While I don’t agree with you on most issues, you have always been your own man. And just because you don’t conform to orthodoxy, does not mean you are a Democrat.

Time for comic relief…this is hilarious and the antidote to obama girls…you’ll be singing this song…

BTW, love your blog!!

I disagree with those who think Obama will be a “moderate”. I’m sure most have read reports of his inner circle of advisers reading books about FDR’s first 100 days. For those who have forgotten, FDR passed a huge number of laws in those first 100 days. It might be instructive to review that period to have a feel for what Obama likely intends.

His lead up to the inauguration speech will be portrayed as a “time of crisis” along the order of “like no other” and demands “swift, decisive action”. What little we know of “Obama in action”, his childhood mentors, his benefactors during college, and his Chicago ACORN days does not point to moderation. If someone has any factual basis contra, now would be a good time to publish it. All we have is a large pile of “what he’ll do” because “he’s a nice, thoughtful guy”, ala Joe Biden.

For one to think an Obama Presidency and complete control of Congress to behave somehow “moderately” is simply borderline insanity.

Honestly, one must live in a cave to not know the social engineering folks in Congress are hurriedly drafting 25% cuts in the Defense budget, tossing out 401K programs to be replaced with social security on steroids, and developing national health care at the bedside of the “lion of the Senate” just to name ones this last week.

This will not be a “lurch” to the left but a hop, skip, and jump. I’ve complied a checklist from Dem planning statements of what they will do in their first term. It’s a very, very long list. I fully expect all the items to be done in the first term. Those not thinking he will take these actions has only provided wishful supposition.

Further, I don’t anticipate any significant changes in the composition of the Congress after the 2010 election cycle. First, there will be so many changes that voters won’t realize the full impact. The Dems will reward their voting blocks and expand it with new transfers. The media will be worse than they are today. Finally, non-MSM media outlets will become even more controlled. Think Fairness Doctrine, limiting ownership, controlling content on the internet as part of the “public trust”, expanded hate crimes and add hate speech.

By the time any of these things get to the Supreme Court Obama could well be writing his memoirs in 2013 or running for his third term after making a minor change to the Constitution.

If Obama is sworn in as the next president, a rough calculation shows the American experiment in democracy will have lasted approximately 232 years, 6 months, and 16 days. That is the approximate length from July 4, 1776 to January 21, 2008.

I admit that’s an arbitrary duration. The implementation of the Constitution would hardly be recognized by the authors.

I also noticed that you did not come close to approaching the issue of 53 trillion dollar deficit that is facing this country. On top of this you would like national health insurance too. Have you tried to find out how national health insurance works in countries like England and Canada which have about a 10th of the total US population ?

I am not all impressed by the people who back a candidate. I watch what the candidate himself/herself has done in office. We are talking about a person who has zero accomplishments as a legislator till date, a person who has never taken a tough stance on a critical issue against the entrenched interests of his own party - i dont agree with Warren Buffet at all on his stance on tax rates for rich people. It is nothing more than pure class war fare. Due to Bush’s tax cuts, Buffet has had a chance to keep more of his money than before. Money that he is free to invest in what ever he wants to, be philanthrophic as much as he want to. I’d much rather trust his investment instincts than that of the Federal Govt.

At this point, all that i have indeed is “hope”. Hope that Obama is a moderate. The swiftness with which the Orwellian named Employee “Free Choice”act and “Fairness” doctrine is enacted will be an indicator of his supposed moderation.

As far as Pakistan/Afghanistan goes i have not seen a more naive candidate than Obama. His belligerent statements on Pakistan only serve to increase people’s paranoia about how the US never respects the sovereignity of an Islamic nation. And i am not talking about Pakistani extremists but average Pakistanis. If you have noticed the democratically elected govt of Pakistan has been openly signing peace deals with terrorists, continuing Musharaff’s policies.

The situation is very complex and does not lend itself to sounbytes of neophyte politicians who want to show how “tough” they are.

And as far as your comments about not minding being taxed more by Obama, you have to remember that you only speak for yourself. I absolutely mind having my taxes increase for no fault of mine and for having to cover up inefficiencies of a bloated Federal Govt. For having to pay for entrenched interest groups in the political system.

Increases in Capital gains taxes, payroll taxes are all absolute killers of economic growth, especially in this envirnoment. I dont care if Volker, Buffet support this insanity - it still is insanity.

Well, it does not really matter now, does it ? Obama is going to win in the next 10 days and I am bracing myself for more big government and more socialism.

Thank you for your blog and thank you for having the courage to write exactly how you feel. Thank you for not bowing down to PC. I would much rather read you than a blogger, either liberal or conservative, who can only follow the party line.

We shall see what Obama will do if, as seems likely, he wins. I don’t think anyone can predict with any certainty what kind of cabinet Obama will have (a problem in itself), nor that he’ll somehow be more moderate than he is now. What evidence is there he’ll govern as a moderate, especially with Dem control of both houses?

As a compromise, why not require registration or use an off-site service like typekey or disqus? ISTM that would make moderating much more friendly for you.

You write, “So, if you’re vocabulary is so limited that every other word must be an obscenity,…”

Are you kidding me? “…you’re vocabulary…” Surely you know the word should have been your not the contracted you are. Rookie mistake and don’t let it happen again.

Heh - I am suitably chastised. Thank you.

ed.