McCain is Losing (has lost) His Mind!

On top of the $750 Billion bailout that should never have gotten past the house and senate, McCain -- during last night's debate-- alluded to an idea that he has for adding $300 billion more. He is supporting government buyout of a large portion of the "bad paper" (mortgages) that likely caused this whole mess in the first place in order to keep people in homes they can't afford. Senator, that's nuts! Consider what just happened with AIG:

On September 22, Just after receiving an $85 billion "emergency loan" from the federal government to prop up the failing American International Group (AIG), its corporate executives moved ahead with a planned and high-priced retreat to a swanky resort in California. Expensive corporate retreats are not all that uncommon but; I wonder if this bunch of pinheads would have been quite so free-wheeling with the $445,000 price tag if it had been their money? $445,000 tax payer dollars for pedicures and massages, and meals? Who's in charge of this mess anyway! Who was supposed to be looking after the money we loaned these fools? OK, they will be fired. So what? That won't get the money back.

http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/markets/industries/finance/aig-executives-blow--getting-bailout/

The point of course is not that they spent the loan money so foolishly, it's the fact that they got away with it. Our government clearly has no idea where our money --that they spend-- goes. More to the point; what will happen with the &750 billion? The same thing. No oversight and we won't find out until after the money is long gone that it wasn't spent in the most wise ways.

McCain now proposes $300 billion more to bail out folks who can't manage their money any better than our government manages our tax dollars! This is the blind leading the blind over a 'bridge to nowhere' and we, who try our best every day to make ends meet and pay our mortgages, will wind up picking up the tab for the foolish and the unwise. Senators McCain and Obama, it's bad enough you are using tax dollars to support gay rights and abortion on demand. Adding bail-out's for the foolish is little more than insult to injury.

John McCain is clearly, to me, the better choice to be President of the United States of America. His personal and documented history of courage, forthrightness, and sensible voting habits in the Senate makes him head and shoulders above Senator Obama, but he has two glaring obstacles to face ahead of him; he is a lousy public speaker which does not encourage listeners to follow him, and he is showing a growing propensity for condescending to liberal ideology.

His first obstacle, public exposure, is an easy one; fire his handlers and get some folks in there to help him square away the way he presents his arguments. Enough already with these canned answers designed for maximum appeasement. Bridled and bitted as he is by his speech writers, he is fast losing any chance of winning this race. As for his seeming new take on liberal solutions, no way John!

Let those who buried themselves in reckless and hasty debt "work" it out. Helping them may be a possibility if it is well thought out, but "renegotiating" bad loans at the "reduced market value" of their homes is ridiculous. Help them to pay what they owe, but our tax dollars must not be spent 'bailing out' people who lack common sense! What's next....

Senator McCain, I bought an expensive brand new car which is now upside-down in value after only 6 months. Will you please buy the car from the lender, "renegotiate" it's value in today's market and let me pay only the amount that it is worth on the street? And by the way, can you give (not loan) me some taxpayer dollars to pay for the shortfall. Oh, and one more thing, the price of gas... can I get a little help with...

We have many reasons to get annoyed at or concerned with some of McCain's ideas. However, he must at this point win the Presidency. Getting upset with McCain to the extent that we won't vote for him put's the cart well in front of the horse. Obama's ideas will be significantly more devastating to the economy in the short and long term. Our best approach is in holding McCain's feet to the fire starting today. Calling his office and writing comments about his performance in the debates is a great place to start.

http://www.johnmccain.com/involving/petition3.aspx?guid=426e00c5-9a23-4b2c-8d03-56897e6478d5

Let him know that while we are inclined to support him, we cannot support the idea of bail-outs without oversight. Ask him about the AIG mess and why no one saw the waste of $445,000. Ask him to respond to where the money for mortgage bail-outs will come from. And lastly, ask him how we can rest assured that he won't be "bailing out" bad car loans next!

The idea behind this blog is to mark down some Christian principles for our government today. We, most people, have allowed our government to do it's business without a foundation for ethical management for long enough. If you have not opened a Bible in a while, let me encourage you to begin again. Read passages that apply to real problems in today's America. Here are a few suggestions:

On the "rich" people (like OBama and McCain) whom we love to hate... I Timothy 6:17-19

Are our wealthy leaders inclined to these Scriptural principles and if not, why are we voting for them?

On the choice of a leader.... I Timothy 3:1-7

Are the proven characteristics of a good leader in the Bible not applicable to those who would hold office over us in our public lives? How do the candidates stack up against the Biblical standard set for leaders of the Church?

On the role of Government... Acts 6:1-4

If we replace the Deacons and Disciples in this passage with contemporary government figures, how do they measure up? Do they have the character to lead? Do they have personal standards which allow for wise decisions? What if the seven chosen had names like Frank, Pfleger, Wright, Bernanke, Obama, Pelosi, and Edwards?

On the role of a home-builder today... Luke 14:28

The Bible makes no suggestion of a "Bail-out" for this man!

The tenets of the Bible and the tenets of our government could not be more diametrically opposed. We all too often lean to the "likability" of a potential leader without truthful questioning of the platform and world-view from which they will make decisions. Before asking them about hand-out's and bail-out's and programs and spending and so forth, let's ask them about personal belief and allow them to answer honestly. Let's hold them accountable to a standard that has been time tested and proven true. We must use our heads and hearts less, and return to the reliability of the oldest book in the world, the Christian Bible.