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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.

I've been frustrated for weeks as Neil Cavuto has been off the air with no explanation. I finally found out the reason for Neil Cavuto's extended vacation. Without any notice Neil Cavuto stopped appearing on his show on FOXNews in June. I kept searching the Internet for news about when he'd be back and I finally stumbled on something.

It appears that Neil has been off the air since June 24 and is recovering from Surgery related to his MS disease. He's expected back in late July or early August. Can't wait!

Get well soon Neil!

Will it happen? Probably not, but John McCain's best VP candidate would be Colin Powell. Secretary Powell is a mainstream conservative and has the obvious experience to be President should something happen to McCain. In my mind Secretary Powell is the best person we have to be President at this time, but he's not running. The next best thing is for John McCain to put him on the ticket.

The Republican party should be ashamed of itself for putting McCain up there against Obama. He just cannot win (unless of course, he choose Colin Powell). McCain is to be admired but he's simply too old to be the President. Didn't we learn our lesson with Bob Dole? We have to stop voting for people just because we think it's their turn. We need someone fresh but competent.

Please Mr. McCain, ask Colin Powell to be your Veep. Twist his arm if you have to. He's the best man for the job.

Everyone should watch this video of Boone Picken's white board presentation. We simply cannot continue to import the amount of oil that we import. We need to drill everywhere, use every biofuel, ethynol, etc., and conserve like crazy. BUT, we HAVE TO DRILL EVERYWHERE!