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Mar. 5th, 2008 08:41 pmWell, I continue to watch American Idol slaughter my favorite 1980's tunes. Didn't realize how much I liked the 1980's pop songs until now. And Paula Abdul babble incoherently. I can't tell, but I think she might be on something.
Anyhow...am brain dead, hence the American Idol watching. Work is frying my brain and sapping my energy. Good thing it's only eight hours, not including the hour commute, which makes it ten. I get home and just want to veg in front of the telly - although I did do thirty minutes of piliates and made dinner. So...not too bad. Last night read more of The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama - this chapter was on Opportunity, the one before on the Constitution. Got all riled up by the last two chapters - I agree with Obama, but am frustrated with our current administration's policies. And he was talking about education - which I have a chip on my shoulder regarding. ( me grousing on education, about the good teachers I had and why they were good )
In case you haven't noticed, I've become a tad obsessed with the American Presidential Race - maybe because for the first time in ten years, possibly more, I actually am rooting for someone. I'm actually pleased with two of the people running. I may not be a huge fan of Hillary Clinton, but I wouldn't mind if she became president. And I genuinely like Barack Obama and what he stands for. The American public appears to be as indecisive as my own family, in regards to Hillary and Barack - we can't make up our damn minds. One day it's Barack, the next it is Hillary. Now if John McClain would just jump out of the way...;-)
I'm currently rooting for Barack. But I honestly don't know which one would make a better president. I know they'd both be better than McCain, who only seems to care about fighting a hopeless war in Iraq. Which, I guess, if that's your main concern - I'd see why you'd vote for him. Me? I think Iraq was a stupid mistake from the get-go, and it's doing to us what the Soviet Union's little wars and invasions did to them - bankrupting us. I'm not sure how we should resolve, I'm not sure it can be neatly resolved. I do know that it has not made us more secure, or safer. If anything it's given Al-Quaida more power than before. Since McCain disagrees with me - I honestly don't want him as President. Plus, he seems to be a bit hypocritical on the whole torture thing and that worries me. And there's that little problem with wanting to give the affluent tax cuts and the middle-incom/low income no breaks at all.
Plus no universial health care. In short - McCain will only create a bigger divide between the rich and the poor in the US, continue to escalate the war and deficit, and break the economy in the process. He hasn't said anything to alevate those fears. Heck, if he had, George W. Bush wouldn't be endorsing him. I don't understand why people want that. I'm smart enough not to ask the people at work - politics and religion are not topics one discusses at work. I might ask my friend, CW, who is a McCain fan and a Republican on Friday. Assuming I see her on Friday, she's in Boston at the moment.
Anyhow...am brain dead, hence the American Idol watching. Work is frying my brain and sapping my energy. Good thing it's only eight hours, not including the hour commute, which makes it ten. I get home and just want to veg in front of the telly - although I did do thirty minutes of piliates and made dinner. So...not too bad. Last night read more of The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama - this chapter was on Opportunity, the one before on the Constitution. Got all riled up by the last two chapters - I agree with Obama, but am frustrated with our current administration's policies. And he was talking about education - which I have a chip on my shoulder regarding. ( me grousing on education, about the good teachers I had and why they were good )
In case you haven't noticed, I've become a tad obsessed with the American Presidential Race - maybe because for the first time in ten years, possibly more, I actually am rooting for someone. I'm actually pleased with two of the people running. I may not be a huge fan of Hillary Clinton, but I wouldn't mind if she became president. And I genuinely like Barack Obama and what he stands for. The American public appears to be as indecisive as my own family, in regards to Hillary and Barack - we can't make up our damn minds. One day it's Barack, the next it is Hillary. Now if John McClain would just jump out of the way...;-)
I'm currently rooting for Barack. But I honestly don't know which one would make a better president. I know they'd both be better than McCain, who only seems to care about fighting a hopeless war in Iraq. Which, I guess, if that's your main concern - I'd see why you'd vote for him. Me? I think Iraq was a stupid mistake from the get-go, and it's doing to us what the Soviet Union's little wars and invasions did to them - bankrupting us. I'm not sure how we should resolve, I'm not sure it can be neatly resolved. I do know that it has not made us more secure, or safer. If anything it's given Al-Quaida more power than before. Since McCain disagrees with me - I honestly don't want him as President. Plus, he seems to be a bit hypocritical on the whole torture thing and that worries me. And there's that little problem with wanting to give the affluent tax cuts and the middle-incom/low income no breaks at all.
Plus no universial health care. In short - McCain will only create a bigger divide between the rich and the poor in the US, continue to escalate the war and deficit, and break the economy in the process. He hasn't said anything to alevate those fears. Heck, if he had, George W. Bush wouldn't be endorsing him. I don't understand why people want that. I'm smart enough not to ask the people at work - politics and religion are not topics one discusses at work. I might ask my friend, CW, who is a McCain fan and a Republican on Friday. Assuming I see her on Friday, she's in Boston at the moment.