Just a note ...

Hello, anyone miss me?? Ah, I thought not - no matter, the blog is just as it's always been, a place to express some thoughts. Goodness, over a year since I posted last ...

Many things have happened since then, both to me, to my family, to the world as a whole. We are approaching another election. Again, for me, it will be a choice of the lessor of the bad guys. Again, I will end up choosing the Republican because the Democrats have some very socialists for their choices.

At this point McCain is the Republican nominee, and I have many issues with him. The real odd turnabout was with the Democrats; a year ago Hillary had a lock on the nomination and now it looks like Obama will win it.

Obama is an odd fellow to my way of looking at it. He reminds me (and I know many of you won't understand this) of the show Steinfeld, which I watched rarely. The reason I watched it rarely was when I did watch it, it was a show about ... nothing. When I pointed this out to the enthusiastic followers of the show, they all exclaimed "Exactly, that's why we like it, it's a show about nothing." (aside from the supposed lives of the characters). Obama reminds me of the Steinfeld show, to me, he is ... nothing. He is this era's answer to the political slogan, 'a chicken in every pot' - Obama is promising all things to all people. He is going to provide jobs, provide housing, provide education, wages, tax cuts (unless you make over $100,000 a year), healthcare, green power - damn, there isn't anything this man hasn't promised. If you asked him for a pony or a cure for cancer it wouldn't surprise me if he promised that too. The problem with all his promises is that he is VERY weak on exactly HOW he is going to do it.

I don't care that Obama is black, I don't care that Hillary is a woman. I'd much rather have a person - black, white, blue, green, male, female, I-don't-care - just a person who can really do the job and has a clue how to make things happen. Okay so I'll admit that I'm asking for too much, but I'm also wise enough to know that Obama flat doesn't have a clue. Unfortunately, so far he hasn't been pushed to having to provide answers, and even when he attempts (and typically fails) to provide some details his supporters don't really hear what he says. You don't believe me? Ask 10 of them how he is planning on providing 'affordable housing'? Not one of them has a clue, but they love him for saying it.

What do you think?