The Next President of the United States

Not That I Can Sway Your Decision

I was having a discussion with my Dad and brother tonight. The conversation went to politics and the presidential election. When I said that McCain was a warmonger and does not want to end the Iraq war, plus he wants to start more wars they did not believe me. Below is a video talking with McCain and his ideas for the future of the war. This man is insane.

Palin is even worse. The VP debate was unwatchable when she was talking. First, she would not answer a question, she just spouted off some soundbyte that someone told her. I do not know how you can support a VP when people say she did good just because she did not make a fool of herself on TV.
By the way, when I first saw the Tina Fey SNL skit about the Katie Couris interview I thought they made it all up. Then I watched the interview. I could not believe it! This woman does not know what she is talking about on half of these issues.

Politics

I do not really want to get that into politics here on the blog, but some things just have to be said and talked about. Today I read this. After I finished reading I was mad. What kind of people are these Texas Republicans? I cannot believe that anyone would allow this, or is it one of those, "any publicity is good publicity." Now I am not an Obama-lover, but I will be voting for him. I think most people know that Bush has not been a good president (some of the lowest approval ratings in history) and a vote for McCain is a vote that Bush-policy should continue. Before you say that McCain is not Bush...look at their records. Look at what they agree on. Every major item that Bush has messed up royally is a something that McCain agrees with Bush on. McCain is also a huge jerk. He has done things that are criminal if he was not in the senate.

Also, any woman that voted for McCain after hearing his history and how he got married to his current wife can never speak about the Clinton's and how they ruined the presidency. McCain is not a good man. He has done some good things, but he is not a good man.

Before you want to flame me...check the facts. Check the history. I am just reporting the truth. Here are a couple links to news stories on this subject. Story 1, Story 2, Story 3, Story 4

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Hillary has officially withdrawn from the presidential race and is going to put her full weight behind Obama. I do not know if he can win, but it is worth the try.

I know that prices are going up, but paying over $6,000 for a watermelon is crazy! And, who knew there was such thing as a black watermelon?

Not only is Apple trying to beat the Blackberry. But the Nintendo DS as well. There are two DS's in my family and we love them. They are very cool. Apple does have the touch-screen and the motion down, so maybe. I just do not think Apple's price will be where it needs to be to really win market share.

Check out the numbers on how often and what consoles are being used for video games. I do not think it is right. Everyone I know is getting a Wii. One other thing to note is where are all these other adults getting time to play 20+ days a month? I play our Wii maybe once a month.

I knew that stupid horse would not win today. I should have called my shot! I did tell the eye doctor today though. If you want to verify this let me know, I will get you the number to the doctor.

Me and Chloe made our flight reservations home from Sacramento this summer. We will come home on the 19th (Saturday) of July. The flight was only $69, and going only one way means it will cost us only $159. Pretty good. Glad to get these before ticket prices really go up.

L to the I to the N to the K to the S

Fo' shizzle!

Now that Barack is the nominee, what does it mean? Can he beat McCain? Can the country really unite behind him? I just do not think he has the complete package to win in November. I will vote for him, but there are many people will not, just because of his skin color.

Want an iPod touch (like me)? Buy a qualifying Apple product and get one for FREE! I say just go for it.

I like Bill Simmons on ESPN and he is a huge Boston homer. I can not believe the ESPN let him run this column in the magazine, but they did.

I hope to take this flight in October, but I probably will not get the firetrucks and the appetizers before getting on.

I like the blackberry (you have been reading haven't you?). It seems as if the secret is out of the bag. If you want to know about the next iPhone, click here.

This is a little scary. Very Minority Report.

Politics

I was explaining my idea of the politics of the upcoming election with some friends at work and drew this handy chart:

The basic premise of my drawing is that right now Obama has a lot of love from the democrats, but probably not that good of chance of winning. Not everyone likes Hillary and she has no chance to win. McCain is NUTS and will probably win, he is just W for another 4 years. So, in my plan (some of this was taken from an MSN opinion piece that I read) Obama would drop out of the race citing he wants to throw his full endorsement to Hillary and that it is for the good of the democratic party (right now Hillary and Obama are hurting each other in this race). He would then spend the next four years actually trying to improve his record in congress, try to implement some of the things he has talked about in his candidacy.

A race between Hillary and McCain would end up in a McCain (BOOOOO!) victory most likely. McCain's four years would be like keeping W for four more years and things in this country would get even worse. In 2012 the democrats would not allow Hillary to run again (after losing this year) and Obama would run unopposed for the democrats.

If Obama spends the four years actually trying to implement some change he will crush any opponent in 2012 and will basically walk into the white house with the experience and the track record that a president should have.

For the record, I actually prefer Hillary to Obama and would never even consider voting for McCain. In the general election I will be voting for whomever the Democratic candidate is.

We will see what happens in the upcoming months, I just hope whomever wins will actually try to start making things better for America. There is some pretty easy things that can be done, how about we take half of all the monies we send out of the US and keep it for internal programs? That would be billions of dollars on infrastructure improvements or tax breaks. How about we start getting the Peace Corps to work in the US instead of sending them to other places in the world? I just think it is time for the US to think of ourselves more than other places. I had a boss that once said, "Before you try to go do extra things for others, make sure you can take care of yourself." That rings pretty true about now.