Palin offends small town Kansans

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Sunday October 05, 2008 · 10:20 AM PDT

2008/10/05 · 10:20

I am from Kansas. There is an entire book dedicated to Kansas, and how people in this state figure into the political landscape.

http://www.amazon.com/...

According to What's the Matter with Kansas?: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America Kansas is the home to the poorest county in the United States, High Plains County. A county that 80% of the population voted for Bush in 2004. I preface this diary with keeping this in mind. Kansas is notorious for being red. The reddest of the red states. We're the state that became a national joke when our state school board decided to get intelligent design integrated into the science curriculum.

And yet, everyone I've talked to my reddest of red states? Dislikes Palin...and wasn't impressed with her debate performance...

Emma1420

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Sunday September 21, 2008 · 2:25 PM PDT

2008/09/21 · 14:25

So after watching the Sunday morning shows, I have some very grave concerns about this bailout legislation that the government wants to get approved in a matter of days. Particularly, after the last time we gave the Bush administration a blank check, and ended up with the Patriot Act and the Iraq war.

Not to mention that the congress would have to approve raising the national debt ceiling to 11.3 trillion dollars (according to CBS News).

And then to top it all off? I see that Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sacs are in trouble as well -- http://www.cnbc.com/...

Emma1420

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Wednesday September 17, 2008 · 5:59 PM PDT

2008/09/17 · 17:59

Apparently WaMu is for sale...after months of speculation rumors appear to be strengthening. What is one of the reason's for this? Customers. People who are smart enough to realize that keeping your money in the bank isn't such a hot idea these days.

http://abcnews.go.com/...

And who can blame them? I realize that deposits up to 100K are FDIC insured, but given how over stretched the government is these days, I'd be surprised if the government can afford to help bail out the little guy. Afterall socialism is only for the corporations.

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Tuesday September 16, 2008 · 7:13 PM PDT

2008/09/16 · 19:13

Apparently the Americans workers over at AIG were not fundamentally strong, given how the fed just announced an 85 billion loan to AIG, where the government now controls almost 80% of the company.

When I woke up a year ago...I know the first thing in my mind, was darn it, I wish I was part owner in an insurance company. And apparently now I am.

http://money.cnn.com/...

What I find most amazing about this, is that for all the talk about personal responsibility, there seems to be very little talk about corporate responsibility. As an individual I can't file bankruptcy and hope that the government will bail me out. No, if I file chapter 7 or 13, the government expects me to pay back my debts at least partially.

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Sunday September 14, 2008 · 10:53 AM PDT

2008/09/14 · 10:53

So the Steelworkers union gets it, so why don't the American people?

http://www.pww.org/...

The Steelworkers union has flat out said that McCain's plan "would raise taxes on workers in an effort to eviscerate the current health care system in the name of free market idolatry."

Why do the American people not get this? McCain wants to raise taxes. Raise them. And if he succeeds with his free-market concept, millions more people would go without health insurance each year. Oh, and McCain says that he will be happy to make sure that the insurance companies don't discriminate against people with pre-existing conditions, but he hasn't said specifically how he would do that.

Even more interesting is the Kaiser Foundation's analysis McCain's proposed tax credit...

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