Do you think you know the issues for Election 2008?
Do you THINK you know the issues? Do you THINK you know what Sen. John McCain stands for? Where do you get your information? CNN? NBC? CBS? ABC? Wikipedia? First of all, CNN, NBC, CBS, and ABC are all Democrat supporters and all want to do anything they can to look Barack Obama look like a god among men. Well ladies and gentlemen, Barack Hussein (yes, that is his REAL middle name) Obama is anything BUT a god among men! Allow me to "drop some knowledge on you". Barack Obama has publically mocked the Holy Bible in the past and has taken cheap-shots at all Christian folk! In one speech, he claims that Leviticus says that "slavery is ok" (in his words), he claims that Duderonomy says to "stone your child if he strays from the faith" (in his words, again), and says that the Sermon on the Mound is a "sermon that is so radical, that it is doubtful that our own defense department would survive its application." He then says, and I quote, "Folks haven't been readin' their Bible. " If that's not enough to get you to not like Barack Obama, he has written in his journals before that "when times get rough, I shall side with my people". His people being the blacks and the Muslims. He has said before in his journals that he does NOT respect white people and shall stick to the blacks! What kind of message is that that he's sending out? Another racist comment made is not quite out of the mouth of Barack Obama, but is by the man Barack APPOINTED as the co-chairman of his campaign, Jesse Jackson Jr. He made the following quote to the Washington Post after Obama's victory in Iowa. He said, quote, "The natural reminder here is O.J. [Simpson], how does an African-American candidate attack a white woman?" He was refering to Barack Obama as O.J. Simpson and Hillary Clinton as O.J.'s white wife who he allegedly murdered. Why hasn't Barack denounced the comment made by his co-chairman? Would you support Hillary Clinton if Bill Clinton or someone in Hillary's staff refered to lynching a black man? Then why would you support Barack Obama? Back in 2004, when Barack Obama won a landslide victory to become Iowa's next US Senator, he said HIMSELF that by 2008, he would NOT be ready to run for President of the United States of America because he lacked experiance and by that time, he would still lack experiance. How can you vote for a guy who doesn't even believe he's right for the job? He said himself that he "wouldn't know what he's doing". And you support this man? Barack Obama also wants to follow in Canada's footsteps and have national healthcare. Barack Obama makes it seem great and wonderful and like something we really need. Do Americans need healthcare? YES! But John McCain knows what we are capable of doing and what we SHOULD do! Do you know that given the choice, the majority of Canadians would not have national healthcare? Do Canadians need healthcare? YES! But national healthcare takes nearly 50% taxes out of your weekly paycheck! I don't know about you, but when I get a job, I don't want 50% of that paycheck I earned to go to Joe, the highschool drop-out living off of welfare down the street so he can go get his annual flu-shot! That may sound selfish of me, but it is MY money! If Joe wants money and healthcare, maybe he should go back to highschool, get a job, and get off his lazy ass! I have a friend who dropped out of highschool and couldn't find a job to save his life. But you know what? My friend is bettering himself by getting his GED and now going to college! National Healthcare isn't going to better your life. All it's going to do is once you try to better your life, it will take 50% of your hard-earned paycheck away! I'm sorry, but I don't want to pay for someone else's healthcare! And ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, and anyone who cares about this, if you don't believe that Barack Obama is the worst candidate for the job here, then at least read the REAL issues here that Sen. John McCain stands for and consider that John McCain just may know a little bit about what the hell he's talking about. These are REAL things that John McCain has said and has supported! These quotes and votes have not been doctored by some conservative right-wing McCain supporter to make him look better. This is a site that shows issues talked about by both candidates. I do not agree with a lot of his immigration plans, but other than that, I agree with at least 95-99% of what the man says, whereas I agree with 0% of what Barack Obama has to say. Just please read these issues that McCain speaks on before making your mind up to Barack Obama.
John McCain on the issue of abortion: Pro-life and an advocate for the Rights of Man everywhere. (Feb 2008) GovWatch: 1999: Don't force women to have illegal operations. (Feb 2008) Abortion issue shows what kind of country we are. (Aug 2007) Concerned if women undergo illegal dangerous operations. (May 2007) Supports federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. (May 2007) Prosecute abortion doctors, not women who get them. (Jan 2000) “Family Conference” if daughter wanted an abortion. (Jan 2000) Abortion OK if raped; and no testing for rape. (Jan 2000) Supports fetal tissue research; against over-intensity. (Jan 2000) Overturn Roe v. Wade, but keep incest & rape exceptions. (Jan 2000) Support adoption & foster care; work together on abortion. (Oct 1999) Wants Roe vs. Wade made irrelevant, but would not repeal it. (Aug 1999) Opposes partial-birth abortions & public financing. (Aug 1999) Nominate justices based on experience, and values. (Jun 1999) Restrict abortions; no partial-birth; no public funding. (Jul 1998)
John McCain on the issue of the budget and the economy: GovWatch: Specified cuts are $10B, not $100B. (May 2008) Bailing out Bear Stearns necessary to protect economy. (Apr 2008) Key is to not to bail out homeowners who speculated. (Apr 2008) Things are tough now, but we're better off than in 2000. (Jan 2008) May have to go further to fix the subprime lending situation. (Jan 2008) Recession is partly psychological and not inevitable. (Jan 2008) I'm well-versed in economics; I was at the Reagan Revolution. (Jan 2008) FactCheck: Said--then denied--he needed economics education. (Jan 2008) Impose some fiscal discipline to revive the economy. (Jan 2008) Will be able to reduce war costs & have a stable Middle East. (Jan 2008) Reform insurance to cover violent weather patterns. (Jan 2008) To avoid recession, stop out-of-control spending. (Jan 2008) Loss of economic strength leads to losing military strength. (Dec 2007) Republicans have forgotten how to control spending. (Nov 2007) AdWatch: Outrageous to spend $233M for bridge to nowhere. (Nov 2007) FactCheck:Bridge-to-Nowhere never built; would serve 200,000. (Nov 2007) FactCheck: Criticized "Woodstock museum," but skipped vote. (Nov 2007) Congress spends money like a drunken sailor. (May 2007) Veto all pork-barrel bills and announce pork spenders. (May 2007) Use veto power to reduce government spending. (Jan 2000) Distribute surplus: 23% tax cuts; 62% Social Security. (Jan 2000) $9B of pork in current budget bills; cut subsidies. (Oct 1999) For Balanced Budget Amend., & off-budget Social Security. (Jul 1999) List of budgetary spending priorities. (Jul 1998) Supports Balanced Budget Amendment. (Jul 1998) Apply surplus to Social Security, Medicare, tax cuts & debt. (Jul 1998) Voted YES on $40B in reduced federal overall spending. (Dec 2005) Voted NO on prioritizing national debt reduction below tax cuts. (Apr 2000) Voted YES on 1998 GOP budget. (May 1997) Voted YES on Balanced-budget constitutional amendment. (Mar 1997) Maintain & enforce existing spending caps in the future. (Sep 1998)
John McCain on the issue of Civil Rights: Supports CA Prop. 8: one-man-one-woman marriage. (Jul 2008) Voted against MLK holiday in 1983; now calls that a mistake. (Apr 2008) Don't ask, don't tell is working; don't tamper with it. (Jun 2007) Confederate flag on top of capitol was wrong; in front is ok. (May 2007) Leave gay marriage to the states. (Jan 2007) John Lewis was as courageous as anyone could ever hope to be. (Apr 2004) Fear did not restrain Dr. King to resist repression. (Apr 2004) 1994: No Senate hiring discrimination by sexual orientation. (Jan 2004) Support evangelism but don’t pander to evangelical leaders. (Feb 2000) Inter-racial dating ban is idiotic and cruel. (Feb 2000) Career-long history of supporting Indian causes. (Jan 2000) Ten Commandments would bring virtue to our schools. (Jan 2000) Confederate flag is a “symbol of heritage”. (Jan 2000) Allow, but not mandate, school prayer. (Jan 2000) Would be “comfortable” with a gay president. (Dec 1999) Flying Confederate flag should be left to states. (Sep 1999) 1st Amend. not a shield for hate groups. (Aug 1999) Indian gambling OK; lottery is not. (Aug 1999) Hollywood should voluntarily self-censor sex and violence. (Jul 1999) Supports Amendment against flag-burning. (Apr 1999) We don’t need laws against Spanish language & culture. (Mar 1999) Affirmative action OK for specific programs, but no quotas. (Jul 1998)
John McCain on the issue of energy and oil: AdWatch: Obama is the "Dr. No" of energy security. (Jun 2008) GovWatch: No, Obama supported $150B in energy innovation. (Jun 2008) GovWatch: Build 45 new nuclear power plants by 2030. (Jun 2008) AdWatch: Realistic climate plan that clashes with GOP. (Jun 2008) End moratorium on offshore oil drilling. (Jun 2008) GovWatch: Favors wind & solar in ad; favors nuclear in bills. (Jun 2008) GovWatch: Gas tax cut goes to oil companies, not consumers. (Jun 2008) GovWatch: 2003: Ethanol doesn't increase energy independence. (Feb 2008) End reliance on petro-dictators with market-based reform. (Feb 2008) Be more active in addressing the issue of climate change. (Jan 2008) In favor of cap-and-trade. (Jan 2008) FactCheck: Oil independence will take 25 years, not 5 years. (Dec 2007) Climate change is real and must be addressed. (Dec 2007) Climate change is real; nuclear power is solution. (Oct 2007) Public pressure on oil industry to invest in alternatives. (Oct 2007) FactCheck: nuclear plants do emit no GHGs, but do have waste. (Jun 2007) Reinvest oil profits in nuclear power. (Jun 2007) Ethanol made no sense in ..05 but with $60/bbl it makes sense. (May 2007) 2000: Held hearings on mounting evidence of climate change. (Jan 2004) 2000: Criticized Bush's withdrawal from the Kyoto Treaty. (Jan 2004) Energy 2001: 1st Republican to sign onto reducing GHGS. (May 2002) Strength Clean Air & Water Acts; but not Kyoto. (Jan 2000) Supports alternative fuels, emission controls, & CWA. (Jul 1998)
John McCain on the issue of families and children: Supports flex-time & unpaid family leave. (Nov 2004) Unfiltered Internet robs our children of their innocence. (Dec 1999) Parents should be active in media kids are exposed to. (Jul 1999) Label violent media products like we label cigarettes. (Jun 1999) Media Responsibility Act requires video & music labeling. (Jun 1999) Violence in media caused Littleton shootings. (Apr 1999) Voted YES on killing restrictions on violent videos to minors. (May 1999) Rated 83% by the Christian Coalition: a pro-family voting record. (Dec 2003)
John McCain on the issue of immigration: Other aspects only after consensus that borders are secure. (Feb 2008) Deport 2 million illegal immigrants who committed crimes. (Jan 2008) Would no longer push his own 2006 immigration proposal. (Jan 2008) Certify border is secure; only then allow guest workers. (Jan 2008) 2003 "amnesty" didn't mean rewarding illegal behavior. (Jan 2008) Round up and deport two million aliens who committed crimes. (Jan 2008) FactCheck: Yes, he has used the word "amnesty" in the past. (Jan 2008) Do everything I can to help all immigrants learn English. (Dec 2007) Illegal immigrants are God's children as well. (Nov 2007) Absences from negotiations hurt reform bill's chances. (Oct 2007) 12 million illegals in country now is de facto amnesty. (Sep 2007) Amnesty is forgiveness; we offer fines; lines; & long waits. (Sep 2007) No official English; Native Americans use own languages. (Jun 2007) Immigration reform needed for national security. (Jun 2007) Hispanics serve our country, like every wave of immigrants. (Jun 2007) America expects us to work on immigration together. (May 2007) Bipartisanship shows preparedness for presidency. (May 2007) Change rule barring immigrants from running for president. (May 2007) Comprehensive reform requires temporary worker program. (May 2007) Comprehensive reform must include border security first. (Apr 2007) I've never supported amnesty. (Jan 2006) We have to secure the borders first. (Jan 2006) Make possible for immigrants to do a job Americans won't do. (Oct 2004) Give everyone in the world an opportunity to come to America. (Oct 2004) 1988: Honored by La Raza for opposing official English. (Jan 2004) More help for legal immigrants when immigrating & once here. (Jul 1998)
John McCain on the issue of war and peace: Since 1998, championed policy of "rogue-state rollback". (Oct 2007) Follow Osama bin Laden to the gates of Hell. (May 2007) Prefers not to take troops out of Afghanistan. (Jan 2007) The War on Terror is the overriding and transcendent issue. (Oct 2004) The War on Terror is a fight between good and evil. (Aug 2004) The War on Terror a war we must fight. (Aug 2004) Avoiding the War on Terror has cost us dearly. (Aug 2004) Bush promised enemies would soon hear from us and they did. (Aug 2004) Our adversaries express a hatred for all good in humanity. (Aug 2004) 2000: Warned against radical Islamic terrorism. (May 2002) 2001: No pinprick responses to 9/11; it's a long haul. (May 2002) 2001: Nuclear weapons unnecessary against terrorists. (May 2002) Palestine: Against declaration of statehood. (Feb 1999)
I don’t know if any of you here play Guitar Hero or Rock Band, but I do! That’s right! I’m a full-on geek/nerd when it comes to those games! I first got into Guitar Hero when I went over to one of my former friend’s houses one evening after school looking to hook up with her and ended up hooking up with Guitar Hero 2. Well, the relationship between me and the girl didn’t pan out. She agreed to go out with me and said she liked me and then ended up going out with one of her weed smokin’ buddies. Oh well. At least me and Guitar Hero are still together! Right? But either way, I got kinda hooked on the game and put it on my Christmas list for last year (along with an Xbox 360). I really wanted Guitar Hero 3, but Guitar Hero 2 was still good. It’s not like it was incredibly outdated! I liked a lot of the tracks off there as well. At Christmas time, I ended up getting my Xbox (which is half my father’s) and I also got my Guitar Hero 2. I was so happy! I beat the easy mode tour in like a week. Wasn’t hard. But for me, at the time, it was difficult. If you don’t know how Guitar Hero or Rock Band works, there are 5 buttons on the neck of the guitar you have to hold in for the note, but to play the note, while holding in the buttons on the neck, you have to strum this bar on the body of the guitar. It’s as close as a video game can be to actually playing a real instrument. Either way, on easy mode, you only use to top 3 keys. For a beginner, that’s great. On medium, you use the top 4 keys. Now you’re using your index, middle, ring, and pinky fingers instead of just your index, middle, and ring. On hard, they add the dreaded final fifth key to the mix. I think “How the hell am I going to play five keys with only four fingers?” Well you have to be quick with your hands. But we’ll get to that later. On expert mode, it is much like hard, only they throw a lot more notes at you fairly quicker than they do on hard mode. But getting back to the game and how I played it, I started a medium tour shortly after I beat the game on easy only because you don’t get money on the easy tour and you unlock more songs on medium. The money you get for doing a “gig” is usable in the Guitar Hero “store” at the main tour menu. You can buy new characters, new guitars, new outfits, new looks for certain guitars, new songs, videos on how the game was made and how the songs were recorded, and I’m sure I’m forgetting something. If you want to download new songs or updates for the game, you have to PAY, though. Well, as far as I know. After a while of charging for certain downloads, Halo 3 put some of their downloadable content out for free. But either way, back to the game. When I beat the game in easy mode, I unlocked a guitar called “The Fish”. Why? Because it looks like a giant fish. That’s why! I still have to BUY it (Guitar Hero money; not real money) to use it, but I unlocked it. Then I could get ANOTHER guitar unlocked if I get 5 stars on every song. I’m working on that. Then I unlocked all the bonus songs (not the songs that I have to buy, though) and I unlocked “The Coffin” guitar when I beat the game on medium. Again, these names are pretty obvious as to what the guitar looks like. So either way, I also have to get 5 stars on every song if I want to unlock ANOTHER guitar. Whoopy! More work! At least the game has good replay value. But I got bored with the easy and medium tours, so I’m currently working on hard. God it sucks! How can anybody do that? The first song that gave me difficulty was “Surrender” by Cheap Trick. I eventually beat it. The second song that gave me issues was “Woman” by Wolfmother. I have played that song AT LEAST 20 times and STILL have not beat it! The furthest I’ve got in the song before losing is 76%! I swear that the guitarist for Wolfmother had to be on crack to do that! There is no way! Another song that gave me a bit of difficulty was “You Really Got Me” by Van Halen. I eventually beat that song, but it took about 5 tries. Eddie Van Halen is the man I most look up to as far as guitar talent. He is the undisputed champion of guitarists in my eyes! You can say Jimi Hendrix all you want, but I say Eddie VH, damn it! Getting off subject a bit. Either way, I’m working on that. “Woman” is the last song in that set I have to do before I get to do the encore song and then move on to the next set! So it’s really startin’ to tick me off that I can’t beat it! Ugh! As far as Rock Band goes, my homie, Mark has it for PS2, so he brought it over to my bro, Steve’s and we played. I had only played it for 360 with simply a guitar (‘cause that’s all I got). But since Mark bought it (as apposed to I, who rented it), he got the guitar, microphone, and drum set. Man, is that fun! He brought it over to my house last weekend and we rocked out some more! We were challenging ourselves to get 5 stars on every song. Well, we got pretty far. We’d switch up instruments every now and then. I’m decent at drums on easy, pretty good on guitar at medium, and above average on mic on easy and/or medium. Mark does phenomenal on guitar on expert mode, phenomenal on drums on medium, and does a phenomenal job on the mic on medium! Steve does a good job on the guitar on easy and/or medium, does a good job on the drums on easy, and does a fairly decent job on the mic on easy. Steve’s dream is that we will get a fourth member (to play lead or bass guitar, so I can sing, Steve can play drums, and Mark can play lead or bass guitar) and we all get so good that we can travel around like a real rock band and go to competitions and earn money. I thought that’d be a wicked idea, but we don’t really know a fourth person, Mark is being shipped off for the Navy on July 7th, and well, I don’t know how we’d even go about doing that. I just want us to learn REAL instruments and become a REAL rock band! But it’ll never happen, so I’ll stick to my original plans of going to Full Sail, becoming a director, marrying Britney, and buying a two-story home. Maybe not all in that order, but you never know. The real reason I’m writing this Blog was to say that one, Guitar Hero 3 looks awesome! They have “Devil Went Down to Georgia” by the Charlie Daniels Band on there, and I’m trying to figure out how one would play that on a guitar. If you have any idea, let me know. But the set list looks great for GH3, and I notice that I haven’t even played GH3 and GH4 is gonna be coming out in fall! Hopefully I get that job at Wal-Mart soon, so I can afford to buy GH3 before the summer’s up. As far as Guitar Hero 4 goes, it looks awesome! They kind of ripped off Rock Band with the drum set and the microphone, but at the same time, they WAY improved the drum set! It’s like an actual drum set! It has the big round “drum” up front with “Guitar Hero 4” on it, the 3 regular drums, the pedal, and then the two cymbals. It looks so wicked! I can’t wait to get my hands on it! And with people like Travis Barker (of Blink-182) and Chad Smith (of the Red Hot Chilli Peppers) helping out with the drum set, it looks to be a can’t-miss gaming opportunity! If you like rock ‘n’ roll and you like video games, by God, you’d better get this game! But either way, I’ve gotta go to bed. Hope y’all read this without falling asleep. lol! See y’all later! PIMP…OUT!
Well my weekend is full of excitement. And it’s still not over! The real fun don’t start until tomorrow. Friday night, I had my first movie date with my girl, Britney. We’ve obviously dated for a while, but we’ve never been out to the movies until Friday night. It was also my first official double-date. We went with her friend, Sam, and her boyfriend (whose name escapes me). Well Sam was nice (and cute, but don’t let Britney know) and her boyfriend was pretty nice. I don’t like him because he’s a heartthrob and I’m not. It’s a jealousy issue. But he’s a good guy, I guess. Even my damn girlfriend fell over him! Nice, huh? Oh well. Not that bigga deal. Either way, Sam and Britney wanted to see, of all things, “Baby Mama”. If you haven’t seen this movie…don’t waste your time. I told her it was gonna be stupid! But what do I know? I’m just a male and a grade ahead of her in high school! Whatever. Either way, the only reason I agreed to go is because Sam’s BF knew the day manager at Showcase Cinema and the guy gets him free tix. So he got the tickets for free and the only thing I bought was two $4 Icees and a $4 bag of popcorn. So it was…ok, I guess. The movie was pretty gay and I complained all before and after that we should have seen “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”. She was getting annoyed with me saying that, so I just started whistling the Indiana Jones theme in the car on the way. Either way, she wouldn’t budge. Plus, we’d already gotten the tickets. So if I had to sit through that damn movie, the least she could do was sit through my Beatles! I played old school Beatles all the way there, and it was a 15 minute drive! So she can get used to it! Not only was I complaining about the horrible movie, but then SHE was complaining about my music. On the way back, she made me play the stupid hip-hop and RNB station! God, I hate this new black rap! It drives me crazy! But she likes it, so I decided to concentrate on the road and not on the music. LoL!
But that was Friday. Today, I sat around doing zip. I woke up at one, watched some TV, ate, got a shower and got dressed, brushed my teeth, shaved, lounged around, saw my GF for a few minutes (long enough to have a decent conversation with her), went to Wal-Mart, bought me a Matt Hardy figure (YES, I STILL COLLECT WRESTLING FIGURES!!!), went to Meijer, bought my sister a Hawthorne Heights CD at her request (which my mom is now going to take back and get the money back for because she says there are too many suicide references in it, which is true, and my sister’s only 12). Then I came home, roleplayed for this wrestling site (http://www.geocities.com/tripleh_dx_78, in case you’re interested), made my playlist that’s in the message before this one, and now I’m typing this Blog. I’m also about to go to bed. I wanna watch a movie, but my dad’s tired and says it’s too late, so yeah. That screws that idea. OH, I also went to Hollywood Video today and rented “Alien vs. Predator 2: Requiem” and “First Sunday”! I wanna see them both really bad! Katt Williams is hilarious, so that’s why I got “First Sunday”! But yeah, tomorrow I have my family cook-out with my friend Steve and my girlfriend coming, then my buddy Steve’s dragging me to his friend CC’s graduation party for about a half an hour, then we’re going to his family cook out back at his house and I’m staying the night and playing Rock Band! WOOT, WOOT! Holla if ya hear me! Sorry. Got a little carried away.
Friday night, I had my first movie date with my girl, Britney. We’ve obviously dated for a while, but we’ve never been out to the movies until Friday night. It was also my first official double-date. We went with her friend, Sam, and her boyfriend (whose name escapes me). Well Sam was nice (and cute, but don’t let Britney know) and her boyfriend was pretty nice. I don’t like him because he’s a heartthrob and I’m not. It’s a jealousy issue. But he’s a good guy, I guess. Even my damn girlfriend fell over him! 
Nice, huh? Oh well. Not that bigga deal. Either way, Sam and Britney wanted to see, of all things, “Baby Mama”. If you haven’t seen this movie…don’t waste your time. I told her it was gonna be stupid! But what do I know? I’m just a male and a grade ahead of her in high school! Whatever. Either way, the only reason I agreed to go is because Sam’s BF knew the day manager at Showcase Cinema and the guy gets him free tix. So he got the tickets for free and the only thing I bought was two $4 Icees and a $4 bag of popcorn. So it was…ok, I guess. The movie was pretty gay and I complained all before and after that we should have seen “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”. She was getting annoyed with me saying that, so I just started whistling the Indiana Jones theme in the car on the way. 
Either way, she wouldn’t budge. Plus, we’d already gotten the tickets. So if I had to sit through that damn movie, the least she could do was sit through my Beatles! I played old school Beatles all the way there, and it was a 15 minute drive! So she can get used to it! Not only was I complaining about the horrible movie, but then SHE was complaining about my music. On the way back, she made me play the stupid hip-hop and RNB station! God, I hate this new black rap! It drives me crazy! But she likes it, so I decided to concentrate on the road and not on the music. LoL!
