[skeet]

Have to answer your post even though I have tried to not get involved.
Item 1(following you). I'd rather not be involved in a war in Iraq....But since we took on Saddam etc...we haven't had any more large scale terrorist things happen here. I'd rather our military was fighting the extremists there than having civilians fightin 'em here. Without the military answer that the US used...we'd still be having them happen here.

2. Of course the people vote in who they want..but the problem is that these people vote in senators etc that affect what happens in the rest of the country. I know the US is a representative republic. It really is a shame that the civil war was won by the yankees...cause this is what the civil war was REALLY fought over. The south in the 1850-60's was being told what they could or couldn't do by politicians who didn't even live there. And most people think it was fought over slavery!Happening now also.

3. National Health insurance. Don't you think that the tax paying public is paying enough now for unproductive "citizens? I agree that there are people who need health care and should get the help...but there are so many more who just let the average joe pay for them...cradle to grave. How about weeding them out of the system. Make the one's who are able to work for the "common" good. They are taking from the common tax trough. And I'm not talking about old people not getting what they deserve and need. They worked for it and should get it. I am talking about the ones who were able to work and didn't. What do they "deserve"?? Your tax money. Well you go give 'em what you thnk they should have

I personally would rather be able to put some of the money I would pay into Social security under my own control. But no...the Democrats REALLY don't want that. They use the social security and welfare systems as their platform base. BTW there really is NO social Security trust fund. The dems(and to some lesser degree, Republicans) use the Social security money in the general fund...to "balance" the budget. As far as impeaching Clinton.."for no valid reason??". I really do expect the President of the US to be someone with good moral values! And someone who says things like I tried marijuana...but didn't inhale. C'mon...or what we were doing wasn't REALLY sex....And whether he likes the Military or not...he really should respect them rather than what Clinton did to them. As far as Mrs. Clinton...Have you ever taken no money and turned it into more than 100,000 dollars..legally?? And then have no knowledge of how ya did it? I doubt it...and you would really have to question that too..if you were objective.

4. As far as Kerry running. I hope not. His wife is a foreign national with leanings to foreign interests. Not good for OUR country. And In my opinion, Kerry was involved in traitorous acts here in this country...along with that actual traitor Jane Fonda. Most of the others would have us so tied up with the UN we'd end up being a client state of the UN. If you want to give up your individual freedoms...go somewhere else so you can do it just for yourself...not the rest of the American populace. And we surely don't need more illegal aliens in this country... More jobs gone and notheing coming into the social security system. What part of ILLEGAL don't the democrats understand? or the repulicans for that matter.

5 As far as guns... How dumb can ya be. The unions supported the Senators and Representatives that sponsored Nafta..which did away with so many AMERICAN jobs immediately. Did you support the politicians that passed that most stupid law?? I saw a long time ago that my union dues were being spent in opposition to what my brother union members believed in. The International told us to shut up...but send our dues. These are the same politicians that want your firearms and other rights too, if they can get them. And the Unions and their members will go along with this agenda just like good little sheople. The main thing the Unionists want is more money...they could usually care less about the other issues. Guns and gun control are so far out of their loop they can't see it. Part of the reasons the large auto companies are in such dire straits is because of the Unions. Do you know what percentage of the price of a car is union wages and pensions? And now they cry because we don't buy substandard union products. And NO it isn't only the union!!

This type of person is not what I consider myself to be. I feel I should have some say over my own destiny contrary to the people and politicians you seem to support. The government taking care of me and my money from cradle to grave is nothing other than communism which I would hope even you would refuse to support.

You may be an FDR democrat, a pro union, Clinton supporter....but one thing you ain't is a Southern Democrat. I happen to be one of them..and can tell you Southern Democrats are a lot more conservative than you seem to be.

Not flaming you...just pointing out the differences between the facts.... and what you want us to believe. Take off the rose colored glasses. Open your eyes to what is really happening in the world. Them Arab terrorists want you AND me dead, bud...not converted. WOW..did I really say all that??

Forgive some of the spelling. My fangers is too big for this laptop keyboard.