By now, I am sure you have heard the federal government may nationalize part of our banks. Now I have said it before and I will say it again, economics are not my strong suit at all, but this appears to me to be a very bad idea.

On top of that, yesterday, the Federal Reserve gave AIG another 38 billion, and we have been told that the 700 billion dollar bailout package is going to take some time before it kicks in. I am starting to get a little concerned here. What the hell have these Republicans done to our country?

People are scared. They don't know what to do. They watch the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer and there is a simmering anger brewing about. This is very relevant because in the meantime, we have 2 people running for high office that are stoking those flames and whipping that fear and anger -- and dare I say bitterness into racial and xenophobic hatred. That's is where I start to get nervous. The newest comment was "Off with His Head".

When people are scared, nervous frightened bitter -- insert any word here--- they react in the way that the environment around them does. John McCain and Sarah Palin have been tossing down gasoline and handing out matches. It's terrible considering we are in very dire times here in America. My level of disgust is real and intense. I trust Barack when he calls for cooler heads to prevail. I trust him when he says don't panic, but I do not trust these people that I am seeing at these Republican rallies-- especially the ones behind the podium.

In the end, people who go to McCain/Palin rallies are people we walk next to everyday. They are our co-workers, they are our neighbors, they are are our friends and even family. The economy is affecting them just as it is you and I. How Americans react to this crisis is completely dependent upon how our leaders act. Take a look around. It's very obvious who is leading steadily and who is erratic and chaotic. I think the answer is there.

What is becoming increasingly clear to me is that Barack Obama was given few billion pounds of extra crap to deal with once he takes office. I expect not to see everything that he has been trying to communicate to America, but at least I know he would rather be honest about the issues than get thousands of people distracted from real issues and fired up to a hate rally, as McCain/Palin have done-- and will conitinue to do. Americans deserve better than that, even if they don't realize it for themselves.

John McCain wants America to believe Barack Obama is a terrorist because he is desperate, just as desperate as the people who are on the verge of losing everything -- houses, jobs, savings. Desperate people trying to lead the same is just a recipe for chaos and mass destruction.

So who exactly is creating the terror?
The Republicans and this administration who caused this economic crisis in America. The ones who have been in charge of the house from 1996- 2006, The ones who have been in the executive branch since 2000. Now, they have John McCain and Sarah Palin steering the ship of hatred into the heart of what is left of middle class America.

We cannot afford this in America again. If we are to be a beacon of hope and goodness, we cannot allow these people to tear America apart down the lines of color, economic states and xenophobia. We must, as a nation, come together to help instead of hate, Our chances are running out here, and we simply must get Barack Obama elected. The alternative is truly terrifying.

I refused to let the terrorists win on 911™ and I refuse still today.

:peace: and
Raine