Here in North Texas we are paying 2.83 at Wal-Mart, 2.91-3.01 every where else and road diesel is 3.21 at Wal-Mart and 3.35-3.41 every where else.
We deserve higher gas and fuel cost, as we voted two oil men into the White House. When we had a lover in the White House, it was affordable. We have made Hallaburton and Oil companies rich the last 6 and half years. I hope we can get two farmers in the White House, but none of them have the money to run.
Our fertilizer here is approaching $650 per ton. Even with anhydros. Seems the Chinese are buying it all and it is a bi-product of oil. That was the reason given for sheet-rock, steel, plywood, and cement going up too. The Chinese are buying everything with the dollars going out of the United States. We owe them the largest portion of our national debt. I got tired of Hillary and Obama talking about who was the most black last week while the economy is headed south fast. Edwards was by far the best of the three and now he has stepped aside.
George W. Bush has been the most prolific spender ever as president and many republicans have forgotten that the first six years of his services was with a house and senate who were majority from his same party. McCain has opposed the president's policy several times and is a good candidate. Many have slurred the democrat party for spending but all their spending has never equalled what was supposed to be a conservative leadership who rewarded the rich with less taxes to create job and stimulate new state of the ark facilities, but the money was kept from circulations, no new jobs, and more jobs have gone overseas. When Bill Clinton left office we had a surplus for the first time in many years. Our congressman asked us what to do with it. I was at the meeting and told him that two things I felt like would be right: 1. To put back into the social security what Mr. Reagan had taken out and Mr. Thorneberry told me by law they could not do that. 2. I told him to use it to pay the national debt. Everyone of here who paid taxes were refunded money. That might have gotten votes but it did not help any of the situations that should have been given priority. Mr. Clinton and the republican controlled House and and senate were the most conservative presidency we have have had. Mr. Clinton was so conservative in his financial leadership that many republicans said he is coping our ideas, and many democrats were saying he is too conservative for us.
One attorney friend of mine, a democrat, said, "We need to elect the house and Senate of one party and the presidency of another and maybe that way they will not mess it up worse." There might be some merit to what he has said.
My son will not vote for anyone not on the republican ticket because he says they stand for morality. I asked him then why did we not get some of the moral issues past while the republicans controlled both houses and the presidency? I told him many republicans run on moral issues for a sham. Many democrats have been defeated that were very moral and stood for morality on every side. I would guess from many of the scandals that have come from our politicians that morals are an issue with both parties. Morality is telling the truth. When I ran for office, some would not vote for me because I would treat all people equally. Actually, a church had a meeting and asked their members not to vote for me because I would treat the poor and rich; people of position and those from the wrong side of the track, white and black, white and Mexican, alike. I took that as a compliment, because that was moral. Morality is saying and doing what you say, not just having illicit affairs. Those who signed the contract with America and are still in office have no morals, as their promise was a three term office. Oh yes, the act that defined marriage as between one man and one woman was past and signed while Bill Clinton was president, but has not been enforced by his successor.
Let all of us pray that who ever is elected will lead our country in the best way to insure our continued prosperity and great future.