I’m a huge supporter of these TEA parties that have spontaneously started recently. I’m not just talking about the Tax Day Tea Party that is going on tomorrow (although, I whole-heartedly support them as well), but the ones like in Orlando and across the country where 6000 people came out to declare that they have had enough of being ignored by their political representatives and have decided to take peaceful action.

There shouldn’t be any secret that I’m pissed at how our new government is treating us. Democrats say, “We won the election, we wrote the bill..” Well, I’m sorry to tell you, but this is still my country too, and I will do what I can to keep you from destroying it in your attempt to have your “progressive” agenda implemented. 

I don’t know how many times I’ve sat in my office fuming over how the government seems to take the attitude of indifference. I’ve complained to everyone who will listen about how the Congress and the President can seemingly do whatever they want despite almost 50% opposition to their agenda. They are supposed to be representing EVERYONE, not just those that supported them during the last election. 

I’ve always liked Steve Wozniak, Apple’s co-founder. He’s a jolly fellow and with all due respect, is a Geek’s Geek. While Steve Jobs gets all the credit for starting Apple Computers, it was Woz that is credited for actually building the Apple I and Apple II which contributed to the “personal computer revolution.”

Now Steve takes to the airwaves on “Dancing with the Stars” and needs all our geek voices to keep him dancing. Everyone go to: http://www.votewoz.com and show your support for this lovable guy. Vote early and vote often!

I just stumbled upon this set of videos that visualize the Credit Crisis, and it does a very good job of explaining how we got into the current economic problems. Part 1 | Part 2

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It was almost a forgone conclusion leading up to the election last night, so I wasn’t really surprised to wake up and find out that Barack Obama was elected to be the next President of the US by a pretty big margin. Considering the utter destruction of the conservative Republican party by George Bush, its a wonder that John McCain was even able to mount the numbers he pulled in.

And in all honesty, when I changed my registration this year, I unchecked my “Republican” party affiliation, and went with “None”..  So that is saying something.

My prediction for the future? President Obama will have a few months of easy sailing, but then the Congressional leadership will go hog-wild, and the President is going to be forced to reign them in. While in Congress, its easy to just go along, as President, Obama is going to have to consider the interest of the entire country.

The Republican Party is going to have to sit down and figure out how its going to come back from this. Now that the Democrats have almost complete control, does the GOP sit back and wait for the inevitable implosion, or does it stick to its guns and try to pick their battles wisely?

Either way, they will have another chance 2 years from now. 

I suppose by now, you know who I’m voting for… if not, here is a video that I believe sums up the reason I’m voting for John McCain:
 

I had a pretty heated discussion at work today about how “fair” it is for “rich” people to pay a higher percentage of their income soley because they have more money… For some reason, I have a serious problem with it. Sure, I have a healthy dose of envy for “rich” people with multiple homes and cars… but at the same time, I don’t really see it as being fair that they are forced to pay a larger percentage of their income in taxes…

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Ok… 3rd Presidential debate is over… John McCain certainly showed some fire, and took Barack Obama to task for a few things… But there was nothing in this debate that I think would change anyone’s mind…

I believe out of the 3 debates, John McCain had his best showing… Obama was flustered, and was playing defense the entire night.

Unfortunately, Obama is at a point in the campaign where he just needs to coast into the Presidency, so his major goal tonight was to not fall off his bike, and I think he accomplished that.

If you don’t know who “Joe the Plumber” was, or what was said… Then, you are probably at a loss at why there was so much attention paid to it. Here is Joe speaking with the folks at Fox News: