Folks,

Before starting, let me state UP FRONT that this does NOT apply to several of you. But, from a list of (now) 807 contacts that I have, it does apply to far too many, sadly!

Involvement! Or, the lack thereof. After reading this, you still have the option of being removed from my list of contacts simply by sending me an email with “REMOVE” in the subject line.

What I am about to say might “disturb” some of you but frankly I do not give a damn because it needs to be said. PLEASE SEND THIS on to all your email contacts, and, ask them to do the same. Please?

We face many very serious issues for our nation. Of course, the election for POTUS appears to be front and center. We each have our own opinions about the remaining three candidates. And rightfully so. But there are other – perhaps even more important issues – which we all must face.

It is one thing to use our computers to send volumes of emails about just any topic. Emails are sort of like the old “back fence gossip” except that they are not confined to our back yards; they span the globe. Someone sends and email and, before you know it, it has been to India and back. In many cases, rumor and untruths make their way around the world before the truth gets its boots on.

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At the outset of the Iraq war, the Bush administration estimated that it would cost roughly $50 to $60 billion to oust Saddam Hussein and set that nation on the road to democracy. Five years later, the price tag is $600 billion and counting. As the economy sours, it becomes clear that one overlooked casualty of this war will be America’s creaking infrastructure.

Free markets may be the only way to save the nation’s roads and highways. They might even be the best way to save them. The Department of Transportation, under this Administration, has made no secret of its desire to lease highways to private companies, to use tolls and congestion pricing, to auction off fast access to those willing to pay and to otherwise let free markets drive transportation. Under this view, breaking up the government monopoly on transportation could lead to innovation and more choices for the public. Let those who use a resource pay for it, without burdening everyone else with the costs. Let the pain of price ease gridlock. It will reduce both fuel consumption and emissions. Heck, it might even drive down your insurance premiums.

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The North American Union: I have already posted one vido on this (find it under “Videos” in the right sidebar). Every citizen should know of this effort to make Canada, the USA and Mexico one huge “union”]

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By Sandy:

I was listening to Rush Limbaugh a couple of days ago. He said something about McCain that bothers me.

I’d already heard a lot about the government wanting to give Gitmo detainees the same rights as Americans in the judicial system but hadn’t heard of McCain’s interview with Der Spiegel, a German magazine.

Question from Der Spiegel: “America has lost a lot of friends because President George W. Bush angered, indeed outraged, them. He allowed human rights to be violated at Guantanamo Bay, and he dismissed the joint effort to combat global warming. Under a President McCain, could we expect a change of course?”

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