Bad Politics

The following does not apply to those Republicans that are educated, thinking individuals.

With reference to the story about the visceral material distributed by elements of the Republican Party; I have acquaintances (formerly friends) that insist on forwarding the most degrading, bigoted, and just plain stupid remarks and illustrations of Barack Obama. They are generally based on ignorance of the facts and are meant to incite me by racist comments to vote for Senator McCain.

I can easily put them into the spam folder on my computer, but to think that these individuals are leading Republican Party groups is shameful and Senator McCain should repudiate those members of his party that participate in these actions.

Dear Republican

To all Republicans

You had eight years to straighten out the country. I want to congratulate you on a task well done. You have succeeded where no others have dared to go.

Thanks for a war that achieved nothing of significance and letting the terrorists escape. You have improved the expectations for the retired, I always wanted to try my cats food, now I have a chance and my cat is too fat anyway. The stocks that I invested for my retirement have all but disappeared along with the jobs they provided.

The bottom line is that your economic philosophy has bankrupted my country and is bankrupting me and my family. I am looking for a corner to sell the few oranges that grow in my back yard. I will help the economy by growing my own food but I am having problems finding space for the chickens and cows in my backyard.

Wake up before you had better learn to love rice three meals a day and are owned by China.

How to get out of the swamp

I think that the financial genius in Washington needs to allow credit to low again and to do something with mortgages that can't be paid. My suggestion is for the fed to buy home mortgages in foreclosure at market rates and then refinance them with an equity sharing note. If the house is sold, the government will get a share of the gain (sell price - cost basis).

There should be no free lunch.