What does your future hold?

Its the day before the election, and although many of you can tell who I support by the tone of my blogs, I feel its time to venture off the beaten path for a day, and endorse my choice of candidate.
The most important issue facing any of us today is terrorism. And the world's stand on taking up the fight against it. Shortly after 911, President Bush stated that as a country you are either with us in this fight or you are against us. No middle ground. No excuses. No hedging.
He has stuck to this stand in spite of flagging polls, and despite the vitriole espoused toward him.
This to me is a leader. Terror is a real threat, look at the children in Russia, look at 911, LOOK at the attacks during the Clinton administration. Read my past blogs on this topic. We CANNOT wish it away or pretend it doesnt exist or have any consequences to our present lives. Its here and we have to deal with it. I have two sons in the military. Their well being and support depends heavily on who will be their Commander In Chief. Think of this...75% of the military support President Bush. The very men and women who are putting their lives on the line daily support and strongly support their CIC. Without this kind of commitment to their CIC, and a strong unwavering support of the soldiers from him, our military will be in trouble. Bush has never wavered in his support of my sons. Even my four year old granddaughter has picked up on this aspect just by watching the candidates on television. She has made up her mind. Bush is a hero to her daddy. Kerry doesnt like what Daddy is doing and is fighting against her Daddy. She came to me the other day, and wanted John Kerry's mother's phone number. This came out of the clear blue. I asked her why she wanted it. She very thoughtfully said, (you know how you can see when a child has been deep in thought about something), "I want to call her and tell her to put John Kerry in his room and make him think about why he is trying to ruin the world." Call me stunned. Her father was away from her , she hadnt seen him for six months, (hes a single father and she now lives with me) and because of his absence we are very careful not to talk politics in front of her. The only conclusion of her thought processes that I could come to is that shes been listening to the ads on television and has because of her Daddy picked up on the military aspects of this race. Out of the mouth of babes, clear, unadulterated logic.
Iraq...
If you have read this blog at all, I hope that you have arrived at the conclusion that the main stream media has done us all an injustice, not to mention the grave injustice that they have dealt to the Iraqi people. These are a wonderfully strong and resiliant spirit, who hold high hopes for their FREE futures. They too have dreams and hopes for their children. And because of George Bush the reality of these hopes and dreams have never been closer to coming true. Schools are functioning, girls are attending school for the first time , hospitals are being brought up to date, children have received and are now current with immunizations, they have clean water, electricity, can go to restaurants, have internet access, cars, better pay, and the very exciting upcoming election. For you naysayers who doubt the election will happen, I hate to burst your bubble. Elections are already happening . Town councils are being elected, local leaders are being voted into positions. And pride in their choices abound. The Iraqi people can now have something you and I take for granted. A VOICE. They now can have opinions and say them out loud without fearing reprisal. God bless them all. The Iraqi people themselves view the "insurgents" as foreigners, as people who dont belong there. THEY ARE TERRORIST!!!!
And these despicable excuses for human beings are afraid. Afraid that if Iraq succeeds they will be beaten. They are roaring ever louder, and we need to fight back even harder. Would you prefer we fought them here? Dont kid yourself if you are telling yourself it wouldnt have happened.
Afghanistan and Osama
Osama is quite the smart adversary. He has plenty of cover. It is my hope and prayer we will one day be able to parade him as a captured murderer. But we cannot and should not sit by and make him our one and only target. We are a great country capable of doing many things. We did go into Afghanistan and we did emerge triumphant. The Taliban was overthrown. For those of you that may not have heard...Afghanistan held their first election in their 5000 year history.
It was a peaceful and successful undertaking, done with much conviction and effort. This is major people. BIG.
Do you also realize that our special forces are out and in many areas of the world, quietly undermining terrrorists cells all over? Of course not, we dont hear about our victories. Do you know how many terrorists have been thwarted in this country? Of course not , again no media play. It is good news. The kind that made a blog like this necessary.
Iran...
Little known to us, unless you read other than the MSM, there is now a growing uprising in Iran. The people there too want their freedom. This is a developing story and deserves attention.
Domestic policy
I benefited from the tax cuts. I also put the money I received right back into the economy. I bought a new car. (ok, the cut made a down payment and my last car was 11 years old and well...not long for this earth)
While I am on the topic of taxes, this one really bugs me. Kerry has often said that he would raise the taxes on the upper 1% of the rich...or is it 2% ? Not sure since Ive heard him say both.
I always found that interesting since the highest money makers of this fortunate strata, dont pay taxes to begin with. The people who can afford it most pay less of a percentage than I paid even with my tax cut. Teresa Heinz paid taxes on 2.5 million, and didnt pay ANY taxes on another 2.5 million last year. So Mr Kerry will you make your wife pay taxes on ALL her income? Didnt think so.
Health care
I admit this can be a problem in this country. But for all its flaws we still have the best in medical anywhere in the world. Go to Canada, go to England...where the healthcare is free. Ever hear the adage, you cant get something for nothing. I have heard awful stories from people who live there. I have heard them first hand, and often my response has been ...."if you lived here that wouldnt have happened." So be careful what you wish for. Personally, Ill keep what we have.
We do need some kind of tort reform so our pharmaceutical companies can make vaccines and medications without fearing the trial lawyers, so our doctors can practice medicine without second guessing, without being driven out by high costs of malpractice or at the very least passing that cost onto the patients. We need to do something so that the clinics that offer services to the very people who need it most can stay open and arent forced out of business because once again the liability is too high. People are afraid to volunteer services in case of a lawsuit. And dont tell me this isnt a problem. Go talk to doctors, clinics, nurses, researchers.
Which brings me to embryonic stem cell research. Point one....AT NO TIME DID BUSH EVER PLACE A BAN ON THIS RESEARCH. NEVER. He placed conditions on the federal funding of it. I for one am glad. I have a problem with people who yell about wearing animal fur, using animals for experimentation but have no problem CLONING....YES CLONING...human embryos, then destroying them in the name of experimentation. If that is the research you want to do, so be it.
But dont ask me to pay for it. You are insisting I put aside my religious and ethical beliefs on your behalf. Something tells me you wouldnt consider doing the same for me. Get your immensely wealthy friends and supporters to finance it.
Go do as little Alex did. She was only four when she got cancer. She didnt ask the government to give her the answer. She found it herself. She did it herself. She took the initiative and the effort.
If this small child can move such mountains, why arent you adults? If you spent half the time raising the funds for your concern as you do bemoaning and belittling the government, I would venture you would have your funding by now. Quite simply, put YOUR money where your mouth is.
Jobs and the economy
I have a very modest stock portfolio. Very modest. After 911, it took a nose dive. My earnings statements were a nightmare. I would take a deep breath and tell myself not to panic. I didnt.
They are now healthy once again. Thats my perspective. Do we need more work on jobs? Yes. and I happen to like Bush's ideas on making people more competitive, more enabled, more active in the changes of this world and the market place. I am not a believer in hand outs. Ive seen way too many times how this disables people and way too often have seen how the system of handouts keeps people needing more handouts. This is an offensive way of thinking. Help is one thing....life support is another. Together with some ambition and drive we all can be sitting in a home with the comforts weve come to take for granted.
One more thing...Ive watched closely the two men running to be my leader, and Ive watched their body language, their interactions, their reactions. And its quite clear to me who is confident in his own skin, and who deeply cares about people and not themselves.
There is no other choice in my mind....only one...and its clear.... and for that I am grateful.
George W Bush....a real man...for real people...living in a real world.
God bless us all....and may God bless America.