portrait of a family

[rootvg]

Alexandra wrote:

I don't want Obama in the White House.
I don't want McCain either.

Neither do I but we don't have a choice.

For this reason, McCain almost has to pick Romney. He's a Harvard MBA and a Harvard Law grad. It doesn't get much better than that.

[rootvg]

Spirit of Reagan wrote:

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Get some facts - there are just as many speculators betting against oil as betting for it. Obama is the worst thing that could happen - his tax proposals will crush the economy.
All COMMODITIES are high due to demand. Look at the fertilizer companies, iron ore, other metals, grains, etc. There is HUGE demand from India and China and it is putting pressure on prices.
If you want oil to come down - we should signal a national emergency and provide immediate authorization for the oil companies to start drilling in ANWR and other areas with easily accessible oil. At the same time, we should authorize emergency building of nuclear plants and other alternatives.
We should also open up the shale deposits to recover the estimated 800 billion to 1.8 trillion barrels.
That would make oil go down.

Supporting the dollar would make it go down much faster.

In order to do that we need higher interest rates, a drastic reduction in government spending and also need to consider getting rid of one or more cabinet level agencies such as Education.

There are quite a few people in the general aviation community who think a draconian downsizing of the FAA (part of the Department of Transportation) is in order because they've simply outgrown their mission and are now primarily in the business of protecting their jobs versus serving the public. As this chorus of discontent grows, so will the pressure on the DOT to make significant changes there.

[hdawg]

Funny how you blame Bush, while Clinton had 8 years to sign a few reform acts that would have helped, he didn't. The main problem w/ the economy is health care costs. The automakers spend more money on health care than they do on steel. That's not just the fault of George Bush, but the fault of Clinton as well.

[GHOST OF HERBERT HOOVER]

BUSH is the man! He makes me look like a good president.

[GHOST OF HERBERT HOOVER]

Spirit of Reagan wrote:

I hope some Liberals read these and gain an understand of what tough times are really about.

Yeah, too bad Bush has been responsible for 8 years of the mess. he had plenty of opportunities to fix it and did nothing.

[GHOST OF HERBERT HOOVER]

MaD wrote:

<quoted text> What do liberals have to do with this? It was a Republican president policies which put us into the great depression of 1929!

I would know all about that.

[rootvg]

GHOST OF HERBERT HOOVER wrote:

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Yeah, too bad Bush has been responsible for 8 years of the mess. he had plenty of opportunities to fix it and did nothing.

That's not true.

Greenspan is responsible for a lot of it, opening the tap after 9/11 to avert a depression. The depression we would have had then is going to happen now...or at least a real bad downer. Bernanke isn't helping matters with his helicopter and Paulson is standing there with his hands in his pockets. Once a Dartmouth man, always a Dartmouth man.

There's not much more Bush or the Fed can do now. They're gonna half-heartedly bail out Fannie and Freddie and they already bailed out Bear Stearns. There's NO MORE MONEY. If one or more of the regionals goes down, too bad. The FDIC will do their thing and that's it.

[Alexandra]

rootvg wrote:

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Neither do I but we don't have a choice.
For this reason, McCain almost has to pick Romney. He's a Harvard MBA and a Harvard Law grad. It doesn't get much better than that.

I have a choice. I pick None Of The Above. LOL

I say everyone write someone in...even if it's your dog. These elections are fixed anyway.

[rootvg]

Alexandra wrote:

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I have a choice. I pick None Of The Above. LOL
I say everyone write someone in...even if it's your dog. These elections are fixed anyway.

I'm beginning to think you're right.

[Tenderlovingcare]

Alexandra wrote:

I don't want Obama in the White House.
I don't want McCain either.

Amen! LOL

[Tenderlovingcare]

sphynxcats wrote:

Hey, there are now more than 3000 families in Akron this poor..everything goes in the gas tank, and the two parents have to work, there is no time to garden. Nobody is going to fix things as long as the same idiots run things. A new idiot wont fix things either..we will be years cleaning up this economic debaucle of greed, consumerism and stupidity, did I mention investors too??? The American Dream is now the American nightmare..which now my children inherit..thanks guys..from local all the way up to GW

I bet you they wear name brand clothes and drive expensive vehicles. The poor will always be with us!

[Class of 73]

average american wrote:

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You are mean-spirited-you'd rather see double-digit
unemployment and inflation and people who have more bills than income?? OOps that's happening as we speak.
Don't worry- Obama will be a great president-it will take years to get out of this mess Bush & Co. have made. He's young, energetic and is extremely intelligent. He happens to be black and that's why people like you have a "problem"- it's your problem.

Obama's being black IS NOT the problem. His color has NOTHING to do with me not wanting to see him in the White House!! I simpley do not agree with his policies and I do not like him as a person ... Period. And to be honest, many of my friends don't care for him either.( Be they black or white. You see ... Friendship knows no color, at least not in my eyes !!) So ... Who is it that has a problem with color?? Not I. I believe it is the person who brought the color issue up in their post !!

[Class of 73]

Appraisit wrote:

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Is this from a racist point of view or do you actually have reason behind your pov.....?
....what kind of person wants to see families being further eroded by a jobless,homeless and hungry nation ?
All because of skin color.....amazing, have you learned nothing since your last "Class of 73"...!

Like I posted before ... The color of Obama's skin has NOTHING to do with me not wanting to see him become the President of the United States.

I do not like him ... Period. If you want to listen and believe all of his false promises then you go right ahead and believe him. Let him paint a rosie picture for you. But when he fails and doesn't keep his promises ... Don't get on these boards and cry!! You are the type of person that no matter who was in the White House ... You would find fault.

[this is about a family]

Wow, how off topic can ALL of you get? The story was about a family photo being discovered too many years later and what that family went through. I think it is a touching story and one that should remind us to take nothing for granted!

[Margaret Sanger]

Boston Hts Girl wrote:

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You're Kidding right??Why in the world would you expect conservatives to support P.P, the biggest abortion advocate's in town!!

Yes, I was kidding. Planned Parenthood provides free condoms, birth control at reduced rates according to income, pap tests, pelvic exams, pre and post natal care, sex education, and other services to the men, women, and children of the community. They do not "advocate" abortion.

Look up Margaret Sanger in Wikipedia.

[David]

Spirit of Reagan wrote:

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Go look at Liberal writers, blogs and 529's - all claim we are in a "Depression". Meanwhile people sleep out all night to get an expensive iPhone.

What would you call the current state of our economy?? Maybe you subscribe to Phil Gramm's (McCain's former economic advisor) philosophy that we are in a "Mental Recession". Mental or otherwise, this liberal can't afford the new iPhone-or much of anything- because I'm one of the hundreds of thousands of American's who have lost their jobs since January 2008. I have hope, however, that once Obama gets elected, the economy will get back on track and I will be able to return to my old standard of living.

[Tio Glennito]

Thank you, Mr. Price, for sharing this wonderful story! I enjoy restoring old photographs and find their stories priceless.(no pun intended)
It is nice to see a real story revealed in your creative writing talent. I hope that a few kids will put down their WIIs and IPODs for a moment to enjoy this heartwarming article.