I do believe that what Obama is talking about is very much like socialism.
Re-distribution of the wealth is very socialistic. Like you said, America
is about captialism, and equal opportunity and Mr. Obama is living proof
that it works. I mean, doesn’t he claim to have been raised in a
economically challenged home, yet he attended an ivy league school and is
now running for President of the United States? That is America, and what
he is proposing is not what our founding fathers intended.

Friday the story broke about Obama’s aunt who lives in a Boston slum. I
mean, he preaches for us to be our brothers keeper, but he doesn’t even
insure the prosperity and well being of his own family?

That to me is hypocrisy.

I do question Mr. Obamas role in ACORN, just as Nixon was questioned in
Watergate, Reagan in the Iran Contra Affair etc. etc. I question his
associations with his radical pastor and Bill Ayers…..I question those 2
issues alot. I mean, what reason did he have sitting in that church for 20
years listening to racist rants like that if he didn’t agree with the man?
If he is appauled, as he said he was, why didn’t he leave? I question why
he campaigned for Odinga in Africa who is obviously very radical and
dangerous. I question much about Mr. Obama, and that is my right as a
voter. It most certainly comes into my choice as to whether or not I would
vote for him. To say that I can’t question these issues and allow them to
influence my vote would be like burying my head in the sand, and that is not
likely to happen.

You said: “Also Obama will raise taxes for people like me, but as far as I
can tell from your blog, your taxes will go down.”

What makes you think that?

You said: “Now you might be against that, and I understand that, but Obama
is not raising taxes for 90% of the American people. He is just trying to
make it more fair. Fairness is not socialism.”

Fairness is eveyone paying the same tax rate. Why should one person pay a
higher tax rate than another? My husband and I give a large percentage of
our money to charity, and that is our choice. It should not be forced upon
us by big government. I live in America, not Cuba or China.

Thank you so much for your comment. It is welcome and I appreciate a
different point of view. We will just agree to disagree and cancel each
others vote out. ;*)

Oh, and thought I would add the definition of socialism from Wikipedia: “Socialists mainly share the belief that capitalism unfairly concentrates power and wealth among a small segment of society that controls capital and creates an unequal society. All socialists advocate the creation of an egalitarian society, in which wealth and power are distributed more evenly, although there is considerable disagreement among socialists over how, and to what extent this could be achieved.[1]”

And yes, Morocco is a great vacation spot….but i know what it is like to live there. Being on vacation is one hell of alot different than living there. My brother did for several years and it was rough….try spending 4 nights in a prison there with rats crawling over you and the sound of your fellow Moroccans being beat to hell down the hall for praying to someone other than Mohammad.

I think it would be FABULOUS to live in Australi or Fiji. I am drooling. I want to go there by boat and my oldest son wants to live in Australia and study reptiles. But my number one place that I want to sail to and possible eek out a life in is San Blas islands…..heavenly.