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Originally Posted by shooter2jim

Agreed x 100!

But I want to stay away from personal attacks on fellow forum members if they haven't attacked me. I want to try to convince them why they should change their way of thinking.

The very foundation of our economy is personal property rights. When Carter signed the Community Reinvestment Act in '77, it planted the small cancer that exploded last summer. This isn't the time or place for the whole discussion, but you know in your heart that you don't loan money or property to people who can't pay it back and that's exactly what Carter was responsible for doing and Fannie Mae fueled it. I know someone personally who worked for Carter when he was gov of GA and she says he was a fiscal moron (history proves that). Her office worked tons of overtime cleaning up the messes he made. That is why we MUST carefully choose the next Pres. and not brush aside little things like his or her employment history, voting record, associations with shady characters, or core beliefs. All of this matters! Look at what Carter's poor judgment 30 years ago has done to us! To hell with someone's "coolness" factor... this is our future we're talking about here! Now we have a figurehead who wants the government to run everything, and people are being sucked in because they do not think for themselves! Name me one thing the government has run more efficiently than the private sector can! Military? $500 hammers. Medicare, medicaid, welfare.... all going broke. And now we simply are expected to go along with someone who wants the government to run the auto industry, health care industry..... hell everything?

I'm sorry about the rant and you can complain and have me banned if you want, but it's time for everyone to start calling things like they are. We have got to do what we can at the polls to stop this cycle of idiocy. As it stands now, our beloved 5.7's are going to be a distant memory due to CAFE standards. Those numbers are lofty ideals, but look what they've done to our auto industries. Look at European cars...no not the luxury brands.. the every day drivers- they are stupid little cramped crackerboxes! Why do we want to follow a government that has given them those deathtraps? WE DON'T!!! We must start electing people with some common friggin' sense about how this economy works and what made this nation great, not people who started their political career as Jesse Jackson/Al Sharpton wannabes.

As for the OP's situation..... what a great attitude! He's exactly the kind of person that's going to wake up in the middle of the night and go... "I've got it." Then he's going to start working on turning that idea into a business. He's going to work night and day to make that dream a reality. It's probably not going to happen overnight and he might even fail a time or two, but eventually it will happen. He'll work at it because it's what he loves to do and he will be successful.... we'll probably be asking him for a job one of these days.

Nicely put! Too bad the mainstream media can't see past the hype of our new pres. IMO way too many people can't see what's happening to our country just to vote for someone claiming "Change" as the main plan. Pretty scarely I think. Anyways, back on track sorry to hear about your difficult times OP. When things get back on yourside, maybe you can replace that "slow" GSXR1000 with the new hot rod..Aprilia RSV 1000. Recent test say it is hitting 189mph!