So all of the votes have now been counted and we now have the first African-American president in the history of our country. While I’m proud of the fact that we’re not a bunch of racist haters like some would have us believe, I’m very concerned over having Barack Obama as Supreme Chancellor… I mean president.
As I was watching various news channels last night, and started coming to the realization that our country thinks that socialism is cool, I started trying to mentally prepare myself for the next four years. I keep trying to convince myself that the most liberal member of the U.S. Senate won’t be too liberal of a president. It’s not working. I know too much about history and I have too much knowledge of his policies.
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After what seems like a million years, we finally get to vote for the people that will take it upon themselves to destroy our country. I’m sure that they don’t think that their policies will destroy our country – they’re doing what’s in their best interests, I mean the country’s best interests.
I plan on voting on my way into work. I’m actually still conflicted on whom I will be casting my ballot for. I don’t like what’s been going on with our government over the past few years so I’m reluctant to vote for any incumbents. I’ll probably end up voting for multiple third-party candidates but I know that doing so is just throwing my vote away. At least I can say though that I didn’t vote for “that guy”. I do know though that I’m not voting for Obama for president. I don’t like McCain but I dislike Obama even more.
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I know that we’re still a few days from Halloween, but with the presidential election and trick or treating in the air, I thought that it would be fun to post this comic that I stumbled upon. The thing that makes it so funny is the fact that it’s true.
If you’re lucky, Comrade Obama will only take half of your candy. He’ll be sure to get the half that has the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups though.
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I’ve been thinking a lot about the state of our economy. I must say, I’m not very optimistic. I’m very angry with the politicians in Washington right now. Given the economic circumstances that our country is facing, spending money to save failing companies that then turn around and spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on retreats is just complete stupidity in my opinion.
In his Communist Manifesto, published in 1848, Karl Marx proposed 10 measures that were to be implemented after the proletariat gained power. The purpose of this was to centralize all instruments of production in the hands of the state. Measure number five was to bring about the “centralization of credit in the banks of the state, by means of a national bank with state capital and an exclusive monopoly.” Let’s all give communism a great big welcome to the United States!
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I have to admit that I’m a huge Sarah Palin fan. Ever since I heard that she was going to sue over the decision to list the polar bear as endangered, I’ve been a fan.
When I heard that John McCain had decided to pick Governor Palin as his running mate, I was elated. Then I heard her acceptance speech. What’s more than elated? Whatever it is, that’s what I was. And then she spoke at the Republican National Convention last night.
I don’t know if it’s possible for me to be more impressed with this woman. She appears to be a true conservative that doesn’t like big government. She also says that we need to start domestic drilling which shows me that she has a grasp on the impending energy crisis that the country is facing. Add to all of that, she’s not from Washington. In fact, she’s about as far from outside of the beltway as I can imagine. I like that.
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People who vote for Barack Obama because they want “change” will probably get change. That may not be a good thing though. Enjoy the music video for Barack Obama’s unofficial campaign theme song.
Is it propoganda if it’s true?
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My mom sent me a link to an article from The Aspen Times. As I read it, I discovered that it almost perfectly describes me. In fact, it was so good that I thought that I’d post it here.
There is a great amount of interest in this year’s presidential elections, as everybody seems to recognize that our next president has to be a lot better than George Bush. The Democrats are riding high with two groundbreaking candidates — a woman and an African-American — while the conservative Republicans are in a quandary about their party’s nod to a quasi-liberal maverick, John McCain.
Each candidate is carefully pandering to a smorgasbord of special-interest groups, ranging from gay, lesbian and transgender people to children of illegal immigrants to working mothers to evangelical Christians.
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Recently I began noticing commercials that I don’t remember ever seeing in Utah. They are trying to sway my vote in the upcoming Democratic presidential primary election next week. Both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are telling me that if I vote for them, they are going to change things in Washington. Republicans like John McCain are also saying that they’ll bring change.
Change can be good. It can also be bad though. If I go from being a free man to wearing a prison jumpsuit, that’s a change. It’s not a good change though. I never thought I’d say this, but I agree with both Hillary and Obama; things in Washington need to change. However, the changes that they are proposing, in my opinion, aren’t necessarily good. People are assuming that if major changes happen in this election cycle, those changes are going to be for the best. I strongly disagree.
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Last night I was watching the news and a story came on about a state senator who would like to make it against the law for an adult to smoke in a car if children are present. You can watch the story here.
In theory, I agree with the reasoning behind the law that is being proposed. There are millions of smokers in this world and many of them have kids. Those kids are forced to inhale second-hand smoke which has been proven to be very unhealthy. I get that. I have no problem with somebody saying “don’t smoke around your kids.” I think that my problem is that I don’t know if it’s the job of the government to do this.
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I have a lot of things running through my mind right now that I’d like to share. Since school started last night, I’ll start with that.
This semester will be my last before I can graduate with an Associates degree. After that, I’ll only have a handful of classes left before I get a Bachelors degree. It’s nice to see the end of the very, very long tunnel that I’ve been cruising through. The ten year plan is getting old. It’ll be nice to finally finish.
Now for some of my thoughts about stories that have been in the headlines over the last few days…
The Golden Globes award show has been canceled due to the writers strike. While I’m very upset about not being able to watch 24 or new episodes of The Office, I have to say thank you to the writers for this one. I get so tired of celebrities and their own sense of self-importance. They have award shows to congratulate themselves on achievements that nobody but their own care about. Unless there’s a hobbit or a wookiee getting awards, I really don’t care.
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