Vote Republican in 08' ?

Thats probably the last thing you readers would expect to hear come out of my mouth, and right now, I'm actually thinking about entertaining the idea.

CNN Reports that former Senator, Fred Thompson is considering entering himself for the running of the 2008 Presidency.

On the one side, Thompson is portrayed as an Anti-Washington candidate, which im sure the majority of people would side with. He's got a lot of good ideas under his sleeves, in regards to immigration and re-uniting the American front.

What i am worried about however, is how thing look on the flip side of the coin. Take a look at Thompson's reply to Michael Moore after back and forth criticism in regards to Moore's Sicko documentary.



Now, aside from some good points that Thompson has made in the past, and more importantly, what has been emerging more recently, i worry. Why? Well, Thompson's video reply to Michael Moore's criticism comes off as a little too childish for my tastes. It seems he's more worried about, "rubbing it in" Moore's face rather than dissolving any issues the two have between each other.

What do you all think?

Bush to go Green

No, not Green party. Thank God.

CNN Reports

President Bush is engaging talks to bring the Unites States back into the fold of Environmental Politics. Hoping to be a forerunner on the issue, Bush is planning on bringing "15 nations" together on technological advancements that will hopefully help put an end to Global Warming sometime in the near future.

Some skeptics however, believe it is a ploy to, "divert attention from the president's refusal to accept any emissions reductions proposals at next week's G-8 summit," -Phillipp Clapp

All for One and One for All

OneNewsNow.com featured an article today touting the Clinton's advocacy for a "We're all in it together" approach to economic growth rather than the current "You're on your own" practice.

The world would be a much better place if we all worked together towards a common goal.

Establishing personhood before abortion

OneNewsNow.com reported today that a bill would be presented that would require abortionists to offer a viewsing of the fetus before termination via sonogram.

Whether or not this is a good idea is a tough call. On the one side, seeing your unborn child may talk you out of terminating pregnancy. Alternatively however, being talked out of abortion may not necessarily be a good thing, especially if one is not yet fit or prepared financially, mentally, or emotionally to raise a child.

Troops in need of gear

CNN reported today that troops in Iraq were in desperate need of various gear. Apparently, policies have made it most difficult for requests to be fulfilled.

Enjoy this video outlining what troops are lacking in Iraq.


With the urgency of the materials needed in Iraq, one would think that being back by the government would be enough to expedite the order/delivery process. As it is explained, money is not the issue, what could be?

Compromise Reaches the White House Once Again

In attempts to resolve current conflicts towards execution of the final phases of the war in Iraq, politicians were able to continue what seemst to be a growing trend of compomise in policy making. Read about it on CNN.

What pleases me the most about this particular report is the fact that it outlines how politicians are seemingly realizing that more time needs to be spent focusing on domestic matters, rather than foreign affairs. Not that I'm trying to say foreign affairs arent important. It just seems that for so long now, we as a nation, have been focusing so much on helping everyone else, that we are starting to fail at taking care of, and protecting ourselves.

Somebody once told me, "Despite our efforts to help others, we cannot help them if we do not first help ourselves."

It is admirable and just for the United States to want to help in matters of the world, but more than once in a while, we need to step back, and check up on ourselves so that we may continue to help others, becuase we cant continue to help them if we fall apart.

More Recent News on U.S. White House Attorneys

Aparently, Monica Gooding, one of the current key players in the U.S. attorney firing "scandal" has testified that she had no contact with White House officials amidts allegations that the firings were politically motivated.

After reading the report however, i still find that there are a lot of ambiguitites that have yet to be investigated, or at least i must assume that they are in fact being investigated at the moment.

As i stated last time in my revious post on the firing of the U.S. attorneys, it looks like more hard evidence, perticularly e-mail correspondence between the parties involved will prove that there indeed was some sort of scandal taking place. If you've been a frewuent reader of this blog, you might also remember in a previous post how an insurmountable number of White House emails were, "accidentally" erased. I feel that if the evidence isnt found to solidly prove guilt on some parties, some sort of similar situation will be discovered. In that case, whose to blame? As in tha majority of politics, its unfortunate taht nobody will take the blame.

Fixing Immigration Policy

Temporary worker program under threat. Thats the headline for news outlining recent developments that are currently written to allow up to 600,000 immigrants to gain working visas.

The United States of America is known and the, "Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave," as well as, "The land of opportuity." That is why so many people, particularly our neighbors south of the border want to come here, and rightfully so. Down south, they live in poverty, in shacks made up of scrap metal and scrap linnens, so, why not allow as many as we can accomidate come here to work for a chance at a better life?

The key element in that last statement was "allowing as many as we can accomidate." In a perfect world, the United States could take in anybody and everybody, unfortulately that is not the case. While, revisions are underway, i support the current plans for the documented immigrant worker program, and i hope that more revisons can be made to improve it. I just hope that the changes/revisions are balanced.

Prediction: Gonzalez will resign

Yet another post on the firings of federal prosecutors:

There's jsut so much talk about it these days that i cannot stay away. This time around, Senator Arlen Spector summed it up nicely, "I have a sense when we finish our investigation, we may have a conclusion to the tenure of the attorney general."

Here's an entertaining video that summarizes the events revolving around this issue, and how the current Administration supports its Attorney General.

Wolfowitz to resign

CNN Report

Paul Wolfowitz, President of the World Bank is being called to resign from his post. Facing ethical criticism, Wolfowitz's support on the World Bank board has declined dramatically. Furthermore, due to the U.S's relationship with Wolfowitz and the support that the current Administration provides, the U.S. is finding itself in a tough position, being isolated as a soul supporter of Wolfowitz amidst a potential firing by vote.

Boring 08' election candidate

Sam Donaldson critiques Presidential Candidate, Obama here in this video i dug up on YouTube. Donaldson proceeds in this "roundtable" discussion to characterize Obama as someone who lacks energy, even boring enough to cause spectators to fall asleep. While Obama may have hit the nail on the head a few times with his political views, apparently he's far from it in terms of the actual act of relaying that information. Donaldson has a point though, while he may be able to do the job, he may not be able to convince people he can. After all, wht good is a prime candidate if he can't get himself elected. Lets hope that's not the case and Obama will get his act together. I'm not necessarily on the Obama bandwagon, but it would be a shame for him to lose in any part of the running on mere aesthetic character issues.

Whats going on?

Thats what I said when i read CNN's report on recent events in politics. Bush has had a lot of his plate recently, dealing with Prime Minister Tony Blair's step down from office, talks about the restructuring of Iraq and the plans for U.S. troops, among other things.

What startled me the most was learning how much Bush is giving to make compromises or at least entertain the ideas of the Democrats in the recent news. How, despite his firm position on particular things, he is now making attempts to, "Draw conversation out into the open" in order to come to "...significant concessions to the new political reality on Capitol Hill."

Maybe he's learned from his mistakes, maybe he's realized that his time is up and wants to be remembered in a positive light, maybe he just wants to do the right thing...What do you think?

Immunity Granted to Testify

Justice official who plead the Fifth gets immunity

In an attempt to reveal details in regards to the firing of Federal Prosecutors, a federal judge granted immunity to a former Justice Department Aide in exchange for her testimony.

It seems these days we can't go too long without details involving some sort of political scandal surfacing in the news. In this case, it seems the information that Monica Gooding, the Justice Department Aide in question might actually reveal whether or not the firings of Federal Prosecutors was politically motivated.

If this did indeed turn out to be some sort of scandal, i wonder what there was to gain out of it. Not only that, but i also wonder if it was worth it in the end. Something tells me that, after all of this, it wasn't worth it, and that we are going to find out why very, very soon.

Bush Pushing to Allow Immigrants a Chance

President Bush Prods Bipartisan Immigration Deal



Despite Bush's poor decision making skills in regards to the majority of politics, it still seems safe to say that in the least, he has a good heart.

George W. Bush has been in talks and is pushing for stronger border security, however, he is also entertaining the idea of starting his guest worker program, leaving the possibility of obtaining citizenship a real possibility. Good for him in believing and doing what he can to preserve the American Dream, to provide people all around the world the hope of freedom, and a good life to live in America.

I definitely feel that this is a great step in teh right direction, maintaining the security of our borders, all while avoiding taking away the hoipe of a better life in the United States.

Clinton has A.I.D.S. in the bag

Leave it to good ol' Bill Clinton to stay on top of things, seven years later. BBC's coverage of Bill Clinton's plan to work with drug companies to develop plans to make affordable A.I.D.S medication shows that finally someone sees a problem with the fact that we have the technology to preserve life and refuse to give it to anyone without a significant price that some people, and everyone should be able to afford. Bill said it best:

"Whether or not you can afford to buy the medicines, if you need those medicines, is often the difference between life and death."

If it were up to me, you wouldn't be able to make a buck off of health care. People are so selfish.

Threat Level - Wired Blogs

The government definitely has the right idea with wanting to strengthen security and their ability to set up surveillance to monitor our phone calls, but when i read that they would be tapping into our internet, yes i said OUR internet, that got me to thinking.

On one hand, so much information, personal information is transferred via the internet everyday, and the idea of giving Big Brother the ability to watch my every move makes me uneasy. Now, on the other hand, so much information passes through everybody's hands everyday, and that includes the hands of terrorists. What a conundrum. (i hope that's the right word!)

One More Step In The Right Direction

Wynn Supports Effort to Impeach Cheney

Everyone who knows me knows that i am a strong believer in holding people accountable for their actions and that includes politicians. Everybody now knows that Cheney was found to be linked to false information which contributed to the momentum that took us to war in Iraq. The only outstanding question is what will come of the situation now that it has gone public. In the past, it would seem that someone in this situation would go unpunished, however with recent events in the news, we might actually see Cheney face the jury.

If Clinton went through it for happenings in his personal life, we'd better hope Cheney, who potentially sent troops to their deaths (r.i.p.) should have to endure the same.

Exactly how i feel

Today, BBC ran an article outlining the basic history of America and the sentiments of various people. Titled, "Washington Diary: Land of Ideas," the story makes note of various happenings in America that make people "regret the founding of America." Among these things are various disappointments in the direction America is taking in regards to public policy and the culture it's people have adopted. Do these feelings sound familiar to you? You bet they do.

Now, reason I like this article so much is because, although i can express my disappointment clearly enough in my own words, it is often times difficult to me to express that despite my pessimistic view of many things, I still love being an American.

Read the article and you'll see why.

I'll close with a quote from Bill Clinton, "There is nothing wrong with American that cannot be fixed with what is right in America." Translation: vote the Republicans out of the executive office and bring back the Democrats!

Gore in 08'?

Just like many other people, I wish Al Gore would run for President in 2008. That doesnt mean that i don;t like any of the current canidates, however, i do think taht Al Gore is best suited. Why? Because he cares. He cares about the American people. He cares about the environment. He cared about the free world. Al Gore is a realist, he sees whats in front of him, he assesses the situation, and he acts - not on impulse, but rationally.

Read all about it here: "Fans hope Gore will change his mind and go for it in 08'"