Sorry if my title is offensive. But I am so annoyed at how much black people love Obama because hes black when honestly hes only part black. But that's a subject for another time. Right now its time to congratulate Michael Steele for winning the chairmanship. It was a long day for him but well worth it I am sure. For those who don't know who Michael Steele is let me give you a short bio.
He is an African American politician and lawyer. From 2003 to 2007 he served as Lieutenant Governor of Maryland. Steel was the first African American to serve Maryland state wide office and the first Republican liutenant governor in the state (obviously a big deal in a Democratic stronghold). In 2006 he ran for the Maryland Senate Seat but lost to Democratic Congressman Ben Cardin. I was flown out from Utah to campaign for him in that election. I have never made so many phone calls in my life. That was the sad year that the Republicans lost seat after seat but we helped him put up a good fight.
Going back many years, Chairman Steele was adopted into a stongly Democratic household but thanks to his mother who refused to ever go on welfare and thanks to Reagan he joined the Republican Party. He was in NHS (like me) in high school and was involved in many high school productions (I did a few myself). He majored in international relations at John Hopkins and went on to receive his law degree at Georgetown. He and his family are active Catholics.
But back to his politics. He agrees that we need to work to secure Iraq so that we can start pulling troops out but that we also should stay there as long as necessary. He wants to repeal the death tax and make tax relief permanent. He is okay with stem cell research as long as it does not destroy the embryo as medical research should be about saving lifes, not destroying them. Or better yet "The key thing to keep in here is that science moves us in a certain direction, and it pushes the envelope, as it should. But as a society, we also must, must consider the, the, the religious, the moral, and the ethical values of that society, and that needs to be a part of this as well" (2006 Meet the Press Michael Steele. He does not believe in total privatized health care. He is a believer in finding alternative energy sources because we can continue to depend on foreign sources for our energy. But he did ask Bush for an immediate moratorium on the federal gas tax and he is the one that started the phrase "drill baby drill" that was commonly used in the 2008 presidential elections (one of my favorite chants).
Michael Steele is not perfect but I know he is a good person, a smart man, and a excellent politician. And yes I have met the man. There are a few politicians that I hold in high regards that I have campaigned for and he is one of those. Though I am sure the other RNC nominations were good men and politicians I know Michael Steele will make an excelent Charmain and is exactly what the RNC needs rights now.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Lawsuite Filed Against Hillary
I get a lot of what I write about either from the news or from friends. Today is no exception. My friend Chris posted the following link "Judicial Watch Files Lawsuit Challenging Hillary Clinton"
on his facebook status. It is extremely awesome for many reasons.
First, because someone is suing Hillary Clinton. I don't know why but that just brings me joy. Secondly, the case is on behalf of Chris's dad David. I know Mr. Rodearmel not only through Chris but also his daughter Jocelyn who I consider one of my best girl friends. Shes even super cooler now that her Dad is suing Hillary. Plus me and Mr. Rodearmel are tight. He took me to New York once. How much tighter could two people get? j/k.
On a more serious note...
Another reason its extremely awesome is that he's suing because of his belief in the Constitution, the document that holds our country up. I have not researched the topic yet but based on their argument so far, I think I am a believer in their cause. Why should rules and laws be put in place that allows government officials to get around the Constitution? If State Department Officials swear an oath to the Constitution how can they serve under someone who goes against what the Consitution clearly states.
But lastly, and most importantly, Mr. Rodearmel provides a good example of what American Citizens can do when they strongly disagree against the government. We need to stop sitting on our bums and start fighting for what we believe in. Another good example of this is my friend Allie and her father. She write for political newspapers, even if she knows her articles are going to get edited. Her father is always writing his congressmen* and senators. So on behalf of the three of them I am going to start a list of ways anyone and everyone can get involved in politics.
1. write to the politicians. US SENATE. and WRITE YOUR REPRESENATIVE
are good places to start.
2. get active in campaigns local, state, and national
3. go to your local governmental meetings
4. join one of your local political parties (or all if your a moderate)
5. start or join a protest (though most protesters annoy me, especially those in CA that protest the military)
6. bumper sticker everything (at the very least the driver you can effect the driver behind you who is probably just laughing or cursing you)
7. putting signs in your yard are an easy place to start (just stock on them since somebody will probably steal them)
8. talk to people about what you care about and who you support. Make phone calls, go meet your neighbors (feel like going door-to-door), debate people at church or even on facebook
9. make movies on political subjects (a list of good political movies coming soon)
10. write blogs
11. join facebook groups in support of whatever (hence another reason everybody should join facebook). By the way, this is even easier than putting up signs as this just takes a simple click of a button and than you can forget you ever did it.
12. Sue someone.
Feel free everyone to give me more ideas.
*According to one of the websites above its congressperson but I am not a believer in political correctness for many reasons but for one of them read page 38 of Glen Becks book An Inconvenient Book.
on his facebook status. It is extremely awesome for many reasons.
First, because someone is suing Hillary Clinton. I don't know why but that just brings me joy. Secondly, the case is on behalf of Chris's dad David. I know Mr. Rodearmel not only through Chris but also his daughter Jocelyn who I consider one of my best girl friends. Shes even super cooler now that her Dad is suing Hillary. Plus me and Mr. Rodearmel are tight. He took me to New York once. How much tighter could two people get? j/k.
On a more serious note...
Another reason its extremely awesome is that he's suing because of his belief in the Constitution, the document that holds our country up. I have not researched the topic yet but based on their argument so far, I think I am a believer in their cause. Why should rules and laws be put in place that allows government officials to get around the Constitution? If State Department Officials swear an oath to the Constitution how can they serve under someone who goes against what the Consitution clearly states.
But lastly, and most importantly, Mr. Rodearmel provides a good example of what American Citizens can do when they strongly disagree against the government. We need to stop sitting on our bums and start fighting for what we believe in. Another good example of this is my friend Allie and her father. She write for political newspapers, even if she knows her articles are going to get edited. Her father is always writing his congressmen* and senators. So on behalf of the three of them I am going to start a list of ways anyone and everyone can get involved in politics.
1. write to the politicians. US SENATE. and WRITE YOUR REPRESENATIVE
are good places to start.
2. get active in campaigns local, state, and national
3. go to your local governmental meetings
4. join one of your local political parties (or all if your a moderate)
5. start or join a protest (though most protesters annoy me, especially those in CA that protest the military)
6. bumper sticker everything (at the very least the driver you can effect the driver behind you who is probably just laughing or cursing you)
7. putting signs in your yard are an easy place to start (just stock on them since somebody will probably steal them)
8. talk to people about what you care about and who you support. Make phone calls, go meet your neighbors (feel like going door-to-door), debate people at church or even on facebook
9. make movies on political subjects (a list of good political movies coming soon)
10. write blogs
11. join facebook groups in support of whatever (hence another reason everybody should join facebook). By the way, this is even easier than putting up signs as this just takes a simple click of a button and than you can forget you ever did it.
12. Sue someone.
Feel free everyone to give me more ideas.
*According to one of the websites above its congressperson but I am not a believer in political correctness for many reasons but for one of them read page 38 of Glen Becks book An Inconvenient Book.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Patriotic Music
So I was trying to find good songs that were semi patriotic and came up short of really good ones that were not country. I am sure there are more out there so if anybody has any suggestions, even if they are country, let me know.
Monday, January 26, 2009
Mission 1 Accomplished
Once again Logan rocks and gave me an awesome website. She sent me Mission 1 Accomplished . Its basically an ongoing project to get people to write letters of thanks to President Bush that they can print and bound to put in his presidential library.Well I urge all who like Bush, even if your a closet Bush liker, to go to this website and show your support. It only takes a moment and even if it ends up being a fake website it couldn't hurt.
(A cookie for anybody that can tell me where the phrase mission 1 accomplished is associated with and what its significance to President Bush is.)
My letter is not perfect and by no means good as I wrote it fast, I'll provide it as an example anyways:
(A cookie for anybody that can tell me where the phrase mission 1 accomplished is associated with and what its significance to President Bush is.)
My letter is not perfect and by no means good as I wrote it fast, I'll provide it as an example anyways:
As I know I will not agree with a president 100 percent of the time I look for specific qualities the president has and how I feel about the main actions hes taken. Do I feel the president is a good example of faith, strength, and honesty? Do I feel that my country is safer because of his administration? Do I feel that we took the chance to help the people of another nation out the best we could? Do I feel like the president stood strong and stuck with what he believed instead of bending to the expectations and qualifications of others? Do I feel the president put his nation first?
I know, without a doubt, that I can answer yes to all of these for President Bush. Was his speech perfect, did I agree with him all the time, and was he free from mistakes? No he was not but thats politics and thats what makes him human. And most importantly, I know that he loves the
We will miss you President Bush and God Bless you and your family.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Good Luck President Obama
Obamamania hasn't reached Wyoming is a great article and explains perfectly what I am thinking today, the day of Obama's inauguration. Ted Mueller, a 57 year old insurance salesman, got it right when he stated, "I wish President [-elect] Obama well, but I do not wish him success in the things he is proposing."
I will respect Obama because he holds the holds the office of President. I want the best for America and I want each and every president to succeed. But I do not want him to succeed in the ways he wants to succeed. I want abortion laws to stay in place, I want immigration laws, I dont want more bailing out of Companies, etc. I hope that Obama succeeds in helping this country, in putting into place good policies, in doing what is right for Iraq and the Middle East, and in keeping freedom in tact. I hope that we all can look at him years down the road and can be happy we chose him. But I do not wish for his success in all he is proposing to do.
As Janit Anderson said, ""If Barack Obama earns my respect, I will respect the man." Though I would add that if he succeeds with his policies, I will respect him as a good politican. If he succeeds in passing laws that I view adequate and beneficial to this nation, I will respect his as a man and as a superb politician.
So on the day of your inauguration, God Bless you Obama and I wish you the best of luck. I will respect you as the President but I hope I can respect you in more ways than that someday.
I will respect Obama because he holds the holds the office of President. I want the best for America and I want each and every president to succeed. But I do not want him to succeed in the ways he wants to succeed. I want abortion laws to stay in place, I want immigration laws, I dont want more bailing out of Companies, etc. I hope that Obama succeeds in helping this country, in putting into place good policies, in doing what is right for Iraq and the Middle East, and in keeping freedom in tact. I hope that we all can look at him years down the road and can be happy we chose him. But I do not wish for his success in all he is proposing to do.
As Janit Anderson said, ""If Barack Obama earns my respect, I will respect the man." Though I would add that if he succeeds with his policies, I will respect him as a good politican. If he succeeds in passing laws that I view adequate and beneficial to this nation, I will respect his as a man and as a superb politician.
So on the day of your inauguration, God Bless you Obama and I wish you the best of luck. I will respect you as the President but I hope I can respect you in more ways than that someday.
Monday, January 19, 2009
What? Why Didn't I Get A Day Off For Obama's Inaugaration??
I found this article What Recession? on Drudge Report today. I have not finished reading it but it kind of made me laugh.
I am glad Obama's presidency is support this economy, hopefully it will do some good, but what about this: "The biggest group of donors were none other than the recently bailed-out Wall Street executives and employees." It had better be all their personal money being spent on the inauguration and not their companies money b/c my tax dollars better not have gone to bailing out companies that just turned around and spent it on support of an inauguration. The good news is "contributions from corporations, labor unions, political action committees and registered lobbyists are not being accepted by Obama. " Trying to stay squicky clean aren't you Obama?
Even better is this article: Inauguration Perks go to the Rich. So thats why they pay more taxes than you...so they can get the perks at Obama's inauguration events. My deepest sympathies to all those who got their feelings hurt by Obama at the "We are one" Inaugural concert, especially Shawn Paterniti. You voted him in, not me.
I am glad Obama's presidency is support this economy, hopefully it will do some good, but what about this: "The biggest group of donors were none other than the recently bailed-out Wall Street executives and employees." It had better be all their personal money being spent on the inauguration and not their companies money b/c my tax dollars better not have gone to bailing out companies that just turned around and spent it on support of an inauguration. The good news is "contributions from corporations, labor unions, political action committees and registered lobbyists are not being accepted by Obama. " Trying to stay squicky clean aren't you Obama?
Even better is this article: Inauguration Perks go to the Rich. So thats why they pay more taxes than you...so they can get the perks at Obama's inauguration events. My deepest sympathies to all those who got their feelings hurt by Obama at the "We are one" Inaugural concert, especially Shawn Paterniti. You voted him in, not me.
Friday, January 16, 2009
Dear Bush
My dear friend Logan sent me the link to a great article on CNN. I agree with her. We need to have more articles like this one. President Bush has gotten some of the lowest approval ratings of all times but in my opinion, that might be a good think based on what this countries moral standards are becoming. And like my liberal teacher said, you may not like Bush but he has been the best president for Africa yet. I may be Conservative but I am not an isolationist. I think it is our duty to help other nations, especially when it comes to turning them into countries with democracy and liberty. As long as the action we take has worked before why not do it again. Just sending money will not help. But sending Doctors, military personnel, medication that goes straight to the people, and etc. are moves that I agree with. And I have no problem stepping into Africa when our losses will be nothing compared to their losses.
I do not agree with everything Bush has done. For example, I do not fully support No Child Left Behind but I do not think he is as bad as the media and our fellow citizens make him out to be. He has led us based on faith, love, hope, liberty, and security. Values that have been missing for a long time (Love you Reagan!).
I hope that we will never forget certain statements from Bush's farewell speech. Namely the following:
1. "The battles waged by our troops are part of a broader struggle between two dramatically different systems. Under one, a small band of fanatics demands total obedience to an oppressive ideology, condemns women to subservience and marks unbelievers for murder.The other system is based on the conviction that freedom is the universal gift of Almighty God and that liberty and justice light the path to peace. This is the belief that gave birth to our nation. And in the long run, advancing this belief is the only practical way to protect our citizens"
2. "America did nothing to seek or deserve this conflict. But we have been given solemn responsibilities, and we must meet them. We must resist complacency. We must keep our resolve. And we must never let down our guard."
3. "I have often spoken to you about good and evil, and this has made some uncomfortable. But good and evil are present in this world and between the two, there can be no compromise. Murdering the innocent to advance an ideology is wrong every time, everywhere. Freeing people from oppression and despair is eternally right. This nation must continue to speak out for justice and truth. We must always be willing to act in their defense and to advance the cause of peace."
We are a great nation. God set up this nation to be great. We should be the leaders in liberty, morality, freedom, and justice. We should never forget what we have been given and we should never forget to give. We should never forget who the enemy is and we should never give up in our hope for a more peaceful freedom filled world.
Thank you President Bush for all you and Laura have given to us and for the days and nights you gave up for the United States of America.
I do not agree with everything Bush has done. For example, I do not fully support No Child Left Behind but I do not think he is as bad as the media and our fellow citizens make him out to be. He has led us based on faith, love, hope, liberty, and security. Values that have been missing for a long time (Love you Reagan!).
I hope that we will never forget certain statements from Bush's farewell speech. Namely the following:
1. "The battles waged by our troops are part of a broader struggle between two dramatically different systems. Under one, a small band of fanatics demands total obedience to an oppressive ideology, condemns women to subservience and marks unbelievers for murder.The other system is based on the conviction that freedom is the universal gift of Almighty God and that liberty and justice light the path to peace. This is the belief that gave birth to our nation. And in the long run, advancing this belief is the only practical way to protect our citizens"
2. "America did nothing to seek or deserve this conflict. But we have been given solemn responsibilities, and we must meet them. We must resist complacency. We must keep our resolve. And we must never let down our guard."
3. "I have often spoken to you about good and evil, and this has made some uncomfortable. But good and evil are present in this world and between the two, there can be no compromise. Murdering the innocent to advance an ideology is wrong every time, everywhere. Freeing people from oppression and despair is eternally right. This nation must continue to speak out for justice and truth. We must always be willing to act in their defense and to advance the cause of peace."
We are a great nation. God set up this nation to be great. We should be the leaders in liberty, morality, freedom, and justice. We should never forget what we have been given and we should never forget to give. We should never forget who the enemy is and we should never give up in our hope for a more peaceful freedom filled world.
Thank you President Bush for all you and Laura have given to us and for the days and nights you gave up for the United States of America.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
A blog I posted a few days ago
So I have decided politics stresses me out. And I have decided to keep this blog purely as a political blog from now on. Until it starts to stress me out too much. Right now I have nothing to say so I will get back to you.
An outdated posting about titled "Update"
So I still have no had the time to finish the part about vouchers. But some day i will finish that. I promise.
For now let me say a few things.
1st: I do not support Obama. He is too inexperienced and too good with words. He is all talk and hes promising everything. Hes promising too much. I dont trust him. And i dont trust someone that close to being a socialist. And his vp candidate was a good choice because why?
2nd: It took me a while to support McCain and part of me still dislikes that i support him. But he has experience, he fought for this country, and he is wayyy more conservative then Obama could ever consider being.
3rd: SARA PALIN rocks. That lady is beautiful, smart, and talented. It took a lot of work and talent to get where she is at. She is potentially smarter then the three guys running. She is not perfect. By no means close to it. But she is very ethical. She has strong conservative values. And shes a strong worker. She may have a daughter who is pregnant, she may have 5 kids, she may have problems, but thats why we finally have a person that really knows what the average American is going through running. She may be young but so is Obama. She may be inexperienced but Obama is more inexperienced. She may need to stay home with her children but why are the same people that are saying that the ones that worked so hard to get woman to the same societal status as men. Finally a woman is breaking through the glass ceiling and now the feminists don't want it? Sounds like the liberals are just scared.
Thats is for now. Just wanted to write a bit so you know i have not forgotten that i have a blog. Church and a boyfriend is taken up my time and while i love it it just does not leave me much time for this kind of thing so ill get back you as soon as possible.
For now let me say a few things.
1st: I do not support Obama. He is too inexperienced and too good with words. He is all talk and hes promising everything. Hes promising too much. I dont trust him. And i dont trust someone that close to being a socialist. And his vp candidate was a good choice because why?
2nd: It took me a while to support McCain and part of me still dislikes that i support him. But he has experience, he fought for this country, and he is wayyy more conservative then Obama could ever consider being.
3rd: SARA PALIN rocks. That lady is beautiful, smart, and talented. It took a lot of work and talent to get where she is at. She is potentially smarter then the three guys running. She is not perfect. By no means close to it. But she is very ethical. She has strong conservative values. And shes a strong worker. She may have a daughter who is pregnant, she may have 5 kids, she may have problems, but thats why we finally have a person that really knows what the average American is going through running. She may be young but so is Obama. She may be inexperienced but Obama is more inexperienced. She may need to stay home with her children but why are the same people that are saying that the ones that worked so hard to get woman to the same societal status as men. Finally a woman is breaking through the glass ceiling and now the feminists don't want it? Sounds like the liberals are just scared.
Thats is for now. Just wanted to write a bit so you know i have not forgotten that i have a blog. Church and a boyfriend is taken up my time and while i love it it just does not leave me much time for this kind of thing so ill get back you as soon as possible.
An old blog titled "Political Fashing for dummies"
Another good article from CNN today. Click here to check out article.
I have never understood and often become fustrated that people feel the need to wear t-shirts that glorify horrific leaders that certain countries have had to deal with. To some Che Guevara may represent freedom but his revolutions always failed and in place, he killed hundreds of people. Why not just wear a shirt that glorifies Hitler? To some group of people, Che Guevara would both respresent the same thing.
Now I will not deny that there are some lost Conservatives out there that wear this shirt, but I do believe a large portion of those people that feel cool in this type of clothing, who are glorifying these "freedom fighters" or for better terms "mass murder" and "evil dictators" are the same people who feel that they have to pronounce peace and speak out against the Iraq War. Sinse when did dictators and murders become heroes in place of those really fighting for freedom?
Perhaps there are some people that need to rethink who their heroes are and what they are really representing. Because trust me, if your wearing a Che Guevara tshirt, im just going to laugh at you when your protesting war and declaring peace.
I have never understood and often become fustrated that people feel the need to wear t-shirts that glorify horrific leaders that certain countries have had to deal with. To some Che Guevara may represent freedom but his revolutions always failed and in place, he killed hundreds of people. Why not just wear a shirt that glorifies Hitler? To some group of people, Che Guevara would both respresent the same thing.
Now I will not deny that there are some lost Conservatives out there that wear this shirt, but I do believe a large portion of those people that feel cool in this type of clothing, who are glorifying these "freedom fighters" or for better terms "mass murder" and "evil dictators" are the same people who feel that they have to pronounce peace and speak out against the Iraq War. Sinse when did dictators and murders become heroes in place of those really fighting for freedom?
Perhaps there are some people that need to rethink who their heroes are and what they are really representing. Because trust me, if your wearing a Che Guevara tshirt, im just going to laugh at you when your protesting war and declaring peace.
An old blog about vouchers
Though I have not decided who to vote for yet, b/c in all actuality, I like neither major candidate, I did like this article. And perhaps mainly because its supports vouchers. More to come later when this thing decides to work.
In 2007 I was involved in a school voucher campaign in Utah. Despite the effort and hard work of many volunteers, Referendum 1 failed. They even had these awesome commercials but nothing worked. And perhaps im biased or informed, but I feel like the referendum failed because of bad judgment, misinformed people, and fear of change. Most importantly of those though is misinformed and uneducated people. So I would like to educated you a little on education, vouchers and why passing such a program would be a most amazing event.
Schools are always failing the kids. Whether it math or reading, the kids are always struggling in something. And dont even get me started on those teachers that teach just so they can coach sports. There is always a call for more and more money but it does not always help. You can have all the money in the world and have a bad school if the teachers are not good and if the schools are ran wrong.
In Utah they have a problem with special ed kids. It takes a lot of money to send kids with special needs to private school but the public schools don't always have the facilities or the training to deal with them. With vouchers, those same families would be able to get the money to help them send their kid to get the best eduction possible for them. If thats all that vouchers does, is it not enough? Should we not give kids with special needs the same chances at life as we have.
What about taking money from the school system for vouchers. Every year the school gets a certain amount of money for each kid that comes into the schoool. With the voucher system, most of the money would still stay in the school but the kid would be gone. That means the school would have about the same amount of money but less kids in the school. That extra money could then go to getting better computers or even better, more pay for the teachers. That solves two problems. Better pay for teachers and a choice for the parents in how their kids get educated.
Speaking of choice. This country is based on freedoms and choices. And those same principles should be in family dealings too. Parents should have the choice how their child gets taught, as long as he or she is getting an education. Surprisingly many people (especially liberals ironically) have a hard time seeing that vouchers would be less biased towards the poor and minority then no vouchers. Vouchers give all people a chance to go to better schools, whether they have the money or not. And the poorer you are, the more money you get. And I strongly believe that parents that are given a chance to send their kids to a better school would do all they could to make up the difference in funding and make it happened.
(to be continued...perhaps someday)
In 2007 I was involved in a school voucher campaign in Utah. Despite the effort and hard work of many volunteers, Referendum 1 failed. They even had these awesome commercials but nothing worked. And perhaps im biased or informed, but I feel like the referendum failed because of bad judgment, misinformed people, and fear of change. Most importantly of those though is misinformed and uneducated people. So I would like to educated you a little on education, vouchers and why passing such a program would be a most amazing event.
Schools are always failing the kids. Whether it math or reading, the kids are always struggling in something. And dont even get me started on those teachers that teach just so they can coach sports. There is always a call for more and more money but it does not always help. You can have all the money in the world and have a bad school if the teachers are not good and if the schools are ran wrong.
In Utah they have a problem with special ed kids. It takes a lot of money to send kids with special needs to private school but the public schools don't always have the facilities or the training to deal with them. With vouchers, those same families would be able to get the money to help them send their kid to get the best eduction possible for them. If thats all that vouchers does, is it not enough? Should we not give kids with special needs the same chances at life as we have.
What about taking money from the school system for vouchers. Every year the school gets a certain amount of money for each kid that comes into the schoool. With the voucher system, most of the money would still stay in the school but the kid would be gone. That means the school would have about the same amount of money but less kids in the school. That extra money could then go to getting better computers or even better, more pay for the teachers. That solves two problems. Better pay for teachers and a choice for the parents in how their kids get educated.
Speaking of choice. This country is based on freedoms and choices. And those same principles should be in family dealings too. Parents should have the choice how their child gets taught, as long as he or she is getting an education. Surprisingly many people (especially liberals ironically) have a hard time seeing that vouchers would be less biased towards the poor and minority then no vouchers. Vouchers give all people a chance to go to better schools, whether they have the money or not. And the poorer you are, the more money you get. And I strongly believe that parents that are given a chance to send their kids to a better school would do all they could to make up the difference in funding and make it happened.
(to be continued...perhaps someday)
An old posting titled "Why I Sometimes Hate the Washington Post"
I am annoyed. I am annoyed at those who know nothing yet continue to defend gun laws. I am annoyed at the Washington Post. And more specifcally I am annoyed over an article entitled "Against Backdrop of Gun Ruling A Sad, Familiar Scene plays out." (You can read it to at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/
article/2008/06/27/AR2008062702149.html).
The article is about a young shooting victim's funeral. "[Walter Robinson] was the last juvenlie killed in the city before the Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the city's strict gun bacn violated the Second Amandment quarantee of an individuals' right to own a gun." Now I have nothing wrong with an article about this young boys life. Everyone should be saddened at the death of a boy, one who barely got to start his life, a boy who never gets to go to college or raise a family. What ruined this article is the gun politics that was tied into this article, and its not just because I was one of those people that were jumping with joy at the Supreme Court's ruling.
Under the D.C. laws hand guns that were not registered with city police prior to Sept. 24, 1976 and rereigstered by Feb. 5, 1977, were prohibited. This means that the type of gun matters. Other types of guns wre not illegal, including rifles, but they had to be dissasembled, unlocked, and unloaded. Now going back to the article, it never did get around to specifying what type of gun was used. I would guess, and I think rightly so, that the gun used in the accidental shooting was a handgun, and im going to go out on a limb and say that it had not been originally been registered in 1976 (the suspect got hte gun from his mothers home). If this is the case, the gun was blatently illegal. It was not only an illegal act to shoot the kid but the gun was illegal in the suspects mother's home.
The article comments how community activists held a vigil outside his home, homing to convine the nation's highest court that more youths would die if the ban was overturned. But in my mind something else should have been occuring. They should have seen this incident as evidence that the gun laws in place were not working. There were still guns (illegal guns at that) on the streets and kids were still dying at unpardinable rates.
I am only half annoyed at the activists and that annoyance is only at the lack of education on the topic im going to guess that at least a few of them have. But at least they are politically involved. I am annoyed at the article because of the way the writers wrote this article. I give them props for saying "but the gan ban didn't save Walter Robinson." But could they not educate the public on the specifics. Couldnt they go beyond saying that what some fear with the overturning of the laws and specifically say why the gun ban didn't save Walter Robinsons life. They left out the most important part. THE GUN WAS MOST LIKELY AN ILLEGAL GUN!!!
They should have either left out the gun politics from the article, or dwelled on it enough that both sides were fully analyzed. If everyone is left with a bad taste against the overturning of D.C. gun laws, the article did not fulfill its job. It did not give an unbiased view of the issue. But I guess thats the media for you.
In my mind the focus of gun laws need to change. Deaths have nothing to do with the lack of gun laws. As this story shows, people will still get a hold of guns. This case shows that something else needs to be done. Perhaps we could try an education aspect. Familiest with guns can educate their kids on safe gun use. Education may have saved the victim and the suspect.
I may be annoyed at this article, but I am also very happy. Very happy that we have a supreme court that can stand up for our rights and our safety. They striked something down that not only worked, but took the rights of law abiding citizens away. People now have the ability to protect themselves in their homes. They also have their right to a revoluation fully back now as you can not fight a revoluation without weapons. Amen to freedom and to rights for that was what our country was founded on.
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The article is about a young shooting victim's funeral. "[Walter Robinson] was the last juvenlie killed in the city before the Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the city's strict gun bacn violated the Second Amandment quarantee of an individuals' right to own a gun." Now I have nothing wrong with an article about this young boys life. Everyone should be saddened at the death of a boy, one who barely got to start his life, a boy who never gets to go to college or raise a family. What ruined this article is the gun politics that was tied into this article, and its not just because I was one of those people that were jumping with joy at the Supreme Court's ruling.
Under the D.C. laws hand guns that were not registered with city police prior to Sept. 24, 1976 and rereigstered by Feb. 5, 1977, were prohibited. This means that the type of gun matters. Other types of guns wre not illegal, including rifles, but they had to be dissasembled, unlocked, and unloaded. Now going back to the article, it never did get around to specifying what type of gun was used. I would guess, and I think rightly so, that the gun used in the accidental shooting was a handgun, and im going to go out on a limb and say that it had not been originally been registered in 1976 (the suspect got hte gun from his mothers home). If this is the case, the gun was blatently illegal. It was not only an illegal act to shoot the kid but the gun was illegal in the suspects mother's home.
The article comments how community activists held a vigil outside his home, homing to convine the nation's highest court that more youths would die if the ban was overturned. But in my mind something else should have been occuring. They should have seen this incident as evidence that the gun laws in place were not working. There were still guns (illegal guns at that) on the streets and kids were still dying at unpardinable rates.
I am only half annoyed at the activists and that annoyance is only at the lack of education on the topic im going to guess that at least a few of them have. But at least they are politically involved. I am annoyed at the article because of the way the writers wrote this article. I give them props for saying "but the gan ban didn't save Walter Robinson." But could they not educate the public on the specifics. Couldnt they go beyond saying that what some fear with the overturning of the laws and specifically say why the gun ban didn't save Walter Robinsons life. They left out the most important part. THE GUN WAS MOST LIKELY AN ILLEGAL GUN!!!
They should have either left out the gun politics from the article, or dwelled on it enough that both sides were fully analyzed. If everyone is left with a bad taste against the overturning of D.C. gun laws, the article did not fulfill its job. It did not give an unbiased view of the issue. But I guess thats the media for you.
In my mind the focus of gun laws need to change. Deaths have nothing to do with the lack of gun laws. As this story shows, people will still get a hold of guns. This case shows that something else needs to be done. Perhaps we could try an education aspect. Familiest with guns can educate their kids on safe gun use. Education may have saved the victim and the suspect.
I may be annoyed at this article, but I am also very happy. Very happy that we have a supreme court that can stand up for our rights and our safety. They striked something down that not only worked, but took the rights of law abiding citizens away. People now have the ability to protect themselves in their homes. They also have their right to a revoluation fully back now as you can not fight a revoluation without weapons. Amen to freedom and to rights for that was what our country was founded on.
An old blog posting titled "Today is a Day of Mourning"
I love politics and thus you will hear me talk a lot about politics. Especially while this election (that most of us are already tired of) goes on. And let me get it out right now. I AM CONSERVATIVE! Yup folks. thats right. I AM CONSERVATIVE! Gun rights, school choice, social security reform, and the whole shebang. I hope you don't stop reading just because of that. And I would rather not debate anyone (for the time being at least) as i'm convinced it is not a healthy activity for me.
But moving on...Romney dropped out. I firmly believe that Huckabee screwed him over. I used to like Huckabee and than I figured something out. He is a hypocrite and a big one at that. I talks all about fighting racism and bigotry yet he played the anti mormon card one to many times. I could forgive him for playing that if he had not also gone on about fighting racism and bigotry. Mormons are no different than Jews and no different than blacks and whites (can you tell im Mormon yet?) We look differently and have different religious beliefs but that is it. We can all be good people and bad people. We can all make good politicians and make bad politicians.
After Huckabee i became a Romney fan. He would have been good for our Economy and he believed in many of the same things i do. I know he was loosing but i was hoping he would stay in until Huckabee dropped out. I hate to think that Huckabee is still in and not Romney. Romney could potentially have continued to stay in just to hurt Huckabee's numbers as Huckabee was doing to him.
Not that that matters because McCain is the one whose got the nomination.. McCain, the man that half the conservatives don't even like. The man who got it because the conservatives split and the independents like him. I myself have not completely decided what i think about him but many hard core conservatives now will be voting for Obama. Obama is the man they can trust over McCain and they would rather vote in a pure Democrat than a fake Republican. At this point the only thing i care about is that Hillary does not take it (maybe ill write more on that later).
So back to the main point: i'm sad that Romney dropped out. I'm pissed that Huckabee screwed with Romney's chances. And I'm sick and tired of this election already. I was going to campaign this summer but because i am once again at the point of not knowing who i want, i probably will decline from campaigning. Though part of me thinks it might be worth it just because this is an election in the making.
I almost feel like i should consider writing a book about it because i know there are already people writing books about it. This election will be the subject of political science classes and books for at least the next four years, if not for decades to come. This election was and still is the most unpredictable and strange election ever. How did these people (at least in the Republican Party) become front runners and what will happen to the Republican party? I might just have to read up on it and study it in the next few years. If anything I will learn about what to do and what not to do so when I start my political consulting firm, I will already know the best strategies.
I have written way to much. This is why i should not bring politics up. But expect it to happen often. I do not have a lot of self control.
P.S. Logan: your message gave me the idea for the title. Thanks for your word mastery. You are better at it than me.
"We can have no "50-50" allegiance in this country. Either a man is an American and nothing else, or he is not an American at all.” -Theodore Roosevelt
Just an old posting about why I started a blog
Everday I have a million thoughts that nobody in their right mind should care about. Everyday I talk a bit too much because my mind is filled with too much random junk. I have run out of people to talk to and comments that i feel like people will actually care about. The solution: I thought maybe a blog would help me. I am not a big journal writer but I tend to get online a lot. Why not refocus my life from facebook to a blog where I can talk. Where I can put down my millions of little thoughts and not care if someone does or does not read them.
I am a college student right now at BYU. I am a political science major. I love culture especially movies, books, and food. I am also pretty religious. And that's what a majority of this blog will probably end of focusing on.
My secret wish is that one of these will end up being inspiring, whether to me or to someone else. But if not, I can't say I didn't try.
Enjoy!!!!
It is not so little...life...is it?
No...It's a freaken epic!
-some character from What about Brian
(Note: I posted this for my own benefit. Most of it does not matter anymore)
I am a college student right now at BYU. I am a political science major. I love culture especially movies, books, and food. I am also pretty religious. And that's what a majority of this blog will probably end of focusing on.
My secret wish is that one of these will end up being inspiring, whether to me or to someone else. But if not, I can't say I didn't try.
Enjoy!!!!
It is not so little...life...is it?
No...It's a freaken epic!
-some character from What about Brian
(Note: I posted this for my own benefit. Most of it does not matter anymore)
Why I Set Up This Blog
I have decided to put all my blogs on one website and get rid of Xanga completely. So in the next day I will move all my postings from there to here. Wish Me Luck!!!
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