Posts Tagged ‘President’

• Yes We Can

  Date: 2008.11.04 | Category: I was too lazy to organize these | Response: 0

  Here it is America. We used our voices to demand a change and boy did we demand. I couldn’t be happier to say I exercised my American right and responsibility to elect President Barrack Obama. It’s amazing to think about how far we’ve come as a country and what we’ve been through as a country and how much power we still have as citizens of this country. I can’t wait to see what is in store for us in our life times.

  I hear stories and see movies about how people had so much dedication to a president in the past. People had passion for JFK. People had dedication to FDR. I was never able to understand how you feel this way for a president. A celebrity sure but not a president.  Maybe it was because I wasn’t old enough or maybe it was because I have never been part of the democratic process but now I get. When this man speaks his words hit me with a chill. To see him named as the Leader of OUR county brought a tear to my eye. Now I understand the passion and dedication of the American people.

• The Debate

  Date: 2008.10.08 | Category: Life as we know it, ahh the news | Response: 0

  When I was in high school I loved debate class. I spent more of my time and energy on that class than any other subject. There was something about humiliating another person with logic, reason, and facts that drew me in from the start. For the large part, I spent my time debating varsity and I decimated some of my opponents. There were a few times when I would have members in the audience stifle laughter when the other team tried to fight back – it was a futile effort. You would think that I would have eventually enrolled in law school…. Despite my love for debates, I didn’t watch the debate that happended earlier tonight between the two Presidential candidates.

  We debated with facts and logic. They debate with ideals and ideas. None have been tested and all we can do is look at the past to see if something similar has worked. One candidate will blame his opponents party for a failed plan while leaving out the fact that his party might have something to do with it. The situation at the time may have had more factors than just the legislation and fault cannot be determined. Presidential debate content lives in shades of grey. I’d rather save myself 90 minutes and spend a scant 15 reading opinions on the debate. That is the only way to determine who won – opinion. So, after a little searching I found a good synopsis of the debate. Its not fantastic because it is, after all, opinion.

• Odd items that should keep you entertained for a few minutes

  Date: 2008.04.09 | Category: ahh the news, links! | Response: 0

  Are you lonely and seeking a spouse? Have you tried blind dates, dating websites, and Russian mail order brides to no avail? Your time searching is over – grab the oldest mass produced book in the world for a little inspiration – you may have to dig a little for it but the answers are there. Check out this gem from the guide on Old Testament ways to get a wife -

  Cut 200 foreskins off of your future father-in-law’s enemies and get his daughter for a wife -David (I Samuel 18:27)

  I was curious to see if the author had twisted the words around to make things funnier – he wasn’t far from the truth. I referenced a NIV copy and found that their version was

  David and his men went out and killed two hundred Philistines. He brought their foreskins and presented the full number to the king so that he might become the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave him his daughter Michal in marriage.

  Odd – follow the link for more

  For some inexplicable reason Dick Cheney is going to receive Secret Service protection after he leaves office. Current legislation only allows protection for the VP if congress passes a joint resolution or by order of a presidential directive. Odd… follow the link (and then the link inside to the Washington Post article) for more

  Are you tired of our choices for President? Where in the world did we find some of these guys – take Mike Gravel for instance (already dropped out). Wouldn’t it be great if we wrote legislation requiring minimum standards for a president? Scott Adams (Dilbert author) believes so and has written a short list of minimum requirements. Check it out on his blog.

  I’ve mentioned Improv Everywhere before and they’ve done it yet again – this time by giving some kids at a little league baseball game the time of their lives. A few months ago they staged a pantless subway ride that took place across the nation – funny pictures and even funnier video. Its underwear – get over it.