Post #143 Sympathy For The Devil, Pt. III

All I can say is that I am better off now than I was fours ago.

It's the economy, stupid; it's ALWAYS the economy. In fact, of the Presidential elections I've voted in, I have gone backwards under Republicans -- '84, '88, '92, '04, '08 -- and forward under Democrats -- '96, '00, '12. I'd rather vote for Jill Biden's husband -- in case there any James Earl Rays reading this -- than Mitt Romney.

It's very simple. To get my vote, to make me ignore 32 years of history, Romney needs to explain what happened in '08 and how his policies will address the causes of '08. All I've heard so far is hot air.

Hey, I'm as much a redneck as the next guy and voted for Hillary... twice (once in the primary and once as a write-in the general)... in '08 instead of that black Muslin from Kenya. But President Barack Obama has earned my vote in '12.

Post #142 Sympathy For The Devil, Pt. II

Pat McCrory ® is running for Governor of North Carolina. He was Mayor of Charlotte. A selling point of his campaign is that Charlotte is an "economic powerhouse."

Is Charlotte really an "economic powerhouse?" The answer seems to be, it depends on who you ask. The 1% seem to think so; the 99% are unconvinced.

What actions -- or inactions -- did McCrrory take as Mayor of Charlotte to make that city an "economic powerhouse?" McCrory supported light rail in Charlotte -- with state funds and federal funds and a sales tax increase, by the way (not to be confused with that hotel tax increase used to pay for the NASCAR "Hall Of Fame.") Did light rail in Charlotte make that city an "economic powerhouse?" Don't know.

And do those actions -- or inactions -- translate to state government? Will McCrory support light rail in other North Carolina cities? Don't know.

How do we know that McCrory will not become another loud-mouth Republican who will declare war on "them" -- whoever the "them" is at the moment -- to distract from his own failed policies? Um, we don't. But McCrory did vote for Amendment One to our state Constitution, denying equal rights to all citizens of North Carolina.

Most importantly -- and fundamentally, how will McCrory secure my inalienable right to Life as defined in our state Constitution?

Post #141 Sympathy For The Devil *

Songwriters: Mick Jagger / Keith Richards

Please allow me to introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
I've been around for a long, long year
Stole many a man's soul and fate

I was 'round when Jesus Christ
Had his moments of doubt and pain
Made damn sure that Pilate
Washed his hands and sealed his fate

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name, oh yeah
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game

I stuck around St. Petersburg
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed the Czar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain

I rode a tank
Held a General's rank
When the Blitzkrieg raged
And the bodies stank

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name, oh yeah
What's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah

I watched the glee
While your kings and queens
Fought for ten decades
For the Gods they made

I shouted out
"Who killed the Kennedys?"
Well after all
It was you and me

Let me please introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
And I laid traps for troubadours
Who get killed before they reached Bombay

I wrote the GOP plank *
Tax cuts for the wealthy, help for no one else *
I killed religion in America *
'Love thy neighbor' is now every man for himself *

America, America, a dead society *
We are all adrift in this great big sea *
Ain't ya proud? I know I am *
'All men are created equal' has been dissed *

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name, oh yeah
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name, oh yeah
But what's confusing you
Is just the nature of my game, ooh yeah

Just as every cop is a criminal
And all the sinners saints
As heads is tails just call me Lucifer
I'm in need of some restraint

So if you meet me, have some courtesy
Have some sympathy and some taste
Use all your well learned politics
Or I'll lay your soul to waste, mmm yeah

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name, mmm yeah
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, get down
Woo hoo, ah yeah, get on down, oh yeah

Tell me, baby, what's my name?
Tell me, honey, baby guess my name
Tell me, baby, what's my name?
I'll ya one time you're to blame

What's my name?
Tell me, baby, what's my name?
Tell me, sweetie, what's my name?

* additional lyrics by TheDaF