this was interesting

 

we could keep the mercury out of our water sources, and develope clean energy that would negate the need to replace our simple lightbulbs.

 

 

 

and i'm not stalling.

 

 

 

 

 

 

here i will analyze a section of barack obama's own issues page, in order to give you some understanding on why i do not wish to vote for him.

 

 

CIVIL RIGHTS - first, and most important?

 

http://www.barackobama.com/issues/civilrights/

"Strengthen Civil Rights Enforcement

Obama will reverse the politicization that has occurred in the Bush Administration's Department of Justice. He will put an end to the ideological litmus tests used to fill positions within the Civil Rights Division. "

       - he will create a new litmus test, and contradict his own mission statment.  EDIT:  i want proof of the current conservative litmus test.

"Combat Employment Discrimination

Obama will work to overturn the Supreme Court's recent ruling that curtails racial minorities' and women's ability to challenge pay discrimination. Obama will also pass the Fair Pay Act to ensure that women receive equal pay for equal work and the Employment Non-Discrimination Act to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity or expression."

       - he will take the power away from employers to pay what they feel is adequate.

"Expand Hate Crimes Statutes

Obama will strengthen federal hate crimes legislation, expand hate crimes protection by passing the Matthew Shepherd Act, and reinvigorate enforcement at the Department of Justice's Criminal Section. "

       - because if you kill someone, it's still not as bad as killing someone because he's gay.

"End Deceptive Voting Practices

Obama will sign into law his legislation that establishes harsh penalties for those who have engaged in voter fraud and provides voters who have been misinformed with accurate and full information so they can vote. "

       - this starts out okay, but i'm left with the assumption that the people he's trying to get support from don't understand the idea of marking the boxes of the people they WANT to vote for.

"End Racial Profiling

Obama will ban racial profiling by federal law enforcement agencies and provide federal incentives to state and local police departments to prohibit the practice. "

       - and schools are still allowed to engage in racial profiling?

"Reduce Crime Recidivism by Providing Ex-Offender Support

Obama will provide job training, substance abuse and mental health counseling to ex-offenders, so that they are successfully re-integrated into society. Obama will also create a prison-to-work incentive program to improve ex-offender employment and job retention rates."

       - money money money.  i'm all for rehabilitation, but how can we afford to create an entirely new department?

"Eliminate Sentencing Disparities

Obama believes the disparity between sentencing crack and powder-based cocaine is wrong and should be completely eliminated. "

       - i can get behind that, but how is this a civil rights issue?  am i witness to the use of a negative black stereotype in order to win votes?

"Expand Use of Drug Courts

Obama will give first-time, non-violent offenders a chance to serve their sentence, where appropriate, in the type of drug rehabilitation programs that have proven to work better than a prison term in changing bad behavior. "

       - no issue here.

 

 

the next installment will be titled, "DISABILITIES".

here is the description given :

“We must build a world free of unnecessary barriers, stereotypes, and discrimination .... policies must be developed, attitudes must be shaped, and buildings and organizations must be designed to ensure that everyone has a chance to get the education they need and live independently as full citizens in their communities.”

       - in other words, it's civil rights part II.  all organizations and building designs must be approved by the federal government.  he will also shape our attitudes.  i can feel mine being shaped already (don't watch tv).

 

 

 

 

 

this seal is illegal.

 

 

                     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

this should not be looked upon as a comment on my current relationship, only a good song for which to get down and boogy by.

 

 i love you, jen.

 

 

 

 

in 08, lets vote on our feelings!

 

 

 

 

conviction is dead!

 

 

Obama will save you!  Close your eyes and fall back into his loving arms!

 

 

 

 

 

downers, uppers, downers, uppers, etc., etc., etc......

 

 

 

more to come.

 

small talk with the cashier is usually awkward.  my encounter today started normally with the cashier asking, "how has your summer been so far?"  my response was "good."  in any normal conversation between strangers it would have been fine to end the conversation there, possibly parting with a smile.  this guy continues the conversation with some monologue about how this summer could be the best i'll have in a long time, or possibly the last.  this was all before someone entered his lane after the light was turned off, giving him the inclination to make that person put up the "lane closed" sign as punishment.  he could be the coolest cashier on the planet.  this was a grocery store.

fries electronics is the biggest, most disorganized, place on the planet. (not a grocery store)

i still haven't met my new neighbors.  i feel as if it should be their responsibility to invite people over, seeing as though they have inherited an awesome pool.

we had a buddhist funeral at work today.

red potato salad, is probably the best there is.

 

 

 

 

Sigourney Weaver probably has five minutes in this movie.

 

 

 

 

i'm currently shallow

my goldfish doesn't float as much as he/she/whatever used to.  meanwhile, the parakeet still doesn't understand that her eggs are not going to hatch.  it's always something.

a friend of mine gave me her orchid so that i could put it through rehab.  rehab consists of repotting it in a more suitable medium, and placing it above my fish tank.  it's the little things that make me feel important.

at a family reunion the other week, the only people who seemed to be worried about my future were the older ladies.  everyone else seemed okay with the fact that i haven't made up my mind yet.  i believe this is because when women get older, all they have to fall back on is gossip.  i'm giving them no material.

she'll be back in august

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

pure evil

 

 

by some random flight of fancy, i ventured upon a film titled "The Strangers".  i would only recommend this film if the reason for you watching involved learning what not to do when people break into your house and seek to terrorize you.  OR i could just give you a short list of "dos and do-nots" right here.  right now.

1.  when someone knocks on your door for the second time after you had already sent them away at 4:00 in the morning, be suspicious.

2.  when it is generally known that the people surrounding your house want to scare you, do not be curious enough to investigate every strange sound that obviously is coming from them.  they want you to be scared, and they want to know where you are.

3.  fight back

4.  walking in slow circles while bumping into everything around you is probably not the best way to get a handle on your surroundings, and could possibly provide an opening for your attacker to approach you.

5.  do not leave your girlfriend in a house, where people have already broken in, to go on some fool's errand that would leave both of you exposed.

6.  be in the open.  when you are constantly affraid of what's around every corner, you should probably be somewhere where there aren't any corners.

7.  learn how to fire a gun.  also, when holding a shotgun, you probably shouldn't need that extra five seconds to aim.

8.  live whithin earshot of someone else.

9.  don't leave your girlfriend in a strange house in order to foster her horrible smoking habit.

10.  LOCK ALL OF YOUR DOORS, not just the front door.