Thompson: Reduce Future Retiree Benefits

Republican presidential hopeful Fred Thompson on Friday proposed reducing benefits promised to future retirees and establishing a system of voluntary personal retirement accounts under Social Security to help shore up the program's finances.

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ROLLING ON THE FLOOR LAUGHING MY ASS OFF I suppose I could make this an article rather than a seed, and I may later, but I wanted to get this up as soon as possible.

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An example is that in the very first debate, host Chris Matthews asked for a show of hands of who didn't believe in evolution.

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Even older than the woman President-elect Obama mentioned in his victory speech last night. If you live long enough, even the impossible comes to pass.Gertrude Baines' 114-year-old fingers wrapped lightly over the ballpoint pen as she bubbled in No. 18 on her ballot Tuesday.

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What is your opinion of Obama? "Clever." What is your opinion of Palin? "Developing." How much money did you raise for your campaign? "Insufficient." Why do you keep running for president? "Justice." Will you be elected president? "No."

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And some say Nader is out of touch with reality!Ralph Nader, the self-styled consumer crusader and perennial third party presidential candidate, conceded today, telling the Free Press minutes ago that there was going to be "a landslide" for Barack Obama.

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A mass defection from the Republican Party may be underway in counties that were once GOP strongholds. Call it the reverse Bradley Effect.

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I look at these people and can't quite believe that they exist. Are they professional actors? I wonder. Or are they simply laymen who want a lot of attention?

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Today I decided that I needed to see the great communicator Sarah Palin in person at the giant Home Depot Stadium in Carson, and voice my opposition to the many public statements she has made recently about supporting the troops.

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"We believe that a candidate should be able to preserve some privacy in this process, and we're confident the American people will validate that judgment come election day."

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Ya know it wont be over until the proverbial fat lady has sung.

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KIRO-TV recently ran its own data to double check the state's work. Investigative Reporter Chris Halsne found out the system was set up to ignore the existence of approximately 24,000 convicted felons.

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Govenor Palin is not as innocent and as transparent as she would have us all believe.

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You may or may not know it, but the United States government has a website. USA.gov is dubbed the US government's official web portal. There you can find information for citizens, businesses, government employees, and visitors to the US.

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Nader voters pray for "Rocky like ending"

If you were on-line over the weekend, you already know what I'm going to say, Nader was everywhere. For somebody that does not have a chance to win this upcoming election, there is a lot a talk about Nader.

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My vote counts, forget about the "Swing vote conspiracy"

As of late many of my friends are expressing concern over who to pick in the upcoming presidential election.

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Here's a sad monument to the sleaziness of this presidential campaign: Almost one-third of voters "know" that Barack Obama is a Muslim or believe that he could be.

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The grassroots campaign for Obama has not only made activists out of over 250 Americans participating in the group Americans in Italy for Obama, its now got many Italian citizens enthused, in particular that of the city of Venice's most recognized citizens, "I Gondolieri".

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"So I guess it's my turn now,'' Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska told a rally here Monday, saying that she looked forward to her big debate this week.

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The Republican National Committee (RNC) today launched new friend updates to its social networking Web site, www.BarackBook.com .

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Full-time RVers who sued voting officials over being bumped from the state voting rolls because they live on the open road say they've reached an agreement that allows them to vote.

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The Arizona senator also asked the Presidential Debate Commission to postpone Friday's scheduled debate with Obama so that he can work on the financial crisis bailout plan now on Capitol Hill.

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A 61 year old librarian was ejected from an ostensibly public McCain campaign event at the Denver Center of Performing Arts in Denver Colorado June 7 because she was brandishing a deadly memetic weapon a hand lettered sign that read McCain=Bush. Check out the video!

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Political analyst extraordinaire DICK MORRIS plots out the critical states that may determine whether John McCain or Barack Obama becomes the next president. McCain is pulling ahead in several states, while six others are tossups.

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Palin Unveils 9/11 Firefighter Cousin, Reformed Lesbian Niece, Naturalized Mexican Half Brother September 16, 2008 | Issue 44•38

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DNC and Obama campaign suing Michigan for GOP's plan to use foreclosure lists to challenge voters at the polls

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