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I can't continue my takes on the issues of Election '08 because each one would take a ridiculously long time to write. I might hit on them later on here, but I don't know.
1. I feel bad, very bad, for John McCain. He's running as a Republican in a time when the Republican party is in turmoil on the national level. The presidential race. Senate and House races. The only race you'll find Republicans winning is how many of them can get caught being unethical. [I'll put Spitzer and Edwards in the "immoral" category, though Spitzer did transport his call girl across state lines. That's unethical AND immoral!]
I do give McCain props for picking Sarah Palin. I don't buy into the claims of "inexperience" being leveled against her. I think any person with a decent grasp of how things are (presumably, Palin does) and who surround themselves with competent advisers can be a good President. You could end up with Ulysses S. Grant types, whose advisers take advantage of a "weak" President, but that's more the (rare) exception rather than the rule.
Besides, she's not too bad on the eyes either. And when's the last time anyone's said that about someone on a national ticket (maybe women about JFK)?
2. Any Democrat had to feel good about the state of the party after the convention and especially after last night's Obama speech. He forcefully talked about each bit of criticism McCain and the Republic party have thrown at hi - So I can make it clear...June 28
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Economy
Iraq
Health Care
Climate Change
Immigration
[Post-blog edit: I only got through one issue today. And I guess I had a lot of thoughts on it, so only the economy for today.]
I detailed my thoughts on several issues relevant to the 2004 Presidential Campaign. At that time, I did a scorecard-ish tally of who I agreed with more, John Kerry or George Bush. The score was 7-3 Kerry (based on 10 total issues) and I think many of us agree that if the rest of the country had used my scorecard as part of the tools needed to inform voters, not so many people would think that the country is headed in the wrong direction (just kidding).
I'm not going to do a scorecard this time because I am firmly set on voting for Barack Obama...but that does not mean there are not major differences between my own personal views and that of Obama's. There are. But I have fewer differences with Obama's policies than I have with John McCain's. [I'm not legitimately counting Bob Barr or Ralph Nader.]
According to NPR, the five biggest issues of the 2008 Presidential Election are the economy, Iraq, health care, climate change, and immigration. Debatable, but it's a start.
The economy: I don't really know how this sub-prime lending crap started. Hell, I don't even know what sub-prime lending or predatory lending is. The only time I've ever heard the word ‘pre - BarrageJune 2
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1. This video is simply awesome. You've seen the 'Indian Michael Jackson' before. This is the finals (his bigger friend has surprising flexibility...3:30 is definitely a wtf...)...
Skip the sappy story and head straight to the dancing (starting at 1:30):
http://youtube.com/watch?v=oAmMe1ywIAI
2. Hillary's absolutely terrible primary planning beat her. Not Obama. Not sexism. But her planning. Any objective observer can see that. So for all the Clinton supporters...great race. You've definitely helped the Democratic party by exposing Obama's weaknesses now rather than later on in the general election when the weaknesses would be a greater blow to Obama's chances of being elected. Obama supporters can only hope that you will join the Obama camp and unite in order to defeat John McBush. If Clinton is the VP, all the better...knowledgeable, smart, knows the Washington 'game', etc.
For all the Ferraro-like Sexism Clinton Crybabies...just shut up. It really boils my blood how Hillary and her most biased supporters can kick and scream about the media...sexism...bla bla bla bla bla...but when your entire strategy is based on a knockout in the early rounds (Super Tuesday - Feb. 5) rather than a punch-by-punch defeat...you deserve to lose.
3. I'm reading Obama's "Audacity of Hope" and man, he's quite the angry liberal. If, as he says, his book gives you an insight into his thinking process (he wrote the entire book hims - What Goes AroundMay 16
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Finally. The mood and time to write. For the past three weeks, one of those seemed to escape.
Anyhow, the end of school and Shrenik's wedding brought me a whole new series of highs and not many, if any, lows.
I'll begin at the most important moment. Sometime during Shrenik's wedding, I decided that I was done having regrets. No, I'm not done thinking and rethinking every decision I'll make (my fatal flaw), but I'm done pondering the consequences. The effects. I make a decision knowing the consequences, but knowing that, I don't have to worry about those consequences. Each decision will have a backlash, but it's how I deal with that backlash that will make me better than the rest.
Is there a practical application to this? Probably not. But just think about it. If we look over our shoulder for too long during the years of our life, we'll spend more time looking backwards than looking forwards. You can learn from your mistakes, but don't let the memory of you making those mistakes become a part of you.
Maybe there is one example. Yesterday, during the student-faculty basketball game, I missed a whole bunch of shots (1 for 9 if I remember accurately), probably screamed like a small child for each rebound (yes, even the uncontested ones) I got, and for one fleeting moment, I thought, "Did I create a bad impression with the faculty?" But after that, I brushed that thought aside, because it - Dog Day SunriseApril 21
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"Dog Days can also define a time period or event that is...stagnant." [Wikipedia] The song I am referencing in the title is an old Fear Factory song that I pretend has lyrics pointing to the reality/harshness of stagnant days, but in reality, I have no idea what the lyrics mean. Bonus points for possible explanations:
Dog Day Sunrise
Every day of my life
I'm working on a scheme
Working overtime underground
Girls work under floors
The failures tend the moors
But once the seem is cut
They find out what is learned
There's a number of things going on with me. I have Shrenik's wedding and other festivities coming up very soon. I am excited about everything that's about to happen! The fact that there's a new extension to our family really hasn't hit me yet, but I'm sure down in Atlanta, it probably will. This might humor some of you: http://www.shrenikandsudha.com (that's my brother and his fiancee) - click on "Wedding Party".
Aside from that, school's sort of a drag at this point. In tennis terms, it's before the beginning of the fifth set. In track terms, it's entering the last lap of the mile. In football terms, it's the drive before the two minute warning. So not quite 'there', but getting there. My lab work hasn't been going so well, again, mainly because of my incompetence, bad hands, etc., but I'm hoping that using whatever I will get out of this first rotation, I will be