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On January 31, 2008 I told you in this blog how crazy the Republicans would be if they put up John McCain as their nominee.  My view has been the same since then.  The Republicans were crazy to put up John Mccain as the party's nominee.  Won't they every learn that merely hanging around the Senate for a long time does not qualify you to be President, and definitely does not make a good candidate.

Do you remember that one year before President Clinton ran for re-election he was the lowest rated President in history?  Who did the Republicans put up against him?  Bob Dole.  He was simply too old and too boring.  The Republicans did not learn their lesson and they put up John McCain who was even older than Dole was when he ran. 

I was not for Obama, but I wasn't for McCain either.  We need someone who has actually done something.  Someone who has run a government, or a corporation, or something....anything.  What do we have now?  We have two senators in the White House and neither of them have ever run anything.  We're screwed.  I hope I'm wrong, but I doubt it. 

People feel good about Obama right now but just give him time.  He'll start raising taxes and spending more money.  I'm a conservative independent who is waiting for someone like Michael Bloomberg to run so we can really fix our problems.

I don't know about you but I hate daylight savings. I wish we'd leave the time alone. If we have to have it, my vote is to have it start on May 1 and end on October 1. That's about all I can take. It screws my sleep patterns up and I just don't like it to be light out at 9pm. If I liked that, I'd move to Alaska.

In case you're wondering why we do it, check the source link below.

I just read an interesting article about using Gmail for bookmarks, a personal database, and more.  You can read about it here:

Using Gmail as Your Personal Nerve Center

After recently moving from Outlook to Gmail this was an interesting read. Outlook still rains supreme for managing all of my contact information but Gmail really allows me to manage my email more efficiently. For some reason Gmail makes sorting through my emails much quicker. I rarely have more than 3 or 4 messages in my inbox when I'm done and I get hundreds of emails per day.

If you're looking for a free, flexible, strong encryption software, check out Truecrypt. You can create mountable drives and even encrypt your full hard drive via its whole disk encryption feature.

Truecrypt is easy to use and will protect your data from prying eyes. If you use a strong password you'll have complete security for your data.

Have you ever noticed that every election seems to be the same? No matter how far back you go, the same language is always used. We always hear "this is the most important election of our lifetime." Why is that? It's because politicians are completely full of B.S. Aren't you sick of hearing these words or phrases during every election cycle?

This is the most important election of our lifetime,
The next president will nominate several Supreme Court justices,
We need to do what is right for America,
We need to get the special interests out of Washington.
He voted for ___ ___ times.
Lobbyists
Pac Money
I have a plan,
Our economy is broken,
We need to work on education, healthcare, and the economy.
We need to get the economy moving again.
Tax cuts for the rich
Middle-class tax cuts
He'll raise your taxes
Corporate loop holes
Corporate giveaways
Spending is out of control
We don't need those liberal judges
Extreme left wing
Extreme right wing

With the market sliding seemingly out of control we need to cut capital gains rates immediately. Why not just drop them to zero. You would see an infusion of cash into the US within 24 hours. What are they waiting for?

Have you heard about someone hacking into Gov. Sarah Palin's email account and posting the information on the web? This is totally outrageous! It just makes me realize how important it is to have a strong password.

Can you keep every hacker out? Maybe not, but you can certainly keep the small time guys. Be sure your password has a combination of upper and lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols. Just use an exlamation point at the end and you'll significantly increase the strength of your password.

I love iTunes, and I use it on my Mac and PC for managing my music. I recently rented a movie from iTunes just to check out the technology. It was pretty slick as I downloaded a movie before a long flight and watched it during my flight. I paid $3.99 for the download even though I thought that was a little high for a movie rental. $2.99 seems more like it to me.

The movie played fine and the near-DVD quality that Apple promised was okay. I thought I could purchase some movies but was shocked to see the $14.99 price that Apple charges. I think this is simply too much for a download. I can purchase DVDs for $10-$12 most times, and you get the DVD with inserts. To charge the same price for a lower quality file, and have no backup DVD is just ridiculous. I say Apple is too proud of themselves and I won't be buying from them until they lower the prices. I suggest others do the same.

I have to admit to being very disappointed yesterday at McCain's VP pick. I wanted someone with the stature of Colin Powell and thought the pick of Palin was a purely political pick. However, the more I find out about her the more I like her. She does have executive experience and is apparently scrappy and tough.

Only time will tell if this is a good pick for McCain so I'll hold further judgement for awhile.

Multiple stories have come out in the last few days about the possibility of Colin Powell being McCain's VP. Unfortunately, the stories are probably bogus. I wish they were true because Powell is about the only individual that could add so much gravitas to McCain's ticket, that it would offset the celebrity of Obama. Powell could have been the president in any of the last 3 elections if he wanted it. Unfortunately, he just doesn't want to hold elective office.

Someone please convince Powell to accept a VP position with McCain. We need him.