http://dougscudder.com Ignorance never settles a question. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:39:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I hear a lot these days about how America is a sinking ship. We have declined so far from our former days of morality and strength that there is no hope left for this nation. America will never go back to the good old days. Back when people didn’t have to lock their doors at [...]]]> http://dougscudder.com/2008/11/19/sinking-ship/ Since when does the candidate’s middle name have anything to do with his ability to govern? You know why people have latched onto Barak Obama’s middle name? Its because they are lazy. It’s easier to whine about how a candidate is a communist and a Muslim than it is to examine his positions and make [...]]]> http://dougscudder.com/2008/11/11/barak-hussein-obama/ After two years of campaign commercials, debates, mailings, fund raising, scandals and controversies it is all over. I love politics but this election cycle was more than I could take. The most amazing thing is that two days before the election some 8% of those who said they were going to vote claimed to be [...]]]> http://dougscudder.com/2008/11/08/finally/ What is wrong with our leaders in Washington? Admittedly this is a hole with no bottom. But I’d like to discuss one grain of sand on this beach. The president’s approval rating is in the mid twenties, and has been for a while now. Not to be outdone congress has spent weeks in the single [...]]]> http://dougscudder.com/2008/10/28/a-leader-who-leads/ We are gathered here today to honor something great. It lived a good life and today I would just like to say goodbye. When America was founded it a given that we would have a capitalistic society: a fair day’s wage for a fair day’s work. Work hard and you can be anything you want [...]]]> http://dougscudder.com/2008/10/14/in-memoriam/ We live in a dark, messed up world. Wall Street elites are irresponsible with their money and expect you and me to bail out their failing companies while millions lose their homes to foreclosures. Unemployment is up, gas shortages are plaguing the south east, and the Dow plunged below 800 yesterday despite the government’s “heroic [...]]]> http://dougscudder.com/2008/10/06/and-now-the-good-news/ Barak Obama is simply not qualified to be president. His time as a community organizer, civil rights attorney, state senator and his three years as a US senator don’t cut it. He is young and inexperienced and he is not in any way fit to lead this country. He has no foreign policy experience to [...]]]> http://dougscudder.com/2008/09/30/face-it/ If you are anything like me the recent news about how the economy is collapsing in on itself is just fascinating. See it all started when the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a half a percent to 3.0%. During the real estate boom of the past few years, mortgages were made to sub prime [...]]]> http://dougscudder.com/2008/09/30/lets-save-america-from-itself/ Last Thursday, of course, was the seventh anniversary of September 11th. Across the country America took a day to look back at the worst terror attack in our history. Seven years ago on a quiet Tuesday morning three passenger planes were hijacked using box cutters and small knives. Two of these airplanes were flown [...]]]> http://dougscudder.com/2008/09/16/our-flag-is-still-there/ In case you haven’t heard, Presidential candidate and old white guy John McCain has announced his running mate. In order to take advantage of his opponents youth and inexperience McCain nominated the only logical choice for vp: Sarah Palin. The first term governor of a a giant freezer full of untapped oil reserves, polar [...]]]> http://dougscudder.com/2008/09/10/palin-disaster/