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Is it not amazing how many conservatives will accuse democrats of being unpatriotic when, at the same time, they are the ones putting troops in harms way. Our troops deserve better than this! They do not deserve to be electrocuted when taking a shower! It is time that those responsible this answer for these deaths. Not just the companies that did the shoddy work but those who stood by and allowed it to happen!

Simply put, a vote for Norm Coleman is a vote against our troops!

Scott

Yet another reason why we must elect Obama as our next president! With his leadership and his ideas, we will be able to end the strangle hold that big oil has on this country! Only be ending the use of oil can we save ourselves!

Finally, after much delay, the EPA released a report indicating that climate change (aka global warming) will result in increased diseases. Once again the Bush Administration did all they could to hide this information from us. This is why we can not afford to allow the McCain-Bush ticket from continuing these policies! We need to take back country of this country and we need to save it!

Congress is currently weighing the pros and cons of opening both offshore areas and the Artic to drilling. Here is the problem both of these are environmentally sensitive areas which are already in distress. While we have made significant strides in reducing our impact, when drilling, it is difficult to believe that these areas will not be adversely affected. It is also astonishing that we have leaders making the claim that there are “vast” amounts of oil in these areas. The truth of the matter is that the “proven” quantities would not even last us three years!

Recently, I read on a CNN blog which stated there was currently no technology that would allow us to store wind energy. Turns out that the posting is wrong - wind energy can be stored! One method is to use wind energy to generate compressed air and then use that compressed air for generating electricity! (http://news.cnet.com/Saving-wind-power-for-later/2100-11392_3-6170659.ht...)

Click on the link below to see the response McCain gave to a reporter's question about the unfairness of insurance companies paying for Viagra but not birth control.

http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/mccain_respect_contraception/?r=922&...

This was syndicated from Barack Obama's Blog

"A Lifelong Republican" -

Thelma is a youthful 87-year-old lifelong Republican from Oregon, who has worked for six different start-ups in Silicon Valley. When she's not writing, she enjoys working in her garden and keeping in touch with her two children. Republicanism was instilled in her from an early age.