PegasusWing's Blog

Halliburton stock went from $8.04 in 2002 to now $47.43 in 2008. Vice President Cheney is experiencing no recession.

President Bush increased his person wealth from oil in the same period by $60 million.

They can afford the price of gasoline if it increases to $100 a gallon!  Easily.

Which of the two mentioned made the most money because of the war, do you think?

I remember Lady Byrd had investments in helicopters.  At the end of VN war, helicopters were flown to the Navy ships where the men tipped them overboard.

I also remember my classmates who never came back, those who came back maimed and hooked on drugs as they underwent heroic medical procedures.

The American soldier, he, and she as well, are unique in that they are willing to put their lives on the line to rescue strangers from distant countries.

 The American people have always risen to the call to do our part.

But somehow, the leadership and the soldier and the people have different objectives.

I have spoken with people who remember living through the Great Depression.

The tell me there is major difference in the character of the Americans and of their leaders, then and now.

Some Americans are expecting a greater depression, from which we may never recover.

We no longer have the industry to expand.

 Our open markets import merchandise made by child and sweat shop labor that puts American industry out of business.

This wonderful Free Market is not reciprocal. 

We are in serious trouble here, trillions on the war, billions on illegal invaders, free trade that benefits anyone but the US, debilitating inflation, outsourcing to the point that it destroys US industry and job opportunities, soaring fuel costs, and crooked, bribe-taking leadership.  All supported by taxes of the people who are increasingly finding supporting their families near impossible.

The Sunshine Law makes candidates tell who makes campaign contributions.

However, the difference between stock profits and out right contributions is mere semantics.

Is there leadership with the patriotism to put the future of the American nation before their own goal of acquiring massive personal wealth?