Death by Politics

Politics can bring out the best and the worst in people...

...and you would think that now that the election is over Hyde would go away and this said individual would go back to being Jekyll but unfortunately this doesn't seem to be the case.
Emotions ran high during the presidential race but in no way does that justify treating anyone in the opposite party with disrespect. There is even less reason to justify acting with obscene vulgarity towards someone who is supposedly your friend.
I said that I needed an apology and apparently that was too much to ask.
After as many years of friendship that the two of us shared, I would have never guessed it would have ended like this.

Here's to yet another new beginning!
Change can be a good thing.

Obama Waffles

Some people just cannot take a joke, as can be clearly seen in the case of Obama Waffles. Has it really come down to the fact that America has become so overtly sensitive that satirical pieces will someday be something we tell our children about with a sentimental overture? "Back when free speech meant free speech..... when I walked to school up hill in the snow both ways during a blizzard... and when people were able to take a joke."
How can this comment not make you chuckle? Point box towards mecca for better tasting waffles.. lol. Also, on the back of the box Obama is fully clad in mexican dress (including a sombrero) stating "Open Border Fiesta Waffles" that says it can serve "4 or more illegal aliens." The recipe includes a tip: "While waiting for these zesty treats to invade your home, why not learn a foreign language?"
Come on, its funny!
Nevermind.

McCain/Palin. A Match Made in Heaven?

When I first read about the Republicans choice for VP what came to mind was "now that is interesting, is he picking a woman to run with him to counterbalance the fact that Obama would be the first black president?". After wandering around the office it was quick to see that I wasn't the only one that thought this way. I guess choosing a candidate based on credentials is a thing of the past and that we have a form of affirmative action acting in the white house now..

Oh and when reading the article in MSN announcing the pairing I came across this sentance:
"Governor Palin ... will remind women that if they are not welcome on the Democrat's ticket, they have a place with Republicans." he said"

Will it now? Sounds to me like this woman is being used more as a pawn than as a serious partner and if it is going to remind us women of anything it is of the fact that we don't appreciate being used.

They also go on to state "Palin also spoke of shattering the "glass ceiling" for women, an appeal for support from disaffected supporters of former Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton."

Why would it draw Clinton supporters? Does she have the same ideals and principals? Or do they really think that the women that voted for Hilliary BECAUSE she is a woman? Would it be too much to think that maybe she was voted for because people (Men and Women included) believed in the things she stood for? If it really worked this way wouldn't that then mean that men would only vote for men as well? Maybe I am being overly sensitive, but these statements are more than just mildly offensive to me..

The New Yorker and Obama

Only in this country could a person, any person, portray a candidate for leadership of the nation in this derogatory of a matter and not fear any sort of repercussions whatsoever. What a great place to live :)
If you look at the image closely, it is Obama as a Muslim fist tapping his wife who is dressed as a terrorist in what I believe would be the White House. There is an American flag burning in the fireplace above which hangs a portrait of Osama Bin Laden.

The magazine says that it is purely a satirical piece in which they aim to set the record straight and show all the lies, rumors and speculation that the right wing party has attempted to associate with Obama for what they are: Nonsense.
But even though I believe that there were many other, more tasteful, ways of doing so this method most definitely got the people's attention and will then get the message across to more people more effectively.
I say it is a job well done.

Politics and Potato Chips

After much debate last night about the current presidential candidates I decided to gain a little information about the two contenders myself today to see what all the hype and hoopla is about. Not to say that I am not concerned with politics, I just have never really been THAT into it, mostly because I do not feel like any difference is made whether I vote for one or another in a presidential election. I am a registered voter, I have been called up for jury duty (which I so graciously got out of due to my full time student status... my full time employee status and full time single mother status didn't seem to make a difference, but the end goal was just getting out of the additional time commitment) and I have voted in a majority of the local elections. But the presidential election has always seemed quite pointless to me being that as everyone knows the popular vote does not elect the president.
Needless to say, I have to be able to stand my democratic ground with my overtly republican family so research on the candidates I will do!
First impressions, Obama really does seem like he could be a serious contender for the position. He has a good stance on the energy crisis, his wartime politics are very attractive to a war-torn country that doesn't wish to be war-torn and his over all dedication to change feels like it could be the breath of fresh air that America needs. But then again, its always so hard to gauge a real representation of a person from a website that is sponsored by the said individual or other websites dedicated to smear the name of any decent person running for any political office.
No surprise, my first impression of McCain isn't a very good one. He seems very "Bush-esque" with a hardnosed policy to continue the war and indications of future conflict with unstable countries such as Iran. Does America really need any more enemies in this world? I believe that now is the time to redeem our reputation within the "world community" and step up to be the respectable and responsible country we once were known for. Other than his stance on the war, he doesn't seem to have any hardline policies on anything that would make the changes our economy needs. What is the point of drilling for oil in the outer coastal shelf? This seems to me to be a temporary bandaide for a very large, on going problem. Shouldn't we be investing our time and money on ways to kick our oil habit all together by making alternative energy a more feasible source for our fuel in the future? Overall, it seems to me that to elect McCain would be sentancing the country to yet another four years of the Bush regime.

On a lighter note, I read today that Pringles Potato Chips are not infact classified as potato chips in Britian. With only 42% of its make up actually containing potato, do I really want to know what the remaining 58% "chip" is made up of? One could venture to guess...