Ugh, another election, another major party member easily making it in the White House, will the U.S. ever actually change from the two party system? No, because people are just gullible enough to think there are only two viable candidates that have a shot. If news showed more of these third parties, then there would be a much better chance that people hear of them, and vote for them.
Category: Politics
Our teenage view on the world of the Government
Third Party Debate
All of these men are much more qualified to lead the country than Obama or McCain. Too bad no one has heard of them or thinks that a vote for them is meaningful…
Do you know what the presidental canidates are going to with Tax cuts?
Tax. It affects us all, and each candidate says they will cut taxes for us but what will really happen.
Well here id a chart
MCCAIN OBAMA
Income Avg. tax bill Avg. tax bill
Over $2.9M -$269,364 +$701,885
$603K and up -$45,361 +$115,974
$227K-$603K -$7,871 +$12
$161K-$227K -$4,380 -$2,789
$112K-$161K -$2,614 -$2,204
$66K-$112K -$1,009 -$1,290
$38K-$66K -$319 -$1,042
$19K-$38K -$113 -$892
Under $19K -$19 -$567
plus if you elect the republicans you will have to pay for Sarah Palin’s wardrobe
Drugs…
Legalize or no?
Personally, I think we should legalize all drugs, the war on drugs is doing basically nothing and all it really resorts to is people on the street making money when legitimate businesses could be making that money and they could be taxed, getting more money for the government to pay for programs, and taking that money off the street. Making items illegal doesn’t stop them from being bought, it just forces the law enforcement to work harder. Look at alcohol (when banned, people who wanted it still got it illegally), guns (in D.C. they still have the highest crime rates, even with guns banned. This will just put arm dealers in control of guns), and abortions (they still happen when not legal, its just that people will self-perform them, making it ultimately more dangerous for the mother). Now, I hate drugs, I’ve made a 15 minute movie on how bad meth is, and 3 short commercials on smoking, but these videos won’t stop enough people to make a difference on the industry.
I’d like to hear your thoughts!
Three down, forty-seven to go…
Tell me: what do these three names have in common: “Massachusetts, California, and Connecticut.”
That’s right, folks: these are the names of the states in which gay marriage is now legal! The Connecticut Supreme Court today, in a 4-3 vote, decided that a ban on gay marriage constituted “cognizable harm” and infringed on a “fundamental right” of same-sex couples, and was, overall, unconstitutional. If you’d like to read a bit more about the ruling, copy this URL and paste it into your URL box: http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE4996BE20081011
SNL
Has anyone else noticed that Sarah Palin looks uncannily like Tina Fey?
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And they’re calling Obama inexperienced?
In case you haven’t been following the news, Senator McCain has picked a running mate: Sarah Palin, the Governer of Alaska since 2006. She was also mayor of Wasilla, Alaska for six years previous. She is pro-life, a gun rights advocate, and opposes gay marriage.
I can’t think of anyone worse as a running mate for John McCain. She even said herself that there are many more qualified than her to be picked for vice president. She is as inexperienced as Obama, yet she does nothing to balance McCain except in youth and a few body parts that McCain is lacking. Personally, I think this is great. Really, is there any way this country will elect a McCain/Palin ticket over Obama/Biden? I honestly can’t wait for the VP debate: Biden is going to walk all over her!
I don’t need to fall at your feet
So I know that everyone will be talking about this, but we didn’t have a politics blog this week so I’m doing one now.
OMG OBAMA HAS A RUNNING MATE WHEEEEE. My local newspaper dedicated the entire front page to this news, and to “top ten facts about the candidates”. From this article I learned that McCain has a stuffed dancing hamster and Obama’s high school basketball nickname was “O’bomber”. Yeah, I really needed to know that. And haven’t we been a little sensitive about Obama and his religious beliefs for the past couple months? I don’t think learning that he used to be called “O’Bomber” is the best way to get past that… Some people are a bit less open minded than we like to think about.
And the fact that McCain has a dancing hamster is just creepy. And it was NUMBER ONE on the list. Sheesh.
I’m getting pretty sick of this race. My prediction is that it will lean to McCain. I also predict that Voltaire’s reanimated corpse will make an appearance half way through. Dancing with McCain’s stuffed hamster.
…I’m afraid to go to sleep now that I have that vision in my head.
In other news, this is what happens when it’s one in the morning and one of your best friends only lives one house over…
Adventure Captain Pants and Bri. Thaaaat’s right.
Running mates for the presidential canidates
Have you been watching the news lately? Have you heard about the picking of a presidential running mates? And why are they taking so long to choose one? Well a running mate is very important to a campaign because depending on who they chose can affect the campaign. Before the civil war running mates would be chosen across the north/south border. This can bring a candidate into better grips with the voters. Example, a man is doing well at getting the upper and middle classes to vote for him but the lower classes can’t connect with him, so he gets a running mate that the lower class can connect more with, and therefore, more people vote for his party because of his running mate.
For example if Obama chooses Clinton as his running mate she will bring the white women that Hilary appealed to and bring Bill Clinton’s great fund raising capability. So who would you chose for Obama or McCain?
Life is what happens while you’re busy making your excuses
-Simple Plan, When I’m Gone
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately. And as everyone knows, this is often not a good thing. But I think that this time it’s ok.
I realized something during this thinking period. Our lives are consumed by fear and order. Out of fear we allign ourselves with other people who are similar in taste, ensuring that we are not alone, which we also fear, whether we realize it or not. Everything inside of us strives to be a part of a group, even if you pride yourself in being a non-conformist. Because then you’re conforming to a non conformist group.
Groups groups groups. We are all a part of thousands of groups. Republican, Democrat, nerd, jock, outgoing, loner, smart, dumb, right, wrong. What is with us?? Why are we so concerned with being one thing or the other? Why can’t I be moderate, both a nerd and a jock, both smart and dumb, and both outgoing and introverted? No, I always have to pick a side.
That’s one of the things that bugs me the most about the election. People make decisions based on whether the candidate is liberal enough or conservative enough. I know we have parties like Libertarian and Independent, but I also know that if I choose to vote for one of those candidates, I’m basically throwing away my vote, because there aren’t enough people brave enough to straddle the fence to ever get a third party candidate elected.
Here’s what I think we should do… get rid of political parties altogether. Not only will this give everyone a level starting ground (people won’t be biased to a republican or democrat), but it will also force people into actually researching candidates platforms, instead of writing off someone “Oh, they’re a democrat. They must be a crazy hemp smoking hippi who leads peace rallies against any kind of violence.” They would actually have to THINK about their candidates.
Of course, this would lead to an issue… how do you narrow down candidates for the final race? You can’t just have everyone running on the ballot!
Well. You know how baseball they have the national league and the american league? Do that! Separate the candidates into groups ACCORDING TO LOCATION, or some other nondenominational grouping, then have primaries like normal. The best two out of both “leagues” would be the final candidates for the final vote.
I probably haven’t thought this through enough, and I’m sure you’ll all have plenty to say back. This is just what I came up with when my brother told me I needed to update. So tell me what you think!