With the election on the near horizon we face many issues in our great country. Senator John McCain made a dramatic mistake by not coming to the American people and promising to prosecute the people responsible for the economic crisis. If Senator McCain had stepped up to the table and placed the ugly baby on the door step of Nancy, Chris, Barney, (while including all of the Democrats that voted down the reforms that he had tried to enact), we as a country would find it easier to rally around the McCain ticket. As it stands now, the people that caused this problem have blamed President Bush and they are getting away with robbery. President Bush tried 17 times to stop the crisis, but he failed to keep up the pressure. He would have done the country a greater service to not sign ANY legislation until the crooks were prosecuted. We would not have needed the bail out.  

If Senator McCain does win the election next week, he will have his hands full. The economy will be possibly falling for another 3 years. It took 20 years of inflated mortgages and Acorn pressure on banks to put people that could not afford the homes to get to where we are today. It will not be fixed by spraying 700 billion at the issue. The fact that the government is acting and moving in such a dramatic sweeping action should cause all Americans to take note. We are only at the beginning of the rat. That is, if a snake were to eat a rat, you can see where the meal is through the process by just looking at the snake and look for the bulge. We do not even know how big the rat actually is.

 “In what proved to be one of the biggest Democrat cover-ups since Ted Kennedy avoided charges in Mary Jo Kopechne’s death, the media covered for the Democrats by blaming the ‘financial crisis’ on everything from de-regulation to testosterone, while we did ourselves in by adhering to the tenets of political correctness.” —A.W.R. Hawkins

The bottom line: We are in for an economic down turn for the next 3 years, or longer, no matter who wins the election. With struggling economic issues, crime goes up. There is a direct relationship between a healthy economy and lower crime. When people do not have jobs and money, there is more crime. Concealed Carry and Self Defense classes are filled all over the country. Guns and gun safes are selling like hot cakes. Just because you have the handgun does not mean you could actually save your life with it should you be in a disaster. You need to practice. If you do not know how to shoot a gun….take a class and get your CCW!! Pay an instructor. The small amount of money you spend on the class may just save your own life. 

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