While Rome Burned...They Talked About Lipstick

On Tuesday, as McCain campaign surrogates were dispatched far and wide
to ensure railroad coverage of the contrived "lipstick" controversy,
Barack Obama responded not with a harder counterpunch or attack ad, but
a call for the country to keep its focus on...actual issues.

"You know who ends up losing at the end of the day?" Obama said about
the latest dust-ups during a stop in Virginia. "It's not the Democratic
candidate, it's not the Republican candidate. It's you, the American
people, because then we go another year or another four years or another
eight years without addressing the issues that matter to you. Enough."

So, if you've spent the last few days following what's become of the
presidential race, here's the actual news you may have missed:

U.S. global leadership is dwindling: "An intelligence forecast being
prepared for the next president on future global risks envisions a
steady decline in U.S. dominance in the coming decades." According to
the U.S. intelligence community's top analyst, U.S. leadership is
eroding "at an accelerating pace" in "political, economic and arguably,
cultural arenas."

Market diving, another massive bank may collapse: Stocks fell 280 points
on Tuesday, a dive that was accelerated when concerns mounted about the
Lehman Brothers investment bank's ability to raise capital. "Waves of
selling wiped out nearly half of Lehman's value in the stock market on
Tuesday, leaving the firm, one of the nation's oldest and largest
investment banks, in an all-out fight for survival," the New York Times
reported.

Fear of violence, terrorism slows Iraq withdrawal: "U.S. defense
officials said the president's decision to withdraw only 8,000 soldiers
from Iraq reflects a persistent concern among top commanders that the
improvements in security could be temporary and that renewed violence
could erupt. Officials fear that Iran might reactivate the Shiite Muslim
militias it's armed and trained and that the Sunni group al Qaida in
Iraq is trying to reestablish itself in Mosul, Iraq's third-largest city."

Iraqi parliament gridlocked: "Iraqi lawmakers returned from their summer
recess Tuesday, still gridlocked over the critical law on provincial
elections and with no new vote in sight."

Economy weakening: "The U.S. economy continues to be marked by weak
housing and labor-market conditions," the Wall Street Journal reported
today, "suggesting economic performance will be sluggish at best through
the end of the year."


On 9/11 anniversary, aviation still vulnerable: "The nation's top
domestic security official," Homeland Security Secretary Michael
Chertoff, "said Wednesday aviation remains vulnerable to terrorist
attack seven years after 9/11."

Unemployment rising: The nation's unemployment rate has "bolted above
the psychologically important 6 percent level last month for the first
time in five years," the AP noted over the weekend, "and it's likely to
go even higher in the months ahead, possibly throwing the economy into a
tailspin as Americans pick a new president." Moreover, a new study
released yesterday showed that pending home sales dropped 3.2% in July,
reversing gains made in June.

Federal deficit ballooning: The weak economy is not only devastating the
federal government's coffers -- likely driving the federal budget
deficit over the $500 billion mark by January, according to government
estimates -- but is also depleting state unemployment insurance trust funds.

U.S. 'running out of time' in Afghanistan: "The chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff said today the U.S. is 'running out of time' to get the
war in Afghanistan right and announced that he was developing a "new,
more comprehensive strategy" to cover the entire region."

Military suicides reaching record levels: Suicides among active-duty
soldiers this year "are on pace to exceed both last year's all-time
record and, for the first time since the Vietnam War, the rate among the
general U.S. population," according to Army officials.

U.S.-Russia relations worsening: "Just three months ago, President Bush
reached a long-sought agreement with Russia intended to open a new era
of civilian nuclear cooperation and sent it to Congress for review. Now,
according to administration officials, Mr. Bush is preparing to scrap
his own deal."

OPEC trying to prevent oil prices from falling: The OPEC oil cartel
announced its intention to reduce oil production by approximately half a
million barrels per day in what the New York Times described as "a bid
to stem a rapid decline in oil prices in recent weeks."

And that's not even counting the 36 million Americans living in poverty
this year, the sky high prices of gas and food, the sinking consumer
confidence, and the 46.9 million people without health insurance (about
16 percent of the total population), etc.

No, the stories above are just from the last few days...



Stolen from the Huffington Post.

HK wrote:


While Rome Burned...They Talked About Lipstick

....

No, the stories above are just from the last few days...

yeah but we're just whiners...

On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:14:17 -0700, -rick- wrote:

HK wrote:


While Rome Burned...They Talked About Lipstick

...

No, the stories above are just from the last few days...

yeah but we're just whiners...

Not if you are highlighting the high crimes and misdemeanors by the Bush
Administration and Republicrat/Demopublican Congress. They're all crooks.

Vote 3rd party!

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On Sep 11, 11:01*pm, Curly Surmudgeon
wrote:
On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:14:17 -0700, -rick- wrote:
HK wrote:

While Rome Burned...They Talked About Lipstick

...

No, the stories above are just from the last few days...

yeah but we're just whiners...

Not if you are highlighting the high crimes and misdemeanors by the Bush
Administration and Republicrat/Demopublican Congress. *They're all crooks.

Vote 3rd party!

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Regards, Curly
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unfortunately it's looking like the american voter is gonna put on its
alfred e. newman face and vote for mccain. after all, except for
foreign policy, domestic policy, security, economics, taxes, health
care, defense, and the color of the white house, he's gonna change
everything.