Sunday 19th oct Colin Powell announced who he will be voting for. The former Secretary of State Colin Powell endorses Obama. Even though Powell was Secretary of State under Republican president George W. Bush, he is voting for the Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. There has been many rumors on the web about Powell endorsing Obama, and today he went public. (se Colin Powell støtter Obama og Powell velger Obama)
So why did Powell endorse Obama and not McCain?
he has concerns about the direction of the Republican party, that it has moved more to the right than he would like to see it
he believes that Obama has done a better job handling the financial crisis
he believes that Obama has the right qualities for the job
he believes that McCain made a mistake in his choice of vice president. He doesnt think Sarah Palin is ready to be president if McCain is unable
he says he votes for the candidate who he thinks will do the best job, regardless of party
he believes that Obama is the best person to help fix the worlds view of the US
Powell has stayed out of politics since he left the Bush administration in 2005, but has jumped back in with his endorsement of Obama. How his endorsement will effect undecided voters? Only time will tell.
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Ja så var tiden på året der fjorårets skatteoppgjør blir offentliggjort. Det som er nytt de siste årene er at nå ligger listene ute hele året. Iforhold til tidligere år der de lå ute i et begreset tidsrom. De gamle listene (de for 2006) hadde over 29 millioner søk i skattelistene på VG Nett, ja over 29 mill søk kun via VG nett! Og det i et land med kun 4,7 mill innbyggere.
Noen mener dette er snoking i folks privatliv. Mens andre mener listene for debatten om rettferdigheten i skattesystemet. Det som er sikkert, er at så lenge listene ligger tilgjengelig, vil de få mange treff.
Ifjor ble det gjort en undersøkelse om hva folk mener om offentliggjøringen.68 prosent sier nei og kun 32% mener listene bør offentliggjøres.
Det er hva folket mener, hva mener partiene? SV er for, AP er for, V er for, SP er for, KRF er imot offentliggjøring i pressen, H er imot og FRP er også imot.
Her er jeg enig med KRF. Jeg ser ikke vitsen med å offentliggjøre listene i pressen. Jeg ser heller ikke vitsen med å ha de liggende ute på nett, så alle kan sjekke alle. De som trenge å vite hva jeg tjener og betaler i skatt, vet det jo allerede. Kanskje det kunne vært en ide at for å kunne se noen andre sin liste, må du logge deg inn på skattelistene på ditt eget navn. Så personen du er interessert i å se, kan selv se hvem som har vært inne og sett på han/hun selv.
Skattelistene lurer deg er en artikel på startsiden.no som viser hvordan tallene lurer deg. Listene er ikke helt 100% rette, det finnes feil. Listene kan også skape konflikter med eks kolleger o.s.v. eller misbrukes av kriminelle. Men det positive er at den viser hvordan fellesskapet fungerer.
Blir skattelistene brukt til noe annet enn snoking? Det er ikke lett å vite, men det er nok det største grunne folk er inne på listene. Kanskje listene brude ligge på www.snoking.no?
Her er noen artikler om skattelistene i norske aviser:
Two down, one to go. Tuesday night Obama and McCain went head to head in the second presidential debate. So who won the debate? A recent CNN poll says 54% of those that watch the debate said Obama did the best job, Macain got 30%. So its now 2-0 to Obama on the debates.
In this debate, the candidates answered questions from the audience and from e-mails. This forum worked well, but as politicions often do, they cant answer a simple question with a simple answer. Both Obama and McCain had some good, and not so good answers. But I thought Obama was the best. I thought he had better answers. He didn´t just say what needs to change, he said how he would do it.
I must admit, I was hoping for some more “action”. The debate was a little boring. I would have liked to see some more direct dialog between the two.
There were two words that repeated themselves during the debate. Obama said change a lot, and McCain said my friends a lot. Not that that was surprising.
I watch the debate online, and the live streaming started a few minutes before the actual debate started. I found these few minutes quite amusing. I saw the debate leader eating some sweets, talking to other staff and I saw him trying different facial expressions.
After the debate Obama and McCain went round thanking the people in the audience. They started on different sides, and when they meet in the middle something funny happend. McCain patted Obama on the back. But when Obama turned round to shake his hand, McCain didnt want to. He just showed Obama to his wife, who did shake his hand. Does McCain have a problem with Obama? Does he dislike him that much? Here is the clip: Nektet å takke Obama for debatten
Her er noen artikkler om debatten i norske aviser:
