Palin...really??

As a liberal I could not have asked for a more perfect VP candidate for the opposition. She is Awesome. But I wonder if McCain is not regretting his decision. I really do not understand why he did not ask Lieberman to be on the GOP ticket. McCain and Lieberman have worked closely in the past on several issues that have broad appeal to both conservatives and liberals alike.

Palin is a poster child for everything that is wrong with America. She has the intellect of the average American, she knows fuck all about United States History, Economics, Foreign Policy and those are just the tip of the iceberg. I do want someone smarter than the average American running our country... America deserves that.

Problem??? Yes, I think so.

To the Neo -Conservatives of America and the Project for the New American Century:
If your intention was to run America into the ground....go ahead and pat yourselves on the back as you have succeeded. Job Well Done. 9 trillion in debt and it keeps growing.... When you kiss your children good night don't forget to let them know that they will be saddled with paying for your arrogance. Oh yeah, don't want to leave out those who are voting for Palin/McCain....I don't even think I need to give any reasons as to why you are making another disastrous decision but I will anyway; 1).How could Mayor Sara Palin not know, in a town of 7,000 or so, that the chief of police was charging rape victims for their rape DNA kit? 2).Least we forget her stance on sex education...or rather lack there of....Abstinence....that worked out really well with her 17 year old daughter. 3).(and this is a big one) The fact that Palin is willing to follow the Bush Doctrine we can all look forward to many more wars and trillions more in deficits not to mention the loss of more innocent lives. "We must not Blink."

The Argument Against the Bush Doctrine and why CHANGE is important:

King Abodullah II of Jordan once said in an interview with CNN, 'Democracy means different things to different nations." Not everyone is going to agree with us on our definition of democracy. Does this mean that if they do not fall in line with our ideals we are going to use military force? That is a lot for our fallen economy to take on, don't you think?

Let us try to focus on the things we can CHANGE here in America...education(we have fallen behind and we need to get back on track in order to compete), health care, lowering our financial debts to other nations and to our citizens...the list goes on and on. It is time we stop using rhetoric to pacify the masses and start putting our words into actions.

Conservatives please arm yourselves with information from Congressional files...proper research and enlightenment is available. Stop looking to Rush Limbaugh.

The RNC Mantra: Country First and Prosperity

What a load of crap. Are you kidding me with this??? If anyone in the GOP in the last 8 years ever considered putting America and Americans first we would not be in the mess we are in now. Give me a break!

Cutting Off Your Nose Despite Your Face

Clinton getting a blow job in the oval office = 8 years of failed Bush Policies and a 9 trillion dollar deficit....I was told by a relative that that is what the liberals deserve for Clinton's indiscretions....nice. Boy you guys sure did show us liberals....you're so AWESOME!!!

Happy Birthday Nelson Mandela

When I was a college student in 1990 I took an African Studies course. It was that semester that I was first introduced to the work of Mandela and it was also the time in which he was released from prison. What an exciting time in history.

Some would say things have changed in South Africa. Others would disagree. In recent months news out of Johannesburg is discouraging to say the least. Instead of the violence against the blacks it is now against the foreigners who have escaped poverty and oppressive leaders in Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Somali and other African nations only to come to South Africa to live in squatters, face persecution and deal with a back lash of a public frustrated by unemployment and high crime.

Rapidly escalating food and fuel prices increased the tension between poor South Africans and immigrants. However the ruling party, the African National Congress, has criticised police for reacting too slowly to the attacks.

"The delay encouraged people in similar environments to wage similar attacks against people who came from our sister countries on the continent," Kgalema Motlanthe, the ANC's deputy leader told an international media industry conference in Johannesburg. "We are confronted by one of the ugliest incidents in the post-apartheid era".

Several people have been burned to death in the violence and their homes and businesses looted and set fire to. (Taken from article presented in The Guardian May 23, 2008)

More action needs to follow.

WRITER'S BLOCK

I have been feeling so uninspired lately. There are a ton of topics I've wanted to cover but I just can't seem to muster up the where with all to get my thoughts down. Here are a few that I will be conquering with in the next few months if not few weeks: Iran, the Qur’an, the recession over in the UK and the US, oil…too many to list

The NHS here in the UK just turned 60 and what a colossal failure it has become, and while I welcome some reform in the American health care system I do hope they do not use the NHS as a model.

The Turkey trip was educational and I would love to share all that I learned about this modern Islamic country…again something is preventing me from getting my thoughts out.

I have to get a job once I come back from the US this fall and the thought of looking for work terrifies me. This in itself could be the crux of my writer’s block. I have always been lucky in finding work but I am wondering if my luck has perhaps run its course…..it is possible. In the winter I made a sheepish attempt at looking for a teaching job but ran out of steam a few weeks into my search and retreated back to the comfort of being my husband and son’s chambermaid and cook….not that I mind, as they are both appreciative of all I do around the house but there is more….I know there is because I used to work outside the home.