Rules of Engagement

Too little, too late! Mr. Obama is out of touch with all of us, I recall 'let them eat cake' as I watch the news... many voted for change and all that we got was the cookie monster.

It's now time to VOTE FOR A REAL CHANGE!!

I suppose it is total frustration. Obama didn't cause our problems, but has not contributed to alleviating them. Rather than approach our problems realistically, he gathered around him incompetent people. No sooner was he is office that he started a bailout, a stimlus and the healthcare. We didn't have a chance to take a breath. He welcomed the president of Mexico, he filed a lawsuit against AZ and he rallied with the Muslims in N.Y. He is a disappointment. He is President of the United States not President of the World! Did I say.....he spends too much?

Presidents don't change policy. They continue down the same course as their predecessor. Voting is, and will remain, the supreme act of futility until we disrupt the two party system and vote in some "down home" candidates. People who hold some type of values, whether it is one that we agree with or not.

The current and past (recent) presidents have no true "platform." They stand on whatever surface allows them the most flexibility. And sadly, our best and brightest continually bolster this practice by making cerebral statements like, "VOTE!"

If you want change then vote for the person that lives closest to your home in all primaries. I bet middle America would finally get a president that understands, at least a little.

Fair enough, I will mail you a clothes pin to make it easier:o)...If I had helped to put this administration in power (thank God I didn't), I would feel frustrated at not having seen this debacle coming. There is no way you can expect a former Politician wtih less than 200 says in service to be elected and have the experience or knowledge to run the Country (or pick people who can, lets face it, it is the people behind the man that are actually figuring it all out). People voted on emotion, rather than logic. Of course having an option of McCain even scared me to death (he is almost as liberal as Obama, but at least not as Socialist). I went through the same anguish with the Bush administration (yes, I voted for him) so I have been there, believe me, but again, compared to Al Gore, I would have voted for anyone! Unfortunately, being the first black canidate caused everyone to become overcome with emotion. But then again, look at Charley Rangel, Maxine Waters, Roland Burress and William Jefferson..It just seems that there are no viable people out there at this time for either party. Enjoyed talking with you and enjoy your posts, even though we agree to disagree :o)!!!

Feisty

These are for the most part open forums, and yes, you can moderate.

But you have to take the good with the bad. If you have ever been to a town meeting you must have seen this.

At the top of the forum just copy the ground rules: say basic things like no profanity or threats or open alcohol : ) (all this is at the local town level for a reason, you should just use the standard handbook on conducting town meetings which is available to all in various forms online. It is time proven and approved by all political parties for decades.)

There is your answer. I am actually attending one today and if I remember I will see what generic one that they use.

But always say opposing viewpoints are welcome.

Otherwise, you can't suppress the other side's opinion or even an occasional emotional outburst. Weathering that is part of a successful debate.

It is also what sets us aside from North Korea and the long list of less than credible...err establishments.

Frankly, the opponents of tyranny are tired of being accused of behavior made patent by left wingers; what hypocrisy! The same people who say Palin is to blame for excessive rhetoric, slash her with despicable scurrilous pejorative, attacking even her children and supporters with ruthless hatred.

In a deliberate attempt to silence First Amendment rights, the narcissistic left insists anti-progressive speech is "hate speech," as if any criticism was a personal attack. They are deft at projecting their own mean spirit at ideological opponents. But their rhetoric today is strained with logic so convoluted and duplicitous it loses its credulity.

Those who dare to articulate that government is attempting to micromanage human lives are copiously smeared with ad hominem and personal attacks. The broad labels of "racist" absent evidence, the attribution of mental defects such as homo, Islamo or whatever "phobic" are applied in nothing less than a hypocritical bully tactic borne of arrogance.

This odious ploy is routinely used against the citizen who points out the repeated failure of their tyrannical and larcenous ideology. And, it is applied to those who indicate that the "individual" mandates necessary to collectivism assaults liberty and the freedom of all posterity.

These stuffed shirt A$$holes talk like the AVERAGE government worker doesn't need their paycheck to pay mortgages, college tuition, etc. I am a contractor to the government and believe me, my paycheck will be gone FIRST.

Cry me a big old river, then ask me it I care about congresspersons or senators.