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Old 10-17-2008, 06:32 AM
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Here is something my son put on facebook yesterday regarding our business,it kind of makes you stop and think why anyone would vote for Obama.

Steve wishes someone could tell him why he and Joe "the plumber" should be punished with a tax increase under Obama?? 4:12pm

Steve Hendren at 4:17pm October 16
In other words.....Why should my hard work and effort be "redistributed"??

Steve Hendren at 4:37pm October 16
Anyone.......anyone????? I seriously need to know what my incentive is to grow my business, hire more people, and make more money, rather than downsize and stop working hard, and make less money.......so I can keep more of it??? Please help me understand....

Steve Hendren at 6:18pm October 16
Damn, I thought there would be a simple answer to my simple question. Now I'll have to go with my first instinct, and start making plans for who I'll fire, which charities I'll stop donating to, weather or not I'll be giving 100 turkey's to the homeless shelter this Thanksgiving, or none at all, how I will cook my books to show less income than ... Read Morelast year, how I can get away with paying myself under the table, and what I'll do with all the cash I'll be saving by only having family working...which means I don't have to carry workmans comp. insurance, or have a small business health care plan anymore, and...I'll be paying less taxes!! Hmm...Maybe I do like Obama's tax increase after all?? I pay less taxes after I downsize, and I cut all of my wasteful extra spending! I know it will definitely stimulate my own personal economy! Too bad about the people I fire, their families, and all the people that wont benefit from my charity donations. What if EVERY small business does the same, IMAGINE
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Old 10-19-2008, 06:28 AM
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I guess you could say that the silence is deafening. There is no sane or logical reason to redistribute the wealth. Here is a quote that seems appropriate.

WISE WORDS

" You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred. You cannot build character and courage by taking away men's initiative and independence. You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves."

---Abraham Lincoln---
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Old 10-19-2008, 06:45 PM
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AMEN!! Good quote! Even more important right now... those words.

Here's my quote:

"My DOG would make a better president than Obama... he is smarter, better looking, more trustworthy, knows more about homeland security (he barks too) & my dog is more American"

-- Rigsby--
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Old 10-20-2008, 07:11 AM
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i don't know guys, the news leaked that they are already planning
Obamas presidential win party. how is it that this guy is so
favored? HE HAS NO EXPERIENCE! they keep saying that
Palan has no experiance but she is not running for president,
and General Powell said hes going for Obama because he relates
to the young people and has a good attidude, boy and he's running
for president, you would think you'd want experience, i like a
veteran running this country, and experience, just don't get it :cry:
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Old 10-20-2008, 09:08 AM
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great quotes!!! obama's plan everyone that make less than $250.000 a year can quit work,go on welfare & let those rich sob's pay for everything!!! heard something the other day' 6 years ago obama bounce a check trying to get home from the d.n.c. 6 years later he's a millionare!!! if he would tell AMERICA how he did that we all could be rich & wouldn't have to worry about nothing.just a thought!!!
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Old 10-20-2008, 01:45 PM
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Thought this was worth passing on. Hope it gives somebody a laugh.


On television today a Democratic operative pointed out that when Obama
holds a rally 25,000-30,000 people show up, whereas when McCain holds
one he only draws 10,000-15,000.

The Republican spokesman replied,
"That's because McCain's supporters are at work."


Below is an email I received about McCain. Can't vouch for it's accuracy, but I believe in the man.

It came to me while I was having dinner with Doris Day. No, not that Doris Day. The Doris Day who is married to Col. Bud Day, Medal of Honor recipient, fighter pilot, Vietnam POW and roommate of John McCain at the Hanoi Hilton.


As we ate near the Days' home in Florida recently, I heard things about Sen. McCain that were deeply moving and politically troubling. Moving because they told me things about him the American people need to know. In addition, troubling because it is clear that Mr. McCain is one of the most private individuals to run for president in history. When it comes to choosing a president, the American people want to know more about a candidate than policy positions.

They want to know about character, the values ingrained in his heart. For Mr. McCain, that means they will want to know more about him personally than he has been willing to reveal. Mr. Day relayed to me one of the stories Americans should hear.



It involves what happened to him after escaping from a North Vietnamese prison during the war.. When recaptured, a Vietnamese captor broke his arm and said, "I told you I would make you a cripple." The break was designed to shatter Mr. Day's will. He had survived in prison on the hope that one day he would return to the United States and be able to fly again. To kill that hope, the Vietnamese left part of a bone sticking out of his arm, and put him in a misshapen cast. This was done so that the arm would heal at "a goofy angle”, as Mr. Day explained. Had it done so, he never would have flown again.



However, it did not heal that way because of John McCain. Risking severe punishment, McCain and Day collected pieces of bamboo in the prison courtyard to use as a splint. Mr. McCain put Mr Day on the floor of their cell and, using his foot, jerked the broken bone into place. Then, using strips from the bandage on his own wounded leg and the bamboo, he put Mr. Day's splint in place.



Years later, Air Force surgeons examined Mr. Day and complimented the treatment he had gotten from his captors.

Mr. Day corrected them. It was Dr. McCain who deserved the credit. Mr. Day went on to fly again.



Another story I heard over dinner with the Days involved Mr McCain serving as one of the three chaplains for his fellow prisoners. At one point, after being shuttled among different prisons, Mr. Day had found himself as the most senior officer at the Hanoi Hilton. So he tapped Mr. McCain to help administer religious services to the other prisoners.



Today, Mr. Day, a very active 83, still vividly recalls Mr. McCain's sermons. "He remembered the Episcopal liturgy," Mr. Day says", and sounded like a bona fide preacher”. One of Mr. McCain's first sermons took as its text Luke 20:25 and Matthew 22:21, "render unto Caesar what is Caesar's and unto God what is God's." Mr. McCain said he and his fellow prisoners should not ask God to free them, but to help them become the best people they could be while serving as POWs. Caesar put them in prison and Caesar who would get them out. Their task was to act with honor.



Another McCain story, somewhat better known, is about the Vietnamese practice of torturing him by tying his head between his ankles with his arms behind him, and then leaving him for hours. The torture so badly busted up his shoulders that to this day Mr. McCain could not raise his arms over his head. One night, a Vietnamese guard loosened his bonds, returning at the end of his watch to tighten them again so no one would notice. Shortly after, on Christmas Day, the same guard stood beside Mr. McCain in the prison yard and drew a cross in the sand before erasing it. Mr. McCain later said that when he returned to Vietnam for the first time after the war, the only person he really wanted to meet was that guard.



Mr. Day recalls with pride Mr. McCain stubbornly refusing to accept special treatment or curry favor to be released early, even when gravely ill.. Mr. McCain knew the Vietnamese wanted the propaganda victory of the son and grandson of Navy admirals accepting special treatment. "He wasn't corruptible then, Mr. Day says, "and he's not corruptible today."



The stories told to me by the Days involve more than wartime valor. For example, in 1991 Cindy McCain was visiting Mother Teresa's orphanage in Bangladesh when a dying infant was thrust into her hands. The orphanage could not provide the medical care needed to save her life, so Mrs. McCain brought the child home to America with her. She was met at the airport by her husband, who asked what all this was about. Mrs. McCain replied that the child desperately needed surgery and years of rehabilitation. "I hope she can stay with us," she told her husband. Mr. McCain agreed. Today that child is their teenage daughter Bridget.



I was aware of this story. What I did not know, and what I learned from Doris , is that there was a second infant Mrs. McCain brought back. She ended up being adopted by a young McCain aide and his wife. "We were called at midnight by Cindy," Wes Gullet remembers, and "five days later we met our new daughter Nicki at the L.A. airport wearing the only clothing Cindy could find on the trip back, a 7-Up T-shirt she bought in the Bangkok airport." Today, Nicki is a high school sophomore. Mr. Gullett told me, "I never saw a hospital bill" for her care.



A few, but not many, of the stories told to me by the Days have been written about, such as in Robert Timberg's 1996 book "A Nightingale's Song. Nevertheless, Mr. McCain rarely refers to them on the campaign trail. There is something admirable in his reticence, but he needs to overcome it.



Private people like Mr. McCain are rare in politics for a reason. Candidates who are uncomfortable sharing their interior lives limit their appeal. However, if Mr. McCain is to win the election this fall, he has to open up. Americans need to know about his vision for the nation's future, especially his policy positions and domestic reforms. They also need to learn about the moments in his life that shaped him. Mr. McCain cannot make this a biography-only campaign - but he cannot afford to make it a biography-free campaign either. Unless he opens up more, many voters will never know the experiences of his life that show his character, integrity, and essential decency. These qualities mattered in America 's first president and will matter as Americans decide on their 44th president.
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Old 10-21-2008, 09:19 PM
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.....the comparison between John and barry are..............zero. The mesiah isn't even in the same universe as John ........
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Old 10-23-2008, 09:42 AM
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On television today a Democratic operative pointed out that when Obama
holds a rally 25,000-30,000 people show up, whereas when McCain holds
one he only draws 10,000-15,000.

The Republican spokesman replied,
"That's because McCain's supporters are at work."


. That's the truth the damn liberal media will never comment on :!:
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