Believe Al Gore's Accuser or not?

Right off the bad, I want to say that in 99% of sexual accusations, I'm on the woman's side.  I will admit that there are those few who make an accusation that is false or misleading just to seek revenge or receive money.
I think Al Gore's accuser just might be in the last category.  After refusing to speak with police in 2006 - when the alleged incident took place - she went back to police in 2009.  That by itself is not suspect.  Many women, feeling ashamed or scared, have a hard time speaking with police after a sexual assault.  That Gore's alleged victim did the same thing is not enough not to believe her.
What is enough is the last line in this article:  "However, she reportedly sold her story to the National Enquirer magazine for 1 million dollars."
I'm not saying that means she's lying, but it does lead me to question her motives for coming forward again.
I wonder if she's telling the truth or not.

The Three States that Matter... In other words, the Hell with the rest of you...

Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina.  Three states with a grand total of 8,893,673 Americans (2000 census) are the ones who get to see our candidates for President first and the most.


Why is that?


If a good candidate does well in one of these states, most likely, he will go on to be either the Democratic or Republican candidate for President.


Does that seem fair?  Does it seem right?


A candidate that is seen as dissing one of these three states will be punished there.


What is up with that?


Why are we letting less than 9 million of our fellow citizens determine the most important job in this country?


I don't understand the purpose of a candidate throwing his or her hat into the political ring by kissing up to Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina.


Anyone else feel this way?


God Bless

Political America

America is not a true democracy.  We are democracy, mixed with republic with a bit of socialism and a pinch of libertarian.  The sad thing about this is that a great deal of Americans don't even understand this - even the ones with college degrees.

Sad, isn't it?

Now, the big thing is that Obama is a socialist and we're going to become this giant socialist nation and all of our rights will be taken away.  Sad thing is, we've had socialism in our society for well over 60 years and, in some cases, since almost the beginning.

Being the libertarian that I am, I say, let's get rid of all of the socialistic programs.  This is the only way to make our federal government smaller: (these are MY ideas and not necessarily the ideas of the libertarian party)

Socialistic Programs to Cancel
Social Security	Bank Regulations
Farm Subsidies	School lunch programs
Public Schools	Head start
Corporate Welfare	Welfare
Medicaid	Medicare
VA Benefits	Labor Laws

I would support a tea party candidate.  I wholeheartedly support libertarianism.  My problem with them is that they want to be libertarians with a huge amount of right-wing Christianity mixed in.  The whole idea of libertarianism is NO government interference and individual liberties.  The problem with the tea party is they want NO government interference and only those individual liberties THEY support.  They aren't what they seem to be.  Most of them are just Republicans in sheep's clothing. 

Let's change our government mix into a libertarian one. To find out just where you fall on the political spectrum, take this quiz.

You might be surprised.

God Bless

Top Of My Head...

Just a couple of items...

• If you're wondering, my co-worker, Tony, is doing much better. He is beginning rehab on Monday. Thanks to everyone for their prayers.
• There's going to be some changes around the site. I want to combine my love of politics, books, video games and online comics into one new fantastic site. Also, I'm trying to re-launch my web design / computer programming business and I've decided the business name should be Top Of My Head. I'm in the middle of designing the new site. The first change will be to move this blog off the front page, so please don't be surprised when I roll that out. I hope you will like the new site.
• If you live new Oswego, IL and you're into futbol (or soccer, for those who don't know what futbol is), then check out the new league Fury Futbol. You can find their site at http://www.furysoccer.org/.
• For those of you who checked out the above link and liked what you saw, I designed it. If you would like one like it, I am available to design a site similar and include one year of hosting for $250.00. This is a limited offer on my HTML, PHP skills. Please contact me at websitedesign@topofmyhead.info.

God Bless

Dennis Troha -- Yes, again..

In March of this year, I wrote the following blog about Dennis Troha:

I know I'm probably a little late with this news, but I've been a little busy. Anyway, pretty interesting that Dennis Troha pulled out of the Kenosha casino project less than a week before he was indicted on charges of fraud and making a false statement to the FBI.

That's all I've got to say.

Except, it sounds like I might've been right about him.


A reader commented and I quote: "I'm sorry, but I missed the news reports saying that he was convicted. Funny how you liberals are the first to recite the constituion and free speech rights, but have memory loss when it comes to the right to a fair trial and innocent until proven guilty."
(BTW, the misspelling of constitution is the readers and not mine.)

Well, well, well, Dennis Troha will be entering his guilty plead within the next two weeks according to the Racine Journal Times. (Sorry I'm late on this, I was out of town this past weekend)

So, I'll say it again.

Looks like I was right about him.

God Bless

Fred Thompson

I like Fred Thompson. I think the guy is a terrific actor. I can see why the very right wing of the Republican party is courting him -- enough for him to give up his job on Law & Order.

Here's what I've found out about where he stands on the issues:

• Abortion - He voted against abortion on three different occasions.
• Gay Rights - He voted against adding sexual orientation to the hate crimes bill and he is against gay marriage.
• Death Penalty - He's for it.
• Privatizing Social Security - For
• Gun Control - He voted on more than one occasion to eliminate background checks at gun shows.
• Voted for the war in Iraq.
  

Now, I like Fred Thompson. I think he'd be a great guy to sit and chew the fat with over ice tea on a hot summer day on the back porch, but I'm not so sure I want him to be the next president. Although, I think he's got a pretty good shot at winning.

First, the man's from Tennessee. He's a southern boy and southern voters like voting for one of their own. Second, he plays a very likable character on TV. A lot of people associate actors and actresses on-screen characters with their real life character. Heck, even I like the guy based on nothing more than his movie and TV parts. I've never seen him play a character I didn't like. I don't have much else to go on. Third, he's not a Washington insider, which has been a bonus for candidates lately. Finally (but only because I'm running out of time), he's a protestant, which is always good for business for a presidential candidate.

But, you should make up your own mine. Do the research and decide if you'll offer him your support.

God Bless