Not the "Up" Side

PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN 2008

Do you really see any reason to trust either side of this bizarre equation?  

• Waffle the issues. 
• Spin them to please.  
• Distort the facts.  

It's becoming less and less like a straight up campaign and more and more like trailer park trash talk among incompetents. It's not just the presidential candidates either... it's the Senate and House as well.  Not a reassuring thing to see at a time when we are in real trouble.  I saw a reminder somewhere that we cannot have military strength without economic strength.  I believe that.  That means we are becoming more and more vulnerable to getting our asses kicked.  I believe that too.

Consider these wonderful factors: 

• Greenland ("The canary in the mine") is approaching bankruptcy.   
• Bin Laden is sitting in the mountains of Pakistan laughing his ass off.  
• We owe the Chinese over $500 billion dollars.  
• We have saddled our children and their children's children with a huge deficit.  
• Our finances and are being plundered by lobbyists and CEOs who have no moral compass. 
• Boomers are going to drain Medicare and Social Security dry and we haven't prepared for it.

For God's sake the frickin' sky is falling and these are the best two candidates we can trot out?  Don't get me wrong.  I think these are both good men who have good intentions but I am really worried about their capabilities and more so the intentions of those who are influencing their thinking.  

We need a world class leader and we will have no sign of one for at least four years.