Barack Obama is taking narcissism to new heights. Never has there been a nominee with a wider gap between his evaluation of himself and the sum total of his achievements. He has not produced even one important legislative achievement in his three years in Washington (maybe because for the past 18 months he's been campaigning for the presidency) instead of dealing with the significant issues of our time. As a law professor at Harvard, he never produced a single notable published piece. His best known work is a biography he wrote about, you guessed it, himself. He articulates a Middle East policy without visiting Iraq or Afghanistan, nor meeting with our top military leaders. He wants our children to speak Spanish, but he does not. Recently, he put a quasi-presidential seal on his podium. Because he has no foreign policy experience or credentials, he now is planning to visit Europe, with awe-struck American journalists in tow, so he can "look" presidential. Obama may think that he can dazzle us with rallies and "feel-good" rhetoric, but there is no substance to him. His resume is empty. His long relationships with a race-baiting preacher, unrepentent American terrorists, and convicted felon are proof that he will associate with anyone and say anything that will advance his personal agenda, and then disown them at the drop of a hat. Obama has never done anything that remotely qualifies him to be President. In my lifetime, he is easily the most unprepared and therefore dangerous nominee. I'm not ready to turn my country over to him.

The truth about oil prices

A vote for a Democrat this year will insure that the price of gasoline, and most other staples too, will never go down in your lifetime. Why? Because the Democrats are beholden to the ultra environmentalists who want to de-industrialize America, the exact opposite course that has lead to our greatness. Democrats, as far back as Bill Clinton, have refused to allow our oil companies to tap the vast seas of oil that sit right under our own land and on the outer continental shelf, insuring our dependence on foreign oil. The Democrats want the price of gasoline to stay right where it is now, believing that maintaining the hardship will rally the suffering public to want "change" and carry their candidate into the White House. The gamble is that the public will not exercise any critical thinking as to the real reasons and the real culprits in this sham. The futures markets will continue to pummel the price of oil because the Democrats' policies insure America of a continued shortage. The price of gasoline has gone from $2.10 to $4.60 in the two short years that the Democrats have controlled Congress. The rising price of oil permeates every sector of our economy, but especially the poor. Do the voters understand that the Democrats want their vote but don't care one bit about the economic havoc they are causing them? Do you really believe that the prices will ever go down if we refuse to bring up the oil that sits right under our feet?

Economic truths

Count on the national media to shun their homework (and the facts) and only report what fits their own agenda. The present state of America's economy is the latest example. The national "talking heads" uniformly trumpet comparisons to the Great Depression of the 1930's, and the unmistakable inference that only political "change" can avoid a repeat of history. Conveniently, actual facts are ignored because they do not fit the game plan of the national press. Firstly, America is not in recession. A recession is defined as two quarters of negative economic growth. WE HAVEN'T EVEN HAD ONE QUARTER OF NEGATIVE GROWTH. Secondly, America's steady unemployment rate of 5% (a good historical figure) hardly compares to the 25% rate of the Great Depression. Thirdly, today's stock market value losses of approximately 10% pale compared to the 75% losses of the 1930's. Over 9,000 banks failed in the G.D. and depositors lost over $140 billion. Nothing remotely like that is happening now. Today's economics more closely mirror the 1970's with its inflation problems than the deflation woes of the 1930's. By recklessly using phrases like "the great depression" each evening, the national press can influence the confidence and behavior of people that might aggravate our economic conditions. People might be more inclined to "change" if they think doom is on the horizon. Yes, America is in the midst of a slowing down of its growth; we're continuing to grow albeit at a slower rate. For the national press to glibly fear-monger the public with exaggerated comparisons each evening reflects the disregard of truth and responsibility that it once had, and how it is now powered by its own agenda.