politics

Wont bore you. will make it short and sweet because for the most part I am preaching to the choir here (got the right saying this time, right?)

But honestly folks. You are smart, you have families. You want the same things as me right: healthcare, safe toys, safe food, clean air, a comfortable retirement 30 years from now, an affordable house, a decent job.....you want all americans to be lifted up..right? You want wars to end, peace to begin, to rid "terrorism" whatever form it takes....whether it is actual "terrorist" attacks or U.S. led air strikes that kill children in afghanistan... because lets be real here, terrorism is terrorism. creating terror. 

we want the same things. I try to be sensitive to everyone's beliefs....try to follow a each to his/her own philosophy. But being on the brink of something really big here it is getting harder and harder for me to understand how anyone can support the mccain/palin ticket. I am loving that women are coming into the political arena these days. but not this woman. she has no experience (an odd selection for an old man who has attacked obama for months now because he has NO experience), and in no way is an advocate for women's rights.

So here is my thinking. Watch Obama's speech with an open mind. I will watch Mccain's speech with an open mind as well. and then critically think. Think about what kind of world you want for your children. Do you want to enlist them in wars in Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan. Do you want them to be denied healthcare for pre-existing conditions (like me), do you want them to chew on unsafe toys, go to less than stellar schools? If so, vote mccain. You will create your own future.

But if what you want is a safe, harmonious, peaceful world. Vote your heart. Obama is a politician. Do I think he will do everything he says he will? NO. Do I think he is going to truly CHANGE all the things we need to change? NO. But I do believe in my heart of hearts that Obama and the administration he selects will have the working middle class in mind. Will not be as corrupt as the bush administration. will not lie, cheat, steal, and break laws left and right the way our government has the past 8 years. 

Adam has lost interest. He is fed up, and is pulling away from politics just a little. I am trying to fill him with hope, because if you don't have hope, what do you have. 

I see the energy that obama creates. I understand and agree with most of his thinking, and bet most would if they just shed off their judgements for a moment.

One thing that stuck with me during his speech was how the right takes big elections and makes them about small things.

Abortion and gay rights. I shake my head as i type that. I know those are HUGE issues for the religious right. Too bad they are such personal issues that truly don't affect our community or world. How silly!

I am deeply concerned about: global warming, war, health care, lack of water.....aren't you?

As one of my friends said, you dont have to be a democrat to vote obama, you just have to be smart.