presidential candidates

The other day while i was in school, i heard a fellow student blurt out an inappropriate statement about my favorite presidential candidate, Barack Obama. The student proceeded to ask another one of our peers, "why would you want to vote for a man who would blow up our white house." He was referring to Obama's rumored muslim faith and his muslim sounding last name.  Read More »

I wake up in the morning to see the Vice-President candidates going head-to-head on a political debate. My eyes are squinting, and my head is groggy. I can only think, "Oh no, here we go again.." I look at Senator Biden, then I look at Governor Palin. I notice two major differences, Palin is bright, young, and innovative; while Biden, well looks like an old croon.  Read More »

Al Gore has it right. The time to act is NOW if we want to save our environment from damage we'll never come back from. It's time to put pressure on current and future leaders to address this climate issue.  Read More »

The videos below are from a month ago, but just a few days ago, a friend of mine sent me this video and this just grinds my gears to see how certain people can be so ignorant.  Read More »

According to Patchwork Nation, I live in a Monied Burb. Those of you who’ve followed my blogs may be thinking, “What? I thought you lived in the ‘hood?” I do. I don’t exactly match my patch. Patchwork Nation is a project by Dante Chinni that attempts to expand the political categories in the U.S. beyond red and blue. The project categorizes every area of the United States using the same kind of market research that the candidates’ speech writers use: income, education level, profession, and religion. Though it has its limitations, the Patchwork map of the U.S. is a much more vibrant quilt than the Blue State/Red State map we’ve all seen so many times!  Read More »

Calling all Democrats! Calling all Republicans! Calling all of you conservatives and undecided who reside somewhere in the middle! Take a seat. It’s powwow time! Come election day, whose name will you find on the ballot?  Read More »

As many of you have probably heard, Democratic Presidential Candidate, Barack Obama can't bowl. It's a complete disgrace to America. After all bowling is vital to the well being of the American nation. What kind of example would Obama set for middle America? If Barack became president, the letters D-I-S-A-S-T-E-R pop into my mind. You know what those spell?  Read More »

So the presidential campaign just got interesting! Haha...ok I hope you found the sarcasm in that comment. But seriously, now the "gloves are off!" I'm sure you saw it--FOX news was playing the interview between Hannity and Rev. Wright all day yesterday, each time insisting it was "Breaking news!" I'm not sure how something can be breaking news 54 times in a day (probably more!  Read More »