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Nightmares about America's future
Nightmares, although rare, always used to come between dusk and dawn.
Now, since Presidential Inauguration Day 2009, they come at all hours of the day and night, disturbing peace and sleep. Each new policy statement by the Obama administration and Congressional leaders Pelosi and Reid make me want to shout, "Say it isn't so!"
The worst nightmares in my life are coming from the changes that an immature electorate was seduced into wanting. It takes scores of years to gain the insights necessary to read between the lines of politicians' pre-election promises. The sad thing is, the tract record of Illinois State Sen. Barack Obama gave more than enough warning of the nightmares to come.
If you are not having nightmares about our country's future, you will, I promise. Reality awaits.
Norman Sayles
Lodi

Reader Feedback
Lodian wrote on Nov 21, 2009 4:11 PM:
LOL! Geez, you are a nut, Brian. "
Brian wrote on Nov 21, 2009 11:55 AM:
is now realizing he may be forced to cozy up with the people he threw under the bus as an act of self-preservation.
It might be too late. "
dyan wrote on Nov 16, 2009 9:33 AM:
max stanfield wrote on Nov 15, 2009 5:00 PM:
Gator wrote on Nov 15, 2009 3:09 PM:
Gator wrote on Nov 15, 2009 3:07 PM:
that didn’t need to happen. The True cost of that war will never be known
as it is well hidden. Estimates say it could be close to 2 trillion. And never
Mind it caused the real war to be put on the back burner and nearly lost. My
Question is when is the American public going to stop P***ing and moaning and take back our country and government. I believe this generation would rather sit on their dead A** and say po-me po-me. IT’S
YOURS TO LOSE PEOPLE!!!!!! "
Gator wrote on Nov 15, 2009 2:56 PM:
Goes by the name of greed and lot’s of people had it. Countrywide played
fast and loose and tossed out loans like penny candy, they were the first and
the biggest. The American public was on a credit binge like never before
realtors were going nuts inflating prices and bidding wars were taking place right in peoples front rooms. The House I bought for 135,000 in 1999 I sold
For 445,000 in2005.it foreclosed in less than 14 months. Gas went to 4.50
and the slide started The goose that laid the golden egg was killed by wanton greed by all parties concerned. As POGO said “we have met the enemy and it-R-us“…. "
DeputyChief wrote on Nov 15, 2009 2:48 PM:
This country is heading for a major train wreck, because of a sick liberal philosophy of "spending more will relieve debt" Now let's spend more money that we don't have on health care for those that don't have it and ruin it for the ones that do have health care. Good job Obama and democratic congress. When you crash I am sure you will blame it on Bush! "
max stanfield wrote on Nov 15, 2009 1:28 PM:
max stanfield wrote on Nov 15, 2009 1:26 PM:
dogbark wrote on Nov 15, 2009 8:53 AM:
Surely you can link all the nightmarish problems under little bush to Clinton. "
sparky595 wrote on Nov 15, 2009 5:12 AM:
Oh, by the way, obama was present in the senate and voted 'Yea' to pass "lil bush's" bailout plan. Obama even asked bush to release the remaining 350 billion dollars of TARP funds 2 weeks prior to being inaugurated. "
dogbark wrote on Nov 14, 2009 3:47 PM:
Gator wrote on Nov 14, 2009 2:19 PM:
Gives you don’t do anything at all. Go ask Alice when she’s ten feet tall…. "
sparky595 wrote on Nov 14, 2009 1:54 PM:
sparky595 wrote on Nov 14, 2009 1:42 PM:
Neon lights a nobel prize
A leader speaks, that leader dies
You don’t have to follow me
Only you can set you free
You gave me fortune
You gave me fame
You me power in your god’s name
I’m every person you need to be
I’m the cult of personality
Look into my eyes, what do you see?
Cult of personality
I know your anger, I know your dreams
I’ve been everything you want to be
I’m the cult of personality
Like mussolini and kennedy
I’m the cult of personality
Cult of personality
Cult of personality "
sparky595 wrote on Nov 14, 2009 1:37 PM:
Look into my eyes, what do you see?
Cult of personality
I know your anger, I know your dreams
I’ve been everything you want to be
I’m the cult of personality
Like mussolini and kennedy
I’m the cult of personality
Cult of personality
Cult of personality
Neon lights, a nobel prize
The mirror speaks, the reflection lies
You don’t have to follow me
Only you can set me free
I sell the things you need to be
I’m the smiling face on your t.v.
I’m the cult of personality
I exploit you still you love me
I tell you one and one makes three
I’m the cult of personality
Like joseph stalin and gandi
I’m the cult of personality
Cult of personality
Cult of personality "
Leonard wrote on Nov 14, 2009 11:18 AM:
The blatant hypocrisy is astonishing.
Oh, the irony..... "
Leonard wrote on Nov 14, 2009 11:17 AM:
When logic and proportion have fallen sloppy dead
Talk about an apt quote! "
Jerome R. Kinderman wrote on Nov 14, 2009 10:19 AM:
Back in January after Obama became our president, I promised that I would not limit my comments, letters or other offerings to negative criticism if I recognized that he had done anything positive. Sadly, as each day dawns we're presented with yet another effort on behalf of President Obama's administration to fundamentally change our heretofore freedom-loving nation to nothing more than a socialist state.
Those who would defile the opposition's attempt to save us from certain tyranny concerns me as it was formerly accepted that questioning our leaders was not only permissible, but encouraged. The blatant hypocrisy is astonishing.
Thankfully, the mid-term elections of 2010 are less than a year away. Could we be on the verge of a repeat of 1994? History is poised to repeat itself - and it couldn't come fast enough. "
Gator wrote on Nov 14, 2009 8:26 AM:
When logic and proportion have fallen sloppy dead and the White Knight
Is talking backwards and the Red Queens “off with her head” remember
What the dormouse said Feed your head feed your head… "
voter wrote on Nov 14, 2009 7:33 AM:
sparky595 wrote on Nov 14, 2009 5:24 AM:
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