Barack Obama has done it again, folks. Surprise, surprise... When asked by a seven year old child why he wanted to be president, he said it was because he thought that America wasn't as good as it "used to be." Makes you wonder which "good old days" he meant, doesn't it?

Jim, I got bored with your liberal dreck by the second paragraph (as usual). If you don't like what I write, don't read it. I know it must be hard for you to understand, but honestly, liberal garbage bores me to tears. Play with it on your own blog. O.K.?

Although you revel in not reading my “liberal dreck”, probably in the belief that exposure to contrary opinions may cause headaches and, conceivably, awareness that other people may have views worth consideration, I find myself drawn to your posts for two reasons. First, while the preponderance of your opinions is shallow, there are some points you offer that give me pause. Second, and most important, your blog is like a horrible accident on the side of the highway. One finds it impossible to drive by without slowing and looking – even if the sight of the gore is shocking and disturbing.


In taking Senator Obama’s statements out of context and spinning them through the Fox prism, you give a totally false impression. While this is likely intentional and should be ignored, like the accident on the highway, I have to make a comment.

You may not like it, but America is not what it used to be. Part of the blame is at the door of the Republican administrations and Republican dominated Congress, but some is the fault of every one of us, collectively. Want some examples?

For the first time in American history, the United States invaded a sovereign country without that nation constituting an immediate threat. It has now been established to nearly everyone’s satisfaction that this is the case. Worse, President Bush (43)’s purpose to get rid of Saddam was, in the opinion of his father, counterproductive; President Bush (41) recognized that the Iraqi dictator needed to be there to counter the threat from Iran.

We have destroyed our relationships with foreign allies with whom we must cooperate to fight terrorism, international crimes, the international drug operations and the trafficking of women and children.

Another example is the wholesale evaporation of personal rights and the trashing of the Constitution by this Administration: warrantless wire taps and surveillance, imprisonment of our own citizens without Judicial review, etc.

More? The privatization of former government services, less safety in the air, more danger in the food we eat, all because Government is bad.

Yes, I agree with Senator Obama that we have slipped. And I also agree with him that our glory and strengths can be restored.