Socialist... Go back to Sweden. Captialism is what built this country and now that the free market is under attack by people like obama and hillary and yes, even mccain, our economy is in the shitter. Change is not the answer. Hope is definately not the answer. Shrinking the gov't is the answer. Lowering taxes and shutting down special interest beauracracies would go a lot farther to help the working man than to have a socialist like barack obama come into power and start raising taxes across the board. Raising taxes does nothing but give the gov't more money from us to WASTE! the only place money is made to work to its fullest capacity is in the private sector, where real effects of how that money is spent is fealt. if they fuck up the investment, the company is ruined, If the gov't fucks up the investment, tax the citizens more and go on to next line item. We don't have money to waste and every day we give more and more of it to our sleezy politicians who end up doing nothing and ask to be reelected. and when the economy is in the shitter because of all this socialistic wasting of tax dollars, the WORKING MAN IS THE ONE WHO FEELS IT THE WORST! how about lower prices for the working man? wouldn't that help him through his daily grind a little bit more than having gov't programs try to cater to his needs that will ultimately go unfulfilled and will require further gov't interaction to resolve?

The fundamental part of free market capitalism that make it so attractive and actually work is its incentive to succeed. If you succeed, you become wealthy and lead a better life, and if you fail, like in nature, you perish. Its survival of the fittest, just like out in the wild. The world isn't a utopian place. Not everyone can succeed as not everyone has something to provide to the world. It's kind of like feeding the squirells at the park. It makes you feel warm and toasty to see it come up and grab that peanut out of your hand but while YOU feel great about yourself and can rest at night on those warm fuzzy feelings, that squirell no longer feels the need to gather food on its own and actually work for its survival. it knows that some guy will sit at the bench the next day and feed him more peanuts. Then, when homie can't afford to buy peanuts because he has to pay 5.00 a gallon for gas, squirell dies cuz it has forgetten how to forage for food.

I know you all want to appear nice and friendly and kindhearted but socialism is not the answer to making the world a better place. Unless inefficiency and bloated wasteful do-nothing gov't beauracracies are your ideas of a better world.

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I'm going to be honest here, I hate people who are passionate about presidential candidates. Hilary, Mc Cain, Obama, anybody. During the PA primaries we had thousands of monkeys people running around with Obama or Hilary posters. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and assume their motivation was to feel accepted by other ____ supporters and to feel good about themselves because they're "making a difference," not to actually sway votes. I also hate how every internet forum, talk show, coffee shop, gas station is full of people speaking about the candidates as if they knew everything about politics. You don't. You're just regurgitating opinions you've heard or read somewhere else and making blanket statements rarely backed by facts. I don't know shit about amish quilt weaving so why should I talk my ass off as if I knew the weavers personally?

They're just as bad as the people who think their one vote is going to decide the election. Wrong answer, no. Yes people en masse decide the vote, but we're talking about just you, political Fanatiker, and you are not important.

Just to get the record straight:
Do I like Obama? No. I don't like his feel good campaign, his lack of experience, or his face.
Do I like Hilary? No. I don't like her lies, pulling the woman card too much (nobody cares), or her face.
Do I like Mc Cain? No. I've met him. Nice guy, don't like his religious inspired political views, weak on defense, or his face.

Do I know shit about politics? I majored in poli sci with a european poli sci minor; and I would still say no. Anybody who openly admits they know a lot about politics is full of themselves. Anybody who isn't a politician and talks about politics like they're hot shit is full of themselves.

Notes: I'm not talking politics, only the masses who feed off it. And yes, I have been extremely bored at work this week (part of the ups and downs of working at a start up company) hence me having time to rant.

The problem I have with politics in the USA is not with the people holding up signs on the streets or rallying together (because once we start shitting on those freedoms, we will be fucked), but with the media's portrayal of the candidates and the process itself. I don't think political ideas can be expressed in 10-30 second sound clips, and maybe thats the reason there are so many 'monkeys' running around.

Maybe the internet isn't the best medium to get your political views from, but I am all for anything that can expose people to a broader spectrum of political ideas.

I award you 100 bonus points.

The media is comprised of several companies, who like other companies, have specific  interests. Mainly how to get more viewers, whether or not their reporting is accurate or relevant.