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The Media Is Not Looking Forward In This Scandal

Posted by Jay R on Monday, December 15, 2008 9:51:21 PM
December 15, 2008
The media continuously exonerates Obama and his staff from any involvement in a play for pay scandal and I will definitely buy that. If the tenacious prosecutor is replaced at sometime in the near future my ears would stand up. The media does not seem to be commenting on the fact that this issue has the propensity to endure. The darts in a month may be coming from different slingshots, with different players, based on different suppositions and allegations. Journalists since the scandal have become more aggressive and probing and distancing themselves from the coddling days of Election 2008.
 
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The Big Three Auto Bailout Is A Big Dice Throw

Posted by Jay R on Sunday, December 07, 2008 1:24:45 AM
December 7, 2008
Right up front, as a long time member of the CSEA, I do not wish to ever write commentary that would compromise the livelihood and benefits of any union members in our country. I purchased 100 shares in Ford at $5 because I thought at the time several months ago that I was buying an international conglomerate on a song. Ford has a plan to bring to America European style vehicles that have good mileage, are smaller in size and will have that international flair that Americans seem to go for. It may take two years to get this strategy going here in the USA. But we never bring up the fact that the auto buyers might be in the mood for something new and especially at lower price points and with equal mileage advantages as compared to the Japanese and Korean models. That would eventually swallow up so much market share that there would be nothing left for the Big 3 to achieve as far as a sensible profit. Car buyers anywhere lose their patriotism at the door when faced with a $10,000 savings, equal packages and much more reliability and sexy styling; you can imagine why the foreign cars sell better. I must complement GM on the Buick line which from day 1 has always served us well. The days of Americans being able to afford the Le Sabres, Customs and Park Avenues are not here today in this economic environment. The same goes for Lincoln Mercury from Ford, which I would buy (Mercury Marquis is a fabulous vehicle) today if I could afford it. I drive a Honda Civic, the MRSP under$18,000. Compacts today are much roomier for bigger men like me (190 lbs) so there is my opportunity to sit comfortably in a cheaper car than being forced to move up to a mid-size years ago because I was driving then with my left side against the door. Honda is an iconic engineering company with exceptional quality control. I have owned Camrys, Accords, Hyundai Elantra and now the Civic continuously since 1986 with only one minor part failure between all of them. My wife always drove Olds which I thought was a great division but I guess GM thought the group was old hat and closed it. They should know that our Cutlass Ciera was better than any car from anywhere but can we achieve a complement in 2008 like that one? I wish I could buy a Cadillac, that division is doing well with the country club set and the vehicles are high quality. In summation, I believe that Ford will prevail in this tent of speculation. The Big 3 has to figure out how to snare buyers like myself in the $18,000 range who are getting a substantial amount of amenities and good reliability histories for a lot less than equivalent American models. Look, the bail out had to happen because obviously, losing 3 million jobs at the juncture we are residing in now cannot be realized without Dante's Inferno catching up to us. The only caveat in my disposition is that
my union always was there for me so I will defer to others concerning opinions regarding unionization. This whole subject does remind me of my trips to Las Vegas thirty five years ago before I got married but I hope this bailout will turn out minus the empty pockets I came home with then.
 
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WHY ARE WE LISTENING TO OPIE?

Posted by Jay R on Tuesday, December 02, 2008 10:47:23 PM
December 2, 2008
 
Ron Howard was straightened out by Chris Wallace of Fox News who stood up at a meeting the other day and corrected Howard's ridiculous and unsubstantiated speech about the comparisons he drew between the Watergate years and the Bush Administration. This preposterous analogy is typical of a bored Hollywood actor or director who does not realize that political analysis or science requires credentials and specific university history in order to be taken seriously. Constitutionally, Ron Howard with few limitations can say whatever he wants. I remember Opie as walking through the woods with a fishing pole and whistling all the way with Andy Griffith. When I need a PSA test, I go to my urologist and not my chimney sweeper. Leave unto Caesar what is Caesar's. Additionally, Hollywood society and every one connected with what goes on out there since the talkies has never been associated with legitimate and moral conduct as opposed to other vertical markets. Therefore I would say that in these awful global and domestic times, maybe the Hollywood crowd should stick to reading lines and directing emotions. Stirring up the average Joe's out there with what amounts to delusional poppycock is not the job of movie people. Although I have had my issues with Chris Mathews and Charley Gibson I think that they are nevertheless the proper professionals to be addressing political matters in America and admittedly, I am sure that these credible newsmen will stay out of the director's chair.
 
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John McCain's Chances Tomorrow

Posted by Jay R on Tuesday, November 04, 2008 1:07:05 AM
November 4, 2008
 
I think Obama's views as expressed regarding the coal industry and it's compatible group of miners seems to be somewhat different than the tight situations he has endured throughout the contest. This was a direct hit, with no possibility of pulling a rabbit out of the hat, Houdini style and repairing the damage. The very blue collar workers that both candidates must convince that are now fuming are in states such as Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania, which was tight before the cat got out of the bag. Worse yet, the statements were furthered from San Francisco, birthplace of his other blunder aimed at small towns. I think that this will be a tough one for John McCain but he is known as a relentless warrior and he is in it until the end. I saw the last polls tonight and they are astoundingly tight with McCain one up in Florida. Closeness, I believe, favors McCain-Palin because voters who will be indecisive once in the booth are more likely to pull the lever for McCain who is not the candidate who would bring up last minute doubts. This was a highly unusual and almost surreal voyage, Election 2008 and miraculously, even on election day there is this pit of the stomach anxiety in both camps and with the American people as well. You can make any electoral argument you want, we just do not know for sure.
 
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Where Is The American Medical Association In Obama Plan?

Posted by Jay R on Sunday, November 02, 2008 10:01:34 PM
November 2, 2008
 
Now I have never been to an Obama stump speech but because I watch Fox News every night, I am sure I have not missed more than one or to. Obama promises a health plan that he forgets to mention has not been signed, sealed or delivered. For all we know it is at this point ten pounds of air. I have never heard Mr. Obama even mention any potential opposition to his health care plan from the medical and pharmaceutical vertical market. Medical practices do not make the millions that they did years ago when computerization was lighter, staff was cheaper and union plans did not create a situation where a doctor can earn $30 or $40 net for a visit. How about a million dollars for malpractice insurance and legal costs and rent. Do you have an OBGYN in your area anymore or OBGYNs converted to GYNs to save\on liability? Obama has made a clear statement that he wants to spread the wealth and he has been dubbed Robin Hood. Do you think he is going to squeeze the doctors or the people that brought him in thinking that they would attain savings from Obama's proposed plan, yet to be an eventuality. I am not indicating that a doctor or a medical corporation in today's world are paupers, but if anybody is going to get theirs, my unofficial opinion is that Obama is going to grab it from the doctors and give it to the masses. The other thing is the lobbyists and pressure groups representing the medical groups and corporations are sure to carve up any plan offered by Obama should he be elected. It's funny, Obama has been spouting fire about a health care plan but I have no memory about his mentioning any opposition to it or the possibility that it might not pass for any definitive reason. Obama's base has never brought up this matter  although I would expect that all of them consider Obama's proposals to be a done deal.
 
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A Good Slice Of American Voters Are Going To Be Lemmings

Posted by Jay R on Thursday, October 30, 2008 10:43:45 PM
October 30, 2008
 
It is not my hope, it is my belief in as certain a fashion that you can imagine, that John McCain will be a 5 to 6 point winner on November 4. There was too much going on with Obama in the beginning and now there is stuff coming out that is patently revolting. The voters who have little education and fashion themselves as crusading idealists and envision Obama as their change maven (can be for the worse as well) are the lemmings that are the portion of the electorate that will be in the losing percentage. I have never in my life seen a media that coddles, protects and evades offering the truth to its readers as we have seen in their womb like treatment of Mr. Obama. Why are they to a newspaper, to an anchorman, to a commentator acting like this? There must be something in an Obama Presidency that puts a big gold coin or achievement certificate in their vaults. Hollywood is worse. I even saw a tape of Obama apologizing for his chronic lateness during his abrupt tenure in the U.S. Senate. To consider him as President is quizzical to begin with because of no experience as an executive, but assuming he gets there, what happens to the Jewish State? My best guess that based on what we already can surmise about Obama meaning his lukewarm history of support. Israel will have to take care of themselves. Obama's evident future policies of appeasement and diplomacy as he admits to, himself ,possibly threaded to the individuals he has surrounded at least his dinner calendar with  as reported almost exclusively by Fox News (The only source that is thorough on the Election) will not stop Israel from defending their nation . We have no way of knowing if we are going to see Obama, as the change up artist after a potential inauguration. Our system of checks and balances will not allow him to go over the top even with a Far Left group of supporters in the Congress. I still however, believe that the potato chip while watching TV crowd is going to be drowned out at the polls by the street wise, better educated in political matters and intuitive saviors who will vote for McCain-Palin slate and help the lemmings or lambs to the slaughter group from actually going over the cliff  along with the rest of us who made an informed decision.
 
The saddest part of all of this is that I was born and raised in upper Manhattan, in the City of New York, in America. Yesterday I started researching the pertinent subject matter concerning emigrating just in case. Someplace serene and definitely palm trees and warm ocean.
 
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It Is Not Unconstitutional For The Obama Campaign To Evade The Press

Posted by Jay R on Sunday, October 26, 2008 12:23:51 PM
October 26, 2008
 
Barack Obama and his campaign has been issuing cease and desist orders to the press since he warned them to stay away from Michelle in the primaries. They thrive on softball questions and as in the case of the Orlando Caper where Barbara West, a top journalist asked Joe Biden a tough one for a change about his assurances of a massive incident that would test a neophyte President, the campaign took decisive measures to lock out that portion of the press. All of this wimpy behavior is not unconstitutional at all, Obama does not have to answer any questions preferred by anyone unless he has been deposed. Joe Biden is a "cigar store Indian"in Congress where he has been situated for 30 years (we used to see them in the'50's as deadwood statues in Upper Manhattan candy stores) and he was completely insulting when he insisted that the reporter required a ghostwriter to craft her questions. That being said, neither candidate has violated Freedom of the Press or acted improperly  toward the press by being evasive or forcefully excluding them from interviews. Should Obama become President, this great country has checks and balances such as impeachment and vetoes to make sure that elected Presidents tow the line Constitutionally. High profile media people are, however, getting angrier as evidenced by their appearances on Sunday talk this Am. Obama and Biden are cutting off their nose to spite their face by stepping on the Lion's tail because then the Lion roars. There has always been a symbiotic relationship between the press and high profile candidates. A fauna example would be the shark and the sucker fish. Whatever the case may be, Obama is starting to ruffle feathers with the Press, this time covering Biden. Going into a first time Presidency, feuding with the Press is at the least ill advised and counterproductive.
 
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Do You Want Her To Look Like A Bag Lady?

Posted by Jay R on Thursday, October 23, 2008 11:29:22 PM
October 23, 2008
This new gripe by the Democrats about the Republican Party engineering a professional appearance for Sarah Palin, Vice Presidential candidate is the same have and have nots argument that was once the reason criminals broke into cars on the Upper West Side of Manhattan because the parked car had an owner who enjoyed having an elaborate stereo system. It is boiling a pot  for the class system that that will evolve quickly under an Obama Administration. Even though her clothes are earmarked for charity, the argument that the Republicans should send her to the Burlington Coat Factory and then go out on the stump for the next President of the United States, John McCain is a patently absurd and proletariat delusional nickle and dime premise. Sarah Palin has a concrete pillow to sleep on. On the rare occasions I actually see one of her journalist or old time women's lib detractors make it on to the screen, I find them frumpy, out of date and soon to be on the chuck wagon line in Branson, Mo. Let's look at Golda Meir, Endira Ghandi, Margret Thatcher, and Eva Perone you get the sense that women have done this kind of work before and in a big way too. Sarah Palin has been absolutely trashed by the MSM who question her ability to lead and of all things, her intelligence. These observations impress me as being figuratively psychotic on the part of these naysayers. She is college educated, a Governor of a critical state, a journalist and an American success story. She is as well spoken as Mort Sahl was, quick witted, high IQ but because she is woman and a Republican, these commentators who are for the most part Obama supporters, will always portray her as the Lucy Ricardo of American politics. With all this poppycock going through the meat grinder, Sarah Palin remains as a bigger than life and a more interesting persona in this Election 2008 than even the great rock star who needs a new single to rejuvenate his career.
 
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The New York Times Puts Out Another WC Fields Attack

Posted by Jay R on Sunday, October 19, 2008 2:48:54 PM
October 19, 2008
Now the New York Times is practicing "The Stigma" that at it worst moments acted as a hurtful tool furthered against people with emotional problems even at such time when they evolve to being recovered individuals. The reporter even went so far as to contact one of Cindy's kids to obtain his outdated and arcane information, about a common event in most families at some point.  Do they want to get Obama elected so badly that they would stoop to these hideous tactics?. Why do they not ask the insurance companies why people with past mental or addiction issues  are excluded from acquiring life insurance policies?. What is a shame is  that individuals like Cindy McCain can only defend themselves against stigmatizers like the Times who minimize people with problems and turn their illness against them like a battering ram is to be more successful than them. This Times guy is hurling his mud from a desk while being peppered by his boss and will be probably laid off soon while Cindy strolls down Rodeo Drive and gets a Revlon makeover. Believe me, she could not care less what this Times Reporter wrote about but knowing her probably cares more about Mr. Recovered Man who after being discharged cannot get a job or life insurance or the respect of his neighbors. We have progressed so far medically and  through pharmaceuticals in America that this whole subject is becoming easier and easier to overcome. Somehow, people that experience these types of problems(millions in the USA) have a separate intellect and abilities that are even more advanced than Times reporters. Finally, absent Cindy McCain, the Times may want to have its corporate lawyers do a study with respect to The Americans With Disability Act (Under the jurisdiction of the Justice Department) as opposed to their Second Amendment Rights. You still have libel laws as well and all kinds of reasons why anybody may be challenged for inappropriate conduct toward someone who  may be impaired in a  federal determination , even in a historical or De facto sense. The public eye nuances that often create impregnable defense strategies are not always infallible.
 
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I am watching the debate winding up

Posted by Jay R on Wednesday, October 15, 2008 10:38:32 PM
October 15, 2008
 
Although Senator McCain was always the doddering old man as portrayed by the Democrats, he's looking like a fired up Sugar Ray Robinson picking apart a lightweight trying to move up in class tonight. He is sharp, very informed and way ahead on points. His apparent Senator Government quip will stick tomorrow. Also Obama was wishy washy on his associations, only one unearthed tonight so as not to seem extreme. He seemed tentative on partial birth abortion and he seemed to wince every time McCain got in a good one. Oil policy, forget it, we all know that we have to drill now big time and Obama still went environmental. Also, Obama's revelations about the NAFTA discrepancy involving Canada and a flip flop did not jive with what I remember about the situation back in the primaries. Finally,
I think John McCain showed leadership and honesty and was the clear winner.
 
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I Am Not So Sure That We Can Call It

Posted by Jay R on Wednesday, October 15, 2008 1:55:44 AM
October 15, 2008
 
On the eve of this crucial debate in Long Island, no matter if John McCain fulfills all the marching orders of his party and the MSM, I still do not think that despite all attempts to orchestrate his performance it will allow us to handicap this race. Having worked as a cold calling salesman for 20 years I learned how to listen twice and speak once. I am hearing nomenclature that never in my life I have noticed in a Presidential Election. People in the street are saying Manchurian Candidate, Sleeper Spy, "we do not know him or where he has been", The word "indoctrinated", although I do not know the context it is being used also shocks me. Additionally, a bird is now singing and  in that tune may exist a heavy, defeating bit of information. Jesse Jackson is an adversary and bringing up matters that may lead to a McCain victory in Florida. The NAFTA flip flop with Canada and the numbers of Hillary supporters in Ohio who may have voted for her for a specific reason, should put McCain in the winner's circle. Virtually all of the red states he has now are certain. Ronald Reagan was down in 1980 about the same margin and won by just two points. In 1960, if just one solitary voter in each election district had changed their minds, Nixon would have won over Kennedy. This voter fraud issue may turn the election into another hanging chad. Some of the voters may be giving duplicitous answers to pollsters and surveys and exit polls during the primaries. Obama asks Americans whether we are better off now than four years ago and credits Reagan. I ask, if Obama pulls this off, are we going to be better off after January 1 with higher taxes, little drilling and spreading the wealth around. Will American voters who already have a diminished perception of Congress agree to Pelosi, Reid, Franks and Obama running the country. My argument above is that John McCain is not flamboyant, a quintessential debater or a rock star. He will keep America safe, although he has had his moments, he is clean and presidential. In the next few years I would rather not ponder emigrating to Australia for the the same reasons my ancestors came to America.
 
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Tonight's Debate

Posted by Jay R on Tuesday, October 07, 2008 11:54:27 PM
October 7, 2008
 
Tonight's debate was as expected a push except for just one little bit of formidable importance offered by John McCain. Did you notice that he was confident and specifically aware of where the perpetrators of most of our terrorist issues are located. Obama when faced with the same question was general in his answer and most probably does not have any idea where the bad guys are considering he has never once during the campaign expressed this knowledge. From what we know of John McCain having close ties to the military and evidently the intelligence services, it is understandable that John McCain was telling the truth. Granted, Obama with his movie star looks and statuesque appearance will always have the advantage in most debates if you want to dwell on his physical presentation. But think about this, John McCain knows where to go and what to do to ensure our safety and maybe save our very lives. America should put their shoulder to the wheel (An Alan Ginsberg paraphrase from his epic work "America") and start to really quantify these two candidates. I would not let the economy, which has many emotional components cause you to make a uninformed decision that you will live to regret.
 
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Guilt By Association

Posted by Jay R on Sunday, October 05, 2008 11:32:52 PM
October 5, 2008
 
Not being a licensed attorney I can only suggest that my impression as a layman of guilt by association indicates that you cannot charge or convict an individual by virtue of their being socially associated with another who is found guilty of a crime. Guess what, we the American people are not contemplating a case with this Presidential Election whose venue is in District Court in Anytown USA. This election is for keeps and determines the health of the economy, two or three wars and your safety right here in the Homeland. It is being more and more troubling as Sarah Palin began the new procedures about exposing Obama and his past connections and acquaintances. I personally would stop at nothing to get at the truth and I am sure that under normal  circumstances, a presidential candidate is not going to be convicted of anything. I do not consider vetting of this kind guilt by association. If something is going on with someone who may end up as the leader of the Free World, let's stop parsing legality or etiquette, the voters must be informed of any matter that portends any implication that would be potentially adverse to our nation.
 
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Where is the AMA and other special interest groups?

Posted by Jay R on Sunday, October 05, 2008 11:16:10 PM
October 5, 2008
I have always felt that Mr. Obama's Great Society plans are hypothetical and fundamentaly speaking, "The best laid plans of mice and men". His extravagant health plan is a proposal and if we consider it from a historical vantage point is a long ways away from being signed into law. But the way Obama speaks of his deeper voyage into socialism in America he phrases his health care plans in a manner that six pack Joe thinks it is going to happen January 2. Nobody mentions the American Medical Association and how they are going to react to Obama's views should he win the prize. Doctors today are not the millionaires of yesteryear due to astronomical insurance costs, the expenses of running and maintaining a practice, the hours they have to put in, the new laws that affect their vocation and the legal costs to worry about. Fairly big staffs are required to run medical offices and these are specialized and trained people making strong money and benefits. While it is true that there are vastly wealthy specialists, there are also doctors still paying off their medical school tuition. How come Obama does not bring the American people into his confidence and let us know if his plan will cause less earnings for the medical profession which is already diminished by the insurers. That being the case, by the time the medical lobbyists and pressure groups and pharmaceutical conglomerates get through with Obama's idealistic outline, it's going right down the shredder.
 
Of course you know that I support McCain-Palin and their health plan which I think will win over the Md's and individuals like myself who have retired from government and have the plans that are unlimited in coverage and virtually pay it all so to speak. I worked in a government facility for about 17 years to earn my retirement and benefits. Because McCain offers choice based on tax benefits, he presents a benefit to all Americans especially those of us who do not want some watered down government issued, rest in the hallway, we're  cleaning your room health card which I suspect we will get should we not elect him. Just to set the record straight, unlike one of the Democratic leaders that I saw on Fox the other day who claimed that health insurance for a family of four costs upwards of $15,000 which was his way of arguing for Obama, I must disagree with him by thousands going down. I am not suggesting that all of us should pay for our health insurance but I am guessing that the Democrats will try to absurdly elevate the cost of a private plan in an attempt to further Obama's idea which again is not a law yet. If you recall the specificity issue from the primaries, you better believe that non-specificity has not exited yet.
 
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A Biden Beauty

Posted by Jay R on Thursday, October 02, 2008 11:03:35 PM
October 2, 2008
 
Did any of you get that Biden silioquy which included a Jesse Helms crippled family member in braces? I never could put straight a Rubic's cubic either. Also, Joe may consider engaging an opthomologist because it seemed  like his eyes appeared to be like slits. Anyway Sarah Palin was the Green Bay Packers and Vince Lombardi in the old days when they were unbeatable. She was glowing and enthusiastic and I understand that impact as I was a salesman and a Dale Carnegie graduate, the former for 20 years. Also I think Sarah Palin was played some dirty tricks by the anchor people and general left leaning media. Maybe Katy Couric slipped her a mickey the other day but this was a different Sarah. Tonight she was an Executive Branch leader and she made all Americans proud. Obama ducking Congress on cell phone detail and tonight's victory for Sarah Palin will filter into the polls within 48 hours.
 
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