Today, I’m asking some BIG questions. They need answers. It’s a Saturday. You’ve got a few minutes. Do me a favor please & let me know what you think the answers are. Thanks in advance…
Here’s what I’m wondering:
#1 – We’ve had American troops in Iraq for five years essentially occupying a huge oil producing nation. American oil companies are bursting with billion dollar profits. Yet, somehow gas prices will soon top $4 a gallon.
We’re in Iraq for the oil companies. Our young men and women are their dying for them. Yet, somehow the oil industry can’t see their way clear to sacrificing some profit to make their product more affordable to the average American.
Why won’t our government do more than just hold hearings designed to make our politicians look like they are fighting for us? I like free market capitalism as much as the next guy but, it’s time to get tough with big oil!
#2 – Did Fidel Castro fund his retirement with a 401K or traditional pension fund?
#3 – Why do politicians spend millions just to get jobs that top out in the $200,000 per year range? Oh, wait, that question was answered when the Clintons released their taxe returns the other day. The post-Presidential money is SWEEEEET!
#4 – Why are people so upset over Reverend Wright’s comments when many of his comments mirror comments made by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr?
This one I can answer. Dr. King, may he rest in peace, was a great man who did make comments that were justifiably criticical of American culture and policy and some do sound similar to Reverend Wright’s. The difference is the context. Dr. King made his comments 40 and 50 years ago. If Dr. King were alive today, no doubt he’d stick by many of them. However, time has changed some things and Reverend Wright’s mistake is not realizing that. His comments simply don’t reflect the full picture of where America is today.
Barack Obama could’ve told you that, but unfortunately he wasn’t there to hear any of Reverend Wright’s controversial comments in person. Timing issss everything.
#5 – If we all agree no children should be left behind, then how do we tolerate having 50% high school drop out rates in several of our biggest cities? We’re one of the richest countries in the world, how do we allow this to continue? Local government and school officials should get their share of the blame, but why are parents not rioting for better schools in those cities?
#6 – Final question on Candidate McCain. Should we be nervous that you are endorsed by Reverend Hagee, who when not calling the Catholic Church “a whore” is eagerly awaiting and praying for the end of the world? True story. Hagee wants judgement day to get here ASAP & he’s supporting John McCain. Should that tell us something??
