TSA is one of the worst governmental regulatory agencies next to the ATF. TSA should be completely abolished, and airport security should be entirely privatized.

Obama and McCain are the same thing. Bought and paid for by foreign and corporate interests, who have little regard for America or its beloved values. They are owned by the same people who groomed Bush and Clinton, and thus, America will continue down this sad path of affairs.

Also, a couple of platform problems I have with Obama (McCain is self explanatory--I don't vote for fake conservatives):

- Does not plan to reduce the size of government, or eliminate spending
- Does not favor repeal of the 16 Amendment and the income tax (in fact he plans to raise it)
- Does not favor getting rid of the Fed
- Supports the socialist "windfall profits" tax
- Plans to raise the capital gains tax (seriously screw that, I paid enough of that last year on my investments)
- Does not favor a withdraw of American forces from the Middle East. Obama apparently wants to "go after" Pakistan, and spark a regional war that Bush has avoided by the skin of his teeth.
- Does not support energy independence
- Is in favor of socialized medicine
- His wife is CFR. 'Nuff said.
- Wants to pursue more racist affirmative action policies
- Is backed my commercial banking more than ANY OTHER candidate
- Has not made any effort to secure America's borders, nor has indicated that he will
- The Global Poverty Act (this thing is insane)
- Believes in the myth known as global warming

The list goes on, but my fingers hurt.

I know full well the rules and regulations of the FEC concerning donations,as I have worked on several campaigns in my home state. The problem with "foreign" donations is that this is unclear--the way donations are handled is that they are made via an individual and sorted by zip code. When an American living in say, Germany, makes a donation, they can't list a zip code. The problem is that there is no system to discern who is making the actual donation--only who is theoretically making the money transfer with the name provided.

As for Obama accepting illegal, foreign donations;
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=71431

And just for fun regarding the corporate question;
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/08/09/pacs_and_lobbyists_aided_obamas_rise/

So, uh, in Obama's America, where does the cut-off stand for middle class? I'm making well above 40k, and would like to know.

This would be news if Obama (along with every other mainstream candidate through the primaries) wasn't taking foreign/corporate money. Oops.

You are unamerican not because of your views, but because of your disregard for American values, and more importantly, your malevolence towards them. There is nothing wrong with disagreeing with American policies, but saying that you are an American simply because you took an oath (one which you can't uphold obviously) is a load of BS. You've made it abundantly clear on here that you have an allegiance to your nation of birth, which obviously supersedes your supposed oath to the Constitution, which is in fact, a violation of that oath.

Go back to the Soviet Union from whence you came and I'll see you out on the battlefield when America's "Eagle proceeds to rip the intestines from Eurasia's "Bear."

01tim, you are disgrace to this country, hiding behind an oath you took as a right of complete disregard for the responsibilities associated with it. In the words of one of Russia's own, "we will bury you." The Soviet Union has faded into the history books once; this time, we will erase your nation's tyrannical reign of terror entirely.

No, the government is right--you are an American in name only. You seem to lack the fundamental spiritual and philosophical qualities to be a considered a true American though.

Condolences, comrade.

He does speak for all Americans. You are clearly not one with your inability to recognize the genocidal chaos that the Soviet Union has inflicted upon Georgia.

Obviously, whoever wrote this piece failed microeconomics. If corporations could get away with not paying federal income taxes, the word "outsourcing" would not even be in the American vocabulary.

And no one should be paying income taxes anyways, not corporations or individuals, as the very concept is legalized theft.

So? How exactly does this address your earlier point? The fact that nations go to war is hardly something new, let alone the idea that nations actively plan wars. That's the way political orders work. Have you ever read Machiavelli?

Given that every war is suspect of foul governmental play, your inclusion of just the ones where America was involved destroys your credibility as an intelligent, forward thinking individual.

Oh and btw, if you really want to present yourself as a patriot, I suggest you not hang your own country's flag upside down. You're not really helping your case.

... and every other nation/empire on Earth.

John McCain is worse in substance, but Obama is the more treasonous one. Regardless, both have a firmly planted and well-established hatred/disgust for the American political tradition, so does it really matter?

Uh, American foreign policy has been creating illicit hatred of the U.S. way before Iraq ever became a prime time news issue.

I honestly don't think that bipolarizing the current geopolitical face of the Earth would help much of anything, so the argument that there would be far reaching consequences seems kind of moot. There are just as bad far reaching consequences by not being proactive about this situation, and more so for Europe than the U.S.

Obviously, you failed world history.

The Russian chauvinism in this thread is hilarious.

First off, 01time, if the Soviets were so intent on earning respect like you say, they would take a cue from their own history, as well as present day current affairs, as invading a country does not exactly make you any friends.

Now, comrade, your comparison of USA invading Iraq to that of Russia invading Georgia has no circumstantial similarities, except for the fact that both situations entail one country invading another. While both could certainly be classified as poor foreign policy decisions, the brutality of Comrade Putin's actions in Georgia have now gone from "disproportionate" to full-on barbaric. Not only has Georgia willingly offered a cease-fire, they have begged the Soviets to stop this genocidal mania, and the Soviet diplomats have snubbed them at every turn. The reality is that in a conventional war, the US could take on the Red Army with few strategic problems, but we won't because we happen to have a spineless goat for a leader.

Count your blessings, Comrade.

No, Russian equipment is poor and sub-par compared to our stuff. Even if they did have a stinger-equivalent, it wouldn't matter in the long run because Japan is building us a slick new tank that is RPG and IED-proof.

Irrelevant, but good try in order to segway the debate into something far less meaningless. I don't just "think" we can win in a nuclear war, it is supported by facts. You choosing not to acknowledge them is not my flaw.