phyllis:  …as did Laura Bush. 

I think we’re talking about getting ready for the cover of Glamour magazine.  Laura Bush always looked dressed for the role of First Lady to me.  Nothing more than that.  Why the Dems are promoting Michelle as a glamour star is beyond me.     

Sherrie:   You missed the point Margorie.

So what’s the point?  Do you really believe only the evil rich have funds in the stock market?  

Right now Obama is on a money-raising tour for his Democratic friends.  He’s been in N.J., MA, CT this past week and who knows where he’ll be next week.  He leaves the government for others to run…  he is simply the spokesman, and goodwill ambassador for his party.  All others be damned.  This administration is 100% politics.  Every decision is made with re-election in mind. 

Clipping the salaries on overpaid CEO’s sounds good, but that money doesn’t find its way back into the taxpayer’s pockets.  As Liz mentioned, nothing is gained by it…  it’s just a gesture for show.

Sherrie:   …the rich are betting and where they put the odds of their own performance. 

The reality is there are many, many small investors…  people with retirement funds in the market.  Ten percent unemployment means 90% are living their lives as usual.  Right now, on term Certificates of Deposit, banks are paying something like 1.75%.  Regular (as opposed to rich) people have to use the market to avoid running in place.  They gamble, they lose… or win. 

sibelle:  "Agony and Ecstasy"

You are funny.

deber:  …wow at its best! 

It has become a bit tedious…  but then, I’m not west coast, nor would I want to be.

About Maria’s hair, I’m not sure if bobbing it off would bring out the angles (cheek/jaw/teeth) more.  It seems all the Kennedy women wear/wore their hair long except for the mother.  Must be some reasoning behind it all besides copycat.   

Mary:  most ‘transparent’ White House ever…and then does just about everything behind closed doors

I listened to John McCain speak on the subject of transparency on CNN last night.  Right now, a small huddle of Democrats are deciding the finer points of the health bill…  not a Republican in the group.  Republicans represent at least half of the voters when Independents are counted in.  What we have is a government for half the people.  Doesn’t seem right.

deber:  …anymore than I would call you stupid and gullible for voting for Barack Obama.  

Good point.  For people who claim not to watch the FNC, it’s surprising how many can comment on Glenn Beck.   

F P:  …where are you going to get them

Ya know what would end all this nonsense, and fast?  Bring back the draft.  No deferments.  Young women as well as men.  The liberals will soon wave the white flag, and Afghanistan will be a memory.  The Dems are in complete charge now, this is their war.  You can wrap it up in Bush and his crowd all you want, but they aren’t making the decisions to spill American blood in Afghanistan.  When the war becomes personal (your son, your daughter), decisions will be make more carefully and there’ll be fewer wars.  To me, this is all political.  The Iraq war was political, and this is a continuation of it.     

Leanette:  If we leave now those women will be inslaved again - and in many cases tortured and killed.  We need to stay and clean up the messes we make!  

Whether we leave now or in five years from now, those women will suffer the same fate.  Afghanistan is a collection of tribes occupying a territory, we never created that "country" or its "government."  Their way of life reflects centuries.  Why would we think if the U.S. doesn’t approve of how they conduct themselves, that they would even care?  If anything, like all good tribes, they will defend their way of life even more forcefully.  As I’ve said before, it would take two generations of education and occupation and Taliban containment to change the mindset of the population.  The Taliban have to become grandfathers telling their stories around the campfire, not young men with weapons ready to defend their tribal way of life.   

F P:  ego

These guys we elect as presidents do have big egos, now don’t they.  As for Afghanistan, it’ll take the occupation of troops (U.N., whatever) for a generation or two to make a difference…  if a difference is even possible.  That’s more like 50 years, not 5 years to change the way that place operates.  Five years is a waste of time…  the poppies will grow…  the women will wear burkas…  the Taliban will recruit more sons.

My opinion would be similar to yours, find a workaround for Afghanistan, but don’t commit American forces to this wasteful endeavor.  I don’t think it’ll make us any safer.  And frankly, we cannot get our own country out of the cesspool of corruption, what makes us think we can make a difference in Afghanistan?   

C jay:  That does concern me about this website.

This is a website of opinions.  Theirs, yours and mine. 

C jay:   I do believe he has our nation’s best interest first in his mind,…

Obama has his version of our nation’s best interest in his mind.  If you happen to agree with his version, you can relax.  If not, best be vigilant for changes that are not in our best interest.