an unknown in the White House.  As a friend of mine pointed out on my Forum the other day, the closest we have been in many, many years was Ross Perot, and the only reason he did not make it very far is because he flaked out on us and had a Admiral with Alzheimer&#039;s as a running mate.

I will, as I have before, say this about Obama.  He did something that has not happened in a while, and that was motivated voters to get out and vote.  This turn out is something that I have not seen in my lifetime... but hopefully it will be a trend.  I think people forget that WE are the ones that should be running this country.  It is like my favorite quote from the movie &quot;V for Vendetta&quot;, which I also recently mentioned.  &quot;The government should be afraid of it&#039;s people, people should not be afraid of their government.&quot;

As a REPRESENTATIVE Democracy, WE are the voice of the nation and WE decide who speaks on behalf of us.  We need to remember that before we FORGET that we are in control.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Joseph&#8230; Thank you for your comment, it is much appreciated.</p>
<p>I have been cornered a couple times since my decision to change sides, but I stand firm.  I have always been more of a Conservative than a &#8220;Republican&#8221;.   When I did become a Rep&#8230; it was because they stood for what I believed in at the time.  I am proud to say that I voted for Reagan and Bush Sr.  Both Great Men.  Somewhere after Bush Sr., the party lost it&#8217;s way.  Neither stand for you and I anymore.. the &#8220;Little Guys.&#8221;  They will say they do, and that their goal is to make life better.  But Face it&#8230; with all his good intentions (where ever they might be hiding) I will bet good money that Obama will be lucky to get a quarter of his plans passed.</p>
<p>The biggest problem is that there really has been no &#8220;movement&#8221; to put an unknown in the White House.  As a friend of mine pointed out on my Forum the other day, the closest we have been in many, many years was Ross Perot, and the only reason he did not make it very far is because he flaked out on us and had a Admiral with Alzheimer&#8217;s as a running mate.</p>
<p>I will, as I have before, say this about Obama.  He did something that has not happened in a while, and that was motivated voters to get out and vote.  This turn out is something that I have not seen in my lifetime&#8230; but hopefully it will be a trend.  I think people forget that WE are the ones that should be running this country.  It is like my favorite quote from the movie &#8220;V for Vendetta&#8221;, which I also recently mentioned.  &#8220;The government should be afraid of it&#8217;s people, people should not be afraid of their government.&#8221;</p>
<p>As a REPRESENTATIVE Democracy, WE are the voice of the nation and WE decide who speaks on behalf of us.  We need to remember that before we FORGET that we are in control.</p>
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		<title>By: Joseph</title>
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		<dc:creator>Joseph</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:38:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>That bit at the end, of changing your affiliation, it&#039;s funny you mention that, because as soon as I woke up today, I got online and downloaded the appropriate papers in order to change my affiliation. I&#039;m now affiliated with the Constitution Party.

It is definitely time to show the big wigs that there are people out there who want a greater America and think our founding father&#039;s ideas are the way to that greater America. I&#039;m only 22 years old and I&#039;m fairly conservative. Our Constitution has been greatly forgotten and I think I have better ideas than most candidates, and I&#039;d assure you that when I am of age, I would run for president, if a middle class man ever had that possibility. &quot;Anybody&quot; cannot be president, only anybody with enough money, not the right ideas and outlook.

I&#039;m only going to touch on this briefly. Barack Obama proudly pronounces his African American heritage. Why does he not show such passion for his white heritage? He is exactly as white as he is black.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That bit at the end, of changing your affiliation, it&#8217;s funny you mention that, because as soon as I woke up today, I got online and downloaded the appropriate papers in order to change my affiliation. I&#8217;m now affiliated with the Constitution Party.</p>
<p>It is definitely time to show the big wigs that there are people out there who want a greater America and think our founding father&#8217;s ideas are the way to that greater America. I&#8217;m only 22 years old and I&#8217;m fairly conservative. Our Constitution has been greatly forgotten and I think I have better ideas than most candidates, and I&#8217;d assure you that when I am of age, I would run for president, if a middle class man ever had that possibility. &#8220;Anybody&#8221; cannot be president, only anybody with enough money, not the right ideas and outlook.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m only going to touch on this briefly. Barack Obama proudly pronounces his African American heritage. Why does he not show such passion for his white heritage? He is exactly as white as he is black.</p>
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		<title>By: SWSamurai</title>
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		<dc:creator>SWSamurai</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:28:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>One other thing that can be said about the election of Obama... and this is actually a positive.

The old adage that the presidency is a &quot;White Boys&quot; club, no longer applies.

People of any color can buy the Whitehouse. ;-)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One other thing that can be said about the election of Obama&#8230; and this is actually a positive.</p>
<p>The old adage that the presidency is a &#8220;White Boys&#8221; club, no longer applies.</p>
<p>People of any color can buy the Whitehouse. <img src='http://www.samuraimarineblog.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: SWSamurai</title>
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		<dc:creator>SWSamurai</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:19:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You bring up an interesting point that ANG, one of the few other readers I have, keeps hitting me on.  Why is it so wrong for us to refer to Obama as a Marxist?  Trust me... I am not arguing the point.  His record and the plans on his own web site, ooze of the flavor of socialized programs and Marxism.  Obama could have run on the Socialist Labor Party (http://www.slp.org/), and you would not noticed much of a difference.

I am HOPING that my worries are unfounded and maybe this will turn out to be a good run.  In the end, it is about all of us, not just a few people.  Problem is that I do not think that BHO stands up for all of us, but only certain niche groups.

He also has over 600mln in donations that he has a Faustian Contract binding him to various contributors.  

The Positives on this election year?  The turn out was very good.  So maybe there are signs that people are taking more of an interest in their country.  Bad sign...  the turn out appears to be pretty dense (i.e.  Mentally challenged), based on some of the people that were interviewed.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You bring up an interesting point that ANG, one of the few other readers I have, keeps hitting me on.  Why is it so wrong for us to refer to Obama as a Marxist?  Trust me&#8230; I am not arguing the point.  His record and the plans on his own web site, ooze of the flavor of socialized programs and Marxism.  Obama could have run on the Socialist Labor Party (<a href="http://www.slp.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.slp.org/</a>), and you would not noticed much of a difference.</p>
<p>I am HOPING that my worries are unfounded and maybe this will turn out to be a good run.  In the end, it is about all of us, not just a few people.  Problem is that I do not think that BHO stands up for all of us, but only certain niche groups.</p>
<p>He also has over 600mln in donations that he has a Faustian Contract binding him to various contributors.  </p>
<p>The Positives on this election year?  The turn out was very good.  So maybe there are signs that people are taking more of an interest in their country.  Bad sign&#8230;  the turn out appears to be pretty dense (i.e.  Mentally challenged), based on some of the people that were interviewed.</p>
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		<title>By: Russ Petrone</title>
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		<dc:creator>Russ Petrone</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:14:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yes, I do believe that America is approaching it&#039;s death-bed!  With that said, allow me to explain.

It is not of only this election that I speak, it encompasses many subjects and genre.  We have become a country of excesses in ALL things.  Greed has become the mantra of the rich and powerful, who will do anything to achieve their goals of wealth.

And the politicians have become the most avarice of this new breed.  Few have a real burning desire to really help THE PEOPLE, they only think of their own benefit. 

We have elected a man ...... well, allow me to defer to our &quot;friends across the pond&quot; who have said it more succinctly and far better than I could ever do:

The Brits certainly have a way with words!

&quot;You have to pinch yourself - a Marxist radical who all his life has
been mentored by, sat at the feet of, worshiped with, befriended,
endorsed the philosophy of, funded and been in turn funded, politically
promoted and supported by a nexus comprising black power
anti-white racists, Jew-haters, revolutionary Marxists, unrepentant
former terrorists and Chicago mobsters, is on the verge of becoming
President of the United States. And apparently it&#039;s considered
impolite to say so.&quot;
Melanie Phillips, The Spectator (UK) 10/14/08

GOD HELP US!

There&#039;s more that could be said about the demise of our country ...... Entitlements, the Environment, Our lack of cohesive Energy Policy, I could go on but these are just a few subjects, that if not addressed soon, will lead to the demise of this country as we know it.

GOD HELP OUR CHILDREN!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, I do believe that America is approaching it&#8217;s death-bed!  With that said, allow me to explain.</p>
<p>It is not of only this election that I speak, it encompasses many subjects and genre.  We have become a country of excesses in ALL things.  Greed has become the mantra of the rich and powerful, who will do anything to achieve their goals of wealth.</p>
<p>And the politicians have become the most avarice of this new breed.  Few have a real burning desire to really help THE PEOPLE, they only think of their own benefit. </p>
<p>We have elected a man &#8230;&#8230; well, allow me to defer to our &#8220;friends across the pond&#8221; who have said it more succinctly and far better than I could ever do:</p>
<p>The Brits certainly have a way with words!</p>
<p>&#8220;You have to pinch yourself &#8211; a Marxist radical who all his life has<br />
been mentored by, sat at the feet of, worshiped with, befriended,<br />
endorsed the philosophy of, funded and been in turn funded, politically<br />
promoted and supported by a nexus comprising black power<br />
anti-white racists, Jew-haters, revolutionary Marxists, unrepentant<br />
former terrorists and Chicago mobsters, is on the verge of becoming<br />
President of the United States. And apparently it&#8217;s considered<br />
impolite to say so.&#8221;<br />
Melanie Phillips, The Spectator (UK) 10/14/08</p>
<p>GOD HELP US!</p>
<p>There&#8217;s more that could be said about the demise of our country &#8230;&#8230; Entitlements, the Environment, Our lack of cohesive Energy Policy, I could go on but these are just a few subjects, that if not addressed soon, will lead to the demise of this country as we know it.</p>
<p>GOD HELP OUR CHILDREN!</p>
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