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2008 Soap Box Archives In '08 It seems that every national election we've had in the last several decades has been described as the most important election in the history of America. And of course they've all been important, but coming right down to it I sincerely believe that the '08 election could well be what decides whether America maintains its place in the world as the most powerful, progressive and benevolent nation history has ever known or whether we will be relegated to a back seat in a world community capable of producing economic giants in a few short years. China has discovered capitalism and the staggering amount of underpaid manpower controlled by a totalitarian, heavy handed government makes it impossible for any free country paying decent wages to compete. China has to create twenty five million new jobs every year and there is no foreseeable let up in the amount of cheap Chinese goods flooding the world's markets. Another potentially catastrophic Chinese problem looms on the horizon. I fully believe that the day will come when China will attempt to take Taiwan very possibly by military force. Taiwan is a U.S. ally. What are we going to do about it? Russia is a social dichotomy of haves and have-nots. The biggest concentration of billionaires on earth live in Moscow, while the rank and file citizens struggle to make ends meet. Russia is becoming more arrogant and more militant with each passing day. Someone will soon have to deal with it. The situation at our southern border becomes more serious and more complex with each passing day as Hispanic political power grows stronger while gutless politicians become weaker in their willingness to do anything about it. Eventually, when all the jobs have been gobbled up and we have several million disenchanted and unemployed illegal aliens roaming the streets of America, someone will be forced into taking some stringent measures. Who is best suited to do it? The trouble between trade unions and manufacturers will escalate as companies continue to outsource American jobs and I believe the day will come when America will be forced into some degree of protectionism, NAFTA or no NAFTA. It will be a situation demanding political nerve, finesse and iron will. Who has it? The price of crude oil is spiraling out of control while America sets on top of untold millions of barrels of oil and has not built a new refinery or nuclear reactor since the seventies. The time will come when someone will have to stand up to the green crowd for the good of America. Who's going to do that? Drug
fueled violent crime is rampant on the streets of America. Does anybody have a plan? The U.S.dollar, which has always been the safest currency in the world, is losing ground to just about every other stable currency on earth, the Euro, the Japanese yen are all gaining on the dollar. And yet the trade deficit grows and a do nothing Congress with an eleven percent approval rating makes a piece of ordinary legislation look like a New York city phone book by adding their greedy earmarks and personal pork. They have no interest except their own and America suffers for it. One thing we must remember. This election is not just about choosing a President. It's about electing Congressmen and Senators who really care more about America than they do their stupid political party. I know there are a few good men and women in Congress, but for the most part they are a bunch of mealy mouthed children fighting over a toy in a sandbox. There is no need to send a good man or a good woman to the White House only to have their hands tied by wimpy backbiters who refuse to fund the troops without billions of dollars of needless spending attached to it. That's silly, dangerous and downright treasonous in my book. Throw the clowns out, make them come home and make them work for a living like the rest of us do. One of the candidates has made the statement that the war on terror is just a bumper sticker or a slogan, he couldn't be more naive or farther from the truth. The war on terror is real and ongoing and something we will be dealing with for many years to come. And I know of at least one candidate who isn't qualified to deal with the war on terror. He doesn't even believe in it. There are many running who claim they would immediately start pulling troops out of Iraq. Don't you believe them! Once they are privy to all the information they'll change their mind. Do we want to give al Qaida their own country and free up the insurgents to come to America? It's that simple. To leave Iraq before the job is done would be abandoning people we've asked to trust us to unspeakable horrors at the hands of cruel maniacs, the very kind of people we've just rescued them from. No one will be immediately pulling all the troops out of Iraq but they will have to deal with the war. Who is best qualified to do that? I would ask you all, whether you're Democrat, Republican, Independent, right, left, conservative or liberal, please remember that those are just labels. What we really are are Americans. I only wish the politicians could remember that. Pray for our troops What do you think? God Bless America Charlie Daniels January 8, 2008
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