President Bush wasn’t the best public speaker, by a long shot, but you always knew where he stood because he didn’t waver with the polls or change his beliefs and opinions to match the popular opinion of the day. I respected him and his faith.

Unfortunately, I think he failed in many areas this last term and didn’t stand up and speak out when he needed to most. He seemed to let things just happen and needed to stand up and take charge. I strongly believe that no matter which Republican ran for office this past election there was little chance of a win given the constant comparisons to Bush. Then again, Ron Paul was pretty revolutionary for a Republican and had some great ideas that could have garnered lots of support.

Goodbye Mr. Bush and God Bless you for your efforts. I truly believe Bush actually does love this country (unlike past Presidents who were more selfish than anything) and wanted the best for it, but maybe he just didn’t know how to get it done these last couple of years.

I am not a fan of President Barack Obama for many reasons, but since he is our President I will support and pray for him. I truly hope he does help people step up to the plate and work hard to improve conditions in the U.S. I just fear that he will continue the Democratic way of taking money from hard working Americans to give to those who don’t work hard and freeload off the backs of the working class. We can’t afford to continue holding people back from personal responsibility and action and need to enable people to get out of the cycle of welfare. Remember too, Barack is just a man like you and I and is not some type of superhero from Krypton that was sent here to save the planet.

If not, I honestly have significant concern for America if Congress and the people let Obama actually implement some of his planned initiatives. If you think the economy is bad now, I think we’ll find it in much worse shape when Obama gives money back to those that don’t pay taxes and then punishes those that pay almost all of the taxes already.

Thankfully, God is in charge of my life and I am not fearful of anything and welcome His return to take me to a much better place.

Palin is running as the VP and not the President and it seems that every thing I have been reading lately sounds like they are counting on McCain passing away in office to make Palin the President. She is running as the VP, which you have to admit seems to be a role that we rarely ever hear about. The President and VP are not making decisions by themselves and personally I look at who the candidates surround themselves with as the real test to see how the country will be run.

People will point to stats about how many gun deaths there are in the U.S., but how many are a result of legal gun owners? Then compare the HUGE number of deaths from car accidents and the gun death figures are insignificant. We are willing to risk our lives on the road and accept that risk, but not the risk that some psycho will take out a gun and shoot us at work which is a much less likely scenario. Maybe if more of us carried a concealed weapon we could take down these crazies.

It will be interesting to now see if other gun control legislation is challenged now that a precedent has been set by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Even though I am a Christian man, I have to tell you it would be extremely difficult for me to control myself if anyone touched or harmed my wife or three daughters. Death may actually be a better option than being raped by a monster because at least you are then immediately in Heaven, rather than having to live out your life with the mental, and maybe physical, damage caused by these demons. I am very emotional about protecting our children and probably shouldn’t say anymore here on this issue as it just gets me fired up.

Neither candidate reflects and upholds all the values that I hold dear to my heart and it is one of those years where I’ll have to choose the best for the job, with the primary role of keeping my family and me safe. That said there is really only one choice when it comes to voting for an American who loves this country and will do everything in his power to protect it and that is John McCain. Obama’s inexperience and attitude towards those who intend to harm us is scary and I just can’t believe there are intelligent people out there who may actually vote for him.

This idiotic latest Supreme Court decision highlights a key difference between these two candidates and makes it very clear who should be the next President of the U.S.A.  Why should suspected terrorist detainees from other countries have the right to add to the backlog in our civil court system? Do you think this kind of ridiculous decision would ever be made in another country, only in America. I like McCain’s strong statement that Supreme Court ruling on Guantanamo Bay detainees is “one of the worst decisions in the history of this country.”

I think having Obama as the nominee gives McCain the better chance of winning since Obama has very little experience and is not as strong as Clinton was in many areas. I care about my daughters and their security so it is an easy vote for me to select McCain over Obama. As a vet myself, I trust those who served our country in the military (for the most part) since they know the sacrifices that have to be made and how to make the right choices to continue as a free country.

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I never planned and still won’t EVER vote for Hillary. I never voted for Bill either because I saw through their lies and deceipt. The scary thing is, Hillary is more deceitful and vindicative than Bill and I fear for this country if she is elected.

Let’s vote for an honest and true American and elect John McCain this fall.

We started homeschooling in Maryland since the school district we lived in was substandard and my wife felt led by the Lord to teach our girls. My oldest two were homeschooled for 2-3 years in Maryland. We then moved to Washington and my wife continued to homeschool my oldest two girls. After a few years the girls asked to try public school so they could ride the bus

We checked out our small local elementary and it seemed to be a good school where real Christmas carols with the name of Jesus were still sung in the Christmas program. My oldest daughter passed a coupe tests and went from 3rd grade in our homeschool curriculum to 5th grade, she skipped 4th. She has gotten straight A’s every quarter and has been in advanced honors courses the last 2 years too. My middle daughter started in 3rd grade and then achieved straight A’s in most every quarter as well. She is testing for 7th grade honors courses this Saturday.

Since it seemed this elementary school was doing well, we started my youngest daughter there in Kindergarten. She is a strong-willed child and we thought it may be good for her to try a class with other kids and a teacher that was not her parent. She did fine in Kindergarten, but then in 1st grade she was just getting satisfactory to low reports. That is unacceptable to us as there is no reason for her to achieve and suceed. We talked to her teacher and the school about our concerns that she may fall behind, etc. and they said she is just fine and is average. Against their desires we brought her home to build a strong foundation from homeschooling and I am happy top report that she too is now excelling and much happier. The school just wanted their number and were fine to let her slide through.

People throughout the world were all homeschooled in the past and I am not convinced that the government can do it better. Shoot, look at how poor America compoares to ALL other industrialized nations. We are failing and I place most of the blame for this on parents who do not take a person interest in their child’s education and just push them off to school every day. The teachers are trying hard, for the most part, but when their are disruptive kids that consume their attention and time everyone suffers.

The popular myth that homeschooled kids are social idiots is another issue that fires me up. 90% of the people I know who homeschool have kids who are involved in church, sports, Girls Scouts, etc and their kids get more social interaction than the fat kid who goes to school and then plops down to play games all night. Parents who homeschool are making MAJOR sacrifices in time and if you haven’t homeschooled then you have no idea how all-consuming it is and I applaud my wife for giving up so much to love and instruct our girls.

I do think there may be a select few who abuse the right to homeschool, but in Washington State they try to help prevent that by requiring one of the parents teaching their kids to have an Associates degree. Kids are also affiliated with a local school and can even participatre in sports, band, etc if they want since we are still paying all the same taxes as everyone else.

Support and encourage homeschooling and let the State of California know that the poor decisions by a couple of uneducated judges should not ruin the lives of thousands.