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Will he or won’t he, will she accept or refuse? I’m so tired of it I can barely stand it anymore, and I’m in Japan, I feel sorry for the rest of you in the states. Here is the scoop people, Barack can nominate Hillary Clinton all he wants, but she has be be confirmed by Congress. Not that I really care anyway, because what everyone is forgetting is that at the end of the day, it’s President Barack Obama who will have the final say in international affairs, not the Clintons. Please someone start speaking about things that matter now. Obama won’t even be able to submit Clintons name to Congress until they come out of recess….in January!!!!
The truth is that the media just doesn’t want to let the election go. They have struck gold with Obama’s campaign and presidency and they are now trying to find ways to put him in the news. Now, just for the record, I was an avid Obama supporter, and I believe he will do great things, but like my friend over at Politicaldisgust.com has said many times, he isn’t President yet, and hasn’t done anything, but inspire the world. Inspiration doesn’t get a cabinet confirmed 2 months early. Everyone needs to just take a breath.
The next thing that I’m tired of hearing about is Ted Stevens. OK, we get it, he was very popular in Alaska, and a lion of the Senate. He was still a dirt bag opportunist dirty politician that got caught. No, you heard me right. I’m not gonna tread lightly on that one. The first this that enrages me about this situation is that he betrayed the trust, not only of the citizens of his state but as a Senator he had influence over legislation that effected us all. Shame on him. The second thing that irritates me is that after being convicted, appeal or not, the people from Alaska almost put him in again. OK, so let me get this straight, they have a governor that is less intellectually curious than our disaster of a President and has a shopping addiction that would rival Paris Hilton, and a Senator that thought it was OK to commit a felony, then still run for the Senate again. Amazing!
Here is what I want from the media. I want my world coverage about important things back, like I don’t know IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN, RUSSIA, NORTH KOREA, SUDAN, DARFUR, ZIMBABWE, VENEZUELA! What is wrong with these guys? They are the reason the average U.S. citizen can’t find any of these places on a map. I turn to CNN and I’m seeing constant California fire coverage (let me check…Yep fires still suck, and though I feel for those people, constant CNN coverage of houses being burned isn’t my idea of international or even national coverage), round the clock Clinton coverage and speculation (you all don’t know any more then the guy that mows my mom’s lawn, admit it and get over it), constant doom and gloom about the stock market (we get it, the economy is in the toilet how many different ways can you say the same thing?)
In conclusion let me please ask, with all sincerity, please let us have the information that really matters. You’re making us all more stupid. I’m affraid that one of these days, I’m going to start turning to FOX news for my information. I didn’t just say that, did I? See, it’s already happening.
This week, I’m joined by the host and creator of thedailyduke.com. A hillarious look at the news through the eyes of a guy who cuts through all the B.S. and manages to make us cry with laughter at the same time. Duke and I talked about Japan, trying to find English instructions for our electronics, the economy, the big 3 automakers proposed bailout, and a civic duty lecture by Jerame. All of this and much much more. The comedys on the house.
Around the world, there are many fingers pointing at the U.S. as the sole culprit for the world economic woes. The problem is that, anyone that knows anything about this crisis knows that the rest of the world is just as guilty, if not more.
In 2000 Alan Greenspan kept the Federal Funds Rate at 1% for so long that the international investing community started to look for alternative, “safe”, investments. Cue Mortgage Backed Securities. The demand was so high for these “safe” investments that there was pressure to find more. That’s right, pressure from the INTERNATIONAL investors and investment houses to find more Mortgage Backed Securities. This snowballed until they were investing their money into bad home loans. They new they were bad, but the thinking was that the good mortgages would balance the bad ones. They knew what they were investing in, they knew the risk, but they were greedy. For a full description of this crisis follow this link.
It is disingenuous at best to blame the U.S. solely for this financial crisis. As interconnected as the financial markets are, there is no way it could have merely been the U.S. at fault. I’ll be the first to admit that it was a series of stupid, greedy mistakes by investment houses and banks that led us into this quagmire, but to blame only the U.S. for this crisis is to ignore the culpability of the rest of the world and does a disservice to all the people in the U.S. that did nothing wrong.
So I say to the people of the world, I know you love to hate the U.S. for it’s economic, military, and cultural dominance, but for once, could you please stop pointing your fingers at us. There are a lot of things to be frustrated with the U.S. over, but in this case, when you are pointing your finger at us, remember that there are 3 more fingers pointing back at you.
On Tuesday, November 4th, one minority group was achieving a new level of equality in the U.S. with President-Elect Obama’s victory, while another was seeing their rights taken away with the passage of proposition 8 in California.
For too long those that sit in ivory towers and who have claimed to know God’s mind, (as if that were possible), have tried to hold a monopoly on what is within God’s grace and what is not. For too long these “elders” have decided that the Old Testament is much more important then the New Testament, even though Christ said that it wasn’t.
Who ever you are tonight, if you feel like your God is calling you to pick a side, just remember that God let a prostitute wash his feet and honored her above all of his disciples, and remember that Christ once said, “Do unto others, as you would have them do unto you.” What do you think that means, exactly? Does that only apply if the person is a Christian?
I shouldn’t have to remind anyone that the reason to protect the separation between church and state isn’t to preserve the government, but actually to preserve religion. Remember when you start pushing your brand of Christianity on those that don’t believe the same way you do, that someone could just as easily do the same to you if their religion was the stronger religion in the U.S. Don’t think that could happen? Just ask the major financial supporter behind prop. 8, the Mormon church. I’m sure they’ve never had a problem with government and religious fanatics persecuting them. The hypocrisy is astounding. A religion that advocated polygamy and child brides, is now up in arms about two committed U.S. citizens that want to share in the same promises of life long love, that the rest of us take for granted.
At its heart, and to be brutally honest, this isn’t about heaven or hell, it never has been. It’s about love or hate. Everyone should be allowed to share in the same opportunities in this country. We are the U.S. for heavens sake. You don’t have to like it, you don’t have to condone it, and you don’t have to be friends with them, just don’t stand in the way of their happiness, just because you can’t get past your distrust of something you or I may not understand.
Next Gen Politics would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to all that have served and to the families of those that have given that most sacred of all gifts to the people of the U.S. Thank you for your, and your families service. Through your service, you have ensured that the promise of our founding fathers of liberty, is given once more to the next generation.
For your sacrifice we honor you, for your bravery we admire you, for your patriotism we strive to emulate you. Happy Veterans day.
This week we ramble through Obama’s win and our rush as a nation to show President Bush the door, Zimbabwe, Sarah Palin’s inability to stop talking, or make any sense for that matter, while camera’s are rolling, California’s Proposition 8, Russia’s Sub mishap, a dust up at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher (and coincidentally at our favorite watering hole in Akashi as well), and a lot more. Plus we’ll give you comedy relief at no extra charge.
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