There are many reasons to support Heather Ryan. Heather is a wife, veteran, and citizen of our district who has been active in politics for quite some time. She is educated, compassionate and smart. She represents the ideals Democrats espouse quite nicely. Most of all, she is not afraid to fight the Republicans for what we all believe in.

In the last several decades with the myriad of trade deals we have seen, the American Middle-Class has seen high-paying jobs, with the benefits and opportunities they offer constantly outsourced to third-world countries. Once there, these companies can pay a fraction of the wages American workers earn, can deny benefits, and often can be guilty of horrid working conditions, and even the use of child labor. The sad part is that our government actually gives tax breaks to companies that engage in this activity.

We all remember Hurricane Katrina, and the devestation it left in its wake on the Gulf Coast. In the aftermath, it seemed like everyone wanted to blame everyone else. Local and State Government wanted to blame the national goverment, while the Bush Administration and it's Republican apolegists sought to blame state and local governments to exonerate President Bush's Administration.

Like millions of my fellow Democrats across this great nation of ours, I have always regarded George W. Bush as a complete imbecile. I felt he was the spoiled-rotten black sheep of an elitist, possibly neo-facist family, that used his daddy's money, and his name to over-achieve, and get in over his head. I never thought there would even be a prayer of him being elected in 2000, and again in 2004 because I felt his luck would eventually run out.

Happy Independence Day everyone!! Today our nation celebrates it's Declaration of Independence from the British Empire. After much sacrifice from that generation, our nation would go on to become the first that was built upon the liberal ideals of the Enlightenment. Our nation would become a bastion of freedom, and the "city on the hill" for the world to aspire to.

Exxon Ed Whitfield has had this seat for a long time and made a lot of votes. During his tenure, he has been a constant rubber-stamp for the failed policies of the Bush Administration. Despite his election year "Renaisance" Exxon Eddie can't hide from his real record. He has consistenty gotten it wrong time and time again.

Many of you know that I have been writing a lot of diaries for my Congressioinal candidate, Heather Ryan. However, after buying a copy of Wednesday's Paducah Sun and reading an editoral by David Cox, my efforts for Heather must take a backseat for the day.

One thing Progressives have constantly been up in arms about since we helped the Democrats win back Congress in 2006 is the FISA fight. Many of us think that this bill was completely unneccesary, and that it was a bad idea. It wasn't that we needed new, broad ranging powers for the Federal Government to keep us safe, we just needed a competent administration in place to use laws already in place to protect us. That is what failed us on that terrible day of 9-11-01.