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There’s quite a bit of talk out there that Barak Obama is a Socialist.  These attacks are coming from John McCain himself.  I’m starting to wonder though why he’s attacking Obama for what Palin is.

Think about it for a moment.  Sarah Palin taxed big oil companies in Alaska and gave it to the people, I believe it was $1,200 per person or family.  But in any case this is socialism.  Sarah Palin also has support from the social conservatives.

Obama I believe just wants to give the middle class it’s tax breaks back that they used to have.  In the past 8 years $600 Billion has been added to the middle class taxes and cut for big corporations.  For example, a CEO on average gets and extra $700 Million each year because of these tax cuts.  Now how is that going to help the GDP?  How is that going to help the middle class and how is that going to trickle down?  Is each CEO going to give there own money to the poor?  I don’t think so.

On top of all that she’s for big government.  What I mean is that she believes that the government should control whether or not a woman can have an abortion even in the case of rape and incest. She asked a librarian if she could remove some books from the library that she “Palin” didn’t approve of.

I think someone should let John McCain know that picked a Socialist as his Vice President.

I’ve lived in St. Louis, MO. since 1991.  If you visit here these might be some places to check out and have some fun.

The Landing:

The Landing or Riverfront is where the Arch is.  Underneath the Arch is a historic museum with a big focus on American Indian History.

Take a walk around downtown and you can find some neat places like the Spaghetti Factory, Curry in a Hurry and lots of small authentic restaurants.

Botanical Gardens:

The Botanical Gardens is the largest Japanese garden in North America located on Tower Grove Ave and Shaw.

Union Station:

This is just a cool hang out place for me but I think anyone travelling here would like it.  The Metro link will take you here.

Delmar Loop:

My Favorite place to hang out here in St. Louis.  Lots of different restaurants like Blueberry Hill which is a bar and has Chuck Berry Memorabilia.  Just get off the Metro link at the Delmar Loop and walk west down Delmar and you’ll find the loop.  From cultural stores to ethnic restaurants, you won’t regret it.

Forest Park:

The cool thing about forest park is that the Science Museum and the Zoo are Free to visit.  Excellent place to bring the family and have some fun.

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Think for a minute about what the Wall Street Bail Out really means.  Our government giving $700 Billion to AIG and others.  Think of what this money will be paying for.  Here’s a short list I thought of off the top of my head.

• Corporate Salaries: CEO, VP and don’t forget the Board of Directors.
• Staff Salaries.
• Corporate Expenses such as rent, electric, travel and lots more.
• Bonuses:  AIG gave $3 Billion in bonuses last year.
• Investments:  For example new projects or ventures.  Research and Development.
• Bank Accounts.

The problem with this Wall Street Bail Out is that the money gets filtered through all this listed above before it gets to the guys on “Main Street”.

What Congress needs to do is:

1. Find out who this effects on Main Street.
2. See if there’s any state laws that protect them.
3. If not then Bail Them Out.

This approach will be much cheaper and remember that many of these people that are effected by the Wall Street Crash are covered by there state laws and will be okay.

As far as AIG goes, they will probably be divided up and sold to other American Banks.  I think Congress should also make sure that ONLY American banks by out AIG.

This is a better plan I think.

For months my uncle Edie was sick with diabetes.  Since I was living in an apartment I decided to move in with my aunt and uncle to help because he had half his leg amputated.

Sadly he died after battling an aneurism for several hours and we decided to pull the plug at his request.  My aunt decided to take his ashes to spread on the East Coast where they lived most there lives together and I stayed to watch the house and the dogs.  My aunt then left and I was all alone in the house.

Day 1.

I woke up the next morning at 4:00am and found it strange that all the lights downstairs were on.  Was my mind fooling me because of the tragic experience?  I turned all the lights out and left for work.  I came home in the evening, cooked and ate dinner then went to bed.

Day 2.

I woke up in the middle of the night hearing some commotion downstairs.  I heard a door open and shut so I jumped up and ran downstairs.  As I got to the bottom of the steps I could of sworn I heard a lady’s voice speaking Spanish.  The words were perro perro which means dog dog.  But when I looked around there was no one there.  I was sure that my mind was playing tricks on me.  I brushed it off and went back to bed.  Besides I didn’t find the sound of the women’s voice very threatening.

Day 3.

I woke up to get ready for work to find all the lights on downstairs again.  As I turned them off I noticed a big mess in the kitchen from when I fixed myself dinner the night before.  I made a note to clean it up that evening.

I came home from work and went to the kitchen to clean the dishes to find that they are already cleaned and the smell of pine soul was a little overwhelming.  My mother must have dropped by since my aunt also gave her a key.

My mom called me later that evening to check on me.  She then asked me if I needed her to stop buy to do some cleaning.  I was confused and asked if she was here earlier and she said no.  The phone clicked so I let her go and my aunt was on the other line.  I asked her if she gave a copy of the key to any of her friends to help with the dogs and she said no.

I ate dinner, cleaned my mess and went to bed.

Day 4.

I woke up again hearing commotion downstairs.  A lady’s voice shouting, “Perro perro!”.  It sounded like she was walking hard because her footsteps were loud.  This time I started to get scared and just ignored it.  Then I heard the footsteps coming up the stairs fast and into my room and felt a hand shove me.  I jumped up and yelled to find no one there.  I got myself together and went back to sleep.  Must be my imagination.  I often hear of people going through tragedies seeing and hearing things that aren’t there.

I woke up and got ready for work and was pleased to see that none of the lights were on downstairs so I went to work.

When I came home I ate dinner and decided to take a shower.  I know it wasn’t stated earlier but I did take a shower the other days.  As I left to take the shower I decided to take the trash out.  I pulled the trash bag out of the can and while doing so accidentally knocked it over.  Since I had my towel in the other hand I decided that I would pick it up later.  I took the trash out, took my shower and when I came back to my room the trash can was standing upright.

Nothing happed the rest of the time my aunt was gone but the experience still gives me the chills.  It’s completely uncontrollable and that’s what I hate about it.

I also found it interesting that the lady a heard spoke Spanish because my uncle was peortorican and spoke Spanish.