So the Middle East is back in the news and while I don’t and wouldn’t claim to know much about the area or the conflict I can safely say I can’t remember a time in my life when it didn’t exist. I was curious to see what people thought about Israel.
This poll will allow you to vote for two items – so you can vote they are a good guy and a bully or a bad guy and a victim (or any other combination of two). Yes – I know the world isn’t like the movies and we can’t issue black or white ten gallon hats based on these answers but I am interested in your perception of the country.
You are welcome to comment but this post isn’t about religion, right, wrong, history, or even if they should or should not attack one another. This is about how you feel about the country based on what you have seen, read and heard.
This is an open poll so invite your friends to vote to comment you have to connect via Facebook. Poll expires 1/14/2009 @ midnight – direct link here if you want to share.
I’ve seen a lot of posts on Facebook and other places exclaiming great hope or misery concerning the little election we had yesterday and the outcome. Sitting at the Dolly Parton concert I had what one might call an epiphany – that is if you can have such at thing at a Dolly Parton concert (if not call it a moment of clarity).
More or less – one person isn’t going to make your life miserable (or great) unless you let them. If the past eight, ten, sixteen or more years have been good to you – the next four will be too. If the last eight, ten, whatever weren’t good to you – these won’t be either. The President is just another man and at the end of the day he can take your money, take your benefits, even your job but if he takes away your happiness and your sense of humor – you let him. Tough times are here and likely to stay here for a bit. How we move them forward is on us. My freedom and happiness isn’t tied to Obama, McCain, Clinton or even Bush.
I know when I get on the Soapbox I tend to urge people to take personal responsibility and this time is no different. Control your future because if you don’t – someone else will. If you’ve been miserable the past eight years or are expecting to be the next four something tells me your future is already being controlled.
A note to the winners of the earlier referenced election – as EdG pointed out this was an election not a lottery. This means winning isn’t the end – only the beginning. And as the great American and Southern writer Lewis Grizzard penned – being President is like being sentenced to four years of wearing underwear that is too tight (loosely quoted). For some reason that doesn’t sound like fun. Good luck to the winners hope you realize that winning was the easy part. Now everyone – get back to work.
I know – a lot of what you see on this site “Uncle Jesse” wouldn’t approve of or participate in and after posting on the passing of George Carlin you might find it odd to see a small tribute to him here. That being said you don’t always have to fall rank and file with someone’s politics to respect them. Both sides of the coin are often represented by extremes. In politics those extremes help guide the course to where the majority of us live – the middle. Sitting here in the political crossroads I honor a long standing public servant from the great state of North Carolina.
We were told that the bond packages wouldn’t increase taxes? Ummm… they lied.
Half of the proposed 5-cent property tax increase would go toward paying debt service on several big-ticket items: the $88.6 million parks bond that was passed last fall, the $226 million public safety center planned for downtown and a new $223.5 million remote operations center.
That’s a 15% tax increase. Congrats. Guess what else?
Allen’s proposal also calls for a 15 percent increase in the water and sewer rate, which would amount to a $4.86 monthly increase for an average household that uses about 6,000 gallons a month, and a $5 increase in the vehicle decal fee to support new public transportation services.
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I know – a lot of what you see on this site “Uncle Jesse” wouldn’t approve of or participate in and after posting on the passing of George Carlin you might find it odd to see a small tribute to him here. That being said you don’t always have to fall rank and file with someone’s politics to respect them. Both sides of the coin are often represented by extremes. In politics those extremes help guide the course to where the majority of us live – the middle. Sitting here in the political crossroads I honor a long standing public servant from the great state of North Carolina.
