Yesterday April had a few friends over to her house to watch the election. This was, of course, the "most important election of my generation". In fact it was not any more or less important than any other election, but ok if you say so. Just as in 2000, half of the country likes the liberal guy and half of the country likes the conservative guy. I arrived at April's with laptop in hand to do some medical work and keep up with the online election stuff. Unfortunately, April doesn't have wireless internet access (or even a telephone line), so a friend of her's offered to let me use his computer to download a document I needed for my assignment. I forgot how spoiled I am here at the house to have wireless internet access. It really makes life very easy, especially if you own a laptop and want to use it on the sofa. Anyway, several people were at the party including a nice couple called John and Jen, and of course Brent (and his dog Bosco), April, and Angela. Todd was in California screaming at the television I'm sure. Ryan, Nick, and Stephanie also made a brief appearance. So in the room, all of the voters (but one) were for the blue states (whiny tree-hugging liberals), and the remaining voter was for the red states (Jesusland). I made lots of jokes to keep things civil, but it was obvious the "conservative" in the room was the enemy. The girl component of the little couple that I didn't know (Jen) seemed especially quiet towards me, and I couldn't decide if it was hostility or just shyness. So we drank lots and ate some food (among other things) and attempted to enjoy the evening. Around 11 O'clock, nothing was decided so we called it a night. When I left April's house it was apparent that Ohio would be the deciding state just as Florida was in 2000.
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Well, I didn't finish my assignment that was due today (Wednesday), so I got up at 5:30 AM to finish it. I also flipped on the television to see if there were new developments in the election. Low and behold, Bush had pretty much iced the thing by winning Ohio. I would later find out that Kerry conceded the election to Bush that morning. So all of this election stuff got me to thinking:
1. Most of my friends are Democrats. While I understood this in college (where everyone is a "free-thinker" and rebellious), I sort of thought people would start growing out of that by now. Now that they have jobs and bills to pay, I was thinking they'd want to hold on to that money and vote for tax cuts.
2. Most of my friends are either staunch Atheists or somewhat Agnostic.
Why do I mention these things? Well, because I'm the opposite of both of those points. Do I think I'm wrong because many of my friends feel differently than I do? Of course not. So why do I have so many friends who are so different? I have no idea...maybe their thoughts keep things interesting for me.
Finally, I don't want to devote too much time to the outcome of this election. However, I do want to point out that the world isn't coming to an end because John Kerry wasn't elected to office. He's so mediocre it makes me sick. He doesn't have a creative bone in his body, and he's the laziest politician on the planet. I say this, because he's been in the senate forever and introduced something like three bills during that time. In addition, his first wife was worth around $350 million, and you know how much his second wife is worth. He's merely a frat boy slacker who found some sugar mamas and got elected to public office. Ho hum. So please remember that the second coming of Christ wasn't in the cards had JK been elected. Now we'll have to wait and see if GW can make this Middle East thing work. He probably can't, and I feel bad for that. Iraq is a miserable situation, and I hate to see our troops killed just like everyone else does. But damn, wouldn't it be something spectacular if somehow a stable democracy emerged out of a brutal dictatorship? I can only pray for that. I think The President did a few good things aside from this Iraq situation. At least our intelligence gathering community is unified now, hopefully our airports are safer, we cleaned out the terrorists in Afghanistan, the schools have a national mandate to get better, the economy added over 300,000 jobs in October, and I feel integrity has been restored to the White House. So now I'll wait and see if GW can really make positive things happen. If not, all of you who voted for the other guy can geared up for the Hillary '08 campaign. ~gulp~
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Well, I didn't finish my assignment that was due today (Wednesday), so I got up at 5:30 AM to finish it. I also flipped on the television to see if there were new developments in the election. Low and behold, Bush had pretty much iced the thing by winning Ohio. I would later find out that Kerry conceded the election to Bush that morning. So all of this election stuff got me to thinking:
1. Most of my friends are Democrats. While I understood this in college (where everyone is a "free-thinker" and rebellious), I sort of thought people would start growing out of that by now. Now that they have jobs and bills to pay, I was thinking they'd want to hold on to that money and vote for tax cuts.
2. Most of my friends are either staunch Atheists or somewhat Agnostic.
Why do I mention these things? Well, because I'm the opposite of both of those points. Do I think I'm wrong because many of my friends feel differently than I do? Of course not. So why do I have so many friends who are so different? I have no idea...maybe their thoughts keep things interesting for me.
Finally, I don't want to devote too much time to the outcome of this election. However, I do want to point out that the world isn't coming to an end because John Kerry wasn't elected to office. He's so mediocre it makes me sick. He doesn't have a creative bone in his body, and he's the laziest politician on the planet. I say this, because he's been in the senate forever and introduced something like three bills during that time. In addition, his first wife was worth around $350 million, and you know how much his second wife is worth. He's merely a frat boy slacker who found some sugar mamas and got elected to public office. Ho hum. So please remember that the second coming of Christ wasn't in the cards had JK been elected. Now we'll have to wait and see if GW can make this Middle East thing work. He probably can't, and I feel bad for that. Iraq is a miserable situation, and I hate to see our troops killed just like everyone else does. But damn, wouldn't it be something spectacular if somehow a stable democracy emerged out of a brutal dictatorship? I can only pray for that. I think The President did a few good things aside from this Iraq situation. At least our intelligence gathering community is unified now, hopefully our airports are safer, we cleaned out the terrorists in Afghanistan, the schools have a national mandate to get better, the economy added over 300,000 jobs in October, and I feel integrity has been restored to the White House. So now I'll wait and see if GW can really make positive things happen. If not, all of you who voted for the other guy can geared up for the Hillary '08 campaign. ~gulp~
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I think The Terminator is going to be the president in 2008. I'd vote for him, even if he is a California Republican.
Also, what is "tax cuts"? I remember getting a $250 check in the mail entitled "tax relief for working Americans" in 2000. Doesn't the rest of it just go into tax breaks for businesses? In turn, does that mean that if businesses have lower taxes, they'll raise our salaries? I guess I wouldn't argue with that. But my company still had three layoffs and another reduction in pay during the last four years. I'm just confused what "tax cuts" means for regular folk with jobs and bills (seriously and respectfully).
I think what "tax cuts" really means is small government. I'll pay for social programs like welfare to help people out, I'll pay for education and student loans, I'll pay for Social Security for the baby boomers (even though I'll never see a dime myself), I'll pay for the National Endowment for the Arts, I'll pay for national defense, I'll pay for roads and infrastructure, and I'll pay for health care. But I won't pay one penny more than I need to for these things. The government wastes my money. I know this, because I worked for a government subsidized program for five years. They waste my money, so the smaller they are, the more money I can keep for myself. I can spend my money better than anyone else can. The economy is grateful that I do.
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I'd vote for Arnold too. I like how one of the most liberal states in the Union doesn't have a problem electing Republicans as long as they're professional liars, err actors. Wait, that's the same as a politician I guess.
However, I think we'd first need to amend the Constitution to put an Austrian in the office of the President.
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