Contributed by: Cary Briel / Skaneateles
Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign Monday drew the parallel between Sen. John McCain’s involvement in the 2-decade-old “Keating Five” scandal and the current economic situation. The Obama campaign released a 13-minute documentary called “Keating Economics: John McCain and the Making of a Financial Crisis.” Visit the website here. Also be sure to check out AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka speak about Obama and racism here.
Contributed by: Cary Briel / Skaneateles
AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka offers this moving defense of Barack Obama against racial attacks.
Contributed by Cary Briel / Skaneateles
Barack Obama is a leader in my opinion, a welcome change from what we’ve endured for the last 8 years. The following video is Barack Obama speaking on the Senate floor on October 1, 2008 concerning problems with world credit markets.
UPDATE: It’s reported by the AP that John McCain stayed curiously quiet and did not speak on the bill. The AP reports “McCain’s decision not to speak on the bill in the Senate chamber was odd for a candidate who took the legislation so seriously that he had suspended his campaign and suggested what became a bipartisan White House meeting on the matter.”
The AP also noted something that I would argue illustrates the true nature of McCain: “Before the roll was called, Arizona Sen. McCain dined in Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell’s office. When the series of votes were called, McCain did not acknowledge Obama as he passed by; Obama later initiated a handshake.” This rude nature is similar to how it was widely reported that McCain did not once look at Obama in their first debate.
Contributed by Cary Briel
When I first moved to Skaneateles, I talked for a while to the lawyer for the seller of our house in the front yard, mainly about the Skaneateles area, and I remember that he joked with me that he was the sole Democrat in Skaneateles to show up for Democratic primaries. At the time, I just laughed, and said “I’ll bet!” That was almost 20 years ago. Interestingly, John McCain has set forth a health plan that may effectively tax health benefits for some workers, primarily those with high incomes and/or expensive health plans. This would seem to apply to many people in Skaneateles, hitting them right in the pocket book, right at a time when expenses are soaring for fuel, food, and many other necessities. Here’s a video of Joe Biden discussing McCain’s plans to treat certain health insurance premiums as taxable income if he’s elected, possibly making the plan the largest tax increase on middle-class tax payers in American history. You can read more about it in this New York Times article. The article also describes how John McCain has advocated the “free market approach” (read: deregulation) as the approach to make health insurance more affordable.
Contributed by Cary Briel
Barack Obama is such a welcome change from the nonsensical babbling that has emanated from the Executive for the last eight years, and continues to be blurted out by Obama’s opponent.
I just noticed that Barack Obama has an area on his website that describes his economic plan for the US. With all the recent financial trouble in the news, this issue seems appropriate for discussion in Skaneateles and/or any small town in America.
Contributed by: Cary Briel, Skaneateles Design
Here’s the trailer for the new Oliver Stone movie, “W,” based on the life of President George W. Bush. Josh Brolin plays Bush, Elizabeth Banks plays his wife Laura, and Richard Dreyfuss plays Vice President Dick Cheney. Best of all, Rob Corddry plays former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer. The movie is slated for release on October 17.
The video:
Contributed by Sarah L. Padula
I am writing to express outside views regarding some of the Skaneateles population who are part of a movement to discriminate against certain people who use public roads in their area.
In a recent rally held in Skaneateles, a resident who claims she lives on the corner of Routes 20 and 41 proudly announced that she hits her breaks when a garbage truck comes up behind her so she can force the truck to go as slowly as possible. This woman is clearly unaware that she, in fact, is demonstrating road rage. Does she have a clue about braking distance in relation to load factor? This same woman said something to the effect that “one of these days, one of these trucks will kill someone.” Well, she could very well be the person who causes such an accident if she continues her road rage driving behavior.
Now, this woman certainly must recognize herself in the paragraph above , as well as should some of her friends and neighbors. It seems the local police might want to go have a chat with this woman about road rage and intentionally interfering with the smooth flow of traffic.
As punishment for her self-admitted road rage, I think this woman should have to ride with a garbage truck hauler for at least a month.
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