Welcome Spring 2009 Class!

Welcome Spring 2009 Class!

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I messed up

I forgot to put in my links. Here they are:
For Sad:http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/16/obama.bush.mccain/index.html
and for Really:
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080502/entertainment/elizabeth_taylor_hillary_clinton
and
http://www.dailyreckoning.com.au/hillary-clinton-opec/2008/05/06/

And by the way great job everyone!

Sad

Wow. It is really sad when you look a the level of political discourse in this country. Our own President is trying to compare Obama saying he would not rule out negotiations with Iran to Nazi appeasement. Oh and it happens to be the 60th anniversary of the founding of the state of Israel. It is disgusting to think that our leaders would choose to immediately limit their resources when dealing with a troubled region. And its all sound bites. If Bush, or someone with a brain, could actually sit down with the leader of Iran and try to talk things over they would be a fool not to. I cringe when I think about the people who actually support that kind of closed minded policy. So what if talks with Iran fail, at least they tried to avoid a violent conflict. I think there is more to said of person who truly exhausts all peaceful options before launching into a military campaign. I guess we already know we can’t expect that from Bush. And it appears McCain, if elected, is setting him self up to have the same type of foreign policy that good G W has campaigned for almost eight years now. Call me crazy but I think foreign policy should be thoughtful, not a pissing contest. Hopefully people will come to their sense and elect a reasonable person, least say Barak Obama.

Really?

Well its official, she has gone nuts. According to the Daily Reckoning and Clinton’s own campaign site, "Hillary is calling on the President to engage in immediate negotiations with OPEC members and, if no progress is made, file a formal complaint against OPEC countries at the WTO." That’s right Hillary Clinton is going to put an end the worlds oil crisis by taking the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to court. I know Hillary tries to paint her self as no friend of big business but this is going a little too far. She want s to sue a company because, lets face it, they have their own best interest in mind.
Now Hollywood’s original train wreck, Elizabeth Taylor, is supporting Clinton, as if we needed another reason to dislike Hillary Clinton. Personally I don’t think anyone should base their political beliefs on what a Hollywood weird has to say. But knowing this country it could possibly have an effect.

End of the year

Well nothing like waiting until the very last minute to post on here! I am writing about the endorsement of Obama from Edwards, like we didn't know it was going to happen. I am quite happy with the endorsement. I feel like this will help allow the American public start to side with one nominee instead of fighting to see who will get the party bid. It is important for the democrats to start siding together to fight against the republican party who has all the time in the world to raise money and grief against the dems in office. With this election people seem to think that either the democrats have it in the bag or else they are most assuredly going to loose, and I am unsure whether this is good or bad for it will either drive voters out in record numbers again much like it did during the primary or it can keep voters in with the idea of 'our vote wont count anyway.' Hopefully, people realize that the need for a president of the democratic party is more important than candidate loyalty. All i keep hearing about on CNN and several other news networks is that, Obama's people wont vote for Hillary, or vice-versa. Honestly, either of them is a much better choice then the alternative.

Hillary's BIG Problem

I guess it was clear which Democrat ended up raising more money this primary season. Hillary Clinton's campaign actually has her in over 20 million dollars worth of debt. She's donated herself about 11.4 million. As of right now nobody in her campaign network has any idea how they are going to address paying off the enormous debt .What can she do to pay that debt off, well she's already talked about transferring some of the debt to her Senate Re-election effort, but she owes alot of money to alot of people. One of her foreseeable options is looking to her adversary Obama for monetary support. He has been able to raise money in an unprecedented way this election. Its not like Obama can just give Clinton a bag full of cash, instead he would have to start asking his supporters to start donating to the Clinton campaign. Some incentive for him to do this for party unity. Obviously if Obama is willing to donate his money to her campaign he understands that Clinton is basically bowing out to him and thanking him for the help. It's not too crazy that another candidate helps the losing candidate out with the bills, but the bills have never been so high. Clinton doesn't have too much time left either to act. Mccain's bill on presidential election reform that passed within recent years prevents candidates from accepting any more money than 250,000 after the Party Conventions. The odds seem to be stacked against Clinton in more ways than one, and lets just hope she'll end this dragging process and just drop out.

Olympic Protesting

Tibet, the neighboring country of China has protested the summer Olympics in Beijing. The Tibetans and Chinese have disputed over the separation of Tibet from China and unfortunately the disputes have interfered with our worlds most treasured event. Tibet and protesters have disrupted the Olympic torch trail across all of the participating countries, attempting to put out the flame. In England, the torch was put out by a protesters fire extinguisher while provoking the runners of the torch.
How does the protesting of the Olympics affect politics and America? (You may ask) Well, the protesters on Ti bets freedom have caused a lot of disruption for China and its people. This has caused other countries and media to stipulate if China should continue to host the Olympic games. Since the uproar and attention of the protesting, China has taken action to use force to control their streets and has shot and killed Tibetans. This has provided large concerns to nations such as America and wish to mediate the issue with China. China on the other hand has refused to allow media to interview and address the issues at hand in China.
The Chinese felt originally that the games would provide a wonderful leap in their current battle of civil rights within the country but instead taken a leap backward. The controversy between Tibet and China should not be incorporated into a world wide shared games which is dated back to ancient times of our world civilization. This types of heinous acts during the times of the Romans wouldn't be tolerated and as a matter of fact they didn't happen because the rules of the Olympic games was to stop war during the event, out of respect for the greatness of it. These acts don't just affect the U.S but the whole world.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/10/india.tibet.ap/index.html