Archive for August, 2008

America, John McCain, Politics

John McCain Flip-Flop List | Comprehensive List of John McCain’s Changing Policy

John McCain has changed his opinion plenty of times–and, he is transparently doing so in an effort to please his campaign advisors, please his base, and the corporations who have spent their money of him (who are doing ANYthing to keep America in a more-of-the-same pattern where wealth is consolidating into the hands of the rich).

Here is a comprehensive list by Steve Benen of the John McCain’s Changing Policy and stances.

This is good reading . . . .

America, Economics, Environment, Green Energy, John McCain, Oil, Politics, Recession

John McCain: Double-Speak at It’s Finest | Tax Breaks for Oil, No Tax Breaks for Wind

John McCain might be a new rising star in the field of double-speakers: saying one thing, and doing another.

There is a great article by Steve Benene discussing the a big double speak: John McCain supports Tax Breaks for Big Oil and has not supported Tax Breaks for Wind-driven energy.

Read the Article about John McCain.

America, Economics, John McCain, Oil, Politics, Recession

McCain Supports TAX BREAKS for Oil

Let me see if I have this straight!  John McCain supports TAX BREAKS for Oil–the companies who have posted record PROFITS month after month . . . .

Read the entire article about McCain supporting Tax Breaks for Oil at Talking Points Memo.

America, Barack Obama, Economics, John McCain, Politics

Fact Check: The Obama Campaign video refutes the McCain Campaign falsehoods

I like the Obama Camp’s style: Calm and collected fact checking. It is good journalism, and it will make a wonderful shift in the behavior and operation of the Executive Branch.

Here’s the Obama campaign video refutes the McCain campaign falsehoods in last Friday’s advertisement.

America, Economics, John McCain, Politics, Recession

McCain’s Houses vs. McCain on the Housing Crisis in America

There is a little tiny bit of discrepancy between what Senator John McCain says about the Housing Crisis in America, and what he actually does. I am certainly not rebuking Senator McCain for being wealthy. Instead, I am remarking at his apparent lack of empathy for fellow America.

If the truth were told, I wish Senator McCain would look a bit deeper at the problems. Each and every person who has lost their home is not merely a statistic. They are people who are fighting to cover food, clothing and shelter–the most basic needs of a human–AND LOSING that battle.

Our tax money is funding a war on foreign soil at the cost of nearly a billion dollars a day. Our dollar has weakened against the world currency. Our government has paid incentives to large corporations to move their businesses (and jobs) to foreign countries, and the cost of gas has driven wholesale prices to the highest point in 27 years.

While there may have been some cases of recklessness, the cost of living in America has grown out of reach of a larger percentage of Americans (men and women were already working an average of 12+ hours a day to cover food clothing and shelter).

America, John McCain, Politics, World

Recommended Reading | Commentary: Is McCain another George W. Bush?

Jack Cafferty has written a great commentary examining the similarities between George Bush and John McCain in his piece, “Commentary: Is McCain another George W. Bush?