The Pitch

Let me start by saying I'm officially moved! Yay! And secondly, I believe I may be starting a new blog. That's right, I know. My friend has nearly completely convinced me and since we've been talking about it, ideas have been flowing. The premise is basically my paranoia. It will be my outlet for every disease I think I have, or how I think I'm going to get fired, or basically anything that I'm worried about. Apparently, everytime I see her I'm convinced I have another disease and she thinks it would be hilarious. So that will be coming soon i guess.

In other news, it's Election Day!!! How exciting! Also, my mom just called and said she thinks she has appendicitis. She's drinking the contrast stuff now and has a test at 2:45 est. She sounds so sad! That sucks. She recently had her gall bladder removed so this is just one more thing to add to her plate. Ugh. Anyway, not quite the way I wanted the day to start, but hopefully she'll be fine and it will be a kidney stone or something. She can pass it and be on her way. Okay, well off to the shower.

Is 25 Too Old To Be Put Up For Adoption?

I think I need to stop talking to my parents about politics.



Also, baby is here! All my one or two readers already know this but I can't write a blog today and not say: WOOOOO!

What I Would Like To See

With election day looming, I thought it would be interesting to make a list of, (buzz word ahead), changes I'd like to see in this country:

STOP the tolerance of intolerance.

I'd like to see America once again adored by other countries and for me not be ashamed to say I'm an American.

I'd like to see America as an economic icon once again, and not just a cultural one, by bringing back the middle class.

I'd like my kids to grow up in a world that is greener and more focused on the environment so that their kids and their kids and their kids can enjoy the same world we enjoy every day.

I'd like to see equal rights for all Americans, from women making the same amount as men to gay couples being able to enjoy the same rights as straight ones.

I'd like to see an education system that encourages kids to stay in school.

I'd like to see less focus on the "war on drugs" and more focus on drug programs and after school care for children whose parents work.

I'd like to see less crowded prisons and more work camps for inmates to be better prepared to enter back into society.

I'd like to feel safe with a military at home, prepared to defend me and those around me.

I'd like this country's leaders to take a good long look at the Fall of Rome and take notes.

I'd like to see the national debt start declining, at the very least.

I'd like to see the end of tax breaks for jobs shipped overseas, and stop reading quotes like this in my paper:
“You can outsource a lot of activities and get them done just as well at a lower cost,” -Treasury Secretary John Snow

And lastly, and maybe most importantly, I'd like to see the end of the seperation of classes where the rich continue to get richer and the poorer continue to get poorer.

And did I mention, STOP THE TOLERANCE OF INTOLERANCE!!!

To Be Fair---

Equal Press!




Wanna watch something scary??? This is Dick Cheney in 1994 predicting the future in a Nostradamus kind of way, (kind of).

Inspired.

"We know the battle ahead will be long. But always remember, no matter what obstacles stand in our way, nothing stands in the way of the power of billions of voices calling for change. We have been told we can not do this by a chorus of cynics, they will only grow louder and more dissonant. We've been asked to pause for a reality check, we've been warned against offering the people of this nation false hope. But in the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false, about hope...We will remember that there is something happening in America. That we are not as divided as our politics suggest. That we are one people, that we are one nation. And together, we will begin the next great chapter in the America's story with three words, that will ring from coast to coast, from sea to shining sea - Yes, we can!"

What is my wash?

I was trying to say "Where is my key?" and instead, in what can only be described as Ms BCT's slaughter of another language, 2008, (previously on: 2003 trip to France where I insisted on saying "Si" instead of "Oui", constantly!), I said, "What is my wash?". I was laughed at, to say the least. Estupido American.

Yes, this was during my poor attempt to learn Spanish from the nice valet man at work, who may or may not be inappropriate at times. ("Yo es no tu amore!" <---incorrect I'm sure, but you get the drift).

i also need to remember to say "Por favor"! How rude am I, demanding my key like that?

I'm going to get political on you for a second. Did you vote today? Super Tuesday. Hillary won CA. Sad! I think I love Obama. He's one of the most amazing speech-givers of our century. Fantastic speaker. Charismatic and so sensible. I like the man. I feel like he could be a landmark Pres. But that's just me. To each their own. We'll see what the people want I guess.

I'm just so tired of hearing of all these things that have been going on in this country. How so slowly, yet surely, we've lost our middle class. The best way this can be demonstrated in a tangible form is looking, and comparing, the Forbes "Richest People in America" list today and twenty years ago. Twenty years ago, the top 10 were millionaires. Today, BILLIONAIRES. Think about it. And freaking tax breaks for companies who send work to other countries??!? And, come on people, war on terror. I'm a pretty conservative democrat/independent, but can't our government see that the Middle East is getting billions and billions of dollars for oil exporting? Where do you guys think a lot of that money goes? It would be naive to think that at least some of it doesn't fund terriorism. Okay, so using our brains instead of our guns, why don't we put money into searching for alternate fuel sources. Not only one that would be better for the environment, but one that would cut terrorism, at least down, from the source! And while America is no longer an economic icon, it is a cultural one. Where we lead, the world would follow. So why hasn't this happened? Why haven't small moves at least been made in this direction? Well this is just my hypothesis, but I believe it has something to do with the billions of dollars oil companies in America would lose. (The money would stay in America, but go elsewhere.) Which is suspect only because of the close oil relationships in our White House. Sound like a crazy theory? Just think about it! It makes so much sense, it's scary! I think America has had enough old, white men in the White House. It's a new world and I believe that we need to get old, incestuous money out of the White House and bring someone in who can perhaps give a more unbiased view to some of our biggest issues today. And I'm tired of old, white men. (Have I mentioned that?) Not to mention the completely enraging civil liberties issues of today. It's our generation's slavery to a certain degree. It's prejudist and mind blowing at how small minded people in this day and age can be.

Anyway, just checking in. Hope your voice was heard today or in the upcoming primaries in your state.