In an earlier stage of life I worked at RadioShack, when they actually sold electronics and radio equipment. One of my co-workers was a ham radio enthusiast and would spend hours talking about the rise of the Amiga and how it would come back. It was always just a few months away from releasing a new OS or platform. I would wager if I went back to that store... Or perhaps the store that replaced it, since RadioShack is just a shell of its former self he would still extoll the virtues of Amiga and it's imminent resurgence. Then he'd mutter about how Gateway killed it because the technology was too advanced for the average PC user to accept.

Wow, so you have never heard of innovation, ingenuity, or wealth generation. Rags to riches? I am sorry you have been brainwashed to believe these things about Capitalism. Capitalism allows wealth to be generated from nothing but the application of ones mind and hard work carried out by ones hands.

Yeah, well I have seen the values of my investments plummet +30% but I am in for the long haul. Many people lived through the Great Depression and look what happened to this country afterwards. Was there ever a time in American history that proved to be more inventive and innovative than the period of time during and after WWII? We are namby pambys today. A bit sad actually. I don't want government bailing anyone out. It prolongs the failure and spreads out the misery.

I say... Frig em all. The people who lent the money who couldn't pay back the loans. Thinking they would be able to sell the home for a profit all the while taking out more mortgages and buying new cars and flatscreen TVs. Those of us who were repsonsible and didn't take part in the excess are getting reamed. We are the ones who need to be rewarded, in the form of lower taxes. Not GIVING money away to those who failed. Capitalism fails if you reward the losers and punish the winners.

yet nothing was made of Obama spending 14million dollars to give move the last day of the convention to a stadium from the pepsi center, or the vast majority of other luxuries and expenses that could be found in his campaign. I find it silly that the media banged away at Palin for the 150K in clothes when Obama raised north of 600 million dollars. How many 150K were from illegitamate sources? We may never know because Obama refused to disclose who the $200 came from. Additionally, he reneged on his promises to debate McCain anytime, anyplace and reneged on public financing. Do you see now? Or is the Emperor still clothed?

If you care about the health of our democracy we better hope that the media does not treat Obama with kid gloves here on out, and end up becoming state press. I am quite upset that the WashPost did not add too and complete its story on the Barack Obama campaign credit card donation fraud. I provided evidence in the form of bank statements, screen shots, etc and was speaking directly to the reporter who wrote the article. He informed me that they were working on the story, even the day before the election, but nothing came of it. One wonders who squelched it. The media also needs to recognize the vast majority of McCain voters, voted against Obama not because of his race but because of his ideology and the direction we think he will take the country in. If they continue to treat all McCain voters by some sterotypical image of a bubba in backwoods somewhere, that is bad press and needs to be countered. Additionally, if BHO and his Democratic allies have their way, the voice of the conservatives on the AM dial will be squelched. The media should, in its own interest, understand this is not good for our democracy.