We Americans tend to be proud of ourselves thinking we have the best government in the World, and then we start a war in Iraq with the excuse that "we have to save the people from Sadam and give them a democracy" when in reality, we don't have a democracy ourselves.
Now all information for this will be from
http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/index.asp
I am using the "Total Spent" only for this.
Did you hear about Britney Spears this week? Apparently Lynne Spears is reporting that Sam Lufti has been drugging Britney in a Howard K. Stern-esque fashion.
I am a journalist, plain and simple. Well, I suppose it's not all that plain and simple. First and foremost, I am a writer. The journalism label sort of came out of random circumstances and stuck around despite my tendency to lean more toward the creative side of wordweaving. You'll probably catch bits and pieces of my story along the way, but that's not the point of this blog or this entry.
As a young female thirsting for opportunity, striving to succeed in a male dominated field, I believe in several feminist values. I see myself as quite independent in my personal life as well as my career. I advocate women's independence, equal salary/wages for equal jobs, and equal education.
So you keep hearing about the economy, and about the terrible recession that's coming like an impending doom, and something about a "stimulus package," which you're not quite sure about and even less sure that your kids should be hearing about it on the evening news.
So I was quite surprised to find out that the Democratic Party had 796 superdelegates who did not have to vote according to the voice of the people. Rather, these "party leaders and elected officials" can choose whichever candidate they want.
I am a 1st generation American. This presidential campaign has opened up the eyes of people laid dormant politically for their entire lives. The Democrats have a lot of decisions to make. Here we have candidates who represent other aspects of American culture. Interestingly enough, now that two voiceless groups have an actual say, will we ever get to hear anything substantive?
