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Debate

Here's what I think. Not that anyone called my house after the debate to ask me, but I'll just put it out there anyway.

I think it's absolutely and categorically wrong to insinuate that a Presidential candidate is a terrorist.

I think it's absolutely and categorically wrong for a Presidential candidate to deny that his running mate had a public duty as well as a moral responsibility to disarm the calls to kill their political opponent.

I believe passively or actively supporting these behaviors in their followers is inherently criminal. I believe allowing these behaviors is tantamount to inciting unconscionable criminal acts.

I believe both these acts show a borderline sociopathic lust for power completely devoid of concern for basic human rights, most obviously the foremost American right defined by our constitution (the upholding of which is the primary presidential consideration): Life.

I find the combination of these factors to be an uninspired and uninspiring tactic completely unbecoming of persons applying for arguably the two most powerful positions in the world.

I think that for such persons to refer to their national constituency as Fringe People, while practically simultaneously marginalizing more than half of the American population by saying their quote/unquote Health Concerns aren't important shows a remarkable lack of altruism, connection or compassion for the people they are asking to govern.

I think presidents should value ALL the people they represent (or at least put on a good show of it during the job interview). They should not just value the people who are useful to their personal or professional agendas.

I think in the wake of the mortgage crisis and subsequent market failures, it shows a ridiculously small amount of intelligence and foresight to call for deregulating health care.

I think if there is one lesson an intelligent person can draw from recent years is that a vast majority of the average Plumber Joes (myself included) does not have a sufficient depth or breadth of knowledge to recognize or effectively combat corporate greed that presents itself in the guise of We're Your Friends.

I think that insurance companies, who are experts in their field, have thousands of people and millions of dollars at their disposal to invest into developing ways to make money at the expense of average Americans trapped by bad federal policies.

I believe that the average American family, after working all day, commuting back and forth, taking care of their families' immediate needs, and running here, there, and everywhere running errands and paying bills does not have the time, money, or knowledge resources available to allocate into even beginning research into their best option for health insurance.

Bottom line, the average American is not an expert in corporate loopholes, insurance regulations or matters of high finance. We are a society that has been duped into believing that if we pay qualified people to advise us, they will represent our best interests with integrity and a sense of altruist duty. We trust the people we elect and hire to be our representatives and advisors. We are very much misled and disappointed in that trust a great majority of the time.

10:23 pm - 10.15.08
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