Henry's Blend vs No. 4? Seriously?

Apparently, the executives running Seattle's Best Coffee (SBC) have lost their minds. Or maybe Starbuck's, who purchased the company a few years ago, has finally decided to kill their acquisition by gutting SBC of it's history and sophistication. In a move that reminds many of us of the formula change disaster that was "New Coke" or the recent Tropicana OJ repackaging disaster, SBC has dropped their roast and blend names and changed their actual blends! They've repackaged their once great coffee in bags that look either numbingly bland or something that kindergartners would be attracted to (hmm, maybe children are their new target consumers?). Now they are marketing their coffee in bags of ugly, light colors like flashy orange and teal blue which have one HUGE number plastered on them - SBC's new 1-5 leveling system replacing roast or blend names. It's as if SBC executives think that actually remembering the name of a roast (say French or Italian) or a blend (like Henry's or Breakfast) is too much for coffee drinkers. Really? Do they honestly think we're that stupid? Coffee drinkers have been getting "more sophisticated not less" in this country as specialty coffee cafes and roasters have popped up in every city, village, and hamlet across this great land.

What is this really all about? Why change a great product with hundreds of thousands of loyal customers? My suspicions are two-fold. First, the clown executives now in charge of SBC have no appreciation for coffee or SBC's tradition and so feel they can soil it without losing any sleep. My second suspicion has to do with Walmart's which is one of the first places they debuted this new name/level branding of their coffee. Maybe they think that the average Walmart's customer is so stupid and uneducated that they can't understand phrases like Italian roast but maybe, just maybe, remembering the number 2 is possible. Though honestly, do you want to walk around Walmart's shouting, "hey honey, I'm going to get a bag of no. 2 is that okay?" Most of us know what going "no. 1" or "no. 2" means in bathroom-speak so you make the inference. But seriously, I'm thinking these SBC clowns are betting that for every one loyal, sophisticated customer they lose over this fiasco (and believe me, they will lose many as gourmet coffee choices abound in today's market), that they'll replace them with 2 or 3 Walmart's shoppers. Though frankly, unless they decide to sell their coffee in big tin or plastic drums of 3-5 pounds at wholesale prices, I doubt the average Walmart's customer is going to switch to their product.

So unless the clown executives at Seattle's Best Coffee reverse course (like Coca-Cola did during the New Coke fiasco), then I say farewell to Henry's Blend and the once great tradition (since 1970!) that was Seattle's Best Coffee. RIP SBC.

Tea Party Nation: It's Nap Time

This is just what America needs - a bunch angry, white, know-nothing conservatives that are too extreme even for the modern Republican party trying to tell America what to do. These individuals (mostly the retired, the unemployed, and the bored homemakers of America) have been going to town hall meetings across America and disrupting civil conversations by belching out slogans sent to them via web sites and mailings. Because they are perfectly capable of getting loud and ugly, they get attention by local and national media which is of course, what they want. I never thought I'd find something to agree on with Meghan McCain but even she sees these people as having racist tendencies which is appalling in our multi-cultural country.

I saw some of these individuals on the U-M campus last year. They were chanting and marching around the Diag making lots of noise and yelling (sometimes directly) at people as they came through. Holding signs with ugly (vaguely racist) portraits of the President and with wording that showed all the sophistication of a 9 year old (apologies to intelligent nine year olds out there). If you put some white pointed hoods and robes on these people, it could have looked like an Indiana KKK rally from the 1940's.

Here's my advice to the Tea Party Nation: why don't y'all just go back home and brew yourselves a nice cup of tea (oh wait, tea isn't an American produced product), or maybe take a chill pill (oh wait, that might look like you support health care), or better yet, just relax and do some laundry (hold back on the starch) and watch Fox News like you once did and nap if you feel like it. Let the rest of us responsible, intelligent, reasonable individuals deal with the world's problems.

Winner: Cash for Clunkers Program --- Loser: Associated Press

In a recent AP story entitled: Trucks & SUVs are popular Cash for Clunkers sales, there's some very disingenuous reporting going on. The title of the story was obviously created so that news bureaus would latch on to it as it sounds like there's some real news there. But if you read the story (instead of just hearing the chosen highlights on TV or radio), there's a whole other story within the story. The AP actually switches vehicle class names from "SUV" to "Crossover" in the seventh paragraph when attempting to justify the title of the story! Huh? Yes, there's no SUV listed in the top 20 sales during the life of the program.Then the AP correctly states that the decent selling Ford Escape and the Honda CR-V (5th and 6th in program sales respectively) are Crossovers and not SUV's (but we know that SUV has become a pejorative term and therefore more useful in AP's sensationalized headline). Crossovers are not SUV's because they are built on "car based" frames and not "truck" frames and therefore drive and operate like cars. And not mentioned in the article is that these vehicles also get gas mileage comparable to (and in the case of the Ford Escape Hybrid model - much better), than most medium sized passenger cars. Yes, trucks were sold (people still need these vehicles) but not more than passenger cars and not enough of them to break the top 5 of all vehicles sold under the Clash for Clunkers program. Only two trucks (Ford F-150 and Chevrolet Silverado) cracked the top 10 in sales (8th and 10th respectively) and their combined sales were barely better than the number one seller during the life of the program - the Toyota Corolla. (Side note: the top 10 trade-ins during the program were all trucks, vans, and SUV's. But that didn't make it into this AP story. See the August 26th press release at http://www.cars.gov/ for all the details.)

But there was another story inside this story which wasn't reported widely. And I quote from the story's last paragraph, "Transportation Department officials have noted Cash for Clunkers achieved a 60 percent improvement in fuel efficiency because of the trade-ins." So beyond the positive economic benefits of this successful program, the environment and our country's security (less reliance on foreign oil) were also winners. Loser? The Associated Press because they're guilty of a disingenuous headline.

8 Years Later

Black Friday, Pearl Harbor, JFK Assassinated, Man Walks on the Moon, Nixon Resigns, and September 11th. They are all significant moments in the history of the United States of America. People who lived during those moments all have memories shared by millions of other Americans. Great-Grandparents, grandparents, parents, and their children share these memories from generation to generation. That's how we humans grow. We learn from those experiences and hopefully become better. Better citizens. Better leaders. Better people.

And we remember all those who lost their lives eight years ago today. We remember those loved ones who lost loved ones on that terrible day. We remember those heroes that rescued people in NYC and at the Pentagon and those who died trying.

And we don't forget those twisted individuals who in the name of their fanatical beliefs tried to put out the flame of liberty and democracy with their evil, hateful deeds. They failed to break us and they helped further unite us.

God bless America.

Reckless Bikers, I hate thee...

Reckless Bikers, why do I hate thee?

10. You have no reflective items on your bike or person.
9. You don't wear a proper helmet.
8. You fail to signal on turns.
7. You disregard stop signs.
6. You disregard stop lights.
5. You weave recklessly through auto traffic.
4. You drive recklessly around pedestrians without warning.
3. You acknowledge no speed limits while on the street.
2. You incorrectly believe that everyone else is at fault.
1. You lack common sense.

And yes, I do own a bike and when I go out riding it's with a reflective helmet, flashing rear light, and I adhere to the traffic laws when I'm on the street. Peace out.

IKEA's Font Controversy

If the image I created for this story seriously bothers you because of the fonts, then go see a psychiatrist because you've got some real mental issues (I just saved you a consultation fee). In a world rocked by economic hardships, war in the middle east, and a debate on the future of American health care (to name just a few things), there's a bunch of people (mainly twitter-twits) upset over IKEA's change in company font. It's so ridiculous that I shouldn't even mention it. And yet, it may say something about what's happening to our society thanks to the evils of instant communication like texting and twitter tweets. Attention social scientists, the gauntlet has been tossed.

The Great American Writer - John Updike (1932-2009)

Dear John.

It's hard to imagine a world without you. You were one of the major reasons I studied literature in college and I'm sure many others share that same connection. The consistent excellence displayed in your body of works is unmatched in American letters (stop blushing because it's true). I believe there'll be a time in the near future when college lit courses devote whole terms to your works and not just pick out one or two of your prize winning short stories. And you deserve that recognition. Anyone who reads your works will gain a new appreciation for the beauty of the English language while in the hands of a master. For all your education and sophistication, you never spoke down to your audience and you always showed us readers great respect. Was it your Pennsylvania roots that gave you a humanist decency? Your parents? A teacher or a preacher? However it came about, you seemed to genuinely love people and particularly us middle-class, Midwesterners who were often the focus of your fiction.

The picture I chose for this posting is how I wish to remember you. There was always a twinkle in your prose and your criticism. You could make us smile with the turn of a poetic phrase or guffaw at a whimsical piece of criticism. When I read such lines, I always imagined you writing them with an expression just like the one in that picture.

Goodbye John.

Love,
A2 Guy

Un-American

There I said it. Maybe some others are thinking it but I'll say it. Those United States Senators who voted down the US Auto Bailout bill are simply un-American.

It is unconscionable that these lawmakers can not see past petty politics and grudges to do what's best for this country and support our manufacturing base. People ask, "What is wrong with America?" I say this is what is wrong with America. I never thought I'd see the day that a majority of the Republican Senators would simply turn their backs on the citizens of their country. These same Republican Senators have wrapped themselves in the flag issue after issue but when it comes to rescuing a fundamental industry for our country - they turn their backs. America has lost industry battles on many fronts (find a piece of major electronic equipment manufactured in the US). How many industries can we loose and still maintain our leadership on the world stage? And of course, other countries around the world subsidize their major industries and provide financial support when they are in crisis.

Here's some additional food for thought:

* Sweden just secured 3.4 billion in loans for the Swedish auto group.

* Germany has a controlling stake in Volkswagon AG.

* Auto makers in Europe are requesting 54 billion in loans to meet new emission requirements.

* It's projected that the first quarter of 2009 will see the highest rate of home foreclosure in the US. How many additional homes will be lost if one or two car companies go out of business? Can you say gasoline on a fire?

* How many pensioners rely on their Chrysler or GM pension checks to have a viable retirement? If they don't have these pension checks, how will they survive? Who will support these elderly?

* The bad credit market continues to negatively affect all areas of business including the car companies. Is that their fault? When gasoline spiked to an unheard of (and criminal) $4+ a gallon, was that the car companies fault? It was almost an act of economic terrorism perpetrated on the US market.

* How will states that currently have our nation's largest unemployment figures like Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana remain solvent and pay for millions of additional unemployment checks? And consider the loss of the sales tax revenue as people without jobs have no money to fuel their state's economy? And the Colleges and Universities in these states will not receive the money expected from their State Legislatures which means that tuition may have to rise to a point where enrollment is impacted.

* In World War Two, it was this country's manufacturing base that helped turn the tide against Germany and Japan. Instead of building cars, Ford, GM, and Chrysler built jeeps, tanks, fighters, and bombers. We had the manufacturing infrastructure to do this. If heaven forbid, we found ourselves in another large scale conflict, how would we able to match output with countries like China that has a huge manufacturing capacity?

This issue should not be clouded by past mistakes. It should not be about grudges of union vs. non-union states. We need to ask ourselves if we want America to survive the 21st century. Do we want America to remain an important economic force for good in the world? This is as important as bailing out Wall street as the collapse of two of these companies would be devastating to Main street America and to our friends, families, and neighbors. Is it morning in America or are we seeing the sunset of a once great nation?

A More Perfect Union

Like Barack Obama, I too was born in 1961 during the nuclear age and the heart of the Cold War. I was a baby during the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Kennedy assassination. I was a child during the Vietnam War, the Moon landing, and the race riots in Detroit. I was a teenager during Watergate, the gas crisis, and recession of the 1970's. I was a young adult when the Berlin Wall fell and the Cold War ended. I was 40 years old when the planes crashed on September 11th, 2001. And now, along with all those historic events, we can add the election to the Presidency of the first African-American on November 4th, 2008. Yesterday, the United States of America turned a new page and added a historic chapter in the history of a great nation. The election of Barack Obama as our nation's 44th President forever changes what America was, is, and will be. The significance of yesterday's vote cannot be overstated. It will take years and many scholars to put it in to full context but know this: America has become a better, more perfect Union.

May God bless America and may God bless Barack Obama and Joe Biden as their work has only just begun.

Debate 3: McCain's Wrath meets Obama's Serenity

Last night's third and final presidential debate drew the boldest contrast between the candidates. For an hour and a half the two candidates addressed issues and debated plans. Moderator Bob Schieffer did a great job of allowing the candidates time to answer and rebut the other's statements and charges. What did we learn about the candidates from their tone and styles? How would they act as President for the next four years?

Senator McCain came out of the gates playing the role of the angry grandpa. His voice was strained and often filled with mock sarcasm (did he learn that from Governor Palin?). McCain's body language was stiff and jerky and he seemed to rise and fall with every comment Senator Obama made. McCain's facial expressions changed by the minute and his eyes rolled around in his head several times. If McCain wanted to come across as vigorous, I think he overplayed that card. His actions and demeanor seemed to reinforce the "erratic" characterization of him by the Obama campaign. McCain was on the offense but Obama's defense was better.

Then there was Senator Obama. He was serene and steady. He was composed and never rattled. His body language exuded a calm in the midst of McCain's raging storm. Obama seemed the model of a statesman. He was rational and even smiled occasionally. Yes, he seemed a little sad at times but that seemed to match the tone of the country right now as Americans watch the market go through a meltdown and we keep hearing news about a war that seems to go on forever.

In this last head-to-head debate, Americans were looking at these two candidates trying to judge which person has the right tone and bearing to lead our country for next four years. McCain misplayed his hand and failed to make that case. And this "misplaying his hand" seems to be a pattern by McCain since the Republican convention. His choice of an unqualified person to join his ticket (which he couldn't defend last night and failed to make a case for Palin when the question came up) is one example. His odd decision to "suspend" his campaign and head to Washington D.C. during the beginnings of the financial crisis (but then fail to lead his Republican colleagues) is another example.

Senator Obama won all three presidential debates this campaign season (all the post-debate polls say this). This level of debate dominance rarely happens during a presidential campaign. Now I hope that some civility will return to the campaign trail over the next three weeks. Americans are tired of campaigns waged on fear, hatred, anger, and uncivil behavior. Simply stated, the race is over for John McCain. Please Senator McCain, go out with some dignity still intact.

Joe Wins, Sarah Revives

The first and only VP candidate's debate of 2008 is now history. So what did we learn?

To nobody's surprise, Joe Biden showed that he knows his stuff. He articulated well the differences between the two tickets and was particularly effective in painting John McCain as not the right man to lead the country. He was articulate, emotive, and never condescending or abrasive. He was the model of a gracious statesman. I think he left no doubt in most viewers' minds that he's ready to lead the country if something unforeseen were to happen to Barack Obama.

To some people's surprise, Sarah Palin performed above expectations. I expected that she would present herself well after seeing some of her stump speeches. The question on everybody's mind was: will she look or sound uninformed like she did in some of her recent high profile interviews? Here she exceeded most expectations. She didn't come off as being unintelligent or abrasive. She checked "most but not all" of her condescending speech inflections which give some people migraines. Honestly, I don't like Palin's style as she uses facial expressions and a speech style that tries to be ingratiating. She likes to use folksy words like "gotcha" and phrases like "you betcha" which I feel is best left back in Alaska. But most importantly for her, she made no large stumble or gaffe. Sure she failed to answer a few questions and decided instead to say whatever she wanted which I guess is a "Palin thing." Heck, she even stated early in the debate that, “I may not answer the questions that either the moderator or you (Biden?) want to hear, but I'm going to talk straight to the American people and let them know my track record.” And she did use the name of a Union Civil War general (McClellan) in stead of the actual name of the current commander in Afghanistan (McKiernan). But hey, given what we all saw in the interviews leading up to this debate, it could have been a lot worse. I think she revived her own career and maybe she'll be less of a punch-line for a few days. Personally, I still don't feel she made a strong enough case for herself in terms of being able to lead this country if something were to happen to John McCain (which is the primary responsibility as a Vice President).

Conclusions? Joe Biden won the debate on all the substantive points. Sarah Palin performed better than the extremely low expectations that had been set for her. Biden helped make the case for Obama. Palin helped revive her own faltering national image. But how does any of this help John McCain? I think McCain was the loser tonight and that certainly won't help is stumbling campaign.

*** 10-9-08 UPDATE ***

Someone asked me if I had read the transcript to the debate between Senator Biden and Governor Palin and I responded that I hadn't. So I went back and read some of the actual answers (more like statements) by the candidates. What struck me was just how few times Palin actually answered the questions. If you remove Palin's charming smile and ingratiating tone and just read her answers to the questions, her lack of coherence is simply appalling. She doesn't sound as if she even graduated from college. It's no wonder that her oldest boy is going into the armed services (and not headed to college) and that her oldest girl is knocked-up (and not headed to college). I'll give you just one appalling example at Palin's incoherence:

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GWEN IFILL: Governor?

GOVERNOR PALIN: Say it ain't so, Joe, there you go again pointing backwards again. You preferenced your whole comment with the Bush administration. Now doggone it, let's look ahead and tell Americans what we have to plan to do for them in the future. You mentioned education and I'm glad you did. I know education you are passionate about with your wife being a teacher for 30 years, and god bless her. Her reward is in heaven, right? I say, too, with education, America needs to be putting a lot more focus on that and our schools have got to be really ramped up in terms of the funding that they are deserving. Teachers needed to be paid more. I come from a house full of school teachers. My grandma was, my dad who is in the audience today, he's a schoolteacher, had been for many years. My brother, who I think is the best schoolteacher in the year, and here's a shout-out to all those third graders at Gladys Wood Elementary School, you get extra credit for watching the debate.

Education credit in American has been in some sense in some of our states just accepted to be a little bit lax and we have got to increase the standards. No Child Left Behind was implemented. It's not doing the job though. We need flexibility in No Child Left Behind. We need to put more of an emphasis on the profession of teaching. We need to make sure that education in either one of our agendas, I think, absolute top of the line. My kids as public school participants right now, it's near and dear to my heart. I'm very, very concerned about where we're going with education and we have got to ramp it up and put more attention in that arena.

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That is a direct quote of Governor Palin. You can find the entire transcript which includes many of her other incoherent statements at the following link:

Transcript: The Vice-Presidential Debate

Main Street America: No Trust, No Faith

So the House of Representatives voted down the Wall Street Bailout Bill yesterday. Was this a total surprise? Not to me.

Why did this bill fail? Representatives received thousands of phone calls and e-mails from their constituents (Main Street Americans) who basically told them, "Hell no." Many Representatives could not vote for this especially if they were up for re-election in November.

Why did their constituents say "Hell no" to this bill? President Bush could not sell the bailout concept to the American people. House and Senate leaders could not sell the bill to the American people or their fellow lawmakers. Financial advisers and analysts could not persuade the American people that it is needed. Main Street Americans have no trust in the wheels of government and have lost faith in the process.

Who is to blame for this lack of trust and faith by the American people? This is the most difficult question to answer. Simply put. there's a lot of blame to go around. Visceral partisan politics is certainly one reason. Washington has the appearance of helping only the wealthy and the greedy over recent years. But I would say as of late, the main problem is President Bush. His economic policy mistakes and foreign policy blunders have left a bad taste in the mouth of the electorate. He can not sell the American people on anything that appears to come from his administration. He can not even sell members of his own party who are suppose to respect and follow his "leadership." President Bush is beyond the label of "lame duck." He is the "damned duck."

How will a bailout bill get passed? I think one will be passed the second time around. I think many representatives wanted to make a loud statement the first time and then they'll pass a modified version at the next opportunity. But I don't think the American people will get behind this bill unless something happens that directly affects them or their family (like one of their banks folding or they get turned down while attempting to purchase a car or refinance a loan). This crisis has not truly been felt yet by the average American who does not have great quantities of stock (or any at all). Right now, most Main Street Americans still feel that the problem is not theirs and they don't want to help people that they see as greedy and unworthy of assistance.

If the financial analysts are correct, the major hurt is right around the corner. I hope this crisis can be resolved so that: a) Markets are stabilized; b) the American people's money, if lent, will be returned; and c) Wall Street is held accountable if any wrong doing has occurred. But like most Main Street Americans, I don't trust any of "them" and I have little faith that even these three concerns will be adequately covered. And God help whoever assumes the office of the Presidency come next January.

Now appearing... John "David Blaine" McCain

90 minutes. That's how long the Presidential Candidates debate is scheduled to last Friday night at the University of Mississippi. Washington D.C. is about 2.5 hours via plane from the debate's location. Given that, both Senator's McCain and Obama can take the time to show up and talk about where they want to lead America for the next four years.

Why does Senator McCain seek to delay this debate? He is not a member of the Senate Banking Committee. He's not the Majority or Minority leader in the Senate. There will not be a vote Friday night on passage or not of a Wall Street bailout bill. I can only conclude that this is nothing but a political stunt on the part of Senator McCain to make some noise and "appear" as if he's leading something or anything. Now that the press honeymoon is over for Governor Palin, the American people (the intelligent, knowledgeable people who aren't on waiting lists wanting to cop a pair of Palin's favorite $400 glasses) are again focusing on the top of the two tickets and Senator McCain's poll numbers are slipping and looking like those in a pre-Palin time.

Debate not delay is what America wants. Discussion of policies and plans and not stunts is what America wants. John McCain is starting to look like the David Blaine of American politics.

The McCains and"Their" Economy

The McCains own:

* 10 Properties. But 6 are investments and they can only live out of 4 homes.

McCain spokesman Brian Rogers: “The reality is they have some investment properties and stuff. It’s not as if he lives in ten houses. That’s just not the case,” Rogers said. “The reality is they have four that actually could be considered houses they could use.”
For more on Properties see: http://www.mccainvminnesota.com/cribs.html

* 13 Cars. But John McCain himself is registered on only one.

What are the cars: 2004 Cadillac CTS, 2005 Volkswagen convertible, 2001 Honda sedan, 2007 Ford F-150 truck, 1960 Willys Jeep, 2008 Jeep Wrangler, 2000 Lincoln, 2001 GMC SUV, (3) 2000 NEV Gem electric vehicles, Toyota Prius (bought for the daughter). Cindy McCain mostly drives a Lexus which is registered to her family's beer business and has personalized plates that read "MS BUD." For more on Cars see: http://www.newsweek.com/id/160091

So is it any wonder that John McCain said on Meltdown Monday (9-15-08): "The fundamentals of our economy are strong." Because apparently, McCain's personal economy is quite strong. Unfortunately, that's not the case with the majority of Americans. McCain's comment (along with his inability to recall how many properties or cars the McCain's own) creates a picture of a candidate who has no grasp on the current state of our economy or even a grasp on what he owns. How can this man empathize with the rest of us?

This Hillary Supporter for the Obama/Biden Ticket

I opened up my Yahoo page this morning and read the results of a recent poll that made me mad. Here's the poll breakdown:



* THE ASSOCIATED PRESS-YAHOO POLL
* Interview dates: September 5, 2008 – September 15, 2008
* Interviews: 1,740 adults; 1,546 registered voters
* 825 Democrats; 715 Republicans
* Overall, 74 percent of Democrats say they will vote for Obama, compared to 87 percent of Republicans behind the Arizona senator. About 9 in 10 Clinton supporters are Democrats.

I don't understand this reluctance by some of my fellow Hillary supporters to get off the fence and support Obama. Like most Hillary supporters, I too voted for Bill Clinton in 1992 and 1996. I voted for Al Gore in 2000 (the President by Popular vote). I supported Hillary during the 2008 primaries and I think she would have made a damn fine President. But honestly, I didn't want to see her as a Vice Presidential candidate and I don't think she ever wanted that role.

What bothers me here is that we Hillary supporters align with Obama on issue after issue after issue but some of us are still soft on his candidacy? Obama (like Hillary) supports:

* Creating a timeline to withdraw troops from Iraq
* Removing the tax cuts for the wealthy
* Reproductive rights for women and other pro-women issues
* Universal Healthcare
* Alternative energy solutions and not the "Drill Baby Drill" mentality of McCain. This includes: enacting a Windfall Profits Tax to provide a $1,000 Emergency Energy Rebate to American Families.

And I could go on but just go to Obama's site and read about the issues for yourself at: http://www.barackobama.com/issues/

Oh and a couple of words about McCain's VP choice. Sarah Palin is nothing but a Republican stunt (a bone thrown to right-wingers in the Republican party). Yes, she's a woman but she's just a cute, right-winger in lipstick with almost no governmental experience or knowledge of the wider world (got her passport last year). She limped through an interview with the laid-back Charlie Gibson (fact checkers found errors in her responses and "non-responses"). And the only reason Palin has the highest approval ratings of any governor in the country is because she pays Alaskans over $2,000 a year from oil revenues (a program called the Alaska Permanent Fund). In other words, Alaskans are paid to like her.

The McCain/Palin ticket offers nothing for us Hillary supporters. Their proposed policies are mostly an extension of the George Bush Presidency and we don't need another 4 years like the last 8 years. The rest of my fellow Hillary supporters need to wake-up and see what's really at stake here and support the Obama/Biden ticket so that we can put this country back on a sane and progressive heading.