Herman Cain is the one to watch!

Could Herman Cain win the Republican nomination to take on Barack Obama? Well I think he actually has a shot at winning the nomination. This guy is not your average politican, in fact he's not even a politican, he's a very successful businessman.

Watching his performance during the CNN debate on Tuesday night, and his interviews after the debate, he comes across as a straight shooter. Has he made mistakes? yes he has, and unlike someone like Rick Perry or Mitt Romney, he admits it, and comes clean.

His polls numbers have him either in the lead or tied with Mitt Romney, with Rick Perry coming in 3rd or even 4th in some polls. I know my Conservative friends would be falling off their seats when they read this, but I actually support Herman Cain if he was to become the Republican nominee for President. It's very refreshing to hear someone who's seeking the highest office in the United States to tell it like it is.

I think he's gaining the support of the general public, but the big question is will the Republican base select a black man to run against Obama? Given the recent history of the Republican party I don't think it will happen, but I hope I'm wrong.

So who's Herman Cain? just visit http://www.hermancain.com/ to find out.

Until next time!

Herman, Herman, Go Herman!

In 2008, John McCain came out of nowhere to win the Republican nomination and go up against Barack Obama. Now we are again in the Republican election cycle and another Cain without the Mc is seeking to be the Republican candidate for President.

So who is Herman Cain and where did he come from? To read all about him I suggest you check out his website at: http://www.hermancain.com/

His bio is quite interesting, and he's never held public office. That could be a good thing as his background is all business. Cain came from nowhere to be considered the front runner, and tonight he will be taking part in a debate with the other Republicans in Las Vegas which can be seen live on CNN starting at 8pm EST.

A few weeks ago when Bush 2 entered the race (Rick Perry) everyone said he was going to the one to beat, but after appearing in a couple of debates the Republicans woke up and said we can't have another George W. so he has fallen to 3rd place, and unless he pulls a rabbit out of his hat he'll be done within a few months.

Herman's claim to fame is his 9-9-9 tax plan. In a nutshell his plan calls for a 9% payroll tax, a 9% national tax, and a 9% income tax. Members of his own party claim his tax plan would increase taxes on the poor and middle class, but he claims that everyone is already paying several hidden taxes, and his system would clean up the mess of a tax system that's been in place in the United States for generations.

In Canada our payroll/income tax rate is in the high 20%, plus we have a national tax called the GST. Some provinces like Ontario have blended their provincial tax with the federal tax, so in Ontario our tax rate on goods and services is 13% and it's called the HST.

The United States tax code is in need of a major overhaul, but I don't think Cain's 9-9-9 tax plan is the way to go. If Cain has staying power and actually wins the nomination it will be a very interesting race for the White House next fall, and one for the history books.

Until next time!

Occupy the World!

What started as "Occupy Wall Street" is now turning into a protest movement across the western world. So what are these people actually protesting, and why has this movement picked up so much steam.

For starters the Occupy Wall Street protest was to bring attention to to the fact that trillions of taxpayers money was used to bail out banks, and Americas largest Wall Street firms, while the average middle class American was facing foreclosure on their homes. This all started during the Bush administration when George W. decided to take the billions in budget surplus left to him by Clinton and hand out tax cuts. His idea was by offering tax cuts to the job creators in the United States they would build more factory's and invest in creating jobs. However this was not the case, what they did do was take that money and save it, or invest it off shore, thereby not creating any new jobs. On top of this 9/11 hit and America was at war. Then Bush decided to invade Iraq thereby using the American credit card to finance 2 wars and his tax cuts.

In early 2008 a recession hit most of the western world, and the decline started to take effect. 2 of Americas car makers went bankrupt, tax revenues were on the decline and word bailout became a household word, but not for the middle class and the poor. Like I stated at the start of this posting Americas banks and big Wall Street firms received trillions in government money to save their butts. So what they did was take the money and then turnaround and give themselves millions in bonuses using our money. During 2008 another movement started taking shape and it was called "The Tea Party" and they wanted more accountability from the Federal govenrment, they wanted less taxes, and wanted less government.

Some say that within the next 10-15 years the middle class won't be around anymore. The two classes will be the rich and the poor. People need hope, people want change, and all political parties today don't offer any of this, and that's why this movement will only expand over time, unless governments of all stripes wake up and make the changes needed.

Until next time!

America in big doo doo!

The once great United States of America is on the verge of what could be called "The American Winter". I say is in reference to the Arab Spring, but I don't think "The American Winter" will turn violent.

With signs indicating that the US might be headed into another recession, one has to think how will they get out of soaring debt, high unemployment, and a political system that's on the verge of being controlled by The Tea Party.

A recent chart came out which listed the ratio of CEO's pay to that of the average worker. In Canada the ratio was 20:1, in England the ratio was 22:1, in Mexico the ratio was 47:1, but in the United States the ratio was 475:1. So for the earnings of 475 workers would equal that of 1 CEO. Yes CEO's are the leaders of their companies, and they are considered the one's who create jobs, but this is just nuts.

When we had the financial meltdown in the United States which was created by the major banks and Wall Street, not one CEO ended up in jail, and in fact they were bailed out by the Federal government using tax payers money from the average American worker. What really gets to me is the fact that some of the CEO's who made millions, paid less tax then a worker who earns $ 50,000 a year. Don't get me wrong I'm all for people making money, but when you nearly destroy the banking and financial system in the United States you don't deserve the pay that you get, you deserve to be thrown in jail for financial mis-management.

The United States is facing a 14 trillion plus national debt, and declining tax revenues to service the debt because of what is considered an unfair tax system. Obama is right when he says that the rich should pay their fair share of taxes. Clinton had it right in the 1990's when he raised taxes on the top 1% of Americans, and he was able to wipe out the federal deficit and left office with a massive budget surplus. Then came George W. Bush who lowered taxes for the rich, entered into 2 wars and ran up a massive debt.

Some on the right will argue that if you raise taxes on the top 1% of American wage earners they will not invest in creating jobs. This logic from the Tea Party / Republicans is just insane. Bush lowered taxes, and it did not help create any new jobs, and in fact it allowed the rich to take more of their money and stick it in some off shore tax haven. Some have suggested that it might be fair to introduce a flat tax system in the United States so everyone pays a certain percentage regardless if they make $ 50,000 a year or 100 million a year. This idea to me sounds great, and it also sounds fair, but we all know that the right will never agree to this.

So what does this mean for the future of the United States? Well it means that if the United States does not change their tax system to increase revenue, they will be on the verge of bankruptcy, and the last thing the world needs is a bankrupt United States of America.

Until next time!

Poor Sarah Palin!

The gift the keeps on giving. A new book is about to hit the shelves called "The Rogue " its 318 pages that give more insight into the lady who could of been a heart beat away from being President had her and McCain been elected in 2008.

In the book Palin believes that God wants her to be the President of the United States. Well if that's true she would have been elected in 2008 and then god would have struck down McCain. Thank god that did not happen, and god only knows where the world would be if Palin was President.

She strongly believes in her faith, and is a devoted christan, at least according to her. It's now coming out that she's done drugs, has had an affair, and god only knows what else is hidden in her past.

While I've not read the book myself here's a link to a brief outline of what to expect when the book is released next week.

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1055449--book-sets-out-to-find-palin-and-destroy-her?bn=1

I think that once this book is released it will the end of her chances of entering the Republican race to be the candidate to go up against Obama next fall. But given the slate of GOP candidates seeking the nomination, and how far right wing the United States is becoming she might just become the nominee and with the help of God (as Palin would say) the next President of the United States.

Until next time!

Tea Party or Nut Party, you decided!

I watched the other night the CNN/TEA PARTY Debate and was just shocked at how far right the Republican party gone since Obama has become President.

The highlight of the night was when a question was asked about a 30 year old man with no health insurance and if he needed emergency medical attention who should pay for it. The question was directed towards Ron Paul. His response was that the man or anybody else made a choice not to have insurance and therefore he should pay. When Wolf Blitzer said do you mean if he dies then he dies because he did not have insurance, and the audience went nuts and were heard screaming that he should pay, and let him die..

What! I have to say that these Tea Party members are so right wing that they make George W. Bush look like a Liberal. If the tea party has their way the American government would be 2 guys sitting in a room and they would be the President and Vice President.

The Tea Party movemennt has taken over the Republican party and the 8 people seeking the Republican nomination, maybe except Mitt Romney are catering to the Tea Party members of the Republican Party. Rick Perry from Texas, who at one point wanted Texas to leave the United States now calls the Social Security System a big Ponzi scam, and he would get rid of the whole system if elected.

What's sad is that one of these Republicans might just get elected as President, unless Obama gets his true mojo back.

The best thing would be for Sarah Palin to enter the race and win the nomination as she won't beat Obama in a general election, but someone like Rick Perry might.

Until next time!

America, the land of debt.

A long time ago the United States of America was the envy of the world. The U.S. was a nation built on the hard work of average everyday people who believed that working hard, saving your money, and helping your kids would lead to a nation that can achieve anything.

Well today the United States is now a nation of debt. The United States owes 14,587,916,000,000 or $ 47,662.36 for every man, woman and child. The world over the past several weeks witnessed the failure of the political leaders of both political parties come to some sort of bi-partisan agreement that could have prevented the lowering of the triple A credit rating. The Speaker of the House could not gather full support of his party because of the Tea Party members who wanted more, so he gave in and changed his plan so he could gain the support he needed in the house to get the bill passed. Over at the Senate the Democrates control also resulted in there own members wanting more, and Harry Reid the Majority leader also had to give a bit so the bill could pass the Senate, and Obama could sign it into law before the Tuesday night deadline.

The debt ceiling has been raised several times over the years with little or no effort. This was because the leaders of both political parties, and their members knew it was the right thing to do so the government could meet it's obligations. So what was different this time? I think it has to do with the fact that Obama is President and maybe, just maybe because he's black. Yes I said it, I used the black word. Ever since Obama was sworn in as President, the GOP has made an effort to block him at every move, they have labeled him a weak President, a Socialist, and other things that I won't repeat in this posting.

One has to understand that it was George W. Bush who used the credit card of the United States to wage two wars, it was Bush who gave tax cuts to the top 2 percent wage earners thinking that would create jobs. It was Bush who took a budget surplus from the Clinton Administration and turned it into a massive deficit. It was Bush who allowed Wall Street and the Banking industry to run amok which lead to the largest financial meltdown since the great depression.

Prior to Bush being sworn in as President, Bill Clinton had created 22 million jobs while President, and oversaw the largest growth in American history since World War 2.

So what I'm trying to say is that this whole debt issue and the downgrading of the United States credit rating can't be blamed 100 percent on Obama. It was the GOP who would not work with this President, it was a former GOP President who took his hand off the wheel and allowed the rise in the U.S. Debt to happen. It was the Tea Party members of the Republican party who have effectively taken over the GOP who need to step up and admit that they were wrong and do what's right to bring America back to the nation it once was.

Until next time!

Bachmann is just nuts!

I've been watching with great interest the whole Debt Ceiling crisis in the United States, and have held back my comments until now. Michelle Bachmann who very well could be the GOP's candidate for President is just as bad as Sarah Palin when it comes to the facts surrounding the mess the United States has got itself into.

Here's a quote from CNN by Michelle Bachmann...

"This isn't the deal the American people 'preferred' either, Mr. President,"
Bachmann said in her response. "Someone has to say 'no.' I will."
"Mr. President, I'm not sure what voice you're listening to, but I can assure
you that the voice of the American people wasn't the voice that compelled
Washington to act," she said in a statement after the president announced a deal
with congressional leaders Sunday night. "It was you that got us into this mess,
and it was you who wanted a $2.4 trillion blank check to get you through the
election."

Really Michelle! The debt ceiling is not tied to new spending, it's tied to spending that has already taken place. For example Michelle, when your former leader, George W. Bush took office he was left by Bill Clinton a massive budget surplus and a national debt that was a quarter of what it is now. It was George W. Bush who used the United States credit card to finance 2 wars, a drug benefit program that costs billions, and let's not forget tax breaks for the top 2% of Americans. Bush's idea was that if you give tax breaks to the richest Americans they would use that money to invest in jobs. Well how's that working for you Republicans?

Also let's not forget the Billions that was used to bail out the banks, and Wall Street that all occured during the dying days of the Bush Administration. Obama was sworn in 2009, and the government was operating on the budget of the Bush Administration and not Obama.

So Michelle the 2.4 Trillion blank check that you talk about is to pay for spending that's already taken place and it's not for new spending. 2/3 of this problem is that caused by George Bush, and 1/3 is Obama's. Michelle these are the true facts, and we all know you love laying the blame all on Obama, but maybe you and your party should take a nice long look in the mirror next time to see who's really to blame of all this mess.

Until next time!

The decline of a Conservative icon.

Well what can I say that has not already been said by most media outlets across the world. Rupert Murdoch's empire is about to explode.


With the arrest of several senior executives at Murdoch's British divisions, and the FBI looking into the hacking of phones, and e-mail accounts of several Political and Hollywood figures by Newscorp in the United States it looks like this will become the biggest scandal so far of the 21st century.For those of you who have been living under a rock for the past 30 years, Murdoch is the owner of Fox News, which is known for their strong support of the Tea Party movement and the Republican party. Murdoch has backed every major Conservative candidate in both the United Kingdom and the United States.
His influence in politics is well known, and this is just another example of Conservatives thinking that they are above the law and better than the rest of us. This is just the tip of the iceberg and as the days turn into weeks, this scandal will dominate the airwaves.Until next time!

White House releases official Birth Certificate

In a surprise to the White House Press Core, the Director of Communications handed out a copy of the actual birth certificate of President Barack Obama. In the past they have only released the electonic copy of live birth.



Of course when Donald Trump heard of this he said that "After all these years I was the only person to get our President to release his actual birth certificate" Really Mr. Trump do you think it was finally you who was able to do this? I suspect that Obama and his team wanted to finally put to rest the whole issue and knock Trump down a few points in the polls.

I bet that Trump and his group will claim that this is a fake, or he'll say something like the signatures don't match. We've not heard the last of this from Trump because he has nothing else to run on, if in fact he does plan on actually running.

So Mr. Trump, Obama has come clean on his birth certificate, now it's your turn to come clean on your financial statements. Let's see if you are really worth 2.9 billion, or this is just another lie from the reality television star.

Until next time!