These Presidential Debates (Again)

Final debate a lagging indicator of reality

By Tom Curry

National affairs writer

msnbc.com

updated 9:06 p.m. PT, Wed., Oct. 15, 2008          This Blog  is supposed to be about all of the presidential debates in their historical context, so I will rant about it for at least solid 5 minutes of typing, and still fit in as much of the current situation of the United States of America that I know of.          This story that I have linked to this blog is about the most recent debate, and about some of the things that McCain presented against Obama, and also about the various things such as the financial crisis.  This brings me to the historical context, or whats happening in our country now. Our country is in a state of turmoil.  Our economy is in the dumps, yet we are putting hundreds of billions of dollars into the market.  We do not have the money for oil, yet our country consumes 25% of the global yearly oil production.  Somewhere around 45% of our children are only accepted into college, leaving the rest with nowhere to go but the military.  Our military is spread across the Middle East, "protecting" everyone from terrorism.  We are under constant threat of terrorism, so our privacy is broken by the government in order to "catch" terrorists planning another attack.  We do not trust the government because of this, which is why both candidates are running for "change".  They plan on "changing" where our fuel sources come from, somewhat "fixing" our economy.  They plan on "changing" our economic policies, which is supposed to help people pay for college and schooling.  They plan on "changing" schooling policies, getting more kids into college with the money they put back into our pockets, in turn keeping us out of the military.  They plan on taking the United States out of the war in the Middle East as well as possible, letting people live their lives more towards their own standards, and not the governments.  Which still leaves the terrorists to deal with, but there will be terrorists untill the end of time, so are we really ever going to stop them?          All of this is a lot to fix, and both candidates have been fighting with whatever they have during the debates in order to win over the public.  My only message to the candidate voted into office is, Good Night and Good Luck.