America (In Parked Domains)
There are lots of parked domains out there. So I’m going to use them in this article to disguise a commentary that really has nothing to do with domain names.
It’s election year in the United States. That means countless commercials promising a “better America” and lots of political pandering to the masses.
The state of America isn’t so grand right now. There’s talk of recession and the stock market has plunged over the past 2 months. There’s a mortgage crisis since too many people took out house loans they can’t afford and now want to blame someone else. The national debt is over 9 trillion dollars and it’s growing at nearly $1.6 billion a day since the government continues to spend taxpayer’s money and find a way to pay for it later. Following all, that’s what gets politicians elected.
In a few months, the government will send welfare checks (disguised as “tax rebates”) to millions of Americans. It’s called “fiscal stimulus”, but it’s really an election year attempt to win voters. Imagine the politican who voted against giving free money to citizens! It’s really just a loan, since someone will have to pay it back eventually (my generation) and the government is by now running a deficit. This sort of “spend what you don’t have” government philosophy trickles down to the masses.
Right now the presidential primaries are sweeping the nation. Texas has its primaries (cacauses) in March, and for the first time in a while Texas actually matters. We’ve had Obama and Clinton in town lately, counting for a debate the prior week at The University of Texas. These presidential hopefuls are on unusual turf — trying to sell themselves to Texans. This is unusual since, regardless of which Democrat wins Texas, they’ll lose the state to the Republicans in November.
Whenever you watch a debate, be sure to check the facts afterward on FactCheck.org. Or as Frank Schilling would prefer, FactCheck.com.
The politicians are promising all sorts of things right now. Apparently Clinton wants to turn America into a socialist state by freezing mortgage interest rates for 5 years. That’s brilliant! We may as well void all business contracts and just give stuff away for free. That will instill confidence in our economic system.
Now, for those of you Texans thinking regarding voting in March, I have a warning for you: regardless of which side you vote with (democrats or republicans), voting in the primary puts you “on the list”. You’ll will be hounded for the next year by the party you voted with. They’ll hound you for money. They’ll call your house to sell you on themselves. They’ll show up at your door. Apparently, voting in a primary is akin to signing up for a spammer’s opt-in e-mail list.
Am I jaded? Sure. I take solace in the fact that whomever is elected president won’t be able to push their crazy ideas through without some checks and balances.
Right??
