We have published many articles and reports about Senator McCain, Senator Clinton and Senator Obama. We have not come out and actually said why we support Senator McCain over Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.

Well here is a partial list of reasons. We hope you will comment on our take on issues and present your own ideas.

1. Senator McCain will make the Bush tax cuts permanent and cut the size and growth of government at the Federal level. Senators Clinton and Obama have both said they will let the Bush tax cuts expire. Senators Clinton and Obama have proposed at least $600 billion in new or expanded government programs when they take office.

2. Senator McCain has never requested an ear mark and said he will veto any bill with an ear mark in it. Senators Clinton and Obama have used ear marks extensively, with Senator Obama obtaining an earmark in 2007 for the hospital that his wife works at, right after the hospital gave her a raise from $190K to $300K.

3. Senator McCain will appoint strict constructionist judges to the Supreme Court. Senators Clinton and Obama will appoint judges that make public policy from the bench, something that goes completely against our constitution and the role of the judiciary.

4. Senator McCain understands the global war against radical Islam and the imperative to win in Iraq and Afghanistan. The consequences of losing and pulling out are catastrophic. He wants to end the fighting quickly but continue to have a presence in Iraq for the long term to stabilize the region. Senators Clinton and Obama simply want to pull out, regardless of the consequences or implications.

5. Senator McCain will be a very formidable negotiator and free trader. Senators Clinton and Obama want to scrap NAFTA and are anti-free trade. Senator Obama has said he will meet with dictators and rogue leaders with out preconditions.

6. Senator McCain wants to fix the economy by allowing it to right itself. He is for cutting regulation, lowering taxes on businesses, funding research and entrepreneurship. Senators Clinton and Obama want more regulation, higher corporate taxes, they want to tax profits and are for more government control.

7. Senator McCain wants to provide all Americans access to heath care via affordable, transferable, and cheap health care insurance. He wants to give individuals a $5,000 tax credit like we do to corporations to allow them to buy their heath coverage. He is for a market based system and getting government and insurance companies out of the way of the medical decision making process. Senators Clinton and Obama want socialized medicine, which has been proven not to work.

8. Senator McCain is pro-gun and pro-life. Senators Clinton and Obama are anti-second Amendment and both support late term abortions with Senator Obama supporting the killing of babies who survive an abortion even if they are out of the womb.

We strongly disagree with Senator McCain, Senator Clinton and Senator Obama on two issues.

1. Human caused global warming. Scientific research has now proven that CO2 emissions from the burning of fossil fuels are not the cause of global warming. The Global Warming science has been debunked. Global warming is no longer a scientific theory it is a political movement much like we saw with DDT. The science behind the DDT scare was debunked however the political movement went on and it killed tens of millions of innocent men, women and especially children mostly in Africa. We are seeing the same thing with the global warming political movement and ethanol. People are starving so we can feel good about filling up our SUVs.

2. Torture. Senators McCain, Clinton and Obama want waterboarding taken off the table as a method of interrogation. We believe strongly that waterboarding must remain on the table as the "nuclear option". The President must have the authority in specific cases to personally authorize our CIA to waterboard an individual or individuals for high value, time sensitive intelligence. For example, should we capture Osama Bin Laden the President must have the authority to waterboard him, if deemed necessary.

That it our say. What say you?

In their editorial the liberal Sarasota Herald-Tribune focuses on one proposal by Senator John McCain in, "Gas-tax break is a mirage".

First the liberal editorial board cherry picks what Senator McCain said. Here are the exact words he used on suspending all taxes on gasoline:

"I propose that the federal government suspend all taxes on gasoline now paid by the American people -- from Memorial Day to Labor Day of this year. The effect will be an immediate economic stimulus -- taking a few dollars off the price of a tank of gas every time a family, a farmer, or trucker stops to fill up. Over the same period, our government should suspend the purchase of oil for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, which has also contributed to the rising price of oil. This measure, combined with the summer-long "gas-tax holiday," will bring a timely reduction in the price of gasoline. And because the cost of gas affects the price of food, packaging, and just about everything else, these immediate steps will help to spread relief across the American economy."

Secondly, what the Sarasota Herald-Tribune does not tell you is Senator McCain's vision for the economy and America's future. There are many more important points in his speech than the suspension of all gas-taxes.

The liberal Sarasota Herald-Tribune editorial board does not want you to know about them. Well we do.

Here are some of the really important things that Senator McCain said in his breath taking speech on the economy at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA:

"We need rules that assure fairness and punish wrongdoing in the market. We need tax policies that respect the wage-earners and job creators who make this economy run, and help them to succeed in a global economy."

"Americans are also right to be offended when the extravagant salaries and severance deals of CEO's -- in some cases, the very same CEO's who helped to bring on these market troubles -- bear no relation to the success of the company or the wishes of shareholders."

"In the end, the truest measure of prosperity in America is the success and financial security of those who earn wages and meet payrolls in this country. Many are waiting for their first homes... their first big break... their first shot at financial security. And helping them will be my first priority in setting the economic policies of this nation."

"...many in Congress think Americans are under-taxed. They speak as if letting you keep your own earnings were an act of charity, and now they have decided you've had enough. By allowing many of the current low tax rates to expire, they would impose -- overnight -- the single largest tax increase since the Second World War. Among supporters of a tax increase are Senators Obama and Clinton. Both promise big "change." And a trillion dollars in new taxes over the next decade would certainly fit that description."

"I will use the veto as needed, and as the Founders intended. I will veto every bill with earmarks, until the Congress stops sending bills with earmarks. I will seek a constitutionally valid line-item veto to end the practice once and for all. I will lead across-the-board reforms in the federal tax code, removing myriad corporate tax loopholes that are costly, unfair, and inconsistent with a free-market economy."

"...we will institute a one-year pause in discretionary spending increases with the necessary exemption of military spending and veterans benefits. "Discretionary spending" is a term people throw around a lot in Washington, while actual discretion is seldom exercised. Instead, every program comes with a built-in assumption that it should go on forever, and its budget increase forever. My administration will change that way of thinking."

"In my administration there will be no more subsidies for special pleaders -- no more corporate welfare -- no more throwing around billions of dollars of the people's money on pet projects, while the people themselves are struggling to afford their homes, groceries, and gas. We are going to get our priorities straight in Washington -- a clean break from years of squandered wealth and wasted chances."

"I will send to Congress a proposal to cut the [corporate] taxes these employers pay, from a rate of 35 to 25 percent."

"I will also send to the Congress a middle-class tax cut -- a complete phase-out of the Alternative Minimum Tax to save more than 25 million middle-class families more than 2,000 dollars every year."

"Our tax laws and those who enforce them should treat all citizens with respect, whether they are married or single. But mothers and fathers bear special responsibilities, and the tax code must recognize this. Inflation has eroded the value of the exemption for dependents. I will send to Congress a reform to increase the exemption -- with the goal of doubling it from 3,500 dollars to 7,000 dollars for every dependent, in every family in America."

"What we need is a simpler, a flatter, and a fair tax code. As president, I will propose an alternative tax system. When this reform is enacted, all who wish to file under the current system could still do so. And everyone else could choose a vastly less complicated system with two tax rates and a generous standard deduction."

"Those who can afford to buy their own prescription drugs should be expected to do so. This reform alone will save billions of dollars that could be returned to taxpayers or put to better use."

To read the full speech and the sweeping reforms that Senator McCain is proposing go here.

We continue to be amazed at what the liberal Sarasota Herald-Tribune wants you to know but more importantly what it doesn't want you to know.

Their editorial is at best dis-information and at worst political pandering to the liberal view point and dishonest journalism.

In their editorial, "The honor and the burden" the Sarasota Herald-Tribune just can't keep from taking the opportunity to hate President Bush using the pretense of honoring the death of an American hero.

I do not know if any member of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune editorial board has ever lead men and women in combat or served in a military leadership position, other than Command Sergeant Major USMC (Ret.) John Annis, or had someone under their command killed.

Well we have. We can tell you that the burden felt at the loss of a fellow soldier by those non-commissioned officers and commissioned officers in the chain of command lasts a life time.

General Peter Pace, USMC (Ret.), former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, traveled to the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C. immediately after his retirement ceremony on October 1, 2007. When he arrived at the wall he went to the name of Guido Farinaro where he stood for a while, then bent down to place a small card (pictured above) against the Wall. This card said,"For Guido Farinaro, USMC. These are yours, not mine. With love and respect, your platoon leader. Pete Pace."

This is the life long burden all military combat leaders carry.

When Vice President Cheney said, "He's the one who has to make the decision to commit young Americans." and bears the greatest burden. He was right.

Of all the Commanders in our Armed Forces the Commander in Chief bears the greatest burden of all. President Bush was crying when he presented the Medal of Honor to the parents of Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Monsoor.

We know the President will never stop crying in his heart as he remembers the 4,000 plus men and women who have paid the ultimate price in the defense of our great nation.

We cry with the Monsoor family, with his chain of command, and especially President Bush. But we also are thankful and proud of those like Michael who volunteered to keep us safe.

We are ashamed of the Herald-Tribune and the editorial board for using his death as a cheap political tool to attack President Bush. That is truly hateful and sickening.

Have you ever noticed the primary difference between liberals and conservatives?

Liberals attack government to get more of it.

Conservatives attack government to get less of it.

Our very liberal friend and former editor of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune Waldo Proffitt is the perfect example. In his column, "Hostile takeover of government" he remembers the good old days of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Mr. Big Government himself.

FDR gave us Social Security, which is about to bankrupt this country. If FDR had supported private savings accounts in the 1930s we would all be millionaires by now. How could FDR have known that government would take the money we put into Social Security and use it to feed more government rather than invest it in our economy? Social Security is the biggest Ponzi scheme ever.

Anyway, Waldo rants against the usual suspects President George W. Bush and former Governor Jeb Bush, "So, here in Florida, with a Bush as president and a Bush as governor, we got a double-strength prescription: Cut taxes, cut services, dismantle regulations. Cripple Social Security. Turn over Medicare to private companies. Make it more expensive for children to get medical care. Make it more expensive to attend college, and more difficult to fund decent public schools. Do not spend enough to maintain roads, bridges and other elements of the infrastructure."

We say fantastic, congratulations to GWB and Jeb. Let's do more of it. Less government regulation, privatize Social Security, privatize and deregulate Medicare, cut taxes, cut non-essential services, privatize our state colleges and universities, provide real school choice by providing vouchers to parents, eliminate the onerous property taxes and move them over to the fairer sales tax, and let families bear the burdens of taking care of their own by empowering them.

Take all the money saved from doing these things and give it to the people and families that pay taxes. Do not give it to those who do not pay taxes. We want to see a national sales tax and elimination of the income tax because one taxes consumption and other productivity. If we can't do this immediately then let's start with a flat tax and have everyone in America pay something toward our national defense. That is fair.

As for the S&L crisis of the 1970s we say we are glad it happened, just as we are glad we are having a sub-prime problem now. That is how the markets work. Lenders gave money to more and more people so they could buy their own homes. Some were speculators and they got burned, good. Some were honest families that stretched their budget to have the American dream, let's try to help them with lower interest rates or a temporary freeze in rates. Some were given loans to feed the greed of the market, punish the predatory lenders. Otherwise let the market correct itself. Will we all feel some pain? Yes. Will we get through this crisis? Yes.

The thing that is really is disgusting about Waldo's article is his "cheap shot" at Senator John McCain. Waldo refers to the Keating Five congressional investigation that was part of the S&L crisis. The Keating Five were 4 Democrats and one Republican.

After a lengthy investigation, the Senate Ethics Committee determined in 1991 that Democrats Alan Cranston, Dennis DeConcini, and Donald Riegle had substantially and improperly interfered with the FHLBB in its investigation of Lincoln Savings, while Democrat John Glenn and Republican John McCain had been only minimally involved. The Committee recommended censure for Cranston and criticized the other four for "questionable conduct."

That is it. In reality the lawyer who headed up the investigation said that he recommended that Senator McCain be dropped from the investigation. The Senate Ethics Committee disagreed because if they did that then it would only be Democrats left. They needed a token Republican - John McCain.

Waldo knows this and still slings mud. Sad that Waldo would stoop so low. But that is what former employees of the New York Times do. Sling mud without basis in fact. We call that in the blogosphere "tabloid journalism".

We agree with Ronald Reagan who said, "Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other."

If we stop feeding the government baby we will get less you know what coming out the other end.

There is a great article in the Aspen Times Weekly, "In election 2008, don't forget angry white men" written by Garry Hubbell. Here is a part of it.

There is one group no one has recognized, and it is the group that will decide the election: the Angry White Man. The Angry White Man comes from all economic backgrounds, from dirt-poor to filthy rich. He represents all geographic areas in America, from urban sophisticate to rural redneck, deep South to mountain West, left Coast to Eastern Seaboard.

His common traits are that he isn’t looking for anything from anyone — just the promise to be able to make his own way on a level playing field. In many cases, he is an independent businessman and employs several people. He pays more than his share of taxes and works hard.

The victimhood syndrome buzzwords — “disenfranchised,” “marginalized” and “voiceless” — don’t resonate with him. “Press ‘one’ for English” is a curse-word to him. He’s used to picking up the tab, whether it’s the company Christmas party, three sets of braces, three college educations or a beautiful wedding.

He believes the Constitution is to be interpreted literally, not as a “living document” open to the whims and vagaries of a panel of judges who have never worked an honest day in their lives.

The Angry White Man owns firearms, and he’s willing to pick up a gun to defend his home and his country. He is willing to lay down his life to defend the freedom and safety of others, and the thought of killing someone who needs killing really doesn’t bother him.

The Angry White Man is not a metrosexual, a homosexual or a victim. Nobody like him drowned in Hurricane Katrina — he got his people together and got the hell out, then went back in to rescue those too helpless and stupid to help themselves, often as a police officer, a National Guard soldier or a volunteer firefighter.

His last name and religion don’t matter. His background might be Italian, English, Polish, German, Slavic, Irish, or Russian, and he might have Cherokee, Mexican, or Puerto Rican mixed in, but he considers himself a white American.

He’s a man’s man, the kind of guy who likes to play poker, watch football, hunt white-tailed deer, call turkeys, play golf, spend a few bucks at a strip club once in a blue moon, change his own oil and build things. He coaches baseball, soccer and football teams and doesn’t ask for a penny. He’s the kind of guy who can put an addition on his house with a couple of friends, drill an oil well, weld a new bumper for his truck, design a factory and publish books. He can fill a train with 100,000 tons of coal and get it to the power plant on time so that you keep the lights on and never know what it took to flip that light switch.

Women either love him or hate him, but they know he’s a man, not a dishrag. If they’re looking for someone to walk all over, they’ve got the wrong guy. He stands up straight, opens doors for women and says “Yes, sir” and “No, ma’am.”

He might be a Republican and he might be a Democrat; he might be a Libertarian or a Green. He knows that his wife is more emotional than rational, and he guides the family in a rational manner.

He’s not a racist, but he is annoyed and disappointed when people of certain backgrounds exhibit behavior that typifies the worst stereotypes of their race. He’s willing to give everybody a fair chance if they work hard, play by the rules and learn English.

Are you an Angry White Man?