Why did you vote for Obama or not...?

[blue]

Because of Obama's voting records in the State and Federal senates and who he has choosen to associate with over the years I couldnt vote for him.

McCain may be socially conservative but he is fiscaly liberal so I couldnt vote for him either.

Both of them were long winded on ideas but very little on how they would implement those ideas.

I was pretty hopefull when Palin joined the Republican ticket but the McCain campaign kept her on the backburner, away from the press and controlled what she would say and that hurt McCain alot.

[Marigold2]

One thing that he doing right away is lifting the ban on stem cell research. There is so much good that will come of this.
I don't believe that most people realize that unwanted bits and pieces of humans, from a hospital or clinic are simply put in an oven and burned. After all it's not like the garbage man picks up things from a woman's clinic, these items are burned not thrown in a local dump. It's not a pretty thought I grant you, but facts are facts, so with these items going into the incinerator anyway lets do some testing on them and see if finding a cure for Parkinson, or diabetes, or nerve-regeneration is possible. This way the tissue isn't wasted and some good can come out of it.

[blue]

Adult stem cell research has never been banned. Adult stem cell research has never needed public funding. Now ask yourself why.

[Karen]

Adult stem cell research has never been banned. Adult stem cell research has never needed public funding. Now ask yourself why.

Adult stem cell research gets plenty of public funding, as do most areas of medical research.

[blue]

Adult stem cell research gets plenty of public funding, as do most areas of medical research.

Yeah I screwwed that up pretty bad.

Adult stem cell research dosent have the sticky morale issues that embryotic stem cell research has.

[carole]

As a young person visiting the USA, i was totally gobsmacked when i crossed the border into Mexico, i don't know what it is like now, but you went from skyscrapers,to shanty towns, i have never forgotten it,seen nothing like it before, i was only 18 at the time, and it really had an impact on me.

I have to agree with a lot that has been said, i also think that poverty in Africa,India etc is way different to poverty in America or New Zealand, especially here as you are eligible for welfare if you need it, i don't know how the American system works, but in my opinion there is no need for homeless people in my country, it is their choice. I may get flamed for that comment, but i am saying this about my own country,as i know how the system works here.

Marigold, my teenage daughter often comments on why they keep having children in these countries,as has been said it is because of a lack of education and lack of access to birth control, it is a sad fact indeed.

People in Africa don't have the same access to food banks, or shelters as we do,there just is not enough food to go around, and a Tv, car, what on earth are those things,they do not even know what they are.

Poverty is poverty and is bad no matter where it is, and i feel for all who live lives that are indeed miserable, i feel for the homeless in the USA,but i have to be true to myself, i feel more for those in Africa.

[momoffuzzyfaces]

as you are eligible for welfare if you need it, i don't know how the American system works, but in my opinion there is no need for homeless people in my country, it is their choice.

Ok, I'll give you the point that the homeless in other countries are different than here. But I know of NO ONE in this country who would chose to be homeless!!!

Only families with children can get welfare here. While waiting to see if my disability would go through, I was on public assistance. A grand total of $125 a month. I defy you to live on that!!! Luckily for me, I still had a bit of my profit sharing money left to help pay the bills until my disability came through.
Then I paid ever cent of the public assistance money back so someone else could be helped.

Believe me, you don't know how terrifiying it is to not know where your next meal will come from or how you will keep a roof over your head until you've been through it. Sleeping in the cold in America is still as miserable as sleeping in the cold any where else!

Poor people in America aren't the ones who can only afford one car. I can't even afford that any more. I think they are lucky if they can still afford one.