Michael Bloomberg For President

People are saying on all the weekend news shows that there is going to be a third, or possibly fourth party candidate the next election. Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York has indicated an inclination to run for President next time. Clearly his best chances would be if both parties did a melt-down between now and then. If the Democrats are seen as having congressional ethics problems that will make it harder for them to win. Now President Obama has waffled on whether or not he approves of an Islamic Cultural center in lower Manhattan. On Friday night he says he's all for it and talks about first amendment religious liberty for all. But then he does a "walk back" on Saturday because he got a look at the overnight polls. If there is one thing the American People really want it's a Leader who follows his convictions and not one who blows every which way in the political winds. During the campaign Obama said he was against gay marriage. But now since then 52% of the people say they are all for legalized Gay Marriage. If the President were really a man of conviction he'd be just as strident in his outspokenness for traditional American family values as he was then. President Obama is incapable of breaking the power of this Republican mantra that "Business don't hire because they are worried about all the new tax laws and restrictions the Democrats have passed. Bloomberg won't all them to get away with this mantra. He'll see right through it and expose it. Politically, President Obama is like a man afraid of his own shadow, or a dog chasing its tail. The media affects how the people answer poll questions and the President does whatever the people believe at that minute. Does the President allow Newt Gingrich to mold his policies on issues such as Mosques in lower Manhattan? One can hardly regard Newt. Because if Neut really knows as much about American History as he says he knows that once Catholics were suspect, but we got over it. One can hardly regard two blocks away from Ground Zero as "hallowed ground". It is a "mixed neighborhood" with a lot of strip clubs and tatoo parlors in the area, as well as a lot of Muslims. It's an old Berlington Coat Factory building, for heaven sakes. I don't see why Newt and the bunch are ticked off. Michael Bloomberg has always said he favored the Mosque, or whatever it is- - cultural center. Of course on the Republican side, the worst thing that could happen to them is if they win congress this fall election. Because then they'll have the power of the gavvle and be able to hold these famous congressional hearings calling witnesses. In this process they will investigate to their hearts content and waste a lot of time and tax payers' money. The American people won't take too kindly to that. You can bet reducing unemployment will be last on their priorities. It's almost axiomatic that when there is a Republican in the White House the economy is in recession. It was true for both George Bushes, and Ford and Nixon. If the Democrats were smart they would remind the people of this. Bloomberg can come along as the big hero and save the day. And I would probably vote for him if that happened. Obama is pretty much all washed up. I don't think his presence here in California is going to help Barbra Boxer. Once again she is trailing in the polls. We want Senator Carley Feurina or whatever. Obama is just so wishy-washy he isn't good for much of anything. Maybe he should get a job as a college professor. We all know teaching is one job you can't get fired from.

If you saw Sixty Minutes last night you know that "Nice guys finish last". There is one man who had done what no one else had done in centuries of Swiss banking. He blew the lid off all their secrecy and now is considered a scourge to Switzerland and they have kicked him out of their country for revealing their secrets. Our Feds said they wanted information so the man told them everything he knew about various illegal financial deals. As a result of all of this grilling, the whistle blower was the ONLY one to get prison time. All the rest of the people who were being investigated went off Scott free. How is that justice for you. It's the way we do things in this country. You're not only "Too big to fail" but you're also "Too big to get punished". Instead of going after the big fish- they would rather just go through the motions of an investigation. Considering how it turned out - every other potential informent will now look at the example and say "Hell, I'm not going to be a whistle blower". So the justice department will do what they do best, pick on the little guy, like someone growing marijuana plants in their basement. I was happy to see Bill Press on the Mc Laughlin report. That kind of evened up the score a little. Pres is an even more strident liberal then Eleanor Clift. He doesn't believe either Charlie Rangler or Maxine Waters should be brought up on congressional charges. Bill Press states that Nancy Palosi has the power to make all of this go away, if she has the political resolve. There is no reason why we have to waste congressional time on these piddeling charges- - and certainly not before the November election. Perhaps President Obama should hire Bill Press as his political advisor. But if Bill Press is as smart as I believe he is, he would not lower himself to go with a loser.

Dead fish- - hundreds of them, have shown up on beaches all along the Atlantic coast line. This is like something out of a Biblical plague. Not even the sea gulls will eat them. It could be that the fish are starved of oxygen either from global warming, or from that corexid dispursent solution, or perhaps due to increased microbial action. At any rate it's a clear sign something is very wrong. Today the shrimping season has opened on the gulf. What have they been doing up till now??? The fishermen are not at all confident. The President and daughter Shasha took a horrible change swimming in those contaminated waters. If either of them comes down with something it's going to look really bad. Of course - - there are enough natural disasters such as this continuous flooding in Pakistan that has gone on for three weeks. They say the United States presence in the area handing out food and supplies will go a long way tword increasing our status among Pakistanis. Now we have flooding in Iowa. It would appear the worse of the summer heatwave in the nation's mid section may be subsiding. But we know we're going to continue to see these freak stories as long as we continue "benign neglect" of the planet.

Dr. Levy has been doing these topics on how to achieve holiness as a Jew. One of these is how to cultivate holiness itself. Today we talked of having "Order" in our lives. He said that with that order we are better able to bless other people and serve as an example for them. If - like in my own experiance with Christians- - they are either really late for an event- - or sometimes really early- - -or the event is not at all as they described it. There are any number of other mind games Christian's use. One lady, Emily- - was so disorganized I don't know how she managed. One time I was invited to dinner at her place and guess what? She forgot to fix the main course. So we warmed up hot dogs or something. Christians chalk this up to "God changing his mind" or something. You see order in nature with the creation of the Universe and the orbiting bodies, and the atoms and molicules and even leaves on plants, or butterflies. Christian teachers often "Find" a great deal of order in the Bible. One of their axioms is "the rule of first use". For instance the first time disobediance occurred was Adam and Eve eating the apple. So first and foremost God wants to keep us from discovering important truths about ourselves and Him. This sense of curiosity and discovery is hence the first and foremost of sins. If you want to know about the first use of the word "Love" - - you family values people aren't going to like it. Read it for yourselves. God isn't real big on family values. He often picks out loners who are somehow estranged from their families. He has a poor track record for promoting family harmony anyhow. Take for instance not giving Cain and Abel a little teenage counseling before anything serious happens.. You know - nip problems in the bud. No, not God. One of David's own children Tamar, was raped by her brother. And David did absolutely nothing about it in terms of discipline. This inattiveness came back to bite him in the ass later on. "David" is seen as a type of "Messiah" figure in the Bible. Oh yeah- - the Virgin Birth. If that really did happened, I wonder what it did for family values in one Palistinian family. Of course another quality is Humility and I find this one fascenating. Dr. Levy pointed out that humility has a sense of "not taking up too much space" but each of us deserves his fair place and "fair ammount of space". We should even encourage others who "aren't taking up their fair amount of space". If there is anything that's responsible for my getting out of Christianity (and believe me that changes every day of the week!) it would be that I have been squeezed out. There is just no room for me in the faith. So - what is a fellow to do?